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Position | Ranger of Ithilien |
Location | Ithilien, Gondor |
Language | Westron, Sindarin[1] |
Birth | Late Third Age |
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Gender | Male |
Hair color | Dark |
Eye color | Grey |
Clothing | Green gauntlets, clad in green and brown of varied hews |
Weaponry | Sword |
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Damrod was a Ranger of Ithilien.
Damrod was the companion of Mablung and a trusted guard of Faramir. Together he and Mablung watched Frodo and Sam during the ambush of the Men of Harad in Ithilien. While they waited before the battle Damrod told the hobbits of the Enemy's dealings with the Southrons. Damrod had little hope; he believed "the days of Gondor are numbered, and the walls of Minas Tirith are doomed".[1]
After the ambush Damrod and Mablung continued to serve as watch-guards over the hobbits as the Rangers journeyed to Henneth Annûn.[2]
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Those headline power figures are reached courtesy of a supercharger, and reduce the 0-60 sprint to 3.9 seconds while bumping the top speed up to 196 mph. For reference, those figures are believed to be close to those expected from the upcoming Audi R8 V10. But just look at that white paint and the all-black accents. Audi should offer the standard car in these colors instead of the questionable silver-on-silver. Things stay incredible inside too, with the addition of some very concept car-esque carbon race buckets lined with geometric white pads. If only every tuner car looked this good. [via WCF]


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2011-12-14, 08:05 | Link #1 |
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Its Not My Fault That Im Not Popular!
Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! / 私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い!
Summary: Kuroki Tomoko is a super popular, high school girl, who has had 50 years of dating experience, and 100 boys... in the Otome game world. In the real world, she is a 15 year old shut in, who has all of the qualities of a "mojo." However, when school isn't going as she expected, and she isn't as popular as she had thought she was, she takes a look at herself in the mirror for the first time in a few years, and has some shocking revelations... Genres: Comedy, School // Authors: Tanigawa, Nico (Story & Art) // Serialization: GanGan Online
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Ahhh manga world what has happened. Everywhere same copy-paste, no originality whatsoever.
What is that shoujo version of TWGOK ... at least twgok has more to it than just otaku gamer. Last I remember there was a thread on animesuki about another manga of otaku gamer who used some kind of diary, for the same purpose ... I mean cmon copying something popular jeeez how chessy can they be. Wonder why did even editors gave green light to this (even art is mediocre at best). |
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Copying and pasting isn't a very valid argument for any kind of creative material. Everything is fundamentally a copy, of a copy, of a copy. An element of story, regardless of conveyence (manga included) has been used somewhere else, some other time before. As for the art, it's not the most amazing, but it's quite above decent and it's not all that bad. The actual story/plot is quite different from TWGOK despite the similarities.
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Gentlemen, easy now. This is not TWGOK clone, and she's not really Keima, at all, whatsoever.
She's just a sweetheart who has a little trouble with social life. Keima's different. He doesn't have problems with social life (he's pretty damn good at it when he needs to, if you haven't noticed), he just doesn't give a damn. Rather than TWGOK clone it's more of an indulgent little slice of life manga about the antics of a troubled socially awkward teenage fujoshi. A pretty fun one. The other "otaku guy" manga was annoying because 1) it was a man 2) there was some kind of supernatural thing involved so it feels like it took out page out of Kaminomi 3) he was a shitty lolicon 4) there were girls into him, even his loli little sister for whatever stupid reason we don't care to know. This one has none of these. That said, somebody want to go burn that fatass pig in the latest chapter with me? How dare he made the precious thing misunderstand, the fucking otaku. |
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Anyways enjoyed Choku! he's previous series. Spoiler for Weird girl:
2011-12-14, 23:56 | Link #16 |
the scanlation still not indicating any of it. The last chapter is Nao will stay with her because the irresponsible mother followed the shotacon girl advice to go abroad
for this series, it's a dark comedy about a girl with socializing problem. But the drawing is nowhere near good I prefer Choku than this one in term of eyecandy |
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It's easy enough. Many dating sims cover several in-game years. Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side games run over 3 years, for example. If you clear 5 guys in one game, that's 15 years piled up. 5 guys per each TMGS game (3 so far) and you've got 45 years.
And one playthrough doesn't take more than a few real-life hours, so if anything I'd call her an amateur if she's only dated 50 years worth of guys so far. Try 5,000 if you really want to impress me.
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Missouri's geographical location midway between northern and southern weather systems often means surprise amounts of ice and snow accumulations in the winter. They are a cold reminder of the difficulties involved in running a modern farm when the power goes out, even for just a few minutes or hours. A standby power generator can be good insurance to keep critical facilities running. But several critical factors need consideration when buying, installing and using a generator.
First, notify your local electric utility company if you plan to use a standby generator during power failures, and follow the manufacturer's maintenance instructions for the generator, which include regularly scheduled warm ups to keep it in working order.
The National Electrical Safety Code requires that a double-pole, double-throw transfer switch be installed to disconnect the consumer's load from the power supplier's utility grid. Make sure this transfer switch is properly installed by a licensed electrician, to prevent electricity made by the generator from mistakenly flowing out onto utility lines where it could electrocute members of the repair crew.
The switch must have the capacity to carry the total load of the farm or building it feeds, even though the generator has less capacity. Ensure that the generator is capable of providing adequate power at the correct voltage without putting occupants or utility workers at risk.
Generators are rated in kilowatts, or KW. One kilowatt equals 1,000 watts. If the nameplate has two kilowatt ratings, the larger number is the short-time overload capacity. The smaller is the continuous-output rating.
A portable generator with 4- to 5-kilowatt rating is the minimum size needed for a typical three-bedroom home, and prices can range from $600 to $4,000. More expensive units run quieter, are more durable and have larger fuel tanks.
The generator may be a direct-connected engine-driven unit or one driven by a tractor power-take-off (PTO).
Electric motors draw three to five times more power when starting than when running under full load, so proper generator sizing is critical to avoid motor burnouts. The ampere rating of equipment needing power can be converted to watts by multiplying its voltage by its amperage as given on the nameplate.
Sizing the generator depends upon whether it's an automatic- or manual-start unit.
To size automatic-start units, add the wattage of all motors connected to the generator and multiply this number by 3.5. Then add the wattage of all other connected equipment. To size manual-start units, you need to know the starting wattage of your largest motor, then add the maximum running- and starting-wattage demand on the generator at any point in the system to get the required generator size.
For example, a 5-horsepower, 5,000-watt running-load motor has a starting wattage of 17,500 watts, so an 18 KW generator is needed to start the motor. For PTO-driven units, the tractor should have a horsepower rating at least twice the kilowatt capacity of the generator. A 15 KW generator requires at least a 30-horsepower tractor to drive it at full load.
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Imager::Install - installation notes for Imager
perl Makefile.PL make make test make install
Assuming you have all of your required libraries in the places Imager looks, you should be able to use the standard mantra:
perl Makefile.PL make make test make install
to install Imager.
