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"My gun is so inaccurate! I want to buy a precision barrel!. Hey, how come that guy with a stock Tokyo Marui is getting all the frags?!"
Sounds familiar? Failure to zero the sights is a fairly universal problem, and leads to frustration because you're not hitting the opponents quickly. Sure enough you can follow the stream of BBs and use that to "aim", but with the BBs easily taking a second to reach even medium ranges, it's an inevitably slow method. By the time you've got the direction right, a fast-moving opponent won't be there anymore.
Before even thinking of zeroing the sights, the weapon should have the trajectory it will have when you use it. Most airsoft guns have hop-up, so be sure to adjust the hop-up (or select the right BBs if the hop-up is a fixed one) before zeroing. There are no rules to adjusting hop-up: What works for you works. Some people like a bit more hop, some less. Remember that if you use less hop-up, the BB trajectory will be closer to an even curve, so you can elevate the rear sight to compensate for that and extend the range.
It is advisable to hold the weapon as level as possible when you shoot the adjustment shots: If you point it down ever so slightly, you may end-up setting the hop-up too high, as the BBs will first dive, then rise to the sight level and finally above it. On level ground you may actually achieve some "floating" extra range like this, but if you are shooting prone you could end up hitting the ground instead of your target - and when you'd aim higher, the BBs would go over the heads of your targets as if they had a force shield surrounding them!
The important part is to set your hop-up to the setting and use the same BBs you'll be using in the field.
Due to the effect of hop-up, even a slight tilt of the weapon to either side will cause the BBs to curve in that direction. You wouldn't believe how many times we've heard a right-handed person say that his shots are curving to the left!
OPEN SIGHTS aka. IRON SIGHTS
Adjusting open sights is a rather intuitive and simple process, even though there are lots of different types of open sights. In some cases you adjust the rear sight only, sometimes only the front sight is used for adjustment. There are also cases where one sight is used for adjusting elevation (up/down), and the other for windage (left/right), but you can always easily figure out what the adjustment actually does.
Often called M16s or M4s or Armalites (referring to one of the brands and the original manufacturer), the AR-15 sights are rather easy to zero without special tools - although turning the front sight is even easier with the designated tool. Elevation is adjusted with the front sight, while the rear sight is the one adjusted for windage. In modern models such as the M4A1 and M16A2, the rear sight can also be moved up and down. This is used to compensate for range, and is not meant to be a means to zero the weapon.
Holding the title of the second oldest assault rifle in the world, the AK is numerous in variants. While some models have interesting sights, most of them follow the same pattern and are zeroed for windage and elevation in the front. The rear sight can be set for range up to very optimistic distances. Setting it to 800 meters does not mean "MAXIMUM POWA!", as some combatants in Rhodesia claimed in the early 80's. Most airsoft AK's come with an adjustment tool for elevation, but adjusting the windage is a bit more of a task. In the Tokyo Marui AK the entire front sight base is moved coarsely after loosening a screw below the barrel, while on Real Sword Type 56s the adjustment is done with a specific tool to the sight post base, as on the real thing.
The SIG assault rifles have the heart of an AK beating inside them, with more user-friendly ergonomics and precise Swiss manufacturing. They are an interesting example for this article, since they are zeroed entirely with rear sight adjustments. The SIG series from Tokyo Marui are credited for good accuracy and the iron sights are a pleasure to use. The rotating drum has various apertures for range.
Although your local politican may think all handguns are offensive, they are most of the time a defensive weapon rather than an offensive one. As such they are used at close ranges where accuracy isn't that critical. The short sight radius and barrel as well as a lack of stock makes them less accurate than long arms, and simply technique can shift the Point of Impact more than slight adjustments. Many airsoft pistols have fixed sights even when they appear to be mounted in a dovetail groove, but there are exceptions as well. Models such as the Tokyo Marui Hi-Capa and other sport pistols most often have adjustable rear sights.
OPTIC SIGHTS aka. SCOPES AND RED DOTS
Scopes with magnification are typically used for rather long ranges. Especially a large magnification (3-4x and above) makes it difficult to aim with both eyes open, so the other eye is closed. While the relative lack of accuracy of airsoft guns doesn't really warrant a scope to be used, it is often handy for spotting opponents and tracking the BB flight beyond the eyesight of the naked eye.
Red dots are more like an advanced version of open sights, and are used similarly with both eyes open. Instead of aligning the target, front sight, rear sight and your eye, you only need to align the target, the dot and your eye, which is faster. Red dots also give you a benefit of being able to aim even in twilight, where iron sights are often hard or impossible to see.
Optics most often have elevation and windage knobs on the top and side respectively, but it is not a universal standard as to which way the adjustment dial is turned for the desired adjustment. For this reason you either need to break out the manual, or make a large adjustment and see what effect it had.
Because the line of sight is never the same as the bore axis, the weapon has to be zeroed to a certain range. The line of sights is straight while the projectile flies following a ballistic trajectory, so the BB should cross the line of sights once as it's going up, and another time when it's coming down. If you choose a too long range for zeroing, an airsoft gun may not be able to produce reasonable groupings repeatedly, and you'd be wasting your time trying to determine an average point of impact from shots that are more than a foot apart from each other.
You get the best range when you arc the shots by adjusting the weapon to shoot high. But if you overdo it, you might shoot over a target that's at a closer range, so be careful about that. There are ballistic computers to calculate the trajectory with real firearms, but hop-up (especially as people use various settings) throws all calculations out of the window. It is easiest to shoot targets at various ranges to determine the trajectory of your airsoft gun.
