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The Merchant of Venice: Act 1, Scene 1
Enter ANTONIO, SALERIO,
and SOLANIO.
1. sooth: truth. sad: melancholy.
1 In sooth, I know not why I am so sad:
2 It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
3 But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
4 What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
5. I am to learn: I have still to find out, i.e., I don't know.
5 I am to learn;
6 And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,
7 That I have much ado to know myself.
8 Your mind is tossing on the ocean;
9. argosies: large merchant ships. portly: stately.
9 There, where your argosies with portly sail,
10. signiors: gentlemen of substance.
10 Like signiors and rich burghers on the flood,
11. pageants: high mobile stages used for the miracle playssomething like modern floats. 12. overpeer: tower over, look down upon. 13. cur'sy: curtsy; i.e., bob up and down on the waves. do them reverence: make obeisance to them.
11 Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea,
12 Do overpeer the petty traffickers,
13 That cur'sy to them, do them reverence,
14 As they fly by them with their woven wings.
15. venture: speculative commercial enterprise.
15 Believe me, sir, had I such venture forth,
16. affections: thoughts and feelings.
16 The better part of my affections would
17. still: continually, constantly.
17 Be with my hopes abroad. I should be still
18 Plucking the grass, to know where sits the wind,
19. roads: roadsteads [stretch of water near a shore], anchorages.
19 Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads;
20 And every object that might make me fear
21. out of doubt: undoubtedly.
21 Misfortune to my ventures, out of doubt
22 Would make me sad.
22 My wind cooling my broth
23 Would blow me to an ague, when I thought
24 What harm a wind too great at sea might do.
25 I should not see the sandy hour-glass run,
26 But I should think of shallows and of flats,
27. wealthy: richly laden. Andrew: This was the name of one of two very large ...more 28. Vailing: lowering. high top: topmast. 29. kiss her burial: do homage to her place of burial.
27 And see my wealthy Andrew dock'd in sand,
28 Vailing her high-top lower than her ribs
29 To kiss her burial. Should I go to church
30 And see the holy edifice of stone,
31. bethink me straight: be put in mind straightway.
31 And not bethink me straight of dangerous rocks,
32. gentle: noble.
32 Which touching but my gentle vessel's side,
33 Would scatter all her spices on the stream,
34 Enrobe the roaring waters with my silks,
35. but even now: i.e., just a moment ago.
35 And, in a word, but even now worth this,
36 And now worth nothing? Shall I have the thought
37 To think on this, and shall I lack the thought
38. bechanc'd: should it happen.
38 That such a thing bechanc'd would make me sad?
39 But tell not me; I know, Antonio
40 Is sad to think upon his merchandise.
41 Believe me, no: I thank my fortune for it,
42. bottom: ship.
42 My ventures are not in one bottom trusted,
43-44. nor is my whole estate / Upon the fortune of this present year: i.e., nor does all my wealth depend on how well I do this year.
43 Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate
44 Upon the fortune of this present year:
45 Therefore my merchandise makes me not sad.
46 Why, then you are in love.
46 Fie, fie!
50. Janus: Roman god of all beginnings represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. 52. peep through their eyes: i.e., look out through eyes half closed by laughter. 53. like parrots: i.e., raucously. bag-piper: Bagpipe music was regarded as melancholy.
47 Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
48 Because you are not merry: and 'twere as easy
49 For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry,
50 Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus,
51 Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time:
52 Some that will evermore peep through their eyes
53 And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper,
54 And other of such vinegar aspect
55 That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile,
56. Nestor: the oldest and gravest of the Greek heroes at Troy. He was the venerable senior officer in the Iliad.
56 Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
Enter BASSANIO, LORENZO,
and GRATIANO.
57 Here comes Bassanio, your most noble kinsman,
58 Gratiano and Lorenzo. Fare ye well:
59 We leave you now with better company.
60 I would have stay'd till I had made you merry,
61. prevented: forestalled.
61 If worthier friends had not prevented me.
61. Your worth is very dear in my regard: I regard you as a highly worthy friend.
62 Your worth is very dear in my regard.
63 I take it, your own business calls on you
64. embrace the occasion: take advantage of the opportunity.
64 And you embrace the occasion to depart.
65 Good morrow, my good lords.
66. when shall we laugh: i.e., when shall we next have a merry time together. 67. strange: like strangers; i.e., reserved, distant. must it be so: must you show reserve; or, must you go.
66 Good signiors both, when shall we laugh? say, when?
67 You grow exceeding strange: must it be so?
68. attend on: wait upon; i.e., suit.
68 We'll make our leisures to attend on yours.
Exeunt Salerio and Solanio.
69 My Lord Bassanio, since you have found Antonio,
70 We two will leave you: but at dinner-time,
71 I pray you, have in mind where we must meet.
72 I will not fail you.
73 You look not well, Signior Antonio;
74. respect upon the world: concern for worldly business affairs.
74 You have too much respect upon the world:
75 They lose it that do buy it with much care:
76 Believe me, you are marvellously changed.
77 I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano;
78 A stage where every man must play a part,
80. old: typical of old age (?) or plentiful (?). 81. my liver rather heat with wine: The liver was regarded as the seat of the passions and . . . more 82. mortifying: deadly, killing. Groans and sighs were thought to draw blood from the heart. 84. alabaster: Stone effigies were common on tombs in churches. 85. jaundice: jaundice was thought . . . more
89. cream and mantle: i.e., acquire a lifeless, . . . more standing: stagnant. 90. willful stillness entertain: self-imposed and persistent . . . more 91. opinion: reputation. 92. profound conceit: deep thought.
79 And mine a sad one.
79 Let me play the fool:
80 With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come,
81 And let my liver rather heat with wine
82 Than my heart cool with mortifying groans.
83 Why should a man, whose blood is warm within,
84 Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
85 Sleep when he wakes and creep into the jaundice
86 By being peevish? I tell thee what, Antonio
87 I love thee, and it is my love that speaks
88 There are a sort of men whose visages
89 Do cream and mantle like a standing pond,
90 And do a wilful stillness entertain,
91 With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion
92 Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit,
93 As who should say 'I am Sir Oracle,
94 And when I ope my lips let no dog bark!'
95. of these: some men.
95 O my Antonio, I do know of these
96. therefore: for that reason.
96 That therefore only are reputed wise
97 For saying nothing; when, I am very sure,
98 If they should speak, would almost damn those ears,
99. would call their brothers fools: would speak such nonsense that those who heard them would immediately call them fools and so risk damnation. . . . more 101. melancholy bait: bait of melancholy. 102. gudgeon: a small fish easily caught and used for bait.
99 Which, hearing them, would call their brothers fools.
100 I'll tell thee more of this another time:
101 But fish not, with this melancholy bait,
102 For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.
103 Come, good Lorenzo. Fare ye well awhile:
104. exhortation: sermon.
104 I'll end my exhortation after dinner.
105 Well, we will leave you then till dinner-time:
106 I must be one of these same dumb wise men,
107 For Gratiano never lets me speak.
108. keep: if you keep. moe: more.
108 Well, keep me company but two years moe,
109 Thou shalt not know the sound of thine own tongue.
110. for this gear: as a consequence of all this talk of yours.
110 Farewell: I'll grow a talker for this gear.
111 Thanks, i' faith, for silence is only commendable
112. neat's: ox's. vendible: salable; i.e., marriageable.
112 In a neat's tongue dried and a maid not vendible.
Exeunt [Gratiano and Lorenzo].
113. Is that any thing now?: i.e., did Gratiano make any sense at all?
113 Is that any thing now?
114 Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more
115. reasons: reasonable statements, sensible ideas.
115 than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two
116 grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you
117 shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you
118 have them, they are not worth the search.
119 Well, tell me now what lady is the same
120 To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage,
121 That you today promised to tell me of?
122 'Tis not unknown to you, Antonio,
123 How much I have disabled mine estate,
124. something: somewhat. swelling port: splendid style of living. 125. grant continuance: allow to continue. 126. to be abridg'd: at being reduced.
124 By something showing a more swelling port
125 Than my faint means would grant continuance:
126 Nor do I now make moan to be abridg'd
127. rate: manner of living.
127 From such a noble rate; but my chief care
128. fairly: fitly, honorably.
128 Is to come fairly off from the great debts
129 Wherein my time something too prodigal
130. gag'd: pledged.
130 Hath left me gag'd. To you, Antonio,
131 I owe the most, in money and in love,
132 And from your love I have a warranty
133 To unburden all my plots and purposes
134 How to get clear of all the debts I owe.
135 I pray you, good Bassanio, let me know it;
136. still: always.
136 And if it stand, as you yourself still do,
137. eye: sight, view.
137 Within the eye of honor, be assured,
138 My purse, my person, my extremest means,
139. occasions: needs.
139 Lie all unlock'd to your occasions.
140. shaft: arrow.
140 In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft,
141. his: its. self-same flight: same kind and range.
141 I shot his fellow of the self-same flight
142. advised: considered, careful, deliberate.
142 The self-same way with more advised watch,
143. adventuring: risking.
143 To find the other forth, and by adventuring both
144. urge: put forward, bring up. proof: experience.
144 I oft found both: I urge this childhood proof,
145. innocence: childish folly or childlike sincerity .
145 Because what follows is pure innocence.
146. like a wilful youth: i.e., because I have behaved recklessly, as youth does.
146 I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth,
147 That which I owe is lost; but if you please
148. self: same.
148 To shoot another arrow that self way
149 Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,
150. or: either.
150 As I will watch the aim, or to find both
151. latter hazard: second risk.
151 Or bring your latter hazard back again
152 And thankfully rest debtor for the first.
153. spend but: only waste.
153 You know me well, and herein spend but time
154. To . . . circumstance: i.e., to approach my favor cautiously, as though stalking me . . . more 155. out of: beyond. 156. In making question of my uttermost: in showing any doubt of my intention to do all I can.
154 To wind about my love with circumstance;
155 And out of doubt you do me now more wrong
156 In making question of my uttermost
157 Than if you had made waste of all I have:
158 Then do but say to me what I should do
159 That in your knowledge may by me be done,
160. prest unto: ready for.
160 And I am prest unto it: therefore, speak.
161. richly left: left a large fortune (by her father's will).
161 In Belmont is a lady richly left;
162. fairer than that word: what is better still.
162 And she is fair, and, fairer than that word,
163. sometimes: formerly.
163 Of wondrous virtues: sometimes from her eyes
164 I did receive fair speechless messages:
165. nothing undervalu'd: in no way inferior.
165 Her name is Portia, nothing undervalu'd
166 To Cato's daughter, Brutus' Portia:
167 Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth,
168 For the four winds blow in from every coast
169 Renowned suitors, and her sunny locks
170 Hang on her temples like a golden fleece;
171. Colchos': the country, at the eastern end of the Black Sea, where Jason won the Golden Fleece. strond: strand, shore.
171 Which makes her seat of Belmont Colchos' strond,
172 And many Jasons come in quest of her.
173 O my Antonio, had I but the means
174 To hold a rival place with one of them,
175. presages: i.e., which presages. thrift: profit and good fortune; thriving, success. 176. questionless: undoubtedly.
175 I have a mind presages me such thrift,
176 That I should questionless be fortunate!
177 Thou know'st that all my fortunes are at sea;
178. commodity: merchandise.
178 Neither have I money nor commodity
179 To raise a present sum: therefore go forth;
180 Try what my credit can in Venice do:
181. rack'd: stretched.
181 That shall be rack'd, even to the uttermost,
182 To furnish thee to Belmont, to fair Portia.
183. presently: immediately.
183 Go, presently inquire, and so will I,
184‑185. no question make / To: have no doubt that I shall.
184 Where money is, and I no question make
185. of my trust or for my sake: on my credit as a businessman, or as a friendly loan.
185 To have it of my trust or for my sake.


