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Two weeks "shut down" where the dog begins to rely on you as his leader-
Basically, you overloaded your dog with too much stimulus too early in your relationship. Your dog needs you to be a leader he is close to and he trusts, so he can rely upon you to be his protector and he can trust you to take him only into safe situations. If he doesn't have this relationship to you he has to then decide on his own how to react to strange and threatening situations.
Go back and lay the groundwork.
I'd not recommend a "full" two week shut down but your dog needs to realize you are his provider and as such, the leader.
As billsharp said, "learn the reasoning behind it", and you'll understand how to work with your puppy in a manner during which he'll begin to realize you are his leader and protector.
You can also work some of these, again, in an ABBREVIATED manner, appropriate to his level-
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Originally Posted by miri23 View Post
I have been by Crixus side since the day i got him.
I think the pup was overwhelmed, too much, too soon.
Usually, if a pup goes home at eight weeks, I say don't take the dog anywhere for a week. The pup has a whole new experience to learn, instead of me, they have other people to get to know, instead of littermates, there may be children, instead of his dam, there is a dog bed next to a people bed. It is a huge change. Take the dog to the vet, yes, but that is it. Have a person or two over, try not to over do it, let the pup settle in.
12 weeks is a little bit of problem. For one thing, the socialization period is from 3 weeks to 16 weeks. This does not mean you cannot socialize a dog beyond that point, it just means it is not received as well, and retained the same way. Positive experiences are really awesome for a dog prior to 16 weeks, and negative experiences are worse than if they happen a few weeks later.
Chances are if the dog was with the breeder for 12 weeks, then socialization experiences away from his dam and littermates were probably few and far between if not non-existent. This means you are four weeks behind. So a two week shut down, well I think that takes up even more of the special period, and I would not advise it.
The thing most people would want to do is flood the puppy with good experiences to make up for lost time. This is not the best thing to do with all dogs. With some dogs, one person, one place, on thing per day, and that is plenty.
It is like training, if 5 minutes is great, 50 minutes should be awesome -- not so, that will make a pup shut down. It is the same with socialization, one new thing, great; 45 new things -- scary bad.
We really do not know what all new things your pup was subjected to. You have to think like a dog a little bit. They are close to the ground, they experience audio, visual, smell, and touch etc. So the slick linoleum in the pet store, the gravel in the parking lot, the dirt on the path, the funky weeds in the grass, the asphalt, the concrete, cars grumbling by, an airplane or bird overhead, squirrels chirping, leaves rustling, a bitch in heat somewhere. There are so many things every minute, that a pup can hit overload.
Yes, we want fearless pups that are super dogs every moment from whelp to death, but a good dog is not a dog that has never experienced fear, it is a dog that will recover and be brave. At different periods, pups can go through times when the weirdest things weird them out.
Just take your dog out tomorrow, and do less. Stay positive. Start obedience classes where there are dogs (preferably puppies) and their owners working.
Weeell since you are teaching him, just enjoy him as you said !
I really hope everything will be ok!
Let me just say that i appreciate all of the comments. At this point i'm scared that my pup will grow up to be very fearful and aggressive towards other dogs, adults and worse kids. I will have to take things slower from now on. I think this might have been to much at one time for Crixus.
As far as basic obedience, i'm teaching him to sit, stay, leave it, not to pull on the leash and housebreaking.
I have been by Crixus side since the day i got him.
When our dog acts like an idiot, than they have just learned that acting like an idiot makes what they want happen. I think that the best thing to do, is to step out confidently, and if the pup starts to react, say EH! and with a little tug on the collar keep moving forward and away..."
Couldn't be said any better
Someone once told me, at 12weeks dont take out your dog to the dog park, they can attract diseases from other dogs.. at least thats what he said :P
I feel really bad about crixus but when we first got shadow, we went straight to basic commands. Did you try that? I am not much of an expert, but ill try helping .. build a relationship with your pup, make yourself his leader.
You say he is really hyper? Maybe thats why seeing pash he kinda jumped and barked... a LOT!
Goodluck with crixus
Every dog is different. Your dog might be reading body language of the other dog. Just because the dog seems calm, it may have been giving him the stink eye. It could also be that your pup has been secluded in a kennel situation and is not socialized at all to outside dogs. It sounds like he was ok in the pet store though -- I cannot remember if he met other dogs there.
Permanent scars are something I really don't believe in. I think that when the dog has a bad experience, we also have a bad experience. I think that tomorrow, the dog will remember and associate things about the situation, but they also take vibes from us. I think we have a harder time getting over things than our dogs do sometimes, and, well, we often transmit that to the dog by tensing up, or getting nervous, expecting the pup to act up.
Also, if the other dog or person backs up or goes away, when our dog acts like an idiot, than they have just learned that acting like an idiot makes what they want happen. I think that the best thing to do, is to step out confidently, and if the pup starts to react, say EH! and with a little tug on the collar keep moving forward and away from the item that he reacted to. Next time try to stay a little farther away. Even if the dog is moving in my direction, I would not turn around and walk the other way, or make my dog sit and stay. I would angle myself forward and away from the other dog, but keep going.
When on a bike path -- bikes are something dogs often react to. I listen for the bikes, or skateboards, and before the dog reacts, I steer him off the path and put him in a sit, allowing the dog to see the approach, but he is on task. I have told him to sit and stay, and I have only him there, and if necessary and he breaks his sit-stay, I can help him get into position again, and keep him there.
I don't like the idea that you feel you have no control over a 12 week old puppy. I suggest getting yourself in training classes with the dog post-haste. If you cannot control a baby, a ten or twelve month old adolescent with no manners will be a danger to society.