As a rule of thumb, a good distance for zeroing is 20 meters (65') for long guns and 10 meters (33') for handguns. When you hit the point of aim at these distances, you will hit anything at longer ranges as well, limited only by the maximum flight distance of the BB. If you have difficulty producing a reasonable grouping from these distances, it is advisable to double-check that the barrel is clean and the BBs used are high quality and clean. Shooting should be done from a rest or support of some sort to minimize human error, but shooting off-hand is also advisable for reference.
Choose a location where you are not disturbed (and others are not disturbed by you!), preferably with as little wind as possible. Bring enough targets, make sure your battery is loaded or you have enough gas, or whatever you need to keep the weapon running. A ruler, pen and paper are great for taking notes for future reference.
Zeroing is started by shooting a grouping of five shots with the weapon "as is", so you know where to adjust the sights to begin with. If you can't hit the target at all, move closer to the target or alternatively use a bigger sheet. If this should happen, please look under the topic "COARSE MEANS".
If your shots land in the middle of the target, shoot more strings to ensure that the performance is consistent. If not, proceed to fine-adjust the sights as necessary. If you want to visualize the adjustment, you can imagine the sights, bore axis and line of sights with their relationship grossly exaggerated, or you can draw a simple diagram on paper.
"The front sight goes where the shots went" is a useful mnemoniac for adjustments. If the BBs hit below the centerline, the front sight should be lowered to raise the PoI. Usually the front sight post is turned clockwise to screw it in. If the shots hit the target on the left side, move the front sight to the left.
"The rear sight follows the center" is the idea for adjusting the rear sight. If the shots are hitting the target too high, lower the rear sight. If the shots are going to the right, move the rear sight to the left. It's really this simple!
With handguns, errors in shooting technique can shift the grouping in any direction, so if the pistol appears to be dead-on from a rest but the groupings shift when you shoot off-hand, don't cheat yourself by aiming off or adjusting the sights! Many right-handed shooters shoot to the left and southpaws to the right, because the trigger finger makes an arc but the trigger moves on a linear axis back and forth. Imagine pulling the tip of your finger towards the aiming eye to cure this. When you dry-fire a handgun, the sight picture should not move to either side.
Sometimes the adjustment range of sights is not enough to make the point of aim and point of impact meet at any range. Bearing in mind that optics are originally designed for real rifles, which can put five rounds in a 25mm (1") circle at 100 meters (328 feet), the adjustments are very minute so the user is able to make minute changes to the exact PoI. If you have an airsoft rifle that shoots 20 cm (8") off from 20 meters (65 feet), it is unlikely that you will be able to correct that with fine-clicks on a scope.
If that is the case, it is worth to inspect the rifle to see if the outer barrel is mounted straight on the receiver, and the inner barrel is positively centered inside the outer barrel. If you don't have barrel spacers and you find slop, you can wrap layers of sellotape around the inner barrel to "shim" it tighter. One turn of sellotape adds 0.1 mm to the diameter. (You can also use layers of sellotape just on one side of the barrel to shift the PoI!)
After truing the barrel as straight as you can, you should look at the scope mount rail and rings. Thin shims under the front or rear of the scope rail are perfect for correcting elevation. The side of a coke can is 0.08 mm thick, so it's still not fixing a small problem with a big hammer.
A need to correct windage with these means is less common, but still possible. The rail usually can't be shifted sideways, because the shape aligns it with the receiver. You can use "can shims" or tape to offset the scope mount rings ever so slightly. The shim should be placed between the solid side of the claw of the ring, because on the loose side it won't do anything. This adjustment method should not be overdone, because offsetting the scope rings can cause torsion on the scope tube. You can also put tape on one side between the scope tube and mount ring to align the scope.
After you have found the correct fix to align your sights, you may want to lock them in place. Unless you're using expensive real-steel parts, it is quite possible that the zeroing point is lost simply from detaching and attaching the scope, so secure all screws with blue Loctite. Don't use too strong agents for this! Once the coarse adjustments have brought you close enough to where you want, you can go back to "ADJUSTING THE SIGHTS" or "OPTIC SIGHTS" for fine-tuning of the dials of the sights.
Having the weapon hit what you aim and knowing it is a great psychological advantage in the field. Combined with shooting practice with targets it will improve your success as a player. While shooting skill alone isn't all there is to surviving in the field, it's a good start. If you are frequently in a situation where you were stealthy enough to spot the opponent first but missed them when you pulled the trigger, you know what to do!


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Well lets make the newsletter a bit shorter this time but keep it more uptodate. First of all, if you downloaded Fridays maps, there was a bug in the overviewmap content to be seen at all resolutions in Basecamp. (the bug didn't affect the map view on the GPS devices, nor in Mapsource or Qlandkarte GT). This got fixed if you downloaded the maps on Saturday or later. So if you wonder about straight motorways appearing twice - there a gone again now. However a nice feature - of the background changing colour slightly depending on the resolution is gone now. Also the typfiles needed to be changed again (0x4b is now again the background).
For Mac OSx downloads, I renamed the downloads from COUNTRY.gmap.7z to COUNTRY_macosx.7z. This is only the name of the packed download. However if you did make a mistake and extracted the content not using "extract here" but "extract to "COUNTRY.gmap" the problem of macosx making automatically a kinda broken gmap installation package out of it is solved now. So if you unpack now to "COUNTRY_macosx" - then it will be recognized as a standard folder, which you can access normally and not recognized as a package.
