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|Nate Duford is Maine
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He also had a 60-yard TD called back on a penalty.
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It is better to block than to receive.
That is a mantra the Duford twins have to embrace. They are receivers playing in two of the most run-oriented offenses anywhere. Nate is in his senior season at Maine Maritime and Josh in in his final year at Plymouth State.
It took getting used to. After all, before they arrived on college campuses, they touched the ball plenty. They played at Stevens High in Claremont, N.H., where their coach was Ralph Silva, a man whose resume includes being Carlton Fisk's high school baseball coach. Nate was the quarterback for the Cardinals and Josh his favorite receiver.
Before that, they threw the ball around the yard all the time at their Claremont home.
"Our dad instilled football in us at a very, very young age," Josh said. "Football was the big part of our life after academics."
Academics still rules. The twins are top students, Nate majoring in power engineering technology at MMA and Josh in education.
Josh spent his freshman year at Curry, but then transferred because he wanted to be closer to home.
Both said they were never even introduced to the nuances of blocking in high school. Now, that's about all they do and it took hard work to make it part of their game.
"Josh is a very unselfish guy," Plymouth coach Paul Castonia said. "He never says anything about not getting the ball enough. He works just as hard on his blocking as he does on running his routes and catching the ball."
More than that, he has brought this team attitude to the locker room.
"He has spread this positive attitude," Castonia said.
How do two guys who grew up throwing and catching the ball, adapt to life with rarely seeing it and executing the anonymous piece of the offense called blocking? Winning helps, they say. They have won a lot since getting to Plymouth, N.H. and Castine, Maine.
Last week was a rare Saturday when they both suffered losses. Maine Maritime was taken down by red-hot Framingham State 42-14 and Plymouth was the latest team to be crushed by 7-0 Endicott, 49-0. But it has been a whole lot of winning with Nate and the Mariners competing in three New England Football Conference championship games.
"We've won a lot. I would rather win the game than catch touchdown passes," Nate said.
Josh and the Panthers have also won much more than they have lost.
They share in one another's success.
"They are very close. They are at one another's game whenever they have the chance," Castonia said.
Josh has attended all three NEFC title games that Nate has been a part of. Nate has been unable to see a Plymouth game until this year. Maine Maritime opened a week later than the Panthers so Mariner coach Chris McKenney excused him from a practice so that he could go see Josh's season-opening game, a 28-20 victory over Castleton.
"He surprised me. I had no idea he was going to be there," Josh said.
They talk every day and often multiple times a day. They might have gone to the same school had they been able to find one that fit their academic aspirations.
The adjustment was hardest to football for Nate because he came to Maine Maritime as a quarterback.
"When I got here I knew nothing about the triple option," he said. "I wasn't very fleet of foot but I thought maybe my arm could make up for that."
But Nate soon found out the arm is seldom part of McKenney's attack that has made a habit of piling up eye-popping rushing statistics.
"Coach came to me and told me I could stay at quarterback or I could move to wide receiver," Nate said. Tyler Angell was expertly running the option at that time and Nate decided to make the move.
"The switch to wide receiver made me more of a team type person, not that I wasn't before," Nate said.
He's caught two touchdown passes this year and so has Josh. But it's pretty much blocking, blocking and more blocking. "Here, you could catch a pass or two a game, or you might not see a pass or two a game," Nate said. "Ninety-five percent of your practice is blocking or working on blocking."
He seems to take more pride in the way his brother made the conversion at Plymouth.
"Josh works a lot harder than I do and it's not that I don't work hard," Nate said. "He has really earned his playing time. And he's a receiver at heart. He didn't start until this year and I am extremely proud of his for sticking it out.
"He works as a camp counselor in the summer and he told he didn't want to have to tell any of the young kids he works with that he ever quit something."
Framingham, Endicott dominating
The Duford twins got an up close look at Framingham State and Endicott and it was not a whole lot of fun. Those teams continue to be dominate on their respective sides of the NEFC.
Framingham has been undeterred by a series of injuries that have put quarterbacks on the shelf. They have overcome all that by running their record to 4-0 in the Bogan Division.
Melikke Van Alstyne had a day to remember rushing the ball for the 5-2 Rams. He pounded out 251 yards and five touchdowns. And it's not as though this slide down the depth chart at quarterback has precluded any success through the air. Dino Mancinelli completed 20 of 26 passes for 203 yards.
It is a testament to the depth coach Tom Kelley has built in the program.
And over at Endicott, excitement is high where the Boyd Division Gulls are trying to get to a second straight NCAA appearance. Mike Lane rushed for four touchdowns and Kevin Eagan blew up the Plymouth offense with 13 tackles and two interceptions.
Also in the Boyd, Richie Edwards rushed for two touchdown to lift Salve Regina to a a 31-6 win over Curry and UMass-Dartmouth won 21-6 to keep Nichols winless.
Mass. Maritime topped Fitchburg State 19-7 as Matt White rushed for 126 yards and Barry Reopell for two touchdowns.
Late lightning strikes down Coast Guard, again
Coast Guard lost for the third time this year in the final minute. This time Westfield State's Tyler Dow threw to Jeff Winchell with 49 seconds left for the 24-21 win. Dow threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns.
Western New England stayed on course by hiking its record to 6-1 by whipping MIT 31-0 with Kevin Cook and Bryce Brown each running for two touchdowns. Jake Laux had 18 tackles for MIT.
Blaise Branch rushed for 201 yards in helping Bridgewater State to a 34-23 win over Worcester State. It was the second straight loss for the Lancers after starting 5-0.
Cadets, Privateers stay perfect
Norwich and SUNY-Maritime stayed undefeated in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference. Norwich won its showdown with Gallaudet 10-7 as quarterback Kris Sabourin scored with 33 seconds left. A spectacular diving catch by Derius Selius set up the score.
Earlier in the week, Norwich coach Mark Murnyack said the team had not been in a game yet where talented field goal kicker Long Ding was a difference, but he he added that in a league like the ECFC, he knew that day would come.
It did. Ding's 30-yarder provided the margin of difference when it cut the Bison's lead to 7-3 with just under five minutes remaining.
It was the first league loss for the Bison.
Castleton's offense erupted with the score 28-28 against Becker. The Spartans scored the final 28 points to win 56-28 as Tyler Carpenter ran for four touchdowns and caught a pass for another. Shane Brozowski threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns.
Mount Ida also won going away. The Mustangs defeated Husson 50-0 as Johrone Bunch rushed for 207 yards and three touchdowns and Scott Drosendahl threw for another three.
Anna Maria is still winless since starting the program in 2009. The AmCats fell to SUNY-Maritime 34-13. Thomas Davis rushed for two touchdowns for the Privateers.
Amherst, Trinity go to 4-0 in NESCAC
Amherst roughed up Colby 30-7 and Trinity fashioned a 9-0 win over Tufts as those teams stayed unbeaten in the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
They have a highly anticipated meeting Nov. 5, but nobody in Amherst or Hartford is thinking about that right now, at least not the players and coaches. That's because they have tough tests coming up this weekend.
It was Amherst's 16th straight win over Colby.
Trinity got 207 yards rushing from Evan Bunker and the Bantam defense pitched its second shutout in a row. Walter Fallas was abig part of the shutout with 12 tackles. Ben Crick ran for the touchdown.
A couple of things jump out at you about Wesleyan's 21-14 win over Bates.
