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Nov. 9, 2008
OXFORD, Miss. - With its sixth straight sweep, the University of Tennessee volleyball team (19-8, 12-4 Southeastern Conference) extended its league-best winning streak to nine matches as it defeated Ole Miss (11-13, 7-8 SEC), 25-17, 25-17, 25-18, Sunday afternoon at the Gillom Sports Center in Oxford, Miss. The Lady Vols' current run stands as the second-best streak during UT Head Coach Rob Patrick's tenure and fifth-best in school history.
"It's great to be coming home from this weekend with two road wins over teams that have been playing very well lately," Patrick said. "Offensively, we have been able to control the ball well enough with our passing game and in transition to have at least two options at all times. Our setters are also doing a great job of finding either the hot hitter or the person in the best position to finish the play.
"One of the main differences between our offense today and our offense a month and a half ago is the fact that our hitters are making very few unforced errors," Patrick said. "In our match today, four of our main hitters combined to make just one error on 54 swings. When a team is able to do that, it really helps to keep its opponent on their heels. Ole Miss really came out with a lot of confidence today following their win over Kentucky on Friday, but we did a good job of handling that and taking control of the match during the first two sets."
Three different Lady Vols tied for the team-high in kills on Sunday, as seniors Milan Clarke and Mindy Flynn and sophomore Nikki Fowler each had 10 putaways in the 3-0 triumph over the Rebels. Clarke hit at an outstanding .556 clip with no errors in 18 total attacks. Flynn was just behind her with a .450 attack average with just one error in 20 swings, while junior Farren Powe topped the squad with a .667 hitting percentage (6-0-9). As a team, UT out-hit Ole Miss, .365 to .085.
"It's really fun to see two of our seniors be so successful on a consistent basis during the latter part of their careers," Patrick said. "They have had a huge impact on our success. Milan had a huge weekend and is playing with a tremendous amount of confidence right now. She has been a go-to player for us the second half of the season and has really been consistent in that role.
"Mindy is really playing a great all-around game as well, giving us a nice block on both pins and a couple of digs a match," Patrick said. "She's also getting more kills than we expected while still keeping her errors low. Chloe and Kylie were both terrific anchoring our defense once again today. Kylie also did a nice job of keeping Ole Miss off-balance with her serving.
Junior libero Chloe Goldman paced the Big Orange defensive effort with 15 digs, while fellow classmate Kylie Marshall reached double-digits with 10 of her own to go along with four kills, two aces and the team's only solo block. Fowler and freshman Alyssa Hilby led the squad with two putbacks each.
In the initial set, the Orange and White offense was on full display, hitting a combined .438 (16-2-32) en route to a 25-17 victory. Flynn topped the team with four kills in the frame, while Powe, Fowler and Clarke tallied three each.
The Big Orange came out of the gates aggressively, racing out to a 7-2 advantage with runs of four and three points, separated by just a pair of Rebels scores. Back-to-back Ole Miss attack errors opened the scoring before Flynn and Hilby pounded out consecutive kills to make it 4-0 in favor of UT.
The Rebels finally got on the scoreboard with putaways by Emily Jones and Miranda Kitts, but the Lady Vols kept right at it, getting three more scores, as Flynn sandwiched a pair of kills around another OM attack error. After two more Ole Miss points, Tennessee continued to pour it on, going up 10-4 with another three-point tear, including a kill by Powe on a tip over the Mississippi block attempt.
Shortly thereafter, the Rebels put together their only run of the frame, scoring on four consecutive plays to move within three at 13-10. They would get no closer, however, as the Orange and White responded just four plays later a trio of points of its own. Following an Ole Miss error, Flynn blasted a kill down off the left-side block. She then proceeded to smash home another putaway off an over pass immediately after to run the score to 18-12. From that point on, there was little Mississippi could do, as Tennessee took seven of the final 12 points to win the opening frame, 25-17.
Although Ole Miss was able to keep the score close early on in the second frame, Tennessee used a pair of four-score sprees to break it open before claiming the set, 25-17, and taking a two-game lead into the intermission. The UT offense continued to roll, getting five kills from both Fowler and Clarke and four more from Flynn.
With the scoreboard reading 4-3 in favor of the Lady Vols, a kill by Powe to the back-left corner of the court and three consecutive attack errors by the Rebels quickly gave the Big Orange a five-point advantage. Although the next score went to Ole Miss, UT quickly regained control on a blast by Clarke that landed wide off the left-side block. Marshall then stuffed a Katie Norris attack and Clarke followed with yet another kill that landed long after being touched at the net. Following a timeout by Ole Miss Head Coach Joe Getzin, a Powe ace that landed just inside the back line closed out the run.
After the Lady Vols held the lead for the entirety of the first two sets, the third frame featured nine tie scores and two lead changes. The Big Orange still came out on top, however, finishing off its sixth consecutive sweep with a 25-18 victory. Although it was held to just eight kills in the set, UT took advantage of 17 unforced errors by Ole Miss, including 11 attack errors.
The Rebels struck their first significant blow of the match early in the third frame, breaking open a 6-6 deadlock with four consecutive scores, including a pair of aces by Morgan Springer. A timeout by Patrick immediately put an end to that run, however, as his squad came out of the short break with four straight points of its own. A block by Clarke and Hilby opened the run and was followed by a Rebel attack error. Flynn then blasted a cross-court kill to the back-left corner of the court before the streak ended on a sharp putback by Fowler and Hilby.
The two teams then traded the next three scores before the Lady Vols effectively ended the frame with a pair of three-point runs sandwiched around just a single Rebel score. All three of UT's points in the first spree came via Ole Miss errors before a timeout by Getzin netted a kill by Rachel Kieckhaefer that moved the score to 14-13. Tennessee continued to extend its lead, however, as Powe answered the Ole Miss score with a left-handed tip over the block. Marshall then followed a Rebel error with a cross-court smash that put the Orange and White up by four at 17-13.
Ole Miss was unable to get any closer than three scores the rest of the way, as UT finished off the set by winning eight of the last 13 scores. The final three points of the contest came by way of a kill by Fowler, a block by Powe and Flynn and an attack error by Ole Miss' Caitlin Weiss.
The Lady Vols will return to Knoxville to close out the home portion of their schedule next weekend. They will first host No. 12 Florida at 7 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 14 before welcoming South Carolina to Rocky Top at 1:30 p.m. on Sun., Nov. 9 for their final home match of the season. Sunday's match will be tape delayed and broadcast on FOX Sports Regional Networks at 3:30 p.m. that same day. In addition, all three Tennessee seniors will be recognized before the contest and the first 300 fans to the match against USC will receive a free set of Lady Vol volleyball trading cards.


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His first "lie" is that Israel was forced to fight back to stop the rockets fired onto civilians. He thinks this isn't true. Why?
"CNN, like many other American outlets, chose to begin the story of the latest round of violence in Gaza on November 10th, when 4 Israeli soldiers were wounded by Palestinian fire, and the IDF "retaliated" by killing several Palestinians. But just two days before, a 13 year old Palestinian boy was killed in an Israeli military incursion into Gaza (among other fatalities in preceding days). Is there any reason why those couldn't be the starting point of the "cycle of violence"?"First of all, a 13 year old Palestinian boy wasn't just sitting there minding his own business when the Israelis walked into Gaza and killed him. According to Baddar's own link, there was intensive fighting between Hamas gunmen and Israeli soldiers at the time. Let's not forget either that Hamas militants have been firing rockets at Israel all year long, since January of 2012 almost 2,000 rockets have been fired. And as much as Baddar may not like to admit it, Israel would be justified in wiping out Hamas after just one, let alone a thousand. So why don't we have January 2012 be the starting point of the violence? Finally, the two sides still exist in a state of war. Mr. Baddar has yet to prove that Israel is not responding to the rockets to defend its citizens.