Since Geofabrik is offering a Peru country extract, Peru is available for download too now - so the most touristic countries in South America now all got their own country extract - less need for the full South America continent map download.
Also in my last newsletter, I forgot to mention that the full Asia continent contourlines are updated now, to a good quality standard. They are still too large to be integrated into the maps, but if you really need them, and know how to use them, they are good quality too now. Also the Himalaya contours extract is updated, covering a larger region than before - and slightly better quality.
Next Thursday I fly for 5 weeks to Santiago de Chile. Twould be nice to go mountainbiking there (though I will need to rent a mountainbike), so if anyone openmtbmap user lives in or aroung Santiago, I'ld be happy to hear from you. I won't go there for holidays though, I'll be working from a co-working space, and try to push Openstreetmap / Openmtbmap and bicycle/mtb information there a bit.
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A US Citizen born in Jerusalem will not have his US Report of Birth indicate "Jerusalem, Israel", rather the country-less, "Jerusalem." Even sadder, the Obama White House webpage removed all references to "Jerusalem, Israel" and replaced them with the single word, "Jerusalem".
And now...the "American Friends of Peace Now" have decided to join the fray. They have asked to join the case next week, siding with the US State Department, insisting that Jerusalem NOT be recognized as the capital of Israel.
When the psalmist wrote, "If I forget Jerusalem, let my right hand lose its strength," I wonder if he ever thought that Jews would be demanding that the Supreme Court of the United States deny the connection between Israel and its capital city, Jerusalem.
I guess there's a reason they are called, "leftists."
Americans for Peace Now, the U.S. partner of Israel's leftist Peace Now organization, has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in order to oppose listing "Israel" as home country in the passports of those born in Jerusalem.
Since Israel's founding, the American government has not recognized any sovereignty over Jerusalem, be it Israel, Palestinian or Jordanian. As part of this policy, the U.S. embassy to Israel was established in Tel Aviv, despite a law passed in Congress, calling for the embassy to be moved to Jerusalem.
Furthermore, in passports of Jerusalem-born American citizens, the name of the city appears without any reference to a home country. On the other hand, passports of Tel Aviv-born citizens read "Tel Aviv, Israel".
In 2002, Congress passed a law which states that any American citizen born in Jerusalem who makes a special request is able to request that "Israel" be written as their country of birth. Former President George W. Bush did not follow the law, stating that the law interferes with the president's constitutional authority to "conduct the nation's foreign affairs and to supervise the unitary executive branch."
On the other hand, the law does not allow Palestinian residents of Jerusalem to list "Palestine" in their passports, despite regulations which allow Palestinians born in East Jerusalem before 1948 to list "Palestine", with no reference to Jerusalem (Palestine was considered an official sovereign entity before the founding of the state of Israel).
Three months after the law passed, Menachem Zivotofsky was born in Jerusalem. His parents, both of whom are American citizens, requested his passport to list Israel as the country of birth. When the U.S. embassy refused, the family appealed to the U.S. Federal Court. A federal judge rejected the appeal, stating that the matter was a "political matter".
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After eighteen months of hints, VMware has unveiled the final version of its "Horizon Suite" end-user computing stack.
VMware has wanted more of a desktop presence for years, shelling out for Zimbra in 2010 in the hope enterprises liked the idea of webified email and calendars operating within their own data centres.
Zimbra's not set the world on fire, but the rise and rise of bring your own device (as a meme, if not a reality) saw the virty giant articulate a vision for a product capable of piping enterprise assets such as files, desktops and software-as-a-service subscriptions into any device a user cares to take out into the big bad world.
Horizon is the final form of that vision and comprises three components:
- Horizon View 5.2 to define and deliver virtual desktops
- Horizon Mirage 4 to manage PCs and/or PC images
- Horizon Workspace 1.0 to control permissions for resource access on endpoints
Only Workspace is an entirely new product and even it brings together bits of what VMware has in the past called Project Octopus, Project AppBlast and Project AppShift, while the ThinApp, Horizon Application Manager and Horizon Mobile products have all been stripped of their useful bits and reassembled as Horizon Workspace.
The product is designed to give sysadmins the chance to set up profiles for users that define the data, applications and subscriptions they are permitted to access. Subscriptions are very important to VMware as it wants its version of BYOD to see IT departments sign up for enterprise-wide software-as-a-service deals and then dole out access through the IT department instead of allowing a free-for-all as users connect to business' accounts through unmanaged devices.
Once that profile has been established, users can grab software from a corporate app store and access them on any device they choose, provided it runs Windows, Mac OS X, iOS or Android. When they do so, they'll be asked to log on to Workspace with two-factor authentication. Workspace handles sign-on to third-party services, with a little help from SAML.
The combined effect of the suite means that when staff log on they see a familiar file tree if that's what IT wants. Icons denoting bootable desktops are on offer, if provisioned, as are icons to launch SaaS services.
At a Sydney press event VMware demonstrated Windows running happily on an iPad, and Office apps running in that instance of Windows, to show off the new suite's capabilities. The Reg was also shown access to a file server. Horizon View has been enhanced so it can now deliver the desktop experience into browsers thanks to HTML5.
VMware's Sydney event wheeled out a beta tester, the University of Wollongong, which professing a liking for what it's seen so far in a pilot for 50 users. The uni said Horizon could be just the thing it needs to ensure tablet-toting students can see the files they need without academics needing to resort to DropBox.
