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Speaking of Washington D.C., until very recently when the Supreme Court overturned its handgun ban, it had some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. Also one of the highest murder rates. Yet last year there were only 88 murders, a huge decline. It's been all over the news...yet nowhere have I heard mention that it just might be because the handgun ban was lifted?
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More people were murdered last year by hammers than rifles by a number of close to 2 to 1. More people were murdered by the use of hands last year than by rifles. Are we going to outlaw hammers and hands?
Weapons are not the problem. People are the problem. You can not legislate away murder. People that want to kill, will kill regardless of the weapon they have. You just never hear about the hammers because it lacks sensationalism. Therefore it is a BORING headline.
Keep the second amendment, open the nut house's back up and lock the crazies away. That ladies and gentleman is my non political correct statement of the day.
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Well put, I hope your aim tomorrow is as accurate as your opinion is today. See ya in the am.
American Thinker had an interesting piece on why you need larger clips ... various scenarios of multiple attackers and also the inability of .22s and .38 slugs not being able to take down an attacker before he could inflict serious injury.
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I don't know if this had been covered in any thread lately so here goes. How many of these people who commit mass murders have been hunters of game animals ? Not trying to hi-jack this thread.
P.S. I have not heard of one of them being a hunter/sportsman before they went off their rocker. They practiced with a gun at gun ranges in some cases but that is not the same.
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...up to date on their IRS taxes? You gotta wonder if the Democrats only pay their taxes once they are appointed to an office that might be investigated. Now our "Favorite Son" (an obvious unfinished sentence) Tom Dashole is a 100 grand lighter in the wallet for paying up what he was going to abscond with, had this lousy appointment not interferred.
Makes you wonder how much these appointments are really worth down the road? Certainly he will be 'refunded' that measly $100 grand many times over eh?
We can only hope that smarmy POS doesn't make a speech about how he's looking forward to "helping the people". That's NEVER been part of his agenda.
BTW, how about the joke of Obama saying he's not involving any lobbyists???? HELLLLLLL-OOOOOOO!!! Guess what Dashole has been doing the past 4 years since being ousted from Sodak politics?
Two tax-dodgers in the POTUS cabinet. Woulda been 3 had one not resigned before being questioned. Add in the corrupt AG and you libs have gotta be proud of all the change you voted in. And to think, the fun has just begun.


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This morning I read an interesting article on Securelist regarding a new Trojan called Ice IX that seems to be based on the leaked ZeuS source code.
I've googled a little bit and found a post on a well known underground forum where a user with the nickname nvidiag is selling Ice IX (UPDATE Aug 27, 2011: After my blog post the topic on opensc.ws has obviously been deleted):
The core was redesigned and enhanced. It was enhanced bypassing the proactive protection and firewall using driver mode, injects are working more stable on IE and Firefox based browsers.
The main goals were adding protection from detection by trackers, getting higher response, more stealthiness, and longer vitality. The goals were successfully reached.
The features advertised by nvidiag seems to be the same as in ZeuS. But there seems to be one new feature:
The config file now id getting not directly but throw the proxy.php file where you should enter the same key using for crypt data exchange between bot and control panel. If the request for config is created not by bot with the same key the 404 error will be returned. So no way to download and analyze the configuration file.
This is a major advantage if you are creating a big botnets, because the main problem of original Zeus – it is trackers.
So, according to this forum post Ice IX has a function to protect ZeuS Tracker & Co from being able to download the config file. For example, instead of HTTP GET Ice IX will only serve a config file when the clients sends a HTTP POST request
Does this new anti ZeuS Tracker feature makes it impossible to track Ice IX? Well, let's try this:
–2011-08-25 XX:XX:XX– http://chilloutcaffee.net/photos/zb1/cc/ccc.php
Resolving chilloutcaffee.net… 220.127.116.11
Connecting to chilloutcaffee.net|220.127.116.11|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response…
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 XX:XX:XX GMT
Server: Apache/2
Length: 41370 (40K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `ccc.php'
100%[==============>] 41,370 7.80K/s in 5.2s
2011-08-25 XX:XX:XX (7.80 KB/s) – `ccc.php' saved [41370/41370]
ccc.php: data
Looks good…
f673999a9de960d5ae0d9d72beaf0433 ccc.php
Let's try to decrypt it…
url_loader (binary download)
url_server (dropzone)
entry "AdvancedConfigs" (backup config files)
é voilà – Ice IX config file successfully downloaded and decrypted. You just need to do some wget Kung Fu and you need to have the binary to extract the RC4 key in order to decrypt the Ice IX config file and to construct the correct hash value in the URL used to query the configuration file.
Below is a list of Ice IX botnet controllers I've seen so far:
Is Ice IX a new threat? Not really. It has the same functionality as ZeuS, but it tries to evade ZeuS Tracker & Co (but royally fails). I will continue to monitor the situation.
*** Further reading ***
- Securelist: Ice IX, the first crimeware based on the leaked ZeuS sources
- PCWorld: Researchers See Improvements in Breakaway Zeus Malware


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Taking a positive approach by focusing on upgrading workers' skills is more productive than warning against AI's incursion into the labor landscape. Instead of trying to guard against a human vs. machine battle, what we need is greater human-machine collaboration. As The Wall Street Journal observed, "Automating parts of a job will often increase the productivity and quality of workers by complementing their skills with machines and computers, as well as by enabling them to focus on those aspects of the job that most need their attention."
The AI-driven workplace evolution will not edge out humans altogether. A McKinsey Global Institute report suggested, "Humans will still be needed in the workforce [as] … the total productivity gains we estimate will only come about if people work alongside machines. That in turn will fundamentally alter the workplace, requiring a new degree of cooperation between workers and technology."
I realized that my assessment practices were bogged down by an overemphasis on scores and my total domination of assessment and grading. This year, I changed my approach, using feedback and revisions only, without entering a letter grade until the end of each term. At that point, I allow students an opportunity to evaluate their overall performance using statements from my Descriptive Grading Criteria (adapted from Ken O'Connor's 15 Fixes for Broken Grades). Upon completing this process, they sign up to conference with me personally, or complete a linked letter or video explaining the grade they believe they deserve.
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"Established in 2014, the American Library Association's Center for the Future of Libraries is dedicated to anticipating future trends and supporting forward-looking innovation in libraries. On this website, visitors can learn more about emerging library trends, keep abreast of the Center's activities via its blog, and download and read related reports. The Trends section of this website is especially interesting. Here, visitors will find information about 25 emerging movements and issues in libraries, ranging from Connected Learning to Robots to concerns about online Anonymity. Each trend includes an overview with links to related resources, and trends can also be browsed by classification (including Society, Technology, and Demographics). A specific highlight of the Library of the Future Blog, is Read for Later, "a weekly wrap-up of news and articles to help library professionals think about the future of our collections, spaces, services, partners, and roles in the community." Here, readers will find dozens of articles and resources that will be of interest to forward-looking librarians. For instance, in the March 27, 2017 Read for Later, visitors can download the New Media Consortium's Horizon Report on libraries, a sixty-page investigation of the opportunities and challenges of adopting new technologies in academic and research libraries."