After attempting to change the subject to Cast Lead, Mr. Baddar asks some rhetorical questions that are morally bankrupt (not to mention dishonest):
"Are the Palestinians not entitled to self-defense? And if indiscriminate Palestinian rocket fire is not an acceptable response to Israeli violence (which it absolutely isn't), how can indiscriminate Israeli bombings of Gaza ever be acceptable?"First of all, nice attempt at trying to seem impartial by calling Palestinian war crimes "not an acceptable response to Israeli violence." It totally didn't work but at least you bothered to try. Secondly, Palestinians have a right of self-defense, but Qassam rockets onto Sderot are not and will never be "self-defense," and to try and make the case that they are only serves the function of revealing yourself to be a propagandist. You'll notice that no one calls Hamas terrorists clashing with IDF soldiers a war crime, because it isn't. But randomly firing rockets into Ashkelon is.
Now we have our most blatant lie so far, though it is sure to not be the last. Indiscriminate Israeli bombing of Gaza would not be acceptable, in some parallel universe where Israel bombs Gaza indiscriminately. Here on Earth 616, however, they are very discriminate indeed:
But let's not get distracted. Baddar said that the claim that Israel was forced to defend itself against rockets was a lie. Has he proved that it was a lie? No he has not. He has only attempted to cloud the issue with fallacious "evenhandedness" and off topic whining.
The next "lie?" That Israel tries to avoid civilian casualties. Mr. Baddar is going to have to go against not only common sense and logic, but also Richard Kemp and other experts. Let's see how he does. First he tries to make the claim that because Israeli politicians stay stupid shit, that means the IDF kills indiscriminately:
'High-ranking political officials slip and get off the sanitized/approved message for public consumption.Yesterday, Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai said the "goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages." Not to be outdone, Gilad Sharon, son of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, said "we need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza." 'Did you know that Gilad Sharon is a high-ranking political official? I mean, he isn't, but for the purposes of Baddar's article he has become one because apparently Baddar couldn't care less about actually telling the truth. As for Yishai, it's obvious to anyone paying attention that Gaza is not in the Middle Ages (at least not physically). Remember when John McCain said "Bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran?" You may have noticed that we didn't bomb Iran the next day. But don't worry, Baddar has a response to that as well! First he references Cast Lead and testimonies by such impartial organizations as Amnesty International and Breaking the Silence. But here's his main point:
"If Hamas has only managed to kill 3 people despite being bent on killing civilians with thousands of indiscriminate rockets, how has Israel managed to kill several dozen Palestinian civilians when it is using sophisticated precision weapons to avoid civilian casualties?"This is Omar Baddar attempt to be an armchair general: assuming that if weapons are called "sophisticated precision weapons" they must therefore be magic weapons that can only kill terrorists. That is, until the gun is taken out of the hands of the terrorist and he turns into a civilian. But fine, Baddar, you asked your question and here is your answer.
- Because Israel takes great care to protect their people, developing technology such as Iron Dome and making sure there are bomb shelters aplenty. They also blockade Gaza to keep more sophisticated weapons out of the hands of Hamas.
- In contrast, Hamas couldn't care less if their civilians die, because they know it will help their propaganda team like Omar Baddar when they write articles denouncing Israel.
- Hamas' goal with their indiscriminate rockets is to make the lives of Israelis intolerable, not to kill civilians. If they kill civilians, obviously that's great for them but that isn't the goal.
- Whenever wars are fought, civilians die, no matter how precise the weapons can be. Just because civilians are dying does not mean that Israel is not trying to avoid civilian casualties.
- Hamas uses human shields. They don't even bother to deny it at this point, so you shouldn't either. Don't be more Hamas than the Hamas.
- Finally, watch this video and then tell me that Israel doesn't avoid civilian casualties:
So has Mr. Baddar proven that Israel doesn't try to avoid civilian casualties? No he has not.
Moving on to "lie" number three. He says that this isn't really about security, it's just about Israel being mean to the poor innocent Gazans. His claim?
"If Israel's main objective were indeed to end the rocket fire from Gaza, all it had to do was accept the truce offered by the Palestinian factions before the Jabari assassination. And if the blockade of Gaza was just about keeping weapons from coming in, why are Palestinian exports from Gaza not allowed out? Why were food items ever restricted?"Let's begin with this claim of a truce. First of all you may notice that Baddar references freaking Electronic Intifada for his source. If this is how he makes his arguments most of the time, no wonder he holds the positions that he does. Nowhere in the Electronic Intifada article is there any proof provided that there was a truce offered by any "Palestinian factions," only claims that there was an effective truce in play before Jabari's assassination. But do you remember Netanyahu saying that if Hamas didn't cut out the rocket fire, then they would resume targeted assassinations? We commented on it at the time. Doesn't sound like there was much of a truce happening at all. But apparently EI and Baddar both only choose to remember what they want to hear.
As for the blockade, there's nothing under international law that says Israel can't restrict food or stop Palestinian exports. During World War II the Allies stopped both of those things. Israel isn't allowed to starve the Palestinians to death but they also aren't required to make their lives easy and comfortable while Israelis live in bomb shelters. Let's not forget either that Israel allows food and supplies in every damn day, something unprecedented in history. This situation remains war, not a game. Just because Omar Baddar thinks the blockade is going too far does not mean that isn't about security, that argue is positively facile.
Let's not strawman though: he continues to quote Gilad Sharon, a man with no political power at all, and then accuses Israel of attacking Palestinian civilians. It still isn't working. Has he proven that this isn't about security? No he has not.
Stay tuned for part two after the break.


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Art Bucket List – My Magnificent Seven
Face it; reproductions in books or online are no match for viewing original artwork in person. With a nod to the recent popularity of "bucket lists," here is my personal short list of seven paintings to see before you die. What's on your list?
1. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, 1665
At 18.5" x 15.7", this work is relatively small but demonstrates Vermeer's mastery of light and figure. It is currently located at the Mauritshuis in the Hague.
2. The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, 1510-1515
Not much is known about the artist, but this triptych is one of Bosch's most famous and most recognizable works. It is located in Madrid at the Museo del Prado.
3. Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X by Francis Bacon, 1953
This dark and haunting portrait is one of 45 works done in the 1950s and 60s which were influenced by Diego Velazquez's portrait of Pope Innocent X. View it at the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
4. The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, 1888
Based on a scene from Lord Alfred Tennyson's 1832 poem bearing the same name. Located at The Tate Gallery, London, England.
5. Braids by Andrew Wyeth, 1979
Part of The Helga Pictures, a group of 247 studies that the artist did of the German model Helga Testorf. Most of the paintings were purchased by millionaire Leonard E.B. Andrews in 1986.
6. Madonna by Edvard Munch, 1894
One of the five versions of the Madonna painted between 1894 and 1895. This version was stolen from the Munch Museum of Oslo in 2004 but was later recovered and remains there to this day.
7. Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, 1942
At The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois since its completion in 1942, this painting not only displays Hopper's love of extreme perspective and effects of light, but also his deep sympathy for the unique scenes and characters of New York City.
Brian Sylvester is a guest blogger on WallSpin, and an artist on Zatista.
