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Criminal Prosecution Clinic: Clinical Practice
Prosecution Clinic students prosecute cases at the San Jose Superior Court under the guidance of Santa Clara County prosecutors and a faculty supervisor. They formulate case strategy, identify and interview witnesses, and advocate before the court at evidentiary motions and preliminary hearings. The cases, almost all felonies, include drug offenses, thefts, burglaries, assaults, and a range of less common crimes. Police witnesses are most common, though students sometimes offer testimony from crime victims. When defendants testify or offer other witnesses, they face cross-examination by clinic students. Students spend three full days a week in the D.A.'s office. All six students must spend all day Tuesdays and Fridays on site. Each student must also choose a third on-site day, when the student will work closely with the student's on-site supervisor. The six students need not all choose the same third day, but each student must pick a day that stays constant through the term. There generally will be two class sessions each week--a three-hour on-campus class and a lunchtime seminar in the D.A.'s office. At the beginning of the term classes focus on skills training, including direct and cross-examination, admission of physical evidence, and argument. Toward the end of the term the focus shifts to an examination and critique of the local mechanisms of criminal justice. Topics include the impact of race, gender, and class on the quality of justice; the institutional strengths and weaknesses of the actors in the system; and the ethical issues that confront prosecutors and defense lawyers. Students typically tour the Santa Clara County jail and crime lab, San Quentin Prison, and the Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton and have the option to spend an evening on a police ride-along. Students must submit regular written reflections on their experiences in and observations of the local justice system. Their assigned cases often will demand written court filings. Evidence is a prerequisite. In rare cases a concurrent clinic module in evidence can fulfill this requirement. Courses in criminal procedure (investigation) and trial advocacy are strongly encouraged. Class attendance is mandatory, and class participation will be considered in grading. Students will be asked to commit to the course in the summer of 2012; dropping the course after committing will not be permitted. Special Instructions: General Structure of Clinical Courses - - The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 credits. This allows students to immerse themselves in the professional experience without the need to balance clinical projects with other classes, exams and papers. Students enrolled in a clinic are not permitted to enroll in any other classes, seminars, directed research or other credit-yielding activities within the Law School or University during the quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinic. Nor are they allowed to serve as teaching assistants who are expected to attend a class on a regular basis. There is a limited exception for joint degree students who are required to take specific courses each quarter and who would be foreclosed from ever taking a clinic unless allowed to co-register. These exceptions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Clinic students are expected to work in their clinical office during most business hours Monday through Friday. Students are also expected to be available by e-mail or cell phone when elsewhere during those hours. Because students have no other courses (and hence no exams or papers), the clinical quarter begins the first day of classes and runs through the final day of the examination period. Students should not plan personal travel during the Monday to Friday work week without prior authorization from the clinical supervisor. The work during a typical week in a clinic is divided into three components. First, as they are for practicing attorneys, most of the hours of any week are taken up by work on client matters or case work (this time includes meetings with instructors to discuss the work). Again, as is the case for practicing lawyers, in some weeks these responsibilities demand time above and beyond "normal business hours." Second, students will spend approximately five-to-seven hours per week preparing for and participating in weekly discussions or other group work in their individual clinic (scheduling varies by clinic). Third, over the course of the quarter each clinic student (with the exception of those enrolled in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic) is required to prepare for and attend approximately five inter-clinic group sessions. Students will be awarded three separate grades for their clinical quarter, each reflecting four credits. The three grades are broken into the following categories: clinical practice; clinical methods; and clinical coursework. Grading is pursuant to the H/P system. Enrollment in a clinic is binding; once selected into a clinic to which he or she has applied, a student may not later drop the course except in limited and exceptional cases. Requests for withdrawal are processed through the formal petition and clinical faculty review process described in the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Students may not enroll in any clinic (full-time or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical credits during their law school career. The rules described here do not apply to advanced clinics for students who are continuing with a clinic in which they were previously enrolled. For information about advanced clinics, please see the course descriptions for those courses. For more information about clinic enrollment and operations, please see the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Elements used in grading: Attendance, participation, writing assignments, case preparation, and courtroom presentations and advocacy.


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This is a poster about radiation in space. Learners can read about the Van Allen belts and how NASA's Van Allen Probes are investigating the influence of the Sun's energy on Earth. The activity version also includes math problems, a vocabulary... (View More) matching game, a communication research challenge, and a toolbox of web resources. (View Less)
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This is an activity about using models to solve a problem. Learners will use a previously constructed model of the MMS satellite to determine if the centrifugal force of the rotating MMS model is sufficient to push the satellite's antennae outward,... (View More) simulating the deployment of the satellites after launch. Then, learners will determine the minimum rotational speed needed for the satellite to successfully deploy the antennae. This is the seventh activity as part of the iMAGiNETICspace: Where Imagination, Magnetism, and Space Collide educator's guide. Instructions for downloading the iBook educator's guide and the associated Transmedia book student guide are available at the resource link. (View Less)
This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science mathematics problems distributed during the 2012-2013 school year. They were intended for students looking for additional challenges in the math and physical science... (View More) curriculum in grades 5 through 12. The problems were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. The problems were designed to be one-pagers with a Teacher's Guide and Answer Key as a second page. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about statistics in science as it applies to the measurement of dust in space. Learners will be introduced to the concepts of error analysis, including standard deviation. They will apply the knowledge of averages (means), standard... (View More) deviation from the mean, and error analysis to their own distribution of heights and then to the Student Dust Counter (SDC) data to determine the issues associated with taking data including error and noise. (View Less)
In this problem set, learners will analyze a satellite image of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico to answer questions about the extent, density and thickness of the oil leak. Answer key is provided. This is part of Earth... (View More) Math: A Brief Mathematical Guide to Earth Science and Climate Change. (View Less)
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In this problem set, learners will compare before-and-after satellite images of Greece to answer questions related to biomass loss as a result of the 2007 fires. Answer key is provided. This is part of Earth Math: A Brief Mathematical Guide to Earth... (View More) Science and Climate Change. (View Less)
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At least 20 reputed members of one of Los Angeles' most notorious gangs have been indicted in connection with a violent extortion racket that targeted food-truck operators in the Hollywood area over at least five years, according to state grand jury records unsealed Monday in a downtown courtroom.