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Over the past century and a half, the introduction of new technologies has dramatically changed the ways that sound, moving images, and data are recorded. These changes have rendered a number of objects and devices obsolete, from the Ambrotype (a photographic technique used between 1855 and 1865) to Little Marvel Records (a distinctive type of record sold only in Woolworth's Department stores between 1921 and 1922) to the Dragon 32 home computer (sold in Wales between 1982 and 1984). The Museum of Obsolete Media, curated by UK-based librarian Jason Curtis, highlights such materials via four collections: Audio Formats, Video Formats, Data Formats, and Film Formats. Within each collection, visitors may view photographs of dozens of obsolete media items. Each item is accompanied by an image and a brief description of its production, use, and eventual demise. Visitors may also enjoy browsing this collection by a series of Lists, which include Formats by Decade of Obsolescence, 10 Sony Formats that Failed, and 1980s Music Gallery. [MMB]
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Teddy Roosevelt did it. Harry Truman did it. Want to be an outstanding leader? Keep a leadership journal. As part of my executive coaching work, one of the most effective tools I recommend that powers up the coaching process is a leadership journal. The exercise of leadership is not unlike a sport you play. When you review your actions in the field you learn what worked, what didn't, and adjust along the way. Leadership guru Peter Drucker said: " Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. "
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While podcasting is more accessible than ever, the journey to launch a podcast successfully is a challenging one. Read this article to find out how.
"Over the last several years, the Sundance Film Festival has been an early adopter, and key champion, of bringing virtual-reality content into the world of film. What had once been primarily a gaming movement has evolved into a cinema fixture. Sundance and its New Frontier program are big reasons why.
"This year that movement turned up a few notches. The Sundance that ended recently was the first in which VR occupied its own physical space — an intimate venue away from the Main Street tumult called the "VR Palace." It was, coincidentally, also the first festival in which much of the content can now be viewed broadly, thanks to the release of dedicated headsets such as the Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR in the last year.
"Maybe most importantly, it was the first year veteran creators truly began to push boundaries. Nearly every one of the modern VR pioneers — Chris Milk, the directing tandem known as Felix & Paul, Oculus' in-house filmmakers — brought new content to show off, along with worthy lesser-knowns. Much of it — 16 pure VR pieces at the Palace and about a dozen more with VR components at the mainline New Frontier exhibition — was impressive and instructive. (Many are also available for these new platforms, or can be viewed at an upcoming film festival/tech show.)
"Virtual reality is still a ways off from mass consumer adoption. But one of its biggest hurdles — not enough interesting content — is firmly a thing of the past."
See story for descriptions of 7 top selections from Sundance.
The big banks and Silicon Valley are waging an escalating battle over your personal financial data: your dinner bill last night, your monthly mortgage payment, the interest rates you pay.
Technology companies like Mint and Betterment have been eager to slurp up this data, mainly by building services that let people link all their various bank-account and credit-card information. The selling point is to make budgeting and bookkeeping easier. But the data is also being used to offer new kinds of loans and investment products.
Now, banks have decided they aren't letting the data go without a fight.
Saying that it has always been this way, doesn't count as a legitimate justification to why it should stay that way. Teacher and administrators all over the world are doing amazing things, but some of the things we are still doing, despite all the new solutions, research and ideas out there is, to put it mildly, incredible.
I'm not saying we should just make the current system better… we should change it into something else.
I have compiled a list of 14 things that are obsolete in 21st century schools and it is my hope that this will inspire lively discussions about the future of education.
Exposure to science, technology, engineering and math as early as preschool can yield long-term academic benefits, according to a report by researchers from New America and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. The report also reveals four barriers to integrating STEM in early learning.
"An 8-year-old boy who learned to drive online took himself and his little sister to McDonald's on Sunday, hoping to buy cheeseburgers with money from his piggy bank, according to reports.
East Palestine Patrolman Jacob Koehler went to the restaurant after several people reported seeing the boy driving a van through the Ohio village's downtown. When the officer arrived, the 8-year-old was still behind the wheel."
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Here are three interesting free resources for science teachers using iPad with their students in class. These are courses provided by Apple Education featuring various tips, ideas and content designed specifically to help teachers integrate iPad in their science instruction. You will get to explore curated science collections, discover relevant apps, books and iTunes u materials and lessons to compliment your classroom instruction. We invite you to check them out below and share with us your feedback in our Facebook page.
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When it comes to future challenges, one of the biggest will be water scarcity - on a warming planet we're going to have plenty of seawater, but not enough fresh, clean water in the right places for everybody to drink.
And while a lot of research has focussed on desalination, a team of scientists have now come up with another possible solution - a device that pulls fresh water out of thin air, even in places with humidity as low as 20 percent. All it needs is sunlight.
It might sound too good to be true, but so far the research is solid. Called the 'solar-powered harvester', the device was created by teams from MIT and the University of California, Berkeley, using a special type of material known as a metal-organic framework (MOF).
To be clear, it's only in the prototype phase right now and has been tested in pretty limited situations, but the results so far have just been published in Science.
"This is a major breakthrough in the long-standing challenge of harvesting water from the air at low humidity," said one of the researchers, Omar Yaghi from UC Berkeley.
"There is no other way to do that right now, except by using extra energy. Your electric dehumidifier at home 'produces' very expensive water."
Ashcraft, who works with organizations and companies interested in making their workplace more inclusive, says employers should not just scrutinize their recruiting practices and demographics—but also re-evaluate their culture. "The first thing [employers] want to do is recruit, but they don't realize they have cultural problems within the organization, and it can be difficult to focus on that," says Ashcraft. Without fixing culture, she says "even if you successfully increase the pipeline, you won't be successful if they leave once they get there."
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metaLAB, or mL(at)H, is "an idea foundry, knowledge-design lab, and production studio" that is dedicated to pioneering new ways for libraries to serve communities. Based out of Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center, the metaLAB explores "the digital arts and humanities through research, experimentation, tool building, teaching, through publications in print and online, and via exhibition, performance, and social practice." Within this broad mission, the future of libraries is a special focus. metaLAB is headed by Matthew Battles, who authored the 2003 book Library: An Unquiet History. One of metaLAB's ongoing projects, Library Test Kitchen, is a series of workshops that encourage participants to rethink how libraries could function. Recent ideas that have come out of these workshops include a "Neo-Carell Sleeping Chair" (a portable carell that simultaneously serves as a chair, laptop stand, and napping spot) and a WiFi "Cold Spot" to help users disconnect. Meanwhile, other metaLAB projects and publications center on the changing nature of preserving and presenting data and objects. For example, Yanni Alexander Loukissas's Life and Death of Data, offers an interactive history of Harvard's Arnold Arboretum Archives. Visitors may scroll through a timeline to see when the Arboretum acquired certain archival materials. [MMB]
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"Since 1996, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine has been dedicated to preserving public websites for generations to come. As the team behind the Wayback Machine explains, "Most societies place importance on preserving artifacts of their culture and heritage...Our culture now produces more and more artifacts in digital form." As of this write up, the Wayback Machine includes over 284 webpages. New pages are added to the Wayback Machine in two ways. Most sites are added via web crawlers, which are set up to track a variety of websites of interest. Users are also invited to save additional webpages for posterity via the Save Page Now button. To use the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, visitors simply type in the URL of a website of interest (e.g. whitehouse.gov; nytimes.com). Next, users will see a calendar of archived webpages, organized by date. Users will also find a series of special collections here, including Understanding 9/11 (an archive of over 3,000 media reports of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center) and the Live Music archive. [MMB]"
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I have used the Wayback Machine and the Internet Archive quite often over the past 15 years. It is a wonderful resource and I can't recommend it highly enough -- especially for finding old sites that no longer exist on the everyday web.
