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Except it wasn't: The Thai soldiers refused to go up the hill with ammunition and guns because it was a sacred site. And sacred wasn't something you messed with in a country where, on Bangkok's sleek, elevated transit system, signs ask passengers to offer their seats to the pregnant, to the elderly and to monks.
When Brunnick least expected it, religion popped up.
In the Middle East during the first Gulf War, he heard American soldiers say that they didn't like Muslims because Saddam Hussein was one. "But aren't the Kuwaitis Muslims?" Brunnick asked.
"They're a different Muslim. They're independent," the GIs responded.
"What do you mean different? What kind of different?" The antagonism against Islam just didn't add up. "I was the one asking 'What's going on here?' and caring about it," Brunnick remembers.
During his four and a half years of globetrotting with the Marines, Brunnick's fascination with religion grew. He read the major holy books, everything from the Koran to Scientology's The Way to Happiness to "secondary texts on Christian mysticism," as he calls them. "I loved it. I was fascinated by it all."
After getting out of the Marines in 1991, Brunnick got into the tech business. At one point he was working with Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu engineers in Hyderabad, India, on a project. The engineers spoke the same language, and all got along until one brought up his daughter's upcoming marriage; the ensuing discussion opened up so many black holes about marriage and gender issues that they decided to stay away from any more talk about religion.
"There are a lot of people who would like to believe that here we are in the 2010s — modern world, Internet, yadda yadda — and can we just get past all this ancient religion muck," Brunnick says. "But the world is so influenced by its religious traditions that we must have a better understanding of what they are and how they drive how people think and act."
To help foster that understanding, he ultimately started Patheos.com, combining the Greek word for God, "theos," with "path" to create the name. Patheos aspires to put credible information on all the world's religions in one place — a place where those religions can talk to one another, too.
On June 7, a computer window opened in the Patheos office located near the Denver Tech Center. It was an op-ed from the Washington Post responding to a Patheos post: Warren Cole Smith's "Why a Vote for Romney Is a Vote for the LDS Church: One evangelical explains why he cannot support Mitt Romney for President," originally published on May 24.
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Smith's post had already stirred controversy in Salt Lake City and earned the blogger a listing on the People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch.
Leo Brunnick was stunned by the firestorm.
Smith, the associate publisher of World, a major evangelical news magazine, had written a similar piece on his personal blog in 2007. That post had caught the attention of Timothy Dalrymple, the managing editor of Patheos's evangelical portal. Dalrymple thought that Smith's piece would work well in a Patheos interfaith discussion series between evangelicals and Catholics on the future of social conservatism. He asked Smith if he could edit it and then publish it on Patheos.
Smith agreed; he'd seen Patheos becoming a force in the religious media and wanted "to be engaged in national conversations," he says. But he was surprised by the conversation that followed. "It just kind of blew up on Patheos," Smith remembers. "The issue is inflammatory, but I don't think my article was."
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All religions are based completely on ignorance. "I don't know/understand, so God must be responsible".
Scientology doesn't even mention Overlord Xenu until you've invested thousands of dollars, simply because of how outlandishly stupid the story is.
Mormons actually believe Smith pulled the story out of a hat, instead of his ass.
Christians believe their god is "loving", despite the Bible's story of him murdering thousands of innocent people (twice).
It goes on and on and on, all beliefs based on made up stories, assumptions and ignorance.
I don't see how scientology can be classed as anything spiritual. One only needs to read a little of the history of that "religion" to quickly realise that it is nothing more than a pyramid style business scheme posing as a religion (and behaving like a cult).
Atheism is based on irrationality. "I cannot see, touch, smell or hear something that is, by definition of being supernatural, beyond that which can be seen, touched, smelt, or heard, so it must not exist."
It is also based on a similar unprovable assumption: "Only matter and energy exist."
Then add the fact that most atheists do not follow their beliefs to their logical conclusions. If they did, they would have to admit they consider rape, murder, stealing, etc 'wrong' only out of personal preference or because they believe 'might makes right', not because those acts are objectively immoral.