The 20 defendants — including four women — named in indictments returned Jan. 28 are allegedly tied to Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. The individuals, charged with extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion, are all being held on bail ranging from $2 million to just more than $3 million.


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AACC Culinary Team Wins Culinary Cup Competition
The junior culinary team of the Anne Arundel Community College Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute successfully defended its title in April as the Chesapeake Culinary Cup champion.
At an American Culinary Federation culinary competition hosted by AACC, Team Anne Arundel members sizzled and the team captured first place. This year's Chesapeake Culinary Cup consisted of four K category competitions (plated poultry, fish, game and dessert plates) and one SC category competition (Celebration Cake).
Combined scores from each team determined the overall winner. Participating against Team Anne Arundel were student teams from the Art Institute of Washington, which placed third; Baltimore International College and Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts of Pittsburgh, which placed second.
Team Anne Arundel participants were Samantha Elmore of Bowie, Chris Galanakis of Pasadena, Drew Parassio of Baltimore, Wes Tise of Bowie and Chris Willis of Annapolis.
Elmore won a Bronze Medal and Best in Show Award for her S'mores-inspired dessert. Galanakis won a Silver Medal and Best in Show Award for Olive-encrusted Lamb. Parassio earned a Silver Medal and Best in Show Award for his Pan-seared Black Bass. Tise earned a Bronze Medal and Best in Show Award for his Sous Vide Chicken. Willis received a certificate of participation for his entry, 1st Birthday Cake.
"This is a testament to the quality of HCAT's curriculum and its instructors and facilities," said Mary Ellen Mason, HCAT director. "HCAT is in league with the top culinary schools in the country."
For information on HCAT credit and noncredit continuing professional education programs, visit www.aacc.edu/hcat or call 410-777-2398.


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HUDSON — Police arrested a 16-year-old from Windham after a pursuit early yesterday through three towns that started in Derry and involved a collision with a Londonderry cruiser.
No one was hurt, police said.
Londonderry police charged the teenager with disobeying an officer, reckless operation, driving without a license, failure to yield or stop and a yellow line violation.
He was released on $2,500 personal recognizance bail with a court appearance set July 8 in 10th Circuit Court in Derry.
Hudson police charged him with disobeying an officer, conduct after an accident, reckless driving and operating without a valid license.
A court appearance in 9th Circuit Court in Hudson is scheduled July 11.
Charges also were expected in Derry.
Police allege the teenager backed into a Londonderry cruiser while fleeing.
Londonderry and Derry police halted pursuit because of the high rate of speed.
The pursuit began shortly after midnight and ended soon after.


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David DiSalvo, Contributor
I write about science, technology and the cultural ripples of both.
Most of us are horrible lie detectors in face-to-face interaction, and we're even worse when it comes to knowing if someone is lying online. New research suggests, however, that there are certain linguistic signals we can look for to determine if someone is trying to hoodwink us.
The research focused on online dating, an arena rife with deception from men and women alike. Using personal descriptions written for Internet dating profiles, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cornell University have identified reliable clues as to whether the author was being deceptive.
The researchers compared the actual height, weight and age of 78 online daters to their profile information and photos on four matchmaking websites. A linguistic analysis of the group's written self-descriptions revealed patterns in the liars' writing.
Here are a few examples:
Using indicators like those above allowed the researchers to correctly identify liars 65% of the time – a significantly higher percentage than what the typical person is capable of, which according to previous studies is usually well below 50%.
What research like this is leading to are programs that analyze verbiage online in a variety of scenarios to determine who is lying (or, in the case of dating sites, who is lying the most, since about 80% of participants lie to some degree).
By the way, if you're wondering what people lied about the most, it was their weight. No surprise there. Women tended to misrepresent their weight by an average of 8.5 pounds and men by around 1.5 pounds. Half of the participants also lied about their height, and nearly 20 percent changed their age.
The study was published in the February issue of the Journal of Communication.
More on identifying liars in a previous article here.
Men underestimated their weight by 1.5lbs?!!!!
Please tell me that's a typo. Please tell me you meant 15 lbs. because my weight fluctuates 1.5 lbs. A DAY (and that's no lie!).
What do you mean, you'd "be willing to guess it's more than that on average." In your piece, you specifically state that this IS the average:
"Women tended to misrepresent their weight by an average of 8.5 pounds and men by around 1.5 pounds."
How are you "willing to guess" that it's more than that "on average" when you said that WAS on average?
So, either you don't know that the word "average" means, or you don't even know what you wrote in your own piece.
Furthermore, it's clear that somebody doesn't understand how statistics work, based on the "misrepresent weight by 1.5 pounds" comment. Under no reasonable circumstances can that be considered misrepresentation; daily variance is higher than that, scales are no more accurate than that, and most people don't weight themselves often enough to be that specific anyway.
So what you're saying is that the data in the study isn't what the actual data would be? What, exactly, is "the obvious point?"
