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Elite Engineering
Elite Engineering PCV Oil Catch Can - 2010+ Chevy Camaro SS (6.2L L99)
- Elite-L99
MarylandSpeed is excited to now offer Elite Engineerings E3 catch can for the new Camaro SS Automatic with L99! All catch cans are available in Adonized Red, Silver, Black, and Blue standard with brass hose barb fittings. For an extra cost, you can upgrade to a chrome finish, or chrome barbs! Allow 2 weeks for shipment of any chrome options!
Purpose of your Stock PCV System: The PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) system is designed to regulate and remove fumes from the engine crankcase, and to alleviate crankcase pressure which could cause oil leaks or seal damage. The PCV system routes crankcase fumes into the intake manifold where they can be burned to eliminate harmful emissions into the atmosphere. The PCV valve controls the amount of crankcase flow volume depending on the engine's load. With large throttle openings (high engine loads), the more blow-by gases are produced, and the more the PCV system flows oil vapor in to the intake manifold. The PCV valve also functions as a check valve to prevent intake manifold flow from reversing back into the crankcase when there is a backfire, or during periods of high manifold pressure (boost) during forced induction by turbocharger or supercharger.
Negative Effects of your Stock PCV System: Many Camaro owners with LSX engines can testify to the amount of oil residue that can accumulate inside the intake manifold, throttle body, intake track and even the air filter during aggressive driving conditions. There are various negative effects when excess oil vapor contaminates the intake system from the stock PCV system - such as:
- Throttle body and/or MAFS (Mass Air Flow Sensor) malfunction or failure.
- Air filter, intercooler (if equipped) and intake ducting contamination if oil pools and run back out the intake system after engine shutdown.
- Reduced octane of the air/fuel mixture, which can cause detonation and the ECM (Engine Control Module) to retard timing, thereby reducing engine power.
- Excessive carbon build-up on valves, piston crowns, combustion chambers and spark plugs. This also increases the chance of detonation and power loss.
- Increased emissions & possible contamination of catalytic converters and oxygen sensors.
Bottom line: Excessive amounts of oil vapor in the intake manifold is detrimental to your engine!
Solution: Install the E2 Elite Engineering PCV Oil Catch Can!
Ultimate Function: The E2 Elite Engineering PCV Oil Catch Can is designed to effectively separate oil from the crankcase vapors, thereby eliminating all negative effects of excessive intake system oil contamination. Our Catch Can has been engineered to remove the oil vapor before it has a chance to contaminate your intake system. Not all Catch Cans are created equally! Often Imitated, never duplicated. Most Catch Cans on the market are just comprised of an empty container with 2 ports. While that simple design may trap a few oil droplets, our Catch Can is designed to condense the oil vapor and trap the oil inside the container. Our test proven design incorporates a stainless steel mesh and screening mechanism that acts like a maze to collect and condense the oil vapor. Once the oil vapors condense into liquid droplets, it falls to the bottom of the can. In addition, the top assembly is specially designed to keep any liquid from climbing out the exit hole during aggressive driving conditions. Stored oil volume is approximately 8 ounces. You will be amazed by how much oil our Catch Can will catch! Don't settle for an inferior competitor's product. Insist on Elite Engineering's Catch Can!
Premium Construction: The Elite Engineering PCV Oil Catch Can is constructed of the finest materials inside and out. High performance car owners insist on the best products that offer unsurpassed function as well as impressive visual enhancement. Our Catch Can does both! Our exclusive design incorporates optimum function and the finest materials, construction and finish for maximum dependability. The 2.6 diameter by 6.0 long body is machined from billet 6061-T6 aluminum alloy, and then anodized in a variety of colors for a striking look. The internal condensing screen is stainless steel encased inside an aluminum alloy housing designed for low flow restriction. The housing can be disassembled for screen inspection, cleaning or replacement if needed. The inlet and outlet hose fittings are brass, and threaded into the body and sealed with Teflon tape. Supplied hoses are fuel and oil vapor compatible (SAE 30R7 rated). The bottom catch can reservoir screws onto the top of the unit, and is sealed with a built in O-ring. Inspection and cleaning is easy by simply removing the bottom of the unit without disturbing the mounting system or hoses. In keeping with our high quality standards, all supplied mounting hardware and screws are stainless steel. The supplied custom machined bracket is aluminum, and is attached to the belt/tensioner pulley. Click here, take a look at our instructions page to see how simple the installation is.
Each Catch Can kit includes everything you need to install the system. Basic mechanical skills and common hand tools are the only things required.
Kit Includes:
- Catch Can assembly beautifully anodized in choice of available colors, complete with 3/8 barbed inlet/outlet hose fittings.
- Custom machined mounting
- Stainless steel mounting hardware.
- 5' of 3/8 ID fuel and oil vapor compatible hose.
- Black zinc plated hose clamps.
Special Order Terms Notes
Special Terms:
This brand is special order, can take longer, and is not cancelable (Refer to order terms - https://marylandspeed.com/terms-conditions/ ). If concerned about delivery time please contact us before purchase.


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TEXAS -- On 3/1/16, I ordered a gift for a friend's birthday on Saturday, 3/5/16 and I ordered it because NM's website promised it would be there on 3/4. I received an email on 3/2 with a FedEx tracking that should it would be there on 3/4. This email was send out on 3/2. I waited around all day on Friday, 3/4. The order never came and I did NOT receive an email indicating the date would change at all.
Finally after waiting all day into the night of 3/4 I decided to track the package with FedEx, only to find out the date was changed to MONDAY, 3/7. Monday. NM did NOT provide an explanation as to why the package would not arrive on the date they promised. Their website clearly gives customers exact delivery dates, so most people will order with the perception that they will receive their purchase items on the promised date only to find out the dates are wrong.
I called customer service and no one could explain to me why the date changed. The person on the call was provided no assistance and was rude. They had the nerve to offer me 10% off for this HUGE inconvenience! I told them they need to change their false delivery dates advertisement. The whole reason I decided to make the purchase was because of the promised date. I now have to purchase a gift elsewhere because this gift will NOT be on time.
I am now inconvenienced and will have to go into the store to return the item! Going online to make a purchase is supposed to be a convenience and now because of the false dates on their website I have to wait days for the delivery only to drive to a store, wait in a line to return an item I no longer need.
This false advertisement has made them lose a sale. Please take down your delivery dates because they are false. NM, I am completely disappointment. Inconvenience NM has caused me. I truly expected a successful purchase and good customer service in which I received NEITHER from NM. People BEWARE-- DO NOT count on the delivery dates on their website because they are FALSE!
SHORT HILLS, NEW JERSEY -- In all the years of shopping at Neiman Marcus I have never returned anything. So I was completely taken off guard when I tried to return an unworn, tags attached, pristine dress. It was apparently after 60 days which is a recent change to their return policy. I was greatly rudely, made to be embarrassed and told there is nothing they could do for me. This was reiterated by the General Manager Pat ** and a person at corporate office name "Mr. **" complete disregard for customers and smug and curt attitude.
I will never ever patronize Neiman again and I am canceling my credit card. For me it's a win because I spent way too much money there to begin with. I'm absolutely appalled. After googling them I see I am not alone and their customer service rating is dismal. They should be mortified.
DALLAS, TEXAS -- On October 30, 2010 I had lunch in the Café at Neiman Marcus with two friends. After sipping my tea from a straw I bit down on something hard that was not ice. I spit the piece out and it was broken glass. After trying to get the attention of our waiter who continued to ignore us, my girlfriend got up and brought the café manager over who confirmed it was glass. He removed our tea glasses and we were brought new glasses of tea. After having more tea, I looked in my glass and saw another piece of glass at the bottom just as my other friend started coughing and gagging.
Apparently she had just swallowed a piece of glass that had become logged in her throat. It took quite some time to get anyone to come back to our table and she took off to the ladies room to see if there was any more glass stuck in her throat. While she was away, I looked in my other friend's tea and there was another piece of glass at the bottom of her tea. We finally got the manager to come back to the table, handed him the other 3 pieces and he once again confirmed what it was broken glass. We sat and sat waiting for someone to come and take a report about the incident.
Finally, someone from "customer service" arrived and took our names and statements. We requested to talk to the store manager as our friend that had swallowed the glass was still in pain and coughing. She was visiting from Germany and staying with my other friend. Another long wait and we got to speak with the store merchandise manager and another gentleman. The entire time we felt like we were treated like criminals. They told us we could go to a Care Now to get our friend checked out but when we finally found the facility, they refused to see her as they did not have the equipment to check out her throat.
After playing telephone tag with Neiman's we decided to take her to the nearest ER to have her checked as she was still in pain and coughing. Neiman's said they couldn't guarantee payment, however, we felt it was their responsibility to pay the bill. We spent several more hours at the ER where they did not see any more glass stuck in her throat but there was obvious damage to her throat from the other glass. Our friend from Germany did not have any insurance so my other friend has paid for her ER visit.
