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Ear mites are external parasites that can infect dogs, cats and in some cases, humans. Otodectes cynotis is the most common mite that can infect pets and can cause a condition called otodectic mange - a persistent and contagious disease of the skin that causes inflammation, itching and loss of hair in dogs, cats, and other carnivores.
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Film writer Chris Dashiell takes a fond look back at the golden age of the Old Pueblo's outdoor movie theaters
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Cheese Biscuits
Author Notes: Frequently on Tuesdays, Kristen shows up to our photo shoot bearing an armload of goodies from Bluebird Coffee Shop. All of the baked treats from this tiny gem of a place in the East Village of Manhattan are delicious, but our little cadre has pinpointed a couple of particular favorites: the doughnuts (more on those later this week from Amanda), and the cheese biscuits -- impossibly tender and almost melting within, the subtle bite of cheddar woven throughout. The other week, Amanda and I went to visit Adam Baumgart in his pastry kitchen in the basement of Bluebird, and he taught us how to make both of our top picks, sharing his tips and tricks along the way. This is Adam's recipe for his heavenly biscuits. - Merrill Stubbs
Makes 10 to 12 large biscuits
- 3 1/2 cups minus 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour, plus more for shaping
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 9 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cold unsalted butter (use a good brand, like Plugra, with a high butterfat content)
- 2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and put it in the fridge for 20 to 30 minutes. In the meantime, cut the butter into chunks and leave out at room temperature (you want it malleable, but not soft).
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat it to 400 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Combine the chilled dry ingredients, the cheese and the butter in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on low speed for a few minutes, until the chunks of butter are no bigger than a large pea – or a small bean. (In the oven, the water in the chunks of butter creates steam, which in turn will creates lovely pockets of air within the biscuits.)
- Add the buttermilk to the bowl and mix on low just until the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a floured board, dust your fingers with flour and gently knead it a few times. Quickly and carefully pat the dough into a large rectangle about 1/2 an inch thick.
- Dip a 3-inch round cutter with sharp edges in flour and then cut the biscuits using an even downward motion, without twisting the cutter. Transfer the rounds of dough to the baking sheets, leaving an inch or two of space between them. When you've cut the first batch of biscuits, gently pat the dough into another rectangle and cut a few more -- discard the dough or add the funky leftover shapes to the baking sheets after the second batch is cut (if you shape the dough a third time, the biscuits will be tough).
- Beat the egg with a splash of water (if you're feeling fancy, you can then pass it through a fine mesh sieve to get rid of any clumps of egg white that might burn). Brush the tops of the biscuits lightly with egg wash and bake for about 20 minutes, rotating halfway through, until the biscuits are a deep golden brown. Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets but serve them while still warm!
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Comments (52) Questions (10)
about 1 month ago Marie
These look great!
3 months ago wendy
can you make these without cheese?
3 months ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
I'm sure you can, yours. might want to adjust some of the other ingredients to make up for the loss of fat, but I haven't tried this so can't give you specific guidance. This would be a great question for our Hotline!
3 months ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
Sorry, "yes," not "yours!"
5 months ago Burf
Sometimes, I call Red Lobster, give a phony name, and wear a disguise while I pick up a dozen of their biscuits. Never again! These were great!! I reduced the salt as others had suggested. Also, being a yankee, I didn't have anything like a sharp biscuit cutter, so I patted the dough into a rectangle and made 12 squares, cut with a sharp knife. None of that rolling/re-rolling business, and I could never throw away scraps.
5 months ago za'atar
I made these as drop biscuits rather than rolling them out - everyone loves them! The second time I made them I reduced the salt by half and that seemed to better suit our family's taste preferences, but I'm sure it depends on the kind of salt and cheese that is used. Can't wait to make these again!
6 months ago steffiweffi
I must have made these 4-5 times! I love them! I like to freeze a couple so I have a go-to breakfast in a pinch. I just reheat them in the oven for 5-10 minutes and they taste amazing!
6 months ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
So glad you like them!
8 months ago The Fiery Epicurean
In the oven as I type this and will be served with Merrill's lentil, sausage, kale soup!
9 months ago Sarah Gillis
Super easy and quite delish! I used habanero jack (Whole foods carries it) because I had it on hand. I paired these biscuits with the summer corn chowder - also found on Food52 - the combination of spicy and rich/sweet was just awesome. Will make again!
9 months ago Megan
I've never found a biscuit recipe that I go back to more than once...until now! These biscuits are perfect, I've made them with cheese and without, and can't wait to try different things with them. I usually get 12 out of the batch and I freeze 6 - they bake up out of the freezer beautifully! Sometimes they fall apart very easily, sometimes not - I'm sure it's something that I am doing or not doing, but I'm not an accomplished enough baker to figure that out yet! Thank you for this keeper!
10 months ago Mary
Just made these lastnight. Very easy. Still tasted great this morning warmed up with butter.