The obvious point, it would seem to me, is to use the study referenced in your article. If the data isn't any good, why reference it?
Mr. DiSalvo,
The liars that are described in your piece are people who know that they are lying and do not believe in their lies. The "tells" that give their lies away are present exactly because they feel guilty about lying.
Ignoring psychopaths and pathological liars, there are people who are lying but believe in their lies, they are lying for a greater purpose. During WW II Winston Churchill once noted that in "…wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." The people telling these lies would be much less likely to yield the same "tells" that the dating service liars gave up, not because they believed that they were true but because the "believed in" their lies. They did not feel guilty for telling the lies that they were telling. This is why psychopaths are good liars, they do not feel guilty about anything.
Very interesting article, thank you. I find the "physical description" observation to be interesting. I write online dating profiles for a living. I also give a lot of advice on profile writing. The general rule is to make a profile long enough to catch attention, but short enough to keep it. As such, I never waste space on physical descriptions. Photos do that job far better than words. By the way, I wonder how old the participants were. My (unscientific) guess is that the "20%" figure increases with the age of an online dater. Thanks for letting me share.
Hello trysweettalkcom,
That is absolutely fascinating. I am intrigued that:
1) There are enough people using dating services that someone could make a living writing the personal descriptions.
2) That people are sufficiently invested in the on-line dating system to pay someone write their personal description.
I have long believed that writing is a process that the vast majority of human beings are simply not very good at, rather like algebra. If as many people had to do algebra on a daily basis as have to write, this would be more obvious. This certainly confirms that belief.
This reminds me of recent blog here at Forbes.com. There is a company that "allows men to save a phone number into their cell under whatever girl's name they choose, and then receive random 'girlfriend-like' responses via text." It would seem that at least some women find a man more attractive as a date if he already has a girl friend. So for the man without a girl friend, this service allows him to appear to have a girl friend.
All of this to get a date.


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A Charlottesville man wanted on outstanding warrants has been arrested in the state's capital.
Jabari Abdul Latef Carter was taken into custody Tuesday night at 10 pm by officers with the Richmond City Police Department.
The arrest occurred in the 2900 block of N. Boulevard near the Fan District of the city without incident.
Police say they have outstanding arrest warrants on file for Carter, allegedly for distributing narcotics.
Charlottesville Police Lieutenant Ronnie Roberts thanks the public for assisting officers with locating Carter.


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On a road trip for work, I was feeling really good about my traveling companion.
I am directionally challenged. If there is a 50 percent chance of making a wrong turn in an unfamiliar area, I will make the wrong turn. I'm the one trying to do a U-turn while looking nonchalant on a narrowing dead-end street in some crumbling neighborhood in Newark (done that) or the equivalent.
Not having an internal compass — except for an uncanny ability to find a restaurant I loved in some distant city that I haven't been to in, oh, 30 years — is a terrible way to live unless you never have to leave home. Would that it were.
Getting an iPhone helped. I use its map feature religiously. However, it's about one step removed from texting while driving, since I hold and have to keep looking at it to stay on course.
On this last trip, I took along a portable GPS that tells you directions while you drive. She (I came to think of it as a her) got me in and out of a warehouse district in Chicago at rush hour. She led me to a rural Indiana farm that was miles from a main road, and that would have taken me ages to find.
Exhausted after a long day in the car, I happily let her lead me to the hotel that night.
The next day, I took some pleasure in detouring without telling her and having her get agitated telling me to turn around, make a U-turn, do whatever it takes to get back on the motorway. But the rest of the time, I was oh-so-grateful to not be getting lost.
So it was with that sense of security that I let her take me to my hotel in Columbus the second night. Unlike the previous day, I anticipated getting in early, taking a long walk and having a sit-down dinner instead of eating on the run.
But as I drove, I realized I was getting farther and farther away from Columbus. I trusted her and drove on.
Finally, I called the hotel and learned I was on the right road, but at the opposite end of the universe and had driven about 30 miles out of the way.
So it was back to the city. Then I got to the hotel, a major chain, and it gave me the creeps. I have a perception that certain major chains mean a certain standard of safety and cleanliness, and found neither. By the time I found another hotel, drove through for a sandwich and got to my room, it was after 8:30. Sigh.
For about 48 hours, it was nice to believe that with her, I would always be able to find my way,
Instead, I learned that if my destiny is a crumbling cul-de-sac (or ratty hotel), there is nothing that a GPS --or anything else — can do to stop it.
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What is a Dog?
There is and will always be considerable confusion among dog fanciers and other publics in regard to breeds of dogs and their relations to other dog-like animals. One of the words that some of us maintain is misused or, at least, used by various people in different ways, is "hybrid."
Many dictionaries inadequately define hybrids as being "individuals produced by breeding (crossing) different races, varieties, species, etc." Disagreements arise when the correspondents do not agree (even temporarily) on the same definition. If you include wolves and domestic dogs in the same grouping because there is no hindrance to one fertilizing the other and resulting in equally-fertile offspring, then I cannot agree to call the result a hybrid. No more than Chinese and Caucasian humans' children are hybrids. A better term for either might be "mixed" (we use the term "mixed-breed" in speaking of dogs, but usually "mixed heritage" re humans). Since canids mate and produce offspring which in turn are just as fertile, I feel it is wrong to call them hybrids. Dingoes, coyotes, wolves, and domestic dogs are all really breeds of Canis (dogs, canids). Their offspring should not be called hybrids, but rather "crosses" just as we would call a Cockapoo a "cross." Continue reading
Twin Championship Dog Shows & Obedience Trials (Hyberabad, India)
Fred will be judging at the Twin Championship dog show & obedience trial.
