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6 Reasons Shakespeare Would've Written For Cracked.com
Well, to them I answer thusly: First, screw you; you sound like a dick. Second, if William Shakespeare were alive today, he would write for one site and one site only: Cracked.com.
OK, he might occasionally put something up on McSweenys, but just the real pretentious stuff. Theres no question that our hallowed halls would be the preferred stomping grounds of The Great Bard, and heres why.
#6. He Was A Critical Analyzer Of Pop Culture
Shakespeares plays and poems are full of commentaries on what was going on in England at the time. When the Puritans started publicly complaining about his plays featuring love between men and young boys (who played the female roles) and arousing the audience to retreat to secret conclaves and there play the Sodomite, or worse, Shakespeare responded by writing Measure for Measure, a play about a Puritanical Duke who tries to outlaw all sexual misconduct to stifle his own sick urges towards a nun. Kind of a he who smelt it dealt it response, but effective nonetheless.
And not unfounded, especially when you consider the words of a Puritan of the time decrying pedophiles while at the same time giving a perfect impression of one:
These pretty upstart youths profane the Lords day by the lascivious writhing of their tender limbs and gorgeous decking of their apparel
Which, for the Elizabethan-challenged, roughly translates to:
How dare these sexy children be so damned sexy, wiggling like that, itsitsI mean come on!
Shakespeare also openly mocked celebrities of the day, and even included them as characters in his plays. For example, the Bishop of Westchester, featured in King Henry VI, Part I, is satirized for hypocritically making a fortune in prostitution while simultaneously seeking cures for his rampant and numerous venereal diseases.
Well, not only was that a real guy, he was also the guy who licensed Shakespeares theater, AKA Wills boss. Meaning the plays subtext basically reads My boss has herpes. Ha! What a dick.
So the next time you read a Dan OBrien column about him taking a dump on Jacks daughter, recognize it for what it is: an august and thoughtful homage to The Bard.
Further Reading:Shakespeares Satire, by Oscar James Campbell
#5. He Worked In The Bad Part Of Town
Shakespeare worked primarily in two playhouses: The Rose and The Globe. The Rose was literally a brothel with a theater attached, and both places were situated in a nasty part of London called Bankside, Southwark. Southwark was known for two things: being south of Wark, and whorehouses.
And were not talking about respectable whorehouses here, either; these were places with names like Ye Olde Fuck Shack and Baldrics Palace of XXX Arse Drilling, where you could buy a quickie with a man, woman or child for less than the cost of the mercury treatment youd use to try and rid yourself of the ensuing syphilis.
There was even a whorehouse called The Cardinals Hat (as in what the head of a penis looks like) a mere block away from the Globe, where theatergoers could unwind during intermission by discussing the racy double entendre in the Second Act with the object of their boning. Excepting of course when their mouths were full.
As for the Bankside part of the Globes address, it referred to the bank of the Thames River. In those days, the Thames did double duty as Londons water supply and main sewer line.
Yes, the first-ever performance of King Lear was held in a room surrounded by diseased people fucking and the miasmic stench of human shit.
Surrounded by the unregulated and unsanitized offal of humanity? Mere moments away from thousands of depraved sex acts? Hmm, what does that remind me of? Oh yeah, THE INTERNET.
Further Reading:Elizabeths London, by Liza Picard
#4. He Wrote Almost Nothing Original
Although he freely altered plot specifics and character traits, nearly every single Shakespeare play is essentially a remake of a poem, book or play Will took a fancy to. Othello? Cinthios Hecatommithi. The Merchant of Venice? Giovanni Fiorentinos Il Pecorone meets Richard Robinsons Gesta Romanarum. Richard III? Basically just Richard II with a wacky ethnic sidekick. Hamlet? The Lion King.
Sometimes he didnt even bother changing the title. Romeo and Juliet is based on an epic poem called The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet. Shakespeare basically just cleaned up some typos and put it on stage.
Talk about ahead of his time; the guy was doing in 17th century England what Hollywood only caught on to in the last few decades. If Shakespeare had a movie coming out this summer, theres a good chance it would either be Romeo and Juliet II: Love Harder, or Tron 2.0.
And as a writer whose entire output (somewhere in the hundreds of articles and posts at this point) lurks within the pages of Wikipedia, that hits a little close to home.
Take the Snopses, Wikipedias and IMDBs out of Cracked, and there wouldnt be a whole hell of a lot left (except of course my videos. Mwahaha!).
But all of this isnt to suggest that Shakespeare (and by extension, Cracked authors) wasnt balla. The man was, if nothing else, balla as all hell. Its just that specifics of plot werent his primary focus, and they often took a backseat to his astoundingly clever jokes, wordplay and explorations of theme and language. In other words, its not what youve got, its how you use it; a phrase many a Cracked writer has used on a skeptical lady friend, let me tell you.
Where I Stole This:The Sources of Shakespeares Plays, by Kenneth Muir
#3. He Made Up Words
Today, most college graduates have a vocabulary of between 3,000 and 4,000 words. Judging from his plays and poems, Shakespeares was around 29,000. Of course, historians still debate about whether he in fact wrote all the plays credited to him, so the total might be somewhat inflated. But really, does it make that much of a difference? Cut 29,000 in half, then cut that in half, and hes still way out of your league. The man ate dictionaries and shit thesauri (a word he probably invented).
Howd he do it? Well, first off, he didnt do much else; he was one of the most prolific authors of his era. And secondly, its hard to know more words than a guy who freely makes them up whenever he wants.
As Ive mentioned before, ol Shakey coined so many household words and phrases, you basically cant talk without ripping him off. In fact, he invented the phrase household words, so I think I owe him a farthing or something.
Wait a minute. Who else makes up words with abandon? What other orgasmtastic group of blogsmiths dares to so refunkify the English lizzanguage? Why, could it beYe Gods, look out! Theres a Chompapottamus headed straight for you!
Further Reading:Shakespeares Words, by David and Ben Crystal
#2. He Loved Dick Jokes
The one thing all Cracked authors must have in common is a deep and abiding love of a good dick joke. In fact, the only component of the hiring interview is an Editor calling you in the middle of the night and saying floppy penises when you pick up. If you giggle, youve got the job.
And theres absolutely no question that Shakespeare loved the dick joke. Although they often fly over the heads of modern audiences, every single thing Shakespeare ever wrote is like 30 percent puns on the word balls. Im serious. The guy wrote about dicks, vaginas, boning, butt sex, gays, lesbians, cunilingus, pubes and sperm so much I wouldnt be surprised if the quill he wrote with had a pair of rubber novelty testicles hanging off it.
A single example will suffice. People who get off on the fact that the foundation of western literature was a pervy old man love to cite this part of Hamlet, and while it is particularly awesome in its skeeviness, its by no means an anomaly. It goes like this:
Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap?
Ophelia: No, my lord.
Hamlet: I mean my head upon your lap?
Ophelia: Ay, my lord.
Hamlet: Do you think I meant country matters?
Ophelia: I think nothing my lord.
Hamlet: Thats a fair thought to lie between maids legs.
Ophelia: What is, my lord?
Hamlet: No thing.
Ophelia: You are merry, my lord.
On first look, it seems like a simple and pretty boring misunderstanding about whether Ophelia will let Hamlet lay his head in her lap while they watch a play. But take into account the fact that in Elizabethan England, nothing was slang for vagina (because its shaped like an O), thing was slang for dick, head meant tip of the penis, merry meant sexually aroused and country matters was taken to mean matters pertaining to the cunt, and you get this much more interesting exchange:
Hamlet: Hey, can I stick my wangle in your pooter?
Ophelia: Seriously? Your moms like, right over there.