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But this is fun homework. 😀
To get another aspect of how point of view works, I am going to send you to a You Tube video. This is exaggerated, but it helps to illustrate the magic of "point of view". Sometimes seeing this in action can help understand the concept of point of view much better.
This scene from the episode of Everybody Loves Raymond called "The Can Opener" is about six minutes long. The quality isn't that great, but you can get the gist of what's going on. (To see the show in its entirety, you can go to Netflix. I think it's in season 4, but I'm not sure.)
If you're an X-Files fan, the "point of view" angle was tackled in episode "Bad Blood" (Season 5, I think). It is on Netflix. I couldn't find the entire episode on You Tube.

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Visit this family friendly farm and tour the farm by train, take a spin on the pedal carts or climb to the top of the hay mountain. Seasonal attractions include a corn maze, pumpkin patch and Christmas forest.


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Bob Cerv Stuck It to the New York Yankees
December 29, 2009 · Harold Friend · Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees
Ed Rand has rooted against the Yankees all his life.
He recently became ecstatic, or least extremely pleased, when he read an article in an old baseball magazine about how Bob Cerv was sent to Kansas City and how the Yankees' reject almost won the 1958 American League Triple Crown.
Pure Fiction
There is an often-told story about Bob Cerv, which like many of the Yogi Berra stories, was fiction created by a baseball writer.
The story is that Cerv was sitting alone on the bench at Yankee Stadium when manager Casey Stengel sat down next to him to inform him that the Yankees had obtained the services of Enos Slaughter from, of course, the Kansas City Athletics.
"Nobody knows this, but one of us has been traded to Kansas City."
Cerv looked around to make sure that Casey was speaking to him.
It is pure fiction. Bob Cerv was sold to Kansas City on Oct. 15, 1956, five days after the World Series ended. No other players were involved.
But that is New York, that is New York sports writing, and that is the New York Yankees.
Bob Cerv Stuck It to the New York Yankees
In 1958, Cerv stuck it to the Yankees. He had a fantastic season, hitting .305 with 38 home runs and 104 RBIs, but there is more.
Cerv broke his jaw in a home-plate collision with Detroit catcher Red Wilson during the middle of May. Cerv was batting .344 at the time.
He played with a wired jaw for six weeks, but he could only eat liquids, which weakened him and affected his offensive production.
Cerv also played with a broken toe for part of the season.
Bob Cerv Was a Leader
The Yankees were always looking for leadership, but when they got rid of Cerv, they made a terrible mistake.
Kansas City manager Harry Craft, who had a long relationship with the Yankees (even the Kansas City manager had a Yankees' link), appreciated Cerv's intangibles.
"I have nothing but admiration for Cerv. His jaw is broken and so wired to hold it in place that he's been living on liquids. But he doesn't gripe, doesn't complain.
And his determination has been contagious. He's been our leader and every ball club needs a leader."
The Triple Crown
Ted Williams, whom Cerv beat out as the starting left fielder in the all-star game, won the batting title with a .328 average.
It is unlikely that even if Cerv had been healthy all season, he could have out-hit Williams, but he was batting .344 when he broke his jaw.
Yeah, I know it was early in the season.
Mickey Mantle led the league with 42 home runs. There is little doubt in my mind that Cerv could have topped Mantle.
Cerv's .305 average was one point better than Mantle's .304, but it gets better.
The Yankees Traded Jackie Jensen
Jackie Jensen had competed with Mantle for an outfield spot with the Yankees in 1951 and 1952.
The Yankees traded Jensen to the Senators, who later sent him to Boston.
In 1958, Jensen led the league with 122 RBIs, a total Cerv might have been able to beat if he hadn't been hurt.
Bob Cerv and Jackie Jensen Had Great Seasons
Jensen won the MVP award that season. It was really great. The Yankees let Cerv and Jensen go, and, in 1958, each had outstanding seasons.
If there had been any competition, the Yankees wouldn't have even won the pennant, but they got off to a quick start and coasted the second half.
The Yankees never gave Bob Cerv a real chance, and he was not alone.
Only some young players get a real chance with the Yankees, and Cerv and Jensen weren't among them.
By ARTHUR DALEY. (1958, June 12). Sports of The Times :Man Taking a Whirl. New York Times (1857-Current file),44. Retrieved December 28, 2009, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 – 2006). (Document ID: 91391393)
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Faisal Alam is the Founder and Director of Al-Fatiha Foundation, an international organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Muslims. He joined Columbia students to learn about, discuss, and support these individuals, as well as to offer social criticism. The forum was held at the Middle East Institute of Columbia, and was co-sponsored by MEALAC, and Asian American Alliance.
Posted: October 17th, 2007
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Halle Berry Has Robot Kid, Gets Space-Pregnant in Extant Trailer
So here's what I'm thinking…
Halle Berry saw Gravity, and said, "I want one of those, so people will like me again!" She somehow persuaded Steven Spielberg to listen to her, at which point he revealed that he wanted to remake A.I. because he just knows it was ahead of its time and people might actually like it if he made it again. And then they mashed up both ideas and went to every movie studio in town, all of whom said, "Are you fucking nuts? That's a terrible idea!"
So it went to CBS, who'll take anything. Like I said, just a theory.
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On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka.
This landmark United States Supreme Court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned 1896's Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which allowed state-sponsored segregation in public education. In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the Warren Court stated "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The results of this decision would be tested on the streets of Little Rock in 1957.
The Court's fourteen page decision did not spell out any sort of method for ending racial segregation in schools, and the Court's second decision in Brown II, muddied the waters even further by only ordering states to desegregate with the oxymoronic "all deliberate speed."
Brown v. Board grew out of a class action suit filed in Topeka, Kansas, by thirteen African American parents on behalf of their children. Mr. Oliver Brown was the only male. He was chosen to be the lead plaintiff, because it was felt that the court would look more favorably on a male plaintiff. The District Court ruled in favor of the Board of Education, citing Plessy v. Ferguson. The court did note that segregation had a detrimental effect on African American students, but that since the Topeka schools were substantially equal, there was no relief to be granted.
When it was appealed to the Supreme Court, Brown v. Board was combined with four other cases from other jurisdictions. All were NAACP sponsored cases. Thurgood Marshall was the lead attorney for the plaintiffs. In December 1952, the Justice Department filed a "friend of the court" brief and argued, in part, that racial segregation had a detrimental effect on US foreign policy. Communist countries were using racial separation in anti-US propaganda.
In the spring of 1953, the Supreme Court held the case. Unable to decide the issue, they reheard it in the fall of 1953. They then put special emphasis on the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
During deliberations, Chief Justice Earl Warren insisted on a unanimous ruling to avoid massive Southern resistance.
Since the Topeka schools were found to be substantially equal, the Court's ruling was important in noting that the harm came from the separation. While there was no doubt that many (if not most) African American public schools were inferior in infrastructure and supplies to white schools – that in and of itself was not the issue.
School leaders in Little Rock started perusing the Brown decision and considering how the Little Rock School District would comply.


