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But he was best known, not for his undoubted achievements, but for the spirit behind his every moment as a living parody of the Jewish showman, larger than life, smoking the most outrageously large Havana cigars on the market, always ready with a pronouncement to cheer the public's day. The cigar was not a mere affectation. As he said in his 1987 autobiography, Still Dancing, they were his "security blanket. In another respect they're my trademark. They give me something to clutch on to, and they give me confidence."
In a sense he was Britain's answer to Sam Goldwyn, famous for lines which he almost certainly did not utter. Typical was the cry, "All my shows are great. Some of them are bad, but they're all great." But Grade was a much more genuine - and genial - figure than the egomaniacal loner Goldwyn. Indeed Grade's whole life was a series of "relationships", usually with difficult people, in which he was proud that his word was accepted, his handshake more secure than a contract. He was also a consummate negotiator believing in "one to one, or two to two - but never more".
Lew Grade was born Louis (or Lewis) Winogradsky in the small town of Tokmak in Ukraine, near the Black Sea, on Christmas Day 1906, the eldest of the three remarkable sons of Isaac and Olga Winogradsky - his siblings were Leslie the agent (and father of Michael Grade) and Bernard, who changed his name to Delfont. Lew was always closer to Leslie, to whom he felt protective, than to Bernie, with whom he admitted to having something of a sibling rivalry - he learnt of Bernie's change of name only from the papers.
When Louis was five the Winogradskys, like so many other Jewish families, emigrated to Britain (Russian was his first language until he was eight). In Tokmak they had been middle-class business people with a detached house, but in London they had to settle for a two-roomed flat in the East End.
Like so many other Jewish immigrants Isaac Winogradsky worked in the garment trade, but he was a better singer than a businessman and relied on his sons' earnings before dying at the age of 56 in 1935. As in so many other Jewish familes it was his mother Olga, a formidable matriarch, who influenced the brothers. Lew had a photographic memory and was a brilliant mathematician, and was offered one of the rare places available at a grammar school, but left school at 14 and started by helping his father in the rag trade. Early on he had started to dance and just before his 20th birthday he entered the World Charleston Championships at the Royal Albert Hall. He won and immediately got a contract to dance in cabaret for pounds 50 a week, a fortune in those days.
For several years he continued his career as a dancer, not only in London but also in Paris and pre-Hitler Berlin. He had a special gimmick of dancing the Charleston while perched on a small and obviously precarious table. Grade had to stop dancing because his particular style of dancing the Charleston led to falls which injured his knee.
In the early 1930s he joined his friend Joe Collins in an agency called Collins & Grade and claims to have heard the first cries of Collins's eldest daughter, Joan. From the start he showed a flair for discovering talent of every description - one of his first clients was Larry Adler the harmonica player, and he arranged the English tours of Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France.
He joined up after Dunkirk and was in the Army for just over two years, most of the time organising shows for the troops but in 1942 he was invalided out with water on the knees - soon after he had married a beautiful dancer, Kathleen Moody (his mother, miserable that her son had not married a Jewish girl, refused to come to the wedding). He soon split with Collins and moved in with his younger brother Leslie in a theatrical agency, most famously responsible for booking the acts at the London Palladium. Grade spent several early post-war years in the United States building up a successful American end of his agency business at a time when the business traffic was all the other way, so it was natural for him to specialise in bringing American comedians and singers, like Bob Hope, Jack Benny and Danny Kaye - some of whom he and Leslie also represented - a policy which led to considerable resentment amongst British artists and comedians.
Grade's biggest break came almost by accident. At the start of commercial television he was rather casually involved in the formation of Associated Television, an uneasy alliance which included the Pye group, Lord Renwick, a leading stockbroker, and Norman Collins, the novelist and former BBC executive who was the true father of ATV. By 1956, only a few months after transmissions had started, and whole the financial future of the business still looked gloomy, Grade had emerged as one of the leaders of commercial television as deputy managing director of ATV, which had the contract for the Midlands on weekdays and London at the weekends (in 1968 the franchise changed, giving ATV a full week in the Midlands but cutting them out of London). Grade - who became managing director of ATV in 1962 and chairman 11 years later - soon took complete control of ATV, which became a byword for easy-viewing variety shows, notably Sunday Night at the London Palladium, which attracted huge audiences for over a decade.
Grade's taste was always for wholesome material, including series like The Saint and Emergency Ward 10 as well as quiz shows, naturally attracting the soubriquet "Low Grade Lew". But this was unfair, and not only because, as he always said proudly, "My tastes are the tastes of the average person throughout the world."
His boldest stroke came when, as ATV's deputy managing director, he gambled the bulk of the firm's capital on producing a series on Robin Hood without any guarantee that it would be shown outside Britain. It was a triumphant success, and set the pattern for two decades in which he produced a number of such series, some like Robin Hood vaguely historical, including Ivanhoe and Lancelot, some thrillers like The Saint, as well as The Avengers, a genuinely original series which has remained a cult favourite for more than three decades. He also backed such innovatory ideas as the puppeteers who produced Thunderbirds.
Despite his reputation for backing only the most sure-fire hits, Grade never lacked courage and flair - backing, most imaginatively, The Muppets. For even the most highbrow producers loved him because, if he liked an idea, he was prepared to give the creator carte blanche and did not interfere with them - in its heyday ATV produced a third of all the documentaries made for the commercial television network (though this gave rise to another apocryphal Gradeism when he said of one highbrow venture, "It must be culture because it certainly wasn't entertainment"). Nevertheless his list of series included some remarkably innovative achievements, such as The Power Game, the first to convey the world of big business at all convincingly (its predecessor, The Plane Makers, had been too closely confined to the factory floor to Grade's taste).
One of Grade's boldest deals came in 1965 when after a lot of wheeling and dealing he acquired Stoll Moss, the biggest theatre chain in Britain - a move which entailed another piece of wheeling and dealing because Stoll Moss owned a substantial stake in ATV and the television company could not own its own shares.
