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During the Washington Redskins' 38-26 win over the Minnesota Vikings, things may have gotten a little physical. According to running back Adrian Peterson , Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall slapped him in the face after a play. Peterson told The Star Tribune, "He slapped me in the face after a tackle. I was just telling him, 'Hey, don't do me like that brother.'" Peterson finished the game with 79 yards on 17 carries.
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Hall's chippy play should be nothing new to Redskins' fans. Also, who knew you could slap Peterson in the face and all he'd say is "Hey, don't do that!" Will anything come of this? Probably not, but for some reason I find it funny. Hall always has something to say and is known for trying to get into his opponents' head. On the same day that Tom Brady almost got into it with a Seattle defensive back, it's really just part of the game.


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Nice! and congrats on your new addition to the Beretta wheel. I'm envious! I love my 1993 92G.
As some know - I sold a regular 92FS a couple of months back because I wanted to get one of the new 92 USA made variants... Some are being built with the straight dustcover M9 frame. It also doesn't have the rear strap indentation.
For heavy usage, I actually prefer the rear indentation. However, I DO like the looks of the straight dustcover better.
Anyway - two gun shows back, I saw these everywhere. So, I sold that 92FS, and then NO ONE had them at the Houston gun shows. Academy does have them, but they are $80 more than the gun show prices.
I found this at a nearby gun shop that gives a 5% LEO discount. So, in the end, itw as just $25 more than the gun show price. And, I don't have to drive 90 min, paid $10 to park and $8 to get in.
So, I am happy.
I am back up to eight 92s again. And, I will soon take a new "Wheel-O-Beretta" photo
All have hogue grip panels (not the wrap-arounds) and D springs installed. Three have skeletonized hammers. And the two guns I use for carry have NP3 covered grip screws (that's why the screws are silver)...
Here is the new wheel
(I had to space them out a bit more because of the TRL1 on one of them)
Nice! and congrats on your new addition to the Beretta wheel. I'm envious! I love my 1993 92G.
Nice looking Beretta's .. I love 'em.
They are great shooters IMHO


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More people visit France each year than any other country in the world. The largest of the countries in the European Economic Community, France extends from the English Channel to the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rhine River and the Alps. There's so much to see in France, it's impossible to see it all in one visit. There's the glitter, romance and history of Paris; the relaxed glitz of the Riviera; the wine countries of Burgundy and Bordeaux and the solemn beaches and war memorials in Normandy, just to name a few highlights. There's something for practically every interest in this diverse country.


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Just received a gauntlet kit and wanted to collect some help from the masses...
Does anyone have some decent pics of their ESB build-ups or movie stills to show the detail(s)?
Also wanted a rough tutorial on how/where everything is supposed to go (The big pieces are a no-brainer, but there are a few medium and smaller pieces I just wanted to confirm location(s) on.
And while I'm yappin', how many hoses are there on the ESB gauntlets, where to they attach (on both ends) and which arm(s)?
Forgive the lack of knowledge - I'm sure most have it engrained in the memory banks. Just kinda newer and putting a suit together.
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Ex-County Judge Anthony Cobos' sentencing moved to Jan. 3; Betti Flores to be sentenced Dec. 13
EL PASO, Texas - Ex-El Paso County Judge Anthony Cobos' sentencing has been moved to Jan. 3 after initially being scheduled for three different times during December.
According to court documents, Assistant United States Attorney Juanita Fielden has filed a request to be removed from Cobos' case but no explanation was given why in the docuements. William F. Lewis, Jr., another federal prosecutor who's been on the case from the beginning, will remain as lead counsel.
Former El Paso County Commissioner Betti Flores will be sentenced on Dec. 13, according to court documents. Flores' attorney filed a request for the judge to be more lenient and give her probation instead of jail time because she doesn't have a criminal background.
Cobos pleaded guilty Sept. 3, 2013 to federal conspiracy to commit mail fraud and the deprivation of honest services. Cobos was accused of receiving $4,500 in bribes from lobbyists in exchange for his vote as the head of the El Paso Commissioners Court.
Lorenzo Aguilar is accused of facilitating one of the exchanges. Businessmen Bobby Ruiz, Chris Pak and Raymond Telles have pleaded guilty to their part in the alleged scheme.
Defense attorneys for Cobos and Aguilar argued earlier this year that the previous indictments were too vague and prevented them from preparing an adequate defense. This time, prosecutors added more details of the crimes alleged.
According to the latest indictment, Cobos and Aguilar were tangled in a scheme to provide the county's financial services contracts to men who bribed Cobos.
The indictment identifies the co-conspirators by initials, which match the names of five men who pleaded guilty to public corruption in 2007 and 2008.
T.K, Travis Ketner, former, Cobos' chief of staff
R.R, Robert (bobby) Ruiz, representative for Bear Sterns
C.P, Chris Chol Su Pak, representative for Bear Sterns
R.T., Raymond Telles, lobbyist
A.D., Antonio Dill, businessman
Prosecutors allege Ruiz, Pak and Telles wanted to get control of the El Paso County's 2007 Bond Refinance project and the financial advisor contract.