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Yesterday, we talked about the various categories of pet adoption politics, as this author sees them. While politically I can be described as a bleeding heart liberal, when it comes to adoption options, I am a passionate moderate.
This wasn't always the case. There was a time when I would have identified as an adoption left winger. My experience as a trainer and as a dog mom have converted me to my current moderate status. Also, losing a dog to a birth defect at a young age and seeing him degrade quickly and painfully was a very strong positive punisher for me and taught me a quick lesson on the devastating effects of faulty breeding.
Before I go into the topic, I will admit that, unfortunately, truly responsible breeders (as I identify them) might only make up about 1% of the total population of people breeding dogs.
As a behavior professional, it's practically impossible to overestimate the wonders a truly responsible breeder. A truly responsible breeder would no sooner have a dog they bred take up space in a shelter than they would turn their human child over to an orphanage. They provide pet owners with a great gift – an appropriate and extensive head start on socialization and positive training. Quite possibly, this is the ultimate way to prevent aggression and reactivity in adult stages of life.
Dogs go through 10 Developmental Life Stages. Each of these stages carries its own unique training concerns and obligations. 7 of these 10 life stages may very well happen before you even bring your new puppy home. Coincidentally, these life stages, those that happen before four months of age, are the most critical in a dog's emotional and behavioral development. During these stages, dogs are knowledge sponges – they will learn things, both good (sit, play nicely with others, crate training, etc.) and bad (unacceptable toileting habits, reactivity, aggression, separation anxiety, nipping, biting, and barking for attention, resource guarding, etc.), more quickly during these times than at any other stage in their development.
This is a lot of responsibility to leave to an unknown. If a breeder is really doing her socialization homework, I actually like to see a puppy with her litter for twelve or more weeks. If the breeder is irresponsible or the puppies were born into a feral living situation, I like to see the puppy in a forever home at seven or eight weeks, giving the adopters as much critical socialization time to make up for existing deficits as possible.
As a trainer, my expectations of "extensive and appropriate" socialization are pretty darned lofty. For me, the Early Learning Program from Puppy Prodigies should be a socialization model for all breeders. The Puppy Prodigy program specializes in raising puppies for service work, but if you are planning on adopting an obedience, agility, or tracking prospect, you can simply replace the service task training with introducing your new puppy to various behaviors and obstacles, scents and experiences.
On this page, you will see videos of the Puppy Prodigy training in progress. These puppies begin learning to control their movement before they can even open their eyes. By two weeks of age, the puppies are learning "sit," "turn," "follow," and "up." By four weeks, they learn "sit," "shake," "down," "turn," "up," "lap," "push," "target" (easy button), "roll," "touch," "under," "tug." By eleven weeks, they learn: basket retrieve, laundry retrieve, kleenex retrieve, tugging off sock, simulated counter transaction, child handler (sit, shake, speak), and targeting with the clicker (bell, handicapped door button, target stick).
Is this irresponsible dog care? If so, I would be interested in a definition of responsible dog care that somehow is an improvement over these puppy handling and training techniques.
These puppies are being bred for service work. As adults, they will help law enforcement keep communities safe, and disabled individuals live fuller and more complete lives. Service dogs need this early and intensive training to thrive in their careers. Really, pet dogs could benefit from this type of extensive, appropriate, and early intervention as well. Many responsible breeders introduce their dogs to various agility obstacles at four or five weeks of age. They practice controlled separation, crate training, teaching the dogs to be gentle with their teeth, friendly with cats, hamster, horses, sheep, or children when the dog is still imprinting during critical socialization periods.
While it is true that a great number of mixed breeds and shelter dogs also work as service dogs, in many cases asking a dog without requisite genetic health testing (which cannot be done until two years of age in many cases) to perform duties such as bracework can be crippling and dangerous for the dog. Because the training of a service dog often costs tens of thousands of dollars, it is difficult for service dog organizations to make a $15000 training investment only to find out that when the dog turns 2, it was all for naught as he is physically unsuited to the task at hand.
Do responsible breeders contribute to the pet overpopulation problem? Let's examine the question more carefully.
The number one reason that dogs are turned in to shelters and rescues or is euthanized for non-medical purposes is because of behavior problems. A dog pees on the rug, or barks when the mailman comes daily. A dog digs holes in the garden, or chases the family cat. A dog howls in his crate all night, or exhibits signs of separation anxiety. A dog urinates whenever he hears thunder or fireworks. A fearful dog nips at children. A dog fights with other dogs. Perhaps a dog screams when approached by a tall man with boots and a beard.
What do all of these behavior problems have in common? The vast majority of them could be prevented by a diligent, responsible breeder who socialized and trained the healthy puppies well before sending them home, providing adoptive parents with the tools needed to continue their puppy's education into adolescence and adulthood.
Unfortunately, this category of breeder is a small minority and their work is overshadowed by a vicious majority which only values a puppy for the profit it can bring, uncaring as to what happens once the check is signed.
Certainly, this is only my view of the topic. Behaviorist Patricia McConnell recently had some great blogs on the topic offering her own perspective. I hope you enjoy her thoughts as much as I did!
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List of International Schools Paris
The American School in Paris - offering an academic program based on the American model of education
Address: 41 rue Pasteur, 92210 St. Cloud
Annual School Fees in Euros
K2 to Grade 5
Middle School Grade 6 to Grade 8
Upper School Grade 9 to Grade 13
Capital Assessment
The British School in Paris - offering an academic program based on the British model of education
Annual School Fees in Euros
Reception (Kindgarden)
Years 1 - 2
Years 3 - 6
Senior School
Years 10 - 11
Years 12 - 13
Development Fund
Marymount private catholic intenational school offering an American curriculum. Marymount also has an individual learning center "ILC" which specializes in helping children with learning disabilities
Address: 72 Boulevard de Saussaye, 92200 Neuiily sur Seine
Annual School Fees in Euros
Kindergarten - Grade 5
Middle School Grades 6-8
ILC Grades 1-8 (Individual Learning Center)
Application Fee
Capital Assessment Fee (Per new student - first year only)
Re-enrollment fee (Per student - already in school - non-refundable and
non deductible)
"ISP" International School of Paris - courses structured both to foster the quick integration of the students into the new environment and to facilitate re-entry when they return to their national systems. All classes are taught in English.
Address: 6 rue Beethoven, 75016 Paris
Annual School Fees in Euros
Kindergarten - Grade 5
Middle School
Grades 11-12
Application Fee
Entry Fee
EaB - Ecole Active Bilingue, Victor Hugo Campus - Offering an international curricula aimed at French and foreign students who want to prepare for American or British diplomas and qualifications,as well as the IB Diploma Programme. Featuring English as the main language of education and daily French instruction.
Address: 23, rue de Cronstadt, 75014 website: EaB Victor Hugo
Annual School Fees in Euros
Middle School / Junior High School
High School
IB Diploma Programme
Application and Placement Exams
Registration Fee - This fee should be paid when a candidate is accepted
Deposit - Payable when a candidate is accepted and returned to the family when
the student leaves the school.
French Schools Offering Immersion ProgramsThese schools specalize in helping non-french speakers enter the French public school system but also offer clases such as history and English in the students native language. French is taught intensively and teachers ensure individualized attention and the necessary reinforcement to progressively lead students to a successful integration in the French curriculum, without having to repeat one year. The following schools offer immersion programs:
Lycée / Collège International Honoré de Balzac - the only free international state school in Paris.Offering classes from 6th grade - 12th grade. Over 2000 students with half in International sections. Students follow the standard French curriculum plus 4-6 hours of lanaguage and literature and 2 hours of history and geography in their own language.
Address: 118 boulevard Bessières - 75017 PARIS
EaB - Ecole Active Bilingue, Park Monceau - a private school under contract with the state, which means that the French national curriculum is respected. In the French Curriculum, French is the main language of education and English is taught in different ability groups, according to pupils' school level and specific needs.
Address: 16, rue Margueritte 75017
Annual School Fees in Euros
Application Fee
Registration Fee - Deductible from the 1st trimester settlement
Primary & Middle School School with French Curriculum
Application and Placement Exams
Deposit - - Deductible from the first tuition settlement
High School
EABJM - Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel - a not-for-profit pre-K-12 coed school with 2,900 students representing sixty-six nationalities. EABJM is among the top schools in France in terms of overall academic performance and consequently, admission is very competitive.
Adaptation curriculum: each year, EABJM welcomes more than one hundred new non-French speaking students who enroll in "adaptation" classes where they follow a French immersion program. A senior advisor follows them closely and, the following year, students join the mainstream where they continue to be supported with a special French program.
Address: website: EABJM
Annual School Fees in Euros
Registration Fee
Middle School & High School
Eurecole - welcomes some 300 students, both French speakers and non-French speakers. Students take the national exams according to their age and grade level and are registered for tests leading to foreign language certificates such as those proposed by the British Council (English), the Institute Goethe (German) or the Institute Cervantes (Spanish)
The Eurécole Nursery and Primary school, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and the Eurécole Middle School, in the 8th arrondissement
Address: 5 rue de Lübeck, 75116, Paris, France
Annual School Fees in Euros
Registration Fee
International Sections of Sevres - The Sections Internationales de Sèvres (SIS Chaville-Sèvres) - offer
a complete bilingual education (French-English or French-German) from preschool through to secondary school integrated into the Gambetta
primary school in Sèvres, secondary (or middle) schools in Sèvres and Chaville and the high school Jean-Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.
Annual School Fees in Euros
English Primary
German Primary
Middle School - Lycee
High School - Collège
Annual membership fee
Lycee International Saint Germain en Laye - a French state school with twelve national sections. The school has an excellent academic reputation with 100% success rate, 91% honors rate for French Baccalaureate.
The campus contains a pre-school, primary school and secondary school. The school welcomes students who master French and other languages (such as German, English, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, and Japanese) and international students who will learn to master the French language.
The principle of the Lycée is that students who speak French must be bilingual when they enter whereas international students who speak a foreign tongue will grow to become bilingual with the teaching of the French language.
Foreign teachers give the students lessons of literature, geography and history (from 6 to 8 hours a week according to the grade) in their mother tongue. However, all the other disciplines of the official program are taught in French
Fluency in French is not required for admissions. There is a special French immersion program for non-French speakers.
Address: Rue du Fer à Cheval BP 5230, 78175, St Germain-en-Laye
Annual School Fees in Euros
Primary School
1st grade Group 2
Middle School 6th through 9th
High School 10th through 12th
Application fee
Registration fee
L'Ermitage - bilingual primary and secondary school founded in 1941 with a boarding section. the school offers French and British diplomas such as Baccalauréat, pre-IB IGCSE and Cambridge International A levels.
L'Ermitage is situated in Maisons-Laffitte, a major horse-racing town 14 kilometres west of Paris. The Lower and Middle Schools are to be found in the highly residential park near the Maisons Château, whilst the Upper School is set in the town centre, just three minutes from a suburban-line train station offering direct access to central Paris.
Address:46 avenue Egle, 78600 Maisons-Laffitte
Annual School Fees in Euros
Schools with only Kindergarten & Primary ProgramsLennen Bilingual School - The school offers a bilingual curriculum for students ages two and a half through 11 years old. The school is a small private international school. The students are exposed to both French and English and study though the Primary grades half day in French, half day in English.
Preschool, 65 quai d'Orsay 75007 Paris
Annual School Fees in Euros
1st Grade to 5th Grade
Forest International School - Education in English for 2-9 years olds in a multicultural and friendly environment. Situated in Mareil Marly, west of Paris, on the edge of the forest of Marly. The school opened in 2004 and the primary section opened in 2007.
Address:28 rue de Tour-d'Echelle, 78750 Mareil-Marly
Annual School Fees in Euros
Other SchoolsInternational German School of Paris (DSP) - a private school founded in 1958 offering a German education with German curricula and modern teaching methods, and provides the opportunity to obtain both the German Abitur and the French Baccalaureat at the same time an international environment.
Address: 18 rue Pasteur, 92210 Saint-Cloud website: German School of Paris
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Please note that the cars or exhibit items shown in this database are part of our collection but may not be on display when you visit.
Introduced in 1914, the Aero-Sled Company of Chicago, Illinois, marketed their propeller-powered vehicle as both a practical means of winter transportation and for the new winter sport, motorized ice-sledding!
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This amphibious car was designed by Hans Trippel. It has a unibody steel two-door cabriolet body with electrically-welded joints and is powered by an 1147cc Triumph Herald engine mounted at the rear and driving the rear wheels. Two propellers are activated for propulsion when the car is in the water.
Inspired by watching events such as the Port Townsend (WA) Kinetic Sculpture Race, it occurred to local tinkerer and inventor John Montgomery how simple it would be to run a live axle through the middle of a canoe and use an inverted bicycle frame to drive it.
Avid Aircraft was an American company that built and sold homebuilt kit airplanes. The company was started in 1983 by Dean Wilson, and was initially based in Idaho, moving to Montana in 1998.
In 1961, Chevrolet introduced the Corvair 95 Greenbriar van and Rampside pickup. One Corvair that largely went unnoticed was the Corphibian prototype.
This car started as a stock Citroën 2CV. As the 2CV was found to be affordable and easy to maintain, it was an ideal car for enthusiasts to create from.
The Croco was designed for extreme off-road situations. It articulates in the middle, it is amphibious, and it can climb and descend almost any hill you are willing to try.
The Dragonfly Airdrive was an all-season, above-water outboard engine manufactured by Robertson-Hedges Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri. They were produced from 1954 through the mid-late 1960s.
This propeller-driven iceboat was built using an illustration featured in a 1924 Popular Mechanics magazine. It features a Heath Henderson, Model B-4 motorcycle piston engine.
This unusual Hobbycar B612 amphibian was introduced to the world at the 1992 Paris Motor Show. It is a mid-engined, jet-drive, forward-control four-seater, designed to be offered as seen, or with an optional four-door rigid top, or as a pick-up. Steering on dry land is conventional, by the steering wheel, while in the water, control is by joystick.
An example of the U.S. military's largest amphibious craft, the LARC-LX (lighter, amphibious, resupply, cargo) came in three sizes, ranging in size from 5 ton (LARC v) to the LX, capable of transporting 60 tons from ocean to inland, across heavy seas and up inclines as steep as 60 degrees.
Old Town has been making canoes and kayaks in Old Town, Maine since 1898. Even though modern materials and methods are used on new designs, hand-crafted wooden canoes and kayaks are still made, one at a time, by special order.
This little 6 ½' long ski-tug was produced in Hamburg, Germany for the leisure market in Europe and the US, and was quite popular before the popularity of more mainstream personal watercraft. This 24hp engine was the first large-scale production of a rotary.


