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In a crowded council chamber, the San Pablo City Council gave the city manager the go ahead to try to find the funds needed to keep Lake Elementary School in San Pablo open for one more year.
"In the last two years the city council has voted to commit $600,000 to keep Lake open for two more years. So it is a matter of crunching numbers, looking at agreements, looking at our own city budget to see what is feasible or not," said San Pablo Council Member Leonard McNeil.
"Clearly the council has signaled that they're interested in keeping this neighborhood school and they want to work with us in a long term relationship to help that happen," said School Superintendent Bruce Harter.
Summer Parker went to Lake Elementary. She was at the meeting with her two kids that are students there now. The night was a big victory in keeping the neighborhood school open.
"Since last year we knew it was going to close down and we still are fighting for it and we really want the school to stay open and she says 'Save the school, save Lake,'" said Parker.
About 430 students attend Lake Elementary. The council expects operating costs to run about $300,000. The council also pushed for the forming of a partnership, a long-term financial plan between the city and the school district.
"It's very, very difficult, particularly in light of what the governor's proposals that have just come out and that exacerbates everything. So I noted there is support, it's a matter of looking at it to see if we have the resources," said McNeil.


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Round One: For the fourth Shear Genius shortcut challenge, it's a game of hairstyle musical chairs. The models will be switching stylists willy-nilly at the command of the guest judge.
Nekisa seals her fate as my least favorite stylist by whining that she's tired of Charlie winning all the elimination challenges, and that she didn't know you could win immunity twice, but whatever. Then, rolling her eyes for what will be the millionth time, she says she's been in the bottom for every challenge so far, but bad things come in threes, so her luck is about to change. She also notes, "Dee's gay, but that doesn't mean she has a crush on me. She likes me because I am all personality and good looks." Her psychic powers are not as good as she would like to believe, as we will see.
Dee says, "I'm the artistic director back home in Miami, I work with over 25 hairdressers, I make s–t happen. It's a piece of cake for me!"
Paulo asks the models which one really wants to see a change in her style.
One of the gals throws her hand in the air and says, "I'm open to anything."
Paulo asks, "Are you sure?" and she says that she is positive.
When the clock starts, Paulo's ready-for-anything client has a full-on meltdown because he gives her bangs and darkens her hair a little. She moves left, and then left again, and by the time she gets to Charlie she's inconsolable. She didn't know when she signed on to do a reality television show about hairstyling that there was a chance her hair would get cut!
Meredith dyes her client's hair a color that can only be described as Strawberry Shortcake red, and when the model moves left to Daniel, he has a Texas-size hissy fit.
Gail wanders around the salon, looking for tips. Paulo interviews that the whole thing is a big hairstyling orgy. Glenn works quietly and steadily. Nekisa stands around and rolls her eyes some more.
When the stylists end up with their original clients, Charlie surveys Meredith's model's red hair and asks, "Why are your balls so big? It makes me nervous."
"It makes everybody nervous," Meredith admits.
Charlie says, "It makes me feel like a little girl."
Winner: Dee
Loser according to Bravo: Meredith's hot red mess.
Loser according to me: Nekisa. If I had one wish at this moment it would be a face-freeze laser. I would zap Nekisa and leave her like this for six weeks so she could see how perpetually juvenile she looks.
Round Two: back at their house, the stylists have some cocktails and bicker, as is their wont.
With plastic tumbler of vodka in hand, Paulo asks if it was hard for the other stylists to communicate their visions to each other when it was time to switch clients in the challenge. Charlie says he didn't have a vision because he didn't know which client would land in his chair at the end. Dee says she knew the whole time that she would end up with her original model, that she planned and executed her vision perfectly.
Everyone questions Dee's logic, pointing out that without the power of occulemncy or the benefit of a time turner, she couldn't have known she would end up with her client.
"It doesn't matter!" Dee insists. "Whoever had her, I was gonna go to that stylist and say 'This is what we talked about.' I got what I wanted, and I was cool with it, because I made sure—"
"Fine, that's how you won," Paulo says, stopping her mid-nonsense.
Charlie says, "I thought they all looked like s–t. Sorry, I'm just being honest. Besides none of it was ours."
Dee goes berserk and argues the following: She "started the f—–g thing and [she]finished the damn thing, and it had [her] name all over it!" And that Charlie should shut his yap because she "worked [his client's] Chewbacca hair down for [him]." She says he really didn't do a whole lot.
"I gave you credit for that!" snips Charlie.
Dee shouts that she doesn't "give a f–k about the credit!"
She interviews that Charlie may have talent, but that he has no class, and that's what separates a great hairdresser from an OK hairdresser.
Charlie interviews: "[Dee's hairstyle] was the least bad of all of them, not really something to be super proud of."
Winner: Meredith, who puts a lid on the whole squabble by shouting: "F–k all of you. I'm the one who came in last, so just shut the f–k up."
Loser: Me, for having to watch half a dozen of my pet peeves in one clip: boasting, superfluous arguing, nonsensical points of reasoning, and then, to top it off, Dee sits down next to Nekisa on the couch and says she needs a massage. Bravo cues the crickets, and rightly so.
Round Three: For the elimination challenge, each stylist will give his or her client a style she can recreate at home. Dee gets to choose the order in which the contestants pick their models. She chooses Nekisa first, which surprises no one.
The challenge is all fun and games until Rene announces that the judging will not take place that night. With 30 minutes left, he says that the models will come back in the morning and style their own hair in the manner of the professionals. The best style will win. For the last half hour, the salon is less genius and more shear panic.
The next morning, with the stylists hovering over them, the models recreate their hairstyles. Nicole's client is finished in eight minutes, and her hair looks really good. She didn't even have to use a brush. All of the models manage to pretty much recreate the styles they were given, and none of them look terrible.
Charlie had immunity and he played it safe. In fact, he sat in a chair and mostly chatted with his client the whole time. The judges chastise him for this, and he takes it well, promising to do better next week.
Winner: Glenn, who cries while the other contestants clap and clap for her. She is getting a full-page in Allure for her hairstyle. I, too, am happy for her!
Loser according to Bravo: Meredith (Ugh!)
Loser according to me: Nekisa. Not only was her hairstyle worse that Meredith's, we are now going to have to watch Dee's straight girl crush play out for all the world until Nekisa's eye rolling finally gets her eliminated.
Goodbye, Meredith. I will miss your witty sound bites, and the way your crazy eyebrows dance of their own volition.

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What's in a Name? The Producer Role at Hot Studio
"Producer" is an almost comically nebulous job title. Just try explaining it at a cocktail party.
There are movie producers, record producers, digital producers... the list goes on. Each of these jobs has very different meanings relative to their specific industries, yet each still falls under the "producer" umbrella.
The problem is compounded by the fact that the word "producer" doesn't really explain much. It carries gravitas, but lacks explicit meaning. For instance, many people know that it's the producer—not the director or the movie star—that accepts the Academy Award for Best Picture every year. So the producer must be important. But how many people know what a film producer actually does?
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As Director of Program Planning at Hot Studio, one of my big initiatives has been to define and differentiate the Producer role at Hot. Today, we see Producers as more than simple project managers or behind-the-scenes grunts (though project management and behind-the-scenes work remain important parts of the job). The Producer at Hot Studio has creative agency within individual projects, helps manage client relationships, and is just as much of a design thinker as the visual designers and user experience architects.
Producers are a collaborative part of the team working on any given project. We work with the Creative Lead to own the vision; ideally this relationship is the business yin to the creative yang.
Producers at Hot not only impact individual projects, we contribute voice and vision to the program as a whole. This is especially true in a small studio like we have here in New York. Producers here need to act independently in terms of client relationships, account planning, design thinking, and identifying new business opportunities.
It's not an easy task finding people with this unique blend of organizational know-how, and strategic and creative vision. In larger companies people are often siloed into roles—they have to choose a "major," like project management, where the tasks are more discreet. By design, being a Producer at Hot Studio is far more dynamic.
