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Hi. I'm Greg Rewis, Principal Evangelist at Adobe. And I'd like to talk to you about Creative Suite Web Premium 5.5, and specifically Dreamweaver® CS5.5 and how it can help us address a problem that's growing on the Web. Well, actually, it's more growing in our pockets and in our purses, and that is the mobile Web. And how do we present content to those mobile devices? Now, I'm here in Dreamweaver® CS5.5, and you can see that we've got a page that looks great for our browser-based viewers. In other words, those guys that are visiting our site on a desktop browser. It's going to be great. We've used HTML5 and CSS3, but if we go to look at this page on a mobile device such as an iPad or a mobile phone, we're going to see that the experience is not quite as optimum as it is in our browser. Here on my iPad, the page actually looks quite good. In fact, it looks exactly like the page did over inside of Dreamweaver®. But the problem is, I'm still going to be pinching and zooming in order to read the content, and it's a constant move around and move around, panning and zooming. And that's on an iPad, a nice big screen. When we get smaller, on my Motorola Atrix™, we can see that wow, I can't even read the text there, so I'm definitely going to be zooming a lot and tapping to reformat and tapping to move back out. It's just not a great experience when CSS3 provides the capabilities for delivering a specific type of presentation to these devices. It's called Media Queries. Let's go back to Dreamweaver® CS5.5. And notice that in Dreamweaver® CS5.5, we have a multiscreen preview button. Now when I click the multiscreen preview button, I'm actually going to see my page divided up into three sections here in the preview for display on the phone, on the tablet, and on the desktop. And as we can see, it's actually the exact same layout, same content that we are already seeing back over on these mobile devices. But I want to change that presentation, but just when you're on one of these types of devices. So I'm going to use the Media Queries button. Now when I click up on my Media Queries button, I have the option of specifying a CSS file for either this document or site-wide. If I'm going to be using a lot of different pages or laying out a lot of different pages, this would probably be my option. But for right now, for the purpose of this demonstration, I'm just going to add these media queries to this document only. Now, additionally, devices out there in the mobile landscape vary from platform to platform and even from browser to browser on the various platforms, and for this reason I'm actually going to have Dreamweaver® write a little piece of metadata to actually tell the browsing device to report its true size. Now, to get started quickly, I've got a default preset button that I can simply click, and that's going to lay out three different types of CSS files--one for the phone, one for the tablet, and one for the desktop. Of course, we can change the names of these and the attributes themselves. So I'm going to start with my phone, and maybe just for purposes of demonstration I'll just call this "Mobile" instead, and I want it to specify exactly what the width and height values are for that particular phone or device that I am going to be viewing on. And one of the things that I want to make sure of is that, again, we don't go beyond the specified parameters. So I have a max width value here that I'm going to change. I'm going to say that the maximum width would be 400 pixels. In other words, I don't want any device that is larger than 400 pixels to read this particular file. Again, if I was doing this all from scratch I would begin by creating a new CSS file. But for the purposes of demonstration, I've actually got an existing file that I'm going to link to. So let's go into our CSS folder here, and notice that I have a Mobile CSS file. I'm going to say, "Well, I'd like to link to that Mobile.css file, and then for my tablet I'll do the same. Now I'm going to then specify a minimum and a maximum width so that they do not overlap. Since I had a minimum [maximum] width of 400 pixels on the phone, I'm going to say 401 as my minimum here, and then I'm going to say 800 for the maximum. That way I'm targeting any device that is between those two value ranges. Now, again, I'll just simply link over to my Tablet.css file. And then finally, for my desktop--that's my large screen, let's call that. I'm going to say anything that is beyond that maximum range that we had for the tablet--in other words, that was 800 pixels, so I'm going to say 801--I want to use my desktop or my large existing file. So we'll just ask for the large file. And now we've set up three different profiles. Again, I can keep adding. Those were just my defaults. But if I click my plus button, I can add a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, to specify all of the specific devices that I am wanting to target. Now once I've done all of this, I'll go ahead and click OK. And we'll see that immediately things change. Here in my preview I'm actually seeing--wow, something definitely did happen here in this phone and tablet view. Now, down in my desktop view it still looks exactly the same as it did before. But in the tablet view, if I begin to scroll down we'll notice that, wow. I've definitely got some changes that have happened right here. These changes, of course, are reflected in that CSS file going to my phone-- just scroll over just a little