We filed a complaint with their insurance company for the bill but Liberty Mutual denied the claim saying there was no proof! The store manager refuses to talk to us, a letter to the President and CEO of Neiman's has been ignored and calls to their legal department are not returned. Meanwhile, my friend is out at least $1,000 for their negligence. What to do now?
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK -- Although their internet site advertises that this is a public retail store like its other branches and the mall entrances to the store give the same impression, the shop is run in the fashion of a private club having NO SIGNS POSTED. It is infamous for letting customers walk in, then verbally abuse them and refuse to sell them anything, so that the legitimate customers who once bought here often prefers to buy the merchandise offered at the WP branch from a competitor.
There are only two addresses offered by the firm to file LEGITIMATE complaints. One is the fashion buying office entitled THE CORPORATE OFFICE. The other is the office at the home base which arranges fashion shows and parties in the branch stores, entitled THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE. It is obvious that any LEGITIMATE complaint to one of these offices will have been sent to an office not equipped to deal with them - possibly given to an entry-level clerk who may or may not be told to enter them into a database which would certainly never be read by anyone in the firm capable of responding to them.
I am a collector of Royal Crown Deby Dinnerware, for which Neiman-Marcus is one of the authorized dealers all selling the same things at the same price. On Wed May 12 about 3 pm, I was looking at their in-shop display of Derby Panel Green, which is placed in a public area of the sales floor. A gent in a suit who never identified his rank in the branch store, eg security vs. managerial et al, began a verbally-abusive tirade directed at us from across the sales floor. Other customers could hear what he was saying but could not understand it.
He never said specifically that the display was closed to customers or that Neiman-Marcus White Plains was not actually selling the line despite displaying it on the sales floor. I asked him if they had any other patterns besides Derby Panel Green. He became calmer, walked nearer and said "no". I pointed out two others in the display - Darley Abbey and Gold Avesbury. He waited around "behaving as a nuisance" until we left, clearly indicating that this branch was FORMALLY REFUSING to sell me anything.
I then picked out a pair of pajamas in the basement, to be bearded at the point of sale by an equally arrogant person who did identify himself as a salesman of men's furnishings (at least he explained his position in the shop). At the point of getting ready to pay, he refused to accept either cash or the BG card, as do all other branches of Neiman Marcus, and went into a rant about being irritated about having one customer on a slow day, whom he had to turn away as "formally refusing to sell merchandise" because the customer had not, a month or more ago, applied for that particular HSBC Mastercard on which is emblazoned the NM logo!
In other words, customers planning to buy the merchandise which NM is selling ARE free to buy it from the competitors and often at the same price. What the class action suit might demand is that the shop FORMALLY advertise itself as a PRIVATE CLUB on both its internet website and its entrances from the mall, explaining that their practice is to FORMALLY REFUSE TO SELL those customers not recognized by their totally unsupervised sales staff as having at least a month before applied for that specific HSBC Mastercard for which they are looking.
In other words, the internet postings and the mall entrances pretending that the White Plains Nieman-Marcus is operated as a retail store open to the public CONSTITUTES NEGLIGENCE FOR FALSE ADVERTISING.
My situation involves a Neiman Marcus promotion. In early 2009, I purchased $750.00 worth of non-sale merchandise from Neiman Marcus during a promotion. According to the promotion, if you purchased $500.00 worth of merchandise you would get a gift card for $100.00 in 90 days. If you purchased $750.00 worth of merchandise the gift card was increased to $200.00 and so on.
When my belt arrived (one of the items which I purchased) it was damaged. I contacted Neiman Marcus and explained that I wanted to exchange the damaged belt for a new belt. But, I wanted to know if I would lose my gift card as a result of exchanging the gift card. I was told no. Months later, I did not get my gift card, so I contacted Neiman Marcus. I was told the exchange changed the date that I would receive the gift card.
When I was notified that I had gotten my gift card the amount was only $100.00. I contacted Neiman Marcus and they said they were sorry. It was an error. The gift card should have been $200.00. They would issue me a second gift card. But, the second gift was never issued. I kept calling. And, each time I called the customer service people said they were sorry and they were sending my complaints to the executive offices. They said the executive office would take care of the gift card.
Finally, on June 29, 2009, I spoke with someone from the executive office. She said the problem with the gift card was because of the customer service people. She said that she would get the gift card issued to me immediately. And, if I didn't hear from her by 3:00 pm on June 30, 2009, to contact her.
By July 7, 2009, I still hadn't heard from her, so I called. She was snotty and rude. She said that she couldn't do anything about my gift card being delayed. She said she didn't know when it would be issued. I told her that I was pretty frustrated (this was my 10th or 11th call about the gift card) and I didn't understand what was holding the gift card. She said she didn't like my tone and I told her that I didn't like Neiman Marcus offering promotions that they didn't honor.
She told me that she would get back to me when she knew something and the conversation was terminated. Later that day (July 7, 2009)) she called me with a gift card number. The amount was for $100.00. On July 9, 2009, I tried to use the gift card and it did not work. I called the customer service people and was put on hold for 35 minutes.The first girl I spoke with said she didn't like my tone and told me to talk to her manager, **. ** explained that my gift card had a zero balance on it. He didn't know why it had a zero balance on it, but he would have to send the card to the executive offices to find out.
And I am right back to where I began. I strongly urge consumers not to be a patsy like me and fall for these phony promotions that Neiman Marcus offers. The pleasant customer service people are there to give the impression that they are taking care of the problem. But nothing could be further from the truth. It is a smokescreen. I have spent months trying to resolve this issue and finally realized that Neiman Marcus has (and had) no intention of resolving this situation.
PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY -- ** at the Paramus Chanel in Neiman Marcus has to be the worst associate ever! When you enter you almost have to beg her to help you. She talks in circles, saying anything to get you to leave her alone. She only sells to her known customers and will lie to you about everything. After months of patiently waiting, to be called from their waiting list, I decided to ask why there was such an unusually long wait for a particular item. I was told "oh we only call back people who leave their credit card information". I was never asked for my credit card information, when I joined the list. I was asked only for the bag description I wanted and my telephone number.
No one ever told me there were other requirements in order to be called from the waiting list. Why would a Chanel associate bother to put someone on the list without credit card information, knowing that they won't call them anyway? Why didn't they tell me that I will never get a call back, one of the 10 plus times I called to see if they had received the item I seek? Why didn't they tell me that leaving my information would GREATLY increase my non existent chances of receiving a phone call? The ** smiled in my face for months, every time I went in the boutique, thinking maybe they lost my information, knowing that she never had any intention of calling me back.
On one occasion she even lied to me and told me they haven't received a shipment in months, while two other associates told me they did receive several shipments and sold out already. This girl sent me on a wild goose chase for months. Silly me for thinking this was the normal wait for the East Coast boutiques. I really think for some reason she didn't want someone like me to buy such a sort after bag and did everything she did to make sure I didn't get one. I will never shop at this location again.
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA -- I had called NM about 3 months ago and asked to speak to someone at the LV accessories department, and a young woman answered, I asked her the guarantee on a LV bag, wallet and key chain I had purchased there 10 years ago. She told me they do repairs that were to be sent out and she would give me the price once I arrived at the store. Very cordial and nice over the phone.
Two days later I was in the area and thought I would drop of my LV to be sewn before the little tear got worse. I too was looked up and down, (I was dressed professionally for my job). And had to walk up to someone for assistance, This woman gave me a totally different story than the one I received over the phone. I walked in NM proud I was able to repair my LV that I care about and walked out with my head between my legs, I felt like I was about to cry. She was loud so I talked even lower to a whisper to get her to lower her volume, No she knew what I was trying to do and got louder.
I finally just asked her to lower her voice, and she said "this is the way I talk". I said that is not so I spoke with you over the phone and you were very pleasant. I said "please, you are embarrassing me with your tone of voice". She ignored me and kept repeating herself as to why they would not repair my LV's. (because they were so old and the thread was hanging over an inch.) And referred me to a shoe repair shop. I am afraid to visit and go window shop in that store anymore.
Not a happy customer, I will purchase and pay the extra tax when I am in CA. for a visit. When strangers ask where I got my LVs I tell them at the LV store in Tysons II. Do not go to Neiman Marcus. (Very rude and tacky) I work in marketing and sales and Wow was I blown away! Go back to the basics and get more sales training!
KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- Who would expect a sales person at Neiman Marcus to be nasty in designer sportswear or anywhere in the store? I have shopped there faithfully since the store opened. Who would expect a sales person there to have the demeanor of someone greeting the mourners at a funeral home? I must say this person did look out of place, and she was the only sales person in the store wearing khaki colored pants, rather than a dark color. My previous experience in that department was to be put in a room and when I needed another size there was no one to get it for me because the sales person was "in the back". This was completely the opposite!
