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Re-visiting this a bit here.
I have been keeping tabs on myself with my dogs since I posted in this thread and have learned something. I do in fact interact with my dogs in a face-to-face way very very often. It's so ingrained in my personality/day to day that i didn't really consider that I do in fact "get up in my dog's faces".
When I come home I drop to a knee and hug/pat/rub the dogs as they go through the normal greeting spaz-out. Both dogs moan and whine and yip and nose bump my face/head with extreme regularity. I often lean over and allow them to come over and rub heads. At bedtime both usually give me a final once over and a night-night lick on the face. I get random drive-by lickings if I am down at dog head height as well. So, I have to say that I do in fact get lots of doggie facetime. It's so much a part of how my dogs communicate that I didn't realize just how much it happens.
Originally Posted by David Winners View Post
Interesting dog bite data from The Genius of dogs.
"70 percent of bites happen to children under the age of ten. More than 60 percent of the children bitten are boys, and 87 percent are white. Children are most frequently bitten (61 percent of the time) when they come in contact with the dogs food or possessions."
I think a main point with dogs and personal space is for children and adults to act in such a way as to avoid a dog feeling like it needs to snap at them to give it space.
Any situation should be gauged depending on the temperament of the dog and how the children behave.
I've seen children hug my dog and sometimes it is ok, but generally i will explain to them to not go hugging a dog which is lying down resting and to leave it alone.
You won't really see dogs hugging or putting there paws on other dogs unless play-fighting , dominating or humping. So maybe dogs see hugging in a different way from us humans.
I also ask children to lift their chin and look to the side of the dog when passing dogs so they don't get licked and so they are not making eye contact with the dog when passing or show any fear. Chin up and to the side is showing a dog you respect it and are not interested in it imo. There are some interesting theories from Martin mackenna a self proclaimed dread-locked dog whisperer in his youtube videos. A different and more basic approach. Similar theory with CM, no touch talk eye contact.
Again it is relative with the children and the dog. If a dog grows up with the children and sleeps in their rooms etc they are gonna have a different relationship than if they meet once a week or a month.
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Interesting dog bite data from http://www.amazon.com/The-Genius-Dogs-Smarter-Think/dp/0525953191?tag=donations09-20
"70 percent of bites happen to children under the age of ten. More than 60 percent of the children bitten are boys, and 87 percent are white. Children are most frequently bitten (61 percent of the time) when they come in contact with the dog's food or possessions."
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Well, then, let's discuss the training we do.
I worked to train "give" and "leave it." I also worked on "bring."
Hans's favorite toy is his blue Wigzi ball. A K9 trainer who evaluated him said Hans would do anything for that ball. I keep that ball, he gets it when I give it to him, and he needs to do things to earn it. Either watch me, or sit, or down, he has to do something before he gets that ball. When he is penned, I take it away. That ball appears when I am around to interact with him.
He has growled a couple of times when I moved to take it out of his mouth. When that happened, I used the give command, and he gave it to me. Then, we did more obedience.
This is showing the dog that he doesn't have anything to worry about. He will get the ball back, through interaction with you.
We also use that ball to have him search. I close him up somewhere, I go hide it in the house, and then open the door and release him to find his toy. The reward is fetch with it.
We train patience when opening and closing doors, he is not allowed to rush outside. He knows the quiet command and stops barking when asked. He knows wait, come, stay, and stop. He knows "let me see" which I use to inspect his teeth, belly, or any place on his body I think needs to be checked (he has lots of skin problems.)
As far as food is concerned, he automatically sits when he sees me with the food bowl and looks into my eyes until I release him to eat.
There are several others, but that is the gist of what we do. Pet obedience.
I look forward to suggestions. I would like to do more with him.
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Sorry for the late reply. I'm playing catch up. Been a busy couple of days / nights.
It is hard to say without seeing the dog before and after. Did the dog move to block the object after? Did the dog move to block you after? How was the dog with the person away from the ball?
Originally Posted by Lilie View Post
Good information to chew on. So, let me take it one more step (and get free advice while I'm at it!).....
If you have a dog that has never showed any form of resource guarding. A dog who is normally friendly to everyone, doesn't have 'space' issues. But one day this dog decides he doesn't like a new individual. He shows this by ignoring him, not aggression. The handler is standing near the new person, playing fetch with a toy with said dog. The dog brings the toy to the handler and drops it, waiting for it to be thrown again. New person reaches down for toy (which is between the handlers feet) and dog 'tags' person, then sits and watches new person. (By tag I mean the dog didn't use it's teeth, but bumped him with his snout).
Just in your general opinion - would this be a space issue, or a resource issue, or could it be both? I understood the tag to be a warning. But I couldn't figure out what the warning was for. Was it for the toy, or was it for the handler, or was it for space? Could it be all three?
Originally Posted by Chip18 View Post
If it helps, I just tested both theories! Rocky has never been "mouth fed" so I grabbed a hot dog put it in my teeth and let him take. Yep, I got a dog with no problems and yep he thought it was pretty cool!
He looked around on the floor for a minuet and then looked up! Oh cool he thought and took the hotdog very gentle from me!
Added note...he has wobblers, sooo that made it a little exciting as he steadied his head to home in!
Originally Posted by Sunflowers View Post
This is exactly why I asked this, because I think the same way.
Maybe a new thread with just this question would be in order.
Originally Posted by shepherdmom View Post
I would like to see the answers to this as well. And how people handle puppy growling vrs adult growling.
