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Women's Rugby
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President: Gretchen Shoemaker
Vice President: Shelby Stoeppel
Secretary: Morgan Passek
Treasurer: Jacqueline NeCamp
Advisor: Dr. Erwin Erhardt
Coach: Nick Geary, PhD
Dues 2013-2014: TBA
Season begins: Fall
Practice schedule: The club outdoor schedule for Sheakley Lawn can be found here. The club may also practice outside of this time, please contact the club sport organization for more information.
Club History: Welcome back to the Women's Rugby Club. The team gathered in Spring 2012 and just became a recognized student organization this fall. With an experience coach and a great adivsor to help the team get going, the UC Women's Rugby club is ready for their 1st season together!
Accomplishments: We increased out membership by 60%! We went 5-1 this season, beating all D3 and D2 teams, our only loss was against a D1 team. We are well on our way to becoming a solid D2 team.
Fall Game Schedule:
- Sept. 22nd @ Whittenberg
- October 6th v. Xavier @ Brimelow Field (Cincinnati)
- Oct. 13th @ Dayton
- Oct. 27th v. Eastern Kentucky @ Brimelow Field (Cincinnati)


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Feel free to stop by Prof. Huang's office to discuss course materials, career planning, or your overall well-being. She enjoys teaching classes of various sizes at all levels, and frequently incorporates films and other visual materials to help students develop both critical thinking skills and visual literacy. Among Prof. Huang's favorite authors are Shakespeare, Hermann Hesse, and such humorists and satirists as Oscar Wilde, Wang Shuo, Lao She, and Qian Zhongshu.
Prof. Huang has studied at Stanford, Oxford, Leeds, Göttingen (where brothers Grimm collected and edited their famous fairy tales), Trier (the birthplace of Karl Marx), Munich, Tsinghua University, as well as Strasbourg (the capital of Alsace province known for its Petite France area and gastronomy).
The Shakeseare Standard Interviews Alexa Huang (May 2014)
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BBC World Service
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University of Western Australia Interview (iVec National Supercomuting Center)
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Transfer students are those who are currently attending a college or university, or who have attended a college or university after finishing high school. We consider all students who fit either of these criteria to be transfer students, regardless of the amount of college credit completed.
- Students with fewer than 30 transferable semester hours will have to submit their high school transcripts and test scores, despite being classified as a transfer student.
- Students currently in high school and taking classes at a college or university are generally not considered transfer students and should apply as first-year/freshmen applicants.
- If you are planning to transfer from a two-year college in the Chicago area, please refer to our transfer credit guidelines. The link below provides a guide for selecting courses from partner institutions for the major of interest.
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Common Application allows you to input the name and email of the Registrar's Office at your institution. A registrar is an official in an academic institution who handles student records. This form should be completed by your college/university registrar or appropriate dean/college official who can verify your enrollment and academic standing. Have the registrar from all colleges/universities send your official transcript(s) to the Office of Undergraduate Admission. We require transcripts from all colleges attended, regardless of financial or academic standing, length of attendance, or length of time since attendance. The Registrar Report in the Additional Forms section of Common Application can be used if you need to submit transcripts from more than one college.
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that asks whether a victim of child pornography can seek millions of dollars from a defendant who had just two images of her on his computer.
The woman, known only as Amy, is trying to convince the justices in arguments Wednesday that people convicted of possessing child pornography should be held liable for the entire cost of the harms their victims suffer, including in psychiatric care, lost income and legal fees.
Defendant Doyle Randall Paroline is appealing a lower court order holding him responsible for the nearly $3.4 million judgment associated with the ongoing Internet trade and viewing of images of Amy being raped by her uncle when she was 8 and 9 years old.
Also Wednesday, the high court is expected to issue opinions in cases heard in the fall.
Amy's lawyers estimate that tens of thousands of people worldwide have downloaded and viewed Amy's images.
Since 2005, there have been about 2,000 prosecutions in federal court that, like Paroline's, included images of the rapes, for which Amy's uncle spent about 10 years in prison and paid a few thousand dollars for counseling sessions for Amy.
Courts so far have awarded restitution in 182 cases and Amy has collected $1.6 million. Of that total, $1.2 million came from one man.
Advocates for victims of child pornography argue that the threat of a large financial judgment, coupled with a prison term, also might deter some people from looking at the images in the first place.
The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans would make it easier for courts to impose large restitution orders, if it is upheld by the Supreme Court. Courts would not have to determine exactly how much harm any one defendant caused Amy. Instead, all defendants would be liable for the entire outstanding amount, raising the possibility that a few well-heeled people among those convicted might contribute most, if not all, of the remaining restitution.
Paroline says there is no link between his conduct and the award ordered by the appeals court.
The Obama administration takes a middle ground, saying victims should be awarded some money from each defendant but not the entire amount. Trial judges should make the determination, the administration says.
The case is Paroline v. Amy Unknown and U.S., 12-8561.
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One Response to "Any limits on child porn restitution?"
The visceral reaction is that nothing is harsh enough punishment for people who generate, sell, or collect child pornography but I can see a big problem with the current legal situation: Letting a victim collect millions of dollars from the first person convicted of possessing any of her images could actually be an incentive for youthful con artists (or the child's relatives) to exploit. Since we define "child pornography" as any image that depicts a person under the age of 18 in some sort of sexual pose or activity, a 16 year old girl could take explicit photos of herself and post those anonymously to the internet. These could even be photos of herself with her husband, in a state where the age of consent is 16 and early marriage is permitted! (She would have to take the photos and distribute them in such a way that she could be clearly identified, but the photographer and internet poster could not be determined.) Then she waits a few years until the pictures are widespread and some rich porn-collector gets busted: CHA-CHING! Jackpot! She can retire with millions of dollars at age 22.
We already have monetary fines for many criminal convictions, and crime victim restitution funds. We aren't those adequate for making these criminals help their victims?
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The New York Knicks begin their season at home on Wednesday night, but their roster will not be giving us the look that we should expect to see throughout the entire season. J.R. Smith is serving a five-game suspension and Amar'e Stoudemire is not expected to contribute in a significant way, so Carmelo Anthony will have his work cut out for him when the team faces off against the Milwaukee Bucks in the season-opener.
How can you catch the action as the 2013-14 NBA season gets in to full swing? Here is all of the information you will need to catch every second of the action between the Bucks and Knicks:
Date: Wednesday, October 30
Start Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Location: New York, New York
Arena: Madison Square Garden
TV Info: MSG and NBA League Pass
Live Stream: NBA League Pass and NBA TNT Overtime
Who do you think will come away from tonight's game with the W and kick off their season in the win column? Sound off in the comments section below with your thoughts and predictions.


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Eminem Gives Prince Fielder Encore Jordan 4′s
Rick Williams and Ro Colt, the co-owners of Detroit-based boutique Burn Rubber have made a video segment of what goes on around their shop. The first episode involves Detroit Tigers Prince Fielder stopping by the shop and asked them for a special sneaker. Prince Fielder wanted a pair of the super rare Air Jordan 4 "Encore".
So the Rick and Ro called around in search for one of the rarest sneaker in one of the most popular sizes. Enjoy the full video of Detroit Rubber : Episode 1 and expect a big surprise from a special guest to help them with their sneaker quest.
Rick Williams and Roland "Ro" Coit are the pre-eminent sneaker heads in Detroit and owners of the premier sneaker shop in the area, Burn Rubber. Since they took over the store in 2007, Rick and Ro face challenges every day as they grow Burn Rubber into a worldwide lifestyle brand, but nothing compares to their ambitions today: opening their second location and a brand new lifestyle brand, two/eighteen. Watch the drama unfold as the guys hustle to keep the ship afloat, managing a crazy cast of characters while maintaining their clout in Detroit hip hop culture.
It takes a village to find the right pair of shoes for a professional athlete making a seemingly impossible request, but Ro and Rick are on the job!
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So he ended up getting them for free?!
Dope episode!!! Thx for posting this
He better have paid for them shi*s, and if he didn't that's BS. Celebs and pro athletes have the money to pay for it, but they are the ones to get shii for free and a cameo by Eminem himself!!! Wonder what would happen if a regular person went and asked for the same thing, bet it would be a different story! I could be wrong though cause I don't know them cats like that. Highly doubt it though
Still makes me sick we couldn't keep Prince in Milwaukee.
Small market crushed again.