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I still laugh out loud, that people still think that the GOP and the DEMS are any different from one another.
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It's troubling that we have elected officials more concerned with inheriting a bad problem, than are concerned with the dire situation our nation is in. Everyone of them should be rolling up their sleeves and tackling our shared problems, who are they going to govern when it all falls apart?
More than troubling, it's enraging.edit on 21-12-2011 by Kali74 because: (no reason given)
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Tony Vaccaro shipped out to Europe in 1942 with the 83rd Infantry Division, carrying both a rifle and a $47 Argus C3 rangefinder camera. He spent the next three years documenting his experience on the front lines of World War II. With a sharp eye for composition, gesture, and the decisive moment, Vaccaro captured a rare view of the war from a grunt's perspective. He processed his film at night in army helmets, hung it from tree limbs to dry, then carried his negatives through the war in his backpack. After the war, he worked as a news photographer in Europe for several years. He returned to the U.S. in 1949 to pursue a career shooting features and fashion for Life, Look, Harper's Bazaar and other publications.
Now 93, Vaccaro is basking in the limelight of a retrospective exhibition called "Tony Vaccaro: War, Peace, Beauty," and a documentary film called Underfire: The Untold Story of PFC Tony Vaccaro. In the film, premiering on HBO November 14, Vaccaro recounts the fear and courage, heartbreak and hope of his war experience. And with a spry step, he takes filmmaker Max Lewkowicz (and viewers) on a guided tour of actual scenes of some of his most memorable photographs, recalling the circumstances in vivid detail and honoring the memories of his subjects. Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario, Anne Tucker, John Morris and James Estrin also appear in the film.
UNDERFIRE: The Untold Story of Tony Vaccaro (trailer).
"Bullets came within millimeters of me. I was just lucky" to survive, Vaccaro told PDN in an interview last week. Because he served as an infantryman rather than an official military photographer, Vaccaro explains: "I thought first of shooting [with a rifle]. I made sure I was safe, then I would use the camera."
His intent was to show the reality of the war, in contrast to the often staged narratives (read: propaganda) that official military photographers were depicting with their cumbersome Speed Graphic cameras. "I wanted realism," he says. "When you pose [pictures], something is missing. I wanted to just take [pictures of] what was happening, not what I was thinking was happening." He hopes aspiring photographers take note. "I want everyone who goes into photography to please tell the truth," he says. "Don't pose. Tell reality."
Unfortunately, thousands of Vaccaro's negatives were destroyed by a flood in a basement storage room not long after the war. He is still deeply pained by that loss. But several hundred negatives escaped damage, and after he returned to the U.S., Vaccaro assembled a portfolio of some of the surviving images, and took it to the offices of Look magazine in New York. Flair magazine was a sister publication that shared the same office, and as soon as Flair editor Fleur Cowles saw Vaccaro's pictures, "She said, 'You're not going anywhere, young man. You're going to work for Flair magazine,'" he recalls.
Selections of his war photographs, along with photographs he shot over the ensuing years for Flair, Look and other publications, will be on display in a show organized by Monroe Gallery, in a space at 508 W 26th Street in New York City, from November 11 through November 21. Underfire, which was co-produced by Estrin, will be available for streaming on HBO until November 2017.
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Out with the celebrities and in with the regular folks who really need serious treatment and help. "Rehab with Dr. Drew" hopes to be able to provide help to normal people with serious drug problems. Viewers were introduced to the new group of patients seeking Dr. Drew and his team's aid with substance abuse, and there were definitely some severe cases.
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Tonight my children ate hot dogs, fresh sliced pineapple, organic yogurt and steam broccoli for dinner and they declared t the best dinner I've made all week. I tried not to take offense to this seeing that I've made a mouthwatering roast in the crock-pot, homemade enchiladas and homemade pizza this week. Whatever, they're happy and yes they ate hot dogs. Applegate farms organic hotdogs which are juicy, big and contain far less fat than most hot dogs. They're a little more costly but well worth it and their Facebook page has a $1 coupon which helps.
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Atlanta (WAOK)-In celebration of the annual Martin Luther King Day, dignitaries and citizens alike, gathered at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, to commemorate the legacy and works of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Among the speakers was Reverend Dr. Bernice King, who encouraged those in attendance to participate in 100 Days of Nonviolence, and No Shots Fired campaign.
Governor Nathan Deal was also in attendance, and confirmed that he has spoken with legislators about erecting a memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King at the Georgia state capitol. Several civil rights leaders have suggested such a memorial to replace the statue of white supremacist Tom Watson, which was removed after Thanksgiving.
Mayor Kasim Reed also spoke and made the commitment to resurrect Martin Luther King Drive in Atlanta, so that it sets the standard for how all streets named after the Civil Rights leader should look. Mayor Reed made this commitment last year as part of plans for the future Falcons stadium.


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Retrieves entries from the specified fleet's event log. You can specify a time range to limit the result set. Use the pagination parameters to retrieve results as a set of sequential pages. If successful, a collection of event log entries matching the request are returned.
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A returned missionary, or "R.M." for short, finds that his life back home didn't wait for him in this religious comedy. Kirby Heyborne plays Jared, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who's just finished his term at a mission in Wyoming. He's eager to propose marriage to his doting girlfriend Molly (Erin M. Robert), return to his old job, and see his eccentric family again. But his corner of Utah is a different place now: His parents have forgotten to pick him up at the airport...more
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If you have astigmatism, you know how it affects the way you see the world. In the past, astigmatism meant wearing glasses, toric contact lenses or gas permeable lenses for a lifetime. Now, Bernitsky Vision makes great eyesight possible, even for patients with very high levels of astigmatism.
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The best Android phones are arguably the Nexus devices which get special treatment from Google. These phones have the latest software, the best features and often the best looks.
The Galaxy Nexus continues this tradition on Verizon's fast 4G LTE network, bringing an HD display and Android 4.0 to the table.
Read: Galaxy Nexus Review
While the iPhone 4S has a number of nice features, the Galaxy Nexus bests Apple's latest iPhone in a number of ways.
The Galaxy Nexus on Verizon comes complete with 4G LTE connectivity for blazing fast download an upload speeds, up to 10 times faster than 3G on the iPhone 4S. These speeds range between 5-12 Mbps down and 2-5Mbps up.
This is fast enough to play Onlive games, download huge apps like Grand Theft Auto III, stream Hulu Plus, Netflix and much more. Connect your laptop to the Galaxy Nexus with a personal hotspot and you'll be able to work almost anywhere.
Below you can see a video of 4G LTE vs. 3G on the iPhone 4S. While the phone shown is not the Galaxy Nexus, you can expect similar speeds.
Large HD Widescreen Display
The Galaxy Nexus adds an inch of screen size to your mobile phone, and brings a 720P HD resolution that makes watching HD videos or gaming a real treat.
Even browsing the web, reading email and reading eBooks is a nicer on the large screen. The higher resolution means you can see more on the screen without constantly scrolling.
The software buttons at the bottom of the display will disappear in compatible apps, giving you a larger widescreen viewing experience.
Google Voice Integration
Google Voice is the best way to manage your phone calls, texts and voicemail. I love the service because I use multiple phones, but even if you have one phone it is worth using. You can block callers just like you block spam emails, and you can set do not disturb hours so that calls don't wake you up late at night or interrupt you.
Google Voice is ten times better on Android than on the iPhone. After installing the free Google Voice app, you can set the phone up so that every call is routed through your Google Voice account, or if you prefer you can se it only for international calls.
On the iPhone, you have to open up the Google Voice app to use the service, which means extra taps and no easy way to return calls from the history section of your iPhone.
Google Maps Navigation
Once again, Android beats the iPhone when it comes to using a Google service. This time it is Google Maps. Unlike the iPhone 4S, you don't need to find an app to get turn by turn directions with spoken street names on your Galaxy Nexus.