Originally Posted by David Winners View Post
You don't need to address possessiveness in a dog if it isn't there. If the dog doesn't care in the first place, all the kissing, hugging, food stealing and toy taking isn't going to matter.
Originally Posted by shepherdmom View Post
The dogs come to you... they learn good things come from being close to face.
He looked around on the floor for a minuet and then looked up! Oh cool he thought and took the hotdog very gentle from me!
Added note...he has wobblers, sooo that made it a little exciting as he steadied his head to home in!
Originally Posted by gsdsar View Post
Now for John Q. Public. This is where I start getting wishy washy. I, personally would not knowingly take a dog to a public place without being sure of their response. But, to be sure if their response, you have to take them. So I generally pick smaller events, or go in knowing that I may have to leave if it proves overwhelming to my dog.
He learned what normal interactions look like. People safe dog, kid safe dog today..no dog parks for the record.
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Yes. Because they love it.
I guess it's what you do with all electronics, in case they fail and you have to return them, or if you want to sell them in the future.
I've kept mine.
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I guess it's what you do with all electronics, in case they fail and you have to return them, or if you want to sell them in the future. I've kept mine.
Do you need the box it came in for apple waranty on your mac ?
Probably it all depends of the country, but for example in Italy if you go back to the store, let's say 6 months after you bought the product, they will ask for the box. If you have it, they will send you to the repair center of that particular product. Apple had also tried to fool people to believe they only have one year of warranty.
But the law is a bit different. First you don't need the box, second you need to bring the product to the store where you purchased and the store have to send the product to the repair center. Also the warranty is two years.
But because people don't know the law and they also trust their fellow humans a little too much then they lose time or end up buying a new product.
So my advice is, know the laws of the country you live in, you need to be informed, this scams happens every day because people have no idea what the laws are.
Keep the box anyway, and everything inside, you will get more value if you sell the product in the future.
At least it can help you gain a little higher resale value if you have all the boxes and accessories
They are good as cat house. Or cat bus. Cats love to travel with a cat bus made from a box.
I keep them because, in my opinion, they are not simple boxes, they're part of the design.
I keep them, cause they smell good (new)
I typically keep all boxes for a couple years (warranty + resale) till they lose value and I lose space. Apple product boxes will always have a place though. They're like decoration for any space.


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Goode, acknowledging one dilemma of black mayor states:
"All cities that are run by by African Americans mayors are in financial crisis that developed over a period of decades. Blacks expect you to fire all whites, bring in all black people, give all contracts to blacks, not all blacks, but some do expect you to do that. The whites expect that you're somehow superman and that all problems that other mayors for 20 years before you could not solve are going to get solved."
Until this great moment when a black mayor was elected, exonerating white people from the racial purgatory they lingered in was impossible; redemption came in the form of Wilson Goode, Maynard Jackson, Carl Stokes, Harold Washington, Richard Arrington, Coleman Young, and, of course, Barack Obama.
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Mr. Obama is embracing the "dilemma" and unleashing the full powers of the executive branch to enact 'revenge' upon the historic majority population of the United States. His white supporters be damned! [Obama To Unleash Racial-Preferences Juggernaut, IBD, by Paul Sperry, 11-9-12]:
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When: Friday 7:05 p.m. (MT), Saturday 3:05 p.m. (MT), Sunday 2:05 p.m. (MT)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Lobos hit the road for their final three away dates of the 2012 regular season. UNM remains tied for first place with TCU in the Mountain West standings with a 13-5 record as the teams vie for the regular-season championship and the No.1 seed in the conference tournament. The Lobos are trying to win their first regular-season championship since the 2000 season. The Rebels, meanwhile, are fighting just to make the conference tournament, which they are hosting May 24-27. Only the top four teams in the MW will make it, and the UNLV is sitting in fourth place only a game and a half up on fifth-place Air Force.
Against UNLV: The Lobos swept the Rebels in a weekend series Apr. 27-29 at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque. UNM outscored UNLV 36-10 over the three games. But the Lobos have historically struggled in Las Vegas. The Lobos have not won a game in there since a 6-2 victory over the Rebels on Apr. 3, 2010.
Series Record: 58-77
Home: 30-19; Away: 27-57; Neutral: 1-1
Scouting UNLV ... The Rebels are in a tight battle with Air Force for the fourth and final spot in the Mountain West tournament, which they are hosting, May 24-27. They are coming off a weekend series at San Diego State that saw them drop the open- ing two games before winning the series finale 5-4. The Rebels are the second-leading hitting team in the MW behind only the Lobos, and the lead the conference with a whopping 107 doubles. Brandon Bayardi and Trevor Cook lead the way with .381 and .369 averages, respectively. Bayardi leads the team in hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, and total bases. Cook has scored the most runs and is right behind Bayardi in hits and slugging. Their pitching staff is anchored by freshman Erick Fedde, who has a 2.77 ERA, is holding opponents to a .248 batting average, and leads the team with 74.2 innings pitched. In an 11-4 loss to UNM on Apr. 27, Fedde allowed five runs, only two of which were earned, in six innings without walking a single batter. Sophomore Buddy Borden leads the team in strikeouts with 59 in only 50.2 innings.
We really are New Mexico ... The 2012 New Mexico baseball team has 13 players from the state of New Mexico. It is no secret coach Ray Birmingham wants to take local kids all the way to Omaha. Ever since he got to UNM, he has been a big advocate of recruiting the best local talent New Mexico has to offer.