First of all, these aren't your father's Bobcats. Not even your older brother's. Bates, long a NESCAC doormat, is a team to be reckoned with and won't be an easy out for anyone.
Secondly, Wesleyan's LaDarius Drew has become one of the top running backs in the NESCAC and beyond. He rushed for 162 yards, marking his third straight 100-yard game. It was also the second week in a row that he has rushed for three touchdowns.
Bates is not the only Maine NESCAC program on the rise. Bowdoin beat Hamilton 20-7 as the Polar Bears had six sacks in earning the win. Peter Troubh had three of them.
Mac Caputi replaced Bowdoin starting quarterback Grant White during the game and threw his first collegiate touchdown pass.
Pat Noone extended his Bowdoin school record of 23 games with a reception.
Tom Wohlwender ran for three touchdowns as Williams got to .500 (2-2) by beating Middlebury 48-28. Brown transfer McCallum Foote had another 400-yard passing game for Middlebury. He threw for 409 yards and two touchdowns.
The Big Games
Neither Amherst or Trinity have an easy task this week in trying to move to 5-0. Amherst must deal with 3-1 Wesleyan and Drew. Trinity has the improving Bowdoin program coming to town.
"Bowdoin is a good team and they are very athletic," Trinity coach Jeff Devanney said.
SUNY-Maritime is probably facing its sternest ECFC test yet with Mount Ida visiting. The Mustangs are dangerous offensively, able to move it by land (with Bunch) or air (with Drosendahl) and they had Norwich (4-0 in the league) locked in a 17-17 tie late in the fourth quarter. That is Ida's only league loss.
It doesn't look like anyone is going to touch Endicott. JB Wells' challenge is to keep the Gulls from thinking that way, especially with Mass-Dartmouth in town with plenty to play for. The Corsairs are just a step behind at 3-1 in the Boyd Division.
Framingham State attempts to go to 5-0 in the Bogan. The Rams are also home but the opponent is not an easy one in Westfield State.


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For good genealogists, it's all about the sources.
Both FamilySearch and AppleTree are going to think in terms of large databases, because that fits their business model. They are apparently dealing with merging issues rather than research issues. Any large database website will think along those lines.
End-users like Ol' Myrt here will think evidence, because we are called upon to share our genealogy databases with newly discovered cousins. The first thing those other researchers ask for is copies of our source documentation, sometimes called proof documents. We've learned not to trust assertions about an ancestor's life without sources. So a database that comes to us without pointers to those sources (better yet, actual digital images) is just another bunch of what my real Grandma Myrtle called "hooey." At the very least, source citations should come to us in notes for each ancestor. See DearMYRTLE's previous posting Committed to seamless genealogy file sharing that includes a brief summary of problems encountered by researchers with GEDCOM file imports.
GREAT genealogy programmers who actually DO genealogy research get it. Such multi-functional people are a rare breed. They understand that numbers don't count, but depth of content does.
My DearREADERS may recall I've been active with BetterGEDCOM, a grassroots effort to come up with a GEDCOM alternative that reflects changes in research and technology that have occurred since the last GEDCOM update some 14 years ago.
Also on the horizon is OpenGen.org, a top-down hierarchy attempting to solve the same problem. The OpenGen.org people are also the AppleTree people, so their bias concerning large databases will be hard to overcome.
Since the RootsTech 2011 Conference, things have been buzzing now that FamilySearch is apparently weighing in with a GEDCOM improvement yet to be described officially. BetterGEDCOM has invited Tom Creighton and Gordon Clarke to our usual Monday developer meeting specifically to elaborate on the so-called "SoRD" initiative.
At the very least, we should be pleased that genealogy programmers are talking about the GEDCOM file problem that has vexed researchers for over a decade. We've got to be careful those programmers don't forget to solve the "sharing sources" problem, and that they don't permit things like "auto-merging" of seemingly duplicate individuals.
We've all got examples of families where there are two children with the same given name, born within something like two years of each other. It's easy to understand if the first one died, but the two individuals look really problematic if they end up both living to adulthood. One database website's "duplicate" can be another researcher's step-child or unofficially adopted child, etc.
Nothing will replace human judgment in compiling our lineages. I'd like to see programmers and geneticists clone a combination of Thomas Jones and Elizabeth Shown Mills. Then we might find a perfect combination of an inferential genealogist who understands the importance of source citations. Merge that with a multi-platform software program, and you might have something.
But you'd still be missing Craig Scott's US military records expertise, or Claire Bettag's understanding of US government docs. For local flavor, you'd need to throw in Mark Lowe if you have Tennessee roots. Venturing out in one's research, the scientists would have to clone foreign research experts like Audrey Collins for understanding British records research. If you have eastern European roots, you'd need to add Stephen Morse's understanding of language and computers to help you find that elusive ancestor regardless of spelling challenges. And then there are folks like Pam and Rick Sayre who really get that Google Earth technology has a place in our genealogy research.
With these candidates for cloning, we have only begun to scratch the surface in providing a multi-talented single resource for genealogy research.
Our quest to discover "Who are the parents?" has enough challenges without software issues adding to the mix. I am thankful there is now a plethora of GEDCOM revisionists out there. Getting them all into the same room for about two weeks might just cause them to come up with a really great method for us end-users who just want to share our compiled genealogy with tour cousins without losing data.
Happy family tree climbing!
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Westgate Mall Attack Dulls Kenya's Premier Emerging Economy
Nakumatt, a homegrown corporate success story in Kenya, is now a charred husk in the wake of the Westgate mall terror attacks. Patrick McGroarty joins the News Hub with a look at what the tragedy means for Africa's premier emerging economy. (Photo: AP)
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I ... the the ... not a lot to halt the corporate success story and yet now what chart Heights ... captured memory during this time just gets that from or let the tragic is happy for Africa's emerging economy ... I had to carry ... there's really ... no one tells LaVette about this not to let company one of their identity strongholds with this shop that they had elected knowledge of words ... when it is tragic shooting that tells how this company became one of the success stories and ten ... refused or Institutional Rees dealer ... and it's ... been nearly nine years ... many of the show Internet to store and his father in the temple group which has driven up the ... name comes from ... and so was going on in Europe and America Wal-Mart Stores slit in one group that did it ... in a region that didn't happen is the formal as retail ... and office in honor of curfew stores and convenience stores across the country across Tanzania and Uganda Rwanda ... Mendez biggest or was this one is two story store in the West it mall Nairobi's ... offences shopping mall ... in so many attacking small ... ten days to do it and not much into the store that drives a huge percentage of his companies in ... the question why they mean a nap so I was growing at an Essendon no time for Penney is the next half like this threaten to undermine the economic boost that I'm going for it ... it doesn't really to diversify the economy to her culture ... and consumer sectors tourism ... so and there are reasons to hope will certainly ... but Mr asserted that the company that is always go up as a sign of ... success ... um does show how is it is to to operate in resorted ... to in Somalia into Excel sedan under order ... for investors you know the risks that you need understand is going to do it ... right now I'm back is looking at ten am looking at and family neighbors thanks to Molly and saying this is just too risky will be the last ... in July investors in Africa are still being a stay has the midcontinent and balance those risks that certainly an emergency ... some fish ... in China's growth rate this year it's insane currencies to ... him as a whole certain are all back and see whether there's going to be more incidents like this one big government concert into a credible job that you know ... when to listen to and who exactly is behind it ... and whether companies can be confident that sounded something like this call was going to happen in the times ... I had to thanks for being with us


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Game Thread: Utah Jazz @ Warriors 2007-05-11
Talk about the upcoming Warriors game here
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Don't bring out the brooms now, Jazz fanz. This GS team is unfazed...so they say. They are tough, but I think they know the pressure's on, even though Matt Barnes said there's no pressure
utahboozer wrote:Don't bring out the brooms now, Jazz fanz. This GS team is unfazed...so they say.