The hypervisor-maker hopes that opinion is widely shared, but it is also putting plenty of resources into making Horizon Suite a success. Duncan Bennett, VMware's vice-president and managing director for Australia and New Zealand, told The Reg the company has hired a new sales and support team to promote the product.
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Singin' the blues: Vocal cord troubles silence careers
Adele is British? She doesn't sing with an English accent. She sounds like she's from Louisiana with a mint julep in one hand and a burning cigarette in the other. When I first heard about Adele from a rather hip friend, I ignored her, thinking Adele would fade away quickly like other "hot" from a while ago: Tracy Chapman, Macy Gray, Norah Jones. So when Adele came out with another album that's a huge hit, I could no longer resist buying it. And let me tell you, "We could have had it aaaaaall!"
So why is Adele silent now?
Adele's vocal cords cannot handle the heat and passion of her songs. She hemorrhaged her vocal cords, which resulted in her canceling what would have been her current US tour.
Many singers have experienced a flat note due to vocal cords problems. Sting, Elton John, Julie Andrews, and Steven Tyler, to name a few, have been temporarily stifled by vocal cord nodes. Nodes and polyps are growths on the vocal cords that prevent proper function to sing and speak.
The vocal cords consist of cartilage, soft tissue, and muscles that can be damaged from many things. Screaming like the phonies do on Desperate Housewives and Jersey Shore can ruin the voice box (but not soon enough for me!) Vocal abuse from straining while singing and speaking can cause growths on the vocal cords. So when there's a big bump on the cords, they cannot vibrate to produce beautiful sounds.
Stevie Nicks and Madonna have said they are careful how they talk, especially when on tour because they lose their voices from strain. Remember how Stevie sang before she lost her voice? In the '70s, her voice didn't quiver like an 8.0 earthquake.
My choir director always yelled at us to sing properly so we wouldn't get vocal cords nodes. Ironically, he got nodes in his later years– maybe from screaming at us. The vocal abuse lays down nodules that become scarred and hard.
Many contestants on American Idol who don't know how to sing properly or who aren't trained to sing a lot, have struggled to hit high notes. Idol winner Jordin Sparks' vocal cords hemorrhaged after the competition. (Egad, it sounds like a boxing match!)
I read in Rolling Stone magazine that Adele has tried to quit smoking, but I don't think she's kicked the habit (which really is more of an addiction than a habit). Smoking causes inflammatory material to build up in the vocal cord to create a husky voice. Britney Spears has been reported to say that she smokes to keep her voice raspy. Also, smokers tend to cough which can lead a polyp to bleed.
Chronic irritants such as tobacco, alcohol, acid reflux, and postnasal drip can ruin the voice. Many folks who have seen an Ear Nose Throat doctor don't believe they have GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) causing their raspy throat– until the take an antacid and notice improvement. Folks who clear their throats a lot often have GERD or postnatal drop from allergies.
"The Sound of Silence"– the practice not the classic song– is the best medicine to treat nodes, but surgery is often needed to remove these little devils. Voice lessons to learn how to sing and speak properly without straining are also important. And did I mention this: "Don't smoke!"
Adele, girlfriend, if you are out there reading this, do me a favor. Don't smoke. Rest your voice. And call me. I can be both your personal physician and back-up singer– as long as you give me a few solos on tour. My cords are rested.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a respected physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions!
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Dr. Hook,
I beleive I have vocal cord nodules. I also sing around town. Can you recommend a Physician that practices in the New Orleans area? And is nodule removal surgery painful, and successful. Can they return after removal?
Worst idea in the world is to put these doctors in newspapers with help columns. We create a bunch of egomaniacs who should be in an office tending to patients and not in the media dispensing the same tripe I can garner from WebMD.
First of all, he should not be reading "Rolling Stone." It was counterculture and credible up to, say, 1976. Jann Wenner is a weenie. Secondly, what percentage of the population experience vocal cord nodes? Why not put an article in the paper on testicular torsion?
Let's use the real estate for something more relevant and stop stroking the egos of these Dr. Phil wannabes. Havn't Dr. Ozzie's ill-researched recent diatribes taught us enough?


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MANKATO, Minn. (AP) A Minnesota college football coach said he wants to return to work now that a judge has dismissed prosecutors' claims that video he took of his children playing after a bath amounted to pornography.
A judge sided with Todd Hoffner, head coach at Minnesota State-Mankato, by throwing out the child porn charges against him on Friday. The judge said the cellphone video was nothing more than children playfully dancing naked after a bath.
``I'm just so thankful to be waking up from this nightmare,'' Hoffner said after the ruling, which came more than three months after the coach was escorted off a practice field and later arrested.
Now, Hoffner said, he wants to get back on the sideline. But it's unclear when that may happen.
Hoffner remains on administrative leave and won't be on the field Saturday when his undefeated Mavericks host Missouri Western in the Division II quarterfinals.
The university said he would remain on leave until its own investigation was complete, and school spokesman Don Benson said he had no timetable as to when that might happen.
Hoffner's attorney, Jim Fleming, said he believes that university officials ``know everything they need to know.''
Hoffner was charged after a school employee found the video on his university-issued cellphone and notified authorities. Hoffner had taken his problematic phone to work to be checked out.
Hoffner testified earlier that his three young children asked him to videotape a skit they had concocted after taking a bubble bath. His wife has defended him, as have supporters who even held candlelight vigils on his behalf.