Didn't help his wife said to him point blank, "I want out of Milwaukee!" (cuz the D is so much better…lol)
^^^ @SPINS6136 HAHA! LOL! Dope episode really enjoyed it! Just goes to show you how exclusive some J's are…
Looking forward to the next episode
dope video! I'll be on the lookout for the next episodes
I would've atelast offered free World Series tickets.
Fielder better have thanked the Burn Rubber cats.
The problem is that encore4s will crumble within few years.
Could'ny imagine walkin in a room and Eminem jumps up to give me daps! I would be star struck like a mug.
Real dope episode! Thats a crazy way to open up your show tho, having two heavy hitters in Eminemn and Prince Fielder in the first episode
@p.a.s finest probly be like giving sumone a coke from the fridge then asking them to pay for it,10k probly not a lot of money when you making couple hundred mill


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SALCHA-The West Valley Wolfpack made their mark in the last regular season cross country meet in the Interior recently. In Salcha on Friday evening the Wolfpack swept the boys and girls divisions with 21 points. In the girls division Delta was second followed by Lathrop. In the boys division Delta was second, Eielson was third then Lathrop and Monroe for the top 5 teams.
Jenna Difolco of West Valley won the girls race in 21 minutes and 12.8 seconds. Brooke Gottmeier was second (21:44.1) and North Pole's Morgan Conrow (22:02.2) came in third.
In the boys race Erich Hoefler (17:28.5) and Spencer Herron (18:19.9) of West Valley went 1-2. Daniel Tatarenko (18:20.1) was third for Delta.
This Saturday will be the Region VI Championships, a qualifier for State. Regionals start at 1:30 with the boys at North Star Golf Course. The State championships are Oct 5 at Bartlett High School.


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Are You Kidding Me?
The first half of this year is already gone? Well, as they say: Time Flies When You're Having Fun! Behind Plan...
Almost before you could say, "Economic slowdown," the first quarter was history and now the first half is behind us. Yes, this year's first quarter was a little slow coming out of the blocks and given the disastrous state of the US and global economy, can anyone be surprised that you're a little behind? No.
But if you're looking for relief, forgiveness or an understanding board to tell you it's OK, think about your own reply when your reps come to you looking for quota reductions. Same answer: No.
So, with six months to go, what are the right moves to make right now? If you're thinking of adding or replacing headcount, think again. Sales rep ramp up times have been steadily lengthening the past five years and if you're like 70.5% of the CSOs reporting, a rep you start TODAY won't be fully up to speed until at least Q1 2010 (see pie chart).
Should you be cutting headcount to reduce expenses? Maybe, but unless the reps you prune from the sales force were simply unable to recognize deals in their territories waiting to be closed-an unlikely prospect at best-then you won't be any closer to your revenue target. If you do shed some non-performers, rather than replacing them immediately you may decide to redirect the funds freed up by the salaries saved into lead generation programs. Which lead gen is most successful for your industry, your company?
Our 2009 lead gen optimization (LGO) survey which we'll be releasing this month reports that email marketing was the top lead generator overall. However, while this was true for technology companies, for manufacturing firms the top lead generator was LiveEvents/Tradeshows; email marketing came in fifth place. This points out one of the biggest dilemmas for CSOs: the need to take action, to deploy reps and resources as efficiently as possible, and yet needing to do so with very little information. And industry specific real-time insights are even harder to come by. Networking with peers can help inform your own decision-making but, as this example shows, variances can and do occur between industries.
So if you're in high-tech, one of your first investments with any savings from reduced headcount may be to get your marketing team to do a couple more email programs over the summer months. You'll also want to look at how email leads are followed up, how quickly and what the most successful methods are for converting leads to initial meetings, and other process improvements you can leverage.
If you're in manufacturing (non-computer related) and are debating whether this summer's trade show or other live event is worth it, the answer appears to be "yes." To make the most of doing so, you'll also want to refresh your reps on how best to engage trade show attendees and do some role plays before the show. In the weeks ahead of the show you should power up efforts to invite suspects, prospects, current and past customers and nail down specific appointments when you can see them, rather than hoping they'll attend and stop by.
It's true that half the year is gone (glass half empty) and equally true that another half remains (glass half full). Make the most of it by getting the best current intelligence you can and formulating a game plan based on that intelligence. Oh, and this would be a good time to begin the recruiting process (maybe at the live event?) to identify the best possible candidate(s) to bring on board as you begin to look at rebuilding your staff in 2010.
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I do not generally believe the products advertisements' that claim to make you 'look years younger' within days. But, wrinkles, expression lines and other aging signs made me think about them as Botox and painful needles were not my pick. I started looking for an effective anti aging formula and my search ended when I got Luma Hydrate Anti Aging Moisturizer.
And what caught my attention instantly was the fact that there were two products and the other one was Luma Repair. Using both together has made me this much beautiful that I can even skip doing make-up for days and still look radiant.
Read on to know how it works and how can it fight aging the way it promises…
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According to scientists 160 million years ago India did lie physically close to Africa, South and Central America, but has since moved away as a result of continental drift. At that date, it would have been dinosaurs and not Mayans who wandered from the Americas to India, but perhaps the time frame for the continental drift is not correct.And perhaps an ignorant crackpot who built his hypothesis on superficial similarities between names knows more about continental drift than actual scientists.
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2. Combine watercress and spinach. Pour orange juice mixture over greens; toss gently.
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The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Wednesday called on Malaysian authorities to cease arrests and prosecutions under the country's 1948 Sedition Act, a law that limits free speech and freedom of expression. Rupert Colville, OHCHR spokesperson, expressed concern ...[read more]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced on Wednesday that the Bangladesh government should abolish a recently enacted policy that restricts the media's freedom of expression. HRW argues the policy, passed in August, is broad, vague and imprecise and is seemingly designed to repress critical reporting ...[read more]
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution establishing a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged human rights abuses in Eritrea. The council also condemned the human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, torture and restrictions on freedom of speech and ...[read more]
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot protester-free buffer zone around the entrance or driveway of an abortion clinic is unconstitutional. In McCullen v. Coakley the court considered the questions of whether the buffer zone, created by the Reproductive ...[read more]
The Constitutional Court of Turkey on Tuesday ruled that a previous decision to ban Youtube violated users' freedom of speech rights. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had imposed the ban on YouTube and Twitter after illicit recordings of top security talks were posted on YouTube and distributed ...[read more]
JURIST Guest Columnist David Hacker of Alliance Defending Freedom discusses free speech zones on public university campuses... Free speech zones on public university campuses sound wonderful in the abstract?a special zone just for free speech! But don't be fooled. College's sell the idea of f... ...[read more]
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JURIST Guest Columnist David Gespass of Gespass and Johnson argues that the US Supreme Court should elevate substance over form and preserve freedom of speech...Government officials have learned, over many years, that the best way to restrict civil liberties is piecemeal. If one wants to take some ...[read more]
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been summoned by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry according to a post on her husband's Facebook page Tuesday. The summons are thought to be in response to a video posted online showing Sotoudeh giving a speech that voices support for what she ...[read more]
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Siri has some sassy responses when asked about the movie Her
Siri sure has come a long way since its early days as the flagship feature in iOS 5. Back in the day, Siri could barely make out what people were saying. Nowadays, Siri is rather sassy, and dare I say, also a tad jealous that he/she isn't the only intelligent personal assistant on the block.
About two weeks ago, the movie Her hit theaters. Written and directed by Spike Jonze, the sci-fi dramedy focuses on the relationship between Joaquin Phoenix and his burgeoning love affair with Samantha, the voice of an intelligent operating system. Yep, Joaquin Phoenix, who so masterfully played Commodus in Gladiator, is now in a movie where he falls in love with his OS.
Despite the bizarre plot, the movie thus far has received positive reviews from critics, even garnering three Golden Globe nominations.
Just don't mention that to Siri.
If you ask about the movie Her, Siri doesn't mince words.
Damn, Siri. Jealous much?
Here, Siri tries to avoid the question altogether.
My resolve strong, I decided to ask again.
But finally, a breakthrough!
I had a feeling that Siri was protesting a tad too much. At last! The truth comes out.
And then, the questions got a little personal. When confronted with a question about Phoenix's character Theodore Twombly, Siri quickly became tight-lipped.
Hmm, better ask again.
And one final time, though this time Siri misheard "Theodore" as "theater."
And in case you're curious as to what this movie Her is all about, check out the quirky trailer below.
