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The right stuff: Responding to an active shooter with limited manpower
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When a situation gets ugly, you know you have work to do. The question is, do you have the tools to do it? Choosing the right weapons and ammunition will help make every second count. Being properly armed and outfitted is especially critical if you're short on manpower — you'll need all the help you can get.
I recently received an email inquiry from an officer who works an extremely rural area and has limited manpower available for an active shooter response. Having read several articles on the subject, he asked, "Hey; what about those of us who might only have one or two officers to respond at all?" His question started me thinking and I opened a discussion on this topic in a couple of online forums I participate in.
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I was amazed at the commitment shown by the respondents, who put the immediate response first and foremost. The gentleman who sent the original email said (paraphrased), "I have no realistic hope of getting four officers on the scene in anything less than an hour. I'm not going to stand around safe outside and wait. I'm going to take what I've got and go do what is called for."
One of the posts went like this: "Lastly, if you can't have as many [officers] as you need, man up and go anyway. If all you have is two, two it is. One, OK. One trained now is much, much better than 20 an hour from now."
Put in a slightly different way, this from another responder: "Remember, each and every round they send in your direction is a round that they did not put into some innocent victim's head."
Another comment that I felt was very important and insightful, even if not eloquently worded was: "Screw public perception... I would rather look too aggressive and save the lives of innocent men, women and children than be under prepared and have those lives lost."
Now that we understand the extreme dedication that has to be the point-of-view we work from, let's take a look at how to prepare and equip to deal with such an ugly situation.
From here forward, I'm assuming that most law enforcement professionals go on duty with some semblance of the following:
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- A primary duty handgun: in 9mm, .40S&W, .45ACP, .357Sig, 10mm, or other decent fighting round. This does not include .380ACP, .25ACP, or anything in .22.
- Plenty of ammunition. One thing that becomes abundantly clear is that having plenty of ammo is imperative. Resupply is problematic at best, and running out is just plain unacceptable. The average cop is most likely carrying a handgun fully stoked and two back up magazines. In a Government Model 1911 .45ACP that's only 22 rounds; in a Glock 22, that's 46 rounds; a Glock 17 equates to 52 rounds and a Beretta 92F (M9) is 46 rounds. While I know plenty of people who believe that 9mm is not powerful enough when facing multiple opponents, would you rather have 22 rounds of .45ACP' or 52 rounds of 9mm? The answer is one that you have to be happy with.
- A back up gun, where authorized. For a lot of people this is a Chief's Special, 5-shot .38 Special. For others it's a pocket-sized semi-auto (.380ACP, like a Walther). For others still, this is a downsized version of their duty gun: where the duty gun is a Glock 17, the BUG is a Glock 26. They use the same magazines and can shoot the exact same ammo. Functionality is identical. To my way of thinking, this is optimal.
- A good knife, or knives. Heaven forbid the fighting becomes a hand-to-hand issue, however, I'd rather have two good folding lockblades than no edged weapon at all. One is better than none. They don't have to be fixed blades and they don't have to be huge. I'm not referring to the stuff that will scare your chief executive officer into a liability coma. However, if you can, carry a decent fixed blade knife.
- Flashlight(s). Parts of every structure can be dark if the power is out. Take the light with you, twice. After all, it's only your ass on the line.
All right, we know there is plenty of stuff every law enforcement officer carries that I have not listed. Things like handcuffs, OC spray, utility tools, rubber gloves, etc. Why did I leave these out? Because in a close quarters shooting battle, what do they matter? I've never heard the words "affect an arrest" used in active shooter training. Active shooter response is about an aggressive and violent response to an aggressive and violent action. "Drop your gun or I'll shoot," isn't an option. Shoot. Stop the threat. Handcuffs are for after the shooter is down and incapacitated. OC spray? Maybe as a distraction when you're at the hand-to-hand fighting position. Rubber gloves? Assuming a "holy cow, everything has gone to hell in a handbasket" active shooter scenario, rubber gloves won't be enough to keep the blood off you.
So, what do we add to the list? For active shooter response, even where plenty of manpower is available, there are certain equipment recommendations. These items become more important if you're in a limited manpower situation:
A Long Gun: Shotgun, Carbine or Rifle
I know a number of experts who believe the shotgun has limited use in an active shooter situation. One comment was, "Why take 200-year old technology into the gunfight?" I understand this outlook, especially as it's applied to common buckshot ammo. When the enemy is 70 yards away, 00 buck will do you no good, and might spread out far enough to hit an unintended target. Slugs are an option, but are abusive to shoot and inaccurate past 25 yards or so. Today though, an option does exist for law enforcement: PolyShok. Anytime you can fire the equivalent of a slug with the recoil of 8-shot and head-shot accuracy at 50 yards, that's not 200-year old technology. Further, the energy delivered to the enemy is incapacitating and devastating, even if he's wearing body armor. To me, this makes the shotgun a viable active shooter option, especially in light of how often one can be found in cruiser trunks.
The carbine is certainly better than going in with only a handgun. It will increase your accurate shot placement distances out to between 50-100 yards; farther if you practice. Still, let's be realistic: this is a long barrelled handgun. The added range is excellent; the increased accuracy at distances less than 50 yards is magnificent; but this is not a weapon that will penetrate body armor or deliver disabling hits on body armor. In this vein, I like the idea of the Beretta CX4 carbine, used in combination with the Beretta PX4 pistol. Since they are the same caliber, they use the same magazine, making it easier to carry extra loads for both weapons.
Finally, the rifle! The rifle is the weapon that was designed for one of two purposes: To hunt large game (animals that weigh in excess of 150 pounds); and to hunt men.
It never ceases to amaze me that people believe a bullet, fired from a common caliber handgun, will knock a man off his feet. Please! For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If the bullet coming out the end of the handgun will knock the man it is shot at 15 feet, it must also knock the man shooting it 15 feet backward (assuming equal weight of men - you get the point). That said, rifles are designed to deliver a bullet at much higher speeds, with much greater accuracy, and doing far more damage in terminal ballistics.
