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We read David Goes to School and discussed how we should and shouldn't act at school. We also learned Rule #1, "Follow directions quickly." The gesture that goes along with this is your hand wiggling forward like a swimming fish. We will continue to talk about our classroom rules throughout the week.
We reviewed our 3D shapes and began talking about 2D, or flat, shapes. The kids were shape detectives as I gave them clues to help them discover the shape I was thinking of.
The best thing that happened today is that we ALL earned a sticker for our behavior monsters! Mrs. King, our computer teacher, said that we were the best class she has had all year!! What an incredible compliment!


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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volume 2Book - 1993
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(for volume 5) Sentences like "A single robber, or a few associates, are branded with their genuine name; but the exploits of a numerous band assume the character of lawful and honourable war" (p. 243) and "The inactivity of a conquerer betrays the loss of strength and blood, and the most cruel execution is inflicted, not in the ranks of battle, but on the backs of a flying enemy" (p. 448) and numerous other tidbits of wisdom populate this work. Its fairly uneven, covering hundreds of years in dozens of pages.
Only one map; the rich and sprinting prose leaves one trying to figure out who is who so that one can better understand the events being related to the reader. The chapters are each coherent; this volume includes the index for the three volume set.
This volume is certainly more coherent than the first (the whole volume covers about one hundred and twenty years); most of the book is taken up with Constantine and Julian (whom the author clearly rather likes), and a continuous complaint against the early church. The political structures of society are described, as are some key military campaigns. What is surprising is that for about four hundred years the Roman empire tried to conquer the Persian empire, and up to an including Julian, they all failed, but, in Persian national historical myths, these attempts are barely mentioned, if at all.
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We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.
~Stacia Tauscher
April is the Month of the Military Child. Deployments and serving in the military is tough on the servicemember and the spouse, but it's equally as hard (if not harder) on the servicemember's children. Military children often need more support than a civilian child, especially during deployments.
This month, to honor our military children, I'm dedicating each Monday to Month of the Military Child. Since we don't have children, I've asked a few guests to blog about their experiences with military children and provide some insight into how we can help these children excel during what may be the toughest time of their young lives.
My first guest post is about a fantastic organization called Operation: Military Kids.
Hi, I'm Pamela, Navy wife, mother of a teenage daughter, and you can read more in the About Me section of my blog, When Good People Get Together. Today my focus is not on me, but on military children. I was a military child for thirteen years, and now my daughter is entering her seventeenth year of the military lifestyle. It's been an adventure and a challenge.
Did you know that military children are considered a special needs category in the same way that children who have physical, emotional, or developmental disabilities are considered special needs? Military children can suffer from emotional challenges due the deployment of one or both parents. Military children experience all the trauma of separation but much more intensely because they are children. I'd like to introduce you to an awesome program, Operation: Military Kids, which provides programs and activities for military children to help them cope with and adjust to the upheavals associated with deployment.
Operation: Military Kids is the U.S. Army's collaborative effort with America's communities to support children and youth impacted by deployment. Regardless of whether families are experiencing deployment for the first time, the second time or another in a series of multiple deployments, OMK's goal is to connect military children and youth with local resources in order to achieve a sense of community support and enhance their well-being. (Source: http://www.operationmilitarykids.org)
OMK is a partnership between Army Child and Youth Services and the USDA/4-H Headquarters. Army Child and Youth Services funnel funds down to each Land Grand State University into the 4-H programs in each state. They knew they had to get into the civilian communities to get support to military youth and families wherever they live, because after 9/11, they found that the ensuing war was being fought by tons of Guard and Reserve members, all of whom left families behind in civilian communities, not on the big military bases. So, Army Child and Youth Services searched around for an organization with state-by-state coverage and presto!! 4-H was the perfect fit. They realized that the Cooperative Extensions (the Cooperative Extension at each state University is the headquarters of each state's 4-H program nationwide) were the perfect partners to get resources and support out to military kids and families in every community in the country. After all, the 4-H system reaches even the most remote parts of the country, so no matter where military families live; there is a County Agent and a 4-H club nearby.
My daughter and I became involved with Operation: Military Kids as a part of our 4-H club's community service efforts. We first got involved at the ground level – the preparation of Hero Packs. Hero Packs are backpacks full of items to keep children occupied in the initial deployment period, and then to keep them connected to their deployed parent after that. The backpacks include fun items like card games, Frisbees, and small toys, communication tools like writing paper, note cards and a journal, and support materials from local organizations that specialize in fun programs and events for kids. As we were putting the backpacks together, we did an exercise that helped demonstrate what military children miss when their parent deploys. In a yearlong deployment, the parent is absent from every holiday, birthday, school concert, and graduation, and for our 4-H members, from every horse or dog show, every award banquet, every field trip. Our club was privileged to attend a Yellow Ribbon Night event, where parents received final pre-deployment details and the backpacks were handed out to the children. My daughter is the only military child in her 4-H club, so the others were able to meet other military children and gain a better understanding for what it must be like to be separated from one or both parents for a lengthy period.
Operation: Military Kids provides a myriad of fun and low-cost programs and activities for military children. There are events, workshops, day and family camps going on throughout the year. In addition, Operation: Military Kids provides workshops for educators and teens to help them communicate the effects of deployment on children. I encourage you to check out Operation: Military Kids in your state.
Next week: Reserve military children and some ideas and organizations to help those kids who generally only deal with the military when mommy or daddy is deployed.


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Kansas defensive lineman Daniel Wise looked at his teammates, who were just as confused as he was.
During one of David Beaty's first days as coach, he finished a team meeting three years ago with a phrase that seemed out of place.
"Love you boys."
There was an awkward pause. A few players gave a half-hearted response, which made Beaty lean further into the microphone.
"Love you boys," he said with added emphasis.
The "Love you too" that followed was a little louder.
It took days for some — and weeks for others — but Wise remembers teammates becoming more comfortable with the exchange over the next few weeks.
"It may sound corny or quirky or whatever you say, but that's how he is," Wise said at Big 12 media days Monday. "He truly loves his players."
Perhaps this is the start to help explain the offseason football buzz in Lawrence — a team appearing to gain confidence despite a 2-22 record over the past two seasons.
For Beaty, one small phrase was part of a bigger goal when trying to rebuild his team's psyche.
"Our kids had to understand they had value," Beaty said. "That was difficult, because even on campus, those guys were hearing things that were not fun to hear."
Linebacker Joe Dineen remembers it well. Three years ago, during a Monday lecture, his professor began class with a wisecrack: "Hey guys, did you hear KU football lost again on Saturday?"
The one-liner drew chuckles around the room.
"There wasn't a respect for KU football at all," Dineen said.
Beaty was starting with his guys from a low point. So he spoke to them about bringing positive energy, focusing them on incremental improvement instead of outside critiques. He also looked for ways to do extra for his players, wanting them to believe they were worthy of championship treatment.
Players noticed changes immediately. Beaty rented out a movie theater for his players one day, and weeks later, he took them to a group outing at Fogo de Chão on the Plaza.
"We had a heyday," Dineen said. "We ate cow after cow."
Beaty also made sure to mix in some moments of fun inside demanding workouts. One practice was interrupted for a golf chipping competition between the uprights, and another was stopped so the team could play the basketball game "Knockout" with portable hoops.