12 months ago arthurb3
Biscuits are staples here in the South!
about 1 year ago Sigita
Just made these to go along with some soup for a snow day lunch. Very easy and tasty. I did decrease the salt a bit - great texture and egg wash makes them very beautiful. Made a generous dozen of large biscuits . I froze half of the unbaked cut outs for use on another day. Would make amazing sandwiches - crunchy on the outside - light on the inside.
about 1 year ago rochelle123
I followed the recipe exactly and was very pleased with the results. The flavor and texture were great. I will definitely make these again.
about 1 year ago Joleensta
I have always been intimidated to make biscuits. I have to say these turned out great! I added a touch of mustard powder and paprika and cut into small square biscuits. They went perfect with sliced beef and a bit of horseradish mayo for mini sandwiches.
about 1 year ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
Sounds like a great combo!
over 1 year ago hanachocho
Delicious! Reduced the salt to 2 tsp., but followed every other step and ingredient. Tasted like Cheez-its in biscuit form.
over 1 year ago SJR
We are baking the second pan of biscuits as I am writing this comment. We also chose to add freshly diced jalepeno to the biscuits. I went along with others' advice & only put in 2 teaspoons of salt (instead of 2.5 teaspoons); however, I believe it needs the full 2.5 teaspoons because they need to be saltier OR I will simply use salted butter. Also, we used finely shredded cheese, but next time we will use regular grated cheese so that the cheese is more noticeable. Great recipe - will make again! We look forward to eating them with our fantastic chili this weekend.
over 2 years ago Sarah G.
The saltiness may have something to do with the kind of kosher salt used - i would guess that perhaps Diamond crystal salt was used in the original recipe?
over 2 years ago Steven Wray
I made these biscuits last night with a couple of minor modifications. I only used 8 T of butter and added 2 T of shortening. I also only used 1 1/2 cups of cheese (that was all I had). I loved these! My daughter thought they were a bit salty and my wife thought they were a bit buttery. The texture was soft and tender and the rise was very good. I started with 3/4" cuts. The egg wash gave them a delightful "crunch" texture. I did add 1/4 t of garlic powder to the egg wash.... Overall, I though these were excellent and will try them again.
over 2 years ago Jessie G
these really are too salty ... otherwise good - nice texture and very easy to throw together
over 2 years ago warholamm
My first attempt at biscuits was with this recipe. In trying to keep gluten out of our diet, I substituted rice flour and as you can imagine the biscuits turned out dense. Yummy, but dense. In order to salvage the biscuits, I cut them in small pieces, brushed some butter on the top, and stuck them back in the oven. What came out were the best tasting 'cheese straws' I've ever had! I will be saving this recipe to try my hand again at biscuits but also to make more tasty gluten free crackers.
over 2 years ago tessa022707
Just finished making these for two friends recovering from surgeries....husband and teenage son (okay I confess, me too) got ahold of them.....now I nedd to make another batch...thanks for this recipe, especially with soup and stew season here! Yum!


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DAHLONEGA, GA – The North Georgia women's soccer team opened the season in style on Friday evening, jumping all over the Bobcats of Lees-McRae early and coming away with a 2-0 season-opening victory at the North Georgia Soccer Complex.
The Lady Saints wasted little time getting on the board, as Bobcat goalkeeper Kaitlyn Briggs played a ball out that found the foot of Kelsey Martin who buried her first goal of the season inside the right post. The score in the opening minute paced North Georgia in the first half as they cruised into the intermission with a 1-0 lead.
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Albert Pujols went 5-for-6 with three homers and six RBIs in Game 3
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- With the first swing he took in batting practice before Game 3 of the World Series, Albert Pujols lined a baseball 16 rows deep to the right of the Cardinals bullpen in left-center field at Rangers Ballpark.
"I went, 'Oooooh!,'" teammate Chris Carpenter said. "This is the swing we've seen for the better part of nine years, but until recently haven't really seen this year. And when that happens, when he's got that swing, you know it's going to be bad news for opposing pitchers."
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Lincoln at Gettysburg. Hendrix at Woodstock. Pujols at Arlington. The performance of a lifetime.
"I knew then," McGwire said about Pujols feeling just right about his swing, "that it was only a matter of getting good pitches to hit."
The score of Game 3 will be lost to history, the unseemliness of a 16-7 pounding St. Louis gave Texas better off forgotten anyway. What remains forever is what happened when the best player of his generation found the very best of himself on the biggest of all stages. It was, quite simply, the greatest night by one player in the history of the 620 World Series games ever played.
It wasn't enough that Pujols joined Babe Ruth (1926 and 1928) and Reggie Jackson (1977) as the only players to hit three home runs in a World Series game. He also tied World Series records for runs batted in (six, by Bobby Richardson and Hideki Matsiui) and hits (five by Paul Molitor, with Pujols, incredibly, getting five hits off five different pitchers in a six-inning span). The hits -- two singles and three homers -- added up to 14 total bases, two more than the previous record shared by Ruth and Jackson. No one ever had a night this big.
"What it means," McGwire said, "is move over, Mr. October. There's a new Mr. October, and it's Albert Pujols."
This was the performance for which baseball has waited for a decade. The World Series, truth be told, has been negligent in giving us iconic nights, the kind of nights with the biggest kind of wonder, the wonder that belongs not just to history books but the oral history of the game. The nights to tell your grandchildren about.
Fisk waving the home run fair. Buckner coming up empty. Gibson hobbling to the plate and around the bases. Morris refusing to leave. Carter, Renteria, Gonzalez.