The indictment implies Ruiz wanted to reach Cobos, so he gave Aguilar $1,500 for Dill, who would in turn, arrange a meeting with Cobos. During that and other meetings, prosecutors allege Cobos agreed to help Ruiz take over the County contracts
Cobos placed the items on the agenda and voted to approve both contracts, prosecutors wrote.
According to the indictment, Cobos received at least one cash bribe. They also say Dill received $4,500 via FedEx in bribes meant for Cobos.
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Bobby Ruiz and Raymond Telles (source of money) --> Cobos
In March, Cobos' predecessor, ex-County Judge Dolores Briones, was sentenced to 30 months in jail and $36,000 in restitution for her role in a public corruption scheme.
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Every season a number of Arsenal players go out on loan to gain valuable first-team experience. With the 2012/13 campaign now underway, 15 Gunners are currently away from the Club.
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AMES, Iowa ― Projects Iowa State University completed with 23 Iowa towns are featured in an exhibit on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 27 to July 1 and July 4-8.
Iowa State's exhibit, "Transforming Communities: Design in Action," was one of only 17 from land-grant universities selected to be part of the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This year's festival celebrates the 150th anniversary of the founding of land-grant universities. More than 1 million visitors are expected to visit the event.
Created by a team of faculty, staff and students, Iowa State's exhibit highlights the central role of design in the land-grant mission. Iowa State has a unique, ongoing partnership between the College of Design and ISU Extension and Outreach that enables faculty, staff and students to apply design thinking to help communities solve problems.
Iowa State's exhibit uses a blend of advanced, interactive technology and old-fashioned personal conversation to demonstrate techniques and processes designers use to create, innovate and help transform communities. Two flat-screen monitors will show a video about more than 50 projects in 30 towns worldwide, demonstrating how Iowa State's collaboration between design and extension impacts communities.
The Iowa projects included in the video are listed alphabetically by town/county and described below. Additional information about Iowa State's exhibit at the festival can be viewed on the exhibit website at http://www.iastate.edu/designinaction.
The exhibit also will be at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Aug. 9-19, and at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Aug. 28-30.
Prairie Bridges Park
The City of Ackley wanted to attract tourists by turning a 120-acre vacant space into a prairie park with fishing and recreational trails. Ackley took part in a park improvement program through Iowa State to start developing Prairie Bridges Park. As the park grew in size and scope, the town continued to work with Iowa State through the Community Visioning Program and a landscape architecture community design studio.
Presbyterian Village Memory-Care Garden
A care facility with a new dementia-care wing wanted a garden to help patients recall memories and make connections. A memory-care garden improves the mental and emotional well-being of dementia patients. Iowa State landscape architecture students designed and built a viewing garden and a work yard that help patients remember growing up in an Iowa farming community. The design included input from facility staff so that specific needs of dementia patients were addressed.
Strengthening Families
High poverty rates and unstable home environments can lead young people to engage in dangerous behaviors, such as substance abuse. Communities need help to strengthen families and support healthy behaviors in youth. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach joins with local schools to provide the Strengthening Families program in Buena Vista County. The seven-session program builds youth skills and gives families tools to help children become responsible young adults.
Sustainable economies program
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's Center for Industrial Research and Service identified five clusters of communities that would benefit from looking at detailed economic studies and receiving technical assistance as one unit. Carroll is one of these community clusters, called regional trade centers. CIRAS helps these centers and their businesses identify opportunities for sustainable growth. They help the trade centers understand financial, social and environmental issues in their regions and create plans for changes that will lead to sustainable growth.
Sustainable, affordable housing for flood-damaged communities
June 2008 tornadoes and flooding displaced thousands of Iowans. The state needed a plan to provide safe, affordable housing as quickly as possible to help people rebuild their lives. Iowa State University's College of Design Bridge Studio students worked with All-American Homes and the Iowa Finance Authority to design sustainable, affordable housing for Cedar Rapids that could be built quickly using modular construction systems. Students created housing options that included single- and multiple-family arrangements, different numbers of bedrooms and varied exterior styles. They used "green" building materials, appliances and fixtures to lower utility bills. Their designs could be adapted to any town in need of fast, affordable housing.
Ellis Boulevard urban farm and village
Historic flooding of the Cedar River in 2008 damaged or destroyed many downtown businesses, public buildings and nearly 6,000 homes in Cedar Rapids. Many areas that once had housing are vacant, and the city needs help to restore its neighborhoods. Iowa State University's College of Design Bridge Studio students created sustainable revitalization plans, including affordable housing, stormwater management and urban agriculture for one of the flood-damaged neighborhoods. Students proposed ways to make good use of the land while protecting the area from future flooding. They worked with a nonprofit organization, a neighborhood association and a design firm on an urban farm project and revitalization strategies to provide the area with options.
Interactive GIS helps public participate in community planning
Getting people involved in the city planning process is sometimes difficult because it's not always convenient for residents to attend meetings. They also may be uncomfortable sharing opinions in a public setting. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach created a system that lets people give input on interactive maps from personal computers. Suggestions and comments made by residents are uploaded directly to a database and are viewable on the map. The interactive system allows residents who cannot attend meetings to give input. Designers can address potentially controversial issues during the planning process. And planners and designers use the information collected as they work on community projects.