If you've installed libraries in places Imager doesn't look, you can supply extra locations either with command-line options:
perl Makefile.PL --libpath=/home/tony/local/lib --incpath=/home/tony/local/include
or with environment variables:
export IM_LIBPATH=/home/tony/local/lib IM_INCPATH=/home/tony/local/include perl Makefile.PL
Imager's Makefile.PL produces an epilogue indicating which libraries have and haven't been found, for example:
Libraries found: FT2 GIF JPEG PNG T1 TIFF Libraries *not* found: Win32
If a library you expect to be found isn't on this list, use the --verbose
or -v
option to produce way too much information from Imager's search for the libraries:
perl Makefile.PL -v
If you can't resolve this, then run
perl errep.perl
and include the (large) generated report.txt in your email to:
There are other options used to configure how Imager is built:
build Imager without logging support. This will speed up Imager a little. You can also remove logging by setting the IMAGER_NOLOG
environment variable to a true value.
used to build Imager for gcov
coverage testing. This is intended for development and also requires options supplied to make
build Imager with assertions enabled.
build Imager to trace context object management to stderr
for debugging.
- build Imager with logging disabled.IMAGER_DEBUG_MALLOC
- build Imager with it's debug malloc wrappers. This is not compatible with threaded code.IM_INCPATH
- equivalent to --incpath
- equivalent to --libpath
- equivalent to --verbose
- extra C compiler flags.IM_LFLAGS
- extra linker flags.IM_DFLAGS
- extra preprocessor flags.Some of the file format and font modules included with Imager use external libraries, which should be installed before you try to install Imager itself.
If you don't have the libraries installed then Imager itself will install successfully, but the file format or font support module won't be.
Preferably the latest version of each library should be used, simple because it has the latest security fixes.
Imager::File::PNG uses libpng
for PNG image file support.
Debian package: libpng12-dev
Redhat package: libpng-devel
Imager::File::TIFF uses libtiff
for GIF image file support.
Version 3.6.0 or later is required to avoid an exploit with infinite IFD loops, though it's possible some distributions have applied the fix to older versions as a security fix.
Version 3.9.0 is rejected during the probe process due to a serious bug, fixed in 3.9.1.
Debian package: libtiff4-dev
Redhat package: libtiff-devel
Imager::File::GIF uses libgif
for GIF image file support.
releases 4.2.0 and 5.0.0 are specifically not supported, due to bugs in those versions.
Release 4.1.4 or later should be used.
3 is no longer supported.
is no longer supported as an alternative.
Debian package: libgif-dev
Redhat package: giflib-devel
Imager::File::JPEG uses libjpeg
for JPEG image file support.
You may also use libjpeg-turbo
To install older releases of libjpeg
from source, you'll need to run:
make install-lib
to install the libraries. make install
only installs the program binaries.
Redhat package: libjpeg-devel
Debian package: libjpeg8-dev
Imager::Font::FT2 uses Freetype 2 (libfreetype
) for font support, supporting too many font formats to mention here.
This is the recommended library to use for font support.
Debian package: libfreetype6-dev
Redhat package: freetype-devel
Imager::Font::W32 uses Win32 GDI to render text using installed Windows fonts.
This requires Win32 SDK headers and libraries, and is only expected to work on native Win32 or Cygwin.
For this to work under Cygwin, install the w32api-headers
and w32api-runtime
Imager::Font::T1 uses t1lib
for font support, supporting Postscript Type 1 fonts only.
Debian package: libt1-dev
Redhat package: t1lib-devel
Imager uses Freetype 1 (libttf
) if available for font support, supporting TTF fonts only.
Freetype 1.x is essentially unsupported and shouldn't be used for new code.
Several distributions include an Imager package, but they are typically several releases behind due to the nature of release cycles.
Imager typically supports the external libraries as packaged with any supported release of Linux.
To install the libraries used by Imager under Debian (or Ubuntu), run as root (or with sudo):
apt-get install libgif-dev libjpeg8-dev libtiff4-dev libpng12-dev libfreetype6-dev
You may also need to install development tools:
apt-get install build-essential
To install the libraries used by Imager under Redhat and related Linux distributions, run as root (or sudo):
yum install giflib-devel libjpeg-devel libtiff-devel libpng-devel freetype-devel
To install the development tools needed:
yum install gcc
(which appears to be enough on a base Redhat-like install) or the more commonly recommended recipe:
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
which is massive overkill.
The default perl build in Snow Leopard and Lion is a fat binary, and default builds of giflib
, libpng
and libjpeg
(and maybe other libraries) will produce link failures.
To avoid this you need to supply a CFLAGS
parameter to the library's configure script, but since the -arch
flag conflicts with the options used to build the dependency files, you need to supply another flag to disable dependency tracking.
Snow Leopard fat binaries include i386
, x86_64
and PPC
objects, hence you would run configure like:
./configure --disable-dependency-tracking CFLAGS='-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -arch ppc'
Lion doesn't support PPC
, so there you run configure like:
./configure --disable-dependency-tracking CFLAGS='-arch x86_64 -arch i386'
For libgif
you might also want to supply the --without-x
./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --without-x CFLAGS='-arch x86_64 -arch i386'
If you copy library files into place manually, you may need to run ranlib
on them in their new location:
ranlib /usr/local/lib/libgif.a
and suitcase font supportThrough Freetype 2.1, Imager can use Macintosh DFON
) fonts and suitcase font files.
If you want to be able to use more than just the first face in the font file though, you will need to configure freetype2
with the --with-old-mac-fonts option:
./configure --with-old-mac-fonts
You can use the index option to get to the other font faces in the file:
# get the second face from $file my $font = Imager::Font->new(file=>$file, index=>1) or die Imager->errstr;
If you're using a suitcase font, you will also need to force the use of Freetype 2 with the type argument:
my $font = Imager::Font->new(file=>$suitcase, type=>'ft2', index=>$index) or die Imager->errstr;
The simplest way to install the libraries used by Imager is to install Strawberry perl.
You can then use either the bundled Imager, or install from CPAN.
If you get errors from your make tool, make sure you're using the same make that was used to build your perl - nmake
for Visual C/C++ and dmake
for MinGW, run:
perl -V:make
to see which make was used to build your perl.
To build Imager with as much library support as possible on Cygwin, install the following packages:
libjpeg-devel libpng-devel libgif-devel libtiff-devel libfreetype-devel t1lib-devel w32api-headers w32api-runtime
If you see an error under cygwin during testing along the lines of:
C:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe: *** unable to remap C:\cygwin\...some dll to the same address as parent (0x...) != 0x....
you will need to install the cygwin rebase
package and run:
$ rebaseall -v
or possibly, just:
$ perlrebase
will fix the problem.
Freetype 1.x is no longer recommended, is no longer supported upstream, and receives only limited updates in Imager.
These two libraries have some conflicting include file names, but as long as you don't put the Freetype 2.x freetype.h directory in the include path it should all work.
Put the directory containing ft2build.h in the include path, but not the directory containing the freetype 2.x freetype.h.
If you see compilation errors from font.c you've probably made the mistake of putting the Freetype 2.x freetype.h directory into the include path.
