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Agency Rules in Favor of Transgender First Grader
By DAN FROSCH
A Colorado school district discriminated against a transgender student when it refused to let her use the girls' bathroom, the state's civil rights division said.
Agency Rules in Favor of Transgender First Grader
By DAN FROSCH 6:13 PM ET
A Colorado school district discriminated against a transgender student when it refused to let her use the girls' bathroom, the state's civil rights division said.
A transgender first-grader? I guess Freud's theory of the latency period has bitten the dust.
What'd you expect from an agency of government called the"civil rights division"?
Chuck Schumer today said that the immigration bill was a "civil rights issue" and that if it didn't pass, he expected the largest street demonstrations since the Sixties. He semed pretty excited about the prospect, too.
Hmmmm. I didn't know that people who came here without permission had the civil right to stay here and/or to become a citizen. I guess that's written in invisible ink in our Constitution? Wonder what nice places I should try to inhabit by claiming it's my civil right?
Anyway, let 'em demonstrate on the National Mall. Makes for good tv. Let whosoever wants to tear up DC, then Georgetown, do so. Let whooever wants to throw rocks at every damn government bldg that houses our "representatives" and entrenched "civil servants" do so.
As they say, let it burn. The heat will disinfect.
You people do realize that these are the death cries of a dying people and their dying civilization?
If you won't believe Spengler's Rosenzweigian theory, then will you at least believe Tenney Frank?
Tenney Frank
American Historical Review
July 1916, vol. 21, no. 4: 689–708
...We know, for instance, in Caesar's day of forty-five patricians, only one of whom is represented by posterity when Hadrian came to power. The Aemilii, Fabii, Claudii, Manlii, Valerii, and all the rest, with the exception of the Cornelii, have disappeared. Augustus and Claudius raised twenty-five families to the patriciate, and all but six of them disappear before Nerva's reign. Of the families of nearly four hundred senators recorded in 65 A.D. under Nero, all trace of a half is lost by Nerva's day, a generation later. And the records are so full that these statistics may be assumed to represent with a fair degree of accuracy the disappearance of the male stock of the families in question. Of course members of the aristocracy were the chief sufferers from the tyranny of the century, but this havoc was not all wrought by delatores and assassins. The voluntary choice of childlessness accounts largely for the unparalleled condition...
There is no hope for the people who are perpetrating this evil.
Already they are no more than ghosts.
Oh geez..
As far as the transgender fighter, Ronda Rousey's (current female champ) take seems most politically tenable
Steve, you should do more with the Ex-Men pun. The cage fighter and the Navy Seal are superhero women who gained their powers by a surgical operation.....
"A transgender first-grader? I guess Freud's theory of the latency period has bitten the dust."
Off-point to your post, I know, but Freud's theory of everything has bitten the dust. Why anybody has to suffer through weeks of that crap in Intro Psych is beyond me. You could cover the whole thing in two lectures: (i) this is what he thought, (ii) this is why it is wrong.
"These are the death cries of dying people in a dying civilization". Perfectly put. There is a horrible fascination in seeing this happening right before our eyes, rather like somehow watching your own execution on the 6PM news. What's really astonishing is how fast it is all collapsing.
The bias is evident in the fact that the reporter constantly refers to this little boy as "she."
In a sane society, this boy would be sternly told that he is a boy, not a girl. But, as Ezra Pound noted decades ago, all America's an insane asylum.
Will they allow this "girl" to continue using the girls' bathroom when he's a senior in high school? I can just imagine it: a bunch of girls are standing at the mirror, applying make-up, when in through the bathroom door walks broad-shouldered, deep-voiced, stubbly-faced Coy.
Freud's theory of everything has bitten the dust.
That's what I thought, too, but now I understand that Freud was essentially correct on something important that we are just on the cusp of grasping and being able to observe ourselves.
"We must recollect that all of our provisional ideas in psychology will presumably one day be based on an organic substructure." -1914
"The deficincies in our description would probably vanish if we were already in a position to replace the psychological terms with the physiological or chemical ones." -1920
Our understanding of the brain is growing by leaps and bounds due to improvements in neuroimaging technology.
We may be to the point soon where we can put an MMA fighter or Navy SEAL or football player who has always felt that he was actually a little girl in a man's body in a brain scanner and pinpoint the physical substructure that is causing this confusion.
This means that we may also extend racial phentotypes to the brain itself.
"Lack of interest in parental investment? Of course. That's due to a very small xxxx."
A lot of data may well already be out there.
This move is largely benign at this point. What's gender between pre-pubescent children?
I wonder how things will go in middle school/high school. I'm sure high school girls will disagree sharing a bathroom with a biologically male trans person. Especially if this trans person takes up the identity of 'lesbian'..
"You people do realize that these are the death cries of a dying people and their dying civilization?"
more like the beginning of the end. but yes, let there be no doubt. things like homosexual marriage i think are more like a symptom of the beginning of the decline, rather than a cause of the decline itself.
when you dip below replacement birth rates, when you decide that you have no political justification to keep your country to yourself, when you decide that biologically alien human groups are excellent replacements for your own group, when you decide to invite muslims into your nation, when you deliberately elevate homosexuals into mainstream culture, that's the sign that the beginning of the end has begun. the pattern is repeated in most european majority nations.
it will take a long time to decline all the way though. the US is starting from the highest position any nation has ever begun the descent from, and, it has 200 million europeans to use as mules on it's way down. to do all the heavy lifting, to tax, and to keep this frankenstein version of america shambling and clanking along into the future for decades.
remember that only 4 million europeans are keeping south africa going. they're outnumbered 10 to 1 and they, barely, still keep things running.
NASA astronaut candidates for 2013: 4 white women, 1 black man, and whoa, 3 white men managed to sneak in there somehow. the gynocracy moves forward swiftly.
NASA astronaut candidates for 2013: 4 white women, 1 black man, and whoa, 3 white men managed to sneak in there somehow. the gynocracy moves forward swiftly.
LOL. I saw that. Before they'd have one or two female astronauts but they just suddenly jumped it up to 50%. I imagine it'll have to be at least 50% female from now on.
Kaz said...
What's gender between pre-pubescent children?
You obviously don't have children. The answer: a huge deal. Boys are unmistakeably different from girls starting at around five.
Time for conservatives to start taking the whole gay / trannie thing seriously and fight back against it, intellectually, politically, in everyday life, whatever.
The most self-destructive thing that conservatives can do is just rely on dismissive humor. Yeah, we know that gays are silly little Peter Pans, mincing around in their underpants at their vapid pride parade. And we know that their enablers are even more moronic.
But guess what -- we don't live in a small-scale society, and getting in the perfect diss, the perfect barb of dismissive humor will do nothing to stop their movement from advancing.
Especially when you don't even diss them in their presence / to their face. That has way more impact, actual shaming. Snickering about them among fellow conservatives only is so... decadent. It's like you're giving up.
While conservatives are busy having a laugh, the gay enablers are busy ramming through actual legislation, bullying the school board or schoolteachers, and so on. And staging their pride parades. Things that get real results.
It's probably a weakness of any conservative "movement" that it will tend to be too brainy, and not as bodily, hence little appeal to people's sense of disgust -- one of the most powerful motivators.
And not just as a cynical lowest-common denominator strategy. Because things that are that vile and disgusting make us wretch for a reason. Whatever that is, we don't even need to know.
But, movement conservatives would feel too awkward playing the disgust card because they're more concerned about maintaining their IQ status, and disgust is so base. Well, hold up a copy of your SAT scores while you talk about disgust then. Don't ignore it.
And promoting gay marriage, etc. -- those are such strong signals that all communal norms are breaking down. We can't even hold the simplest of norms that says a boy can't barge in on the girls in the bathroom. By transitivity, we can't hold one another to any kind of norms at all.
Promoting and normalizing deviance is a way to bring down the norm structure within a community. Conservatives have fooled themselves into taking these movements literally -- why bother caring about gay marriage, when so few faggots are marriage-minded in the first place?
Wake up call -- it's not a literal-minded movement. These risible, trivial goals are part of a larger and more sinister crusade to dissolve all norms within a community. It's their symbolic value that the crusaders care about, and that we ought to as well.
A different take on the transgendered fighter:
A transgender first-grader?
Harry, you clearly need recent updating on sexuality:
non-Jewish boys began acting or thinking sexually ''from the age of five''
teenagers from poor backgrounds had ''nothing else to do in life, only thinking 24 hours about sex'' with each other, members of their own families and even ''dogs''.
America has fairly obviously been in moral-psychological decline since ca 1964. As for the West as a whole, Bill Lind said that it shot itself in the head in 1914 - while that may be an exaggeration, Britain & Europe certainly never recovered from the Great War.