The Iowa House
Small towns don't have enough affordable, energy-efficient houses. Most houses are old, drafty and expensive to heat and cool. Iowa State University College of Design Bridge Studio students designed an energy-efficient house that could be built by local contractors and priced for low-income families. The two-bedroom house is well insulated, has the smallest furnace available and is situated to benefit from the sun's energy. As a result, utility costs are low. The house also is accessible for aging in place. Iowa State worked with federal, state, and local agencies and groups to create a prototype house for Corning. Students worked with residents on the design that local contractors built. Because of The Iowa House, other towns want to work with Iowa State on affordable, sustainable housing projects.
Alternative futures for Lake Delhi and the Maquoketa River
In summer 2010, record flooding on the Maquoketa River caused the Delhi Dam to break. The nine-mile lake behind the dam drained, homes were destroyed and tons of sediment washed downstream. Residents and business owners asked for help to recover from this disaster. Iowa State landscape architecture students created three designs for the Lake Delhi area. Each plan considered the needs of residents and businesses and of people living downstream. They submitted a report of their ideas to the governor's task force on rebuilding Lake Delhi. Students engaged residents in different ways to understand their needs. They studied the area's economy, demographics and water quality. Their designs also showed the possible impact of different decisions.
Des Moines Water Works Parkitecture Challenge
Des Moines Water Works wanted a plan for Water Works Park that would address flooding, restore the park's crab apple arboretum and improve traffic flow and parking. Iowa State University landscape architecture students collected current and historical information on Water Works Park, and created an international competition to help Des Moines Water Works obtain creative plans that address the park's needs. A team of two design firms won the competition, and Water Works is raising private funds to move the project forward. Iowa State University helped Des Moines Water Works realize the importance of the 1,500-acre park and expand the project scope to get a better result. The competition brought students, professionals and community members together.
Energy efficiency in small commercial retrofits
Many historic buildings use a lot more energy than necessary. The Green & Main project wants to turn current buildings and neighborhoods into more sustainable communities. Green & Main is using sustainable design strategies like natural lighting, a vegetative roof and geothermal and solar energy to retrofit an abandoned building in a historic Des Moines neighborhood. The project will create a manual to help other communities renew their own historic buildings. As a Green & Main research partner, Iowa State's Center for Building Energy Research will evaluate how cost effective the renovation project is. The center will install equipment to monitor how much energy the building uses for heating, cooling, ventilation and electricity.
King-Irving neighborhood and Sixth Avenue corridor
Residents of a historic neighborhood in Des Moines wanted help creating a community garden and revitalizing the business corridor through the neighborhood. Iowa State University landscape architecture students worked with residents to design and plant a community garden. They also helped residents create plans for outdoor school spaces and local food access. And they offered proposals for improvements to the business corridor. Student creativity helped expand the original project to include community education programs, "green" building strategies and ways to create a community identity. Iowa State University continues to work with the neighborhood and business corridor on community design projects.
Elkader and Turkey River community design and visioning
In 2008 the Turkey River in northeast Iowa flooded. This caused serious damage along the river corridor, especially to Elkader. Damaged homes were torn down after families relocated, leaving a large, unused green space. Elkader worked with Iowa State University's landscape architecture community design studio to come up with designs that would prevent future flooding while providing usable space, such as a riverfront park. Students interviewed people who live in town and farmers who own land along the river to learn how the flooding affected them. They offered different ways for people to provide input so the proposed designs would meet the varying needs and still be functional.
Iowa Small Business Development Centers
Entrepreneurs in Iowa need help to start and grow small businesses and to transfer ownership when they retire. Iowa State's College of Business hosts the Iowa Small Business Development Center program. The program's 13 centers provide advice, counseling, training and access to other resources to help Iowa's small business owners. The Small Business Development Center helped the owner of a fused-glass retail shop and classroom move her business from her home to a storefront in downtown Fort Dodge. The center helped her complete the documentation needed to get financing for the retail space. The center also provided advice on improving and growing her small business.
Downtown retail district graphic identity project
Downtown retail districts must look vibrant and eclectic to compete with larger retailers. Each business must appear unique. The Grinnell Chamber of Commerce saw how graphic design had helped other communities, and wanted help for its own district. After studying the needs for each business, Iowa State graphic design students created new logos, signs and storefronts to help set each store apart and make it more competitive. Students interviewed business owners to understand their customers and goals. They analyzed the existing graphics and storefronts to help owners understand why their graphic messages were falling short. Then, students used new graphic images to create a unique visual "story" for each Grinnell store.
Partnering Landscape and Community Enhancement Program
Iowa State University's Partnering Landscape and Community Enhancement (PLaCE) program offers assistance to towns that want to enhance and promote themselves through community improvement projects. Students, faculty and staff from the Iowa State College of Design and Iowa State Extension and Outreach work with Iowa communities to explore a variety of design options. Successful projects have included downtown streetscapes and riverfronts, neighborhood gardens, a new main gate at a county fairgrounds and a junkyard converted to a trailhead park.
