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Did you know volunteer work is real work? Volunteer service can enhance a resume.
Not looking for employment? Retired? Looking to change career fields? Want to give back to your community? Or just love volunteering?
Indiana County has numerous opportunities for adults to volunteer. Where does your interest lie?
• Four Footed Friends can use your help with animal care, walking dogs and even as a foster parent. (724) 349-1144
• Indiana County Humane Society is looking for volunteers to bathe, groom and walk the animals. (724) 465-7387/3977
• American Red Cross needs help with front desk/clerical support. For more information call (724) 465-5678.
• Community Guidance Center needs volunteers to file and do data entry. Contact Julie Ruzbacki at (724) 465-5576 ext. 128
• Four Footed Friends is looking for a volunteer receptionist. (724) 349-1144
• Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) has a need for volunteers to answer the phones, type and do filing. (724) 465-2657 or (724) 248-9555
• Indiana County Humane Society can use assistance with filing, mailing and answering the phone. (724) 465-7387/3977
• Torrance State Hospital is in need of clerical support in the Volunteer Office and Employee Health. Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 459-4464.
The American Red Cross is looking for volunteers for the Disaster Action Team caseworkers, and Health and Safety instructors are also needed. (724) 465-5678
• ARIN has a need for tutors to work with adults to improve basic math and reading skills, in preparation for the GED. Also tutors are needed for the English as a Second Language Program. (724) 463-5300, ext. 2319.
• Indiana Free Library needs volunteers to reshelf books from 3-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Contact John Swanson at (724) 465-8841.
• Torrance State Hospital can use assistance as a library aide, or as a GED & literacy tutor. The hospital is also in need of tutors for basic computer skills. Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 459-4464.
• Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County is looking for a library volunteer. Contact Coleen Chambers at (724) 463-9600.
• accessAbilities Inc. is looking for volunteers who can provide companionship supports for their consumers such as making crafts, playing cards or board games, reading or doing small home repairs. (724) 465-6042.
• Aging Services Inc. is looking for volunteers who can help with group activities, crafts, reading, music and card games. Also to provide friendly one-on-one visits. Contact Jim McQuown at (724) 349-4500.
• Alice Paul House is looking for volunteers for their 80-hour training. Upon completion of training, volunteers will offer crisis intervention, support and information to victims of domestic and sexual assault violence, in and outside the shelter. Volunteers will also staff the 24-hour hotline. Contact Melodee Gett at (724) 349-5744.
• Aging Services Inc. is looking for ombudsman volunteers. If you have 2 hours of free time a month to help ensure the quality of life and care of long-term care residents, they need you. Call (724) 349-4500 for more information.
• Aging Services, Inc. is looking for APPRISE Volunteers to assist the older adult with services and information on health insurance benefits, Medicare and Medicaid eligibility, claims filing, benefits counseling, telephone assistance, consumer protection, referral to other resources, and advocacy. Call 724-349-4500.
• Communities at Indian Haven is in need of volunteers to assist with wheelchair transportation and assisting residents with activities and religious service; assist with prep and pushing wheelchairs on outings; bring appropriate pets to visit, share craft ideas/skills; and the adopt-a-grandparent program. (724) 465-3900
• Indiana County Community Action Program can use assistance in the shelter as a mentor or child care provider. (724) 465-2657 or (724) 248-9555
• VNA Family Hospice needs volunteers to assist with grief support and companionship for patients and their family, respite relief and errands for families, and other activities. Contact Mary Edith Cicola at (724) 463-8711.
• CareNet, a service of the Visiting Nurse Association, is looking for volunteers who would like to make a difference in the lives of others. Volunteers provide friendly visits, transportation or shopping assistance to the elderly and disabled in the community. Those interested may contact Lisa Davis, volunteer coordinator, at (724) 463-6340.
• Hopeful Hearts, a service of VNA family hospice, needs peer support group facilitators, family greeters and food servers. Contact Diane Giever at (724) 349-3888.
• Aging Services, Inc. could use volunteers to help with water monitoring efforts. The project calls for volunteers who are outdoor types who like being near a stream in the woods. They will go out 2 times per month for one to three hours each day and must be able to hike up to 1/2 mile from the road and occasionally step into a stream. Should also be willing to go out in various weather conditions.
For more information, call (724) 349-4564
• Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County is looking for lawn maintenance volunteers. Contact Coleen Chambers at (724) 463-9600.
• Evergreen Conservancy is looking for volunteer board members, environmental educators to teach children at the Tanoma AMD Wetlands Outdoor Classroom or at other locations; water monitoring duties such as installing water probes in streams, download data from data loggers, help with maintenance of data loggers and obtain water samples for testing.
For more information, call (724) 471-6020 or (724) 463-8138.
Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County could use a Web assistant. For details contact Coleen Chambers at (724) 463-9600.
• Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) can use your assistance in the food warehouse. For details, call (724) 465-2657 or (724) 248-9555.
• The Indiana County Humane Society is looking for volunteers to assist with grant writing and publicity. For more information, call (724) 465-7387.
• accessAbilities is in need of volunteers to assist with 5K Run/Walk and a Murder Mystery dinner. For more information, call (724) 465-6042.
• The American Red Cross needs help with blood drives as a walker, greeter or canteen worker. For more information call (724) 465-5678.
• Four Footed Friends needs special event volunteers. Call (724) 349-1144 for details.
• ICCAP can use help with Care and Share Day and other special events. For more information, call (724) 465-2657 or (724)248-9555.
• Indiana County Humane Society is looking for volunteers to assist with the county fair, school presentations, and fundraising. Call (724) 465-7387/3977 for details.
• Historical & Genealogical Society is in the need for a collections assistant, volunteer coordinator and special events volunteer. Contact Coleen Chambers at (724) 463-9600.
• Torrance State Hospital needs assistance for special events (picnic, auction, holiday events) through the year. Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 459-4464.
SENIOR CORPS is a national volunteer organization sponsored by CNS. Provides volunteers age 55 & over with volunteer opportunities in nonprofit agencies. Benefits include free accident, personal liability and access automobile insurance while volunteering. Contact Janeen Love at (800) 648-3381 ext. 236 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.


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What's our next project? Test our applications to get ready for Windows 7? No problem, boss. We just have about 950 that we need to look at…
How thoroughly you've conducted the application compatibility portion of the migration project will determine if your OS roll-out is reasonably smooth, or if you're about to throw your IT team into a firestorm of help-desk calls, finger-pointing and numerous late nights.
When companies began evaluating Windows Vista a few years back, application compatibility was the issue that stopped some dead in their tracks. In many of these cases, critical applications an organization relied upon for key business functions simply were not available for Windows Vista. In other cases, organizations did not have the budget, nor desire, to license the new version that was designed for Windows Vista. Finally, in some instances, key applications were custom or in-house development efforts where the original developers were either no longer around or otherwise not available to re-engineer the code base.