A search of his home computer found no evidence of child porn, and social workers found no evidence that the couple's children had been abused. Hoffner said he had never even watched the video.
In her 24-page ruling Friday, Blue Earth County District Judge Krista Jass said she didn't find any evidence that the videos amounted to pornography.
``The videos under consideration here contain nude images of Defendant's minor children dancing and acting playful after a bath. That is all they contain,'' Jass wrote.
Fleming singled out the assistant county prosecutor who brought the charges, Mike Hanson, saying he ``essentially argued that this was child pornography because he knows it when he sees it.''
But Hanson said his office was only trying to enforce a law enacted to protect children.
``No matter what the prosecutor does in a controversial case with a high-profile suspect, they will be criticized. We do not go looking for cases like this, they are brought to us,'' the prosecutor said in a statement.
Hoffner, 46, of Eagle Lake, had been charged with one count of using minors in a sexual performance or pornographic work and one count of possessing child pornography.
The circumstances of the case, close on the heels of the Penn State scandal involving sexually abused children and authority figures who didn't intervene, invited questions about whether the school overreacted.
Fleming said it was for ``others to decide'' whether the Penn State case played a part in how Hoffner's case was handled.
``In light of all that's happened, it would be hard for me to say it wasn't at least a factor,'' the defense attorney said.
This was Hoffner's fifth year as head football coach at the school, where he had a 34-13 record. He led the Mavericks to the playoffs in 2008 and 2009, and a share of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference title in 2011. He was named NSIC coach of the year in 2009.
Word of the case's dismissal was starting to spread Friday night on campus the school of about 15,000 students that's among the state's largest universities. Sam Moyer, a senior from the Rochester area, said the charges were not a frequent topic of discussion among students.
Still, he said, ``I know quite a few people who thought this was just him making family memories - not a sexual act ... It's such a big conclusion to jump to, that he was some sexual predator. That ruins someone's life.''
Associated Press writer Amy Forliti contributed to this report from Minneapolis.


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If you're considering dating after domestic violence, one venue for meeting a partner is a bit more 21st century than bumping into someone at the bar. It's the same place where you've started managing bank accounts, reading the news, and selling your old stuff: the internet.
Some people shy away from the idea of online dating, but in today's tech-driven world, it's no longer as awkward as you may have thought. It can be a comfortable way to get to know someone before meeting him or her in person.
If you're considering turning to a dating website to meet new people, it's important to remember a few safety tips as well as red flags to look out for.
Read the warning signs
In the wake of Manti Te'o's online girlfriend hoax, the term "catfishing" has become synonymous with someone making up an online identity to trick people into a relationship. The potential to be duped shouldn't deter anyone from online dating — but if you're just beginning to meet people online, trusting your instinct is important.
There are some warning signs that might indicate that the person you're speaking with is less than genuine, has questionable intentions or is already involved/married. Some of these signs could be:
- Not posting any pictures of themselves online, or posting only a dark picture that is difficult to see
- Contacting you only irregularly/off and on
- Asking for your phone number but refusing to give you theirs
- Showing reluctance to meet up in person, even after lots of online correspondence
- Telling a lot of different stories or facts that don't quite "add up"
Set boundaries online and date safely
If you're suspicious of a photo, try doing a "reverse image search" on Google Images to see if these photos are coming up elsewhere on the Internet. To do a reverse image search, click and drag a photo into the search box on Google Images. Learn more on this type of search.
Create a separate e-mail account with a free service like Gmail to use just for your online dating activity. If an address is required to register for a site, consider getting a post office box instead of using your home address.
Install a free "privacy checker" on your computer and check privacy standards of the dating website that you are using.
Pay attention to your own online presence. Double check the privacy settings on social networking sites you use to see how much info about yourself is available to the public. Just as you may be looking up a potential date, it's possible that they will be doing the same.
Be honest when filling out your profile, but avoid giving out personal information (phone number, address, full name). If you're chatting/e-mailing with a potential date, don't give out too much personal info in your messages — a good rule of thumb is to stay on a first name basis until the first date.
Remember that your online profile isn't the right place to divulge personal info about your past relationships. There will be plenty of time after your first date to share more personal information.
If you have children, think about keeping them and your dating life separate for their own safety. While you may choose to list that you have children on your profile, avoid posting photos of them.
If you're skeptical about something an online admirer is telling you, ask a friend. An outside perspective can be very helpful if something doesn't feel right.
Consider talking on the phone before an in-person date. Give out your cell number instead of home or work phone numbers, or use a public phone.
If you do decide to meet someone "offline" and in person, there are safe dating tips to keep in mind such as meeting in a public place and having backup in the form of a friend to call.
Find a reputable site that works for you
Online dating allows you to be selective from the get-go. Many dating websites cost money to use, but this often means the people you'll find on the site are as committed to finding a date as you are. Here are some that we know to be widely used:
HowAboutWe: It boasts over 1,000,000 users and has been transforming traditional first dates for users. To get started, just post a date idea beginning with the words "How about we…"
AARP Dating: They've partnered with HowAboutWe to make their own site for the older generation, which makes online dating all about getting offline. The site even offers clever first date ideas: "How about we go to a museum and take turns pretending to be a tour guide — we'll just make it all up."
Match: The most well known dating site, which claims that it's responsible for more dates, relationships and marriages than any other dating site. It's more geared toward middle-aged and older daters than sites like OkCupid. Match emphasizes safe online and offline dating.