Some of it was silly, but Beaty believed the underlying message was important.
"We wanted them to love being there, love being a Jayhawk," Beaty said. "We wanted them to know that it was OK to enjoy this game."
Beaty's players-first focus appears to be part of the reason for KU's continued momentum this offseason.
The Jayhawks still rank well in recruiting, sparking fan interest with a current top-30 class. Last year's home victory over Texas added credibility, while the team also benefited from a quiet offseason with few transfers leaving the program.
Beaty even noticed during Monday's event that his players carried themselves differently than they had in the past.
"That's what I'm fired up about, is if you hear our guys talk, you can hear in their voice," Beaty said. "They know what's coming. It just took some foundation work to get going."
If it works — and KU rebuilds quickly as the players believe they can — Dineen says the change in culture will have been most important.
It started with some love from the head coach. And for now, it's resulted in Dineen only hearing positive comments from friends and strangers when they talk about KU's football team.
"It's not a joke anymore," Dineen said. "It's really something that people are invested in."
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We are back!
It has been a year and I thought this morning how I used to love to do our family blog and I need to start on it again.
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|Baby's bowl (12 months old). She enjoyed it as much as I did.
Well, the weather is shifting and it is feeling colder, especially in the mornings and evenings. This recipe is one that is perfect for adding a comforting start to your morning and is a great alternative to porridge made with oats. I used left over brown rice from last night's dinner. This is a simplified version of a Jude Blereau recipe and is very easy to put together.
85g cooked brown rice
40g ground almonds
185g milk (I used blue top- but I have also made this with rice milk and almond milk in the past)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
To serve:
Dessicated coconut
Maple syrup or honey
Place all of the ingredients in a small pot on the stove on a low heat. Allow it to slowly thicken, stirring often until it reaches a thick, creamy consistency, This will take about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and serve with your choice of toppings.


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To use the Massachusetts study as evidence that a Medicaid expansion will reduce mortality, one must credit Medicaid increases in 2009–10 for mortality declines in 2007–08. That seems . . . unlikely. So the 'solid estimates firmly rooted in scientific evidence' rely entirely on one author's study of four states, of which only New York appears to show that expanding Medicaid reduces mortality. Every other attempt to establish that conclusion has failed, and most point squarely against it.
How, then, are critics defining an acceptable level of anti-poverty spending versus one that is 'cruel and short-sighted,' to quote House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi? The only guiding principle appears to be 'More.' If today's spending were 10 percent higher and the GOP proposed a cut to the current levels that Democrats now defend, that would be 'cruel and short-sighted.' Conversely, had spending in the past two decades grown at 3 percent instead of 3.6 percent, leaving it 10 percent lower, staying the course would be a responsible choice.
But thanks to the roughly half of states that refused the ACA's Medicaid expansion, a good control group exists. Surely the states that expanded Medicaid should at least perform better in this environment of rising mortality? Nope. Mortality in 2015 rose more than 50 percent faster in the 26 states (and Washington, D.C.) that expanded Medicaid during 2014 than in the 24 states that did not. Further, while two years is not enough time to evaluate a policy's full effects, that is exactly the period over which the Massachusetts study found substantial mortality gains. Two years of gains from a different policy implemented by a single state a decade earlier can hardly be proof that the ACA saves lives when the ACA's own two-year track record tells the opposite story.
The best statistical estimate for the number of lives saved each year by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is zero. Certainly, there are individuals who have benefited from various of its provisions. But attempts to claim broader effects on public health or thousands of lives saved rely upon extrapolation from past studies that focus on the value of private health insurance. The ACA, however, has expanded coverage through Medicaid, a public program that, according to several studies, has failed to improve health outcomes for recipients. In fact, public health trends since the implementation of the ACA have worsened, with 80,000 more deaths in 2015 than had mortality continued declining during 2014–15 at the rate achieved during 2000–2013.
The 'long-term, holistic' studies that Carroll prefers show coverage for expectant mothers produced better health outcomes in their children and that children themselves receiving coverage had better health, educational, and financial outcomes. That's all great news, but there's one problem: Obamacare's Medicaid expansion does not target pregnant women or children.
Is Medicaid worthless?' is the quintessentially liberal battleground and a ridiculous lens through which to evaluate policy. Furman's defense, for instance, amounts to a claim that providing Medicaid is probably better than not providing Medicaid. The Oregon experiment tested the same question--Medicaid only had to defeat 'no Medicaid,' and even then it largely failed. But the right question to ask is whether this is a good allocation of scarce resources--not 'is Medicaid worthless?', but 'is Medicaid best?' The critical study is not the Oregon experiment, but one that gives Medicaid to Group A while offering Group B a wage subsidy, housing voucher, or used car of equal value. Good luck to Medicaid achieving superior outcomes in terms of health, upward mobility, or any other measure of well-being in that match-up.
Because of Medicaid, the safety net feels weaker as it grows heavier, exposing bigger gaps even as it spreads. Bad design and political pressure have allowed this one program to dominate our ever-expanding anti-poverty system. Medicaid now accounts for most of what we spend to aid the poor, even though the program aligns badly with the needs of low-income households and offers stunningly little value for its cost. The opportunity to improve support for the poor without increasing spending by reallocating funds from Medicaid to better uses is great.
America's safety net is thicker and wider than ever: antipoverty spending in real terms more than doubled between 1995 and 2015. True, Congress froze federal spending for the specific welfare cash-assistance program targeted by the 1996 welfare reform, causing its budget to decline in real terms; but that decline represented less than 1 percent of the safety net with total spending of more than $1 trillion in 2015.
The social safety net provides more than $1 trillion a year for low-income households. Yet no coherent antipoverty strategy allocates the spending. As the various programs have been created, their individual funding streams have pooled resources haphazardly and inefficiently. Medicaid, in particular, dominates the safety net. From 1975 to 2015, total safety-net spending per American in poverty doubled, in 2015 dollars, from $11,600 to $23,400. Of that increase, 91 percent was the result of higher health-care spending -- nearly all for Medicaid, whose costs rose tenfold to $568 billion.
The American social safety net's overwhelming emphasis on health care is the unintentional result of skewed incentives, leading to an ineffective antipoverty strategy poorly aligned with the needs and preferences of low-income Americans. Reforms that allow states to reroute substantial sums from Medicaid to other programs would better meet the needs of the poor at no additional cost to taxpayers, marking the first step toward a more flexible and effective safety net.
The federal government should package up the money it spends so ineffectively and send it back to states in proportion to their populations, to allocate as they see fit. Doing so will satisfy neither the Left's enthusiasm for expansive new programs nor the Right's appetite for shrinking government. But the American people would benefit enormously.


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Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Student Scholarship
Date Written
Fall 2014
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Course Name
Advanced Pathophysiology
Professor's Name
John D. Chovan, James R. Cacchillo
Malignant Hyperthermia, Anesthesia Risks
Subject Categories
Anesthesiology | Medical Pathology | Nursing
Although very rare, occurring one out of every 100,000 anesthesia cases, malignant hyperthermia is a hypermetabolic disorder that anesthesia providers screen and interrogate patients prior to every case they are administering anesthesia. Many research studies about anesthesia induced malignant hyperthermia have explored new methods of testing for the genetic susceptibility for malignant hyperthermia and into hospital based protocols when a patient starts to show the signs and symptoms of the metabolic disorder. This new knowledge and understanding has decreased patient mortality of anesthesia induced malignant hyperthermia from eighty percent to five percent over the past three decades (Rosenberg et al, 2007).
