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LANSDOWNE – Jim Crawford holds out a cup filled with a clear liquid. It doesn't look like much – in fact it just looks like water.
Historian, publisher of Cape Breton Magazine, and Order of Canada member Ronald Caplan has thrown his support behind naming a holiday after Viola Desmond.
Many people know Viola Desmond as an icon for social justice in Canada, a release from Caplan said.
In New Glasgow on Nov. 8, 1946, Desmond, a black woman, refused to give up her seat in the "whites only" section of a movie theatre.
She spent a night in jail, was fined, and set off a chain of events that, 60 years later, led to a formal apology from the Province of Nova Scotia and a Royal Pardon that affirmed that there had been a miscarriage of justice and that Desmond had committed no crime.
Since then, Viola's portrait now hangs in Government House, Canada Post has issued a stamp in her honour and the Viola Desmond Chair for Research in Social Justice has been established at Cape Breton University.
Ryerson University celebrates Viola Desmond Day with scholarships and the Town of New Glasgow has permanent teaching displays about her.
Wanda Robson, Viola's sister and the author of Sister to Courage, has suggested that the day should be called "Viola Desmond Day — in honour of all Nova Scotians who have fought for social justice."
Robson said that the Viola Desmond holiday would be an opportunity to discuss the continuing story of social justice in Nova Scotia, as well as a chance for young people to learn much more about Desmond herself.
Desmond was also an entrepreneur in the field of black beauty care.
She opened doors for dignity and self-worth for other black women, gave opportunities for other young black women to achieve business success of their own, the release says.
Desmond traveled to Montreal and New York to study hairdressing and skin care, to learn how to make wigs and her own cosmetic products.
She returned to Halifax to operate a beauty parlour serving black women. She also created a line of beauty products and skin creams that met the needs of black women.
She started the Desmond School of Beauty Culture, graduating her first class in 1947.
Desmond pioneered in franchising, as she supplied these new shops with her own beauty products.
In fact, she was enroute to Sydney to deliver her beauty products when her car broke down in New Glasgow. She had to stay the night, an opportunity for an evening at the movies. She happened to sit in the "whites only" section at the Roseland Theatre. This led to her being asked to move and her refusing to give up her seat, being carried out of the theatre, jailed and found guilty of cheating Nova Scotia out of one penny - the difference between a ticket on the first floor and a ticket in the balcony where blacks were required to sit.
She became a Canadian icon for social justice, nine years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgmoery, Alabama bus in 1955.
Grateful as we are for Viola Desmond's actions in 1946, we would fail her if we did not also remember the day-to-day courage of a woman who was determined to succeed in business, who created and managed a vital enterprise, who trained others in the field of beauty care and broke through racial and gender barriers, Caplan said in his statement.
Caplan suggests contacting the Nova Scotia government to push that the new provincial holiday be called "Viola Desmond Day," to celebrate her business achievements and courage in both her field and that day in New Glasgow in 1946.


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remember that you'll be paying like $10/gallon. Expensive 16 hours in the car.
I'd do it just to have done it at least once.
is this your first time to europe?. If so, just the culture shock might last a couple weeks, then you're probably going to get homesick and just wanna get the **** out of there. In other words, you're not going to have time to deal with much else.
If not your first time, the beer, culture, architecture, etc is about a good a surf substitute as any...the month will fly by.
Sounds like you've got your mind made up already. You'll be back to normal in a couple sessions after your month off.

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The beautiful people gathered Friday at Santa Anita Park to celebrate the return of horse racing's greatest event.
They couldn't have picked a better day for the Breeders' Cup World Championship. The stunning weather - so different than the stormy and chilly east - reflected itself in short skirts, bare shoulders and large-brimmed hats designed to keep the sun at bay.
And I'm at the track keeping tabs on it all just outside the Turf Club talking to a guy who calls himself "Crazy Tom."
He's a vet who spent some time in `Nam. In fact Crazy Tom almost died twice. The first time was in `69. He was with a detachment outside Da Nang. The second time was in `74.
Crazy Tom, wearing a Washington Redskins cap and several ounces of silver and turquoise, points to his ticker when he recalls that one. As for the circumstances - well they are too tough to go into right now.
He pulls out a pack of Pall Malls. Filtered. Takes off the cap and wipes his bald head. Then, Crazy Tom looks to the heavens. He tells me how he hugged jockey Mike Smith just a few minutes ago. That was just before Mike Smith won the Grade I Lady's Classic.
Crazy Tom has a lucky touch. I don't. But that's another story too.
My old sports editor Art "Skipper" Wilson says "you meet people at the race track you'll never meet anywhere else in your life."
He is so right.
Princes. Paupers. Degenerates. Beautiful James Bond type women. Average Joes.
It's one of the few places left where you can smoke a cigarette or a stogie in public, down a beer or shot with friends, meet new people and get home before sundown.
"There's nothing like just being around so many great people and seeing everyone get excited," said Dave R. New, a carpenter from Temple City standing on the apron between the grandstand and the rail. "I love it here. Write that. Put that down in the paper, dog."
Banners from dozens of countries fluttered above the tunnels. But nowhere was national pride more evident that among a group of Argentines celebrating the win of Calidoscopio in the $500,000 Grade II Breeder's Cup Marathon.
The grueling 1 3/4-mile race is the longest in North America and Calidoscopio, a nine-year-old with a past performance chart about as long as your arm, went off with no chance to win (much less cross the finish line) at 16-1.
When he pulled off what fickle bettors believed to be impossible, chants, cheers, and shouts of joy filled the Winner's Circle.
The only division was the language barrier that separated jockey Aaron Gryder and Calidoscopio's other connections.
"I don't speak any Spanish and they don't speak any English," Gryder said.
As for trainer Guillermo Frankel and the syndicate of owners waving the sky blue and white flag?
"We were shouting for Argentina," Frankel said. "That's what you do when you win something."
The Breeders' Cup concludes Saturday with 12 races including the Breeders' Cup Classic, which will be broadcast nationally on NBC.
Dave and Danny thought that since I had been in the press box that perhaps I had some magical - or mystical - insight passed on by those with inside knowledge.
Sadly, I didn't. The crumpled up tickets in my pocket attest to that fact.
The only wisdom I heard all day came as I was leaving. It came from the mouth of Crazy Tom standing there outside the Turf Club in his shorts and sandals.
"You can't win if you don't play."
Frank Girardot is the editor of the Pasadena Star-News. Follow him at Twitter.com/FrankGirardot or on Facebook.com/crimesceneblog.


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Ed Sheeran Tells Story Behind 'X' Cover Art
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The cover of Ed Sheeran's new album "x" is a simple but bold, black X against a green background...but that wasn't the original plan.
In fact, Ed actually commissioned more elaborate artwork and the X was only supposed to be temporary.
Ed explains: "The holding cover for iTunes that the label had was the green with the black X. It was only meant to go up until the real artwork was finished. I just really liked it. It was simple, effective, stood out, people know what it is."
"x" is on iTunes now.