If you are looking to migrate to Windows 7, you'll find the situation isn't as challenging as it was a few years back—most applications designed to work with Windows Vista will work fine with Windows 7, and most ISVs have updated their applications to work with this new generation of Windows operating system. So whether you're migrating from Windows XP or Windows Vista, the situation isn't quite as tough as it was in the past.
That said, getting your application portfolio ready for an OS migration can be a major undertaking, but taking the right sequence of steps and making some tough choices to reduce the scope of testing can make the chore a little less daunting.
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So what changes were made in Windows 7 (and Windows Vista) that caused applications designed for Windows XP to 'break?' To be sure, the engineering teams responsible for Windows Vista and Windows 7 didn't take the issue lightly.
The changes to Windows were made to improve security, reliability, performance, and usability, and in some cases to remove legacy components that have simply reached the end of their useful life. We won't take the time to catalog all of the changes in this article, but those most significant to application compatibility include:
User Account Control (UAC)/Standard User accounts. In the development of Windows Vista, the engineering team set out to enable most organizations to deploy their users as standard users, and reserve administrator privileges for those who need them—IT professionals. Adopting the principle of what we used to call 'least-privileged user account' for client PCs helps prevent intrusive malware, reduces end user configuration errors, and prevents unauthorized applications from being loaded on the machine. In the past, an application had the ability to write to the registry settings, modify the kernel, and other similarly invasive actions. Unfortunately this level of freedom came with a price—namely security. Windows now restricts the parameters of the OS an application is able to change—limiting the impact any malware can have—but applications that were written with this behavior will need to be modified or shimmed to function in Windows 7.
Applications performing hard version checks for the Windows XP operating system version are also affected. While it makes some sense for a developer to lock support and functionality for the application with the version of the operating system the developer originally used in testing, it also assumes that users will never attempt to install that application on a newer OS, or install a newer Service Pack to the same OS. While this is a relatively easy issue to mitigate with compatibility modes or fixes, you will see this surface frequently when coming from Windows XP to Windows 7.
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Like most big undertakings, the challenge isn't insurmountable if you take the time to deconstruct the problem into logical, manageable tasks.
An application readiness project falls into three major sections: Collecting, Analyzing and Mitigating. However, there are a couple of additional steps we would like to call out: consider virtualization technologies before you commence the testing regimen, to help reduce the testing process and potentially help improve your desktop infrastructure to make future migrations more manageable; and sequence the testing phase to align to your roll-out strategy.
If you're ready to dive in, let's get started.
The first step is to take an application inventory to understand exactly where you stand—and believe us; at this point you've probably just realized the problem is bigger than you thought. But more importantly, you've just turned an 'unknown' into a 'known' and are in a better position to scope the testing and readiness program and understand the challenges ahead.
Fortunately there are a number of tools available that can help automate the process. Your client management software might have this capability built-in, or you can also use the Application Compatibility Toolkit, available for free download. If you already have another inventory mechanism like System Center Configuration Manager, Asset Inventory Service or other, you can use that as a starting point.
To make the inventory most useful downstream, capture more than just a list of applications—you'll want to understand more detail on who is using an application, what their role is, and how important that application is to the user. With this information, you can prioritize those mission-critical applications and eliminate unused or redundant applications (more on that in the next step).
Also, there's a side benefit—identifying widely-used applications that you don't currently manage. You'll want to get these into your orbit so you can ensure they are properly managed, on the approved version and have the required software updates.
How many applications do you currently support that have been replaced or have otherwise fallen out of favor with business users? If you're like most organizations, a sizable number of them—in some cases most of them. So once you done your assessment and have a good 'lay of the land,' the next step is to scrub your supported application list and filter them down, before you undertake the time consuming—and costly— process of regression testing.
Set appropriate goals for your application portfolio. How many total apps do you want to support? At what point does an application elevate to "managed" status?
After you set your goals, it's now time to find the low hanging fruit and narrow down the applications that need testing.
Collect information from business users to help prioritize those apps that are mission critical, and determine which departments are using which apps. This will be useful when you sequence your testing process; you'll want to align the timing of your testing to your staged roll-out of the new desktop image.
No doubt you will find some applications that need some work to get them ready for Windows 7. At this point you have several options:
For custom or in-house developed applications, you can of course modify the code. This isn't always an option, but if it is, there are great resources to help. The Application Compatibility Cookbook, for example, notes the changes made from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and is available as a free guide to help developers recode an application for native compatibility.
The start of an OS migration project is a great time to rethink how you package and deliver applications to your end users. Virtualization technologies have opened up options that simply weren't available for the last major OS migration; you should consider different models for desktop image and application delivery before beginning the testing process. You might find that the savings in application testing and readiness more than offsets the cost of implementing a virtualized environment—while providing a more flexible and easier-to-manage environment for future efforts.
There are two major forms of virtualization that can address application compatibility issues—application virtualization and OS virtualization. Application virtualization separates the application layer from the OS, including the applications files and registry settings, and packages the application for streaming. OS virtualization come in a few different forms, but essentially creates an OS image independent of the native image on the machine.
Virtualizing your application portfolio provides a number of benefits for manageability and flexibility, but one key advantage is that you minimize application-to-application conflicts. This type of conflict arises, for instance, when you need to run two versions of the same application simultaneously—common in training situations where you want to compare the process of conducting a specific task in an old versus new application, or when the finance department is migrating to a newer version of their accounting software but needs access to the old one to close the fiscal year.
A more general use of virtualization to overcome application compatibility is to create a virtual image that contains a critical application and the operating system it is designed to run on. There are several tools to enable OS virtualization, from Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 Professional and higher SKUs (an unmanaged virtual image that will run applications intended for Windows XP but not compatible with Windows 7) to Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), which enables a virtual machine to be easily provisioned, configured and managed using policies to determine how the physical and virtual environments interact with one another.
Of course, adopting an alternative computing model for your client PCs is an undertaking in its own right, but this would be the time to assess whether the benefits to your organization—greater flexibility and manageability—outweigh the additional effort to adopt this model for PC provisioning.
Use your prioritization from step 2 to sequence your testing efforts, so you can begin the staged roll-out with and conduct subsequent testing in parallel.
As you begin the testing process, you can use two approaches—static and dynamic analysis; while static analysis is relatively new, a thorough testing regimen will use both.
Once you are ready to start rolling out into production, identify the people for whom a migration makes sense first—based on specific capabilities they need, or to minimize business disruption. Migrating a group of expert users will be easier than dealing with the help desk calls from task workers who now are looking at an unfamiliar screen and don't know what to do with it. Next, identify which applications these groups will need to perform their work. Start with groups that are minimally or unaffected by application compatibility based on the applications they use, this will enable you to validate the deployment process and the operating system. As you work through your application portfolio and more groups become unblocked from incompatible applications, then target those groups.