UNM top 40 in attendance ... The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association released its 12th weekly attendance report of the season and the New Mexico Lobos have come in at No. 39 following their home series against UNLV.
National leaders ... DJ Peterson currently leads the nation in total bases (147), while Mitchell Garver leads all catchers in the NCAA in hits (75), doubles (20), and total bases (119).
Watch out for Peterson ... Sophomore DJ Peterson has been named to USA Baseball's mid-season watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the best amateur baseball player in the nation.
Two-strike hitting ... Fifteen of the Lobos' 32 home runs this season have come with two strikes: DJ Peterson (eight of his 14 total), Mitchell Garver (2/6), John Pustay (2/3), Josh Melendez' (1/3), Alex Real (1/1), and Alex Allbritton (1/1) have all hit a two-strike home run this season.
Late-inning mastery ... The Lobos have yet to lose a game this season when they have taken a lead into the seventh inning, posting a perfect 22-0 record. They have been particularly dominant in the seventh inning, out-scoring opponents 42-16 in that frame.
Career years ... Four UNM players are currently experiencing career-highs in batting averages in 2012: DJ Peterson (.425), Mitchell Garver (.371), Ben Woodchick (.326), and Trey Porras (.322). Also, four UNM pitchers have career-low ERAs this season: Gera Sanchez (1.77), Austin House (3.05), Alexis Garza (4.97), and Jake McCasland (5.82).
Pitching as a team ... As of May 7 the Lobos' team ERA stands at 4.54, which would be the lowest team ERA UNM has had since producing a 4.13 mark in 1977. The staff is also on pace for 430 strikeouts, which would be the second-most in program history behind only 469 Ks in 1968. Gera Sanchez and Austin House are leading the way with 73 and 69 Ks respectively.
Situational hitting ... The Lobos are hitting an astonishing .687 (92-134) with a runner on third and less than two outs. They are also hitting .411 (23-56) with the bases loaded, and .344 (209-607) with two outs.
Follow my lead ... The Lobos have had their leadoff man reach in 175 of the 422 innings they've played so far this season. That is an on-base percentage of .415.
Conference leaders ... Following their series against TCU, the Lobos lead the Mountain West in 13 individual offensive categories, with sophomore first baseman DJ Peterson leading the way in six: batting average, slugging percentage, hits, home runs, RBI, and total bases. Junior Mitchell Garver leads the conference in doubles, at-bats, and total plate appearances. Josh Melendez leads in runs scored, triples, steals and steal attempts. Kyle Stiner is tied for the most sacrifice bunts. As a team they lead the league in 13 categories: batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs, hits, runs batted in, triples, home runs, total bases, sacrifice flies, stolen bases, steal attempts, and they have the fewest strikeouts. Their pitching staff leads the conference in both total strikeouts and batters struck out looking and is tied with TCU for allowing the fewest triples. Austin House leads the league in innings pitched and in batters struck out looking. Gera Sanchez leads the league in ERA and has allowed the fewest runs and earned runs among all qualified pitchers. He is also tied for the league lead in fewest hits allowed. The Lobos also lead the league in fielding percentage and have committed the fewest errors. Alex Allbritton has been involved in turning 31 double plays, which also leads the MW.
Running wild ... The Lobos have totaled 52 stolen bases in 48 games this year compared to 29 stolen bases in 61 games in 2011. Newcomer Josh Melendez leads the way with 19, which would have lead the team last year. He is stealing at an impres- sive clip as well, converting on 19 of 20 attempts.
Comeback kids ... When the Lobos scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Texas Tech 14-13 on Apr. 25, it was the first time UNM had scored at least four runs in the bottom of the ninth and pull out a comeback win since Mar. 18, 2005, when they scored four in the ninth to defeat BYU 6-5.


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Time has officially run out and curtains are about to be raised tomorrow on the 2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Italy's Val di Fiemme. Over 700 athletes from 57 countries and five continents are going to take the field tomorrow morning (Qualification Rounds XC Men and Women) and will be battling it up until the 3March.
As said, almost 60 nations will be represented in cross country, ski jumping and Nordic combined competitions and the first trainings inside the XC Stadium (Lago di Tesero) and SJ Arena (Predazzo) has already taken place yesterday and today.
World's best skiers are about to show their muscles on the snow in order to grab a World medal at all costs. In cross country, the Norwegian armada will be counting on double Olympic champion Petter Northug who will attempt to improve his Oslo 2011 record of five medals won. Dario Cologna, Aleksandr Legkov (2013 Tour de Ski winner) or Markus Hellner are certainly his main opponents, but the list is way longer and includes also Italian Giorgio Di Centa, Roland Clara and Federico Pellegrino, ready to fight hard in front of their crowd. On women's side, Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland and Marit Bjoergen of Norway will be drawing everyone's eyes on them, even though Johaug, Steira, Kalla or Randall will surely say a word.
Regarding the Ski Jumping section, the Austrian male team is undoubtedly the most favourite one, but Poles, Norwegians and Japanese will not stand and watch. Among women, Americans and Japanese will be competing against the Italian team, and the show is not to be missed.
Eric Frenzel (GER), Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA), Bernhard Gruber (AUT) and Magnus Moan (NOR) are the Nordic combined fab four, but Italy's Pittin and Japan's Watabe surely will do their best to eventually jump on the podium.