The big question is whether we follow a Roman type trajectory, and if so will it be at similar pace. Because the Roman Republic of the free citizen-soldier was dead for centuries by the time the Western Empire fell, and the Eastern Empire lasted another thousand years. I can see the American Empire and its client states shambling along for a long time after the founding stock and the free Republic they made are little more than a memory.
Even when America is no longer economically dominant, even if she ceases to be militarily dominant, she may still be culturally dominant globally and will be secured by nukes from external threat.
This unfortunate child will probably get puberty blocking drugs that will keep his shoulders narrow and his voice high pitched. Now, if these bizarre medical treatment makes life more bearable for someone struggling with this incurable mental illness that is his wish. But the fact that he demands that other people think of him as a girl and treat him as a girl is ludicrous. You can call yourself anything you want but that doesn't mean other people are obliged to agree with you.
What you said.
The coup de grace is a catastrophic military defeat.
Now, I know that everyone from the fake patriotic left, to the fist-pumping Conservatism, Inc. right-wingers will quickly say that USG's immense technological prowess is good enough to make up for even crappy troops. The only people who disagree with that premise are dissidents. Like me. I think Uncle Sam is headed for nose-bloodying.
But where, under what circumstances?
A gentle decline, I can take. But a hard blow to the guts in the form of a terrible military defeat will really be bad. Do you think this will happen, and where?
Seth Rogan, are you listening? I'd love to see a comedy about a this kid in high school as a sort-of-creepy heteroseual, with girls' lockerroom privileges. He is faced with the choice, pursue a particular girl he is smitten with, and come clean about being a regular dude, or continue enjoying his look-but-don't-touch privileges to see every girl in the school.
"Civilization is collapsing and I'm hiding under the covers."
My wife is a classicist (studies Ancient Greece and Rome), and it turns out civilizations can flourish for hundreds of years with *far* more of what we call depravity. The most famous theory of why Rome collapsed is that Christianity drained the vital essence of the orgiastic non-stop Toga Party -- check out Gibbon's Decline and Fall.
I'm optimistic about the long-term political, artistic, and scientific dominance Western civilization, but I the culture war is being won by those mutant superheros, the Ex Men.
Still, I am rooting for this kid, and I bet he will grow up normal.
The decay in the Roman stock was already well under way when Augustus came to power - that's why they could no longer govern thenselves as a Republic, they needed the Empire. Augustus kept up the facade of the Republic (just like we do), but by the time of the so-called "Good Emperors" it was an autocracy, everyone knew it, and looked back at the Republic with a mixture of bemusement and horror.
But the Empire lasted another 400 years in the West, 1400 in the East. The American/European Empire will outlast the passing of the European race, even as it descends further into slavery.
It's not very well written, but I don't think The Hunger Games is very far off - but the oppressed provincials won't be phot0genic blondes. They will be dusky mongrels, lorded over by a core of lighter-skinned decadent metropolitans...
Re this issue of transgendered and bathrooms/locker rooms:
We all know what the end result is going to be. It's going to be too expensive to create two new sets of facilities, one for women pretending to be men and the other for men pretending to be women, to match the facilities that already exist for men living as men and women living as women. So the only non-discriminatory thing to do is everyone in one big shower.
Will they allow this "girl" to continue using the girls' bathroom when he's a senior in high school? I can just imagine it: a bunch of girls are standing at the mirror, applying make-up, when in through the bathroom door walks broad-shouldered, deep-voiced, stubbly-faced Coy.
If they follow down this path, they'll start him on a puberty-suppression regime leading to "sex-reassignment" surgery and hormone treatments.
One thing that can be said for this approach is that he would make a much more convincing "woman" as an adult, without the "uncanny valley" features of most transsexuals. But how well-adjusted will he be, really? Better, probably, than that kid John Money tried out his theories on, but even so...
I'll bet a lot of people who support this also think it's "child abuse" to raise a child in a religious faith, on the grounds that they are too young to consent to religious indoctrination. "Let them choose when they are 18!"
When my little sister was in 1st grade, she thought she was a horse.
We fed her lots of carrots.
Front page of today's Seattle Times.
when you dip below replacement birth rates...
Keep in mind that homo sapiens are the rabbits of the primate world when it comes to breeding.
My maternal grandmother had 12 children who survived to adulthood. She had exactly 50 grandchildren. There are now 200+ great-grandchildren and counting.
When my little sister was in 1st grade, she thought she was a horse.
High school too, apparently. The football team certainly rode her like one.
It's probably a weakness of any conservative "movement" that it will tend to be too brainy, and not as bodily, hence little appeal to people's sense of disgust -- one of the most powerful motivators.
And not just as a cynical lowest-common denominator strategy. Because things that are that vile and disgusting make us wretch for a reason. Whatever that is, we don't even need to know.
Completely agree, but it wasn't always like this. The 80s seemed to be when conservatives were more fearless, driven, and carnal, frankly. The memory of Lee Atwater and some of those 80s commercials still haunt liberals to this day. The Willie Horton ad was masterful for doing all the things Agnostic recommends. Michael Dukakis in the tank? Can't help but bring a smile.
I've been trying to recall it, but can't find this one ad that I vaguely remember that depicted gay men acting like fairies. I know it was for George H.W. Bush in '88 or '92. I think it was a general anti-perversion ad and the fairy-queer men were in the background, kind of out-of-focused and they were jumping around while a somber man's voice intones against moral depravity. Anyone else remember? I don't think it was widely run.
It seems very Atwater-ish, but most sources want to discuss only his Horton ad.
Going back to Agnostic's point, it's odd because Bush was considered such a moderate, and yet, it wasn't cynical of him. That's how conservatives of all stripes were then.
Wake up call ... These risible, trivial goals are part of a larger and more sinister crusade to dissolve all norms within a community.
As I've posted before, I saw the declaration of war in 1991 at Boalt Hall on a poster titled The Gay Agenda. Item #10:
"To turn Western Civilization inside out!"
What if a big fat bearded guy wears a dress and calls himself a 'woman'? Can he used the woman's room too?
How come transracial isn't allowed? Shouldn't 'whiggaz' be favored by affirmative action?
When this kid reaches high school, will he, with his penis still on, be allowed to shower with girls and play in girl's gym class?
Maybe straight guys should pretend to be 'girls' and get some looksies.
What with all the twilight and star trek fans, maybe the next big thing will be Fantasy Identity Movement.
So, if someone says he or she's a vampire, schools will have to serve human blood as drink.
Has there been a case of a man-into-woman marrying a woman-into-man?
I'll bet MSM will go crazy over it as the greatest love story of all time.
Simon, etc.
You cannot compare now with the decline of the Roman empire. Events are accelerating.
I dunno, somewhere I see a terrible military defeat. Followed by much weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth...and nothing. Checkmate.
Ya know, I'm not much in the habit of seeing silver linings, but I wonder if this transgender stuff isn't going to destroy the gay rights movement. I mean it was only day before yesterday that a gay guy was considered a pervert. Yesterday he became normal. Just a regular guy who happens to fancy other men, move along, nothing to see here. He didn't play with dolls and wear skirts when he was little, he was a regular boy and that's why there are so many of them in the major league sports, just desperate to get out of the closet. Isn't that the narrative?
Now his movement is increasingly going to be taken over by, and identified with, transgenders.
And maybe all those little boys who want to be girls will now be allowed to become girls? What will happen to the gay population? Think it will go down by maybe half?
ALSO, what will the heterosexual population think of the "gay and lesbian" community? that it's really a transgender community in...drag? Men and women pretending to be men and women, but really men and women who want to be women and men?
Whatever the case, I think that the rise of transgenderism is going to shatter the "gay community". The straight community is under all sorts of stresses, but this isn't one of them. It's a minor irritant.
So what exactly does "transgender" even mean? Does the guy in question still have all his genitalia? So if a 6'4" 260 lb construction worker, we'll call him Jim, suddenly changes his name to "Jane" and puts on a dress, is he (she?) now a transgender person? Does this mean that because this headcase now decides he (she?) is a "woman" or identifies as a "woman", that he/she can use the same washroom and changerooms as my seven year old daughter?
I sadly agree 100% with the poster who said we are a dying civilization.....
I see your point that the mother and the paper are signaling their tolerance at the poor kid's expense, which is pretty stupid since the kid might just be going through a phase or maybe even pulling a stunt for attention. It is very possible she might be hearing "Mom, how could you do that to me?" In a year or so. Mommy should have asked that the kid use the bathroom in the nurse's office pending a little more development.
But if this condition is real, what is so surprising? Natural Selection operates on random mutations, not purposeful ones, according to my deep research on Wikipedia. I don't really expect random not to be weird. Revulsion of others is really just a message that "hey, you've got one bad mutation!" Maybe that's just the way it is. I've got no answers, and because the occurrence of the condition is so rare, no strong opinions.
It seems this debate is confused.
If the message of the transformer community is that transformer folks should accept what they are, I agree.