Dates: December 14th and 15th, 2013
Location: HITEX International Exhibition Centre, Hitech City, Hyderabad
Fred will also be conducting a seminar on December 14th.
You can register at Hyderabadcanineclub.org and for more information you can email info (at) Hyderabadcanineclub (dot) org
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Fred's predictions with the 2013 Kassel Sieger Show
Fred's predictions at the time (August 17, 2013):
I expect good VA recognition for Nino Tronje if he is shown (he's mostly owned by Mort Goldfarb), plus Enosch Amasis, Omen Radhaus, Mentos Osterbergerland, Quattro Partnachklamm, Labo Schollweiher, Etoo Wattenscheid (if his bitework is good enough), Fulz Zenevredo, and Yankee Feuermelder. The Furbo son Leo Zenteiche might be VA, as he is owned by Christoph Ludwig (very influential) though there is pressure this year to vary the bloodlines more.
The Remo son Figo Nordteich stands a good chance, and the Vegas son Tyson Fixfrutta does, too. The Enosch son Kronos stands a chance, too… I was very impressed with him last year. Others who will place very high include: Ballack Brucknerallee, Schumann Tronje, Chacco Freiheit Westerholt, Iliano Fichtenschlag, Yoker Pendler, Pepe Kuckucksland, and Pacco Langenbungert. Continue reading
USCA Sieger Show – Lake Geneva, WI May 10-13, 2013
Expert handler has classes available for UScA Sieger Show
May 10, 2013 weekend: I have classes available; let me know ASAP if you would like me to show your dog. I offer many years experience as an expert show handler, and as an SV breed judge. I know the judges well, what they are looking for, and what they want from handlers. Remuneration negotiable, but I ask for only a pro-rated share of my expenses, not any extra fee for handling. (The more dogs I show, the lower the amount.)
Whether or not I show your dog, I will have copies of my books available. You really should have the GSD book and the Orthopedics Disorders book, too. Order in advance so I pack enough for the trip.
German Shepherd Club of Jamaica specialty – Nov 2012
It was a great pleasure and honor to be invited again (my fourth time) to judge in Jamaica, and to find that fanciers continue to strive for balance and perfection while improving the average quality of the German Shepherd Dog here. I will give my observations on the adult classes first, then make some comments on other entries.
The top star of the show in my eyes was Ch. Veneze Dazz at Altel, a son of Arak de la Ferme Melgre Leau, a Sieger Zamp son; but Dazz bears more resemblance to his tremendous granddam Wendrina Kahler Heide who I think was VA-11 about a dozen years ago. Dazz is a medium-size, extremely well-balanced male with far-reaching fluid gait and true coming and going. Among the few that moved as smoothly were some of his offspring, so he obviously is producing high quality, and is not just a flash in the pan. Continue reading
Dog-show Judging in the Land of Volcanoes
Although I have lectured and judged in some 30 countries, this was my first trip to the dogs in Iceland. The occasion was the semi-annual national dog show of the kennel club known as Hundaræktunarfélagið íshundar. Ishundar is affiliated with Federación Canina Internacional (the FCI that is headquartered in Spain) and International Kennel Union (IKU), which two recently cooperated to form an association, the "Cyno OneWorld Alliance" of more than 50 countries and still growing. As far as I know, I am the only American licensed by this alliance thus far.
2010 Sieger Show Report
Sept. 3-5, 2010, Nürnberg (aka Nuremberg):
As most of my readers know, I have been sharing my impressions of the Sieger Show (known in Germany as the Hauptzuchtschau) for a couple of decades. In these years, I have been leading tour groups to this main breed show, with several subsequent days spent visiting notable breeders and local training clubs. I try to offer a mix of: 1. Intensive dog study (including teaching novices about the breed, the show, and the particular dogs; 2. Introductions to breeders (usually some of my group will buy a dog from one or more of them); and 3. Sightseeing. This compromise gives something to everyone.
The New Knowledge of DM ("GSD Myelopathy")
German Shepherd Dog Myelopathy, also known as DM for Degenerative (chronic and progressive) Myelopathy (spinal cord disease), or CDRM in the UK, is the first disorder that comes to mind when German Shepherd Dogs and spinal lesions are spoken of together. Almost peculiar to Shepherds, the first symptoms are usually seen at more than 5 years of age and typically last 5 to 30 or so months, perhaps a bit longer if aggressive measures are taken to forestall euthanasia. All accounts to date concede that there is great variation in age of onset: the youngest case reported to Glasgow researcher Pamela Johnston in the course of her studies for her doctorate at the University of Glasgow, Scotland was five years old, and the eldest 14 years, while the majority were about nine years old at first presentation. Most early signs are seen at or shortly after about 6 years of age, if the observer is experienced and keenly looking for it. In my experience, many cases drag on for 2 years, a few go three or more years, and several I have seen last little over 6 months. Continue reading
Q&A with Fred – GSD Toplines
Hi Fred,
I have been going back and forth on a topic close to my heart and part of what my decisions will be in regards to breeding… and that is toplines. I CANNOT stand the "arched" (or roached) toplines I see in the German showlines. I tried to get used to it, tried to train my eye to it, and I just can't do it. It seems all of the showline males available have arched toplines from very slight in the "older style" dogs like Little Man (Leri Unesco) who I used for my first breeding to almost hinge-backed dogs. I see in just about every German showline litter that most of the puppies are hump-backed. I just can't justify breeding that. And how do I justify that to buyers? Even the pet people know a deformity when they see it! Regardless of whether or not they are what wins in the German ring, and how the German judges try to explain it, it is NOT correct to the standard, and just based on anatomy and basic physics, it is NOT more efficient. In fact, in the case of hinged-backs, it is a perfect site for osteoarthritis to set in, complete with bone spurs, and that is not a good thing to happen around a spinal cord. Continue reading
Q&A with Fred: GSD with back problems
Is anyone familiar with Laser ["therapy"] for dogs. A 10 yr old German Shepherd that has some lower back problems. … it is supposed to be totally safe, but after the second treatment, she has been showing signs of problems with anal glands — information on 'side effects' ?' —
Thanks! Ziggy
With limited info on the specific nature of "back problems", we can only guess; but fortunately, my experience in the breed makes them rather educated guesses. A GSD this old is likely to have one OR MORE of a few relatively common disorders: Could have hip dysplasia that is just now getting to the point that the wear-and-tear is hurting or restricting range of motion. Could have Cauda Equina or similar stenosis, although this
usually manifests much earlier in life. Could have spondylosis (see my Internet article on TVS, CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME, AND SPONDYLOSIS, found onSiriusDog.