Having the built-in Google Maps Navigation makes it easy to get where you are going, and it is simple to open up addresses from the browser or your contacts into Google Maps so you don't waste time typing an address.
NFC for Sharing and Paying
The Galaxy Nexus also includes NFC, or NEar Field Communication, which allows you to use the phone to share information and files with other Galaxy Nexus owners using Android Beam. This tool is pretty cool, but the real promise is in the form of making payments.
Google Wallet is not officially supported, but you can install Google Wallet on your Galaxy Nexus and get $10 to try out the service. With NFC and Google Wallet, you can make payments at PayPass locations by holding your phone up to the card reader.
The closest you can get on the iPhone is using a special case that adds NFC abilities, and those aren't available for the average user.
Open Platform
The Android platform is more open than the iPhone, and this is very evident on the Galaxy Nexus running Ice Cream Sandwich.
At a high level, this phone can be unlocked, rooted and customized with a new ROM to completely change the user experience. Unlike the iPhone and some locked down Android devices this is relatively easy to do.
The other great thing about this open platform is the ability to sideload apps that aren't purchased from the official Android Market. This means you can find apps on the GetJar or Amazon app stores at lower prices.
Additionally, Google is more open to letting apps on to the Android Market. While Apple rejects many apps, Google allows almost any app on the Market. The downside is that you can run into malware, but if you exercise smart downloading and installing this isn't a major issue.
Choose Your Own Keyboard
If you don't like the iPhone 4S keyboard you don't have any other options, but if you don't like the default Android 4.0 keyboard, you have te freedom to choose your own keyboard.
Going back and forth between the two devices I find that the ability to use SwiftKey X on the Galaxy Nexus is much nicer than the iPhone 4S keyboard, even with the autocorrection.
With SwiftKey X, you can do many things not possible on the iPhone including
- Long press for a symbol.
- Swipe right to left to delete a full word.
- Predictions from Gmail, Facebook, text messages and Twitter.
- Prediction that knows what you plan to type next.
- Swipe down to hide the keyboard.
There are many other keyboards available such as Swype, SlideIT and TouchPal.
Flash Support
While you may not love Flash, there are still a number of websites that rely on Flash. When it comes down to it, the ability to watch a video or load a website beats getting a "please download the latest flash player." message on the iPhone.
On some sites, you can stream network TV shows and in others you can watch clips that wouldn't be available on the iPhone without a dedicated app and a cable subscription with a participating .
Better Gmail
Android phones have always handled Gmail better than the iPhone competition, but with the Android 4.0 update that comes standard on the Galaxy Nexus, the iPhone is left int eh dust. The new Gmail app is designed to handle multiple accounts with ease, and makes great use of the large screen.
Some of my favorite features of Gmail on the Galaxy Nexus include;
- Great handling of multiple accounts.
- Priority Inbox support.
- 2-line preview shows first line of your message
- Support for Priority Inbox notifications
- and more.
If you rely on Gmail, and want the best experience around, Android is still the best game in town. With Android 4.0 on the Galaxy Nexus it's even better.
Home Screen
The Galaxy nexus also wins out in home screen layout and customization. Two features standout to me on the Galaxy Nexus — Widgets and Folders on the Favorites Tray.
Android still has a leg up on the iPhone when it comes to widgets, and the Galaxy Nexus takes advantage of new Ice Cream Sandwich features to make widgets even better. In addition to smarter built-in Gmail and Calendar widgets, you can customize the layout of most widgets with a drag and drop to fit the way you want your home screen to look. This is much nicer than looking for the right 4×1 widget in settings. Widgets provide fast access to information like weather, traffic, your inbox and much more.
The new Favorites Tray may look like the iPhone's dock, but it is much nicer in my opinion. In addition to your four favorite apps, that can include a folder, you have one touch access to your app screen.
While the Galaxy Nexus is a great phone, and does many things better than the iPhone 4S, it isn't perfect. There are still a number of things the iPhone 4S does better than the Galaxy Nexus. Stay tuned for a followup of reasons I think the iPhone 4S is better than the Galaxy Nexus and still earns a spot in my pocket when I leave the house.
Right now I carry both an iPhone and a Galaxy Nexus when I leave the house, but sooner or later I'll choose one phone as my primary device. Android 4.0 and the Galaxy Nexus are giving the iPhone 4S a run for its money.


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Last spring, I applied for and was awarded a grant within the district whose parameters were basically that it have to do with bullying and/or SEL. Being a bibliophile, I jumped at the chance to get more books in the classrooms. I wrote the grant for getting a mini-SEL library for each classroom with books specific to the issues I see each grade level face most commonly/pervasively.
After we got the books (and oooed and ahhed over them extensively), we ordered some of our favorite book boxes for them, and consulted with our literacy coach. Our hope was that by including some standards-based discussion questions and writing prompts, we could garner additional investment from our teachers for the books usage. Then started the task of compiling (and sometimes creating) short extension activities for each book.
The end result was this:
We introduced these to the teachers very early in the year...to mixed responses. A handful of teachers were excited, a handful were frustrated (our daily classroom's schedule is maxed out and anything that appears "extra" is stressful for the teachers), and most were apathetic. While we were hoping for lots of joy, we also recognize that everything new has a learning curve, both for us and for the teachers. When we first started doing regular classroom lessons, we had push back, and now they're usually jazzed for us to come in. Things take time to build, and a strong culture of SEL (and incorporating SEL into literacy!) is just in the growing and building stages still.
That said...about three or four months since introducing them...and we've gotten some GREAT feedback! The activities don't seem to be being used, so in the future we won't put time into them, but the books have been a huge hit. Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 3rd grade in particular have been big fans.
Curious as to what books we selected for each grade?
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Interested in learning more about discussion questions or extension activities for a specific book? Email me or comment here. It may be a bit much to put here in a post but I'm happy to share everything I've got the rights to share.


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Sale Sharks star Mark Cueto has launched a vehement defence of England's off-field conduct and insisted there are no more skeletons in the closet.
England's progress to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals has been scarred by two incidents which have led to questions about team discipline.
Martin Johnson defended the conduct of Mike Tindall and a group of players who enjoyed a drunken night out in Queenstown after England's victory over Argentina.
It emerged on Sunday the England manager had angrily reprimanded James Haskell, Chris Ashton and Dylan Hartley for making lewd comments to a female staff member at their Dunedin hotel.
Cueto fired an angry broadside at what he perceived to be "horrendous" coverage of Tindall's now infamous night out in Queenstown.
But the Sale wing conceded the reaction had been a sobering lesson to the squad about the pressures of playing at a World Cup in New Zealand - and he stressed there had been no further incidents.
"There have been a couple of things gone on and in another country they may have been nothing but in this country, with the goldfish bowl we are in, it is a big deal," said Cueto.
"Whether it is naive or not, sometimes you don't quite understand it until you get amongst it.
"Things have happened. We have learned from them. We have had to learn from them and we have improved our discipline off the field.
"I don't think standards have slipped. With the Tins thing, we are talking about a couple of guys going out for a few beers. What is wrong with that?
"If the boys can't go out and have a few beers then it is a sad world that we live in.
"It is a reality check that such a small thing can be made into such a massive deal.
"As a group of players we have spoken about it with and without the management. We know exactly where we are at now and I am sure there will be no more stories like that to come out."
Cueto missed England's final pool victory over Scotland but he is in line to start against France in the quarter-final after Delon Armitage was suspended for a dangerous tackle.
And he insisted the reaction to those off-field incidents would not distract England from the job at hand.
"I would have thought that would be pretty obvious. The bottom line is we are here to win the World Cup," Johnson said.
How far will England get in the World Cup? Have your say.
World Cup: Sale Sharks wing Mark Cueto hits back for England camp
Sale Sharks star Mark Cueto has launched a vehement defence of England's off-field conduct and insisted there are no more skeletons in the closet.