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Dying Buffalo, Shot with an Arrow
1832-1833 George Catlin Born: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1796 Died: Jersey City, New Jersey 1872 oil on canvas 24 x 29 in. (60.9 x 73.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. 1985.66.407 Not currently on view
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"The American bison, or . . . buffalo, is the largest of the ruminating animals that is now living in America; and seems to have been spread over the plains of this vast country, by the Great Spirit, for the use and subsistence of the red men, who live almost exclusively on their flesh, and clothe themselves with their skins . . . The buffalo bull often grows to the enormous weight of 2000 pounds, and shakes a long and shaggy black mane, that falls in great profusion and confusion over his head and shoulders; and oftentimes falling down quite to the ground. The horns are short, but very large, and have but one turn, i.e. they are a simple arch, without the least approach to a spiral form, like those of the common ox, or of the goat species." George Catlin made this sketch on the Upper Missouri in 1832. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 31, 1841; reprint 1973)
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2013 Cade Foundation Illinois VIRTUAL Race for the Family and Family Fun Picnic
Tinina Q Cade Foundation, Inc.
Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
The Cade Foundation Illinois Race for the Family is a VIRTUAL 5k run/walk intended to raise money to fund grants for families with infertility. Everyone registered will be entered to win a FREE IVF from IVF1 (www.ivf1.com.) Everyone who either registers or fundraises at least $50 (at http://www.razoo.com/story/2013-Illinois-Virtual-Race-For-The-Family?referral_code=share or create your own RAZOO.com fundraising page) is invited to the Cade Foundation Family Building Cookout Saturday June 22, 2013 at Lincoln Park in Chicago. This will include a Savannah's Playground activity for children aged 2-8. You'll also get an awesome t shirt- and know that you have supported an organization that gives back to local families (2 families from Illinois awarded grants in 2012, 3 from Indiana awarded grants in past.)
If you're wondering "what is a virtual race"- it is an event where you register then run or walk or sleep and think about racing on your own or with your group at your convenience. Our goal is to raise $50,000 through this race- and we hope that you will join us!
-Everyone who registers by June 1, 2013 will receive a bib and an official race t-shirt by mail.
· - Anyone who registers between June 2 and June 22 can still come out to the Cade Foundation Family Fun Picnic to pick up their shirt (if they are still available) and celebrate OVERCOMING infertility over lunch with us! Shirts are only guaranteed to the first 200 registrants and will not be mailed after June 1 or available following the picnic.
- If you choose, you can run the 5k race on your own or with your group by June 15, 2013 and submit to us your race date, location, and start/stop time and a photo of you finishing the run and we will send you an official race MEDAL to celebrate your completion!
-Come out and celebrate with us at our Family Fun Picnic at Lincoln Park (Chicago, IL) on Saturday June 22, 2013 from 11:00AM - 1:00 PM
- DONE! That's how we OVERCOME infertility in Illinois!
The best parts of a virtual race? You have helped an amazing cause, you get to run the race on your time and at your favorite location, instead of the time and space chosen by a race director!
Please note that t-shirts will not be available after the Family Picnic.
IL VIRTUAL Race for the Family and Family Building Cookout Waiver and Release Of Claims, Assumption Of Risk and Warning Of Risk
I understand that participating in a 5K run/walk or fun run is a
potentially hazardous activity, and I agree not to enter and participate
unless I am medically able. I understand that this activity is a VIRTUAL race and that there is no actual live running/ walking event.
I understand that participants at the Cade Foundation Family Cookout are
expected to exhibit appropriate behavior at all times, including respect
for all people, equipment, and facilities and the race organizers may
dismiss anyone whose behavior endangers safety or negatively affects a
race, a person, a facility, or property of any type or kind. I understand
that all entries are final with no refunds offered under any circumstances.
Cade Foundation reserves the right in the event of an emergency or local or national disaster to cancel the Cade Foundation Family Picnic or to change the day and/or time to a later day and in the event of cancellation or change there is no refund of registration fees.
I grant permission to the event organizers for the use of any photographs,
motion pictures, recordings, or any other record of this event for any
lawful purpose, including but not limited to promoting, advertising and
marketing purposes. Any and all photographs, motion pictures, recordings
or other records of the event are and will become the sole property of the
Tinina Q Cade Foundation. When registering online, I understand that
my online signature shall substitute for and have the same legal effect as
an original form signature.
Having read this waiver and release and knowing these facts and in
consideration of your accepting my registration donation fee and participation, I, for
myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release Tinina Q
Cade Foundation event officials, volunteers,
sponsors and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, principals,
directors, agents, officers, employees or contractors (hereafter the "IL VIRTUAL
Race for the Family and Family Building Cookout") of and from all claims, liabilities or causes of
action of any kind arising out of my participation in this event or its
related activities, which I or my successors, assigns or heirs may ever
have now or in the future against any of them. I further agree to waive
and relinquish all such claims my minor child/ward may have (or that accrue
to me or my child/ward) as a result of participating in these activities
against the IL VIRTUAL Race for the Family or the Family Building Cookout. This release and waiver extends to all claims of every kind and nature whatsoever.
When & Where
2045 N Lincoln Park West
Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)
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The Tinina Q Cade Foundation is a 501c3 tax exempt non profit organization that provides information and financial support to help families OVERCOME infertility! The Cade Foundation provides grants up to $10,000 to assist with costs of adoption and fertility treatment. For more information, visit www.cadefoundation.org. Together- we are OVERCOMING infertility!


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This is the second time that my script was rejected, and sincerely, I have no idea on why this is happened again. I think my script has all the numbers to be accepted in the Codecanyion marketplace. If for some reason unknown to me, someone rejects for 2 times my job, which in my opinion has no problems and cost me many days of work, I think Codecanyon should rely on the most competent (and most important, not anonimous reviewers) in order to evaluate the work of others webmasters. I have many years of experience on programming, and I feel extremely humiliated for what is happening.
This is the reason for which my script has been rejected a second time:
And as I mentioned, you need to provide better examples of how this can be used in real life. Maybe provide an option to display a banner/splash page with the animation and then redirect after a set time? Right now, a countdown with some snow falling and an animation of sleds looks nice but has zero real world use as buyers will want to integrate this with their own content instead of buying a fancy countdown page.
I kindly ask anyone willing to do so, to take a look at the demohttp://goldwebonline.info/programs/MerryChristmas/
- documentation and code generator:http://goldwebonline.info/programs/MerryChristmas/MegaXmas/docs/
At this point, I will be glad to give it, for free, to anyone who asks for it publicly.
Money is not everything in life.
best wishes to all you.
I think your script gets rejected because it is not so good looking. When I first saw it I though It looks so old. Like 10 year old site. I personnaly would never buy it for my site.
Maybe the reviewer though the same or maybe not.
This is only my opinion, others can see this diferently.
I don't think it looks old and the script seems to be running fine. I'm finding it difficult to think of a good place to use it. It looks like an entire webpage layout? Are visitors supposed to bypass this page to get into the website. The script is running good and CodeCanyon is a little more flexible when it comes to design – I think it's a usage. Maybe if you turned it into a smaller, self-contained "widget"?
first, even before looking at your script, you have a looser attitude, which is not good.
"i had hard time doing it, now take it for free, money is not important…"
so, why complain ?! two times rejected? that's it?
you compare your work to be reviewed by the best coders for better evaluations, but did you do it yourself, reviewing others work here? did you compare your work with others of the same level ?!
personally, i would not buy your script, even use it for free… there are a load of other christmas javascripts that do exactly the same thing, without the olderish style. snow, countdown and christmas music is so 2000 when people discovered flash…
you can't take negative reviews, you're certainly in the wrong place. already you have only a small % of profits from each sales here, if you really want to be reviewed positively, you need to go to a place where people have less expectations… this site is for pros!
old style…, old style…, what's wrong with the old style? I designed this way my script because I love this style which in my opinion is the most suitable to represent Christmas. However, I decided to move my work on another marketplace. that is all.