If it isn't primarily spondylosis, it might be what is called chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy (CDRM) in the UK or degenerative myelopathy in the USA. See if you can find my articles on this subject on that SiriusDog site… look for "The New Knowledge of DM (GSD Myelopathy)" or similar title. I'll attach these for you, though VetMed cannot get attachments. Or, even better, get my book on orthopedic disorders, which treats of this even though it's not a bone/joint problem.


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Although Hurricanes Katrina and Rita took place several years ago, efforts to provide disaster relief to the devastated communities still continue. SBA, FEMA, and other government agencies are actively trying to revitalize these areas. Small businesses are in vital need of expedited, moderately sized loans ($150,000 or less). In an effort to provide a program beyond the traditional realm of disaster relief, SBA implemented the Gulf Opportunity Pilot Loan Program (GO Loan Pilot). Originally implemented as a temporary program in November 2005,...
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My husband and I have noticed some certain things about our child that makes us feel proud where she has that musical aptitude of becoming an aspiring musician someday. We know she inherits this talent from us because these musical ability runs in our family since my hubby is the musical director of our church music ministry where he plays and teaches all the musical instruments such as lead guitar, rhythm, base, keyboard and drums while I am the one leading the praise and worship every Sunday service.
She already got that musical talent when she was still 1 year old where she wants to imitate me when I'm singing in front of many people. She wants to grab the microphone and sing with me too.
She really shows an interest when she saw someone who are playing a musical instruments like playing the drums. She pays attention on the drummer of our church that's why after church service, she hurriedly sat down on the drummer's chair and start to roll the drums.
When her father played the keyboard, she also grabbed her little keyboard and sat beside him as she tries to imitate pressing those keys and make some tune and melody in it.
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Study suggests that being born in a foreign country might protect against allergies for up to a decade.
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Native-born Americans might be allergic to the United States. New evidence published Monday suggests being born in a foreign country significantly reduces the likelihood of having allergies or asthma after moving to the U.S.
That protection doesn't last forever, however: People who have been in the United States for at least a decade lose that protection and are more likely to develop asthma, hay fever and eczema, according to the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Society Pediatrics.
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"We found that children born outside the United States have significantly lower prevalence of allergic disorders, including asthma, eczema, hay fever and food allergies," writes Jonathan Silverberg, a doctor at St. Luke's—Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. "The odds of developing allergic disease significantly increased after residing in the United States for one decade or longer."
The study analyzed 69,667 children with data from the 2007-2008 National Survey of Children's Health. It is the first study to link Americans' allergy risk with place of birth, though previous studies have shown that asthma and allergy rates are lower in developed countries. People with parents who were born in other countries also had a lower risk of having allergies or asthma, even if they themselves were born in the United States. According to the study, it did not matter what age a person moved to the United States, but their foreign-born protection dissipated after 10 years. Similar studies have found that immigrants to Italy, Israel and Australia have lower rates of allergies than native-born people, thus "lower prevalence of childhood allergic disease in immigrants seems to occur in other developed nations."
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In today's Manual of the Planes preview, we introduce the book's new rituals, give you an example of one -- and show off the entire table of contents!
This book is also built from the bones of giants. From the initial planar visions of Gary Gygax and Dave Sutherland, through the original, inspiring Manual of the Planes by Jeff Grubb, with its contributions by Roger Moore and Ed Greenwood, to the vibrant Planescape work of David Cook, Colin McComb, Michele Carter, and Monte Cook, the planes have been an ever-evolving cosmology. Other resources for this work include the 3rd Edition Manual of the Planes by Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, and David Noonan; Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss by Ed Stark, James Jacobs, and Erik Mona; and Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells by Robin D. Laws and Robert J. Schwalb.
Rituals are a tool to reach and explore the planes. They can create portals to bridge impossible distances, alter existing portals to send you and your allies into the unknown, and shelter you from the worst that the planes can throw against you. Many of the following rituals facilitate planar exploration and are staples in every planes-traveler's ritual book.
You drop a silver rope that passes through the floor and into a safe chamber where you can rest.
Level: 12Category: ExplorationTime: 10 minutesDuration: 7 hoursComponent Cost: 1,000 gp, plus a focus worth 2,000 gpMarket Price: 2,500 gpKey Skill: Arcana
Level: 12Category: ExplorationTime: 10 minutesDuration: 7 hoursComponent Cost: 1,000 gp, plus a focus worth 2,000 gpMarket Price: 2,500 gpKey Skill: Arcana
When you perform Rope Trick, the ritual's focus (see below) passes through a portal and into a temporary demiplane. The portal entrance occupies 1 square. A creature can climb down the rope into a demiplane that is 2 squares high, 8 squares long, and 8 squares wide.