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DMPPQA, a novel angiogenesis inhibitor, induces apoptosis in humancolon cancer HCT-116 cells and HUVECs
Jie Ren, Hefei Jiang, Juan Zhao, WenqunXin, YuanyuanXu, Xin Chen and Kun Hu*
Cell Biology International,2014, 38(3), 343-54.
A series of new 4β-(1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-amino)-podophyllotoxin derivatives were designed and synthesized. Their cytotoxicity in vitro against six tumor cell lines (DU-145, SGC-7901, A549, SH-SY5Y, HepG2 and Hela) were evaluated by standard MTT assay. The pharmacological results showed that most of the newly synthesized podophyllotoxin derivatives displayed potent cytotoxicity against at least one of the tested tumor cells; and among the new derivatives, 11b was more potent than podophyllotoxin against HepG2 and Hela cell lines. Furthermore, 11b exhibited much better selectivity toward the normal cell lines L929 and Vero than etoposide, 5-Fu and podophyllotoxin. The possible antitumor mechanism of 11b is to inhibit the activity of DNA topoisomerase II, result in the S-phase arrest, and then cause apoptotic cell death.


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Look at a star in the sky
not as something unreachable
but as a planet you would visit one day.
I love the voice of Yoko in this book. Short, whimsical, poetical. Short proses that tug the strings of your heart; play with your brain. I love this book.
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- 8 -10 chicken thighs
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 -2 tablespoon prepared jalapeno chile
- 1⁄2 cup roasted peanuts
- 1 teaspoon salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup coconut cream
- Remove and discard chicken bones and skin and place chicken in a casserole. Peel and roughly chop onion and garlic and place in a food processor or blender with chilli, peanuts, salt, pepper and coriander. Whiz to a paste. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the onion paste for 2-3 minutes until the mixture smells fragrant. Add coconut cream, bring to a boil and pour over the chicken. Cover and bake at 180ºC (350ºF) for about 50 minutes until chicken is cooked.
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THE HIGHLAND CLUB - Fort Augustus, Loch Ness
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|St Benedict Abbey, Fort Augustus PH32 4BJ, Scotland
The Highland Club - Luxury holiday apartments for Sale and Rental in Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Scotland ... The perfect place to unwind in The Highlands!
The Highland Club is set within 20 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds on the southern shores of Loch Ness. It occupies the Grade A gothic buildings of the original 1729 English fortification, Fort Augustus, which later on were transformed into St Benedict's Abbey. The Highland Club was developed over a number of years and the Abbey Church conversion was finally completed in 2012.
The Highland Club is a unique and heavenly place to stay – either on a self-catering holiday or as an owner of one of the magnificent luxury residences available for purchase.
We have many exclusive amenities for use by those who are staying including an indoor pool, steam and sauna, the club lounge and snooker room, The Boathouse Restaurant, a tennis court and many other facilities including a cricket pitch!
Holiday Rentals
Whether you wish to stay at The Highland Club on the shores of Loch Ness for a holiday (as an individual or for a group booking) or as a prospective purchaser it couldn't be easier. We have a portfolio of 26 fantastic apartments and 2 spectacular cottages that can be rented for weekend breaks, holidays and even more long term.
For more information on our rentals available click HERE
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There are currently 12 apartments which remain for sale. All are unique and many are fully furnished where you also have the ability to purchase the furnishings if you wish. For unfurnished flats we can provide a full interior design and furnishing service to your specific requirements. For more information on our properties for sale click HERE
The Highland Club Lounge
The lounge and snooker room can be found at the end of the north cloister in the beautifully restored, timber panelled, former monks, Refectory. It is the perfect place to relax or meet fellow guests. There is a full size snooker table, table football, a games cupboard and comfortable sofas and chairs (many covered in the unique Highland Club tartan). The Lounge benefits from free WiFi access so that guests can go online and plan their adventures for the next day.
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Open through the day is the picturesque Boathouse Restaurant. Converted from the Abbey's former boating house it sits on stilts over the waters of Loch Ness with unparalleled views across the loch. It is the only lochside restaurant in Fort Augustus and whether you simply want a cup of tea, a quick snack or more leisurely meal this stunning location is ideal….and reasonably priced as well! The independently run restaurant serves a variety of freshly prepared highland classics as well as Mediterranean specialities.
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Master of Educational Psychology
As one of only four educational psychology courses in the country, our highly regarded Master of Educational Psychology will prepare you to work as a registered psychologist supporting individuals with developmental and learning issues.
The course will provide you with valuable skills in counselling, psychological assessment, research methods, intervention, group work, consultation and multidisciplinary team work.
The course offers:
- practicum placements in a range of settings, including primary and secondary schools, early learning centres, colleges, clinics, hospitals, private practice and community settings
- student-centred reflective learning and curriculum
- programs that are highly relevant to schools and educational policy and practice.
Have an enquiry? Course brochure (170kb PDF)
Entry requirements
- A four-year degree* in psychology with upper second class Honours (at least 75%), or
- An equivalent qualification* in psychology which renders the applicant eligible for Associate Membership of the Australian Psychological Society, or
- Current registration as a psychologist and demonstrated current compliance with Registration Board continuing professional development requirements.
All applicants must also submit:
- three academic referee reports – referees to fill out the online form
- a personal statement
- an interview (if shortlisted).
* All degrees must be accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council.
Applicants with overseas qualifications must provide an Australian Psychological Society (APS) comparability assessment with their application to confirm their eligibility for Associate Membership.
Please note: If your application is successful, you must apply for provisional registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (if not currently registered) and undertake a Working with Children Check when you enrol in the course.
All applicants must meet English language requirements.
Course structure
- Course code: 312AA
- 2 years full-time or 4 years part-time
200 points of coursework, comprising:
- 9 core subjects
- 1000 hours of supervised fieldwork
- a 10,000 word research project.
For detailed course and subject information, see the University Handbook: Master of Educational Psychology.
Successful completion of the course will qualify you to practice as a registered psychologist and become a Member of the Australian Psychological Society and Associate Member of the College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists.
Graduates work in a range of settings, including:
- primary and secondary schools, as a psychologist, student counsellor or welfare coordinator
- agencies treating children with emotional and behavioural difficulties
- the Victorian Department of Education and Training, the Commonwealth Department of Human Services
- clinics, hospitals and private psychological practice
- universities and research units.
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By: Susan Bea Good
"If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money." (I Timothy 3:1-3/ESV)
I voted absentee two weeks ago because I'm scheduled to be a poll challenger on election day here in Michigan on March 8. As I marked my ballot I noticed something strange. The candidates were listed in order alphabetically by their last names, except for Donald Trump. His name appeared at the top of the ballot, very much out of order.