If I have to go into an active shooter situation, my preference for long gun is:
- Rifle: with a minimum of six 30-round magazines;
- Shotgun: With an extended mag tube, six on the side shell holder; and as many more as I can carry in my pockets;
- Carbine: With all the appropriate magazines I can carry.
All law enforcement officers should be wearing body armor. Level III is quite common in normal duty cases, but what about going into a known high-risk high-threat area? Upgraded body armor and/or plates are required. Remember, "Every bullet fired at you is one less fired into a victim." How many rounds can you absorb? You–not so many. Good armor–more. For this reason I recommend having a response vest in your cruiser that incorporates another layer of armor and/or plates. That same vest can hold your extra rifle magazines and extra handgun magazines. I recommend the Rapid Deployment Body Armor Bag. It's my understanding that P.A.C.A. is now manufacturing that bag. Check it out.
What about armor for your head? How many cops actually have a ballistic helmet in their trunk? If so, how many have put it on? And of those who have put it on, how many have trained with it on? I can tell you from experience that training with the helmet on (especially when prone) isn't as easy as doing it without any headcover. But shrapnel, flying debris and bullets can present a real threat to your head. Protect it. And as a final option, if you're strong enough and can train with it, use a body bunker or shield. I find bunkers heavy and cumbersome. However, the Baker Batshield is a folding soft-armor shield that can be used in its carry case or out. It is a Level III armor shield that is easy to train with. One of these in each trunk would be a good idea.
Now that we have basic equipment covered, what about tactics?. One man cannot cover a 360-degree threat environment. Risks have to be taken. In this instance, speed equals security. While we train in active shooter response to go past closed doors, and move through hallway intersections depending on our wing men, how do you accomplish this as a single operator? You have to check open doors and corners. If you hear shots down the hall and around the corner, should you pause to check open doors along the way? This is going to require nerves of steel and a quick analytical ability.
Each door presents more information. Is it open or closed? If open, do you hear voices? screams? shouts? Are the lights on or off? Perhaps most importantly, (if you've trained and are on your game) do you feel a threat exists there as you move? If you're a lone operator going into an active shooter situation, you will have to depend on your instincts in a large way. The more you've trained under high stress, the more accurate your instincts will be. Lower levels of training can result in stress overload when it comes to the real deal. When stress overload occurs, all of your instincts and perceptions are suspect. If you're a lone operator and know that your backup is 10 minutes away, and shots are blasting inside the school, do what you have to do:
- Do take the time to armor up with what you have.
- Do equip yourself as best you can with what you have.
- Do communicate your arrival and intentions. Expect to be ordered not to make entry.
- Do advise what door you are entering, and what intel you can offer before making entry. If you can maintain an open mike as you go, do so. If not, update as circumstances permit.
- Do move as fast toward your target as your instincts and capabilities permit.
- Do engage without hesitation. Every wasted second is potentially another innocent life.
- Do your best to look high and low as you move. Improvised Explosive Devices are common at active shooter scenes. Trip wires can be hard to see.
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- Although I don't believe in it, it is almost the "love at first sight" theory.
2. Does Sam's story make you feel differently about the wolves? Do you feel more compassionate towards them? Why or why not?
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3. Do you think Jacob was wrong to show Edward the images of Bella while he was away from her?
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4. Do Bella's actions towards Jacob (promising to come back when Edward is away, holding hands with him instead of letting him touch her face) say something different than what she intends them to say?
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You already know the caribou; you have seen 8 of them pulling Santa's sleigh. But most likely, you call them reindeer. Actually, although theyre not flying reindeer, in Lapland, caribous do pull pulks (a kind of toboggan or sled used to carry kids or food).
These deer like to live in herds in the northern latitudes and fare well in cold weather. Artic people hunt caribous for their antlers and meat or domesticate them for transportation and milking.
Humans have been hunting reindeer for at least ten thousand years. Some say the ancient inhabitants of eastern Canada mixed reindeer blood with alcohol as a drink to better tolerate the cold.
Males (bulls) measure about 80 inches in length and weigh between 200 and 650 pounds. Females are smaller.
Antlers can reach up to 40 inches in width.
They like to eat lichens, and they often dig through snow to reach them.
The largest deer that survives today, the moose is easily recognizable for its antlers that resemble human palms with the fingers extended. Allegedly, its weird name comes to us from the Algonquian language. Only Americans use this name, Europeans say elk instead of moose. To add to the confusion, in America the name elk refers to another species.
Some facts:
Female adults weigh 800 pounds and males up to 1500.
Its meat tastes like veal and has very low fat content.
You will rarely see more than two moose together. They are solitary individuals.
Their antlers grow quickly in just four or five months, during spring and summer. Then, they shed them, as a means to conserve energy for the cold season.
Unless you know what you are doing, do not harass a moose. He or she will not hesitate to charge directly towards you. Especially, avoid walking between a cow moose and her calf.
American elks are also known as wapiti. As in the case of the moose, the name wapiti comes from the Algonquian language of the Shawnees. These deer live in groups, bulls on one side, and cows on the other. During summer, in the mating period (called the rut) males follow female groups and make harems of 15 to 20 cows.
They follow the snow; they migrate during winter to low altitudes, and back during the spring.
Odd fact:
Males dig holes; then, they urinate, and roll their bodies in them. Why? Female elks find the urine smell irresistible.
Males shed their antlers each year. During the rut, they engage in antler wrestling.
Male elks make high-pitched whistle sounds to attract females. If you pay attention, you can hear their calls within a mile.
The name comes from the characteristic color on the underside of their tails. They are smaller than elk and moose; but have become the most common big game hunting species. Hunters bag about two million specimens each year. You will find these deer in open woodlands and deserts.
When they feel alarmed, they raise their tails.
Young white-tailed deer are called fawns and females are called does.
Fawns have white spots on their coats, which disappear five months after birth.
They are good swimmers and can run at 40 miles per hour.
Elk, Moose, Reindeer Or Caribou?