The reviewer gave a very apt reason for rejecting your script. I completely second him, and most of the people above. Your product isn't very appealing. And yes, customization would be a problem. You should look at rejection as a chance to improve. My script was rejected thrice before getting accepted. And I am thankful to the reviewers for rejecting my script, because it gave me a chance to make big improvements (which, in turn, helped me)
@Masterblank, pay no attention to anyone here. While this site is a "place for pros" and some may feel your item looks "dated and in an old style" – don't focus on that. Just focus on taking the reviewers advice to perfect your item and make it better. This community is here to help each other, and without any help from others we wouldn't grow as designers and coders. There are a lot of simple scripts out there – and writing code is only half the art – presenting it and marketing it properly is the other half – something that many CodeCanyon authors struggle with.
Wherever you decide to market this item, you'll most likely have difficulty selling it, but not for quality reasons. The reviewers are professionals and are giving you some solid advice to improve the viability of your item.
Again, usability is a factor. You've thought out so many angles of the coding process, but you've left out the user. How is the user going to use your item to add something special to their site? Is your item going to be a must-have?
Put yourself in the position of the buyer, and ask yourself – do I want to buy this item so I can display a splash page on my website for a month? A splash page that may do nothing aside from annoy my visitors? There's nothing wrong with your coding, just your approach. There are 2 main problems: 1) It will be annoying as a splash page… there's a reason you don't see those anymore. 2) The functionality is somewhat limited… a countdown.
That's why I recommended building this into a widget, or a small banner – solves the first problem. As a widget or banner, a lot of websites would have a seasonal use for this! Adding functionality is a simple matter a providing a second scenario for the plugin – perhaps instead of a counter they could showcase an image with a link… such as a product to purchase? That increases the value of the plugin quite a bit. Now a buyer is getting a banner that they can easily install, and display either a countdown to Christmas, or a featured Christmas product with animations to draw peoples attention. You could even get tricky and alternate between the two, or create a slideshow of products, etc.
Anyway, the plugin isn't a lost cause, but just needs a little modification – and these modifications do nothing but guarantee a better chance of selling


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8th Annual 20s & 30s Chocolate Heaven Shabbat
20s & 30s @ Town & Village
Friday, February 8, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
Join us for our 8th Annual Chocolate Heaven Shabbat!
Come and enjoy a delicious dairy Italian meal followed by decadent chocolate desserts. We welcome all Young Adults and Grad Students in their 20s & 30s.
Spirited services to welcome Shabbat begin at 6 PM.
Appetizers and Drinks will begin at 7:15.
As we are anticipating a waitlist for this event, please aim to arrive between 7:45 - 8 PM at the latest. At 8 PM we will begin to let people in off of the waitlist if there are no shows.
While the cost of dinner is $26 per person, we have made a number of tickets available for those who need finanical assistance. Please pay what you can afford, and consider donating a couple extra dollars to help open more discounted spots. Tickets are available on a scale of $18 to $28 until two weeks before the event. Starting Monday, January 28th the scale will be $20 - $28. If the event is not sold out the week of the event, tickets will available from $26 to $28. If tickets are available on 2/7 & 2/8 they will be $28.
We welcome people of all financial means. A limited number of tickets are available for individuals who are willing to volunteer through out the event are able to arrive by 5PM and stay until 10:30PM. If you are interested in volunteering, please email email@example.com. These spots fill up quickly--usually within the first week of ticket sales.
If you have any questions or want more information:
E-mail Rory at email@example.com
Visit Our Web Page: www.tandv.org
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Our events do frequently sell out. In the event that the dinner sells out there will be a number of $5 wait list tickets which will allow admission to the happy hour. If there are no-shows or cancellations you can attend the dinner and will be able to mail a check for the difference the following week.
When & Where
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Friday, February 8, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
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Just as the giant Chili Cookoff inspires food with the impact of a reactor-core meltdown, the Jerk Festival usually ignites taste buds in a big way. Scotch bonnet peppers, the fiery ingredient in jerk sauce, appears to greater and lesser degrees in the authentic Jamaican cuisine offered by vendors and competitors. Having outgrown a smaller spot in Pembroke Pines, the festival settled into the big fields of Markham Park last year, where the food and music lasts until 9 p.m. (last call used to come at 5:30 in the old location). And there's more jerk chicken, fish, and pork than ever before, with a $500 prize and the Dutch Pot Trophy waiting for whoever can curry the judges' favor without burning their tongues. Instead of the country anthems that blare at the redneckian Chili Cookoff, these jerk fans get off on reggae, ska, dancehall, soca, and mento. The red, gold, and green banner of the World's Loudest Island replaces the Stars & Bars. Caribbean-made and themed wares, naturally, are aplenty. If you simply must make an ass of yourself, the opportunity awaits at the jerk-pork-eating competition. Just don't call it a jerk-off.
This Best Of marks a New Times fall from grace for Cynthia Berman-Miller. Three years ago, in our 2003 Best Of issue, Berman-Miller, then director of the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, received a "Personal Best" nod. She talked to New Times about her love of reality TV. But after that issue, Berman-Miller became ambitious, and things went terribly wrong for the artsy lady. After taking a job with the City of Hollywood as director of the newly created Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Berman-Miller became responsible for promoting arts in Hollywood and for raising funds for the taxpayer money pit that is ArtsPark. But Berman-Miller then tried to create a taxpayer-funded golden parachute. While a city employee, Berman-Miller led the creation of a private organization called the Greater Hollywood Arts Foundation. She helped GHAF receive $480,000 in seed money from Hollywood taxpayers at the same time she expected to become a paid staff member of the organization. But it didn't stop there. Also while a city employee, Berman-Miller submitted two separate development proposals to the city. For one proposal, she partnered with state Rep. Ken Gottlieb to ask for roughly $8.2 million in development incentives. Of course, she didn't mention that she received her real estate license a month before she submitted the proposals. Conflicts of interest? Berman-Miller says everything is on the up-and-up. She says she's just working hard for a city she loves. Tsk, tsk.
Derek Hayward has a way with words. A general-assignment reporter with WSVN-TV (Channel 7) since 1991, the English-born Hayward has an uncanny ability to drop phrases that only he could get away with. Our favorite: When police were looking for a murder suspect recently, Hayward told his audience that the boys in blue were looking to have a "wee chat" with the man. An old-school, shoe-leather television reporter, Hayward is known for his casual, disarming style with sources behind the scenes and a beat-on-the-door-for-a-comment approach to on-camera journalism. He's the guy you see in front of the courthouse or police station when big news breaks. Heck, he's often one of the first reporters on the ground when big news happens. And that hard work has paid off for Hayward, who has won three Emmy Awards for journalism in South Florida and, before that, Jacksonville. But Hayward is also a regular guy. Unlike some TV reporters, Hayward hates pretension. In the off hours, it's not uncommon to happen across Hayward at a pub, his jacket and tie in the car and hand cradling a pint of beer. Sit down with Hayward, buy a pint, and have a wee chat. After all, whether he's on camera or off, Hayward is always one of the good lads of South Florida journalism.
This is no contest. In terms of local programming, WPBT kills the competition. For local politics, you've got Issues with Helen Ferré. Sure, Ferré's show is low-key, but you usually learn something when you watch the area's politicians, educators, and journalists yap about important, um, oh yeah, issues. Listening to Broward County Mayor Ben Graber talk about how he thinks the commission gets a bad rap for corruption is priceless. It's not just local politics, though. Capitol Update takes you to Tallahassee for the latest from that little cesspool of special interests. The station also has the only local newsmagazine out there. New Florida is a well-produced show that features two classy (and lovely) hosts in Debra Ball and Hunter Reno. If that's not enough, then turn to Florida Crossroads for homegrown documentaries. What's amazing about these shows is that they offer a lot more than your average -- and so often boring -- public television tripe. The shows have solid reporters who know how to tell great tales. They pull you in to the Florida that's around you -- and that's worth the price of admission right there.