Selling an education technology product to public school districts in the United States has never been easy. Now it may be even tougher, with severe budget cuts looming over the education sector.
The President's education budget proposal, which aims to cut $13 billion in education spending in the 2018-2019 school year, will have to go through both the House and Senate before it is approved. In its current state that's highly unlikely, according to most budget analysts. The 2017-2018 school year budget will be a continuation of what was set by Congress under the previous administration. However, as Politico reported, documents have surfaced showing the Trump administration's desire to cut an additional $3 billion from the 2017-2018 year budget. If Congress agrees, that will likely frustrate administrators who may have to wrestle with a last-minute curveball in their budgeting plans. On April 28, Congress will decide whether or not they want to continue the funding resolution as is or make changes for the upcoming school year.
"Everyone is reassessing funding sources and the stability of those sources going forward," explains David DeSchryver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Research at Whiteboard Advisors, a consulting firm that specializes in education policy.
What does that mean, exactly? It means that, for many students, "who you are" as an 18-year-old is more important than "where you go." After correcting for a student's pre-existing talent, ambition, and habits, it's hard to show that highly selective colleges add much earning power, even with their vaunted professors, professional networks, and signaling. If you're one of the roughly 50,000-100,000 students who is sweating a decision from one of these tony schools, you're focused on the wrong thing. The decision of a group of people you've never met isn't as important as the sum of the decisions, habits, and relationships you've built up to this point in your young life.
Have you ever taught a lesson really, really well—but not all of your students got it right on the test? Or, as a student, were you ever surprised that you completely blew a question on a test? Stacey Roshan is one of those teachers who cannot accept that her students fail when the material has been covered in class. Stacey's response to this universal dilemma is to leverage emerging technologies to learn more about how, when, and why her students make mistakes—and her techniques have led to deep learning of difficult math concepts.
Many of Stacey's processes are counterintuitive to how teachers were taught to teach. In her blended classroom, there is less transfer of knowledge from the teacher, more conversations of problem solving among the students, and more listening and learning by the teacher about how students learn. All of this represents a major shift of control to the students, resulting in deep learning on their part. Various tools and a robust online community makes all of this possible and manageable.
On Tuesday afternoon, while most people were focused on the latest news from the House Intelligence Committee, the House quietly voted to undo rules that keep internet service providers — the companies like Comcast, Verizon and Charter that you pay for online access — from selling your personal information.
The Senate already approved the bill, on a party-line vote, last week, which means that in the coming days President Trump will be able to sign legislation that will strike a significant blow against online privacy protection.
The bill not only gives cable companies and wireless providers free rein to do what they like with your browsing history, shopping habits, your location and other information gleaned from your online activity, but it would also prevent the Federal Communications Commission from ever again establishing similar consumer privacy protections.
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"When it comes to success, it's easy to think that people blessed with brains are inevitably going to leave the rest of us in the dust, but social psychologist Amy Cuddy knows first-hand how attitude can outweigh IQ.
"Cuddy suffered a car accident at the age of 19 which resulted in brain damage that took 30 points from her IQ. Before the crash Cuddy had an IQ near genius levels; her post-crash IQ was just average.
"As someone who had always built her identity around her intelligence, the significant dip in Cuddy's IQ left her feeling powerless and unconfident. Despite her brain damage, she slowly made her way through college and even got accepted into the graduate program at Princeton.
"Once at Princeton, Cuddy struggled until she discovered that it was her lack of confidence that was holding her back, not her lack of brainpower. This was especially true during difficult conversations, presentations, and other high-pressure, highly important moments."
If you have not watched (and even if you have) Amy Cuddy's TED Talk read this very useful article from her on body language.
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Add a healthy dose of cool, light, garden-fresh flavor to your appetizer offerings with these low-fat herbed cucumber, cream cheese and shaved ham bites.
Garlic-and-herb spreadable cheese adds fantastic flavor to these bite-size sandwiches, but regular cream cheese spread will also work just fine.
You can make these sandwiches a day ahead, then place them in a single layer in a totable container. Keep them in your fridge until you're ready to go.
The appeal of seedless cucumbers is they don't need any peeling. Plus, the green skin adds a nice dash of color.
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a machine I maintain, and about an hour later, the other people who use
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the other admins have /etc/passwd logins, but everyone else was LDAP.
No-one with LDAP could log in.
That's because our LDAP database was now magically empty. Empty. No amount of dpkg-reconfigure'ing could even convince it to add an admin user to the database. I removed the relevant section from my sources.list, spat on the ground, and swore never to use it again. Stick with the version in woody. (09:44 | #)


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INPhO, the Information Network on Post-harvest Operations, was originally designed by FAO with the support and collaboration of GIZ and CIRAD in 1996. The site is currently undergoing a review and reformat to enhance the presentation and accessibility of the information available. This information resource is managed by the FAO Nutrition and Food Systems Division.
The principal objectives of INPhO are to promote good practice in post-harvest activities for agricultural products and to assist in the expansion of agribusiness by providing easy access to technical data and information.
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Avocado is a fruit from a tree that has a variable growth and development, reaching a height of 10 to 12 m in its natural habitat. Mature trees over 8 years old produce fruit all year round. Avocado is cultivatedthroughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with Mexico the largest producer. The fruit has an exquisite taste and aroma, a high nutritional value and various medicinal benefits. Post-harvest ...
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The information provided in this section is intended to be used as an efficient tool to assist in skill enhancement and development in post-harvest activities and small agro-industries development.
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The Post 9-11 GI Bill has been signed into law. This is completely sererate from the Montgomery GI Bill. This bill includes 40%-100% tuition (based on length of service), $1,000 for books, and housing allowance! Check out the links. This is outstanding news for me personally...as it takes effect the same time I (hopefully) start grad school.
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Add something flavorful to your family's Asian dinner! Serve stir-fried chicken and vegetables over rice - a dish that's ready in 30 minutes!
For an earthier mushroom flavor, try 1/2 cup of shiitake mushrooms in place of 1 cup of regular mushrooms.