If a kid is born a boy but feels as a girl, I can understand that. I can understand his need to be like a 'she'. But he is still not a she. He is a he who wants to be a she.
So, just as it's wrong for us to deny that he has a female side to 'her', it's wrong for the transformer community to deny that he has a male side to him. He is neither totally male or totally female. He should accept that he is a he/she.
But the transformer community wants us to accept the fiction that he is totally a she. That too is a kind of denial. I can understand he can be a he/she but a total she? No way, not if he has a wee wee?
Also, if we should accept what they were born as, why do they go about artificially changing themselves with hormone injections and even surgery? Isn't that a denial of nature?
I fully accept that some people are born male but feel female, and vice versa. They are naturally trans. They are neither fully male nor fully female. And I can understand trans guys wanting to be feminine and trans girls wanting to be masculine. But if they truly wanna accept what they naturally are, they should accept that they are neither fully this or fully that.
When a trans boy pretends to be a total girl--especially through artificial means--, he is denying his true nature, no less than some people who insist he's a boy and nothing but a boy.
He should accept that he's trans. Part boy(bodily)and part girl(emotionally). He should leave it at that as he was naturally born that way.
But trans males often deny this natural side to them and cut off body parts and get artificial hormone injections to make themselves into what they weren't born as.
If trans are proud of being trans, they should accept their dual nature instead of trying to be totally of the other sex.
John Craig: Good link. I also liked Rousey's take on the issue,and was surprised at how well she navigated the pitfalls.
What interests me about stories like this is how loyal feminists are gay to activists who, at least in recent years, have done a 180 and will throw feminists and women in general under the bus for their agenda. Although gay men and straight women are supposed to be natural friends a whole lot of gay men (for more than will publicly admit it) resent and envy women because most men sexually prefer women while finding gay male sexuality repugnant. In the early days of Stonewall gays had to keep their mouths shut about this. But now they feel emboldened and will do all sorts of things to undermine the status and preferences of women. Especially socially conservative women who don't care to share the ladies' room with biological males. If you doubt that gay men are misogynistic look up some of their comments about Sarah Palin. I am no Palin fan but the liberties gay men feel entitled to take when they speak of her is shocking. Or would be if I believed that gay men really significantly cared about women.
"The American/European Empire will outlast the passing of the European race, even as it descends further into slavery."
Yes, that's my expectation. It will lose some wars, more frequently as the competence and patriotism of its soldiers declines, but given the continued existence of nuclear weapons an external conquest seems very unlikely.
It will probably lose the technological lead to north-east Asia, which will remain full of north-east Asians, and eventually that may mean some form of new colonialism as the Japanese and/or Chinese try to keep their markets in the ex-West from collapsing. But I'd think that won't be in our lifetimes; most likely scenario for the 21st century seems to be that things keep getting worse along a somehat accelerating trajectory, punctuated by irregular shocks like 9/11, the 2008 crash, this US immigration amnesty etc.
little miss sheet stirrer said...
"Simon, etc.
You cannot compare now with the decline of the Roman empire. Events are accelerating.
I dunno, somewhere I see a terrible military defeat. Followed by much weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth...and nothing. Checkmate."
Oh, I think a major military defeat in the next twenty years is quite likely - some Republican idiot decides to bring democracy to Iran, for instance. But it'll be a Vietnam-scale defeat in mostly an insurgency/irregular war, and while traumatic it will not be something that will destroy the Empire. I don't think America will attack Russia or China, and they certainly won't attack America - there is a small chance of a North Korea or Taiwan flashpoint turning into a catastrophic war with China, but I think both sides are very keen to avoid that.
I think the unknown factor is what will happen in Europe over the next few decades - the EU may collapse, there may be actual civil war in places. I don't know how the US will react to that or what the outcome might be. I suspect that the best chance for survival of the West would be if an elected Christian/indigenous nationalist government somewhere like France got into a civil war with Muslim insurgents as in Kosovo, then the US intervened on the side of the Muslims - and lost. That could have a shattering effect on the Multicult regime's grip on power globally.
Hi Simon,
I guess the next question is where do we go? Those of us who value the freedoms of the Anglophonic west will be uncomfortable, for a variety of reasons, in Northeast Asia. And we also prefer to be in a primarily white country. Is Australia the best place for us?
About a dozen years ago a screenwriter friend's son was forced out of the trendy Hollywood day school he was attending when the other parents discovered to their horror that she and her husband were (lightly) spanking their son for misbehavior, and refused to stop when confronted (as one of the rare Mexican-Americans in Hollywood she saw nothing wrong with the practice.) The parents' lynch mob was led by an ER actor and his wife. Their kid was a boy who was insisting he was a girl, wearing dresses to school every day, and being supported in it by everyone around them.
My friend's kid is going to MIT. No idea what happened to the ER actor's unfortunate son.
The next twenty years are sure gonna be interesting.
"I guess the next question is where do we go? Those of us who value the freedoms of the Anglophonic west will be uncomfortable, for a variety of reasons, in Northeast Asia. And we also prefer to be in a primarily white country. Is Australia the best place for us?"
Ironically, the best place to be might be Russia. Russia just passed anti-gay legislation, prosecutes people for slandering the church, and alone among white countries is making a conscious effort to increase the white birth rate. Ironic, because the country that once adapted a political philosophy whose main goal was the destruction of western civilization, may be the one country that ends up saving it.
Tenney Frank: We know, for instance, in Caesar's day of forty-five patricians, only one of whom is represented by posterity when Hadrian came to power. The Aemilii, Fabii, Claudii, Manlii, Valerii, and all the rest, with the exception of the Cornelii, have disappeared. Augustus and Claudius raised twenty-five families to the patriciate, and all but six of them disappear before Nerva's reign. Of the families of nearly four hundred senators recorded in 65 A.D. under Nero, all trace of a half is lost by Nerva's day, a generation later.
Anonymous: The most famous theory of why Rome collapsed is that Christianity drained the vital essence of the orgiastic non-stop Toga Party -- check out Gibbon's Decline and Fall.
I don't think that any of the people being studied by Frank were Christians, and most of them probably weren't even aware of the existence of Christianity.
They were pagans who chose buggery over sexuality, or who, if they still copulated with fertile women, sent their pregnant wives and mistresses for abortions or post-natal infanticides.
little miss sheet stirrer: You cannot compare now with the decline of the Roman empire. Events are accelerating.
Here's a thought experiment for you: What would it mean if our circumstances had already accelerated a couple of centuries beyond where we thought they were?
What if, several thousand years from now, historians look back at Marshall's anti-constitutionalism, in Marbury -vs- Madison, as being equivalent to Caesar's Crossing of the Rubicon?
And what if the victory of Lincolnian anti-constitutionalism at Pickett's Charge is equivalent to Octavian's defeat of Marc Anthony at Actium?
If that's true - if we are already a century or two beyond where we thought we were - then Ronald Reagan wouldn't be equivalent to a late Republican figure, but rather to a mid-Imperial figure, like a Marcus Aurelius.
Every so often I comment here attacking the Jew-Obsessives and usually the comments either don't go through or go through a day after the conversation has moved along. Oddly, I notice that the Jew-Obsessives themselves often complain about comment control and I have to wonder how "Abe Fauxman", "Rabbi Boruch" and the Khazar killer (that would be Sv Igor) seem to have little difficulty getting through right on time.
As an aside, did anyone notice Svigor recently mentioning that though it might be preferential for Zimmerman to be found innocent he personally considered it a Win/Win either way because Zimmerman isn't one of his own anyway so he doesn't care if he goes to jail for a crime he didn't commit? This is the quality of humanity your likely to find among Jew-Obsessives.
To state the obvious, Abraham Foxman and his sort (Whiskey/Testing99/Evil-Neocon/etc too) are pretty rotten and there are things for which Jews (as a whole) can be criticized (and credited) more than others, but overall not only are Jews (as a whole) pretty fine folk but the people perpetually obsessed with Jew-hatred tend to be rather rotten folk.
Oh, and even if they save their worst comments for other blogs and forums, they manage to get enough of their pernicious odor stinking up the comment section here pretty frequently. I'm not a fan of censorship so I applaud the decision to let them through but one wonders whether strong responses to these Obsessives shouldn't be allowed through as well.
I guess the next question is where do we go? Those of us who value the freedoms of the Anglophonic west will be uncomfortable, for a variety of reasons, in Northeast Asia. And we also prefer to be in a primarily white country. Is Australia the best place for us?
No. Both parties of Australian government are determined to bring in an East Asian overclass ASAP. We are near the top of the countries hell-bent on importing a new populace. And things are very PC here also.
Why not just dig in, and overcome via birthrates? Rome wasn't built in a day.
Anonydroid at 8:24 kvetched: Every so often I comment here attacking the Jew-Obsessives and usually the comments either don't go through or go through a day after the conversation has moved along.