Redefining Prison Landscapes
Iowa is building a new facility for inmates of the Correctional Institution for Women. The prison wants outdoor areas that aid in rehabilitation while maintaining security sight lines. Iowa State University landscape architecture students designed a landscape with recreational opportunities to improve health, vegetable gardens to decrease food costs and improved visitor areas where offenders can meet with families. The class researched prison life, spoke to inmates and staff and visited the site. The design meets inmates' needs and maintains staff security requirements. Offenders wanted spaces for recreation, learning and visiting. Prison staff required clear sight lines, no hiding places and secured landscaping materials.
Downtown visualization
Two highways that used to go through Mount Pleasant were rerouted. The community needed to create new connections between central parts of town and the highways. Faculty and students from the Iowa State University College of Design created a new graphic identity for Mount Pleasant. They also proposed designs to renew the town square and surrounding area as well as the grounds of the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion, an event that attracts thousands of visitors annually. Designers created a work plan that combined technology, human need and beauty. GIS software was used to create a video of the town to serve as a planning tool. An urban design class created new visions for downtown. Interchange development plans were created. Public participation activities were used to gain resident input.
Community visioning program
Small Iowa towns often can't get the design services they need, because the cost is too high or the city doesn't have its own planner or engineer. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach created a process that helps town leaders and volunteers work with designers to create new approaches to community betterment. The Iowa's Living Roadways Community Visioning Program is a joint effort by Iowa State, landscape architects and Trees Forever, an Iowa nonprofit. The Iowa Department of Transportation funds the program. Since 1996, the Community Visioning Program has helped 183 towns make improvements to their streets, sidewalks and landscapes. Of these towns, 94 percent have finished at least one project.
Embracing diversity for a sustainable future
The City of Perry wants to bring its growing Latino community together with long-time residents to create a more sustainable future. Since 2006, the Iowa State University College of Design and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach have helped Perry create opportunities for residents from all backgrounds to work together for community improvement. Iowa State brings people together through workshops, surveys and public meetings. Using input from these activities, students have proposed improvements including an urban park, community signs and a downtown plan. And students built a studio in a remodeled bank building, which is used as a meeting place and idea center.
Multicultural community planning project
Public participation across cultures can be a challenge in towns with residents from many backgrounds. Iowa State community planning students worked with the Town/Craft center in Perry to get public input in a way that crossed cultural barriers. Latino residents did not attend public meetings, so students found different ways to involve them. They discovered that small focus groups and interviews were more successful. Students worked with local leaders and staff at Town/Craft to network with business owners, youth and other residents.
Iowa Small Business Development Centers
Entrepreneurs in Iowa need help to start and grow small businesses and to transfer ownership when they retire. Iowa State University's College of Business hosts the Iowa Small Business Development Center program. The program's 13 centers provide advice, counseling, training and access to other resources to help Iowa's small business owners. The Small Business Development Center helped a 23-year-old entrepreneur save his business when it was struggling. The center counseled him on how to keep expenses under control and increase sales revenues at his award-winning restaurant and ice cream shop in Prairie City. The center also provided business-training classes, where he developed a support system with other entrepreneurs.
Downtown revitalization
The town of Red Oak wanted help to improve the physical appearance and economic condition of its downtown area. An Iowa State College of Design community planning class proposed designs for downtown storefronts and published a report. Red Oak used the report to create an incentive program for storefront renovations. Seventeen businesses around the town square took part in the revitalization program. Students took photos and videos to learn about the town and the business environment. They used a written survey and design workshop to collect input from residents and business owners. They based storefront design proposals on this information.
Iowa Small Business Development Centers
Entrepreneurs in Iowa need help to start and grow small businesses and to transfer ownership when they retire. Iowa State University's College of Business hosts the Iowa Small Business Development Center program. The program's 13 centers provide advice, counseling, training, and access to other resources to help Iowa's small business owners. The Small Business Development Center helped the owners of a vineyard near Scranton build their business. The center provided advice on identifying new markets for their products, redesigning their marketing materials and finding ways to use their extra grapes. They are familiar faces at area farmers' markets, where there is often a line for their grape pie.
Midtown Family Community Center
Midtown Family Community Center in Sioux City offers resources for a diverse population. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach provides programming for youth and adults at the center. The center provides a unique setting for Extension and Outreach programming, and resources for a diverse population. Latino families have access to extension nutrition, parenting and finance education offered in Spanish. Young people can join 4-H clubs that meet at the center and attend science, music and other camps throughout the year.
Strengthening Families
High poverty rates and unstable home environments can lead young people to engage in dangerous behaviors, such as substance abuse. Communities need help to strengthen families and support healthy behaviors in youth. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach joins with local schools to provide the Strengthening Families program in Waterloo. The seven-session program builds youth skills and gives families tools to help children become responsible young adults. Working with local schools helps Iowa State University identify at-risk youth and deliver the program more effectively. Involving local resources, like businesses and community organizations, gives participants the best chance to complete the program.
The People's Garden School Pilot Project
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is one of four state extension services working on a pilot gardening program at schools. Thousands of students in elementary schools in urban, suburban and rural communities are learning about nutrition and gardening. They also get to plant and tend a garden. When kids grow their own food, they are more likely to eat it. The gardens also provide a way to learn about nutrition, obesity and other health issues. The People's Garden School Pilot Program establishes school gardens that help students learn and get excited about nutrition and making healthy choices.