And then it just stopped. The 2004 Red Sox and 2005 White Sox were great stories -- allowing thousands to at last die happy -- but gave not a singular World Series moment. Series came and Series went, too quickly and too quietly. Not since Luis Gonzalez beat Mariano Rivera did the World Series pay off with a jackpot.
Then came Pujols, right there with the Babe and Reg-gie among October legends, but alone for an entire generation. Pujols wasn't even born when Jackson hit his three home runs.
Pujols did his best not to allow himself to admire what Jackson once called "the magnitude of me." He was gracious in praise of his teammates, humble in being asked to reflect on what he had just accomplished.
"To tell you the truth, I won't like, I don't concentrate on numbers," he said. "I just said it, this is not an individual game. This is a team effort. That's what I try to do every day -- go out there and help my ballclub to win however I can.
"Hopefully at the end of my career I can look back and say, 'Wow, what a game it was in Game 3 in 2011.' But as of right now, it's great to get this win and just move on pretty much and get ready to play tomorrow."
The night began quietly enough, with Pujols grounding out on a well struck ball, though it took a nifty stop by Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre, sliding to his left, to prevent what would have made for a six-hit night.
The barrage began in the fourth: a hard single to left off left-hander Matt Harrison. And then it was like the grand finale of a fireworks show, with crackling explosions breaking out one after another in rapid succession: a hard single to center off right-hander Scott Feldman in the fifth, a hellaciously hard three-run home run to left field off right-hander Alexi Ogando in the sixth, a two-run laser of a home run to left-center field off left-hander Mike Gonzalez in the seventh, and a parting shot, a solo homer to left off left-hander Darren Oliver in the ninth.
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London (CNN) -- Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, has been charged with trying to obstruct a police investigation into the phone-hacking scandal.
Brooks faces three counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, linked to claims she plotting to remove boxes of documents from News International offices, and to hide computers and documents from police.
Brooks resigned as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International in July amid public outrage over claims of widespread hacking by staff at its News of the World newspaper.
She was once feted as one of the rising stars of the British media: She was the youngest person ever to edit a national British newspaper, and made a stellar rise through the ranks of Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
She held the top job at News International, News Corp.'s British subsidiary, for two years after editing the country's best-selling daily tabloid, The Sun, and its best-selling Sunday tabloid, News of the World.
But following sweeping allegations of illegal eavesdropping by News of the World journalists when she was editor, she has seen her fortunes fade, and was arrested and questioned several times by police investigating hacking, prior to being charged.
Brooks has kept a low profile since her resignation, but was ridiculed in the British press when it was revealed that London's Metropolitan Police had lent her a retired police horse. As politicians became engulfed in the scandal, with allegations that ministers acted improperly in their dealings with News Corp., Prime Minister David Cameron admitted he had ridden the horse.
She appeared before the Leveson Inquiry into press standards to answer key questions about the hacking scandal.
She said she had never witnessed inappropriate dealings with the police, and detailed her frequent contacts with UK Prime Minister David Cameron in the run-up to the 2010 election.
Brought up in Cheshire, northern England, in the 1970s, Brooks is said to have decided on a career in journalism at the age of 14, beginning with a job as a "tea girl" at her local paper.
In her late teens, she moved to Paris, where she is reported to have worked at architectural magazine L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui and studied at the Sorbonne.
On her return to the UK, she worked in regional papers before making the move to Sunday tabloid News of the World in the late 1980s.
Starting out as a secretary, Rebekah Wade -- her maiden name -- swiftly made her way up the editorial food chain, becoming deputy editor by the age of 27.
She tells of how, at a corporate golf day shortly after she was appointed, one senior executive ordered her to sew the buttons back on his shirt. Her response is not known.
Sexism in the workplace aside, Brooks' rise through the ranks continued. She was named deputy editor of the hugely popular Sun newspaper, the News of the World's sister title, in 1998.
In 2000, she returned to the News of the World, this time in the top job, becoming the youngest-ever editor of a national British paper.
While editor of the weekly, Brooks argued for the creation of a U.S.-style "Sarah's Law," which would allow parents with young children to know about anyone convicted of child sex crimes living close to their homes.
As part of the controversial campaign, which was inspired by the murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne in July 2000, Brooks took the decision to name and shame offenders in the pages of her paper.
The lists sparked witch-hunts and riots, as communities across Britain tried to hound pedophiles out of their neighborhoods. It was condemned by police, but Brooks remains unrepentant.
In a 2009 speech, she admitted the campaign was "a blunt and contentious way of informing the public... hard lessons were learned but I don't regret the campaign for one minute."
She married soap star Ross Kemp, famous for his hard-man role as Grant Mitchell in long-running British TV show "Eastenders."
In 2003, she was promoted again, becoming editor of the Sun, a post she held until 2009 when she was handpicked for the role of News International chief executive by Rupert Murdoch.
In the same year Brooks and Kemp divorced and she remarried horse trainer Charlie Brooks. The couple's wedding party was attended by a host of big names, including the Murdoch clan (Rupert, James and Elisabeth), the then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and future-Prime Minister David Cameron.
Brooks and Murdoch had been close for many years: before her downfall Rupert Murdoch was said to have treated Brooks like a daughter. Whether the relationship has survived the scandal remains unclear.


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PORTLAND – "Champ" Oguchi stood side-by-side with the woman of his dreams last summer. Serena Williams posed with him for a photo at the Olympic Village.