Joe LaRue has achieved renown by ingesting large quantities of food -- pancakes, corn on the cob, hamburgers, hot dogs -- better and faster than almost anyone else. He is South Florida's foremost competitive eater. To watch the six-foot-eight LaRue down Nathan's Famous at the annual hot-dog-eating contest in Coney Island (where he placed 14th last year) is a wondrous sight, a rarely viewed natural function, akin to watching a python swallow an alligator. This has absolutely nothing to do with LaRue's choice of snakes and lizards for pets (actually, living in an apartment, he couldn't have a dog or cat) or with his selection of Pet Paradise on Hiatus Road in Sunrise as his favorite mom-and-pop establishment. The friendly little pet store is where LaRue, who owns three pythons and a leopard lizard, goes to do his reptile thing. Paradise is where LaRue gets the rats to feed the pythons and the crickets and worms for the lizard. It's also where he gets knowledgeable advice from Paradise's proprietors, Robert and Patricia Kesselman. Like, what kind of heating system should you get for your python terrarium? The Kesselmans will school you. It's all for love. Reptiles can be surprisingly personable, LaRue contends. "They actually do have personalities," he says. "It's hard to find them, but they're there."
She began humbly as Tropical Depression 12, dawdled for a bit over the Bahamas, and eased over to South Florida in the last week of August. Around the time she breached our shore, she graduated from a tropical storm to a full-blown hurricane, although with sustained winds no faster than your grandma drives on I-95. But it was just enough to snuff your electricity and blunt your weekend. Candles and Jameson and Scrabble came out of the cabinets; milk and meat went into the garbage -- c'est la vie, welcome to Florida. The storm passed, FPL made its rounds, TVs awoke, news spread: Our kitten of a 'cane killed 14 people in Florida, then swelled in the balmy Gulf to a 175-mph, 902-millibar, Category 5 civilization-stopper of a storm. We then watched her go all Old Testament on Louisiana and Mississippi. It was horror. And as we gaped and grieved and beheld a thousand dead and a million homeless and $200 billion in destruction, we could feel at least a tingle of providence, knowing that for us, at least, the jazz-hating, Superdome-wrecking, family-killing cycloptic scourge that was Katrina could have been much, much worse. At least we got to say we knew her when.


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Blasting across the Serengeti at up 70 miles per hour...the cheetah is the world record holder for sprinting speed on land.
Gazelles are fast, too...but not fast enough.
The chase lasts less than a minute. Any longer and the cheetah's own body temperature could kill her.
Super speed at the cheetahs' level can take its toll on the body.  But it is an advantage that's kept cheetahs alive on these plains for millions of years.


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They ended the season Sunday night. They flew home early Monday morning. They met with the players Tuesday. By Wednesday, San Diego State coach Steve Fisher and his staff were already on the road recruiting.
The 2013-14 season starts now.
Here are five bouncing balls to keep an eye on:
Jamaal Franklin said something interesting Sunday night in the formal interview session following the season-ending loss to Florida Gulf Coast.
When asked what happened, the junior replied: "We just made some mistakes and got to get back to the drawing board for the next time we get ready to play next year."
A cryptic message about his future plans? Or a distraught player just regurgitating a cliché-filled answer?
Later asked if we should read anything into his comments, Franklin shook his head. "I'm not worried about that right now," he said. "I'm trying to get over this loss right now. You can interview me in a week about that."
"That" is forgoing his senior season for the NBA Draft, and a half-dozen pro scouts along with people close to Franklin inside and outside the team all privately say the same thing: He's coming out.
Still, we're probably a week or two from it becoming official. Fisher, as he did last year, has submitted Franklin's name to a group of NBA scouts and general managers who provide anonymous feedback about an underclassman's draft status. If Franklin is projected for the first round, where you get three years' of guaranteed money, he almost certainly goes.
And right now all indications are he's a first-rounder (ESPN's Chad Ford ranks him No. 17 among 2013 draft prospects.)
The Aztecs have at least four and likely six scholarships available for next season, assuming both Franklins – Jamaal and LaBradford – do not return. They've already signed Dakarai Allen and D'Erryl Williams from Sheldon High in Sacramento. That leaves up to four more.
Some could go to the ever-growing transfer market, which this summer could include Hoover High's Angelo Chol (Arizona) and Lincoln's Norman Powell (UCLA). And some could go to players eligible immediately.
The Aztecs have been linked to Jamal Jones, a 6-foot-8 wing who was dismissed from Mississippi last year and spent this season at Lee Community College in Baytown, Texas. He is ranked No. 5 in the class of 2013 by jucorecruiting.com.
There also is the growing incidence of fifth-year seniors (like Garrett Green two seasons ago) who have completed their undergraduate degree and transfer as a graduate student, without having to sit out a year.
Big things are expected of redshirt freshman Matt Shrigley, but he might be a year away from big numbers. Said lead recruiter Tony Bland in a recent radio interview: "We have to get some guys who can put the ball in the basket."
Five stars
Winston Shepard's SDSU career began with a marijuana-related citation in June, followed by a three-game NCAA suspension in November for impermissible benefits, followed by a season unbecoming of the highest-rated recruit in school history.
The irony, of course, is if Shepard were a 3-star prospect, his freshman season – 5.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 39.3-percent shooting, 61 assists, 63 turnovers – would have been considered about right, even promising. But Rivals.com anointed him with five stars and a No. 21 overall ranking for the class of 2012, and that brought expectations he didn't meet.
Shepard's talent is unquestioned, a 6-foot-8 player who can handle the ball and guard four positions. His attitude is not, however.
Maybe that's just being a freshman. Maybe that's the sense of entitlement the current era of five-star recruits seems to exude. Maybe it will melt away with maturity, maybe it won't.
After Shepard had no rebounds or assists and shot 0 of 5 in a Dec. 23 game against Indiana State, he noticed someone had tweeted: Winston Shepard is gonna end up transferring. Shepard retweeted it, and suddenly cyberspace was alight with news of his imminent departure from SDSU.
Asked about it in his only interview with U-T San Diego this season, after a Jan. 9 game at Fresno State, Shepard said: "Even through the struggles, this man – Coach Fisher – and my teammates have stuck behind me … I've got total faith in Coach Fisher. Transferring has never crossed my mind."
And Shepard has been through this before. He was highly touted when he arrived at Findlay Prep in Las Vegas, struggled, then re-invented himself and became a five-star prospect. Will he do it again? Will he embrace the challenge – and lonely hours in the gym that come with it – of filling the void on a team about to lose 43 points and 107 minutes per game?
Next season might depend on it.
The most glaring flaw of this Aztecs team was the lack of an inside presence, particularly on offense. And immediate help might not be on the way, the most likely scenario being a big that transfers in and must sit next season.
That leaves three guys: 6-7 JJ O'Brien, 6-9 Skylar Spencer and 6-9 James Johnson.
O'Brien was billed as the player most likely to surprise fans, in much the same way Jamaal Franklin was the year before, and he did come alive at midseason with double-figure scoring in 10 of 11 games as an undersized 4-man. And then just as quickly vanished again, with zero points and zero rebounds in the Mountain West semifinals against New Mexico, and two points and one rebound against Florida Gulf Coast.