Related articles
- Vermeer draws us into a secret world (guardian.co.uk)
- Think Small Art (Zatista.com)
- Maddie On Things – A Dog As Art? (Zatista.com)


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Mumbai: We have to admit that the actress Sonakshi Sinha did managed to set up a new definition for the Indian beauty. We refer of course to her full figure, opposed to the size zero look adopted by almost every actress in the film industry of tinsel town. After seing her a bit chubby in the movie Dabangg, it seems that the actress will work very hard to show a more svelt figure than that one.
The decision was made in order to prepare herself for the upcoming film ventures. Due to the fact that she will be acting in the sequel of Race, Sonakshi Sinha must lose those extra kilos in order to be suitable for the role. In a recent interview she said that there is absolutely no problem on her part, and she is more than determined to work as hard as she can to look better.
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How's this for mind blowing? A simple 3″ x 4″ piece of cardboard with a baseball player's autograph is currently selling on eBay for $501,000.
Granted, it's not just any player: it's rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg. The guy has been getting tremendous hype about becoming the next Nolan Ryan, or some say, could be the best starting pitcher ever to take the mound in the history of Major League Baseball.
But still, a cool half million bucks (or more considering auction still has a 34 hours left) for a flimsy little baseball card? It's not gold plated, which even if it was, it still wouldn't be worth $500,000. It doesn't pay a 10% dividend. Nor does it have a guaranteed rate of return where you can get your money back plus the capital lost to inflation.
So what gives?
After seeing this, it reminded me a bit of the behavioral economics experiment, via this PBS NOVA Mind Over Money video (see Chapter 2), where irrational behavioral caused auction bidders to pay $28 for common everyday $20 bill.
As strange as it may sound, there are those who get so caught up in the action that the rational side of their brain is overruled. They begin to place so much value (real or perceived) about what the item can do for them or that someone else will pay them more than what they paid at a later date, that they become highly irrational, and are willing to bid up the price to levels that fail to make economic sense. In that sense, this price action mimics the stock market's behavior in the 2000 tech stocks bubble, where the economic fundamentals no longer applied to current market pricing.
Of course, the price of any object is always worth what the highest bidder is willing to pay, so in the case of the Strasburg Bowman Chrome Autograph rookie card, let's hope the auction winner is a collectible store owner who is going to use it as eye candy to lure in star struck kids or has a foolproof way of getting the card to hold it's value over Strasburg's career.
Whatever the outcome, it's a fun lesson in behavioral economics and perceived value.
That's just stupid! I've got a 1957 mint Mickey Mantle which hasn't been adulterated with a signature I'll sell someone for $400,000 cheaper.
In fact, I have the entire 1957 topps collection, and a Roberto Clemente rookie!
Is the card market coming back??
I think this is just an individual event based on short term hype and Strasburg's popularity at the moment.
Much like buying a stock after the news has been released of a killer product release or a huge beat in quarterly earnings, the smart money sells into the overwhelming positive message when the headline risk seems negligible.


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Lobos Edge Past Wolfpack 4-3
April 12, 2013
RENO, NEV. - The Lobos were able to edge past the Wolf Pack with a score of 4-3 on their home courts. The Lobos are now 11-11 overall and 2-2 in conference play, while the Wolf Pack drops to 8-10 overall and 0-3 in league play.
The match started off with doubles with Nevada earning wins at numbers one (9-8) and two (8-4) to get the doubles point.
Lobos James Hignett and Simon Hegelund were able to gain a win at number three with a score of 8-6 for UNM.
Nevada may have clinched the doubles point but the Lobos were already preparing for the comeback in singles play.
The Lobos were able to clinch wins from numbers one to three. Jadon Phillips made a huge comeback at number one after falling in the first set 7-5, to win the next set 6-4 and the third set in a tiebreak 7-6. Samir Iftikhar also made a huge comeback at number three after falling in the first set 6-1, to win the next two sets in close contest 6-4, 6-4.
Nevada had to fight hard against Mitch McDaniels who managed to push two sets to tiebreaks, but the Wolf Pack came out on top to win 1-6, 7-6, 7-6. Nevada also won at number five 6-3, 6-2.
Hignett was able to clinch his win over Philip Hinojosa from Nevada with a score of 7-5, 6-2.
The Lobos will now travel to San Diego, Calif. to face conference opponent San Diego State on April 14, 2013.
For the latest information, be sure to follow UNM men's tennis on Twitter (@UNMMenTennis) and on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/UNM.Men.Tennis).


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I'm wanting to distribute a matching theme for Vanilla (forum software) with my GamePress theme (basically offering a free Vanilla theme with each purchase).
Will I also be allowed to sell the Vanilla theme separately for those who want that theme but don't want to buy GamePress?
I would say you could probably submit the Vanilla theme to the "Misc" category.
I'm not staff, so don't take my word for it, but I'm pretty sure you can do that.
Hey Dan, seems OK to me! Great job on GamePress btw, that thing is awesome
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While this article discusses behavior modification and tries to help you understand what the sources of trouble between you and your dog may be, I want to stress that there is absolutely no replacement for a trainer or animal behaviorist you know and trust to help you and your dog. Having someone to ask questions and show you what works with your dog is like having the picture as opposed to the words -- a thousand times better. Nevertheless, this article will hopefully help with some common problems. For some help in finding a behaviorist near you, try this site: http://www.cisab.indiana.edu/ABS/Applied/index.html. To find a good trainer near you, try asking your veterinarian and other dog owners for references.
That said, some good books that are aimed at helping solve problems between dogs and owners are:
False. Dogs are strongly pack-oriented animals. They prefer best to be with their pack whenever possible. If you are inside, they will want to be inside with you. If you are outside, again, they will want to be with you. If you are at work, while they would still like to be with you, this is not usually possible. In this case, does it matter whether the dog is kept inside or outside? It turns out that many dogs behave well when kept inside; bark, dig, and whine while kept out in the yard. Why is this? Your home is the "den." Dogs prefer to be closer to the center of the den -- the place where the pack's smells are most acute. While some dogs are happy to stay outdoors during the day while the rest of the pack is gone to work, a great many dogs develop behavioral problems as a result of daily "expulsion" from the den.Well, OK, but it's different in the country, isn't it?
In addition, a dog with access to a large territory may feel compelled to "defend" all of it, resulting in other types of problems: frantic barking at "intruders," and so on. Restricting the amount of territory it has to protect may reduce this type of behavior.
A good compromise for many dogs is access both to a restricted part of the house and a restricted part of the yard. The inside-outside access keeps him from feeling ejected from the "den" without having too much territory to defend. A dog that can't be trusted inside and is destructive outside will probably benefit the most from being crated during the day. With most dogs, if you crate them through puppyhood (which also helps with housebreaking), by the time they are mostly adult (from 8 months to 24 months of age depending on the breed) you can start weaning them off the crate. Because they are used to spending the time in the crate quietly, they will form the habit of spending that same time quietly whether in the crate or not as adults.
It is an absolute myth that living in the country confers greater latitude in the dictum "thou shall keep thy dog constrained to the immediate environs of the pack." Country dogs allowed to run free get shot by hunters or farmers protecting their livestock. They get into fights with other dogs over territory. They can kill livestock, fight and tassle and get disease from wild animals, and be hit by cars on the highway. They become increasingly aggressive as they vye for larger and larger perimeter boundaries to their territory, and they no longer relate to YOU as the leader of their pack. Also, don't forget that intact animals will breed and add to the overpopulation problem.When dogs are mad at people, they do all kinds of spiteful things.
This same misconception leads people to dump unwanted dogs "in the countryside." Most such dogs die a painful death, either by slow starvation, injuries from being hit by a car or in a fight with another animal, or they are shot by farmers protecting their livestock. The countryside is not some sort of romantic haven for stray dogs.
