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Harlem is a large neighborhood in Upper Manhattan comprised of multiple submarkets. Often divided by West, Central, and East Harlem, other neighborhoods within Harlem include Mount Morris Historic District, the Factory District, Sugar Hill, Strivers' Row Area, Astors Row, Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, and Morningside Heights. Harlem is a soulful community with a rich history, lots of outdoor space, affordable apartments, iconic theaters, and jazz clubs.
Some notable companies with headquarters in Harlem include Infrastructure Engineering Inc., FreshDirect, Lumiode, CO-Office, Harlem Properties, Admit.me, and SoHarlem.
What Our Brokers Say About Harlem Office Space for Lease
The presence of nearby Columbia University and City College provides a cost-effective and steady pool of new talent for hiring or selecting interns. In addition, both Columbia and City College have dedicated funds and resources to developing Harlem as a new hub of tech and biotech startups. Columbia's Harlem Biospace Incubator provides affordable shared lab space for up to 20 biotech startups, such as SinSa Labs, HYPOTHEkids, and Ardent Cell Technologies. City College incubates hardware, software, and social enterprise startups at the Zahn Innovation Center. Cofound Harlem, Silicon Harlem, and Harlem Garage also share the mission to advance the presence of technology and innovation within Harlem.
Silicon Harlem has worked with universities and businesses in the area to encourage everyone to participate in the digital economy, according to the organization's website. "We have a commitment to provide inter-generational digital literacy curriculum, tech skills courses, code and programming classes, and ongoing events to share tech and innovation information." The organization is also working to ensure all citizens and small businesses have access to high-speed internet connection. Silicon Harlem CEO Clayton Banks noted that Harlem already has an entrepreneurial community, so the tech startup community he's building will likely be successful as well.
Central Harlem is the name for Harlem proper, which falls under Manhattan Community District 10 and includes Morningside Park, St. Nicholas Park, and Jackie Robinson Park. It is bounded by the Harlem River to the north; Central Park to the south; Fifth Avenue to the east; and Morning Side Park, St. Nicholas Avenue, and Edgecombe Avenue to the west. Hamilton Heights and Manhattanville comprise West Harlem. East Harlem, often called Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, is not technically part of Harlem proper. It is, however, part of what is called Greater Harlem. Greater Harlem includes Community Districts 9, 10, and 11.
Development potential is exceptionally high in the Factory District of West Harlem, where Janus Property Company is working on redeveloping vacant industrial buildings and constructing new mixed-use commercial spaces. With recent rezoning efforts and plans for more than 100,000 square feet of new office space in development, Harlem's latest transformation even landed West Harlem the top spot of StreetEasy's 2018 list of Neighborhoods to Watch. A world-renowned art gallery, a museum, and a wholesale coffee roaster are already in the works for the up-and-coming area.
East Harlem in particular has seen a significant amount of economic growth in recent years. From 2007 to 2017, the number of businesses based in East Harlem increased by 37 percent. In that same timeframe, private sector employment has grown by 33 percent. Overall, Harlem houses a large number of medical facilities, such as Mount Sinai Hospital. The healthcare industry employs more people in Harlem than any other industry does. Other important industries include retail, professional, education, and hospitality.
Recognized for the cultural and historical significance of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s, Harlem's food, jazz, and art scene thrives among historic brownstones and green parks. Over the last decade, the area has become increasingly attractive for commercial tenants — including a rising number of startups — seeking low prices among a well-established and culturally diverse community.
Once a business decides to put down roots in Harlem, it's time to step outside the office and see what else the neighborhood has to offer. Harlem has plenty of opportunities to eat, explore, and get some exercise. Red Rooster Harlem and Harlem Shake are two newer standouts among the dining scene. Our team also recommends Charles' Country Pan Fried Chicken, Lennox Coffee, Buerre & Sel, Melba's, and Sylvia's. If you need some open space and fresh air, take a stroll through the Historic Harlem Parks, including Jackie Robinson Park, Marcus Garvey Park, Morningside Park, and St. Nicholas Park. The parks cover more than 85 acres and comprise about 40 percent of the neighborhood's open space. Harlem also has plenty of good gyms, such as Blink Fitness – Harlem 125th, New York Sports Clubs, Planet Fitness, and Harlem Branch YMCA.
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Commercial tenants are renting Harlem office space for an average of around $45 per square foot. Harlem office space is ideal for those trying to avoid high Manhattan and Brooklyn prices. A variety of office space is available, from single-desk offices in co-working spaces to entire floors of renovated buildings.
Residential data shows increasing rent trends. At the current rate, Harlem could catch up to Midtown and Lower Manhattan's prices in the next ten to twenty years, with commercial real estate prices likely to follow. To learn more about Harlem office spaces and rates, contact one of our experienced brokers.
Getting Around: Transportation in Harlem
Harlem is bounded by the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Central Park North on the south; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, St. Nicholas Avenue, and Morningside Park on the west. Nearby neighborhoods include Upper East Side, Central Park, And Upper West Side.
Harlem is one of the easiest neighborhoods in NYC to access via public transportation. For example, one can get from Midtown Manhattan/Times Square to 125th Street in Harlem in 10 to 15 minutes.
Commuters can reach Harlem via the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, C, and D trains, as well as 18 Manhattan bus lines and 5 Bronx bus lines. The Metro-North commuter rail connects Westchester County with Manhattan at its 125th Street stop. Seven bridges connect Harlem to the eastern boroughs of New York City. Commuters from Queens can take the M60 express bus, which starts at LaGuardia Airport and cuts through Astoria, crosses the Triboro Bridge, and runs from 125th Street to the Upper West Side.
The continued extension of the 2nd Avenue Q train is expected to create more convenient transportation options, as will the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal.
Harlem has a Walk Score of 99. Walkers will find their daily commute enhanced by the abundance of murals and park space in the neighborhoods, including Riverside, Morningside, St. Nicholas, Marcus Garvey, and Jackie Robinson Parks.
Those who need to travel nationally or internationally to and from Harlem can utilize LaGuardia Airport that's just 7 miles from the center of the neighborhood. JFK and Newark Liberty International Airport are also within reasonable driving distance.
Top Commercial Properties For Lease In Harlem
Because Harlem is a large, diverse neighborhood with a variety of neighborhoods, it might be intimidating to figure out where to start looking for office space. Check out these three SquareFoot-recommended properties or contact us to see more listings that suit your business needs.