Hamlet: What if I just put the tip in?
Ophelia: Very well, my lord.
Hamlet: You get it? Im talking about your cunt.
Ophelia: Yeah, I kind of picked up on that. Im too am thinking about vaginas.
Hamlet: Thats a good thing to do between a ladys legs. Fuck vaginas, I mean.
Ophelia: What is, my lord?
Hamlet: Vagina penis.
Ophelia: Correct me if Im wrong, but you seem horny, my lord.
I dont care how many black dinguses Lisa Lampanelli crams into her capacious vagina, shes not getting any filthier than that. Add to all this the fact that, in his time, William Shakespeare's name can be taken to mean "Penis Masturbation" and you've got yourself the reigning champion of genital references.
Further Reading:Filthy Shakespeare, by Pauline Kiernan
#1. He Was Considered Low Art Until After His Death, When His Genius Was Finally Recognized By More Enlightened Generations
Shakespeare wasnt always treated with the respect, reverence and enthusiasm high school English students lavish on him today (yes, I live in a fantasy world). In his time, a large segment of Englands population considered theater in general to be repugnant, and a gateway drug to all manner of other vices, from atypical sexuality to questioning the leaders who condemn you to live in shit and tax half your income.
Pamphlets were released calling for the destruction of the Globe, with titles like Theatre Is Sin and Free Sex! Now That Ive Got Your Attention, Theatre Is Sin. Some even accused Shakespeare himself of fraternizing with the young boys who served as actors in the shows. These pamphlets are widely considered to be the worlds first yur a fag comment, something Cracked writers are intimately familiar with.
In fact, plays were so looked down upon as a form of literature that Shakespeares werent published in an official volume until long after his death. Until then, all you could get were pirated copies written down by fans during the show and sold in booths at the flea market. It was kind of like the BitTorrent of the 1600s.
So, called gay, offensive and a waste of time by the general public, reproduced illegally, altered, censored and only recognized as unmitigated genius long after the fact. Sounds like Cracked to me.
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Gymnasts Honored by Mid-American Conference
Two members of the Ball State gymnastics team -- Morgan Coslow and Kayla Kmiecik -- received honorable mention on the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team.
Coslow is a junior majoring in sports administration. She owns a 3.827 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale and tallied a perfect 4.0 GPA last fall. Coslow recorded the Cardinals third best vault with a career high 9.75 at the MAC Championships plus managed a career best 9.75 on the bars in a meet at West Virginia.
Kmiecik is a senior majoring in exercise science. She owns a 3.507 grade-point average at Ball State. Kmiecik tied for first on the floor vs. Illinois State with a career high mark of 9.800. She tallied the third best Ball State mark on the bars this year with a career high tying 9.800 at West Virginia and vs. Bowling Green. Kmiecik also tied her career high with a 9.725 on the beam in 2011-12.


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quote: First you sound like a car person - c-segment, b-segment, who talks like that about car buying?
quote: Thrid - the Volt is over $40,000 - what world do you live in?
quote: Second, who cares what the price you'll get in 10 years, yes 10 years, after owning the car?
quote: If someone says the Volt is a 47,000+ car.. well that is just dishonest. To get 47,000 you must check every single option, including chrome wheels.
quote: Your saying "who cares what price I pay for using the car, I just want it to appear cheap." Really? You don't care how much it costs to use you car? Btw, I got this great wallet. Its free. But it destroys money. Its free though, so you can't get cheaper than free.
quote: How is it "dishonest"? Anyway this is really immature nitpicking and you know it.
quote: Also industry data compiled over years and years shows that most people who buy new cars, only keep that car around 5 years.
quote: So again, economically, the Volt makes no sense.
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quote: True, but that just doesn't matter!
quote: Thanks to a wholesale blitz by people mainly wanting to make a political statement the perceived value of the Volt has been reduced and the perceived cost increased. The end loser? The US taxpayer. Congrats everyone!
quote: If your statement is the Volt is garbage because its too expensive for the majority of US citizens... well I take exception.
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14 Photographs That Shatter Your Image of Famous People
When you step out the door, you're playing a role. Whether you're a hippie, stock broker, police officer or biker, you dress the way the world expects you to dress, you act the way the world expects you to act. So you can imagine how much more intense this is for celebrities, whose very careers depend on managing a public image down to the molecule.
But even they can't keep the occasional image-shattering photo from leaking out to the public ...
#14. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Pool Hustler
Via Biography.com
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who, when seeing this photo, immediately hear "Werewolves of London" in their heads, and those who do not. That is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago, showboating in a pool match with local civil rights leader Al Raby.
And no, this isn't one of those photo ops where a public figure poses with a prop to look like regular folk. King was a hell of a pool player -- he took up the game in college almost 20 years earlier, and in the early days of the civil rights movement allegedly won the respect of local gang members by playing (and presumably beating) them at it.
Which is amazing, considering that a man who would attempt a shot like that in the middle of a match is probably something of a sore winner. "Looks like you lose again, Johnny Switchblade! Now pardon me while I do a victory lap around your pool hall while riding my cue like a horse."
#13. A Young, Cool Stephen Hawking, Standing With His Bride
Via Hawking.org.uk
On one hand, none of us probably thought that Stephen Hawking was born in a wheelchair. But as a pop culture figure, his wheelchair and electronic voice are his thing, and against all logic you find it hard to think of him any other way, like how you can't think of Hulk Hogan without the tan and mustache.
That photo up there is from 1965, when a 23-year-old Hawking married Jane Wilde. That was after his diagnosis with ALS, the disease that would put him in the wheelchair (note the cane). But just a couple of years before that, he had no idea he had a degenerative disease -- he was a healthy, active, drinking college student at Oxford:
Via Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe
Via Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe
Seconds after this picture was snapped, his pants hit the floor.
Then, one day he noticed he was having trouble keeping his hands steady, and once fell down a flight of stairs. Hey, best to go get it checked out, right? Could be, like, an ear infection or something throwing off his balance. That's when the 21-year-old (now studying for his Ph.D. at Cambridge) was told he'd be bedridden soon, and dead within a few years, a prognosis that is true for almost every ALS patient. Hawking, somehow, is still alive 50 years after his diagnosis.
#12. Young Bill Clinton Wants to Crash on Your Sofa for a While
Via Nytimes.com
Tell me that man's beard is not full of Cheetos dust. That is an early 1970s Bill Clinton in his Yale days, with Hillary. Only I'm 99 percent sure that nobody called him "Bill" back then. No, a guy like that would have a nickname like "Meat" or "Boner" or "The Dude." Seriously, tell me you can find any difference between the future president in the above photo and Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski:
Both of them look like the kind of man who would interrupt a night of desperate last-minute cramming with "Dude, put down the book, I just had the best idea. It's gonna make us all rich, man. Now, just hear me out, OK? What if you could make a taco shell out of Doritos?"
#11. Mister Rogers Is Flipping You Off (With Both Fingers, No Less)
Via Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
If you see this photo out of context, your jaded mind will immediately assume you're seeing either 1) a young Mister Rogers goofing around with his producer off-air or 2) a "F*&@-IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE!"-type meltdown.
The reality, unfortunately, is that Mister Rogers appears to have really been wholesome all the way down, and here he's leading a group of children in a song that has them counting off each finger in turn. When they get to the middle finger, Rogers cracks up ...
Via Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
"Now kids, you never do this with your wheel hand unless they've just merged without signaling."
... knowing that it is going to be screen capped and shared on the Internet 45 years later.