As said, the first XC qualifying rounds will kick off tomorrow at 10.45 am at the XC stadium and everyone's invited to support athletes from all over the planet, Togo, Nepal, Brasil or Perù, for example, just to mention some of the nations where Nordic sports are not exactly the main ones in their countries, but in Val di Fiemme everybody is worth of being properly and loudly supported.
The 2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships opening ceremony is scheduled tomorrow at 6pm in central Duomo Square in Trento. The national squads will be parading through the picturesque city centre and gathering beside the majestic cathedral, on the square where the torch will be lit and a fantastic show will be entertaining all the guests with dancers, actors, climbers and much more. The very last minutes of the ceremony will take place in Lago di Tesero (broadcast live on video walls in Trento as well), 150 paper lanterns will illuminate the valley together with fireworks.
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Surprise your Sweetie with these delicious Cranberry Orange Muffins on Valentines Day.
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Recipe type: Muffin
Cuisine: American
Serves: 12
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 2 tbsp butter or margarine, melted
- 2 tbsp hot water
- ½ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup orange zest
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- Cut the cranberries in half and set aside.
- Sift together dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl beat the egg, add the butter, hot water, orange juice and orange zest. Mix until blended.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the large bowl with the dry ingredients.
- Stir with a large spoon until moistened.
- Fold in cranberries.
- Using an ice cream scoop fill the wells in a muffin pan. If you like you can sprinkle some granulated sugar on top of the muffins before baking.
- It gives them a lovely sweet crunch. I used orange sugar to top some of my muffins.
- To make orange sugar simply add a cup of sugar to a small mason jar and add some orange zest to the jar. Stir the zest in and store. Each time you have extra zest add it to the jar to enhance the flavor.
- You can do this with any citrus zest you may have on hand.
- Bake about 18 to 23 minutes at 325 F. degrees oven. Cool five minutes and move to a cooling rack.
Tip: It takes about 2 large oranges to get almost a 1/2 cup of juice. You can add a bit of water to bring it up to a full cup.
It's such a small amount it doesn't affect the flavor at all.
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Re: Simple PDE with side conditions
Unfortunately, Mathematica cannot solve this (yet?).
Note that the functional equation is not needed since the solution is determined by the PDE plus the initial condition.
However, at least in version 7, NDSolve does not seem to solve first-order PDEs in three independent variables. Even the "trivial" problem
DSolve[{D[u[t, x, y], t] + D[u[t, x, y], x] == 0,
u[0, x, y] == 0}, u, {t, x, y}]
does not get solved, although if you remove all the appearances of ",y" it is solved.
Can someone with version 8 check if there have been any improvements in that version?
On Sunday, January 9, 2011 9:17:44 AM UTC+2, Dave wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I'm trying to have Mathematica 7 solve a simple partial differential equation
> with an initial condition and a function composition condition.
> So my input is:
> In[1]:= T[f_] := D[f, t]
> In[2]:= X[f_] := -y*D[f, x] + x*D[f, y]
> In[3]:= DSolve[{ T[f[t, x, y]] == X[f[t, x, y]],
> f[0, x, y] == {x, y},
> f[t, f[s, x, y][[1]], f[s, x, y][[2]]] == f[t + s, x, y]},
> f[t, x, y],
> {t, x, y}]
> However Mathematica returns with:
> DSolve::conarg:The arguments should be ordered consistently
> Out[3]= DSolve[{Derivative[1, 0, 0][f][t, x, y] ==
> x*Derivative[0, 0, 1][f][t, x, y] -
> y*Derivative[0, 1, 0][f][t, x, y], f[0, x, y] == {x, y},
> f[t, s, x] == f[s + t, x, y]}, f[t, x, y], {t, x, y}]
> Now I know what the function f[t,x,y] is and I can verify that
> it satisfies my conditions:
> In[4]:= f[t_, x_, y_] = {x *Cos[t] - y* Sin[t], x* Sin[t] + y* Cos[t]}
> In[5]:= { T[f[t, x, y]] == X[f[t, x, y]], f[0, x, y] == {x, y},
> f[t, f[s, x, y][[1]], f[s, x, y][[2]]] ==
> f[t + s, x, y]} // Simplify
> Out[5]= {True, True, True}
> The question is -- how can I have Mathematica solve this problem.
> Thanks,
> Dave Snead


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Posted on Oct 23, 2006
As more women show up in Africa's corrupt corridors of power, the beleaguered continent may end up benefiting from their particular brand of tough love.
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Liberians may have told the rest of Africa that the best man for the job of president could be a woman.
Winning 59.4 percent of the votes in a presidential runoff in November 2005, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf defeated her arch-opponent, international football star George Weah, and was sworn in as the 26th president of Liberia on Jan. 15, 2006. She is Africa's first elected female head of state.
The 67-year-old mother of four and grandmother of six brings impressive credentials to the job. A Harvard graduate, she is a former World Bank economist, a former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, a former vice president (Africa) of Citibank, a former finance minister of Liberia and a veteran politician. But many say the best qualification Sirleaf brings to Liberia's presidency is her gender.
Liberia was founded in 1824 by freed American slaves. The American settlers declared the independence of the Republic of Liberia on July 26, 1847, making it Africa's oldest republic. The nation has all it takes to be successful in terms of natural resources —tin ore, diamonds and timber. But today, Liberia is perhaps best known for its devastating and debilitating 14-year-old civil war and its role in a rebellion in neighboring Sierra Leone. Sirleaf has vowed to tackle a national debt of about 3.7 billion U.S. dollars and to fight rampant corruption, which experts say has fueled decades of instability.
