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AP Government has arranged an event marking the occasion of International Yoga Day and this event will be graced by CM Chandrababu Naidu, Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu, State Cabinet Minister and higher officials. The venue is changed to A convention centre in Vijayawada as a precautionary measure against the rain. Watch the video for more details of this news.


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How do you breathe life into folk rock? How do you stand out in a field as over-saturated as that of the singer-songwriter? Well, you can try constructing some MTV-style persona to help sell your songs (John Mayer anyone?). Or, if you're Beth Orton, you could take another road: distinguish yourself by playing deftly written tunes and singing them in an arrestingly ethereal, husky voice.
Over the years, Orton has collaborated with the likes of the Chemical Brothers, Ryan Adams, Emmylou Harris, and Terry Callier. On her latest release, Comfort of Strangers, however, the focus is on Orton's voice alone—pared with sparse, brooding pianos and sunny guitars. Gone are the moody electronic flourishes and dance-club sounds that marked her initial entrée into the world of pop music. In their place, Orton sketches songs, poems, and narratives that are tinged with the folksy vibe of a traditional troubadour.
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Orton stepped on stage at Chicago's Vic Theatre in the stock stance of the folksinger, an acoustic guitar on her back and harmonica rack around her neck. She began with "Absinthe", a track from her new album that turns on the quiet guitar pluck, an echoing drumbeat, and a plaintive piano. With subdued ease, her wispy voice danced and floated across the hushed melodies and drowsy rhythms provided by backing musicians playing acoustic guitars, piano, electric bass, and drums. The crowd—a coterie of Orton acolytes—responded with a loyal and vocal appreciation: numerous "We love you's" were proffered with timidity at each song's end.
Finally rising above quiet restraint, Orton and her band launched into "Conceived", the first single from Comfort of Strangers, a song in which Orton aggressively strums her guitar to counter the ringing riffs of the electric guitar. Orton's vocals echoed the up-tempo beat as they perambulated with sinewy grace. Having teased the audience with a rocking groove, Orton retreated back to a place that was "safe in your arms", musing, "Home is where the heartbreak wraps cold around my bones". The melancholic hum of the recorder, the tragic timbre of Sean Read's piano, and the funerary march of drum and bass matched the ache in Orton's declarations.
Orton's skill as a singer and performer is in her pacing. She has mastered the rise and the fall, the catch and release. On this evening, she bookended the rocking beat of the venomous Fleetwood Mac-esque "Shadow of a Doubt", the rousing, bluesy downbeat of "Heart of Soul", and the kicked-up, "give the drummer some" shake of "Shopping Trolley" with the brooding quiet of "Comfort of Strangers". Even within songs, Orton shapes and skewed the mood, whether it was through her halting, breaking vocals in the solo acoustic "Central Reservation" or the a cappella sha-la-la-las in "God Song".
Concerts by singer-songwriters run the risk of dragging on and on. After all, how many different ways are there to strum a guitar or readjust a capo? Most artists only last so long. But then, within the narrow streets and alleys of folk rock, Beth Orton stands head and shoulders above the undistinguished (and undistinguishable) voices. Over the past 10 years she's played with a consistently unique voice, channeling the spirits of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Carole King, and Neil Young. With a catalog that's memorable in its lyric and lilt, its rhythm and rhyme, its melody and message, it's a wonder that diet soda singer/songwriters like Jack Johnson don't kneel before her in awe. Of course, that wouldn't jive with his "personality," and anyway, she could probably give a toss. After all, all the schtick in the world can't buy you substance.
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Christmas presents you wish your boyfriend had never bought
It's nearly Christmas, but I'm not in the mood, so this look by goo Ranking at presents you'd love to tell your boyfriend you didn't want seems a nice one to translate today.
goo Rankings asked iBRIDGE's Research Plus to conduct this survey, where over the 27th and 28th of November 2015 500 members, all female, of their monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. Everyone was aged between 20 and 39 years old.
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WV Pet Inc. is a non-profit rescue organization run by a small group of dedicated volunteers. All of our pets are in foster homes as we DO NOT have a facility. Our adoption fees are $160 for puppies, and you are required to have them spay/neutered when age-appropriate, and adults are fully vetted and their fee is $210. If interested in adoption, please visit our website at www.wvpetinc.org to fill out an application. There is a $10 application fee that can be paid via the DONATE button in order for your application to be processed, and you will also find more information about our adoption process and a copy of our adoption contract. Meet and Greets will be scheduled AFTER Applications Have Been Approved. Thank You!
•Adopters must be at least 21 years of age and complete an adoption application which requires a vet reference and two personal references, and pay the $10 application processing fee.
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•The adoption fee for dogs that are fully vetted is $210. That includes spay/neuter, up-to-date on vaccinations, wormed, and microchipped.