This woman put me in an empty dressing room and counted the items she placed there very carefully. It seemed as if she could see every move I made to the point I began to wonder if I was on candid camera. It was freaky! The split second I took off an item, she was knocking at the door asking to remove it. I tried an item that was a bit tight, and without opening the door, she asked if I want another size! When I looked out, she was either was hovering at the door or was staring at something at her work station next to the room. There was no sign in the room saying it had surveillance, but it sure felt that way!
I made the grave mistake of referring to a color as a light orange. I was rudely corrected and told it was called "mango". Then she had the audacity to tell me that among the two tops I handed her, one wasn't the size brought in! Finally it was resolved, when figured out she was confused. What a nightmare! Of course, there was no floor manager to be found. Who needs that? I will shop at Nordstrom in the future.
IRVING, TEXAS -- I placed an online order at the Neiman Marcus Site for a $115.00 bottle of Jo Malone cologne. When I received the shipment and opened the box, there was a raw unboxed, unsealed, unpacked bottle in a folded plastic bag. It was sold and shipped without a factory sealed box, as if it was a tester not for resale. This was intended to be given as a gift. If I went into a Walmart, Kmart, CVS or even to a street vendor selling fakes, I would be sold a fragrance in a factory sealed and boxed product. It's not like I ordered a basket from Cracker Barrel but at least their cheese logs and sausages are individually wrapped and packaged in boxes.
SHORT HILLS MALL, NEW JERSEY -- First I would like to start with that I have purchased a few bags from this store and I recently discovered a quality issue regarding one of my bags. I called ahead and asked what to do and was told to bring the bag in so they can take a look. So that is what I did. I was helped by a very pleasant young man, helpful and all but his partner looked at me (I wasn't dressed to express) then whispered to the guy and said take the bag to the back to make sure its not fake while I am standing there and kept looking at me in a snobby way - not friendly at all.
The manager looked at the bag and it was cleared that it wasn't a fake... her words out loud were "so that we don't waste our time" to the manager. I felt insulted and when walking out there I was so upset about how she treated me. One thing for sure is I will never buy a bag from there again. Seriously she is only a sales person representing LV, nothing more. So not happy.


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Lucroy in thick of NL MVP Award conversation
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy wants no part of the question, but we posed it anyway.
Does he consider himself a contender for the National League Most Valuable Player Award?
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy wants no part of the question, but we posed it anyway.
Does he consider himself a contender for the National League Most Valuable Player Award?
"Someone else was asking me that the other night, and I said, 'Look, man, I don't care,'" Lucroy said. "It doesn't matter right now. None of that stuff is going to come if we don't win. That's cool, great and dandy, whatever. That's great for an individual.
"Honestly, I want that ring, man. That's what I want. Period."
The Brewers will continue their quest for that ring on Friday with a chance to help sink the struggling Pirates. But with just shy of six weeks remaining in the regular season, the individual awards races are also heating up around baseball.
Whatever your preferred metric, Lucroy is at minimum in the conversation for the NL MVP Award.
By wins above replacement, a measure of Lucroy's value over someone from the Minor Leagues or the bench, Lucroy (5.2) ranks fourth in the Baseball-Reference.com ranking, behind Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (6.2) and three hitters: the Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton (6.1), the Braves' Jason Heyward (5.9) and the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki (5.6). Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto and Lucroy are tied with a 5.2 bWAR.
Lucroy is in similar position in WAR as measured by Fangraphs.com, tied for fourth with Heyward at 4.7, trailing Kershaw and Stanton (5.2) and teammate Carlos Gomez (4.8).
Fangraphs.com WAR Ranking
|Clayton Kershaw
|Giancarlo Stanton
|Carlos Gomez
|Jason Heyward
|Jonathan Lucroy
|Andrew McCutchen
|Jhonny Peralta
Lucroy also fares well in win probability added, a cumulative measure of a player's positive and negative impact on individual plays in a game. Lucroy is seventh there, trailing Stanton, the Pirates' Andrew McCutchen, the Giants' Hunter Pence, the Pirates' Neil Walker, the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright and Kershaw.
That Lucroy is the only catcher on any of those lists, and the only position player currently toiling for a first-place team, raises a series of questions for members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, whose vote determines each league's MVP:
• Has Kershaw been so spectacular this season that he warrants both the NL MVP Award and the NL Cy Young Award? No NL pitcher has won both since Bob Gibson in 1968, though it's been more common in the American League, where Justin Verlander was the last to win both in 2011.
• Has Stanton been so productive in traditional categories (he leads the NL with 32 home runs and 89 RBIs) that he warrants the NL MVP Award regardless of the Marlins' postseason fate? They are 63-63, four games out of the second NL Wild Card spot. Only twice in the past nine seasons (Cardinals' Albert Pujols in 2008 and Phillies' Ryan Howard in '06) has an NL MVP Award winner's team not made the playoffs.
• Does Lucroy get bonus points for playing a premium position? That was one of several factors that helped Giants catcher Buster Posey get the edge over Ryan Braun in 2012.
"I mean, how often can you get a catcher that can do what he can do, defensively and offensively?" said Brewers manager Ron Roenicke.
The Brewers view Lucroy as elite, which is why they have only occasionally used him so far at first base, a position the team has had trouble filling since Prince Fielder departed via free agency following the 2011 season. When asked recently whether the club would consider moving Lucroy to first full-time in the coming offseason, when Milwaukee will again face a vacancy there, Roenicke's answer was "no."
"I agree, there's an argument for [a move someday]," Roenicke said. "The thing is, you take an All-Star catcher, you move him to first, he's not an All-Star anymore."
As a catcher, Lucroy's level of production is rare.
• Lucroy's .858 OPS is 10th in the NL, fueled not by home runs (he has 13, to go with a .303 average, the best walk-to-strikeout ratio in the NL and 59 RBIs) but by a knack for knocking doubles. He is bidding to become the first primary catcher in modern Major League history to lead his league in doubles, and he is currently the front-runner for both leagues with 42.
That's a record pace. Hall of Fame-hopeful Ivan Rodriguez holds the all-time doubles record for a player who spent at least half of his time at catcher in a season. Rodriguez hit 47 doubles in 1996. Lucroy is five away.
Most Doubles By a Catcher (Season)
|Ivan Rodriguez
|Yadier Molina
|Joe Mauer
|Jonathan Lucroy
|Brian McCann
|Jorge Posada
|Brian Harper
|Lance Parrish
|Terry Kennedy
|Mickey Cochrane
• Rodriguez hit 45 of those doubles while playing catcher, another MLB record. The NL record is 35 doubles as a catcher, set by the Cardinals' Yadier Molina last season. Lucroy has hit 35 doubles so far while playing the position (also six as a first baseman and one as a designated hitter). The Brewers have 35 regular-season games remaining.
Lucroy chalks up his knack for extra-base hits to his father, Steve, a former third baseman who passed up an opportunity to play professional baseball, Jonathan said, to get married and raise a family. He wound up playing professional softball instead.
"My whole life, I've tried to stay up the middle, go the other way," Jonathan Lucroy said. "I'll pull stuff every now and then. If a guy is pitching me in, I'll obviously make the adjustment. But for the most part, I don't like to deviate from my approach very much, so I try to hit the ball up the middle. If you're a little early, you pull it; if you're a little late, you go the other way."
That all-field approach has been the key to Lucroy's ascent as an offensive threat, Roenicke said Wednesday morning. When the conversation turned to the budding NL MVP Award race, a reporter suggested that Roenicke probably does not care about such matters at the moment.
"Yeah, you're right," Roenicke said with a smile.
"He's having a really good year. He's been a huge part of what we're doing. Later on, if you want to, we can get into that. But we've got a long way to go."
The "we" remains Lucroy's focus as well.
"It's so much easier for me as an individual to play when the team is good," Lucroy said. "Do you know how hard it is to play well when your team is not good? It's not easy. I care. I care very much, and I want to win, period."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy.


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Nia 5 Stages Training
September 9, 2018 Soma Ranch Retreat Center (with affordable, fully inclusive, accommodation) in Montgomery, Texas, US
About the Nia 5 Stages
The Nia 5 Stages is an integrative movement practice based on the five stages of human development: Embryonic, Creeping, Crawling, Standing and Walking. Practiced with awareness, these stages have the power to facilitate optimal alignment, improved function and comfort in the body. Whether practiced at length or for as little as five minutes a day, this system provides a tool for reclaiming and sustaining mobility, flexibility, strength, agility and stability.