Grade was never more Jewish than in his attitude to religious films, producing a series on Moses and a film of the life of Jesus (allegedly inspired by being received by the Pope) - his wife of nearly 60 years was a Roman Catholic. Grade's observance of his own Jewish faith was pretty nominal, as was his attendance at the House of Lords. But he was immensely proud of Jesus of Nazareth (though one Gradeism has him asking the director, Franco Zeffirelli, if he couldn't manage with six disciples instead of twelve). The project - a two-part biography - was a colossal gamble, especially as Jesus was played by the virtually unknown Robert Powell. Even though the film's first sponsor, General Motors, withdrew after attacks by American fundamentalists, it was an enormous success wherever it was shown (in Italy it attracted an estimated 84 per cent of the viewing public). It had cost $45m but made a profit of $30m. In 1979 Grade was rewarded by John Paul II, who awarded him the Order of of Knight Commander of Saint Silvester with star, the highest Vatican honour that can be awarded to a non-Catholic. Three years earlier he and his brother Bernie had both been given life peerages in Harold Wilson's notorious resignation honours list.
On his 70th birthday in 1977 Grade had to retire from the chairmanship of ATV and immediately embarked on another, and less happy, career. Like many other British tycoons before him, Grade came undone when he tried to make a frontal assault on Hollywood by turning his holding company, Associated Communications, into a major film producer and distributor.
Although he had some early successes, like The Muppet Movie (1979), he came a cropper with the notorious disaster Raise the Titanic (1980) - cue for another Gradeism, "It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic Ocean." Robert Holmes a Court, the Australian financier, took advantage of ACC's parlous position by buying the company relatively cheaply and as soon as he took control started sacking long-serving employees (including Grade's favourite tea lady). In a spiteful gesture after easing Grade out of ACC he removed Grade's credits from two highly successful films he had financed before losing control, On Golden Pond (1981), for which Henry Fonda was awarded an Oscar, and Sophie's Choice (1982), which earned a similar accolade for Meryl Streep. Not surprisingly Holmes a Court was one of the few people of whom he ever spoke ill, as the only man who really betrayed him. "He died quite a young man, for all his millions. You see wealth is about relationships, not money."
Grade was soon back in business in partnership with some American friends, for he never really retired, arriving regularly at his office at 7am while in his nineties to work a 12-hour day. Interviewed in late 1996 he claimed, "I used to say I'd retire in the year 2001. But I already know it won't happen." Characteristically Something to Believe In, one of the last films he produced, was, he said, "a story that will leave you with a lump in the throat and a tear in your eye". But when asked what it was all about Grade replied simply, "I've got the script somewhere."
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Louis Winogradsky (Lew Grade), dancer, theatrical agent, television executive, theatre owner, businessman and film producer: born Tokmak, Ukraine 25 December 1906; chairman and managing director, ITC Entertainment 1958-82, chairman for life 1995-98; chairman, Stoll Moss Theatres 1969- 82; Kt 1969; chairman and chief executive, Associated Communications Corporation 1973-82; created 1976 Baron Grade; president, ATV Network 1977-82; chairman, Embassy Communications International 1982-85; chairman, The Grade Co 1985-98; married 1942 Kathleen Moody (one adopted son); died London 13 December 1998.
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7930 Bent Tree Circle, Prior Lake, MN 55372
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Come experience this extraordinary Luxury Wooddale custom home nestled in the Territory Development. Immerse your family in the one of a kind Territory lifestyle and amenities including walking trails, park and community lodge and pool. 5 Br, 5 Baths and over 5400 square feet finished to perfection. The gourmet kitchen with all granite counter tops and center island. The great room features an old stone fireplace and built ins. The upper level features 4 bedrooms, 3 baths (one a Jack and Jill)
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Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 2 Full | 2 Three-Qtr | 1 Half
Lot Size: 0.98 Acres
Lot Dimensions: 279x62x196x30x236
Year Built: 2005
Garage Dimensions: 3 car
Garage: Attached Garage, Insulated Garage, Driveway - Concrete, Garage Door Opener
Style: (SF) Two Stories
Neighborhood: Territory
Water: Well, Shared System, Drilled
Sewer: Private, Shared System, Mound
Square Feet: 5409
Above Ground Sq Ft: 3748
Below Ground Sq Ft: 1661 (approx)
Room Information for 7930 Bent Tree Circle, Prior Lake, MN 55372
Main Floor
Dining Room: 15x13
Family Room: 18x17
Kitchen: 21x16
Office: 13x14
Deck: 14x18
Upper Floor
Bedroom 1: 17x22
Bedroom 2: 16x12
Bedroom 3: 15x12
Bedroom 4: 13x12
Lower Floor
Amusement Room: 42x18
Bar/Wet Bar Room: 9x9
Wine Cellar: 9x5
Fifth (5th) Bedroom: 14x11
Dining Room Description: Separate/Formal Dining Room
School Information for 7930 Bent Tree Circle, Prior Lake, MN 55372
School District: Lakeville
School District Phone: 952-232-2000
Interior Features for 7930 Bent Tree Circle, Prior Lake, MN 55372
Appliances: Range, Wall Oven, Microwave, Exhaust Fan/Hood, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer, Water Softener - Owned, Disposal, Air-To-Air Exchanger, Furnace Humidifier
Air Cond: Central
Heating: Forced Air
Fireplaces: Yes
Basement: (1661 sq Finished) Walkout, Full, Finished (Livable), Sump Pump, Poured Concrete
Exterior Features for 7930 Bent Tree Circle, Prior Lake, MN 55372
Lot Dimensions: 279x62x196x30x236
Zoning: Residential-Single
Financial Considerations for 7930 Bent Tree Circle, Prior Lake, MN 55372
Tax Amount: $10,583
Taxes w/Assessments: $10,594
Tax/Property ID: 040960200
Tax Year: 2016
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In this section, you can find instructions on how to manipulate with the Sketch Engine JSON API and a description of all available methods and attributes. It is addressed mainly to programmers.