Champ Oguchi took a shot and asked Serena Williams out at the Olympics. Didn't happen. He hopes his basketball shots turn out better.
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He asked for a date with one of the world's great tennis players. She declined.
"I had to ask," said Oguchi, an American member of the Nigerian basketball team at the London Olympics. "It was my opportunity. I couldn't pass it up. I was being a little goofy but if you don't take a chance, you'll never know."
Which spoke to why Oguchi was in the Portland Expo on Tuesday. Training camp for the Maine Red Claws has started and Tuesday was media day. Oguchi made the roster two years ago. Now he was one of the 15 hopefuls chasing the opportunity to play professional basketball.
Raheem "Radio" Singleton was on the court warming up. He played for the University of Maine the past two seasons at point guard. A Boston kid who was one of the stars of the documentary "Push: Madison vs. Madison" that told the story of 2006-07 basketball team at Madison Park High in inner Boston.
Singleton and team's other star came from two different neighborhoods and couldn't put aside their rivalries completely. It all came apart when Madison Park lost to Braintree early in the postseason playoffs. "Push" was screened at four film festivals to acclaim. But life didn't imitate art in Orono and it won't this week.
"Everybody here is talented. Everybody can score. I want to do all the intangibles better. I want to be the first one diving after the loose balls. I want to work hard and show toughness."
His nickname? From the Radio Radio character in Spike Lee's 1989 movie "Do the Right Thing."
DaQuan Brooks was a shooting guard at Western Connecticut State last year, a Little East Conference school and rival to the University of Southern Maine. That's Division III basketball. Brooks scored 2,269 points in his college career, which is impressive at any level.
"This is going to be a lot different. I know that. I have to play smart, listen to what the coaches tell me."
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Then there's Brian Cusworth, a 7-foot Harvard teammate of Jeremy Lin even if it was just for a semester. The son of physicians and a biology major, he's played five years in Europe. He was the Player of the Year in Estonia, which brings a small grin to his face. Don't confuse pro ball in Estonia with Lithuanian or even Latvian basketball, he said. In the Baltic basketball world, Estonia comes in third.
"I wasn't that interested in geography. I had to do a little research when my agent told me about Estonia. I had nothing but pleasant surprises. Everyone under 30 speaks English and Estonian. Everyone over 30 speaks Russian and Estonian. I had to learn a little Estonian so I could tell the difference between pork and turkey when I bought groceries."
Once the season begins, the players who make the opening-day roster are judged by their ability to mesh as teammates, play defense, make the right pass, hit the right shot. For 60 minutes Tuesday they were individuals, each with a story.
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I'm such a big Wildcat basketball fan that when they lose a game or play kind of bad, I almost get sick. Really, I feel so bad that I sometimes don't feel like even eating for a day or two. I never get to see the post game conference because I have to finalize the DVD, etc., plus I've been having trouble watching/listening because lately I get the video but no sound or nothing at all. I just watched the post game conference with Coach Miller and then with Rondae, TJ, and Nick. After listening to them I started feeling a little better. Then I found the article from the Oregon Live which was linked from the article in the AZDS(I always come to PGU first and most often, then go look for articles on the Wildcats every else I can find) After listening to the conference and then reading this article, I feel a lot better. I'm going to post the link and then the article and maybe it can help some of my fellow Wildcat fans feel better as well.
First the Link;
And the article itself;
TUCSON, Ariz. Like an oasis in the Arizona desert, a statement-making, ship-righting victory for Oregon looked too good to be true before suddenly evaporating Thursday evening.
In the din of the McKale Center and against the nations No. 2 team, the Ducks wilted under late pressure, losing 67-65 to Arizona despite holding a six-point lead with 8:30 remaining.
Oregon earned that lead with a tough-mindedness that was typical of its first 35 minutes. They bullied a Wildcats team searching to replace the injured Brandon Ashley by outrebounding Arizona, 40-35. And despite star guard Joseph Young scoring zero points because of a brief injury and foul trouble in the first half, the trio of Dominic Artis, Damyean Dotson and Jason Calliste carried UO to a one-point halftime lead with the swagger of a challenger ducking a heavyweight favorites punches.
Yet Oregon lost in the final five minutes in a fashion that stands as a microcosm of the season. Oregon is 2-4 in games decided by four points or fewer.
A lot of our games have been coming down the last seconds and the last minutes and we've just got to find a way to just fight and get over that and get over the last minutes, said Dotson, who scored 12 points and had three rebounds.
Today, we failed. To let that one go it hurts, thats a big one we let go. It hurt a lot."
After grabbing nearly every rebound and making free throws early, the Ducks couldnt manage either in the deciding stretch. Conversely the Wildcats who struggled at both and shot just 19-of-35 from the free-throw line -- grabbed offensive rebounds on four consecutive possessions in the final five minutes and scored three times off them to cut UOs lead to 60-59 with 2:25 remaining. The Wildcats had 16 second-chance points to Oregons 11.
We did a lot of good things, but it boiled down to a couple of offensive rebounds and put-backs they got late, Oregon coach Dana Altman said. We had a bad possession with four seconds to go. Weve got to make better decisions and better plays. We didnt execute.