Garnish this stir-fry with green onion "fans": Cut several 1-inch slits through both ends of 4-inch lengths of green onion. Place slit onions in cold water until the cut ends have fanned out.
Prepare this stir-fry for an Asian-theme dinner party. Start the menu with black tea, and serve wedges of fresh pineapple and fortune cookies for dessert.
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It's that time of the year. The kids are back in School.. No more back to school shopping, School opens houses are wrapped up and we know who the teachers are. The weather is changing, gone are the hot days of summer and clouds are creeping back in. Chilly mornings and its getting dark after dinner. When Webelos Den leaders are on the phone setting up Troop visits, parents are looking at Troops, and Webelos Scouts are ready to cross over… well not completely ready, but they are anxious and wanting more. More in Scouting.
Over the past week I have been on the receiving end of many phone calls from parents of Webelos and a hand full of Webelos den leaders seeking time to come and pay a visit to a Troop meeting and hit an outing. This is great, it means that the boys are wrapping up their Arrow of Light requirements and that they are looking at transition.
What I learned in the first couple calls was that the Den leaders and most of the parents were pretty much punching the ticket for the AOL requirement in their approach.
You see, for me finding a troop is a lot more than just finding a unit close to home, or one that goes camping, or does a ton of service projects.
When I was a Webelos Den leader, after my tour in the Cubmaster position, we were looking for a Troop for our oldest son. I had made lots of friends in our Scouting community and had looked at a few Troops throughout the year. But when it came time for "official" Troop visits, I started looking with a more critical eye.
I came up with a list of things that I wanted to see in Scout Troop. My son came up with a few things that he wanted to see… and together we set out to find the perfect Troop.. for us.
Some of the questions and things that I needed to see as a Parent and potential Scout leader were:
1. Is the unit Boy led? This is important. Boy leadership is critical in the functioning of a Boy Scout Troop. Units that do not have Boy leadership are missing out on Leadership development, Citizenship opportunities, and building confidence and Character in the Scouts. Units that do not allow for the Boys to lead are nothing more than Webelos III dens.
2. Are the Adult leaders trained? This too is extremely important for a few reasons. First, if the Adult leaders are not trained then they can not know the program as it is intended to be presented. They surely will leave something out, or dismiss it as silly and "that's not the way we did it when I was a Scout".. as they light a campfire with a flare. The BSA program is outlined in training, and while not all training sessions are dynamic and wonderful, the material that is presented is consistent with the way the BSA wants it done. Second, for me it shows a lack of commitment on the part of the Adult leader. If he can not take one or two days out of his schedule to get trained then I do not think he is dedicated enough to take my son out into the woods. Every Scout leader should view their position as a privilege. Parents leave their sons in the trust of that leader, the least they can do is go to training and allow the parents a bit of understanding that they want the best for their sons.
3. Who runs the meetings? The Boys or the adults? Now I know that there are cases where the Scoutmaster needs to get up there and talk or teach, but by and large, who is running the meeting?
4. Are the older Scouts teaching and working with the younger Scouts? This speaks to skills development and leadership. Is the Troop teaching skills, and are the Scouts retaining them.
Repetition of skills makes the Scouts stronger in them. When older Scouts teach the younger Scouts it helps both of them learn and retain those skills. Look at the Troops "Trail to First Class" program. How is conducted? Do they have goals? Are the older boys involved in that process?
5. Methods. There 8 methods in Scouting. As a parent or Webelos den leader, you should find out what they are. This link will help you out. LINK. Look for all 8 in a Troop. If they are not doing them… ask why not. They are all equal in importance. You need all 8 to achieve the AIMs of Scouting.. Character development, Citizenship training, and Physical fitness.
Look for it. Do not let a dynamic scout leader brush over the Aims and methods. They are the essence of Scouting and if they are missing, your son may as well be at the YMCA.
6. Adult and Youth interaction. How do they get along. If you hear lots of yelling and screaming… turn and run.
7. Youth interaction. Are they using the Patrol method? Do the Scouts seem to get along. You see this mainly on an outing, but you can get a glimpse of it at a Troop meeting also.
Do they divide up chores, maintain a duty roster, follow the Patrol leader?
Do you see cliques in the Troop? Friends are ok… but cliques are not so good, they tend to be exclusive and that is not part of the program.
Do you see the opportunity for hazing or other "Troop Traditions" that send up red flags? Again.. turn and run. There is nothing wrong with traditions, but when they involve a Scout being hazed or made a fool of, something is not right.
and finally..
8. Are the Scouts having fun? A simple look at the faces of the Scouts. Are they happy to be there, are they hanging out with friends and having a good time, or are they just there because mom and dad made them. Fun can be seen in every aspect of the Troop program when it is there. From the way the Scoutmaster interacts with the boys to the way the plan and prepare for the next event.
One last thing that you should look at during your visit. The annual plan. Ask to see what the Scouts came up with for the year. Yes I said SCOUTS CAME UP WITH. The plan should be planned and executed by the Scouts. Lots of guidance and coaching from the Scoutmaster and his assistants, but the plan should be owned and operated by the Scouts of the Troop. So ask to see the plan.
When my oldest son and I paid our visits to various Troops, we found lots of the elements we were looking for, but never saw the total package. Along with other adults and a hand full of kids, we started our own Troop with the commitment that we would do it right. It is working so far.
The Troop visit is an extremely important part of your Scouts experience. Be sure to ask the right questions, find the flavor you are looking for. Find what best suits your needs and the needs of your Scout. Have a critical eye and get what you want out of Scouting. There are lots of choices out there, pick the flavor you want. You may have to drive a little farther, or rearrange your schedule a bit. But remember it is for your son, and he deserves the vary best.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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Moving my weblog back here so I can have some more control and flexibility.
Moving my weblog back here so I can have some more control and flexibility.
Took a much needed vacation from school and work last week in the lower Catskill Mountains. Tried to check my email once while I was away and got this error message in IE (notice the second line). Arrived home early yesterday and I am back to reality.
Lots of new GNOME packages released since I've been away. The gstreamer and file-chooser work look especially exciting. Definitely on track for a nice 2.6.0 release.
In the process of cleaning up my home directory, I came across some of my first screenshots from the beginnings of GNOME 2.x. In just over a year and a half, it's really quite amazing the transition that went on from long flame wars, rewrites and general uncertainly to the direction and polish present in GNOME 2.3.x today.
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I finally added the new GNOME website header to art.gnome.org. I am still looking for a rocking header image to replace the boring purple one. If you have any ideas, please email them to me.
As for the future of art.gnome.org, I'd like to get rid of all of the purple background colors, but 500+ thumbnails have a drop shadow with a purple background added to them by hand. I'm looking for some help in removing all of the drop shadows or writing a gimp/python script to remove them.
I updated my GNOME browser gaim patch to work with gaim-0.67. The latest patch is here.
With Rob McQueen's help, I cooked up a patch to gaim that makes gaim open urls in the GNOME web browser. Gaim will now detect if you are running GNOME and automatically open URLs with your GNOME web browser. No extra configuration is required and the browser section of the preferences tab is actually hidden if you're running GNOME.