Well I hope that the W's aren't like a lot of people on this board that think they will win just because they are at home. If they give up 20 offensive rebounds again and don't give 100% they won't. If Utah keeps shooting over 50% from the field and getting half their misses back on offensive rebounds then they will certainly win one of the three games on the road. I hope Nellie is primarily focusing on defense... the Ws offense is great already. If they want to win 4 of the next 5 games from the Jazz, the changes have to be on defense.
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mattiri wrote:found this on ESPN.com
"The Warriors last rallied from an 0-2 deficit to win a series in 1987, when they lost two games to the Jazz and won the next three in the best-of-5 opening round."
Wow, really?
That's a great fact. Thanks for posting it!
And, btw, the Warriors will pound Utah by 10+ at home. It will be the first DEFINITIVE win in the series.
For this game, we need everybody to show up and help out Davis, Jax, JRich, and Barnes. We can't do this with them alone and we can't expect them to perform miracles everytime they are out there. We need Ellis, Biedrins, Harrington, and yes.. even clang...
i think if the warriors win they will win big +12, if its 1-5 points the jazz should get it... im excited for the game but i realize how good the warriors have been at home. zero losses since march and only 2 were in the single digits. wins by 25, 18, 24, 29 & 13 at home, really insane when you think about it.
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Melges 32 ACURA Miami Grand Prix Madness
4 March 2009
The final episode of the 2009 Melges 32 Winter Championship series will conclude this weekend at Premiere Racing's Acura Miami Grand Prix, March 5-8 in Miami, Fla. Nineteen Melges 32 teams have been signed, sealed and confirmed for competition, making it the largest class of one design sportboats in attendance.
Four days of intense, high performance yacht racing await the International Melges 32 Class Association (IM32CA) fleet. Those expected to do well include Winter Championship Series leader Marty Kullman and Mike Carroll (Tampa, Fla.) on USA-131 New Wave with Doug Fisher taking the lead on tactics, 2008 Gold Cup runner-up Jim Swartz (Edgartown, Mass.) and tactician Gavin Brady on his infallible USA-007 Q, and John Kilroy (San Francisco, Calif.) with the aide of Morgan Reeser on USA-188 Samba Pa Ti. The overseas competition is stacked high — Joe Woods (Torquay, UK) with tactician David Lenz on GBR-700 Red, and Carlo Alberini (Pesaro, Italy) employing the tactical expertise of Gabriele Benussi on ITA-186 Calvi Network will provide the fleet with some international diversity.
The IM32CA would like to welcome brand new fleet comers John and Jason Knoll (Pensacola, Fla.) on USA-122 Black Ice, Iker Belausteguigoitia (Miami, Fla.) on USA-140 La Calaca and perhaps, not new to the Melges 32, but new to international class competition is Ryan Devos (Holland, Mich.) with tactician Scott Nixon at his side aboard USA-180 Alpha One.
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With summer comes the blenders in the world start to find a permanent home on our counter tops. That isn't to say we don't use them from time to time during the off season, but where there's sun there's blended drinks, smoothies, salsa and more. Recently Consumer Reports put 40 blenders to the test and topping the list is our personal favorite, but the runner up, is surprisingly affordable!
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I was recently contacted by a researcher with the Kentucky Historical Society about this blog and my research specifically on Whitney Meglone. The researcher was looking for information about Whitney to include with some historical items that are in the collections of the KY Historical Society in Lexington: two rifles and a locket.
Needless to say, I was thrilled to hear from him and to learn that Whitney actually "made" rifles! I had just assumed he worked in a shop that may have mostly done repairs, or that maybe Whitney was still in an apprentice stage. The rifles are part of the Marsh Collection of the KY Historical Society which includes other rifles by gunsmith Benjamin Mills and his apprentices (Whitney was one of his apprentices!). The Marsh collection was covered in the publication KHS Chronicle. Benjamin Mills lived in Harrodsburg, KY, prior to and just after the Harper's Ferry incident, and continued gunsmithing there during the Civil War. Whitney's mother married a man from Harrodsburg about 1859/1860 so Whitney could have begun his apprenticeship at about that time, or earlier since the 1859 City Directory lists Whitney as a gunsmith.
The locket and rifles can be viewed at this link, or by going to http://history.ky.gov/ and clicking on "Search Our Collections," then click on the link to the KHS Objects Catalog and enter the search term "Meglone":
Both rifles are muzzle-loaders and one is dated 1861, so it can be assumed the other is of a similar date or within a few years prior to that date, since it may not be likely that he built any rifles or guns during the Civil War because he spent so much of that time as a prisoner of war.
The locket was only recently posted to the online collection and reveals that Whitney apparently made the locket for his sister Mary while he was imprisoned at Camp Douglas. It is very detailed and looks like a small book, and is made of ivory and gold and silver decorative pieces. A small photo of Mary is still in place on the right side, but the photo of Whitney was stolen out of the locket in 1995, while in the possession of the Historical Society. Why someone would go to those lengths to steal a tiny photograph is beyond me. I can only assume that the photo must have been of Whitney in uniform and that maybe someone thought it had significant monetary value. So somewhere out there may exist this photo of Whitney, so if anyone has any information about the theft of this picture or has seen a photo of this small size that might be the one of Whitney that was stolen, please contact the KY Historical Society to let them know.
The engraving on the locket was done on the center decorative pieces on the front and back of the locket as well as on the latch. It appears that when the person stole the photo of Whitney that they may have also broken the piece of ivory it was set into, because it is now in two pieces but is still held together by the decorative metal pieces.
Did prisoners, especially at Camp Douglas, have access to these kinds of materials (ivory, gold, silver)? Could this locket have been made from items he already had on him at the time of his capture, or maybe that he could have bartered for amongst other prisoners or maybe Union soldiers? I don't know enough about the history of items made by imprisoned soldiers during the Civil War to know how he might have made something as delicate as this. Would he also have been able to have it sent to his sister while he was imprisoned?
Someday I hope that the picture of Whitney is found and that it is returned to it's rightful place back inside this locket. And who knows, maybe there are more rifles out there marked "W W Meglone, Lexington KY."


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Coffins have been used since ancient Egypt when a body was mummified and placed in a sarcophagus before being buried in pyramids. In Europe, around 700, the Celts began fashioning burial boxes with flat stones. But the majority of people throughout time have been buried wrapped in a shroud, or in a wooden box.
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A casket is defined as a fancy coffin by Merriam-Webster. The word casket is used mainly in North America; a casket has four sides, a top and bottom, (rectangular shaped.) A coffin has six sides, with a top and bottom, (hexagonal shaped.)
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As Nathaniel Hawthorne put it in 1863, "Caskets! A vile modern phrase, which compels a person ... to shrink ... from the idea of being buried at all."