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- Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the human SGK protein kinase geneS Waldegger
Department of Physiology I, University of Tubingen, Germany
Genomics 51:299-302. 1998..Using this P1 clone as a probe for fluorescence in situ hybridization, a single chromosomal locus for SGK was assigned to band 6q23, a region frequently affected by deletion in various human neoplasms...
- h-sgk serine-threonine protein kinase gene as transcriptional target of transforming growth factor beta in human intestineS Waldegger
Institute of Physiology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Gastroenterology 116:1081-8. 1999..The aim of this study was to localize h-sgk messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in normal and inflamed intestinal mucosa and to identify potential transcriptional regulators...
- Molecular and functional characterization of s-KCNQ1 potassium channel from rectal gland of Squalus acanthiasS Waldegger
Department of Physiology, University of Tubingen, D 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Pflugers Arch 437:298-304. 1999..The low activation threshold at approximately -60 mV in combination with the high expression in rectal gland cells make s-KCNQ1 a potential candidate responsible for the basolateral potassium conductance...
- Monoamine neurotransmitter transport mediated by the polyspecific cation transporter rOCT1A E Busch
Institut für Physiologie der Eberhard Karls Universität, Tubingen, Germany
FEBS Lett 395:153-6. 1996..The high uptake rates measured in rOCT1-expressing oocytes and in transfected HEK 293 cells suggest that rOCT1 is a high capacity transporter which mediates the first step in the excretion of monoamine neurotransmitters...
- Electrogenic properties and substrate specificity of the polyspecific rat cation transporter rOCT1A E Busch
Institut für Physiologie der Eberhard Karls Universität, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
J Biol Chem 271:32599-604. 1996..The data indicate that rOCT1 is an effective transport system that is responsible for electrogenic uptake of a wide variety of organic cations into epithelial cells of renal proximal tubules and hepatocytes...
- Deranged transcriptional regulation of cell-volume-sensitive kinase hSGK in diabetic nephropathyF Lang
Departments of Physiology, Molecular Pathology, and Nephrology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen D 72076, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97:8157-62. 2000..These observations disclose an additional element in the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy...
- Intracellular anions as the voltage sensor of prestin, the outer hair cell motor proteinD Oliver
Department of Physiology II, University of Tubingen, 72074 Tubingen, Germany
Science 292:2340-3. 2001..The results support a model in which anions act as extrinsic voltage sensors, which bind to the prestin molecule and thus trigger the conformational changes required for motility of OHCs...
- Cerebral localization and regulation of the cell volume-sensitive serum- and glucocorticoid-dependent kinase SGK1S Warntges
Physiologisches Institut der Universitat Tubingen, Gmelinstrassse 5, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Pflugers Arch 443:617-24. 2002..3. As activation of K+ channels modifies excitation of neuronal cells, SGK1 may participate in the regulation of neuronal excitability...
- Serum- and glucocorticoid-dependent kinase, cell volume, and the regulation of epithelial transportS Fillon
Department of Physiology, , Germany
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 130:367-76. 2001..Thus, hsgk1 participates in the regulation of transport by steroids and secretagogues increasing intracellular Ca2+-activity. The stimulation of hsgk1 transcription by TGF-beta1 may further bear pathophysiological relevance...
- Cloning and characterization of a putative human serine/threonine protein kinase transcriptionally modified during anisotonic and isotonic alterations of cell volumeS Waldegger
Physiologisches Institut I der Eberhard Karls Universität, D 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94:4440-5. 1997..The putative serine/threonine protein kinase h-sgk may provide a functional link between the cellular hydration state and metabolic control...
- The promoter for constitutive expression of the human ICln gene CLNS1AE Scandella
Department of Physiology, University of Innsbruck, Fritz Pregl Strasse 3, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
J Biol Chem 275:15613-20. 2000..In addition to the starting sites, upstream sequence elements are mandatory for an efficient transcription of the ICln gene (CLNS1A). These new nucleotide elements were defined by site-directed mutagenesis...
- Cloning and characterization of SLC26A6, a novel member of the solute carrier 26 gene familyS Waldegger
Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie ZMNH, University of Hamburg, Germany corrected
Genomics 72:43-50. 2001..We determined the genomic structure of the SLC26A6 gene and excluded mutations in the 21 coding exons as the cause of DFNB6 and USH2B, which closely map to the SLC26A6 chromosomal locus (3p21)...
- A constitutively open potassium channel formed by KCNQ1 and KCNE3B C Schroeder
Zentrum fur Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Hamburg University, Germany
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I had smart lipo done six months ago on my upper and lower abs. I had a touch up on my lower abs three weeks ago. Would my lower abs be a bit swollen also?
I Had my Upper Abs Done with Smart Lipo, Will my Lower Abs Be Swollen Also?
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Liposuction and Swelling?
Thank you for the question.
Any area you had treated with liposuction surgery will have some swelling present.
Swelling is part of the healing process. I ask my liposuction patients to wear a compression garment for 4 weeks post op surgery to help with the swelling. The swelling can take months to subside and even longer for skin to "redrape". At that point you will see the final results.