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Cubs 101 - Pt. 72 - The Sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts Family
When Andy MacPhail resigned from the Cubs during the '06 season debacle, it soon became clear that the long-time whispers of a Cubs sale were formulating into reality. The Cubs parent owner -- the Chicago Tribune -- was in dire financial straights and, even though the Cubs were a perennial money-maker, they were facing the grim task of bailing out their debt and satisfying their stock holders. None of that stopped Jim Hendry from signing some very big names on the free agent market soon after the '06 season ended, though.
But when the sale of the Tribune to Sam Zell was announced in April, 2007, the Cubs had a new defacto owner who pledged immediately to sell off his billion-dollar asset as quickly as possible. Naturally, I thought that meant '07 would be a lost season -- after all, with a new owner the Cubs perhaps had frozen assets and Jim Hendry would be less likely to have the bank to expand the payroll as needed.
Although the Cubs didn't lose out on their "lost season," and although they proceeded to spend even more money after they were knocked out of the playoffs on bats like Kosuke Fukudome's, we had the same concern about '08. By this point the Cubs had been in sale limbo for about a year, with no named suitor in sight, and the trail leading to the team's eventual purchase appeared endless.
Then, as the '08 season winded down, the Tribune began accelerating the process, narrowing the field of prospective suitors down to a handful of multi-billionaires. The favorite Cub fan choice at the time was Mark Cuban, the passionate owner of the Dallas Mavericks who was known for throwing himself at opposing players and for also cutting no expense when it came to getting the best players and the best equipment. Naturally, he didn't have a chance in hell.
Maybe his bid would have been accepted; perhaps Cuban could've been a finalist, but the conspiracy theorists of the world will note that Major League Baseball did not want such an iconoclast, revolutionary owner to so much as sniff their clubhouse. Afraid that Cuban would change the nature of the game in a costly manner, some feel it was not a coincidence that he suddenly found himself accused of an alleged insider trading scandal. For that reason -- and the market collapse of the fall -- Cuban bowed out.
The eventual winner of the drawn-out sale was Tom Ricketts, the son of Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, and long-time Cub fan. Finally, we thought, we finally knew the shape of the team's future.
Except the sale to Ricketts just... never... ended. He was announced as the winner in January of 2009. He'd then spend the next eight months turning over couch cushions, and emptying out pockets, and doing whatever else possible to find the cash he'd promised the Cubs.
Yep, nothing quite as reassuring as a new owner who can't afford to seal the deal. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Not that Ricketts is a bad guy. From all appearances, he's a passionate Cubs fan who met his wife at Wrigley Field who wants to see the Cubs win just as much as you or I. The only problem was that his purchase of the team eventually became so desperate that he began contacting celebrity Cub fans in order to offer them a share of the pie if they could help pitch in and finalize the sale with him.
Before too long, a frustrated Tribune began to look into re-opening the sale and accepting the next-highest bid. The plan, temporarily, was that they would submit both bids to a bankruptcy judge who would accept the best one. Suddenly, Ricketts was no longer a sure thing.
Then, in July, Ricketts finally found that hundred million he'd lost in the back yard's shed and he and the Tribune reached an agreement. But of course, as the season drew to an end three months later, we were still left waiting for MLB to finalize the damned sale.
So -- Tom Ricketts. Is this guy the owner we've been waiting for? Close to 30 years ago, the faceless Chicago Tribune bought the Cubs from the Wrigleys for something like $20 million. They sold the team to Ricketts for $900 million. Over that three decades they promised hope, initiated change, and utterly failed to bring Cub fans the championship they've been waiting for.
Now, we're left waiting for something else -- we are hoping to discover that Ricketts is a silent Cuban, a guy with the same ideas and passion but without the bad rap. We are hoping that he will step up and purge the organization of the executives who've had too much time to deliver so few results, that he will replace them with brilliant baseball men and women, and that he'll make wise-but-aggressive decisions when it comes toward dramatically improving the Cubs to the best of his ability.
What we're hoping he won't be is a Peter Angelos, who has taken a competitive Orioles organization and in just over a decade turned them into a basement-dwelling laughing stock. But the kind of owner that Ricketts will be remains a mystery... for now. Thankfully, amazingly, the ridiculously long wait appears to be nearing its end.
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text: A few few (Jan maybe ?) months back Sportsnet magazine out of Canada ran this portrait of Shaun White for an article about how the rise of Mark McMorris is challenging Mr. White's space as the golden boy of snowboarding. Well, we shall see what happens in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi..


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I know - I've been away from blogging properly for a few months, and a fair amount of people have told me so (which I honestly appreciate a lot - thanks guys!). But before I get back in the saddle again and write about the latest events and all sorts of thoughts I have in my spinning head, I just have to share this fun story:
Beat Schwegler blogged about a very superstitious bartender (or was it the cash-register developer?!?) that we encountered after DeveloperSummit.


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LAKE CITY, Fla. (WATE) - Three people accused of multiple burglaries in Tennessee were arrested Thursday in Florida after high speed chase with state troopers.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a trooper was attempting to stop a red Chrysler going southbound on I-75 in Columbia County, Fla. just before 11 a.m. Thursday. The trooper says the vehicle nearly struck his cruiser and failed to stop.
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Welcome to HowToBeADad
Posted by CharlieAndAndy, under Uncategorized
What We AREN'T
If you were looking for a website telling you how to be a dad… You didn't find it. We aren't experts in "dadology." We aren't even sure such a thing exists. We're just here to tell you that being a parent sometimes means experiencing things without an authority, letting love and humor get you through. For those other times, we recommend a sturdy helmet.
– Charlie & Andy, The Dads
See our over-produced About Page for the inside skinny.
Our commentary, our experiments, our failures (more often than not) and our experiences in the field. Except for the ones our wives won't let us share. This is our lives as dads. Here are some popular Notebook posts:
Potty FAILing (A True Story)
Shut Mouth
Robbing the Cradle
No Means Yes. And Maybe. And No.
Childbirth Terms Can Make You Want to Puke
7 Rules for Non-Parent Etiquette
Being a Ninja in the Bedroom
Why Won't My Wife Have Sex With Me
Put on a mask and grab some disinfectant, this is our extremely viral content. Is there a word for the opposite of "educational"? That's what these are. These diagrams illustrate why caffeine and insomnia don't mix well.
Pretty self explanatory, no? These are pictures. If you want us to draw you something explaining what this means, go ahead and write us an email.
You just can't invent the stuff that comes out of a woman's mouth once she's "passed a watermelon through the pinhole," ceased sleeping and is married to you. Or one of us.
The things our boys say are crazy, cute, brilliant or D) all of the above. So how could we resist sharing the majesty!
Ever stumble on something noteworthy online? Neither do we, but this is all of that stuff. Stuff we didn't author ourselves.
This is our video section. It's pretty thin right now, but we've got big plans for this section. We want all of the amazing, viral content that we have in our Instructional Diagrams, but moving around. With people. Us. It's going to be rad and its going to be soon. Stay tuned…
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Alan Eames says:
Hi Andy & Charlie,
Very entertaining site!! Thanks for the laughs and keep up the good work.
Elizabeth says:
Just found your site — love it! Adding to my Google Reader : )
And we you love you for loving our site! This is the one gift you can definitely re-gift to your friends.
Heather Reese says:
I have bestowed upon you the Versatile Blogger Award! Please stop by here to pick it up! http://www.myhusbandateallmyicecream.com/2011/05/versatile-blogger-award-take-2.html
Mama Marlaine says:
Love the welcome Mat!!! Just kicked off my heels and sat down, feeling right at home. Looking forward to the self deprecating humor. Forgive me if I nap, it's a compliment I promise. Hugs!!! Mama Marlaine
Rob Wiltsher says:
Hi guys – Happy 4th to all from England. Just came across this site thro' Twitter and am intrigued if a little nervous LOL Am the 52-year old proud parent of a 12-year old girl…..look forward to chatting, exchanging, networking and all those other idioms that you young folks use…..LOL What do I like ? Hmmm……beer and the Grateful Dead for starters
Have a happy forever….
Zack says:
Hey Charlie and Andy,
Great blog. Really enjoying your posts and the design. Well done.
I don't blog about being a dad except where it fits in with my company blog, The Wire. I'm a dad of nearly 4 y/o triplets and I live in So Cal. I also run an ad agency and presently developing a new social good company.
So, I'm busy. Since you won't have all the answers for me, I'm hoping to get a laugh or two from your site as I already have. Also, if you figure out where to live other than LA, let me know.
Jason B. says:
Great blog! Just became a 3rd time Dad at 40 so this site keeps me amused at 3am.