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Jessica Amlee was born in Maple Ridge, BC, where she lives with her parents and older brother. When she was four years old she saw a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movie and knew right then and there that she wanted to be an actress. Her parents took her to an agency who signed her up and at age four she began her acting career in a French's commercial – the first of over 50 commercials she has appeared in.
Amlee trained at the Tarlington Talent School and has taken some improvisation and voice training.
She appeared in several television series, including "Andromeda," " Glory Days," "Smallville" and "Dark Angel," and landed her first large role in the feature "My Life Without Me," opposite Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman and Mark Ruffalo.
Since then, significant projects Amlee has had roles in include the features "Eve and the Fire Horse" and "Beneath," as well as Bruce McDonald's television movie "The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess." Her performance as young Gillian Guess saw Amlee become the youngest person to ever win a Leo (BC Film & Television) Award for her acting.
She was the title character in "Juliana and the Medicine Fish," opposite Rob Schneider, playing his daughter. Very much in demand, when she is not on the set of "Heartland" Jessica starred in a television pilot for director Michael McGowan, entitled "Left Coast," and the Hallmark television movie "Living Out Loud," for director Anne Wheeler.
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- 1 cup mayonnaise
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- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Cayenne pepper
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- Fine sea salt
- 1 pound jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
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- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
In a medium bowl, whisk the mayonnaise. Gradually whisk in the olive oil and 1/4 cup of the grapeseed oil. Add the lemon juice and season with cayenne. Transfer 1/2 cup of the mayonnaise to a small bowl and reserve. Using the flat side of a chef's knife, mash the garlic to a paste with a generous pinch of salt. Whisk the garlic paste into the medium bowl of mayonnaise, then transfer the aioli to a serving bowl.
In a large bowl, gently mix the crabmeat with the cracker crumbs, egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco and the reserved 1/2 cup of mayonnaise. Shape the mixture into six 1-inch-thick crab cakes and transfer to a wax paper-lined plate. Refrigerate until firm, at least 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 400°. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of grapeseed oil in a large cast-iron skillet. Add the crab cakes and cook over moderate heat until golden on the bottom, about 4 minutes. Carefully flip the crab cakes, then transfer them to the oven and bake until golden and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Transfer the crab cakes to plates and serve with the garlic aioli.


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Ya gotta love Tim & Al on Home Improvement. They were so well known amongst my guests in THE Park, I could make jokes about the size of a huge beaver lodge belonging to a Tim Allen-like beaver, and it would get a laugh.
And yes, some collections of tools are nice but they aren't too smart, such as a box of hammers. I dont like anything as "dumb as a box of hammers", but sometimes I like collections of Hammers like the one I have just added to my links. H is for Hammer
A hammer for candlestick fans is a formation that occurs where the closing price of a stock, closes above the previous close, has a body that extends above the bottom of the body of the previous day. Properly constituted, it is a powerful reversal pattern.
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Abu Dhabi's Capital Gate, the world's most inclined structure, picked up a brace of accolades at the Cityscape Awards for Architecture in Emerging Markets 2011.
Designed by RMJM for ADNEC, the 160m mixed-use tower claimed first prize in the categories of 'Commercial/Mixed use Future' and the most prestigious prize, 'Overall Project of the Year'.
The striking tower features an 18 degree lean and is expected to be completed this year. It will house the five-star 'Hyatt Capital Gate' hotel, as well as approximately 15,000m2 of office space.
Jonathan Knight, RMJM Middle East Design Principal, said: "The complex tower provides Abu Dhabi with a signature building that highlights the city's growth and progression."
Dubai Municipality was another nominee that walked away with two awards. The municipality was lauded for the Traditional Suq in Shindagha in the Tourism, Travel & Transport – Built category and the restoration of Hatta Mosque in the Cultural Heritage category.
Fusionopolis 4 by Aedas was successful in the Commercial/ Mixed Use Future category. Aedas' design for the regional headquarters of LucasFilm in Singapore is dubbed 'the Sandcrawler' due to its similarity with the famous vehicles in the Star Wars movies.
The award winners were announced during a gala ceremony in Madinat Jumeirah on Tuesday 27th September.
Winners of Cityscape Awards for Architecture in Emerging Markets 2011.
COMMERCIAL / MIXED USE BUILT Capital Gate by RMJM
COMMERCIAL / MIXED USE FUTURE Fusionopolis 4 by Andrew Bromberg – AEDAS Ltd.
COMMUNITY BUILT Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre by Leigh & Orange Limited
COMMUNITY FUTURE Diplomatic Quarter, Celebration Hall – KSA by Godwin Austen Johnson
LEISURE BUILT Raif Dinckok Cultural Center by Emre Arolat Architects (EAA)
LEISURE FUTURE Pazhou Exhibition Hotel by Andrew Bromberg – AEDAS Ltd.
RESIDENTIAL BUILT Secret House by Dr. Nasser Abulhasan – AGi architects
RESIDENTIAL FUTURE Mangrove Elite Residence by BEAD Architects & Engineers
TOURISM, TRAVEL & TRANSPORT – BUILT Traditional Suq in Shindagha by Architectural Heritage Department – Dubai Municipality
TOURISM, TRAVEL & TRANSPORT – FUTURE D HOTEL by Sanjay Puri of Sanjay Puri Architects Pvt. Ltd.
YOUNG ARCHITECT Naji Muneer Mahmoud – Rejuvenation Refuge
THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARD Restoration of Hatta Mosque by Architectural Heritage Department – Dubai Municipality
THE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE AWARD Eco Park Musolla, Setia Alam by ONG & ONG Pte. Ltd.
THE MASTER PLANNING AWARD Baku White City by ADEC – Azerbaijan Development Company
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD Bayer Material Science Private Limited by Sankalpan Architects Pvt. Ltd.
OVERALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD Capital Gate by RMJM


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Detroit Christmas – Full Cast Audio Drama
Lex performed the lead role of Jake Sullivan in Larry Correia's DETROIT CHRISTMAS full cast radio drama from Baen Books. Set in the world of the Grimnoir Chronicles.
