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Rutland Town dealing with theftsBy Brent Curtis
STAFF WRITER | December 13,2012A large number of vehicles and even the municipal transfer station have been targeted by thieves recently in Rutland Town.
Vermont State Police and local law enforcement have issued multiple warnings in the last week about car break-ins on Town Line Road, Park Lane and Post Road Extension in Rutland Town.
Police also reported that similar break-ins were reported on Cedar Lane in Mendon.
Monday, police reported the latest break-in the office at the Rutland Town Transfer Station where someone damaged a door and a window to break in. State police said the burglary occurred at some point between Saturday afternoon and early Wednesday morning.
Police said they recovered evidence at the scene.
Transfer station manager Tony Flory said the thieves did a lot of damage including about $500 worth of damage to the door and window but found little of value inside.
They ransacked the whole place but there wasnt much for them to take, Flory said.
Checks made out to the town for about $600 were taken, Flory said, but he and other town officials said the checks could not be cashed since they were already made out to the town.
Im thinking whoever is doing this is looking for drug money and not thinking straight, said Stan Rhodes, chairman of the Rutland Town Select Board.
Break-ins arent new at the transfer station or at the municipal pool next to it in Northwood Park.
Flory said there were four break-ins at the transfer station last year while a break-in at the school last spring resulted in the theft of about 15 checks, Rhodes said.
The town installed surveillance cameras around the pool area this fall to deter further break-ins, Rhodes said.
For residents living in the Post Road Extension and Town Line Road areas, Rutland Town Police Chief Edward Dumas said the best way to deter thieves from breaking into vehicles is to take away any incentive to break into a car.
Dont leave anything of value in your car. Its like a calling card to thieves, he said. For people in the town, its not something they see as much as people in the city. Theyre not used to having their cars broken into.
And Dumas said all sorts of items could have value. In one case, he said, a pair of sweaters that a man bought for his wife were stolen and returned to the store where he bought them so the thief could claim a refund.
Asked if police believed that the break-ins were being carried out by the same person or people, Dumas said that was still unclear.
Anyone with information about the break-ins can call Dumas or the state police at 773-9101.
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This is the first part of a flash i've been working on. Not the best of the best but I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for watching.
A girl is misteriously kidnapped after retrieving some weird instrument that looks like a gigantic RAM.
btw, at the end it says ''RUN!'' i forgot the subtitles there xD srry )=
nice but waaay too fast
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Aha I enjoyed the 3d omg that scene where the girl drops down was amazing.
It was a little bit random and fast between each scene.
For Constructiveness I would say add a few more scenes to make it less fast passed and random or slow it down just a tad. :D
Either way you have a beautiful style and amazing structure of the characters.
Good Luck on the next part!
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Good flash but:
The animation was actually pretty good, except the gunshots perhaps, and the sounds fitted perfectly. I don't know what the speak but I would try to let it have more emotion. It sounds a like you made a robot say those things.
The animation was good, but it was very static, like pasting picture behind eachother as in a comic instead of a real vid.
Further, and final, note. Instead of useing one sounds for the same thing. Make about three sounds if you use it alot and cycle trough those three. Like the gunshot, not every shot will sounds the same.
Otherwise, very nice flash.
Not bad but everything just happens too fast. Next time add some slow parts.
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As U.S. Army wife Martha Summerhayes revealed in her published memoirs, Vanished Arizona, she traveled with a derringer for protection. She didn't mention the brand, but she quite possibly could have been carrying a Southerner (inset, right) as these spur-trigger single-shooters were produced between 1867 and 1873, one year before she traveled with her husband to his new post in Arizona Territory. – Summerhayes photo True West Archives/ Firearm photo Courtesy Rock Island Auction Company –
On the back of this 1872 albumen photo of William Wallace, a note states the hunting pouch Wallace is wearing was "taken from the Indian Chief 'Big Foot' from whoom [sic] he derived his name." The photo sold for a $10,000 bid at Heritage Auctions in 2013. – Courtesy Heritage Auctions –
Y.B. Rowdy (standing) evidently lent his Medal of Honor to fellow scout 1st Sgt. Cut-Mouth Moses for this circa 1895 photo session. Rowdy was honored for his bravery in action with Apaches on March 7, 1890, while he was serving as a Company A scout during the Cherry Creek Campaign in Arizona. – Courtesy Arizona Historical Society –
Western lore records Tom Horn as a gunfighter, and he did wield a gun during Arizona's Pleasant Valley War in 1887, but he was more accurately a hired gunman who usually shot his victims from ambush. He's shown here, in the jail in Cheyenne, Wyoming, before his 1903 execution for the murder of 14-year-old Willie Nickell. – Courtesy True West Archives –
April 5 was an eventful date in the gunfighting career of John Selman, the man most known for shooting down deadly killer John Wesley Hardin in 1895. On that day in 1894, Selman killed a former Texas Ranger named Bass Outlaw. On April 5, 1896, Selman got into a dispute with Deputy U.S. Marshal George Scarborough in El Paso, Texas, went into an alley to shoot it out...and lost. The lawman was 56 when he died. – Courtesy Leon Metz Collection –
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Boston philanthropist Greg Carr spurs the redevelopment of fabled Gorongosa National Park.