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The names of our deer species has always sort of confused me. Let me explain the whitetail deers tail is brown, the mule deers tail is white but the blacktail deers tail is very dark or black but like the whitetail the underside is white. So two of the deer species are named for the tail except the whitetails tail is brown and the mule deer is named for its oversized ears and not its tail. Not to mention our moose are elk in europe. Wonder what the europeans call our elk.
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Your guesses are quite correct this is the skull from a large fish. You don't say where it was found but there are not many fish with skulls this big, tuna is one.
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The Beatles aren't strangers to the Guinness Book Of World Records, gracing the pages with feats like Most Recorded Song ("Yesterday"), Most No. 1 Singles on the Hot 100 Chart (20) and Biggest All-Time Sales for a Band. And according to BeatlesNews.com, fans of the Fab Four are looking to take up a little more of Guinness' real estate.
Fans will unite in Liverpool on October 5th in an attempt to break the record for largest number of people singing in the round when they belt out "Love Me Do," The Beatles' first single with Ringo Starr on drums. ("Singing in the round" meaning that each singer or group of singers begin at scattered times – think "Row Row Row Your Boat.")
Their attempt at greatness will come about one month after the 50th Anniversary of the first recording of "Love Me Do" (September 4, 1962) and 50 years to the day of the U.K. release. The event is also part of Liverpool's year-long celebration for a half century of Beatlemania.
"The Beatles are record-breaking royalty," said an enthused Guinness representative, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. "Not only are they the best-selling music group in history, the band holds the honor of being the creators of the first song ever beamed into space. Guinness World Records is pleased to be adjudicating this record attempt and we hope their fans will be joining the event to help secure another place in the records books in the name of the Fab Four."
The current record is currently held by "Danke Schoen," which was sung by 897 people for the 25th Anniversary of the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The event on October 5th is expected to draw a crowd of participants in the thousands.
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Skip to comments.Does Drinking Kill Brain Cells?
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Reader Scott wrote in to ask, Does alcohol kill brain cells?
Oh, Lisa, you and your stories. Bart is a vampire. Beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that building thingy, where our beds and TV is. - Homer Simpson
Watch someone after theyve had a few drinks, and youll find evidence that alcohol does something to their brain. They stumble, slur their words, lose control of their emotions, and forget things.
Some people have tried to explain this behavior as the aftermath of cell death caused by alcohol. Often, its packaged as a neat factoid like Three beers kill 10,000 brain cells.
Now, ethyl alcohol (the kind found in boozy beverages, also known as ethanol) can kill cells and microorganisms. Thats what makes it an effective antiseptic. Your brain contains a few billion cells called neurons that send electrical and chemical messages between it and the other parts of the body. Obviously, you dont want these little guys dying en masse.
Fortunately, when you drink alcoholic beverages, your body tries not to let all of that ethanol roam around unchecked. Rather, your liver processes it and converts it into less toxic stuff. The liver can only work so fast, though, processing about 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits per hour. If youre knocking drinks back fast enough that your liver cant keep up, the excess alcohol hangs out in the blood and travels through the body until it can be processed.
When this alcohol reaches the brain, it doesnt kill the cells outright. What actually happens, according to Roberta Pentney, a cell biologist who studied alcohol and brain function for decades at SUNY Buffalo, is that the alcohol damages the parts of the cells that send and receive information. This causes problems with the way the cells communicate with each other and results in some of the impairments of intoxication.
Researchers at Washington University found that alcohol, even when applied directly to neurons, didnt kill them. Like in Pentneys work, it just interfered with the way they transmit information. Specifically, the researchers showed that alcohol causes certain receptors on neurons to manufacture steroids that inhibit memory formation.
Some alcoholics can experience neuron death as part of a disease called Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. In these cases, the evidence again suggests that the disease and cell death arent caused by the alcohol itself, but a deficiency in the B vitamin thiamine and general malnutrition that often go hand in hand with alcoholism.
For moderate drinkers, a number of studies from the last 15 years suggest that, far from killing brain cells, a little tipple is actually associated with a reduced risk of cognitive decline and dementia.
I prefer the Buffalo theory
In an episode of "Cheers," Cliff Clavin, the trivia-spouting, quirky, irksome mama's boy mailman is seated at the bar describing the buffalo theory to his buddy, Norm Peterson, the beer loving heavyweight bar stool sitting perpetual patron.
Cliff expounds his "Buffalo Theory" to Norm:
Well, you see, Norm, its like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, its the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.
And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
In other news...
Liquor gets you drunk.
I drinking think doesnt" killcell brain
too much
Believe it or not, that was pretty much the rationale behind treating schizophrenia with insulin shock therapy.
Drinking doesn't kill brain cells but it does make them seem more attractive.
This report calls for more beer ! ! !
Nice theory. There's probably one important attribute to beer that I've learned since high school. 5 pints makes any woman look like a Victoria's Secret supermodel.
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"Please let the answer be no, please let the answer be no..."
He should've asked somebody to hold his beer.
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SAN ANTONIO — Two teens were arrested Friday in Corpus Christi and are suspected of killing a man in Comal County.
Skyler Burghart, 18, and Austin Byrum, 19, are charged with murder in the New Year's Day death of James Carrol Spencer. Authorities say Spencer raised Byrum, but it was unclear Saturday if the two were related.
Burghart and Byrum were captured after fleeing from police, first in a black Ford F-250 truck and then on foot, according to a statement from the Corpus Christi Police Department. It was not known Saturday who owns the truck.
Police spotted the truck leaving the parking lot of a hotel, after the arrest of two other men found driving Spencer's Lexus, according to reports.
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It's unclear whether they were involved in the victim's death or are connected to Burghart and Byrum.
Marty Forehand, 35, was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, and Daniel Smith, 18, was charged with evading arrest after the two ran from police and were later caught.
Burghart and Byrum also tried to flee when they were pulled over. Officers caught Burghart, and a K-9 unit and Texas Department of Transportation helicopter were used to find Byrum, authorities said.
A teenage couple and a 9-month-old baby were found in the abandoned Ford truck, the report states. The couple and baby in the vehicle were not harmed, and the couple are not facing criminal charges.