bit. Oops, and I've got a little bit of a redraw issue here, but we'll see in just a moment that my phone is actually changed as well. Now let me go ahead and close this window here. Going back into Dreamweaver®, I've set these values up, I've set these layouts up, but here in Dreamweaver® I'm only seeing my desktop view. So what if I wanted to make some alterations to my phone or my tablet view to fix any of the problems that I might have on those devices? I don't know how to do that, but Dreamweaver® CS5.5 comes to the rescue once again. Now first, let me just go ahead and go into split view just so you can see something-- Oh, wow! Did you see that? Did you see it happen? Let me go back out into design view one more time. Now go into split view. Now watch the layout happening here as I go into split view. Something has definitely happened here. Yep. Something has definitely happened, and what has happened? Dreamweaver® is reacting to the width of the design view window. Let's go ahead and sort of scroll back out just a little bit and see if we can get beyond that size, and of course it's probably going to make me go all the way--ahh, there we go. When we reach that--whatever that was--800-pixel level, it switched over to become that view. Now, of course, makes it sort of hard to type in this small of a source code window. That's why, of course, you don't have to do this. You also have the option of going down to our media manager, our windows size manager and saying, hey, I'm going to be working on a 320 x 480 smartphone. I want to be--have that view. Or I'm going to be working on a tablet, and I'll go ahead and switch to that view. And you can see that now Dreamweaver® is actually displaying that, but it was doing that before, so let's switch to the phone view. And there we have the phone view being displayed. Now, I've obviously got some changes here that I need to make in order to--to satisfy my viewers on these devices. I've already done that, just like any good cooking show, so let me go ahead and show you that finished file. So here's my finished file, and I'll turn on Live view for you so that you can see that here again is the default view that we have inside of our browser experience. And then if we switch down to our Tablet view, again, that other experience. Now, every now and then you might need to hit the refresh button just in order to get the page to refresh to exactly the way the browser would see it, because, of course, your browser, your iPad is not going to be changing sizes like we are doing here inside of Dreamweaver®. So I'm going to go on down to my Phone view, and you can see here we have our phone view optimized for that particular experience. And, again, the proof would be in the pudding. So let's actually go and take a look over on our devices to see that that experience has now been applied across all three. Starting here on our desktop with our full-size browser experience, and then moving over into our iPad, where you can see this page looks completely different on my iPad. We can scroll down a little bit further to see that the entire page has been stacked from three columns down into a single, very wide column. Now, of course, we know that on touch screen devices, hitting things can be very difficult. So for my mobile experience, I've actually taken my navigation and made it have much larger buttons that will be much easier for me to hit. A much better experience and, of course, again still seeing the other content scrolling down below just as we did on the iPad. Use media queries, we can deliver content; we can present the same content in a different way across multiple screens. And we're doing it all inside of Dreamweaver® CS5.5. [Adobe TV - tvadobe.com]
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Africa has many cultural practices. Some of these are good and indeed exemplary to others, especially non Africans who also have their own ways of doing things.
Take for example the utmost importance we give to the respect of our elders. Every child growing up in Africa knows in no uncertain terms not to disrespect his/her elders or else the consequences are too forbidding to speak of.
As children grow up, the element of respect is drilled into them daily in different ways and any departure from this is viewed negatively by society.
Indeed, there is no sparing the rod in Africa where respect is concerned.
General good behaviour is also highly emphasized and treasured in Africa. Bad behaviour is squarely blamed on the parents, especially the mother and such behaviour is distinctly frowned upon by society.
Therefore, every parent tries hard to bring up their children in the right manner. That, in a nutshell is our African culture.
Well, there are a few aspects of our culture that need to be done away with. They portray us in a bad light to the rest of the world. And some of them are downright wrong.
Take for example, female genital mutilation (FGM). This abominable mutilation of girls' bodies is still going on in some parts of Africa despite various campaigns against the practice.
FGM is a cruel and indeed inhuman procedure. Wherever it is still practised governments should redouble their efforts and use whatever means to stamp it out.
This could even include imposing prison sentences on those who insist on inflicting this misery on defenseless young girls.
Having said this though, the dubious cultural practice that really takes the biscuit is the infamous Reed dance festival which takes place annually in the kingdom of Swaziland.