One final word of caution—avoid taking the process too far. If you let the scope creep from application compatibility to a full-blown application quality project, you might never finish. Accept the goal of fixing bugs that prevent work from being done, and avoid trying to eliminate every bug that exists—you undoubtedly have better use for your time!
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Readying your application portfolio for a migration to Windows 7 is a major undertaking, but fortunately there are a number of tools and an abundance of guidance to make the process more streamlined and manageable. We have just scratched the surface in this article; if you're ready to dive deeper and get the process rolling, a great next step is to visit the
Windows Client Application Compatibility Top Task page on TechNet, download the Application Compatibility Toolkit, and start building your project plan!
You can also find helpful information and guidance on Chris Jackson's Blog, and in the Windows 7 Application Compatibility white paper, which covers Understanding Application Compatibility and Understanding Application Compatibility in Your Environment. You can learn more on the virtualization technologies mentioned above on the MDOP Resource Zone.
To learn more about Windows 7 or any of the Windows Client technologies, please visit the Windows 7 TechCenter for the latest in information, guidance, and community connections.
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Recently I've been reading the excellent work by Jamais Cascio and thinking about the concept of "openness." Much of Jamais' work is focused on geoengineering, but the concept of openness has profound implications on many fields, including computer security.
For those of you who have been following the unfolding story of HBGary Federal and the Anonymous Group, this is what Hollywood movies are made of. In fact, I don't think a script writer could have penned this any better than the real life version. If you haven't been following the minute details of this story, this Tech Herald article is an excellent read on how the whole thing started.
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Associate Professor of Theology, 1981-2008
B.A., College of Saint Teresa, 1962; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1967; Dr. ès Sc. Rel., Université de Strasbourg, 1972
Recent courses taught:
- History of Spirituality I (Spring 2013)
- History of Spirituality III (Spring 2010)
- Christian Hagiography (Spring 2012, Fall 2009)
- Readings in Spiritual Direction, East and West (Spring 2009)
- Christian Prayer (Spring 2011, Fall 2008)
- History of Spirituality II (Spring 2008)
Van Nieuwenhove, Rik, Rob Faesen and Helen Rolfson, OSF, eds.
Late Medieval Mysticism of the Low Countries.
(Classics of Western Spirituality series).
New York: Paulist Press: 2008.
Summer 2004: Finished translation project of Jan van Ruusbroec's OPERA OMNIA: Die Gheestelike Tabernakel, which is scheduled to come out with Brepols publishers (Corpus Christianorum Series: Continuatio Medievalis) in Spring 2006. These last three volumes will terminate the entire project, which has been ongoing with members of Antwerp's Ruusbroecgenootschap for over 25 years.
September, 2006: Spoke at the congress "Ruusbroec in Babel? The Translation and Appropriation of Mystical Texts from the Middle Ages to the Present" at the University of Antwerp and the Lessius Hogeschool, on "The Translation Project of the Opera Omnia of Ruusbroec: a survey of the last 30 years."
May 7, 2005: Participated in a panel of two on "Forty Years of Women's Spirituality at Kalamazoo: A Round Table of Reminiscence, sponsored by Magistra: A Journal of Women's Spirituality in History, at the Medieval Conference (held at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan) from Wednesday to Sunday, May 4-8.
Apr. 14, 2005: Gave session for Continuing Education Program at the Benedictine Center, Saint Paul Monastery, St. Paul, Minnesota, on "Extreme Asceticism" as part of a series of "Theologians on Discipleship."
Mar. 18, 2005: Gave a day of retreat to the Curia of the Diocese of St. Cloud, on "The Spirit of Vatican II: Challenge to Spiritual Growth", at the Episcopal House of Prayer.
Jan. 7, 2005: Gave retreat conference for YTM program: "Theology and Spirituality of the Desert."
2004-2005: Served as Co-Chair/ member of Faculty Development and Research Committee.
2004-2005: Continued to serve as member of the St. Cloud Diocese Ecumenical Commission (and reappointed for another three-year term beginning May 2005).
Dec. 2: 2004 Served as a faculty moderator/discussion leader for local pastoral ministers in a morning session on Peter Steinfels' A PEOPLE ADRIFT.
Dec. 1, 2004: Gave a session for adults and for confirmation students in the Faith Formation Program, in Saint Mary's Cathedral program, on "Prayer and Icons."
Jul. 2004: Gave lecture (causerie) (in French) for the Sisters of Saint Benedict at the Monastery of Notre Dame d'Ermeton, Ermeton s/Biert, Belgium, on "Lectio Divina from a Franciscan Perspective."
Mar. 20, 2004: spoke (in French) in Ned Dubin's course: Topics in French Civilization: La Fille ainée de l'église, on the topic of Joinville: La Vie de S. Louis, and Jacobus de Voragine: St. Denis (from La Légende doré), and on the importance of hagiography as it relates to French royalty.
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Game Name: Rome Online - http://www.rome-online.net/
Game Description: Free to play MMO city/empire building strategy game .
Straying from the more battle-heavy RTS titles, the game's many quests revolve around achieving specific economic or social goals within your city. A military victory is sometimes necessary, yet you won't be able to sustain an army if you don't take the time to foster a strong empire and economy to support it. Creating a successful empire revolves around keeping your citizens safe and happy. Constructing numerous types of buildings to fulfill citizens' needs in the areas of food, religion and numerous other areas is primarily how you'll accomplish this task.
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Those of you looking to be able to send your text messages from the computer, rather than your iPhone, should check out a jailbreak tweak in Cydia called Remote Messages by iOS developer Beast Soft.
On Mac OS X Mountain Lion, users can take advantage of the native Messages application to send their iOS-using and Mac OS X Mountain Lion-using friends iMessages, however it doesnt go as far as to support SMS. This is where Remote Messages comes in. Remote Messages also works on Windows, and other platforms where Messages for Mac is not applicable.
As shown above, Remote Messages will keep your text messages in sync between your iPhone and your computer right through your Web browser. After you download Remote Messages, youll have to go into the Settings application under the Remote Messages preferences pane, enable the tweak, and then set a username and password.
You will enter the IP address that you see in the Settings application, then a colon, then and the port you see in the Settings application into the URL bar of the browser that you use, and then press the enter key to connect to your iPhone via Remote Messages a prompt will ask you to sign in the username and password that you set in the Remote Messages preferences pane from the iPhone's settings. Both devices must be on the same Wi-Fi network for this to work. The settings are shown below:
When you bring up the Remote Messages interface in your Web browser, it is important to note the interfaces individual elements. As shown below, there is a Send New Message button that you will press to begin a new conversation, an Attach Files button that you can use to send files from your computer to the recipient, and an Options button that you can press to reveal the Remote Messages settings:
You will also see from the image above that there is a field for showing you who the recipients are, a text field for entering your message, and a Send button that you will press to send the message to the recipient.