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During the Civil War, so many coffins were needed to transport the dead that the mass production of coffins began and the casket industry developed by the late 19th century.
|Iron Coffins
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Coffins/caskets have been made from wood, cast iron, steel, fiberglass, glass, bamboo, wicker, wool, even gold. Ornamental trim could be carved from whalebone, elephant ivory or precious metals.
|Reusable Coffin
|Joseph II
In 1784, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II declared that reusable coffins were to be used in order to save wood. The coffins were equipped with a trap door on the bottom that would drop the body into the hole and allow the coffin to be pulled back up and used for another funeral. Due to public outcry, the law was cancelled within the first six months.
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|1850 Cast Iron Coffin
Cast-iron coffins were made from the 1850's through the 1870's. Almond Fisk patented the first cast-iron casket in 1848. It was shaped like a sarcophagus, weighed over 300 pounds, and cost up to $100. Wooden coffins sold for $1 to $3.00, (around $40 to $60 today.) Unfortunately, Fisk's manufacturing building burned to the ground in 1849. Fisk died in 1850, penniless, having mortgaged his patented rights to John G. Forbes in order to get loans to continue building his metallic burial boxes. Forbes and his family restructured the company, changed the name, and continued making the metallic burial cases until 1888 when the company folded.
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|Grant's Iron Casket
But metal coffins had caught on with wealthy families. The affluent purchased them to deter grave robbers. In 1885 General Ulysses S. Grant was buried in an iron casket that was created in New York.
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The fear of being buried alive was rampant in the late 1700 and 1800's. This was due in part to the cholera epidemic and rumors of live burials that had occurred. Edgar Allen Poe's story "The Premature Burial" didn't help matters. In response to these fears a safety coffin was developed. The coffin would include a mechanism that allowed the occupant to signal that s/he had been buried alive. Usually it was a cord attached to a bell.
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|Steel Casket
At the turn of the 20th Century, wooden caskets were still the most popular. But by the 1960's, steel casket production had grown to 50% of the market. By the 1970's, nearly two-thirds of all caskets were metal. Today, it is mainly stainless steel caskets that are used. Caskets are available in 16 – 18 – 19 (a combination of 18 & 20 gauge) – 20 and 22-gauge steel. Metal coffins can also be made in bronze and copper. The less expensive metal caskets are made of the higher gauge of stainless steel.
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Cloth covered caskets are made from pressed wood, softwoods or corrugated fiberboard. Caskets that are cloth covered and less expensive than hardwood or steel caskets.
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|Maple Casket
With the interest in cremation growing, and the beliefs of many religious groups, wooden coffins continue to have a place in our burial traditions. Hardwood caskets are made of solid wood. Selected woods include mahogany, walnut, cherry, maple, birch, oak, pine, poplar and willow. Other wood can also be used such as ash, elm, cedar, and redwood. A veneer-finished casket is less expensive than one of solid wood.
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According to the Casket & Funeral Supply Association of America, http://www.cfsaa.org, as of 2007, over 1,700,000 caskets were sold. Of those, over 800,000 were steel gasketed, over 300,000 were hardwood caskets, and just under 200,000 were cloth covered.
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|Sealing Gaskets
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Coffins/caskets can now be found in a variety of shapes, including musical instruments, cars, and wine corks. (http://crazycoffins.co.uk)
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|Box of Chocolates Casket
Some are designed to look like a box of chocolates, flowers, even a bottle of cognac. (http://www.creativecoffins.com/)
Regardless of the type of coffin/casket or lack of burial container, a burial, cremation or committal ceremony is a way for the living to honor the deceased. It is a chance to say a final goodbye and pay tribute to a life well lived. And that is what truly matters.
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JSDF recruits a goth loli, a schoolgirl and an idol singer in new special task force
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TOKYO, Japan -- The stage is set. The lights are out. And then, on cue, a lone limelight pops into existence. The crowd wildly cheers.
The girls are ready.
They are the new special task force set up by Japan Self-Defense Forces as part of their impressive military "Power-up Program" that will progress over the coming months in response to the on-going global recession. The task force, code-named "MOE'S TAVERN", consists of just three girls of Japanese descent: a gothic lolita, a Japanese schoolgirl and an idol singer.
Unveiled last Thursday before a crowd of sweaty otakus, the Japanese defense force demonstrated the girls' immense power by the simple fact that they weren't altogether raped there and then. In fact, every person was quickly subject to every word administered by MOE, and the otakus promptly went off to get actual jobs and move out of their parents' home.
"Now you can see what great power these three girls have desu," said Tsutomu Nakagawa, the head of the cultural affairs division at the Foreign Ministry. "We fight this recession desu! First Japan, then the world desu!!"
When asked by foreign media, who were also present at the presentation, why a goth loli and a schoolgirl and an idol, and what is a goth loli anyway; Nakagawa replied, "Because they kawaii desu~! You stupid foreign devil desu!!" And for some strange reason, the European section of the media uncontrollably raped the man in a fit of encutenness.
Despite putting the girls on show, the JSDF are keeping the lid on a lot of the details concerning the girls such that we at UnNews are unable to even give you their names. However, from what little data had been released, the following can be revealed: The gothic lolita was born on June 17, is 156 cm tall, has blood type O, has BWH measurements 88/71/98 and likes eating banana fritters; the schoolgirl was born on December 24, is 167 cm tall, has blood type AB, has BWH measurements 79/56/82 and hates swimming in bikinis (prefering the more conservative mizugi issued in middle schools); and the idol was born on February 28, is 154 cm tall, has blood type B, has BWH measurements 79/56/82 and likes explosives.
The idea for a special task force composed of cutely dressed girls was spawned by none other than the President of Japan, Taro Aso, who is himself a manga fan, and was inspired by a real-life chibi Asian president. He builds upon the long tradition of the JSDF for super-advance forces including the Mecha Division, the Ninja Infantry and the Lunar Navy. As part of their Power-up Program, a Pokémon Squad is expected to be unveiled in June.
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Hi I am new here and looking for some advice on some weird behaviour from our new dog. Sorry if this is a bit long, but I don't understand her at all.
A bit of background: last October we got a new female puppy. Yay! At the time we had an older male dog, who tolerated the puppy fairly well, but they were not exactly friends. That dog passed away at New Year, and since then we have just had the puppy. She has been spayed, and is generally on good health, although the vet says he suspects her vision is poor, especially in low light.
When we first got her she seemed like a typical "have to love everyone" kind of critter, and there were no issues. Then I had to go away for a weekend trip, maybe a week after we got her, and since then she won't have much to do with me. My son was also away with me, and she always adored him, as well as my wife and daughter. She has even warmed up to my in-laws, who live with us. She took longer to get to like my father-in-law than my mother-in-law, but that was all sorted out months ago.
As for me, I get greeted with barks and raised hackles when I come home, or even if I just come from another floor of the house. She won't let me come near her, often running out of the room as I come in.
The weird thing is that tolerates me on our bed, so long as I am lying down and someone else is there too. If I head towards the bedroom and lie down she will follow me and stand in the doorway, or sometimes lie on the foot of the bed. She is obviously eager to be with me, but won't come near until someone else joins us. Then she races over to me, tail wagging, and licks my hands and face. She happily laps up all the attention I can give her, but if the other person leaves she backs away again. Nowhere else in the house does she show any desire to be near me at all.
The only other place she tolerates my presence is in the trampoline, of all places. She loves to go in there with the kids, and I went in with them a few times and threw some racquetball balls for her to fetch (the tramp has a net enclosure, so she just races around inside). Now she sometimes brings a ball from the trampoline and drops it at my feet, then stands by the trampoline, as clear an invitation to play as you can imagine! She won't let me touch her, though, just throw balls.