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O say, can you see...the repairs being made to the Key Bridge?!
The Key Bridge underwent a thorough inspection and condition assessment which identified areas requiring repair and maintenance. The Francis Scott Key Bridge Rehabilitation Project will address those issues over the next two years, with work that began at the end of September 2016 to maintain the structural integrity and reduce further damage from the continued deterioration and aging of the structure.
What's the Scoop on the Scope?
The Key Bridge Rehabilitation Project scope of work includes:
Can We Get the Makeover Without the Mess?
As much as possible, that's the goal! The Key Bridge deck work will take place during off-peak hours to minimize traffic impact. Additionally, work will be phased to limit impact on trail and river users. DDOT will be working with stakeholders to minimize construction impacts. If you have any questions, Joe Chukwueke is DDOT's main point of contact onsite and can be reached at 202-550-6675.
Bridging the Gap
The Francis Scott Key Bridge—flanked by Georgetown and Rosslyn—is a great example of a dynamic urban landmark connecting local and regional functions such as recreation, shopping, dining, commuter travel, entertainment and hospitality. So the next time you're in desperate need of some elevator small talk, you can say the iconic Classical Revival style arch bridge is the oldest bridge across the Potomac River within D.C. To get even more nerdy: Completed in 1923, then updated and altered in 1939, 1955 and 1987, today the Key Bridge is a six-lane reinforced concrete and steel open-spandrel arch bridge that carries approximately 62,000 vehicles each day. It's an important bridge!
It's Electric!
A little Electric Slide humor before we share more construction news with you. During this time, PEPCO is also upgrading underground equipment near the Key Bridge to increase electric capacity and improve reliability in the area. The Georgetown Conversion Reliability Project (say that three times fast) began in September 2016, with Phase 1 completion expected by winter 2017.
During this time, PEPCO will install new conduit and man holes on Water Street NW from 34th Street NW to Wisconsin Ave. NW. The second phase—to be completed in August 2017—will focus on installing new conduit on Water Street NW from Wisconsin Ave. to 27th Street NW. One scheduled outage will be required at the end of each phase of the project to energize the new cables. PEPCO will notify customers 48 hours before these scheduled outages.
PEPCO is committed to minimizing impacts to residents and the community, but installation of the equipment may require lane closures and parking restrictions in some areas. Expected work hours will be Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Contact PEPCO Public Affairs Manager Travoris Culpepper with questions.


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Chocolate Lava Individual Souffles
|teaspoons Sugar In The Raw®
|ounces coarsely chopped bittersweet chocolate, divided
|2 ½
|tablespoons unsalted butter
|tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
|tablespoon + 2 teaspoons heavy cream, divided
|egg yolks
|egg whites
|tablespoons Sugar In the Raw
|teaspoon cream of tartar
|(3 ¼ -inch x 1 ¾ -inch) ramekins
|Baking Sheet
Preheat oven to 400°F. Heat oven for at least 20 minutes before baking.
Prepare the ramekins by buttering the inside of each and sprinkling each with 2 teaspoons Sugar In The Raw®. Shake gently to coat inside with sugar; set aside.
In medium microwave-safe bowl, combine 1 ½ ounces chocolate, butter and cocoa. Heat mixture on high, stirring every 15 seconds, for about 1 minute or until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Cool to room temperature.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl whisk together 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons heavy cream and egg yolks. Combine with chocolate mixture. Set aside.
In medium mixing bowl, gently whisk 4 egg whites. Slowly stir 2 tablespoons of egg whites into chocolate mixture with whisk, just until incorporated.
Add 3 tablespoons sugar to remaining egg whites and beat until frothy. Add cream of tartar and continue beating until stiff. Stir ¼ beaten egg whites into chocolate mixture with whisk; gently fold remaining beaten egg whites into chocolate mixture.
Arrange ramekins on a baking sheet. Fill each almost to top with chocolate mixture. Bake for 10 minutes. Soufflés will puff above top of ramekins.
While soufflés are baking, melt remaining 1 ½ ounces chocolate in microwave-safe bowl on high for about 1 minute, stirring every 15 seconds. Stir in remaining 2 tablespoons heavy cream until smooth. Heat mixture on high, stirring every 15 seconds, for about 30 seconds or until hot. Set "chocolate lava" aside.
To serve soufflés, make a hole in the center of each and pour in chocolate lava.
To prepare soufflés in advance:
Prepare chocolate soufflé mixture as directed. Fill molds almost to top with chocolate mixture. Cover tightly and refrigerate up to 24 hours. Preheat oven to 400ºF for at least 20 minutes before baking. Bake soufflés for 12 minutes. Serve immediately. Make a hole in the centers and pour in Lava Flow.
Conventional Directions:
In top of double boiler, place chocolate, butter and cocoa. Set over hot, not simmering, water. (Do not allow water to touch top container of double boiler.) Heat mixture about 3 to 5 minutes, stirring often, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Cool to room temperature. Proceed as above.
For "chocolate lava," melt chocolate in top of double boiler. Stir in heavy cream until smooth. Heat mixture until hot and proceed as above.
Nutrition Information
Per Serving: 350 calories, 25 g fat (14 g saturated fat), 31 g carbohydrate, 7 g protein, 2 g dietary fiber, 115 mg sodium.


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Connaught Hall is closed from 21 August to 6 September. The exterior doors are all locked and only a handful of staff members who have the front door key can get in and out. There is no receptionist and no catering. From outside, the windows, normally beacons of warmth from the illuminated rooms within, are empty and dark. The Hall always has an eerie feel to it during closure, especially at night.
But inside preparations gather apace for meeting new students who will start arriving from the day we re-open our doors. Most students won't arrive until the last weekend in September or even the first in October, but we still need to be ready for when we open on the 6th.
The Residents' Handbook and this year's welcome letter must be finalised and printed, and I need to record my welcome podcast; posters, forms, leaflets, and stationery updated to reflect the staff changes that have taken place in the past 3 months; all the rooms must be fully cleaned; and this is the period when most major building / redecorating work takes place, so as not to interfere with residents' studies dring term time.
Soon after the closure are the University of London Open Days, to which Connaught Hall will be contributing this year.
And looking forward to early October, we must arrange welcome receptions (afternoon tea), a welcome buffet, and elections to the Residents' Club Committee. And they may want to organise a welcome party for everyone.
It'll be Christmas soon. Better get to it!


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Find information about Missouri State University West Plains licensed vocational nurse LVN jobs, registering for elective courses, and taking free practice tests online. Completion of a nationally-accredited nursing program or other medical training, can qualify you to start working immediately. If you study vocational nursing, for example, there are a variety of concentrations that may appeal to you such as nurse assisting, laboratory internships, or vocational rehabilitation. Check with the nursing department for an updated schedule of classes, registration deadlines, and a list of licensed vocational nurse LVN job requirements. Due to advances in health care, there is a growing skill-shortage of licensed vocational nurses, and of qualified medical personnel in general. Please use the form above to request admissions info for Missouri State University West Plains.
The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) designation is the first step in becoming a nurse. After Becoming a CNA, you will assist in caring for patients by monitoring vital statistics, bathing, feeding and maintaining personal hygiene. Most CNA programs can be completed within a few months, allowing you to begin working. As the public ages, nursing care has become a major source of employment for new technical program graduates.
The next step in a nursing career is to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN). This is a one year long program, in which you'll work under an RN, and be assigned advanced care work. Practice requirements for LVNs vary from state to state, but basic duties include passing meds, wound care, and administering feeding tubes. It is common for 90% or more of the class to find nursing jobs within 6 months. You don't have to become a registered nurse to make good money, as a licensed vocational nurse with several years of work experience can earn well over $40,000 a year.