GPS and iPhones for Safer Routes to School
The Federal Safe Routes to School Program offers funding to communities to make it safer for children to walk or bicycle to school. Towns need help creating and evaluating their Safe Routes to School programs. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the state public health department created Iowans Walking Assessment Logistics Kit (I-WALK). This tool helps towns and school districts plan safer routes to school, and it helps them assess the routes on an ongoing basis. I-WALK combines technology, cognitive science and participatory design methods to create safer routes to school. Residents learn to photograph barriers with an iPhone and enter descriptions. This information is mapped on a live digital map, making problem areas easy to identify and fix.
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Michel Therrien said his team played its best game of the season Monday night at the Bell Centre.
And who are we to contradict the kindly old coach?
Your Montreal Canadiens posted impressive regular-season wins over Chicago and Pittsburgh.
They swept Tampa Bay out of the playoffs.
But Therrien is right (as he has been frequently this season).
Given the circumstances – elimination game against a President's Trophy winner riding two impressive Ws in a row – the 4-0 victory that sent this wild series back to Boston for Game 7 was the Canadiens' best of the season.
And apart from the circumstances, it was a great effort for the home team because everyone in a red jersey contributed.
Shall we work our way through the roster?
• Carey Price calmly turned away a rather modest total of 26 shots for the fourth playoff shutout of his career. An anomaly: Price has hung all his postseason goose eggs on Boston. And if you include the Olympics, Price has allowed one goal in four elimination games. (Thanks for that one, Mike Ziegler.)
• Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist while terrorizing the Boston defence with his speed and, in this game, intensity.
• Thomas Vanek had four shots on goal, two of which eluded Tuukka Rask. He also had a couple hits. Vanek has nine SoG in the series … and four goals.
• Playing his best game of the postseason – perhaps because he was at his healthiest – Brandon Prust had seven hits in 11:18 of ice time. Perhaps Prust assured himself of a solid game by shaking Ginette Reno's hand after O Canada.
• Don Meehan, P.K. Subban's agent, was at Game 6 – maybe to ask Marc Bergevin what gift he plans to give P.K. for his 25th birthday on Tuesday. The darling of the Bell Centre had a full stat sheet: 24:27 of ice time, two penalties, three hits, two giveaways, two blocked shots and one Michel Therrien knee-slapper.
When asked, during his postgame press conference, about a sequence of Boston zone domination that began with Subban in the penalty box and continues for what seemed like an eternity after he got out and rejoined his scrambling teammates, Therrien said the takeaway was the revelation that P.K. "is a bad left winger."
Therrien laughed heartily at his own joke. The coach wouldn't have been as jovial if Boston's sustained pressure had produced a goal in a game that was 1-0 at the time.
• Andrei Markov led the Canadiens in ice time with 24:44 and through that time never set a foot wrong.
• Markov's D partner and homeboy, Alexei Emelin, had his bell rung by Milan Lucic but gave as good as he got in recording four thunderous hits.
• David Desharnais yanked the puck back from the goal line when a Boston score might have made for tight collars at the rink.
• Daniel Brière returned to the lineup and boosted the second wave of the power play while adding a scoring threat to his even-strength shifts with linemates Prust and the tireless Dale Weise.
• Michäel Bournival skated like the wind and recorded six hits. This kid is going to be a good player in Montreal for the next 12 years.
• Lars Eller scored what proved to be the winning goal 2:11 into the game. He also went 12-9 in the faceoff circle and used his size effectively against the Bruins.
• Bouncing back from maybe the worst playoff game of his career, Tomas Plekanec went 13-8 on faceoffs and was superb, as always on a PK unit that stymied Boston.
• In the first professional playoff game, AHL and NHL, of his career, Nathan Beaulieu skated, moved the puck effectively, made the pass that sprung Pacioretty for his goal and generally comported himself as a future CH stalwart and a present reason to keep Douglas Murray and Francis Bouillon in the pressbox.
• Mike Weaver had an assist, blocked five shots and shrugged off Boston's attempts to run him.
• Josh Gorges was Josh Gorges: fur blocked shots, a couple hits while playing stay-at-home Felix Unger to P.K.'s freewheeling Oscar Madison.
• Brendan Gallagher blocked a couple shots and annoyed the Bruins every time he got within grinning distance of Tuukka Rask.
• Brian Gionta and Rene Bourque put in hard-working nights at the office.
It was a total team effort – including the seventh man. The atmosphere in the Bell Centre was electric, from beginning to end.
And it will be noisy in Boston on Wednesday night.
In his postgame remarks, Claude Julien took time out from whining to say his Bruins will win the series.
Michel Therrien was content to observe that anything can happen in a seventh game.
Julien has to be concerned by the lack of production from big guns such as David Krejci, Milan Lucic and Jarome Iginla. Despite his best efforts to unsettle the Canadiens, Brad Marchand was a non-factor in Game 6.
And, most ominous of all, Zdeno Chara looked a bit tired.