I have been able to walk her a bit, although she always resists a little at first. Usually I can reach down and pat her during the walk, but sometimes she just freaks out and tries to pull away. When walking she is not generally afraid of strangers, although sometimes (but not always) will bark at men.
I have been her feeder for a while, and handed out treats like candy, with no obvious change in her regard for me. If I get down on the floor she just grows and barks at me, unless the kids lie with me, then she wants to be part of the action, although she is still wary of me.
I am just about out of ideas. Aside from cuddles at bedtime I barely get to see the animal, and being barked at by my own pet is wearing me down. What can I do for her to help her over this?
What bred is your puppy and where did you get her from?
She is a black lab cross of unknown heritage. We don't directly know the people we got her from, but they are friends of friends.
Welcome to pets... it sounds very frustrating that your puppy is fearful of you. There is something that you can try and that is handfeeding. You and only you feed her by hand. Try and keep your frustration at bay by exhaling your breath, the exhale will relax you and if you do this vocally (like a sigh) may help to calm your girl too. This will also help her to bond with you and become more trusting. Good luck and keep us posted. oh anddddd we love photos!
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That is strange, do you work in a place that had a lot of strange odors ? I am wondering if you do not smell like 'you' to your dog after work. It seem that your dog is confused about who are you,. You should try being the only person that feed her or walk her the most the time so she realize you're apart of her family. She could also had been abused by a man and distrustful about men now.
Thanks for the ideas. I could try hand feeding, but she won't come close most of the time. Maybe food will entice her? As for odours, I mostly work in a normal office setting, so that should not be an issue. Over Xmas I was home for 2 weeks straight and it made no difference.
Picture coming right up! If I did this right, you should find a baby photo of our Pearl attached.
She just got back from the vet on Fri (just a checkup), and the vet is of the opinion that she is crossed with a whippet, based on her size and shape. I am not sure what that means in terms of temperament.
awwwww, what a cutie pie! Pearl is such a perfect name for her also! If she wants to eat she will come to you. Be patient and calm. If you have a small room where you can feed her it may help. Again just be patient with her and she will come around.
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The kids were big on "Pirates of the Caribbean", and she was black, so they started called her "the Black Pearl". I joked that she had better not be cursed. So far I am not convinced that she isn't!
If you are a smoker, try giving it up. I know, for any smokers out there, easier said than done. Consider that if anyone you work with smokes, the smell will be on your clothes.
Really try hard to keep the frustration out of your voice, some dogs hear the tone of your voice and react.
Your pup isn't much different in age to my boy, Roo, and Roo is going through a fear period where he enters the area where we go for obedience with all his hackles up even though there isn't a dog anywhere near him.(Just in case. ) He also reacts badly towards the new pup that arrives in the middle of training, it's like ye Gods, that wasn't here before, I must destroy it. So, give Pearl time and lots of patience. You were gone, then bingo, you turn up again, a bit like Roo with the invading strange new pups. With my breed it can be people they start freaking out over as youngsters too. I showed dogs and suddenly one might decide it won't let judges handle it( in case they are axe murderers in disguise) and sometimes all you can do is leave them at home until they get over it.
I have a Boston that is extremely shy with men, somewhat shy with women, and very excited to greet children...... I discovered that height had a lot to do with it. Are you very tall? Don't rush to the dog for attention when you enter a room. The more you try the more the dog reacts. Keep going for leash walks they are very bonding. My manchester used to go to his den whenever I left the house. I was his only buddy. I really don't know what gets in their minds.
Thanks for the further responses. I am definitely tall (and have never smoked), but I always talk to her in a happy voice, I avoid eye contact, and generally try to make any exposure to me as positive as possible.
I just don't get her at all. I have been around dogs most of my life (at one point while I was growing up we had 6 dogs in the house!), and have never had an issue with any of them until now. Even a daft old Basset Hound we acquired - who had a great dislike for men in general - soon found a soft spot for me. We've had Pearl for over 6 months now, and there is no real sign of things changing.
Dogs don't need to talk, their life is their message ~ unknown.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
I took Marty to playground and to be groomed and asked a vet if it was OK for a person to made eyes contact with their dog and the vet it was fine , but if you do not know the dog it could taken as a threat and you should never made eyes contact with a wild animal. Maybe it would help to have a dog behaviorist watch you and your dog together and give you some suggestions .
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I'm sure this is frustrating for you, but don't give up hope. Pearl will come around eventually. I think the eye contact thing is up to you. If it feels right make contact, if it feels wrong avoid it. Trust your gut. When you have spare time (which who does anymore) try just sitting on the floor with really, really good treats for Pearl. Hot dogs or chicken bits or something she can smell. First put a couple very close, but where she can see and smell them. Ignore her and see if she will come to take them. Do this before she eats dinner though so she's hungry and more motivated. Then offer her some from the palm of your hand. Don't try to pat her though, just let her get brave enough to take them and go. She will come around eventually. I have desensitized my two puppies to the vacuum by feeding them treats when I vacuum, now I can't start the darn thing without having two puppies prowling around after me and standing on the vacuum cord!
If Pearl is close to the kids, sit on the floor with the kids, let her seem them with you. Encourage them to interact with her while you are there. It all adds up. Oh and one of our members used to read to his cat. The cat was under the bed for a loooooong time, and he would just sit there and read to the cat. Now Miss DU is great with him. Read Pearl a book! 101 Dalmations maybe.
Tough situation. One exercise that might be very useful here is "treat-retreat". In this instance you would sit somewhere quiet with the dog (can also be done just chilling on the couch etc.). Toss a treat a good distance behind your dog (3-4 feet minimum). The dog will likely get the treat and then turn around and look at you, hopefully move forward back to where they were originally. Toss the treat again behind the dog. Repeat a lot ... by doing this we are reinforcing the dog for moving towards you but then removing any pressure by having the treat a further distance. Often this works very quickly and the dog closes the distance between you quickly. If you do any clicker training then that can be useful with this exercise.
There are other variations on this exercise. You can toss a treat and then move backwards. Try to remember to keep your body sideways to the dog as that is less threatening.
If your dog is very comfortable with another in the house then you can look at doing some "BAT" type exercises as well. Start with you sitting in a chair. Dog is on leash with someone it trusts. Have that person walk towards you. The moment the dog shows discomfort it has crossed threshhold. The person wants to stop before that happens. When you stop do a quick treat, good dog and turn around and walk away. Basically you are rewarding any non-reaction and then again removing pressure. With practice the person should be able to close the distance easily and then after that progress to you standing etc.
Remember baby steps! Allow the dog to make choices and things will go fast because the confidence is being built. Good luck.
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I gave the "treat-retreat" thing a try, and it did not seem to have the desired effect. She generally won't stay in the same room as me if no one else is there, so when we tried this my wife was nearby. Pearl was standing by herself and just looked at me when I threw a treat, it was not until I threw 3 that she decided to go and see what I was throwing. She ate those and just stood where they had landed to see what would happen next, then because I was looking at her she thought better of it all and went and hid behind my wife's legs.
Anyway, on to the BAT exercise and see if that goes anywhere.