Gorongosa National Park was once the crown jewel of Mozambique's national parks and one of the most fabled in Africa. But after 28 years of war, the park is now almost empty.
The massive numbers of elephants and lions that once brought Greta Garbo and John Wayne to the park can no longer be found. Even after Mozambique's civil war ended in 1993, the park lay dormant, ignored by a government dealing with pressing humanitarian and development issues. But many people in Mozambique and the rest of southern Africa remember this almost mythical place that had a unique concentration of Africa's wildlife.
Greg Carr, a Boston-based philanthropist who made his fortune in voice messaging, was looking for a chance to put his money to work for a higher purpose. Carr already had projects in Afghanistan, but he had been bitten by the Africa bug. When visiting Mozambique, he heard of this neglected former jewel, and after eight years his dream of rebuilding Gorongosa National Park is becoming a reality. He has pledged up to $40 million over 30 years for the restoration efforts.
The statistics are sobering. Before the war, the park had 14,000 buffalo, 2,000 elephants and 5,500 wildebeest, all sharing a park smaller than Yellowstone National Park. But in the aftermath of the conflict only a few dozen buffalo remained. The elephants had been cut down to one or two hundred and those that survived were very shy. Just a smattering of wildebeest still roamed the verdant plains.
In the face of such losses, other parks in the region stepped in. With the Carr Foundation in partnership with the Mozambican government, Kruger National Park in South Africa helped with restocking and the park saw a resurgence in game. Animal numbers are up across the board, and not only the restocked ones — other animal populations are booming because this unique ecosystem has something special about it.


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El Gamo 68/68-XP — A futuristic airgun from the past: Part 6
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier
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El Gamo 68 is a futuristic breakbarrel from the past.
I last reported on this rifle on August 8 of last year. And that was Part 5! I had just tuned the rifle with a new mainspring and proper lubricants and was wondering what the changes would be. I was ready to report on it several months ago when I discovered that it wouldn't cock. After fiddling with the trigger adjustments awhile with no success, I set it aside and moved on — thinking that the gun would need to be disassembled.
I disassembled it last week and discovered there was nothing wrong! The sear was working properly, or at least it seemed to be when I played with it as the gun was disassembled. I relubricated everything and put it all back together and was going to write Monday's report on it. But the trigger still didn't work! ARRGH!
This time, I remembered that when I got the gun the trigger was also a bit iffy, so I fiddled with the adjustments WAY outside the normal realm and, presto! I got it working again. Oh, it took a couple hours and there were some accidental discharges when the barrel was closed (direct sear!), but I solved all that by giving the sear way more contact than it needs.
Now the trigger releases at about 12 lbs., but at least it's safe. Today, I'll share with you how the tuned gun does at 25 yards — heavy trigger and all.
One other thing I did to the rifle was lubricate the leather piston seal with 10 drops of 3-in-One oil, leaving the rifle standing on its butt for two days afterward. The oil was allowed to slowly soak into the leather, which it did, but to protect the carpet and walls (Edith–Are you listening?) I put a long drop cloth in front of the rifle when I shot it.
Today's test is a deviation from my normal pattern. I've tuned this gun and not yet reported the new velocities, and yet here I am shooting for accuracy. I decided to do it that way; and if I got good results, I would test the velocity next. I'm not changing the usual way of doing things — this is just an exception.
RWS Hobby
The first pellet I tested was the RWS Hobby. I chose it for its light weight and because it's often accurate in lower-powered spring rifles and pistols. Sitting 25 yards from the target, I have to admit that I was wondering if the rifle had enough power to hit that target — let alone shoot a decent group.
Five of the first 10 pellets were detonations from the oiled piston seal. And the smell of burning oil was in the air. The Hobbys landed in a vertical group that was pleasingly tight from side to side. I was prepared to blame the verticality on the dieseling, but the truth is, that wasn't the problem. The gun just doesn't want to shoot Hobbys at 25 yards. That's not too surprising since 25 yards is about the maximum distance for any wadcutter pellets, in my experience.
Ten Hobbys made this 2.151-inch group at 25 yards.
Air Arms Falcon
The second pellet I tested was the Air Arms Falcon, a 7.3-grain dome that's often accurate in spring rifles. I used the spotting scope only on the first shot, which was a detonation, to make sure it was on the paper. There were 4 detonations in the 10 shots. I didn't look at the target again until I walked down to change it. Boy, was I surprised by what I saw! To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, "Now, THAT'S a group!" For open sights at 25 yards and 65-year-old-eyes, it ain't too bad!
Ten Air Arms Falcons went into 0.898 inches between their two widest centers. This is an acceptable group for this rifle at 25 yards.