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My experience with this tire is completely different than the previous review. I've had a set on my truck since July 2013 and with only 14,000 miles on them they are almost shot. I have had regular tire rotations and monitor tire pressure frequently, so I am surprised at the considerable tread wear that these tires have sustained. I will be replacing these with a tire from a more recognizable and reputable manufacturer.
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It's rhubarb time! Evelyn Winchester of Hilton, New York has a sweet way to put this spring crop to use—her moist muffin recipe. "I had several rhubarb plants on our farm in Iowa," Evelyn explains. "Even though I moved east to be closer to my children and grandchildren, I still make these muffins. I even won a ribbon with them at the 4-H bake sale here."
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- 1 egg
- 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups diced fresh rhubarb
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon butter, melted
- In a bowl, beat egg. Add brown sugar, buttermilk, oil and vanilla; beat for 1 minute. Combine dry ingredients; stir into sugar mixture just until moistened. Fold in rhubarb and walnuts.
- Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over muffins. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Yield: 1 dozen.
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"love rhubarb ANYTHING!!! these are WONDERFUL...moist and yummy...please try the recipe as written before you make substitutions!! they deserve to be tried as is!!"
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"These were great! I made some healthy changes and they still turned out beautifully: subbed lemon soy yogurt for the buttermilk (thinned with a little water), whole wheat pastry flour for the AP flour, and cut the sugar back to 1 cup instead of 1 1/4. Actually, the hint of lemon from the yogurt was great with the rhubarb. Yummy, moist, and fluffy."
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The rt73 driver is on BT3.
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I read couple of posts related to a non-native's problem, but my situation is that I'm a non-native speaker, but I'll have a BA in English Language Studies with minor in TEFL from UK uni and after getting my degree I'm planning to try and go to teach in Japan, so will I need to get an additional certificate like CELTA etc. or my degree is going to be enough, as well as will it make harder for me to get a job, as I'm a non-native.
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Oh! Pawpets! Show is a group of puppeteers composed of SonicBlu and Wolfdog.[1] The Oh! Pawpets! Show currently broadcasts every Saturday night from 6pm to 10 PM(EST).
- 1 History
- 2 Other Crew Members
- 3 Cast
- 4 Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions and the Paw series
- 5 Connecting and Submitting to the Show
- 6 References
- 7 Crew: Past & Present
- 8 See also
- 9 External links
The Oh! Pawpets! Show began as a spin-off from the show PA Pets Live, which started its first stream in May of 2009. During Morphicon that year, SonicBlu and Wolfdog were returning to the hotel room with SonicBlu's friend KenFox among the group. At this time, SonicBlu noticed Wolfdog was carrying what would later turn out to be the character Bwing T. Fewwet, aptly named for the amount of "bling" he wore around his neck. SonicBlu couldn't resist providing a voice for the ferret puppet, and began to talk using a higher-pitched voice with a slight speech impediment, commenting on how uncomfortable it was to be carried the way he was by Wolfdog. Once the group had entered the hotel room, KenFox handed SonicBlu the ferret puppet with the intention, "if you're going to do it, you might as well do it right", and he immediately began to puppet a routine with it. This was the very first time SonicBlu placed a puppet on his hand and began a routine, and it was then that Wolfdog saw the potential in SonicBlu to become a puppeteer.
The weekend of Morphicon, Wolfdog and SonicBlu return to their nearby apartment and hooked up the video equipment that enabled his former puppet show, PA Pets Live, to stream via the internet. A test episode of the Oh! Pawpets! Show was run and recorded, which was marked as Episode #0. Once satisfied that the new location for the puppet show was successfully able to stream a show, the Oh! Pawpets! Show was born, and Bwing T. Fewwet was the first puppet to be featured on the show. In the first season, SonicBlu provided voice and puppetry for 3 puppets.
Other Crew Members[edit]
Once the Oh! Pawpets! Show entered its first season, the show consisted of SonicBlu, Wolfdog, and DarkWolf, formerly of PA Pets Live. Because of DarkWolf's uncontrollable and excessive use of "toilet humor", the show was streamed with a mature rating and received very minimal amount of viewers. As the owner of the show, SonicBlu tried to keep the show creative and comical by bringing in new ideas, all of which remained secluded or shunned, due to the overwhelming attitudes of DarkWolf's characters being unable to follow direction. Halfway through the show's second season in 2010, Oh! Pawpets! added Sajin Candour as a third actor, whose puppets consisted of his own fursona, Cryo Jennix, and Slobber the Spaniel. SonicBlu immediately saw Sajin's ability to be spontaneously creative, and immediately accepted him as a new cast member on the spot. Around this time, DarkWolf's appearance on the show became less frequent, until he finally declared that he was no longer going to be a part of the show due to personal reasons, and removed his puppet characters completely from the cast lineup, allowing SonicBlu to regain creative control to turn the show into a less adult program and finally placing his new ideas to work. The ratio of viewers quickly increased after the new changes took effect.
Toward the beginning of the show's third season, Oh! Pawpets! sadly released Sajin Candour from the live show, and SonicBlu was left to do the puppetry and voice acting alone, with the aid of Wolfdog's off-camera commentaries. By this time, SonicBlu provided voice and puppetry for 11 different characters, and decided to take over as the voices of Cryo Jennix and Slobber the Spaniel. While away from the studio, Sajin continued to be a part of the cast by submitting video vlogs entitled "The Flamin' Shamin' Vlogs of Sajin", in which he would talk about anything on his mind, and then switch to a review of the spiciest products he could find, and filing them on a Wall of Flame or Wall of Shame, depending on the level of spiciness.