As you can see I voted for the candidate who is the strongest constitutional conservative, because I believe that a leader who commits to following the US Constitution will make fair and healthy decisions for everyone in this nation.
Why is a constitutional leader so important? The current issues: immigration, national security, Islamic terrorism, gay marriage, education, deficit spending, trade imbalances, religious liberty, and abortion are all answered in constitutional principals. There is just one candidate who can be called a constitutionalist!
Though I understand that we are not voting for a Pastor-in-Chief, the biblical qualifications Paul gave to Pastor Timothy for overseer are interesting when applied to the candidates running for President. Again there is just one candidate who could qualify for overseer in a biblical context.
Bryan Fischer, from the American Family Association, has developed a five-point check list to score candidates on ability, character, reverence, trustworthiness, and integrity. And once again there is just one candidate who scores a perfect five.
I voted for the constitutional conservative with a perfect score on biblical qualification for leadership. I would urge you to do the same.
This blogger's purpose is to encourage Christ-followers to see God's Big Picture and be a part of it. Adonai Eloheinu!


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Got visitors in the house this weekend, nine visitors. The place is a mad house. I have been short on sleep and I don't cope well with that. Last night two of them had a domestic and the kids of various ages were all up and jumping around (5-25 year olds). I tried to go to bed early but it was hopeless so I decided to go for a ride and clear my head.
Got visitors in the house this weekend, nine visitors. The place is a mad house. I have been short on sleep and I don't cope well with that. Last night two of them had a domestic and the kids of various ages were all up and jumping around (5-25 year olds). I tried to go to bed early but it was hopeless so I decided to go for a ride and clear my head.
I wheeled out the Zero and rolled silently into the night. There are no good rider's roads within range of either my wakefulness or my battery so I just rolled along next to the river. The moonlight glistened and my spirits rose.
I realised that I was thirsty. Really thirsty. I resolved to stop at the next available purveyor of beverages. Sadly that turned out to be the 24 hour McDonalds. Oh well. I also had a rather acid stomach and I thought something milky might settle it down.
So I stopped next to the Highway Patrol cars that had met up for a midnight picnic and got them to watch the bike while I slipped into the place. I could see the lights on and customers inside but the auto doors refused to respond to my waving distress. I realised I'd missed them and they were closed. However the drivethrough was open. Saved. I walked around there.
"HELLO" I chirped brightly to the unseeing eye of the microphone.
"I'm sorry we don't serve walkthroughs". Clearly I was visible to an unseen camera.
Recognising immediately the futility of arguing my case to a 14 year old that was following orders I apologised and retreated.
So, I'm right in front of two Highway Patrol cars... I'm not going to ride in without my helmet. So it's on with the helmet and on with the gloves. I know that I'm not going to be able to carry a drink on the bike (they forgot cup holders) but I figure I'll make do. There's no clutch after all. Nip round to the drivethrough entrance, this time accompanied by my trusty steed.
"Welcome to McDonalds, what can I get for you tonight".
So I'm now acceptable. I place my order for a small chocolate thickshake.
"That's a Large then?"
"No, a small"
"Choc Thickshake Med" appears on the screen.
After convincing them that is all I want I'm instructed to advance to the payment window where I'm greeted warmly by said 14 year old. (who actually looks about 20, I suppose 14 year olds aren't allowed to work the night shift). She informs me my purchase is $3.75 which seems a lot for sugary ice slurry. Of course I can't balance the bike while extracting my wallet from my back pocket and I can't extract notes from said wallet with my gloves on. Nor can I carry on a conversation with my helmet on. So I get off the bike (instantly converting myself back into a pedestrian) and take off my helmet and gloves, retrieve my wallet, pay and accept the change. Again I'm thanked warmly and instructed to go to the next window to pick up my meal. I sense a script being followed. I'm briefly struck with sympathy for the prematurely aged 14 year old but that feeling is overwhelmed by embarrassment as I see the line of cars waiting behind me while I re-don my helmet and gloves in readiness for the 20 foot journey to the next window.
There I'm handed the flimsiest plastic cup I've ever seen. Someone has worked out how to save 0.001 cents per cup by making it thinner. It's clear that I'm not going to be able to "make do" and carry it in my left hand. It's flexing alarmingly under the pressure of my simply holding it while standing still. So I balance it on a fencepost and ride the bike back out from the drivethrough then walk back against the flow to recover my drink.
By this time I could have ridden home and had something there, so I wasn't dying of thirst as I'd feared but it was very welcome all the same.
Bike continues to run faultlessly and has restored my sense of balance which is after all, what motorcycles are for.


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When I teach a class I tell the students that my job is to teach them at three levels. One is to teach the mind as they need to know why they will be doing what they are doing. I encourage questioning and there are reasons why we do what we do…and they must understand those reasons. Two is the hands, or technical mastery. And three, most importantly is the heart, or how they should feel. How they should feel? Yes, because I am not a technical instructor teaching them the intricacies of bullet golf. I am a teacher of killers. And I am teaching them how to kill evil men…and all the intricacies of that action, whether internal or external. If you carry a pistol with you daily it is in anticipation of, perhaps that very day, of killing another man, or men. Thus all men who carry a weapon are killers, or anticipating becoming killers. If that were not the case, we would even be reading this and our belt lines would be shorn of all weapons. A... Read more →
July 2017
Friday, July 28, 2017
One of the things that is incessantly being discussed in the CCW/LEO community is the after-event-discourse. In other words, what do you say...or not, after you have shot and killed an adversary. As expected, the variety of advice is as different as people's choices in guns and ammo. A prevailing attitude - promulgated by the liability-mongers - is to simply shut up and say nothing under any circumstances. I disagree and here is why - I have been in more than a few of these and also investigated quite a few of these. I noted some trends and tried to use those trends to my benefits when it was my turn at the plate. First is the fact that you are the only one equipped to tell your story. The bad guys you shot, if they survive, will not be "keeping quiet". They will be telling the police you pulled your gun on them, perhaps create some appearance of racism if they can exploit it, and generally make it look like you are the over-reacting bad guy. If the police... Read more →
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Continuing with our study of the mental aspects of gunfighting and killing I want to discuss a topic we see with dogs, but has rarely been ever used to describe humans in conflict. That is Fear Aggression. Look at the two images above. Before reading the rest of the article look at them and see the differences in demeanor, posture, emotion, as well as the outward manifestation of those emotions. On the left we see a small dog baring his teeth. If a picture could have sound you could almost hear the little growl coming from the little throat rolling into a full blow little bark. The little dog is afraid and if he was a human, we would say he was emotional, angry, and loudly acting out those emotions. A fear aggressive dog is dangerous because he is unpredictable and uncontrollable and his fear will lead him to bite even if biting is not what is called for...and even then, those bites will be applied hesitantly and poorly. On the right we see a wolf on the stalk. Look... Read more →