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On May 22 North Carolina moved into Phase 2 of the reopening of the state. The most notable changes in the Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen area include restaurants that are allowed to reopen for dine-in customers while maintaining certain social distancing guidelines. Mass gatherings are limited to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
Aside from restaurants, breweries, wineries and distilleries are permitted to open. Retail stores remain open at 50 percent capacity. Personal care businesses such as hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, tattoo parlors, tanning salons and massage therapists can open at 50% capacity. However, nightclubs, gym and indoor fitness facilities, movie theatres, museums, bowling alleys and public playgrounds remain closed.
A few restaurants in our area have elected not to open for dine-in guests, but still offer take-out and delivery. For the latest updates we have been able to gather from area restaurants, please visit Our Restaurants Status Report.
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Bass Engine 2 – VST/AU Is Out Now
It has been two years since we released our best ever selling plug-in "Bass Engine" and we are delighted with the response we have received from all the Hip Hop producers that have brought it. The one request we have heard more and more though, was the need for more 808's and vintage analogue sounding bass instruments, so here at DopeSONIX we made sure to fill this VST with fat 808's, heavy Moogy subs, futuristic deep pads and a cool collection of uprights and electric basses just for good measure.
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Agelastatin A is a tetracyclic alkaloid isolated from the marine sponge Agelas dendromorpha. It exhibits cytotoxicity towards KB and lymphocytic leukaemia cells, arthropod toxicity and insecticidal activity and selectively inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3. Agelastatin A is one of a structurally related group of pyrrole- imidazole alkaloids derived from the "linear" skeleton of oroidin and it is postulated that it is biologically derived from oroidin via the generation of an N-acyliminium ion, which undergoes two cyclisations, via a second N-acyliminium ion, followed by hydration to afford the natural product. This thesis describes the work undertaken towards the biomimetic synthesis of Agelastatin A and efforts towards the synthesis of an oroidin-like precursor from which the N-acyliminium ion could be generated. Disconnection of the precursor gave a 3-pyrroline A-ring, which was prepared using a Birch reduction, but efforts to synthesise the D-ring imidazolone fragment were hampered by low solubility, necessitating the use of protecting groups. Selective introduction of the Z-alkene was made difficult by conjugation to the imidazolone and efforts to maintain the Z-alkene geometry failed. Parikh-Doering oxidation of a propargylic alcohol intermediate afforded a novel thioaldehyde that underwent an acid-catalysed cyclisation via an N-acyliminium ion analogous to the second N-acyliminium ion in the proposed biomimetic synthesis. The thioaldehyde forced the required alkene conformation and was therefore applied in the synthetic route to the imidazolone fragment. The introduction of a leaving group was ultimately unsuccessful, but a precursor for generation of the ion by oxidation was prepared by reductive amination of the corresponding aldehyde. The precursor was treated with trityl tetrafluoroborate but the expected oxidation did not occur, instead an acid-catalysed cyclisation was observed. This cyclisation again proceeded via an N-acyliminium ion analogous to that predicted to be generated in the biomimetic synthesis, to afford a novel bicycle. Therefore although the double cyclisation required for the biomimetic synthesis was not mimicked, the two novel cyclisations provide good evidence that both cyclisations are plausible.
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Art Thema Gallery is very pleased to announce the next exhibition of sculptor and painter René Julien.
> Official opening cocktail postponed to Thursday the 3rd of December, 2015 at 6 to 9 p.m.
René Julien will be pleased to lead you among his work during the opening cocktail.
Introduction by Sir Jacques Bredael
Please confirm via email, should you want to attend the vernissage or book directly ticket on Eventbrite. Exhibition will last till December, the 30th, 2015.