– 81 East 125 Street: The Corn Exchange Building is a historically landmarked building located at 81 East 125 Street directly adjacent to the 4/5/6 125th Street subway station. First constructed in 1899, this 7-story, 7-unit structure offers about 37,000 square feet of Class A office space. Right now, six units are available, ranging from 808 to 5,000 square feet in size. Contact us for pricing or a tour. Take trains 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 to get here or just walk—the property has a Walk Score of 98. Just steps away from the building lie plenty of food and coffee options including Applebee's, Starbuck's, Good Taste, Corner Social, Popeyes, and Lenox Coffee.
– 2162 3rd Avenue: 2162 3rd Avenue is a Class B office building located in East Harlem. It has 29,607 square feet of rentable area, and six units ranging from 1,343 to 2,617 square feet in size are currently available. Access 2162 3rd Avenue via trains 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Lunch restaurants Popeyes, Manna's Restaurant, and Uptown Veg are a few minute's walk from the office building. Inquire about pricing or request a tour of this property.
– 2419 2nd Avenue: 2418 2nd Avenue is an office building located right across from the Triboro Plaza in East Harlem. Along with office space, it houses retail space and excellent signage. Currently, 2419 2nd Avenue offers one open unit that is 1,300 square feet in size. Take trains 4, 5, or 6 and use the nearby 125th Street station to get to this property.
Harlem Neighborhood History
Like other areas of Manhattan, Harlem was originally inhabited by Lenape Native Americans then became a Dutch agricultural community. Among the first Europeans to settle the area were Henry, Isaac, and Rachel de Forest. They named their settlement Nieuw Haarlem (New Harlem) after Haarlem, a Dutch city. The new city was incorporated in 1660. The English took over the colony in 1664.
During the American Revolution, George Washington's troops set up camp in the Harlem area so they could keep an idea on the Harlem River traffic. The Battle of Harlem Heights took place on Sept. 16, 1776. Though the British had more troops, they were outmaneuvered and lost. Before the year was over, the British got revenge by burning Harlem to the ground.
It took a long time to rebuild Harlem, but eventually it became an agricultural community once again. At the end of the Civil War, the economy in Harlem improved, and the area saw an influx of immigrants, especially Italians and Jews. In the early 1900s, Puerto Ricans began moving to the area as well. The black population in Harlem began to increase around 1904.
After World War I, Harlem became known for the New Negro movement and the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance is a celebrated era of African-American culture, defined by the artistic work of Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Josephine Baker, among others. Two of the most famous performance venues during this time, the Apollo Theater and the Savoy Ballroom, are still in operation. Harlem remains a significant hub of African-American businesses and is also the location of the largest African American Day Parade.
In recent years, Harlem has experienced some gentrification as a result of altered city policies, efforts to preserve 125th Street's retail corridor, and steps to curb crime in the neighborhood. In the early 2000s, Harlem got its first supermarket in 30 years, a movie theater, the Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem Center, and a Starbucks outlet.


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A massive explosion set off by the Taliban hit near the NATO headquarters in Kabul Saturday morning, disturbing the Afghan capital's relative peace less than a week before Afghan elections for presidential councils.
"The target was the U.S. embassy, but we could not reach it," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujhahid told Reuters of the blast, a suicide car bomb set off in the city center.
At least seven were killed and at least 91 were wounded in the blast -- including bloodied Afghan children, according to Afghan Ministry of Defense spokesman Mohammad Zahir Azimi.
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Reporters couldn't gain immediate access to the restricted area as security swarmed into the area, where a plume of smoke rose after the hit. U.S. military spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Mathias told the AP that the explosion hit near NATO's main gate and that the area is restricted.
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|Moving (uniformly weighted) average in the most trivial form. This is very slow and needs about n * length x operations.
|Filter operators from calculus
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Central difference quotient. Shortens the signal by two elements, and shifts the signal by one element. (Which can be fixed by prepending an appropriate value.) For linear functions this will yield essentially the same result as differentiate. You obtain the result of differentiateCenter if you smooth the one of differentiate by averaging pairs of adjacent values.
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|Second derivative. It is differentiate2 == differentiate . differentiate but differentiate2 should be faster.
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sell (one's) birthright for a mess of pottage
To exchange something of great, important, or fundamental value for some financial gain that proves to be of little, trivial, or no value but which appears to be attractive or valuable on first reckoning. An allusion to Esau in Genesis 25:29–32, who sells to Jacob his birthright to his family's estate for a bowl of lentil stew (pottage). If we allow our obsession with job creation to undermine the health of the environment, humanity will ultimately end up selling its birthright for a mess of pottage.
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Cooler Master Cosmos S: Back in August we looked at the Cooler Master Cosmos 1000, which was a very well designed EATX chassis that ultimately received our Editor's Choice Award for its excellent build quality, stylish design, and its feature-set. Just a few days ago, however, Cooler Master had unleashed the Cosmos S chassis. The Cosmos S RC-1100 is based upon the Cosmos design, but features a new racing theme, touch-sensitive panel, and various other improvements. The RC-1100 is meant to be the "Sports" version of the Cosmos 1000. In this review, we're looking at the Cooler Master Cosmos S as we load it up with an Intel 5400 EATX server motherboard and other high-end server hardware to see how this case really performs.
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text: People are connected with their pets in funny ways. It is understandable when you see someone walking a dog or petting a cat. But sometimes things go out of hand and nature takes strange turns. It can be funny how some people would consider anything for a pet. It can be funny, amusing or even frighting. As it is said, love is blind and these people go a long way in proving this phrase.


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Welcome to South Philly Bar and Grill - Philadelphia's best sports bar and America's Top 10 sport bar - located at South Philadelphia's most legendary intersection, 9th and Passyunk, also home to world-famous Pat's King of Steaks and Geno's Steaks.
At SPB&G we bring together all the qualities you want in a sports bar - killer vantage points for watching the game from our many plasmas, die-hard Philly fans, and a full range of beers on tap - plus world-class cuisine. Our chef brings to the table, not only stepped up bar fare that's some of the best in the city, but also a full menu to satisfy the heartiest appetites and most discerning of diners.
Put it all together and what have you got?
South Philly Bar & Grill is your go-to destination, before, during and after the game. Additionally, an outdoor patio, a lively late-night scene and an amazing sound system seal the deal. No wonder sports fans from across the Philadelphia region are coming together at South Philly Bar & Grill.