Hunsdon said: Perhaps if you argued, rather than attacked, you would meet with greater success?
Also, nice trick: start with Jew-Obsessives, and soon its "obsessed with Jew hatred."
I also liked the "some Jews may be rotten but Jews are really great on the whole and people who don't like Jews are pretty rotten" thing.
Well, you've convinced ME, tovarisch.
And you go out on a wonderfully passive aggressive note: I'm not a fan of censorship so I applaud the decision to let them through but one wonders whether strong responses to these Obsessives shouldn't be allowed through as well.
"Jew-obsessives." Jews are all obsessed with their tribe, so I guess they qualify.
I think one good criterion for "Jew-obsessives" is that they drag Jews into the discussion, were they previously were not. Go back and count how many times I dragged Jews into discussions here, where they previously were not. I'll wait.
Yep, that's right, I almost never drag Jews into the discussion. Yep, that's right, I almost always just discuss them after they've been dragged into the discussion by someone else. Yep, that's right, I almost always restrict myself to calling "bullshit" when some Jew-obsessive insists on shellacking their keisters for them. About 3/4s of my comments about Jews would disappear if Jews would stop shellacking their own keisters in the comments.
You don't have a problem with me because I'm obsessed with Jews. You have a problem with me because I hold opinions about Jews that you don't like.
"Jew obsessive": someone who knows too much about Jews. Analogous to "racist": someone who knows too much about race. Only an "ANTI-SEMITE!!!" would know quite so much about Jews; only a "RRRRACISS!!!" would know quite so much about race.
And yes, I care roughly as much about Hispanics and blacks as Jews care about Palestinians. Mean ol' me.
"Hi Simon,
I guess the next question is where do we go? Those of us who value the freedoms of the Anglophonic west will be uncomfortable, for a variety of reasons, in Northeast Asia. And we also prefer to be in a primarily white country. Is Australia the best place for us?"
I suggest that for the most of us the best thing to do is stay put, have children, and try to bring them up right. Encourage them to have children too, giving us a genetic and cultural legacy that can outlive the ex-West. But do tell them that our leaders are wrong, when they're wrong (ie most of the time), and don't encourage our children to engage in sacrificial altruism on behalf of the Empire - eg don't encourage them to join the military and fight on behalf of the Empire.
I came to the latter conclusion not after Iraq but after the Fort Hood massacre. Hearing General Casey "The greater tragedy would be if Diversity suffered..." sealed it for me. It's good if our children know how to fight, if necessary, but they should never fight for creatures like him.
"If that's true - if we are already a century or two beyond where we thought we were - then Ronald Reagan wouldn't be equivalent to a late Republican figure, but rather to a mid-Imperial figure, like a Marcus Aurelius."
Oh, yes, definitely IMO - Lincoln is America's Augustus-figure and we're in the equivalent of the late Principate or early Dominionate, not the late Republic. But if we're at ca AD 200 that means we'd have another 200 years before large-scale collapse.
In a sane society, these people would be recognized as being either child abusers (the parents) or mentally diseased (the confused child). The parents would lose custody of thier children for this sort of behavior and require mental evaluation to determine their suitability to function in normal society vs. being locked away in an asylum for their own good and the good of others. The child would be given help to overcome the confusion created by such insanity that their correct identity as a young male human is under question, instead of being egged on and encouraged to become a freak.
We are so far gone that it is instead child abuse to spank a wayward child in many places now, but it is applauded to tell a boy he is a girl, clothe him in dresses, demand that schools accept him as a female, and eventually mutilate his body with drugs and surgeries prior to the age of consent, all to placate some dress-up fantasy.
That a delusional modern mother should do this to one of her children is sad, but not surprising. That a father who is a former US Marine should do so to his son is highly disturbing.
Comments displeasing Jews are plastered on front pages worldwide, warrant arrests and criminal charges in many countries . Their author, after profusely apologizing, is in any case quickly fired, often in less than 48h.
Meanwhile, genocidal and dehumanizing diatribes are OK, if profferred by Jews.
It would come as a surprise to my best friends, some of them Jews, to be suspected of antisemitism; I discuss those infos freely with them.
I merely call attention to these little-known facts in the name of fairness, an unknown commodity among your people, something I believe Steve has acknowledged.
I agree with Simon that it's best to stay in one's country.
Americans think of Australia as the Crocodile Dundee land of happy go lucky truth tellers. Total BS. If anything the PC bullshit and multicult are worse than in the US.
Russia is a toilet. In any case, it would be IMPOSSIBLE for Americans in large numbers to habituate to it, the alphabet and weather are impossible.
I have personal experience with both countries.
The US has plenty of places that are still wonderful, and will remain so. There are also pockets of wonderfulness in every state, in case you don't want to move states. Stop saying that the whole country is down the tubes - it is NOT.
What whites who care about their future (that is, their kids and their descendents) is to carefully and rationally look at the best nearest place you can relocate to, and that your kids may want to stay in. Because there is no point in moving if the kids will be priced out eventually.
In other words, maybe you should take a page from the Orthodox Jewish playbook, maybe? They don't just move to a place. They move - and take over.
Jews were and are still in the mode of wasp-obsessives.
A woman gets Zimmermanhandled. Why you need guns.
Being 'obsessed' with Jews is necessary cuz it's honest and smart.
One must always be 'obsessed' with power, not with the no-power.
If you argue with a person, you are fixating on what's in his mind, not what's in his feet, liver, buttocks, shinbone, and etc. It's the mind that thinks.
This is why Jews were 'obsessed' with wasps in the past. Wasps were the brains of America. Jews were not obsessed with Eskimos, Mexicans, Polish-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Greek-Americans, Armenian-Americans, and etc. cuz that's not where the power was.
The power was with wasps, and so Jews went after wasps. Everyone has a brain but some brains matter more cuz they control banks, government, and media. An Eskimo and a Jew both have brains, but what an Eskimo thinks had no power over our lives. What a Jew thinks may have great power on our lives.
Today, the power is with Jews. If you wanna counter the power, you have to focus on who has it. Most Jews are Liberal and anti-conservative. Naturally, cons must then be 'obsessed' with Jewish power--like Jews in the past had been 'obsessed' with wasp power.
American conservatism is lost and confused cuz its main taboo forbids itself from noticing Jewish power.
It's like Ann Coulter rails against Muslim terrorist immigrants in America but won't discuss who controls immigration policy, who controls government, and who controls the media.
Jews were obsessed with wasps who were once the mind-center of America. But conservatives are obsessed with not noticing the fact that Jews are now the mind-center of new America.
To notice Jewish power is not 'antisemitic'. If it is, then Jews were antiwaspitic for all of American history.
Another thing...
cons must stop taking Jewish statements at face value. cons must speculate as to what Jews REALLY mean.
Jews do this all the time. Whenever a con says something, a lib Jew will protest, "that what he says with his lips but what's really in his mind is HATE!"
If Jews psycho-analyze cons, cons must do the same to Jews. We must expose the ulterior motives of Jews.
I agree with Simon that it's best to stay in one's country.
Me too. I admire Russia's present direction, and think that that nation may serve as an example to the West, as America formerly was a shining example to the rest of the world - but best to stay in one's own country for now and work from within. This is subject to change, but holds true for now.
Russia is a toilet. In any case, it would be IMPOSSIBLE for Americans in large numbers to habituate to it, the alphabet and weather are impossible.
Alphabet? Perhaps, although I find it charming and fascinating. Weather? Can't agree there! Personally, I've never understood how white Americans can live further south than, say, Pennsylvania.
"If Jews psycho-analyze cons, cons must do the same to Jews. We must expose the ulterior motives of Jews. "
Hm. Maybe you would be better off just getting married and having kids, hm?
If anyone wants to know how gays really think about straights and women, read this:
The only thing that consoles me is that as much as gays hate straights, they hate each other more. As one commenter said, "Lusting for gay guys? Doubt it. Most of us can't even stand the sight of each other, opting to jerk off to pictures of 18-year-old straight jocks instead..."
"The only thing that consoles me is that as much as gays hate straights, they hate each other more."
You silly silly boy.
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In middle school, we all learned about the Native American custom of not wasting a single part of a slain animal. Apparently, 1789's relatively new executive chef Anthony Lombardo subscribes to that same idea, and is sticking parts of… Read More
Washington City Paper's Best of D.C. 2011 lets staff and reader picks for their favorite random spots in the District. Georgetown was home to three staff picks and six reader picks. Staff Picks Best Way-Far-Off-The-Beaten-Path Museum – National… Read More
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There Will Be Westerns. Mike Dawson and I talk about the most manly and badass of all films genres: The Western. Hear our take on classic Clint Eastwood moments, new attempts at the genre, and what we'd do if we lived in the Wild West.
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The 121st Boston Marathon has come and gone, and once again temperatures rose above normal, a perennial concern for runners hoping to hit fast times in this historic Patriot's Day race.