In February 2011, Oh! Pawpets! relocated their studio to a new location, where the show continues to run to this date. The Oh! Pawpets! Show reached the interest of Max Goof by June of that year, whose prior puppetry experience was constantly observed by SonicBlu through their friendship. SonicBlu was immediately ready to accept Max Goof as an additional cast member of the show, bringing along his own characters, Ozark, Hayseed, George, and Twitch. Over the following months after becoming a cast member, Max Goof's appearance on the Oh! Pawpets! Show has been sporadic, due to the busy schedule he keeps.
In October 2011, Sajin Candour returned to the studio as a full-time cast member, where he continues to help with the show's live streams and productions. As of January 2012, SonicBlu has provided voice and puppetry for 28 characters, some which utilizes various changing personalities and voices with the same puppet.
Further information: Oh! Pawpets! Cast
Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions and the Paw series[edit]
Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions began during the show's second season, when the cast began making pre-recorded videos, featurettes, commercial spoofs, and music videos for the show, some which have been seen on the Funday Pawpet Show. In October 2010, the Oh! Pawpets! crew decided to put together a parody spoof of the Saw movies to air on their Halloween episode. The deadline was set for only four days to film, edit, and finalize before the Halloween episode needed to be aired. Working rapidly, SonicBlu (with the assistance of Sajin and co-directed by Rune the Wolf) shot 5 video sequences of some of the Oh! Pawpets! cast being tied up in various traps and given an ultimatum of life and death to escape them. The rest of the action was portrayed during the live show. The result was Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions' first comedy horror spoof called Paw. After Paw was aired, Oh! Pawpets! viewers wanted to see "more blood and gore", so by 2011, the crew began filming a more serious sequel, removing all comical elements that would normally constitute a work of parody, and adding more horrific scenes in its place, thus resulting in a complete re-write of the original film. Paw II turned out to be the Oh! Pawpets! first full length motion picture, and was released to DVD through Oh! Pawpets! Pwoductions in January 2012. The Oh! Pawpets! crew returned to the studio that month to begin filming a more proper version of the first Paw movie to follow closer to its sequel, and was released onto DVD in April 2012.
Connecting and Submitting to the Show[edit]
Viewers are encouraged to actively participate in the creation of the show in various ways. In particular, several regular segments are specifically intended to engage the audience. The preferred way to submit content during the show is via Email, or in the show's IRC chatroom. All submissions are expected to meet the show's MPAA PG content rating to be featured on-screen.
- IRC channel: irc://irc.pawpet.tv/pawpet
- E-mail: mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com
- Stream URLs
- Furstream: https://furstre.am/stream/oh_pawpets_show
- Livestream: http://www.livestream.com/oh_pawpets_show
Viewer's Choice Videos and Pics[edit]
Viewers are encouraged to submit videos and pictures during the show's live segment "Viewer Choice Videos and Pics". This segment enables viewers to show off their talent as artists or video makers, but the segment also allows links to funny YouTube videos and various photographs of a comical or strange origin.
Screen Capture Challenge[edit]
Every episode will feature a chance for viewers to take screen captures of the show and manipulate them, add captions to them, or whatever they wish, in order to deem the screen capture comical. Contest entries are submitted via email. All the screen captures sent in by viewers are collected, and toward the end of the episode, the viewers are asked to vote on whichever screen capture is the funniest. The winning entry will have their screen capture image displayed on the Oh! Pawpets! website until the next time a contest is run.
Mad Libs and Mad Libs Art Jam[edit]
One of the show's regular segments is the Mad Libs. Typically, two mad libs will be held - one with words provided by the viewers in the IRC channel, and one with words from the crew present in the studio (and characters on the stage). Viewers are encouraged to use entertaining scenes and ideas in the mad libs as inspiration for visual art and submit it to the show via email. Submissions for the Mad Libs Art Jam, or "Art Libs" for short, will be shown on-screen and commented on at the end of the show before the Screen Capture Challenge. Art Libs submissions are excluded from the viewer voting and will be featured on the website until the next episode.
Subservient Fursuiter[edit]
Sometimes one or more fursuiters are present in the studio and a Subservience segment will be held. During the segment, viewers present in the IRC channel are encouraged to propose actions they would like to see the fursuiter(s) perform.
Talent Search[edit]
Talent Search is the Oh! Pawpets! Show's variety show, featuring music sung by the cast members, and hosted by Oh! Pawpets! character Wolfgang Sebastian Bark. Viewers are also encouraged to make videos of their own talents by way of music, singing, dancing, stand-up comedy, magic, or anything visual, provided that all material is coming from the effort of the submitter. Any videos sent into the show for Talent Search will be featured respectively during this segment.