Thanks and congrats! We'll try to keep you three times amused. At 3am and beyond.
Daniel says:
Hi guys!
Awsome site. Enjoying minutes spending here. I'm a dad of Frank 3 y/o and Philip 1 y/o.
Greets from Poland!
Take care, keep it doing!
Luke says:
My older brother and I swap hilarious webpages throughout the workday. In celebration of my upcoming fatherhood (1st child, due March 2012) he pointed me here, sighting how my baby is like a Zombie. I've been hooked ever since.
Thanks for the laughs, looking for sound guidance, if not a respite of hilarity from the chaos of my new life choice.
Hilarity, we might have you covered. Guidance? GPS is your only sound solution. Hopefully, you can laugh your way through the chaos. That's what we're doin'…
But we're glad to have you join the ranks of dads. Stay strong.
Craig says:
Hi all,
Amazing website, I love the concept.
I am a soon to be father, due date is early Feb.
Have bookmarked your site and registered for updates, and i cant wait for them.
Regards from Israel.
Kim says:
Just found your site at Top Twitter Moms of 2011…love it, you should win
We're getting such a kick out of being in the list of Top Twitter Moms! It's hilarious and an honor, a rare combo. Thanks for the support!
Doug says:
Just found you all very funny just had my first a baby girl Jodie by name she arrived April 8th 2011. Truly lost and if I can't get help at least I can get funny.
You came to the right place. For funny. Welcome!
Sam says:
Great stuff the "H" article brought me here from a friends fb post and I am loving it. Good to see that I am not the only one who sees the humorous side of parenting, keep up the good work.
Tony says:
Hey, glad I found this place! Can't wait to dig deeper…
Go for it! Use this one, and you'll fly through it! (Or put a savage hole in your computer screen)
Caity says:
Just found you guys! Hilarity! My husband and I were up till the wee hours of the morning cycling between laughing hysterically and rocking our son back to sleep.
JOY! Thanks. We'll keep you waking up your kid with laughter.
Alan says:
A friend shared your "zombie vs. baby" on facebook and I found my way to your site. I'm a Mr. Mom for a 5yo and 18mo. and have been laughing my ass off for the last 30 min. Keep it up! I will visit your site often.
We love you long time, Alan. Come all you like. You're welcome to stay rent free.
Nikki says:
Love your site! Funny stuff. Definitely showing my husband.
You rock! We love our readers, but we love our sharers MORE! We're on Facebook and Twitter, too, for following us easily.
Sam says:
Found your site from a text from my wife. I EFFING LOVE IT!!!
YES!!! Thanks! Also give me a new website tagline idea: EFFING + LOVE = HowToBeADad.com (Maybe it needs some work.)
Michael 2 says:
I'm a new dad of a 2 month old boy, and just found out at my wife's IUD placement (birth control; for those who don't know) appt, that we're expecting…again.
I found your site after seeing the picture from the Zombies vs Babies post. Based off the pic alone I had to check it out. So far so great! Keep up the good work.
Oh wow! Double rainbow. Congrats and thanks! We'll try to be like your kids: entertaining. But we'll try not to wake you up at 2:00am. And then at 3:00am, and then at…
Dee @ Cocktails with Mom says:
Just found your site today — love it! Totally sharing this with the hubs …I'm bookmarking.
Abraham says:
Hey, I've been a subscriber for about a month. Saw your Thongies pic and couldn't resist.
Thanks for your work!
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Andy Byrne says:
What a fantastic, brilliant, truthful website. This is what I think I should have been looking for for the last 18 months without even realising it!
Wow! So glad you found us! We'll leave the light on for ya.
Andy Byrne says:
Please do. Its sometimes dark at 4am when going downstairs to get a bottle!
Bernard Linde says:
Stumbled across this blog this evening – not a father at all, but work with children for a living – this is truly BRILLIANT!!!! Made my day!
Your comment made my day! Fair trade.
Hailey says:
Hey Charlie & Andy! I am not married, and don't have any children, but I do have nieces, work at a preschool, and have babysat for the last 10-yrs of my life. Yall's site is amazing!! I have sat here looking at the postings for the last hour and have laughed my hiney off the entire time! Intense laughter that I have seriously needed. The site is awesome because it's so honest; what every man (and a lot of women) thinks but never says. I think it's great that you and your wives find the humor/fun in being married and having kids. If a man will eventually ask me out in the future, maybe I can have a husband who makes me laugh just as much someday!! Keep posting!!!
(In total awe at your amazingly kind words) WOW!!!
Hailey says:
You're very welcome Ya'll totally deserve it! You made a 22-yr-old Grad student forget her assignment because she's too interested in your website….. those are some bragging rights.
Ooooooo, I LOVE distracting people from school/homework. Hee hee! I'm kinda mischievous that way. My kids' teachers have another word for it though.
Brianne says:
I'm kind of pissed off. Not AT ya'll but FOR ya'll. I'm a fairly new reader, and I honestly never knew that a TON of those posts were even from you guys. I don't remember seeing link backs, and I'm pretty sure your name was removed. Other wise I would have found you WAY sooner.
Because of people's douchiness I have been deprived of your awesomeness for so long. I'm almost having a moment here…
You guys are amazing and I'm glad that someone along the way DID end up linking me back to this amazingness I now enjoy so much!
PS I'm in "H is for Hell" at this very moment, with my 7 month old wedged right between my husband and I. Ah…parenting…good times.
Yeah, Charlie and I were really bothered by all the thievery, NOT the sharing, but the outright thievery with removed domain name and logo. But then we just took a deep breath and reminded ourselves that that's just the Internet, it can be a shitty place, or a percentage of it can.
We're so glad you found us! WELCOME and ENJOY! Even if you only got the equivalent of 3 hours of sleep because you were rocking the H last night.
recovering says:
THANK YOU for this website! I am a mom of two wee ones, and after a week end being run over by a stomach bug (thank you daycare?!), I'm so glad I stumbled on the Instructionals pages… I've been wiping tears of laughter since!
You bet! Welcome to the party, pull up a chair! So glad you're loving the Instructional Diagrams. Don't miss our videos, too, we just started doing them.
Maya says:
Loving your stuff from Wagga Wagga,Australia. I spent a long evening recently putting my Fin to bed (he had croup…. I was having to say things like "if u stop crying you'll be able to breath"… Fun)then into bed with a 4 month old with a fever who screamed till she collapsed in a heap on me. I start flicking through your site and pissed myself laughing… only to wake the baby and have to start the process again. Was worth it though that night. Thanks Maya, Finlay (3) and Abigail (4mths).
Sooooooooooooorry about making you wake the baby. It apparently happens a lot with our visitors. Welcome to HowToBeADad.com. Please wear adult diapers.
Jerrad says:
Will I'm going to be dad on 7-1-12 is the due date four my first baby it going to be a boy I have now idea what to do but I will figer it out if anyone can give info on what to do or give me some info it my first baby
I think you found the wrong website, man. This is an entertainment website for parents. Not really the place to go for actual tips and advice. But have a look around and enjoy the laughs. And congratulations!!!
Jacki says:
Too funny! Love your site! Thanks for the laughs!
Fantastic! Thanks! I hate types too, though I generate as much of them as I do CO2 by breathing. BUT I can edit anything on the website, sooooo… what typo? Ha ha!
Natt says:
Stumbled across your site about an hour ago. I have been in tears of laughter ever since. I learned all this info the hard way…..3 times in fact but I have bestowed your wisdom and genius upon a few of my fellow dad's and dad's to be. Fantastic effort.
You're a rockstar! Thanks for laughing, crying and sharing.
derek says:
like it verymuch
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shruti says:
Charlie, excellent site. I found your session to be extremely informative at Blogher'12. Thanks for all the tips. You have a great sense of humor..keep it coming!!
Joaquin says:
I found you guys a bit late, my kid is 7 now, but still very funny and useful…hehehe I'll apply my newly aquired knowledge with the little one…he's in for a blast!
"Knowledge" is on the ban list of words to use in relation to our website. Ha ha! No worries. We write about babies a lot, but I'm still ahead of you with a 14 and 12 year old. So, there should be something for you to laugh at when you discover a gym sock that won't bend (if your 7yo is a boy).
Aaron says:
Awesome site! Just got another subscriber!
From One Dad to Another (Few)
Derek N says:
This is awesome. I screenshot the one picture of the "hypomomdria".