The entrance to the demiplane appears as a subtle shimmer and has solid transparency (see "Transparency," page 17). A successful Perception check (DC 15 + half your level) allows a creature outside the portal to detect the entrance. The portal can be locked with the Arcane Lock ritual (see the "Arcane Lock, Knock, and Portals" sidebar, page 149), and unless you choose to lock the portal, the demiplane remains accessible from the outside.
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Was taking a drive listening to the tune by A-Game x Luu Breeze tweeting the lyrics "money made me do it', and was rampaged with offended individuals as well as people @ me that I must be a stripper or a hooker because that was the 'infamous song strippers would sing.
lol...First off if a guy tweeted that people would think 'success'. A girl tweets it they think 'stripper'. Already being aware of this perceived notion that people have of the modeling industry brings back to my attention how people still see models/fitness models as being strippers, prostitutes and or have sugar daddies. Just because they see a model who is well taken care, well dressed, drives a nice car, and fit, does not automatically mean she depends on a man to fiance her, sells her body for money or slides down the pole on weekends.
Some people may be driven by helping others, others are driven by money, and or both. Whatever your motivation to succeed is will push you to the top. I find it funny how no one would bother asking a 'model' if they are a student loaded on OSAP student loans lol? or if there success in the industry has brought them far enough to make great money. I myself own my own business, and a student graduate with 2 degrees now finishing up my nursing degree.
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A group that travels rivers in the Midwest, cleaning their banks, will be in St. Louis today (Sept. 20). For the man who started the group five years ago, garbage is his career, and he wouldn't think of changing it. KWMU's Tom Weber caught up with the group last weekend on the Mississippi River in Alton, and has this report...
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Chess Software for Linux
Linux offers a host of chess software that provides master strength computer opponents and analysis, and even an interface for playing against people all over the world via the Internet.
The strongest chess programs readily available for Linux (to my knowledge) are Crafty, Phalanx, and GNU Chess. Crafty is the strongest, though Phalanx and GNU Chess play at master strength (with fast hardware). Crafty is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/ while Phalanx is available from the standard sunsite (sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/games/strategy/) and GNU Chess can be downloaded from any GNU archive (prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/). The chess interface of choice (compatible with all three) is known as xboard, though a pretty 3D interface known as GLChess is available (the home page is http://nether.tky.hut.fi/glchess). The most recent version of xboard should also be available from any GNU archive, though an older release probably came with your Linux distribution along with GNU Chess.
Crafty is the "long-time hobby" of Bob Hyatt, whose previous works include Blitz and Cray Blitz. Crafty is a very strong program and is constantly being enhanced. Though you could just download the Linux binary and use it as is, opening books and endgame databases are available from the ftp site, and add much to the playability and strength of the program. You have a choice between 1 MB (small), 30 MB (medium) and 74MB (large) opening books (or, if you like, the monstrous wall.gz which expands to 222 MB). For a basic installation, download the files crafty-14.13.linux, small.zip, start.zip, crafty.doc, crafty.faq and read.me, or the latest source if you want to compile it yourself. Give Crafty its own directory (to store the book, game, position and log files), move the Crafty files there and unzip them. Execute Crafty (if you get a permission denied error, try using chmod on crafty-14.13.linux).
To create the opening book (book.bin) from the file small.txt to a depth of 60 ply (30 moves), type:
book create small.txt 60
The file books.bin should also be created in order to tell Crafty which openings it should (and shouldn't) play. The file start.pgn contains the necessary data. Just type:
books create start.pgn 60After this brief "installation", you should have a small, master strength chess program on your Linux box.
Performance can be maximized by allocating more memory to the hash and pawn hash tables. I have a 64 MB machine, so I set the options hash=24M and hashp=10M. Crafty configurations can be specified on startup; this means that you can include Crafty's startup commands in the resource file of your window manager for easier Crafty startup in X Windows.
Crafty can be run through xboard, with the Crafty-exclusive benefit of a splendid analysis mode (compatible with more recent versions of xboard) that allows you to move the pieces for both sides while Crafty rattles off analysis several moves deep (you can use analysis mode without xboard, but it's not as much fun). In order to start up Crafty through xboard, type:
xboard -fcp 'crafty xboard'
or you can specify more options such as:
xboard -fcp 'crafty xboard hash=12M hashp=5M'
Even though Phalanx, by Dusan Dobes, is the youngest of the three chess programs (it began in '97) it has managed to become quite imposing; in fact, it is not much weaker than some modern commercial chess software. Phalanx is also fun to play and good for variety, since Crafty, GNU Chess, and Phalanx all have different personalities. Phalanx should compile easily without any errors, and is then immediately functional. It has a small, default opening book, but creating your own from a PGN (pretty good notation) file is easy; instructions are contained in the README file. Phalanx can be used through xboard by typing:
xboard -fcp phalanx
GNU Chess is the classic chess program which has been around for ages on a number of platforms. It is also rather strong and quite fun to play. GNU Chess came with my Slackware and Red Hat installations, and I imagine it comes on other Linux distributions as well, so you may already have it on your machine. It is very fun for blitz chess, especially since with its default opening book it is prone to making original moves which may or may not be very good (this doesn't matter since it wins anyway). GNU Chess can be played in a console or under the X Window System through an interface. When xboard is executed, by default it loads up GNU Chess and prepares for blitz games of 5 minutes per side. You can, as usual, specify startup options; the xboard man page contains the details.