There is no shortage of problems for Sirleaf to tackle. There are no functioning public utilities, and the vast majority of Liberians have no access to electricity, water, basic sanitation facilities and healthcare. Schools, courts, government/public buildings, roads and bridges have disappeared or been bombed away. Ethnic hatred is still thick in the air.
Apart from the staggering national debt, Liberia has an unemployment rate of over 80 percent. At the end of the civil war, there were 314,000 registered internally displaced persons in the country and 340,000 refugees registered with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in neighboring countries. Most of them have returned home to pick up the pieces, and many say the only one who can fix the mess is "Mama Ellen," as Sirleaf is affectionately called.
Sirleaf has been hailed as "a beacon of hope in the worst place in the world to be a woman." Others describe her victory as "a blow against corruption, abuse of office and conflict," saying a woman will bring transparency to the murky waters of Liberia's corruption-riddled governance.
These comments may be dismissed in some quarters as mere sentimentality, but they are not entirely off the mark. Recent World Bank research submits that "numerous behavioral studies have found women to be more trust-worthy and public-spirited than men. These results suggest that women should be particularly effective in promoting honest government." (Read the whole research paper here (.pdf file).)
Another World Bank research team investigated the relationship between gender and corruption and found that women are less involved in bribery and are less likely to condone bribe taking. It concludes that "corruption is less severe where women hold a larger share of parliamentary seats and senior positions in the government bureaucracy and comprise a larger share of the labor force." (Read the whole research paper at Swamy_gender.pdf.)
Transparency International, a nongovernmental organization that monitors official corruption globally, also draws on a study by the IRIS Center at the University of Maryland and posits that "[h]igher levels of women's participation in public life are associated with lower levels of corruption. It is suggested that women have higher standards of ethical behavior and appear to be more concerned with the common good."
Observers say Sirleaf's victory, an unequivocal vote of confidence in a woman by a largely patriarchal nation, is not an isolated coincidence but rather part of a global trend. Are voters around the world indeed turning to women to clean up the mess left behind by "bad old boys" networks?
Kavita Ramdas, president of the Global Fund for Women, a San Francisco-based organization that distributes grants to women's groups, says, "The emergence of a women's political voice is almost directly linked to the exhaustion of alternatives."
"Some of the biggest gains," says GFW, "reflect women rising to leadership in troubled lands. Liberia, where the Harvard-educated Johnson-Sirleaf took over, had been ravaged by two decades of instability and civil war that claimed 150,000 lives.
"Analysts say it's no accident that the world's parliamentary body with the biggest share of women is found in Rwanda, where women hold 48.8 percent of the seats. In the 1990s, tribal fighting in the central African nation triggered genocide and some of the most horrific human cruelty in recent history."
Ramdas observes that "in Afghanistan, voters in September [2005] expressed a desire to rid their war-wracked land of male-dominated corruption. They elected 68 women in the country's first parliamentary election in more than 30 years; a quarter of the 249-member legislative body is reserved for women under the country's postwar constitution.
"In Chile, President Michelle Bachelet, tortured as a teen during a dictatorship, was propelled to power by voters who were weary of machismo politics and corrupt leaders.
"Angela Merkel, elected ... [in November 2005] as Germany's first woman chancellor, leaped to power earlier in her career after her mentor, ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl, was cut down by a slush-fund scandal.
"People say they trust women more than men because they are not corrupt."
But Gisela Geisler, a researcher at the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway, and author of "Women and the Remaking of Politics in Southern Africa," does not think female leaders are necessarily less corrupt by nature. She says, "Women have just had less opportunity for graft, in part because they're relative newcomers—and because when they do get into office, they're watched extra closely."
Furthermore, says Geisler, politics haven't fundamentally changed. "Even if you have better ideals when you enter politics, you'll soon notice you can't compete if you're not corrupt."
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By cris crawford, October 25, 2006 at 8:32 pm Link to this comment
I don't think individual men or women are necessarily more corrupt. I think large groups of human beings of male gender only do exhibit anti-social behavior. I'm not sure it's always the case, or has been the case throughout all history. Unsupervised all-male athletic teams for example.
I think Hillary Clinton took bribes disguised in the form of chicken futures. Nobody makes a killing by day trading chicken futures while simultaneously attending an all-day conference. So she is as corrupt as any man IMO.
By Zara, October 25, 2006 at 2:35 pm Link to this comment
Women sucessfully run the majority of households in the world…. so they should be able to do as well with running a country, no?
By Lisa, October 24, 2006 at 10:54 am Link to this comment
It's not amazing to me that there will be a great divide on this subject and on the woman who courageously is heading up the front for Liberia's socio-economic plight. It's a great thing in history but what are her benchmarks, besides heads of state and other political leaders declaring their assets? It's a good start but what is her time table? How much will the United Nations back her as far as resources? They obviously need help and I applaud her valiant efforts to make people around the world aware of what has been her country's corrupt disposition for decades.
God bless her efforts and stay the hands of her enemies because there is no way that she has not made any! I hope and pray that she will be able to revitalize her country and educate the women & children (especially the girls as poverty is a she) of her country!
By Charles Newlin, October 24, 2006 at 10:00 am Link to this comment
Worth a try. But so far, women in power act pretty much like men in power. I think it's called equality.
By linus agu, October 24, 2006 at 4:17 am Link to this comment
I wonder what the writer would say about a seemingly stagnant socio-political movement by females in Nigeria to effect the kind of changes she talks about.