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Moderator: Dave Roberts
Dave Roberts wrote:If....God is truly holy, why would he save any?
Sandy wrote:I found this today. Seems relevant to this discussion. (If someone can shorten that link, be my guest.)
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/allsetfree ... tm_source=[!]%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NL%20Progressive%20Christian&utm_content=49114
From personal experience, I've found one of the toughest, most difficult things to do in applying Quaker values is that they are not categorical and distinct, but they overlap and interact. When it comes to systems of doctrine and statements of faith, it is almost the opposite of what I was taught all of my life. There's no expectation of doctrinal conformity, and no expectation that any human study of the scripture or application of faith will be any closer or further from the "truth" than any other. I've found it extremely difficult to get away from drawing conclusions and thinking that what I've discovered, or what a particular preacher or author or denominational perspective has discovered or practices is "closer to the truth" than another. The approach in Seminary was to study theology "systematically" and to develop personal beliefs and convictions based on historical and traditional viewpoints, like Calvinism, Wesleyanism, Arminianism, Catholicism, Anabaptist theology, etc. We're taught to evaluate doctrine by whether we agree with it or not, and to dig in and find corroborating "scripture" to support our points, and we start with where we've presupposed ourselves to what we think is right. I've been in some pretty deep and comprehensive Bible studies over the past couple of years, without any mention of any theological "system" or use of one of their doctrinal points as an accepted conclusion. And while I wouldn't find myself in agreement with the author of the article I posted on many points, I would say that my perspective on many things has shifted considerably from what it was when I was a Southern Baptist denominational loyalist.
Sandy wrote:There are those who would say that a discussion of Calvinism doesn't belong in a "Baptist Faith and Practice" forum either.
Sandy wrote:(If someone can shorten that link, be my guest.)
Jon Estes wrote:I am not sure if the intent of my question was understood. It was less about Calvinism but more about the Character of God.
"What kind of God is He if..."
Jon Estes wrote:I am not sure if the intent of my question was understood. It was less about Calvinism but more about the Character of God.
"What kind of God is He if..."
Dave Roberts wrote:The greatest problem with the doctrine of God is that every principle seems to have an exception or an event in scripture that derails our neatly running theology. J. B. Phillips remains correct for all of us: "Your God is Too Small."
JE Pettibone wrote:Dave Roberts wrote: J. B. Phillips remains correct for all of us: "Your God is Too Small."
Ed: That is true only for those who believe that they can put God in a box (book) that they can carry with them. BTW I do appreciate the Phillips NT.
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(AP) Pakistan to free 7 more Taliban prisoners
By REBECCA SANTANA and MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press
Pakistan announced Saturday it was releasing seven more Taliban prisoners in a diplomatic overture designed to help end nearly 12 years of war in neighboring Afghanistan, but doubts linger over whether the men will actually help advance peace negotiations or simply head back to the battlefield.
Some 26 other Taliban detainees have been released by Pakistan over the last year in a policy that has come under criticism partly because some of them are believed to have returned to the fight.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs identified the seven detainees as Mansoor Dadullah, Said Wali, Abdul Manan, Karim Agha, Sher Afzal, Gul Muhammad and Muhammad Zai. Authorities have not said on what charges they had arrested the men originally.
The most well-known among them is Dadullah, a commander in southern Afghanistan who was captured in February 2008 by Pakistani forces in the Baluchistan province. According to the Long War Journal, which tracks militant activity in the two countries, Dadullah took over from his brother who was killed by British special forces in Helmand province in 2007. The brother was infamous for kidnapping people and often beheading his victims.
Little is known however about the other six detainees, the circumstances of their capture, and how long they've been in custody.
Even Dadullah's status within the Afghan Taliban remains murky, and he had earlier accused the Taliban of playing a part in his brother's death. Relations between Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and his brother had deteriorated when reports emerged that millions of dollars of ransom money was collected but not shared within the Taliban. In 2008 The Long War Journal reported that Dadullah had been relieved of his command, although Dadullah denied it.
Rahimullah Yousufzai, a Pakistani journalist and expert on the Taliban, said he doubted Saturday's announced release would do much toward ending the war, considering the seven men were smaller players than the 26 already set free. Following the visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai two weeks ago to discuss the peace negotiations, he said, Pakistan had to "give something."
"Mr. Karzai came to Pakistan with great expectations," he said. "Pakistan had to give something."
Pakistan is seen as key to the peace process because of its strong historical ties with the Taliban. But Pakistan and Afghanistan have long had troubled relations and view each other with suspicion. Kabul has repeatedly accused Islamabad of providing sanctuary for the insurgents.
With such distrust on both sides, each step in the peace process is fraught with tension.
Previous prisoner releases caused friction with Kabul and Washington, which were both frustrated that Pakistan was not monitoring the whereabouts and activities of the former inmates. But both Pakistani and Afghan officials have said Afghanistan did not request the prisoners be tracked.
At least some of the released militants are believed to have rejoined the insurgency, underscoring how difficult it will be to reach a political settlement before the end of next year when most U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan.
Concerns that these militants would just go back to the fight were apparent Saturday in Afghanistan.
"It is good, the release of these prisoners, but only if they go into normal life. If they are going to take weapons to fight again, they'll never help the peace process in Afghanistan," said Mohammad Mohaqeq, a member of the Afghan High Peace Council, which represents the government in the peace talks.
Despite repeated Afghan requests, Pakistan has not yet agreed to release its most important Taliban prisoner, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the insurgent group's former deputy commander. The U.S. is also reluctant to see Baradar released, believing he would return to the battlefield, and has asked Pakistan to give notice if he is to be set free.
On Saturday, an Afghan foreign ministry official called the release a "positive but small step" by the Pakistani government. But he made clear the Afghans would like to see more.
"We expect additional and more significant steps by Pakistan in the future, steps that Pakistani leaders can easily take if they so decide, including the release of Mullah Baradar and other senior Taliban leaders currently in Pakistani jails," the official said. He did not want to be identified due to the sensitivity of the situation.
Yousufzai, the Taliban expert, said he was surprised that Afghanistan was had vested so much importance in the prisoner releases. He said any militant who is captured loses their stature and influence in the organization. Even the group's former number two would need time to regain his role if he's released.