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This Walther Falcon - Hunter Edition Air Rifle is a powerful .22 caliber rifle that features a robust spring piston break barrel mechanism for maximum velocity with just one cock of the rifle. At an amazing 1000 feet per second with a standard lead pellet, this 22 caliber airgun is an ideal air rifle for hunting small game. It is covered in Mossy Oak Break-Up Camo and made of a strong, weather resistant synthetic stock. Its topped with a sturdy rail for holding the included 3-9x44 airgun scope that has a unique blue illuminated duplex reticle. It also has TruGlo fiber optic sights for use without the scope. Unique to this pellet rifle is its adjustable length of pull provided by removing or adding the included inserts between the vented recoil pad and the stock. This Falcon rifle also sports a Monte Carlo stock design with a right-hand cheek piece and checkering in the grip and forearm. This Walther rifle shoots .22 caliber hyper velocity pellets at a whopping 1150 feet per second and has an automatic safety and large muzzle brake to ease its operation and handling.
Model: Falcon Hunter
Caliber: .22
Velocity: 1000FPS
Ammo Type: Pellets
Body Components: Polymer Stock with Metal Barrel and Receiver
Overall Length: 49.00 in
Barrel Length: 19.75 in
Barrel Style: Rifled
Fire Mode: Single Shot
Cocking Effort: 28 lbs
Trigger Effort: 5.5 lbs
Trigger Adjust: Single Stage
Action: Break Barrel
Power plant: Spring-piston
Gun Weight: 8.25 lbs
Front Sight: Fiber Optic
Rear Sight: Adjustable for Windage and Elevation - Fiber Optic
Warranty: 1 Year Limited Warranty
Package includes:
Walther Falcon Hunter, two piece 11mm Dovetail mounts and 3-9x44 Scope
Don't forget to pick up pellets and a gun case!
- ManufacturerWalther
- Caliber0.22 cal
- Velocity1000 fps
- ConditionNew
- Ammo TypePellets
- ActionBreak barrel
- Barrel StyleBreak Barrel
- Fire ModeSingle-shot
- MechanismSpring piston
- UseSmall Game Hunting / Target Shooting
- Warranty1 Year Limited
Walther Falcon Hunter Edition- .22 cal 1000 FPS Air Rifle (3-9X44 Scope) Reviews
2 Stars
Not a novice rifle - Not exactly
August 5, 2015
I only give this rifle 2 stars because of the some of the drawbacks that I can overlook, but a beginner would really struggle with at first. This is basically a Hatsan Model 125 marketed for Walther. I am a Hatsan fan, but for a Hatsan build, I honestly think Hatsan more interested in getting their "magnum" class out into the market place magnum race, rather than working thru the design. Sure..it appeals to the biggest & baddest crowd. Out of the box it is good for plinking things off the back porch on a steady rest, but far from great rifle as is. Mechanically it is sound as most other Hatsans, but consider making, or having a custom stock made and you will like it much more.
Pros:Mechanically is very good quality. Good FPS & power for 22
Cons:The stock....I expected more. The pull length on the stock is very long even on its shortest spacers and to mod would not be simple. I have two of these rifles and the first one broke(plastic) one side of the front forearm. A normal 2 point sling would probably bust off. If you can't carry it around all day hunting , I would try a single point sling setup to the backend some where. I would like to source a wood stock that would be much more sturdy up front and shorten the pull to a more comfortable length for me. Design is a little awkward at first use. Be aware if you get one-this is a BIG RIFLE and feels like a musket. It is very long. The butt is hollow and makes everything feel very front heavy. I filled it with silicone and it feels more balanced. The stock scope mounts on Falcon MUST to be set correctly to be accurate (I do not know if Hatsan model had better mounts with their actual 125s) Lastly it takes a little bit of time to get used to. It likes to be held in very specific ways beyond artillery hold. Notice all of the little subtle things and your groups will reduce in size. If not you will chase these groups all over. LOL.....(though not funny when you are shooting) This effect would probably be lessened if the stock was a little bit better proportioned.
Matthews, NC
2 Stars
Worst gun that I have ever had
January 5, 2014
This gun is a Mess! sight it in and 1 out of 4 shots will hit on target no chance of being accurate. rested on a base 10 shots will be on average 2 to 5 inches apart.
Darrell Vaughan
5 Stars
walter faclon hunter
October 14, 2010
this a real power house fox ,coon,no problem this is a good an power gun i shoot 14.3gr pellect and put them down at 40yards going try the 25cal
5 Stars
July 7, 2010
awesome rifle worth every penny
5 Stars
Great Gun.
May 19, 2010
Had the gun for three months now put about 800 rounds through it. Killed 28 squirrels and 3 chipmunks. I bought a one piece mount for it and so far the scope has held up well. Great investment great power great accuracy. You wont be disappointed.
Pest Hunter
5 Stars
The Beast
April 24, 2010
This gun is a beast! it blows a 1 inch exit hole out of grackles with daisy presicion max wadcutters! Just wait till I get some crow magnum. recoil broke the scope that came with it now I have a 3-9x50. I got a half inch group at 25 yards with gamo hunter pellets. this gun recoils hard and broke the stop pin on two one piece mounts. JB KWIKed a nut(the metal kind)to the rail and solved the problem. People that say this gun is hard to pump should start working out. I can pump this gun with out straining and I'm 12. I 'm also not one of those kids that is like 6'2 either I'm 5'2 and 118 pounds. it is very heavy with my huge centerpoint scope though.
5 Stars
April 15, 2010
Got this rifle 2 days ago. First time I put the scope on I had a hell of a time getting it to sight in. After about 50 rounds I gave up and called it quits for the day. Went online and looked up how to "properly" mount the scope. Took it all apart and put it back together step by step. Took about 15 shots and 20 minutes and it will hold a 1/2 circle on center now. After sighting it I went about doing what I got the gun for and that was ridding my neighborhood of squirrels. Long story but they were chewing holes in the decking of my brand new roof. Anyway I successfully killed 10 squirrels in about a 6 hour period. I am more than satisfied with this gun. At this point I've put close to 200 rounds through it and there are no signs of screws coming loose. Do understand this gun is huge at 4ft long and over 14lbs with the scope mounted. It's not a toy. You will not want to sit in the back yard and pop off 40 rounds at targets. It is a hunting rifle and in my opinion the most effecting air rifle I've ever owned.
5 Stars
Very Effective
April 14, 2010
I have hunted since I was 10 years old, turkey, dove, snakes, squirrels, etc. Except for a firearm this is the most powerful gun I've ever used. I've had it for a total of 24 hours and I have already shot 9 squirrels. The gun out of the box is a bit overwhelming. Other air rifles I have owned were pump type so this was the first spring action I've owned. Despite other negative reviews I have found it to be fairly easy to use. The hardest part is getting the scope mounted properly so it doesn't move from the recoil. After looking at an online guide and remounting it I have had no problems. At this point I have pout 150-200 rounds through it and can now hold a 1/2-inch pattern from 40 yards. I have ordered a new one piece mounting bracket for the scope, but I may not use it because as now the scope isn't moving. I've had no problems with the stock and the gun as a whole seems extremely sturdy. Buy it you won't be disappointed as long as you set it up correctly.
5 Stars
very impressed
March 7, 2010
i bought this gun refurbished when i opened it up it was absolutley perfect you couldnt tell it from brand new gun this gun is extremely powerful got the gun feb 2010 it took several rounds to get the scope lined up (using rws pellets) but now i can shoot a 1 inch pattern at 50 yards using a gun rest this is my first springer an i am amazed at the power and accuracy of this gun . i bought it to get rid of chicken hawks picking my bobwhite quail off at our birdfeeder . it was money well spent .the rws pellets are the first i have tryed in this gun seemed to work well can anyone recommend a better one
4 Stars
Great rifle
October 23, 2009
I bought this rifle about three months ago,it is my first magnum springer and it has taken me about 2000 rounds to break it in and learn how to shoot it.At first I couldnt keep the scope from creaping in the mounts finally tightened the mounts to the scope tighter than I thought I should that stopped the scope from moving in the mounts.Then the scope mounts started moving on the rail.I bought a one piece mount and cured the mount problems.Then the scope came apart internally after 600 shoots,so i bought a leapers 3-9x40.Much better ,but the leapers now has a problem with the reticle.I am now trying to get the Leapers returned for warranty work and will use it on a 22 rimfire.I have heard that Bushnell has scopes that will stand up to this gun,but I am not wanting to waste more moneyon scopes.I have been shootig with open sights now and am pleased with these but still need optics at distances beyond 35 yards.I think this is a good gun and would recomend it if it could be bought without the cheap rings and scope.So my rating is for the rifle only.