Young and Calliste tied for a team-high 14 points. Mike Moser grabbed nine rebounds and had three assists. Arizona star guard Nick Johnson bounced back from a 1-of-14 shooting night in Sundays loss to Cal by scoring a game-high 18, including a pair of two-handed dunks in the first half that seemed to signal Arizona was playing angry after a first loss four days before, to Cal.
But the Ducks fought back in limiting Arizona to 40.0 percent shooting and made highly-touted freshman Aaron Gordon, with six points and eight rebounds, an afterthought. He looked lost, with UO defenders gladly giving him a 10-foot cushion to shoot knowing he struggles outside of the key. He shot just 2-of-11 from the free-throw line.
Oregon had stretches where it hushed the 14,545 in attendance and gave serious warning it might send the former AP No. 1 team to a second consecutive loss. On one, a Dotson putback dunk off a missed Calliste three-pointer, imbued UO with confidence. But and it seems in Pac-12 play there is always a but for Oregon -- the Ducks heavily contributed to their demise.
I thought we were in pretty good shape but we just didnt finish it, Altman said. Theyre hurting. Thats our third two-point loss. I just told them weve got to be resilient.
Up 60-59, Artis threw the ball a hands-length too high over forward Richard Amardis head near halfcourt, leading to an over-and-back call. The play was intended to find Calliste on a close shot attempt. On Arizonas next possession, Wildcat point guard T.J. McConnell shrugged off one of his worst performances of the season (six points, six assists, two turnovers and foul trouble) to hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc for a two-point lead.
Oregon sped upcourt in an attempt to catch Arizonas defense off-guard with a hasty three-pointer by Young, who was the hot hand after scoring all his 14 points after halftime. But instead of recognizing that Arizona wasnt fooled by the ruse, Young shot an admitted ill-advised three-pointer from 23 feet that missed badly.
We've just got to make the simple plays at the end, Young said. One of the jumpers I took I didn't need to take but it was that moment, I was feeling it, a heat check.
In all, Arizona (22-1, 9-1 Pac-12) closed out what Miller called his teams best victory of the season with a 17-6 run in the final eight minutes. Free throws sealed Arizonas win from there. Oregon (15-7, 3-7) now tries to salvage a split in Arizona against Arizona State on Saturday.
It hurts having an opportunity, Altman said, and not being able to finish.
NOTE: Moser scored the 1,000th point of his career on a first-half layup. He becomes the third player on the UO roster with that many points, joining Young and Calliste.
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I dis like a the army m9 we should have never switched from the 1911. Unless it could be for a P1445 LDA
For comparison's sake, member Submoa suggested I look into handguns people don't like so I can get a comparison on (perceived) "bad" guns vs. "good" guns. He raised the question, "how can I know what a good gun is like if I haven't really had experience with a bad one."
So in all of your experiences, what are some "bad" handguns I should look to try? Why?
I dis like a the army m9 we should have never switched from the 1911. Unless it could be for a P1445 LDA
I prefer to look at in terms of features. I like guns with low bore axes, short trigger travels and resets, good sights, safeties that work in concert with normal human hand motions, reliability as close to 100% as I can get, and no sharp edges. I don't particularly like guns that lack these features.
Incidentally, I carried an M9 for a year in Afghanistan and was pretty satisfied with it. I think it's a much better choice for today's military than the 1911.
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Real small .22/.25 auto's knowed as the Staurday-nite specials. Out of South America. Anything made by Bryco-Jennings. Never seen any blowup but I have seen a lot that were accidents looking for a place to happen.
Anything with a mag release on the butt of the gun. I realize some really famous Euro designs have used them, but they just don't work for me. Also, anything that costs less than $250 or so. There are probably a few good ones to be had near that cost, but much less than that, you are buying something with the cheapest possible components and that is just not a good investment.
I personally like several different guns. Kimbers, Glocks, HK's, Kahr's, Beretta's, Springfields, Rugers, FN's, but I collect guns for the appreciation of their form and function, not just because I like to shoot them.
If it's for defensive purposes, I HATE any gun that does not go bang 99.99% of the time.
After that, it's personal taste, and what you shoot accurately.
For target shooting, you're talking a different animal. But for basic paper-punching, 2-4" accuracy at 10-15yds, and utter reliabililty, stay with a modern design, $400-600 gun. For beginners, pick a good high-capacity, low maintainance 9mm, and shoot the hell out of it... 100 rounds per week.
When you get 4-6 months dow the line, shoot some more guns, refine your tastes, practice, practice, practice.
Unreliable guns? There are exceptions to every rule. There are "bad" Glocks, and "perfect" Tauruses... But for $400-600, in a modern 9mm, 90% of the guys on this sight would be happy with a Glock, XD, or M&P. Rounding out the pack would be the Kel Tec, Ruger, and Walther guys, and then the pricier Sigs and HKs. They're all excellent guns, just do your shopping, and shoot as many as you can.
Good luck!
I never met a handgun I didn't like.
A few I learned to dislike, however. These are those that scatter my empty cases all around, and those that fail to group consistantly.
I prefer to shoot, when possible, at longer ranges, fifty to one hundred yards. And, guns that have the potential to put down an elk or a white tail deer..
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I would not slam any particular brand, even though there is some JUNK out there. As the other guys said it is really personal preference. I have my few favorites, but I will not talk bad about anybody elses guns, as it is not appropriate. Look at the major brands, shoot them if you can and see what you like best. Whatever you like is the right gun.