"The Afghan Taliban would not let those people who are in jail represent them," Yousufzai said.
Pakistan has a long history with the Afghan Taliban. It helped the group seize control of Afghanistan in 1996, and when the U.S. invaded in 2001, many insurgents fled across the border into the Pakistani tribal regions. At the time, Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf agreed under intense U.S. pressure to cut ties to the group.
But Islamabad is widely believed to have maintained relations with the Taliban, despite official denials, while at the same time fighting other Taliban-affiliated militants in the Pakistani tribal areas.
Pakistan has said it supports a peace agreement with the Taliban as the best way to avoid Afghanistan descending into further chaos after the U.S. drawdown.
Many in the Pakistani government and the military fear that instability in Afghanistan would provide cover for domestic Taliban militants at war with the Pakistani state. Those militants already have some sanctuaries in Afghanistan and periodically stage cross-border attacks into Pakistan. A renewed civil war in Afghanistan would likely send a flood of refugees into Pakistan, which is already home to hundreds of thousands of Afghans refugees.
AP Special Regional Correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan Kathy Gannon and AP writer Amir Shah in Kabul contributed to this report.
Pakistan to free 7 more Taliban prisoners
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Proposed Design of the Heron Module System
I show here the design of the module system under consideration for Heron.
I am considering a design for the Heron module system that allows modules to be instantiated just like classes. While this system isn;t as powerful as that used inNewspeak andScala , it does seem to address some of the problems that I am aware of with other languages with weak or non-existent module systems:
1. No global mutable state.
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3. Parameters can be passed to module during construction
The Heron module bears a resemblance to the Scala approach of treating objects as modules, but is not as expressive (or complex). In fact that Heron module would be a class, that allows nesting of other classes in it, which ordinary classes don;t allow.
Here is an example of how the syntax might look in action:
module M { fields { // State associated with particular module instances. x : int } methods { // A module initializer Constructor(n : Int) { x = n; } } classes { class C { methods { Get() : Int { return M.x; } Set(n : Int) { M.x = n; } } } } } module N { imports { M as module1; M as module2; Console; // Console as Console is implied here } methods { Constructor() { // Construct the module instances // Order is specified. // We could even do conditional module instantiation. m1 = new M(); m2 = new M(); Console = new Console(); // Construct two different instances of class C, // Both have the same type "M.C", but are associated // with different instances of the module M M.C c1 = new M1.C(0); M.C c2 = new M2.C(1); Console.WriteLine(c1.Get()); // 0 Console.WriteLine(c2.Get()); // 1 c2.Set(42); Console.WriteLine(c1.Get()); // 0 Console.WriteLine(c2.Get()); // 42 } } }


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The LED backlight makes the Viewsonic VLED221wm more rich and vibrant than any other TN monitor we've seen.
Granted, it does require more careful calibration than usual. But the result in terms of static image quality is definitely a cut above the rest of the TN competition.
However, as soon as you introduce motion video into the equation, the cracks begin to show. For starters, the pixel response is poor for this type of monitor.
Making matters worse, the heavy-handed dynamic contrast technology cannot be disabled. It turns the backlight down so low in dark gaming and video sequences that it's hard to make anything out.
But the real problem with this monitor is pricing. At over £300, the Viewsonic VLED221wm is more expensive than the cheapest 24in TN monitors and not far away from the starting point for 24in VA screens.
Even without its shortcomings, that high price introduces more competition than this monitor can handle.


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Mini meatloaves
Nutrition and extra info
- Meatloaves and sauce can be frozen
Nutrition: per serving (with mash)
- kcal575
- fat24g
- saturates10g
- carbs55g
- sugars11g
- fibre0g
- protein37g
- salt1.08g
- 4 tsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 1 onion, finely chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 50g fresh breadcrumb
- 175ml passata
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 egg, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 500g lean beef or pork mince
The classic choice of meat for a British Sunday roast. Beef is full of flavour, as…
- 2 tsp thyme leaves
- 2 plum tomatoes, halved, seeds scraped out
- 1 tsp sugar
Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today,…
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and heat 1 tsp oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and carrot and soften for 10 mins. Scrape into a large bowl, then add the breadcrumbs, 5 tbsp of the passata, the Worcestershire sauce, egg, mince, half the thyme and some seasoning. Mix well.
Brush 4 large ramekins or 6 muffin tins with the remaining oil. Press the mince mixture into them, then pour the remaining passata over the top. Top each with a tomato half, sprinkled with a pinch of sugar, salt and pepper and the remaining thyme. Bake for 50 mins until cooked through, then serve with Chive mash (recipe below).
Recipe Tip
Delicious with chive mashPeel and chop 4 large potatoes (Maris Pipers mash well) and boil for 15 mins in salted water until tender. Drain, return to the pan, then mash with 2 tbsp butter and 100ml milk. Season to taste, fold through a small bunch snipped chives and serve.


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This is a sponsored post (thanks, Nuffnang and Philam Life!) but I'm going to confess some really personal things here. This post is going to be about money. And isn't that such a taboo topic?
My regular readers know that I didn't come from a rich background. That made me work really very hard to become someone and earn more money than my parents ever did. I postponed marriage and motherhood because I just wanted to be secure financially before I ever took on such scary lifelong commitments.
Vince always got upset by this fear of mine because, in his world, the men always were such good providers so I guess he considered my fear an affront to his capabilities. I did believe in him, I really did, and Vince has given me a life beyond my wildest dreams (thanks, Vince!!!) but I had deep-seated issues. I saw my mother work herself into exhaustion, suffer and get into serious debt. I saw relatives shunning us and making fun of her and my father. I heard neighbors say awful things about my parents. My parents are good people, kind and sweet and generous. But in this world, apparently that isn't good enough. You have to have money, too.
When Mama died in 2008, it was very sudden. She had no savings so Vince and I, newlyweds at that time, emptied our bank accounts to give her a proper send off. When Papa suffered complications from diabetes and had to have two amputations last year, he also had no savings. Vince and I, new parents to a two-month-old Vito, again emptied our bank accounts to pay for his operations.
The past few months have been terrifying for us, me especially, needless to say. But because Vince and I work so very hard, the money situation is good again. Still, when we look at Vito, happy and carefree, we promised ourselves that we will never let him feel the despair we both felt. We will provide not only for his future but for our future, too, so that Vito will never have to worry about his parents and he can be free to live the life he wants. That's why when Nuffnang invited me to a talk on financial planning, I immediately said yes.