Atheism - 'irrationality in the name of reason'.
D_erford, You don't know anything about atheism. To correct you: "I cannot see, touch, smell or hear something that is, by definition unknown, beyond which can not currently be seen, touched, smelt, or heard. I don't know/understand, so I need to try to find out more before I can come to a conclusion."
Please answer the following questions: If your God exists, who or what created your God and why do you not worship that being instead? What existed before your God? If nothing existed, how did your God come into existence with no external input?
Belief in ANY religion is pure arrogance. What proof do you have that YOUR religion, out of the thousands that came around before it, is the right one? Is a man-written storybook all you need to believe with absolute certainty there is an invisible sky daddy? That, is the very definition of ignorance and you are a prefect example of it.
FYI, morality is purely a human social development.
Atheism - 'Asking questions in the name of learning'.Christians- 'I know the answer, God.'
Hidden One,I never claimed to be an expert on anything. You are making an assumption.
To answer your second question: Its impossible to know how many religions there are because anyone can believe what they want. Currently there are 22 "major" religions (Including the "religion" scientology"), but that doesn't count the individual sub-religions.
Example: The descriptive name "Christian" is an extreme generalization. There are over 38,000 denominations that call themselves "Christian". Which is the "right" one? Why?


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*TOP REVIEWER* nata779 on 4/10/2013 2:51:00 PM more reviews by nata779
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
I had high hopes for this lipstain as I am looking for the one for my wedding. Well, Petal did underline every possible imperfection on my lips, I didn't even know I had so many of them. It settled in every line and looked terrible. Texture is nice though, staying power is good.
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BonjurCutie on 10/16/2012 12:14:00 AM more reviews by BonjurCutie
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This was the first lip stain I had bought and compared to the lip stains I have now I have to say this is the prettiest color. The hourglass lip stain comes in three colors and supposedly this is the lightest. It's the only color from the hourglass lip stain with a GOLD sheer and the only lip stain I have ever seen with a GOLD sheer. With one swatch it looks like a light pink but with multiple swatches it looks red. Why does it look red? The gold sheer mixes with the pink after multiple swatches. once sun or whatever light bounces off the gold it looks orange and creates a red allusion. But it's not a dark red its a pink that looks kind of red. Guys if you're looking for a coral this is the one. If I was getting married I would trust this lip stain. It's a light pink as a cheek stain so that's the downside. and it could really peel your lips so make sure you moisturizer them. I was surprised that its not as popular as the stila or benefit bc 1) it's prettier 2) the price is cheaper than the benefits and about the same as the stilas. I think why it's not as popular is because this lipstain looks best if you wear very little or natural makeup. And it might not be popular because its not a good cheek stain . This can be found at sephora so just go a try it. The first time I tried it I didn't like it so I left and about 2 hours later I looked into a mirror and it look so pretty in the sunlight I had to drive back and find the lady cuz I had no idea what it was, but she was gone. So for about 2 weeks I kept going back to sephora to look for this lady. SO TRY THIS I will be so upset if this gets discontinued, I would probably have to go and buy a lifetime of these! Every time I wear it I always get compliments even from the same people including my own mom.
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*TOP REVIEWER* blairXwitch on 7/29/2012 12:54:00 PM more reviews by blairXwitch
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Green
This is the only lip stain that has ever felt comfortable on my lips!
I chose Petal as it is the only light shade available, but I might buy the Flush one as well.
Petal is a light peachy pink shade, very easy to wear.
Once it dries, it literally feels like nothing on my lips - no stickiness, no dryness, no tightness, nothing. It is not at all drying and it lasts a fair amount of time.
On me, it doesn't last through a meal, but it does leave a darker stain that has nothing to do with the original color, but it works to keep my lips look better than they would otherwise.
I do like to wear a gloss or balm on top, just to give it some glow, but it can be worn with nothing on top and it would still look gorgeous.
I like it much more than YSL Glossy Stain, which was a flop on me.