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An earlier version of this story contained an error. The teens arrested in Corpus Christi Friday and charged in the New Year's Day slaying of a Comal County man are a boy and a girl. The story incorrectly identified the sex of one suspect.


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Young people across Tunisia are tapping into an online trend, posting videos of themselves dancing to the Pharrell Williams song Happy as a defiant reaction against the tense conditions in the country.
The clips, which have attracted tens of thousands of views on YouTube, have been criticised as "debauchery and moral decay" by conservative religious groups who disapprove of young Tunisians dancing to an American pop song.
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I am so happy to see happy people! I am happy because these happy dancing people are living in Muslim country. All Muslim countries are not Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan. Young people living in Muslim countries should learn from Tunisian girls and boys to dance. Islamists would always say no to songs, no to dances. But don't listen to them. Say big NO to Islamists and misogynists. And be happy.


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They're tracking headlights below. At 6,000 to 8,000 feet, the plane isn't easy to detect from the ground. But with high-tech equipment, the troopers can follow a vehicle's dome light.
The troopers in the air are in radio contact with troopers on the ground. They're all looking for nighttime poachers.
On a recent night, Trooper Scott Jennings piloted the 1977 Cessna, based in Klamath Falls, with Trooper Aaron Baimbridge on board. From their perch, they alerted ground-based Troopers Don Frerichs, Wayne Merritt, Jason Stone and Lynn Withers to suspicious activity.
"It's an expensive piece of equipment," said Withers, a sergeant who supervises the Fish and Wildlife Division in the Roseburg OSP office. "But I think the deterrent factor and the number of solid cases it has helped make justifies the expense. People have no clue we're up there, and that's pretty fun."
Depending on weather, maintenance schedule and availability of troopers, Jennings flies the plane about three times a week in the fall. He patrols over the southern half of the state. OSP also has aircraft based in Salem, Bend and Baker City.
It's illegal to shine headlights or other types of lights on a game animal. "An animal crossing the road in front of you through the lights is not illegal," Withers said. "But when you jockey a rig around, blocking both lanes, that's the same offense as shining a spotlight out into a field."
Jennings has flown over Douglas County several times during the past couple of months, looking for suspicious lights.
"I would say it's pretty effective," Jennings said. "I've heard through the grapevine people know the plane is out there."
Baimbridge joins Jennings for flights over Douglas County. With six years of experience on the ground, Baimbridge can direct troopers into remote areas to check out suspicious nighttime activity.
Observations from the air netted results on four poaching cases in the past six weeks. In one case, the plane tracked a vehicle to a residential driveway, where a trooper apprehended suspects and confiscated a poached animal.
"There's a lot of technology in the plane. It's surprising how easy it is to see what's going on below," Baimbridge said. "The other night we had situations in the Glide, Days Creek and Sutherlin areas, and I was able to be part of all three.
"Even if we don't catch people, the fact people know we go up deters a lot of them," he added.
Withers said there's been significant improvement in high-tech equipment in recent years for ground and air vehicles, making it easier to see nighttime activities.
Although poaching might not be as prevalent as it was in Douglas County several decades ago, the troopers said there's still plenty of illegal hunting at night.
Withers said troopers rely on tips from the public about shots heard or lights seen at night. If a plane is in the air, information can be relayed, and the aircraft can be overhead in minutes.
"The plane gives the pilot and the observer the opportunity to see 10 to 20 miles at a time, versus a trooper on the ground, who is only able to see a ridge line or the road he's traveling on," Withers said. "The plane can cover half the county in one night."
Jennings said from what he's seen from the air while flying over Southern Oregon, illegal activities are a major problem.
"As law enforcement, we're being proactive in using the plane," he said. "Maybe it'll stop future poaching from happening. I think it's well worth it."
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Beyond understanding by arrogant Man—
Since atheists miss His transcendent dimension,
I'll share it with you (because, somehow, I can):
If cupcakes could talk (yes, that's how I'm beginning)
They wouldn't deny that a Baker exists
To question creation is dumb, and it's sinning,
To think we evolved from primordial mists!
Before the Big Bang, we have no understanding—
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Since science can't say, I am asking (demanding!)
We have to consider the alternate: God.
Since no one can know what's before the creation,
And God's past the power of Man to conceive,
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Forget about logic… you've got to believe
Ok, that was a silly little verse–I just threw it together so I could link to this "DEATH BLOW to atheism". It's the product, or perhaps byproduct, of one of those characters you find in the comments sections of news stories on religion, atheism, science, and creationism. He goes by "Charles Dumbwin", and were it not for his sheer perseverance, I'd suspect Poe.
If cupcakes could talk, what would they say? Would they decide to rebel one day and start the Baker-Hating-Cupcakes organisation, and ask, 'Who created the Baker?' Of course not, that's just stupid.
So similarly, when atheists ask their same-old, same-old question: 'Who created God?' It's equally stupid as the Eternal God – Creator of all things – requires no creator.
God is a spirit (John 4:24), and has existed for eternity past. Time only applies to this physical universe of ours and only began operating the instant God said, 'Let there be…'
Don't stop reading, this gets interesting.
This concept escapes mankind's ability to comprehend, much like God transcends our physical universe, because he's not a physical entity, as we would like to understand Him.
There's more at the link! Charles Dumbwin has declared victory over atheism more times than I can recall, fighting an army of strawmen with Quixotic passion, and Quixotic delusion.
His Death Blows are as entertaining as they are predictable; he's not the only one to use them, since there seem to be a very limited number of tried-and-true arguments that are sophisticated enough to serve for motivated believers to comfort themselves. Here is a convenient collection for you to practice on.


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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 9:36 pm
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Hey folks -- I've pulled my decrepit Graflex out of the closet and I'm going to try and get it running again. The viewing hood is falling apart, so I'm going to cut it apart to make a pattern for a new one. Question is, where did the original hoods have cardstock behind the fake leather? My hood has reddish cardstock behind the front three panels, the back two panels, and the four top side panels (the ones that fold in around the eyeslot). Did the other side panels have cardstock behind them to help form the folds? There are traces of glue and old fabric on the inside of the side panels on my hood, but no cardstock.... thoughs appreciated.