The Nia 5 Stages Training provides students and teachers alike with the tools to embody the practice. It also qualifies Nia teachers to facilitate a 60-minute Nia 5 Stages class and to integrate this body of work into Nia classes, private sessions and two-hour experiential workshops. The Nia 5 Stages Training program adds a whole new skillset to the Nia teacher's realm of expertise. It includes three comprehensive modules: Pre-Training, Training and Post-Training.
Meet the Trainer
Helen Terry
Soma Ranch I am here to make a difference in peoples lives through Nia Technique. I manifest this through Nia classes, trainings and reTreats at Soma Ranch, Montgomery,Texas and around the world. With my vast Nia and life experiences, as one of the lead Nia Trainers, I'm not here to impress you, I'm here to inspire. My ideal? to contribute to you personalizing your Nia journey, help dreams come true, encourage you to be the best you can be and live a glorious life. Want help with deciding where/how/when to take a Nia class or training? give me a call. 832-567-4550.
Spend time around Helen and you will learn something, receive inspiration, and garner support for your dreams and desires (not to mention be highly entertained by her loving sense of humor and English-Texan accent, which many mistake for Australian.) "I'm passionate about moving people physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I bring people together and inspire them, at my Studio, the Ranch and around the world. That turns me on."
Helen has been helping people love their bodies and lives through Nia Technique since 1993. She immigrated to the US in 1990, as an International Teaching Fellow. Helen has a Royal Society of Arts Certification in Exercise to Music, B. Ed. (Hons) Physical Education, M.Ed. Exercise Physiology. She is a Certified Body Ecologist and Dance Therapy Specialist.
Recognized by Origins Magazine as a "Top Inspirer in Texas", Helen is multi-talented with a magical formula. She combines experience and knowledge with determination and faith, to consciously create and bring ideas to life. Helen founded NiaMoves Houston in 1996, a successful Nia fitness studio in Houston, which she sold in 2016. Helen now co-owns and runs Soma Ranch Retreat, Montgomery, Texas with her husband Joe.
Helen has a special, and very effective, way of catering to the unique needs of each individual. She helps folks feel great while giving them the skills they need. When she's not leading Nia trainings worldwide, you'll find Helen at Soma Ranch feeding the rescued donkeys, checking in with her daughter, Liliana (who's studying Computer Science/Linguistics at University of Texas) ; enjoying a kombucha tea on the porch with her awesome "home-support" husband, Joe; and being corralled by their Border Collie, Phelps.
"Helen Terry is one of the best teachers, mothers, and trainers, and because of her mastery in Nia and in her ability to build and create a successful personal and professional life she was one of the first two trainers chosen to step into the role of Blue Belt trainer!" Debbie Rosas
"I consider myself an inspirer as much as an educator. I was born to make an inspirational difference in people's lives through movement to music and how I live my life. When I teach Nia, I adore watching how folks light up! It's phenomenal how many people's lives are being changed through this practice. I consider it a blessing to have found Nia and a privilege to teach and share this wonderful technique" Helen Terry
• B.Ed (hons) in Physical Education and Special Need
• M.Ed in Exercise Physiology and Human Performance,
• Dance Therapy Specialist (Authentic Movement)
• Certified Body Ecologist.
• Founder, and former co owner of Studio NiaMoves Houston, (1996 - 2016) www.niamoves.com
• Creator of "Soma Ranch" Montgomery Texas. (est. 2009) www.somaranch.com
• Warm, knowledgeable and enthusiastic teacher. (since 1993)
• International Fitness and Wellness presenter (30+ conferences)
We remember Helen as an amazing "teacher to be" so many years ago. Bright, articulate, a big dreamer and full of life's desire. She was fit, and seemed to be one of those people who easily took risks out of passion, not fear. She was open to possibility, willing to receive and learn more, and eager to be in relationship with us, Nia, the group and her experience. (Studio NiaMoves Houston) represents these parts and more. It is her dream, passion, and represents her ability to manifest out of love and not fear. It represents her ability to create and work with community, and to ask for what she needs. As we look into the NOW and Nia's future it is bright and full of Helen.
Congratulations Helen on creating the dream. You inspire us all, and it is a pleasure and joy to know you, work with you and see you as the woman you are in life. More magic awaits we are sure. Thank you for being you and being in our life too.
Love Debbie, Carlos and Jeff
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Former honoree Carl Williams and his wife, Lisa, host the kickoff party for the Nov. 14 Spreading Wings Gala honoring actor Harrison Ford. Special to The Denver Post
The public might know him as Han Solo in the "Star Wars" series or Indiana Jones — even actress Calista Flockhart's fiance — but Harrison Ford also is an accomplished pilot who gives generously of his time and ability. And for that reason he'll be honored at the sixth Spreading Wings Gala on Nov. 14.
The event is a benefit for Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum and will celebrate not just Ford's dedication to aviation but Colorado's continued leadership in aerospace education.
Ford will receive the Spreading Wings Award, which is given annually to those who have dedicated their lives to flight and advances in aviation. In addition to promoting his personal love of aviation through many of his films, Ford is a pilot who generously gives his time to help support avariety of aviation-related organizations, including the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Ford is a national spokesperson for EAA Young Eagles, which provides volunteer pilots to fly more than 1.4 million young people, giving them a personal flight experience.
"We are honored to recognize Harrison Ford with the Spreading Wings Award at this year's gala for his tireless dedication to promoting aviation and the aerospace community," says Greg Anderson, president and CEO of Wings Over the Rockies. "His continued support of aviation-related organizations and nonprofits makes him the ideal recipient for this unique award."
Previous award recipients include Carl Williams, a founding member of the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum board; Burt Rutan, an aerospace engineer best known for designing Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or fueling; test pilot Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to travel faster than sound; the late Steve Fossett, noted for his balloon flights; former astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a space shuttle; Deenverit Emily Howell Warner, the first female pilot to be hired by a major U.S. airline; and Patty Wagstaff, an aerobatic pilot.
The gala begins at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Wings Over the Rockies Museum, 7711 E. Academy Blvd. Festivities include cocktails, dinner, a live auction and a special presentation by Ford. Proceeo the museum and its Spreading Wings Education Outreach Program.
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Three Strikes May Decrease File Sharing, But If Sales Keep Dropping, Who Cares?
from the and-so-it-goes dept
Oh, and for what it's worth, you have to imagine that the "declines" reported in file sharing and cyberlockers severely undercounts those things too, as using some rather basic tools can let people hide that sort of information from being collected -- and the efforts by Hadopi to "educate" the public likely educated them about how to use VPNs. It does not appear to have educated them to go back to buying at the same levels as the artificially inflated rates in the past.


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Day 1
Base yourself in downtown, where you can reach everything by foot and find most of the city's action.
Explore the subway system, which is like Minneapolis's skyway culture, connecting hotels, clinic buildings and businesses such as clothing boutiques, gift shops and galleries. Grab a sandwich on artisanal bread, rich soup, apricot kolache, pear-almond tart or slice of dense carrot cake from Daube's Down-Under, which merges German and French cuisine.
Spend a day shopping at University Square and surrounding Broadway Avenue stores. Get a makeover at About Face with NYC-worthy, trendy cosmetics and body care. Enjoy adorable, whimsical clothing and toys at Baby Clementine, or find funny girlfriend gifts at Tangerine Gifts: funky cards, flavored floss, wild socks and snarky books.
Look for bright, modern home furnishings, kitchenware, attire and kids' stuff at the two-story Counterpoint store. The Nordic Shop sells Norwegian sweaters, Helly Hansen sport clothing, Royal Copenhagen dinnerware and Kosta Boda crystal.
Semva Art Gallery brings together the works of regional artists with paintings, photography, mosaics, metalwork, jewelry, blown glass, sculpture and fiber arts—some of it crafted using southeast Minnesota's hardwoods or reflecting Nordic heritage.
Semva Art Gallery.
Dine outside on the Peace Plaza or indoors at Chester's Kitchen and Bar, known for tender wood-fired rotisserie meats and creative twists on Midwestern meals. Look for salad with pulled chicken, sweet corn, bacon and apples and a made-to-order banana cream pie with walnut-almond crust.
Dessert at Chester's Kitchen and Bar.
Spend the night where presidents and royalty have slept at historic Kahler Grand Hotel or choose the modern vibe at downtown's Doubletree Hotel.
Kahler Grand Hotel.
Day 2
Start with breakfast at Mac's Cafe and Restaurant, offering a blend of American and Greek influences. Try lemon ricotta pancakes, Mediterranean quiche or a Spanikopita omelet.
Learn about the Mayo family's legacy while touring Mayowood Mansion. Visit the 100-year-old, 38-room country home overlooking the Zumbro River Valley during the summer to enjoy the extensive gardens—or come during the winter holidays when it's festively decorated.