Originally Posted by Capone22 View Post
Looking forward to the responses. 12 weeks seems. VERY young for aggression, even if it is from fear. Did you get your dog from a breeder? Have you talked to the breeder about this?
Eta- by looking forward to the responses, I mean to learn more myself from the more knowledgable members here.
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Miri, you're going to get a lot of replies to your post, some of them probably rude, fussing at you for how you handled that situation. However, you do need some advice and help, so please read it all carefully, don't get your feelings hurt, and do some research on this site for help on how to train your "reactive dog" not to be reactive.
Basically, you overloaded your dog with too much stimulus too early in your relationship. Your dog needs you to be a leader he is close to and he trusts, so he can rely upon you to be his protector and he can trust you to take him only into safe situations. If he doesn't have this relationship to you he has to then decide on his own how to react to strange and threatening situations. In this case he felt threatened by Pash and the other dogs in the park and reacted in the way dogs naturally react--he became aggressive and unfriendly.
You need to read about the "two-week shutdown" and learn the principle behind it. Basically, you need to devote several weeks to establishing a trusting bond with your dog, just you and him.THEN and only then should you begin introducing him to small, secure, fun outings--short walks, meeting only one stranger or one friendly dog at a time, etc. As he gets used to these stimuli, and becomes more trusting of you, he will relax and begin to act more calmly around them.
Your concern is admirable, but your post seems to say that you are very confused about how to raise and train a dog. That is OK--we all start off that way--but you MUST educate yourself with lots of study on how your dog thinks and reacts and train yourself to be an appropriate owner.
Good luck!
Do you think i have made a permanent scar on the pup from what happened today.
My friend took him out at the same age and he said there was no aggression whatsoever and he only had pash for 3 days at that time.
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|Fun in the Wasatch
Date Climbed: May 31, 2014
|Posted May 24, 2016 5:23 pm
|Awesome awesome awesome. Beautiful views at the top as well as on they way up.
|Posted Jan 20, 2016 12:59 pm
|Awesome Views
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2015
|Climbed this bad boy on Independence Day 2015! The views were amazing and the wildflowers were spectacular!
|Posted Jul 7, 2015 4:48 pm
|Father's Day Hike
Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2015
|06/23/2015 - Box Elder Trail #044, summit via the south ridge
|Posted Jun 23, 2015 1:20 pm
|Tedious but Fun
Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2014
|Climbed up Trail 43 up Deer Creek. Made good time up until the snow on the ridge. I had no winter gear so it took 3 hours from the ridge to the top of Box Elder. I kept sliding back down the snow even though it was only 1-3 feet deep. That part was horrible. Very cold on the summit. The views were amazing, though! Going back down was really fun. Slid down from the top to the pass in 20-30 minutes. Very fun trip on the way down, if not a bit boring coming down the trail. Also did Silver Lake Peak on a previous hike.
|Posted Nov 8, 2014 10:52 pm
|Box Elder Peak
Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2015
|10/25/2015 Nice loop hike with Ben Stokes and Donovan Lynch. Also hit the SE peak and South peak (2 ranked 10,000 footer in the Wasatch).
7/18/2014 Very nice hike with my dad from the Deer Creek trail. Did Silver Lake Peak as well on the way out.
|Posted Jul 26, 2014 12:58 am
|Great hike
Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2014
|I went up Phelps Canyon to the summit then north across the ridge to the sub-peaks near White Baldy (above Silver Lake), returning to the trailhead via the Dry Creek trail. Some strong winds along the ridge but otherwise, a perfect day. Beautiful views all the way around.
|Posted Jun 2, 2014 11:05 am
|North Ridge
Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2014
|What a slog! Gaining the North Ridge in winter conditions is exhausting. I spent just about the entire hike post-holing anywhere from 6 inches to 4 feet. This was with snowshoes on and a 5 A.M. start! Can't wait to try out the cirque once spring rolls around.
|Posted Jan 26, 2014 6:39 pm
|Ryan Borzea
|Great Peak!
Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2013
|We enjoyed this one! We underestimated the 1 foot of snow and steep terrain, should have brought the crampons and gators. The wind, clouds, and snow were brutal on top, but all 3 made for quite the adventure! We even followed elk tracks to navigate through a portion of the steep pine section.
|Posted Oct 6, 2013 3:57 pm
|Scott Wesemann
Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2013
|Box Elder has been on my list for about 15 years. I can't believe it took me so long to bag this baby. This one will definitely be added to the rotation. Some of the best views in the Wasatch. With Jun32 and Jennilyn. We just beat the storm. Cold and windy on top. 1:50 to the summit and just over 3 round trip.
|Posted Sep 25, 2013 3:57 pm
|Garon Coriz
|First Hike After Moving to SLC
Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2013
|A 6.5-hr solo. Underestimated the distance and elevation gain. Basically coming off the couch, the last 0.5 miles on the way down were painful. Losing the trail in the snow within the forest was costly as well. The clouds we a bit menacing but were over Timpanogos.