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Aug 1, 2012 - By Martin Reed, Staff WriterA criminal investigations expert with 44 years of experience testified on Tuesday afternoon that a Riverton man acted in self-defense in his case that resulted in a life sentence for first-degree murder.
John Cayton, chief criminalist with Access Forensic Laboratory in Missouri, testified in Lander's 9th District Court that Gabriel R. Drennen was justified in shooting and killing Leroy Hoster in May 2010.
"He shouldn't have had to wait to wrestle over the gun," Cayton said Drennen's actions in the shooting.
Cayton noted the events just seconds prior to the shooting when Hoster pushed Drennen off a porch and caused him to tumble over a 3-foot-high fence at a trailer home.
"Physical evidence showed he couldn't escape. He was on the ground pretty much anchored," Cayton said about Drennen on his back as Hoster approached him.
"Mr. Hoster kept coming," Cayton testified. "He said 'shoot me.'"
The testimony is part of Drennen's two-day hearing expected to conclude Wednesday that allows defense attorney Thomas Jubin to elicit expert testimony that could have helped in his trial in January 2011.
Drennen is appealing to the Wyoming Supreme Court on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. In his arguments for a new trial, Wyoming Supreme Court justices remanded his appeal to the District Court for additional evidence on expert testimony in the case.
Although Cayton testified in his opinion about the shooting, District Judge Norman E. Young on Wednesday morning said he would not have allowed him to express the same opinion during trial.
"There is no way I would have allowed that testimony to a jury in trial," Young said.
Cayton's testimony for purposes of the appeal hearing is important in determining whether it was "something trial counsel should have sought in defense" of Drennen and with the self-defense argument, Young said.
Deputy county attorney Kathy Kavanagh objected to the previous day's testimony about Cayton's opinion. She cited an appeal case in a different matter where "the court found it usurped the jury's role."
"The jury should make that decision," Kavanagh said about the shooting's conclusion.
Cayton testified that one of the skin abrasions caused by gunpowder impacts on Hoster indicated a distance of a foot.
"Well, the proximity, he was right on him," Cayton said.
Jubin asked for Cayton's opinion on whether Drennen's shooting was necessary. "Well, to stop the attack he saw in front of him, I think that was his last resort to shoot," Cayton said.
"Was it necessary?" Jubin asked again.
"Yes," Cayton responded.
Kavanagh questioned Cayton about his role in the investigation related to Drennen's appeal, resulting in answers about his payment from the defense counsel.
"Mr. Jubin contacted me to conduct this investigation," Cayton said, adding he charges about $220 an hour plus mileage and expenses related to himself and his assistant.
"The State of Wyoming is actually paying me" with funds requested by Jubin in the case, Cayton said. "I haven't billed anything yet."
Wyoming Supreme Court justices should consider the new testimony and decide on the matter later. Jurors in Lander took about two hours to find Drennen guilty of first-degree murder for shooting Hoster, 29, of Riverton.
While evicting Hoster from one of his rental properties, Drennen went to hang no-trespassing signs on the rental home in Riverton, according to testimony at trial and court documents. Hoster pushed him off a porch and approached him, prompting the landlord to pull his gun and shoot him.
Drennen's defense attorneys at the four-day trial used a self-defense argument for their client, who had an activated digital audio recorder in his pocket during the shooting.
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Here's a great idea: Every IT staff complains about how much time it takes to fix users who have lost, forgotten, or neglected to refresh time-limited passwords.
In a perfect world it would be completely extraneous. Unfortunately humans are involved in the security process, so there will always be calls from people who lost the post-it note they had taped to the monitor and can't get into all the financial and procurement databases (the kind of call that warms a CISO's heart).
How about using Facebook instead? The privacy-challenged social network of choice for U.S. business users extended Facebook Connect to let smartphone users sign on to multiple Web sites after signing on to Facebook, using the same APIs and tools the service has used since it debuted in 2009.
Great idea, because Facebook has no history or current challenges about user privacy or losing customer data though partner deals.
Every company needs better password management to make things more convenient and secure. Facebook Connect is a move in the opposite direction.
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Time for a novel ….Once I was in favor of the vocal category the way it's currently set up, however now as it grows and I can see its direction more clearly, I would like to see it completely restructured or even eliminated.
As more tracks with vocals go up for sale (which is good) it makes much more sense to classify each track by genre, not simply by the fact the track has vocals in it. The vocal categories should be for works that simply contain some type of vocal that does not have music with it…..like spoken word or a vocal sound effect.
Why do I say this?
- I believe most people, when they search, search by using keywords that relate to a "feel" or genre, OR by browsing the categories. When we eventually have hundreds of files with vocals, how will buyers be able to quickly differentiate between them other then listening through each piece to determine what they are about?
Example: If a buyer wants a rock song and they decide to search by browsing the rock category instead of using the search, all the vocal tracks automatically become eliminated as an option. On the other hand, if they want a rock song with vocals and browse the vocal category, they will be left to sort through all the files manually.
- As the search isn't refined like we would like it to be just yet (I know it's in the process) it doesn't handle the job as good as it should with tags….it could be argued to my statement above that tags are the solution, but for now that's not the case. Even then however, unless we become super generic with our titles: Rock Song 1, Rock Song 2, etc….they still may not perform as well as one would like.
- That being said, a track with vocals will have (at least if it's tagged properly) vocals in the file tag however, so it's already eligible for search on some level, so it doesn't need it's own category.