EDIT JUNE 2013: I don't know what happened, but soon after this review I started hating this product. It just stopped applying smoothly, it looked dry and dried up my lips. I can still make it look acceptable with gloss on top, but it's really meh.
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SoraHime on 4/4/2012 12:31:00 AM more reviews by SoraHime
Age: 36-43 Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
Nice color and good staying power. Very build-able. Like the felt tip like applicator.
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*TOP REVIEWER* tiddleywinks on 9/26/2011 4:56:00 PM more reviews by tiddleywinks
Age: 44-55 Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown
I am absolutely incorrigible when it comes to lipstains. Why, just this morning, I found myself on Ebay looking at cherry pinks from Korea...oh, dear, I must get hold of myself. Back to the Hourglass -I just purchased these from Sephora and am oh, so happy with them! The Petal is a medium peachy-corally color, the color that I thought that the Posietint would be. These lipstains apply with semi-transparency and semi-matte sheen. They are buildable, and they have a liquid lipstick consistency that allows a smooth and consistent application. I find that they last around 6 hours for me, enduring through conversation (I am a social worker, talking constantly), coffee, and meals; they fade evenly without the dreaded lip-ring. I like to put a coat of clear gloss over these, and I love knowing that I have lasting color. Ten stars! Will definitely purchase again; a bit pricey but there is a substantial amount of product. Twist up, doe-foot applicator, like Stila glosses.
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Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that provides the perfect backdrop for family traditions and brings back memories of loved ones now gone.
In the Bosak family, as far back as I can remember, Thanksgiving was celebrated each year at my aunt and uncle's, both now deceased.
The turkey was my uncle's baby. Sitting on the counter to cool, it always looked like a bronzed work of art and smelled divine.
Several of us were turkey skin fanatics, so we hovered around the counter like vultures, waiting for pieces of the crispy delights.
I can feel my arteries clogging just thinking about it.
Packed around the linen-covered table in a relatively small dining room, young and old, we were eager to dig into the bounty set before us. Never forgetting that it was a day for giving thanks, no one made a move to fill a plate until we said our prayers of gratitude.
After that, it was every person for himself or herself.
Although our arms were somewhat pinned to our sides by the large number of people in close proximity, we wouldn't have had it any other way. This was family and, primarily, it was for this that we gave thanks.
Here are some more Thanksgiving memories and traditions from your neighbors.
Tessa Shrader, Highland: "When I was a new bride of only a couple months, I decided I would make Thanksgiving dinner. Although I had no experience in the kitchen, I figured, how hard could it be?
"I put the turkey in the refrigerator the day before to defrost. Thanksgiving morning, I poked it, and it had some give, so I figured it was ready. I slapped that bird in a pan and threw it in the oven around noon; dinner was at 2.
"Needless to say, where it wasn't still frozen, it was bloody raw.
"My mother-in-law came to the rescue, pulling things out of my pantry, and we had spaghetti, salad and garlic rolls for dinner that year.
"The following year, she invited me to join her in making the turkey. We enjoyed spending time getting to know each other and we began cooking together often. Those are wonderful memories, except for the frozen turkey."
Collen McGuire, Munster: "My cousin and I were first given the "job" of making place cards for the table. I think it was a way to keep us quiet while we were waiting to eat.
"As we grew, the place cards progressed from very primitive to much more elaborate.
"We're both married now, but we still get together the weekend before Thanksgiving to make our place cards. This year will be complete with feathers and sequins."
Kevin Delinski, Hammond: "Football — how cliché is that? My brothers, my dad, my uncles and my cousins and I go to the park down the block and play football for a couple of hours — rain, snow or shine.
"I can remember a couple of Thanksgivings when dinner had to be postponed because we were all a muddy mess.