One of the teaching points at the Killing Within The Law Seminar was that after the shots had been fired, you would have to explain yourself. Regardless of what the untested, myth-followers, on the internet will tell you, you cannot just say nothing. If a police officer responds to your shooting, he sees the body, and you refusing to speak to him, he will arrive at certain conclusions. He doesn't care about you, or the truth, or any of that. He cares about not having his Sergeant on his ass, and in getting off duty on time. And there will be a report written. Once that report is written, it will require the hand of God Himself to change it, so it is in your interest to select your role in the event. The role you want is "Victim". That role will be self-assigned if you conduct yourself properly and use your words to reinforce what is evident to the officers. A great deal of that is based on non-verbal things. A perceived gentleman will be seen in a vastly... Read more →
The American Gun Community is motivated by fear and emotion. They did this to themselves as they listened to liability-centric Story tellers around their campfires late at night. They sat open mouthed and pie-eyed as the story tellers told of the untold horrors of what would befall them if they ever had to point a weapon much less shoot anyone. And like all impressionable sorts, the tribal stories became their reality. Every fiber of their being became focused on fear of the legal system, rather than in winning the inevitable fight. That, readers, is a recipe for failure. It will either be a failure from emotional over reaction, or a failure from fearful inaction. But fear, is hardly an asset and certainly not something we want to base our actions upon. Oh, certainly, it may be a great word to use later to define what you saw and felt and thought...but right there...in the moment...no. How do we eliminate, or at least minimize, fear and its effects? Quite simple. This has two aspects. One is the revision of a self-image... Read more →
First...the why...of course. A martial system is based on concepts, strategies, tactics. and techniques. One does not just "go fight", or "go shoot" as much as the simpletons of the American gun scene would have you believe. Fighting - whether hand or gun - is learned. Fighting must be mindless and automatic to bring victory. And for that to happen...it must be based on a series of accepted concepts that lead to a strategy of combat. And the tactics and techniques that are developed around such things must be physically memorized and trained until they can be done without analytical or conscious thought. For example, lets take our system of gunfighting. Not a theoretical matter at all, nor one based in sports. I have killed men with the things I teach you thus the system has not been diluted from the actual experience, nor been through as many clean hands as say...karate or kendo has. We define fighting by the assignment of initiative. Either you have it, and thus you begin and end the fight with nothing but timing and... Read more →
The first installment of this was quite contraversial, specially in the groups that uses competition shooting as a basis for gunfight training. Please understand that there is nothing wrong with sport shooting, but sport shooting is not gunfighting any more than collegiate fencing is street knife fighting. And to use one as a basis for the other is a recipe for ultimate failure. Now here is the thing that many forget. If you make a mistake on the game fields, what happens? Nothing. You shrug, hopefully get a redo, and try to ignore your friend's laughter. But if you make a mistake in a gunfight, which ostensibly is why you carry a pistol CCW, the results will be far more dire. So let's look at the situation. A bad guy pulls his pistol, points it at you and begins trying to kill you. If you do nothing, you are dead. If you try something and fail, you die. That's it. So, having been trained properly, you explode off the line of fire, pull your blaster and start trying to kill... Read more →
Steinbeck wrote those words. THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF VICTORY IN DEFENSE. Hard to believe, but true. As the American Gun Society becomes more and more enmeshed in the morass of fear promoted by those instructors who have never known the exhilaration of personal battle, or had another man in the sights, and pressed off the shot, I bring you this...from an old friend who knows the real deal. Reaction of former Cleveland Irish-American gangster Danny Green - and an ex-Marine - in 1972 to being ambushed by a mob contract killer... Read more →


text: Jen graduated from Westfield State University in 2010 with a B.S. in Sports Medicine. She then attended Northeastern University and obtained her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2014. During her studies at Northeastern, Jen received a clinical rotation with Excel and has been working at Excel since completing her internship. She enjoys working with patients of all ages and levels of ability. Jen utilizes a multi-disciplined treatment approach that includes manual techniques and therapeutic exercises to improve her patient's overall functional status. When Jen is not at work she enjoys running, watching the Patriots and Bruins with her fiancé, and spending time with her family… particularly her niece and nephew, Georgie and Gianna.


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Pictures from the Dawn Treader at Movie World
Posted December 27, 2009 10:45 am by fantasia_kitty
Here are myartismylife's photos from set pieces of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader at Movie World.
Thank you myartismylife!!
You can also view some pictures on Jin-Tao's flickr account here.
Thanks icarus for the find!
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narnia365 says: December 27th, 2009 on 11:05 AM
Awesome pics! It's really exciting to see the ship. But still disappointing it will be scrapped!
The two fauns (and beavers) with the bell is really cool looking! I wonder if the fauns(s) is/are supposed to be Tumnus… it doesn't look much like him. Idk… I sure the beavers are supposed to be Mr. and Mrs. Beaver. But I could be wrong…
Uhg, the statues with the bells are so aggravating!!! I wonder what they're for and what they represent… I guess we'll see in less than a year!
Starlily says: December 27th, 2009 on 11:40 AM
The bells and statues are for the "Bell Tower", but other than that we don't know much. It IS aggravating.
The fauns and beavers are a little odd, but I guess they are a nice touch. I just hope there won't be so much detail on the ship that it's distracting. 🙂
narnia365 says: December 27th, 2009 on 2:46 PM
Oh, thanks for the info! I must have missed the "bell tower" part in the news…
The statues look so weird with their hands holding their heads off their necks. Like, really weird…
narniafan4ever ♥ says: December 27th, 2009 on 5:20 PM
Yeah, I know. What is up with that…..it makes me nervous. 🙁
Starlily says: December 28th, 2009 on 5:29 AM
Yeah, what's the purpose for their heads being detached? Does it have some hidden meaning? It's kind of creepy…
narniafan4ever ♥ says: December 28th, 2009 on 6:56 AM
Some of the stuff on the boat looks really weird. One was the lords with their head de-tached and the other one was the weird looking fish on the side of the boat. here is a link so that you can see them….
Hermitess of Narnia says: January 4th, 2010 on 6:17 PM
Yeah, it reminds me of the Magician's bearded mirror in the book, except that wasn't as strange looking. The book says it could also look like it had a cheerful meaning, these can't.
Pray for the Dawn Treader movie.
HighQueenofNarnia says: January 11th, 2010 on 2:26 PM
The beavers are especially odd because Nikabrik mentions in Prince Caspian that there are no beavers living in Narnia- pg. 180.
narnian resident says: December 27th, 2009 on 2:21 PM
lol well thats what makes it fun for the people who send out these things: its a mystery to all the rest of us, and we will never know until the movie, or unless someone finally tells us in an update. how bothersome!
yeswelovenarnia says: December 27th, 2009 on 11:40 AM
One thing I can't hold against them is that they really do have good sets!!!! Awesome costumes too but they aren't in the pictures. I hope they don't scrap it all though. That is a shame for such good work!!!
Tawariell says: December 27th, 2009 on 11:42 AM
Beautiful pictures! They put so much detail into everything. It is so sad that they will be scrapping such a wonderful work of art.
narnia365– I'm also guessing that the faun and beavers are supposed to be Tumnus and Mr. and Mrs. Beaver.
Where is this bell tower? On the ship?
Starlily says: December 28th, 2009 on 5:27 AM
I think the bell tower is going to be at Narrowhaven, where Gumpas is. I heard there's going to be a fight scene or almost-fight scene located at it, but no one knows for sure. *shrugs* It's quite a conundrum.
pselpevensie says: December 27th, 2009 on 1:05 PM
amazing pics!
btw- what 'bell tower'? i don't remember that from the book.