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The first half of July has started with many limits of walleye Aboard the SeaWolf. HANDS ON drift fishing or drift/troll fishing is the method of choice.Human rod holder are used to jig the bottom or near bottom for walleye. Five in hand rod holders and 30 walleye fills the cooler.
Kids have fun battling the large walleye as we slowly pass over at a very slow drift. The walleye do fight when the speed is slow. Large Sheephead, white bass, white perch, huge catfish and yellow perch add to the excitement.
24 Walleye with only four rods.
30 Walleye with 5 human in hand rod holders.
24 Walleye with four rods. Yes we mostly fish with only one in hand rod per person. Night crawlers are the bait of choice aboard the SeaWolf. All walleye above were caught in 30 to 45 feet of water west of Walnut Creek.
A Golden shiners was used drifting to catch this large walleye in 55 feet of water.
The month of June, Bass trips found many Northern Pike on the line smashing those golden shiners from Poor Richards bait shop. The sharp teeth provided escape for many as they cut the 8 or 10 pound test line. Large mouth bass came on the line in numbers as the month neared the middle. The bass fishing trips were full of fun and excitement and look forward to next years bronze back fishing. Walleye are now the target. A good number of large walleye can be found east and west of Walnut Creek in 55 to 70 feet of water.
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From the team that brought you Holy Ship! comes a totally new kind of experience – a shipwrecked experience. Holy Ship! Wrecked promises to be everything you know and loved about the ship plus so much more. Instead of sailing across the sea and docking at private islands as you go, attendees (or ShipFam as they're endearingly called) will make their way down south to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic to get wrecked for four days and nights of dancing under Caribbean skies.
The venue is none other than the luxurious (and all-inclusive) Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana where the world's hottest house, techno, and bass artists will take over for what's sure to be 4 days and nights of non-stop grooving and moving.
The amenities are never ending with a variety of stages being curated around the resort, beach and pool parties every day, a multitude of pools spread around the resort, a lazy river, and a huge palm tree-lined beach right next to the resort.
In addition, you'll experience everything from sunrise sets on the beach to intimate artist-hosted activities to insane theme nights and showcases from top labels to unlimited drinks and complimentary meals and so much more.
Tickets, pricing info, and more can all be found here. Get in the know for what's sure to be the kick-off of a legendary new era in the Holy Ship! legacy.
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The Valentine's Day massacre in Parkland, Florida, is a harsh reminder that no school or community is immune to unimaginable violence.
On Feb. 14, a 19-year-old gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, armed with a semiautomatic assault weapon, smoke grenades and a mask, and opened fire. The ensuing rampage left 17 people dead and more than a dozen wounded.
It's the worst school shooting since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, where a gunman killed 20 students and 6 teachers at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Since then, there have been at least 239 school shootings nationwide, according to an article by the New York Times. In those episodes, 438 people were shot, 138 of whom were killed.
Sixteen of the 239 shootings can be classified as mass shootings, events in which four or more people are shot. On average, there have been about five school shootings each month, including episodes that were not mass shootings, the New York Times reports.
Although Parkland is more than a thousand miles away, Bossier Parish officials aren't ignoring the tragedy. Bossier School Superintendent Scott Smith said safety is the district's number one priority.
"We take the safety of our students very seriously," he said. "Obviously, we haven't encountered anything like they have in Parkland, but we're prepared at all times for any type of situation."
The key, Smith said, is to be proactive, not reactive. Bossier is one of two districts in the entire state to have school resource officers on every public school campus.
Their purpose is to be a "visible law enforcement presence" and to "deter, prevent and respond to crime," according to the Bossier Schools website. SROs also work closely with administrators on law-related matters, assists with school safety needs and serves as a vital link to other emergency personnel during critical incidents.
More importantly, SROs serve as as informal advisors and conflict mediator to students. Students are encouraged to seek advice from the SRO so that issues can be "addressed in a positive, trusting atmosphere before they develop into more serious problems."
Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington said building trust and relationships within the school is is vital to the role each SRO plays.
"That way if something's going on," Whittington explained, "the students will feel comfortable letting the SRO know so they can take action."
There are 35 School Resource Officers on the 34 Bossier Schools campuses. Airline High School, Bossier's largest school, has two SROs.
Each school also has crisis emergency plans in place. Drills are held throughout the year to educate administrators, faculty and students on what to do in case of fire, severe weather/tornado or active shooter.
Lt. Adam Johnson, Director of Security for Bossier Schools, said it's mandated that schools have crisis lockdown drills twice a year (once in the fall and once in the spring).
"That's our protocol in Bossier Parish," Johnson said. "We practice for these things and we will continue to prepare for this. These SROs are our boots on the ground inside these schools. They are tactically trained to face the threat when that bad day comes."
In the event that the unimaginable does happen, Sheriff Whittington said SROs are highly trained on how to handle intense situations.
"Our guys have what they need to get the job done," Whittington said. "They won't wait for someone to come back them up…they have all the gear they need to go in and take them out. That's what they are trained to do."
The Parkland, FL suspect, identified as Nikolas Cruz, was arrested and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Authorities say he had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for disciplinary reasons and was enrolled elsewhere in the district.
A key component was the gunman's activity on social media. Cruz posed with guns and knives in photos posted on his Instagram and made chilling comments online, hinting at future violence.
The FBI had received at least two separate tips about Cruz, one of which came in January 2018 about 'the potential' for a school shooting. The tip should have been assessed as "a potential threat to life" and forwarded to the Miami Field Office. This would have led to additional "investigative steps," which were not conducted.
Lt. Johnson said the most important thing a student or parent can do if they see disturbing images or threatening comments on social media is to speak up.
"If you see something, say something," he said. "Tell somebody. Let us know. Call the police. Don't just sit on it and not tell anyone about it."
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The Symposium on Global Business Ethics at the University of St. Thomas School of Law brings together leading scholars on legal and business ethics from Europe and the United States. Initiated by the late Christian Kirchner (1944-2014) with substantive involvement of the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics, the symposium enables cross-cultural and transatlantic scholarly dialogue in the context of global business ethics across different scholarly traditions. The symposium is intended to build consensus on important ethics issues, foster dialogue, and enable future cooperation.
"Did September 11 Make Global Ethics Impossible?"
Individual Responsibility Panel
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This event is co-sponsored by the German American Chamber of Commerce, Goethe Institute, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Chicago, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany Minneapolis, Minnesota International Center, and the Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions.
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All of our instructors and trainers are NRA Certified Range Safety Officers.
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Reverend Horton Heat
Loaded .38s, space heaters, and big skies. Welcome to the lethal, littered landscape of Jim Heath's imagination. True to his high evangelical calling, Jim is a Revelator, both revealing and reinterpreting the country-blues-rock roots of American music. He's a time-travelling space cowboy on an endless interstellar musical tour, and we are all the richer and "psychobillier" for getting to tag along.
REVEREND HORTON HEAT have been the outlet of this creative mind for 29 years, leading to 10 full-length albums, 3 "best-of" collections, 2 DVD releases, and thousands of memorable live performances. Never reaching platinum status or having a #1 radio single hasn't been a problem for the Rev either, the band has continually been a mainstay of late-night television and has toured with legendary acts such as Johnny Cash, Motorhead, Marilyn Manson, The Ramones, and many more, all of whom hold the Rev in the highest regard, as a true music industry legend.