#10. Hitler on a Snow Sled
Via Qty.se
What's hilarious about this one is that Hitler still looks ominous. From that children's snow sled he is going to conquer the world! Also, think of how different your impression of Hitler would be if he had worn that hat all the time. This looks like a particularly stupid Photoshop, but there are other pics of this from other angles and they're all equally silly (they're apparently scanned from a 1955 book by Hitler's personal photographer).
But honestly, though, did the man ever smile? Yes, he did:
Via Rex Features
"Oh heil no, you didn't just say that!"
And he also sometimes put on a suit and tie and posed awkwardly with his girlfriend:
Via Evabraun.dk
"Did I blink that time? I think I blinked. Let's do one more. What do I do with my hands? What if I ... does this look natural? OK. Wait, I think I blinked again."
And here he is hugging his pet dog:
Via Eva Braun Home Movies
"Who's the dog of the devil? Huh? Who's a fluffy little devil dog?"
By the way, if you wonder why Hitler hated the Soviet Union so much, check out his terrifyingly sexy competition ...
#9. Young Joseph Stalin Would Bang Your Girlfriend
Via Wikimedia Commons -- U.S. Public Domain
That's right, ladies. The next time you're at a party and you see a guy who looks like a rugged, more handsome Keanu Reeves with Johnny Depp hair, playing a guitar and staring at you with his big, soulful eyes, keep in mind that in 40 years he could very easily turn into this guy ...
Via Wikimedia Commons
You can just hear panties hitting the ground.
... brutal Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
#8. Michael Jordan Was a College-Age Urkel
No matter how it might seem when you're in high school, sometimes the line between jock and nerd is razor thin. Their genes might make those guys tall and give them the ability to dunk from the free throw line, but behind closed doors they're going to hike their pants way up and dance with an umbrella, as MJ was doing here in this 1983 photograph by Lane Stewart for Sports Illustrated.
There is a whole gallery of these, you can judge which one is the most embarrassing.
Via Sports Illustrated
But, seriously, it's this one.
Yet that is not the dorkiest teenage celebrity photo we have. That would be ...


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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, a fast-food chain known for its fried chicken, will open in North Buffalo at the end of October, marking its first Western New York location.
The restaurant will be located near Aldi at 2106 Elmwood Ave., and plans call for a drive-thru and new parking along Elmwood. Customers also will have access to 20 parking spaces in the Aldi lot.
The restaurant plans to be open from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
During a public hearing on the project Tuesday, no one from the community raised any concerns, and the city's Planning Board did not object to the design. But not enough board members were in attendance to vote, delaying approval for two weeks.
Construction on the 2,900-square-foot restaurant is expected to begin in July and take three months, said Popeyes Construction Manager David N. Wallace.
The nearest Popeyes are in Niagara Falls, Ont., and Rochester.
In other business at the Planning Board meeting: • Three city restaurants requested approval for new patios.
Butterwood Sweet and Savory and Pan American Grill, both at the Hotel @ the Lafayette, 391 Washington St., and Savoy, a cocktail bar that serves light fare at 149 Elmwood Ave., presented plans for small patios to the Planning Board.
Board members did not raise objections and appeared inclined to approve them in two weeks, assuming enough members attend so the board can vote.
• The Rev. Dwayne Jones of Mount Aaron Missionary Baptist Church, 538 Genesee St., described the growth in his congregation and the need for an addition. The church plans a 3,560-square-foot expansion, as the congregation has doubled now that the church offers more activities for children and seniors, Jones said.
Board members said they think the improvements will be good for the neighborhood, which is southeast of Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
During the Common Council's Legislation Committee meeting Tuesday, residents from the Seneca-Babcock neighborhood complained about air quality, noise and truck damage stemming from operations at Battaglia Demolition. "There is no quality of life for these people whatsoever," said Arthur J. Robinson, a community activist .
The Council will look into ways to stop concrete crushing at the site, said Council President Richard A. Fontana. "These people are living in a horror film over there," he said. "It's not conducive to a healthy neighborhood."
Battaglia Demolition owner Peter Battaglia said his business is in full compliance with all city and state regulations and that he has been crushing concrete since 1998.
In other business at the Legislation Committee meeting:
• Council Members Darius G. Pridgen and Demone A. Smith called on the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to remove beer advertisements from Metro Rail cars, noting that children use the transit service. The authority has said it will continue the practice, though Pridgen said he is inviting an NFTA representative to an upcoming meeting to discuss the ads.
• James Brem, a resident of the Roosevelt Apartments at 921 Main St., told the committee of his concerns about plans by the University at Buffalo to purchase a parking area used by his fellow residents, which would force them to park elsewhere. Pridgen said the Council would seek a response from the residential building's owner, though the project is not subject to city approval.
• Lawmakers sent a measure that would make the city's "ban the box" ordinance take effect in January to the full Council for a vote. The Council voted in late May to prevent employers in the city, with some exceptions, from asking on a job application whether an applicant had been convicted of a crime. The ordinance did not say when it would take effect.
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TAMPA, Fla. - The Stetson women's tennis team finished competition at the ITA Southeast Regional in Tampa on Sunday.
In the back draw, freshman Andrea Crespo (Valencia, Spain) was defeated by Megan Kurey of Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals, losing the match 7-5, 6-2. Crespo was the final Hatter to compete in the event.
Overall, the Hatters picked up two singles wins and two doubles wins over the weekend. This was the fourth, and final event of the fall season for the Hatters.
The women's tennis team will begin their spring season with a home match at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center, where they will play against Flagler College on February 2 at 10 a.m.


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They are both premium guns. Which Sig P226 were you looking at? The Used P226s, especially the older German ones are a great value, and arguably better than the newer style. They aren't usually very pretty though.
January 31, 2013, 10:32 PM
I have a couple P226's and a couple HKs (an HK45 and a USP45 compact). The triggers on the Sigs are nicer. The machining on the HKs slide is simply one of the best. Makes a Glock slide look like an unfinished block of steel.
The HKs seem to have a little better quality feel to them. The HK magazines are better built, especially comparing them to the US made Checkmates.
January 31, 2013, 10:34 PM
you should also look at the HK P30. I'm juggling the same decision at the moment. I really want a Sig Mk25TB (USN version of the P226) but people are being silly with auction prices right now ($1500) when they could be had for $900 last month.
Sergei Mosin
January 31, 2013, 10:46 PM
Fine guns both of them and you really can't go wrong. As to specific features - the P226 is heavier, but all metal; the USP is lighter and has a polymer frame. In my opinion, the SIG trigger is better; I find the H&K DA trigger to be particularly bad. When it comes to carry, the most commonly found version of the USP can be carried in Condition One (cocked & locked) or decocked, as you prefer. There are several other versions as well. The P226 (outside of a new SAO version) has only a decocker, no safety.
I'm happy to have both a SIG (P6) and a USP (.45) in my collection.
January 31, 2013, 10:50 PM
I prefer the 226.
January 31, 2013, 11:12 PM
Sig gets my vote. HK while also a great tool just don't fit my grand that well
January 31, 2013, 11:33 PM
Get them both if you can.
Get a SIG CPO? Get both the HK and SIG used?
Get SIG 220, 226, and 229.
HK P2000 or P30 in 9mm, USP in 40, and a HK 45.
And don't stop there. You need at least 40-60 handguns for your collection(to start). Then order ammo by the pallet.
February 1, 2013, 07:30 AM
My opinion is purely personal, as it involves ergonomics. I own both HKs and Sigs, and have always prefered the HK grip and control design on the major caliber guns. Either brand are top tier quality wise, but HK seems to be easier for me to use.
February 1, 2013, 08:31 AM
Gosh, that is seriously a difficult decision to make! I have a Sig P229 .40 (CPO gun without the rail up front) and absolutely love it. Although it has never failed and I trust it fully, an H&K is still an H&K. They are the epitome of a reliable combat handgun IMHO. I've owned a few and I'm currently on the lookout for a USP .45.