In addition, from the top right of the window, youll notice that Remote Messages includes stats about your iPhone. Youll see information such as the name of your iPhone carrier, signal strength, Wi-Fi strength, and whether or not the device is connected to Remote Messages:
If you click on the Options button that we showed you earlier, you will be able to view all of the following options:
From the Options, you can:
- Enable or disable pressing the Enter key to send messages
- Enable or disable sound alerts for when you receive notifications
- Enable or disable the showing of contact pictures in the conversation lists
- Enable or disable the showing of contact pictures next to messages in the conversation
- Enable or disable the ability to search through conversations
- Enable or disable desktop notifications
- Set the font you want to use for test messages
- Set the theme of the Remote Messages interface
Remote Messages also has another trick up its sleeve. Not only does it support SMS messages, but it also supports iMessage. Green messages indicate SMS messages, while blue messages indicate iMessages, just like on your iPhone:
In addition to support for iMessage, Remote Messages includes support for all of the below features too:
- File and media attachments
- iOS 6 emojis
- Typing notifications
- Real-time status notifications
- Automatically uses the contacts on your iPhone
- Works on iPhone 3GS and newer
- Works on Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer
- Includes a toggle for SBSettings
If working with Remote Messages over Wi-Fi isnt your cup of tea, Remote Messages works over a wired (USB) connection too, however you will need to install software on your Mac or Windows computer to do this. Remote Messages' Web site has information on how to do this, as well as links for the software. You can also use the Web site for more detailed instructions for connecting wirelessly, and for troubleshooting or support.
Remote Messages is normally $4.99 in the BigBoss repository, but as a present for our readers, the developer has made Remote Messages only $2.50 for the next week so you can grab it from Cydia for the discounted price if youd really love this functionality.
From our testing with Remote Messages, the text messages sync back and forth between devices quickly and the interface is easy to use and get used to. The appearance of the interface from the Web browser looks great, and the whole sha-bang is really easy to set up. I would totally recommend this for anyone looking for a way to text message their friends via their computer. The multi-platform support and support for SMS blows Apples Messages application out of the water.
Remote Messages only works with iOS 5 at the moment, however iOS 6 support is coming soon. Those of you waiting on the iOS 6.1 jailbreak for your iPhone 5 are going to love this when it receives iOS 6 support.
After installing Remote Messages from Cydia, please reboot your iPhone after you respring. If apps do not open, reboot a second time.
Name: Remote Messages
Price: Usually $4.99 ($2.50 for the next week)
Version: 1.1.2
Requirements: iOS 5
Repo: BigBoss
Developer: Beast Soft
Editor's Rating: 5/5


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Rich in suspense and brimming with adventure, the New York Times-bestselling Underland Chronicles unfold the fate of the Underland and the great warrior, Gregor. Suzanne Collins is also the author of the bestselling Hunger Games trilogy.
When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, and cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it, until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.
©2003 Suzanne Collins; (P)2005 Random House, Inc.
"Collins introduces her young heroes Gregor and his little sister Boots into a wonderland....A fantastically engaging place." (Publishers Weekly)
"Collins creates a fascinating, vivid, highly original world and a superb story." (Booklist)
"Great series."
I really like this entire series. Good characters. Very inventive story. Good writing. Good all around.
My taste differs from kid books to gory horror books.
"Margery Facklam should have co/authored."
This is for 4th graders through 8th graders. I believe that age group will really like the book, but it is not that good for adults. I believe it could have been, The writing is good, but there are large holes. I will say I liked the whole take a bath so they rats don't smell you. That is true for different cultures. My wife went to college with some Nigerians. They said that all Americans have a smell, because we eat so much meat. About half way through the story gets more interesting when they are joined by Rip Red, I liked his character. There were also some surprises I did not see coming.
I did feel she should have gotten someone like Facklam to help her write the story. This mostly takes place underground and the only animals she mentions, are people, rats, roaches, fish and spiders. Of all the animals and insects that live underground , this was all she could fit into the story.
A little girl gets sucked down a grate in a laundry room in New York City and so did a full grown man. The explanation for that did not take place until the end of the story and then it was not very good. I would like to know why a group traveling through dangerous territory did not post guards when they slept, where did the roast beef come from, where did he get cab fare and how come the kid who should be in her terrible two's is so good? I know this is meant for a young audience, but does that mean it has to be sloppy. Don't our kids deserve better.
"Love these books!"
I did not know what to expect having just finished the Hunger Games series. I loved those and thought that this may be along those lines. Gregor, Boots and all of the other characters in this series are awesome. I just got this book 3 days ago- and have just finished second one. These books are so good I'm going to purchase the books themselves.
The story is gripping, heartwarming, heartbreaking and just wonderful. There is no swearing - yes these may be more for children than adults but I don't see it that way. I'm looking forward to listening to the 3rd book!
"Very Good"
My son and I just finished this book and we really enjoyed it. My son is eleven years old. The story moved along at a nice pace and the narrator did a good job with the different voices. If you're looking for a good solid story that doesn't get bogged down in endless detail, this book is a good choice.
"Second best book series in print"
I loved the Underland chronicles, second best book series in print today, second only to Harry Potter of coarse. Well written, easy to understand and follow along, with no boring spots to interupt your enjoyment. Suzanne Collins is an excellent author and her Underland Chronicles is much better than her Hunger Games series. There are 5 books in the series and they all flow together like water in a river, and each book can stand by itself without the others if need be. The cast of caractors in this story is wonderfully well written, you fill emotionally attached to them by the time the series ends. So please follow Gregor and his two year old sister Boots along on a great and heart felt journey.
"Skip if you're looking for more Hunger Games"
I downloaded this book because I loved the Hunger Games so much. However, this book is aimed at an audience that is significantly younger and just isn't as gripping. It's not a bad book, but it's nothing that exciting either.
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Gregor is 11 years old and left at home to watch his baby sister, Boots, who is 2 years old and his grandmother who has trouble keeping her mind in the here and now.
It's summer. It's hot. And all Gregor can think is that it's pathetic that he's excited over the fact he gets to get out of the house for a few hours to do laundry.
Then...his sister falls down a......what? He dives after her and falls too, and what they find is a fantastical world where they are called "Overlanders".
Gregor is not sure about trusting these strangers, especially with his baby sister, but they gradually earn his trust....and his respect....and ultimately a gratitude he can never repay.
The world is strange; but described so well it's easy to visualize. Gregor doesn't think he's much of a "warrior" when a prophecy in the Underland seems to point to the fact that he is, and what he fights with would win no battles here in the Overland.
The choices he makes are so natural, so human, so real, it's easy to feel after a bit that you, the reader, are living it with him. Other characters are very three dimensional, and all the main ones change in some way throughout the book.
Wonderful as a good book or a good bedtime story; take your pick. Highly recommend for an escape!