To see which directories should be in the include path, try:
freetype-config --cflags
Ideally, freetype-config
should be in the PATH when building Imager with freetype 2.x support, in which case Imager::Font::FT2 can configure itself.
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Today is Day 0. If you're in it to win it this just hit your inbox:
MvC: Day 0 – Shall we begin?
Dear gentle giants of giving,
The last time to see your shaven upper lip is now, for today is the beginning of a handsome future. Today is what we call Day 0. This is the shave-day to start it all off. So, if you haven't already done so, go ahead and shave your mug, take a photo, and throw it up on your profile. Then get ready to constantly berate your friends, family, and any inquisitory stranger for donations to your growth. The donation fields will be activated tomorrow and the race for the Noblest Mustache on Earth shall begin!
May the 'stache be with you during these next 8 weeks, and prepare to be noticed.
Good growing,
I haven't been clean shaven for about a year now, so this should be interesting. My guess is the next person I meet will ask me what high school I go to. Oh well. It's for a good cause… give me 3-4 weeks and I'll have a solid fu manchu. It will probably scare people. They'll think I'm a bum. I can't wait.
And since we're talking about it, just wait til you see this guy with a 'stache:
It will be EPIC.
Speaking of epic, how bout this video found in the CollegeLAX forums?
Yeah, we thought that was worth the watching.
There's also some interesting conversation going on in the Lax Power forums these days. I stopped frequenting them halfway through college, but I've found myself lurking again lately. Perhaps it's just that time of year when we're all missing lacrosse, waiting to hear anything and everything newsworthy. Lots of rumors flying in the Men's D1 section, that's for sure.
From the Lacrosse All Stars Executive Suite…
We're busy as can be lately. Bringing on new quality writers and solidifying our new business plans. It helps to have great talent on our side; now all we need is time. Big things are on the horizon. Forums on steroids? Not quite, but you'll see. Bottom line is stick with us kids, things only go up from here.
If that doesn't get you excited, this will: your trusty founders have decided to aim for a Lambo.
Yes, we WILL get a Lamborghini for AT LEAST 3 hours.
Speaking of, are you a fan of us on Facebook? If not, tap it in. We gotta pad those fan stats. Ya dig?
Book worth reading: North Dallas Forty. I'm hooked. Really puts the history of professional sports in perspective… Here's the summary:
The story of eight harrowing days in the chaotic life of a professional football player, North Dallas Forty, originally published in 1973, exposes an NFL rife with corruption, drugs, sex, and violence. His body already racked with multiple injuries, Phil Elliot is a cynical tight end hooked on painkillers and other mind-altering substances who must choose between enduring abuse by crazed coaches and depraved teammates or giving up his dreams of glory. This graphic story explores the disturbing relationship between violence in the football stadium and violence in American culture itself.
It's also a movie, but I think the book is better. This clip provides some good Sunday motivation. "Remember, the key to being a professional is consistency, and the computer measures that quality. Not one of you is as good as that computer. I hope I'm understood!"
In other news…
Snuggies for dogs are now in stock at local NYC stores. Yikes… I hope this isn't going to be a fad in the city, but the fact that each Snuggie comes with a talking dog tag really scares me.
Alright. Happy Sunday.


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It's not uncommon for firm leaders to maintain a presence in academia, but time in the classroom is time away from the business. What about bringing the teaching experience in-house? This is the solution that Moshe Safdie—who directed the Urban Design Program at Harvard's Graduate School of Design from 1978 until the early 1990s—devised. Since 2003, the Somerville, Mass., office of Moshe Safdie and Associates has selected two individuals to participate in a yearlong, sponsored research fellowship. Topics of study have included tall buildings and the urban impact of mobility-on-demand. What was the impetus for starting the fellowship?
I missed teaching.
Why had you stopped teaching?
The practice was suffering. I had an endowed chair, and I felt guilty about occupying it.
So why not go back to teaching?
I thought, rather than doing a studio now and then, why not do something like it in the context of the office? It would give me more time to spend with the fellows and have some application to the office as well.
How did you structure it?
(1) It should be a couple of people, so there can be dialogue. (2) The fellows should not be straight out of school. (3) They should have a passion for the subject—so we had to say what we're doing, specifically, each year. (4) It would involve all our consultants.
How do you find the fellows?
We advertise. We try to get the word out. We send a poster to the schools, but that's limiting because we're not interested in recent graduates. We want people who are out of school, but sometimes there are people doing graduate work that relates to what we're proposing.
How do you choose the participants?
They submit portfolios. We shortlist them, and then we fly people in for interviews—one of our budget items. Two are chosen each year. We've learned that the chemistry between the fellows is critical, so we put them in the middle of the office.
What's the day-to-day experience?
[Principal] Chris Mulvey coordinates it. I interact with them at least weekly. It's a lot like a school studio format, except we're not student and critic, we're collaborating. We all throw in ideas; we all have our say. It's a team, and I'm an active member of the team. It's more like a postdoctoral research lab.
How has it evolved?
We're making a bigger effort to engage the rest of the office. We're working harder at the interaction. Once a month, we schedule a presentation. One fellow had been working with Bill Mitchell, [professor of architecture and media arts and sciences] at MIT. Bill started being one of our visiting critics, and he's since become an active collaborator. It wasn't planned, but it's evolved into an ongoing relationship with the MIT Media Lab.
How do you budget for it?
There's a stipend: $55,000 to $60,000. It's livable.
How does it relate to the firm's work?
There's a tendency for research to become highly theoretical. We are architects and urban designers. We're not statisticians or transportation consultants. I insist on bringing it back to the urban design and architecture. It's so easy to drift into theory.
Do you re-evaluate it each year?
Yes. We discuss the subject matter for that year.
What's next?
We want to publish a book on our fellows' work.


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A Trip Home for Pumpkin Patch Treats
by Kirsten Vala in View All Posts, October 29th, 2009
A trip home to my parents' farm, Vala's Pumpkin Patch in Nebraska, was all about family, friends and great food. I spent most of my weekend mingling, catching up with my pumpkin patch family (including 500+ part-time, seasonal employees) and trying to eat everything in sight.
Farms aren't usually known for smelling good, but when you walk into Vala's you're greeted by the aroma of coffee and freshly baked cinnamon rolls. (When the craving hits, try Cinnamon Rolls from Food Network Magazine for a similar homemade version.)
The coffee house is named after me, since I started it years ago. Bragging rights, right?
Working your way around the farm, two can't-miss, signature treats are caramel apples and kettle corn, foods I crave all year.
Here's a fresh apple being dipped into a cauldron of perfectly melted caramel. To make caramel apples at home, check out this recipe: Perfect Caramel Apples. And don't miss our toppings bar.
Like many festivals, fried foods are sure-fire favorites. I've spent hours and hours in front of Vala's fryers, making funnel cakes, potato ribbons, French fries and onion rings. Yumm! Food Network's Spider Web Fritters make a great homemade goodie, if you want to fry up your own Halloween treat.
The most popular drink on the farm is Vala's own root beer.