That being said, I will need to find myself a nice CPO P226 9mm (without a rail :-) ) to go with my P229. They are fantastic guns, but I would never buy one of the newer Sigs. Everything about the new Sig Sauer is :barf: .
February 1, 2013, 11:06 AM
I would go with a SIG if I had to pick between the two. Nothing about the HK impresses me and they have one of the worst DA triggers on the USP. I don't really have any complaints about the SIG other than it's bulky but so is the USP.
February 1, 2013, 11:08 AM
I personally prefer the Sig and would take one over an HK any day.
However, if you like the HK, then that really is all that matters. Don't talk yourself out of a quality gun (that you like) because some other guys prefer something else. That HK would serve you just as long as the Sig and will not do anything less than the Sig.
February 1, 2013, 01:16 PM
Hmmm, tough one. I carry a Sig P220R for my CCW. I would probably give the upper hand to Hk. Two reasons. I love the grip and feel of the Hk USP better, and I have dealt with the customer service of both companies, Hk, hands down has the VERY best customer service I have ever seen. I would gladly trade my P220 for a USP if I could find one locally. Just an old man's $0.02 and take it for what it's worth, an opinion...
February 1, 2013, 01:56 PM
I prefer the Sig over the HK as well, but because they feel right to me. So best I could advise is just to try them both out at a range, if you have not done so already, or at least fondle them at your LGS. Both are excellent products.
Old Dog
February 1, 2013, 02:29 PM
You should also think about parts availability and service. SIG service is second to none, they have their plant in the U.S., and parts are readily available (I get SIG parts to me in my mailbox two days after I order them!)
H&K USP -- my former duty pistol. Yech. Horrible ergonomics, feel like a brick in the hand. Good luck getting parts! (main reason we switched to another pistol) Good luck with the service! (the other reason we switched to another pistol)
February 1, 2013, 05:16 PM
You should also think about parts availability and service. SIG service is second to none, they have their plant in the U.S., and parts are readily available (I get SIG parts to me in my mailbox two days after I order them!)
I work next door to one of HK's US plants in NH. They are here too. I do believe they make their newer pistols and rifles there.
February 1, 2013, 06:50 PM
I don't have a 226 but I have owned one and now own a 229. A stock 226 is a good gun. A 226 or 229 elite is a fantastic gun. I believe there is a difference. Between a 226 and HK - either one. 226 Elite or HK I say the Sig wins.
Do you see what I mean :)
Oh but don't get me wrong - I still want to add an HK to the collection at some point. Probably a .45.
February 1, 2013, 07:18 PM
No contest: buy both.
February 1, 2013, 09:10 PM
Thanks for all the insight. Went with the HK USP today. Pleased with the decision. Now, my next chase is going to be the Sig.:evil:
Sergei Mosin
February 1, 2013, 10:20 PM
Well done! Which particular H&K did you buy?
February 1, 2013, 10:42 PM
USP 9mm full size 2 15rnd mags black on black
Sergei Mosin
February 1, 2013, 11:01 PM
A solid choice. That was one of the candidates I considered before I decided I just had to have the .45 instead.
February 2, 2013, 06:34 AM
Long story short...years back I loaded a bunch of 40 S&W too light, the H&K would cycle and the Sig wouldn't. Some of the brass ejected literally rolled down the back of my hand.
el Godfather
February 2, 2013, 07:39 AM
I have usp and 226 Elite.
As much as i like usp, elite is much better in grip, trigger and accuracy.
Cant say much about plain 226.
February 2, 2013, 08:02 AM
Since buying the full size USP, I think now I'll go with a sub compact Sig. What is the overall consensus best on a subcompact Sig 9mm, strictly a CCW gun. Like I said in my first post, I've always owned Glocks and wheel guns. Looking to broaden my horizons. I am doing my research on Sig but you guys are better research than any book or manufacturers website. Thx in advance. Looking for subcompact Sig that carries the most rounds (double stack) if that is out there?
February 2, 2013, 09:12 AM
The ONLY Sig 9mm I'd buy for carry is the P239. I wouldn't gamble my money on one of Sig's newer offerings. Like I said before, they aren't the same company that they used to be.
If you want a dedicated concealed carry 9mm, check out the Walther PPS. Walther makes some fantastic pistols as well that are easily on the same level as Sig/H&K in terms of quality and reliability. The PPS, P99, and PPQ are excellent guns and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Pics never hurt, right?
February 2, 2013, 09:48 AM
I thought he already bought the USP. (Good choice btw)
February 2, 2013, 10:16 AM
He did, but OP now wants a new carry 9mm. Just offering up a suggestion.
Sergei Mosin
February 2, 2013, 05:47 PM
SIG's only P-series subcompact is the P224. 11+1 in 9mm. The P239 (and its predecessor the P225/P6) is larger but holds only 8+1 in 9mm.
I like my P6, but I don't carry it. It's an early P6 though and may not feed hollowpoints - never tried - but I didn't buy it for carry so it doesn't matter to me. I think the P6/P225/P239 family is pretty big relative to its capacity and if I were to carry a 9mm I might choose something that holds a few more rounds.
February 2, 2013, 07:03 PM
P290 is a subcompact
February 3, 2013, 09:48 PM
Found a P226 MK25 and went ahead and took the plunge. Glad I did. Love the gun so far. Ran about 150 rnds through both my new HK and Sig. Both quality and reliability. I give the edge to the Sig though now due to a much smoother trigger pull. Also the gun is slightly heavier and the felt recoil is greatly less than the HK. Could not get over how much less the P226 MK25 recoil was compared to the HK USP.
February 3, 2013, 10:55 PM
where did you find it and how much? they're going for silly money on GB.
February 4, 2013, 10:11 AM
Go buy both because your conscience will still be questioning your desicion after you make it. Also, go check out a Sig SP2022, in my opinion that model is more comparable to an HK. The FN FNX or FNP are in that same ballpark as well as far as quality and standards. Just buy them all that way you wont be dis satisfied lol.
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I found a Mk25 this morning on GB for a low BIN so I snagged it. I also have an Inox 92FS on the way. I think my USGI 9mm buying binge is done. :D
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Ten years ago, the land on which Keith Fisher stood was slated to be developed into a ski resort. Under another potential buyer's plan, it would have morphed into a second-home residential development, he said.
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The more than 400-acre plot of scenic mountain forest that borders Mount Porte Crayon and the Roaring Plains and Dolly Sods wilderness areas in Harman was likely going to be sold to the highest bidder.
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Members of the Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service stand atop a 415-acre portion of Randolph County forest. The Forest Service will soon be obtaining the forested lands from the Nature Conservancy, adding to the Roaring Plains and Dolly Sods wilderness areas and the Conservancy's Bear Rocks preserve.
"They were going to auction it off," Fisher, the director of conservation programs for the Nature Conservancy, said of the land, which is speckled with red spruce trees.
But today, thanks to the combined efforts of Fisher's organization, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service, the 415-acre tract will soon become part of the Monongahela National Forest and as such, will be preserved for future generations to enjoy.
During a special media tour of the property Friday, officials with all three agencies announced that the forest service was acquiring the land through a series of partnerships dating back a decade.
This most recent purchase is the pinnacle of what's known as the Thunderstruck Project, an ongoing effort to preserve nearly 2,000 acres of former timber company land in a wide swath of red spruce and hardwood forest.
In 2008, the Nature Conservancy and Thunderstruck Conservation LLC teamed up to protect 275 acres through a conservation easement. Then, in 2011, the Nature Conservancy assisted in the forest service in securing another 1,100-acre addition to the Monongahela National Forest.