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 10:36 pm
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I made a "Graflex" hood about 25 years ago, using material then available from the old National Camera organization, intended for the outer and inner surfaces of a bellows. I used Bristol board for each panel, leaving the folds free. I strongly suspect the originals were made more or less in this way.
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:54 am
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Hi -
I will assume that you are taking apart a typical Series B or D hood. First step would be to gently pry up the little tabs and then take off the metal frame at the bottom. Store in a safe place to prevent warping. Go easy on the tabs - reassembly will be easier if they are not all snapped off! Then remove the little cross brace that pulls the hood open. The whole hood is joined along the length of its "back". (The seam is hidden by the camera lid during normal use.) Just peel the hood open at the seam and the whole thing will lie flat on the table. It is a single piece of leatherette with little panels glued on. Keep it as intact as possible during removal because you will of course need it for a pattern - I would definitely recommend against "cutting" it off.
Once the whole thing is flat on the table, take a moment to number the panels in Sharpie. Also, I found it helpful to sketch the whole thing and make notes of the gap between the panels at various points. I found that the factory spacing was not perfect so I did not worry so much if I had a panel a tiny bit out of place during reconstruction. Then convince the panels to separate from the leatherette - a thin spatula or similar may be necessary.
Trace the panels onto suitable card stock. Best to number the new panels immediately so there is no question about orientation later. Cut out the panels, glue to the new leatherette and let thoroughly dry! I got a bit overeager on my first hood and things moved around a bit.
On my second hood I left a good inch of extra material around the pattern that I traced in the hood fabric. I only trimmed it to exact size during final assembly. Not sure if this is in accordance with Hoyle but nothing will raise the blood pressure faster than finding out that you are 1/16th of an inch short along some critical dimension.
As far as what to use as card stock, I used thin polycarbonate sheet for my first hood. It seems mighty flexible until you put the whole thing together. Too stiff. Bert pointed me towards the office supply superstore and there I found the perfect cardstock. Can't remember the brand name but if you can wait a couple of days I will dig it up. I actually have plenty left for another project which I would be glad to send to you for free.
Also, I can send you an email picture of the original hood after it was unpeeled and laid open. It will show you the areas where there are no panels. These blanks allow the hood to fold on itself.
Hope this helps somewhat. Bert is the master and he may have corrections/additions to some of this. Main thing is, preserve as much as possible of the original pieces for template making, work carefully but not too fussily - this is cardboard and fabric after all.
Best of luck with it!! Keep us posted.
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 10:47 pm
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Thanks -- these thoughts are very helpful. I went out and found some nice dense cotton fabric that I'm going to try using -- two layers are *almost* light tight, good enough for a viewing hood. I'm still poking around for a good cardstock -- file folders seem a little thin, and the heavier card stock I got turned out a little bit fragile -- if it bends, it cracks & breaks -- so so I want something a little more robust (bends happen, you know). If you find the name of the stuff you like, let me know -- I may just buy some of those red/brown report covers, which seem about right. I'll pull the hood apart today and make up a pattern.
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:18 pm
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Semihemi is correct in all that he says...the cardstock I use came from Office Depot, they are drawer dividers with the tabs on them! One caution on your statment about using 2 inner layers Parney, not a good idea....the layers need to fold over one another, and if you get to thick...or...
space the stiffners wrong, it will not fold flat enough to close the lid! The most important fold on the whole hood is the bottom center side stiffners....if they are not >cut< correctly, and >placed< accuratly, and >spaced< correctly....your in for a big dissapointment! Bert
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:22 am
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Hello again - I dug up the corpse of a viewing hood from an RB Series B. There are three links below that show the skin laid out with panels laid on top.
You can see that the skin is one piece. Visible in the photo is the outside of the skin. Obviously the panels in real life would be glued to the inside. The only panel-less sections are to the left of panel 6 and the right of panel 8 in the photo. (The blank spot below panel six should have its own panel.) The drawing on paper was a quick sketch to help me remember the layout. (I am fairly feeble mechanically.)
The Polaroids - ah, Polaroid, my other love - show some of the quick notes I made as I took the camera apart. I made measurements and noted them tight on the snapshots in Sharpie. For me, sketches of this type are essential. They really help when reassembling. In particular, they help me from banging my head against the wall trying to square up something that was not square when the dang thing left the factory!
I did not find the brand of card stock that I used but you are barking up the right tree in any case. It is here somewhere and when I find I will post again.
Best of luck,
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Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 4:02 am
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Ah, thanks JC -- those pix of the hood laid out are very helpful. Life got in the way of this project, worse luck -- I hope to get back to it in a week or two.
I am meaning to have one layer of thin black cotton cloth on the outside, the cardstock, and one layer of thin black cotton cloth on the inside. Not *completely* light tight, but it should be as thin as the original hood sandwich was. I also found a scrap of black nylon, one side coated -- I might try this, or I may save it for a younger camera (nylon on a Graflex feels wrong, somehow...)
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It's unusable. Period.
The user interface is the most counterintuitive thing I have seen ever since I dropped my historical Motorola mobile into the bin about 15 years ago (they got better since, I heard...). The connection between buttons and screen is not clear. You keep picking up your collegue's calls, because if you dial and another call comes in in the same workgroup, the OK button picks up the call rather than dialing the number in your display.
What is really absurd: There's a huge display - and no phone book... the sole purpose of this display is to show caller information, and ridiculously complicated configuration screens.
It's lucky, this phone - property of my employer, so not at risk of being flung against the wall (although smart Siemens obviously expected this reaction to it, and built it like a tank). But it definitely is one of the worst pieces of UI design I ever had to live with.