And you can never go wrong with a Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookie. Check out all of our devilish desserts for Halloween. Or, you can also try a pumpkin main course, like Paula's Pumpkin Baked Ziti or Rachael's Pumpkin Penne.
Munching my way around the farm, I was amazed by all the Food Network fans I ran into (people I never would have guessed liked cooking and/or Paula Deen). And even though I work for the Web site, everyone had the same request: "You should bring Food Network to Vala's!" I don't know about that, but I did bring a backpack full of Vala's food back to New York City with me. You really can't beat the kettle corn! Once I run out, I'll rely on Paula Deen's caramel corn to get me through until my next trip home.
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Part I: Breezing through Basic Training.
Chapter 1: Welcome to Photoshop!
Chapter 2: Knowing Just Enough about Digital Images.
Chapter 3: Taking the Chef's Tour of Your Photoshop Kitchen.
Chapter 4: Getting Images into and out of Photoshop.
Part II: Easy Enhancements for Digital Images.
Chapter 5: Adding Dark Shadows and Sparkling Highlights.
Chapter 6: Making Color Look Natural.
Chapter 7: The Adobe Camera Raw Plug-In.
Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Your Fixes.
Chapter 9: Common Problems and Their Cures.
Part III: Creating "Art" in Photoshop.
Chapter 10: Combining Images.
Chapter 11: Precision Edges with Vector Paths.
Chapter 12: Dressing Up Images with Layer Styles.
Chapter 13: Giving Your Images a Text Message.
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Chapter 15: Filters: The Fun Side of Photoshop.
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Chapter 17: Introducing Photoshop CS3 Extended.
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The Horse Forum
- Trail Riding
- - Spooking and bolting
Spooking and bolting My horse has a tendency to bolt when he sees something he doesn't like. He'll jump sideways a little then turn around and try to run the other way. I can usually get him under control by bringing him in a circle, but yesterday I was riding and he spooked at a deer that jumped out and took off towards home and I fell off. He was alone then, but he's done this with other horses on the ride too. If he sees an animal in a field way out in the distance he's okay, but when they surprise him in the woods he freaks. How can I get him to not be so afraid of things like this, and to not bolt? |
I may not be much help .But I've always heard a horse thats intune or busy listening to it's rider it ,should be much more controlable .No matter what is going on . Don't matter what kind of bit it's packing, or if it needs a bit at all . Maybe you and your horse need to have a little more trust with each other ? I don't know . I've never really delt with that level of spookyness before .Only spook in place horses and horses that just spook to the side . |
Horse may have learned to do this, as a way of ending ride too, if ride has been cut short before. But I would say that you need to spend more time on the basics with this horse, and also have a good vet rule out any type of pain too. Good be your saddle is not fitting right with your weight in it, and horse is hurting and more spooky because of that? Could be you are not reading what horse is up to fast enough to head this off too. |
I would do a lot of work in the arena. I want to be sure that I can stop my horse before I get out on the trail. |
'How do I stop a horse whirling and bolting'? A simple enough question which demands a very complex answer. I once wrote a booklet about it. The only advice over the internet can be: 'go find a good professional horse and rider trainer who can visit locally and assess the depth of the problem' |
Make home not so pleasant. He may be looking for excuses to head home. Take him only until you feel him begin to tense then turn and walk back but when you get there, work his tail off in the yard, driveway, whatever. Circles with lots of change of direction. Really push his butt around. When he's puffing hard you'll feel him want to quit. That is when you start riding him away again. You may not get far but just do as before. It often takes 2 or 3 times before a horse catches on that he gets to relax at the walk, and breathe, when he's leaving but has to work like hell at home. If you do this every time you trail ride, as a refresher, he'll quit looking for excuses to go home. |
TOUGH HOMBRES Over the years I have met with a type of horse which does not bow easily to man. I call them 'Tough Hombres'. They are not aggressive in that they bite or strike out, nor need they be permanently 'difficult' and often they have redeeming features but they are horses which call for special handling. They are for competent, experienced riders only. These are the horses one often meets in the hunting field fitted with double rein bridle sets incorporating fierce bits. How the horse gets to be as they have become will vary but usually it boils down to the fact that somewhere in their lives the horse has met with an unsuitable owner. Such 'difficult' horses get passed on regularly by owner to owner. I once owned such a horse named 'Joe'. He'd been bred by gypsies and sold on as a youngster to a trekking centre. Whilst only 15h2 he was tough – cart horse tough - but with little feather. He showed lots of bone, a powerful butt and a thick neck. Relate him to a car and you would define him as a 4WD, 5 litre, turbo charged diesel, pick up truck. He was a lot of horse. He wasn't fast, he wasn't tall but he was as tough as old boots and it was noticeable that other horses were wary of him although I never saw him fight them. I acquired him largely because he was unsuitable for trekking work. If he was used by a heavy handed novice then during the ride Joe would revolt. He'd balk (refuse to move), he'd allow the rider time to dismount, then if the rider persisted in staying in the saddle, Joe would go down on his knees , then onto his side and begin slowly to roll over - even if the rider was still on his back. He never actually hurt a rider, but he broke several saddles. Invariably the rider dismounted and quickly once it was realised what was happening. At first the disobedience was just with the heavy handed or badly sitting novice but gradually it got to the stage where the riding centre could no longer use Joe for paying customers. But not all of the trek leaders were competent to cope with Joe, so he had to go. Eventually he found his way to me, who knew him and who felt Joe was worth the effort. He was an extremely sure footed horse even on the steep slopes of the hillsides. He was also fearless in traffic. He had his good points and I loved him for them. But a few years down the line he nearly killed me in the process of whirling, and bolting down a steep tarmacced lane. Over a couple of years with me and my wife Joe had morphed into becoming what used to be known as 'lawless'. Once he had discovered a rider's weakness, he stored it up for a rainy day. Put simply he became unfit for use in a modern environment where close control over the horse is mandatory at all times. Joe and Tough Hombres like him need special handling, understanding and training. What eventually destroyed him was a torn check ligament, but that is only the last chapter of his story. I can publish his story on a thread but the tale will amount to a few thousand words. |
The only thing you can really do is ride out the spook and prevent the bolt. You can't stop him from reacting from a deer jumping out in front of him, but you can keep him from bolting if you stop it in time. Instead of letting him turn around or bringing him back via a complete circle, turn him back the way he tried to turn away. I don't know why this makes such a big difference to a horse, but when I make my horse turn back the way he tried to escape, he settles down. If I let him make a complete circle, and he gets his butt facing the barn, I'd better be holding on. Next time he finds something to spook at, keep him facing the object using one rein and then the other. You don't need to try to make him approach it, just make him face it. When he tries to spin around, straighten him back out. Just sit there and be patient. Once he decides it's not there to kill him, then ask for him to move on past it. Good luck! Spin and bolt is so much fun, isn't it? |
My instructor taught me to keep the hands soft and sit calmly through a spook to let it know everything's OK, then immediately get the focus back on you by changing direction or leg-yielding. Haven't had a big spook or bolt since - the horse will just scoot a step or two, or take a little leap, realise I'm not worried about whatever it is and allow me to regain his/her focus. Just stay calm, balanced and quiet through the spook. |
I may keep my hands soft, but they are softly going to insist on the horse stopping. They may not can help getting startled. They can help running off. |
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Stephanie Koehler has been named the new executive director of Mom s House, a day-care center for single mothers trying to complete their education.