While my wife might laugh, she could also go the other way and chase me with a scissors, but you know how many times she's asked me, "omg, is he breathing" and the poor kid is just snoozing? Or wait, the times when he coughs or sneezes, its the bubonic plague (ok maybe not the plague, but you get it).
Being a Dad is awesome, and its even better when you get to share it with someone you truly love (my wife if you couldnt tell).
Penny says:
Just found your site and laughed my head of at the 'shiny peepee' story. As a Mom to an almost four year old boy and the only 'girl' in the household I will be keeping up to pick up tips and tricks and stay informed!
Johnny "Jet" says:
Oh how i wish i found this sit 8yrs ago!
Yay! I we'd started it that long ago! Ha ha!
Jennifer says:
Thank you for the ab workout I just received from laughing at your intructional diagrams! What makes them so great is that they are true!
daniel says:
Nice! Now I can read some interesting articles, when I can't sleep. That is until, my wife gets mad at my cell phone light wakeing her up from her beauty sleep
Jason Smth says:
Hey dads!
My name is Jasom – awesome site here!
Been looking around for a little bit, now Im going to start reaching out and interacting a bit more with you guys.
Funny stuff here,
Tina says:
Being a single parent for most of my kids lives (12 years) teaches you a thing or 2 about them, but the way you guys describe some of this stuff lets moms see humor in things we otherwise probably never would have. Lol at least it does for me lol so glad I found this site! Thanks ♥
Hi Guys! says:
Love the website. It's really entertaining and, well… entertaining! Keep up the great work!
J Phillips says:
You guys are hilarious! Keep up the good work. Your feed makes me laugh so hard I wanna poop… seriously though I feel a little backed up.
Nance says:
Hey, this site is pretty gnarly. I found it on Google+ and it's usually got something to cheer me up. My wife passed last year, Dec. 7. I'm the proud owner of 5 awesome kids ranging from 12 to 4, and as easy and awesome as it is to love them, sometimes it all is a little much. This site is pretty uplifting and sometimes helps me see the humor when I can't find it on my own. Keep it up.
Andrew says:
Charlie, I loved the video where your Dad takes care of you for a while. How old were you in the video?
Nicole says:
Tried to submit this on the contact page, but it bounced back, fyi. LOVE your site – especially the breastfeeding stuff. Would love to see this idea done by you guys, as you have the technology to pull it off. Take a magazine we all see in the grocery checkout stand with requisite boob-exposing cover shot (say, Shape magazine, any month). Photoshop a image of a breastfeeding baby to one of boobs. Caption: "How to make any woman's body instantly offensive in public". EXTRA CREDIT: create stickers of the baby in breastfeeding pose with the caption underneath and randomly stick to magazine covers (maybe made the stickers the kind that can peel off in case you get caught…) Ok, *I* think it's a great idea, but only because I'm currently breastfeeding and am functioning on very little sleep, haha.
Michael says:
Hello guys,
My wife just put to bed like some 14days ago. Now she says to me "my boobs feel really heavy and it drips milk even when baby Ethan aint sucking" Am like huh!
Guys is that how it normally is? cant believe 'em boobs will be like that. There goes my play toy, lol
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Bill Donohue stands by his man.
It has never seemed the best hill to die on, but apparently Catholic League president Bill Donohue doesn't know how to quit defending Bishop Robert Finn, who was found guilty this week of one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspected child abuse. (Be sure to readDavid Gibson's post on the devastating Timesstory.) Back in November, Donohue declaredthat Finn was "an innocent man," and flew all the way to Kansas City just to show how much he meant it. "In an ideal world," Donohue claimed, "there would have been no charges whatsoever: there was no complainant and no violation of law." Yes, and in an ideal world, when a U.S. bishop learns — nearly a decade after the 2002 wave of scandals broke — that one of his priests has crotch shots of kids on his computer, after having learned about a detailed letter of complaint about the guy from a Catholic school principal, the bishop would report the priest to the proper authorities, in accordance with civil and canon law. But that's not the world Bishop Finn was living in. So now he stands convicted of failing to report suspected child abuse. In other words, Finn is not an innocent man. That's why he issued a statement — both through his lawyer(.doc) and on his own behalf (.doc) — that contains apologetic-sounding words arranged in a way that avoids actually accepting responsibility for his failure to report the pornographer priest Ratigan. (Do yourself a favor and read Mark Silk on that and more here.)
You'd think Finn's conviction would be enough to force Donohue back from the ledge, or at least show a measure of contrition. But no. He's going all the way over. In his latest pronouncement, magisterially titled "Assessing Bishop Finn's Guilt," Donohue purports to bust some myths about the Finn case. Instead, he perpetrates some myth-making of his own. Let's have a look…
Mark Silk responds to the U.S. Catholic bishops' latest statement on religious freedom.
The bishops are mounting a crusade for religious freedom (1) in regard to Catholic educational, health-care, and social services whose religious character (especially of Catholic colleges, universities, and hospitals) church authorities routinely suspect and whose personnel they constantly alienate; (2) in regard to forms of exemption that are hugely expansive and highly debatable; and (3) in regard to church teachings that fewer and fewer Catholics accept. This is not an obvious formula for success.
There is a healthy struggle brewing among the nation's Roman Catholic bishops. A previously silent group, upset over conservative colleagues defining the church's public posture and eagerly picking fights with President Barack Obama, has had enough.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's recent censure of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious for 'serious doctrinal problems raises a number of familiar, if troubling, questions. The LCWR, which represents most American nuns, exists to provide support for the work sisters do for the poor, the imprisoned, the ill, and the marginalized, and to give the various religious communities a corporate voice. As part of the CDF's action, the LCWR will be put into a kind of receivership under Seattle Archbishop Peter Sartain—essentially suppressing what little autonomy the group has had. Its statutes will be rewritten and speakers for LCWR meetings will now be vetted. The sisters were specifically reprimanded for speaking out in opposition to positions taken by the U.S. bishops but also for keeping 'silent' about church teachings on ordination and same-sex marriage. Is silence now considered a form of dissent? Are women religious not even allowed to determine the priorities of their own ministries?
In its recent statement regarding the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith noted that its principal means of assessing the doctrinal fidelity of the LCWR was a review of keynote and leadership addresses at the LCWR annual assembly. Many of the documents in question are publicly available on the LCWR web site. Given the controversy, I wanted to read some of these documents myself. What I found was not what I expected.
There's really nothing much more comical/offensive than reading political analysts (invariably Anglos) speculating about how Romney picking Marco Rubio has the potential to peel the Latino vote away from Obama. The stupidity that this implicitly attributes to the Latino electorate(s) is genuinely staggering.
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Canned Tuna?
What is happening to canned tuna? The most recent can of Chicken of the Sea "chunk lite" in water I've opened was a slurry of fine particles including gray skin that couldn't be drained and smelled terrible. My cats turned up their noses.
The stuff is expensive. Must we turn to the gourmet brands for a simple tuna salad?
According to Cook's Illustrated, due to demand for inexpensive tuna, the major producers have tweaked their methods to get the highest rate of "recovery" of flesh from the fish, hence the ever smaller pieces. They cook the tuna before hand packing it in cans and then the can is cooked again as part of the canning process after sealing. (They have to hand pack the cans as attempts at automatic processing clogs the equipment). The double cooking yields maximum flesh from the tuna, but reduces quality of the canned tuna. The final product is drier and with little taste, causing the major packers to use more water and vegetable broth to try to add moisture and flavor back into the can.
The two top rated tunas in the list below, pack their tuna raw into the can (getting less flesh from the tuna in the process), but only cook the tuna once as part of the canning process. Cook's Illustrated states those top two have better texture and flavor than the rest.
Cook's Illustrated also weighed the drained tuna and found that the top two had up to a 1/2 ounce more meat per can and a lot less water packed in the can as compared to the other major brands who pack in more water.
They tested tuna from the supermarket and here's how they ranked according to taste and texture in July 2011.
The top two were recommended. The rest were recommended with reservations.
-Wild Planet Wild Albacore Tuna
-American Tuna Pole Caught Wild Albacore
-Starkist Selects Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water
-Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water
-Chicken of the Sea Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water
-Crown Prince Natural Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water
-Starkist Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water
-Bumble Bee Solid White Albacore Tuna in Water
re: Antilope
The Wild Planet is available (at some) Costco.
re: Bacardi1
I just did a search and in the first 5 pages of the search I could only find one canned tuna topic, about what to do with canned tuna, not about quality.
This is the only recent thread that I could find about canned tuna quality.