We also recently had these installed at work - they are the most terrible VoIP phones I've ever experienced. My colleagues and I have had great difficulty with phones not ringing, calls getting dropped in transfer and phones not picking up calls! Although the phone handsets are built perfectly well (and I quite like the touch to hangup feature, as opposed to a mechanical hangup), they are not intuitive at all. In fact, I consider them to be extremely difficult to use, and I am a bit of a techno geek. The most irritating thing is that although the handsets have caller display, the numbers that are displayed have no relevance - they're not recognisable as extensions in my company. Calls transferred to me don't appear with the original callers number. You'd expect a company phonebook to be in the system, with every employees name so you could tell exactly who was calling you, and at the same time, could easily search for and call your colleagues. It appears that only a select few of my colleagues have this feature! A terrible VoIP phone, a massive comedown from the Cisco system we used at my previous employer.
Recently we had these phones installed at work, they decided as a cost-cutting measure to switch to VOIP phones, replacing a phone system that worked effectively without any fuss...
...This handset who people in my office nickname 'The Star Trek Phone', although it looks good, has caused nothing but problems since its installation. The interface is confusing to control, with ambiguous on-screen instructions, phone calls routinely are cut off part way through a call, or even worse my phone chooses not to ring and directs callers straight through to voicemail after an engaged tone.
The siemens phones were even installed by siemens (they should know how to handle their own product), but they are still causing constant problems both for myself and for my colleagues. Couple this with the phone's shared use of the broadband connection slowing down the general running of my workstation, it has unfortunately not been a welcome addition to my working day.
I have to say however, that I have used VOIP phones in the past in other offices, and they were a dream to use, I just feel this handset is an inferior offering on what is an exciting development in modern telecommunication, and careful consideration should be made before purchasing it for your office or business.


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While using the flash file upload for files ~2MB in size I repeatedly get ioErrors on queued files. Not files actually in the process of uploading, just queued files, which doesn't make sense to me at all since there should be no in or out traffic for that file. I'm getting a 47% failure rate.
How do I fix this without resorting to the basic non-flash upload page to upload each file one at a time?
Does the issue still apply?
I hear there was downtime for freesound.org, which might have been the issue.
Yes, it's still happening. Uploading three files, the queued one managed to fail despite not actually uploading.
Thanks for replying.
It seems that there was an issue with uploads that take longer than 3 minute, which was never resolved but an HTML uploader alternative was added. One forum thread http://www.freesound.org/forum/bug-reports-errors-and-feature-requests/17173/ and a few blog post comments http://blog.freesound.org/?p=10 are witnesses to that.
There are a few things you can try and some info you can provide that might help figuring out the problem.
Do you tend to have other internet connection issues? Which ones?
Is your flash up-to-date? If not, please update it. (My bet is that this is the reason).
Log out and clear freesound's cookies. Does the issue persist?
Please try another browser (ideally one, in which you have not logged into freesound before). Does the issue persist?
Not sure if this might be relevant, but does your operating system username contain spaces or non-ASCII characters? Does the path to the files or the file names contain non-ASCII characters? Does the issue persist if you move and rename the files so that there are only ASCII characters?
What operating system and browser version(s) do you use?
Try uploading one file using the HTML uploader (link on upload page) - does flash uploading work afterwards?
I hope that the issue will be resolved before you reach the end of this list.
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Tight hamstring lands Rasmus on disabled list
By Jamie Ross / MLB.com
TORONTO -- Colby Rasmus is headed for the disabled list after all. The Blue Jays center fielder, who missed the previous two games with right hamstring tightness, had said earlier in the week he didn't think any DL time would be required.
But it appears the ailment is worse than first thought, and it will keep him out of the lineup for at least the next two weeks. The move is retroactive to May 13.
"He's not healing quick enough, so we figured we better put him on the DL," said manager John Gibbons.
In response, the Blue Jays recalled outfielder Anthony Gose from Triple-A Buffalo prior to Thursday's game at Rogers Centre.
In 28 games with the Bisons this season, the 23-year-old is hitting .236 with two home runs and 10 RBIs.
He has appeared in three games for the Blue Jays in 2014, posting a .333 batting average (2-for-6) and three walks. He's played 111 games with Toronto over three seasons, batting .241 with 20 stolen bases.
"He's played pretty good in the big leagues," Gibbons said of the speedy Gose. "He's been up [three] games already this year, and he's contributed in [those] games. Maybe he's one of those guys who plays better up here anyway. He thinks he's a big league player and we're giving him the shot to keep doing it."
The timing of the Rasmus injury is unfortunate. After a slow start, he'd been enjoying success at the plate. He'd tweaked his mechanics with hitting coach Kevin Seitzer and the results were promising.
In the 10 games leading up to this week's series against the Angels, the 27-year-old had slugged five homers and posted a 1.186 OPS in 41 plate appearances after putting up a .192 average and only three home runs through 20 games to start the season.
McGowan headed back to bullpen
TORONTO -- The Dustin McGowan experiment is over. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons told reporters prior to Thursday's game that McGowan, who was a surprise addition to the starting rotation out of the Spring Training, is heading to the bullpen. McGowan -- 2-2 with a 5.08 ERA through eight starts -- got the loss in the Blue Jays' 15-4 defeat at the hands of the Indians on Wednesday night.
The 32-year-old right-hander said he's barely been able to recover from one start to the next, and usually only had one pain-free day prior to an outing.
"By that fourth day I felt like I could throw again and by game day I'm fine," he said of a typical recovery period following a 95-pitch game. "At that slow pace, if I keep going at that rate, I might not be ready to go on that fifth day. It took a lot out of me. Now I have to save some to keep going and prolong my career."
Gibbons had said several times this season that he prefers McGowan in a relief role, and he now has his wish. He said the move is best for McGowan's career and for the team.
"I think it makes us stronger," he said. "He doesn't have to worry about conserving anything. I think it will prolong his career. I don't know how many total innings he threw last year, but he's gotta be close to that this year. And I think it would be a shame for him to get hurt out there and his career is over. That's part of my thinking. I think he can be a top-notch reliever for a few more years."
McGowan was due to make his next start Tuesday. Gibbons said no decision has been made regarding who will get that start, but indicated that Todd Redmond and Marcus Stroman will be considered for the role.