- As it was brought up before I believe, I am in favor of some sort of badge or mark to identify whether a track has vocals. Nothing super special to try and make the track stand out from the others in that sense, but just something that allows the buyers to easily scan the files when browsing that shows them a track contains vocals.
- Classifying a track by whether it contains vocals or not instead of by genre also creates a problem for files where the instrumental is also included in the zip, and again excludes these tracks from other categorization possibilities.
This idea came about because lately some of my work is being placed in the vocal category when I submitted to specific genres,…. I don't want them in the vocal category because it greatly minimizes exposure….it's not like vocals are the only thing they contain, so to me it doesn't make too much sense
Having a vocal category is kinda like creating a "guitar solo" category and placing everything in there that has a guitar solo, even if in it's entirety it's a 4 minute track. Sure a track may have something unique like a solo or vocals that make it stand out from another track, but it should still be incorporated into the normal genre structure.
Those are my thoughts!....You're thoughts are appreciated
I agree. I have a bunch of Celtic, Middle-Eastern, and African tracks that I will be uploading over the coming months. Unless I give them a blatantly mundane title like "African Vocal Track 1", no-one is going to know what is what.
So…my Afircan track ends up being right next to one of your tracks Tim. Not a bad thing (because you sell so much), but confusing and time consuming for the buyer.
That being said, AJ do a pretty good job of categorizing the tracks. I think all they need to do is – when we upload a track and have a tab / button / checkbox which says 'With Vocals // Without Vocals'.
This is what they have with the 'Looped' tracks now. There's that little drop-drown box where you just have to specifiy 'Yes' or 'No', and I think the same could be done with vocals.
It would lead to better categorization of vocal tracks, a smaller more refined category list, and would make it easier for buyers.
Or something like that anyway…!!
Hey Tim, thanks for the feedback!
We should already be classifying vocal tracks by genre – I see that most of your tracks are classified this way (It's a Beautiful Day is in Motivational, Make It Last is in Romantic/Sentimental etc…). So it looks like some tracks may have inadvertently ended-up in the separate vocal category which we'll be glad to rectify. I'll make sure the review team are all on the same page about this categorization issue.
Regarding customers searching for vocal tracks, please be sure to add "vocals" as one of your tags in the keywords field. That way, a customer coming to the site and searching for "love vocals" will be able to find exactly what they're looking for. Never say never, but I'm not sure at this stage if adding a separate vocal checkbox is necessary, (a) seeing as 99.9% of all our tracks are non-vocal and (b) we want to make the upload process as easy and as quick as possible. Therefore using "voice" and/or "vocal" in the Instrument tags are the way to go.
Meanwhile, authors are always welcome to to contact email@example.com if ever they feel a track has been incorrectly categorized so we can take a second look. Our reviewers are really good at making sure tracks go into the correct category when they review so we rarely encounter this issue, but we're here to help if something does end up in the wrong category.
Thanks again!
As usual Scott has an awesome reply.
...So it looks like some tracks may have inadvertently ended-up in the separate vocal category which we'll be glad to rectify. I'll make sure the review team are all on the same page about this categorization issue.
I'm aware glad they are where they are … it's interesting to note that those are "coincidentally" my best selling tracks….
All my vocal tracks have the vocals tags already, thanks
Not sure though if you got what I meant overall however…
I'm not worried about my vocals tracks not being found when people are looking for vocal tracks. It's the other way around, vocal tracks are eliminated from all otherwise eligible categories when a user chooses to search by category.
If someone who is looking for a rock track (with or without vocals, lets say it doesn't matter to them as long as it's a rock track) chooses to browse by genre, and selects rock, do not all vocal tracks now become ineligible?
I don't want to start bugging support if they place my track in the vocal category every time however…..it just seems odd that it takes numerous factors to determine a genre of a song (playing style, instrumentation etc ) whereas vocal tracks are wholly defined by the single fact that they have vocals. In my opinion, if the vocal category us going to remain, it will also need to be subdivided into genres….which, isn't ideal I'm sure.
Hey Tim,
I think we're on the same page. My previous post was stating that all tracks containing vocals should be categorized by our existing genres, not the Vocal categories we currently have. The few that have slipped through however, we'll be updating shortly. Once we've done that, and if we evaluate that there's no further need for the separate Vocals category, we'll be glad to consider nixing it.
If I'm missing something extra however, please let me know or shoot me a PM, glad to help!
Hey Tim,
I think we're on the same page. My previous post was stating that all tracks containing vocals should be categorized by our existing genres, not the Vocal categories we currently have. The few that have slipped through however, we'll be updating shortly. Once we've done that, and if we evaluate that there's no further need for the separate Vocals category, we'll be glad to consider nixing it.If I'm missing something extra however, please let me know or shoot me a PM, glad to help!
Thanks Scott , I was the one who misunderstood you!
Thanks Scott , I was the one who misunderstood you!
No worries. Must be my funny accent.


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Vincent has often been typecast as a mafia boss or a gangster, the most recent example is in The Sopranos where he played Phil Leotardo.
Frank's musical mentor was record producer Bill Ramal.
Frank formed the band Frank Vincent and the Aristocrats in the 1960's.
Frank was once a studio drummer for the likes of Paul Anka and Del Shannon.
Frank formed the comedy team of Vincent and Pesci in 1969 with his friend Joe Pesci.
Frank is good friends with actors Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci.
Frank made his feature film debut in The Death Collector.
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Frank Vincent: Go home, and get your shine box.