At this queer spectacle, the British educated King Mswati III, clad in a leopard skin loin cloth, eagerly surveys tens of thousands of bare breasted young virgins, who dance for him in the hope of catching his attention to become his new bride. Mind you, at the last count the king already had a whopping thirteen wives!
To make matters more outrageous, according to Swazi tradition, the king is always meant to have a bride in waiting.
Consider the fact that this takes place against the backdrop of a country which has high rates of HIV/AIDS.
Well, it seems then that someone here needs to be reminded that we are now in the 21st century and it is highly inappropriate to revert to Middle age practices in the modern era.
This just goes to show that blind devotion to certain cultural practices, which are definitely outdated, makes us stick out like a sour thumb in the modern world.
It seems then that while others are moving forward, we remain rooted in the past. This is indeed unfair to our people and a betrayal of their aspirations for progress.

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For the past 14 years, Jack Gibson has had a strict ritual: Every Sunday, he packs up homemade shortbread cookies and delivers them to patients and staff at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Gibson learned to make shortbread cookies from his wife, who died of cancer more than 20 years ago. The weekly cookie tradition is his way of honoring her memory, giving back - and receiving something as well. Patty Wight has the story.
Jack Gibson with some of his home-baked shortbread cookies.
If you want to get a sense of just how devoted 83-year-old Jack Gibson is to his cookies, stop by his office in South Portland: It's got a full kitchen outfitted with an industrial-sized mixer.
"I'm putting in the butter first," he says. He makes a range of flavors, from coconut, to pecan, to his personal favorite: "Chocolate chips!" he chuckles.
Gibson learned to make shortbread from his late wife, Susan, who was from Scotland. Every holiday season, they'd make these cookies as gifts. Back then, they kneaded by hand and Susan was the ever-watchful expert.
"I'd say, 'Oh! I'm all set. All done.' 'Oh no, knead some more,'" he recalls.
They were married for more than 35 years. They had a family. Gibson ran a successful paving business that brought him to towns across the state. In the mornings, he and Susan would catch up over a cup of coffee and a cigarette.
One morning, he noticed she had a bad cough. And before too long, they discovered that Susan had lung cancer. Within about a year, she was at the end of her life. Four days before she died, she told Gibson that she wanted to do something for Maine Medical Center, where she had received treatment. Gibson had done well in business and was prepared to fulfill her request.
"I said, 'Honey, you tell me how much.' Because I knew exactly what she was getting at. I said, 'You tell me how much, and I'll match it.' And that's how the Gibson wing became a fact," he says.
The Gibson Cancer Pavilion, which is dedicated to adult inpatient care, opened in 1998 - and that's when the cookie tradition began. Gibson thought it would be nice to make shortbread cookies and bring them to staff, in honor of Susan.
"And when I first brought the cookies up, some of the staff said, 'Where'd you buy this, Jack?' I said, 'I made it.' 'Aww, get outta here! These are good!' I got so many compliments, I decided to keep doing it," he says.
Fourteen years in, he's still at it. Gibson scoops dough onto cookie sheets in his office kitchen and slides them in the oven. He makes enough so he can also give cookies to patients.
"And one of the first questions I ask when I meet somebody is, 'Where you from?'" Gibson says. "They'll mention a town, and usually I'll know someone in that town because I've worked in all the towns. I'll mention a name. 'Oh, that's my cousin! You know my cousin?' It perks them up."
This batch of chocolate chip shortbread cookies is done. A few days later, on Sunday, Gibson arrives at the Cancer Pavilion with a bag of boxed cookies.
"Good morning," he says, greeting the staff. "Hey Jack, how are you?" asks one. "Fine thanks, yourself?" he replies.
Gibson asks if there are any patients who would like a visit. He often develops friendships with patients. But on this day, they're all new to him.
"Mrs. Erskine! How are you this morning?"
"Well, I'm here," she replies.
"Jack Gibson," he says introducing himself. "Glad to meet you. One Scotsman to another."
Gibson finds out she's from Freeport - and sure enough, he's got a name.
"Good friend of mine, Guy Erskine - does that name ring a bell?" he asks. "He was public works director."
"Yes, he was my brother in law," she says.
"Is that right? Great guy."
Gibson chats easily with Mrs. Erskine, as he does with other patients. He says he only talks about cancer if they bring it up. Sometimes his experience is helpful to others, because not only did he lose his wife to cancer, he's a three-time survivor himself. But that doesn't come up today.