Gibbons said that although Stroman has been pitching out of the bullpen since he was called up to the team in early May, he's not that far removed from the starting role. He pitched in the Triple-A Buffalo rotation to start the season.
"He's been starting in Buffalo, so he's been using the four or five pitches he's got," said Gibbons. "In the bullpen [he's still been using most of his pitches]. It's a little different approach there. As a starter you've got innings to work with, as reliever, you just come in and try to get out after out."
Asked whether Stroman could give the team five innings an outing, Gibbons replied, "I don't see why not."
Stroman is 1-0 and has allowed nine earned runs in 6 2/3 innings since being called up to Toronto.
Redmond, meanwhile, is 0-3 with a 2.86 ERA in 11 appearances in a long relief role this season. In his most recent outing, the 28-year-old right hander pitched a season-high 4 2/3 innings against the Angels on Saturday.
He's made 15 career starts, 14 of those coming last season. He was 4-2 as a starter in 2013.
Broadcast auction raises funds for Jays Care Foundation
TORONTO -- The Jays Care Foundation's Charity Broadcast Auction raised $256,235 during Thursday night's game against the Indians.
Viewers of the nationally broadcast game had the opportunity to support the foundation's annual event until the eighth inning.
The proceeds from the event will support Jays Care Foundation's programs and outreach initiatives.
Among the big ticket items up for grabs was the knuckleball lesson from R.A. Dickey, a Spring Training getaway, a Little League pitching lesson with Steve Delabar and an all-access experience at a future Blue Jays game, and more.
Fan packs include a 2014 Blue Jays autographed baseball, a team cap, a team luggage bag, a collectible bobblehead and a Jays Care water bottle, among other items.
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hello! I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, and I'm guessing that if you're reading this you are too.
'my name is [...] and i like cheese, Harry Potter and long strolls on the beach.' (jk) (thanx marry_me_rupert)
I'm in Hufflepuff (if you didn't already figure that out)
My HP crush is Fred Weasley (so don't even think about it!).
My favorite HP book is the Order of the Phoenix.
My favorite HP professor is Lupin.
My favorite teacher in real life is my 7th grade English teacher (hopefully you know who you are and thank you for being the best English and homeroom teacher ever! I miss you!).
Some of my favorite things to do (besides read and write) are to go to the beach, spend time with friends and family, and to catch (and then relese) lightning bugs.
My favorite non-Harry Potter movies are Shining Through, Connie and Carla, Meet the Parents, and Fun with Dick and Jane.
My favorite broadway show is Wicked (If you ever have a chance to see it you should!).
My favorite songs (at the moment) are "Bad Day" and "Walk Away" and "Gone".
My favorite tv shows are American Idol and the Amazing Race.
I play the flute! Band rocks!
I love to write!
I want to be a journalist or a novelist (or both) when I grow up. Hopefully someday I'll be on the bestseller list, but that not like my goal in lfe or anything. Maybe I'll just write book reviews that are published on the same page as the best seller list in the New York Times, that'd be cool too.
Well I kind of went all random on you there! Whatever!
Well... I hope you enjoy my stories (and my bio, actually)! Please, please, please review (my stories, not my bio, I don't need to know what you think of my favorite movies)!!!
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Anyway . . . Thanks for reading all the wy to the end of my bio!
I just remembered that I forgot to tell you something!
My favorite animal is a flying monkey! If I were an anamangus (which, unfotunatly, I am not) I would totally be a flying monkey! They are not evil (like they say in the "Wizard of Oz"). They are just framed and misunderstood, just like the Wicked Witch of the West. (If you do not understand this it is becaus you haven't seen "Wicked", the best broadway show ever!) Hey, they arte kinda like Sirius Black, to put it into Harry Potter terms.
And now you most likely think I'm completely insane! In a good way, though, right?
I thought so.
Bye Bye, now! I'm off to go feed my happy clan of flying monkeys! I mean, erm, my cat.


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+0 votes Darrell Jackson WDJ › November 8, 2013
This course is completely neglected.baskets missing, tee pads so overgrown they can,t be used. No markings. If one does not already know the course they would never find hole 4. Tee pads missing on 3 or 4 holes. Its a shame. This used to be a great course.
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+0 votes Dale McVeay › January 15, 2011
The most Scenic course in South Miss. Nice rolling hills with a combination of open and wooded holes. Some long transitions but pretty east to follow. Basket nomber 15 was missing.


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A time lapse video I shot with my phone. Thought you'd folk would enjoy.
Friend's unheated garage, about 28 degrees, up here in Vermont. I posted a rebuild thread of my '72 R50/5 here on the forum last winter.
It seems I failed to seat the rear main seal good and flush so it was leaky a little bit in the rear. When it's too cold to ride you might as well spin wrenches.
Let me know what you think.


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Check them out below, or use the drop down menu to filter by organisation type.
Fife Diet
The Fife Diet is a consumer network of people and communities passionate about local food and creating a low carbon sustainable food system. We are a voluntary association with a volunteer management committee and a small team of part-time, paid staff. We are funded by the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund and we have also received funding from Celebrating Fife and the Co-op Community Fund. We are also part of Nourish – Scotland's Sustainable Food Network and Holyrood 350 peo¬ple from across Scot¬land who are actively work¬ing to reduce their com¬mu¬ni¬ties car¬bon foot¬print.
Friends of the Earth England Wales & Northern Ireland
We know the Earth is our only home so wrecking it doesn't make sense. The wellbeing of people and planet go hand in hand - this has always been the inspiration for our campaigns. We've notched up major achievements: Laws to protect our countryside; Better food and cleaner water; Persuading big companies to behave better. We're famous for winning the world's first climate change law and that green recycling bin on your doorstep.
Friends of the Earth Scotland
Friends of the Earth Scotland is Scotland's leading environmental campaigning organisation, and an independent Scottish charity with a network of thousands of supporters and active local groups across Scotland. We are part of the largest grassroots environmental network in the world, uniting over 2 million supporters, 75 national member groups, and some 5,000 local activist groups - covering every continent. We exist to help people in Scotland look after the planet for everyone's future. We think globally and act locally in Scotland, delivering solutions to climate change by enabling and empowering people to take both individual and collective action.