First she is not crossed with a whippet your Vet idiot. That breed is similar to greyhound only smaller version, she appears to have lab in her. I agree she may have been mistreated, but that does not sit good in my mind. She obviously loves you a great deal, perhaps she is in mourning after losing playmate. Now find the tastiest treats and use her name sit down on floor and toss a tiny morsel. Remember Hansel&Gretel. Keep doing this at a slow pace until she is right up in your face drop on piece down. When she has finished that put one in your hand and say take she is going to regardless. The trick is do not give 10 go 5 per and the # 6 should be in your hand. Dinner time put her food in dish add something extraordinary with that meal. My boys understand the word eat time. Now take this dish and let her sniff it and then naturally she is going to go in silly puppy feed me mode or hopefully not the other kind. Take a small portion from dish and extend hand to feed her this must be done repitiously (don't spell great). Put food down and allow her to eat while she is eating gently caress her and say good girl/dog. she may growl at first as she could feel threatened that you are going to remove her meal. This must be a constant in your home and you must be the constant in her life NOW, nobody should be allowed to give her anything as in the treats/feeding. You are care giver and she has to rely on you, for her every need walking even if you stand outside with her while she has a pee/poo. Puppies drink allot of water bring up dish after meal and let her out a few time to empty out
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Sylvia Winawer
Born: July 10, 1928
Warsaw, Poland
Sylvia's Jewish-born parents had converted to Christianity as young adults, and Sylvia was raised in the Christian tradition. Mr. Winawer was a successful lawyer and the family lived in an apartment in the center of Warsaw. Sylvia's mother collected art.
1933-39: I attended a private school run by the Lutheran Church, and I loved my school and my classmates. When I was 9, my parents brought me the most wonderful "present"--a new sister! Two years later life changed when the Germans invaded Poland and reached Warsaw in September 1939.
1940-44: In October 1940 the Germans forced our family to move to the Warsaw ghetto. In the ghetto I gave lessons in the third grade curriculum to an orphan girl named Feiga, and I grew very close to her. But she was so poor that she was taken to an orphanage in the ghetto. I was very sad when Feiga and all the children of the orphanage, as well as the director of the orphanage, Dr. Janusz Korczak, were deported from the ghetto in 1942.
Sylvia and her parents escaped from the Warsaw ghetto and survived the war. Sylvia later learned that Feiga had been killed at the Treblinka killing center in 1942.


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The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd talks about Rick Santorum's comments to a crowd of supporters, in which he said President Barack Obama is better than Mitt Romney.
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- Rick Santorum today suggested it would be better to stick with President Obama over a candidate that might be "the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future" -- a shot at chief rival Mitt Romney.
"You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little different than the person in there," said Santorum. "If you're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future."
For the second day in a row, the former Pennsylvania senator brought an Etch A Sketch on the trail as a prop to remind voters of Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom's response to a question about whether Santorum is pushing Romney too far right to win over moderate voters in a general election. "Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes," Fehrnstrom said Wednesday on CNN. "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again."
The comment gave plenty of ammunition to Santorum and Newt Gingrich, both of whom have made the well-known children's toy a staple of their stump speeches.
Speaking at the USAA headquarters here, Santorum showed optimism about his chances in the delegate rich state of Texas. He told the crowd the primary would not be over by the time the Lone Star State votes on May 29.
"It's the second-biggest delegate prize, and you're going to have an important role. This race will not be over when Texas is coming around," he said.
Santorum's viability hinges on picking up a majority of the 155 delegates that will be up for grabs here. When asked about his path to the nomination, Texas plays a key role.
Still, the GOP hopeful avoided calling on Newt Gingrich to leave the race, though senior campaign advisers have said the former House speaker remaining in the race is cutting into their vote totals and that they would like to receive the former House speaker's support.
Santorum said his campaign has been in contact with both the Gingrich and Romney campaigns, though he declined to give specifics of the conversations.
"I'm worried about being a candidate. I'm not worried about anything else right now," Santorum told reporters who asked about the nature of the conversations.
Accompanying Santorum on the trail today was billionaire-backer Foster Freiss, who is a chief contributor to the pro-Santorum Super PAC Red, White and Blue Fund. They will attend a fundraiser in Dallas on Thursday afternoon.
*** UPDATE *** The Romney camp responds with this statement from the former Massachusetts governor: "I am in this race to defeat Barack Obama and restore America's promise. I was disappointed to hear that Rick Santorum would rather have Barack Obama as president than a Republican. This election is more important than any one person. It is about the future of America. Any of the Republicans running would be better than President Obama and his record of failure."


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From the ongoing European debt crisis to the troubled Chinese stock market, investors shrugged off a number of concerns to help the stock market on Thursday to end the first quarter with the bang, with the S&P 500 logging a record close and the Dow Jones industrial average posted its best Q1 since 1998.
When the second quarter begins Monday, though, CNBC's Jim Cramer thinks stocks will likely face three big headwinds.
First, the "Mad Money" host expects layoffs related to U.S. federal budget cuts known as the "sequester." He thinks the job cuts will likely "crush the market."


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Fans put Fantasy Baseball Commissioner to the test
NEW YORK -- It is the 27th year for the Gettysburg Fantasy Baseball League, a classic baseball number for a classic Rotisserie league that has evolved with unending numbers.
Gettysburg began in 1987, the year of the Twins. It is a 4x4 National League-only keeper league, ready again for glory and doom alike. Its auction-style draft was held on Thursday night at a conference room in Manhattan, where they again used the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner, the official commissioner tool of MLB.com. Ten of the league's owners were there in person, and two more were on the phone.
NEW YORK -- It is the 27th year for the Gettysburg Fantasy Baseball League, a classic baseball number for a classic Rotisserie league that has evolved with unending numbers.
Gettysburg began in 1987, the year of the Twins. It is a 4x4 National League-only keeper league, ready again for glory and doom alike. Its auction-style draft was held on Thursday night at a conference room in Manhattan, where they again used the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner, the official commissioner tool of MLB.com. Ten of the league's owners were there in person, and two more were on the phone.
"The CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner is essential, because no matter what kind of league functionality you want the system can accommodate your needs," said Cliff Wiener, a fashion designer from Boca Raton, Fla., and the commissioner of Gettysburg, now in his sixth year with the league and having attended his fourth in-person draft. "We constantly used the CBS interface for fast player news updates and to make quick references to player eligibility that may have changed according to our league rules in the last few days."
The 12-team league has a $260 salary cap, and each auctioned player is signed to a three-year contract with an option to extend the contract for up to two more years at the cost of $5 per season. Additionally, its members are allowed to own up to four Minor League players at a time. As a follow-up to an MLB.com story last month on the Commissioner tool, Wiener had agreed to email MLB.com with a report on how the Gettysburg draft went, at a time when fantasy leagues everywhere either have conducted their drafts or will do so in the coming days.
"We're currently hard at work updating the site with our auction results," he said. "Playing in an NL-only league really has a new landscape this year. We lost an entire team [Houston, now in the American League West].
"Normally the money spent at auction was more evenly dispersed between high- and low-end talent. This year, the high-end talent went for costs of $4 to $5 more per player. Going into the auction, I was focused on acquiring one more power bat and a 20-20 type of shortstop or outfielder."
Wiener used the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner management capability during the auction to assign players to their new owners and manage remaining budgets. He said the top players selected by price were, in order, Reds first baseman Joey Votto, Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond, Braves center fielder B.J. Upton and Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman.