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Frank Vincent: Well, I have acted in numerous movies outside the mob genre. I played Aristotle Onassis in the Bette Midler-starring film "Isn't She Great." I played a police chief in "Copland." I played a racist Italian-American father to Annabella Sciorra's character in Spike Lee's, "Jungle Fever." But, casting agents and directors know me from the many tough guy/mob roles I've played and continue to send me those kinds of scripts. Hey, if it's a well-written script, mob part or not, I don't turn it down. Got to pay the bills, right?
[On his book A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man]
Frank Vincent: I had wanted to write a book for quite some time. I got together with my co-author Steven Priggé and we spoke about my career and the roles I've played on-screen. A lot of the tough guy characters I portrayed certainly had a man's man aura to them. Then, we met over lunch at Goodfellas restaurant in Garfield, New Jersey, and talked about the whole man's man concept for a book. As we were both leaving the restaurant a fan driving by in a van opened his window and yelled, "Frank Vincent you're the man!" We took it as a sign and started writing the next day.


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The Mt. Hood Town Hall is ready to host its annual fundraiser, "Enchanted Evening," on April 13.
The event will happen from 6-10 p.m. at the Town Hall, on Highway 35 12 miles south of Hood River. The former schoolhouse is actively used as a community center for a local preschool, art classes, dances, weddings, senior nutrition and many other events.
The evening's entertainment will be live music performed by Toy Gun Conspiracy alternative rock band, made up of local high school students, and the hillbilly, gospel and blues group Unbroken Circle.
Tickets are $30 per person; this includes a Heart Soup dinner (with sides and breads), one drink and dessert. The tickets are available for purchase online at mthoodtownhall.org or by calling Heather at 541-490-0352.
Four soups created by local chefs will each be based on a different theme, in keeping with the "Seasons of the Upper Valley" theme of the evening.
Proceeds will help in the interior and exterior paint jobs needed at the hall, including removal of the existing lead-based paint. Funds will also help upgrade windows and to make improvements to the kitchen, where food is cooked for the Town Hall's senior meals program.
Town Hall Board President Christina McGhee said the goal for the evening is $20,000, which will help show community support in making grant applications for the more than $100,000 needed to all the improvements.
The live auction will be led by Marcus Morgan, and features a "Rent A Man" feature, for help with household chores and yard work.
Auction items include a Mother's Day package, and "All About Golf."
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"An increase in the federal debt requires approval of the legislatures of the separate states."
At present, Congress has virtually no restraints over its creation of new debt, allowing the national debt to grow at astronomical rates and leaving a burden of debt to our children and grandchildren. The national debt also creates a burden on states over which they presently have little say.
Because the NDRA requires Congress to get approval of a majority of states before increasing the national debt, it effectively requires a "co-signer before they can give themselves a new credit card" (Nick Dranias, Director, Center for Constitutional Government, Goldwater Institute). This will impose fiscal discipline on Congress.
Video: What Will the NDRA Accomplish?
Article V of the U.S. Constitution outlines the two ways that amendments can be proposed and the two methods by which they may be ratified. For either method, the process was designed to build a wide consensus among the American people and to assure frivolous amendments were not added to the Constitution.
With the first method, Constitutional amendments can be proposed by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). The proposed amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures, meaning that 38 states must ratify the amendment for it to be added to the Constitution.
Second, an Amendments Convention can be called by two-thirds of the state legislatures to propose an amendment to the Constitution. The proposed amendment must still be ratified by three-fourths of the states to become an amendment to the Constitution. This is the method underway to give the states a voice in our national debt.
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No. The states have no power to change our Constitution at a convention. They can only propose amendments. Any amendment that is approved is sent back to Congress. If Congress deems that the convention stayed within its original call, then they are required to send the amendment to the state legislatures for ratification. The ultimate protection is that unless and until 38 state legislatures agree to ratify an amendment, our Constitution is untouched.
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In order to avoid legal challenges and to insure Congress recognizes the common will expressed in the state resolutions without applying judgment or discretion, it is important that the states maintain consistent language. The model resolution drafted by RestoringFreedom.Org meets this requirement and limits the convention to the single topic of the NDRA.
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This is a legal requirement that varies by state. The resolution must be titled correctly in order to be legally binding.
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No. In a legitimate national emergency the state would step up promptly. In addition, a significant flow of cash is available to the Federal Government at any time to reallocate to any crisis. Under the current system, authorizing, issuing and selling bonds takes time. The NDRA is not expected to add any significant time to this process.
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The biggest difference is that the National Debt Relief Amendment (NDRA) locates the discussion on national debt at the state legislatures rather than in Congress as with a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA). This gives the American public a great voice in whether the U.S. should incur more debt.
In addition, there are numerous versions of the BBA, all of which are complex and which provide loopholes for Congress to get around these amendments. In contrast, the NDRA is simple and easy to understand, and will be automatically enforced by the debt market.
These two amendments complement each other should both be passed.
To learn more, download this PDF for a more in depth discussion.
The NDRA is a non-partisan issue. The federal debt has increased under both parties, and the NDRA does not prescribe taxes or spending cuts, only that Congress address the fiscal deficit or make its case for more debt to the state legislatures and the American people in an open and transparent manner.
Video: Is this a partisan or bi-partisan issue?
Absolutely. The simplicity of the concept and the non-partisan nature of the amendment have already gained widespread support for the NDRA. Add to that the increasing concern among states and citizens to solve the national debt crisis, and it's clear that the NDRA is a powerful idea whose time has come.


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