Can you provide a link to the other threads?
re: Antilope
imported Italian Tuna in olive oil is really the only way to go.....
re: ospreycove
Yes,absolutely.....imported Italian tuna in olive oil is THE ONLY way to go!!
re: grangie angie
The line-caught Ortiz tuna in olive oil from Spain and the A's do Mar brand (also in OO) from Portugal are also very good.
re: Antilope
On general chowhounding topics: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/852701
I read all of this thread and the links within and feel like I'm missing something. Here, tuna is 30 cents a can. I've never seen grey skin in a can and if anything, the ones labelled as a 'chunky,' variety are almost too chunky to get out of the can (even no name brand).
Did some canned tuna crisis happen in the last 24 hours I don't know about?
re: suzigirl
East Coast Canada.
Is canned tuna really that much of a commodity in other parts of this continent?
This is a total newsflash to me
re: shecrab
Now THAT is my kind of canned tuna. Sounds incredible!
re: shecrab
Hmm, shashimi grade tuna, cooked and canned, for $9.99 a can. Sounds like a waste of sushimi grade tuna AND money to me.
re: suzigirl
Wow, well I learned something new today. No idea tuna was expensive for some people
There are olive oil packed ones that here are about $1.40 here that come in a snack size can with a tear off lid meant to be eaten out of the can. I'm talking the regular main brands. As for the fancy Italian olive oil ones I guess those would be expected to cost more, and they do sound nice. I've just never seen a can of tuna I would call 'expensive.'
re: ospreycove
I'm sure
re: ospreycove
Jjjr is definitely NOT in the pet food aisle. That's what I pay here for Starkist's wonderful olive-oil packed tuna (around $1.45/can), in all the major supermarkets - Giant, Martins, Safeway, etc., etc. Sounds like you're getting rooked price-wise if you're paying a lot more for standard-brand tuna.
re: Bacardi1
Bar. ........Jjjr had a previous post where he/she stated that tuna was 30 cents a can where he/she shopped.
I read all of this thread and the links within and feel like I'm missing something. Here, tuna is 30 cents a can. I've never seen grey skin in a can and if anything, the ones labelled as a 'chunky,' variety are almost too chunky to get out of the can (even no name brand).
Did some canned tuna crisis happen in the last 24 hours I don't know about?
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re: ospreycove
Don't know where either you or jjjr live, but canned tuna has been well over $1 for the past 5 years or even longer here in Virginia. Sorry for both of you if this price sounds unduly disparate in either direction. It's a fact here
re: Bacardi1
Bar......30 cents a can is good for cat food here; but a really good can, (glass jar) of Italian, (sicilian), is upwards of $7.50 and more, but worth every penny.
The best regular canned tuna (not imported or canned in olive oil, etc.) is Costco's Kirkland brand. It is albacore. It is very good. I don't of a good standard grocery brand of chunk style tuna anymore.
One sort you might try is tongol tuna, but apparently only Malaysia manages this tuna species correctly. I was eating tongol before I started buying Kirkland. http://tinyurl.com/d9u9e2y Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
There is supposed to be more lead in albacore, so, if the latest advice is still what I learned a number of years ago, you should limit eating it to once a week.
I was considering starting a thread on Tuna earlier. Looked through the local sales ads and was happy to see that canned Tuna was on sale. One store had it at 1$ and another 88 cents. When I got to the 2nd store I picked up the can to check if thy had added anything I wasn't a fan of. There on the back label in the ingredients list were the words, "Contains Soy." I was a bit disappointed. When I buy Tuna I want Tuna.
re: dbirney
The Geisha brand solid albacore is quite good and often on sale for 1.49 i stock up. Second choice is bumble bee inn the gold cans and packed in olive oil
What you are telling us doesn't surprise me. I try not to buy canned anything, but when I buy canned tuna I splurge on the GENOVA in olive oil. That almost sounded like a Dos Equis commercial :)
Sorry, I'm duplicating the post I made under "best canned tuna" as it seems even more appropriate here - and I don't know how to do links.
I've been trying to figure out what happened to the canned tuna of my youth - while reading all the spew about every single major vendor of tinned tuna. It is all watery mush - shredded tuna.
I found the answer at the procedures at the FDA to determine what can be called "chunk" tuna.
The bottom line is that the canners are allowed to compress the contents of a can of tuna with a hydraulic press to a pressure of 384 pounds per square inch for one minute. As we all squeeze the water out over the sink by cutting the lid free and squeezing with our fingers - all we need to do to duplicate the canner is to press the lid of a typical 5 oz tin with around 1 1/2 tons of pressure - 3322.27 pounds to be precise. Say the entire weight of your compact car all concentrated on that little 3 1/4" lid.
With these specification they could make "chunk" tuna out of dehydrated tuna POWDER!
There is no "best canned tuna."
[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2012]
Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized Fish and Shellfish Sec. 161.190 Canned tuna.
re: ferret
Thanks ferret, but my solid white albacore goes on top of salads. I just miss the inexpensive chunk non-white tuna that had real chunks you had to break apart with a fork to make tuna "salad" sandwiches. I'm not wasting my pricey albacore on pickle relish, minced onion and mayo ;-)
Have not bought canned tuna in years. 'Chunk lite' is an inferior grade, would buy solid white in oil, preferably olive.
Read label for origin! Avoid Asian source. They tend to be poor stewards of the environment. I know that is a hasty generalization but US and Canada are the best regulated these days.


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2006 Round 12 - Home and away Games
Pre Game Articles - St Kilda Saints vs Adelaide Crows
St Kilda vs. Adelaide
Telstra Dome Friday 16th June 2006, 7:40pm
Umpires: Vozzo, Meredith, McInerney
TAB Sportsbet: St Kilda $2.30 Adelaide $1.57
Centrebet: St Kilda $2.40 Adelaide $1.57
: X.Clarke, McQualter - R.Clarke, Gwilt in VFL
: Blake (hamstring), McGough
Two changes for Crows clash
St Kilda has made two team changes ahead of its clash against Adelaide at Telstra Dome on Friday night. Xavier Clarke has impressed on the training track in the past fortnight and comes back into the side after six weeks out with a hip injury, while Andrew McQualter has been recalled for his fifth game of the season. Out of the side that overcame the Swans by two points last week are Jason Blake with a hamstring strain and Mark McGough who was omitted. Emergencies for the Saints are Sam Gilbert, Allan Murray and Justin Sweeney.
Teams & Article
Saints fans to raise hell
Thomas wants the Crows to experience the hostile atmosphere that visiting teams encounter at AAMI Stadium in Adelaide. "They are coming to our home, it's our office, our house, in our house it's our rules," Thomas said last night. "We have to give them the same sort of treatment and I expect our supporters to give them the same sort of treatment as our team gets whenever we go to South Australia or Western Australia. We want to make it our cauldron. We play very well at Telstra and it's our house. We haven't invited them, so we don't expect to give them a good time. We want to try and make it as intimidatory an environment as we can."
The Article
Jon Pierik/HeraldSun/16Jun06
"The last four or five weeks we have been a much stingier unit and haven't given much away, If you look at the stats, we are up there in terms of defences in the league. We are just building on that each week. We have held teams below 10 goals two weeks in a row and that does great things for your confidence when you know you can do that." Leigh Fisher
Fisher defender of the Saints' faith
. . . A month into Fisher's second coming as an AFL player, it appears that day has arrived. St Kilda might have fallen out of favour with bookmakers and pundits for this year's premiership but the Saints have reshaped the way they go about winning football games. Long admired as the most attacking, high-scoring team in the competition, St Kilda can now boast one of the most miserly defences. Only Adelaide, the best defensive team in the AFL, has been harder to score against this season. Not by coincidence, Fisher has emerged as a key figure within a fresh-faced-back six.
The Article
Chip Le Grand/TheAustralian/16Jun06
Saints throw their catch back
. . . So important that Grant Thomas and his brains trust sent Fisher to play on Ryan O'Keefe, the man who torched the Saints in last year's preliminary final, in last Saturday night's rematch in Sydney. He plays on talls, with Brendan Fevola and Russell Robertson among his opponents this year. He also plays on smalls, for he minded Matthew Robbins when the Saints met the Bulldogs. He might even get Ricciuto, the riverland's finest, if the Crows' captain drifts forward tonight, as is his wont nowadays.