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Washington, Aug 28 : Matthew McConaughey's mother has revealed that her husband James died while the two were having sex.
In her new book, 'I Amaze Myself!', Kay McConaughey dishes on everything from her son Matthew's conception to how her husband died in a compromising position with her.
"On Monday mornings, he and I often said goodbye by making love," Us magazine quoted Kay, 77, as saying.
"But one day, all of a sudden, it just happened.
"I knew that something was wrong, because I didn't hear anything from him. Just nothing. But it was just the best way to go!" she added.
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Pottering around in the kitchen
Even if you have never read any of the Harry Potter books, surely you are familiar with chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott's every flavor jelly beans. Recipes for other Hogwarts favorites like Butterbeer and Pumpkin Pasties have also surfaced thanks to some innovative kitchen wizards such as Dinah Bucholz. Check out today's Taste section in the Times and try your hand at her recipes. Maybe you could make Pumpkin Pasties for Thanksgiving this year instead of the same old boring store bought pumpkin pie! Give the recipe for Near Butterbeer on page 3E a go and tell us what you think of the results in the comments below.


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Lock day im assuming?
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To Afghanistan, With Love
Volunteer Jennifer Lejeune (from left) and St. Francis students Ethan Lejeune, 7, Katelynn Sonnier, 9, and Owen Cart, 7, worked to put together care packages Thursday morning for 18 soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan. Many of the donated items for the care packages were collected during the second annual Cpl. Matthew Richard Memorial 5k Run/Walk held May 11. Richard lost his life serving his country in 2011. Some of the care packages are being sent to members of Richard's unit.
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3 ideas for crowdfunding
Hi. I've been entertaining this idea for quite some time and would like to receive some POSITIVE or CONSTRUCTIVE feedback. By positive and constructive I mean comments and ideas that are truly relevant and helpful, though not necessarily expressed in the form of encouragement, and criticism should be based on very clear argumentation, not mere naysaying.
I have three ideas for open source software, but I want to be paid to make them happen. I know there is a lot of free as in beer software out there, and I actually use a lot of it, but I have bills to pay and I can't afford to donate my time. So if I don't get money, I won't do it. I have a day job which pays my bills, but I hate it, I just keep it because I need it. If I could write software for free, I would be a lot happier. Without further ado, here are the three ideas:
The best idea in my opinion. Sure, there are plenty of file managers out there, but do you really like them, or do you just put up with them because they're free as in beer and kind of do the job? I, for one, am not happy at all with the current offerings. To wit:
- KDE had Konqueror, which has been discontinued. I liked it, except for the fact that it required KDE, which is huge, bloated, slow etc. Now there is Dolphin, but it not only requires KDE, I think it is worse then Konqueror. There should be a file manager that doesn't require a huge bloated desktop environment.
- Thunar: I think it requires XFCE or something like that, so it is basically the same problem as KDE.
- PCmanFM: it's what I use. It is buggy, it crashes, it has many shortcomings. It kind of does the job, but I don't even come close to liking it.
- SpaceFM: it's better than PCmanFM at one thing or another, but not quite good either. Mostly, it's clumsy, and has too many dependencies.
Enough with comparisons, I could go on forever, you get the idea. Here is what I propose:
* More features than all of the above combined, including backup, syncing, favorite folders or files or operations, some basic and very easy macro/scripting, many choices of layout, right-click options, new ways to interact etc.
* I am a die-hard keyboard user and will provide customizable keyboard shortcuts for EVERYTHING imaginable. The idea is to make it more or less like Vim or mutt, where things are accomplished with very few touches on the keyboard.
* Feature requests will always be welcome. None of that crappy you-don't-need-it mentality that has plagued the software industry over the past 10 years (may Steve Jobs rot in hell). If you want it, you want it because you like it better that way, so you get it. Lots, lots, lots of options, keeping it simple is just a lame excuse for being lazy.
* No dependencies. Well, there will be some very basic dependencies, but any Linux distro with a graphical environment will fulfill them. GTK will be required for an ADDITIONAL version that will look better, but that's all. That means no KDE, no Gnome, no Python, no Perl, no dozens of random libraries. It will be made specifically for people who like to maintain a very light Linux/Unix installation, but of course anyone will be able to use it.
* Lots of potential to be compatible with smartphones and tablets in the future. Of course, the GUI would have to undergo changes to suit the much smaller screens, but I don't have any problem with that. I have run many successful tests on the Nokia N900. Okay, that is pretty much a Linux OS phone, but I know it can run on other platforms, like Android.
* Open source, of course.
* I prefer the BSD license, but may choose GPL depending on feedback and other developments that may occur in the fund sourcing stage.
Yeah, Vim users laugh all you want, I use Vim myself, but admit that a lot of people hate it, and I don't mean Emacs users. Vim's paradigm is downright hostile to most people. What I propose instead:
* The regular text editor interface that everybody knows.