A "bad" gun?
I nominate every .25 ACP pistol there is.
Why? Because the .25 is absolutely ineffective as a self-defense round, so if one carries a .25 thinking he could defend himself with it, there is delusion involved. Therefore, the .25 ACP is a bad gun because it promotes or encourages self-delusion.
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Well, keep Mike's basic tenets in mind and realize that every individual is different in ability, hand size and physical makeup, ability to concentrate and attention span. I don't like a Glock but that 's just for me. The grip just absolutely does not fit my hand. The weapon as a platform is excellent, I just am uncomfortable shooting one and I had a G22 for quite awhile. I sold it because it is the issue weapon of the S.O. and I have one of theirs. I carry a Beretta 96 because it fits me and performs flawlessly so far. I really don't like any gun pointed at me as I have been privy to that picture and it's not fun. Obviously didn't fare any worse as I am still here. I don't like guns in the hands of criminals or individuals who don't handle them safely or properly. I know I'm a little off topic but a .25ACP pressed against the temple will do just as thorough a job as a .45 ACP will. As you experience more handguns and rent and shoot those you do not own you will develop your own set of criteria. Don't buy obvious junk and don't waste your time with any gun that doesn't fit you ergonomically.
(See, I can do it too—but I'll probably hate myself in the morning.)
To answer your question, instead of fooling around:
Yes, of course it does. If you purchase something because you've bought-into its hype, it's self-delusion. If the hype merely led you to try a product out, then you're simply making use of available data on the way to making an informed choice.
She could appendix-carry a full-size Government Model in full sight, and you'd swear it was only part of the tattoo design.
Now that's great tactical thinking!
Well, I can only relate information from homocides I've worked. Dead from a .22lr is just as dead from a .45ACP. Degree of damage is just not a factor. Go with what suits you and enjoy.
Sorry, I can't help myself. It is spelled "Homicide."
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My original comment was inspired by a post by some guy complaining about a 7lb trigger pull. Here's some guns to try to learn about specific issues people might have problems with.
Charter Arms Bulldog (original): .44cal + 2.5" barrel + 16 oz weight = recoil
Walther PPK: 13+lb DA trigger & slide bite & no external slide stop
Glock G21 (pre-SF): Ginormous grip
A lot of bad quality stuff usually doesn't stick around for long or gets revised:
First gen S&W Sigma
Daewoo DH40
All guns are compromises. There are always some feature in every gun someone won't like and others a lot will. Its up to you to decide what you can live with.
After he left the police force, dad carried a SIG P220 in .45.
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You're absolutely correct. There is an instance in your home state that made Drudge Report where a .380 was shot at a man from dead in front of him. Bullett went around to the rear of the skull and was removed from under the skin. Sorry about the sp. error on homicide. Of the 9 fatalities I worked, 7 utilized a .22lr. I never dismiss a caliber because of what I carry or am partial to. Dead is still dead. But enough, being new here I'll just hope that everyone has a great weekend. I'm on my way to the range.
No need to apologize. I am a bit OCD with stuff like that.Originally Posted by Scratchshooter40
I wish I was. I am trying to get out of helping clean the house at the moment.Originally Posted by Scratchshooter40
So, Scratchshooter, to aid the discussionand our educationsomewhat, where were those seven, 22-caliber bullets placed? Were they "executions" done with careful placement on an immobilized victim, or were they "random" combat hits?
Also, since it's germane to arguments presented elsewhere, how many of the seven victims continued to fight for a period of time, and how many immediately stopped or dropped?
Well Steve, the most memorable was from a true Saturday night special so to speak. The reason it was the most memorable was that you rarely respond to a "shot in the head call" and find the victim still mobile. This may support the reasoning that it is not a 1 shot down immediately theory. The victim in question was on his front porch with an obvious, though small hole in his forehead from an RG ( if memory serves me correctly) handgun found in the neighbors kitchen trash can. Seems that he had made a call on the neighbor's wife without invitation or permission for that matter and the neighbor took offense. It didn't help the neighbor's case that both men involved had just made a drug sale and were also arguing over the division of money. Victim was mobile, but non responsive to us and died in about 10 minutes as near as we could tell after he collapsed. EMT's made the call.
#2 that my old notes describe was a 15 year old boy who was accidently shot with a .22 lr in the head just aft of the ear and the shot came from an older Winchester pump action .22 accounting for much superior velocity of the round and what appeared to be an instant kill.
#3 and #4 were mutual combatants. One armed with an H&R 9 shot .22 lr and he hit his opponent 4 times. The first victim bled out in the "club" and the opponent was found in the parking lot of the local hospital in the next two hours dead behind the wheel. The deceased at the "Club" had a small semi-auto of non descript make that I do not remember. Neither was an instant kill obviously.
#5 was the most unfortunate. It started as a response to an accidental shooting call and we found a 15 year old boy with an gunshot to the throat area and cleaning kit scattered about. Seemingly instantaneous death from the scene. After interviewing the kid's friends and family we found that it was a probable suicide, never confirmed, as he had told a friend that it wasn't worth it living as he was not in shape, popular, and could not get the attention of some girl in school. Other than that good kid, great grades, nice family.