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Lex performed a few voice roles in Eric Flint's ISLANDS full cast radio drama from Baen Books. Set in the Belisarius series universe created by Eric Flint and David Drake.
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Growing up, I was always a large child and I remember asking what those markings were on my thighs in 3rd grade. I found out they were stretch marks and from that day on, I have always been fat. Until I had my second child. At age 21, I weighed 212 pounds and 10 years later I am at 145 pounds. So now I am left with flabby skin and stretch marks. I also have diastasis which is where my abdomen muscles have separated right down the middle from my last pregnancy. There is literally a 2-3 inch gap in between my muscles. I have been eating super healthy for about 5 years and running, kickboxing, and doing spin classes 3 times a week. I just can't seem to lose any more flab on my stomach. I swear if the flabby skin was gone, you would see a six pack underneath! OK maybe a 3 pack. Anyway, so I have decided to get a tummy tuck and maybe a breast lift. My other problem is this doctor I am considering. He seems really great but a little on the old side. I was trying to watch his hands and they seemed a little shaky but couldn't tell. Anyone have this experience? He's been a plastic surgeon since 1979....is this too old? Should I be worried or am I being paranoid?
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Ok, I finally pick my doctor. And no, he is not the old doctor, he was just not for me. My date is set for Jan. 25th which is 3 weeks away! I am so excited. Every time I look in the mirror, it doesn't bother me anymore because I know my problem stomach will be gone soon.
Well, I finally did it! I am post TT 4 days now....
Well, I finally did it! I am post TT 4 days now. The pain is very unpredictable. I will be fine feeling like I could run a marathon (ok, I'm exaggerating a little), then 5 minutes later I will have a shooting pain going through my side. I have to say it has been more on the ok side of pain. I would say 90% of the time, my pain is minimal. But I also got the pain pump which I HIGHLY recommend using. It is worth the extra couple hundred bucks. I have been wearing the compression garment and wow does it compress. It is extremely uncomfortable to wear at night. But helps you get around better. I went on my first adventure out of the house today to Goodwill, yeah not very glamorous but I wanted to get some more zip up hoodies. They have become my friends because they are so easy to zip up and down when you are cleaning your drains and belly button. I figured that once this stage is over with, I won't need the hoodies anymore because I will be living in my bikini! So why buy new ones, right? The medication keeps me so drowsy that I have watched a dozen Grey's Anatomy shows on Netflix and only got through the first 5-10 minutes before I pass out. Its kind of annoying and I can guarantee I will not be watching anymore Grey's Anatomy once I'm up and running! I had my first bowel movement this morning and boy did it hurt! It was not a fun experience. Then I had another one in the afternoon. Huge Suggestion here......eat tons of fibrous foods 1-2 days before your surgery and you will feel so much better. Eat oatmeal and split pea soup. I was so constipated that it was hurting worse down there than my tummy muscles. Anyway, off to reheat my heating pad. I will post pics tonight or tomorrow.
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Well I am post TT 7 months now and am not sure if it was worth the money. I feel swollen sometimes on and off. I have to eat 5 small meals per day of I will swell and get so tight that it is extremely uncomfortable. I am not sure why and the doctor doesn't seem to want to comment on this much. The other disappointment is my scar is so high up. It looks like a smiley face and goes really high. I can not wear pants, underwear, or anything that will cover it up unless I want to look like a grandma. Don't get me wrong, there are some good aspects, like my flabby skin doesn't hang out of my pants anymore. I had to get lipo a month ago because my doctor refused to do it with my TT. That also doesn't make sense to me. So now I am seeing better results as my love handles were always such a problem. But they are going down now. So....all in all, I am still undecided if this journey was worth it. Maybe if this swelling crap will stop, I could enjoy my tummy a little better. Maybe next summer, only time will tell
He is great and his nurses have had TT done by him so he has waking proof of his capabilities. Aug 2011 - I am updating this about my doctor. He does VERY high scars that look like a smiley face and go way too high up. I have found out recently that this is normal for him so BEWARE. He also would not do lipo on me which at first I thought that was normal until I saw that most women get lipo done at the same time so I had to go somewhere else to get it done.
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- Type/Shape: 12-string GS
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- Top: Sitka spruce
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- Neck: Hard Rock maple
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Fretboard inlay: Abalone 4mm dots
- Binding: Ivoroid
- Bridge: Ebony
- Nut and saddle: Tusq
- Tuning machines: Gold-plated Taylor tuners
- Strings: Elixir light gauge string with NANOWEB coating
- Scale length: 25-1/2 inches
- Truss rod: Adjustable
- Neck width at nut: 1-7/8 inches
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- Bracing: Standard II (forward shifted pattern with relief rout)
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Comments about Taylor GS6-12 12-String Grand Symphony Acoustic Guitar (2010 Model):
This guitar isn't quite as bright as the old (say 25 year old) Taylors, but it is still bright enough. I think that these newer designs, especially the GS, give the guitar's sound a little more depth and character. I had the chance to try a GS8-12 as well, and if you take one thing away from this review, take this: GET THE GS6-12! The GS8 had a much thicker bottom end (great on chicks-not guitars) and the middle strings weren't as forward in the sound. The whole point of a 12ver is to get that jangly G octave. The G, B, and E strings are so much clearer on the GS6-12. The GS8-12 has the typical overtones associated with rosewood. The GS6-12 is crystal clear, but not thin at all. It is a beautiful-sounding guitar and in my somewhat limited experience (I've played a lot of twelves, including Guilds, but never an old Guild), it is the best-sounding twelve string I have ever played.
It is what it is: a completely acoustic, non-cutaway, low frills twelve string.
As far as the wood goes, I would rate it as just pretty good. The backs on these things are actually three-piece, which looks really cool in a Martin D-35 sort of way, but that kind of gives them the excuse to skimp on the outer two pieces. The middle piece on mine is a very nice flame, and the outsides are bookmatched and have both flame and figuring. The sides are nicely figured but they aren't flame. Overall, the maple is nice but not breathtaking.