Philam Life has a new campaign called "Anong Plano Mo? Usap Tayo." Its aim is to make insurance easy to understand and not so scary. You see, people always think death and bad things when the word "insurance" is mentioned. I don't understand why that should scare people away actually. That should scare people into action! I'm so bewildered by people who refuse to prepare for the worst!
If you're 25 years old, that should scare you. I know 35 years from now seem like a thousand years away but believe me, it's not so far away. Vince and I bought insurance policies when I was 26 and he was 28. Eight years later, I got benefits for giving birth and Vince is enjoying endowment cash! So you see, insurance doesn't mean death and sadness! Larry also showed us how easy it is to save up for emergencies and retirement with as little as P1,000 a month. That's easy! That's like 10 Starbucks frapuccinos, right? I advise you to get policies now while you're young because the premiums will be cheaper than, say, when you're 40.
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The Hoosiers, the preseason No. 1 who held the top spot for the first five weeks of the regular season, moved up two spots Monday, following their weekend win over No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Kansas' loss to Oklahoma State.
Duke started the current streak of new No. 1s and was followed by Louisville, Duke again, Michigan and Indiana. The last time there were five straight new No. 1s was the last five polls of 2008-09 when it was Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Connecticut again, North Carolina and Louisville.
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The U.S. military is starting several new initiatives that defense leaders argued shows they are taking sex crimes in the ranks more seriously than ever.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey announced to members of Congress on Monday that, among several changes, the Defense Department will elevate the minimum rank of officer required to handle allegations of rape, sexual assault, and forcible sodomy, or attempted cases of those crimes.
Now those crimes will be overseen by the convening authority of a "Special Court Martial," typically an officer with at least a rank of colonel or, in the Navy, a captain.
"Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the U.S. military stands for," Panetta claimed in a rare press conference with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. "This is a strong package."
Sexual assault has been a growing problem for the military, which has seen a spike in cases reported and prosecuted alongside the Defense Department's efforts to stop them. The Pentagon on Friday released its latest congressionally-mandated annual report on sexual assaults. For the period ending Sept. 30, 2011, there were 3,192 reported sexual assaults, a 1 percent increase from the previous year.
Criminal divisions of the services investigated 2,933 people last year, and 1,518 of the completed investigations were recommended for disciplinary action with 989 receiving some kind of punishment. Of those, 489 received courts-martial charges, and 187 received "non-judicial punishment," common to the military but that have drawn ire from members of Congress.
"Sexual assault is not an issue of bad behavior. It is not an issue of bad judgment. It is a crime," said Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio., cochair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus. Turner cited one complaint in his district that he said "mirrors" many heard by members of Congress.
"We all have stories to tell," Rep. Nikki Tsongas, D-Mass., the other cochair, said of "alarming statistics we hear over and over again."
Panetta said sexual assault "remains a disincentive" for Americans to join the military.
"At the local unit level, sometimes these matters are put aside. They're not followed up with," Panetta said. The new rule requires any type of complaint received to be channeled up the higher chain of command for action.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., chair of the Women in the Military Caucus, said the measures, some of which are contained in the defense authorization act under consideration, ensure "that the culture and the climate of our military changes."
Dempsey added, "Our profession is based on trust and this particular crime erodes that trust."
The Defense Department also will require special advanced training for military investigators, prosecutors, and those helping victims and witnesses, including those collecting evidence. Additionally, the service will require all troops on undergo sexual-assault awareness training within 14 days of entrance to active duty.
The announcement is the latest of several Defense Department steps taken in the past year to ramp up sexual-assault awareness and prevention, including speeding up the transfers of assault victims out of their units for protection and adding legal services worldwide for spouses and dependents. The Pentagon also increased training funds for military investigators and lawyers, set up a case-tracking database, and installed a two-star general to oversee its internal watchdog office.


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20 January 2007
NEW YORK -- The United Nations' World Soybean Summit ended Saturday with participants pledging to increase cultivation of the staple crop, study its detrimental effects on the environment and not to go ballistic just because I was, like, five minutes late this morning.
"Although we can and should be proud at the success of the soybean, we must strive to build on these successes," Guido Mantega, Brazil's finance minister, told the assembly through an interpreter. "We can not and should not expect this food to work next weekend because its boss decided to go to Mexico."
Soybeans, a plant species native to Asia, have spread throughout the world. Patricia Woertz, CEO of Archers Daniels Midland, noted to French delegates that the United States is the world's leading soybean producer.
"Our company dedicates itself to soybeans, and not just because our attempt to break into other food was sabotaged by a child-like man looking for another mother," Woertz said. "No, our work is important, whatever our shiftless, waitress-chasing critics say."
David Miliband, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, delivered the keynote address to the Chinese delegation, translated into Mandarin as I could use some more fucking beans in my paycheck.
"Global warming presents a real threat to this essential crop," Miliband said. "It's so prevalent that Annan 'forgot' my Christmas bonus this year. Because it's so goddamned warm in New York in December that no one pays a heating bill. Yeah, I didn't have to buy presents at all. Idiot."
Delegates also passed resolutions calling for Greek translator Lucas Anastasios to get his head out of his ass and Peruvian interpreter Manuel Trujio to stop taking credit for a presentation he did maybe three minutes of work on.
"Today we pledge to sit down with Manuel and tell him to start pulling his weight," the resolution read. "Soybeans are vital to our future, and Manuel is a lazy bastard cruising on other people's success."
Miliband said the translations were a "a bit loose."
"Chen Zhangliang, the president of China's Agricultural University, thanked me for my address," he said. "He said the People's Republic stands with the United Kingdom in hoping Greg will stop losing his shit for stuff that's all his fault."
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By Nick Bromberg | Senior Correspondent
So much for Jimmie Johnson's "slump."
Johnson dominated Wednesday night's Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway and led Team Levine to a victory in the Tony Stewart-founded event's new team format that benefited four children's hospitals.
After an inversion of the field that followed three qualifying races, Johnson started on the pole for the Prelude and was never passed.
"This is big, this is so much fun and such a challenge to drive these cars and to come out here and race against these guys I can't believe it," Johnson said of the Prelude, which has become an annual event which features top drivers from NASCAR, the IndyCar Series and even the NHRA drag racing series. "I'm so stoked, so happy."