* Lots and lots and lots of features, including macros/scripting.
* It should be pretty much like those feature-rich editors that Windows users have had for more than 15 years.
* Unprecedented persistence: no need to save a buffer ever; you may close the application, reboot or unplug the computer from the mains, and the next time you launch the editor, all the buffers will be there, just the way you left them.
* No dependencies.
* Potential to be compatible with smartphones and tablets in the future.
* Open source, BSD or GPL.
I'm not really crazy about this idea, because it would be the most time consuming, but I'm willing to take on this challenge. I also see many people complain that there aren't good email clients for Linux/Unix. Please, don't play dumb; if you like Mutt or Pine, this is clearly not for you, and you know it. Don't come here and troll my topic.
I use a mix of Mutt with Claws, but I am not really happy with either one. Mutt has limitations, and Claws is clumsy and buggy. I see people complain about Thunderbird, and I understand them. I never used it for more than a couple of weeks. What I offer instead:
* Lots and lots and lots of features.
* More choices of layout, including some I've conceived and never seen anywhere.
* Ability to do everything with the keyboard.
* If the aforementioned text editor is done before the email client, it will be integrated into the composer, with every single feature.
* HTML rendering and composing. Why not? I hate it, but whether to use it or not is up to you...
* Almost no dependencies (I will need dependencies to handle encryption, security, etc.)
* Potential to be compatible with smartphones and tablets in the future.
* Open source, BSD or GPL.
These are my plans, which I intend to submit on Indiegogo. I hope to receive serious, helpful comments or questions. Most of all, I would like to know which one of these three sounds more desirable. I can only work on one at a time, although some of the code will intersect.
Tip: your Indiegogo submissions should include designs of the user interfaces, at least at the wireframe level. None of the three pitches are specific enough for me to evaluate (seriously: "loads and loads of features?"), but that will change if I can see visually what you have planned.
I will also want to know which technology stack (e.g. widget toolkit and scripting language) you'll be using, and not, as you've actually told us, which technology stack you're not using. Providing this information will tell me a lot about your ability, focus and direction... as would declining to provide it.
Well, it's live. For whatever it's worth.
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It's known as the "Gathering of the Goddesses."
Each year for five years, Lisa Wilson has thrown a party for the women in her life. And each year the get-together grows bigger as more of her female friends, neighbors and colleagues from over the years bring their own friends and family members to the backyard celebration.
The most recent reunion was Saturday, drawing more than 50 women ages 18 to 95.
"These are people that mattered to us at one point in our life and we lost touch with each other because life took a course of its own," said Wilson, a longtime Vallejoan. "Don't forget those people who you met along the way. That's what it's about."
Wilson started the tradition after retiring from the Solano County Probation Department in 2009. She still works part time at Kaiser Permanente's call center.
"We have a long history, and as we get older, we really need each other," she said. "As a woman, you raise your family, you take care of the husband, the elders, and then we grow apart from each other because we're doing everything for our families. And then you wonder, 'What happened to so-and-so?' "
At one table, friends from grammar and high school enjoyed a rare opportunity to catch up with each other.
"For me, it's a mini class reunion," said Vallejo resident Donna Ochs, who graduated with Wilson from the former all-girls St. Vincent's High School in 1971. "It's so great to see the girls I went to high school with."
And just like high school, there were no "boys" steering the conversations.
"It's kind of nice to exclude the guys," Ochs said with a laugh. "I think when it's just women, just like in high school, you feel this freedom to say whatever you want to say, and you're not thinking about who's listening to it."
Wilson said the reception is geared for women "because women usually are the nurturers and the caretakers and they usually get lost in the shuffle as time goes by."
"You get so busy and you always think there's tomorrow, but there's not always tomorrow," Wilson said. "Over the last five years we've lost at least four people (who have passed away). It's really about not forgetting each other and not forgetting your history. That's the main reason."
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Labor-Likud relations took a sour turn Sunday as Foreign Minister Shimon Peres left on an official visit to Spain to seek support for an international peace conference with the publicly proclaimed ill wishes of Premier Yitzhak Shamir.
Shamir stated flatly before and during the Israel Bond Organization Leadership Conference in Jerusalem Saturday night that he hoped Peres "would not succeed." Peres' aides called his remark that of a political hack. It was "party, not state politics and we will not react," spokesman for the Foreign Minister said.
The sharply divergent views of Shamir and Peres over an international conference for Middle East peace have long been in the open. Peres has vigorously pursued that goal while Shamir has vowed repeatedly that such a forum is unacceptable.
But observers here could recall no precedent when a Prime Minister, speaking into radio microphones and to the press, stated his hope that a Foreign Minister's endeavors during a trip of great diplomatic sensitivity would fail. Peres is the first senior Israeli Minister to visit Spain since the two countries established diplomatic relations little more than a year ago.