First remember that "undesireable behavior" is in the eye of the beholder. To the dog, it's perfectly alright to dig, to bark, to chase after other dogs, etc. This doesn't mean you can't control these behaviors, of course, but it does mean that the dog isn't doing them "to spite you." The dog hasn't a clue that it's not to do these things unless you train it not to. And it has to understand what you want from it!Ah, but my dog always looks GUILTY after he's done something like this!
When dogs start undesirable (to humans) behavior, its best to try to understand the source of this behavior. Often it stems from the frustration of being left alone. Dogs are very social animals. One positive solution is to make sure your dog is properly exercised. Exercise is a wonderful cure to many behavioral problems and dogs just love it. Do check with your vet for the proper amount of exercise for both the age and breed of any dog. Another solution is obedience training. The point is, your dog needs your attention, whether it is by taking it out on a walk, training it, or both.
No. He's reacting to your body language and emotions. When you come in and see the toilet paper all over the floor, you get mad. The dog can tell that you are upset and the only thing he knows how to do is to try and placate you, as the alpha. So they try and get you out of your bad mood by crouching, crawling, rolling over on their backs, or avoiding eye contact. You interpret the dog as acting "guilty" when in fact the dog hasn't the faintest idea of what is wrong and is simply hoping you will return to a better mood. The important thing to remember is that if your dog finds that it cannot consistently predict your anger or the reasons for it, it will begin to distrust you -- just as you would someone who unpredictably flew into rages.Crating a dog is an awful thing to do to it and they hate it.
This is why it's so important to catch dogs "in the act." That way you can communicate clearly just what it is they shouldn't do. Screaming and yelling at the dog, or punishing it well after the fact does not tell your dog what is wrong. You may in fact wind up teaching it to fear you, or consider you unreliable. You must get your dog to understand you, and you have to work on the communication gap, as you are more intelligent than your dog.
Preventing your dog from unwanted behaviors coupled with properly timed corrections will go much further in eliminating the behavior from your pet than yelling at it.
In fact, you should not yell at, scream at, or hit your dog, ever. There are much more effective ways to get your point across. Try instead to understand the situation from your dog's point of view and act accordingly. The techniques in this chapter approach problems with this in mind.
Again untrue. Dogs are by nature den animals. When properly introduced to a crate, most dogs love it, and they will often go into their crates on their own to sleep. Of course, no dog should be left in the crate so long that it must soil the crate. It's a wonderful tool to use for housetraining, but puppies are not physically equipped to go for more than three or four hours without going to the bathroom. And all use of a crate should be done with an eye toward eventually weaning the dog off of it. There are only a few dogs that must always use a crate while you are gone. Afterwards, it is a very useful thing to have -- for example if at all possible your dog should always ride in the car in his crate.Ya gotta show a dog who is boss.
Crating a dog works to prevent the dog from doing many of the behaviors you don't want it to. What your dog does not do does not develop into a habit and thus requires no correction. Second, it means that when your dog does have an opportunity to engage in the unwanted behavior, you are around (because you're home to let it out) to give a proper and timely correction.
As the behavioral aspects pointed out above, reducing the territory to protect and keeping it in the den are also positive things from the dog's point of view, reducing the overall stress that it experiences.
To some extent, this is true. But what many people think this is comprised of are usually quite wrong. You don't show a dog "who is boss" by hitting it, yelling at it, or via other methods of punishment. You show a dog who is boss by being its leader. Show it what to do, how to behave. Most dogs are waiting for you to take the lead. There are actually only a very few dogs who will actively challenge you for "top dog" position. Rather, most dogs take the "top dog" position because their owners have made no effort to do so, and not only that, their owners don't recognize what is happening -- until the dog starts correcting them for their misbehavior!
Interestingly, many forms of behavior that have been touted as showing dominance over a dog backfire badly. This is because in many cases dogs really aren't contending for the "top dog" position: applying techniques to "show him who is boss" in these instances results in the dog being alienated from you and distrusting you because you corrected it for no good reason. The alpha roll, long touted as the "best" of these methods is in reality a last ditch, all out correction. It's what you do to your teenager after he's taken a joyride in your car and totalled it, not when he first asks you for the keys. Being unfair to your dog in this way can create a fear biter, one who has lost all hope of being treated fairly and defends himself the only way he knows how.
See also:For obedience training to proceed smoothly, your dog must consider you its alpha leader. This means that it considers YOU the boss. There are a number of exercises you can to to establish and maintain dominance over your dog. Individual dogs vary in submissiveness. If your dog is very submissive, you don't need to worry about establishing dominance (in fact, you may need to tone down your own dominating behavior to help bolster its confidence). Most dogs are happy to be submissive: just be sure to show approval at the occasional signs of submission, and assert dominance if it tries to test you (most dogs will, in adolescence). A very few dogs may be dominant and continually challenge you for dominance, in which case you will actively need to assert and establish your position, but this last is exceedingly rare.
More often, people will misinterpret adolescent high energy or bratty behavior as ploys for dominance when they are not. Think of a two year human child testing her parents. She's finding out what the limits are rather than actually "challenging" her parents for leadership. Puppies and young dogs do exactly the same thing. Correct them firmly, but don't go into an all out "dominance battle" -- it's inappropriate and your dog will begin to distrust you. Returning to the toddler analogy, the most you might do is a sharp word or a small swat on the rear. You would not pick her up, hold her against the wall and scream at her. Remember that most dogs are still "young" (in human terms, under 20 years of age) until they are two or three. In other words, don't confuse physical maturity with mental maturity.
Never mistake being alpha with punishment. An alpha leader is fair. An alpha leader deserves its position. An alpha leader does not use fear, punishment or brute force to achieve and maintain its position. An alpha leader, instead, makes it crystal clear what behaviors it approves of and which it does not. An alpha leader expects its subordinates to follow its lead, it does not force them to.
If you get mad at your dog, or angry or furious, you've lost the alpha position. Dogs do not understand fury. You have to be calm and focused.
If your dog is still a puppy, socializing it is a good way to gain its trust.
If you decide that some action requires correction, *always* give a correction when you see that action. For example, if you decide that your dog is not allowed on the sofa, then *always* correct it when you see it on the sofa.
Consistency can be a big challenge with a family: every family member must agree on the basic ground rules with the dog; when and for what it should be corrected, what commands to use and so on. Families must cooperate extensively to avoid confusing the dog. It is best if only one person actively trains the dog; thereafter if the commands are given the same way, everyone in the family can use them.
Finally, always use the minimum correction necessary. If a sharp AH-AH will do, use that rather than an alpha roll. If a pop under the chin will do, use that rather than a scruff shake.
More important than knowing how to perform an alpha roll is learning to play the alpha role. That means having the attitude of "I am always right and I will _never_ let my dog willfully disobey me" without ever becoming angry or giving up. Picture a small two-year old toddler, for example. You're not in a struggle over who's "Mom" but over what the child is allowed to do, and there's a crucial difference in the two.
Using an alpha roll on a dog who is already submissive but disobeys because it doesn't know what is expected of is destructive to the relationship between you and the dog. Likewise, using an alpha role on a dominant dog but not using any other positive reinforcements can alienate it. Most dogs never need to be alpha rolled in their lives.
Furthermore, alpha rolls are one of the strongest weapons in dominance arsenal. Save it for the gravest of infractions.
Being dominant is no substitute for learning to read and understand your dog. Proper obedience (which should be a part of any dog's life, even when "only" a pet) is a two way street and requires you to be as responsible to your dog as your dog is responsive to you.