After running third in his qualifying heat, Johnson sure didn't make it look like it was much of a challenge as he pulled away from Kyle Busch on every one of the many restarts in the 30 lap feature. Only green flag laps counted, and there were numerous incidents before a single green flag lap was completed. In fact, the race had to be started four times before a lap was finally completed under green flag conditions.
Johnson was driving a car prepared by Clint Bowyer, who was the captain for a different team.
"That's awesome. I can't thank Clint enough. I had his dad spotting for me tonight which was pretty cool," Johnson said.
Bowyer prepared himself a pretty good car as well. Bowyer was the fastest car in qualifying before the heat races and passed Johnson's Team Levine teammate, Busch,for second on the green-white-checker finish.
"(Johnson's) a four time champion for a reason," Bowyer said. "Ol' Busch, he doored me and I wasn't going to let him get away with that."
Because of Johnson's win and Busch's third place finish, Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte will receive 45 percent of the proceeds raised by the race and the pay-per-view broadcast. The St. Jude Children's Hospital team, captained by Denny Hamlin, finished second and will receive 25 percent of the proceeds while Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis will receive 15 percent each.
Prelude notes
– Eldora owner and event organizer Stewart started shotgun on the field in 27th and navigated his way through the carnage to finish sixth. Each team had the option of sending a driver to the rear of the field and if that driver won from the back, that team's charity would get an extra $50,000. Stewart, who was driving for Cincinnati Children's Hospital, was the only driver that elected to go to the back of the pack.
-– Kasey Kahne was the class of the field in the first qualifying heat, but an engine problem in his No. 9 Budweiser car forced him to a backup for the Prelude. But since he didn't prepare a backup, he was forced to use a car from Eric Jacobson that Jacobson was going to use in the Dream race on Saturday night. Kahne wheeled the backup car to an eighth-place finish.
Oh, and that backup car's number? No. 5. Talk about dirt imitating asphalt.
– Eldora's restart cone was the victim of repeated abuse during the innumerable restarts in Wednesday's feature race. The restart cone, a staple of many dirt tracks, is designed to keep the drivers in a single file line until they cross the start finish line. However, as has been the case in the Sprint Cup Series over the years, cones tend to get run over by even the best drivers. Ron Capps and David Reutimann, among others, ran over the restart cone enough that track officials decided near the end of the race that placing the cone out on the track before every restart wasn't worth the effort anymore.
– With 27 drivers in the field, there were three teams of seven and one team of six. Scoring was determined by each team's five highest placing drivers and the lowest overall score won. For example, if a team's drivers swept the top seven positions, the drivers in first through fifth would be scored with 15 points, the lowest possible amount.
Finishing order for the feature race in Wednesday night's Prelude to the Dream held at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Carl Edwards
4. Kyle Busch
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Tony Stewart
7. Dave Blaney
8. Kasey Kahne
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10. Bill Elliott
11. AJ Allmendinger
12. Bobby Labonte
13. Joey Logano
14. Aric Almirola
15. Marcos Ambrose
16. Ryan Newman
17. Ray Evernham
18. Matt Kenseth
19. Ricky Carmichael
20. Ron Capps
21. David Reutimann
22. Jeff Gordon
23. Travis Pastrana
24. Tony Kanaan
25. Cruz Pedregon
26. Justin Allgaier
27. Kenny Wallace
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Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have discovered your brain is not to blame for your confusion about what you're doing in a new room – the doorway itself is.
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The researchers say that when you pass through a doorway, your mind compartmentalizes your actions into separate episodes. Having moved into a new episode, the brain archives the previous one, making it less available for access.
The doorway can be a virtual doorway as well as a physical doorway. The researchers' experiments involved seating participants in front of a computer screen running a video game.
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Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in all 50 states, benefited the pro-life cause and harmed the movement in favor of legal abortion, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who favors legal abortion, said Saturday. Her argument in favor of "judicial restraint," as she called it, could have implications for pending gay marriage cases.
"That was my concern, that the court had given opponents of access to abortion a target to aim at relentlessly. ... My criticism of Roe is that it seemed to have stopped the momentum that was on the side of change," she said before a University of Chicago Law School audience, according to Associated Press.
Ginsburg told the audience that she preferred a "judicial restraint" approach to the expansive approach of Roe, which took the decision away from legislative bodies. She would have preferred for the judges to have only struck down the Texas abortion law, rather than decide the issue for all 50 states.
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Ginsburg also criticized the decision for couching it in terms of a right to privacy rather than women's rights.
In March, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases regarding the definition of marriage. While the Court could use those cases to redefine marriage for all 50 states to include same-sex couples, Ginsburg's comments regarding Roe suggests she would not favor that approach.
With the addition of Delaware last week, same-sex marriage is now legal in 11 states. Thirty-seven states have reinforced the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman through a constitutional amendment or a legislative initiative. Additionally, public opinion polls have shown a trend in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Via Mark Hemingway, in case you were wondering how important Bain would be to his speech tonight, wonder no longer. Not only did nine new ads just materialize on his YouTube page, his campaign revealed a new website to package them all, "Romney's 'Sterling Business Career.'" The time has come to go positive about Mitt's chief economic credential, especially since Obama's Bain attacks have already gone a long way towards identifying him as a businessman in voters' minds:
I wonder how Axelrod and company feel about having spent all that money to convince the public that Romney's some sort of corporate parasite, only to find that the the word most commonly associated with him is … "honest."
Meanwhile, from Reuters:
Mitt Romney has moved into a narrow lead over U.S. President Barack Obama in a small bounce for him from the Republican National Convention, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Thursday.
Romney entered the week four points behind Obama in the first installment of a Reuters/Ipsos rolling poll, with Obama leading 46 percent to 42 percent.
But the most recent daily rolling poll gave Romney a two-point lead of 44 percent to 42 percent among likely voters.
It's an online poll and the convention's not over yet so don't put too much stock into it. Just take it as another good sign.
Two clips from the new Bain ad cavalcade, one dealing with Romney's work in launching Staples and the other his effort to keep a steel plant afloat. If I had to bet which is the first to be turned into a TV ad, I'd bet on the latter for obvious reasons. If the clips aren't enough to keep you busy until the convention opens tonight, may I recommend this handy preemptive fact check of a speech that hasn't been delivered yet by WaPo's Glenn Kessler? Apparently, counterspinning the GOP's message can no longer wait until the message actually exists — at least, not if you're part of America's impartial media. Stay tuned, as Jazz will have more on that in the next post.