Single Parent Match, Christian Mingle and JDate are just a few examples of the many "niche" sites geared toward people with specific interests or beliefs who are looking to date a specific type of person.
Thinking what you want in a potential partner can be a good first step when you're beginning online dating. This will help you write your profile accordingly and look for potential "matches." Remember to practice safe dating both on and offline, and most importantly: Have fun!


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St. Petersburg Russia law questions if gay rights are human rights?
Bryana Johnson
DALLAS, March 18, 2012 — St. Petersburg, Russia has adopted a new policy designed to protect young people from exposure to propaganda by homosexual rights groups. The policy has created controversy amongst gay rights group.
On March 7, 2012, Gov. Georgy Poltavchenko signed into a law a bill that will fine individuals up to $170 and companies up to $17,000 for violating a ban on "public actions aimed at propagandizing sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism, and transgenderism among minors."
The St Petersburg law also includes amendments introducing stricter punishments for pedophilia.
|Photo: A Russian police officer detains a man dressed in a bridal gown during a gay rights protest in Moscow. Credit: AP Images
Responding to homosexualist activist Nikolay Alexeyev's intention to organize protest rallies near children's establishments, Pershin says "the persistence of sexual minorities and their intention to rally near children's establishments indicate that this regional law is highly needed and should be urgently given federal status."
Gay rights groups are unhappy and clamoring for redress against the government in St. Petersburg. In 2011 the LGBT activist organization All Out was able to pressure financial services website Paypal to shut down anti-LGBT agenda and Christian blogger Julio Severo's account, suspending access to funds.
Now the group is crying foul and calling the law a "gag rule" that "muzzles artists, writers, musicians, citizens and visitors," and they are the, "We Won't Go There," threatening to boycott travel to the Russian city.
Read more here.
Portuguese version of this article: Lei russa de São Petersburgo questiona se direitos gays são direitos humanos?
Source: The Washington Times, via Julio Severo in English: www.lastdayswatchman.blogspot.com
US gay group behind the shutdown of Julio Severo PayPal account wants to defeat Russian law banning homosexual propaganda


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mastermind JAPAN x Moncler Capsule Collection
mastermind JAPAN is closing shop soon, but the Japanese brand is certainly leaving with a big bang. To celebrate his leaving from the fashion business, Masaaki Homma, founder and creative director of the cult brand, has chosen Moncler. mastermind JAPAN worked on staples from the Moncler collection and added its own bold flair to them through patches.
"The results from the partnership are 17 garments from Moncler's world with Homma's most representative hallmarks. The nylon, available in glossy and opaque versions, sees application of lettering, pseudo-heraldic coats-of-arms and peace symbols, all defined by the iconic skull of Mastermind JAPAN, which Homma has always used as a synonym of impartiality and fight. The coq, the unmistakable logo which identifies the sophisticated technicality of Moncler, is "blackened" (almost completely) to mark the occasion, creating a dark effect."
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AAPD President Dr. Joel Berg was quoted in the below article regarding a study from the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine about how physicians are using the well-baby visits to do oral inspection, apply fluoride varnish, counsel parents and refer to dentists when needed.
"It's a very positive thing," Joel Berg, DDS, president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and dean of the University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, told Medscape Medical News. Dr. Berg, who was not involved in the study, has been following the success of the North Carolina program almost since its start in 2000. "The reality is, pediatricians and family physicians see these children much more often than dentists do during the first 3 years of life."
The study shows "[w]e're going in the right direction," Dr. Berg said, but it is a direction that needs to be bolstered by more training. "In medical school and residencies, [physicians] don't get as much training on teeth. We're looking at ways to improve that. We want to raise the bar on physician ability to assess disease."
To access the entire article, please go to: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/769950
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|Active park assist with parktronic system including front and rear parking sensors
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|6 speakers
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For posterity, I'm including the conversation that originally started this change below, as the template and talk page have been deleted. - TarkisFlux 20:43, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
Policy ChangeEdit
I'm proposing the following change to wiki policy:
- We no longer delete articles that do not meet their intended balance point, or the SGT if none is specified.
- We delete the Balance Assistance template. Talk pages again become the place where issues are brought up and discussed.
- We move the authority to delete articles for balance below monk level or above wizard level to the Rating's Committee, and only then with a majority vote with polling lasting at least one week. Alternately, we put it up to the general user base; really it just needs to not be something that any one person can do or threaten by putting up a template.
- Whoever brings it to the vote should not be able to participate in said vote, aside from arguing their position.
The reasons for these changes are straightforward. Balance levels are somewhat vague, and there is a consistent lack of agreement among members regarding content that falls in between. What is Rogue level for some is Fighter level for others, and neither of these positions can be wrong without more complete definitions of the balance levels (which we are actively avoiding). With neither of these positions being wrong, it is unreasonable to delete an article for having one or the other listed on it. This compromises our goal of providing accurate and easy to use balance levels somewhat, but as that goal seems completely unattainable without more complete definitions of said levels, I think this is as close as we can get.
The Balance Assistance template, which we currently use as a punitive measure against articles that someone feels do no meet their specified balance points, fails because of these edge cases. It largely serves to make authors suffer deletion threats for disagreeing with another user. It's other use, to notify a user of a balance concern, is more effectively realized by actually explaining the concern on the talk page instead of giving a terse note on the main page. Further, if we are no longer deleting pages for not rigorously meeting their indicated balance level, the template serves no notification / tracking purposes either.