~11 miles round-trip
~4500 feet of elevation gain
|Posted Jun 24, 2013 10:47 am
|N-S loop via Dry Creek
Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2013
|Trip report. Climbed up from Alpine via the S Ridge, enjoyed a perfect hour on the summit eating lunch, then descended via the north ridge. Lost the trail where the ridge splits above the forested slope and ended up bushwhacking (not bad) our way down to the grassy bench below where we found a sweet shortcut back to Dry Creek
|Posted Jun 9, 2013 9:35 pm
|Hardest from my little list
Date Climbed: May 5, 2012
|The day before this trip I did like 100 lunges at crossfit not a good idea at all so I was so sore ant this was my first time carrying crampons and ice axe so I didnt make it to the summit just to the saddle, still was a good experience I even got a lesson for self arrest from my experienced friend ;)
|Posted May 15, 2013 6:57 pm
|Deer Creek
Date Climbed: May 3, 2013
|Hiked up the road from the lake, then up the trail. Dropped straight off the east side for a sweet glissade, worth it despite some crappy bushwhacking below. Note that the apparent cliff band has a narrow couloir cutting through. Mini-trip report.
|Posted May 3, 2013 5:38 pm
|andrew david
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2010
|Excellent views from the top of many Wasatch Peaks. The climb up is not near so interesting as one expects looking at the peak from the North, where it resembles a blown-open volcano.
|Posted Feb 14, 2013 8:22 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011
|with Wasatch Mt Club group.
|Posted Nov 9, 2011 3:42 pm
|Happy Halloween on Box Elder
Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2011
|I started out on the Deer Creek trail head and probably took some wrong turns as I ended up north of the mountain. I ended up traversing the saddle and going up the north ridge to the summit. I was dressed as a mountaineer for Halloween. Was probably a good thing since I was on the mountain. There was plenty of snow on the east and north facing slopes with a cornice already formed on the summit ridge. It was very cold on top, or I'm not used to it yet. Probably 20 degrees with the fierce wind. I even saw 3 moose!
|Posted Oct 31, 2011 11:37 am
|September Saturday Run
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2011
|Brian Beckstead and I ran up from the Deer Creek Trailhead. The trail was in pretty good condition and DANG that ridge gets steeper than expected in a few spots...we resorted to power hiking much of it although we did run down the whole thing. We were just under an hour and a half up and about 50 minutes down. Sat on the summit for nearly an hour just taking in the views of Timp, the Alpine and Cottonwood ridges, and the absolute solitude. Never saw a soul on the summit trail despite it being memorial day weekend. Crazy. I took a 10 foot butt slide on the steep ridge coming down as well as a pretty monster turf about 1/2 mile from the finish...bled from just about everywhere. Let's you know you're alive!
|Posted Sep 13, 2011 4:27 pm
|Matthew Van Horn
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011
|8/20/2011 With Joe Bullough from White Baldy and back to Red Pine
9/07/2009 with Ammon Hatch
|Posted Aug 21, 2011 9:22 pm
|Joseph Bullough
|Climbed twice
|8/20/11 - A long traverse from White Baldy. Crossed a boulder field from hell on the return back to Red Pine.
8/28/04 - Ascended south ridge then descended the north ridge. Had trouble staying on both trails. Saw 30+ mountain goats.
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On the December 14 edition of FOX News' Special Report with Brit Hume, the "FOX All-Star" panelists agreed that Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is ripe for a cut, since the increase is indexed to wages rather than to actual cost of living, and wages generally increase faster than the cost of living. But this is incorrect. Social Security COLAs are tied to inflation -- that is, to increases in the actual cost of living. The wage index is used only to calculate a recipient's initial benefit level upon entering the program.
The Social Security Administration's website [1] explains that the wage index is used only to calculate a recipient's initial benefit:
Social Security benefits are based on earnings averaged over most of a worker's lifetime. Your actual earnings are first adjusted or "indexed" to account for changes in average wages since the year the earnings were received. Then we calculate your average monthly indexed earnings during the 35 years in which you earned the most. We apply a formula to these earnings and arrive at your basic benefit, or "primary insurance amount" (PIA). This is the amount you would receive at your full retirement age, for most people, age 65.
By contrast, the COLA is indexed to inflation, using the Consumer Price Index, as this page explains [2].
On Special Report, Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes, syndicated Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, and Washington Post staff writer Jeffrey H. Birnbaum -- all regular FOX News contributors -- agreed that without benefit cuts, Social Security would be "insolvent"; they suggested that the proper way to institute the cut is to index the COLA to prices instead of wages. Hume then asserted that "cost-of-living adjustment" is a misleading title, since "they are not called raises," even though that's what they are. The other panelists agreed:
KRAUTHAMMER: [T]he only way to make the numbers work is to have a cut, in the sense that you're no longer going to index the pension to wages. And to be indexed to inflation.
BARNES: And there is a reason why you have to do that because --
KRAUTHAMMER: Otherwise it's insolvent.
BARNES: Yes. It's insolvent.
HUME: Let me go back to this question of these increases in benefits. They are called, if I'm not mistaken -- I remember you are covering this issue, "cost-of-living adjustments." They are not called "raises."
BIRNBAUM: No.
HUME: They are called "cost-of-living adjustments," and they are supposed to be for the purpose not of increasing their benefits as such, but of keeping the buyer power of the benefits they have now from going down.
BIRNBAUM: Right.
HUME: So they are supposed to be holding senior citizens harmless to inflation. Correct? But they are indexed -- that is to say, they're adjusted to keep pace not with costs, not with prices. But they're adjusted now to keep pace with wages as they are generally paid. Is that a true statement?
BIRNBAUM: I think that is correct.
Finally, Barnes falsely claimed that incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman share an "untenable" position on the issue because they believe "we don't have to do anything about Social Security." In fact, Media Matters for America has noted [3] that Reid has specifically said he is willing to consider changes to the program. Similarly, while Krugman aimed in his December 7 column [4] to "debunk the hype about a Social Security crisis," he did not propose inaction. Rather, he described the Social Security situation as "a problem of modest size" and explained: "[I]t's not at all hard to come up with fiscal packages that would secure the retirement program, with no major changes, for generations to come."