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In case you missed our previous post, this month we'll be celebrating some amazing individuals who have been giving back to their communities. Our second shout out of this …
This week, we wanted to look at two female photographers whose work not only brings us the stories that matter but reflects a wider challenge to convention.
Each portrait is accompanied by the subject's favourite hadith or verse from the Qu'ran, along with a short quote explaining their relationship with Islam.
The Muslim Sisterhood project celebrates Muslim women in London in all their diverse, confident and extremely cool glory.
We feel we are as well placed as anyone to predict which Muslims will make a splash at some point in the future.
Yasin Osman, an award-winning photographer, photojournalist and educator from Toronto, is doing some incredible things with his camera.
Amina Adan, known on Instagram as Mina Shoots, is a British Somali photographer from London whose subjects always shine through in unfussy compositions.
Black in the Day is a photo archive + Instagram that describes itself as a 'visual journey through the Black British Experience.'
During the recent celebrations for Eid al-Adha, Kobe Subramaniam shot a few pics at Central Mosque in Cape Coast, Ghana. They're sunny, vibrant and joyous.
Maaria Lohiya is a photographer who graces her followers with photos of the places she goes and the people she sees, like these portraits of Palestinians.
Somali Sideways is a photo project that is looking to change perceptions of Somalis and the diaspora - a people who often suffer from negative stereotypes.