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From a health standpoint, beans are every bit as magical as the beans Jack of Jack and the Beanstalk fame exchanged for a cow—and much less expensive. Packed with protein and fiber, beans are a cholesterol-free and virtually fat-free food. And with this inexpensive protein source, you can prepare many different and flavorful hearty bean recipes.
For that, you get a highly versatile food that keeps well, is easy to cook and, unlike meat or poultry, has no waste.
We're not talking about fresh green beans here, but dried beans or legumes as they're technically termed. Legumes, a class of vegetables that includes beans, peanuts, peas, lentils, and red kidney beans, represent the greatest source of plant protein. Because of their high protein content, each serving of legumes can actually count in either the vegetables group or protein foods group. Half a cup of cooked beans has about 6 to 8 grams of protein, without any fat or cholesterol. Legumes are also second only to wheat bran as a source of dietary fiber. They also are rich in complex carbohydrates, B vitamins (including folate), zinc, potassium, calcium, iron, and phytochemicals, nutrients that may help prevent cancer.
Preparing dried beans for cooking could hardly be easier. You can either soak them overnight in cold water or boil them briefly and let them stand for an hour. A pressure cooker can expedite that process. Or, if that seems like too much trouble, open up a can of kidney beans, chickpeas, or other beans. Canned beans are nutritionally as good, but they'll have much more sodium. You can remove some of the sodium, however, by draining and rinsing them.
You can add beans to soups, casseroles, salads, tacos, stir-fries, or make dips or hummus with chickpeas or garbanzo beans. Consider making beans, not meat, the focal point of your next meal, and incorporating them as side dishes into others. Instead of beef or turkey, try using several types of beans in chili. Proteins from beans, fruits, vegetables, or grains alone generally do not contain all essential amino acids a body needs to build complete proteins. By eating a variety of foods and plant proteins as well as getting adequate calories, your body will make all the complete proteins it needs. Bean and rice dishes, for example, contain different amino acid profiles that complement each other. Soybeans are an exception because they contain all the amino acids needed to make a complete protein.
1 pound black beans
2 cups chopped onions (about two large)
1 cup chopped sweet pepper (red, yellow or green)
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
2 teaspoons dried cilantro
1 28-ounce can tomatoes
Soak beans according to package directions. Rinse. Add all ingredients except tomatoes to three quarts water. Bring to boil, then reduce to low heat. Simmer for about two hours, until beans are soft and water is gone. Add tomatoes. Cook until tomatoes are heated. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with fat-free sour cream and chopped green onions. Serves 6.
Nutrition analysis (per serving): 290 calories, 18 grams of protein, less than 1 gram of fat, 15 grams of fiber.
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic
1 cup lentils—red, green or brown all end up about the same color
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon powdered cloves
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 1/2 teaspoon cumin
In large pot, sauté onion, pepper and garlic in oil. Add other ingredients and two quarts water. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 11/2 hours. Puree in blender if desired. Serves 6.
Nutrition analysis (per serving): 110 calories, 9 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat, 4 grams of fiber.
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Tropical Fish Keeping - Aquarium fish care and resources
- Fish Breeding
- - Finally got a breeding pair of Angels
Finally got a breeding pair of Angels Finally got a breeding pair of angels! Marble and a Gold paired up in my tank that I've been raising since babies. Just moved them to a 20g breeder today at about 4 hours ago. Had an HOB already running and popped it on, filled the 20 with 60% tank water and 40% new water. Tank has -HOB with Sponge over filter intake -Heater -upside down pot for eggs -Air stone I came home just now and look what happened! I had to unplug that heater and put in another one lol http://tapa.tk/mu/6297c24d-a8d2-80b1.jpg Gonna let them raise the fry themselves until they get it right and become good parents with practice, might take a while since it is their first spawn. It's always been a goal of mine to see the parents rear the young like in nature. Anyone with angelfish genetics info know the possible fry outcomes? I'm assuming marble is dominant over the recessive gold gene. But i dont know what the parents of the marble were so it could be heterogenous or homogenous for the gene. The gold from what ive seen has to be double recessive for the gold color so im pretty sure what that one is. Oh and the male is the gold and the female is the marble. Ill keep you all updated if you want on their breeding activity and if they become good parents! |
Trying to sort out the geneics of store bought angel fish is near impossible unless you know their history through a number of generations. You will see genetic traits that can span 5+ generations show up in the fry. Good luck with your pair and their parenting abilities. |
Congrats! Congratulations, I've been raising 8 since they were nickel-sized. I'm hoping to get a pair or two. Post pics of fry when you see some! |
Ya that's what I did too, I got them probably quarter size and been waiting patiently lol I'll see what happens, more turned white form being unfertilized but I'm hoping to see wrigglers tomorrow, the laid exactly 48 hours ago so tomorrow around 4pm and after I'll start seeing them. On the 5th day I'm going to setup a BBS bottle and get some food ready. I'm also amazed the parents have been so good with the care and haven't eaten the eggs yet. It's their first spawn! |
I guess I have had better luck than some with finding pairs. I won 6 dime size angels online in a give away and decided to raise them all. By the time they were quarter size I had 3 bonded pairs, and soon after all 3 spawned within a day of each other. I still have 2 pairs that spawn regularly, and one of time finally got it right about 5 wks ago. I have about 75 fry that are doing great. The parents suddenly went from eating them and/or losing them to the other fish to raising a good spawn in a matter of 3 wks. If you watch them as they mature, its a real learning experience for them. Each spawn they do something different in their attempt to get it right. My successful pair eventually learned to rearrange the tank to suit their needs, forming a boundary about 1/2 way across the 90 gallon, emptying their 1/2 of anything they could find a way to move. This made it easier for them to defend the fry from all the others, and this new spawn was raised with a red tail shark in the tank, among other things. I have since moved out everything but the shark, angels, and rubber pleco and they are all thriving together. My 2nd pair is still in the learning process, still spawning about every 1 - 2 wks, sometimes getting as far as wigglers and then suddenly everything is gone. In watching the first pair I have learned also, and am slowly changing conditions in this tank to provide the same "protections" in the 90 gallon with the decor barrier, etc. I also noticed that the ram's horn snails love angelfish eggs, and the parents need to learn to pluck them off. I have done it for them and the successful pair, after watching me do it so often, finally began doing it themselves. So for anyone who wants to help their spawning pair along, watch them closely. After a while it gets to be obvious what problems they are having, which makes it easier to step in and help them out. They're very smart if you just allow them the time to learn. |
Thats awesome, i am excited to watch them learn. I just looked at the eggs right now and its only been about 50ish hours since the spawn. Many turned white from being unfertilized but i am already getting wigglers! I thought this was supposed to happen at about 72 hours? Tank is only at 80 degrees. But i did notice some of the eggs are now missing, maybe the parents have started eating some. I will update on the rest soon! |