There are a number of ways in demonstrating dominance:
First a bit of basic dog pychology: friendly behaviors include moving side by side, sniffing butts, tails wagging at body level (not up high or over the back). Not-friendly behaviors include meeting face-to-face, esp. a face-to-face approach, ears forward and tail over back.
Force them into friendly behaviors as follows: walk the dogs in parallel on leash. They should be close enough to see each other but not close enough to snap at or touch each other. Be careful when you two turn that the dogs don't tangle. Make sure one doesn't get ahead of the other: keep them parallel. Keep this up until they relax. Slowly start walking closer together as behavior permits.
Hold one dog on leash in a sit. Have food treats and a water bottle handy. Walk the other dog toward it, to about six feet, then turn away (increase the distance if the sitting dog snarls). The idea is to turn away *before* the sitting dog shows any aggression. If the dog shows no agression, reward it with a food tidbit or verbal praise. Do NOT touch the dog (stand on the leash or tie it down). If it does growl, spray it with water. Switch the dogs so that each experiences sitting or walking toward. They are learning that good things happen without defensive behavior. As they improve, start walking a bit closer before turning. If the sitting dog snarls, do NOT turn the other dog away: the person with the sitting dog should correct it and when the dog subsides, THEN the moving dog should turn away.
Finally, holding the head of one dog, but allowing it to stand, have the other dog investigate its rear briefly. This is really the extreme extension of the above.
These exercises have several purposes. One is to force the dogs to consider themselves friendly by engaging in the behavior of friendly dogs. The other is to teach both dogs that an approaching dog is not necessarily grounds for aggression.
This will take a lot of work, probably over a couple of months, but they will work, and what's more, should reduce tensions with other dogs as well (i.e., not only between the two specific dogs in the exercises).
If it is cat feces in an indoor litter box, you can try the following:
The Monks suggest feeding your dog a dry food that is at least 23% meat protein, and about 25% raw meat. In addition, either an egg, or a tablespoon of vegetable oil every few days. They also think that eating feces may involve a dietary deficiency. Adding Accent (monosodium glutamate) or kelp tablets (usually available at health food stores) to your dogs food can give the feces a bad taste for the dog. Also putting tabasco and vinegar on the feces themselves may work.
In rare cases, this can suggest a trypsin deficiency. Trypsin is a digestive enzyme and affected dogs don't get enough nutrients from the food so they eat the stool. In many cases, despite eating quite a bit the dogs are still thin. There is a test for this syndrome and enzyme supplementation is part of the treatment. Your vet can help you rule out this possibility.
This is a difficult problem and not always solved or stopped. It doesn't really hurt the animal, although you should take care to have it checked often for internal parasites, which it's more likely to pick up.
It's rather common for older spayed bitches to start dribbling. This is easily fixed most of the time with doses of estrogen. In many cases, the doses can be tapered off after a few months. Some dogs require estrogen for the rest of their lives. Only small doses are needed, so it's not that expensive to treat.
If your dog is urinating in different places around the house, you can try the "vinegar trick". Pour some vinegar on the spot in front of the dog. What you're telling the dog with this is "I'm alpha. YOU may not pee here." Then clean it all up first with an enzymatic odor remover and then a good carpet shampoo (see the Assorted Topics FAQ).
First, tone down your aggressive behavior -- with a submissive dog there is no real need to consciously dominate it. Examples of dominating behavior include:
Be really positive with your dog, this type lacks self-confidence and will look to you quite often to make sure everything is OK.
One technique that helps many dogs with this problem is called "Flooding." You need a group of people, preferably ones who will stimulate the undesired response (in this case, peeing). You find the least intimidating step for your dog (the point at which she does not submissively urinate), and work on each step until she's comfortable with each. If she urinates, you've gone too fast and you should back up a step until she's more confident. This process will take a while.
Make sure you have a supply of allowable chewing items on hand. Whenever the dog is in a crate or small room, there should always be some of these toys to chew on. Whenever you are at home and see the dog about to chew on something it shouldn't, say "AH-AH" and give it one of its toys.
There are products available to spray on items to make them taste unpleasant. Some caveats: a few dogs are not bothered by the taste; it's not really a cure for the underlying problem, but it does help you train the dog; you must make sure the product does not harm the item to be sprayed first. Bitter Apple and Bitter Orange are available at most pet supply stores; veterinarians have other formulations they may sell to you.
The judicious use of crating, toys, and watching the puppy closely will be the way you teach it to leave your house alone.
If your dog is a puppy, yelp pitifully when it chomps on you, and replace your hand with a chew toy; praise heartily when the chew toy is used instead. If it persists, stand up and stop playing with it. It is no fun for the puppy if you stop interacting with it, and it will learn to stop chewing on you fairly quickly.
With older puppies and dogs, say "NO BITE" sternly and withdraw your hand.
If the dog goes through a cycle where it seems to be infuriated by your correction and returns ever more aggressively to chew on you, call a timeout and put the dog where it can't get to you, preferably its crate. When it calms down, let it back and be prepared to interrupt the cycle if it starts again.
Never put up with a puppy biting or mouthing you. When they are adult, the problem will be far more severe.
A wonderful solution to this problem, suggested by Lisa Ochoa is as follows: Assuming that part of the reason the dog is growling is that it is guarding its resources, put down three bowls with the dog's meal split between the three. Have something irrisistibly yummy at hand: Hotdogs, bits of chicken, liver, etc. Put all three bowls down, and as the dog is eating out of one bowl, pick another up, add some of the treats to it, and put it back down again. Keep this up until all the food is eaten. This way you are teaching the dog that people are not a threat to its food, which is as it should be.
In dealing with this problem, always think in terms of taking the food away from the dog and NOT in terms of taking the dog away from the food. In other words, if you try to push the dog away from his dish, you've potentially escalated the confrontation to a physical one; if you take the dish away, his attention is concentrated instead on the dish.
To deal with a fear-biter (evidenced by a dog that bites/threatens to bite but has its ears laid back along its head rather than facing forward), first you have to deal with the insecurity and temperament of the dog. This kind of dog has no self-confidence at all, hence its ready alarm at normally innocuous situations.
Think of the submissive dog outlined above. You need to build up its confidence: pay close attention to understand exactly what sets it off (some are afraid of men, men with beards, people holding something in their hand, small children, etc) and for now, remove that from its environment. Do some training or other work with it to build up its confidence (the training in this case becomes a vehicle for praising the dog). Then work slowly on its fear.
You should really enlist professional help to deal with a fear biter unless you are experienced with dogs. This kind of dog takes lots of patience and careful reading and may never become trustworthy. If you cannot resolve its problems, consider having it destroyed; don't pass it along to someone else to become a problem for that person.
Dealing with complaints about barking. If your neighbors complain about your dog barking while you are not at home, first purchase a voice-activated tape recorder and set it up where your dog will trigger the tape if it barks. You may find that your neighbor is incorrect about how much your dog actually does bark (keep a log of the barking you record). You may find out what exactly causes it to bark (hearing a car drive by before each barking sequence, for example), giving you some ideas for eliminating the behavior. But do determine that there is actually a problem before you try to do something about it.
If you know that you have a problem, you might enlist the help of your neighbors. Neighbors are often happy to help you with this problem! Have them squirt water at excessive barking, or rattle cans of pennies/rocks, etc.
In any event, take a neighbor's complaint seriously, even if it is unwarranted. More neighbor disputes arise over barking dogs than anything else, and dogs have been injured or killed by neighbors desperate for a good nights sleep.
There is some evidence that barking is an inherited trait: if the parents bark a lot, chances are their puppies will, too.