Leolani says: December 28th, 2009 on 12:58 AM
There is no bell tower in the book, anymore than there was a castle raid, a romance, stuck-up characters, etc. etc. *sigh*
Lucy of Narnia says: December 28th, 2009 on 9:07 AM
Leolani, there was a battle raid strongly hinted at in the book. (See the chapter with the Dancing Lawn)
wolfloversk says: December 28th, 2009 on 10:01 AM
Honestly I don't see the problem with the bell-tower. Just cause its there doesn't mean they're going to make it a major part of the movie, it's probably just there for the detail, like all the stuff in the beaver's hut.
Ariel_of_Narnia says: January 2nd, 2010 on 6:49 AM
Lucy of Narnia, there was a meeting at Dancing Lawn, yes. But Glenstorm was ready for full-out battle, not little raids (as was Caspian's first thought and intention). From there, the Telmarines were tracking them down, upon which they fled to Aslan's How and were attacked there. They fought at the very door of the How everyday (and some nights) just to keep alive, so an actual raid was never carried out.
Lucy of Narnia says: January 3rd, 2010 on 3:30 PM
Ariel, okay, the book didn't actually say that there was a castle raid, but an audience just wouldn't be happy with what there is in the book. Also, in the movie the Telmarines were right on the Narnians' doorstep, the only entrance into the How. If the book and the movie were identical (which having the Telmarines right in front of the only entrance doesn't hinder), then the Pevensies and Trumpkin would somehow have to get past the Telmarines. It was all right for the book, but I always was rather curious how they managed it even then. In a book you can wonder exactly how something is done, but in a movie, you see it. The movie-makers would have to make up something right there and then. Besides, a castle raid (for which the original idea was in the book, which neither said it happened or it didn't) is far more interesting in a movie than endless little battles are.
And by the way, I don't see any problem with any bell tower. I'm sure there's any number of bell towers in Narrowhaven and such places.
Sail on, Dawn Treader, and keep up the good work, Walden, as with the two previous Narnia movies!
HighQueenofNarnia says: January 11th, 2010 on 2:29 PM
Lucy of Narnia is right. Actually, there are some raids that Caspian and Glenstorm and the others make in the book. It mentions a time before the Pevensies come that the giant, Wimbleweather, breaks out at the wrong time, many Narnians die, and everyone is miserable.
Ariel_of_Narnia says: January 19th, 2010 on 4:38 PM
HighQueenofNarnia, that was during one of the battles, not a raid.
Dreamermiss says: December 27th, 2009 on 1:36 PM
THe pics are really good. THanks a lot! Seriously, how can the head people decide to scrape this amazing artistry? That is such a shame and a waste of good talent. WE never see something this amazing in real life anymore, shouldn't it have a place also to show how many people still love their craft? I think someone should get a bunch of people together and buy it. THen out it on display somewhere.
LadyCourage says: December 27th, 2009 on 2:27 PM
Agreed entirely. Wish I had the money to do that… =(
NarnianElf says: December 28th, 2009 on 11:02 AM
That would be SOO cool. I can't believe that they would even consider scrapping all that! I think that they should make a museum, and make it in Pennsylvania because then I could visit it.
Ariel_of_Narnia says: January 2nd, 2010 on 6:49 AM
mmm… a Narnia museum….
wolfloversk says: December 27th, 2009 on 2:05 PM
I am so glad they put lots of detail into the ship, it makes it more realistic. I really wish they won't scrap it.
Mirima Rosetrader says: December 27th, 2009 on 2:12 PM
The pieces are beautiful! THEY ARE GOING TO SCRAP THE DAWN TREADER??? WHAT IDIOT THOUGHT OF THAT STUPID IDEA??? NOOOOO!!!
narnian resident says: December 27th, 2009 on 2:14 PM
wow! im in awe! its amazing how much detail they put into these things, and most of it never even gets seen in the movie! wow……i truly have never seen a ship so beautiful before, its just plain breathtaking! i love the doors that go into the room im guessing is caspian's, and i just adore that faun and beavers bell statue! its all so beautiful and amazing! im now at a loss for words 🙂
NarnianElf says: December 28th, 2009 on 11:04 AM
My very thoughts, I just couldn't put them into words! Very well said. I have always wanted to go to sea and be a sailor of some kind, and that would definately be my ship! It's so beautiful!
sirsimon says: December 27th, 2009 on 2:41 PM
WHAT???????!!!!!!! They are going to scrap it?
iLiveInNarnia says: December 27th, 2009 on 3:10 PM
Awesome! I love the detail of the ship. It's incredible
AndreyaofNarnia says: December 27th, 2009 on 3:11 PM
Coolio! I do wonder what the 'bell tower' is…
Tawariell – I agree! If you look closely you can see the faun has a flute in his hand.
Puddleglum says: December 27th, 2009 on 4:44 PM
Someone tell me where the dumpster is! The rope pegs alone are worth the time digging through the trash.
Ariel_of_Narnia says: January 2nd, 2010 on 6:50 AM
ohh… yeah
always narnian says: December 27th, 2009 on 6:22 PM
Wow! A lot of detail. I think that a normal ship wouldn't have such detail- because of the inconvenience- but I think a King's ship may. What do all of you say?
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coracle says: December 27th, 2009 on 10:09 PM
Thanks for the great photos!
narniaqueen says: December 28th, 2009 on 4:40 AM
i wonder why the lords' heads are detatched? is that an artistic way of expressing that they're lost?
HighQueenofNarnia says: January 11th, 2010 on 2:32 PM
I wondered that too- my first thought was that they were dead or something, but it's kind of weird that they are holding their heads. Ugh!
adamie says: December 28th, 2009 on 6:25 AM
WOW!I guess that the faun and beavers represent tumnus and the beavers.
georgielaurafankjm says: December 28th, 2009 on 7:08 AM
That is awesome!!!
Charles says: December 28th, 2009 on 7:35 AM
I have no idea what the statues are unless they are trying to show them being detached from Narnia, symbolically, that could be a cool way to play that up. In the book I never got a full sense about why this was so important, the mission, to find them. The statues at least add some weight to the idea of them being gone as being bad for Narnia and worth a trip to find them.
NarnianElf says: December 28th, 2009 on 11:06 AM
Very nice thought. That makes alot of sense.
Ariel_of_Narnia says: January 2nd, 2010 on 6:51 AM
yeah it does
violet sky Raven says: December 28th, 2009 on 8:48 AM
awesome pics! thanks for sharing!
Reepicheep, Knight of Narnia says: December 28th, 2009 on 9:08 AM
Awesome! Can't wait for Dec. 10!
iLiveInNarnia says: December 28th, 2009 on 9:53 AM
Im still confused about the bells! 🙂
AWESOME LOOKING SHIP!! IM SO EXCITED!!! (too bad it will just be thrown away..)
tenthofthatname says: December 28th, 2009 on 10:48 AM
LOVE these photos. I wish I could set foot on this ship.
Just a thought on the bell tower: Could the statues be a monument Miraz built for the seven? The detached heads seem inconsistent with the way Caspian would portray them. Since the big bell is on the Dawn Treader maybe we can assume that's how Caspian would design a tribute to the seven missing lords, whereas Miraz's design has a symbolic underlying meaning that he had them all sent away with the intention for them to die, hence detached heads!