For a frosty gulp of summer nostalgia, stop at Roscoe's for homemade root beer, Jo-Jo's and sweet barbecue sandwiches, on Fourth Street Southeast.
Explore the paths around Silver Lake Park, which encompasses a scenic widening of the Zumbro River. When the weather is nice, rent kayaks, rowboats and canoes. Water stays ice-free all winter, making it a favorite hangout for more than 35,000 Canada geese.
Work up an appetite for apple cinnamon pork chops, slow-cooked ribs, and a slice of Bunnie's coconut cake or the martini inspired by this sweet dessert at Canadian Honker.
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Starkville, Miss. - The Tigers dropped the first game of the 2013 season at the MSU Bulldog Kickoff Classic on Friday night. South Alabama used runs in the final four innings to grab a 9-1 win. Tennessee State falls to 0-1 as USA improved to 2-1.
Jayna Hanawahine made her first collegiate at bat in the second inning a memorable one. The freshman drove a hard line drive over the fence that flew just inside the foul pole down the left field line. The blast gave TSU an early 1-0 lead.
Pitcher Shea Morris (0-1) held the lead until she ran into trouble in the fourth inning. Morris hit a batter with one out, but regrouped to force a ground ball out. But with two down, the sophomore hurler walked three consecutive batters to force across a run to tie the game at 1-1.
The Jaguars would go on to score a run in each of the next two innings before exploding for six in the final frame.
Hanawahine finished 1-for-2 with a home run and a walk, while fellow freshman Kiarra Freeman recorded her first career hit in the second inning also finishing 1-for-2.
Junior Ashley Haynes and sophomore Kate Morris were each 1-for-3.
The Tigers continue play Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader beginning at 1 pm. TSU will open with Troy before taking on the host Mississippi State at 3:30 pm. Both games can be heard on tsutigers.com.


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I'm proud of you and your daughter. Off topic but a young man in the local store was bashing african americans. Talking to a young woman. It was n----- this and n----- that. I stood up,put the paper I was reading down, walked by the man,placed my hand on his shoulder and said "Excuse me, my grandchildren are bi-racial". (they're not) he almost fell over apologizing. I think he will give it a second thought before he runs his mouth in public like that again. At least I hope so. Point is: sometimes we gotta stand up for what we believe. Your girl did good.
I get the distinct impression that there's a young man out there who is about to get something of a ... life lesson???
Ohyas! <BIG grin!>
Mrs. Hart called with a follow up today. The young man started making the sign of the cross at my daughter every time he saw her. He will now be going to counseling once a week where He and Mrs. Hart will be discussing how people are different and differences are okay.
I asked Miranda what did she do when the boy made the sign of the cross at her. She said " I gave him the girl look."
For reference- the "girl look" is the face a girl makes at a boy when he is doing something stupid.
You and me both, Dennis. This was textbook-proper handling, and that it happened in a state like South Carolina makes it all the more encouraging.
If this went down exactly as written here, it was handled very well. I'm surprised and yet impressed in the way it was handled.
@Loren make me blush, but yes the David Silverman gave a talk in Charleston over the weekend to our group The Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry. We have a pretty large active group here in the Charleston area.
"Mr. Silverman?!?" Silverman as in David??? HOOBOY! Me 'at's off to your daughter, Mickie ... and to YOU as one who raised her. Pretty clearly, ya done good!
I just want to add that my daughter is 11 years old. Over the weekend she got to meet Mr. Silverman and we told him what happened. living in the deep south I am amazed at the changes that are occurring. My daughter is a much braver more confident child than I am an adult.
Every so often ... we win one! OUTSTANDING!
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I do not know if this should be in training, or health. In my case with Harley it is mental health.
What would you do if your dog bit a child. Let's make it clear Harley has not yet!!! I say yet because his reaction around strange kids is getting worse. If the bite occurred and was not a child's fault at all but the insecurity of your dog mixed in with high prey drive, how would you handle it. Every time a child cries or is playing, or even riding a bike, you can see the anxiety and stress level grow. I am getting to the point of a basket muzzle outside at all times, but this does not help what is causing the issue.
Kayla is safe, he is confident and secure with her because she is above him in the pack.
What would you do if your dog bit a child.
I am trying to stop the possible chance, I need to take precautions, Kayla can not even have friends over because of his reactions. I tried putting him a rom, all you can hear is the pacing in the crate, and the panting.
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I don't know what I would do if Jasper bit a child. I am having the exact same problem with Jasper to the point that family whether adult or child don't come visit us anymore. I don't take Jasper for a walk I let my husband do it because I cannot handle him. He jumps out at people walking by and he's just too strong for me. We have been through training and a behavoirist but it has not helped. I hardly ever go see family because I cannot take Jasper and cannot leave him home because he tears things apart and when he's in his kennel all he does is yelp and bark and somethimes bangs his face on his kennel door and injures himself.
Growing up and having dogs my whole life the rules always were that if our dogs bit unprovoked they would be put down. Little harsh I know but honestly if one of the dogs ever did attack a child I don't know what I would do. Just knowing those were the rules growing up my parents and now myself work very hard at preventing these behaviors. High prey drive is no excuse for biting, Meiko has a child nipping incident on him from when he was younger but this is why we spent countless hours and a lot of money with behaviourists with him.
I have met Harley in person and he is a spectacular dog but judging by your concern I think it's time that he gets some major behaviour modification done, it's never too late.
Prey drive can be harnessed into something good. We were and are lucky enough to have Meiko working cattle occasionally and this has helped a great deal, my biggest dog motto is "tired dogs are good dogs"
I am currently concerned about Karmas temperament and guardian nature right now and have found by changing the "rules" and buckling down with her has made some improvements, she can not be trusted offlead at all at this current time so tiring her out is quite difficult as walking does nothing to both physically and mentally drain her...
Time to get tough and creative with him IMO
Prey drive or not he needs to know the limits
Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyways. ~John Wayne
He needs to have some energy drained and on a daily basis, this boy sounds as though he is bored out of his mind.
I stand firm that mostly all behaviour problems dogs have is due to owner error, that was the case with my Meiko, he is not wiired wrong, we did things wrong with him this causing bad behaviours.
Have you done just plain obedience training with him? Dogs not excercised regularly will lunge, pull, bark at other dogs ect...
Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyways. ~John Wayne
If the dog is unprovoked and bites a child, it needs to be put down. Period. I have done it before myself.
Prevention, precaution, management and you greatly reduce the chances of a bite.
What is his reaction around strange kids? How do you react?
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." -Will Durant
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I had a series of gates in my home where my beagle lived quite well, my own two kids could do anything with her but from the time she turned 4 till she passed away at 14 1/2 she hated kids....she bit one of hubs friends who I warned not to pet her and tore my sis in laws ankle up when she accidently stepped on her while she was sleeping. did I raise her wrong? probably, this was back before they had ob classes and all the resourses they have now. oh and she was walked 5 miles a day, plus run in the back yard and field next to us a couple times a day.
I had a dog for 11 years that was unpredictable around kids and men. For 11 years I worked on reinforcing positive encounters - but I had to supervise everything and I was so close to ol' Max that I could read every movement, posture, eyes, head etc...
If I ever felt or saw anything that was unusual - I immediately removed him from a situation. When unknown kids came to our home, Max was not left with them.
If he ever bit a child???? It really would depend on why he bit, and how severe the bite. I would not jump to a conclusion and destroy him unless I understood why.
In saying the above, if the conclusion was unprovoked - as much as I loved my Max, I would have done the responsible thing.
If you get this sense RottieLover, then you must take precautions immediately. Never ever leave him unattended. Your daughter is growing up now and will be inviting friends over. Ensure that you teach her to never let anyone in your home without fair warning so that you can move him into another part of the house away from the children.
What concerns me the most about what you posted here and several times prior is that he has a high prey drive. If this is the case, young children running and playing normally will be a problem.
I would try desentizing him immediately. Put a muzzle on him and start walking him near playgrounds but at a safe distance. Ensure that you leash train him everyday and do not give him one inch...not one.
If you need more information on this very serious topic - you know where to reach me.
My situation although similar is different, my dog now has dog aggression from a terrible incident. She has never and I am sure will never bite a human, my little dog when younger bit my face, and actually bit my daughter so she needed stitches, she got between him and the cat that wanted to eat him, so I didn't blame him, but we worked with him, and now have him at playgrounds and around kids all the time, he was a rescue, but he was young enough that we could reverse it quick. I have had great success with a behaviorist, I had to bring from winnipeg, over 2 hours away, and worth every penny. There are ways to work on it, and work everyday. I agree about tireing the dog, especially working dogs. You should not have to live a life where no one can come over and your kids cannot have friends, that is no good either. There is help out there if you are willing to get it and work at it.