The Article
Martin Blake/TheAge/16Jun06
Milne, Riewoldt and Fiora need to step up - fast
. . . The Saints' game plan is built around being stronger than the opposition physically and mentally. The harder the game the better they play . . . The Crows are the hardest running side in 2006 and I suspect Neil Craig will instruct his men to run and carry the ball into open spaces tonight. He'll want his players to clear the stoppages quickly and get the ball to carriers like McLeod, Johncock, Brett Burton or Simon Goodwin. The Saints would prefer a game of one-on-one football, but they're not going to get it. If they don't dominate the stoppages they'll be run ragged by a much quicker side.
The Article
Wayne Schwass/HeraldSun/16Jun06
Saints regain Clarke but lose ruckman Blake to injury
St Kilda has rushed Xavier Clarke back into its team for tonight's Telstra Dome clash against Adelaide, but lost yet another player to injury when ruckman Jason Blake strained a hamstring. Clarke, earmarked pre-season to assume the key role of defensive linkman after the retirement of Aussie Jones, has missed six games after having arthroscopic surgery on a hip injury diagnosed after the match against Fremantle in Launceston on April 30. He was originally set to return in round 14, but St Kilda assistant coach Matt Rendell said yesterday the exciting youngster's training track form had forced selectors' hands. "He's been out best trainer for the last two weeks," Rendell said. "He's certainly looked the part. It's whether he's got enough conditioning at this stage. But he's certainly looked fantastic on the track."
The Article
Rohan Connolly/TheAge/16Jun06
Teams: Clarke ready
St Kilda coach Grant Thomas said he had no concerns about recalling the fleet-footed Xavier Clarke for tonight's clash against Adelaide at Telstra Dome. Clarke has missed six games after arthroscopic surgery on his hip. Thomas said he had debated whether to ease Clarke back through the VFL, but he felt the explosive rebounder was ready for the big stage.
The Article
Jon Pierik/HeraldSun/16Jun06
Saints/Crows Preview
St Kilda can show its top-four campaign is back on track by beating the Crows at home. Its win in the Sydney wet last week was the high point of an only-average season so far. Also, Nathan Van Berlo is injured and Andrew McLeod could need foot surgery after this week, so the Crows could be vulnerable after last week's great escape against Brisbane.
Fraser Gehrig. The big Saint forward is due for a 'bag' - after kicking six goals in round six, the Coleman Medallist has not kicked more than three in a game.
Tip: St Kilda by 10 points
Round 12 previews
Roger Vaughan (AAP)/HeraldSun/16Jun06
Stevens earns tilt at Riewoldt
. . . Riewoldt? Craig's dance cards are placed in this order - Scott Stevens, Nathan Bassett and then Kris Massie . . . Craig this week reached for his debriefing notes on this final that brought him much criticism for not putting a tag on former St Kilda captain Robert Harvey and not controlling Adelaide midfielder Scott Thompson, whose undisciplined litter of free kicks in the first term aided the Saints. Craig yesterday was philosophical on his coaching that night - and how he will respond tonight.
The Article
Michelangelo Rucci/Adelaide Advertiser/16Jun06
St Kilda optimistic after Koschitzke returns to training track
St Kilda is beginning to elevate its hopes of a return to football this season by Justin Koschitzke after the injury-stricken ruck-forward received a positive report on his health this week. Saints football manager Matthew Rendell said yesterday that Koschitzke, who fractured his skull in round six, had returned to the training track. "He's done some training and he's looked very good," said Rendell. "He's got to get all those neurological clearances for him to play, but he's certainly feeling pretty good about himself. I think he's keen to go. It wouldn't surprise me if he lined up after the break, but it might be two or three weeks after that." Koschitzke's manager, Liam Pickering, cautioned against undue optimism about the player's return, saying it was a matter for the medical experts. "I've spoken to him and he's feeling much better. His hearing is much better. But I think it's fair to say he's more hopeful that he can play again this year rather than putting any time-frame on it. He's certainly not putting a time on it."
The Article
Martin Blake/TheAge/16Jun06
McLeod surgery decision vital for finals
Michelangelo Rucci/Adelaide Advertiser/16Jun06
Now it's time for the Crows
Fantastic planning led by Grant Thomas was perhaps the greatest highlight to come out of the Sydney game. The players were also fantastic in implementing the game plan, and it was a resounding effort from all 22 players on the field. The team effort was very good and the courage, selflessness and bravery displayed by the boys was evident throughout the match. The players clearly played as a group and for eachother, with the team effort clearly significant. There are still areas that the Club needs to improve in, which predominantly relate to striving for consistency. It is imperative to maintain a positive mind set and to develop that positiveness into maximising our own opportunity within a match.
The Article
Jason Mifsud/St Kilda FC/saints.com.au/15Jun06
All clear for Ball
Things are starting to look up on the injury front down at Moorabbin with several long-term absentees slated for a return over the coming weeks, but the most significant news ahead of Friday night's match is the medical clearance of Luke Ball. The Saints skipper looked set for a week or two off when he was stretchered from the SCG early in the last quarter of Saturday night's two-point win over Sydney after a nasty head knock, but assistant coach Matt Rendell says he's ready to go.
The Article
Jason Phelan/Sportal/saints.com.au/15Jun06
Saints in bid to farewell Tasmania
St Kilda president Rod Butterss confirmed last night that the club would attempt to withdraw or reduce its contracted games in Tasmania next year after holding talks with the AFL Commission and posing questions regarding the competition's revenue streams. The Saints, who unveiled their $16 million redevelopment on the back of last week's state government funding boost, have also replaced chief executive Jim Watts, who will depart after six years in a variety of board and administrative roles. Watts' replacement, Archie Fraser, has been promoted after serving for eight months as St Kilda's commercial operations chief. Watts, who has also served as club vice-president, is expected to move back into consultancy work.
The Article
Caroline Wilson/TheAge/15Jun06
McLeod wait-and-see on surgery
But the dynamic half-back flanker will need surgery on an inflamed bursa if he continues to experience foot pain which has troubled him for the past month. That could mean two weeks on the sidelines . . . The management of McLeod's condition has seen him take cortisone injections and miss several training sessions in the past month. The inflamed bursa, a small sack of fluid that acts as a cushion between the achilles tendon and heel bone, is best cured by rest. If McLeod pulls up sore from the Saints' clash on the hard Telstra Dome surface - Reid said he is a definite starter - the Crows will consider an operation in their bye week next week. This would see him miss just one game.
The Article
Andrew Capel/TheAge/15Jun06
Match Preview: St Kilda v Adelaide
Angus Morgan/afl.com.au/15Jun06
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Rix kick hit sticks, says Swan Barry
Sydney full-back Leo Barry claimed yesterday the goal kicked by St Kilda rookie Michael Rix - the first of a game the Saints won by two points at the SCG on Saturday night - had hit the post. The Swans' six-game winning streak came to an end with the loss, but Barry said yesterday that he heard and saw the ball brush the post, but his protests to the goal umpire were ignored. "It just brushed it," he said. "The goal umpire was stuck on the other side so he obviously didn't hear it. And it was raining and obviously there was a lot of noise from the crowd so it's a line-ball decision whether he would be able to hear it anyway" . . . Swans coach Paul Roos said he had not seen a replay of the goal, but was emphatic that it had not cost his team victory.
The Article
Michael Cowley/TheAge/15Jun06
How Saints robbed the Swans
Michael Cowley/www.smh.com.au/15Jun06
Rix kick hit post
Tim Morrissey/HeraldSun/14Jun06
Comments re these articles
Barry out to tweak game
All-Australian AFL representative Leo Barry plans to tweak certain aspects of his game in a bid to reduce the amount of penalties and goals he is conceding. The Swans full-back and co-captain, who earned all-Australian honours in the past two seasons, has had the equal biggest amount of goals in the AFL kicked on him this season and has also given away the third-highest amount of penalties . . . Barry was adamant St Kilda ruckman Michael Rix should have been awarded a behind rather than a goal in the two-point win over the Swans at Sydney Cricket Ground last Saturday, after saying he both saw and heard the ball brush one of the goal posts.
The Article
Adrian Warren/TheAustralian/15Jun06
Doctor calls for harsh penalties for bad bumps
St Kilda star Luke Ball's propensity to be concussed strikes a chord with at least two old champions who had heads that opponents liked to hit. Nathan Burke spent 10 years of his long career with St Kilda wearing a helmet to prevent the headaches and blurred vision he would get from heavy hits in pack situations. Dean Kemp, West Coast's spindly centreman, no longer exercises in any vigorous way lest he lapse into the blurred vision that ended his career in 2001.