When the gun went off for the elite women's race at 9:30 a.m. ET, it was 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and by the time the winner crossed the finish line on Boylston Street 2 hours 21 minutes and 52 seconds later, the mercury had creeped into the low 70's. The average high for Boston in April is 56 degrees F.
Scientific studies have shown that ideal marathon racing conditions range between roughly 40 and 45 degrees F. Warmer weather and higher humidity makes it more physiologically difficult to maintain a consistent pace.
But this year was not an aberration. Last year's starting temperature was also high, hitting 71 degrees F. The 2012 race began at 65 degrees and 2015 at 61. And as scientists have pointed out, high temperatures could be the new normal for this famous race, meaning its days of breaking running records could become much rarer.
Hotter Temps, Slower Races
In a 2012 study published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers at Boston University pointed to Boston's overall rise in temperature of 1.6 degrees Celsius (2.9 degrees F) between 1933 and 2004. By 2100, the researchers concluded, depending on the degree of future warming, there was between a 64 and 95 percent chance of seeing a steady slowdown in Boston Marathon finishing times.
"Our analysis shows that winning times are, in fact, almost 2 minutes slower for every 10 degree F (5.6 degree C) increase in temperature," wrote Boston University professor Richard Primack, the lead author of the study, in an article explaining its findings. "The main reason that the heat so often beats runners is its adverse effects on the human body's capacity for regulating internal temperature. An eventual inability to control body heat by sweating alone leads to cramps, dehydration and heat exhaustion, and can sometimes even result in a runner's death."
Primack also explained the findings of potential temperature increases, in plain English, in his follow-up article on the study.
"Based on our model, if Boston temperatures were to continue to warm by 4.5 degrees F (2.8 degrees C) by the end of the century (a mid-range estimate for global warming), there will be a 64 percent chance that winning times will be slowed. If the average global warming is as high as 9.4 degrees F (5.8 degrees C) — a high-end model estimate of global warming — the probability of slower race times is as high as 95 percent," he wrote. "In such a future climate, the Boston Marathon would often be run on days that were hot enough to slow runners down."
And as Primack highlighted, the Boston Marathon serves as an apt metaphor for the future challenges of a hotter planet.
"Endurance running will be especially hard hit by the predicted warmer climate, but higher temperatures could have dire consequences for the future of all warm-weather outdoor activities, including construction and farm work, team and endurance sports, and physical fitness training," he explained. "People will increasingly have to avoid physical exertion during hot summer weather or risk exhaustion and even serious medical problems."
Read more at How Climate Change Ensures Hotter Weather as New Normal for Boston Marathon


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Yesterday's Torah reading was Beshallach, which relates the crossing of the Red Sea and features the Song of the Sea. Heady stuff.
So, naturally, I looked at the most important verse: "An omer is a tenth of an ephah." (Exodus 16:36). The Soncino Chumash cites Rashi as saying: An omer is equivalent to 43-1/5 eggs.
43-1/5 eggs? Say what?
I did some research and found this:
one tenth of an ephah The ephah equals three se'ahs, and the se'ah equals six kavs, and the kav equals four logs, and the log equals six eggs. [Hence, an ephah equals 3 x 6 x 4 x 6 = 432 eggs. I.e., the space displaced by 432 eggs.] We find that a tenth of an ephah equals forty-three and a fifth [43.2] eggs. This is the amount for challah [the minimum amount of flour that requires the separation of challah] and for meal offerings. — [from Eruvin 38b]So, yes, it's 43-1/5 eggs. Now, just how do you measure 1/5 of an egg?


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It's only one little data point, but I find it very interesting.
A column on Forbes.com explains how Matthew Herper, who covers science and medicine for them, is posting less often, but with longer articles, and online traffic is responding positively. Excerpt:
Take a look at his numbers in the chart. Matt started out posting quite a bit (the green line), but reduced his output as he discovered the long-form rhythm worked best for the topic, his audience and his traffic numbers. "I think it's partly because, in medicine, a lot of the challenge isn't just pointing out what is important, but also why," Matt says. "For a piece to be really valuable, you may need to take the reader into another world." As you can see, his audience is trending up even as his output dramatically slows down.
It would be fascinating if more news organizations would share some of their data like this. I have often felt that there hasn't been a true, fair test of readers' wants and needs when it comes to health care news stories. While this Forbes info is short-term, about only one writer's work, from only one news organization, and with a selection bias among its readers, I still find the trend line hopeful and important.


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His Haven
The Redemption Series: Book One
Thank you for having me here on your blog today! The other day, I was asked by a reader to confess who my favorite character was in my newest release, His Haven. That should be a tough question. All of the characters are like my children. I created them. Unlike a mother of multiple children, I will confess that I do have a favorite. But who is it? Do you think you could guess?
Promise me you won't tell the others, but my favorite character is Lysander Douay, Avrum's mysterious, silent friend. I think I like him the most because he appears indifferent about everything, but inside, he is tortured by it all. He's a character that, while creating him, I was like: "Let me choose the most terrible thing to put this man through" and I did. But even after all the heartache, the death, and the torture, Lysander still tries to do the right thing behind the scenes. He wants no recognition for it. He is a silent hero. His tragic past is only touched on in His Haven. But guess what? He gets his own story! Lysander will be the main male in the series' second book—Patterns in the Ivy—and you are one of the first ones to know it!
Want to know more about Lysander, his debut, and the other characters in His Haven?
Ignorance isn't always bliss…
Handsome and diligent Avrum Brenin should have died in the fire with his mother and older brother. Instead, he is saved by the powerful and wealthy immortal, Lord Henri. Placed under his care, Avrum shares in his world of endless splendors. He must do one thing in return—look after Haven, a human and Lord Henri's newest rescue.
The simple task proves to be more complicated than it seems. Haven is disobedient, ungrateful, and hostile, yet she is beautiful and mystifying at the same time. One night, when Avrum stumbles across Haven barely clothed and bound at the wrists, the world he has trusted in unravels before his eyes. He soon discovers that no one—from Lord Henri and Haven to his closest friend, Lysander—are who they seem to be.
Now faced with the truth, will Avrum choose to surrender to the man who rescued him, or will he have the courage to save the woman who captivated him?
Paranormal/Historical Romance Heat Level: Sensual
Maybe I can't do this on my own…
"Help me," she told him, realizing it was her only real option. "Help me leave… You can help me now. Together, we can get to my father and we―"
His disheartened expression made her stop.
"You can never go back to your father," he said. "It will be the first place Keagan and Henri will look for you."
Terror made her mind race and her hands tremble. There had to be a way for her to get out. "You can bring me and my father somewhere safe," she blurted out in desperation. "Please, there has to be some way. I can't stay here."
Avrum's eyes drifted over her shoulder to where the manor laid quiet and still. He inhaled. "You have been bitten," he said.
Haven took a slight step back.
"I saw the wounds when I found you," he replied to her perplexed look. "Your blood is now entangled with Henri's. For as long as they are together and flowing through his veins, you will be connected to him. He will know where you are, no matter how far."
She gasped, her hand flying to the place on her chest where the two pierce wounds laid underneath. "How do you know this?"
"It is something we all learn when we are first changed."
"Have you ever killed?" she asked but then hesitated. She wasn't sure if she wanted to know the answer to that question.
"No," he replied. "I have taken blood from humans before, when I was first turned, but I have made sure to never harm any of them. Now, I drink from a stock supply of human and animal blood in the manor cellar."
The thought of consuming a person's blood made Haven nauseous. "Can you ever stop? Never drink it again?"
Avrum let out a short laugh. "I have asked the same questions," he said. "I still have to be reminded that I am no longer like you. I cannot stop the drinking because I am no longer fully alive. The living blood replaces what I have lost during the change."
"What are you, exactly?"
"We are called vampires."
She couldn't speak. She had never heard the name before, but for some reason, it made her voice freeze in the pit of her throat.
"With your blood still coursing through Henri's veins, you can be tracked. I need to get you back to the manor before he wonders where you are and realizes you're gone." Avrum held out a hand to her. She stared at the open palm with wide, fearful eyes. The skin there glistened against the amber lights of the manor windows. It was marked with faint scars. Each one seemed to overlap the others.
"We keep the scars we have earned as humans," he told her, as if reading her thoughts. "I have many of my own to bear."
For some reason, his words made the warmth in her chest grow even more and the pains in her body ease. She stretched her own hand out, the raw and marred marks around her wrist standing out against the paleness of her skin.
Avrum offered her a tender smile―a smile that told her that this time she wasn't alone. "Come back with me," he told her. "I will protect you with everything I am. I swear it. Please…"
Haven hesitated for a moment, their hands hovering close. In the space between them, all her doubt and fears lingered. Could she really trust him? He was one of them after all. A vampire.