BARNES: Look. Democrats, I think, have a totally untenable position and that is -- I mean you hear Harry Reid, the Senate minority leader, say, "Well, Republicans just want to destroy Social Security. That's what they want to do." I mean that's nonsense. The untenable position is one that says -- and Paul Krugman is champion of this, in The New York Times, he said, "We don't have to do anything about Social Security. It's just fine." Nobody believes that.
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Ah, quality--always the last phase in traditional plan-driven projects! So I've left defect detection and prevention as the last topics covered in this article series. Used to being the caboose on the train, QA staff have come to expect shortened time frames for testing, specs that don't match the product delivered, and little interest in their input until the last few weeks of the project. As one of my colleagues used to say, "Well, we must be done testing because today is the release date!"
In a change that pleasantly surprises most quality personnel, agile software development brings QA back into the analysis and design of the product, keeping QA heavily involved in decision making throughout the entire lifecycle. Because incremental code is being developed each iteration, QA is now testing at the very beginning of the project lifecycle instead of waiting for something to be "thrown over the wall" at the end. And because throughput is increased as a result of agile's iterative and incremental development, QA finds itself with a need to become more technical as it must automate testing at all levels, not simply via macros run on the GUI.
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For all attending the Portland Zine Symposium this weekend: Please post your "haul" lists!
What zines did you get? (And maybe how can we get copies as well?)
I'm always interested in reading what people pick up at zine and comic conferences. It seems like two lists are never the same.
I'll be there with my zine, Miranda. I'm excited because I got a new issue done just in time for this. And also to see how things are different in the new venue, if more people show up. And I'm always interested to see who ends up tabling next to me.
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I'll be at the symposium! I'm an organizer and this is a busy week!I have (technically) our last meeting tonight and then a contingent of 4 UK kids get in tonight. Tomorrow we have the first reading for the Zines On Toast tour. Friday we have an open house and open mic zine reading at the Independent Publishing Resource Center.
Saturday is the first day of the symposium. The workshops are now posted here. Saturday night we have Zinester Feud! It's like Family Feud (or Family Fortunes in the UK) If you have a minute I would love it if you could fill out the survey we have here asking questions about ziney things. That way, even if you can't make it to the symposium, you'll have a hand in making it great.
Sunday is the second day of tables and workshops. After that...my band plays with other zine and comic bands: The Tagalongs and Fun Yeti .Steve larder from Rum Lad zine has been hanging out at my house until the Zines On Toast tour and we decided to start a zine band! We have three songs recorded and ready and a 4th and possibly a 5th to play at the show. The set is like a zine with an intro song full of excused for why the band/zine is late, a likes/dislikes song, a song about stealing copies and an outro song! I'm excited and nervous. This band is the musical equivalent to 24 hour zine!


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Leashed dogs and unleashed dogs don't mix well for various reasons, including the leashed dog feels vulnerable as it can't escape if things go south. Thus, dogs on leashes tend to be more reactive to other dogs. Plus any tension you may feel will go straight down the leash to your dog and give him a sense that something's wrong and cause further defensiveness.
As others mentioned, controlled situations such as dog or puppy classes, friends dogs, etc. would be better.
|It is a large dog park, with a large fenced off leash area, so we were able to take Buddy to one side for a few minutes and throw the ball..
|Like I also said ... it all depends on the type of dog park you have ... a small closed-in area ... I agree bad idea ... but a huge area where there's plenty of room / trails, etc. can be a great experience for a puppy.
Now, I'm not suggesting you let 20 dogs come up to him at once ... that's major over load for your puppy, but one at a time for sure!
You can't control who does what or what dog does what or when.
I'm all for socialization but doing it at a dog park where your dog may get injured is not the place to do it.
If you can, find a few friends who have nice, trustworthy dogs, or enroll in a day care where the setting, while not controlled necessarily, is at least supervised...which may be a form of control, I guess you could say.
I hear ya ... some people just see GSD and freak ... especially if the fur's up ... OMG ... they MUST be getting ready to attack ... quick hide everyone!!!
I'm sure if you take it slow, it'll be fine ... but it all depends on the type of dog park you have! Like I mentioned, mine is huge, and I can walk around and avoid the "crazies" and just do trails.
|Ya I didn't want to make him sit but that was the only way to get him to calm down and allow the other dogs to come up to him, I didn't make him sit the whole time when they were sniffing, and I dont think Buddy would of done anything, I could just tell from the way the other pet owners were looking that they didn't like what they saw
I love my dog park, but it's a huge off leash area, not a small fenced in area.
The only thing I wouldn't do is make your dog sit - dogs sniff each other's bums to see who's who ... you're not letting the other dogs see who he is!!! And he has to be given the chance to sniff them too!
Now, I'm not suggesting you let 20 dogs come up to him at once ... that's major over load for your puppy, but one at a time for sure!
|Thank you Lucy, and I agree there is a confidence issue or something, I didn't want to keep him on leash and only did to walk thru and we only stayed may 10 mins, he was off leash at the other end when I was throwing the ball for him. I have never been to a dog park and don't really care to go back, I just want to make sure I am doing the correct thing and that my son will be able to walk Buddy when he's older and not have issues when other dogs are around. So any insight to what I should do would be great.
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Sounds like your pup lacks confidence. I don't think force feeding him at the dog park is a good place to do expose him to this kind of stuff, but that's up to you. Just search around and read about all the dog park horror stories. Dog parks should be for already well socialized dogs... not scared young puppies.
And if you do decide to keep going... it's really not a good idea at all to keep a leashed dog around a lot of unleashed dogs. He should either be off leash or not inside the park at all.
If you're just trying to socialize... try some group training classes instead of the chaos that goes on inside some of these dog parks. That's what I'd do at least.