Remember, I'm shooting 10 shots — not 5. So this kind of group really proves the rifle can shoot. It also proves this old man can still hit things when the rifle does its part! So much for the problems of the droopers and gas springs! I needed this validation after some of the disappointing tests I've done recently.
The heavy trigger apparently is not causing much of a problem for me. I think that's because the rifle is rested. If I were shooting offhand, I'd want a lighter trigger-pull.
JSB Exact RS
Next, I tried JSB Exact RS pellets. This is another 7.3-grain dome from JSB (JSB also makes Air Arms Pellets) and is very often accurate in many different airguns. And this is one of them. The group is slightly larger than the Falcon group, but the two are so similar that I would call it a tie.
Ten JSB Exact RS domes went into 1.028 inches. Though not quite as small as the Falcon group, I would rate both pellets about equal in this rifle.
RWS Superdome
The last pellet I tried was the RWS Superdome, which often does well in lower-powered spring rifles. This time, however, it didn't. Ten pellets produced a 1.765-inch group. It didn't disappoint me, though, because the Falcon and JSB RS groups looked that much better. It showed that the earlier Hobby group wasn't just a fluke of bad luck — the gun simply likes what it likes.
Ten RWS Superdomes made this 1.765-inch group.
This test was calming for me. It was slower than many of the tests I've run in the past month, and the results were more based on me as a shooter rather than on the equipment. I find that I like that a lot!
The El Gamo 68 XP is operating well right now, except for the heavy trigger that I'll probably keep just as it is for a while. The tuned powerplant is now smoother with less of a jolt. I noticed in this test that each pellet has a firing characteristic of its own. The two JSB pellets were definitely the smoothest of the four tested, and the Hobbys were the roughest.
This is such an odd airgun, with the fat heavy butt and no forearm to hold. Yet, it shoots like a thoroughbred. With the new tune, it cocks smoothly and just feels good to shoot — I don't have any better way of describing it. I wish you could all try one, but since you can't, I will, again, recommend the Air Venturi Bronco, which is the closest thing still being made today.
El Gamo 68/68-XP – A futuristic airgun from the past: Part 5
by B.B. Pelletier
El Gamo 68 is a futuristic breakbarrel from the past.
I'm sure many of you imagine that I'm immersed in airguns all the time, which is true. That my office is filled with all sorts of models (it is) and that my workshop bench is strewn with parts of projects in process. There's just one problem with that view. I don't have a workshop. When I really need a lot of room, such as for today's report, I usually move to the kitchen, where I do my work on that time-honored bench — the kitchen table!
The other thing most readers don't appreciate is how whipsawed I am with time. I can't afford to spend a week or even two days on a project anymore. Back in the days of The Airgun Letter, I had one month to crank out the stories that are now written in about four days! If I spend more than three hours on a project before starting to write about it, I'm working on a 12-hour day because the writing and photography take so much more time than the actual testing. And so it was with some trepidation that I approached today's report, which is a disassembly, evaluation, cleaning and lubrication of my Gamo 68 breakbarrel air rifle.
I wanted to do this because the 68 shoots very suddenly. It doesn't vibrate like many spring guns, but the thump when it fires is very heavy — way out of proportion with the power of the gun. The trigger is very heavy, and I wanted to see what might be involved in bringing it down. It's crisp enough, just too heavy for the release.
Because of the potential time element and the fact that I have no room for another disassembled airgun, I studied the rifle carefully for two months — the way a diamond cutter examines an important stone. And with all that study, I still did not recognize the way the gun is assembled. But one look at a schematic sent by David Enoch showed me what to do.
Only three screws have to be removed to take the action out of the stock. That's no different than any other breakbarrel, but the location of the third screw is certainly different! It's at the back of the spring tube.
This photo shows the action out of the stock. One extra screw was removed. The one below the triggerguard does not hold the action in the stock. It's one of two screws that hold the trigger unit to the stock, and it doesn't have to be removed to get the action out of the stock.
With the action out of the stock, you have access to disassemble the mechanism and do what I ended up doing to the rifle. The trigger is really a complex bullpup unit that's entirely separate from the barreled action. By "bullpup," I mean that the trigger blade does not directly contact the sear. It's located many inches forward of the true sear and is connected by a long lever inside the trigger unit. If I want to improve the trigger-pull beyond what simple adjustment can do, I need to remove this unit from the stock to get access to the pins and levers.
I decided to leave that task for another day, as working on the powerplant was all I had time to do in this session.
You're looking down into the aluminum stock that holds the spring tube. The trigger unit runs from almost all the way on top, where the trigger blade is located, to all the way on the bottom, where the true sear releases the piston. It's a complex bullpup unit that must be removed as a unit for work. You can see the steel channel that holds all the trigger parts.
Because of the way the Gamo action is designed, I could set the trigger aside and go to work on the powerplant. The end cap is held in the spring tube by a single large pin that must be drifted out. The action was installed in a mainspring compressor for this next step.