The patch against 0.66 is here. libgnome 188.8.131.52 or later is required since this uses the gnome-open binary.
I finally finished up and committed the search and sort features for art.gnome.org that I had been slowly working on the past 6 months. The site now has a way to search through all themes and backgrounds by name and/or author. The background and theme listing pages also now have the ability to be sorted by date and name to make browsing for what you want a little easier.
As for future enhancements to art.gnome.org, I'd like to make the focus of the site on system themes or meta themes instead of individual (gtk, metacity, etc) themes as it is now. This will integrate better with GNOME and the theme manager. Please email me with UI ideas/suggestions/mockups. We also need to work out a way to separate gtk2 themes and engines and find a way to list what gtk2 engines each theme on a.g.o requires, if any. Anyone looking to help, please contact me.
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Q & A with Cro Cop's former manager: The Man Who Brought Down PRIDE Part 1
- Written by Brian J. D'Souza
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović is a legend: 26-7 as a professional kickboxer with wins over the likes of Jerome Le Banner, Peter Aerts, Mark Hunt and Bob Sapp (back when he was a real fighter); 41-10 as a mixed martial arts fighter, with wins over Josh Barnett (x2), Mark Coleman and Wanderlei Silva, as well winner of the 2006 PRIDE open weight Grand Prix championship.
While Cro Cop rarely opens up the media, an interview by Brian J. D'Souza (author of new MMA book Pound for Pound: The Modern Gladiators of Mixed Martial Arts) with his former manager, Miro Mijatovic, reveals interesting details that fans likely never heard before. In part one of two parts, we hear about the ground rules for conducting business in Japan, Mirko's blacklisting from K-1 and the sycophants who lobbied for control of K-1.
BD: You were an international lawyer working in Japan, how did you get into the fight game?
MM: I had always been into sports, although a basketball and soccer player myself; and when I set up my company in Japan, one of the businesses I got into was sports management and athlete representation; initially through representing iconic Australian Olympic champion swimmer Ian Thorpe in Japan. Ian was a major star in Japan leading up to the Sydney Olympics, with contracts with TV Asahi and sponsors like Coca Cola, Adidas and Konami.
Sports management and athlete representation was an embryonic industry in Japan back in around 2000/2001 as Japan has a more "corporate" approach to sports compared to more developed sports markets in the US and Europe. By that I mean that professional athletes in Japan were often "employees" of big corporations who own sports teams as opposed to independent contractors with independent expert advisors which is more of the case overseas.
I then expanded into managing professional soccer, rugby and basketball players. It was through one of the soccer players I took care of, a Croatian national team soccer player who was friendly with Mirko Cro Cop, who then introduced me to him in the early part of 2002.
BD: Cro Cop had some problems when his team came to you for help with sponsorship and marketing?
MM: Yes, Mirko Crocop had a whole number of problems. His manager at the time, Zvonimir Lucic, asked me to look after their "commercial opportunities." They were dissatisfied, like all fighters, with the lack of income outside their fight money. Specifically, Mirko was not happy that he didn't receive any money for T-shirt sales (there were major stalls at all K-1 events selling fighter T-shirts) and also that he hadn't received any money for his appearance on the K-1 game produced by Konami which had then recently been released. Fighters always notice the obvious places they are being ripped off.
Originally I wasn't involved in the fight money negotiations or the matchmaking; but later events would change that.
BD: How was K-1 run during this time in 2002?
MM: For what on the outside looked like a real company, it was an absolute basket case. Kazuyoshi Ishii was the founder and emperor of K-1. Around Ishii were a loosely organized structure of sycophants and fixers who all sought Ishii's favors. Ishii's English was limited, and so each fighter and their managers had different people to work with. When Ishii later was convicted for tax fraud, before he went to jail, all these sycophants engaged in a power and favor war with Ishii to be appointed as the head of K-1. The major guys were Sadaharu Tanikawa, who as an ex pro wrestling magazine editor who was mainly in charge of fight media liaison for K-1; Ken Imai who handled foreign promoters and some foreign fighters and Seiya Kawamata who handled K-1's relations with the yakuza [Editor's Note: Mijatovic only found this information about Kawamata out in 2003 when it was too late].
All of these guys had one aspect of the business that they looked after. For example, Ken Imai, who had reasonable English skills, styled himself as the expert and point of contact for K-1's foreign promoters. Despite being described as "K-1 Managing Director," Ken Imai didn't get paid by K-1, so he found other ways to make money, like owning half of the foreign promotions like in the US (with Scott Coker) and also in other markets where K-1 would hold events (although not in Europe where he was not liked). Ken Imai also set up the Konami game deal for K-1.
In regards to the fighter T-shirts and other merchandise—this business was actually "run" by Ishii's younger brother.
Ishii saw all these sort of ancillary activities as crumbs from his table and didn't care about any of this "minor" stuff. Ishii only cared about his Japanese TV deals, which accounted for more than 95 percent of K-1's income. Even the foreign K-1 events were underwritten by Japanese broadcast deals. Ironically, it was the "crumbs" from the table which didn't come down to the fighters which irritated them the most; but funnily enough, it was in the main business of being underpaid for fights or being ripped off by middle men where the fighters were losing the most money.
When Mirko appointed me in May 2002 as his commercial manager, I made various investigations into what was going on and also the opportunities available for fighters. Over the middle of 2002, I contacted all of the major advertising agencies, such as Dentsu and Hakuhodo and other potential sponsors, and found, while K-1 was a household name, whose fighters were instantly recognizable by Japanese people, the foreign fighters did not seem to be of any interest to any sponsors.
As this was happening, relations between Mirko and K-1 fell apart.
BD: How did this occur?
Mirko was always difficult to negotiate with. Not only were negotiations always fraught, Mirko never signed anything and you could never be sure what Mirko was going to do. He refused to do media and basically just didn't care about anything except his fight; you could never be sure Mirko would turn up to a fight until he was actually in the ring.
At Shockwave, the K-1/PRIDE co-promotion held on August 28, 2002, Mirko took it one step too far.
Obviously, the fight against Kazushi Sakuraba was only Mirko's second real MMA bout after his surprising and somewhat fortunate victory over Fujita at Inoki Bom Ba Ye 2001. Mirko was a rising star in K-1 and was demanding bigger fight money and Ishii wanted to cut him down to size. So, Ken Imai, who was in charge of contact with PRIDE on the K-1 side for Shockwave, lined up a fight for Mirko on the Shockwave card against Sakuraba.