Took Buddy to a dog park
So Buddy is almost 16wks old, and I decided to take him to a dog park, There were two other dogs there (Large Breed) Labs, and Buddy is now at 50lbs, and I was afraid to take him off his leash because his hair stood up on his back, and he was growling and showing his teeth, so I kept him on leash and walked him around, I made him sit every time another dog came up to him to sniff him, which did help the situation some, but when ever a small dog came up he was fine. Is this because he spends all day with 3 other small dogs, or because he is still young? I signed him up for the puppy class at Petsmart just to try and socialize him more, What else could I do to try and get this under control?
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Fox Can't Decide How Little Wi-Fi In Schools Will Cost Taxpayers
Fox News hosts mislead viewers and each other by hyping the cost of a White House plan to fund high-speed Wi-Fi for schools while obscuring the plan's small impact on individual taxpayers.
On June 6, the White House unveiled [1] the ConnectED initiative, a plan that would give 99 percent of American students access to "high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless" at school by 2018. The plan would be funded through a minimal tax increase on mobile phone users, which the as The Washington Post reported [2], "could work out to about $12 in fees for every cellphone user over three years."
Fox News similarly reported [3] on the August 15 edition of Fox & Friends First that the initiative would only cost individual consumers about five dollars per year.
But a few hours later on Fox & Friends, the hosts and contributors seemed unable to accurately report what the predicted cost would be for individuals. Though co-host Gretchen Carlson asked Fox Business contributor Charles Payne to specify how much the initiative would "cost each of us as individuals," Payne claimed the "administration doesn't say" and instead hyped the program's net cost and unspecified higher taxes on the middle class:
PAYNE: The administration doesn't say. There's some estimates say it costs like $6 billion but you know how these estimates are when the government gets involved. We know It's going to be multibillions and billions of dollars. It's going to hit individuals, this brings us to the third point. Middle-class taxes, you know, there won't be middle-class tax hikes, but we know already there have been. These are the kinds of things that are taxes on normal, regular people. This would be a tax on every single person watching the show who didn't get a free phone from the government, they are going to have to chip in.
Later, a Fox News reporter once again explained [4] that the increase would only be about five dollars per year, but Carlson remained confused about the ConnectED program's expected cost to individual consumers, saying in a subsequent segment: "I think it would be about $5 a year, or maybe $5 a billing cycle. I'm not exactly sure. But the entire cost is $4 to $6 billion."
Fox's inconsistent coverage of the program's predicted costs for consumers is yet [5] another [6] example [7] of how Fox misleads on economic news.
Payne and Carlson both followed the media's common practice [8] of relying on abstract and sensational raw number figures when discussing budgetary issues while either ignoring or misreporting the context that would make those figures relevant to viewers. Economists have noted that focusing on raw numbers rather than budgetary percentages or individual costs in economic reporting is often little more than a scare tactic [9] intended to drum up fears about the economy. And Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research has noted that the reliance on raw numbers also increases the likelihood that outlets will misreport information [10].
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GHC optimisations
From HaskellWiki
1 Introduction
This page collects together information about the optimisations that GHC does and does not perform.
- GHC experts: Please check that the info in this page is correct.
- Everybody else: Feel free to add questions!
2 General optimisations
2.1 Common subexpression elimination
First of all, common subexpression elemination (CSE) means that if an expression appears in several places, the code is rearranged so that the value of that expression is computed only once. For example:
foo x = (bar x) * (bar x)
might be transformed into
foo x = let x' = bar x in x' * x'
GHC doesn't actually perform CSE as often as you might expect. The trouble is, performing CSE can affect the strictness/lazyness of the program. So GHC does do CSE, but only in specific circumstances --- see the GHC manual. (Section??)
Long story short: "If you care about CSE, do it by hand."
2.2 InliningInlining is where a function call is replaced by that function's definition. For example, the standard
map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] map f [] = [] map f (x:xs) = f x : map f xs
Now if you write something like
foo = map bar
foo [] = [] foo (x:xs) = bar x : foo xs
So, that's what inlining is. By default, GHC will inline things if they are 'small enough'. Every time you inline a function, you are in a sense making a (customised) copy of that function. Do too much of this and the compiled program will be enormous. So it's only worth it for 'small' functions.
(How does GHC determine 'small'? Isn't there a switch that adjusts this?)
2.3 SpecialisationFlexibility is the enemy of performance. Take
GHC tries to do this where possible. However (as I understand it?) this tends to work less well across module boundaries. For example, suppose you write
module Physics where data Force = ... instance Num Force where ... resultant_force :: [Force] -> Force resultant_force = sum
Generally GHC won't just take an existing function and recompile it with a new type signature. What might happen is that the function gets inlined, and specialised from there. (Can someone say something more concrete here?)
2.4 Strictness analysis
Haskell is a lazy language. Calculations are notionally not performed until their results are 'needed'. However, if the result definitely will be needed, it's a waste of time and effort to save up the expression and execute it later; more efficient to just execute it right now.
Strictness analysis is a process by which GHC attempts to determine, at compile-time, which data definitely will 'always be needed'. GHC can then build code to just calculate such data, rather than the normal (higher overhead) process for storing up the calculation and executing it later.
Unfortunately, looking at a program and saying "will this data be needed?" is a bit like looking at a program and saying "this program will never halt" --- see The Halting Problem. (Good link?) But GHC does its best, and can give big speedups in some cases.
3 Execution Model
In order to understand how to write efficient code, and what GHC does with your code to optimise it, it helps to know a bit about what your compiled code looks like and how it works.