Gibson stays at the hospital for as long as people want to visit - sometimes it's just a couple hours, other times, it's the bulk of the day. Before Gibson says goodbye to Mrs. Erskine, he offers some cookies.
"Ohhh - I want these!" she says.
Staffers say Jack Gibson's visits offer much more than cookies. "The patients that we have here are here, a lot of times, for a really long time. And it's boring. It's monotonous," says Nurse Meghahn Milliken.
Milliken says human interaction is a powerful medicine. "And to have just a fresh face who's just, 'Hey, how ya doin' today? I'm here just to have a conversation with you.' I think that's huge for a lot of our long-term patients."
Milliken's respect for Gibson is evident: Her youngest son is named Jack, and it's no coincidence. Gibson says he also gets a lot out of the weekly visits to Maine Med. He sold his paving business eight years ago, and while he's still busy with other projects, and has even remarried, he says he misses the social connections from work.
"Oh, it gives me a lot of satisfaction - oh yeah," he says. "I mean, I love to hear someone say, 'Ooh - I've never had cookies like this before.' That's all I need, really, is to know that people like it, enjoy it. And I'll keep on doing it - as long as I can."
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23 Comments on 47 Hot Rikku Cosplay Chicks (PICS)
On July 23, 2010 at 12:48 pm
On July 23, 2010 at 3:19 pm
47 hot porn stars girl i love that awesome i wanna to have sex with all this girls sexxxxxxxx
On July 24, 2010 at 3:26 am
Aaaaand it's all going straight to my fapping folder.
We gamers really are the dregs of society…
On July 25, 2010 at 2:46 am
very nice
On July 25, 2010 at 3:26 am
These Rikku girls are hot but nothing beats my number one favorite Final Fantasy girl Tifa Lockhart or when my babe dresses up as Aerith.
On July 25, 2010 at 11:20 am
well when he only shoot´s hawt girl´s they gonna be hawt. by the way some have reeeeeaaaally bad bad error´s in their cosplay´s
On July 26, 2010 at 9:42 am
very very sexy!!!!
On July 26, 2010 at 1:19 pm
If I got you I'll Ask to live inside your eyes the remaining of my life
On July 26, 2010 at 6:18 pm
#1 was the kind I would marry, impregnate,dump and then fake the DNA test so I dont have to pay child support
On July 26, 2010 at 7:44 pm
i think pic #5 was the best (:
On July 26, 2010 at 8:57 pm
I'll be your Cloud all day baby girl !
On July 27, 2010 at 2:22 am
i like
On July 27, 2010 at 2:32 am
All the girls aresexy,hot.
On July 27, 2010 at 5:04 am
On July 27, 2010 at 11:48 am
That dude in the black leather jacket in picture 5 is about to walk into a bottle placed on the floor. Nice shades dude!
On July 28, 2010 at 8:47 am
I remember getting in trouble in high school for caring around pics of 45/46 and my teacher found them.
Got out of it by saying it was for art… yeah thats right…. artttt.
On July 28, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Damn, Cosplay tits are awesome.
On July 29, 2010 at 6:14 am
No RikkuX…. FAIL.
On August 4, 2010 at 4:41 am
Photoshop power play..
On August 12, 2010 at 10:02 pm
RIKKU ROCKS! She's got my vote!
On September 26, 2010 at 7:37 am
WHOA is is thaaat chick real!!!
On September 26, 2010 at 7:46 am
i might be going to the next cosplay thingy (i not a girl) my costume (not of rikku) is so kick ass
On January 12, 2012 at 5:42 am
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Residents of Buswelu Ward in Mwanza Region have commended a local non-governmental organisation, Tandabui Health Access Tanzania (THAT), for taking the initiative of building latrines at Buswelu Primary School in the region's Ilemela District.
Work on the project had stalled following allegations of improper interference in the implementation by Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) Member of Parliament Highness Kiwia discouraged community participation.
Speaking with this reporter in Mwanza recently, Some Buswelu residents told this reporter in random interviews in Mwanza recently that reports that there were problems with work on the project jolted local residents back into action and saw builders starting working hard to ensure the project was completed without any further delay.
"Construction is going on well. The builders have started working hard after newspaper reports of the problems the project was facing, and even our MP is participating fully in facilitating implementation," said Buswelu fish trader Kulwa Samamba, adding: "Builders commonly work till as late as 7 pm every passing day to compensate for lost time."