In Mirko's first fight against Kazuyuki Fujita (held on August 19, 2001), everybody, including Mirko and Fujita knew how the fight was going to unfold. Mirko's trainer at the time believed that Mirko had one chance, which was to hit Fujita with a knee as he came shooting in. Once it was on the ground, it was accepted that Mirko would lose the fight. So, that's all they practiced for the first Fujita fight. Whether you call it luck or good strategy, it worked like a charm, and Mirko opened Fujita's head like a watermelon with a perfect knee as Fujita came shooting in. Of course, Mirko saw his win as his chance to increase his fight money, and with his other wins in 2002, Mirko became a problem for K-1 with his contact demands. It was understood in these days that Mirko's K-1 fights would earn him $10,000 to $30,000 US, while his early mixed martial arts bouts would earn him two to three times what his K-1 bouts were paying. You have to remember, K-1 wanted Mirko to lose so they could go back to screwing him over financially.
At Shockwave, lightening struck twice and Mirko opened up Sakuraba with his upkick [fracturing Sakuraba's orbital bone in the second round] and won that fight as well. Although it wasn't the fight that was the problem, it was what Mirko did before the fight
Mirko had agreed his best ever purse of $150,000 US for the Sakuraba fight. This was a huge amount in those days. But when Mirko stepped into Yoyogi Stadium and saw 80,000 people, Mirko's entourage started to get into his ear. At the stadium, as the event was unfolding, Mirko told K-1 that unless they doubled his money, he wouldn't be walking out into the ring. You can imagine the shitfight this caused; and finally, Mirko was paid his $300,000; but with it, came Ishii's banishment back into the wilderness. After the event, Ishii publicly pronounced that Mirko, due to his conduct at Shockwave, would be out of the K-1 Grand Prix that year and it was unclear that he would ever be coming back to K-1.
Mirko was shocked, as he was coming off what was maybe his biggest victory to date, and had the momentum going into the K-1 GP. It looked like his Japanese fight career was over.
BD: This wasn't the first time K-1 had frozen him out, either, was it?
MM: Mirko was originally brought into K-1 by Branko Cikatic, "The Croatian Tiger," best remembered by Pride fans for his "unique" MMA fight style. However, Mirko and Branko fell out over money and Branko asked Ishii to blackball Mirko, which he did and Mirko was out of K-1 for a couple of years [Mirko's K-1 record reflects this inactivity from 1996 to 1999]. So Mirko knew what being blackballed from K-1 meant and he knew it was a reality.
BD: So how did Mirko get back into the Japanese fight game?
MM: Mirko asked me to intervene in September 2002 and see what I could do with K-1. I had a simple strategy: I found out that K-1 had no written contracts with Mirko, which meant that Mirko had not licensed his image onto the K-1 official T-shirts. Even more interesting, Mirko and other prominent K-1 fighters had not licensed their image rights to Konami for the K-1 video game.
I informed K-1 that unless we could open negotiations for Mirko's return to the fight game, I was going to launch two lawsuits against them (1) for recovery of amounts due from illegal sale of T-shirts, and (2) suing K-1 and Konami for using Mirko's image on the Konami game. I also sent an independent Japanese sports reporter to Croatia to get Mirko back into the Japanese media; mainly to show that we had the ability to get our story out into the Japanese media if necessary.
K-1, and more importantly, their TV partners, Fuji TV, TBS and NTV, and their sponsors, were very adverse to any negative publicity. At this time, K-1 founder Ishii was also under investigation for tax fraud resulting from a fake contract to bring Mike Tyson to K-1. Not that Tyson knew anything about this fake contract…
The strategy worked, and K-1 Managing Director Ken Imai was in my office the next day. During some difficult negotiations, while Ishii would not budge on Mirko's exclusion from the K-1 GP in 2002, as a "compromise," Ishii did accept to rematch Mirko with Fujita for K-1 promoted event Inoki-Bom-Ba-Ye 2002. Of course, K-1 thought that this time heavyweight Fujita would be able to nail Mirko, or at least avoid his knee and with that expected beating, blow Mirko back into the Croatian wilderness to be forgotten.
Mirko had another strategy – he had been working hard on what became his famous sprawl. IBBY 2002 Fujita II went according to his team's game plan with Mirko grabbing Fujita's head when Fujita shot in and delivering knees from North-South. It was painful to watch, but also amazing to see how Fujita could not adjust his game plan. Fujita's head was brutalized again, and much to K-1's shock, a star was born.
That night, we were invited to party with Ishii in his room at the Shinjuku Park Hyatt (Tokyo's swankiest hotel at the time) and Ishii and his top guys and I spoke at length about the opportunities in 2003 while Ken Imai and Tanikawa circled like hungry puppy dogs.
It was the last time I would speak to Ishii before he went to jail for tax fraud.
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The Seeds of Success (SOS) team at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden has been responsible for greatly expanding international seed bank holdings from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
A recent expedition to a collection site on the Pacific Crest Trail is rewarded with a copious yield of the shrub saltbrush (Atriplex canescens). The four-wing saltbrush codominates desert plant communities in Southern California and is a food source for the desert tortoise. The saltbrush seed collection will ultimately help build an ample national and international seed bank to maintain and restore resilient native plant communities after environmental damage such as fire or urban development.
The successful Seeds of Success program, a multi-million dollar partnership of federal and non-governmental organizations, is a wild land seed collection and preservation network. The program is led and funded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is part of the Congressionally-mandated Native Plant Materials Development Program and is a partner of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Millennium Seed Bank.
Tommy Stoughton, the crew leader, begins the road trip with an odometer reading and music selection. The team settles on a classic rock station and as they travel east on the I-10 past a parade of billboards and outlet malls, they talk shop and discuss upcoming holiday parties.
For Jackie McConnaughy (Darien, Conn.), and Drew Monks (Grand Rapids, Mich.), the SOS internship based at RSABG is their first experience in the California desert. The two interns, recent graduates of Colorado College and the University of Michigan respectively, joined hundreds of SOS collectors across the country.
They exit the freeway as the first towering wind turbines of the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm come into view.
"This project is all about timing," says Stoughton as he navigates up the dirt road to the trailhead in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains.
It often takes more than one trip to complete a collection. The first trip assesses the readiness of the population for seed collection, the second to collect the seed. This trip is the latter.
As the Garden's SOS Coordinator Tommy Stoughton is responsible for finding and assessing the collection sites and then mapping the logistics for the team. With 34 species and 76 sites, it has been a challenge.
Each site must include at least 50 individuals of a common or widespread species—plants that do well in disturbance—to be considered. This means any plant species listed as threatened or endangered is excluded from the SOS project. The team often focuses on swaths of BLM land slated for future wind or solar power projects.
Monks says he considers it a seed rescue mission of sorts, since it may be the last time a collection is made before some of the areas are developed.
According to Stoughton, 10 collections of Californian Mojave desert native plants had been made prior to the RSABG SOS project. And as the only team dedicated to the area, the saltbrush and other collections are critical to provide the native plant materials needed for restoration projects.
Once a site has been selected, Stoughton tracks seasonal and weather conditions and the distinct timing of each taxa. The crew has to be aware of heat conditions (heat helps the seed dispersal process but too much of a good thing can reduce viability), rain (which will delay dispersal by a couple days) and wind (which reduces team productivity due to dispersal of the seeds from the plant).