Glasgow University Students Representative Council
We're the Glasgow University Students' Representative Council, but you can call us GUSRC. Our job is to support the students of Glasgow University and ensure their time here is as enjoyable, safe and interesting as possible. Day-in, day-out we're here to help, or even just listen to, the concerns of students.
Global Justice Now
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Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. We defend the natural world and promote peace by investigating, exposing and confronting environmental abuse, and championing environmentally responsible solutions.
Healthy Planet - MEDSIN
We are a group of students from across the UK who want to raise awareness of the links between global environmental change and health, and to help protect and promote human health through adequate climate mitigation and adaptation policy. We are affiliated to the Medsin-UK as one of its activities and seek to promote and work towards solutions at a range of levels. Our key areas of work - some older, some newer - are: Policy and advocacy – local to international; Education: non-formal and formal; Sustainable healthcare; Schools projects and teaching and International network-building
Heriot-Watt University Student Union
Heriot Watt University Student Union campaigns hard to make sure students' experience at Heriot Watt University is as amazing as it can possibly be. Campaigning is a visible way that we represent students' views to the University and beyond, and we aim to bring about positive changes both locally and nationall, from getting the support students need for their studies to encouraging the University to be as eco-friendly as it can be.
Himalayan Centre for Arts and Culture
The Himalayan Centre for Arts and Culture has grown out of the Nepalese community in Scotland. The Centre will be a vibrant, community-based cultural hub, unique in Scotland, and recognised for its innovative approach in bringing people together to celebrate and share different and rich cultures from around the world. The Himalayan Centre aims to foster good relations between communities, promote well-being and community resilience through the arts, cultural and other activities.
International Development Education Association Scotland (IDEAS) is a network of organisations and individuals across Scotland that actively support and promote Development Education and Education for Global Citizenship. Our members include the 6 Development Education Centres, large NGOs such as Oxfam and Christian Aid, and smaller local charities such as Rainbow Turtle.


text: Thanks for the link re:Elvis' piece on "If you're very lyrical and ....." He doesn't really sound like an artist to me. Every artist has their own quality and point where she/he is good in. It's very unfair, really unfair for him to say 1) "if you're very lyrical....that's not men's skating". A skater has to be lyrical to be able to connect with the music and make the audience understand the music; 2) "..and you're really feminine and soft...that's not men's skating". That's is opinionated. Every skater is unique and never the same. They have their own identity/quality on the ice. Just because some male skaters are feminine or soft, doesn't make them at all belong to Elvis' category of men's skating. There will be skaters who are more daring than the others but that doesn't give them the right to judge and categorize other skaters. There will be skaters/competitors who on competition day wouldn't want to receive lower scores and there will be skaters who are daring to go for some programs where they are very aware of the rules of deductions. So, that's how it goes, but one cannot ever say who is stronger than the other because of some qualities the other skater doesn't approve of. One thing I am definitely sure is that every single skater should be acknowledged and congratulated for giving out all their strength in their programs. Every single skater is strong, others may be lucky and others are just not meant to be in the podium. But all the same, they are all very important figure skaters.


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What exactly is Russ-Vegas? I'm glad you asked. I've been asking that question ever since I got the word form Russellville Athletic Director Johnny Johnson that the district's coaches will perform inside the Center for the Arts on the RHS campus.
Performing? Yeah right, but when the boss said we will have a show, then the show must go on!
Karaoke involves singing, and singing is something I reserve for the cab of my truck, the shower or the bass boat. Don't laugh, my version of "Where oh where are you tonight," has brought many a largemouth bass from the depths, but in front of a crowd of people is a whole different game.
Luckily for me, I've become part of a group act and will have lots of good help in getting through the night. It's quite amazing the creativity of the folks that I work with each year. Aside from being tremendous individuals who spend lots of hours molding our community's kids into good citizens and athletes, many of these folks are genuinely talented and have come up with some excellent acts.
The buzz at school has been unbelievable, as word has spread to all the students. If that's any indication, the Center for the Arts could see a sell out for Saturday night. Personally I'm thinking snow would be nice, but please don't tell the boss I said that.
Little Rock radio station 103.7 The Buzz has also gotten in on the act, as R.J. Hawk will be the emcee along with a few other surprises they have planned. When you get The Buzz involved, fun is not an option, it is the expectation.
Aside from all the great entertainment, there will be numerous items up for bid that include a "Cyclone experience," where you get to spend a day with the football team leading up to a game and then enjoy the action from the Cyclone Stadium sideline. Head Lady Cyclones basketball coach Steve Wiedower and Lady Cyclones head softball coach Harley Sisson will both have fishing trips up for bid, and yours truly will have a "choice" hunting or fishing trip up for bid as well.
Coach Wiedower's trip will almost certainly include a day at beautiful Greer's Ferry Lake, and rumor is he knows more than just a couple of "honey holes."
Coach Sisson, on the other hand, is a catfish guru and if catching big cats sounds fun, a day with him will most certainly fit the bill.
Admission for this one-of-a-kind event is $10 for adults and $5 for students, with a silent auction starting at 6:30 p.m. and doors opening at 7. The show will begin at 7:30. This is definitely one event you will not want to miss.
Regardless of your reason for coming, you will get a good laugh, possibly a chance at a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but most of all you'll be helping us provide for the athletes of the Russellville School District, who always appreciate your support.
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How do I configure ZA to allow voice transfer? Regardless of the software used (ICQ, Yahoo Mess., NetMeeting), nobody can hear me while I can hear the other party without any problem. The mic is working, software indicates audio installed, all seems to be fine, except my voice does not transfer out.
I disabled ZA and
switched to windows firewall, it worked. ZA blocked outgoing audio but allows incoming voice. Any suggestions?
Oh, and there wasn't anything popping up and asking for access ... :8}
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