Often, one method that helps alleviate barking is to give your dog specific permission to bark. Teach it to "speak" -- let it "speak" when appropriate (say, when you're playing in the park). Then "no speak" follows from that. However, there is often a problem when the dog is alone. The following methods outline some other possibilities to address this problem.
There are two types, one will eliminate the barking -- that is, they are triggered by any barking the dog does. Others are "diminishers", they will kick in after one or two barks. There are a few that adjust to be one or the other. With diminisher collars, watch out for the dog learning to "pattern bark" -- they've learned they can bark twice, pause, bark twice, etc. You will need to switch to an eliminator in this case.
The best collars are triggered by throat vibration rather than noise; this helps avoid having your dog corrected when a nearby car backfires!
The dogs do not stop barking. They do not seem to notice the difference, or at any rate continue "barking" as if they still made the noise.
There are different ways to perform the surgery, and it is possible for the vocal cords to grow back and the dog to regain its bark. If the vocal cords are cut, chances are the cords will heal themselves. If they are cauterized, the operation will last longer. Whether it is over a period of weeks or months, it seems that many dogs eventually regain use of their vocal cords.
Some approaches:
To teach the dog to dig only in the box, place or bury toys or treats (sliced hotdogs, for example) in the box. Encourage the dog to dig up the toy or treat. Praise the dog. Repeat until the dog willingly jumps in and digs. Watch the dog. When it starts to dig in any other place, quickly go out and take your dog to its box. Show it (by digging yourself), that it should dig in its box. To deter boredom, place several toys/treats in the box before you leave for work. The dog will spend its time digging in the correct place rather than digging up your roses. You can also sprinkle animal essence (available at hunting supplies places).
Remember that dogs like to dig in freshly turned earth. So get out that shovel and turn the dirt over in the sand box every now and then. Toss in some fresh dirt. Keep a close eye on freshly planted areas, as they will be very attractive (bury some extra hotdogs in the sandbox when you are putting down new plants).
If you already have this problem, some approaches to try:
In general, correct it immediately when it jumps on you, praise it when all four paws land back on ground. A helpful reinforcement is to give them a command and praise lavishly when they do it, e.g., "No! Brownie, sit! Good girl, what a good girl!"
Try to anticipate the jumping: look for their hindquarters beginning to crouch down, and correct them when you see them *about* to jump. With medium-sized dogs, you can discourage jumping with a well-timed knee in the chest (never kick). This does not work as well on small dogs and very large dogs. With small dogs, step back so they miss you; you can also splay your hand in front of you so their face bumps into it (don't hit them, let them bump into you). Correct, then praise when on ground. With larger dogs, the kind that don't really *jump*, but *place* their paws on your shoulders, grab some skin below their ears (be firm but not rough) and pull them down, saying "No!" Again, praise it when it is back on ground.
You should note that some dogs do not respond to the above physical corrections. They may view it as a form of rough play, or be so happy to get attention that they don't mind it being negative. In these cases, a much more effective approach is to ignore such a dog, stepping back slightly or turning your back when it jumps. Give lavish praise and attention when all paws are on the ground again.
Gradually expand this to include friends and visitors. Start first with people who understand what you want to do and will apply the physical correction in conjunction with your "No!" As the dog improves, expand with other people. In the interim, a reinforcing exercise is to put your dog on a leash, and stand on one end of the leash or otherwise secure it so your dog can stand but not jump. When it tries to greet someone by jumping up, praise it *when it lands* and don't correct it for attempting to jump.
For those of you who don't mind being jumped, you can gain control over it by teaching your dog that it can jump on you -- when you OK it. At random times (i.e., not *every* time you correct it), after your correction and praise for getting back down, wait thirty seconds or so, and then happily say "OK, jump" (or something similar, as long as you're consistent) and praise your dog when it jumps up then. At other times, when it is *not* trying to jump on you, encourage it to do so on your permission, using the same phrase. You must make it clear that it shouldn't jump on you unless you give it permission, so you must still correct unpermitted jumping.
Have a few friends drive by (slowly) in a strange car. When the dog gets in range, open the window and dump a bucket of ice cold water on the animal's head/back. Repeat as needed (with a different car) for reinforcement.
Dealing with the possible aggression incurred in tug of war is probably more constructive than never teaching your dog to use its teeth. Besides, studies on canine aggression show that even extremely docile dogs can be provoked to show aggression. Houpt and Wolski in their book _Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists_ note: "Growling is an aggressive call in dogs, and is commonly known. It is interesting evolutionarily that even the most placid dog can be induced to growl if one threatens to take a bone away from it. A scarcity of food in general can increase aggression ..., but bones seem to have particular value even for the satiated dog."
This can hinge on whether you (as the owner) can distinguish between challenges and playing. If the dog is playing when doing TOW, there's no problem. If it *is* challenging you doing this, you need to 1) recognize the challenge (versus just playing) 2) win and 3) stop the TOW and correct its challenge to your authority. If you can't make the distinction, then don't play tug-of-war with it. Couple any tug-o-war games with the command "Give" or something similar so that the dog learns to immediately let go ON COMMAND. If it doesn't, that's a challenge, and you need to deal with it. Teach your dog what "give" when you start playing this game with it. When you know that your dog understands the command, then periodically reinforce it by having your dog "give" at random times. This becomes a form of keeping your alpha position as mentioned earlier in this article. And tug of war, properly implemented, is an intensely rewarding game for many dogs, making a good "treat" during training sessions, for example.
Some guidelines. Do not feed the dog anything but dog food and dog treats. You might add vegetable oil or linatone to the food to improve its coat. There are other foods that you may want to add to improve its diet such as vegetables, rice, oatmeal, etc., (check with your vet first for appropriate food to meet the dietary need you want to address), but always feed them to the dog in its dish, never from your plate or from your hand while you are eating.
Discourage your dog from begging at the table by tying it nearby (so that it does not feel isolated from the social activity) but out of reach of the table. After you finish eating, feed the dog. Tell your dog "no" or "leave it" if it goes for anything edible on the floor (or on the ground during walks!), praise it when it obeys you. Teach it that the only food it should take should be from its dish or someone's hand.
If you are concerned about the "boring and drab" diet for your dog, don't think of food as a way to interest it! Play with it, take it out on walks -- there are many other and better ways to make life exciting for your dog.


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Since there will only be about two of you that know, maybe I should just IM you directly
I was trying to recall the merits of both of these engines families. Set me straight if I've got it wrong and add any further info you have in the old memory bank.
FE series: 352/390/427/428, replaced Y block in '61, also found its way into trucks as 360 and others. Includes famed racing 427 variants, but not sure about SOHC motor. Also includes legendary Cobra Jet variant in 428 form. Half-skirted block if memory serves, identifiable by offset water pump & front distributor. Not as big or heavy as 385 series engines. Discontinued in cars roundabout 1970.
385 series: 429/460, bigger and heavier than FE if I recall. Non skirted block, better head design for much improved flow, higher-revving? (possibly something to do with the rod/stroke ratio compared to FE). Also available in Cobra Jet variant. Possibly had some similarities to 351 Cleveland? Where did I get that from -- maybe the valve geometry? I'm a lot fuzzier on these engines.
OK Ford guys, help me out here.


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Agricultural Zone
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Buildable Lot Area - minimum: 10,000 (Single-Family) ... 15,000 (Two-Family)
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The chalk pyramids of the Smoky Hills in western Kansas are some of the state's most unique landmarks. Some are more than 50 feet tall. Gove County
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Black-Footed Ferrets return to Kansas with the help of the Nature Conservancy in Logan County
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Amelia Earhart's birthplace in Atchison, Kan. Atchison County
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Steam rises from the warm waters created by the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant at Coffey County Lake.