I would always work with a dog as much as possible when the signs start showing. If a dog bites out of aggression unprovoked at a child the situation needs to be looked at with clear eyes. If kids were running and playing and a dog bit out of a prey response, then I think being pts needs to be honestly considered. If a dog bites for a reason, being hurt, provoked, then I feel they should have a chance to be rehabed. But that said I think if someone has seen aggressive signs something has to be done quick and often. Keeping the dog isolated and in turn isolating the whole family will not help, but hurt, and may make the aggression work. As much as I worried about having my dog around other dogs, I had to get the skills to handle it, and do it. There has been one episode where my guard was down and she got at another dog and bit it, drawing blood.. Dealing with this towad humans must be so much harder and scarier.. use the muzzle if that is what makes you calmer, your energy is important. And do the work with a muzzle on. But don't isolate.
Sorry to hear about this RL, it's never an easy situation when dealing with possible aggression in our beloved animals.
I agree with a lot of the information you've been given here as far as helping Harley deal with his anxiety towards children.
The only thing I want to add is that you need to be extremley cautious while taking Harley to parks, regardless of whether or not he is wearing a muzzle. If his trigger is children playing in the parks and laughing, screaming, running around; you will need to be extremley aware of his reactions and body language before you even reach the park - innterupting any unwanted negative behavior at the exact correct moment.
In your situation, if you don't know which signs to watch for, I highly reccomend getting a hold of a behaviorist that will be able to help you watch for those signs and help Harley understand his role around children.
As for what I would do personally if a dog bit a child? I agree with BenMax on this one. I can't say that I would be quick to put the dog down, however it would depend soley on the situation, the dog, and the severity of the bite and the dogs past history with this sort of thing.
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail."
Bailey (Labradoodle)
Tippy (Collie/ShepX)
Vali (American Bulldog)
Artiro (Cane Corso)
LUvMyLab3 - Isolation is a big word. Depending on the severity of this situation - the dog being removed from any situation where there is potential danger every procaution should be taken. Isolation? Well if having children over and removing the dog is isolation then I guess this is the responsible thing to do. Some dogs (as mine) where highly unpredictable and I could never leave him alone with anyone other than my mother, sister or father. He never responded perfectly well with people as he had been shot and beaten with a shovel from his previous 'owner'. For this reason - he and I worked diligently together, everyday for 11 years until his passing. I worked with specialists initially, and then grew from there with the knowledge I had. He was never 'isolated' however he was removed from situations. I never ever wanted to be in a position where I had to make 'that' decision. And thankfully - I never had to.
Baily - you are correct. The key to this is knowing your dog well and reading all the signs and signals he presents. Indeed, someone with extensive knowledge should be consulted. Rotties (in general) are very difficult dogs to read. They are steady and reading Ben's (my rottie) body language was very different that reading the shep's. For this breed, I highly recommend a specialist.
At the same time Baily - I believe in desensitizing your dogs wherever there is problematic situations. As stated, a safe distance and with a muzzle. I truly believe in this as I have had my share of successes with this process with dogs and horses.
Here is the email I got from Jasper's previous owner.
We were Jasper's second owner. He was 11 weeks old when we got him, the first owner only had him about 9 days but sent him back to the farm because children and toys did not mix with him.
Jasper has always humped but before he was fixed he would urinate while humping my 2 yr. old girl so the vet said neuturing would stop the urinating but not the humping because the humping is a dominance issue. He used to play with the neighbors dog (a Charles Cavalier) in our backyard but one day he got mad because the other dog had a toy he wanted and attacked him and we ended up paying a $326 vet bill. About 2 weeks after that he dug under the fence and went after the neighbors dog again and tore her ear so there went another $219.00. Please do not leave hin unattended with a small animal. Jasper can not be left alone for more than 30-45 minutes. I took him the the store with me and when I came out he had dug a hole in the seat of my new mini van and my husband said I could not take him anymore. It cost us $986.40 for a new seat. When I left him home he tore my couch cushion to threads, so I started confining him to the kitchen but I came home after being out for about an hour and he had gotten over the gate and killed our 3 month old kitten. The kitten had died of a broken neck and the stomach was tore open. He has always had a problem with being greedy. He would always take toys, and food away from my daughter resulting in her being bit. On Dec. 3/05 my daughter went to pick up her drinking cup off the floor Jasper ran and grabbed her face resulting in 8 stitches across her cheek. One day he is fine with her and the next he is mean with her. He could no longer be trusted around my daughter. We tried obedience but he had issues with other dogs there and the trainer wouldn't allow him back. He offered to do private classes but it would have costs us close to $1000.00 by time we were finished and decided not to. With everything he has done I had enough and we sent him to the humane society. I have never felt more relief in my life since letting him go. It may sound cruel but I can only handle so much. I hope your doing better with him than we did.
Jasper is staying with us. I have no plans of re-homing him or sending him back to the humane society because I am worried that they would put him down because of his history. I don't want that to happen. I pay close attention to him and if need be will be muzzled to protect kids, dogs and himself from being injured. We have kids next door to us and if they are outside we take him out on a leash so he can't get close to the fence because he ends up hurting himself trying to bite through our privacy fence.
A pic of Jasper and the fence he tries to bite through.
I don't mean to thread jack but who is that other dog by the fence? What is the story behind the reaction of the black muzzled dog? Look closely at the body language of both. What is this telling you? How do you interpret this?
BenMax, I was just about to ask the same thing.
Cathy, good for you for wanting to work with Jasper, but unfortunatley this dog sounds like he needs serious rehabiliation. From what you're saying, it sounds like he's displaying serious anxiety after being left for a short time, and that needs to be addressed by a proffesional. I know it's costly for training, but can you look around and find a behaviorist that will better be able to accomodate your price ranges?
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail."
Bailey (Labradoodle)
Tippy (Collie/ShepX)
Vali (American Bulldog)
Artiro (Cane Corso)
The dog at the back is my other dog Duke and the front one is Jasper.They are playing in that pic. They both run and jump on each other all the time and never had an aggressive moment with them. I call them and they come running but when Jasper is focused on a child or small dog Jasper acts like I'm not even there so I have a whistle that I blow and that usually gets his attention. He is fine with big dogs he just doesn't like small dogs or kids. When Jasper sees a small child or small dog his hair goes up, tail tucks under, then the growling and pacing starts I know what the email said about their kitten but we have 2 cats and Jasper has never touched them except give them a very wet lick when walking by but I still keep my eyes and ears open. I have spoken to a retired trainer/behavoirist that is willing to help me but he travels all summer so I have to wait until the end of August.
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Sorry. I started my own.
I agree wholeheartedly with desensitizing dogs to their triggers. But something I have seen over the course of working with particularly aggressive dogs, is that when the owners continue to introduce their dog to a certain situation over and over (because they believe that desenitizing will help) the problem effectivley worsens, simply because the dog is not learning anything being in that situation.
Not to mention that a lot of owners are already nervous, expecting a situation to play out, and doubting their dog; which is not a set-up for success.
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail."
Bailey (Labradoodle)
Tippy (Collie/ShepX)
Vali (American Bulldog)
Artiro (Cane Corso)
I just want to make it clear, Harley is far from being aggressive. He is fearful of certain situations, uneasy around things. Having a high drive does not make a dog aggressive, just a little harder to work with.
I really do not know how to explain it really well, when he hears kids outside on a walk, tension grows, body language tells me he is uneasy around that situation.
His posture becomes stand offish, looking back and forth trying to figure out where and when kids are coming.
I stay far away from parks on weekends, stresses him out too much.
He has never lunged at a child, but if given a chance I know he would run them down, what would happen next I do not know, nor do I ever want to find out.
And you're also right - a high drive doesn't make them aggressive, but when that is coupled with fear and insecurity it can easily trigger aggression in a dog. There isn't just *one* type of aggression.
Sometimes if a dog does not understand something, they want to make it stop...which is why they will become anxious at certain sounds or objects. (Flight reaction). If they can't get away, some will fight. Which is obviously bad when that frustration/fear is directed at people or other animals.
I agree that it's best to keep him away from things. You know your dog best, what he can/can't handle.
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail."
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I'm still at the CGI end at the moment. Want to move onto mod_perl soon though
I've used CGI::FormBuilder combined with TT2 successfully. You could look at HTML::Template as well.
I attempt to separate content from markup from style from processing and use stylesheets for style, TT2 to display content and markup and CGI::FormBuilder to specify and process the content where applicable.
Not sure where that is in the MVC world - not sure I have got *there* yet - but I'll agree the mojolicious site has some prettiness to it. However, there is no reason why a site can't be pretty when the processing is done with Perl. After all, the styling is in the CSS not the CGI.