Computer chess on playchess.com vs Linux
I used to play computer chess on playchess.com using a Fritz interface (Fritz 11), which was able to load UCI engines like Rybka. I'm trying to find a way to play on playchess.com using ubuntu as a platform, but wasn't able to find a satifactory solution, with Wine the Fritz application just won't start. Probably the Linux community might find a solution for this in the near future.
Rybka the best chess
Rybka the best chess software as of now is made only for Windows based. basic versions of Rybka you can play in Linux with Arena
There seems to be no
There seems to be no reasonable gui for chess in linux. Only xboard supports analysis. None other!!
Linux Chess Gui
I just discovered Scid http://scid.sourceforge.net/. It is mainly a database program, but with many strong engines that can be played against too.
It has bugs, but i'm fixing up the "Play" menu item to work flawlessly. CVS has the latest fixes.
Any idea of ELO strenght?
Hi there! Thanks for the article. Is there any estimate of the strength (say, in ELO) of these chess softwares, for a given hardware?
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Very nice article.
Just one mistake that can be corrected(pgn = portable game notation) and not pretty good notation :). Or maybe the author was being funny.
In any case, this article is good, there is also 1 more strong program called ruffian, but not sure if linux ruffian is available.
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The Fact is: Absolutely nothing can prepare you for Marine Corps Physical Training.
So you might wonder out loud, "So how can I be 100% prepared for the physical challenges of USMC boot camp?" To that question I would have to answer: Train like your Drill Instructors are going to train you!
So how do you know exactly what your Drill Instructors will require of you? I tell you down to the last detail in my USMC boot camp preparation guide. Will my guide make recruit training easy? Definitely NOT. I am in no way trying to remove the challenge of joining the Marines.
"What I am offering you is the highest level of mental & physical preparation short of actually going through USMC recruit training."
I've already told you a little about the physical training aspect of preparing for boot camp. However, that's only the half of it. Would you like to have a mental advantage when you arrive at boot camp?
That's exactly what I'm offering you. What exactly am I talking about? I'm talking about the mental/psychological stress you will encounter at boot camp.
So many poor souls end up either getting kicked out of boot camp or quit due to the mental stress of Marine Corps recruit training. Drill Instructors are taught hundreds of different ways to impose mental/psychological stress on recruits, so it's easy to assume that some recruits just can't handle it.
The irony is that some of the most athletic, muscular recruits (like high school football players) end up failing at boot camp due to mental stress or "mind games" that Drill Instructors play with their recruits. I will show you how to recognize and overcome the mental stress of boot camp. I'll even describe the specific mind games that your Drill Instructors will use & how to beat them.
Many of my fellow Marines are mad at the fact I am exposing the secrets of Marine boot camp in my Boot Camp Preparation Guide. I understand their anger. They had to learn about the rigors of boot camp the hard way. So did I.
There is no way for you to really fully understand what or why a drill instructor is performing his right to have you do an obstacle course 10 times until you puke, or why he is picking you instead of other recruits. Every recruit experiences being singled out by their drill instructor, some much more than others.
Boot camp is psychologically unorganized. You will quickly find out that if you do something wrong, and you don't know how to verbally explain yourself, you will wind up in a world of hurt. The instructors will quickly team up on you, and then you will end up on their "list."
So do you think you have what it takes to "fit in" and impress everyone? You better THINK AGAIN!
Now there are a few recruits that slide through the whole process, and never even have one single problem, but those recruits either had some type of boot camp training before, had taken my course, or instinctively made the right moves at the right time.
Boot camp is one mean, tough place, and I am going to show you how to conquer USMC Boot Camp while avoiding negative conflict and focusing on your performance as a young Marine.
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I've taken my first hand experience and highlighted the experiences of boot camp that were the most challenging and most rewarding.
I made it a point not to ramble about "nostalgic" boot camp experiences that I had, I give future recruits the cold-hard facts about boot camp. For example, I've provided information about specific physical demands that are placed upon recruits at boot camp. I'll give you an inside look at the Marine D.I. School and the responsibilities that your drill instructors have during boot camp. By reading my guide you'll learn:
The physical demands of boot camp are extreme. Equally challenging is the mental aspect of USMC boot camp. Here's how you will benefit from my book by gaining a mental edge for boot camp:
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West Virginia transportation officials say traffic on southbound Interstate 77 at the West-Virginia Virginia line is flowing again after a tractor-trailer accident was cleared in Virginia.
The Virginia Department of Transportation oversees the Big Walker and East River Mountain tunnels along I-77. Due to accidents and slick road surfaces from a winter storm, VDOT closed the tunnels Thursday night.
West Virginia Department of Transportation spokesman Brent Walker says officials didn't want cars and trucks at a standstill inside the tunnels, and the decision was made in West Virginia to reroute southbound traffic off the interstate at Princeton.
The northbound section of the interstate had been shut down in Virginia due to accidents before being reopened along with both directions of the tunnels Friday morning.


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Last week, Frank Zappa's record label quietly released Captain Beefheart's original recording of Bat Chain Puller (1976). Bootleg versions of the album's rough mix have circulated for a long time. The mixing and mastering on the new official release are outstanding. Different versions of some of these tracks were included on Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978), which has always been one of my favorite later period Beefheart albums. Different versions of a few songs also ended up on Doc at the Radar Station (1980), and Ice Cream for Crow (1982). But the original tracks sat unmixed and unmastered for 36 years. The CD includes the 12 original songs plus 3 bonus tracks, and liner notes by Magic Band members John French and Denny Walley. Currently this disc is only available from Zappa.com. More info on the release at the Captain Beefheart Radar Station. Many thanks to my friend Steve for the gift! And rest in peace, Captain.