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A healthy spleen means a healthy body I got a great question from a reader a couple days ago-- here's what Christel writes: ******************* Hallo Sherry, May I ask that you write about the spleen -- it seems spleen deficiency is a major cause for many problems - but no western educated doctor seems interested in checking the spleen. Please tell us about the functioning of the spleen. Thanks for all. Christel ******************* SB: Christel, I'm happy to talk about the "mysterious" spleen. The spleen is an organ about the size of your fist and sits on the left side of your body, under the rib cage. It's part of the lymphatic system. Now if you're like most people, you know of the lymphatic system (especially when you have swollen glands) but you're not 100% sure what it does. So first here's a very brief biology lesson about the lymphatic system: ================ Lymphatic System ================ Your lymphatic system is like a staff of maids and housekeepers inside your body. This staff is made up of countless nodes and glands, the thymus gland, the thoracic duct, the spleen, bone marrow, tonsils and miles of lymphatic vessels. These lymphatic vessels contain 3 times more lymph fluid than blood--that alone should tell you how important the lymphatic system is. The maids and housekeepers do their job by filtering and purifying your bloodstream, cleansing wastes from your tissues, organs and 100 trillion cells, and searching out and destroying any harmful invaders that might enter your body. Then they gather the wastes and, just like dumping dirty dishwater down the sink, they bring the wastes to one of your body's four "exits"--the lungs, skin, bladder and bowels--for elimination from your body. The lymphatic system is truly the heart of the immune system because of its vital role in keeping your body clean and destroying dangerous substances and antigens. Now on to the spleen. ========== The Spleen ========== Your spleen has many important functions including: * Filtering out and destroying old and damaged blood cells * Helping to prevent infection by producing white blood cells (called lymphocytes) that act as a first line of defense against invading viruses, bacteria and other pathogens * Storing blood and platelets (the cells that help your blood clot) * Acting as an intermediary between your immune system and your brain As you can see, your spleen is not something you want to be stressed or not working right. Your state of health depends heavily on your body's ability to fight infections, and your spleen plays a vital role in that process. =============== Enlarged Spleen =============== Sometimes the spleen can become enlarged, which compromises the functioning of your lymphatic system. One of the most common causes of an enlarged spleen is infectious mononucleosis ("mono"), but it can be caused by these factors as well: - Bacterial infections, such as syphilis or an infection of your heart's inner lining (endocarditis) - Parasitic infections, such as malaria - Cirrhosis and other diseases of the liver - Hemolytic anemia - a condition characterized by premature destruction of red blood cells - Blood cancers, such as leukemia and Hodgkin's disease - Acidity in the body As your spleen gets larger, it begins to mess up and filter out the good, normal red blood cells as well as abnormal ones. This reduces the number of healthy cells in your bloodstream. It also traps too many platelets. Eventually, the excess blood cells and platelets can clog up your spleen, further interfering with its normal functioning. Another risk with an enlarged spleen is possible rupture. A ruptured spleen can cause life-threatening bleeding into your abdominal cavity, and the release of toxic wastes throughout your body. ================== Spleen and Acidity ================== Like all of your organs, your spleen is designed to function best in an alkaline environment. When your body is acidic, you place an impossible burden on the spleen to do its job, and it can eventually become enlarged or simply slow way down. A poorly functioning spleen can reduce the number of healthy red blood cells, platelets and white cells in your bloodstream, so you can develop anemia or increased bleeding.
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Family travel on a budget…
April 6, 2011 by Dana Ticknor · 7 Comments
Traveling with 10 kids, we should be pros at RVing on a budget. I don't know that we've arrived, but we have learned a few things along the journey. I'd like to share a few of the ways that we cut costs, and are therefore able to do more things during our trips. When it comes to saving money, a little planning goes a long way (though not manditory!LOL):
Find the Chamber of Commerce or City Visitor's Center. If you are planning a trip, contact them and they are usually happy to send you a tourist packet – be sure to ask for a city map and any coupon books that they have! Coupons are not just for grocery stores! If you are just driving into town, stop by and ask for the same – also, don't forget to ask what the locals like to do in town; the best eateries, attractions, parks…are not necessarily the most popular/advertised ones.