The top is ok, and somewhat interesting. The grain is tight and nice feathered throughout, but there's a light patch in the middle, right where it's bookmatched... not something one would expect to see in a $2000.00 guitar. It doesn't look bad, but I would have expected more.
$2000.00? Is it worth it? Hell yea. Expensive? Hell yea! I've played a lot of twelve strings, from the Martin D12-28 to the Seagull one to guitars that fall between those two price points. This guitar is by far the best sounding 12ver I have ever played.


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"We are not going to tolerate blackmail and reserve the right to take measures in response," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement here.
The ministry said the sanctions, imposed by the US Treasury Department Wednesday and targeting individuals and major Russian firms in the financial, energy and arms sectors, are a "primitive attempt to take revenge for the fact that events in Ukraine are not unfolding in line with Washington's scenario", Xinhua reported.
Russia was also "disappointed" that the EU had decided to follow suit and had "yielded to the US blackmail".
The statement said the EU's move was "fraught with problems not only for Russia, but for the EU member states themselves, many of which are experiencing serious economic problems".
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is currently in Brazil, said the sanctions would have a "boomerang effect" and push US-Russian relations to a dead end, but Moscow was still open for dialogue.


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A DJ manager is a person who books a disc jockey's engagements and events. A DJ manger handles the promoting of a DJ by either hiring a DJ promoter or doing the promoting himself. A DJ manager is the first line of contact for businesses seeking a DJ at their venues. As a DJ manager, you should have customer service skills and organizational skills; you will also have the opportunity to visit different music venues. Being a DJ manager can be entertaining and profitable.
Things You'll Need
- DJ contract
- Business cards
- Internet access
- Computer
- DJ promoter
How to be a DJ Manager
Create a DJ agreement that stipulates your duties, responsibilities and how you will be paid. For a fee, you can download a DJ agreement online from websites such as musiclegalforms.com. A DJ agreement can help protect both you and the DJ's best interests.
Have DJ mangers business cards made that you can give out to contacts. Your card should include your contact information and website. For a professional-looking business card, have it created at your local copy center.
Create a professional social website to network with other music professionals. A professional website focuses on business relationships that can help you build music venue contacts. These contacts can help find new opportunities for your DJ to perform. Websites such as linkedin.com offer free networking opportunities.
Create a list of local clubs, lounges, bars and restaurants that allow DJs to play. Visit the establishments to see if the music they allow is the same type of music your DJ spins. When you have a list of venues, obtain the manager's name either by researching online or calling the establishment. Make first contact by email and follow up with an in-person visit. Obtain a mix tape from the DJ or the DJ's promoter and leave the mix tape CD and your business card with the manager.
Hire a DJ promoter to promote your DJ's events. As a DJ manager, you will book engagements and make business contacts that can leave you with limited time to promote the DJ's events. Meet with the DJ promoter and give him an outline of how you want your DJ to be promoted. Consider having a DJ promoter agreement made.
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A shot of an empty corridor in the Freer Gallery, which reopens this fall. Learn more about the renovation project that's now underway.
A shot of an empty corridor in the Freer Gallery, which reopens this fall. Learn more about the renovation project that's now underway.
All was still, absolutely still as the moon rose over the National Mall in Washington, DC. The visitors had left, and the Freer|Sackler was eerily quiet. A shaft of moonlight pierced the museum's skylights and flooded over the Japanese guardian figures standing proudly in the hallway. Under the magic of the moon, the figures slowly came to life. Towering over mere mortals and rippling with muscles, the guardians were an intimidating sight. In their earlier history, the figures stood guard in front of a Buddhist temple, but that night they battled fierce demons to defend the art collections of the Freer|Sackler.
The next morning, one of our security officers noticed a finger belonging to the guardian figure pictured above resting on its pedestal. It must have been a fearsome fight . . .
Well, OK, that's probably not exactly how it happened. The only thing we know for sure about that incident in April 2009 is that the security officer found the finger and called me, Ellen Chase, objects conservator. At the Freer|Sackler, we do have figures who fight to defend the collection—but we aren't made of wood (and we have much smaller muscles). We work in the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research.
Please Don't Touch
When you go to museums, there often are a lot of "Please don't touch" signs. But why? It's because art is a lot more fragile than it seems. The guardians are so big that it is hard to imagine they are delicate, but the wood is at least six hundred years old and can be brittle. Instead of being sacrificed during a brutal fight to defend the museum, the finger more likely was knocked off by a visitor who got too close.
Besides the risk of breaking off a piece, there are a few really big reasons why we ask you to not touch the art:
Try This
Many works of art and historic objects are unique, the only examples of their kind in the world. And every time someone touches one of these objects in the gallery, we lose a little bit of history. Wanna see what I mean? Try this activity and see what happens—and send me pictures!
Take a piece of white printer paper and cover half of it with plastic wrap. Place it at the door of your house or classroom, or another place with a lot of foot traffic (the bathroom, maybe?). Ask everyone to touch or rub the material every time they walk by. Check back in two weeks. What has happened to the exposed part of the object? How does it compare to the side that is covered? What does it make you think about museums' "don't touch" policy?
This is the first in a series of blog posts for kids who are interested in art conservation. Follow along for more behind-the-scenes looks at why and how we care for our collections, working to protect and conserve art for you today as well as for future visitors. What do you want to know? We'd love to hear your questions and comments!
Some of our objects carry thousands of years of history—yet their past seventy-five years or so may be the most difficult to unravel. During the tumultuous years before and during World War II, the Nazi regime and its collaborators orchestrated a system of confiscation, coercive transfer, looting, and destruction of cultural objects on an unprecedented scale. Millions of art objects and other cultural items were unlawfully and often forcibly taken from their rightful owners. While many of these confiscated items were returned after the war, some continue to appear on the legitimate art market and make their way into private and public collections.
As part of the Smithsonian's ongoing commitment to establish provenance (a fancy word for origins and ownership history) across its collections, for years we have been working on a comprehensive research project focused on our Asian artworks. Our latest development is an updated provenance page on which you can learn about our efforts—and about the major Asian art dealers, collectors, and galleries involved in many of our objects' histories.