"All partners involved have been working on this for a decade to bring it to fruition," Fisher said.
Part of the Nature Conservancy's role has been to securely hold the most recent addition to the Thunderstruck conservation project until the Forest Service was able to cobble together enough funds to make the purchase.
"For West Virginia, this is really the top of the world," Fisher said as his Ford F-150 bounced up the rugged mountainside en route to the peak of the property, which crests at 4,600 feet.
The 415-acre tract includes 300 acres that will, within weeks, be purchased from the Nature Conservancy by the U.S. Forest Service using funds from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund; the forest service will buy the remaining 115 acres using a grant from the West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel Fund, which is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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The combination of rare species, red spruce and limestone caves qualify the land as well worth being conserved, Monongahela National Forest Supervisor Clyde Thompson said Friday.
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Microsoft Corp. may get a warmer reception than expected for its Surface Pro tablet which began to show up early in some Microsoft Stores this weekend. About 32% of global information workers said they would like to use the Microsoft Windows operating system for their next work tablet, according to a new survey by Forrester Research Inc. That translates to about 200 million global information workers who may be receptive to Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet.
Microsoft really needs the Surface Pro to be successful among workers. The company is facing a decline in sales of PCs running Windows operating system amid the growing popularity of Apple 's iPad and Samsung Electronics Co. 's Galaxy Tab tablets. So far, early adoption of Microsoft Surface seems slower than that of the iPad.
Microsoft is positioning the Surface Pro with its Windows 8 operating system as a more business-friendly tablet alternative to Apple Inc.'s iPad. The Surface Pro can run popular Microsoft office productivity and application development tools and interoperate with other applications businesses used to manage sales contacts or their supply chains. Microsoft has even indicated that the Surface Pro could replace some laptops.
While this may be attractive to CIOs because most companies already have Windows-compatible applications, the idea of Surface Pro replacing laptops may not be a practicable solution in the near term because it's simply too difficult to give workers all the other apps they need to do their jobs. "The idea that I can take a laptop away from an employee and give them a tablet is a fantasy," said Ted Schadler, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research.
A separate survey from Internet market research firm Net Applications gives the Windows 8 just a 2.2% share of the PC operating system market. But Forrester's survey shows the Surface could make a difference for Microsoft.
"It's not game over for Microsoft," said Mr. Schadler, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. He noted, however, that the survey of nearly 10,000 information workers was done before Microsoft Surface launched.
Still, if Forrester's survey is accurate, workers may just be willing to give Surface Pro a try.
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ESI says that it owns 6 of the 21 hESC lines currently listed on NIH's Stem Cell Registry. (©juggle33 - Fotolia.com)
BioTime will acquire Singapore-based ES Cell International (ESI) to pad its product offerings related to stem cells and regenerative medicine. ESI's assets cover 20 patent families, including 50 issued patents in the field of stem cell biology and a significant equity position in the Israel-based stem cell company CellCure Neurosciences.
Established in 2000, ESI was reportedly one of the first distributors of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines to the research community. ESI says that it owns 6 of the 21 hESC lines currently listed on NIH's Stem Cell Registry. Recently, ESI produced an additional six clinical-grade hESC lines and currently offers them for use in therapeutic product development.
ESI's subsidiary, Cell Cure Neurosciences, is developing cell therapies for retinal and neural degenerative diseases. Its therapeutic cells include retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells and neural progenitor cells, both derived from hESCs. The company's preclinical-stage OpRegen™ product is intended for use in RPE transplantations in patients with age-related macular degeneration.
BioTime plans to combine the newly acquired assets with its ACTCellerate™ and ReCyte™ technologies to hasten the development of human therapeutic products. The ACTCellerate technology reportedly permits the generation of scalable and highly purified cells of the human body. ReCyte is being developed as a means of implementing induced pluripotent stem cell technology on an industrial scale.
At closing, which is expected next week, BioTime will issue approximately 1.38 million of its common shares and 300,000 warrants to purchase additional common shares. The BioTime warrants will have an exercise price of $10 per common share and a term of four years. In exchange, besides the purchase of ESI's outstanding ordinary and preferred shares, BioTime will acquire from one of the ESI investors secured promissory notes in the amount of approximately $35 million of principal and accrued interest. The notes will become an intercompany obligation of ESI payable to BioTime.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Stetson baseball team enters this weekend's series at Lipscomb in search of a fourth consecutive Atlantic Sun series win.
The Hatters and Bison will open their three-game series on Friday night at 7 p.m. (ET) at Marsh Stadium. For fans naking the trip to Nashville, Lipscomb is offering free admission to all three games.
After taking road series at Jacksonville and USC Upstate, the Hatters took two-of-three at home last weekend from ETSU. The recent run of success has the Hatters (19-22, 8-7 in the A-Sun) tied with Florida Gulf Coast in the race for the A-Sun title, just three games behind front running North Florida.
With the series victory over Lipscomb (14-28, 4-11) this weekend, the Hatters will have a chance to put themselves in position to make a run at a ninth A-Sun championship. Stetson will host North Florida (29-12, 11-4) next weekend at Melching Field. The Ospreys take on Jacksonville (14-26, 7-8) this weekend.
HatterVision will have audio from all three games this weekend with Ryan Rouse calling the action. There will be no live video from the first two games of the series at Lipscomb.
If recent history is any indication, the Hatters should be poised for a good weekend. Stetson has won eight of the last nine games against Lipscomb over the last three seasons, including a sweep of the Bison last year in DeLand. Lipscomb enters the series having dropped six of their last eight games and 10 of 14.
As a team this year, the Bison are hitting just .251 and do not have a single player batting better than .300 Lipscomb does have some pop in the lineup, however, as evidenced by their 26 home runs this year. By comparison, Stetson has hit four home runs as a team.
On the flip side, Lipscomb's pitchers have produced an overall ERA of 5.02 this year and opponents are hitting .288 against the Bison pitching staff, which has allowed 22 home runs.
The numbers for Lipscomb in A-Sun play indicated the teams' struggles. While the Bison are hitting just .230 in 15 conference games, their pitching staff has a 4.95 ERA.
Stetson enters the weekend with a .276 average in league games, but it has been the Hatters' pitching that has provided the difference. After allowing just six runs, five earned, in the series against ETSU, Stetson has a 3.36 ERA in league play and is allowing just 4.2 runs per game in A-Sun play.
Offensively, the Hatters are led by the defending A-Sun Player of the Week Patrick Mazeika. The freshman has multiple hits in nine of his last 10 games and leads the A-Sun in hitting overall (.405) and in league play (.483), both by a wide margin.
On the mound, the Hatters have gotten outstanding performances from both Josh Powers (1-5, 3.15) and Austin Perez (5-1, 2.86). The biggest difference in the record for the two is the 6.0 runs per game the Hatters have scored for Perez versus the 3.3 runs per game they have scored for Powers.
Powers will be looking to get his first win in league play, and the first Friday night win for Stetson since a 3-2 victory over Fairfield on March 15, when he takes the mound in the series opener. Lipscomb is expected to counter with senior right-hander Josh Cotham (1-4, 9.64). The Bison are in search of their first Friday victory since February 22.
On Saturday night it will be the left-handed junior, Perez, who will take the mound for Stetson against Lipscomb freshman right-hander Denton Norman (2-0, 2.21).
In the series finale on Sunday the Hatters will likely send either freshman left-hander Adam Schaly (1-2, 4.43) or senior right-hander Chad Rood (0-2, 5.83) to the mound to face Lipscomb's sophomore Will Blalock (0-4, 5.37).