4 Stars
Walther Falcon
July 23, 2009
I bought this gun about 10 months ago and have put about 1750 shots through it. like everyone else has said the scope cant handle the power of the gun and mine broke at about 100 shots but the gun is plenty accurate with the open sights. I havent had any problems with loose screws or the stock cracking. I use this gun for target and hunting and have never had a problem shooting more than 75 shots a day. It has amazing power and i have taken rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, pigeons, and muskrats. It even had even had enough power to kill a muskrat under about 4 inches of water. If your looking for a good hunting rifle this one has the power and the accuracy and is well worth the money. I just hope you have better luck with the scope.
4 Stars
falcon .22
July 23, 2009
a great huntng rifle, scope is not so good and wont last very long. if used for hunting hallow points are a must, if using anything else you will just be poking holes.
5 Stars
Outstanding after break-in
June 25, 2009
I had to JB weld Scope to Scope mounts ,the shock of recoil is substantial enouph to peel the aluminum back on the mounts, after JB thuogh that was fixed, with out any visible differance to mount. after that was resolved it took 75 - 100 rounds for the scope to settle in and find it center and stop moving ,had to reset it after about 4 shots till then , but now doesnt move at all after 200 rounds or so ,it takes breakin doint exspect it to hold settings till after at least 100 rounds..now I can and have taken out Squrrels at 50-75 yards with ease threw-and threw with crowmagnum pellets ,,but the superdome pellets will not hold but a 10 inch pattern at 25 yards ,,, the Crowmagnums 1 inch at 50yards.. it takes some getting use to at first because of the recoil but after that and scope break-in I am very pleased with this gun ,it was a little larger than i exspected ,it is as large as 30/30 and kicks allmost as bad but dead accurat and impressive ! way more powerfull than a 22 short in a real 22 rifle. almost as powerfull as a 22 long rifle...scope optics and clarity excelent.
4 Stars
walther falcon 22 cal
April 11, 2009
Purchased in March 09. had a hard time with the scope not staying mounted on rifle. After about 300 rounds scope cannot handle shock that the rifle puts out.(My scopes optics all loosen up and are in the garbage) Open sites more accurate anyway. Found info. on different site that scopes will not operate well over time on brake barrels. Overall rifle is powerful, accurate, not loud, easy to load. I would have given this product a higher rating, but the scope cannot handle the recoil.
Bahadir vardar
5 Stars
Powerful but....
April 6, 2009
After reading reviews, i decided to buy this gun thinking it must be worth for $250. I read that it was made in Turkiye. As i found it was. Very powerful, but cheap material like Chinese. Sights were cheap plastic, green reticle broke immediately out of the box. I did not bother to return or call cause i got the scope ayways. As a Turkish person I was expecting better quality material instead of "cheap" plastic. After numerous times of shooting scope ccame lose several times. I have not found a solution for that yet :(
5 Stars
Over all it is a great springer
January 31, 2009
It took a little while to recieve my Falcon due to high demands, but the folks at Airgun depot were very nice and called and cleared up the problem. It has arrived in perfect condition. With that said... I have read many good and bad things about this rifle prior to buying it. My biggest concern was the screws coming lose, the poor scope, and the stock cracking. Now that I own it, I can give my own review. I have only had it for 4 days and shot about 450 rounds to date, so this review is based on that. No screws have walked out, nor is there any cracking of the stock around the screws. As for the scope not being able to take the recoil, I have not seen it. If anything, I will say the complete oppisite. I can carry this rifle by the scope, and it is a very heavy springer. After 250 shots, I noticed that I did not seat the scope against the stop screw (there is about a 1/4 inch gap) and it still has not moved or come lose. The scope is very large and heavy. There is no need for a screwdriver or coin to zero it in, as it can be done with your fingers, which is a nice plus. With the ability to zoom 3X9, focus, and even illuminate, it does it all. The only downside is it does not sit back far enough causing some eye strain. This does not warrent a new scope, just a small problem. As for power, IT HAS IT. I was finally able to find a springer that would make a Crossman Hollow Point expand. This is not easy for anyone who uses these pellets knows. They were going through an inch of wood, at 25 yards, on a stop I had made for my other springers, so I had to cut and put 2X4's behind it to protect my fence. It is a bear to cock, I think it is closer to 50 pounds then the 27 listed. I am 6 foot,190 pounds, and get a real workout within 40 shots, unless I use both hands for extended shooting. I do not like the cammo coloring, nor does anyone who looks at it. I really wish it came in a high polished wood version, or if it must be plastic, then a black version. It is a Falcon "Hunter" Edition so I guess we are stuck with it. The trigger is a bit stiff and gets some taking use to. It is very accurate, but you will have to fine tune the scope with every diiferent type of pellet, so it is best to find a favorite for hunting and stick with it. For targets or small game, at a low cost, the Crosman HP's have given me dime sized groups up to 50 yards. For bigger game the JSB polytips, Beeman Silvers, and Crow Mags are a great choice. The Kodiacs will give a great punch with the power of this springer, but I do not have good groups with them beyond 15 yards. If you like competition shooting, then the JSB Exacts will give the best groups. Over all it is an awesome springer rifle with insane power. Sure it has some flaws, but tell me one that does not. For the price, you can not go wrong owning this beast.
3 Stars
A high maintenance rifle
January 25, 2009
The price is great for a springer with this power, but it comes at a heavy price in other areas. Out of the box it is a real beauty. It is shipped with a ton of oil on it so be ready to clean it up upon arrival. Now for the bad news... This rifle is to strong for its own good and will rip itself apart over time. There are a few things you can do to prevent this... Within your first 20 shots look for the 4 stock screws to start walking out. Remember that is is reversed threaded when you go to tighten them. Because of the recoil this beast has, to tight is better then to lose. Take time to find the goldy locks zone, when the scews are just right and then use some lock-tite on them to keep it there. To tight and it will crack at all 4 screw locations. To lose and it will actually break the stock in two. At around 150 shots it is going to destroy the scope. It will actually sheer the pin off of it. There is really nothing you can do to stop this other then use the open sights (which are not bad at all) or buy a better scope that can handle the recoil of this rifle (I opted for the second option). At about 250 - 300 shots the barrel is going to come lose. This is a MUST fix or it will crack the plastic stock to bits. It is not easy to find and not in the manual. Look under the rear sight and you will find it (it is metric). Around the same time, the poor quality plastic tigger is going to show its worth, or lack there of. The plastic pins are going to walk lose and sometimes will make it hard to pull or will not shoot at all. This is another problem you really can not do anything about. I think the added weight of a wood stock and metal trigger would have been worth it in this case. True the rifle is heavy as is but they put one of the heaviest scopes on it, so what is the difference. The cocking pressure is under rated, it is more like 47 pounds, so this rifle is not for the weak or target shooter. The sound is under rated as well, as it a very loud (even after break in) it is more a 4 then a 3. This rifle is very long, almost 50 inches so the extra recoil pads are pointless unless you are over 6'4 or have really long arms. The screws for those are very ugly and not given much thought when in production. Over all if you are looking for a good "hunting" rifle then this is not bad. The price is great and it does have some real power (tho it is over rated as most are). I shot many differt types through the chronnie and got no where near as those listed. They were all over 750 fps so not bad, with the Beeman Silver giving 27 pounds of energy (mind blowing for a springer). If you are looking for an all-in-one spriger for general shooting, targets, hunting, then look at others as it is a lot of effort to shoot this and the more rounds you shoot, the faster its great power is going to rip it apart. It is a real shame Walther did not actually make this rifle and give it the quality needed to sustain this power, as it would be worthy of the springer hall of fame. (It is made in Turkey by Hastan-Arms and Walther just puts their name on it).