Here you see the barreled action in the mainspring compressor with the large pin drifted out. The pin is on the table, next to the hammer handle. The spring tube is ready to come apart.
Moment of truth
Taking a spring-piston powerplant apart for the first time is always a surprise. You never know how much compression the mainspring is under, even when relaxed, and how far it will come out of the gun before it's fully relaxed and the gun can be removed from the mainspring compressor. It was a real surprise this time, for the spring came out several inches before fully relaxing. If I had just drifted the pin and tried to hope I could hold the end cap with my body, I could have broken bones!
Like a python that swallowed a telephone pole, the mainspring just kept coming out of the spring tube until it was this far! As you can see, I didn't have much more room on my adjustment screw.
Once tension is off the mainspring, the rifle can be removed from the compressor. The end cap, spring guide and mainspring can now be removed. The piston, though, is still held in the rifle by the cocking link. You must disconnect the link from the piston before it will slide out of the gun.
The 68 has an articulated cocking link, and I noticed a spot at the front of the cocking slot that was enlarged for the removal of the cocking link. That told me that I did not need to remove the barrel from the action to disconnect the link from the piston. Just line up the link end with the enlarged hole, and the end pops right out.
The cocking link is two pieces.
The end of the link can be removed from the spring tube through the enlarged hole at the end of the cocking slot. The two-piece cocking linkage helps you do this.
The mainspring and piston both told me this gun had probably never been apart before. The grease looked like factory grease, and there were many years of accumulated dirt and grime on all the parts.
The piston has a leather seal that looks brand new. It was a bit on the dry side. After I assembled the rifle, I lubricated it heavily. I'll continue to do that many times over the next few months, until I'm satisfied that the leather is oily and supple once more.
Leather piston seal looks good.
The piston itself is a very strange duck. It has to be, because the trigger is autonomous from the powerplant. There's a window on the side of the piston at the rear where the sear catches it when the gun is cocked.
Here you see the entire piston, which is a machined steel part. The rectangular window at the end of the piston skirt is where the sear catches and holds it when the gun is cocked. Only the piston seal and the machined section at the rear touch the inside of the spring tube, so that's where the moly lubrication goes.
The inside of the spring tube was as dirty as the piston and mainspring. I put paper towels over the end of a long-bladed screwdriver, dipped the paper in alcohol, and cleaned the inside of the spring tube and compression chamber. This would also be the time to remove any burrs from the cocking slot, but there weren't any on this one.
After the entire powerplant was cleaned, I examined that long mainspring. After all those years, I thought it had to be canted — and it was, though not as much as I'd imagined. Rolling it on a flat surface revealed a wobble at one end, which translated to a jolt during firing. Hopefully, I had a suitable replacement.
I found several possibilities, but the best one proved to be a replacement spring for a TX200, of all things. It's a special spring Jim Maccari made some years ago and it has collapsed coils in the center and at one end. As you can see in the picture, it's a lot shorter than the spring that was in the 68. The wire is thicker, but there are so many fewer coils that I knew it would fit. The fit inside the piston was about the same as the factory spring, and the fit on the spring guide was tighter. So, this is a good replacement.
Factory spring above, replacement below. The new spring will certainly be under less compression when the gun is not cocked!
I coated the new spring with a thin layer of black tar and inserted it back into the piston. The front and rear of the piston were then coated with a heavy layer of moly grease and installed back into the spring tube. The cocking link was inserted back into the enlarged hole, where it contacted the piston for cocking.
The spring guide was coated with moly and slid inside the mainspring as far as it would go. The end cap was placed over the end of the spring guide, and the barreled action was installed in the mainspring compressor, once again. This time, the amount the spring stuck out was drastically reduced.
The spring guide is steel. It was coated with moly and slid back inside the mainspring.
The new mainspring has just begun to compress. It's a lot shorter than the old one!
The gun went together without a hitch! And that was when I noticed for the first time that the entire job from start to finish had taken me only one hour — including photos! That's as fast as I could tune a TX200 (assuming I would, which would never happen), and it doesn't require a mainspring compressor. This wasn't the time-killer I thought it was going to be.
How does it shoot?
The rifle cocked with 22 lbs. of force before this tune. Now it takes 28 lbs. to cock it, and the final sear lockup takes a final crunch that wasn't there before.
The gun fires with 70 percent less jolting than before, but its just as quick as it was before the tune. The feel of firing is atypical of a lower-powered breakbarrel, just as it used to be. I can now feel a little vibration in the powerplant that I think was previously masked by the heavy firing jolt.
I still don't know the gun. It will take a session of velocity testing and shooting for accuracy before I can finish this report. Since I've already tested the gun extensively before, I'll combine both of those things in the next report.
A shrine built for a Feinwerkbau 124 – Part 6
by B.B. Pelletier
Tuning by Earl "Mac" McDonald
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The saga of tuning the FWB 124 continues. While he was here, Mac replaced the Mongoose tune in my 124 with a fresh Maccari Old School kit, which consists of a Blizzard piston seal, a short mainspring and a spacer that slides inside the piston ahead of the mainspring. This he cheerfully did.