Narniamiss says: December 28th, 2009 on 11:40 AM
Wow, never even thought of that. But why would the film show Caspian back home? And how would Lucy be with him, since she, Ed and Eustace were dropped in the picture mid-voyage? I mean, it is possible, but it seems kind of out of the way. I am thinking this might be more around Govenour Gumpas's land. Since Lu and Caspian are attacked, I can only guess at this point that Gumpas sends someone after them.
tenthofthatname says: December 28th, 2009 on 11:55 AM
Speculation says the bell tower set is possibly in Narrowhaven. Really I don't recall a lot of Telmarine influence in the Lone Islands where the book is concerned, but some interaction between Miraz and Gumpas' governments is believable to me. They are both unsavory!
CelticPotterNarnian says: December 28th, 2009 on 10:53 AM
These are great pictures of the Dawn Treader its still so sad most of the ship is going to be thrown away. 🙁
King Skandar the Just says: December 28th, 2009 on 11:16 AM
awesome awesome awesome!!!!!!!! They are so awesome! I love the picture on the Dawn Treader! It's exactly how I imagined it! It's amazing how much detail is on it! It's a shame that they probably don't even really get a close up on this amazing artwork!
ASLAN'S CHILD says: December 28th, 2009 on 11:25 AM
i LOVE the on board the dawn treader picture.its beatiful.is better than what i imagined it would be i love the details on the door.and the two stirs on each side goin up.its amazing i hope they put it on a museum.i would love to climb on that thing.great job!and i absolutely cant wait for the movie to come out.its gonna be the best movie in the world!!!!!!!!
Narniamiss says: December 28th, 2009 on 11:41 AM
The details are truly stunning. The woodwork is amazing, and I am more and more intruiged by the statues and bells. I really can't wait to find out more. 🙂
narnia fan 7 says: December 28th, 2009 on 6:26 PM
Bell Tower???
true-narnian_queen says: December 29th, 2009 on 1:23 PM
What have they changed the fact that the three lords are asleep and made them into statues! its a bit confusing. but i my mind they can not mess up the movie. SAIL ON VDT
checkers says: December 30th, 2009 on 9:30 AM
I'm just wondering why the statues are holding their heads…a bit odd, don't you think?
The Gatekeeper says: December 30th, 2009 on 5:30 PM
Nice pictures. What's this about a "bell tower" getting attacked? I don't seem to remember that from the book. :-S
Ariel_of_Narnia says: January 2nd, 2010 on 6:53 AM
There's a bunch that they're adding that's not in the book…
Tarwe, the Narnian Elf says: December 31st, 2009 on 3:47 PM
Simply amazing, stunning, gorgeous, awe-inspiring… I can't believe how much work they put in the making the 'Dawn Treader'. I hope we get to see at least some of these details in the actual movie, or maybe the movie makers will include a documentary-thing on the 'Dawn Treader' in the behind the scenes. Why do they have to scrap it all?!
Ariel_of_Narnia says: January 2nd, 2010 on 6:44 AM
Such detail! I love it. I showed my mom and she was like, "are you sure it's not computerized?". lol
Reepicheep, Knight of Narnia says: January 3rd, 2010 on 3:33 PM
I like how they have statues of Mr. Tumnus and the Beavers. I hope that they draw some special attention to that.
anonymous says: January 9th, 2010 on 8:48 PM
Perhaps everyone should donate some money – there seem to be so many people on this site – and we could buy the ship after the movie! 🙂
Reepicheep The XII says: January 11th, 2010 on 9:50 AM
Wow! Those pictures are incredible!
HighQueenofNarnia says: January 11th, 2010 on 2:44 PM
Ernie Malik said that the ship won't be scrapped earlier in 2009.
Johnathan says: March 16th, 2010 on 10:19 AM
Yeah, I'm kinda scare how this movie is going to turn out to be.
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10:30am New England Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs @Foxboro
The points-spread line of 9 is the highest on the week one board across the NFL and it's not hard to see why.
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3:00am Buffalo Bills vs. New York Jets @ New Era Field
There were good signs from the Bills last season and that should transfer through to the new season which starts early on Sunday morning.
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3:00am Chicago Bears vs. Atlanta Falcons @ Soldier Field
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3:00am Cincinatti Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens @ Paul Brown Stadium
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3:00am Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers @ FirstEnergy Stadium
Is there a more problematic team in the NFL than the Cleveland Browns? The simple answer is no and even the more loyal fan would be getting frustrated.
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Signing defensive end Myles Garrett out of Texas A&M will help, but that was a college which leaked points and despite a good pre-season record, this game should be an easy win for Big Ben and the Steelers.
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3.00am Detroit Lions vs. Arizona Cardinals @ Ford Field
The Cardinals are currently the away favourites in this matchup, but there's value with the home side.
They didn't look overly bad in the pre-season games and the Lions have always been a team pushing for that late playoff burst.
They might not have Megatron anymore after the big wide receiver retired early, but quality quarterback Matt Stafford can still throw to the likes of Golden Tate and rookie Kenny Golladay.
The strength comes at the running back position with Ameer Abdullah and Theo Riddick, but overall the Lions have a solid team which will hang around the 8-8 mark at the end of the season.
The Cardinals will start its season with two consecutive away games, but we can see its first win coming in week two against the Colts.
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3.00am Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars @ NRG Stadium
The Texans haven't had the best offseason to remember, but there's still plenty to like about the outfit this season.
Signing Clemson QB Deshaun Watson should be a blessing in disguise for the southern-based side which has been able to recruit well after the Brock Osweiler deal.
With the current storms in the Houston area, the game is expected to be played at the NRG Stadium and that will only spur on the local fans.
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Fournette is a trouble maker, but he's a beast on the field and he could make the difference all season for the Florida-based franchise.
This is a tough one, but the spark resides with the visitors.
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Jaguars by 7
3.00am Miami Dolphins vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Hard Rock Stadium
The Buccaneers should be in for a good season based on what we saw earlier this year.
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Jacquizz Rodgers at running back, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin at wide receiver – it all looks likely that the Buccaneers will make an impactful start to the season and the Dolphins don't exactly excude confidence on the field.
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Buccaneers by 13
3.00am Tennessee Titans vs. Oakland Raiders @ Nissan Stadium
There is hype surrounding both teams, but hype can only take a team so far.
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With a quality quarterback in Derek Carr and a stout defensive line, the Oakland Raiders could make a run for the playoffs, but there's always a big "BUT" with the Raiders.
Its discipline is horrible and can often cost them games. The Titans, on the other hand, seemingly go about its business with a good mix of youth and experience.
More is expected from former Oregon QB star Marcus Mariota and the third-year player should be in for a good season.
This is a tough one to call, but we'll lean towards the home side.
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Titans by 3
3.00am Washington Redskins vs. Philadelphia Eagles @ FedEx Field
The Redskins have all the ability to compete in the playoffs and punters are getting great odds for the home side.
The Redskins are currently –1 underdogs to handle the Eagles, which do boast a good team, but often take a few games to hit their top gear.