Before leaving for Madrid, he told reporters he would ask the Spanish Premier, Felipe Gonzalez, to use his influence in the Arab world to promote an international conference. "Politically, we will certainly discuss the process of peace, how to continue it, how to develop it, how to enlarge it, and what role Spain can play in it," Peres said.
Only a few hours earlier, Shamir was telling the Israel Bond leaders that "Anyone aiming for true peace and for real progress toward this goal should make it abundantly clear that such a (international) peace conference will take us further away from peace and hurt the chances of achieving it."
The incident had repercussions at Sunday's Cabinet meeting where Minister-Without-Portfolio Ezer Weizman, standing in for Peres while he is abroad, demanded a debate there and then on the subject. Shamir refused.
Weizman observed that this was the first time in Israel's history that a Prime Minister hoped for the failure of a Foreign Minister on a mission abroad. He accused Shamir of undermining the government's image at home and overseas.
Shamir responded that he did not oppose Peres' visit to Europe but only his endeavors for an international conference. He said he wished Peres well on everything else.
Peres said before his departure that in addition to the Middle East peace process, Israel and Spain "still have to settle some differences concerning the Common Market" of which Spain as a member competes with Israel's exports to the European Economic Community (EEC), mainly citrus and citrus products.
"Culturally, I think the cultural ties (between Israel and Spain) have developed quite impressively," Peres said. He said he planned to visit Toledo "which used to be a center of Jewish life, so there will be an historic flavor to this visit."
After visiting Spain, Peres will go to Rome for a meeting of the Socialist International where the Middle East peace process will also be discussed. As head of Israel's Labor Party, Peres is a member of the Socialist International.
Peres' latest feud with Shamir drew the attention of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. He told a Kuwaiti newspaper interviewer in Cairo Saturday that what Peres had to say carries more weight than Shamir's remarks.
"Listen to what he (Peres) says and don't attach any importance to Shamir's declarations," Mubarak said. He also observed that Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization would have to negotiate directly to settle their differences.
The newspaper Al-Rai Al-Am quoted Mubarak as saying, "Direct negotiations, whether one likes it or not, are inevitable at some stage. Carrier pigeons–intermediaries–will not suffice."


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|March 3, 2010, 10:38 AM
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belts for conceal
What belt do you have? what material; leather, nylon? width; 1-1/2", 1-3/4"?
Do you use a real gun belt, a good designer belt or any belt you grab?
Where do you buy your carry belt?
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I have a few belts, some more expensive than others.
I picked up some sturdy 1&1/2" belts at Tractor Supply a few years back. They are thick, and rugged, but still not the best to hang a heavy gun on. I bought them a bit larger than I need, and use them for IWB carry where there isn't much stress on the belt. I think I paid $15-25 for each of them.
I also have a double-thick custom belt from K&D leather. Its fantastic and does a great job at keeping any OWB holsters from sagging over under the weight of the firearm. This had to be custom ordered and was a bit more expensive, though. I'd like to get another one, in black to match my brown, but haven't gotten around to it.
I prefer the 1-12" belts; they fit most pants, holster/gear, and offer great support. I stick with leather, as I like the look and it gets the job done.
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I have three good gun belts.
1) Double layer horsehide from www.thebeltman.net 1.5". This one gets worn the most and is by far the highest quality and most stiff. It's a great carry belt.
2) Instructor's belt from Wilderness Tactical (www.thewilderness.com). This one I use when I'm camping/fishing/hunting/hiking. Mostly anywhere where I might end up getting head to toe wet and not want to mess up good leather gear. It's a good carry belt, but not a great carry belt.
3) Carry belt from Crossbreed Holsters (www.crossbreedholsters.com). It's a good carry belt and I bought it on sale and a little bigger than my other belts to allow use of an IWB like the Crossbreed with the velcro clips. It's a good carry belt and useful with the matching holsters (I have 3), but it's not what I would call a great carry belt. The beltman horse is superior (but also more expensive).
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Had a single layer 1.5-inch leather belt and switched to a double layer bullhide belt from The Beltman, it is a great belt. I do not carry much but I wear the belt everyday. The only issue I had was my holster's belts loops were a touch to short for the thickness of the belt. I made a composite plate the same dimensions as the belt and remolded the loops (by wetting them and letting them dry around the plate) to fit the belt, and everything works great now.
I plan on eventually getting another belt from them someday in brown, probably one with the texturing. The do have sales on pre-made belts but if you are built like me definitely had to go custom.
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I have a tan 1.75" Bianchi B21 that is 18 years old.
My favorite is a black 1.5" Hellweg.
I also bought a black 1.5" Don Hume (for about half the cost of the Hellweg) but its color hasn't held up nearly as well as the Hellweg (which is ten years older).
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|March 4, 2010, 08:03 AM
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For just about any gun, you need a belt designed as a gun belt.
I have two, a Ross that lasted about a year before it broke down and a Beltman.
The Ross cost about $60 and was okay for the money.