You may recall that my 124 was giving an average of 800 f.p.s. with the Mongoose kit. I felt that was too slow and wanted just a little more — perhaps 840 with Crosman Premier lites. The words on Maccari's website seemed to indicate that the Old School tune was the ultimate way to go, so I ordered one.
The kit arrived, and I was going to install it when the hospital adventure began. So, when Mac arrived, he had the time and I asked him to do it for me. He certainly knows how.
He had to use my mainspring compressor to get the rifle apart but was able to put it together with the Old School kit without using the compressor. No Black Tar dampening compound was used with this tune because the Old School kit is supposed to fit so well it doesn't need it. Mac put some moly grease on the outside of the mainspring and buttoned up the rifle.
In the hospital, I waited with great anticipation for the results, which came the next day. According to Mac, the new tune averaged around 740 f.p.s. with Premier lites. Seven forty! I was devastated! Well, maybe Mac was reading the chronograph wrong. I vowed when I got home that I would check it.
I asked Mac to remove the hump on the piston seal, thinking it might be the cause of the lower compression. He used a Dremel tool rasp to cut the crown smooth, as I requested, but no change in velocity. So much for my theory of the wasted compression space caused by the high crown.
My check
I shot Premier lites and got the following velocities:
The shots were accompanied by a burning oil smell, so the powerplant may be over-lubricated at some point. I will disassemble it to determine what to do next. On some guns, I might suspect the compression chamber.
I've examined the 124′s compression chamber and know that it is in good condition, but allow me to show you one that is not. Remember the Slavia 622 rifles I tested for you a while back? If not, read this.
What to do?
My next step will be a teardown to check what's going on inside this gun. I may be able to refresh the tune and get it up to snuff from there. If not, I may install another type of piston seal left over from 124 testing years ago. The journey continues….


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text: Delegating work works, provided the one It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you delegating works, too. look funny on a horse. Robert Half Adlai Stevenson The leaders of the future will be those who dare to If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to claim their irrelevance in the contemporary world as collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, a divine vocation that allows them to enter into a but rather teach them to long for the endless deep solidarity with the anguish underlying all the immensity of the sea. glitter of success, and to bring the light of Jesus there. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Henri Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must Management is doing things right; leadership is talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. doing the right things. Eric Hoffer Peter F. Drucker Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want The task of the leader is to get his people from to test a man's character, give him power. where they are to where they have not been. Abraham Lincoln Henry Kissinger Procrastination on your part does not constitute an Obedience, not success. emergency on my part. Mother Theresa (a Pastor's quote) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. me. The last is to say thank you. Philippians 4:13 Max DePree On training vice-principals… Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going What if you train them and they leave? somewhere, and second they are able to persuade What if you don't train them and they stay? other people to go with them. John Maxwell John Maxwell What you value most deeply will move you most As leaders, we are called to be givers. powerfully in your work. Charles Packer D. Goleman Dynamic leadership can transform schools from They also serve who only stand and wait. houses of detention to houses of attention. John Milton, On His Blindness John Gabriel, How to Thrive as a Teacher Leader The primal task of leadership: Greatness is not found in possessions, power, to inspire and move people with a position or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, compelling vision humility, service and character. offer a sense of purpose beyond the day-to- day tasks William Arthur Ward Daniel Goleman, Primal Leadership Good leaders must first become good servants. Who shall kindle others must himself glow. Robert Greenleaf Italian Proverb According to the Bible, God is not necessarily looking for leaders… He is looking for servants. If you want to walk on water you've got to get out of When God finds men and women willing to be the boat. molded into his servants, the possibilities are endless. John Ortberg Henry and Richard Blackaby I don't know the key to success, but the key to The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for failure is trying to please everybody. wit. Bill Cosby William Somerset Maugham Only three things happen naturally in organizations: Follow my example as I follow Christ's. friction, confusion, and malperformance. All else requires leadership. 1 Corinthians 11:1 Peter Drucker We must remember that we are human – we must recharge, rest, and refresh. If you do not handle this A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way season right, you will never return to your original and shows the way. capacity. The road to success and the road to a nervous breakdown are the same road. John Maxwell Wayne Corderio The greatest among you will be your servant. For If there is any focus that the Christian leader of the whoever exalts himself will be humbled and future will need, it is the discipline of dwelling in the whoever humbles himself will be exalted. presence of the One who keeps asking us, "Do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? Matthew 23:11 Henri Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do You must be the change you wish to see in the something you want done because he wants to do world. it. Mahatma Gandhi Dwight Eisenhower You have to be able to set consistent expectations for all your people yet at the same time threat each person differently. F. Scott Fitzgerald believed that "To stop doing" lists are more important than "to "the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to do" lists. hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time, and still maintain the ability to function. Collins, Good to Great and the Social Sectors Buckingham, First, Break All the Rules …I'll be with you. I won't give up on you; I won't Leaders don't force people to follow—they invite leave you. Strength! Courage! them on a journey. Joshua, son of Nun (The Message Charles S. Lauer "As a Christian school principal, you are going to "…but those who hope in the Lord will renew their spend a lot of time on your knees," said Ike. strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they "Yes…in prayer," I replied, solemnly. "No, …asking will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not people to do things for you." be faint. Ike Witteveen, OACS Administrator, retired Isaiah 40:31 Leaders are like Eagles, you never find them in Change is a process, not an event flocks, you only find them one at a time. Unknown Unknown The leadership instinct you are born with is the You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good… backbone. You develop the funny bone and the Joseph, as he confronted his brothers wishbone that go