Another resident, Robert Bwahira, meanwhile said legislator Kiwia's involvement had inspired more members of the community into contributing money for the implementation of a tap water project at the school "after having given up owing to the slow progress of the construction of 12 latrines".
"Things have improved tremendously since. The construction of the latrines is well on track, but we need to do more to make the pace even faster," he noted.
Buswelu Primary School headteacher Hellen John commended the legislator for giving fresh impetus to "a crucial project that was in danger of collapsing owing to minor differences of opinion that have now thankfully been resolved".
"I can say I am satisfied by the construction progress but more concerted effort is needed because there are only a few builders. The school is threatened with closure and the municipal health officer comes here every once in a while to make a follow-up, given the fact that a notice he gave expired a long time ago," she said.
"This has forced us to consult our MP's office, which is coordinating the implementation of the project. The legislator's secretary toured the school recently and promised that the construction would be completed as soon as practicable," she added.
This reporter toured the school at the weekend and found two builders working on the project under the supervision of the Chadema chairman for Ilemela District, Shadrack Sindano, who explained that it was not true that the project had stalled as commonly alleged.
He however admitted that work had been stopped for a while "to give time for basic structures such as the foundation to get stronger, adding that everything would be on place by the end of this month.
"Claims that the construction project has stalled are baseless and false because even with ordinary construction work there must be time to allow watering of the bricks to make them stronger," he said.
According to Sindano, completion of the construction project would see his party involve local residents in the building of yet more latrines, "and anyone saying this is mere politicking is wrong and an enemy of development at the school and elsewhere in our district".
"Constructive politics mobilises people in implementing various development projects and speeds up social progress. It is sad that some politicians appear bent on sabotaging efforts to that noble end merely because they have ideological differences with those leading the implementation of the projects," he pointed out.
He said it was outright wrong and unacceptable for anyone to discourage people from participating in development projects meant to help them live better.
He dismissed as unfounded charges that Chadema's policy was inherently against community participation in development activities.
Contacted for comment on the matter, Buswelu ward executive officer Mponeja Katemi hailed THAT for supporting initiatives aimed at improving the pupils' health status and overall welfare in the ward and helping the local leadership act more responsibly.
"Time is long gone for people to say politics serves no useful purpose, and we must disabuse ourselves of this lop-sided thinking and work for genuinely people-centred development. THAT has helped us immensely in this because now local leaders are showing the way by playing a fuller part in nation-building activities," he said.
Katemi explained that this has helped the Buswelu Primary School administration and the parents' committee become so active that it has succeeded in helping the school access tap water.
Headteacher Hellen John confirmed the reports, saying: "We have indeed succeeded in having tap water at 250,000/- thanks to contributions from parents, with each household paying 300/-. We are now planning to install a meter so that we start using water by next week."
The construction of 12 latrines at the school started in August last year after there were threats to close down the school over hygienic concerns and following allegations that the area MP had taken over the project from the residents.
Buswelu Primary School has a student population of 1,722 pupils and so, even with the 12 latrines in place, it still needs 74 more to comply with standards set by the Health and Social Welfare ministry. The requirement is 20 girls and 25 boys per latrine.
Most schools in Ilemela and Nyamagana districts lack quality latrines and clean and safe water infrastructure, with statistics released by the Education and Vocational Training ministry in 2008 showing that one latrine serves 111 girls and 113 boys on average.


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cool abstract :) 5/5
Amazing abstract! Very colorful and busy just like nirvana likes them..;) I especially like the lower part of the drawing. You've managed to make different colors and shapes go well together without it looking like rainbow vomit.
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Hey everyone,
Earlier this month, I suggested to one of my former colleagues that he pick up a TB bag to house his brand-new 13" MBA. He has some major issues with his back, and I thought he might appreciate the Absolute Strap. Like me, he also obsesses over purchases of this nature, and I knew the craftsmanship of TB would really appeal to him.