My current belt is a 1.5" horsehide from The Beltman. That belt is awesome. It's a couple of years old and hasn't lost any of its stiffness.
The Beltman doesn't make inexpensive belts, but if you are serious about carry, and carry a heavier gun, you'll find his belts are invaluable.
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I use a 5.11 operator for competition and concealed carry. I know many people will have a problem with that, but i have always gotten by with it.
My dress belt is also very thick and conceals my carry guns well enough when i am dressed up. One day i will get a good leather one for more casual dress
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1-3/4 Bianchi ranger belt I think it's 6 years old, worn every day and tough as nails. Possibly two layers throughout, looks like it might need the small section replaced in a couple of years. One day I'll get another one.
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I picked up a wilderness belt with a plastic buckle for the airport shuffle..good gun belt
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Anyone use the Spec-ops Better BDU belt? http://www.specopsbrand.com/ProductD...p?ProductID=53
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It looks quite a bit like the Galco Instructors belt, which I've heard good things about. Some people have said that those belts "look like CCW belts", the implications being that people will assume you're carrying a gun if they see that belt, but I'm pretty sure that "normal" people just think "belt", if they think anything at all.
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I got one from outdoorbunker, had the quick disconnect buckle, and the velcro.
its kind of noisy, the velcro crackles.
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I have a Ted Blocker (out of Portland Ore) leather concealed carry belt. It has a thin metal strip sewn between 2 strips of leather. The only problem is if you wear it thru metal detectors you will have to remove your belt everytime.
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After years of puzzling debate and fiery controversy over Obamacare, California and the rest of the nation are about to start putting the pieces together.
It all begins Tuesday, when Americans who don't currently have health coverage can start shopping online or by phone for insurance under the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Think Priceline or Expedia — but instead of comparing flights and hotel rooms, you'll be comparing health insurance plans, made easier because each one has to include the same 10 benefits.
California may be a leader in preparing for the massive policy shift. But many San Francisco Bay Area residents still aren't sure what it means to them, or what Covered California, the state's new health insurance exchange, is all about.
While Californians won't use the new marketplace if they are already covered by their employer or a government program like Medicare or Medi-Cal, the long-awaited rollout of one of the biggest changes to the health care system will affect more than 40 million people nationwide.
We look at five people whose stories will help answer many questions about the new exchange — from a young manager of a social-media website who would rather pay a penalty than buy insurance to a small-business owner and a chronically ill nurse practitioner who are counting on the exchange to save them big bucks.
What happens to these people over the next year will eventually answer a question almost all Americans are asking: Will Obamacare work?
The 'young invincibles'
To make Obamacare work, the government needs to persuade millions of young and healthy people to buy insurance. Nicknamed the "young invincibles," this group is critical to the equation because they would help subsidize the cost of insuring older and sicker people.
Those who resist will have to pay a penalty of $95, or 1 percent of their annual income — whichever is greater. By 2016, the penalty will grow to $695, or 2.5 percent of income.
But to Steve Caracappa of San Jose, the penalties are less painful than spending $138 for a monthly premium, the cheapest rate he could find on California's new health insurance exchange. That would represent 5½ percent of his monthly take-home pay.
He's not alone. Nationwide, one study says, 3.7 million of those ages 18 to 34 will spend $500 less if they forgo insurance and pay the penalty during the first year of the new exchanges.
"Obamacare was supposed to make affordable health care available for everybody," said Caracappa, a 26-year-old community manager for a social-media website. But when he checked out the lowest prices available to him on the Covered California insurance exchange, he said there was "no way" he could keep up with his finances and pay for health insurance, too.
The cheapest Bronze plan is $138 a month, but has a $5,000 deductible. The cheapest Enhanced Silver plan costs $206 a month, with a $2,000 deductible.
Both are pretty rich for Caracappa's blood.
"Currently, my medical bills are zero," he said. "I don't go to the doctor, and I have not gone to the doctor in years. I can't even remember the last time I went."
When he needs minor medical care, he heads to an urgent care center, which he said is cheaper than paying a monthly premium.
''I hope it helps people," Caracappa said of the new law. "But, unfortunately, I don't think it's for me."
The chronically ill
Kathryn Johnson pays a steep price for having asthma and chronic back pain — $31,044 a year, to be exact.
That's the cost of her health insurance policy, an amount that represents almost half her annual income. And that doesn't include her co-pays or the cost of her prescription medication, which the Capitola woman estimates add up to another $4,000.
"I don't have a lot of options," said Johnson, 57, who lives with her retired husband, who is on Medicare. "This system is so broken. If you're lucky enough to work for a corporation that pays for your health care, you don't understand this. You don't know that people like me exist."
Johnson, a self-employed psychiatric nurse practitioner, is lucky in one respect: She has the money to pay for the policy, designed for people who are considered a high risk to insure. Many people with pre-existing conditions can't pay the sky-high costs, so they go without coverage.