Suzanne Collins paints a portrait out of her imagination of an immense Underland so vivid it does make me want to take a second look at anything that may go "down". Paul Boehmer narrates amazingly and believably both an old man's voice and the voice of a two year old little girl. (How do they do this?) Fantastic book; fantastic narration. A joy to read.
"Wonderful book"
I was originally recommended the Hunger Games trilogy and devoured them in days, so I decided to move to this older series. Collins' writing is slightly more raw, but her unique style certainly comes through. I was very absorbed by this book and the performer. I loved how he gave affections for all the characters, especially the toddler. It was a great story and happy it was my first credit. Sadly now I need to wait 3 more weeks for a credit for the second one!
"Highly recommend."
Highly recommend.
Never thought a storyline about a 2 year old sister would be fun. It is.
Never thought adventures with giant cockroaches, giant bats and giant rats would be fun or enjoyable. It was.
Imagine my surprise when I found myself driving down the street with tears streaming down my face when a certain cockroach was killed.
And what I couldn't get over is---- I. hate. cockroaches.
I had to stop the story and take a break. That has never happened before when a character died.
There are fun heroes where you dont expect them and great messages in unlikely places...
At first, this series was put off as something I was not eager to read in my Audible library. After finishing Book3 I sent an email to Audible to ask why Book4 is not available now. Loved it!
"Not a trilogy"
I really like all three of the Gregor books that are out so far. I thought it was a trilogy though and now I have to wait for the last two books (I hate that). The stories are good and so is the narrator. What I really like though is that, despite all their troubles, this is a story of a loving and mostly functional family, which is unusual in this type of fantasy fiction.
"Transfixing: We stood still to concentrate better."
Yes my 9 year old daughter & I are about to re-listen confident that Gregor the Overlander will be sufficiently powerful to hold the attention of 3 teens on a 4 hour car journey!
There are many memorable moments of tension & Gregor growing stronger in his self belief after each event. Escaping from the spiders was tense.
Paul Boehmer's 'Boots' is noteworthy as he makes the child innocent strength convincing.
Gregor the Overlander, the Underlander's Champion.
As an adult listening to a child's book, I liked the development of the main character as a reluctant hero taking on the responsibility of others out of doing best for his sister: quite normal but in abnormal surroundings.
my son's (11 & 8) often Sat in the car after getting home from school not being able to turn the story off (& I always continued listening without them after dropping them at school!)
"Just couldnt get into it"
Maybe it was the narrator or the subject matter but could not get into this book at all.
"Children's book?"
At first, I just thought this is a nice children's story but in the end I started to care about the characters more and I think I will listen to the second book. I am just not sure for which age this book would be something. Especially in the end I didn't think this would be a good story for children maybe young teenagers....
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|Accounting Students Spend Spring Break in Alaska Preparing Tax Returns
|Four School of Business students spent their Spring Break in the cold and snow instead of sun and sand, providing free tax help.
From March 8-17, Brandon Discenza, Matt Kimmey and Nicholas Vazquez – all graduate students in the MBA program in Professional Accountancy – along with senior accounting major Katie Tascione, traveled by small prop planes to remote villages in Alaska to take part in the Volunteer Tax & Loan Program (VTLP), sponsored by the Alaska Business Development Center. Ithaca College School of Business has been participating in this program for the past decade.
The program assists rural Alaskans who don't otherwise have access to services due to low income, language barriers and geographic location to get help preparing their state and federal income tax returns and handling disputes with the IRS, while the students gain valuable experience.
For Katie Tascione, "The experience was really great and definitely a once in a lifetime event. It was interesting to be able to learn first-hand about Alaskan village culture. Everyone was really grateful for our assistance with their taxes. It was nice to feel appreciated through helping others complete something that all of us have a passion for."
Ithaca College is one of only five institutions to take part in the program; the others are the University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Idaho, Gonzaga University and University of Montana.
For Brandon Discenza, "I had an amazing time traveling throughout the bush of Alaska. The people were very friendly and it was an eye opening experience learning about their culture. This is an experience I will never forget."
The VTLP serves regions of Alaska — from the Aleutians to the North Slope to the Yukon Delta — where populations are typically less than 300 people per village, professional tax assistance is limited or not available at all and the only means of transportation into the community is via small aircraft.
"It was an honor to represent Ithaca College and to have the opportunity to visit small villages throughout Alaska. It was exciting to meet the people, see the landscape and experience their culture." added Discenza.
The volunteers travel in groups of two to four students and one supervisor who is in charge of logistics, education and assisting with any complications in the field. The teams often work from 8:30 in the morning until after midnight, with residents sometimes waiting eight or nine hours in line to get their taxes done.
Mary Ellen Zuckerman, Dean, School of Business, said that "this is just another example of how business students go above and beyond traditional classroom settings and gain valuable real-world experience to help them succeed in their career path."


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Laguna Verde in Lanzarote, Biosphere Reserve
Scenery at Roque de Tejeda on Gran Canaria
Beach at Punta del Papagayo, Lanzarote (Canary Islands)
Roque Bentaiga, Gran Canaria
The Canary Islands have such a unique landscape that about 50% of the territory is a protected natural area. We invite you to visit some of these places in the province of Las Palmas.
We propose delving into the nature of the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, which form the province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. The archipelago is known for its extraordinary beauty of volcanic origin. These are some of the most amazing sites. Gran Canaria Over 40% of its territory and part of its waters are a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve. The main reason is that it is a miniature continent. In the southern part of the island, you can visit the Barranco de Guayadeque, a very steep area with the large palm trees that are characteristic of Gran Canaria. Also in the south, but on the coast, are the dunes of Maspalomas, a huge area of golden sand that looks like a desert, but is a magnificent beach. Meanwhile, in the centre of the island stand Pozo de las Nieves and Roque Nublo, two peaks offering excellent views. From there you can even see the neighbouring island of Tenerife. Meanwhile, in the northwest you can visit a volcanic crater, the Caldera of Bandama, which is just over 20 kilometres from the capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Lanzarote Lanzarote has been designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The best example of volcanic territory is the Timanfaya National Park. On your visit you will discover a lifeless area of red earth that resembles a lunar landscape. In addition, it is the island birthplace of César Manrique, and you can visit the natural monuments which inspired his art, such as the Mirador del Rio, the Jardín del Cactus or Jameos del Agua (a grotto where architecture and nature blend).
One of its major crops, grape vine, is also present in the volcanic landscape. In fact, the grapes are planted uniquely in Lanzarote to take advantage of the thermoregulatory function of its volcanic soil. You can see for yourself in La Geria. Meanwhile, on the coast you will have the opportunity to visit charming places like El Golfo (a sandy cove with a small green water lagoon) and the beach of Papagayo, a small protected cove with transparent waters. Fuerteventura The island and its waters are a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve. Here you can forget the world. You will find extensive beaches for relaxing and spending the day, both in the north at the Corralejo Nature Reserve, and in the south at Playas de Jandia. And you can take a nautical excursion to the Lobos islet Nature Reserve (a small island paradise located about two kilometres north of Fuerteventura). In addition to enjoying the landscape in Fuerteventura you can also experience a truly unique moment by attending one of the sea turtle releases that take place on Cofete Beach.