So, lo and behold, he's just received his new ID and he sent me an email extolling its virtues. He said I can post it here, and so here it is:
Got my Tom Bihn ID Messenger Bag yesterday. Very cool! Pretty much exactly what I've been searching for for a couple of years now. It's the perfect size, it's very well made, and I love the Absolute Strap. Makes a huge difference on my shoulder and back. Even the box it came in was well-designed! I also got the Horizontal Brain Cell for my MacBook Air, and it's really nice, too. The top flaps don't seem to completely close down all the way—it's almost as if the Air is about 1/8 of an inch too big, top to bottom when it's in the Brain Cell case, but it's not a big deal at all. I suspect that over time the flaps will loosen up a little and the padding in the bottom of the bag will compress a little, allowing the bag to close all the way. I love the way the Brain Cell attaches to the inside of the ID bag. Super nice touch. And I now won't worry about carrying around the laptop, as it's very well protected in the Brain Cell.
The ID bag has not only a shoulder strap but also removable straps to put around one's waist. If I were riding a bike, for instance, those straps would prevent the bag from sliding around. It's genius the way they can be removed and stashed away somewhere. I looked at bags from Keen, Timbuk 2, Scooba, etc. Many of them had those waist straps, but when they did, in no case were they removable, so you end up with these stupid, long straps hanging off the bag and getting in your way 95% of the time. Not so with the Tom Bihn bag.
I have one small, niggling complaint about the ID bag: There are two zippered pockets just inside the front flap, I guess for a cell phone, glasses, etc. They're lined with a soft, suede-like material. My cell phone fits in one of them just fine, as does my iPod, but my case for my reading glasses does not fit. The pocket needs to be about 1/4 of an inch bigger for the zipper to close. It puzzles me why they didn't make the pockets slightly bigger. I wish I could keep the glasses in one of those pockets, as they're easy to access and I reach for the glasses all the time, but it's a no-go. I'll look for a smaller case for the glasses, but the one I have is already pretty small. There are other pockets for the glasses case, of course.
[NB: he's since found a case that fits in the side pocket.]
Do you have any of those little organizer pouches they sell? I think I'm going to buy a couple for the bag, for change and such stuff. That Freudian Slip insert is pretty darn cool, too. Are you familiar with that? If not, it's an insert that will hold pens, files, etc. I may get that at some point. My god does this all appeal to my need for organization.
[Update: he's getting an Organizer Wallet and an extra key strap.]
I'll tell you, you've not steered me wrong with recommendations and such: that awesome restaurant, the MacBook Air, and now the Tom Bihn bag.
I'm getting a Corgi.
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After defeating Skyla and earning the Jet Badge, Ash and Co. head out to Icirrus City. Along the way, they reunite with their old friend Stephan who happens to be entering a contest called the "Wishing Bell Festival". This festival is about going through series of obstacle courses along the way until the final event, one of them will win and get to ring the bell at the top of Celestial Tower and make a wish. As Ash and co. arrive at the festival, they soon find out that the contest is run by Mile, the previous Gym Leader and Skyla's grandfather. Of course what Stephan says its true it did happen to be an obstacle course with many challenges as trainers pair up with their Pokémon. Who will win this towering race? The event of the "Wishing Bell Festival" begins now!
- There was a cosplaying portion of the contest where the characters and Pokémon dressed up as other characters and Pokémon:
- Ash was Alder and Pikachu was Bouffalant.
- Iris was Professor Juniper and Axew was Darumaka.
- Stephan was Nurse Joy and Sawk was Audino.
- Ricky was Officer Jenny and Elgyem was Herdier.
- Cilan was Elesa and Pansage was Emolga.
- An article of clothing similar to Brock's vest made its way into the clothes pile, probably as a tribute to Brock.
- A Dawn hat & wig was in the clothes pile along with Team Rocket clothing. It was a reference that Dawn was coming to the Best Wishes Series.
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What do you understand about Style vs. Momentum?
A lot of people treat those terms as if they mean the same things. What do you think?
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that. But the really great ones make you feel that you too can become great." ~ Mark Twain
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Having never competed but having hunted over several dogs my view would be the following...style would reference the way in which a dog covers a field, the way the dog carries himself. Momentum would reference the dogs desire and determination.
I saw this post earlier today and was hoping to see some feed back. I'm curious Evan, what are your feelings?
Sonny, the black lab, ran ahead to make sure there were no gophers or jackrabbits in the way. If you don't give a dog a specific job, he'll improvise one for himself and it will invariably be fun. There's a lesson there.
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I think style is one of those things that's hard to define but easy to recognize when you see it. To me, it's the general demeanor of the dog. He is happy, willing, focused, and part of the team.