3 thoughts on "Captain Beefheart: The original Bat Chain Puller"
I have one of those bootlegs ("Dust Sucker"). I'm interested to hear more polished mixes of those songs. Even so, I doubt the earlier version of the title song will bump the Shiny Beast version off the pedestal it currently occupies in my mind's gallery of faves.
I agree–this album is like an awesome BONUS! Just wrote about it too on my music blog. They need to work on wider distribution or this one'll end up like Lick My Decals Off…have a good one!
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As consumers, we take decisions every day. And those decisions can very often make a huge difference to our environment. On this page, we will give you some quick guidelines on how your everyday decisions can make a greener difference.
We want to be as green as possible, but sometimes we don't even know where to start, because of the sheer magnitude of the problems facing the Earth.
Here, you'll find simple changes you can make in your own home to live a greener life - some so easy, you'll wonder why everyone doesn't do them!
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Rang Stafford Audi couple of days ago off the cuff to ask how much for a service for my P & J
They said Ł375. I then asked what the difference between the Ł375 and the Ł235 offer on Ebay, answer nothing
I said on my last service they put longlife plugs in and I had done 19k so didnt want them changing as they should be good for 40k, got the service down to Ł179, but because he wound me up rang other Audi garages.
Having it done at Preston Audi, longlife oil and air filter for Ł149 + Multitronic oil change on offer at Ł138
How many people would just take what they say as gospel and not ask questions
Used to thing Stafford were good, lost my faith now


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September 2010 Wiggler meetup from Pete Shambler on Vimeo.
Here's a nice video from a meetup in Brooklyn of members of the Muff Wiggler forum. DIY meets modular.
"… Muff Wiggler enjoys scaring friends, family, neighbours and cats alike with bizarre and frightning electro-analog mayhem." – muffwiggler.blogspot.com
Visit the forum: muffwiggler.com
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By JEROD CLAPP
Traditional or not, they packed a gymnasium twice so everyone could witness their milestone.
Indiana University Southeast graduated 1,128 at its commencement Monday. Almost 60 percent of those students were classified as nontraditional, or 25 years old or older. This year's graduates ranged from 19 to 67 years old, but friends and family cheered them on regardless of age, obstacles or time spent earning their degree.
Patricia Martin said she was there to watch her daughter, Alycia Wright, walk across the stage to get her degree. She said at 27 years old and taking a second go at her college education, she was proud of the work her daughter completed.
"It's really a good testament to her because she was attending Kentucky State University, but she had a child and had to quit," Martin said. "But she came up here and finished her degree, so I'm really proud of her for sticking to it."
Martin said she's glad her daughter chose to attend her alma mater to finish her bachelor's degree. Wright already has a job teaching with Jefferson County Public Schools.
Christopher Belcher-Cole, a 27-year-old graduate, said he's the first college degree recipient in his family by six days. His sister graduates from Bellarmine University on Saturday. Even though he said he's got that to rub in a little, he's appreciative of the support he got from her and the rest of his family.
"I wouldn't be here without them," Belcher-Cole said. "I want to thank all of them for their faith in me, dealing with my struggles and helping me financially."
Joe Wooten said he was there to see a friend receive a degree that was 46 years in the making. Paul Schuster, 63, earned his bachelor's after starting it at the University of Kentucky in 1967.
Wooten said three years ago, Schuster came to IU Southeast to finish what he'd started, even after almost giving up on his college education.
"This was a phase that he thought had passed him by," Wooten said. "He's had a very interesting life. This is another great milestone for him and I can't wait to see what he does next."
Wooten said Schuster earned his degree before his son, but only by a year.
In her speech at commencement, chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles said she felt bittersweet since this ceremony would be her last as the university's top administrator. But she said she was glad to see so many students complete their undergraduate education.
"We have fulfilled our campus mission beautifully and we are actualizing our vision ...," Patterson-Randles said. "You, the members of the class of 2013 are living proof of our success."


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For the second year, KING 5 is asking the community to help fill food bank shelves across western washington this summer. Northwest Harvest will again be the beneficiary of all dollars and food raised; and for 2010 we are happy to welcome Northwest Carpenters as a sponsor of the event.
Summer is a time when access to free or reduced meals goes away for the children who need them them most.
In the fall of 2008, 42% of all Washington school children sign-up for free and reduced-price school meals, yet only 11% had access to nutritious meals that summer.
The School's Out! Summer Food Drive was conceived as a way to bring attention to the summertime childhood huger gap.
By filling the shelves of local food banks, nutritious, kid-friendly meals can make their way to low-income families. Help KING 5 and Northwest Harvest make a difference for Washington children.
KING-5 "School's Out!" Summer Food Drive
June 14-18, 2010
Monday, June 14th Northgate Mall
Tuesday, June 15th Everett Mall
Wednesday, June 16th Tacoma Mall
Thursday, June 17th Redmond Towne Center
Friday, June 18th Westfield Southcenter Mall
Examples of nutritious, kid-friendly, food:
Protein: flip-top cans of chili, ravioli, easy-to-prepare macaroni and cheese, tuna, small plastic jars of peanut butter.
Dairy: shelf-stable milk or soy milk
Fruit: snack sized (4 oz.) applesauce, peaches, pears, fruit cocktail, with flip tops. Fruit juices and fruit snacks.
Vegetables: tomato or vegetable soups; canned green beans or carrots.
Grains: individual servings of instant oatmeal, dry cereal, ramen noodles or Cup O' Noodles, chicken noodle soup.
Snacks: peanut butter or cheese crackers, energy bars, multigrain bars, nut packets.