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Help! Please and thank you! (Iron Deficiency)
Hey all, Sully here. This is my first post and first time using any sort of forum so please, bare with me here :)
About a month and a half ago i set up an old 30g bow. The tank was originally going to be used as a grow out tank (Hints the unpleasant scape) however i decided to add Zebra Danio x12, White Cloud Danio x6, Celestial Pearl Danio x5, Ghost Shrimp x10 ( All purchased from Live aquaria) and re arrange the scape to add a little beauty to the tank. In the process ended up taking almost half the plants and moving them to a 20g long housed with 4 Tiger Barbs. I Will post pictures of both the aquariums.
I noticed yellowing leaves and veins in plants so i started dosing Flourish Iron. 2 weeks ago my Iron level read .0 according to MultiTest. Every morning including this morning the level still reads .0 even though i have been dosing Flourish Iron daily (recommended dose). I am getting 0 Iron readings, however have started to get an unusual amount of algae in the tank.
Also, some of the Bacopa, Hygrophila, and Water Wisteria are starting to melt and look dead. The Hygro has died down to just stalks with a few leaves at the top, and has random roots coming out of the stalk? Most of the leaves in the aquarium look rather dirty, like they have a layer of crud on them (This is hard to tell from the pictures). some really bad and thick, others not so much. Everything is getting these random roots from the stalks. I am so lost! (I will try and get some good pics of this also)
To top off my current issues, 4 of the Zebra Danio along with 1 Ghost shrimp have died within 7 days of receiving the fish order from Live Aquaria. (Day 14 of receiving them is tomorrow, so i will be calling tonight for the Guarantee) Some of the Danio seem to have bloated stomachs while some do not. I will need to do some research on this...
Tank Specs:
-Eco Complete Substrate
-2.5 WPG from Coralife T5 HO and a random CF
-150W Top-Fin Heater
-Marineland H.O.T Magnum 250 HOB canister
-30% Water changes every 7-10 days
-Temp= 76-78 degrees.
-Flourish Excel, recommended dose daily, since aquarium start up.
-Flourish, recommended dose weekly, since aquarium start up.
-Flourish Iron, recommended dose, using daily for the last 2 weeks.
-API Stress Zyme, With every water change.
Water levels:
-pH: 8.0
-Iron: 0.1 maybe? Just about nothing according to MultiTest
-Kh: 5 dKH
Thank you for any help/advice! You dont know how much I appreciate it. Thanks again.
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Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
Your problem, just like every other connie on this thread, is that gay marriage isn't a conservative ideology so you have to find something wrong about it so you go to the typical "Big Scary Government getting involved is wrong" when really your problem is something else. What it is I don't know but there is no government intervention in allowing gays to marry.
Government intervention in most cases restricts behavior and it is exactly what is happening here. No government intervention usually means freedoms such as the freedom to marry. This is why I joke you guys for your "liberty" fetish because you wouldn't know liberty if it hit you in the head. Restricting people from marrying who they want is a lack of liberty in this country.
It is consistent with Obama's secular and intellectual approach to politics to come out in support of gay marriage. I have always had a problem with Obama stance on this but understood his quasi-support of it was simply politics. His full support of it, without getting into the legality of rights etc., was the perfect statement. This is something I could care less about how it polls and more about him doing what folks like myself see as the right thing to do. For many people, this is a transformative moment and I am happy for them. You guys can dawdle around with finding ways to condemn it. I would expect nothing less and good luck. Allowing people who love each to fully marry is what liberty is all about. Its been a great day.
Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
How can it be consistent with OBY when he just changed his mind after tremendous pressure
from his own party and they were pressured by the gays. It would have been consistent if
he came out and said this in 2004 which he didn't.
In fact, it was Biden who forced OBYs hand. Now that's leadership Galen, the #2 guy
telling the #1 guy what to do.
And this link is from the DEMs own site - politicol.com.
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Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
I'm all for civil unions, like everybody else on this thread who isn't a thief, but not gay marriage. People should have every right to live with whoever they want and do whatever they want.
The great thing about this is that Obama probably just lost the election and that means a full Republican government by the end of next year. Him saying he supports gay marriage isn't going to win anymore votes from the gay community. People who support gay marriage are by and large democrats, so this didn't help him any. On the other hand, there are a lot more people who will get out and vote against him just because of what he said. Women tend to view the institution of marriage more strictly than men do, so Obama will lose some support from them. Some minorities who supported him the last time time around won't because of this little speech."A moron, a rapist, and a Pittsburgh Steeler walk into a bar. He sits down and says, Hi Im Ben may I have a drink please?
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Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
The thing about my view is that if a gay couple wants to go to a reform synagogue or universalist Unitarian church and get their civil union recognized as a marriage, then that's ok too. A marriage is a religious ceremony and anyone can have a religious ceremony at their particular church.
Nice thing about my compromise is that it officially removes the government from a religious ceremony while simultaneously granting everyone equal rights to be civilly unionized. I would be fine with my straight marriage being called a civil union, and if my wife wanted it to be called a marriage we could go down to a religious group that we believe in and get our union sanctified.
I don't see why you'd object to this Galen. I'm suggesting 100% equal treatment under the law for all couples. If private religious groups want to have a ceremony called "a marriage" they still can, but the government wouldn't be involved. There is no reason, aside from "tradition," that the government is involved in marriages at all. I think my compromise is the most strict application of the First Amendment's separation of church and state.My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. -Hank Aaron
Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
OBY really didn't want to do this now. His party leader said to man up but 6 months before
the election and the president has to lead a war on traditional marriage, when he's losing in landslides?
Nope, even OBY didn't want this now but was forced into it.
To recap:
He's started class warfare declaring war on the rich.
He declared war on the Church.
He's now declared war on traditional marriage.
He's declared war on the coal industry.
he's declared war on the oil industry.
He's declared war on the insurance industry.
He's declared war on capitalism.
He's declared war on wall street using his OWS.
What's left for him to declare war on?
Bad timing indeed.
Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
I am aware judges can perform marriages. I've seen them do it. We ALL are talking about getting government out of the marriage business. Not having them extend a privilege/right that they have no business being involved in, in the first place. Or having marriage and civil unions be separate 6 of one half dozen of the other.
But either with either approach, it's funny that you fathom "connies" don't have a problem with same-sex couples getting together, so you play dumb to the point we are trying to make and debate an argument no one is making. So sad...
Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
Not here. NPR said he made a conservative movement as America's evolution, well,
Its okay for governments to license civil unions? Or is that too much government too? Or is that okay? As long as they don't use the word marriage?