Spencer broke the school and conference record for blocks by a freshman (51). But he was lost offensively, taking just 65 shots in 34 games and shooting 37.9 percent from the line.
Johnson, a four-star prep prospect who became eligible at midseason after transferring from Virginia, never got off the bench.
But there is hope. If O'Brien can develop a consistent perimeter game, opposing bigs won't be able to sag off him in the paint. Spencer is expected to overhaul his shot during the offseason. And Johnson might just need games, having really played only one full season of organized basketball in the United States, his senior year at Elsinore High, after growing up in Canada. (He was declared ineligible for his junior year at Morse High, redshirted as a freshman at Virginia and sat out a year as a transfer. Total collegiate minutes: 91.)
The schedule
As recently as three months ago the Aztecs were headed to the Big East in football and Big West in basketball, and Fisher had scheduled accordingly – ramping up the nonconference schedule to offset the RPI hit from a league rated 21st nationally.
Joked Colorado State coach Larry Eustachy: "Steve thought he was going to the Big West, so I heard he scheduled the Lakers and the Mavericks."
There are games against Arizona at home and Kansas on the road. There's also the DirecTV Classic in Anaheim with an eight-team field that includes Miami (29 wins this season), Creighton (28), Marquette (25), College of Charleston (24) and Arizona State (22).
Then there's the 18-game schedule in a Mountain West that next year includes perennial power Utah State and might not be so favorably viewed by the NCAA Tournament selection committee after losing to No. 12, 13, 14 and 15 seeds this year. That could translate into more teams fighting for fewer at-large bids.
But you don't have to go far back in Fisher's history to find a team that lost several key seniors, had a star underclassman leave for the pros, didn't have proven bigs and was faced with a brutal schedule. It happened two years ago.
The Aztecs went 26-8, won the Mountain West conference and made the NCAA Tournament.


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Thread: How to teach toilet training
31st October 2013 05:41 PM #1
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How to teach toilet training
Recently, I practiced toilet training with my daughter (22 moths old). She is able to say "pee" or "poo" and able to ask me to go to the toilet when she wants to poo but still a failure when it comes to pee. I used training pants and it didn't work out well (3 wet training pants in 3 hours). Every 2 hours I put her on the toilet and nothing happened she didn't pee. Once I put her pants back..she pee on her pants.
So, I have several questions about toilet training :
1. When is the right time/age to do toilet training?
2. What do you need to prepare before you do toilet training? (besides a potty trainer)
3. What is the best method for toilet training?
Thanks for sharing your experience.
18th November 2013 12:10 PM #2
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Hi Adinda,
I have found that most children are not ready for potting training until they are closer to 3 years of age.
It sounds like your daughter isn't quite ready.
When I thought my children were ready, I would create a place for them in the kitchen, which had a hard surface (no carpet) that I could easily clean up in case the child was not able to make it to the lu.
I had a bathroom nearby, but if you don't then using a potty chair can be helpful.
I would set up a little table with chair and put out activities for the child to do. I had lots of drinks available because I wanted them to feel that sensation of having to pee. Drinking helped Then I would let them run around with a shirt on, but nothing on their bottom, and no socks. When they would start to "go", I would quickly take them to the potty, and then clean them up and clean up the floor. If they were ready to be trained, it only took one or two times of that before they made the connection between the feeling of having to go, and knowing that they should hold it and run to the lu.
I trained my first child in one day, using this method. But I waited to train her until the day after she turned 3 years old.
I also found that it was much easier for me to have the children in nappies or pull-ups when we were out and about, rather than trying to find a bathroom for them to use. At 3 years of age, they can usually hold it until we get to the car - at that point I put them in a pull-up and they go. Then I change them back into their clean underwear. No accidents, and no need to find a restroom. This was particularly important for me as my first 2 children were 19 months apart, and it was just easier not to be taking a baby and a 2 year old into the bathroom.
Here's another article with a lot more information on how to toilet train in just one day. You just need to be sure your child is developmentally and emotionally ready before starting.
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11th December 2013 07:28 AM #4
I agree with you ladies that a gentle approach to toilet training is best. Your daughter is still very young. Letting her see you on the toilet and having a potty around (as well as a potty for her dolls and toys) should help with this natural process.
Have your read Dr. Sears' 13 Toilet Training Tips to Know Before You Start?
Best wishes,


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Op-Ed: Secret Arm of Egypt´s Muslim Brotherhood Revealed (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) Walid Shoebat 04/30/12)
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They say one thing in English and another back home in Arabic. The authors bring both versions.
Co-authored with Ben Barrack, talk show host and author of the upcoming book, Unsung Davids.
When a number of Pharaoh´s Muslim Brotherhood magicians sneaked in to woo the White House recently, CNN featured them and assured all Americans the visitors came bearing great tidings of joy
Two members of the delegation were confronted by one doubting Thomas, Will Cain from the Blaze, who charged:
You say things to us in English but many charge that when you go back to Egypt and you speak in Arabic, you say just the opposite.
Abdul Mawgoud Dardery of the Muslim Brotherhood, a 9/11 Truther with an alleged penchant for young children, simply rebuked Cains charge as a conspiracy theory. His colleague, a female member of the Brotherhood, with her head wrapped in Islamic fashion, chimed in with statements that were peppered with words of democracy and respect to all peace treaties.
Asem was carefully weaned on to the ways of the Ikhwan (Brotherhood), beginning at a young age by both of her parents, who are prominent leaders within the Muslim Brotherhood; her mother Manal Abul Hassan is one of the Brotherhood´s most powerful women.
Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times liberal, visited Sondos in her home, only to be wooed by her before writing his article. He then cautioned readers against alarm over the Ikhwan saying, let´s not overdo the hand-wringingor lose perspective. Kristof also quoted Asem as saying, It´s a big misconception that the Muslim Brotherhood marginalizes women. Fifty percent of the Brotherhood are women.
ndeed, when it comes to the role of women in the Muslim Brotherhood, most westerners are clueless about how active one of its major arms the Muslim Sisterhood is. The Sisterhood is an elite unit, not some small group made up of innocent women who don benign-looking hijabs, as portrayed by Der Spiegel.
If they started now, it would probably take the White House, western media, and the public in general a decade or more to catch up and realize how ill-equipped they are to deal with it.
The Sisterhood has little to do with the explosive act and firmly believes that the Pen is mightier than the Sword. It is an extremely active group, consisting of highly educated media icons who speak multiple languages while traveling the globe and wielding influence over several international organizations, from the United Nations to women´s advocacy groups.
The Sisterhood´s membership Sondos provides the perfect example includes entire families; male supervisors, along with their activist wives and daughters; spies who´ve proudly disclosed their past heroic acts; Nazi affiliates from the time of the Brotherhoods inception; Hijab advocacy groups in Europe; prominent doctors that became public figures; and even media moguls who double as conspiracy theorists while serving as cogs in the propaganda war machine.
The Sisterhood fulfills its mission, to gain and acquire a unified global perception in every nation in the world, which is not translated by Sondos English version of the Ikhwan website.
It was established back in 1933, with the help of the group´s founder, Lebiba Ahmad. In 2009, Sondos expressed a desire to meet president Obama and wanted him to open the door for (our) hope to advance political Islam. (that means Sharia law)
Sondos herself was recently featured in a debate alongside Ibrahim Hudaibigrandson of the guide, former Muslim Brotherhood leader, Ma´moun Hudaibi, arguing against former deputy Anwar Esmat Sadat and activist Dalia Ziada, Director of the Office of the Organization of American Islamic Congress (OIC) in Cairo.