I have the same issue with the pair that is still learning. The pair now doing great had the same issue about 4 or 5 times before success. I have not yet been able to pinpoint what is causing the premature hatching, if that is indeed what is happening. I notice those fry tend to be much smaller than the ones who are now doing well and growing fast, and they are much weaker as wigglers, too. I have worked with a temp range of 82 - 76, have had the best luck at 78. Another thing I have tried when they were eating wigglers or suddenly eat them overnight once they go free swimming... I leave a light on 24/7 for them. The 90 gallon has HOT5 over it and also a T5, so at night the T5 stays on while the other goes off. In the other tank I have the option of turning on both or 1 of the 2 bulbs, so the brighter of the 2 goes off at night. Yes, it causes algae issues, in particular hair algae... but that algae is also a great breeding ground for natural food supply for the fry when they start eating. Between their redecorating and the hair algae the tank isn't very "pretty" right now, but it is the perfect environment for their needs and they are thriving in it. As long as water quality stays pristine, nitrates well under 20, no ammonia or nitrite, even traces... its just a matter of time until I can "clean it up" when the fry are older. I am considering leaving it as is in prep for the next spawn that will come soon after I take these away. If there are other fish in the tank that makes a difference too. The threat level from the other fish, how exhausted the parents are trying to fend off other fish, how distracted that keeps them, etc. all plays a huge part in how they respond to the new fry. Enjoy the first few spawns and think of them as a learning experience for you as much as for the fish. If you pay close enough attention you will be able to help them sort it out. All pairs are different in personality and habit, so what works for one will not always work for another, some learn faster than others, and some never learn. If you are really in want of raising angel fry, you may consider taking the eggs and hatching/raising them yourself in another tank. I was not in dire need to raise them, content to wait and see if their present conditions would allow it and would enjoy it "if" it happened. It wasn't until I realized they were actually learning with each spawn that I took more interest in seeing them get it right and began to help them. Once the fry were free swimming I noticed each day some would disappear, so I would stay up and watch the tank from a distance at night to see who the culprit was, then move that fish or group of fish out to another tank. 2 nights ago I sat for an hour and watched the red tail shark swim out and around with the fry, seeming to amuse himself with watching them scatter when he got too close, but never attempting to eat or harm them. I got the impression he was curious and not a threat, which would explain why the parents didn't get overly protective as he swam among their fry. If he moved too fast the parents chased him off, but if he was just gliding and checking things out, they let him be. In that hour he spent most of it with the fry and didn't harm a single one. Yet... 5 cherry barbs had to be moved to another tank, 2 gold barbs, and a single red & blue columbian tetra, because they stalked and ate the fry regularly. Let the fish teach you... they will if you pay attention. |
Doing well so far, kinda got scared that the parents decided to move the fry to this location! but they seem okay so far lol Watch in 720p HD, they are on the filter sponge |
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
By Margie Wuebker
Domestic violence up locally
Job losses, economic hardship may be reason for increase in cases
Editor's note: The name of this domestic violence survivor has been changed to protect her identity. The alleged perpetrator also has a fictitious name.
Heather is no stranger to physical, emotional and verbal abuse at the hands of someone she loves. It began during childhood and continued into adulthood like a stubborn shadow she could not shake.
The attractive woman, who once feared for her safety at the hands of the man she vowed to love in good times and bad, is recovering. The telltale bruises are gone and she no longer feels adrift in a sea of uncertainty and loneliness.
She credits the Family Crisis Network in Celina as her lifeline, while fellow survivors at Mercer County's domestic violence shelter boosted her courage to pick up the pieces and get on with life.
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates one in every four women will experience domestic violence at some point in her lifetime. It is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community regardless of age, economic status, race, religion, nationality or educational background, statistics show.
Heather is one of 225 clients served in Mercer County so far this year, according to statistics provided by the local crisis network headed by Director Christy Triplet. Officials expect the numbers to exceed the 239 clients served by the agency during 2008 with the economy, loss of jobs or reduced hours and the approaching holiday season as likely triggers.
The numbers are only the tip of the iceberg because many victims never come forward, according to agency representatives.
Heather moved in with Hank a few years ago and he treated her like a queen. The abuse began shortly after they exchanged wedding vows. The harsh and degrading words hurt as much as being dragged across the floor by her hair, she said.
Heather knew better than to eat the food or drink the beer he brought home. Hank kept tabs on the quantities and doled out blows when something turned up missing. She couldn't get food stamps because he had a full-time job and that income was reflected on the application form. A loyal friend provided occasional meals and put her in touch with a local food bank. She hid the groceries lest he find her treasure of peanut butter and other sundries.
"In hindsight, the abuse escalated slowly but surely," Heather says quietly clutching her hands to maintain composure. "He always apologized later and told me how much he loved me. I felt trapped; I did not know where to go and I had no money to get there."
Sometimes he threw her to the floor like a rag doll; other times he punched her repeatedly in the head knowing her long hair would hide the bruises. He even attempted to choke her.
"The straw that broke the camel's back came this summer as he and his buddies sat around a campfire drinking beer," Heather says looking at her clenched hands. "I overhead Hank telling them how he planned to kill me and make it look like an accident. That way there would be nothing to share in divorce court."
Heather confided in a friend in another county who encouraged her to get out before anything happened and then sought information from a local agency as well as law enforcement authorities. Someone provided the telephone number for the crisis network - her life preserver in turbulent times.
"I moved out and two weeks later the friend from another county moved in," she says. "I found real friends here - friends who really care. They got me into the shelter and put me in touch with other survivors. I began to feel better about myself. I did not deserve the abuse I got."
Various agencies responded in a collaborate effort that ultimately led to a small apartment, a part-time job, food stamps and the offer of legal assistance.
"I thought I was the only person going through something like this," Heather says. "The truth is there are a lot of survivors because domestic violence is a growing problem right here in little, old Mercer County. Some of them are neighbors; others are folks you run into in the course of everyday life and would never suspect they, too, are victims of a vicious cycle. Not all of them are women."
Heather is saving money as best she can in order to file for divorce. After being victimized in prior relationships dating back to childhood, she no longer trusts men.
Anyone who is a victim of domestic violence should contact authorities or call the crisis network at 419-586-1133. The network has a hotline service for those who call after hours as well as links to collaborating agencies.
"I would like to give other victims - women as well as men - some encouragement," she says. "There is help available and you are not alone. Domestic violence is not an illness that gets better; it only gets worse and death is always a possibility. Get help, get counseling and then get out if all else fails. Don't wait around to become a statistic."
Domestic violence stats show abuse can happen to anyone:
Domestic violence stats show abuse can happen to anyone:
Here are some details regarding the problem of domestic violence:
• One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. It is estimated a domestic violence incident occurs every 15 seconds somewhere in the U.S.
• Domestic violence results in physical injury, psychological trauma and even death.
• Men can be victims of domestic violence although 85 percent of victims are female.