In the end your stance is no different than those who said "I am fine with that black person riding the bus as long as she sits on the back." You are making second class citizenry out of your own heterosexual privilege.
There are a boatload of people, heterosexual and homosexual, who want to get married in a secular fashion. Most of my friends were married outside of the church. Believe it or not there are a lot of people who find it just a lot easier and honest to go down the the local courthouse, get married and move on.
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Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
Your grasping for straws Galen. Back of the bus, really?
My first stance, is that government have no business in marriage or unions at all. As a compromise, I agree with Spambot's stance, that if you want equality in the law, that government (i.e. judges) perform civil unions, anyone who wants a marriage ceremony can go to their church. And as I said and as others have pointed out there are churches and synagogues where same- sex couples can have a marriage ceremony.
But in reality, Obama coming out and "support" of gay marriage is to get everyone talking about this. When we all know "It's the economy stupid"
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Re: Obama about to announce support of marriage rights for all?
Let Galen have his moment. Seriously.
But make no mistake, the President didn't want to make this statement. It was forced by Biden and came WAY too early.
And even the Politico sees the pitfalls of this move. This move, while gets his base re-energized, puts him in serious jeopardy in the battle ground states:


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After losing a significant amount of weight (thank you Spartans and P90X:thumbup) I have realized the need to significantly re-vamp my first costume; my own vision of a hybrid/variant of a Cold Assault Clone Commander, circa Order 66+5. This will be, along with my concurrent, new AOTC clone build, my final project (I think) Hell, this project is really representative of an entire wardrobe overhaul. I need to refit everything from board shorts, t-shirts, business suits and my snowboard gear, everything. Might as well make sure I am fitted and equipped for the next Galactic skirmish !
The helmet will be the first job to tackle. Starting with the helmet first seems to be the way I like to get things rolling. It helps me set the tone for the overall project. My current helmet is an MR Basic, heavily modified into a clone Inclement Weather Helmet. The helmet is seen on Commander Bacara, in ROTS. Initially, Bacara started off as a "Tank Driver" in pre-production (see ILM image below) Though I like my current helmet, it still suffers from a handful of subtle inaccuracies. Not to mention, weighs as much as a bowling ball.
The I.W.H. helmet is actually two helmets in concept; a standard Phase-II helmet with outer helmet and "neck guard" (as they are referred to on ancient Samurai helmets) that can be removed. The outer helmet also has two communications mandibles, a receiver and antenna. I will be making a modification to the inner helmet with hook-up's to solidify the concept when the outer helmet is off. Typically this helmet has two face shields on either side of the faceplate mandibles, though I like the look of the face shields off, for this character.
ILM Pre-Pro image (for basic concept reference only)
The new helmet will have a removable, light weight outer helmet. Here are images of my current helmet, as the outer helmet will be the base Master for the new helmet pull (I am not sure what material we will be pulling at this time)
The primary problem at this time is in fact the dome. My current helmet dome is effectively the existing dome minus the Communications Fin (or Mohawk) rendering it inaccurate. The front of the dome needs to rise higher, and then swoop back over the Mohawk, tapering off at the back. In the case of my current helmet (the master) I filled the gap with bondo, sanded and prepped for a smooth finish.
Master Build-Out
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Another feature of the UFO Finder game is the REFRESH and the FIND buttons. As you are falling behind finding the similar UFO spaceship colored icons press the FIND button and the game will connect two of the colorful UFO Finder game cards, by clicking the REFRESH button new space shuttle game clipart will shuffle. Click the buttons for 3 times.
.This game is made from an indie game company located in Greece called CUCUVAYAGAMES.
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Posted by Richard Fichera on December 19, 2013
As the new year looms, thoughts turn once again to our annual reading of the tea leaves, in this case focused on what I see coming in server land. We've just published the full report, Predictions for 2014: Servers & Data Centers, but as teaser, here are a few of the major highlights from the report:
1. Increasing choices in form factor and packaging – I&O pros will have to cope with a proliferation of new form factors, some optimized for dense low-power cloud workloads, some for general purpose legacy IT, and some for horizontal VM clusters (or internal cloud if you prefer). These will continue to appear in an increasing number of variants.
2. ARM – Make or break time is coming, depending on the success of coming 64-bit ARM CPU/SOC designs with full server feature sets including VM support.
3. The beat goes on – Major turn of the great wheel coming for server CPUs in early 2014.
4. Huge potential disruption in flash architecture – Introduction of flash in main memory DIMM slots has the potential to completely disrupt how flash is used in storage tiers, and potentially can break the current storage tiering model, initially physically with the potential to ripple through memory architectures.


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There may be many different causes for the multiple conditions under the autism spectrum. Though environmental factors are believed to play a role, the exact causes have not been identified. Currently there are no confirmed steps for Autism prevention but research is suggesting that the period just before, during and just after birth may be important. More research is continuing to help identify steps that may decrease the risk of Autism.
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Ames, Iowa— Iowa Learning Farms will host a field day at the Barry Kusel farm near Manning, Iowa, on Wednesday, June 20, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The field day will focus on no-till conservation farming and cover crop management for optimum results.
Carroll County farmer Barry Kusel started no-tilling in the early 1980s to reduce erosion on their highly erodible loess soils. He now uses no-till on all of his farmland. Recently, he added a winter rye cover crop to his rotation to further reduce erosion and to improve the soil organic matter levels. Kusel will share his insights about successfully transitioning to no-till and using cover crops with field day attendees. ISU Extension and Outreach Field Agronomist Mark Licht will teach about soil profile characteristics from a soil root pit dug specifically for the field day and other Extension and agency experts will be on-hand to answer no-till and cover crop management questions.
The field day includes a complimentary evening meal. The event is free and the public is invited to attend. The field day site is located one mile north of Highway 141 and one mile west of county road M-68 (Delta Ave.); at the corner of East St. (Concord Ave.) and 300th St. (E-57), northeast of Manning.
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I would like you to forget the word 'aggression' and just know you have a normal reactive puppy. Who barks.
This is fixed by creating life experiences, training (good for you for being in classes) and continues socialization. Isolation in the crate is NOT adding to anything (but makes things easier for us cause the crate is their friend/trainer/experience.).
I have a 17 week old puppy myself so know what I'm talking about. Just this week she decided that BARKING at new dogs/people is the way to go (not all of them btw). It's not agression though. It's her trying out a new thing as her brain grows and personality expands. I'm not crating her more because of it.
I only crate at night, when no one is home during the day, and if I need a breather to get something done and the puppy is NOT helping . Otherwise, I got a puppy and it's my job to spend the time with it to teach it, expose it to things, and guide her thru this new world while her baby brain is growing.