Stetson is still without the services of senior right-hander Kurt Schluter (0-2, 4.50) and freshman right-hander Kevin Fagan (2-2, 2.28, 2 saves) although Fagan, who has been serving as the regular designated hitter, is getting close to a possible return to the mound. In their absence, redshirt freshman right-hander Tyler Warmoth (3-2, 3.31, 2 saves) has stepped into a more prominent role out of the bull pen.
Following the series at Lipscomb, the Hatters will play next Wednesday at South Florida to close out the season series with the Bulls before embarking on an eight-game homestand that will include series against North Florida, Florida State and Northern Kentucky.


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Dr. Mike invites you to come explore some of the basic orientations to conflict, natural behavioral responses to conflict, and thusly an examination of constructive communication conflict managment skills to create positive communication climates. We cannot always choose to engage or not to engage in conflict; however, we can choose our response and how we deal with conflict.
ThursdayNovember 152:00 p.m.To be held in the Rogers Student Commons CNB Community Room
Featured speaker, Dr. Mike SearcySponsored by TRiO, Student Support Services


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If I know I am going to be out in public and will need to nurse Gray, I try to wear layers- a tank or tee that has a low neck underneath another shirt or sweater so that I can lower the bottom shirt while the top shirt stays where it is and my belly isn't showing. You can do nursing tops or tanks, too, but I've just found this is the simplest (and cheapest!) way for me to go about things a bit more discreetly.
To nurse while wearing your child, I first have baby or toddler in the sling. For smaller babies, I find the pouch or ring sling most comfortable with baby in the cradle hold. Keeping the bottom layer tee pulled down, just lower the neckline and have baby latch on. This bottom tee will keep your tummy covered and then the top layer can be used to hide any extra skin showing if you wish. In the photo to the left you can see Gray has his arms out. Where my hand is where I might be exposed. You can leave your hand there to cover up a bit or if you can get them to keep their arms in, see photo at right where the pouch rail is lifted up.
Of course, you don't have to wear layers. It is a nice plus for those of us that do like to hide our skin a bit. It gets chilly, too! Also, make use of your sling as a cover-up, too. If you are using the ring sling, the tail can be brought up over top.
In the mei tai, wrap, pouch, and ring sling I find that the tummy to tummy and hip carries work best with toddlers. When Gray nurses, he's usually "sitting" in the sling and will rest to the side or nurse "straight on" facing me.
Be sure to hold on to baby in a way you would be nursing without the sling. Then adjust the sling so that it is secure and comfortable for both you & baby. And practice! In front of a mirror is how I've learned that I'm wearing my baby the right way and nursing, too!
If you're uncomfortable trying this around others, I often will casually turn away or go in an area that is easy to get baby latched on. Once I feel "all together" I just go about as usual- and most likely no one will even know there is a baby nursing in that sling!
And I just had to include "my eye's view" of the sweetest little thing...
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So, I know a few of you were interested in knowing my grand milking myself pumping totals, and the numbers are IN!! lol
The bad news is that my supply has taken a bit of a nosedive the last few weeks and I'm down to about 12-13 ounces per day. The good news is the cause of the nosedive is that I'm pregnant!! We found out on Halloween, exactly two years to the date the we heard our DD's heartbeat for the first time, and we couldn't be more excited. Our little addition is due July 12.
Back to the milk. As of yesterday evening, I've pumped 20,287 ounces, which amounts to about 158.5 gallons. About 4,000 ounces of that was donated and another few thousand ounces are in my freezer. A total of 1,395 hours (58 days) spent pumping, much of which was when my sweet baby was sleeping and I should have been too!
And, IMHO, it was worth every last drop. The jury is still out on exactly when I will be hanging up the horns.. most likely around December when LO turns 18 months. It's been a long journey and without a doubt one of the hardest things I've ever done. I can't believe I made it this far and I'd like to send a little love to the EPing board for the support and encouragement and to my awesome DH who I couldn't have done it without.
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Larry Parrish has been named by the Tigers and the West Michigan Whitecaps to succeed Ernie Young, who managed the club the past two years.
Parrish was a career .263 hitter in the big leagues, with 256 career home runs that spanned 15 seasons.
He originally joined the organization in 1997 as the bench coach to Buddy Bell for the Tigers, and succeeded Bell as manager midway through the 1998 season, a role that he continued through 1999.
He remained with the Tigers organization through 2010, serving multiple roles, including managing the Toledo Mud Hens.
According to Tigers director of minor league operations Dan Lunetta, the Tigers were eager to bring him back. "As the all-time wins leader as the former manager of the Toledo Mud Hens, Larry comes with a very successful track record; he's an outstanding baseball man with a wealth of knowledge and experience and a strong commitment to player development," Lunetta said. "His forte is the ability to teach young men how we expect them to play the game. He is very enthusiastic about the prospect of managing the Whitecaps because he feels strongly he can have the greatest impact as a teacher and coach at this level. We certainly hope that Whitecaps fans will be quite excited about the selection of Larry Parrish as the manager of the Whitecaps."
In addition to Parrish, hitting coach Scott Dwyer will return to the team in 2013, while Mark Johnson, last year's pitching coach, will shift responsibility to handle pitching coach duties for the Class-A Connecticut Tigers. No pitching coach replacement has been named yet.


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How to Diffuse Emotional Bombs
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Jody Burkeen: Do You Fear Sin?
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Good News: Men's Ministry Can Work
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I was thinking about taking one to get things amped up for the boys. However, being an away arena, I'm fairly certain I'll get arrested or at least kicked out, so I would have to throw it towards the end of the game, hopefully when they are winning. Although, I'd really love to throw it out early and give them some spark. What do you think? How the hell do I get it in?
rrasco if you do this and I see it on TV you have a place to stay and free food when you come down to round rock for a stars game. hahahah=)


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Module 5: Clinical Outcomes by Disease Site - The Use of Proton Therapy in the Treatment of Cancers of the Connective Tissues and Bone
Proton based therapy for sarcomas is being heavily investigated due to the need to both improve outcomes and decrease acute and late effects that may affect general and health-oriented quality of life. Several centers have published their long term data regarding proton treatment of osteosarcomas (OS). One such study by Ozaki and colleagues was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in 2003, and regarded the outcomes of 1982 patients treated on Cooperative Osteosarcoma Study Group (COSS) protocols for sarcomas, 67 of whom had diagnoses of pelvic OS. Of these 67 patients, 11 underwent photon-based radiotherapy; the local failure rate among this group was 48%. Most of the patients receiving radiotherapy for pelvic OS did not have tumors that were surgically resectable; clearly, local failure rates after definitive radiotherapy in this disease remain unacceptably high. Increased radiotherapy doses are appealing in efforts to improve local control rates for OS, but that this appeal is offset by increased incidence of toxicities such as fracture, muscle fibrosis, neuropathies, and wound complications with radiotherapy doses greater than 63 – 66 Gray (Gy). However, increasing dose is potentially more feasible with proton radiotherapy since improved dose conformality is expected to reduce long-term complications in neighboring tissues. Protons may be particularly useful in the treatment of large tumors, unresectable tumors, and those in high-risk anatomical sites. Very limited data is available with regards to particle-based radiotherapy in treatment of OS. Data from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) regarding treatment of OS with combined photon and proton radiotherapy was published by Delaney and colleagues in 2005. The five-year local control in this study was 68%; no difference in outcomes was noted based on tumor location, but significantly improved local control was noted for patients who underwent surgical resection followed by radiotherapy versus those who underwent biopsy only (78% versus 40%, respectively). The role of carbon ion radiotherapy has been investigated by colleagues in Chiba, Japan, and local control rates in OS have been found to be 65%.