with it. in Genesis 50 Elaine Agather For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to accordance with the measure of faith God has given God the Father through him. you. Colossians 3:12 Romans 12:3 Leadership is the ability to help create a shared Leadership is not so much about technique and vision; it is the ability to both see and to help others methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership see beyond the present realities. is about inspiration—of oneself and of others. L.O. Pellicer, Caring Enough to Lead Lance Secretan Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood. When you walk down the middle of the road you Leadership is a forfeiture of rights. risk being hit by both sides. Max DePree, Leadership Jazz Lester B. Pearson, during the formation of the United Nations If there is no wind, row. Follow me. Mike Jones Jesus Too often we learn too late what is really important. Christian is a great noun and poor adjective. John Maxwell Rob Bell, Velvet Elvis Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Now all has been heard; On leadership preparation… here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty six sharpening my axe. of man. Abraham Lincoln probably Solomon Know your mission and vision, live it, and hire This will be our greatest hour. people around you to make it happen. Quoted by NASA Mission Control Peter VanHuizen - September 18, 2008 during the Apollo 13 ill fated mission At the end of the day, leadership isn't really about Be still and know that I am God. us. It's not even about the people we're leading. It's about whether God gets served. Psalm 46:10 Thomas Addington and Stephen Graves To lead people, walk beside them… As for the best leaders, the people do not notice A leader is best when people barely know he exists, their existence. not so good when people obey and acclaim him, The next best, the people honor and praise. worse when they despise him. But of a good leader The next, the people fear; who talks little when his work is done, his aim And the next, the people hate… fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves. When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves!" Lao-Tzu Lao-Tsu Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as Nothing matters but the kingdom of God, but working for the Lord, not for men. It is the Lord because of the kingdom of God, everything matters. Christ you are serving. Unknown Colossians 3:23-24 Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, …just run your hand under your movie seat and be humble enough to admit them, strong enough to very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce the truth. back and keep on moving. Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee Jesse Jackson Leaders are meant to help others become the A leader lives with people to know their problems. people God created them to be. A leader lives with God in order to solve them. John Maxwell, Leadership Promises for Every Day John Maxwell God is in this place—truly. And I didn't even know Leadership is the tapestry of integrity of heart and it! life, words and deeds, thoughts and actions. Jacob, Genesis 28, The Message John Bowling, Grace-Full Leadership Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men – Leaders are more powerful role models when they the other 999 follow women. learn than when they teach. Groucho Marx Rosabeth Moss Kantor The best executive is the one who has sense enough I have set you an example that you should do as I to pick good men to do what he wants done, and have done for you. Now that you know these things, self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while you will be blessed if you do them. they do it. Jesus Theodore Roosevelt If you ware wondering if you are a leader, turn It is essential that a leader not get too far ahead of around and see if anyone is following you. her troops, lest she be confused with the enemy. Unknown Unknown In parenting and teaching let this be our aim: not to Leadership is about engaging in conversations with make every idea safe for children, but every child those who don't have a voice. safe for ideas. Unknown Gerhard Frost, Kept Moments A Godly leader… finds strength by realizing his weakness, finds authority by being under authority, finds direction by laying down his own The prophet (leader) is first to criticize and plans, dismantle the dominant worldview, and then to finds vision by seeing the needs of others, energise the covenant community with an finds credibility by being an example, alternative worldview, an alternative imagination. finds loyalty by expressing compassion, finds honor by being faithful, Brian Walsh, Subversive Christianity finds greatness by being a servant. Roy Lessin Good-tempered leaders invigorate lives; they're like Well behaved women rarely make history. spring rain and sunshine. Margaret Thatcher Proverbs 16:15, The Message Lead, follow or get out of the way. Courage is fear that has said its prayers. Unknown Unknown A leader is someone with the power to project The very essence of leadership is that you have to either shadow or light upon some part of the world, have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. and upon the lives of the people who dwell there. A leader shapes the ethos in which others must live… Theodore M. Hesburgh Parker Palmer Great people are those who can make others feel Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you that they, too, can become great. earn, my God do you learn. Mark Twain C.S. Lewis On leading change: The first step to leadership is servanthood. Not all change is improvement, but without change there can be no improvement. John Maxwell John Maxwell There are two aspects of leadership—a visionary Everyone has the potential and right to work as a role (doing the right thing) and an implementation leader. Leading is skilled and complicated work that role (doing things right). every member of the school community can learn. Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels, Phil Hodges, Lambert (1998) Leadership by the Book Ensuring that only excellent teachers have contact Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to with students is the (principal's) most important role. others. Larry Frase, Robert Hetzel, Henri Nouwen (1992) School Management by Wandering Around They understood the times and knew what Israel You can easily judge the character of a man by the ought to do. way he treats those who can do nothing for him. 1 Chronicles 12:32 Goethe To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments, statements, or declarations. True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. They are free A leader paves the way for change. She prepares the to receive, to welcome, to accept. Listening is much organization. Probably the most important more than allowing another to talk while waiting for preparation is lavish communication. We can a chance to respond. Listening is paying full neither read each other's minds nor afford the sin of attention to others and welcoming them into our isolation. Yet each of us needs to be able to identify very beings. The beauty of listening is that, those with a mission. Each person needs to decide to who are listened to start feeling accepted, start follow: When you ask someone to do something, taking their words more seriously and discovering make sure you wait for an answer. their own true selves. Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become Max DePree, Leadership Jazz friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you. Henri Nouwen When I was a kid, my mom told me I could do anything. I believed her. She said dreaming was We have been called to be fruitful—not successful, important and dreaming big was what set people not productive, not accomplished. Success comes apart. But Mom said there was a catch: "Dreams from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness need feet. They're not worth much stuck between comes from vulnerability and the admission of our your ears." Put feet on your dreams. own weakness. S. Peter Lewis, Treehouse Chronicles Henri Nouwen Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. Opportunity is missed by most people, because it's It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. dressed in overalls and looks like work. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best. Thomas A. Edison Laurence Olivier There is no leadership, no management, and no influence unless a follower chooses to accept that When he had finished washing their feet, he put on influence and to act on it. It takes at least two his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you people for leadership influence to be understand what I have done for you? He asked exercised…This is captured well in a scene from the them. You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord' and rightly movie Take the Lead. Pierre Dulaine is attempting to so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and teach ballroom dancing to two kids from the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should street…He points out that both parties must lead wash one another's feet. I have set you an example because the dance is only possible when the woman that you should do as I have done. choose to follow. John 13: 12-15, NIV Managers as Mentors, from Comment Magazine, Oct. 2006 It is not the critic who counts, nor the person who Pillars of Leadership in the Christian Community points out where the strong person stumbled, nor Leadership is community building in a where the doer of deeds could have done better. faithful direction. On the contrary, the credit belongs to the person We image God in leadership inasmuch as who is actually in the arena—whose vision is marred He meets us where we are at; so we are to by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives meet those we are called to lead beginning valiantly; who errs and comes up again and again; where they are at—not where we happen to who knows the great devotions, the great be. enthusiasms; who at best knows in the end the Our leadership gift is to be used for the triumph of achievement. However, if one fails, if enablement of others. one falls, at least one fails while daring greatly so The integrity of the leader is absolutely that ones place shall never be with those cold and essential! timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. You can't lead where you are not prepared to go. Theodore Roosevelt Unknown When we point our children toward Scripture and the importance of their Christian commitment, When I consider how my light is spent when we help them, by God's grace, to shape their Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, standards after his and evaluate all standards in the And that one Talent which is death to hide light of his, when we point out to them the Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent essentially social nature of Christianity and the To serve therewith my Maker, and present responsibility brothers and sisters in Christ have for My true account, lest He returning chide, each other, when we insist on and inspire a healthy "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" study of all created reality and allow all questions in I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent order to find the right answers, when we That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need demonstrate that the purpose of all our study and Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best achievement is service—then I think neither we nor Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state our children will have any doubt why Christian Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed, education is so important, who no cost is too great, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; and why the alternative is simply and They also serve who only stand and wait." unquestionably impossible! John Milton, On His Blindness Joel R. Boot, in a speech given at the Christian School Convention in Ancaster, ON, 1988 When I am the designated leader I have found that once a group becomes a community, my nominal job is over. I can sit back and relax and be one among many, for another essential characteristic of Like kissing families, movements have their community is total decentralization of authority… distinguishing marks. In movements, people tell Communities have sometimes been referred to as stories about giants and about failures. They tell leaderless groups. It is more accurate, however, to stories about relationships and surprises. They tell say that community is a group of leaders… stories as a way of teaching. They tell stories as a way of preserving and remembering the past. Because it is a safe place, compulsive leaders feel Movements thrive on their stories. free in community – often for the first time in their lives – not to lead. And the customarily shy and We are defined by our stories, which continually reserved feel free to step forth with their latent gifts form us and make us vital and give us hope. Stories of leadership. The result is that a community is an teach and preserve traditions and practices and ideal decision-making body… policies and values. I don't know many people who prefer a manual to a myth. One of the most beautiful characteristics of community is what I have come to call the "flow of Our fidelity to our stories, like fidelity to choices, leadership"…But it is not a quick trick or fix. shapes our characters and in so doing shapes the Community must be built first. Traditional movements of which we are a part. Stories play a hierarchical matters have to be a least temporarily key role in our movements because they are the set aside. Some kind of control must be vehicles through which we expose and, therefore, relinquished. For is it a situation in which it is the greatly reduce the temptation to impose. spirit of community itself that leads and not a single individual. Max DePree M. Scott Peck, The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace A Contribution to Statistics Out of a hundred people Those who always know better --fifty-two, doubting every step --nearly all the rest, glad to lend a hand if it doesn't take too long --as high as forty-nine, always good, because they can't be otherwise --four, well maybe five, able to admire without envy --eighteen, suffering illusions induced by fleeting youth --sixty, give or take a few, not to be taken lightly --forty and four, living in constant fear of someone or something --seventy-seven, capable of happiness --twenty-something tops, harmless singly, savage in crowds --half at least, cruel when forced by circumstances --better not to know even ballpark figures, after the fact --just a couple more than wise before it, taking only things from life --thirty (I wish I were wrong), Hunched in pain, No flashlight in the dark --eighty-three sooner or later, righteous --thirty-five, which is a lot, righteous and understanding --three mortal a hundred out of a hundred. Thus far this figure still remains unchanged. Wislawa Szymborska, The Fire of Teaching Note: Quotes provided for reference only. These were gathered and shared by leaders. Copyright requests should be made to author for duplication.