She sucked in icy night air and, taking a step forward, placed her shaking hand in his.
Praise for His Haven:
"His Haven is a fantastic mix of historical and paranormal romance… Action.
Romance. A touch of horror. You can't put this book down."–Cynthia Carole, author of the Cedarville
Novella Series
"Exciting and suspenseful… sweet and hot all at the same time. I recommend that anyone that loves books about vampires read this and you won't regret it."–Crystal N., Reviewer from SSYL
"Ms. Brooks has started a story of other-worldly magnitude where adventure and secrecy filled the pages. Twist and turns ran amok as the author delivered angst, love, friendship and intrigue."–Evelise, Reviewer from S.E.X. Reviews
His Haven is NOW available in ebook AND paperback!
Harper A. Brooks lives in a small town on the New Jersey shore. Even as a young child, she has surrounded herself with good literature, so it is no surprise that her love for reading and writing has expanded into all parts of her life. She is a dedicated softball coach, student, teacher, and friend who enjoys writing about fantastical worlds when she believes real life gets too mundane.


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Cow Dutch Oven Giveaway63
Summer has come. The cows are out at pasture, though perhaps not terribly excited to be out in the heat of the day.
We feel like those cows: hot, lazy, looking for a change, and ready for some excitement.
Well, how about another giveaway?
Because so many of you were excited about the Cow Dutch Oven in our recent giveaway, we decided to give another one to one (1) lucky, random winner!
This Dutch Oven is completely functional but much more fun than its round or oval counterparts.
Dutch ovens are the original slow-cooker and every Staub Dutch oven is handmade with incredible care. (For more information on Staub Dutch ovens, check out what we wrote last fall.) This particular Staub beast holds up to 8 quarts of your favorite foods so you can definitely cook for a crowd!
(Staub doesn't know that we are stirring up excitement this summer with this beefy giveaway.)
To enter our giveaway, just answer the following question in the comments section of this blog.
What are your vacation plans for the hot days of summer?
So just scroll down to the very bottom of the page, type your answer into the comments section, and you're entered to win! (Or just say "hi." We like that too.)
Just one entry per person. (If you would like to respond to another entry, don't worry, duplicate comments will be weeded out so everyone has an equal chance to win.)
No entries after 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) Saturday, July 7, 2012.
We'll post the one (1) lucky, random winner here on Monday (July 9, 2012). Check back here to see if you won!


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Coming at you from the top of Mount Tamborine (and Lorin's house).
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Gait assessment for the dog requires a working knowledge of the various gaiting patterns that are normal for the dog. Each breed of dog is meant to do some type of work. The lap dog will have a structure that is suited for sitting in a lap and hopping up and down off of the couch or someones lap, the Greyhound is built for speed, a Rottweiler is built for pulling power and strength, a field dog is built to chase fox or flush out game etc. etc.. Function and form work hand in hand and must be balanced to meet the working needs of the dog in question. There are seven basic types of dogs:
1. Sporting dogs (For a list of Sporting dogs click here)
A. Rangers
B. Springers
C. Retrievers
2. Sporting Hounds
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B. Gaze trailers
C. Dogs that go to ground
3. Gazehounds (Hounds that hunt mainly by sight and rather then by scent. Click here)
A. Greyhounds
B. Saluki
C. Whippet
D. Borzoi
E. Afghan
4. Terriers (Used to hunt vermin like rabbits, foxes, mice and weasels) For a list of terriers click here.
5. Working dogs (For a list of working dogs click here)
6. Herding dogs (For a list of herding dogs click here)
7. Toy dogs (For a list of toy dogs click here)
Once we have checked the dogs conformation by posing them and checking the angles of the forelimb, hindlimb, pelvis and neck, checked the top line, pads, toes, face and other static structural features of the dog; we will want to see how these structural parts operate in kinetic motion. We will need a few tools to work with:
1. Video camera with tripod (Your cell phone will work if that is all you have)
2. Leash
3. A surface for the dog to walk on that is not to hot in the summer like an empty parking lot or the track at the high school football field. A long grassy short cut field would work as long as you can see the dogs foot strike. A long flat sandy beach would help show you the footfall patterns if you are near and uncrowded beach. It is best to pick a quiet time when there is not a lot of distraction for the dog. Pick a time of day when the dog is not to energetic if they are young and if they are old mid-morning would be best so that they have some time for their joints to warm up and they won't be to tired.
4. A Chuck It or something for the dog to chase if they are full of energy and need to be calmed down a little. If you can get the dog to run and play around before checking the gait you will start to see the weak areas better when they get tired. For dogs that are older or don't like chasing balls and running around you can check the gait right away.
5. A checklist of gait and conformation irregularities. Click here for a sample form.
6. A friend to help you walk the dog while you film the dog or someone who can film the dog while you walk them.
7. Some treats for the dog to keep them interested in doing what you want them to do.
Once you have the dogs energy settled down whoever is filming the dog should set up so that they are not filming into the sun or shade and the person who is handling the dog should walk away from the camera person while they are filming. The handler should not talk to the dog but should just walk calmly forward at a pace that will not rush the dog. The handler should walk far enough that the camera person can get a nice long shot of the dog walking away. The handler should them turn around and walk back to the camera person. Do this at least three times. The camera person should then set up to take film footage of each side of the dog as they are coming and going. The dog handler will have to switch sides so that they will not be in the way of the camera. Next we want to film the dog while it is chasing a ball or running without the handler if possible. If the dog is not a ball chaser the handler can run with the dog on the leash and the film person should set up for coming and going shots of both sides and both ends of the dog. It would be very helpful for the person who will be analyzing the gait to watch the dog without filming as well. It is easier sometimes to pick irregularities in the gait out without the camera. For dogs who are working dogs we can film them in the actions that they are bred for and get a better idea of what is and is not working correctly. For an agility dog we should film them during training, for a herding dog we should film them while they are herding etc. etc. Filming the dog while they are not distracted and to controlled will give us a clearer picture of how they are moving.
Once we have all the film we need and have finished noting what we are seeing on our checklist we should load the film onto a computer and look at it in full speed while taking notes of what we see and noting at what time in the timeline we see the gaiting irregularities. We can then start to look at these noted places in the timeline in slow motion to get a better picture of what is going on under the skin. Once we have all of our notes documented we should do some research on the breed of dog we are working with to make sure that the gaiting irregularities that we are seeing are not bred into this specific breed of dog to serve a functional purpose. At this point we could do an online search on Youtube and see if we can find a few videos to compare the dog we are examining to. The breed registries will also have some good information on what the breed should look like in motion and for those of you who are really motivated I suggest you buy Dog Steps by Rachel Page Elliot and Dog Locomotion and Gait Analysis by Curtis Brown and study them more then once.
For mixed breed dogs we will have a harder time figuring out what is the correct conformation and gait of the dog but we should be able to see where things are not working correctly when we compare the different quadrants in motion and see what looks out of balance.
For a good look at the different gaits of the dog you should go to this website and study it as much as possible until you can see the gaiting patterns and can name them when you see the dog use them in the field. Kinesiology of the dog is a very large subject and obviously it can't be covered in a single blog or class. Generally after we have gathered the information from static conformation and kinetic movement we should start to look at the bones, muscles, past pathological conditions, surgeries and repetitive use patterns that might be causing the gaiting irregularities. In the next blog we will look at the steps we should take to track down the causes of the problems and how to make a treatment plan to address these problems.


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Quest's Profitable Moment
In this week's (barely) profitable moment, a reality check for investors has come like a slap in the face to Wall Street.
On the surface, the sell-off isn't one for the history books. A Black Monday it is not. Normally, when the Dow drops by 2.5% to 3%, it doesn't ruffle the feathers of the hardened traders I've come to know down on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
My daily routine for "Quest Express" has me spending hours on the floor with the traders and market makers at the NYSE. They've been at this a long time, and even they say this week's volatility is like nothing they've ever seen.
Investors have seemed to rush to the exit one minute, and run back into the market the next.
On Monday, the swing on the Dow was more than 1,600 points.
The Dow went on a roller coaster ride Tuesday, oscillating between a gain and a loss 28 times throughout the session. The Dow fell another 1,000 points Thursday.
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Why? Well, that's anyone's guess. It could be the computer algorithms and high-frequency trading. Or maybe it's the fear of interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and its new chair (only a week into the job). Some are blaming the latest Wall Street financial product that no one seems to understand.
Regardless of the cause, the simple fact is that the party is over. Say farewell to interest rates near zero, not just in the United States, but in the U.K., in Europe and maybe even Japan!
It was fun while it lasted. Now the lights have come on and the punch bowl has been removed. Yes, some may have quite a financial hangover to contend with, but Financial Armageddon this is not.