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|July 19, 2012, 03:03 PM
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Will competition get you killed? Police take
Ron Avery has a pretty good take on this stuff (yes, I should know as I'm on the Internet).
The article makes the point that most competitions are tactically unrealistic. However, he argues that the tactically trained use competition to practice basic skills and increase speed.
Also, he brings up the idea that you need automaticity of skilled response under stress and that competition enables you to do that. Stress innoculation to avoid the freeze is a big deal now in modern views of critical incidents.
I was reading a new mystery where a big strong police detective is grabbed from the front by a big nutso who wants to kill him by twisting his neck. The guy basically freezes and doesn't employ the easiest - Glock to belly, bang, bang, bang or various combative/knife moves.
He is saved by his sidekick who is a fightin' psychologist (that really cracked me up - hahaha!). The point being the guy lacked the automaticity under stress.
Glenn - a rather laid back FOG psychologist.
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|July 19, 2012, 03:54 PM
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It's a good article and I agree with most of it, although I'm not part of the training or competitive world. But there are other things to be said, too.
Do you expect all law enforcement officers to be "higher end competitive shooters?" Do you expect all infantrymen to be as skilled as snipers? It won't happen. Not everyone can be above average, or even average, for that matter.
He said policemen don't go in for competitons or something like that. Some departments do, or did. The Border Patrol was well known and the best known target shooters (it was just target shooting) were from the Border Patrol. Some departments used to stress shooting skills at one time, though it may no longer be the case. And by the way, none of this is new. Everything the man said was probably true sixty years ago when a K-38 was considered a fine police weapon. Even those got hot-rodded but the regular gun was what got carried.
The thing is, shooting is a basic skill and plain old target shooting is necessary to achieve at least a minimum skill level. Some old timers believed you needed to be a fairly good shot before you should attempt anything else. But we immediately run into problems with anything else.
Unless you're willing to run a lot of risks on your course, safety is going to be an overriding concern and right away, that detracts from the realism of the thing. I'm speaking of a training course, not a competition course but the same holds true. Then there's the element of time. You may need to be in an awful hurry in real life but there's no stopwatch held by someone keeping score. No one will watch where your feet are either. There's no pressure in scheduling the next round of competition, either. All of those limitations come with the territory. Pretty much everything else has to be learned on the job, in a manner of speaking.
It's worth saying that for someone who isn't in law enforcement, all the rules are different, even in real life. So keep that in mind.
If you've read Chairman Cooper's little red book, he talks about the reaction to a threat and barely mentions firearms. That's the point Mr. Meyer is making, I thinking. To some, it's called street smart.
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|July 19, 2012, 03:56 PM
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That said, would I want to get in a shootout with an IPSC champ?
Not on your life, Buddy!!
Unrealistic, maybe, but definitely good practice for shooting well under pressure and stress
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|July 19, 2012, 04:18 PM
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I'm not a cop but shoot gun games with many of them. I would think they would be better off shooting gun games than nothing or a qual target.
Only fools would look at a gun game as tactical training. As a 5 gun master the "gamer" in me would wait for a threat to walk into my sights, if there is no timer involved.
|July 19, 2012, 05:50 PM
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I was an LEO and a competition shooter. I would rather have my fellow officers go shooting than play a round of golf - any kind of shooting. Bullseye, plinking, they all build familiarity with shooting.
Most cops don't shoot because:
1. They think they know 'secret ninja shooting techniques" - they don't.
2. Most don't like to be soundly beaten by women and, yes, children with similar equipment. They need to get over it.
3. They don't think a lowly 'civilian' could show/teach them anything - wrong again.
Much of what I learned and later taught came from the ""playing fields"". And neither I nor any of my compadres had any difficulty seperating the game from the street.
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|July 19, 2012, 07:05 PM
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Good article. My personal opinion is that most police ,or soldiers for that matter, never get to go toe to toe with anyone with much training or skill so even with a low level of skill and overwhelming numbers they get the job done. The real rub will happen when they come face to face with an opponent with sufficient skill and numbers to fight. Then I would definitely want all the training I ever could have had.
|July 20, 2012, 05:57 AM
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Wasn't there a thread here a few months ago about some high ranking competitive shooter who attempted to intervene in some sort of situation? As I recall, he actually carried as his everyday weapon a five shot revolver.
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|July 20, 2012, 06:24 AM
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Regardless of training or practice, some folks are just not hardwired to "go to the gun". In most cases, this is not a bad thing. Look at the numerous tales from the old west where the gunfighter shot an innocent or friendly because he automatically drew and fired at a perceived threat.
I was chastized for making a forum post in which I stated I had "brushed my cover back and gripped my pistol" when suddenly confronted by a man who had a revolver in his waistband(not illegal). The man was reaching for something on an upper shelf which exposed his gun and when I came into view, he dropped his hands to his waistband. Cops kill people almost daily for making this move BTW. Not knowing if he was covering up or drawing, I took 2 steps back and initialized the draw stroke. The other guy froze in place and I simply walked away.
I handle firearms daily and may be a little quick to resort to them but it hasn't failed me so far.
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This is why I wish there were more competitions like the National Tactical Invitational available. The courses require you to think of more than just shooting.
That said, competition shooting has a useful place....but it does have limits.
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It also depends on whether you are just 'playing a game' or doing it 'like the real thing'.
Jim Cirillo went through an IPSC match like it was the real thing . The others laughed at him !
They were clueless ,just playing a game .Cirillo had been through a good number of shootouts and won each of them . So who were the fools ??
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Well there can be a middle ground. Attend competitions and have fun, and attend others in a more tactical orientation.
Me, I'll do it to have fun. My tactical needs generally involve holing up with an M1 covering the stairs and bedrooms while She Who Must Be Obeyed calls the police, unless tactical shooting at Texas sized mosquitoes is included (need 20mm AA for that though, we grow them big here).
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Here's another angle on the situation.
There is training and there is competition. The training can be as tactical or realistic as you can make it without being a competition. I think the training should be in the nature of pass/fail, although I have no idea how you might do that. But competition introduces rules and such things and complication immediately sets in.
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Good FOF is scripted and after a run, there is an after action analysis of your responses by the safety officers and referees that follow you through the action.
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Great article.