Momentum is just the dog's drive to continue on. (a body in motion tends to stay in motion). A dog can have loads of momentum but no real style if he's just crashing aimlessly thru the cover heading off in the general direction he thinks he'd like to head off in.
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My definitions:
Momentum - 1 the force possessed by a moving body (Websters dictionary), 2 in a retriever, a term that describes the mental force/compulsion that maintains compulsion from the dogs point of origin against perceived resistance - the determination that causes a dog to drive on in rough going
Style -
1 showiness, 2 the speed, spirit, and/or enthusiasm a dog displays in route to a retrieve
Style vs. Momentum in Retrievers - YouTube
What do you think?
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I see style and momentum as very different things. A stylish dog will demostrate momentum, but momentum does not necessarilly make a dog stylish as it goes about its work.
Style is radiated by a dog in its every action. By its movement and carriage it says "I like what I'm doing and I'm ****** happy to be here." A stylish dog will demonstrate momentum in accomplishing its goals.
Momentum? I think of perserverence and the qualities a dog needs to stay on task, overcoming the obstacles along the path to acheiving ones goals. Some of these qualities are inherent, other relate to training. Dogs with good momentum are better able to overcome the obstacles found along the way. Dogs will poor momentum will tend to be pushed around or drift due to the obstacles encountered. Desire, drive, courage, speed and willingness to accept training all come into play.
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Style---When the dog comes to line "chomping on the bit", every muscle tense, maybe looking like a dragster revving his engines, looking like he's ready to explode with every step, and then when the judge says "dog" and the handler releases him you see a dog that goes straight as an arrow and busting through any cover in the way.
I love it.
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I think Style is the way a dog works the field does he have his nose down casting if he hunting up pheasants or chuckers, does he mark the shot if a duck has fallen and run straight to it. How does he use his ablities to get the job done with grace, speed and follow through.
Momentum that is what a dog shows when it is tough going. Does that dog do everything in his power to finish the job you sent him after. Does he have perserverance..will he contintue to hunt if he has trouble.
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I can't watch the video, will try tomorrow at work, but my guess/opinion:
Style is inherent in the dog, part of the personality - energy, attention, talent, etc
I'm not sure if some may be taught - like obedience.
Our dog skool teecher who judges said he thinks: do I want to hunt with this dog? I'm not sure if that's part of style, like a calm orderly working dog vs a nut.
Momentum can be taught - the dog goes where you say until it gets there.
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I like agree with Barb "style is one of those things that's hard to define but easy to recognize when you see it."
My girl, Winter, I think is a good working dog. However, my friend Sandy's little girl Cozy has skyhigh style. They are both running Senior right now.
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Not everybody in Elbert County knows their neighbor, Steven Wysocki, who made it safely out of an Algerian gas field over the weekend.
But from Frank's Feed & Supply in Elizabeth to High Plains Food Store in Kiowa, a lot of people in the rural county were talking about the local guy whose escape from Islamist militant hostage takers and their bloody battle with the Algerian army made international news.
Wysocki, 58, and his wife, Kristi, are Colorado natives and graduates of the Colorado School of Mines, said Kristi Wysocki's longtime friend Janice Foy.
Steven Wysocki, a petroleum engineer, told his wife he was in his barracks at the gas field when sirens went off alerting workers to what everyone first thought was an accident, Kristi Wysocki told Dressage-News.
The Wysockis, who worked together in Alaska before returning to Colorado, own Somewhere Farms in the rolling grasslands near the town of Elbert. Kristi Wysocki is a well-known and well-liked trainer and judge in dressage circles, said Kenneth Braddick of Dressage-News.
She is "among the top-ranked dressage judges" in the country, Foy said.
Soon after that first message came another text, Kristi Wysocki told Dressage-News: "It's a terror attack. I'm OK now. Will try to call you later."
Kristi Wysocki told the publication her husband later said he spent the next three days hiding from the terrorists. After he was rescued, he was flown to Germany.
The Wysockis have lived in Elbert County for about eight or nine years, several area residents said.
Nick Candelaria, who was working behind the counter at Frank's Feed & Supply on Monday, said the couple is best known locally for their work rehabilitating sick and injured horses.
Janice Foy said her friend isn't up to talking publicly anymore about her husband's ordeal.
"All I've been authorized to say from Kristi is that she's relieved that he's free and thanks everyone for their prayers," she said.


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