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The Midland Railway in Baldwin, KS operates excursion trains behind vintage engines, such as this restored Rock Island E-8. Franklin County
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Ed Schons made an "s" hook in the blacksmith's shop at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop on Wednesday, Jun 13, 2012, in Olathe, Kansas. Johnson County
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Badger Creek bridge is one of about fifteen historic stone bridges built between 1890 and 1917 in Cowley County.
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ÒThe businesses they put down there were for men only,Ó said Bill Starr, owner of Starr Antiques, Wolf Hotel and the Ellinwood Underground. Starr shows visitors around underground Ellinwood Ks, in Barton County.
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Typical of young children working in the underground mines in Crawford County
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M.T. Liggett has been making these totems out of scrap metal since 1989. He has them posted along his fence on US 400, but city and county officials worry that gawking passersby might be a traffic hazard. Kiowa County
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Row crops of corn and soybeans surround the Glacial Hills around White Cloud, Kansas. Doniphan County
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Horace Greeley Museum, Tribune, Ks. Greeley County.
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Circle No. 2 (foreground) and Circle No. 1 (background, at right) in Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, Kansas. The Grand Army of the Republic, Antietam Post No. 64 purchased the lots for the first circle in May of 1886 and for the second circle in 1889. Labette County
Black Jack Battlefield & Nature Park in Douglas County.
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Dubbed "Big Brutus," the enormous power shovel towered 15 stories high and weighed 11 million pounds. Purchased in 1962 from the Bucyrus-Erie Company of Milwaukee, the machine's cost was $6.5 million. To ship the shovel to Cherokee County, 150 railroad cars were needed, and once there it took a year to build. The shovel could move 150 tons of coal in one bite. Brutus is part of the mining legacy in southeastern Kansas.
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This photograph taken in about 1914 shows members of the Eugene Fire Department posing with their units, a Knott fire engine and a horse-drawn fire wagon. They are outside the early Eugene City Hall which was located on the northeast corner of 8th Avenue and Park Street. The Lane County jail can be seen to the right. Catalog Number GN2292
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The Warkentin House in Newton, Ks. Harvey County
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Landscape showing the Arikaree Breaks in the far northwest corner of Kansas in Cheyenne County
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With artillery smoke hanging in the air from a 21-gun salute by his company at Fort Leavenworth, the 500th Military Police Detachment, Army Sgt. Travis Smith saluted during the playing of "Taps," during Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. Leavenworth County
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View of railroad construction workers standing on tracks under construction in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible are two horse- or mule-drawn wagons, and piles of the railroad ties used to support the rails Created in 1912.
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Big Basin Prairie Preserve, in Clark County.
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Lincoln, Ks traveling salesman headstone. Lincoln County
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The twin spires of St. Fidelis Church and a municipal water tower are distorted by heat vapors as they are silhouetted by the setting sun Monday, Oct, 19, 2009 in Victoria, Kan. The Catholic church inspired William Jennings Bryan to call it the "Cathedral of the Plains" during a visit in 1912. Ellis County
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The boyhood home of Frederick Funston, located on the square in Iola, Ks, Allen County, is an 1860s farmhouse which features Victorian decor and showcases artifacts and furniture that were originally in the home during Funston's childhood. The adjacent museum features exhibits detailing Funston's extraordinary life as well as information on his family including his father, Kansas Congressman Edward H. Funston.
Battle of the Spurs historical marker in Jackson County.
Stone Buffalo in Clay County
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An obelisk stands as a memorial to the 11 people who were victims of the Marais Des Cygnes Massacre of 1858. 11 people were taken from their homes in eastern Kansas by Missourians who were trying to get Kansas to become a slave state. The group was taken to a ravine and shot down. Five people were killed and it was the event that made "Bleeding Kansas" a nationwide topic. The site is one of many along the Frontier Scenic Byway that runs 160 miles from north to south along the eastern side of the state. Linn County
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Mushroom Rock Kansas 1916, Ellsworth County.
Anderson County Courthouse designed by George P. Washburn and Son.
Olivia Taylor-Puckett on the Mclouth rock in Jefferson County
Intermediate wheatgrass nursery at the Land Institute in Saline County
(From left) Tamara Duvall (10), Michalleah Hartley (11) and Joy Duvall leave a cabin depicted in Laura Ingalls' book "Little House on the Prairie." Montgomery County
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Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plain, Kan. Sumner County
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Columbia Theatre, Wamego, Ks. Pottawatomie County
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The front of the first territorial capitol at Ft. Riley faces the Kansas River. Geary County.
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Veterans Memorial Park, Emporia, Ks. Emporia is the home of Veterans Day. Lyon County
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A Council Grove resident strolls across the town's main street, headed for the Hays House Restaurant and a cup of coffee. Morris County
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Cooper Barn is one of five other buildings showcasing artifacts and displays that reflect the lives of pioneers who settled Western Kansas in the 1870s. The Cooper Barn is the largest barn in Kansas, measuring 66 feet wide, 114 feet long and 48 feet high. Thomas County
The Nicodemus Township Hall was built in 1939 as a WPA project. It now serves as the visitor center for the Nicodemus National Historic site, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Graham County
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Parishioners attend the Easter Service at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Pilsen, Kansas Saturday. It is the church where a young Father Emil Kapaun was once a priest. (March 30, 2013) Marion County
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The male lion in the Sedgwick County Zoo Pride of the Plains exhibit raises up to try and grab visitors.
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Desert flowers catch the morning light on the Cimarron Grasslands outside Elkhart, Ks. Morton County
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Trego County Courthouse, Wakeeney, Ks.
Smokey the Bear created by Kansas artist Rudolph Wendelin. Wendelin is buried in Ludell, Ks. Rawlins County
Inmates from the Toronto Correctional Facility have played a huge part in construction and maintaining cabins at Cross Timbers and Fall River State Parks. Greenwood County
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Marysville Pony Express Barn on NRHP since April 2, 1973. At 108 S. 8th St. Marysville, Kansas. About 2 counties away from St. Joseph, MO (the starting point of the Pony Express). Marshall County
The residents of Liberal, Kan., turned their sidewalks into a replica of the Yellow Brick Road from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Most of the bricks bear the name of donors who contributed $60 each for the honor. Seward County
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Shoe tree in Nemaha county, Ks.
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The Beecher Bible and Rifle Church in Wabaunsee was formed by a group of settlers from New Haven, Ct., who came to Kansas to try and keep Kansas from becoming a slave state. Wabaunsee County
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A tour begins at the Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson. Reno County
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Anna Mae Turner stands next to the tombstone of her Great-Grandfather, Nathaniel Grigsby, a childhood friend of Abraham Lincoln. When Grigsby died in 1890 in Attica, he had carved on his tombstone an attack on Democrats, whom Grigsby regarded as a "party on treason." Harper County
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Museum of the Great Plains in Leoti, Ks. Wichita County
A full moon rises behind a statue of a Kansas Indian on top of the Kansas Statehouse Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in Topeka, Kan. Shawnee County
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Martin and Osa Johnson were pioneering wildlife filmmakers, photographers, authors, and explorers who traveled to the exotic realms of Africa, Borneo, and the South Seas recording cultures (that no longer exist). Neosho County
Mount Sunflower west of Weskan, Ks Wallace County
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Pawnee Indian Village State Park, Republic County
Diana McGee, left, and LeeAnn Shearer hang the latest addition to the "They Also Ran Gallery" located inside The First State Bank Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2004 in Norton, Kan. The official photo of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., now dons the gallery along with photos of the other candidates who ran for president and lost. Norton County
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The legacy of Neodesha's oil boom, the first well erupts in a spray of crude in 1892. Wilson County
Cottonwood Ranch State Historic Site in Sheridan County
Ness County Bank sometimes called the Skyscraper of the Plains.