"Bidding was fast and furious early on," Wiener said. "I was fortunate to land Ryan Zimmerman for exactly $35, which is what I budgeted for him. I had to settle for my third choice at 20-20 in Shin-Soo Chino, whom I had budgeted at $26 but was forced to go to $33 when Ian Desmond and B.J. Upton both went for $38, when I had budgeted $35."
The subscription price for the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner includes the ability to listen to live Gameday Audio for any of the 2,430 regular-season games, including home and away audio feeds, with no blackout restriction -- a $19.99 value.
The partnership between CBSSports.com and MLB Advanced Media means that you also will get in-game and postgame video highlights of players on your and your opponent's roster in full HD, plus the ability to watch your fantasy players via a customized channel if you subscribe to both MLB.TV and CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner.
The most awarded fantasy sports game in the industry, CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner last year was named Best Fantasy Commissioner Game from the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. Highlights include:
• Reliability so proven you can be confident that your league will be up and running through the whole season;
• A dedicated customer-support team that knows and plays fantasy, too
• More than 100 customization options for your league setup
• Social tools that make it easier to communicate with others in your league or other fantasy fans across the country
• The ability to access and manage your team online or from mobile devices, 24/7
• An in-house staff of recognized and award-winning fantasy baseball experts who will give you unique player news, stats and projections
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"I use the software to see what stats I have and what stats I need going in, then I can budget accordingly," Wiener said. "I had made a few plans, one centered around Votto, since he is the best bat in our auction, and the others centered around what if I don't win Votto.
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The addition of the Brawler's Guild to WoW in Patch 5.1 has been a pretty interesting and entertaining addition to the game. This is a level 90 only event and will test out your abilities as your fight against numerous denizens of Azeroth.
Right now, there are three ways to get a Blood-Soaked Invitation:
- Purchase one from the Black Market Auction house
- Obtain one as a rare drop for killing specific NPCs in Krasarang Wilds (Kar Warmaker, Muerta or Ubunit the Shade for Alliance; Dalan Nightbreaker, Disha Fearwarden or Mavis Harris for Horde)
- Receive one from a member of the Brawler's Guild (this guild member must be of Rank 7 and can only give out one invitation)
The first set of Invitations appeared on the Drak BMAH last Wednesday, so after our raid that night (without an Elegon kill, but some heart-breaking sub 10% attempts), Zug, Sorak and I flew over to Madame Goya to see if we could get us some passes. Zug tried to get some off the Krasarang NPCs before the raid, but was unsuccessful. There were 10 Invitations up and they ranged in price from 8k to 20k gold. Other Hordies were camped there, so we knew we were going to have some competition to get one. A couple of Alliance members showed up, but were quickly dispatched by our small contingent of Horde.
About 20 minutes later, an Alliance guild with about seven members invaded the BMAH and dispersed the Horde crowd, forcing all but Zug, Sorak and me to flee. Sorak had managed to put a high bid of 32k before we were attacked and won his invitation an hour later. The three of us debated whether to buy additional Invitations or just rely on Sorak to give us one. I think Zug and I were anxious to try out the Brawler's Guild right away, so we decided to get our own. Our plan was to have Zug create a distraction, while I swoop in, bubble and quickly make a bid. Sorak suggested that I go ahead a just place a bid of 50k, thinking that no one else would bid on it. So I flew in and in the midst of all the commotion happening around me, I mistyped my bid and ended up putting 54k, which still wasn't too bad, and then was overwhelmed by the Alliance group. We rezzed and Zug went next; I BoP'd him while I distracted the Alliance. By this time, the Alliance group was getting pissed that their plan to walk away with the rest of the Invitations was being foiled by the three of us, lol. Their rogue and druid went stealth and had their ranged positioned around to stop us, even throwing Hardened Shells to dismount us from our flying mounts (they got Sorak and I once because we weren't careful ><). I can't remember what Zug bid, but there were only two auctions for the Invitations left and he ended up getting outbid quick. So we made one more kamikaze attempt and Sorak told Zug just to drop 100k on it, which he did, lmao.
Little did the Alliance group know, they were not going to keep Mr. Moneybags from getting whatever he wants! The auctions soon ended and we grabbed our Invitations and called it a night. I think the Alliance group only got one, lol. Right-clicking the Invitation grants you The First Rule of Brawler's Guild achievement.
To get started brawlin' for the Horde (lol), the entrance to Brawl'gar Arena is located in the Valley of Honor in Orgrimmar, behind the Jewelcrafter Trainer's shop. Anyone can actually enter the Arena; you can be a spectator and watch the fights without an Invitation.
To begin a fight, first talk to one of the many Brawl'gar Arena Grunts around and they will place you in a queue.
Only one player can fight at a time and you can talk to the Guard again to see what place in line you're currently at. Because nothing's ever perfect, you can actually be cut in line by someone behind you in the queue, lol. This is completely random and doesn't happen often and by no means is controlled by any of the players in the Arena.
Keep in mind that the Arena is a Cross-Realm Zone. This wasn't too bad at first, since not many players had Invitations, but quickly became frustrating as the queue would get longer once more and more joined the Guild. But I can see why Blizzard did this. They wanted to normalize the queues on high population servers, otherwise you would be waiting forever just to fight; normalizing the low population servers would keep players from rushing through the content quick with fast queues.
You can't aid anyone that's currently fighting, but you can form raid groups to pass around buffs, healthstones and set up feasts. You can only fight one boss at a time, so after you win or lose your match, you'll have to queue up again for the next match.
Progression in the Guild is done by ranks. The more fights you win, the higher rank you'll achieve and the more difficult the fights get. Every four wins gets you to the next rank. The order of the bosses for the first seven ranks are the same for everyone, they can range from beasts to mogu warriors, undead, slime, a penguin, gnomes packing big guns…you name it. And there is a five-minute "enrage" timer for each boss. If you don't finish off the boss quick enough, a rain of fireballs with slowly cover the ring and instantly kill you.
Once you reach rank 8, you get four tough special bosses to fight against. The order is random each time you queue up at this rank.
Zug, being the robot that he is and never sleeps, got to rank 8 in a day. Adoe, who Zug gave his Invitation to, also advanced quickly through the ranks over the weekend and is sitting at rank 7. And of course me, being the slacker, only managed to get halfway through rank 3. But the biggest slacker is Karos Rekcals, who hasn't even fought his first match yet. ><
It was hard trying to take screenshots of my own matches, as I was focusing on popping my CDs at the start, so I took screenshots of Zug and the crazy battles he was in.
Here's Zug against a giraffe…go ahead and laugh, I certainly did, lol.
Here's Zug against a huge eyeball…puts the Eye of Legion companion pet to shame.
Here's Zug against Millhouse Manastorm….this guy finally makes his appearance in MoP and never seems to die, lol.
You want a battle of Epicness versus Epicness? Do you remember seeing or hearing about an undead male, wailing on an Arcanite Ripper on top of a T-Rex on top of a shark with a laser beam gun? Yeah….Zug fought him.
There are also some achievements you can nab here for all you achievement hunters.
Some of the friendly NPC spectators can start to get aggressive and become hostile and attack you. If you manage to hit them with an empty bottle that you can purchase off a vendor in the Arena, you can nab the Bottle Service achievement.
For winning your first match, you get the You Are Not Your S#*@! Legplates achievement.
And you if cheer at another player immediately after they win a match, you can get the I'm Your Number One Fan achievement.