5 Stars
its amazing
November 1, 2008
this air rifle is amazing i shot a small bird in the neck 50 yards away!!!! , Very low cocking effort and phenomenally accurate for the price
5 Stars
this gun is so sweet
October 7, 2008
when i first bought this gun i went camping and got it sighted and like a half and hour,and i shot a rabbit in one shot and it blew it across the ground
5 Stars
September 29, 2008
this gun is awsome I got a groundhog and a turkey and plenty more
5 Stars
September 23, 2008
This is a great gun, very accurate and very powerfull. I shot straight through a squirrel today and dropped it humanely with bearly a twitch. The scope is alnly so wonderful the reticles light up blue so you can use them in low light. I have encountered only 2 problems, the screws on the stock come loose and need tightening,the gun is as loud as a 22. rimfire when you oil the piston, but overall this is a great rifle.
By Mike from British Columbia, Canada on November 14, 2011
I have a Falcon Hunter without the updated trigger. Any ideas on how to adjust the trigger pull? Thank-you.
By Conor from Sunnyside, WA on January 28, 2012
Answer:I believe that the trigger is nonadjustable, if it is, it won't do much to the second stage. Look on GTA Forums they have a lot of answers.
By ezequiel from florida on December 27, 2011
By Staff on January 9, 2012
Answer:I would recommend calling the manufacturer as they may be able to supply you with the stock you are looking for.
You will want to call Umarex 479-646-4210.


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On 3 March 2018 I decided to change my domain name from brooklynsabbatical.wordpress.com to livyarrow.org. Most everything below still holds true, but slowly more professional pages and links to my various other websites will be added.
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Over the course of writing, the function of the blog have evolved. Originally, it was as I said on day #1: "This blog is an attempt to have an answer to the question: "where did the time go?" It will have some content — free-writing about the material I'm actually researching and published elsewhere in a more formal manner."
These days it is less personal and reflective, more and more it has become a holding place for notes and ideas that are 'distracting' me from my writing. Sometimes, I want to write through an idea to see where I end up and what I really think. A sandbox, as it were. Other times its a place to hold notes on subjects I may wish to return to later. Thus, I will often go back and add an update to an old post when I find something that might be tangentially related, just to keep it all together in one spot.
I write here whenever I find time to research and on occasion when I come across related things in my teaching prep. I'm not due a sabbatical again for sometime, but I like to think of this as my virtual sabbatical–proof that during my 3-4 teaching load, parenting twins, and extensive administrative duties that I'm still a scholar, creatively and continuously engaged in my disciplines of numismatics and historiography.
I am also trying not to go back over and edit my writing here, although I sometimes do anyway. I am openly acknowledging my dyslexia. If I held myself to the standard of a typo-free blog post, I'd never write anything here. Or, I'd spend hours rereading in anxious narcissistic fashion my previous posts. Copy editing has its place, but for me that will be at the stage of formal publication and it will require the help of others!
Why isn't my name here? Anyone who knows me will quickly and readily identify this as my work and I'm freely sharing links with friends and colleagues, but I'd rather when people searched the web for my name thatmy professional publications and affiliations came first.
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You really have to mine the Jazz literature to find anything about Al Haig, who was part of a group of the fine, pioneering Bebop pianists that included George Wallington, Joe Albany,and Dodo Marmorosa.
Unfortunately, they drew little attention during their time in the music and even less so today.
In an effort to help correct this lack of awareness, the editorial staff at JazzProfiles thought it would be fun to share the references that we dug out about Al and string them together into the following composite feature.
John Chilton, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
"Haig was among the first jazz pianists to blend the postwar innovations of bop into a consistent, personal style. His exceptional technique, besides allowing him to relax even when improvising at very fast tempos, gave him a flexibility and quickness of response that made him a fine accompanist to soloists as stylistically diverse as Stan Getz and Fats Navarro, though his associations with Gillespie and Charlie Parker were musically the most significant of his career. His many brief solos on recordings led by other musicians during the 1940s show the ability he acquired for concise expression; while unflaggingly inventive, they are usually understated, with sensitive rhythmic and harmonic nuances. Haig's later work is richer in texture and of greater emotional depth."
Ira Gitler: Jazz Masters of the 40's.
"Al Haig, the pianist for Parker and Gillespie in their classic quintet of 1945, was superficially like Powell but quite different in his lighter-touch approach. His style was impeccable and quite pianistic, reflecting a very highly developed technique. He was a definite influence on Hank Jones and, through him, on other men, such as Tommy Flanagan. Besides his solo abilities, Haig was an excellent accompanist. One trademark was his "comping" two octaves below his right hand's single solo lines. "At their best Haig's accompaniments, like those of John Lewis, are enhancing commentaries rather than mere backgrounds," Max Harrison wrote in the June, 1960, issue of The Jazz Review.
Haig shone as both soloist and accompanist with Charlie Parker's quintet (1949-1950) and Stan Getz's quartet and quintet. After that he drifted in and out of obscurity, appearing briefly with Chet Baker in 1954 and Gillespie in 1956. By the sixties, he was back in the New York area on a permanent basis, but his musical alliances were with small pop groups that catered to the dancing needs of the society set, from East Side clubs to Southampton and Bermuda.
Haig and Wellington went through a lot of the personal turmoil peculiar to their idiom and era, but when they leveled out, each in his own way, both left jazz.
The same seemed true of Dodo Marmarosa, …."
Dick Katz, Pianists of the 1940s and 1950s in Bill Kirchner, ed., The Oxford Companion to Jazz.
"Naturally, Powell had many followers. Among the earliest to master the style was Al Haig, a pianist with a refined technique, who brought a cool, controlled approach to the idiom. Whereas Powell was torrential, Haig played shorter lines with a light touch and cool aplomb. His ballads showed his classical training to good advantage; his pedaling was exemplary. His best work, in the opinion of many, was with Parker, and also on the early records of Stan Getz on the Roost label."
Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
"Along with Bud Powell, Haig was among the first and best of the bop pianists., who quickly adapted Parker and Gillespie's melodic and harmonic ingenuity to the pno. His technical expertise made him seem relaxed, even at whirlwind tempos, and his numerous late '405 recs. as sideman for an incredible array of musicians display the sensitivity and prowess that made him so much in demand."
Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 6th Ed.
"Acknowledged as a master of bebop piano, Haig has nevertheless suffered in comparison to many of his peers through his neglect as a recording artist in later years; he never made a single album for a major label. His work with Parker, Gillespie, Getz and others shows how fine an accompanist and group pianist he was, but his 'name' work is even finer and implies a rare mastery: he was effectively an understated, 'cool' stylist inside the hot medium of bebop. He enjoyed a revival of interest in the 1970s but died before he could reap any great rewards from it…."
Al Haig was deplorably served by records in the earlier part of his career, and as a result he is almost the forgotten man of bebop piano. Yet he was as great a figure as any of the bebop masters. If he denied himself the high passion of Bud Powell's music, he was still a force of eloquence and intensity, and his refined touch lent him a striking individuality within his milieu. The first trio album The Al Haig Trio Esoteric! [Fresh Sound FSR-CD 38 Haig; Bill Crow (b); Lee Abrams (d). 3/54.] originally released on the Esoteric label, is a masterpiece that can stand with any of the work of Powell or Monk. Haig's elegance of touch and line, his virtually perfect delivery, links him with a pianist such as Teddy Wilson rather than with any of his immediate contemporaries, and certainly his delivery … has a kinship with the language of Wilson's generation. Yet his complexity of tone and the occasionally cryptic delivery are unequivocally modern, absolutely of the bop lineage. Voicings and touch have a symmetry and refinement that other boppers, from Powell and Duke Jordan to Joe Albany and Dodo Marmarosa, seldom approached.