I think it is more of an attitude about what a site *should* look like and also audience attitude. My first impression of mojolicious is that of dumbing-down - not saying the site does that by any means - just that is my first impression. That is my personal reaction to mojolicious genre of styling out there but then I came to interpret a different style of site as informative.
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The FREE Palm Oil Guide and Scanner app, sponsored by the El Paso Zoological Society, will help consumers in the United States find out what products contain palm oil so that they can make an informed decision, purchasing a product containing palm oil or a similar product without palm oil.
The current palm oil crisis is a consumer driven problem. About 50 percent of the goods we use every day including food products, cosmetics and detergents, contain palm oil. Palm oil has the highest yield of any oil crop and is the cheapest vegetable oil to produce and refine. The world's consumption is doubling every 10 years. A 2007 United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report identified palm oil plantations as the leading cause of rainforest destruction in Malaysia and Indonesia.
In launching the new mobile app, the El Paso Zoo is offering a new tool to get the attention of companies around the world that produce and use palm oil in their products. There is a sustainable palm oil marketing movement, but there are flaws or limits with the way the sustainability is measured and tracked.
The palm oil industry provides jobs for thousands of people, but like many other profit making enterprises that degrade the environment, ultimately the consumer can decide what industries profit and what industries do not. With the development of the Palm Oil Guide & Scanner, the Zoo encourages people to do something about the palm oil crisis rather than do nothing.
The future of the ecosystem and all the services it provides in sustaining human life depends largely on the actions of consumers. Until sustainable (non-destructive) palm oil that is 100% traceable is available to the consumer, the Palm Guide Oil Guide & Scanner app will help raise awareness and get more attention to this expanding global threat. When governments and corporations fail to provide solutions to environmental problems, this app and similar tools that will undoubtedly be developed in the future, will help consumers speak out with their wallets.
The Mobile App is available on iTunes for iPhones and other iOS devices and on Googleplay for android users.


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MISENHIEMER, N.C. - Pfeiffer's Chris Woods (Greensboro, N.C.) had a game high 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Falcon men's basketball team to a 106-91 win over the Coker Cobras on Monday night in Conference Carolinas basketball action.
Coker (5-6 overall, 2-3 Conf. Carolinas) held a six point lead with 13 minutes left in the second half, but 22-7 Falcons run led by Woods over the next 10 minutes gave Pfeiffer (6-4, 2-2) the win.
A trio of Falcons joined Woods in double figures, by scoring 14 points each; Jeff Pettiway (Edgewood, Md.), Davon Gilliard (Charleston, S.C.) and James Morse (Arundel, Maine), while Reggie Hollinger (Orlando, Fla.) had 13 points and five rebounds and James Crowder (High Point, N.C.) had 10 points.
Leading the Cobras was Mason Ambler (Atlanta, Ga.) with 18 points, followed by Thomas Wright's (Sydney, Australia) 17 points. Vatrick Thompson (Columbia, S.C.) also netted 13 points for the Cobras.
Both teams shot over 50 percent from the floor with the Cobras holding a slight advantage, shooting 55.9 percent compared to 52.6 percent. The difference in the game came in points off the bench with the Falcons bench scoring 45 points to Coker's 32. Pfeiffer also hit 15 shots from beyond the arc.
Coker and Pfeiffer return to action on Wednesday, when Coker hosts Mount Olive and Pfeiffer travels to Barton College. Both games tip-off at 7:30 p.m.


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The Wayne County Office on Aging is sponsoring the AARP Driver Safety Program, formerly known as "55 Alive."
The Wayne County Office on Aging is sponsoring the AARP Driver Safety Program, formerly known as "55 Alive."
The eight-hour classroom defensive driving course and the four hour classroom refresher course is designed for drivers 50 and older.
AARP offers these courses each year, which results in automobile insurance company discounts to qualifying policy holders 55 years or older who successfully complete the course.
There are no tests, and membership in AARP is not required. All automobile insurance companies doing business in Pennsylvania are mandated by state law to give a minimum discount of 5% to all qualified policy holders who complete the course.
To qualify for the 4 (four) hour class, evidence must be provided with pre- registration or at class registration that you have previously taken one of the classes within the last thirty-six months (3 years). Such evidence could be a copy of your Course Completion Certificate from the previous course or a copy of your auto insurance policy that indicates you are currently receiving a discount for Defensive Driving.
The eight hour class, taught by a volunteer instructor, is given in a two day period in two, 4 hour sessions.
The non-refundable fee is $14.00 ($12.00 for AARP members) per person, paid in advance when registering for any class. All AARP members should bring your membership card to class. Payment is made by check or money order payable to AARP.
Class size is limited, so advance reservations are required to assure placement in the class. Those completing the course will be given a certificate which is valid for three years.
Attendance at both class days is required for certification. Remember to bring your drivers' license and a pen to class.
Call the Wayne County Area Agency on Aging at 570- 253-4262 to make a reservation and get directions to one of the classes listed below or if you have any questions regarding these classes.
Lunch is served at noon daily at each of the senior centers. Those individuals who are interested in eating lunch at a center are asked to call at least one day before the date of the program to make their reservation. Any individual over the age of 60 may reserve a lunch and contribute to the cost of the meal on a donation basis. If you are under the age of 60, the cost of the meal is $7.10. Visit the website for more information about the many services offered. http://aging.co.wayne.pa.us
Eight Hour Class
Time for both days 8 a.m. - noon
Site: Honesdale Senior Center
April 25 & 26
June 27 & 28
August 22 & 23
Site: Hamlin Senior Center
October 24 & 25
Four Hour Class:
Hawley Senior Center: 1 – 5 p.m.
April 24, June 12; Aug. 7; Oct. 9; Oct. 30.


text: Minds On Physics - the App is the mobile version of the popular Minds On Physics Internet Modules found at the publisher's website. Affectionately known as MOPs, this physics learning tool delivers a collection of questions that target students' misconceptions and misunderstandings. Immediate feedback, opportunities for self-correction, and question-specific help abound. MOPs blends the need for careful reading, logical reasoning, and physics understanding in an effort to produce a confident and able physics student. Part 1 of this six-part series includes 29 missions pertaining to topics in kinematics, vectors, and projectiles. Three of the 15 modules in the Minds On Physics Program are included in this app. These include the Kinematic Concepts, the Kinematic Graphing, and the Vectors and Projectiles modules.


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Next up in my mascara reviews is Mally's Volumizing Mascara. This isn't one that is particularly well known, but it came with a kit I was sent so I gave it a go.
They say:
The combination of natural waxes and carefully-chosen powders gives lashes an instant boost. The plush combing brush works with the powders in the formula to help thicken lashes without clumping, giving you gorgeous volume that lasts and lasts.
This brush of this mascara is a very traditional bristle, medium-large size which is quite easy to use even on my short lashes. It's nicely black too:
I have no preconceptions about this mascara to be honest so I wasn't expecting much. Generally speaking I dislike 85% of the mascaras I try, 14% is ok and 1% I love. So how did this simply packaged mascara do?
One coat:
This mascara takes a bit of work – it's not an "instant" mascara in the sense that you need two to three coats for it to start showing up. It's a dry textured mascara which in my experience holds curl quite well.
Two coats:
I'm not seeing much volume, but lots of length and a richness to the lash. There is every so slight clumping at the roots.
Third Coat:
I guess this mascara looks quite good when layered, although I couldn't get a completely clump free, crisp finish I'd like. Nevertheless, I would put this in the "Good" mascara category – my lashes are longer, not crispy, no irritation, no flaking – so I wouldn't kick it out of bed, so to speak.
Every tried Mally?


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What is Ground Fault Protection?
Ground fault protection or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) is a device designed to provide protection and to prevent electrical shock by breaking the circuit once a difference in currents between hot and neutral wires occurs.
A GFCI is constantly monitoring the amount of electricity that is flowing into a circuit and also monitoring when the current is lost. So if the amount of current flowing doesn't return back to the GFCI unit, it immediately stops supplying power. By immediately cutting off the power, this saves you from electric shock or electrocution.
Developed in the 1960s, the GFCI became a success soon after it was developed into a commercial product by a handful of companies, including several circuit breaker manufacturers. The GFCI was first required by the National Electric Code (NEC) to be installed for underwater swimming pool lighting fixtures, because backyard swimming pools were becoming very popular. In subsequent years, the NEC made it a requirement to have GFCIs in other areas of your house, especially in locations where people would be standing on earth, cement ground, or near water. Just 25 years after the GFCI was first introduced, the use of electricity had doubled but the number of accidental electrocutions in the U.S. had dropped in half in that same time period.
So why is ground fault protection important and necessary for electric radiant floor heating?
Electric radiant floor heating is a heating system that consists of electric cables built into the floor. The electric cables or mats warm your floor and are controlled by a thermostat that has a GFCI installed in it for optimal safety and comfort.