Crew: Past & Present[edit]
- SonicBlu is the creator, director, writer, editor, producer, and lead actor of the Oh! Pawpets! Show. His live acting counterpart sometimes makes an appearance on the live stream, and hosts the featurette "Cooking with SonicBlu", where he shares his own recipes with the viewers. SonicBlu's live acting counterpart also plays the role of "Jigpaw" in the Paw film series. (Active 2009-present)
- Wolfdog is an actor, commentator, tech operator, and key grip. Although unable to help run the show, his spot is still held in reserve for a later time. (Years active 2009-present)
- DarkWolf was an actor and puppeteer. (Years active: 2009-2010)
- Sajin Candour Fluxx was an actor, best boy, and assistant tech operator. Although no longer a part of the live crew, he makes occasional video submissions to send to the Oh! Pawpets! Show whenever possible. (Years active 2010-2011; 2012-2013)
- Rune the Wolf was the show's stage hand, assistant, and director of photography. (Years active 2010-2011; 2012-2013)
- Max Goof was an actor and a productions extra. (Years active 2011)
- Roninkin Darkfold is a commentator, tech operator, key grip, and camera operator. (Years active: 2014-present)
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- The Official Oh! Pawpets! Show website
- #pawpet, AnthroChat IRC statistics on irc.netsplit.de
- Paw (2012) on IMDB
- Paw II (2011) on IMDB


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Low Carb Diets
A recent study in Pediatrics caught my eye as it related to childhood obesity. I spend a good deal of time discussing healthy eating and exercise with my families but I too continue to see children who gain too much weight each year. Some of my patients even qualify as being obese.
This study out of Cincinnati Children's Hospital looked at 100 obese 7 -12 year old children and randomly assigned them to one of three different eating plans. One plan followed the wisdom of portion control, another followed a low-carb diet, and the last was a "reduced glycemic load" plan that cut down on certain carbs (like white bread and sweets and white potatoes).
Over a one year period all three of the plans worked equally well in helping to control a child's weight gain. Researchers did find that the low carb plan was tough for kids to stick to. Most of the kids in this group really followed the low carb plan to an extent by reducing carbs and calories, but not to the "strict limits of the low carb plan". In other words, they modified the plan.
It seemed that the plan that "reduced the glycemic load" was essentially a modified low carb diet. Children could eat certain "unrestricted" carbs, like fruits and vegetables low in starch as well as whole grains. The limits were only placed on starchy carbs, but even some of those were not "forbidden".
The beauty of teaching these kids about modifying their diets early on is that they can see changes in their BMI (body mass index) more quickly than an adult. Why? They are still growing!! I explain to the kids (and their parents) that a pre-pubertal child grows about 2 inches a year and should gain somewhere around 3 - 6 lbs a year. All of that changes with puberty as their child's growth velocity and weight gain both increase.
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Google lets you access only one Gmail account for every browser session, and there is no direct way to be parallely logged into multiple Gmail accounts in the same browser at any given point of time. You have to log out from one of the accounts, type in the username and password of another Gmail account and check whether you have received any new messages in that secondary address.
Just imagine the situation when you have more than 4-5 different email addresses to consider. You have to remember the username and password of all those accounts and recursively login and logout from one account so that you can check your other Gmail inbox. There has to be an easier way!
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Setting Up Gmail Multiple Sign In
Not many people are aware of Google's multiple sign in feature which lets you quickly flip through any of your Gmail accounts in one click. Here is how it works:
Let's say you have 4 email accounts, two of them are regular Gmail accounts while the others are in Google apps. Using Gmail multiple sign in feature, you can tell Google that you are the owner of all four accounts. Once you are done with the authorization setup, Google will let you switch between multiple Gmail addresses with a single click.
Here are the steps that needs to be done:
1. Login to your first Gmail account and click the drop down menu on the right top corner of the page. Note that there are two drop down menus in that position, you have to click the drop down menu which has your email address on it.
2. Clicking the "Account settings" link will take you to your Google account settings page. Here, click on "Edit", as shown below:
3. On the next page, select "On", choose all the checkboxes and hit "Save".
4. You are done with this Gmail account. Now logout and login to your other Gmail account.
5. Repeat the steps 1-4 for your second Gmail address. If you have more than two Gmail usernames, you should repeat the steps 1-4 for all other addresses. You have to enable multiple account sign in on every Gmail account you own.
6. After turning on multiple sign in, login to any one of your Gmail inboxes and click the account drop down menu again. Now, you will notice that a new "Switch account" option will be provided, as shown below:
Click "Switch account" and then click on "sign in to another account" link.
7. This will open the usual Gmail login screen on a new window, but there will be a message on the left pane saying that you are enabling multiple account sign in and granting Gmail all the necessary permissions.
Note: Step 7 is one time only, you won't have to perform this operation every time you want to switch between two accounts in Gmail.
8. Sign in to your second Gmail address and it's done.
Now when you are logged into your first Gmail account, you can quickly switch to the second one by clicking your email username dropdown and hitting the "Switch account" link. Here is how it will look:
I have shown the example using only two email addresses, but the same method also holds good for 5-6 or maybe 12 Gmail addresses you might own.
Please note that this feature does not depend on the host computer or the specific browser you are currrently using. Multiple sign in is associated with your Google account and will continue to work on all browsers and any computer you use.
~Amit Banerjee
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