During the debate, Sondos emphasized that, Islam cannot in any way shape or form be separated from politics, because in her view, Islam is a religion and a State. Americans like Cain, who was right, failed to expose this translated rhetoric; Sondos is a diehard Islamist.
We did months of detailed research to show what women like Sondos do in the Brotherhood.
Consider Sisterhood member, Najla Ali Mahmoud; she is the wife of Brotherhood´s current leader and candidate for president Mohammed Mursi. There is video of Sondos with Mursi. On Islamonlineone of the Brotherhoods favorite media outlets, similar to the site for which Sondos´ is editorMursi dismissed accusations by secular politicians that the group would sideline women and Copts from the political life in post-Mubarak Egypt. We want everyone to be reassured... that we want to see our Christian brothers elected in parliament, he said.
However, in Arabic, Mursi says that Egypt needs to ban western dress and that people who believe in the Trinity do not possess a full mental faculty.
How about the chic Sisterhood French Civilization professor and multi- linguist Zainab Abdulaziz? We translated her Arabic into English. She is an avid conspiracy theorist who uses Nazi style propaganda, including accusations that Vatican II is akin to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. To Zainab, the Vatican is conspiring with the Zionists to Christianize the Muslim world, with the goal of completely uprooting Islam and making the Jews innocent from the blood of Jesus.
Al-Marsad, an Islamic media outlet, circulates her propaganda worldwide; that propaganda accuses the Vatican of horrendous and bloody depictions while calling on Muslims to resist Christianization.
Another Sisterhood leader, Zuhair Lzimaili sits on the board of Al- Sabeel Newspaper in Jordan. One of its goals is to expose the intrusion and assimilation attempts by the Zionist enemy.
Aida Al-Mutlaq is another infamous Sisterhood leader who provides the details of another Sisterhood conspiracy: We insist the danger to our national security is the American-Zionist project which aims to destroy our history, civilization and future... Al-Mutlaq so fears a Zionist conspiracy that she called for reducing the King of Jordan to a figurehead.
Prominent attorney and Islamist activist Jawad Younis (Shoebats own cousin) is a leading figurehead collaborating with Ahmad Al-Kafwin, member of the Executive Office of the Muslim Brotherhood to overhaul the current Jordanian legal system and is advanced under the guise of Reformation.
Similar to what the Nazis did with French General Philippe Pétain in Vichy, France, Al-Mutlaq wants Jordan to become the fortress and formidable gate to thwart the Zionist agenda, which threatens Jordan... and the entire Arab and Muslim world.
The interconnections and web of activists can cross anyones eyes. Take Sisterhood male supervisor Abdullah Alnoshan, the director of the Virginia office of the Muslim World League (MWL), a group that founded Rabita Trust which was initiated by its former General Secretary, the notorious al-Qaeda godfather, Abdullah Omar Naseef, whom Al-Gore gets most of his moderate interpretations on Islam and environmentalism.
Naseef had close ties with the most intriguing member of the SisterhoodSaleha Abedin, the mother of Huma Abedin, who works for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Deputy Chief of Staff. Humas mother Saleha is a Sisterhood member who co-founded the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs (IMMA) and partners with Sisterhood member Camellia Helmy, a woman who is also the president of the Islamic Committee for Woman and Child (IICWC).
If your eyes arent crossed yet, take a look at the outcry of Helmy and Abedin:
The Islamic Committee for Woman and Child condemns passing any law that imprisons a husband under the pretext of raping his wife. (Feb 22, 2009)
The Womens Committee of the United Nations had declared war on Islam, they write; they confront the United Nations by accusing it of supportingwait for itGender Equality. Saleha Abedin and Camellia Helmythe latter ran as a candidate for the Sisterhood electionare key figures in the Islamic Committee for Woman and Child, about which Masr (Egypt) newspaper reported: Our roll is to apply pressure to the United Nations, said Camellia in an interview with Dr. Muhammad Saidi, in his program entitled, The Dialogue of Civilizations.
She explained how the Sisterhood works:
We pressure to stop issues that do not agree with our religious perspective; our main goal is to stop agreements [between nations] and to announce the Islamic position regarding such agreements.
She added...
The most dangerous of these is an international bill of rights for women (CEDAW) as the most dangerous issue that was ever established.
Camellia explained the roll of the sisterhood as:
Within the United Nations exists a fifth column these organizations apply daily pressure on governments which acts like a pincer. From one side the United Nations will apply pressure and from the other side these organizations [Muslim Sisterhood] apply pressure.
There is no need to hunt down and expose fifth columns; they tell the entire Arab world that they are.
Mursi is not Egypt´s only religiously bigoted presidential candidate who believes in 9/11 conspiracy theories and doublespeak. In fact, the man who many consider the frontrunner is guilty of both. According to The New Republic, Egyptian presidential candidate and former Muslim Brotherhood member, Abdel Monem Aboul Futuh is another 9/11 Truther who insisted that such a belief is logical.
We caught Futuh engaging in doublespeak when he, like Sondos at CNN, told an Israeli reporter on camera that he believed in honoring the Camp David peace accord. In Arabic, Futuh even had the audacity to debunk his own words, blaming the report on a conspiracy by one of the other candidates.
Incidentally, Futuh has been endorsed by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Brotherhood leader whose help the Obama administration sought out to broker a deal between the United States and the Taliban.
Westerners, when confronting Islamists, are too often like archers who eye their targets while holding steady their bows, only to find empty quivers as the threat grows. (IsraelNationalNews © 2012 04/30/12)
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To Chris Corson, owner of EcoCor Builders in Belfast, Maine, wrapping a 2x4 house frame in a "puffy jacket" of I-joists stuffed with dense-packed cellulose insulation represents the state of the art in super-insulated Passive House construction. "You could build something as good," he maintains, "but not better."
Corson first demonstrated the method on a new house in Knox, Maine (see, "An Affordable Passive House, Part 1," JLC, 05/12, and "An Affordable Passive House, Part 2," JLC, 06/12). Applying the same technique in a retrofit also works, Corson says — but it's not always worth the effort. "I've had six people come to me in the past couple of years and ask me to do a Passive House EnerPHit retrofit on their houses," he says, "and I've turned them down. It just wasn't worth it. It's more expensive to do it as a retrofit than it is to do it new, and not every existing house is worth investing that much money in. I sent them to a weatherizing contractor."
This year, however, Corson accepted one of those jobs. Since February, his crew has been working to apply the puffy jacket retrofit to an old frame house in Newcastle, Maine, on a bluff overlooking the Damariscotta River near U.S. Route 1.
Corson's crew is only responsible for the exterior Passive House-inspired package; another contractor, Tim Andrews of nearby Nobleboro, Maine, is carrying out an extensive gut-remodel on the interior. In the end, the house will be a showcase of energy-efficient restoration. The owner, Deb Poor, is Corson's "ideal client," he says: "She wants to show everybody what's possible. She's willing to invest the money to do it right — she wants the job to have a ripple effect." Corson has been calling the job, "The Ripple."