3.1 Graph reduction
To a first approximation, at any moment your program is a 'graph' of objects in memory. ('Graph' in the graph theory sense --- nodes connected by arcs.) Some of the objects are 'data' --- booleans, integers, strings, lists, etc. Some of those objects are functions (because Haskell lets you pass functions around like data). And some of these are thunks --- unevaluated expressions (because Haskell only evaluates expressions 'as needed').The program starts off with a single node representing the unevaluated call to
3.2 About STG
GHC compiles to the spineless tagness G-machine (STG). This is a notional graph reduction machine (i.e., a virtual machine that performs graph reductions as described above). 'G-machine' because it does graph reduction. 'Spineless' because it can't stand up to bullies. 'Tagless' because the graph nodes don't have 'tags' on them to say what they are.
Instead of tags, the nodes have access pointers. If the node is a thunk, its pointer points to the code to evaluate the thunk and return the real result. Otherwise the pointer points to some 'do-nothing' code. So to access any type of node, you just do an indirect jump on this pointer; no case analysis is necessary.
(Gosh I hope I got that lot right!)
Internally, GHC uses a kind of 'machine code' that runs on this non-existent G-machine. It does a number of optimisations on that representation, before finally compiling it into real machine code (possibly via C using GCC).
3.3 STG optimisations
There are a number of optimisations done at the STG level. These mainly involve trying to avoid unnecessary steps. For example, avoid creating a thunk which immediately creates another thunk when executed; make it evaluate all the way down to a final result in one go. (If we 'need' the thunk's value, we're going to evaluate all the way down anyway, so let's leave out the overhead...)
3.4 Primitive data typesHaskell-98 provides some standard types such as
-- From GHC.Exts: data Int = I# Int# data Word = W# Word# data Double = D# Double# -- etc.
3.5 Algebraic data types
(I'm not sure about the basic memory layout. Somebody fill in the general case?)
There are a few special cases:
3.5.1 Types with 1 constructor
If a function puts a bunch of things into a type value, and the caller immediately takes the things out of the bunch again, GHC will try to eliminate the bundle type all together. (Or is that just for tuples?)
3.5.2 Constructors with no fields
Booleans are a good example:
data Bool = False | True


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I have a good one for a '37 Ford Tudor slantback if it's the same. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com
I think I may have one from the 39 Ford Standard in the barn. I can look if you want. I used gas struts on mine. If you want I can send you a photo. E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanx, but from what I understand, the '39 is a different hinge. Apparently, 38 was the only year they made this hinge/support mechanism.
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It took five minutes to find the following information:
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Well I just purchased a fiberglass mystery Fett Helm and now need a visor for it. I noticed that Bobamaker has some on his website and was just wondering what people thought of them and how they were and such.
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Well I just purchased a fiberglass mystery Fett Helm and now need a visor for it. I noticed that Bobamaker has some on his website and was just wondering what people thought of them and how they were and such.
BM = :thumbsup
I second that, BM is the man.
i've got a BM visor in my helmet. nice and dark. there's also the guy on ebay that sells visors. i've had some of his too, and they are also nice. they weren't as dark as the BM ones, but he posted a while ago on here saying that he was going to darken them up.
Yep, I started the post comparing the ebay ones to the BM ones. The BM is darker, but as tk7602 said, the ebay guy came on here and said he was going to darken his. Sounds like a good guy, takes criticism and improves the product. I may buy a new improved version from the ebay guy
Cool thanks guys. Thats what I thought too. All his stuff looks really nice but I thought I would check with the experts. Soooo now I just have to find out how to attach it. Any suggestions?
The best visor attachment period!
Cruzer set the bar on that one.
Thanks CaptJono.
I like using shade 5 welding visors myself because they're thin, easy to cut, and bend nicely to the interior curvature of the helmet. Plus the fact I can go into town and get one asap is nice. But if I wanted to buy a precut visor, without a doubt I'd go with a BM.:thumbsup
As far as visor attachments...the way I did my BKBT is pretty intensive and requires a lot of prep/finish work. But I know that someone in the Boba Helmet forum recently came up with a real user friendly application using some kinda nuts and screws. I did a quick look for the thread but couldn't find it. I'll do a better search and if I find it I'll post a link.
Yep, that's the one! Thanks john.django for finding that thread...I couldn't for some reason. But I knew it had to be the amazing skills of either Spidey or Evan.
I thought that was a real ingenious way and much easier application for installing a removable visor than drilling holes through the front of a helmet which requires a lot of work:confused ...however I do like the finished look of the acron nuts that my helmet's interior has.
If it were me, I'd use the nuts that Spidey uses, install some threaded screw posts in them and then use the acorn nuts with some very thin washers. But that's just me. Right now I've got brass acorn nuts and washers in my BKBT and I think it looks cool.8)
Needing a new visor I am, again his website is what?:fettchest
Well if your looking for a Bobamaker T-Visor this is his site and where I found mine. Good stuff! http://www.bobamaker.co.uk
Sweet thanks alot Phantom!:fettchest
I got one of T-Visor.com's newer darker visors, and its just as dark as the BM (I have a BM too). The problem I think is that it just appears lighter because its a different color. The BM is a purplish tint, and the T-Visor.com is smoke... I think it may trick the eye, but when its in the helmet, theres not much difference at all (if any).
The BM has a nicer cut and curve, but its slightly spotty in some places. The T-Visor.com is crystal clear, but seems to have a wide curve and will need some trimming to fit properly. Could be the helmet that I'm using it in though.
To be honest, I think that one is just as good as the other when you weigh the pros and cons of each. They are both very nice visors, you can't go wrong with either one.