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Jeff Siegel's Santa Anita Analysis (Fri., Feb.21, 2014)
The Friday program begins typically with an early daily double comprised of two light fields.
In the opener #2 Let's Dance looks to make it two straight after graduating at first asking in fairly decent style up north; she earned a competitive speed figure and has trained reasonably well over the Santa Anita main track since returning to her home base. We'll put her on top but also use #3 Warren's Puppy Love, herself a debut winner in game style last month. However, Lewis chose not to protect her in starter's allowance company and instead opts for this modest claimer, not really a sign of confidence.
We'll go two-deep in the second race as well. #2 Sir Macho earned a better-than-par figure when narrowly missing in a maiden $30,000 seller last month and this raise can be taken as a positive. With any kind of forward move he should be tough to beat. #5 Matt the Hammer, claimed out of his debut by Kitchinghman, continues to impress in the morning and almost certainly is better than his distant fourth place finish indicates.
#1 Awesome Return seems like a logical single in the third race, the Pick-6 opener. A distant fourth in the powerful, highly-rated California Cup Derby, the Puype-trained colt returns to turf, drops to a first-level allowance event, and should simply be better than these. We'd love to get the 3-1 that he's listed on the morning line. Talamo knows him well and should have the son of Decarchy along in time.
#4 Vicki Victoria appears well-placed in the fourth race, an abbreviated sprint for mid-grade claiming fillies and mares. She's had success over this track in the past and should be fitter and tougher today while dropping a notch after perhaps being a tad short in her comeback outing three weeks ago. She can win pressing the pace or from slightly off it; Maldonado can pick his spot depending upon how the race shape develops. We like her as a straight play and rolling exotic single.
We'll use two in the fifth race, a maiden special weight hillside turf sprint that came up a fairly light. #2 Incline Village is back sprinting where he seems most comfortable and looks ready to graduate; a repeat of his race before last should be good enough to beat this field and Talamo stays aboard. #4 Misdeed, away since last April, could be dangerous off the bench for Mandella; the works are good enough and this late-running sprinter could be a bit better type this time around.
The sixth race is a contentious $10,000 claiming sprint that probably requires a bit of a spread. We'll use three and hope to get by. #5 Newfound Gold, first off the claim for Blacker, drops from $20,000 to $10,000 and that's not a healthy sign, but he has a steady work tab and decent form over the Santa Anita main track so he can win if he has one good one left. #4 Senator Bob, first off the claim for Bonde, moves up a notch and will take them as far as he can on the front end. #6 Bruno's Wager, away since last April, has trained quite well up north for his comeback and always has loved to win races, so if he's ready he's dangerous.
The featured seventh race has two main contenders. #5 Turn On the Pumps exits a series of tough state-bred allowance races and today surfaces for $25,000 non-winners of two; the Gaines-trained gelding should appreciate this much softer competition while also removing blinkers. Hopefully, Espinoza will give him the patient ride he prefers. #7 Dancer Humor is a perfect one-for-one on turf and returns to the sod today; there's some price value here at 8-1 on the morning line for new trainer Puype and hot-riding Baze.
The nightcap is an inscrutable maiden claiming abbreviated sprint for 3-year-old fillies. Spread, spread, spread. Small ticket players should consider (in order of preference) #7 Among the Stars (first off the claim for Sadler with a bullet SLRD workout just three days ago); #5 Oh Boo Hoo (Bay Area shipper trying claimers for the first time) and #3 Parade Bound (steadily improving and second in a similar spot last month).


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