And with new content come new rewards. There are currently three: a new companion pet, Clock'em (achieved at rank 4, which looks similar to the Clockwork Gnome pet from Archeology), a Bind on Account heirloom Fist Weapon (rank 8) and of course an Invitation to give out to another player (rank 7).
I'll admit, it was pretty nerve-wracking at first competing in the Arena, as everyone is pretty much watching you fight. It is also embarrassing when you die to bad stuff too, like I did numerous times, lol. But don't get discouraged, there are a lot of people who make mistakes and it just takes time to learn the fights…unless you're a Terminator like Zug and pretty much one-shot everything up through rank 5. =P
This is a nice little distraction from your daily reputation, valor, rare mobs/pets grinding, so if you can get your hands on an Invitation, come on over and join the club!


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Precedence constraints are one of the most oft used features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) but also often one of the most overlooked. In this blog post I'll cover a couple of things that you might not know about them.
Most people typically use precedence constraints like this, with a green arrow:
A green arrow here means "If 'SEQ 1' succeeds, execute 'SEQ 2'"; that's called on OnSuccess constraint. Like the DTS of old there are also OnError (Red) and OnCompletion (Blue) constraints which behave exactly as you would expect.
In SSIS you can also make precedence constraints conditional, so you could have an expression that states "Execute 'SEQ 2' IF 'SEQ 1" is successful AND some condition is true as well".
I'm sure most of you knew all that already, so here are a few things that you might not know.
Firstly, did you know that precedence constraints can be annotated with the expression that is placed upon that precedence constraint? Each precedence constraint has a property called 'ShowAnnotation' and it has 5 possible values as depicted here:
Most of those options aren't very useful but one of them, 'Constraint Options', can be very useful indeed if you have an expression on your constraint because it causes the expression to be displayed on your design surface like so:
Pretty neat! I am very much a fan of self-documenting packages and this is clearly a nod in that direction. I wish this were the default setting for this property but unfortunately it is not.
SSIS's container hierarchy gives rise to the notion of scope. We are used to applying scope to a variable but its worth remembering that precedence constraints have scope as well. In the same way that every container* has a collection of variables, every sequence container, for loop container, for each loop container, eventhandler container and package container also has a collection of precedence constraints as is illustrated in this screenshot from MSDN:
Sequence Members (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.dts.runtime.sequence_members.aspx)
Sequence Members (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.dts.runtime.sequence_members.aspx)
*Remember, every task, eventhandler and package is also a container
Why is this important? Well, it means that every variable referenced in a precedence constraint must be scoped to the container of which the precedence constraint is a member (that's a bit of a mouthful but read it bit by bit and hopefully it will make sense).
This is worth remembering because there is a bug in the SSIS Package Designer in BIDS which manifests itself as you not getting a design-time error if a variable in your precedence constraint expression is scoped to the container that the precedence constraint is coming from. Phew another mouthful, let me explain by referring to a picture.
In this example if the variable @[User::NumberOfRows] were scoped to task "SQL Prepare some data" you would not get a design-time error but you definitely would get an error when you executed the package. The bug is at design-time, not execution-time.
Ok, there's nothing here that is particularly earth-shattering but I think it helps to know this stuff. If you have any comments or questions please post them below.
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Thanks for the tip. I have always placed annotations with this information on the package. This is very slick way to improve the self documentation capabilites for constraints and it should be the default setting. I have always turned on the 'Show precendence constraint labels' in the designer options for SSIS, but this even better when you get the expressions. Thanks again Jamie.
I have an interesting SSIS problem that perhaps you are familiar with?
Assume a simple package with a SQL task that performs "Select 1" and stores the 1 to a package variable var_1.
Then have two constraints coming from this task, based on the evaluation of var_1. In my example I have them going to two separate script tasks (with no content).
Then have the precedent constraints from these two tasks fall through to a common final task (again I used an empty script task).
So we have a task with two pathways that then rejoin. If you run this, it will run "celan", but stop before the task that re-unites the two pathways.
This illustrates my issue, with several data tests requiring logging to SQL table, then a common task to read the table and email the results. If only one pathway (I have tried all) exists, all works well. If there are two pathways that have an expression evaluation on them upstream, the task with multiple entry paths seems to stop the process dead.
Hi Gary,
It sounds a little strange. Feel free to email me the package and I can take a look.
I have a similar problem to Gary. I have a script task that writes an XML response file in the event of a data validation error. It won't execute if it has more than one precedence constraint as input.
Nice Article
Very nice article.
Today I encounterd the problem that you described regarding the scope of the variable referenced in the precedence constraint. I created the variable, not realizing that I accidentely had clicked on the SQL Task and bam, wrong scope without me noticing it.
So, as you described, no error at design time but an error at runtime. However, if I set the package to DelayValidation = True, the package would run without an error. How is this possible?
I am trying to read all the precedence constraints in the package. I can iterate through all the executables just fine. How do you find the contstraint on a TaskHost?
If I have a container of type TaskHost, I don't see where I can get the constraints. The ForEachLoop, ForLoop and Sequence are no problem.
Jamie, miss you at Conchango. Glad to see you found a new home. I have a strange one for you that I've googled all over to no avail. I would like to have a package query an Oracle Audit Table that tracks if a overnight job completed. If there is an entry in JOBEND_DATETIME for the max(seqID) ONLY THEN do I want the package to do its magic. Otherwise, I would like to sleep for 5 min and recheck. Do this up to 9 times. If after 9 times, the field is still not populated, I want to end the package as FAILED and issue a SENDMAIL. I cannot figure out how to poll without using a ForLoop which requires it to run 9x. I only want it to run UP TO 9x but do its magic at the Nth time when the field is filled in. Sequence Container was my next step. Any ideas? Sorry for the random question but I could not find another topic that was closely related! Thanks!!! mrp
Hi, For some reason I don't have the property 'ShowAnnotation' at all, there is even no 'Design' category in the properties window. Has anyone else had the same issue?
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Does anyone know fo a solution/workaround for the problem described by @Gary & @Rob? I have the exact same problem and can't find a solution. Thanks.
Problem Described above solved. Re-Config one of the Precedence Expressions to "Logical OR".
A little late to the party, but I definitely agree that the default for ShowAnnotation should be ConstraintOptions. It's a pain to have to go make that change on every constaint.
Within a precedence constraint expression can you use a property from another task? For example:
\Package\Execute SQL Task.Properties[Disable] == True
OR, would I need to create and assign a variable on the above task property and THEN use the value of that VARIABLE in the precedence constraint?
For example:
1. Variable @DisableSQLTask created as a boolean
2. Execute SQL Task.Disable is set to @DisableSQLTask
3. EvaluateAsExpression set to TRUE.
4. Set the precedence constraint expression to @DisableSQLTask == True
Hi Steven,
No, you can't reference proeprties of the package or properties of objects within the package (except for variables) I'm afraid. Your suggested approach to base both expressions on the same variable is exactly the right approach.
Hi Jamie,
I hope you don't mind if I share a link to a video that gives more examples? http://www.katieandemil.com/video-ssis-precedence-constraint-show-annotation-property-ssis-2012
in SSIS 2012 show annotation actually is not always updated (video 4min 10sec) and I raised a bug (a minor bug) on ms connect https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/774622/ssis-2012-precedence-constraint-show-annotation-result-is-not-updated
Take care
Bit late to the party but this article helped improve my understanding, so just to say thank you.
Nice tips! Thank you for publishing.


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