This marks a new innovation in World War II provenance research, in that it focuses not on the artworks themselves but on the way they moved through a network of individuals, businesses, and museums. Some fifty biographies are now available to the public. For example, you can learn about C. T. Loo (1880–1957), a Chinese art dealer from whom the museum acquired nearly four hundred works, including this Tang dynasty mirror in 1935.
The biographies are linked to their relevant objects with provenance records and related images. You'll also find articles detailing auctions that were held in the critical years leading up to and during the World War II era. Together, this information reveals patterns of movement of Asian art that were previously hidden from researchers. And there's more to come: we are planning to develop a tool that will incorporate the provenance data of partner institutions, helping us paint an even more complete picture of our collections' past.
While the Sackler is as lively as ever, over at the Freer Gallery of Art—now under renovation—the lights are dim, doors are shut, "CLOSED" signs are up, and it is deceptively quiet in the galleries. Every so often, the sounds of hammering and the laughter of hard-hatted contractors drift up the stairs. Come closer and you will find echoing galleries and sleeping beauties—but it didn't get that way overnight.
Our collections management and design staff, with some very important helpers, worked tirelessly through January to systematically de-install the art from all exhibition areas. Nothing remains but a few sculptures in our Buddhist art gallery (pictured above, secure, tucked in, and dozing) and our two fearsome guardian figures, who are finally off their sore, flat feet and loudly snoring in the Peacock Room after many years of standing sentry in the Freer's north corridor (see the slideshow below).
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Check your mailbox! The New York Times is sending more than one million Google Cardboard viewers to subscribers over the next few days. Currently, the Freer|Sackler is the only Smithsonian museum with Cardboard content. You can experience James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room in 360° and be transported to what was once an opulent dining room in London, then a private exhibition space in Detroit, and now a treasure of the Freer Gallery of Art.
Just download the Freer|Sackler app for your Android device, snap your phone into a Cardboard viewer, and press play. (iPhone users: stay tuned! We'll have some good news for you shortly.) With this DIY take on a stereoscope, you'll be able to experience storytelling in vivid detail.
With the Freer closing its doors on January 4, 2016, only two months remain to see the iconic Peacock Room in person. While you're here, be sure to visit the Sackler installation Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston's Filthy Lucre for a contemporary take on the room and its many layers of paint, gilding, and intrigue.
If you're not expecting a Cardboard viewer from the Times, you can easily find one to purchase online or even make your own. In the meantime, explore the museum on Google Art Project.
To prepare for the upcoming exhibition Sōtatsu: Making Waves, our designers are busy exploring ideas for the galleries. This maquette, or scale model, shows fabric banners that will grace the staircase between the exhibition's two floors. Superheroes, courtesy of the graphic designer's son, give us a sense of scale … as well as a sense of power!
Sōtatsu: Making Waves, the first exhibition in the West devoted to the seventeenth-century master Tawaraya Sōtatsu, opens at the Sackler on October 24. You never know who will show up…
A recent article in the Washington Post talked about the possible effects of loud music on artworks during large-scale museum events. We hear you and appreciate your concern. In fact, sound, light, temperature, and security are all factors that go into the planning and exhibiting of artworks. How does a museum care for its objects on exhibit while providing interesting, closeup experiences for visitors? Let's ask the experts.
When I spoke to Beth Duley, head of collections management at the Freer|Sackler, she talked about the delicate balance between care and access. "Smithsonian museums are open 364 days a year, and we host millions of visitors," she told me, adding, "Maintaining that balance is part of the day-to-day function of our job. In my 25 years at Freer|Sackler, no artwork has ever been damaged at an event."
According to Jenifer Bosworth, exhibitions conservator, the process of caring for artworks begins long before objects are chosen for exhibition. "Our conservation department ensures that all objects chosen for display are in good condition and that an appropriate level of security for each object is reflected in the exhibition design. Specially made cases and vitrines, as well as custom-built mounts, are all fabricated with the objects' safety in mind. We want people to get as close as possible, because that's an amazing part of seeing great works of art in person."
This preparation keeps artwork protected both during normal wear and tear (the constant vibration of passing trucks, the occasional wayward umbrella) and extraordinary circumstances (the 2013 earthquake that rocked DC). "After the earthquake, I ran into the Peacock Room, and all of the ceramics were still safely held in their specially made mounts," said Duley.
For special events, such as the museums' popular Asia After Dark after-hours parties, the entire staff works together. Conservators, curators, and security guards start early and work closely with event planners to map out traffic flow and the placement of speakers, lights, food and drink, and furniture. Conservators and members of the collections management team act as monitors during the event to ensure that all works of art remain safe and sound.
And speaking of sound, what about the issue of loud music in the galleries? Bosworth told me, "If anyone on my team feels that vibrations from a music performance could affect construction materials within the galleries and thus potentially the art, we address the issue immediately." In fact, the effects of loud music on works of art have been studied in the conservation literature.
We strive to protect our objects on display while providing visitors a variety of ways to experience and learn about our collections. Our staff works together to find the best ways to balance security and access. This allows visitors to return to the Freer|Sackler often, knowing that their favorite works of art will still be here for their children and grandchildren, and the generations to come.
Johns Hopkins University students Christie YoungSmith and Gracie Golden helped curate the exhibition In Focus: Ara Güler's Anatolia.
"Is this glitter?!"
Emily Jacobson, paper and photographs conservator at Freer|Sackler, peered closely at shiny speckles glimmering on the surface of a black-and-white photo.
"Perhaps Raymond Hare had a going-away party when he was given this set of photographs," Nancy Micklewright, head of scholarly programs and publications, joked in response.
Emily was assessing the condition of Ara Güler's photographs in the collection of the Freer|Sackler Archives. Although U.S. Ambassador Raymond Hare gave the images to the museums in 1989 in fairly good condition, the collection seemed to have been barraged with a number of glittery specks.