I find the idea that one user can determine the fate of an article, regardless of how well respected, frankly repulsive. This was basically the case with the balance assist template, despite its intentions, and another reason I would be happy to see it go at this point. We may still need to delete articles for failing to even be on our balance scales, however, and that is a part of the wiki policy I do not want to see compromised. Moving the authority to a group of users, either the Rating Committee or the general user base, mitigates the one user issue.
Lastly, by allowing anyone to bring an issue up but then disallowing them from deciding the matter we require participation and discussion from additional users. This makes it impossible for one user to determine the fate of a poorly balanced article, and even defaults to the author if there is insufficient interest in the article for the complaint to be taken up.
I'd appreciate thoughts, concerns, support, and whatnot on these proposals, because I can't actually change policy on my own. Well, I could just go and edit this in, but that's not really in the spirit of things. - TarkisFlux 18:31, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- This is gonna be a loose post here as I try and gather my thoughts on the subject.
- 1.) Agreed. I dislike deleting "complete" articles. Articles can always be sandboxed or de-categorized if it is obvious that the article is incomplete (in a sense of playability). Authors like to upload works-in-progress. Which brings me to...
- All "Add New Page" pages should include a note or link to the policy on adding articles, or at least a summation about adding incomplete work and the preference towards sandboxed articles.
- 2.) Agreed. More discussion is better. It would also be good if authors would write a short synopsis of their design intent and philosophy and why they think their article is balanced on the talk page after uploading the article. That's really more of a bonus though. Establishing author intent from the beginning might help resolve some problems as well as initiate discussion as well. Which brings me to...
- Mechanics can be fixed, but also, the flavor of the article (writing quality, cohesiveness, concept) is largely up to the author itself, and that area isn't as easy to fix. I still foresee flavor being a part of why articles are going to be deleted/sandboxed. Grammar and sentence structure is of course, fixable by others, but extrapolating beyond that is often difficult.
- 3.) Keeping a discussion open to all users would be nice for "acceptable range of balance" on an article. Though, Rating Committee voting is probably the way to go. Everyone is still entitled and encouraged to voice their opinion.
- 4.) I don't think we'll have any problems with meat-puppetry here. Though, beyond that, should the author of an article still retain his vote if brought up by another user?
- Also, wasn't sure where to fit this in, but I wanted to mention it as well.
- We have the "Help Wanted" template still for authors to post on their own articles if they seek assistance. Since the author can remove it himself, and allow other users who want to help to search for such things, I think we should keep it.
- Yes, often times I see myself staying out of an article's discussion because they can quickly become "User A" arguing against "User B". This should generally be avoided. If you're reading a discussion, and you have something to say and the time to say it, please chime in. I guess that's all I have for now. Someone else, chime in on the main points. --Ganteka Future 19:17, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- Actually, this doesn't even touch on the incomplete issues or other templates, this was just intended to be an update of balance level stuff. We can actually differentiate between complete mechanically and not showing any <- stuff -> from everything else, so the incomplete doesn't suffer from the same problems. And the Help Wanted shouldn't go anywhere, cause that's actually working as intended (though it could be prettied up, or stuck at the bottom of an article, or whatever).
- And I don't really care if the author retains a vote or not, I just want it biased in favor of the author and against whoever brought it to the vote. I want burden of proof and convincing on whoever is going to bring the issue up, and not on the author to get their stuff saved from the concerns of a single user. - TarkisFlux 19:37, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- This is a good idea and needs to be implemented right away to deal with outstanding issues. Surgo 22:06, December 9, 2009 (UTC)
- Agreed, but I'd also say that if the rater shouldn't be able to post a vote, the author shouldn't either, or it's completely an uphill battle for one or the other (especially with how people often prefer to remain uninvolved). If neither can vote, it just depends on whose arguments are stronger and more coherent, rather than defaulting to one side or the other. Furthermore, how does one deal with recalcitrant authors who mark something as one balance rating while it's obvious to the majority of the rating committee that it's a different rating? Would the rating committee have the power to change the rating to the correct one, despite the author's wishes? If not, it reduces our credibility and consistency as a whole. --Ghostwheel 22:44, December 9, 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, this is quite an improvement over the previous idea, though, I don't think a person being articulate and able to form words more fluently should make a page be deleted, as 'stronger arguments' would imply, since a person could simply not be able to focus in the conversation due to matters IRL, and might only be able to give 3 paragraph responses a glancing response, and offers benefit or penalty based on circumstance, and we all know how unfair that can be. So, yes, I think that neither person should be allowed to vote on the matter, just that, should everyone else be on the fence in that respect, then it ought to be treated as a stalemate, until someone finds interest in the issue and decides to pipe in. Though, as for the matter of balance point labelling, I absolutely agree with you, that things should be labelled as what they would be best used at, or implemented into, though, the problem here is that, as Tarman so truthfully stated, balance points are vague, and up for interpretation, so, opinion plays a big role in these things, and argueing about where something should fall is argueing opinion, which is futile. So, I think the rule on that should be that a class should be thrown into doubt when it's labelled as being two levels away from what another person thinks, cause that's when the difference actually matters, and is not merely bickering on opinion. → Rith (talk) 01:00, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