Free is Good! Like the Fort Worth Stockyards, the Fort Worth Water Park, the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens… (we were just in FW! LOL!) Ask at the Chamber of Commerce; don't forget, you can always just call them and ask if you don't want to drive there.
If you enjoy history and nature, the National Parks National Access Pass is your best friend! This pass is sold by the National Park system, and allows your vehicle (and occupants) to get into the National Parks for free (a few are already free, but many charge). Our pass pays for itself several times over each year, and the kids love to do the Jr. Ranger programs at the parks (that's free too!). The Jr. Ranger badges they will earn make for great (and, again, free! LOL!) souvenirs!
Don't forget that search engines are pretty good friends too!!! (personally, I like swagbucks!) Search online to find your destinations, but then be sure to search for coupons and deal days for those specific places. For instance, we were recently in Fort Worth, and went to a few different destinations there. By searching online, we found out that going to the FW Zoo on Wednesdays would save us $68. (1/2 price day) (we further saved money in FW by stopping by a visitor's center located next to the Texas Rangers Museum, where we saved $18 by picking up coupons to the museum). Some museums and zoos also have free days through-out the year; those days tend to be busier than others, but hey, for free…
If you are traveling with kids, or even if you are just thinking that you may want to visit a destination more than once in a year, be sure to ask about memberships. For our family, it is often cheaper to buy a yearlong family membership than to pay to get in a museum or zoo for just one day. A few businesses also have a family rate where you can pay a flat fee for entrance instead of a per person rate. Employees are not always on top of the admission info – and don't have a vested interest in getting you in for the best deal. It never hurts to ask
One of the best deals to consider if you are planning on traveling much is to buy a membership to a zoo or museum that offers reciprocal membership benefits. If a zoo belongs to the American Zoo Association, there are zoos all over the country that will offer you free or half price admission when you show your home zoo's membership card. Last year we spent a few days in Carlsbad, NM, and ended up buying a $50. family membership to get into the Desert Museum there – it was cheaper than getting in once at the daily rate. We later used that same membership to get us into the Phoenix Zoo for half price, where it saved us $97! There are museums that offer the same deal.
If your kids are interested in a 'resort' destination (as opposed to 'camping'), do check out RV Resorts – they often offer an arm-band system that will let your kids rent kayaks and pedal boats, play mini-golf, have water balloon wars, use the water slides… while you may spend a little more on the nightly site rental, the kids will be so busy that you may very possibly save money since you won't need to leave the park to find fun stuff to do and pay for 'extra curricular activities' on top of your site rental. (worked for us!LOL!)
Also, if you are planning on staying in one place for more than a couple of days, consider making it a full week – many rv parks offer a weekly rate that may save you a full night or two off their daily rate! Often you must ask if they have a weekly rate, it sometimes isn't posted on their website.
Another way that our family saves on tickets for experiences (and even a great source to find fun, new things to do) is to watch for them on Groupon or Eversave, or a new site that I have found - Zozi. Groupon and Eversave offer daily deals at restaurants, online shopping (eh, not so RVish), stores, and local fun things to do… everything from a $20 restaurant voucher to a local Thai restaurant for $10 – to half price zip line tours or go-karts. I love that I can sign up to get daily emails for whichever cities I choose (I always get Phoenix, San Antonio, and DFW as I KNOW that we will go there every year!) and can tell what the deals are without even opening the emails – I just delete them if I'm not interested in the deal.
Zozi is an exclusive kind of deal site - it is pretty new, and they are still working on getting all the cities up, but they are unique in that they specialize in DOINGS! Only experiences – from discounted kayaking tours to a deal on sailboat lessons to top half price chef classes to cheap golf at a upscale course. Check them out – we have found some great (and inexpensive!) things to do through these sites!
Traveling with a family creates memories that your children (or grands!) will cherish for the rest of their lives. With fuel prices skyrocketing, it is worth the time it takes to look around for a deal – and may just mean that you get to do a few more fun activities along the journey! Hope that you have found some ideas here to help your family stretch their travel dollars!
Happy RVing!!!