Andrews' crew is also handling demo on the home's exterior — pulling out old windows, and stripping off existing siding and the hodge-podge of housewrap and tar-paper to expose the home's existing sheathing (boards on the older main house, and plywood on the garage addition). Corson's crew then comes in to stage up the walls and apply an air-tight wrapper of ProClima DA vapor-barrier membrane (see slideshow, "Wrapping an Old House in a Passive House Puffy Jacket"). Wood I-joists applied over the DA membrane will form the cavities for a super-insulating blanket of dense-packed cellulose, and as nailing for a vapor-open exterior drainage plane membrane, strapping, and wood siding. Plywood bucks will form the deep punched openings for new Passive House windows.
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Fuck it id do a better job then this lot time to get involved lol
Fuck it id do a better job then this lot time to get involved lol
agreed i am a nobody as a fighter, but thats not the point.
the point is that there are some journeymen fighters out there who dont look to just lay down at the first punch or tap to strikes. you could punch my face off b4 that happens.Nothing wrong with been a journey man. But unlike Mike im not at risk of getting killed and will fight back
Anymore cheek and I'll spank you with your belt. If you read correctly I didn't say he prevented my camp being wasted, I said that it is a waste of experience for amateur fighters when they could fight someone skilled. Think I am the only bully who chose to fight Whiteford (who was 5/6-1 at the time) in my first Pro fight lolol
https://www.facebook.com/JonnyAfroThunderGoodall 66kg Am: 7-3, Pro: 1-2.
you either a) ultimately rate striking over grappling, and just dont bother with the 'man hugging' or b) just dont have enough drive. what harm is 2 or 3 grappling sessions a week if your taking fights left, right and centre? if you love MMA (your job) surely you would look to better yourself ????
MMA isn't always a job for people though.
If you have a full time job, family, other commitments etc then the 2 or 3 grappling sessions a week you mention are not always possible in some cases.
I would love to have time to attend even 1 class lol.
You have to bare in mind not all pro fighters actually do this as a profession as there is not enough money in the sport.
I am sure most fighters would love the luxury of being able to get up and train 3 times a day and not have to worry about much else but not everyone can.
Granted some fighters (a select few) manage to hold full time jobs down and have a good training schedule and fight career but everyone's circumstances are different and not all can do it.
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Yes bridge on your head.
The 80s were a completely different era for judokas, The kits were virtually sprayed on and GB had strength in depth
(btw sorry smiler i realise that was meant for you)
Yes bridge on your head.
The 80s were a completely different era for judokas, The kits were virtually sprayed on and GB had strength in depth
(btw sorry smiler i realise that was meant for you)
No sweat!
Yeah, I mean to use the head as a post, the same you would a hand, foot, knee or elbow. Helps to create space below you, into which you can take advantage and move into.
My rules memory is never good at the best of times, I remember when scissors was legal! I just found out last night that under 12s can't do full makikomi any more, they have to keep the hand going round the head on opposite sides...
But I don't remember ever being a time when newaza continued with one person standing...but then I may be wrong! I remember from 1986-1991, when I was fighting in the seniors, that many times I saved myself from a submission by getting to the feet and lifting my opponent off the ground...so maybe we could stand?!?!
Actually, thats the reason I can't straighten my arms any more, joint damage from walking to the side of the mat and putting my opponent outside of it to effect matte...while he had a full juji on...ouch!
Back in the day the suits were well tailored, everyone had them exactly halfway up the lower legs and forearms, tapered in too...mind you I hear that the suits are still pretty tight for the competitors now too...
Back in the 80's we had a wealth of skill...the latter years of Neil Adams, the time when the Wolverhampton massive ruled, Elvis Gordon and Errol Carnegie battling away, Densign White and co...and down South we had people like Ray Stevens, Ian Freeman (Olympic Bronze Medalist), all congregating each Wednesday night in High Wycombe...they were fun sessions!!!
Mind you, I'm showing my age...I was competing in some of the proper tournaments when skinny kid Winston Gordon was tearing up the mini-mons...lol...
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Very very basic grip fighting
If you are the same handed(eg right V right), keep his power hand off your gi. That should be your priority in this situation. Your instructors will be able to teach grip breaking techniques better than anyone on the interweb. If he gets his right hand on you, get it off, then control it with your sleeve grip. Imagine your right hand is on his lapel. Your left arm is gripping his right sleeve, and extended down at 45 degrees. In that situation, he wont be able to grab your lapel(or over the shoulder) with his dominant right hand. This gives you the control you need to attempt your favourite throws.
If you are opposite handed then you want your power hand(right if you are right handed) to be on the inside of his power hand.
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Yes. For left(you) V right with standard grip, your left hand is on his right lapel on the inside of his right arm. Just grip his left sleeve with your right hand, preferably on the outside, and slightly underneath(is easier to push his arm than lift it). Different people have different preferences here, end of sleeve, elbow or tricep. Up to you.
Imagine someone standing behind you with X-Ray vision. They would see from left to right... his right hand on your left lapel. Your left hand on his right lapel. Nipple, belly button, nipple. His left hand gripping your sleeve. You right hand gripping his sleeve.
Hope that makes even a tiny bit of sense
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Just a small point - if against a lefty circle to your left. He will want you to circle to your right and make it easier to throw you.
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We had a wonderful time in Tel Aviv - Our apartment had the best location, it was very close to one of the nicest beaches in Tel Aviv and in walking distance to many nice bars and restaurants. Everything was new and clean and also very well organized. Ori was the perfect host. We will definitely come back soon!
- very close to Flea Market Area and old Jaffa
- many nice restaurants an coffee shops nearby
- enough space for 2 Person
- huge TV with a lot of channels
- rooms could be cleaner
- very noisy environment
- dishes unclean
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Beautiful apartment - spacious, very clean. Very well equipped kitchen - plenty of dishes, pots, pans. In the kitchen, there is even a toaster.
The beach is about 20 minutes walk. huge shopping center is very close. The center has a children's playground.
Agency staff are punctual. They reply to the letters quickly, are ready to answer any questions. We were handed a map of the city and told everything that was interested for us.
the apartment has the only defect - two bedrooms are quite noisy because of their windows facing the busy street.
Good Apartment, good located
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A small flat on the sink leaking and therefore unusable.
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Un petit bemol concernant le lavabo qui fuyait et donc inutilisable.
we have booked a studio apartment but then got upgraded to a one bedroom apartment. The apartment was very dirty; the teasmade was old and rusty; the bathroom shower, toilet and sink where not cleaned at all; the fugues in bathroom old and mouldy; so not very luxury at all. The personal for cleaning was a men who really did not know his job. I highly recommend you to take your own cleaning rag because there is no one in the appartment. Also the frig was dirty and in some of the pots there were water in it but the pots where in the drawer. How is that possible? We were there in Sept. 2013. Maybe they've renovated the bathroom fugues and took a new cleaning personal. If not, I don't recommend this appartment. Let me see if I can upload some of the photos for this appartment.
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Obama's new Gitmo policy is a lot like Bush's old policy
By Dana Milbank
It was another important moment in the education of Barack Obama.
He began his presidency with a pledge to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay within a year. Within months, he realized that was impossible. And now he has essentially formalized George W. Bush's detention policy.
With Monday's announcement that the Obama administration will resume military tribunals at Gitmo, conservatives rushed out triumphant I-told-you-sos. Liberal supporters were again feeling betrayed. Administration officials had some 'splainin' to do.
And so they assembled some top-notch lawyers from across the executive branch and held a conference call Monday afternoon with reporters. The ground rules required that the officials not be identified, which is appropriate given their Orwellian assignment. They were to argue that Obama's new detention policy is perfectly consistent with his old detention policy.
Not only had he revoked his pledge to close Gitmo within a year, but he also had contradicted his claim that the policy "can't be based simply on what I or the executive branch decide alone." His executive order did exactly what he said must not be done, in a style pioneered by Obama's immediate predecessor in the Oval Office.