Changes MadeEdit
The policy has been updated, taking into account the criticisms leveled here while still attempting to maintain as much author integrity as possible. Since I think the "author maintained" bit is one of our primary motivations, I've tried to leave as much of it intact as possible without sacrificing our credibility on the matter. You can see the whole of the change over here. - TarkisFlux 21:59, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
(Original Conversation on the matter) I Don't Want This Edit
This template is fucking annoying. It causes nothing but utterly stupid edit wars because people put it on a page, it looks ugly and annoying so somebody takes it down, repeat ad nauseum. Just use the bloody talk page. Surgo 13:38, December 6, 2009 (UTC)
- Just a suggestion here, but, if we wanted, would using the "status" parameter in the author box be a good place to type something like "needs assistance, see talk page" -or- "under discussion, see talk page"? I prefer the latter wording. This is of course, under the assumption that the main article needs some sort of notice to direct folks to an article's talk page. Anyone else have anything to say on the matter? --Ganteka Future 19:00, December 6, 2009 (UTC)
- Using talk pages to argue over the balance of a class is fine. I don't care if we eliminate the template, but I don't want to go back to "It's not balanced, stick a {delete} on it"; it's just as ugly and leads to just as many fights and edit wars. So if we eliminate this, would we do something else to keep the balance portion of wiki policy functioning or would we just eliminate that bit of the policy along with it? - TarkisFlux 20:03, December 6, 2009 (UTC)
- From what I understand balance is the reason this wiki exists. What if you just moved the template to the bottom of the page, that way you wouldn't see it the instant the page loaded, but it would still be visible? I mean, that likely won't solve the edit wars, but it would help with the ugly aspect. --The Badger 20:39, December 6, 2009 (UTC)
- I agreed with Surgo, after dealing with yesterday edit war and took some time to reflect on the situation I came to the conclusion that the talk page should be the only place where balance is discussed. Slapping a template on an article is just going to fuel frustration. Maybe adding the template AFTER the balance was judged inappropriate by the community could be in order? --Leziad 00:49, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- I find the whole point of this sort of template to bring a balance issue to the author's attention. After it's brought to the author's attention, I don't think this has any business showing up anymore. A bit terse because I'm not at home and don't have much time to type. Surgo 01:39, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- Simply leaving a note on the specific user's talk would be more than enough ihmo. --Leziad 02:00, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- After further thought, I think the mess also suggests that we shouldn't be as worried about articles that don't hit their intended balance points as some have been, and we certainly shouldn't be deleting them for not meeting their claimed balance point within a set period of time after the notice. I would be very unhappy putting the judgment of what is or is not balanced to some vague, poorly defined level in the hands of whoever felt like calling foul first and then having to fight them off under countdown timer. Conversation without flag or threat of deletion sounds like the way to go, at least in the beginning of the process. It could be brought to the attention of the author on their / the article's talk page, and that's probably fine if you just want to bring it up and then move on to discussion without a big flag on the article. Threats of deletion should be saved for non-responsive authors or work that is vastly above or below any recognized balance level, and both should be rare. Then we can toss the template, and get back to work and answering critiques the old fashioned way, with knives and shotguns. - TarkisFlux 02:15, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- This sound like the way to go TarkisFlux, but I think we need a one-week vote for the removal of the template (or something like that). --Leziad 02:48, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- As usual, Tarkis has the best idea ever. What would we do without you, man? Surgo 15:32, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
- You're talking about the knives and shotguns right? I have to say, I'm really quite happy they're getting support. I was worried people might treat them as half-measures ;-) - TarkisFlux 17:14, December 7, 2009 (UTC)


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Nutrition: per serving
- kcal189
- fat11g
- saturates4g
- carbs19g
- sugars1g
- fibre1g
- protein6g
- salt0.79g
- 225g self-raising flour
- 50g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
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After Stephen, whose great-great-grandfather is also mine, Linda has now join our team.
Linda has been searching for the Lesperance lineage for quite a while and she hit a lot of home runs even if she had made an error on Agnes Lagasse's parents.
No harm done…
Remember this picture…
Agnes Lagasse is kneeling besides her daughter Victoria.
Sandy and I had identified all the people on this picture taken around 1908-1909.
One of them is Delphis Lesperance.
Linda is Delphis Lesperance's granddaughter…!
Agnes Lagasse is her great-grandmother.
As I was writing this article, I went on the Internet and I found some of the messages she had left on a forum. She had put her e-mail so I wrote her.
Never thought she would write back…
Write back she did. Even the kids had to wait for supper…
Told you genealogy was addictive.
This picture was sent to me by Sandy two months ago.
George Lesperance sent it to her a few years back.
George had identified the people with what he knew then.
Sandy has now identified most of them.
First row: Agnes Lagasse, Francois Lesperance, Elma Lesperance, Edward Lesperance
Second row: Eugenie Lagasse, ?, Marie-Louise Côté, Alphonse Meunier, Philomène Desforges, Joseph Lagasse, ? and ?
The old woman in the centre of the photo is Philomène Desforges.
Philomène Desforges 1843-1933
She was to married Edouard L'Espérance dit Viau. Édouard, just like my great-grandfather Stanislas Lagacé, had taken another name. He was known as Edward Hope.
Hope is the English translation of "espérance".
I went looking for Édouard Lespérance or Edward Hope in the Canadian census, and there he was… in 1881 in St. Armand, Quebec.
This is Edward with his family.
Philomène is with her children: Sophronie, Lucie, Henriette, Joseph, Marie, Adéline, Caroline and Lucien.
Next inning, I will try to find Edward Hope's parents…
I hope.