Chondrogenic Tumors
More comprehensive data on treatment of chordomas and chondrosarcomas is available, the majority of which has also been gathered at MGH. A combined proton/ photon approach for treatment of these tumors has been employed at MGH since 1973, and proton-based radiotherapy for chondrogenic tumors has been employed in more limited numbers at other United States centers, as well as centers in Switzerland and France. Outcomes for 622 patients treated at MGH for skull base chordomas and chondrosarcomas were published by Muzenrider and colleagues in 1998. In this publication, five- and ten-year local recurrence-free survival rates for chondrosarcomas were excellent (98% and 95%, respectively), while those for chordomas were somewhat less (73% and 54%, respectively) but still better then that was has been historically reported with photon irradiation.. Risk classification for local recurrence of chordomas in this study appeared to be based on both gender and tumor size. Side effects from this skull base radiation included a 7-8% risk of grade 3 or higher toxicity; this risk appeared to be increased in treatment of large tumors, those causing compression of normal brain, and those involving critical normal structures. Increased dose to normal tissues, prior neurosurgery, smoking, diabetes, and hypertension were also associated with increased toxicity. A cohort of patients with extracranial chordomas of the axial skeleton were treated at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), and these results were recently published. Proton radiotherapy was delivered to a median dose of 72 Gray Equivalents (GyE) (range 59.4 – 78 GyE). Local control was 60% at five-years of follow-up; interestingly, over half of local failures (12/ 21) occurred in patients who had undergone surgical resection/ stabilization. Only one patient of 19 who did not undergo surgical stabilization experienced local failure. This discrepancy maybe due to artifactual effects of orthopedic hardware on proton dosing; however, there needs for surgical stabilization could also simply be a surrogate for worse, less curable, tumors at time of diagnosis.
Links to reviews of recent abstracts and presentations regarding proton therapy for sarcomas of the base of skull, spinal cord and paraspinal soft tissue sarcomas:
- ASTRO 2006 Opportunities in Proton Therapy - Chordoma/Chondrosarcoma
- Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
- Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Skull Base and Paracervical Chordomas
- Carbon Ion Radiotherapy in Germany: Update on the Clinical Results from 394 patients Treated at the University of Heidelberg and on the Future Perspectives at the Heidelberg Ion Therapy Center (HIT)
- Definitive high dose photon/proton radiotherapy for unresected chordomas
- Efficacy and Safety of Spot Scanning Proton Radiation Therapy for Skull Base Tumors: First Long Term Report of the PSI Experience
- Particle Therapy for Sarcomas
- Phase II Study of Proton Radiotherapy for Spine and Paraspinal Sarcoma
- Proton Beam Therapy for Clival Chordomas
- Proton Radiation Therapy for Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas of the Skull Base
- Spot-Scanning Proton Radiation Therapy for Extra-cranial Chordoma
- Treatment of Skull Base Tumors With Proton Therapy
Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Proton therapy for soft tissue sarcomas (STS) has been less well-studied in the adult population; however, several groups have published their findings using proton therapy to treat pediatric STS patients. Recently, Timmerman and colleagues published outcomes data on a group of 16 pediatric STS patients treated at PSI. The children were of median age 3.7 years (range 1.4 – 14.7 years), and median tumor dose was 50.4 GyE. Local control was 75% at two years, with failures occurring in 2/ 12 patients treated for rhabdomyosarcoma, and 2/ 4 treated for other STS. Results of proton radiotherapy delivered at MGH and Loma Linda University Hospital to 19 children with skull base sarcomas has also recently been published. Median dose delivered was 70 GyE (range 45 – 78.6 GyE), and 5-year local control was 72%.
However, there is now emerging data being publish in the adult population. Dosimetrically, proton radiotherapy may be able to deliver a higher dose to the tumor safely. A recent study out of Massachusetts General Hospital examined spinal sarcomas in adults (patients older than 16) (Delany TF. et al., Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print]). Patients had to have no metastasis and tumors involving the thoracic, lumbar or sacrum. Paraspinal masses were also included in this study. Patients with recurrent disease could be included in this trial. Patients were treated with either pre or post-operative radiation. Subclinical disease was treated with 50.4 CGE, microscopic disease to 70.2 CGE, and gross disease to 77.4 CGE in 1.8 CGE fractions. 5 year local control, recurrence free survival and overall survival were 78%, 63%, and 87%, respectively. Toxicities included three sacral neuropathies (of 50 patients) but no cases of myelopathy. This study found a high rate of local control in patient treated at the time of diagnosis, however it was lower for patients treated for recurrence.
At present, data is very limited in certain treatment situations in adults and extrapolation from other sarcoma literature can offer guidance as we await the maturation of data in larger cohorts of patients in varied clinical situations. However there is some data available from smaller studies. The Paul Scherrer Institute has published its experience using spot scanning protons to treat adults with soft tissues sarcomas (Weber DC et al., Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Nov 1;69(3):865-71.). Various tumor histologies were included and all tumors abutted critical structures. All patients had non-R0 resection, recurrent disease, or unresectable tumors. The median dose patients were treated to was 69.4 CGE with a median dose of 1.9 CGE per fraction. At a median follow up of 48.1 months 11/13 patients were alive with 3/13 patients having local recurrence. These patients received 60 CGE or less. The 4 year local control and metastasis free survival rate was 74.1% and 84.6%, respectively. Two patients had grade 2 or greater toxicity. These findings suggest that scanning beam proton therapy is safe and effective in patients with soft tissue sarcomas abutting critical structures.
Pre-operative proton therapy has not been well studied but is appealing for several reasons. Among these are possibilities for decreased radiotherapy volumes, as well as potential decrease in risk of wound-healing complications based on extrapolation from data on photon radiotherapy in the pre-operative setting. Dosimetrically, proton radiotherapy may be able to deliver higher dose to the unresected tumor while also limiting dose to the planned surgical access route. This would of course require excellent communication on the part of the radiation oncologist and the surgeon, but could be possible because of the markedly reduced exit dose with use of proton radiotherapy. Proton base radiotherapy is rarely used in extremity sarcomas, but protons may be of benefit. Protons could potentially be employed to decrease radiotherapy volumes (and in turn the muscle volume at risk for fibrosis), and could also spare circumferential dose to bones, decreasing the risk of late fracture. In the adult population, proton therapy has been demonstrated in dosimetric studies to decrease the integral volume of tissue treated. This would be of particularly use in patients with co-morbid conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis who require treatment to the pelvis or abdomen. However, at present safe organ-at-risk doses have not yet been established for proton therapy.
Links to reviews of recent abstracts and presentations regarding proton therapy for soft tissue sarcomas:
- ASTRO 2006 Opportunities in Proton Therapy - Pelvic Sarcoma
- Preliminary Experience with Proton Radiotherapy for Pelvic Bone Sarcomas
- A Comparison of 3-D Conformal Proton Therapy, Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy, and Intensity Modulated Photon Therapy for Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
- Particle Therapy for Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Retrospective Study
- Proton beam therapy for bone and soft tissue sarcomas: 35-year single institutional retrospective review


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Institute for Peace and Justice
Phone: (619) 260-7509
Fax: (619) 260-7570
Location: KIPJ Room 113
Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
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San Diego, CA 92110
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
Institute Programs
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice offers students and the community three programs designed to increase awareness and knowledge of peace and justice processes, policy, practice, and advocacy. These programs are:
- Women PeaceMakers: documents the stories and best practices of international women leaders in peacebuilding.
- WorldLink: connects youth to global affairs and provides opportunities for them to meet world leaders and experts.