David Hogge, the museums' head archivist, helped us to better understand the importance of archives collections. Museum archivists carefully select documents to preserve for research and display. Because archivists make deliberate choices about what to keep, museum archives not only document the past, but they also reveal what professionals find important about the past. They contain what is deemed worthy to preserve for future generations. The Freer|Sackler Archives contains more than 140 collections (amounting to more than one thousand linear feet of materials) dating from the eighteenth century to the present.
David also helped us figure out the origins of this particular photograph collection. Contained in two gift boxes made of Islamic-patterned cardboard and blue tape, Raymond Hare's colleagues originally gave him the collection upon his departure from Turkey, where he served as U.S. Ambassador from 1961–65. The inscription on the gift box describes the Seljuk and Armenian ruins depicted in Güler's images as remote and hard to access at the time—artifacts that Hare would have appreciated seeing as an architecture enthusiast. Finally, David recounted that in 1989 Hare gifted the photographs to the Freer and Sackler Galleries as part of a larger collection of images of Islamic architecture.
And the glitter? Without any factual information to link the glitter to the history of the photographs, it was cleaned off to protect the images.
For a look at the never-before-shown images, visit the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery for In Focus: Ara Güler's Anatolia, on view through August 3, 2014.
Johns Hopkins University students Christie YoungSmith and Gracie Golden helped curate the exhibition In Focus: Ara Güler's Anatolia.
When we signed up for "Photographs on the Edge," a Museums and Society practicum course at Johns Hopkins University, we expected an unorthodox experience. The course description marketed the class as an opportunity to work as a curator alongside Smithsonian staff, researching the work of Turkish Armenian photographer Ara Güler to develop an exhibition. It was without a doubt an extraordinary opportunity for an undergraduate.
On the first day of class, we met our professor, Nancy Micklewright, head of scholarly programs and publications at Freer|Sackler. She shared a slideshow of striking black-and-white images to introduce the class to the collection we would be working with throughout the semester. Depicting medieval Seljuk and Armenian monuments throughout Anatolia, Güler's images capture ruins as they appeared in 1965. Blown away, we wondered aloud how we had gotten the opportunity to curate images by Turkey's most famous photographer. Professor Micklewright responded that only one student proposal would be presented to a group of museum staff for development into a full-fledged exhibition. "You're going to have to come up with some really compelling ideas," was the implication; we would have to think like real curators.
After splitting into three groups, we took several trips to the Freer|Sackler Archives to work hands-on with the collection and generate ideas for exhibition proposals. Conducting historical research and visual analysis and even drawing up floor plans, the groups produced three exceptional proposals. The first focused on Güler's images of Akdamar Island, the site of an Armenian church built in 922 CE. The second attempted to emulate Güler's travels throughout Anatolia, moving geographically among the 10th–12th-century Armenian sites found in his photographs.
Ultimately, the proposal we chose to advance centered on the photojournalist himself. Although he is well recognized in the art world, Güler rejects the idea that he is an artist, arguing that his photojournalistic images "capture the truth" while art is "fictitious." Our exhibition, which opened December 14, examines this ongoing debate between document and art, asking viewers to draw their own opinions about Güler's historically significant and aesthetically striking images.
As we originally suspected, "Photographs on the Edge" offered a unique class experience. Not many undergraduates are able to say they have guest-curated an exhibition at the Smithsonian. Working with Freer|Sackler staff to develop this concept has been a truly extraordinary and rewarding adventure.
Next up in this blog series, we'll take a look at Ara Güler and the lost city of Aphrodisias. In Focus: Ara Güler's Anatolia remains on view in the Sackler through May 4, 2014. Follow the conversation using hashtag #araguler.
Claire Douglas, a student of American studies and studio art at Occidental College, was a summer intern in the American art department at Freer|Sackler.
It's easy to walk into the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Auditorium in the Freer Gallery without giving the bronze bust of Mrs. Meyer in the entryway a second thought. Head of Agnes Meyer, which was sculpted by Charles Despiau (1874–1946) in 1928 and installed in the Freer Gallery in 1992, is just what one might expect to find in a theater named after an old-money family—a conservative portrait in a traditional medium of a beautiful woman with downcast eyes, betraying little in her expression.
Meyer's name may ring a bell with Washingtonians—she was the mother of Katharine Graham, the legendary publisher of the Washington Post, and wrote for the Post herself. She spent the later part of her life as an activist for labor, civil, and women's rights, earning her a spot on President John F. Kennedy's Commission on the Status of Women. She was also passionate about Asian art, which inevitably led to a great friendship with Detroit industrialist and museum founder Charles Lang Freer. Agnes Meyer's contributions to the founding and early history of the Freer Gallery were vast. She bequeathed pieces from her own priceless collection of Asian art to the museum and worked with curators and directors to ensure that the museum reflected Freer's original vision. Significantly, only she and Freer's secretary, Katharine Nash Rhoades, had carte-blanche in making new acquisitions for the museum after Freer's death. Mrs. Meyer's official legacy as an accomplished and influential woman, whose public persona is embodied in Despiau's bust, lives on after her death in 1970.
Yet the story that Despiau's portrait conceals in its conventional form is equally as interesting. Agnes Meyer, or Agnes Ernst as she was known before her marriage to multimillionaire banker Eugene Meyer, was not quite the circumspect matronly type that her bronze statue suggests. During her youth, she actually had a notorious reputation among art and society circles as a social butterfly, a shameless gossip, and a flirt. Her radiant personality earned her the nickname "Sun Girl" in Alfred Stieglitz's circle of avant-garde artists, and a spot as one of the most coveted subjects for painters, sculptors, photographers, and poets. Even after her marriage in 1910, she maintained scandalously passionate and intimate friendships with such powerful men as photographer Edward Steichen, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and, of course, Charles Lang Freer.