"This detention without trial - what's different from the Bush administration?" a French reporter from Le Monde asked during the call.
Good question. The answer, from the Anonymous Lawyers, was technical. "We have a much more thorough process here of representation. . . . There's an opportunity for an oral presentation to the board."
CBS's Jan Crawford was not impressed by this answer. "What specifically is different in this than what we were living under that was so bad in the Bush administration?" she asked.
The Anonymous Lawyers replied that cases would be reviewed every six months instead of every year. They also spoke about their "intent to comply with Article 75 of Additional Protocol One."
This still wasn't working for Yochi Dreazen of the National Journal. "It seems like what is happening now with this executive order is effectively ratifying the status quo," he said. "Is that a fair read?"
The Anonymous Lawyers did not think that was a fair read. Over and over again, they repeated their theme: "The basic message is the National Archives speech remains the framework under which Guantanamo closure is being done."
Oh? Let's review.
The Anonymous Lawyers were referring to Obama's speech at the National Archives in May 2009.
There, he said: "Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for our enemies. . . . By any measure, the costs of keeping it open far exceed the complications involved in closing it. That's why I argued that it should be closed throughout my campaign, and that is why I ordered it closed within one year."
It was then, too, that Obama said detention policy "can't be based simply on what I or the executive branch decide alone. . . . In our constitutional system, prolonged detention should not be the decision of any one man. If and when we determine that the United States must hold individuals to keep them from carrying out an act of war, we will do so within a system that involves judicial and congressional oversight. And so, going forward, my administration will work with Congress to develop an appropriate legal regime."
In a sense, Monday's announcement was a formal acknowledgment that Obama had set expectations unrealistically high during his campaign and early in his term. "The president has now institutionalized a process that a lot of his political base imagined he was going to get rid of," said my former Post colleague Benjamin Wittes, now a Brookings Institution authority on detention policy.
Less easy to fathom is Obama's unwillingness to involve Congress in creating his new detention regime, as he had promised. As he himself argued, the procedures won't have legitimacy without "judicial and congressional oversight."
The Wall Street Journal's Evan Perez asked the Anonymous Lawyers about this during the conference call. He pointed out that Obama, in his Archives speech, "hinted at" a court review for indefinite detentions.
"I'm not quite sure what . . . you think the president hinted at," one of the Anonymous ones answered.
And how about working with Congress? An Anonymous Lawyer said this is a "discretionary executive act" that is "well within the authority . . . of the president."
Funny, that's just what the Bush lawyers used to say.
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A Morriston man, using an alias, was arrested Monday on several charges after Levy County deputies were called to Ocala Highlands West shortly after midnight.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
By Ashley Thornton
The Levy County Sheriff's Officer reports the following arrests:
July 28, Eric Leonard Adams, 38, Inglis, two counts battery.
July 22, Jamie Chez Ayotte, 45, Cedar Key, disorderly conduct.
July 22, Thomas Barr, 38, Chiefland, possession of marijuana. Bond $5,000.
July 28, Roger Paul Brown, 52, Morriston, DWLS, possession of drug equipment. Bond $40,000.
The following people were sentenced in Levy County courts during May and June:
Kimberly Ann Alderman, aggravated negligent manslaughter of child changed to child neglect, 5 years probation. Must pay probation cost.
Jesse Carroll Baggett, larceny between $300-$5,000 and dealing in stolen property, nolle pros; larceny between $300-$5,000, adjudication withheld 24 months probation. Can do community service for costs. Must pay probation cost.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
July 18, Marrin Maurice Baker, 30, Williston, non support of children or spouse. Bond $1,000.
July 19, Isreal Lee Brown, 31, Williston, non support of children or spouse. Bond $1,000.
July 16, Jessica Ann Carver, 33, Williston, two counts fraud.
July 18, Nikki Marie Compher, 28, Williston, battery.
The annual David Moss Memorial will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30 at the Williston Police Department.
This years marks the 25th anniversary of Moss' death and the Williston Police Department extends an invitation to all persons who wish to attend.
This event has been scheduled for this date because it is the anniversary of his death.
In the future, the police department will incorporate his memorial into the National Police Memorial held annually May 15.
The following people were sentenced in Levy County courts during April:
Joshua Thomas Barnes, motion for early termination of probation on larceny between $300-$5,000, granted.
Ainslie N. Barrett, VOP on 2 counts of fraud by uttering, probation revoked, adjudication withheld, 90 days with credit for 19 days served on each. Must pay civil judgment, jail fund, VOP cost.
James Aaron Beck, possessing marijuana with intent to sell and unlawful use of 2-way communication device, nolle pros; selling marijuana, 2 years probation. Must pay cost of probation.
The Levy County Sheriff's Department reports the following arrests:
July 12, Dakorian Kadeem Frazier, 21, Newberry, VOP.
July 9, Shellie Haas Fry, 43, Morriston, out of county warrant.
July 12, Nicholas Scott Genco, 34, Summerfield, FTA DWLSR. Bond $50,000.
July 9, Joshua Alanob Gross, 25, Old Town, grand theft. Bond $25,000.
July 10, Robert Creason Hobby, 33, Williston, DWLS, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. Bond $20,000.
July 6, Charles William Jackson, 34, VOP DWLSR.
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if thats the Daniel Ingham who fights or use to fight out of heywood combat,i wouldnt waste your time he didnt turn up to fight me ignored his phone then switched it of to the promoter,turns out not the first time he has done itDes Moines MMA
if thats the Daniel Ingham who fights or use to fight out of heywood combat,i wouldnt waste your time he didnt turn up to fight me ignored his phone then switched it of to the promoter,turns out not the first time he has done itDes Moines MMA
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Daniel Ingham has pulled out of this fight. Very disappointing especially as he did not let me know and I had to chase him to find out, and after I gave him a chance to fight when other promoters had warned me off him. I gave him another chance to prove everybody wrong when he was getting grief from all angles because of repeatedly letting promoters down, hoping he would do so and then maybe have some loyalty to my show. I guess I was wrong.
I am going to start naming and shaming all wannabe fighters who arrange fights then go missing without telling anybody they have pulled out, and I will be warning other promoters too.
Daniel Ingham what a joke he is
Danny Brelsford 1.0.0 ....Sapphire mma
Dingham u dingbat your a pussy, not even an excuse as to why you have pulled out. Tell u what as I think u have realised that D.B would kill u in a cage I'll fight u and we can call it a grudge rematch and give you a chance to redeem yourself to promoters and fighters???
1/0/0........Apex mma
dont know any of you lot but you all sound like chavvy losers to be fair. its a sport not a playground, idiots
Dumbass me!! like I said u know nothing pal so don't bother with your shitty remarks it will get you no where
1/0/0........Apex mma
picklelover/fatcucumberlover obviously isnt a fighter and has never been let down hour's from a fight,piss's you off when you train twice a day for months and somebody does that,Any Fighter who has experienced it will tell you...idiot
Danny Brelsford 1.0.0 ....Sapphire mma
true....i am sorry, i dont know how i had the stones to tell someone of your experience....with your record...that someone he knows sounds a bit chavvy when talking about this glorious sport.
look up what a contract is....its something you sign as does the other competing party...when you organize a fight. its what we big boys use and maybe you could get your mom or dad to show you what one looks like...though judging from the attitudes of you and the company of which you keep, im assured that the gene pool doesnt run clear. go sleep young danny...go sleep.


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