- Distinguished Lecture Series: a forum for high-level national and international leaders and policy makers to share their knowledge and perspectives.
All three programs help:
- Educate and inform.
- Build the capacity of individuals and groups so they are included in decision-making processes that promote human rights, democracy, peace, and justice.
- Empower civil society to prevent, resolve and transform conflict for sustainable peace.


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Learn advanced construction and finishing techniques with sewing expert Katrina Walker. Use easy tests to understand how fabrics will perform and respond to pressing. Sew perfect curved and fisheye darts. Breeze through garments with lots of gathers without pulling threads. Simplify sewing intricate curves and corners. Cut and sew to match up complex fabric patterns precisely. Install professional facings, lapped zippers and truly invisible zippers. Tame specialty fabrics and sheers with seaming skills. Plus, hem slippery fabrics, sheers and even open lace knits. Upgrade your garments with advanced techniques for sewing complex projects, finicky fabrics and professional finishes with finesse.
Meet your instructor, Katrina Walker, learn more about building your sewing reference notebook and review fabric factors that can affect your work and design decisions.
Testing your fabric will help you understand how it will perform in your projects. Katrina demonstrates how to evaluate your fabric, how to pre-stabilize slippery fabrics and how to work with plaids.
A dimpled point is the mark of an amateur dart. Get some dart-sharpening tips, whether your darts are straight, curved or double-pointed, then learn how to create gathers without grumbling.
Match patterned fabric with Katrina's professional guidance and learn how to tackle sewing inside and outside curves with two great techniques.
Polish your edges with fabulous facings, truly invisible zippers and lapped zippers. Katrina shows you how!
Get a handle on tricky seams as Katrina shows you how to sew a welt seam, double topstitched seam, lapped seam and more. You'll see how to handle bulky or sheer fabrics and will practice on the exclusive chiffon capelet pattern provided with your class.
Hem up your finery with Katrina's expert assistance. Learn about bound hems, interfaced hems, baby hems and more. Even the trickiest fabrics will bend to your will!
Praise for Katrina Walker's Decorative Seams: Techniques & Finshes:
"This class is awesome for so many reasons; here are a few that come to mind first. 1. Techniques are arranged from easy everyday decorative seams to more specialized + skillful techniques. So even if you are a seasoned designer, you will still find abundant inspirations. 2. Exploring different presser foot options ... it is eye-opening to see the different options that can help me achieve different looks and designs. 3. Genius ideas along the way - Katrina shares her favorite tips and advice in the video and feedback. 4. Awesome examples and end uses! Katrina also explains so many uses for all the techniques. I am so inspired, I want to add these seam techniques to all the things I have planned! I love adding the small details that instantly adds glamor and artistry, I can't wait for Katrina to start another class! "
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5 Mistakes Made by Every New Parent
#2. Thinking They'll Always Be That Way
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The First Child
The odds of you having a kid with some annoying behaviors are approximately 100 percent because they're human, and humans can be really fucking annoying. My ex-brother-in-law had kids who were so hyperactive, we couldn't be around them for more than 30 minutes at a time without feeling like we were about to flip out and attempt to put them back in their mom for a do-over. All three of my kids were colicky, which means that they cried almost nonstop for seemingly no reason, to the point where we thought they needed to be hospitalized.
Later in life, they spilled virtually everything they touched. There wasn't one square foot of our house that didn't have massive, disgusting stains on it, over half of which were their fault, and almost a quarter of which weren't blood. After a while, you just sort of give up and accept that this is the way they are, and that they are beyond repair.
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Yeah, you won't be smiling later when you're trying to pass that table back out your asshole.
But After That, You Realize ...
It's impossible to make sweeping statements about personalities, but for the most part, they level off. Bratty kids don't tend to stay bratty. Well-behaved kids will eventually go through a rebellious phase. It's unavoidable -- they are biologically programmed to do so. It's part of the software that teaches them independence and disconnection from the nest. And it's a huge part of what teaches you fist control as a parent.
In every family I've ever known, there has always been a period where the kids listen to one parent but not the other. In most of those cases, it was them obeying the father and blowing off the mother as if her rules didn't count. It doesn't mean that you have to accept this as a problem that cannot be fixed and controlled, but know that it is common. It's not just you. Unless you're a squishy pushover who lets them do whatever they want, in which case, yes, it's you. Man up or live with it, pussy.
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"Well, OK, but after this, no more severed horse heads for another month, got it?"
The fix in almost every case is consistency. Sticking to punishments as well as rewards. You can't ground your kid for a week and then give in two days later, saying, "Well, I think you learned your lesson. We'll let it go this time. Just remember, it's wrong to set other people's houses on fire." It tells them that their punishments are flexible and work out in their favor. It teaches them that you're a pushover who can be manipulated into giving them what they want, regardless of their actions. You also can't give kids an allowance for their chores one week and then nothing the next. They eventually fall into the frame of mind of "I don't know what to expect if I do this thing, so fuck it."
Children are very routine-based creatures, and they need that stability. If you provide a steady, predictable ground base for them, they will eventually fall in line and outgrow the bullshit that drives you crazy right now. But remember, it works both ways. They're not always going to be loveable, huggy daddy's girls. Eventually, they need their freedom, and their antivirus software will boot your ass out like a Trojan-laced porn site.
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"Unless you brought us some hair gel, you need to fuck completely off."
#1. Assuming That You're Screwing Them Up
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The First Child
Every time you turn on the news, your parent alarm goes off because there is always a new thing trying to kill our children:
Believe me, those news stories are harming them just as much as every product those dumb cockholes are talking about.
We've grown accustomed to this bullshit ratings trick that's designed to play off of our parental instincts, forcing us to tune in to their show. Because what if they're right? What if looking at a computer screen is frying your kid's brain? What if ice cream turns out to be the horrific tool of a murderous industry bent on population control? Have I unknowingly been turning my son into an emotionless monster by letting him eat grapes?
But After That, You Realize ...
You are the product of hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution, designed specifically for survival and procreation. You are quite literally programmed on the molecular, DNA level to be a parent. The basics are already woven into you, without you ever having to read a book or talk to an expert: You know when to feed a child, when to apply first aid, when they need emotional comfort ... all of that stuff is in you right now, and it will come out like projectile vomit when you are face to face with the product of your filthy, dirty fucking.
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You are the culmination of our sexual depravity.
Trust your instincts, because the fact that you are alive and well today proves that they work.
Yes, there are going to be times when you make mistakes. Maybe you let your mood get the best of you, and you go a little overboard on your child over something fairly insignificant. Or maybe you found out the hard way that they're allergic to pickles. They'll live. Obviously, you need to apologize to them in a way that they'll understand, but I promise you that they won't be scarred for life because of it. In fact, it's probably better that they see those things occasionally because you are not a god, and they need to understand that you're fallible, just like everyone else. So when they make mistakes themselves, they won't feel like they are complete fucking failures, unworthy of your perfection.
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"I'll never be a lyrical gangsta! Why does Fred Durst have to be my father?!"
But trust me, you'll eventually look back on the way you raised your first child and think, "Holy shit, I worried way too much." Which is fine, I suppose. Worrying too much is probably better than not worrying enough. You'll get it, though. It's not rocket science. Although if you raise a person so well that he or she becomes a rocket scientist, you totally get to take credit for that shit.
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Colin Fisher Studios
Colin Fisher started collecting art and antiques at the age of 16, after attending his first live auction. Before he knew it, 35 years had passed and he'd turned his passion into a business. In addition to his 4,000-square-foot showroom, he has more than a dozen warehouses filled with paintings, sculpture, artifacts, and more. That's only part of why his business is considered the number one destination for top designers and those who appreciate good taste.