I'm carrying a pocket full of treats (mostly kibble ) as I type this and am constantly feeding them to her during the day. Constantly having teeny training sessions during the day. Mostly just loving on her and telling her how PERFECT she is during the day. And encouraging when she lies down and is calm with a toy on the many dog beds (one per room actually).
Have you had a chance to read thru this yet? -->http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...s-puppies.html specially the last part with the socialization.
We are currently taking puppy classes
First we have class. Then the pups all play. THEN I go out with Osin (my pups) brother Odin and his person (Sue) and we walk around at Petsmart for awhile. Or on the canal for awhile. Or last week we went to the local farmers market for about an hour. Saturday is for my puppy for now, and the more time I can spend with her now, the less problems will rear their head later on.
Good luck!
|I also have her in puppy training every monday at PetsMart. and when i take her out to use the bathroom i usually train with her for 10-15 min before putting her back in
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Read puppy section. She's not aggressive. Opinionated, maybe. Aggressive, not likely. Is she your first GSD puppy?
By keeping her in the crate except to potty, eat and exercise, she's not getting what she needs from you to grow mentally. She needs time with you, training can begin, socialization to sights, sounds, smells, etc. She needs to be able to bond with you. Look into flirt poles.
A tired puppy is a good puppy.
Read puppy section. She's not aggressive. Opinionated, maybe. Aggressive, not likely. Is she your first GSD puppy?
By keeping her in the crate except to potty, eat and exercise, she's not getting what she needs from you to grow mentally. She needs time with you, training can begin, socialization to sights, sounds, smells, etc. She needs to be able to bond with you. Look into flirt poles.
A tired puppy is a good puppy.
It's difficult to say if your pup is truly aggressive, or needs a LOT more exercise. At that age, I tend to believe it is not aggression at all, just a puppy that isn't getting enough exercise.
Think along the line of your two boys. If I came over at 8:00 p.m., and gave them each a Red Bull and a bag full of chocolate minitures and told them "I want you to finish your Red Bull and your candy and then go to sleep." What do you think would happen?
My aggressive puppy
Jenna is 14 weeks old and when I first got her (at 9weeks) she was super friendly. I mean she barked at you if you came near, but once you let her smell you she melted and would start kissing you and wanting to play. Now she will bark at you and then smell your hand and continue barking and growling. I have two boys (5 and 7) and she gets along fine with them. I am house training her with a crate and would let her out for too long and she would have too many accidents. So I decided that for one week she would be in the crate and I would only let her out to eat, go to the bathroom, and to exercise; other than that she is in the crate. I don't know if maybe this new method of mine of keeping her in the crate has triggered her aggression. Please if anyone has advice or input i would love to hear from you.
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Discussion in 'April 2008' started by Dlev59, Apr 14, 2008.
Also, not sure if you're into baseball, but the Tigers are playing in Cleveland tonight.
To bottom dwellers? Why would anyone wanna go see that? :nerd2:
Yeah I did see that, but I think I`ve had all the baseball I can handle for a while after I saw the Blue Jays and Athletics go 11 innings with only 2 total runs last week. Man that was hard to watch. :nerd2:
Well the Tigers pitcher tonight is a call up from the minor leagues and will be making the 2nd major league start of his career. That is the recipe for a real run-fest tonight.
If I can`t scalp a decent ticket at Gund Arena I`ll walk next door and see the Indians guys. So convenient here, the stadiums are all within walking distance of each other and all located in the heart of downtown Cleveland.
Kind of like Detroit, except for the basketball stadium. Davidson needs to find a place downtown to build a new arena in due time.
thats a quirk of the schedules... minn in baseball and basketball in detrioit one night... and det in cleveland for both the next night. lets hope for the same results and throw a wings win in to cap off the night.
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I have some gray fabric that I need to weather to make it look charcoal. How do I do that and keep the weathered look after washing?
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I have some gray fabric that I need to weather to make it look charcoal. How do I do that and keep the weathered look after washing?
Are you just wanting it to look dirty, or dirty and worn, or dirty, worn and distressed?
I use a misting of flat black, gray primer, brown, and Testor's Dull Cote to give my that dirty, smoked look. If you wash it, it will come off to an extent, so you'll have to re-apply it again.
For the worn (aged) look, you can use a rough grit sandpaper or a wire brush to wear away at the fabric a bit. You could also drag it back and forth on rough concrete (like a driveway).
For the distressed (battle damage) look, you can bunch up a small area and snip away at it with some scissors (dull scissors actually do a pretty good job as they don't cut all the way through it). After you wash it a few time, the ends will fray (depending on what type of fabric it is). Natural materials like cotton work best. Synthetics like polyester just tend to tear and then unravel when washed. You can always singe the fabric in a few spots if you dare, but be warned that it will weaken the fabric. If you do this, stand next to a sink or tub of water in case things go awry. Just be careful.
BF - are those the colors you recommend for weathering the coverall?
Tie it to the bumper of your car and drive it around a parking lot for a minute. A buddy of mine did that to a leather jacket for his Wolverine costume and it looked great. Just a thought. :D Take care and good luck,
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For my ESB jumpsuit I used...brake dust (grime) that accumulated on the hubcaps of my SUV. Sounds crazy...right? You'd be surprised how well it is to work with. Just rub it on your fingers and apply it directly to the fabric. Work with it...just keep rubbing it in where ever you want it. If you want darker areas...just add more. Then to fade the entire suit and make it look worn...I got out my trusty wire brush and scrubbed the whole thing down. The wire kinda shreds the fabic at the miniscule level...adding years of wear and tear to it instantly. I am quite pleased with how it turned out and trust me...anyone can do it. Have fun!
I airbrushed rust color, and flat black fabric paint on my coveralls. The trick I think is less is more. with an airbrush at least you can overdo it and it looks prefabricated.
Yeah, that stuff does work pretty well, just be carefull and wear a breath mask...that stuff is primarily asbestos, and can be really nasty if you breath it into your lungs. I've found that charcoal is just as effective, and less hazardous. For alot of my weathering on my ESB stuff, I just used a spray bottle with dilluted black dye. worked great. Also used very thin black testors paint through an airbrush.Quote:
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For my ESB jumpsuit I used...brake dust (grime) that accumulated on the hubcaps of my SUV. Sounds crazy...right? You'd be surprised how well it is to work with.
Yes,black,or 'carbon scoring' is just ordinary brake lining dust...we use it a LOT in weathering,for film...looks the bizzo..it won't shine,or reflect,but looks realistic.
We here just go to the parking lot,and rub fingers on wheels and apply........simple.......
I used a mix of water and various shades of browns and black paints. I brushed and layer it on while the fabric was damp.
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Logan • A see-saw contest turned into a battle at the free-throw line, and the Utah State basketball team was able to prevail with a 65-55 win over Weber State on Saturday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
The Aggies took advantage of a foul-happy Wildcats squad, going 22-for-32 from the free throw line to eke out a victory in a game with dozens of lead changes.
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