On the trail, eerie howls of the wind turbines, power lines and occasional hikers are the only reminders of urban life as the crew keep a brisk pace collecting seeds from about 200 plants.
Stoughton and the interns use thick utility gloves to grasp the inflorescence and gently shake the seeds into a paper bag. Mandated by SOS protocol, the group can take no more than 20 percent of the seeds of a site for the collection. But McConnaughy says they usually error on the side of caution and take around 10 percent.
Back at the Garden they set the seeds, taped tightly inside the paper bags, to dry in the herbarium or nursery's growth chambers. Each collection contains over 10,000 seeds, enough for germination testing every 10 years for over 200 years. With each collection, data is gathered about the plant population and location and submitted into the SOS database.
As of January, the team has sent about 145 collections to the U.S. Forest Service Seed Extractory in Bend, Oregon. Prior to sending, the seeds are taxonomically verified at RSABG and a voucher specimen from each collection is lodged the RSABG Seed Conservation Program and sent to the Smithsonian.
At the Bend facility, the seeds are cleaned and have viability tested. Afterward, they are distributed into working research collections and or placed into long-term storage—seed banking. Seed banking, conserving and storing species away from their original habitats, enables plants to escape threats imposed by destructive habitat changes.
The Garden has been participating in the program since 2010 and is one of 39 partners in the U.S. to host a seed collection team. Established in 2001, the SOS program is part of an international seed conservation initiative collectively known as the Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP), originally developed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom. The global program is the largest ex situ plant conservation project in the world and aims to bank 25 percent of the world's flora by 2020 for long-term storage and conservation.
For Stoughton, McConnaughy and Monks, the experience is providing vital hands on field experience and moves them closer toward career goals to contribute to a lasting legacy of ecological preservation.


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Is there any way to see all tty. devices on the mac to see if it is recognesed?
On linux I can do something like tail -f /var/log/messages
Is there any similar command on mac?
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Book catalogs images of King David
Posted June 27, 2002; 09:08 a.m.
The first comprehensive survey of the thousands of images of King David, one of the pivotal figures in the Bible's Old Testament, has been published by the Index of Christian Art.
The index, based in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, features an extensive photograph and digital catalog covering the subject matter of more than 200,000 works of Western art from the early apostolic period to 1500 A.D. The new book, "King David in the Index of Christian Art," includes all of the David entries in the index's card files and database -- more than 5,000 entries organized into some 245 recognizable episodes from his richly illustrated life.
David, the founder of Jerusalem, is considered by many the greatest king of Israel. He was a source of inspiration for artists and patrons throughout the medieval world. Regarded as a direct ancestor of Jesus, he appears in countless works of art, from paintings to illuminated Psalters, as a musician, author, warrior, lover, shepherd, politician, worshipper, father, king, refugee and mourner.
"The volume of material in the index files which is devoted to the second king of the Israelites reflects not only David's importance in the Old Testament, but also his significance in medieval art and culture," Colum Hourihane, editor of the volume and director of the index, writes in the introduction.
The cataloged objects range in date from the third to the 15th century and represent 14 different media, including frescoes, ivories, stained glass, sculpture, mosaics and textiles. Each entry gives detailed information on the object's current location, date and primary subject. The catalog is enhanced with more than 100 photographs illustrating a wide range of episodes from David's life.
An index allows readers to browse the medieval world geographically for images of David. The volume also includes an extensive bibliography on David in early Christian, Byzantine and Western medieval art.
The catalog was printed by Princeton University Press. For more information on the book, click here . For more information on the Index of Christian Art, click here .
The book is the second in a series based on the index. The first is titled "Virtue and Vice: The Personifications in the Index of Christian Art" (Princeton University Press, 2000). The next in the series will be "The Labors of the Month and Signs of the Zodiac."
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FWIW this paranoia is not restricted to things like this. I know people unwilling to send information like this to Apple, Microsoft, etc. if given the choice not to.
Wish geohot would decide to come back and save the day again.Or maybe we could stop having competition and different factions working separately toward the same goal and have the dev team, the chronic dev team, the new pwn dev team, any other independants like geohot WORK TOGETHER to get us an untethered JB and beat apple. Apples only been ahead of the game recently because they have strength in numbers. If we want to level the playing field we need some goddamn teamwork.
Yup - we are. I don't know you're problem.Sorry
What I also find amazing is how ALL these people will whine about an untethered JB not being released. NONE of them owe any of us anything, yet when they release a tool to HELP them you find more to piss and moan about! The way I feel is HELP or don't use ANY exploit they ever release since they're not trustworthy.
I installed and sent in 58 crash reports. Hope I can help!
For some odd reason after I signed in to post, I can't see the comment I wanted to quote...however it was something along the lines of 'if you don't trust this tool they've released don't ever use any of their other software'..+1Anyways, I sent 19 crash reports. Seems a little low considering I've had the phone since launch day! Whatever though any way I can help!
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Was Bill Clinton or George W. Bush (both/neither) responsible for the current complete melt down and moral degeneration of the American Conservative Right?
This question occurred to me after watching the Rachel Maddow Show on my computer for 2 OCT 09, especially the first segment. If you are part of the melt down, then do not go there but if you do , the Parrot in the next to last segment is worth your effort.


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|Classic Atlantic Salmon No pursuit rivals salmon rivers, flies & legacy
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CK, ... LoL, ... Yup, ... it is a bit more "encouraging" when one KNOWS there are salmon in the pool.
Then again, ... I'll take 3 "interested" fish over a ton of sleepers.
The other weekend, ... there were perhaps 4-6 salmon in Glass pool up here and Boris Tremblay connected nicely to one.
Boris doing the honors, ... We'd rather do a quick clean release than get a good picture
As for finding a NB resident to join the party, ... I know... A few crew members at my old office were saddened 'cause they lost their NB "resident" status after finding jobs in Quebec
Your understanding that all non-residents in NB require a guide is correct, and the $600 fee does not include guides. I say "guides" because if all four rods are non-residents, two guides will be needed -- a maximum of three "sports" per guide. The trick is to find one resident with whom to fish.
While I have never seen a time after July 1 when that pool has not held fish, the fact that there are fish there in numbers does not mean any will rise to the fly. I have fished the pool many days in the past when no one caught a fish. It is, however, much better to know you are putting your fly over fish rather than just rocks.
Nice report Smolt.
That pool sounds reminiscent of the Ridge Pool on the Moy in Balina, Eire.
Back in the 80's, through some local connections with the Moy Fishery, a couple of friends and I had that pool for the princely sum of 20 Irish Punts each for an 8 hour spell and that included the services of a ghillie! The June grilse run used to be outstanding.
Being in the middle of town, as you would expect, there is a fine Irish pub (Docherty's Ridge Pool Bar if I remember correctly) right next to the river and it was there that our Ghillie recieved his well earned tip
Thanks for the "report".
Hey question, ... 600$ USD for 4 anglers, .... did that price include the Guide ??
I understand that NB waters require non-residents to use the services of a Guide. (I think).