Martin Blake/www.smh.com.au/15Jun06
Docs join head fight
Bruce Matthews/HeraldSun/14Jun06
Saints appoint new CEO
As part of its planned succession strategy, the St Kilda Football Club board is pleased to announce that Archie Fraser will be appointed to Chief Executive Officer at the end of this season. Current caretaker CEO Jim Watts has served the Club for the past six years and, over that time, has held the roles of Director, Vice President, and Chief Executive Officer. The hand over of leadership will be phased in over the remainder of the 2006 season to allow Archie to hit the ground running. Archie Fraser joined the club in October 2005 as General Manager Commercial Operations with a view to restructuring the Club's commercial departments prior to moving into the CEO role at some stage in 2006.
The Article
St Kilda FC/saints.com.au/14Jun06
Saints dig up $6m
Former AFL pauper St Kilda plans to borrow $6 million to build a new social club centre. In a key plank of the Moorabbin redevelopment, the famous gaming area and former disco will be demolished in favour of a new building on the corner of South Rd and Linton St. With $3.5 million in debt paid and another $1 million-plus profit on the cards, the Saints are confident they can fund the borrowing. "As an organisation, we're in a pretty healthy position to take on something like this," St Kilda chief executive Jim Watts said yesterday. "We're really comfortable about being able to do it . . . We'll be able to fund the borrowing there on a yield basis from the commerciality of the building."
The Article
Mark Stevens/HeraldSun/14Jun06
Heart is willing, but the head hurts like hell
Luke Ball's propensity to be knocked out or concussed strikes a chord with at least two old champions who had heads that opponents liked to hit. Nathan Burke spent 10 years of his long career with St Kilda wearing a helmet to prevent the headaches and blurred vision he would get from heavy hits in pack situations. Dean Kemp, West Coast's spindly Norm Smith medallist and dual premiership centreman, no longer exercises in any vigorous way lest he lapse into the blurred vision that ended his career in 2001. Ball, the St Kilda captain who was slightly concussed and had his mouth slashed open by his teeth in a collision with teammate Matt Maguire against Sydney last Saturday night, has made a full recovery.
The Article
Martin Blake/TheAge/14Jun06
Saints running out of time
Dan Lonergan/ABC Sport/05Jun06
Steven Baker gets a fine
. . . St Kilda's Steven Baker and Sydney's Jude Bolton accepted fines of $1800 and $900 respectively for wrestling offences.
Bump claims Roo
Bruce Matthews/Adelaide Advertiser/14Jun06
Adelaide's heralded defence
. . . Last year Adelaide gave up an average of just 68.95 points a game on the way to its first minor premiership - the best defensive record since the VFL became the AFL in 1990. This season the Crows have raised the bar even higher. Their incredibly low 66.36 points conceded is 12 points fewer than nearest rival St Kilda (78.9).
Crows back to the front
Andrew Capel/Adelaide Advertiser/13Jun06
Craig on a roll
Michelangelo Rucci/Adelaide Advertiser/14Jun06
Umpires urged to pay more 50-metre penalties
AFL umpires had recently slackened in awarding 50-metre penalties when players are held after a mark and will be urged to "hold their nerve" in getting tough on scragging players, umpires manager Jeff Gieschen said yesterday. The AFL gave umpires a pre-season edict to be strict on players grabbing the jumper of a player or impeding him after a mark or free kick and it wants to make sure they maintain the policy. "It's fair to say we have missed a few of those on the weekend; there is no doubt about that," Gieschen said.
The Article
Michael Gleeson/TheAge/14Jun06
AFL mid-season reports
Now: 7th, 6-5. Prediction: 6th, 13-9.
Injuries have helped cruel the Saints' hopes in each of the last two years and could well do so again. If - and it's a very big IF - they can get put Justin Koschitzke and Aaron Hamill back on the park, they need fear no-one. The round 18 clash with the Eagles at Telstra Dome shapes as season-defining.
All Teams - Breif Reports
John Salvado (AAP)/HeraldSun/13Jun06
They're all Saints
St Kilda star Lenny Hayes was a promising youngster at Pennant Hills in Sydney before he had to move to Canberra as a teenager to have a chance of being drafted in the AFL. Not even 10 years later, another Pennant Hills boy, Josh Duncan, has been selected by the Saints as one of their two NSW scholarship players, highlighting just how far the AFL has come in its development in NSW. Duncan, 14, was the first teenager chosen by St Kilda following the recent talent camp at St Ignatius College, with 16-year-old Khan Haretuku following soon after. As recipients of the AFL scholarships, they will be nurtured by St Kilda, including travelling to Melbourne during their school holidays to train with the senior squad, as well as attending matches. They will also receive up to $20,000 a year in grants as part of the AFL initiative.
The Article
Players likely to get an extra $70 million
AFL footballers look certain to share at least $70 million more next season as negotiations between the players' union and the AFL draw to a close. While a meeting between the two parties at AFL headquarters today is not expected to resolve what had loomed as a potential dispute, both sides have conceded they are close to an agreement that will see the collective bargaining agreement extended until the end of 2011. A wage increase of at least 11 per cent - but no more than 14 per cent - in 2007 would be followed by 3 per cent increases in the following four years of the revised collective bargaining agreement with the AFL Players Association still pushing for further increases should new revenue streams emerge.
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Koen Vandersteene
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:40 am
Post subject: Vladimir in Belgium, 8-9-10 July
We would like to express our gratitude to Vladimir for teaching his 3-day seminar in Kortrijk, Belgium. Also a big thank you to Valerie for being there, and to all Systema participants and instructors who were there. In total, there were 225 participants from 22 countries.
As usual, Vladimir was absolutely amazing with his teaching skills and fluid but powerful demonstrations. From the feedback we had sofar people were inspired and touched by his qualities and personality. Everybody worked hard and was willing to give at the same time. Thank you Vladimir. Thank you all.
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Erez Hamiache
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This was the first Vladimir's seminar I was attending. And I was really impressed by his fluidity (even more than on videos) and his skill for sharing his knowledge.
As soon as I had a question and asked him about, I had a very precise answer that I feel adapted to my level in Systema and I could perfectly understand one of the purposes of the drill I wasn't getting.
Thank you a lot Vladimir for having taken care of 225 people during 3 days.
Hoping to see you soon in Belgium, Toronto or somewhere else.
Thanks a lot to Koen and Jurgen (and the guys of Systema Belgium) for this seminar
Thanks to all the participants I have been able to work with and hoping to have more time at next seminar to train with the others
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tibor moravcik
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Post subject: MY FISRT SEMINAR WITH VLADIMIR
At first glance, he looks like a 'normal', positive guy..
Of course when he moves or speaks you see & feel the difference..
You can feel from him a kindness (with which he infects the whole group
) & that his aim is honestly to help people..
He helps our society probably more than you think..
If you apply what he is teaching to your day to day life, you would recognize the difference!
Just try to imagine how it would affect your life if you got rid of your tension & stress..
If you could control your body & mind..
How would your life look if you vitalised your body & increased your effectivity..?
If you became more alive with good breathing..?
Thank you Vladimir & all of the other instructors of Systema for a service which you are providing for our society..
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Hi, I know it's a bit late, but I still want to give my feedback.
As a newcomer to Systema, I expected a good introduction to another martial art, but I got so much more out of the seminar than just that. As the name already implies, it is indeed a complete "system". Not just for self-defense, but for "handling" life in general. As a computer science student, I couldn't help but looking at the seminar as installing a sort of personal "operating system" for the mind.
I must say, I felt kind of out of place at the seminar. With my 21 years of age, I probably was one of the youngest participants, if not the youngest - I don't know. I also have very limited martial art experience: just a couple of months of krav maga training now (twice a week). So I was a bit intimidated by the tens of years of experience some participants had. With a few I detected a bit of a condescending attitude towards me, but fortunately, almost all of them could leave aside the ego games and were very eager to help me out and share their passion for Systema.
I'd like to thank Vladimir, the organization and all the participants. It was an inspiring weekend. The set of principles I learned have become a part of my life. I'll probably attend the Systema classes in Kortrijk, as it's only a 30 minute drive from my hometown.
Best regards,
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Some pigeon photos. Because I am in the mood for pigeons.
Fun fact:
Unlike other birds, pigeons don't need to lift their heads up to swallow water.
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- horsesandcashprizes reblogged this from kaokoneko and added:
I have been playing the shit out of it! It is surprisingly good! DL DL DL
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No, but it was a game of chicken and the pigeon got wigged out first.
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Did you actually lick that pigeon, dude.


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