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*smacks self* I forgot I was going to be uploading more sketches and art stuff here. So, since I got a bad review, it sent meon a Rambo high! Thanks. I needed that kick up the ass to get stuff done!! I drew this last night while talking to Nicki; as I tend to be when fangirling. I might write some more this evening, it's been ages. Tears and Rain needs an update. 😮
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Whether you're a tarantula enthusiast hunting for new information, an arachnophobe trying to educate yourself about spiders to help conquer your fear, or simply interested in learning a little more about the wonderful world of spiders, I wanted to put together a list of resources and places to start. This list will be a work in progress, and I'll add to it over time as I come across new and updated information. It will be mostly online but I'll also include some books, and I'll link to those whenever possible.
Tarantula web sites
RFUK Invert Forums – The spiders/inverts section of Reptile Forums UK, packed with info and people to answer your questions
Arachnoboards Forums – Another great forum packed with useful info
The American Tarantula Society
Tarantula books
The Tarantula Keeper's Handbook by Stanley and Marguerite Shultz
Tarantulas and Other Arachnids by Samuel D Marshall
The Legacy of Annie Rose by Carolyne E Swagerie – a great story of a lady who, like myself, overcame her arachnophobia through tarantulas
Spider/arachnid web sites
The British Arachnological Society FAQ – Not just a FAQ, but also a WIKI giving a ton of information about spiders in general (both domestic and worldwide), specific species and info on other arachnids.
The Society Of Biology – What Spider Do I Spy? – Small but helpful PDF guide to help identify the most common spider species in the UK.
The Natural History Museum ID Help – info and forums to help with spider IDs
Do Spiders Have Super Powers? – a multimedia fun facts list from the BBC
Spider/arachnid books
Spiders: Learning To Love Them by Lynne Kelly
The Private Life Of Spiders by Paul Hillyard
Biology Of Spiders by Rainer Foelix
Spiders : The Ultimate Predators by Stephen Dalton
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What Is a Lienholder?
What Is a Lienholder?
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When financing a vehicle, the lienholder is the bank or company that loaned you money in order to purchase the car. The lender holds a lien against the car, giving them the legal right to take possession of the car if you fail to settle your debt. That institution's name will appear on the title of your vehicle and your car insurance policy for the duration of the loan. Buying or selling a car with a lien is perfectly legal, but the process takes more work, and it poses some inherent risks to the buyer.
What Is a Lien?
A lien is the legal right to take possession of a piece of property if the debt underlying that property is not settled. A lienholder (also known as a lienor) is a person, company, or financial institution that co-buys that property or sells it to you on credit. For example, if your local bank writes you an auto loan to finance your car, they are the lienholder. You are the practical owner of the car. You have exclusive rights to use and even sell the vehicle, assuming you can pay off the loan.
But as long as the lienholder has a financial stake in your vehicle, they're the legal owner, and their name will appear on important documents. This is a different situation than leasing a car in that, when you lease a car, the lessor is the full owner of the vehicle, and you are merely renting it from them. You cannot legally sell a car you're only leasing.
How Do I Find Out if a Car Has an Outstanding Lien?
Buying a car with an outstanding lien against it can be disastrous for the buyer because, if the original owner of the car fails to settle their debt, the lienholder can legally take possession of the car you paid for. The easiest way to determine if any lienholder has a financial interest in car is to check the car's Certificate of Title. Ask the current owner to see the original title, not a copy, and check if any lienholder is listed.
You can also run a Vehicle History Report (VHR) to find out if the car has any outstanding liens and other concerning facts from its repair history. Check your state's DMV website to see if they offer this service. If not, online databases such as Carfax or Experian's AutoCheck will run comprehensive reports for a small fee. All you need to run these reports is the car's Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), which can be found on the car's title or insurance policy.
How Do I Buy a Car With a Lien Against It?
When buying a vehicle with an outstanding lien, there are a number of scenarios you need to consider in order to protect yourself financially. First, see if the current owner can get the lien discharged. If the owner has paid off the loan, the title may simply be outdated, and a new one hasn't been mailed yet. Without a lien-free title in your name, you won't be able to register the car.
If the owner still has a substantial amount of debt owed on the car, see if they can get it refinanced into a private loan from a bank or other institution. That way, you can get the lien lifted from the title and they can settle their debt after selling the vehicle. Or, if you also plan to finance the car, give your lender the current lienholder's details, and they'll cooperate to change the title with a new lien over to you.
If the seller plans to pay off the remaining lien balance upon selling it to you, or if they intend to sell the car with the lien outstanding, arrange to finalize the transaction at the lienholder's office. Agree to pay the lienholder directly for the amount they're owed and pay the current owner the difference remaining from your negotiated price.
We recommend against paying the owner the full amount and having them pay the lienholder, but if you do, get your agreement in writing so they don't back out of settling their debt. If they did, the lienholder would have the legal right to take possession of the car you paid for.
Sometimes, if the car was financed by the carmaker itself, the lienholder may not have a local office for you to conduct the transaction. If this is the case, see if you can get the funds held by an escrow service and split the fees with the seller. This benefits both of you by verifying the payment while protecting your interest in the vehicle until you've received a lien-free title.
How Does a Lien Affect My Title and Car Insurance?
If you buy a car with an outstanding lien, or if you decide to finance a car, the lienholder's name will be listed on your title and auto insurance policies. In some states, the lienholder will even keep possession of the original copy of the title for the duration of the loan.
Financing companies might require you to have certain policies for as long as they have a financial interest in the car. For example, a lender may require "full coverage insurance" with $50,000 of bodily injury insurance per person, $100,000 per accident, and $50,000 for property damage (50/100/50), plus collision and comprehensive insurance. This will likely be more than your state's minimum required liability insurance — by comparison, Ohio's minimum required insurance is 25/50/25.
The additional protection required by lenders is great to have, but it will drive up your monthly premiums. And even though the lienholder's name is listed on your title and insurance documents, you're still responsible for the insurance premiums, upkeep and any taxes. If you fail to meet the lienholder's insurance requirements or stop paying the premiums, your insurance company will notify the lienholder. Then the lienholder might take out their own policy, and you'd be on the hook for the additional premiums.
If you're financing a new car, we also recommend purchasing gap car insurance. The minute you drive your new car off the lot, it loses around 10% of its value, and an additional 10% to 20% over the course of the first year. This lower amount is the car's Actual Cash Value (ACV). If you total your car during the first year of ownership, your auto insurance will only cover the ACV, before any deductibles are applied. Gap insurance will cover the difference between the ACV and the amount you paid for the car.
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Sacramento mother sentenced to 11 years in missing baby case
Baby Dwight not seen since 2011
A mother convicted of child endangerment and perjury in a case involving her still-missing son was sentenced Friday to 11 years.
Tanisha Edwards, 38, pleaded no contest last month to the charges involving her son, Dwight Stallings.
Watch report: Sacramento mother sentenced, still silent in case of missing son
The boy, who would turn 4 years old in May, has not been seen by friends or family members since April 2011.
Prosecutors did not offer a plea bargain.
"It's been the people's position throughout this litigation that there should be no deal without Dwight," said Deputy District Attorney Eric Kindall.
"Frankly, the defendant could have pleaded to this case long ago if she'd just provided us with the information of what happens to the child. She has steadfastly refused to do that," Kindall told Judge Greta Curtis Fall.
More coverage: Mother in missing baby case enters no contest plea
Prosecutors said that Edwards lied under oath when she was questioned by a family court judge on her son's whereabouts.
The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said Edwards also gave inconsistent answers about his whereabouts.
She was arrested in March 2012 and still did not tell authorities where her child was.
Joseph Ramirez, Edward's public defender, asked for one of her convictions to be reclassified from a felony to a misdemeanor under Proposition 47.
Fall agreed but said that would not stop her from sentencing Edwards to the maximum sentence.
At the start of the hearing, Edwards corrected the judge about the pronunciation of her first name.
During the hearing, she tapped a piece of paper against her forehead.
She left court without comment.
KCRA 3's David Bienick contributed to this report.


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MORE THAN EVER, I need laughter. I need to sequester myself in a place without media, without any hint of what's happening outside weather-wise or world-wise. I need to laugh in bursts of untethered delight.
That happened Friday evening inside the darkened historic theatre at the Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Avenue, in downtown Faribault.
There, The Merlin Players opened "Barefoot in the Park," a romantic comedy by Neil Simon set in a New York City brownstone in February 1963. There I found the delight I craved, I needed, I longed for in recent days. I laughed. Free. Full. Joyous.
This six-person cast presented a stellar performance of this story about newlyweds settling into their apartment and into married life. A drop-in mother-in-law, a quirky and friendly neighbor, a telephone repairman and a delivery man round out the cast.
What most impressed me, besides the acting, was observing just how much these performers love working together. In one scene, mother-in-law Ethel Banks (played by Susan Dunhaupt) and neighbor Victor Velasco (played by Carter Martin) started laughing. Not as part of the script, but at lines in the play and the audience reaction. It was one of those moments that drew us all in. Unscripted. Pure and full laughter rolling through the theatre. Until the pair could pull themselves together enough to continue.
After the show, at an opening night reception, Martin was overheard saying he didn't expect they would have a "Carol Burnett moment." He was referencing the superstar comedian who sometimes also laughed so hard she paused in performing.
Faribault is fortunate to have a semi-professional theater company based in our community and one which draws such talented performers—like the leads in this play, professional actor Paul Somers and Sydney Place Sallstrom. Matt Drenth (the phone repairman), in his buffalo plaid shirt, also brought plenty of humor to the performance as did Gary Hoganson with his minor delivery man role.
All in all, "Barefoot in the Park" gave me exactly what I needed on a February evening in Minnesota. Laughter. And a few hours secluded in the darkness of a theater, away from the real world, real life.
FYI: Other performances are set for 7:30 p.m. February 24 and March, 1, 2 and 3. A matinee showing is at 2 p.m. February 25.
© Copyright 2018 Audrey Kletscher Helbling