Miramichi Fishing Report
I fished the Miramichi above Boisetown from July 13th through 16th. Water was a perfect height and temperature good, and very clear. The fishing -- as always -- was excellent, but the catching was not.
We arrived at 4pm on Wednesday, July 13th, and started fishing at about 6pm -- the perfect time for the evening fishing to begin. At about 7pm, I hooked what felt like a nice fish, but it got off before I could see it. That was the only fish I hooked. My fishing companion hooked one on Friday, but that was it for both of us. A third fellow who was fishing the same pool as we were hooked a 5 lb. grilse that jumped about 7 times before throwing the hook.
We did go down to the pool that I like to fish -- Big Hole -- but the daily fee has been increased from $450US to $600US for four rods. We sat around jawing with the guides at the pool for about an hour and saw about a fish every 90 seconds either jump, porpoise, or rise. They estimated the pool was holding about 1500 fish at the time. Fishing that pool will takle some planning, but I think we will do it next season.
We spent most of the mid-day scouting other public water, but found nothing too promising. The water we fished was farther up-river than I normally fish, but it looked good. I am told it is better in autumn.
Sad as it is, that's the report.
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My name is Rob Dugit . My lab is 6 months old and was sired by Dennis Voigt's AFTC Seaside Marsh Ghillie. I have been fortunate in having Peter Mottola as a mentor and have been training with him for the past few weeks. I will be living in Homosassa Florida from November until April and was wondering if there is a training group or retriever training club in that area.
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Woonsocket, RI (June 21, 2013) – Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) and national non-profit KaBOOM! have awarded the Bernon Heights Elementary School PTO, in partnership with the Woonsocket Education Department (WED), a $15,000 Let's Play Community Construction Grant.
Woonsocket, RI (June 21, 2013) – Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) and national non-profit KaBOOM! have awarded the Bernon Heights Elementary School PTO, in partnership with the Woonsocket Education Department (WED), a $15,000 Let's Play Community Construction Grant.
The grant is part of Let's Play, a community partnership led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group to get kids and families active nationwide. In 2011, as part of Let's Play, Dr Pepper Snapple Group made a $15 million, three-year commitment to KaBOOM!, the national non-profit saving play by ensuring there is a great place to play within walking distance of every child. Together through Let's Play, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and KaBOOM! will build or fix up 2,000 playgrounds by the end of 2013, benefiting an estimated five million children across North America.
"For several years, the Bernon Heights PTO has been working hard to raise the funds needed to build a playground," said Amy Thibault, PTO member and Playground Committee Chair. "This much-needed grant has given us the remaining funding needed to break ground on a new playspace for the school's students."
Bernon Heights' playground initiative began several years ago, when a student approached the PTO and asked the group to build a playground for the school's children. Since then, the PTO has held numerous fundraisers to raise money for the project, including the creation of the annual Bernon Heights PTO Spookfest, a Halloween-themed festival that features a Spooky Trail, arts and crafts and other kid-friendly activities. Last summer, the PTO hired students from RiverzEdge Arts Project to create a "painted" playground on the blacktop outside the school. Building an actual playground adjacent to the school is the next step in this multi-year effort.
With the Let's Play Community Construction Grant, the PTO is now able to fast-track the construction of a playground and is beginning the planning process. Work will continue throughout the summer, with a community playground build scheduled for the fall. Anyone interested in making a monetary donation to the project or participating in the playground build can visit the Bernon Heights playground page at www.OurDreamPlayground.org or contact email@example.com.
"We are happy to be working with both the Woonsocket Education Department and the City of Woonsocket on this exciting project," added Thibault. "When completed, this playground will encourage physical activity and creativity, and provide Bernon's students with a safe and engaging place to play."
"The WED is thrilled that the Bernon PTO has led the charge to provide a fabulous opportunity for our students," said Dr. Giovanna Donoyan, Superintendent of Woonsocket Schools. "The children will now have a beautiful playground to enjoy and add to their physical activity. This is an all around healthy opportunity!"
Unstructured, child-directed play has been proven to help kids develop physically, socially and cognitively, yet today's kids have less time and fewer opportunities to play than any previous generation. Through Let's Play grants and projects in 2011, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and KaBOOM! built or improved 528 playgrounds, benefitting an estimated 1.3 million children during the lifetime of the playgrounds. People are encouraged to visit Let's Play at www.LetsPlay.com to join the conversation and learn how to apply for the various available grants to make their communities more active and playful.
About Bernon Heights PTO
The Bernon Heights PTO is a group of dedicated parents and teachers who raise money to pay for events, assemblies, and activities that enhance the education of the children at Bernon Heights. All parents are encouraged to join the PTO by attending the monthly meetings and by volunteering school events.
About Let's Play
Let's Play is a community partnership led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) to get kids and families active nationwide. The first Let's Play initiative is a $15 million, three-year commitment to KaBOOM!, the national non-profit that's saving play. Together, through Let's Play, DPS and KaBOOM! will build or fix up 2,000 playgrounds by the end of 2013, benefiting an estimated five million children across North America. For more information, visit LetsPlay.com or Facebook.com/LetsPlay.
About Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) is a leading producer of flavored beverages in North America and the Caribbean. Our success is fueled by more than 50 brands that are synonymous with refreshment, fun and flavor. We have 6 of the top 10 non-cola soft drinks, and 11 of our 14 leading brands are No. 1 in their flavor categories. In addition to our flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands, our portfolio includes 7UP, A&W, Canada Dry, Clamato, Crush, Hawaiian Punch, Mott's, Mr & Mrs T mixers, Peñafiel, Rose's, Schweppes, Squirt and Sunkist soda. To learn more about our iconic brands and Plano, Texas-based company, please visit DrPepperSnapple.com. For our latest news and updates, follow us at Facebook.com/DrPepperSnapple or Twitter.com/DrPepperSnapple.
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KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to saving play. Children today spend less time playing outdoors than any previous generation, a fact that is having disastrous consequences on their health, achievement levels, and overall well-being. To fight this play deficit, social entrepreneur Darell Hammond founded non-profit KaBOOM! in 1996 in Washington, D.C. with a vision of creating a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America. Since then, KaBOOM! has mapped over 89,000 places to play, built more than 2,000 playgrounds, and successfully advocated for play policies in hundreds of cities across the country. KaBOOM! also provides communities with online tools to self-organize and take action to support play on both a local and national level. Hammond chronicles the founding of the organization and the importance of the cause of play in his The New York Times Best Seller KaBOOM!: How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play. The book details how businesses and communities can work together to save play for children across the country. All author proceeds support KaBOOM!. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., KaBOOM! also has offices in Chicago and San Mateo, Calif. For more information, visit www.kaboom.org.


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Has anyone seen the DVD from Jim VanEngen of Right Start Kennels. It's for dogs 7 weeks to 7 months. I just watched it and its really nice. Shows real training situations with lots of different young dogs. The picture quality is Awsome. I've seen most young dog DVDs and this is the most realist and informational I've seen. You can see a clip on his website.
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