#6 is mostly from memory. Local girl who was known to pedal herself for drugs or money found near Quitman, GA in a pot field with a shot to the back of her head in what appeared to be an execution style killing. Dead where shot, .22 lr. We never found from what.
#7 was a Police Officer and one of the greatest guys you'd ever want to meet. He was wearing a vest, had a child on the way and I miss him more that I can say. He and a fellow officer made a stop in an alley in a South Georgia college town and two perps exited the suspect vehicle and started shooting handguns at the officers. Bobby probably saved his partner's life by pushing him behind the car door and took a single .22 lr round under the arm in the side of the chest. He was sitting up on the operating table when we got to the ER and talking about how stupid he was. 10 minutes later he was dead as the bullet had bounced around inside his rib cge and caused a lot of damage. More small perforations than could be addressed once his BP started to fall dramatically. Again, not an immediate result, but he's gone none the less. That's my history on the Georgia-Florida line from 25 years ago. The remaining two homicides were with a 9mm and a 12 ga. shotgun. The 9mm did not put the victim down immediately due to shot placement, but did cause enough internal injury coupled with the toxicology report of drugs in the system to result in death. Don't miss that dealer at all. The 12 ga. took the mid section out and was quite immediate. #1 buck if memory serves. I personally have a 12.7 entry and exit in my body from friendly fire at 29 Palms incurred during a live fire field x that was caused by failure to secure a weapon on a Russian tank we inherited from the Israeli's as a result of their quick war earlier. I will not go into it but have discharged my weapon intentionally in the line of duty both as an investigator and as a Marine. I hope this helps in explanation of my observations due to weapons being deployed agressively on live targets. I appreciate the information and tone of this forum and am just an observer who still likes to shoot and believes in CCW for personal defense. If there is any and I mean any way to avoid using the weapon, I will take that course of action. But if I have to use it, I'd like to think I would be prepared and justified in that action. Again, all, have a great weekend. I get my daughter this weekend and we are going to the club tomorrow and shoot some as well. Sorry for the dissertation, kept things as abbreviated as I could. All the best.


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Margolese, HC., Malchy, L., Negrete, JC., Tempier, R., Gill, K. (2004) Drug and alcohol use among patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses: levels and consequences. Schizophrenia Research, 67:157-166.
Negrete, JC. (2004) Invited commentary on Green A. et al. "History of alcohol abuse reduces response to antipsychotics in people with first episode psychosis" (Schizophr Res 2004, 66:125-135); Evidence-Based Mental Health, 7(3):87.
Negrete, JC. Collins, J. Turner, N. Skinner, W. (2004) The CAMH concurrent disorder screener. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 49:843-850.
Silvestri, S., Negrete, JC. Seeman, M. Shammi, CM. Seeman, P. (2004) Does nicotine affect D2 receptor up-regulation?: a case-control study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica,109(4):312-317.
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Negrete JC, Gill KJ. (2009) The Aetiology of Alcohol Problems. In: M.G.Gelder, J.J. Lopez Ibor jr., N.C.Andreasen (Eds.) New Oxford Texbook of Psychiatry; Oxford University Press, Oxford (UK), pp 108-112.
Jacobs, J., Gill, K. (2008) Childhood Abuse, Mental Health, and Suicide Attempts in Aboriginal Women. Report prepared for the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal and other research partners, in collaboration with the National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research.
Jacobs, J., Gill, K. (2007) The Lives of Urban Women: A Survey of Help-Seeking Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women in Montreal. Report prepared for the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal in partnership with the National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research.
Negrete, JC. (2007) Introducción. In: N. Szerman, C. Alvarez Vara and M. Casas (Eds.) Patología dual en Esquizofrenia. Glosa, Madrid, pp 19-24.
Negrete, JC. (2005) Screening and Assessing for Concurrent Disorders. In: W.Skinner (Ed.) Treating Concurrent Disorders; a guide for counsellors; CAMH, Toronto, pp 29-84.
Abstracts - Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings
Gill, K., Boyle, A.E.L., Shao, Q. Genetic influences on alcohol/drug-related traits in mice. Paper presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Complex Trait Consortium. Montreal, Canada, June 2008
Faridi, K., Gill K. The utility of atypical neuroleptics in substance-use disorders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Toronto 2006
Boyle, A.E., Gill, K. The relationship between anxiety and sensitivity to ethanol in A/J, C57BL/6J and AXB/BXA recombinant inbred strains of mice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 2005.
Zikos, E., Gill, K., Charney, D. Clinical presentation and response to treatment for alcoholism: Impact of Cluster B personality disorders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 2005.
Charney, D., Gill, K. The effects of a lifetime history of sexual abuse on patients entering addiction treatment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 2005.
Zikos, E., Gill, K., Charney, D. The impact of comorbid personality pathology on clinical presentation in a treatment-seeking alcoholic population. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, October 2004.


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It was Oct. 28, 2007, and the $430.5 million Interstate 75 Expansion Project (known as iRox) was under way. For construction manager Cothran, it was time to pave some pride, and chase a potential $15 million bonus offered to the contractors to finish the project early.
"I was the only one on this job who, from the beginning, said we were going to take that $15 million," Cothran said.
Wednesday, the new, third southbound lane of I-75 opens to traffic, following the new northbound lanes opening in November, nearly a year before the December 2010 scheduled completion date.