That's something Obamacare will change. Starting Jan. 1, the only factors that will be considered for medical coverage in California are a person's age, income, ZIP code and household size. California even prohibits higher rates for smokers.
Soon after the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, children younger than 19 could no longer be refused insurance because of pre-existing conditions such as diabetes, cancer or asthma. Adults have been waiting patiently for their turn, and Johnson said it couldn't come soon enough because her savings are slowly being depleted. So she has been spending hours on the new health insurance website.
While she and her husband make about $76,000 a year, medical and other deductions will probably make her eligible for a substantial subsidy. Even the most expensive plan on the exchange would cost her less than half what she pays now.
And that's for a policy that will have lower co-pays and deductibles and cover a lot more — including prescription drugs.
"This could be such a relief for me," she said, "and countless other people."
Small-business owners
Software engineer Siva Devaki worked for large Silicon Valley companies like Oracle and Verisign, but his goal was always to start his own business so he could "do what I like to do."
The 40-year-old Fremont resident realized that dream five years ago when he started Mansa Systems, a San Francisco software services company. But Devaki discovered something preventing his firm from growing faster — the skyrocketing cost of health insurance for his employees.
Indeed, small businesses historically have had a much harder time than big companies providing health coverage to their employees because they have smaller "pools" of people to attract good rates from insurers. Today, almost half of America's uninsured are small-business owners, employees or their dependents.
Devaki is hoping California's new health insurance exchange will finally provide that large pool to help him cut costs.
One option is to let new employees use the exchange and find their own insurance. He could then offer to pay for all or most of their health coverage.
Another provision of Obamacare also intrigues him. Under the so-called SHOP program, businesses that provide health care coverage are eligible for tax credits if they have fewer than 25 full-time-equivalent employees who are paid an average annual salary of less than $50,000.
On Jan. 1, an existing tax credit incentive jumps from 35 percent of the cost to 50 percent if Devaki signs up with a health insurance exchange plan.
In that case, he would select one of four levels for the whole company: Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum. Employees could then pick any PPO or HMO plan offered under that level.
"Happy employees," Devaki said, "make happy customers."
The new Medi-Cal recipient
Money is tight for part-time college student Tori Rosales and her husband, who just graduated from UC Berkeley with an economics degree but hasn't found a job. To help save money, they live with his parents in Oakland.
Rosales, who works 16 hours a week in a doctor's office while attending CSU East Bay, can't afford health insurance for herself or her husband, César, on her salary.
Before Obamacare, they might have had to do without. But the health care law allows states to expand Medicaid, a federal program for the poor and disabled, to adults with limited income.
In California, it's known as Medi-Cal, and Tori Rosales is signing up along with her spouse.
As of Jan. 1, as many as 2 million adults will be newly eligible for the program in California, which is among the 25 states increasing Medicaid access.
It may not offer as much as Kaiser, her parents' health plan that the 2010 health care law allowed her to stay on until she turned 26 this year. But, she said, "you can't be picky. It's better than no insurance."
Besides, both she and her husband eat healthy and stay fit.
"But I'm not fond of freeloading, and I'm not proud of being this poor as a student and having to rely on Medi-Cal," Rosales said. "I would pay for insurance if I had the option to do it."
The couple is hoping to make enough money next year to qualify for a policy on the state's insurance exchange. And someday they hope to work for companies that will pay for most of their insurance.
The long-term uninsured
Construction worker Richard Lee Mitchell Jr. is 53. But he has never had medical insurance as an adult.
"I can't afford it," said Mitchell, who last looked at rates for an individual policy five years ago, on a whim, and recalled "it was something like $550 a month."
The advent of Obamacare, however, is forcing the Rodeo resident to reconsider — along with 5.8 million other uninsured Californians who beginning Jan. 1 might be eligible for federal tax subsidies to help them buy health coverage.
Because the single, self-employed Mitchell earns only about $22,000 annually after taxes, he not only can get a subsidy, but he also can get help with out-of-pocket costs.
On the Covered California insurance exchange website, his options range from a bare-bones Bronze plan, which would cost as little as a dollar a month, to the Enhanced Silver plan, which starts at $78 monthly.
The figures surprised Mitchell, who lives with his pit bull mix, Widdle, in a mobile home and RV park.
"I could afford something like that," he said. "I'm not a spring chicken anymore. I could get hurt fairly easily."
A few years ago, the same man who prided himself on staying safe and keeping fit fell off a roof and broke both his ankles. He went to the Contra Costa County hospital in Martinez, where doctors operated on his shattered left foot.
Because he was uninsured, the hospital covered most of the cost, though he offered to pay $1,500. Mitchell said he never went back to get his right ankle fixed.
Initially he considered paying the minimum $95 penalty for not buying insurance. But after checking out the rates on the insurance exchange, he has decided he will buy a policy and may even go with the pricier Enhanced Silver plan, which offers lower out-of-pocket costs if you're sick or injured.