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Friend and I went out this morning and got 10 ducks and 1 snow Goose. If we'd decided to shoot scaup before 9am it would have easily been 2 more, not to say we didnt miss some greys and I missed a 30 yd shot on a Mottled duck! I was shooting slightly better than friend and got my 6 first, and waited out the geese. On shooting at a group of geese I had a weak load shoot out of my gun and the wad got jammed in the barrel!!! (Buddy shot our lone goose on that pass) I used a stick to get the wad out of the barrel, but upon looking at the amount of powder everywhere decided that was the end of my hunt.
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if I can figure out how to reinforce the 71 c-10 hood, I want to use my goodmark 4" cowl scoop and mount it like the prostockers did, and well to a small % like the 70's t/a..
making a long carb plate and have the cowl sit on it.. and the hood close over it.. like a shaker, or a prostocker aero scoop.. did..
cutting 75-80% of the lenth of the hood out of the middle.. it'll need some reinforcement.. thinking u channel and weld to the wopping two reinforcement ribs and some foam between the inner and outer parts..
hope to find a hood I can hack thats dented in the center.. found one local j/y now hope it's still there.. lol.. (at the time I didn't have this idea running in my head) figures lol
|ok, I knew it expanded just didn't remember how it expanded. Cool Icar info.
No foam, it uses a metal sleeve that goes in the rail extending a few inches on each side of the splice. It has a bolt you run down into it and when you tighten the bolt it expands the sleeve which is bonded in.
|I wouldn't use foam for a hood scoop. Just thought that procedure for the glued on rail included an expandable insert that used foam to expand it. I can't seem to remember but recall that being talked about in either the foam class or adhesive class. I also thought that foam class was cool. It took me by surprise as I was just thinking it was one of those filler classes where it's one you just need for the points but it was actually a good one. A couple structural ones are really good too.
Where I work we have all our ICAR stuff for the insurance companies we work with. Over the years I have went to a number of them, outside of one that pops out in my head they all gave me a lot of interesting info. The one that gave me nothing, still taught me something. That was "Advanced systems" talking about ABS, SRS, Engine management, that stuff. What it did for me was "demystified" it, didn't teach me a damn thing about fixing anything but it did demystify it for me a little. But the last one was that foam class and I thought it was going to be a waste, it was darn good. I had all kinds of foam ideas in my old cars going thru my head as the class went on.
I don't remember how the foam would be used in this hood scoop project though, what exactly are you thinking?
|Doesn't it use expanding foam to make the sleeve expand into it? And then it takes structural adhesive to adhere it to the sleeve? I saw that in either in The Icar adhesive bonding or automotive foams class. Might have to pop it into my computer to refresh my memory. Unbelievable how they have a math formula to figure out where the foam will stop and expand as gravity moves it down inside a pillar. Pretty tech stuff. When I go back to production I'm going to Duane's. They do all that nerdy stuff by the book there.
A couple of little tips on these adhesives use. First off you want the metal perfectly clean where the bonding will be. Running a nice new sharp 50 grit disc on the area is a must. We are talking only the areas on both pieces where they meet and the adhesive will be applied, be sure it is spotlessly cleaned with a NEW 50 grit disc, preferably a little 3" disc on an air angle grinder. It allows for much more control than a larger disc and tool.
If you have a large mating area like setting a hood scoop on top of a hood you will want to trail fit the scoop getting it on there perfect and marking all the way around at the edge. You could even mask off the hood around the scoop, you don't want the adhesive being anywhere but where the scoop meets the hood. The adhesive doesn't like to be pianted, or filler applied to it, you don't want it oozing out all over the hood. If you don't have large C clamps (24" Vicegrips are awesome tools to have) then you need to hold it down with screws until the adhesive cures. Heat is the arch nemesis of these adhesives so you can't weld up the holes if the glue is coming close to it. But if you remove the screws and fill it with a reinforced filler like "Everglass" that is as good as you can get using this method but there is still chance for "ghost lines" where those holes are.
Once the areas are cleaned like you apply a bead of the adhesive to BOTH surfaces. Then using an "acid brush" (anything will work to spread it out but they work so well) spread out the adhesive over the complete area where the two will be meeting. Brush it out over the entire mating area so there is no bare metal on both the hood and the scoop.
Set the scoop into place trying not to lift it up after the adhesive strips have made contact. If you have to move it a little slide it, but don't lift it, this creates air bubbles.
Clamp it into place with long C clamps or the screws until it sets as per manufacturers recommendations. Cleaning the adhesive out of the edge where it meets good after it's cured and applying an epoxy primer over it is as good as it gets.
If you plan on moulding the scoop into the hood, that is asking for trouble as the edge will likely show a ghost line after you are done and out on the road. But if you insist, applying something like Everglass (a very short strand fiberglass reinforced filler) over the seam making sure to leave a thin film over it, it can work remarkably well. But more likely than not you are going to end up with Ghost lines down the road.
weld or bond
Yeah...he's probably right. With the quality of today's adhesives, especially by 3M, you can simply bond it and have bo problems at all...and they would serve to seal out unwanted dirt, debri and water that may otherwise get sucked between the hood and scoop from riveting. I'm still a little old fashioned I guess...or just old.
|I've only done one of these. I used the Valvoline Pliogrip. It was the first time I'd used such an adhesive. I was a little apprehensive about trusting a glue on a hood scoop. So as per the reps instructions I applied the adhesive and then screwed the panel down to the hood. I don't know about other brands but what I was using had micro beads in it so that when screwed down the beads kept you from squishing all the adhesive out of the joint. Once the adhesive was set I removed the screws and welded the holes shut.