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Leaving Today: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 15
And just like that, it's taper week. A mere seven days remain until I join the throngs pounding the pavements of New York. Maranoia is setting in. For me, this year, that means two things: endlessly picking apart my training to … Continue reading
Spreading the News: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 13
The Four Stages of Marathon Training: Stage 1) I'm really doing this! Stage 2) I suppose I'd better do this. Stage 3) Do I really have to do this? Stage 4) Time to finish this.
The Very Heart of It: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 11
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These Little Town Blues: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 9
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I Wanna Be a Part of It: 2017 New York Marathon Training, Week 5
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How can Comboni Fr. Nardo be a "respected and well known figure in his home region" and be – as the Comboni Missionary Order of Verona states. – too unfit to travel and answer questions about sexual abuse?
Italian Newspaper Article about Comboni Nardo.
There were looks of disbelief, and open mouthed bewilderment in and around the diocese of Concordia-Pordenone, after the storm broke that Father Romano Nardo, 73, who was originally from the hamlet of Prata di Sopra, was emblazoned on the pages of La Rebubblca and had been accused of sexual harassment of a former boy seminarian.
The Religious, now in a protected place and guarded, is the leading figure in a video-recording in which he comes face to face in the Mother House of the Comboni Missionary Order of Verona with a man, aged 59 ,who accused him of sexually abusing him in the 1970s at the Mirfield Seminary in Yorkshire, England.
Father Nardo has never faced legal proceedings or been convicted of those offences, despite the fact that there was an internal investigation into the accusations in 1997 which determined that he had behaved inappropriately. Compensation was paid to a number of the boys who were at that seminary and a request for extradition by the West Yorkshire Police in the UK was never granted by the Italian authorities.
In Prata, where a brother of Father Nardo still lives and where Father Romano Nardo has returned regularly over the years, family members have preferred not to make any comment on the matter. Silence was also the only reaction from the diocese of Concordia-Pordenone.
The Comboni Missionary Order's Provincial Superior in London, Martin Devenish, has expressed his condemnation, explaining, however, that he cannot laicise the priest.
Father Romano Nardo was a well known and respected figure in his place of origin, where his visits in the past were often the occasion for one of his lectures on the life of his work in Aduku's mission in the Diocese of Lira in Uganda – where, according to reports by his brother, he was transferred immediately following the discovery of the young seminarian coming out of his room.


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Esti tare frumaosa in tinuta asta,o ador
I love my nifty-fifty
PREPARE FOR A NEW ERA OF AMAZING PICTURES cuz I just bought myself the ultimate lens for street-style pics!
*I was listening to this song while I was editing my pics—>CLICK PLAY:D*
I'm talking about this lil fellow right here:
Ioana & Sorina recommended it to me and I'm really blown away by its skills.
I had been using the random zoom lense (18-55 mm) for two years now and the quality of the pictures was okay but I never got the desired bokeh effect.
The 50 mm f/1.8 II lense is 1000 times better than my old one.
This has been the best investment I have made so far.
And the best part is yet to come:IT WAS FREAKING CHEAP
I bought it for only 120€ :O
I've been doing some research and my final conclusion is that working with a prime lens helps you become a better photographer. It forces you to change your point of view to find the best image rather than just standing in the easiest spot and turning a ring.
Hope you'll like the pics that we took today!:D
I love them!
Was I promising too much?!:D
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Bisous,lil bunnies!


text: The spate of ministerial enthusiasm for Craft Design and Technology continues unabated. The junior minister for Education, Mr George Walden speaking to the Royal Society of Arts in January 1986, once again emphasised the benefits of design education from primary school through to higher education, noticing the wide range of opportunities they provided, 'There will be aesthetic judgements to make and practial skills to be employed. The pupils may be working with many different kinds of materials. They may have to apply scientific method, knowledge and reasoning. There will be opportunities to learn to work cooperatively in groups'. He saw design as a perfect example of how greater vocational relevance could be achievd through the enhancement rather than the restriction of the curriculum and drew particular attention to the 'creative development' being included as a core aim in the new Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education. The work of primary schools too came in for special commendation.


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A new report from 9to5Mac and its usually well-connected sources today adds a little more color to what we'll be seeing from the big iOS 7 redesign rumored to be making an appearance at WWDC this year in June – and what we'll apparently be seeing is a lot less color. The visual overhaul not only emphasizes so-called "flat design" (avoiding complicated textures in favor of bold, solid tones), but also features the use of many black and white elements across the UI.
The new report reiterates what we've already heard – that Ive is heading up a pretty extensive overhaul of Apple's mobile OS, concentrating primarily on the visual aspects of iOS. Now, though, we get a bit more info about how and why Ive is targeting so-called skeuomorphic elements (those that mimic real-world textures) and additional details about specific elements of the OS that have undergone change, plus redesigned apps and even some new features.
Ive feels that the sorts of heavy textures used in the current iteration of iOS aren't designed to last, and will quickly take on a dated look, according to 9to5Mac's sources. Physical metaphors for digital design are a dead end, he apparently believes, and makes for a lack of harmony between and among individual iOS apps like Notes, Maps and Game Center. It's true that other, more recent takes on mobile interfaces have focused more on unity, like Windows Phone, but it's also true that from a success perspective, iOS has trounced Microsoft's newer mobile OS; flat design may have the praise of the tech community, but it hasn't necessarily proved itself in the consumer arena yet.
Other big changes coming to what people are used to on iPhone include the lock screen mechanisms, which will finally see the iconic lock screen re-envisioned with a "shine-free, black interface" says 9to5Mac. Round buttons will replace the grid for security code input, and notifications might get more useful thanks to expanded interactivity options made possible through multi-touch gestures.
Notifications in general will get some changes, ditching the linen texture background per the report in favor of something more black and white. More widgets are on their way to Notification Center, too, and we could see access included to regularly-accessed settings, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the Airplane Mode switch.
The Home Screen gets a minor but notable visual refresh, losing the shine on buttons and system apps given flatter designs that don't "pop" quite as much as the current versions. iOS 7 also apparently borrows a trick from Android, adding in panorama-style scrollable wallpapers that continue across home screens, instead of presenting the same static image for each. In general, common interface elements like the on-screen keyboard will undergo a flattening effect, ditching things like drop shadow and toning down the color in favor of greys, whites and blacks. This extends to core apps like Mail, Calendar, Maps and Notes, each of which have more uniformed, primarily white interfaces. Each also gets a unique olor for buttons and highlights, however, providing a strong visual cue about which you're using while retaining a similarity of design across all the software.
New features reportedly include a standalone FaceTime app for iPhone, as well as Flickr and Vimeo integration, and better in-car tools connected to Maps and Siri for hands-free use. We'll also see a lot of changes on the developer side, likely with the introduction of many new APIs to unlock more potential for apps, something which has become a common feature of iOS updates.
9to5 reports that we'll see this arrive for the general public along with new iPhone and possibly iPad hardware this fall. The iPhone version of the iOS 7 redesign might beat the iPad version out of the gate however, as the report claims that Apple's design and engineering talent are focused on pushing out the smartphone version first. Hopefully we'll learn more at the WWDC keynote, which is coming up June 10, and where we'll be reporting live.


text: Humboldt County in California has seen its fair share of boom and bust cycles. From gold mining to logging, this county continues to reinvent itself. Now it's cannabis that is fueling the county and specifically the town of Eureka's latest boom. Rob Holmlund, the Director of Community Development in Eureka California tells the Green Market Report how the area has been transformed by the cannabis industry that has brought meaningful jobs to the residents.


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The FCC is sometimes a bundle of joy, by releasing pics of the devices it tests, like the superb Android slider below. This 4 inch gizmo comes in black and red and it's a mystery device for now, since it doesn't have anything else than a codename attached to it: PD42100.
This HTC Smartphone supports both CDMA 2000 and GSM 850, plus EV-DO Rev. A, Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz). Word has it that inside it there's a 1.2GHz CPU and that 4 inch display is pure Sherlock Holmes action from the part of Engadget who used a ruler and the Pythagorean Theorem to figure this out.
[via Engadget]


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I may be showing my age when I say that I remember wearing mules in college circa 1996. My favorite pair was a black leather wedge style made by Nine West. I. WORE. THEM. OUT! And by worn out, I mean sole coming off. Don't judge. Those mules were comfortable and went with everything! They were the lick then (that phrase also shows my age), BUT NOW mules are probably the most popular shoe on the market. Since last spring, this shoe has grown more chic and stylish than the 1995-96 versions I remember. I don't really know how I feel about wearing them again, however, I've seen some super fly mules lately that make me rethink some things.
Gucci Nine West Linea Paolo TopShop
According to Q, mules are in, but I'm on the fence. I don't know if this "trend" is an actual trend or will they stick around becoming more stylish and functional. I do know that mules are the perfect mix of style and comfort and are versatile enough to be great with dresses, cropped pants, jeans, and more.
What say you? Are you into mules? Will you be wearing them?
Cheers to all of the shoe lovers out there!