Haig went through a burst of recording late in his life and he remained a marvelous musician to the end.
C. Gerald Frazer, New York Times, November 17, 1982 [Obituary]
Al Haig, an early be-bop pianist, died of a heart attack yesterday in his Manhattan home. He was 58 years old. Mr. Haig was a member of the Charlie Parker Quintet, which performed at the Three Deuces on West 52d Street and which is credited with helping to introduce be-bop. The group was made up of Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Tommy Potter and Mr. Haig. He also played the piano on the classic Guild recordings made in 1945 with Mr. Parker, Mr. Gillespie, Curley Russell and Sid Catlett.
In an interview several years ago, Mr. Haig said that he and Tiny Grimes, the guitarist, had been playing at the Spotlight on 52d Street, noted for its numerous jazz clubs, when he first heard Charlie (Bird) Parker's alto saxophone:
''One night, Dizzy and Bird came in with their instruments, unpacked them and swooped up on the stand and started playing 'Shaw Nuff' or some damned thing. I'd been following Dizzy on records, but it was the first time I'd ever heard Bird. I knew they were auditioning me because they were so businesslike. They unpacked their horns like they were machine guns.'' Lean and Delicate Style
Mr. Haig's piano style, lean and delicate, was influenced by Nat (King) Cole, Teddy Wilson and then Bud Powell, one of the creators of bop. The be-bop style originated in the early 40's. Its specific creation, however, has not been authenticated.
''The big mystery is that nobody knows who did what,'' Mr. Haig once said. ''I often thought that it might have been Bud Powell out in the woods with the trumpet player Cootie Williams. Powell was really the creator of the whole thing because his playing was so completely perfect and so highly stylized in that idiom. He outbirded Bird and he outdizzied Dizzy. And here he was playing on a percussive instrument, not a front-line instrument, and at times outdoing any of them.''
During World War II, Mr. Haig, played with Coast Guard bands; later, he worked with Jerry Wald, briefly; Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, Stan Getz and Chet Baker. Over the years, he made numerous appearances at cocktail lounges and jazz festivals."
The following video tribute features Al playing "The Way You Look Tonight w with Lee Konitz (as), Richie Kamuca (ts), Conte Candoli (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Don Bagley (b), Stan Levey (ds) Album:"Al Haig / Cleff Session 1953" .
Recorded: Hollywood, CA, Jan. 11, 1953
Recorded: Hollywood, CA, Jan. 11, 1953


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The classic tea egg has a new form with the Brew-it by Rig Tig. The amusing clip by Klaus Rath is easily opened and therefore easily filled or emptied. The modest size is the reason why the tea egg fits perfectly in a cup of tea.
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You have nothing to lose by calling the executive office, you can get the number through the "backdoor numbers" thread. Worst thing that can happen is they say no.
westcoastpirate wrote:
So I had an AMEX Blue card while in college, small limit, like $500. It was CO'd, and I settled for less than the full balance. It has fallen off my CR for a while, but I am sure I am on the AMEX blacklist. I am now in a much better financial situation than back then. I have a secured CC for $1K through my CU and a $700 Target Card and have been 'gardening' for a while and my CR is looking pretty good. Have a couple 60 day lates from 2007 that look to fall off in early 2013 but outside that, everything is stellar or is off the current CRs. My current CS is between 720s-740. I'm wondering if I should try calling AMEX to see if I can pay whatever the balance is from the settled card to get back in good standing with them for a new card? Has anyone done this and come off the blacklist? What number should I use to contact AMEX to make this request? The balance was so small when I settled I would have no problems paying it 10x over right now, but when I was in college $500 was a lot of money! I really want to get back in with them in the hopes they can backdate the card to the early 2000s.
Hello and welcome to the forums! amex blacklist bankruptcy i don't believe they blacklist collections or charge offs.You should call amex. (YMMV) your mileage may vary.
patsfan1453 wrote:
You have nothing to lose by calling the executive office, you can get the number through the "backdoor numbers" thread. Worst thing that can happen is they say no.
Totally agree!
Good luck to you!!
They will not blacklist you for CO - I should know! They've REALLY taken care of me post CO.
Try disputing to the CRA's about your lates as NEVER LATE, and also the OC's. I would say half or more of the time they don't have documentation to prove you were ever late. Remember send certified mail (no return receipt) to CRA and just regular postage to the OC's stating you were never late. Since they almost never have documentation that you were ever late, plus it's been so long since the lates the will almost always deleted from my experience. ymmv.
If they can prove it keep firing off goodwill letters to the OC til they get sick of you =) a guy wrote a python script to email the executive office everyday and got a response eventually lol! oh yea with the CRA write it with yellow legal notepad with purple in in cursive (not kidding) cause they will not read your disputes otherwise and feeds it into a machine to auto process your disputes, this forces a manual review.
Go for the Ames. If all is paid. U may be in a real good position
So I just called the AMEX Executive office and spoke to a very nice individual. I didn't have any of the account details so he was able to pull that through my SS number. I asked him some questions and after putting me on hold a couple times corresponding with different departments, he confirmed that yes, if I paid off the CO balance that would definitely improve my chances of receiving a future AMEX card, but that they can't guarantee approval based off paying the balance.
He gave me an address where I can send a check. I am planning on including a letter explaining what I am paying and I am also going to ask for a letter or some sort of confirmation that my account has been PIF once the check clears. Any suggestions on what content I should include in the letter?
Also, how long after I receive confirmation that my balance is all good before trying for a new AMEX card?
Thanks again for all the help, guidance, and reassurance!


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The strange case of a Chinese celebrity, his expensive home in California, and "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"
A Chinese celebrity who owns an expensive home in California has filed a lawsuit because the house was used by the Keeping Up with the Kardashians show without his permission. Anyone would be upset if his or her house is intruded by strangers, but in this case, the owner is apparently also embarrassed by what the Kardashian sisters said about his house.
Viewers of Keeping Up with the Kardashians show would have seen an episode called "And All That Jazzzzzzz" that was aired on Jan. 26, 2014. During that episode, Khloe and Kourtney went to look at a house next to Kourtney's for Khloe to live in for a few months. After looking all around, Khloe said, "I don't get good feng shui here."
It turned out that the house was owned by a couple from China who paid 2.5 million dollars in 2012 for the house located in Calabasas, an affluent city in Los Angeles county, California. The couple later went to China in 2013, leaving the house under the care of their property manager.
When the couple returned in August 2014, they found signs of misuse throughout the house such as oil spilled in the kitchen, items missing or messed up in the cupboards, bedding and linens out of place, strange buttons in the washing machine, and even a pair of Pittsburgh Steelers slippers that they didn't own was found in the closet. They also received water and gas bills totaling more than 600 dollars.
The mystery was "solved" when the couple were told by a friend that their house was featured on the Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality show.
The husband, Jianxiang Huang, turned out to be a famous sports commentator and TV host in China. He and his wife have filed a lawsuit, not against the Kardashian show, but against property manager Angela Wong and her employer, Ewing & Associates Sotheby's International Realty, "for numerous damages including breach of contract and misrepresentation. And for letting their home get dissed by the Kardashian girls to millions of TV viewers for having bad feng shui," according to LA Weekly.
Did you read that last sentence? Apparently Mr. Huang is really upset that he "lost face," or was embarrassed, when his house was criticized on TV to millions of viewers. And there'd be even more viewers if you include the reruns!
Here's the clip of the "And All That Jazzzzzzz" segment via the TMZ site:
What do you think about the lawsuit? Would you be more upset or embarrassed if the Kardashians visited your house without your permission?