• Abuse is not normal; it's against the law and it can happen to anyone - rich or poor and young or old. It is not the fault of the person being abused.
• Abuse can be emotional (destructive criticism/verbal abuse, disrespect, broken promises, denial, blame, making it difficult to see friends and relatives and monitoring calls); economic (interfering with work, refusing to give money and taking money or car keys); sexual (using force or coercion to obtain sex or perform sex acts); or violent (slapping, punching, choking, burning, stabbing, etc. to you, your children or household pets.)
• Domestic violence is one of the most underreported crimes - only one-quarter of all physical assaults, one-fifth of all rapes and one-half of all stalkings perpetrated against females by intimate partners are reported to the police.
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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Listening to "Paper Bag," the scuzzy, shuffling opening track from Phoenix-based garage rockers The Chandails' forthcoming EP, it's easy to imagine a good-for-nothing street gang, maybe the "cholos performing satanic rituals while eating pozolé" described on the band's Web site. But the group of 16- and 17-year-olds hardly casts that shadow. Despite its gloriously sloppy combination of surf rock jangle, vintage frat rock, and buzzing drums, the band couldn't be more well mannered. I join the boys — guitarist/vocalist Paul, drummer Noe, bassist/vocalist Julio, and guitarist/vocalist Jorge — at Cartel Coffee Labs on a busy Friday night.
As I arrive, the barista seems annoyed that the band are taking up table space but not drinking anything. "Let me know if I can get you anything," she sneers. "We are a coffee roaster who serves coffee, you know." I step up to the counter and order an americano in an attempt to make peace and try and persuade her to turn down the hipster electronica that's overloading the tiny mic I'm using to record our interview. "Those guys are a pretty kickass rock band," I say, thumbing back at the guys, gawkishly crowded around a table in the corner. "Oh, yeah?" she retorts as she takes my debit card, her face expressing some doubt at the notion that the boys are any sort of rabble rousers. I glance back, and even I'm having a hard time believing it, even though I've witnessed the boys blast out their distorted rave-ups firsthand.
The Chandails cut a clear contrast with their live show as they softly chuckle while Paul points out a suspicious black sock on the ground under their corner table. They're mostly family, and it shows; three of the boys are cousins, who attend St. Mary's Catholic School. Paul, who goes to a different school, sports a suit jacket and keeps to himself, ever the guitarist with mystique. The combination of hormone-driven Catholic guilt and three-chord punk seems a recipe for a bunch of rebellious hellions, but The Chandails couldn't be further removed from the thuggish image their music suggests. They're impossibly polite for a bunch of kids who cite Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, G.G. Allin, and The Velvet Underground as their primary influences. But onstage and on record, the band channels any rambunctious tendencies it may hide in private life, exhibiting bratty joy while wowing audiences with a sound that suggests a knowledge of rock 'n' roll history rarely found in musicians their age.
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"A lot of people are surprised by how young we are," acknowledges Noe. "Sometimes I wonder if people would say the same stuff if we were five years older."
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"We get a lot of positive feedback," says Jorge. "But sometimes I get kind of a weird vibe, like we aren't being taken seriously, and people are just saying stuff because we're so young." But no amount of novelty offered by the band's collective age accounts for their rising popularity. Despite their relative inexperience, the band has opened Phoenix gigs for big-name indie acts like The Vivian Girls, Abe Vigoda, and Ponytail.
The group's origins stem from the three cousins' formative jam sessions during their early teens. "We pretty much just played Strokes covers," Jorge says, laughing. Things took shape when Paul joined, bringing with him not just his impressive guitar work but an element the group was sorely missing: original songs. "We didn't really make music in the beginning," Jorge says. "But when we got Paul, we started actually writing songs."
Jorge, Paul, and Julio all contribute songs, employing a simple rule: Whoever comes up with the guitar riff sings the song.
"Lots of times we don't even come up with lyrics to sing live. We just sort of mumble until it's time to record the song," Paul says.
"Well, not me," Julio counters. "I write lyrics right away. We always have to record my songs first because the other guys are trying to get lyrics down."
The Chandails' recording process seems like something out of That Thing You Do. "My dad plays in a church band, and they had this really nice mixer they just quit using," Julio says. "He bought it from them, like, half off, and we just got a bunch of mics and recorded straight from that into GarageBand."
The quartet first tried its hand at multi-track recording, but the results didn't sound good. They switched gears and tried recording live, playing together and overdubbing vocals and guitar solos afterward. Noe didn't even bother playing to a click track, opting for a raw feel over precision. The recordings turned out better than even they expected, attracting the attention of Frances Michelle Lopez, who, in addition to being a New Times contributor, runs the Phoenix/L.A.-based Tiny Panda Records and is working on issuing the band's debut EP.
The fact that the band's outstanding recordings and raucous live show got so quickly noticed is hardly shocking. What is surprising is how nonchalant the crew is about its relative notoriety. I've always maintained that a fundamental aspect of playing rock music live is the inherent coolness of the act. While the current crop of sensitive boys decked out in Twilight-esque mascara proffer neutered, passive rock, The Chandails excel at primal, cocky jams, the kind of stuff that makes you want to reach for a leather jacket, a pair of Chucks, and some shades. But that seems like news to The Chandails themselves.
"We're really self-conscious of the band," Jorge states. "We don't even really tell people we're in a band."
"Yeah," Noe chimes in, "we don't want to come off as guys with big egos. We don't really do it for others, we're really just trying to impress ourselves."
After prodding, the boys finally acquiesce: "Yeah," Jorge says, "when my self-esteem is low, I think, hey, at least I'm in a band. And when people say they like it, it feels really good. But I start to wonder sometimes if this is what I should be focusing on. Maybe I should pay some more attention to academics."
The band interrupts him with fits of laughter, all murmuring, "No."
So this is the face of young rock 'n' roll. Utter guilelessness. It's almost maddening, but near the end of the interview, Paul finally picks up the mysterious sock he's been eyeing. The other guys erupt in laughter.
"That's disgusting," Jorge moans.
Paul just shrugs his shoulders and laughs. "I used my fingernails." As we laugh, I turn off my recorder.
"I'm sort of nervous that we were really dull," Noe frets. As we shake hands, I tell him not to worry about it. "You guys rock. That's all that matters." As I move to shake Paul's hand, he pulls a tiny bottle of hand sanitizer from his coat.
"You carry hand sanitizer with you?" I ask, amused that the cleaner nullifies the closest the guys have come to senseless rock 'n' roll shenanigans.
"Yeah," Paul smirks.