I am a career leo, recently retired from the USBP. I have been a competitive shooter of some sort most of that time. I never win any matches, never have, probably never will. But I enjoy shooting, it is one of my true passions.
Range Nazi's tend to take the fun out of it. I remember one cowboy match I was in, I had gotten so confused on the course of fire I just started shooting everything. When I finished, I was laughing, the other shooters were laughing, the RO was laughing, one RO came forward and said
"That's nine procedural's". He was shooed off, but it guys like that that take the fun out of it.
I love to shoot IDPA and laugh t every procedural I get. I use the running and gunning first and foremost as a fun hobby. I have competed with the cut throats- no thanks. I use IDPA to hone my skills and practice with my equipment. Up until I retired I ran my duty gun with duty ammo. I was fortunate in that, the USBP has always understood the value of competitive shooting and encouraged it. I was given all the ammo I needed to compete. I even was issued a Les Baer 45 for a while.
Competition is no replacement for training, however, it is a great place to get trigger time and hone your skills. Do I think it will get you killed? Nope.
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Muscle memory: Anytime muscle memory includes proper marksmanship fundamentals its good. (Sight alignment, grip, trigger control, etc etc)
Muscle Memory is developed in the sub-conscience where you act (in this case revert to your marksmanship fundamentals) whether you release it or not.
If you shoot in competition, and practice your fundamentals regularly, then they will be instilled in such case you might need it in a SD or LE situation.
In the book, "Secrets of Mental Marksmanship" by Linda Miller and Keith Cunningham, they relate a story of a State trooper who made a traffic stop, the driver shot the trooper, according to the trooper, the next thing he knew was he was changing magazines and scanning left and right. The bad guy was dead.
The trooper was an ISPC shooter.
I highly recommend the above book to any one who is interested in shooting regardless if its pleasure, competition, hunting, or SD.
Or any other sport. I use it working with my granddaughter for her basketball and volleyball. She swears it has helped her.
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The 'Catch-22' in my opinion is that if you are trained and conditioned to respond with force, you just might end up doing that as a autonomic response in a bad situation. Example seems to be the current movie theatre shooting in Colorado. I'm thinking if a guy stands up and draws to confront the shooter, he most likely will be dead in short order. However with lots of training and =practice that just might be the 'Knee jerk' response.
How to practice and prepare for a quick response, but still hold off. Strikes me as a contidictory situation much of the time.
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I don't know the competitions you shoot, but where I shoot, we have to shoot prone, hiding behind a baricade...........every way imaginary based on the proposed threat the targets and senario poses.
Heck I've even shot where we had to crawl through a tunnel witha flashlight and pistol. I doubt I'll ever have to do that again, but I did do it in SE Asia.
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That was a pretty decent article. I agree with some points and disagree with others. I feel that the main point to take away from the piece is this:
I also really like these points that Avery makes about IDPA. (probably the most reality-oriented shooting game out there in comparison to IPSC and USPSA etc)
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I agree with what he said (which I think I alread said) but competition is an artificial situation to begin with and I think everyone understands that. I wouldn't go so far as to say it necessarily creates bad habits. And I wouldn't say that anyone sees it as training for anything. It may be good preparation but it still isn't training.
What I would say, on the other hand, is that bad practices in training will create bad practices in "real life." I know you've probably heard about trainees being instructed to keep their brass policed up. That sort of thing. Some aspects of training situations, just like in competitions, are hard to avoid, though, without a doubt, unless you're willing to accept a high level of risk of injury. And then there's the simple fact of having to manage either a large number of competitors or a large number of trainees. I don't have any specific suggestions. It's been a long time since I had anything to do with training.
Another more basic problem is the different ideas that various instructors have. This ought to be less of a problem in a large law enforcement agency but more of one for a non-law enforcement individual who wants to increase his skill levels and takes a course from someone. Some of those folks can be awfully dogmatic, I understand.
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In real life situations whether to shoot or who to shoot is often not easy to discern. When I was going through police firearm's training, they showed us shoot/don't shoot videos that acted out actual incidents that had happened. (This was forty years ago so I don't know if they do anything like that today.) We were then graded on a pass/fail system whether we made the correct decision as a responding officer on whether to shoot and/or who to shoot.
(Luke 11:21 KJV) When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
(Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
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IF you use your training in the competition, it is usefull to hone your skills under the minor pressure of the clock and your ego.
If you use a different skill set in competition, it may override your defensive skill set.
Or, if you can make the switch, you can have two complimentary skill sets.
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I never understood the mentality of "your a fool to think IDPA is training". I think your a fool to not think it's training. Sure it may not be tactical training, but it is most definitely fundamental training. Police and soldiers will get different tactical training but the fundamentals will be the same.
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So where does the instruction part come in? And where does the agreement come in, too?
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Mark Gurman, a writer for 9to5Mac, had the biggest scoops on Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference --- and he was only in high school. So how did he get them? Apparently by being an old-school reporter.
Forbes gushed about Gurman:
He clammed up when I asked him where he gets his stories. But [editor Seth] Weintraub -- who hired Gurman two years ago when he realized the teenager had his finger on Apple's pulse -- was more forthcoming. Some of his stories come from sources inside Apple, but most are based on what used to be called old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting -- poring over Apple's published documents and building a network of Apple developers and parts suppliers that he hammers relentlessly.
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Last week, Anne posted a question on her blog asking "what does digestive health mean to you?" Having Ulcerative Colitis, I thought it was important for me to share my experience and comment.
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"I have ulcerative colitis, so I think about digestive health every day (especially on days like today when I feel bloated and constipated). Up until a couple of years ago, I really ate whatever I wanted and started realizing what my "trigger" foods were, such as dark meat and soda. I cut those out of my diet and felt better. Then, I transitioned to eating more whole foods, made exercise a priority in my life and I instantly felt better. Also, digestive health for me means eating lots of yogurt for the probiotics! I tried the attune bars and they work well too!"
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Of course, CA had the most, but Massachusetts had over 500 and Tennessee had over 200 take the exam in 2012. Does this mean that states are starting to become more lenient?
What schools in Tennessee are you referring to? I thought they all were in CA?
UMass Darthmouth etc will eventually get accredited.....
So if I am hearing everybody correctly, those that are being approved to sit for the bar from non-aba schools, attended brick and mortar schools and not on-line schools. Do you think TN, MA and maybe AL will allow those who attended an online school to sit for their state bar exams?