If you have radiant floor heating and an imbalance within the electrical currents occurs, the GFCI in the radiant heat thermostat will automatically and instantly disconnect the electrical lines from the radiant heating system. The WarmlyYours thermostats are GFCI protected and a GFCI breaker is not necessary. And, we recommend only one GFCI device on the circuit be used to provide power to the heating element.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission believes that by installing GFCIs in every home in the United States, more than two-thirds of the approximately 300 electrocutions occurring each year could be prevented.
So, when you are shopping around for electric floor heating, be sure that the product has GFCI protection as a standard. Here at WarmlyYours Radiant, protecting our installers and customer is top of mind when we develop and sell our products. And that's why we ensure that our floor heating and snow melting products are GFCI protected and come with all of the important safety certifications such as, C/UL/us and UL listings, as well as RoHS compliance.


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The enrollment fee is assessed of all students, including nonresidents. The fee is currently $46.00 per unit.
Waiver of the enrollment fee is available to students who petition and qualify as recipients of benefits under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary (SSI) program, or the General Assistance program. Please contact Financial Aid Office for more information.


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BOSTON, Mass. – In a back-and-forth affair, the MIT men's lacrosse team came out on top with a 9-8 double overtime victory over UMass Boston on Tuesday afternoon. Freshman Jake Slonaker (West Windsor, N.J.) netted the game-winner 57 seconds into the second extra session to complete the hat-trick for the Engineers.
Junior Gabe Blanchet (Hadley, Mass.) put MIT on the board after 1:11 elapsed but the Beacons scored twice in a three-minute span to claim the lead at the 9:55 mark. The game became a defensive battle until sophomore Ben Hessels (Laytonsville, Md.) found the back of the net with 5:12 left in the second quarter. After winning the ensuing face-off, sophomore Joel Santisteban (Lawrence, N.Y.) made an uncontested bid at the net to put the Engineers in front, 3-2. Junior Mike Gibson (Natick, Mass.) quickly followed with a solo effort of his own.
UMass Boston ended its scoring drought with a man-up marker at 3:23; however, freshman Bill Kelleher (Pittsburgh, Pa.) connected on a feed from junior goalie Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) less than a minute later. The hosts then registered back-to-back goals to close out the half and even the score at five.
Both teams traded goals throughout the third quarter, resulting in a deadlock at seven heading into the fourth frame. Slonaker was responsible for both tallies as Kelleher earned the assist on the first while Gibson found him for a man-down score.
In the fourth quarter, Hessels set up junior Sean Burke (Centennial, Colo.) for the go-ahead goal with 11:27 on the clock but the Beacons registered the equalizer six minutes later. Neither side was able to generate a shot on down the stretch, sending the game into overtime.
UMass Boston made two charges at the net in the first session; however, both efforts were off the mark. The Engineers' best attempt was a strike by Rullan which was turned away by the Beacons' goalie. In the second overtime, UMass Boston won the face-off and immediately put a shot on goal that was stopped by Rullan. Gibson brought the ball up the field and dished it off to a wide-open Slonaker who beat the Beacons' netminder to the high near post for the win.
In addition to his three-point performance, Gibson went 7-of-14 in faceoffs. Senior Bryan Beller (Dix Hills, N.Y.) compiled five caused turnovers and three groundballs while freshman Quantum Wei (Springfield, Va.) tallied five groundballs and two caused turnovers. Burke added three groundballs and one caused turnover as senior Ernie Park (Plainsboro, N.J.) and sophomore Tim Wilczynski (Old Lyme, Conn.) both chipped in two caused turnovers. In net, Rullan finished with six saves.
MIT (3-4) opens up Pilgrim Lacrosse League play with a home game against Springfield College on Saturday, April 7.


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This is a lesson about the solar wind, Earth's magnetosphere, and the Moon. Participants will work in groups of two or three to build a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system. They will use the model to demonstrate that the Earth is protected from... (View More) particles streaming out of the Sun, called the solar wind, by a magnetic shield called the magnetosphere, and that the Moon is periodically protected from these particles as it moves in its orbit around the Earth. Participants will also learn that the NASA ARTEMIS mission is a pair of satellites orbiting the Moon that measure the intensity of solar particles streaming from the Sun. (View Less)
The 9-session NASA Family Science Night program emables middle school children and their families to discover the wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics being performed at NASA and in everyday life. Family Science Night... (View More) programs explore various themes on the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and the Universe through fun, hands-on activities, including at-home experiments. Instructions for obtaining the facilitator's guide are available on the Family Science Night site. (View Less)
Students will use NASA's Global Climate Change website to research five of the key indicators (vital signs) of Earth's climate health. These indicators are: global surface temperature, carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level, Arctic sea ice, and... (View More) land ice. They will use this information, shared in their expert groups, to create an informative poster about their assigned key indicator. The poster will be used by other groups to learn about all five of the key indicators and how Earth scientists use these indicators to analyze changes in Earth's climate. The lesson plan uses the 5E instructional sequence. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about using the light from the star during an occultation event to identify the atmosphere of a planet. Learners will add and subtract light curves (presented as a series of geometrical shapes) to understand how this could occur.... (View More) The activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System. (View Less)
Learners will build an open spectrograph to calculate the angle the light is transmitted through a holographic diffraction grating. After finding the desired angles, the students will design their own spectrograph using the information learned. The... (View More) activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System. (View Less)
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This is an activity about detecting elements by using light. Learners will develop and apply methods to identify and interpret patterns to the identification of fingerprints. They look at fingerprints of their classmates, snowflakes, and finally... (View More) "spectral fingerprints" of elements. They learn to identify each image as unique, yet part of a group containing recognizable similarities. The activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System. (View Less)
In this lesson, students measure the size of several galaxies to reproduce a plot of Hubble's Law. The goal of this lesson is to give students the chance to simulate the process that led to the notion that the universe is expanding, provide insight... (View More) into how this idea was reached, and inform students about the nature of our universe.Includes an extension activity, "Hubble's Law Mis-calibration." This lesson is part of the Cosmic Times teacher's guide and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1929 Cosmic Times Poster. (View Less)
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This is an activity about how the Sun can affect the Earth's atmosphere, specifically the ionosphere. Learners will use real data from a Sudden Ionosphere Disturbance Monitor, or SID Monitor, to identify the signatures in the graphed data that can... (View More) be used to determine the times of sunrise and sunset. Although the SID monitors are designed to detect SIDs caused by solar flares, they also detect the normal influence of solar X-rays and UV light during the day as well as cosmic rays at nighttime. There is a distinct shape to a 24-hour SID data graph, with unique shapes, or signatures, of the graph appearing at sunrise and sunset.This activity is part of the Research with Space Weather Monitor Data educators guide. Use of and access to a Stanford Solar Center SID monitor and the internet is encouraged but not required. Locations without a SID monitor can use sample data provided in the educators guide. (View Less)
This is a lesson about the path of one xenon ion through an ion propulsion engine. Learners will focus on what a single xenon ion sees and does as it goes through the reactions and processes that provide the ion jet propulsion engine's thrust. They... (View More) will learn to adopt an informed, experimental method for use in a later lesson. A tightly-scripted slide-by-slide presentation is provided. Preconceptions are discussed. This is activity 4 of 5 in Structure and Properties of Matter: Ion Propulsion. (View Less)
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Farmingdale State - 17, Mount Saint Mary - 3
Newburgh, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's lacrosse team snapped their three game losing streak with a commanding 17-3 victory today over Mount Saint Mary College (4-6, 0-2). The Rams improved to 3-7 overall, 1-2 in the Skyline with the win.
Junior midfielder Bobby Thomas (Wantagh, N.Y.) and senior attack Ryan Oswald (Floral Park, N.Y.) gave Farmingdale State an early 2-0 lead in the opening five minutes, before the Mount got on the board with an unassisted tally from freshman midfielder Jake Robison (Franklin Square, N.Y.) at 8:49 of the first period.
The Rams scored 14 straight over the next 37 minutes and would hold a 16-1 advantage with 2:24 left to play in the third, as Farmingdale State rolled to the 17-3 final.
For Farmingdale State, senior midfielder Jason Opitz (West Hempstead, N.Y.) scored a game-high five goals with one assist and four ground balls. Freshman attack Dan Cozier (West Islip, N.Y.) dished off four assists and scored one goal. The faceoffs were controlled by freshman midfielder Kevin Schneider (East Meadow, N.Y.), who was a perfect 9-for-9, while sophomore midfielder Al Rocco (Elmont, N.Y.) won 7-of-10 faceoffs. Thomas would finish with two goals, two assists and a game-high six ground balls.
The Rams will now travel to face Wesleyan University on Wednesday, April 4 in a non-conference game at 4:30 p.m.