Extreme turbulence rocks Wall Street
Fasten your seat belts. The stock market has gone from boring to bananas -- in the span of just two weeks. After months of unusual calm, fears about inflation and soaring bond rates have taken over Wall Street. After dropping by a spooky 666 points on Friday, the Dow plunged by a record 1,175 points on Monday. An attempted rebound was thwarted as stocks tumbled again on Thursday. The good news is the market turmoil doesn't mean the economy is in trouble. Growth still looks strong. A sell-off was long overdue. Extreme optimism about booming stocks made a tumble nearly inevitable. And here it is.
-- Matt Egan
Everyone's worried about interest rates
Will the Federal Reserve have to raise rates faster this year? Investors seem to think so. Jitters over higher inflation and the Fed helped send stocks plunging this week. It'll now be up to Jerome Powell, the new Fed chairman, to carefully guide those rate hikes without sparking a U.S. recession.
-- Donna Borak
Why Americans aren't going to the Olympics
Americans are skipping out on the Winter Olympics this year. Flight bookings from the United States to South Korea in February were up 24% compared with the previous year, according to data from travel intelligence firm ForwardKeys. That figure would normally be in the triple digits for such a big event, said a ForwardKeys spokesman. Blame the lack of interest on high travel costs, a shortage of hotel rooms and a remote location: PyeongChang, where the games take place, is a two-hour train ride from the South Korean capital, Seoul. And rising tensions with North Korea don't help.
-- Danielle Wiener-Bronner
German workers win right to 28-hour work week
A large chunk of labor union IG Metall's 2.3 million members are getting more flexible working hours and a big pay raise. Workers at many of Germany's top engineering firms -- including Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler -- can now choose to work 28 hours a week for up to two years before returning to the standard 35-hour week. IG Metall said it will help employees with children and older relatives. It is expected to have ripple effects across German industry. The economy could benefit, too, as the workers who are covered go out and spend more.
-- Nathaniel Meyersohn
Quick takes
Facebook's Europe executive has incurable cancer
Ryanair's CEO told pilots to go ahead and strike.
A European bank was caught laundering Mexican drug money.
Tim Geithner says our political system looks terrible.
Bitcoin continues to puzzle U.S. regulators.
What's next
Food earnings extravaganza: Restaurant Brands, PepsiCo, Dr Pepper Snapple, Coca-Cola, Campbell, JM Smucker and Kraft Heinz all report earnings next week. With Dr Pepper's Keurig merger, Burger King's odd net neutrality ad, Pepsi's Super Bowl presence, Coca-Cola's recycling initiative and Smucker's price hikes, there's a lot to discuss.
Fed in focus: As new Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell wrestles with the possibility of growing inflation, the Fed will release its minutes from outgoing Chairwoman Janet Yellen's final board of governors meeting. The Fed will share its minutes on Wednesday.
Olympics: The opening ceremony is Friday in PyeongChang. American media companies will try to capitalize on the coverage, and South Korea will try to recoup the $13 billion cost to host the games.


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The DfE announced last week another U-turn in assessment policy. Baseline Assessment of reception children has been abandoned as an accountability measure.
This is a victory for the campaign which brought together the NUT, the ATL, early years organisations and parents' groups. The last 12 months of petitions, street stalls, research and argument have produced a great result, which will benefit teachers and pupils alike.
The private companies which sold Baseline Assessment systems to schools will now be trying to persuade teachers to carry on using their tests and observation schedules, on a voluntary basis. The Union believes that there is no good reason for schools to do this. Research from the UCL Institute of Education, commissioned by the NUT and ATL, showed that over 90 per cent of teachers did not think Baseline Assessment was a fair and accurate way of assessing children. Teachers emphasised that they already had a well-proven method to hand, the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile.
The DfE is now "considering options for improving assessment arrangements", through discussion with stakeholders. The Union welcomes the opportunity to participate in such discussions. We believe in developing forms of assessment which support children's learning needs. Baseline Assessment, with its focus on school accountability, was an entirely inappropriate means of doing this, and the confusion of accountability and assessment must not be repeated.
Teachers and parents who are angry and dismayed at the fiasco of assessment at KS1 and KS2 will take heart from the Government's U-turn on Baseline. There is wide support for a movement against primary testing, which the Union is now working to build.
For more information go to www.teachers.org.uk/campaigns/baseline.


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It has been a long time since I last blogged, but I have missed it quite a bit. I stopped a few years back for, well, practical reasons we can call it, to make a long story short. Now those reasons are no longer present in my life and so I thought I'd give blogging another shot.
Since my old blog was fairly… Well, old. And since my life has had a bit of a fresh start in more ways than one recently I figured I could just as well get a fresh start with the blogging. Hence, I started up this brand new blog with a brand new theme at a brand new adress (same platform though, I really like WordPress and would really recommend it to anybody out there thinking about starting a blog and choosing between the various available platforms).
The site is still a work in progress, with empty pages, default images, no categories and so on, so there'll be a few updates in the near future. Until then you'll simply have to endure the mess.
Readers that used to read my old blog back in the day might notice something very different about this post, compared to the posts on my old blog – the language. Being a Swede, living in Estonia, having friends and contacts all over Europe and a few in far corners of the world as well, I'll probably switch between languages depending on what I'm writing about.
Like on my previous blog I imagine I'll comment and share reflections on Swedish politics and media. When doing that I'll try to stick to mostly Swedish. I don't believe that most of my non-swedish readers would be very interested anyways. In addition to that I'll be writing some on different topics, life in Estonia (don't worry though, I wont bore you with who I'm having lunch with or how the coffee tastes. It's not a life style blog – I cant stand those things.), world events, culture, probably debunking a few myths about eastern Europe and so on. While writing about these things I'll probably stick mostly with English. Eventually I might even try to post something in Estonian, but that's not going to happen anytime soon.
So, read the Swedish posts, or the English ones, or both, or neither. It doesn't really matter to me, I'm writing mostly for myself. Some people do yoga, others see a therapist. I write. That being said, I do greatly appreciate the exchange you can sometimes have by making your thoughts available to others. So of course I appreciate having a readership, especially an active one that comments and shares their own thoughts.


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Tavon Austin's tenure with the Rams, once filled with optimism and potential, soon will end in disappointment, less than two years after the team signed him to a massive contract.
In an unsurprising move, the Rams are expected to release Austin, their top receiver in 2015, before the NFL's free-agency period opens on March 14. NFL Network reported Thursday that the Rams might pursue a trade for Austin, but that seems unlikely, given Austin's contract and his ineffectiveness last season.
If the Rams cut Austin, they will receive $3 million in salary-cap relief in 2018, but will retain $5 million against their cap total. For the Rams, that's a better choice than keeping Austin, because that cap space is valuable and Austin's role in their offense had been reduced to that of a decoy.
Austin, the No. 8 pick of the 2013 draft, signed a four-year, $42-million contract with the Rams in Aug. 2016, even though he had yet to exceed 907 yards from scrimmage in a single season.
The Rams, under then-coach Jeff Fisher, thought they could build a big part of their offense around Austin, a speedy, 5-foot-9 receiver who also contributed in the run game, but in 2016, Austin totaled only 668 yards and four touchdowns and Fisher got fired before the end of the season.
Austin never found a role in the offense of new coach Sean McVay last year. Wrist and hamstring injuries limited Austin's role in the offseason program and in training camp, and once the season started, Austin landed low on the receiver depth chart, behind Sammy Watkins, Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp.
Austin even lost his job as the Rams' primary punt returner early in the season because of fumbling problems, and by midseason his role was limited to that of backup running back. Austin finished with 13 catches for 47 yards, and 59 carries for 270 yards.
Once he is cut loose by the Rams, Austin, who turns 27 this month, will be free to sign with any other team. The Rams will use the extra cap space to help sign pending free agents.
High on that list is Watkins, who is set to become a free agent this month. If the Rams don't sign Watkins to a new contract — as is likely — they could choose to apply the NFL's one-year "franchise tag" to Watkins. The Rams already have Woods, Kupp, Pharoh Cooper, Josh Reynolds and other receivers under contract for 2018.


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13 September 2017
Robin Broadbent interview
In this follow-up to 'Obsessive meditations' in Eye 94, art director Richard Krzykak interviews photographer Robin Broadbent about his practice
Obsessive meditations UK photographer Robin Broadbent left the UK for New York in 1999. Though he had published some personal work in the photobooks Marmalade and Minus Sixteen (both published by Browns), he had become frustrated with the still life photography he was asked to do by London art directors.
6 September 2017
Books received #28 (music and visual culture)
The design and look of music – from classical CDs and rave culture to stock (library) album covers and jazz photography
Here are some musically inclined books that came to our attention in recent months.
31 August 2017
The look of literature
The Man Booker longlist provides a snapshot of graphic design for literary fiction. By Robert Hanks
The variety of the novels on this year's Man Booker longlist is reflected in the cover designs: it is hard to pin down any themes, writes Robert Hanks.