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Pop rivets have held hood scoops on hoods for many years in the past, however, with the quality of adhesives today, gluing a scoop on is the method of choice. 3M's 08116 and 08115 body panel adhesive will hold quarter panels on cars and some manufacturer's even go to greater extremes for the use of body panel adhesive.
If you do choose to use body panel adhesive the difference in part #'s I gave you in 3M is speed only. The 08115 and 08116 will give you plenty of work time to make sure your scoop is on straight and where you want it. I just checked my fastest 3M stock and the part # is 08147....this will give you a work time of 20 seconds and bond time of 30 seconds with total cure in 1 minute....much to fast for your application but, just to let you know how fast they can make adhesivesand there is a range of product in between the 1 minute cure time and the overnight cure time of the 08116...(Come to think of it I don't know what I would need to bond together that quick for myself or why I have it....must of been a sample from the 3M guy).
3M is an expensive product but, does work well, other manufacturer's also make adhesives that are a bit easier on the wallet like Norton, Dominion Sure Seal etx.
Hope this helps.
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Depends on if your hood is steel also. if so you can always pop rivet it on. Has served me well at the track in the past. I've had the misfortune of making a 160 MPH pass at the track and the bonded hood scoop departed from the car. Good luck with your endeavor.
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it will not crack like a glass one and if there is a flange on it you can mount it with the body adhesives we now use..
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I'm currently planning to study the CELTA over 12 weeks, but before I shell out the money for it, I'd like to be sure that I am likely to get a job as an English teacher in Hong Kong (my preferred destination).
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I'm planning to apply for the NET scheme (while studying for CELTA as the deadline is during the course). As my degree is not in English (or linguistics etc) and I don't have 12 months' teaching experience, I'm only eligible to apply for the primary NET scheme category 4, and I gather that they only recruit from this category if there aren't enough applicants from other categories. So I'll still apply, but figure my chances are pretty low. (Can anyone confirm this?)
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This one always gets to me, it's the sheer desperation as Purley comes to terms with the fact he can't save his friend.
If you can't fix it with a hammer, then you have an electrical issue
I remember this one in 1999, because I grew up only 20 miles from Laguna Seca and would go there frequently to watch racing. I remember seeing his crash on the local news that evening:
Gonzalo Rodriguez crashed at the top of the corkscrew, not sure whether it was mechanical or if he simply didn't brake soon enough.
First one that comes to mind is Henry Surtees. Such a bizzare accident and it looks like the tire just misses him, but in fact it landed right on his head. What this young man's career would've been...
Then there is the Shoya Tomizawa accident. This is very hard to watch, no gore, but very disturbing. He suffered severe stomach trauma.
John Nemechek's death:
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JD Mc Duffies' death was the worst one that I've seen live, it was extremely violent. It caused significant changes to the track to slow the cars down to a somewhat sane speed.
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McDuffie was involved in an accident on the fifth lap of the 1991 Budweiser At The Glen race at Watkins Glen International. On the straight between the Esses and the Loop-Chute, at 170 mph, McDuffie and Jimmy Means touched wheels. McDuffie's driver's side outer tie rod end dropped from the front wheel spindle, which caused him to lose control of the position of the right side tire/wheel. Further, the impact caused the front wheel assembly to completely fall off the car, starting a chain reaction that resulted in all of McDuffie's brakes failing.
This one doesn't involve death, but is equally disturbing.
Tetsuya Ota's crash and fire at Fuji Speedway 1998.
WARNING!!! not for the faint of heart Starts with the rescue. Crash seen at 2:35.
You would think they pulled out a dead person.
His helmet
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here he is discussing, the then new, Ferrari 430
I had no idea there were this many fatalities in the last 15-20 years
Ah wow, this is the bad memories thread.
So in September of 1999 I rally with some buddies to Laguna Seca to catch CART. We show up at the track and were confused by total inactivity when there should have been a practice going on. Word soon filtered through that Gonzo had a bad and possibly fatal accident at the corkscrew. We couldn't believe it....first Krosnoff just a couple years back and now Gonzo. Greg Moore followed a scant 6 weeks afterwards. Awful.
I always wished I'd printed a copy of the practice session times when Gonzalo Rodriguez left us. He was turning heroic times in a bad Lola chassis that team Penske simply didn't have a handle on...way ahead of what Little Al was doing with it. What a shame, Gonzo had the potential to be a great one.
Edit - This was the incident that prompted Stefan Johanssen to quit CART at the end of that year.
Anyway, after a while they fired up the copter, wheeled Greg into it and took off. At that point, the seriousness of it set in a little but we were all still assuming he was probably dinged up pretty good but still alive.
Then, in the middle of the race the flag was lowered to half mast and the whole place just deflated.
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So what did cause the first crash in the thread?
I stumbled upon a website a few years ago that was nothing but unedited raw footage of race crashes....all fatal. I joined the site because I am a little morbid but they had a member that went all CSI on the crashes and his breakdowns were very informative and revealing.
The marshalls were poorly equipped and less than willing to help. Fans tried to climb the barriers to assist but were beaten back by police. Williamson died from asphyxiation. He could have been saved if someone other than Purley had helped to extract him from the car. The absolute worst part of all this is that Purley recalls that he could hear Williamson pleading for help inside the burning car.
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Sad thread... I am somewhat happy there aren't vids or pictures of Cevert's crash as it really has to be an ugly sight. Wasn't this the crash that made Jackie Stewart retire from racing?
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Rally crash of Ford RS200
The driver survives but the navigator was tragically killed. They were leading the rally - shows how quickly things can go terribly wrong.
Morbid thread. I remember watching way too many of those live.
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