The Hollenberg Pony Express Station first opened as a way-station for westward travelers in 1857 near Hanover, Ks. Washington County
Early Native Americans created mounds along ridges in some parts of Kansas. This one, located in Rice County, shows a 160-foot serpent with a ball in its mouth. This photo was taken in the 1980s when an archeologist, researching the serpent mound, mowed down existing grass and poured biodegradable lime across the mount to better highlight its shape. Rice County
A statue of former President Dwight Eisenhower is seen at the Eisenhower Museum and Library as hundreds of balloons are released by school children on the first celebration of Dwight D. Eisenhower Day Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, in Abilene, Kan. Dickinson County
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Glass artist Bruce Breslow holds a handful of some of his favorite marbles which he has made at Moon Marble Co. in Bonner Springs, Kan. Wyandotte County
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A giant Van Gogh paint towers over the horizon in Goodland, Ks. Sherman County.
Coal mining in Osage county. Unfortunately this old photograph offers no explanation for the white collar and cuffs.
Surrounded by timber, and full of shoreline habitat, Woodson State Fishing Lake is one of Kansas' best and prettiest fishing holes. Woodson County
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The new Flint Hills Discovery Center, in Manhattan. Riley County
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Ft. Larned National HIstorical Site in Pawnee County
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Coronado Heights in McPherson county Ks.
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Home on the Range Cabin. Smith County
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Osborn County Court House
The Davis Memorial in Brown County was to represent the beginning of the Davis relationship. From the sculptures depicting the courtship and the different phases of their lives together to Sarah's death. The Vacant Chair is the last part of the sculpted story.
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Webster Reservoir and State Park, near Stockton Ks. Rooks County
The Dalton Gang from Meade, Ks saw their crime spree came to an end in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1892. Meade County
Whooping cranes walk in-step at Quivera National Wildlife Refuge. Stafford County
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Rock climbers Josh VonLoh, left, and Jon Balmer practice "bouldering" on the rocks of Rock City near Minneapolis, Kan., VonLoh, from Boulder, Colo., and Balmer, from Manhattan, Kan., are able to practice their moves for climbing mountains in view of the flat wheat fields of central Kansas. Ottawa County
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The Kansas Oil Museum museum in El Dorado now has a display of old oil company signs in addition to other historical items relating to the oil history in Butler County.
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Earl Roberts and his wife Charlotte look over more then 2000 types of barbed wire at the Barbed Wire Museum in LaCross, Kan. Rush County
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John Brown State Historic Site and Adair Cabin in Miami County.
Stanton County Museum in Johnson City, Ks. Stanton County
Boaters play on Lake Coldwater on the town's south side as an oil well pumps nearly 250 barells of oil a day. Wells like this have pumped nearly a million dollars into the city budget along with new business success for locals. Comanche County
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Lucas, Kansas can add one more notch in its quirky belt: The town has turned to bathroom humor and created a monument making Lucas home of the largest, most blingy toilet in Kansas. The town has been working on its $100,000 public restroom project for the past four years, and it is almost complete. This photo shows the entire project the locals call 'Bowl Plaza'.
Giant Ball of Twine in Cawker City, Ks Mitchell County
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Stevens County Gas and Historical Museum in Hugoton, Ks. Stevens County
Dane Hansen Museum in Logan, Ks. Phillips County
Youngsters swim and dive in the world's largest concrete municipal free swimming pool in Garden City, Kan. The pool, which holds 2.6 million gallons of water was built in 1922. Finney County
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I know there are some BHP enthusiasts on this board - perhaps you'd be willing to share some experience with me. I'm just beginning on my trip down the road of formal combative pistol training with my much-loved 9mm Hi-Power (it's an eight-year-old factory Mk III, looks exactly like this). After my first course, I'm considering how I might improve some things about it to make it a better fighting pistol for me. Specifically -
- The hammer. I don't and have never had issues with the "hammer bite" that seems to be a standard BHP gripe - my problem is that the long spur gets in the way of grip attainment when I'm carrying it farther back than 3:00. It seems like one of the C&S Type I ring hammers might help.
- The trigger/magazine disconnect issue. I'd like the magazine disconnect gone. It makes the trigger take-up inconsistent and gritty. I might be happy enough with the trigger weight if it weren't for this.
- The magazine well. For combat reloading, I was taught to index using the back edge of the mag against the back edge of the mag well, then rotate forward while pushing up - but the front corners of the mag always seem to hang. Mag well beveling would be helpful, I think, but I don't know if there's enough room there.
- The safety. I don't mind that it's ambidextrous, but I didn't realize how unusually stiff it was until I looked down the line and watched the guys with 1911's flicking theirs on and off with such little effort. The first half-day of range drills I wore a blister on my thumb. The second day I wrapped my thumb with two layers of athletic tape and wore a hole through both. There's got to be a way to improve that... right?
I've looked around the Web at various gunsmiths, but I keep getting the impression that they're targeting customers who want a truly custom gun, not just a few usability improvements. I don't need or want to pay for new grips, sights, refinishing, stippling, polishing, accurizing, engraving, etc. The work is beautiful, but it's just not in my budget to spend as much or more than a whole new gun would cost on this kind of thing.
Is there any hope? Can any of this work be done by a non-gunsmith? Is there someone I've overlooked who does this kind of thing to BHPs for a reasonable cost? Aren't Hi-Powers the best full-size 9's you've ever handled? :wink:
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan put a mid-match stumble behind him to eliminate the defending champion, Ding Junhui, in the first round of the BGC Masters at Alexandra Palace in north London.
The four-times champion thrilled a packed crowd in the first match played at the tournament's new home after its move from Wembley, claiming the final two frames to win 6-4 and finishing off with a classy 125.
O'Sullivan, who raced to a 4-1 lead before losing his way and letting the Chinese player recover to 4-4, was delighted to win in front of his children, and carried his son out of the arena at the end.
"It was nice for them to see me play, and nice to have them here," he said. "It was a tough match, to be fair." O'Sullivan will face either the UK champion Judd Trump or Stuart Bingham in his next match.
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Ganesh Hegde replaced Farah Khan in Shah Rukh Khan's RA.One. But the main factor which has hit the headlines is the replacement of Ganesh Hedge from a dance reality show on televisionand the replacement is of course Farah Khan as the judge on the show. Hegde, who accused Farah of spreading negative stories about him by claiming that he was elbowed out of a dance reality show, has hit out at the director again after she said that he needed a psychiatrist. Ganesh said, "Yes, I see the same doctor that Farah visits and even he feels that she talks too much. There are people who let their work talk and then there are people who let their talk work. Honestly, when have you seen a Farah Khan dance, please tell me that someone has seen her dance, anybody? I have done some good work in the recent past and have never spoken to anyone about making it public. Have never blown my own trumpet in 20 years, so why will I now?" "I was supposed to groom the contestants on various dance styles, direct four music videos for Hrithik, and being a music maker myself, give my inputs for the dance music which is done by Pritam. In fact, without signing any contract I have had two sittings on the music with Pritam and Hrithik, who I immensely respect." "If Farah was equipped to play these many roles or if she is contributing to any of these, then she has indeed replaced me and if not, then she should just sit back and let her talks do all the hard work. And just for the records, I have never been to the sets of the reality show so how can there be problems on the sets because of me?" he added.
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