"This job right here was all about pride," the 50-year-old Cothran said. "Everybody was so proud that we were building the largest road job ever built in the state of Florida."
If it weren't for the Immokalee Road interchange, a project expanded by Collier County mid-production, iRox would be finished nearly a year ahead of schedule, not the five months needed for the full bonus. The interchange is scheduled for an April 2010 completion.
"It's just an excellent project team and aggressively pursuing the project to say the least," said Debbie Tower, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Transportation, which owns the project. "Eight months ahead of schedule, that is exceptional. It is exceptional. Underline it, because we are talking about a joint venture."
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Several factors played a part in opening the lanes early, Cothran said.
First is the Department of Transportation's design-build-finance approach to construction, the first Florida project of its kind.
In a traditional project, the owner usually gets financing, hires designers to draft plans and opens the designs for bids from contractors, who then are largely stuck to those plans as they do their work.
With iRox, the designers had a few months of lead time before work began, and the two main contractors fronted the cost of construction in lieu of payments from the department spread out over five years. All of it was done at the same time.
Cothran likes this approach. The design team, HDR out of Omaha, Neb., which was chosen by the joint contractor venture of AJAX Paving in Nokomis and Anderson Columbia Company Inc. of Lake City, is in an office right across the hall.
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And that's what Cothran does, work. He's put nearly 200,000 miles on his truck, the equivalent of driving up and down the 30-mile project zone eight times per day.
"He's on the job almost 24/7," said Dave Parks, project spokesman. "Poor guy doesn't sleep much."
All those miles were spent watching the job's subcontractors, who Cothran said would step up to solve problems before they "got into the office."
"If I had a sub that got a little bit out of line," Cothran said, "I would grab that sub and pull them back."
Also contributing to the fast pace of the project, Cothran said, was the good weather. He said anticipating problems early, quickly moving crews around when problems occurred, and cross-training everyone also played a part.
Working with a relatively young and inexperienced crew, workers were started on traffic control and then taught their co-workers' jobs to keep things moving during sick days, Cothran said.
Finally, Cothran said, everyone made sure the work got done right the first time, limiting the "remedial items list," as the workers call it. Miami's Metric Engineering was hired by the Department of Transportation to supply a team of watchdogs, who stand behind the workers, watching, measuring, and writing on their clipboards.
"I've been on fast-track jobs like this where people have thrown the spec book in the trash can," Cothran said, then raising his voice. "Nothing on this job is that way. This job is solid all the way through and that's what every single one of these guys on this job are proud of."
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The project hasn't been without its failures, though, among them when a worker lost his life and a crane collapsed on the highway.
Other problems presented themselves during the day-to-day. For instance, literally jamming miles of storm water runoff pipes through miles of varying types of soil and rock. Cothran said it could be the toughest job on the project.
"They're the ones down in the deep muddy water and running around with the water moccasins and the gators," Cothran said. "I had a water moccasin strike my boot one time. We've seen some big snakes on this job."
Barrels and cones also brought challenges. Like when 5,000 of them had to be removed from the road in 14 hours upon Tropical Storm Fay's arrival. Every night, as many as 1,500 cones would be put out to protect workers, all of them straight as an arrow, just the way Cothran likes them.
Back-breaking work was status quo for many of the jobs on the interstate. Cothran mentioned laying nearly 2 million square yards of sod as an example, which is enough for 273 football fields.
"The people driving up and down the road couldn't even imagine throwing one pallet of sod in a day. These guys get out here and they may throw 25 to 30 pallets in a day," Cothran said.
Perhaps the most difficult challenge is the Immokalee Road interchange, which brought headaches to drivers long before iRox began.
As such, Cothran took to managing the whole dilemma himself. He rearranged traffic control patterns to save the project six or seven months of work, he said.
"This interchange here by itself, they should have given you 1,150 days to build the whole interchange, because of the ramps and the bridges and everything we had to do here," Cothran said, referring to the total number of contracted days for iRox.
If it weren't for the county's added $2 million worth of work for additional turn lanes onto I-75, which caused previous work to be ripped up, Cothran said the entire project already would be done.
"We would be done with Immokalee Road as per our original design. We'd have been done and we'd have been sitting here waiting on that bridge to be done," Cothran said. "But still, at the end of the day, when everything is all said and done, Collier County is going to have one beautiful interchange out here."
In the third week of January, traffic will be moved to the newly paved south side of Immokalee Road, Cothran said, allowing passers-by to avoid the bumpy ride on the north end during the last few months of the project.
Overall, said Tower, the project was designed to be an intermediary. Interchanges like Immokalee Road were designed to later accommodate 10 lanes, which are expected by 2030.
The men Cothran oversaw may be back for that project. Most of them are under 32 years of age, Cothran said. It's something he's proud of. Not just doing the job right, but bringing new experiences to the 500 workers who brought relief to Southwest Florida.
"They've all grown up here, because they've had to grow up," Cothran said. "Every one of them grew up and became a man on this job."
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Crunching the numbers
2 million cubic yards: amount of dirt used in the project
1.75 million square yards: amount of sod placed by crews
400,000 tons: amount of asphalt laid down
8,000 cubic yards: concrete required for the project
375 miles: distance of pavement markings
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