Having locked in Kirk Cousins who had a great 2016/2017 year, the Redskins should have a solid enough base to continue their good season and handle the Eagles in week one.
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Redskins by 8
6.05am L.A. Rams vs. Indianapolis Colts @ Los Angeles Memorial Stadium
The Colts are in a predicament and it's something that has bugged them over the last few seasons.
The health of quarterback Andrew Luck has plagued this team for years now, but with the former Stanford Cardinal out of the lineup, former New England understudy Jacoby Brissett is set to fill in.
Brissett looked good for the Patriots in the absence of Tom Brady in the opening four games last season, but this is another kettle of fish. He will need to learn an intricate playbook which is tailored for Luck in a short amount of time.
Despite the Rams not being the greatest team in the league – not even close, QB Jared Goff looks to have some confidence back and there's plenty to like across the board.
This won't be the most exciting game on the board, but there is value with the home side.
Betting tip: Rams –3.5 @ $1.92 (BET NOW)
Rams by 7
6:25am Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks @ Lambeau Field
One of the games of the round sees the Packers vs. The Seahawks.
The Packers are the field goal favourites to beat the tough Seattle Seahawks, but we think the bookmakers might have got the market slightly off.
We think the Packers are at least 10-point favourites against the Seahawks which never play as well away from home as they do in Seattle.
The Packers have one big weapon and that's Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers is a one-of-a-kind QB that can take the game into his own hands.
Both teams possess great talent across the board and it promises to be one of the best games of the round and possibly the year, but we're sticking with the Cheese Heads.
Betting tip: Packers @ $1.60 (BET NOW)
Packers by 12
6:25am San Fransisco 49ers vs. Carolina Panthers @ Levi's Stadium
We think the Carolina Panthers are one of the title contenders this season and this should be an easy first round win for them.
The Panthers have QB Cam Newton, who did come under scrutiny last season, but the addition of Stanford running back Christian McCaffery will eleviate the running pressure from Newton.
Newton will be able to focus on passing to one of his many high-profile targets and we think McCaffery could win the running back title this season, if not Rookie of the Year.
It's a fun time to be a Panthers fan and a first round win should be on the cards.
Betting tip: Panthers 14+ @ $4 (BET NOW)
Panthers by 18
10:30am Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants @ AT&T Stadium
Punters will see the –4 for the Cowboys and likely jump all over that price, but there's some things to note before doing so.
The Cowboys are without running back Ezekiel Elliott due to suspension, but the Giants could be missing Odell Beckham Jr after he suffered an ankle injury in pre-season.
Brandon Marshall is also under an injury cloud, but with two-time Super Bowl-winning QB Eli Manning at the helm, the Giants are capable of the upset.
This is a close call, but we'll favour the Cowboys in the head-to-head market.
Betting tip: Cowboys @ $1.55 (BET NOW)
Cowboys by 3
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The Saints have a team which is capable of scoring over 40 points per game, but that defense is shocking and the Vikings should take advantage.
The Vikings welcome back Teddy Bridgewater from injury, but Sam Bradford is also in the picture and will likely start as the week one QB.
With a good stack of talent at the running back and wide receiver positions, the Vikings could get off to a winning start and stifle the Saints offense.
The Saints will score points this season, but it usually needs time to warm up and facing a brisk Vikings team might not be the best place for them.
Betting tip: Vikings –3.5 @ $1.92 (BET NOW)
Vikings by 10
12:20pm Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers @ SPA Field
The Broncos don't have much in the way of the quarterback position which is a big concern this season, but they do have depth at the running back position to cover.
Coming up against the Chargers won't be an easy task and the experience that Philip Rivers brings is a great asset to the team.
The Chargers are better playing at home in the cooler conditions on the coast, but they have the more well-rounded team and could pull off the upset on Tuesday in front of a big Denver crowd – which might be shocked at how poorly their team performs this season.
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Chargers by 4
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ISSN 1070-4272, Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2007, Vol. 80, No. 7, pp. 1082!1086. + Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2007.
Original Russian Text + K.I. Tikhonov, G.K. Burkat, V.Yu. Dolmatov, E.A. Orlova, 2007, published in Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, 2007, Vol. 80, No. 7,
pp. 1113!1116.
Use of Diamond Stock in Chromium Plating
K. I. Tikhonov, G. K. Burkat, V. Yu. Dolmatov, and E. A. Orlova
St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University), St. Petersburg, Russia
Received February 27, 2007
Abstract-Cathodic deposition of a chromium coating from the standard electrolyte in the presence of
a diamond stock was analyzed. The microhardness and wear resistance of chromium3diamond coatings and
the effect of the diamond stock on the electrical conductivity and throwing power of the electrolyte were
Chromium plating is one of the most commonly
employed electroplating processes. Chromium coat-
ings are widely used to impart a decorative appearance
to articles, to protect parts subject to wear (shafts and
pistons) and molds that should have a high surface
hardness, and to restore worn components. As a rule,
articles of this kind are coated with a thick chromium
layer (2003500 mm).
Because the deposition of thick chromium layers is
a rather high-cost process, a topical task is to develop
a procedure for deposition of composite chromium3
diamond coatings (CDC) with the use of nanodi-
amonds (ND) in order to diminish the thickness and
improve the physicochemical properties of chromium
coatings. The possibility of codeposition of chromium
and ND was first reported in [1], with the amount of
ND in the chromium plating electrolyte varied from 5
to 40 g l
A method for CDC deposition on blade tools has
found wide use. This method was industrially imple-
mented at Elektrokhimpribor combine (Lesnoi), Che-
repovets steel works, and others. Therefore, this proc-
ess has been the subject of extensive research work
with rather contradictory results, from enthusiastic to
negative [133].
At present, composite electroplated coatings (CEC)
with ND are not widely used because of the high cost
of diamond synthesis. Therefore, it is suggested to
consider, in order to lower the production cost of
chromium3diamond coatings, use of the raw material
from which ND are obtained, diamond stock (DS).
Detonation conversion of high-power explosives with
a negative balance in a nonoxidative medium (i.e., in
that with an oxygen content lower than the stoichio-
metric value) yields a condensed ND-containing
carbon phase. Such a condensed carbon, named
the diamond stock, may contain up to 75% ND [4].
DS exhibits adsorption capacity and high chemical
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of
DS on the mechanism of the chromium plating proc-
ess, electrical conductivity and throwing power of
the electrolyte, physicomechanical properties of coat-
ings (microhardness, wear resistance), and outward
appearance of chromium coatings obtained in various
A versatile chromium plating electrolyte of the fol-
lowing composition (g l
): CrO
2303260 and
2.332.6 (electrolyte no. 1), was chosen for
the study.
This choice was due to the following: its composi-
tion is more stable than that of a diluted chromium
plating electrolyte; can be used to produce both wear-
resistant and hard chromium deposits; has a rather
high throwing and covering power; causes no difficul-
ties in determination of the ND and DS content of
the electrolyte (in contrast to the self-regulating elec-
The deposition was performed from the above-
mentioned solution, with DS introduced in amounts of
1, 2.5, 5, and 10 g l
(electrolyte nos. 2, 3, 4,
and 5, respectively). The optimal DS concentrations in
the chromium plating electrolyte was determined by