Agnes Meyer first met Freer at an exhibition of Chinese paintings in a New York City gallery in 1913, and later recalled an intense connection from the moment they shook hands. She quickly nicknamed Freer, who was 59 to her 26, "Prince Charming." Freer's health was seriously failing by 1913, but Meyer nevertheless portrayed the seemingly staid connoisseur as a longtime ladies' man. As reticent as Meyer was flamboyant, Freer rarely divulged details about his personal life—including his sexuality. She later recalled "His numerous relationships with the opposite sex, which were no secret from his many friends." When she visited Freer in Detroit, her husband insisted that she bring along a friend to accompany her "into the dangerous lair of Prince Charming." She and her beautiful young friends Marion Beckett and Katharine Rhoades all began to pay Freer visits. He called the group of young ladies the "Three Graces" and they affectionately called him "The General."
But Agnes' carefree and punchy personality also made her a magnet for controversy. In 1970, more than fifty years after Freer's death and shortly before her own, she published a memoir about their unique relationship entitled Charles Lang Freer and His Gallery. Told through the filter of memory and filled with previously unknown accounts of Freer's personal life, this short pamphlet stirred up so much controversy that for a time it was banned from the Freer Gallery's library. Full of tales of Freer's philandering in Europe with Stanford White, his fiery temper later in life, and the "exquisite" quality of their personal relationship, Charles Lang Freer and His Gallery says as much about Mrs. Meyer as it does about Mr. Freer.
Even the bronze bust itself, so modest and unassuming in appearance, stirred up controversy in the art world. Upon hearing that his rival Charles Despiau had created a likeness of Mrs. Meyer, modernist sculptor Constantin Brancusi is said to have declared to her, "[I will show you] what a portrait of you is really like!" Three years later, in 1929, he finished a sleek, monumental black marble sculpture entitled Agnes E. Meyer: La Reine pas Dedaigneuse (the Not-Disdainful Queen), which towers seven-and-a-half feet tall. Even though it is hardly recognizable as a human figure, lacking the detail of Despiau's bust, Brancusi's work manages to evoke Meyer's naturally intense and mesmerizing presence. Brancusi's larger-than-life stylistic challenge to Despiau is now housed at the National Gallery of Art.
So the next time you attend an event at the Meyer Auditorium, take a moment to consider the demure bronze bust that greets you on your way to your foreign film screening or scholarly lecture. If Agnes Meyer, for all her eccentricities, her love of gossip and mischief, and her affinity for controversy, could be immortalized as this proper and staid-faced woman, what other wild stories may lurk behind the manicured façade of the Freer Gallery?


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Sail Date: November 01, 2010
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Room Type: Oceanview
I had a good time just walking the island and stretching my legs. Also some neat things to look at if you snorkel. Food there was OK, but better on the ship. Plenty of shuttle boats so you can get back when you want.
the only unpleasant feature was the small contingent of backward hat worn all day and night, tank top and flip flop barbarians who wouldn't meet the dress code at Alcatraz -- otherwise it would all have been perfect.
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X-rays are an important part of your dental visit, because they help us diagnose problems we can't see on the surface. Digital X-rays are just one way we are working to make your visits better.


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Carli Lloyd, where do I even begin?! Carli is a very skilled a player, aggressive, and does not back down. A player who inspires me and never fails to impress me! I'm so excited to see her once again representing the U.S in the Olympics! I know with her on the field good things will happen. My family and I will be wearing a jersey with carli's name and number in the back for sure! Can't wait to watch the hat tricker play and kick some butt! Much love from SA Tx!
Your such an inspiration to all women that play sports and you fight for what you believe in like equal pay for women which I 100% agree with! And working through an injury and then coming back and making the Olympic team which is incredible your really making a difference in women's sports and the world.
Wow,she is my idol,the reason I never give up and always try,I didn't make the soccer team at school this year,but every time I see Carli play,she motivates me to be just as good as her,one day I will try my best to be just as good,or even better then her. ONE NATION ONE TEAM❤
Best of luck to the team at the Olympics!
Carli Lloyd best in the World
carli is my idol. ive been standing by the nationals team side since the olympics. i went to one of the victory tour games, and it was unbelievably the best night of my life. this photo would mean the world to me. Soccer has been my favorite sport since day 1. Carli has inspired me in so many ways and u dont think i wouldve been playing soccer anymore if it wasnt for the inspiration that carli has given me. Please take in consideratipn of me winning:)
I love soccer❤ And who's not a huge fan of the women's soccer nowadays? Specially when you're raised in the US, so you obviously have to go for the USA women's soccer team, that's in a heart I can't imagine winnings at picture autograph by Carli Lloyd on my birthday which is July 24 that would the best gift ever!❤⚽??
Inspiration. Role model. Fighter. World Champion.
You are proof that hard work, determination, and believing in yourself makes dreams come true.


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Though it was announced that questions on Eden strip would not be entertained, ahead of the interaction, Gambhir commented on the pitch as he said, the wicket slowed down a bit as the game progressed.
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35 is a perfectly good age to get into LE. A lot of departments like older folks because they tend to bring life experience to the playing field.
That said, loving guns is NOT a good reason to go into police work. If you are really interested in law enforcement and happen to enjoy shooting and/or are good at it, that is great. If your interest is guns and you want to go into LE to get to carry one all the time and get free range time, don't bother.
I've said this before, but it doesn't seem to get through to a lot of people. Police work is NOT about guns, it just happens to involve guns from time to time. There are a lot of skills more important than shooting for a good cop.
There is nothing wrong with taking a job just for the money, but taking a job like nursing "just for the money" is probably a bad idea. I would imagine that nurses have to deal with a lot of BS from sick people and their families (without the added benefit of being able to arrest them), and unless you love the job you will probably find that the money isn't worth the hassle. Same goes for LE actually, except that no one in their right mind takes the job for the money.
As far a job security and benefits go, there is more security than a lot of private sector jobs, but not nearly as much as there once was. Rookies are the first to get the axe when times are bad. Find a department that doesn't have serious money problems and you should be OK.
Benefits are generally good, but not great. Many of us do have excellent retirement though, which is especially unusual in today's 401k roll the dice world.
I love policing and I don't want to do anything else, but I don't do it for the money or so I can carry a gun, so YMMV.


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