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In the last 24 hours, I've had three men I really respect discuss three topics with me. One asked about pain and baseball. Another asked about the dangers of wall vs. player collisions. The last one asked about the cost of injuries. This is a bit of a change of pace for UTK, but it's all related, so I wanted to share the type of things I think about on a day-to-day basis. --- What's the worst pain you've ever had? I asked that question to my Tweeps and here's some of the answers, so start cringing: "Ruptured appendix at age-17." "Gallstones." "Pouring rubbing alcohol onto a punctured ear drum." "Fouled in a pickup hoops game and my collarbone popped out." "Severely broken left ring finger. Required surgery and a plate." "2009, Little Rock, AR, 4th inning, 3-2 slider, shoulder blow out."—that one is Michael Schlact, who's rehabbing from the injury now in the Rangers' system. "The time I got Huston Streeted by a soccer ball." 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Resulted in a partial amputation and a 5hr surgery to save my finger." "Having my ulnar compound fracture reduced." - BPro's Dan Wade. We're hard on interns around here. "Physical therapy for shoulder labrum reattachment. 1000x worse than actual injury." So how do those compare to a Carl Crawford, Tyrone Proethroe, or Jacoby Ellsbury—three injuries I'm imagining that those athletes might describe as rating a 10 out of 10. The answer might surprise you. Doctors often ask you to measure pain on a scale of 1 to 10 no matter what the situation is. Last time I was at the doctor, in what led to surgery last season for a torn abdominal muscle, I was asked that question and I kind of perked up, knowing the reason. The fact is that the worst is the worst. One man's hangnail "10" is the same as a compound fracture "10." While individual responses to pain are very different, the disabling nature of pain is the same. That doesn't make it "right" or "wrong"—it just is. Study after study has shown that measures of pain—nerve conduction, blood pressure, even brain scans—aren't much more accurate than a simple question. Which leads us back around to how players respond to pain. Some might fight through it, the way Joe Mauer has done all season. Some might shut it down, electing to have the surgery that will end the pain (Ryan Sweeney), while someone with the same injury might be able to play through it (Josh Hamilton.) That doesn't mean one is more or less painful or that one of them is a "better teammate" or "more man." Once baseball fans and baseball media understands this, we'll all be better off. --- Over on Twitter, a discussion started up about padding on walls. I started thinking about it and my immediate solution was "more padding." Some smart people questioned whether that would work. "Of course it would work," was my reply... but it did get me thinking. Was it the best solution? In auto racing, one of the key innovations of the last decade, largely due to deaths of Scott Brayton and Dale Earnhardt, was the SAFER barrier. I wondered if there could be some variant of the SAFER system that might work for baseball. A couple calls over to IMS, where SAFER was developed, and the answer was "probably not." Then someone brought up Peltzman's effect. For those not familiar with it, it's the "law" that states that safety advances often cause more reckless behavior, canceling out any benefit of the safety enhancement. Which got me thinking about two "quirky" stadium sections: Tal's Hill in Houston and the monuments that used to stand in the field of play at old Yankee Stadium. Tal's Hill has, to date, never caused an injury, though many (including myself) thought it would be a hazard. Between the 420 and 436 mark and with a near 40-degree slope, there have been several dramatic plays, but I wondered how often they could even come into play. It's impossible to answer, but using Hit Tracker's data, the distance isn't the real problem. It's hitting it that distance into a relatively small area in dead center. So what if instead of warning track and wall, as we have now, we used a dirt embankment? Would knowing that, as an outfielder, you were about to run up an angled embankment slow things down? It's not practical, mostly for structural reasons, nor is it clear that it would reduce injuries. Dirt is pretty low in cost, but construction and maintenance make it a bit less reasonable, especially compared to the relatively low cost of foam padding. As for those monuments in Yankee Stadium, Steven Goldman, our resident old-timer, says that he's not aware of any injury out there, due to their sheer distance. That raises a final question: Does a known hazard keep players from getting hurt? I don't know that Aaron Rowand or Jim Edmonds aren't going to slam into a brick wall as hard as they do a padded one. It's seen occasionally in Wrigley Field to this day, as well as other less-protected areas of other stadiums. The idea of last year's Rick Ankiel vs. wall collision, sans pads, might have been worse than it turned out to be makes me pale. I'm always one to suggest that pads or protection of any type, but in this case, I'm not sure that Peltzman isn't on to something. --- Here's a question I don't have the answer to, but that should be reasonably easy to answer: Do teams get more with deadline trades (on average) than they lose to injuries (on average)? It would take some GIA-style calculating, but I think that the data is there to make it. My guess is that injuries are significantly more costly than even the best-case scenario for trades. Trades sometimes work and sometimes don't, much in the same way that injuries seem to have a random element to them. They can even go together, in a case like Mark DeRosa last season. I asked the trade guru herself, Christina Kahrl, for her take on the value that a team could generate at the deadline. "For best cases for hitters or pitchers, these things seem to generally run around 4-5 WARP generated, using Manny Ramirez or Mark Teixeira from 2008, or CC Sabathia '08 and Randy Johnson '98 as best-case examples," she explained. "But that's what they accrue, not the net gain, which would be lower. More usually, I'd aim much lower, maybe a win net if you're lucky." Yet even with this, teams will spend far more time and effort on trades and scouting than they ever will on injury prevention. ---
Carlos Santana (injured knee/leg, ERD TBD)
Ryan Howard (sprained ankle, ERD TBD)
Kevin Youkilis (sprained thumb)
Mike Cameron (strained abdominal, ERD 10/4)
Carlos Silva (cardiac evaluation, ERD 8/30) Quick Cuts: Joey Votto has some mild tendonitis in his wrist. Watch over the next week to see if his power numbers suffer any. ... Joe Mauer is going to be limited to DH for much of this week, due to his shoulder inflammation. ... Martin Prado went to the DL, but as I said yesterday, it was more of a roster decision than any reflection on his finger. He'll be back at the minimum. ... Images showed no fracture of the wrist for Randy Wolf. He's lucky, but there's no word about when his next start might happen. ... David Freese seemed to have a setback in his rehab game yesterday, according to several reports. No details yet. ... Todd Helton is hitting well on his rehab assignment, but the Rockies don't seem in a rush to get him back. ... In something of a surprise, Jordan Zimmermann was optioned to Triple-A after being activated off the 60-day DL. Reports have him getting "several more starts" before returning to Washington. ... Gil Meche has decided against shoulder surgery, given it would end his 2011 season as well. He'll try to pitch out of the bullpen if he can rehab back to some effectiveness. ... The Rangers are going to use Josh Hamilton's absence to get a couple other guys some rest. Again, the big divisional lead helps. ... Steve Pearce will have season-ending knee surgery. The rehab didn't work. ... Jeremy Hellickson? He's good. It was very nice to see David Price and Matt Garza greeting him after every inning, talking to him throughout his start. 28 comments have been left for this article.


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U2 will be honored with the Innovator Award at this year's iHeartRadio Music Awards for their impact on popular culture and commitment to social causes.
IHeartMedia announced Friday that the special honor will be given to the rock band during the awards show in Los Angeles on April 3. The show will air live on TBS, TNT and truTV, as well as on iHeartRadio stations and across the iHeartRadio digital music platform.
The group, comprised of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr., are celebrating 40 years together this year. U2 has also supported numerous charities and causes, including the ONE organization and the (RED) brand campaign, both co-founded by Bono.
The band is also nominated in the best tour category.
Published at 7:39 AM PDT on Mar 25, 2016 | Updated at 7:54 AM PDT on Mar 25, 2016