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1. The "friendship" bracelet
If you've ever been to Sacré Coeur in Paris, you'll have seen these guys at work. They'll approach you and ask if you can help them make a "friendship" bracelet. If you don't instantly walk away, you'll end up with a cheap bracelet tied around your wrist. Since you can't easily take it off, you'll feel obliged to pay up.
2. The baby throw
This is an especially cruel scam. Locals will place a baby in your arms and, while you're helplessly trying to deal with the baby, they can easily take your wallet or purse. Dropping the baby isn't really an option.
3. The Stripper
An attractive woman begins arguing with a street vendor, who is accusing her of shop-lifting. She begins to strip, showing that she hasn't stolen anything. Only when the street vendor apologizes and the woman leaves will the men watching the spectacle notice that their wallets are missing.
4. The "helpful" local
The "concerned" local is a common disguise for thieves and pick-pockets. Obviously, never let a stranger help you buy a subway ticket or get cash out of an ATM. Refuse help from official looking "attendants" at the Rome train station. They'll help you find a seat and then demand a tip.
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Cashiers will count you change slowly, pausing often with the intention that rushed and impatient tourists will quickly gather the incorrect change.
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For male travelers, a gorgeous woman who invites you for a drink could be in on a scam with the bar. After a few drinks, a check that is several hundred dollars higher than you expected, and two bouncers guarding the door, you could end up a broke traveler.
7. The Broken Camera
Someone asks you to take a picture of them. As they hand you the camera, they deliberately fumble it, breaking it on the ground. They will either demand you pay for it, or pick-pocket you as you pick the camera up.
8. The Beijing "Tea" Party
A common scam in China is to invite tourists to a "special tea ceremony" and the ridiculously overcharge them. One guy was charged £360.00 for tea!
9. The Bogus Police
Two police will approach you, demanding to search you for counterfeit and "drug" money. Once they have returned your wallet and left, you will notice you have considerably less bills than you had before.
10. The Ring
Someone picks up a ring in front of you and asks if you dropped it. Saying no, the person shows you a mark "proving" its high value. They will then offer a price much higher than what they paid before they dropped it.
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Euro 2012: Croatia announces provisional roster
In what is perhaps the first move of his swan song as coach of Croatia's national team, Slaven Bilic has announced a provisionary squad of 27 men to represent their country at Euro 2012.
The roster is by no means complete. Bilic told Agence France-Presse that the final, 23-man list would be announced May 26 or a day later, adding he's still counting on the recovery of stars Dejan Lovren and Niko Kranjcar, of Olympique Lyonnais and Tottenham Hotspur, respectively.
"Due to the fact that some players who should have been ready for the Euros are either not yet fully fit or are still injured, we decided to name a few more players, to give ourselves more options in every position," Bilic said.
The provisionary roster is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov/RUS), Danijel Subasic (Monaco/FRA), Ivan Kelava (Dinamo Zagreb), Goran Blazevic (Hajduk Split)
Defenders: Jurica Buljat (Maccabi Haifa/ISR), Domagoj Vida (Dinamo Zagreb), Vedran Corluka (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Josip Simunic (Dinamo Zagreb), Dejan Lovren (Lyon/FRA), Sime Vrsaljko (Dinamo Zagreb), Gordon Schildenfeld (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Ivan Strinic (Dnepropetrovsk/UKR), Danijel Pranjic (Bayern Munich/GER)
Midfielders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Tomislav Dujmovic (Real Zaragoza/ESP), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev/UKR), Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla/ESP), Luka Modric (Tottenham/ENG), Ivan Perisic (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Niko Kranjcar (Tottenham/ENG), Milan Badelj (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivo Ilicevic (Hamburg/GER)
Strikers: Ivica Olic (Bayern Munich/GER), Nikica Jelavic (Everton/ENG), Mario Mandzukic (Wolfsburg/GER), Eduardo da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Nikola Kalinic (Dnepropetrovsk/UKR)
Ranked sixth in Europe according to FIFA's latest calculations, Croatia's most-capped player is goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa, who currently plays for FC Rostov of the Russian Premier League. He was named Man of the Match in Croatia's opening game against Austria in the Euro 2008 tournament. The team's best chance at offence is Eduardo da Silva, a Brazilian-born player currently playing with Shakhtar Donetsk of the Ukrainian Premier League. He has 22 goals in 45 caps, the best of any Croatian player when it comes to goals per game.
But perhaps the biggest story facing the Croatian team is the imminent departure of Bilic as their coach. After taking over in 2006, he led them through the Euro 2008 tournament, where Croatia denied England a spot with a 3-2 victory at Wembley Stadium. The team failed to make the 2010 World Cup.
The team plays this tournament in Group C, against Spain, Ireland and Italy. And though the competition is stuff, Bilic has repeatedly said, according to AFP, that his team has a chance to reach the quarter-finals.
(Photos by Torsten Blackwood, AFP/Getty Images; Alexander Hassenstein, Bongarts/Getty Images)