6 January 2017
Noted #79
Graffiti removal, Circular #19, The Phonografik Collectivo, Optimology° and Fermata
Here are a few things – graffiti removal, a Phoenician alphabet project, a media wall installation, Optimology° and a typography magazine – that caught our attention in recent weeks.
16 December 2016
Eye of Bamako
Malick Sidibé's photography captured the energy, joy and hope of post-colonial Mali. Review by Mariam Dembele
Malian photographer Malick Sidibé was known as the 'Eye of Bamako', writes Mariam Dembele.
7 December 2016
Books received #24
Eggers in the sky, Callahan's streets, Tim Burton, rubber-stamped Chilean horror and a Brit in Japan
Here are a few photobooks that have recently caught our attention … each reviewed in no more than 140 characters.
2 December 2016
Loud, proud and animated
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Tate Britain's 'BP Loud Tate' brought together hip-hop, digital animation and a talk about women of colour in the arts hosted by Gal-dem magazine
On Saturday 12 November, an array of UK-based artists and musicians took over Tate Britain for a day of workshopping, discussion and performances, writes Mariam Dembele.
11 November 2016
Offset Sheffield 2016: day two
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Florence Blanchard, LEGO, Shane Griffin, Ben Bos, Laura Carlin, Sabrina Bongiovanni, TDR, Cat Powell, Morag Myerscough & Droga5 in Sheffield
The second of two reports from Offset Sheffield … written by final-year students at Sheffield Institute of Art's Graphic Design and Illustration course. The first day's report can be read here.
10 October 2016
Books received #23
When War is Over, Drawn in Stereo, George McGovern & The Democratic Insurgents, The Big Adventure of a Little Line and Money
Here are a few books that caught our attention in recent weeks … each reviewed in no more than 140 characters.
22 September 2016
Coffee in NZ – an unfiltered scrapbook
Many great projects would never exist without one person's unreasonable obsession. Did any publisher ever think that what the world needs now is a book about the coffee houses of Wellington, 1939-79? Or commission a focus group to test it?


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Hi, first i'm very afraid for my bad "google translate " english.i'm Francesco and it's shortly that i try to use Hfs with this tamplate.Trying to improve the avi streaming i only replaced the original "terayon_prewievbox.fs" and the " .tpl" with the slasherx's posted files.Is enough? Because now i see a new icon near .avi files but if i clik it under firefox nothing happens and under IE appears a blank divx player windows and the browsers say that i must install divx plugin.I already have installed the request pugin but the same happens again whenever...Thanks for the attenction and for the great job!!again sorry for the english.. i hope in a possible solutionBye
its amazing nobody mentions that vlc media player can be embedded into html php etc and can stream everything mkv ETC why bother making support for each extension type wmv, avi,mp4 etc when you can have one player that accepts all videos and audio. and plus its supported in every single operating system there is, linux,xp,mac,all types of linux distros its strange that i am the only person whom is thinking about such thing while the whole open source community is always talking about open source software but none of them are promoting it strange really
Just for other formats I guess, too much work went into the flash player not to use it. I still doubt we will do it. The javascript overhead is a concern.
Very nice work mate, this way all video files have to be in root directory? I just tested it, video didn't load but then again i need to go to bed. I will try again.Possible to implement this in the rawr template would be pretty sweet.My Setup is files divided in catagories and stuff.Would be cool vlc plugin with rawr template in spawn box.My set is like this right now
%item-name%
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Use %item-full-url%.


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The goal of this project is to give the community a place to coordinate work contracted on a day-to-day basis. Some of the functions that the Day Labor center will serve are: as a point of congregation for laborers looking for work, a training center for the community, and possibly contain a small food service operation.
The scope of the project includes all phases of design from identifying users and programming their needs to construction and possibly operation.
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Dog Abandoned At Factory Was So Scared He Barely Moved — Until He Realized He Was Safe
He's a completely different dog now.
After Hugo ended up on the streets all alone, he started spending his days near a factory where some other stray dogs lived as well. Unfortunately, one day he got into a fight with those other dogs and ended up very, very hurt. One of the factory workers spotted him and could see how injured he was, and decided the best thing to do would be to call for help.
Hope for Paws got the call about little Hugo and drove out to the factory to try and help him. When rescuers arrived, they found him resting on a blanket next to a fence …
… but as soon as he spotted them, he immediately got up and limped behind the fence, too scared to let anyone come near him.
Rescuers tried to offer Hugo food, hoping that would entice him to come closer to them, but his fear ran too deep, and instead he scurried into one of the garages at the factory and hid under a bulldozer.
They continued to try and offer him food, but all he did was stare at it and refused to move at all, as if he were paralyzed with fear.
Rescuers knew the little dog was never going to come near them voluntarily, and so they decided to just quickly try to get a leash around him …
… and after a little bit of a struggle, they were finally able to secure him.
Rescuers had to pull Hugo closer to them, because the little dog was still too scared to move. He stared at his rescuers, still unsure of whether they were there to help him or harm him. Even once they petted him for a bit and picked him up, he still looked incredibly scared and nervous about the whole situation.
Rescuers quickly drove Hugo to the vet to get his injuries checked out, and discovered that his wounds were more serious than they had originally thought, which is probably why the poor dog had been so scared and unresponsive. His wounds were incredibly deep and infected, and he ended up needing surgery and drains to help clear the infection.
As soon as little Hugo began treatment for his injuries, he suddenly became a completely different dog. His pain had made his fear even worse, and once he was feeling a little better, he realized he was finally safe, and began to warm up to the rescuers who helped save his life.
Now, Hugo is completely healed, and is loving life in his foster home. He is so incredibly happy, and has so many foster dog siblings to play with and a foster family to give him so much love.
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Crowns Engine Houses, Botallack
For hundreds of years, these iconic buildings have survived the Cornish elements, a testament to their ingenious and robust construction. At high tide, the Atlantic waves swirl in all directions, putting on a dramatic show of power and ferocity. Just imagine then, how these brave tin miners must have felt as they descended into the shaft that extends half a mile from the coast below the sea bed!


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Schutzhund is a German word meaning "protection dog." It refers to a sport that focuses on developing, polishing and evaluating those traits in dogs that make them more useful and happier companions to their owners. Schutzhund work concentrates on three separate areas, consisting of tracking, obedience and protection. The Schutzhund standards for protection work are very similar to those for dogs in police work.
While dogs of other breeds are admitted to Schutzhund trials, this breed evaluation test was developed specifically for the German Shepherd Dog. Schutzhund is intended to demonstrate the dog's intelligence and utility.
In a working trial, Schutzhund assesses the dog's mental stability, endurance, structural efficiencies, ability to scent, willingness to work, courage and trainability.
The sport offers dog owners an opportunity to train their dogs and to compete with each other for recognition of both the handler's ability to train and the dog's ability to perform. It is a sport enjoyed by persons of varied professions who join together in camaraderie born of their common interest in working with their dogs. Persons of all ages and conditions of life – even those with significant disabilities – enjoy Schutzhund. Often, it is a family sport.
The staff of Camano Island Kennels has competed successfully at the international level with the kennel's own Schutzhund service dogs. Some have ranked very high for training in national and international Schutzhund trials. This has included attaining the position of number-one dog in the United States and number-one dog in Canada in their respective classes.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Coming off a summer tour as a special guest on Foreigner's 40th Anniversary Tour, Jason Bonham, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, carries on his father's legacy in Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, coming 8 p.m. Dec. 13 to the historic War Memorial Auditorium.
Tickets start at $25 and are available now at www.WMArocks.com, by phone at 615-782-4030, and in person at the TPAC Box Office, 505 Deaderick St., in downtown Nashville.
At the age of five, Jason could play the drums, at least a scaled-down set of them, with skill. When he was 17, he was a member of the band Air Race. The group signed a record contract with Atlantic Records, recorded one album and opened for big names like Queen, Meat Loaf, Ted Nugent and AC/DC. John Bonham died in 1980, but Jason, who has marked a few places in music history himself, has stepped in from time to time to help keep his father's memory alive.
In 1988, Jason took his father's spot in the first-ever televised Led Zeppelin reunion at the Atlantic records 40th Anniversary concert, and he represented his father when Led Zeppelin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in January 1995, with his sister Zoe by his side. He soon put together another solo project which culminated with "In the Name of My Father – The Zepset" cd, which featured the songs of Led Zeppelin. The album followed up with "When You See the Sun."
On Dec. 10, 2007, Jason played drums in the most anticipated concert of all time – the Led Zeppelin reunion at London's O2 arena with surviving members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant.
Jason's Bonham's music career includes numerous album collaborations with music greats such as Paul Rodgers, Slash, and David Gilmour, with movie and television appearances in the film "Rock Star" and the VH1 reality TV show, "SuperGroup."
For more information, visit http://www.jasonbonham.net.
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