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Janina Gavankar Cements Geek Cred On G4′s Attack Of The Show
By Jazz on Aug 24 2011 | 1 Comment »Janina Gavankar, everyone's favorite female shifter, was on G4′s Attack of the Show talking about her nudity on True Blood, but more importantly, being a geek. Apparently, Gavankar's geek cred is legit because this woman is not only into music, but she's also techie who loves video games! Cool fact from this interview: she was the first actor on Twitter back in 2006. Gotta love a woman who is not afraid to show off her inner geek!


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Siva Cycle Atom Generator: Portable Pedal Power
Bicycle-mounted generators are nothing new – many of them are used to power bicycle lights, for instance. But what makes the Siva Cycle's Atom generator unique is its removable battery, which means you can preserve the electricity you worked for and use it at your convenience.
The Atom generator is meant to be attached to the rear axle of your bicycle. Once it's installed, you can use it to charge pretty much any mobile device while you're riding, as long as you have a USB cable for your device. But as I said, the Atom also has a 1300mAh removable battery pack, so you don't have to bring your device with you for the Atom to be useful.
Pledge at least $95 (USD) on Kickstarter to get an Atom generator as a reward. I wonder if you could hook it up to a small motor to make a hybrid bike that you could recharge on the go.
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Patricia K. Garvin
1941 – 2012
Patricia Garvin, 71 of Ramona, passed away surrounded by her loving family on December 7, 2012. There will be a Memorial Service for Patricia at the Bonham Bros & Stewart Mortuary Chapel on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 1pm.
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On Tuesday, February 3, due to a special event being held in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center, there will be no public tours of the Capitol. The Capitol Visitor Center will be closed all day except for individuals on official business and people going to the House and Senate Visitor Galleries.
Antislavery campaigns developed during the nation's founding period. Pennsylvania Quakers were active abolitionists who believed slavery violated their religious values and contradicted fundamental principles of liberty and equality. For nearly a century, civic and religious antislavery associations regularly petitioned Congress to prohibit slavery. Although Congress banned the importation of slaves in 1808, the institution of slavery did not end until after the Civil War with the adoption of the 13th Amendment in December 1865.


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August 1, 1999, 12:00 AM
By John H. Richardson
Yeah, it was a great house they had, Ray and Jenny, up in the Palisades. It had the most amazing lawn, two and a half acres rolling right off the bluff. Whatever she says now, you don't buy a house like that unless you're pretty serious. But let's not talk about that. And let's not talk about the ex-wives and the children, either. Let's go to the Pacific Athletic Club, which is right at Sunset and Pacific Coast Highway, an amazing spot with a view of the whole Pacific Ocean. Shaq got rehabilitated here. Ray does fifteen parallel dips, three sets. "Cuts you along the arms," he says. At the stationary boxing bag he kicks and punches furiously. "If you did that for a few months, you'd be like a pencil," he says.
He is in amazing shape, six foot one and 175 pounds, a perfect triangular form with veiny arms and a flat stomach. He's worked out his routine with a variety of trainers over the years, runs every day, lifts weights every other day, does fifteen minutes of jumping jacks and reverse push-ups and stuff every morning-"my morning Zen thing." He demonstrates the reverse push-up. "Jimmy Caan showed this to me, not that it's complicated."
While he's doing the leg machine, he flips open his phone. "We're at the gym. Have you sent that FedEx out? Okay, anything else happening?"
After some sit-ups with an Ab Roller, he tells me about his infomercial with Tony Little for the Ab Isolater. "We sold six million of 'em all over the world. I'll send you one. I made a million bucks personally off of that."
We do some chin-ups. "Those are great arms," he tells me. "You could really develop those arms."
Ray's on the phone again. "Hefner had thetwins, the triplets, and his girlfriends on the dance f'oor all at once. He'll never die and he's never gonna get old. Tony Curtis was not there, but we sat with Kevin Costner. He was there for a while. Rod Stewart was there."
He makes another call. "I'm coming to Europe with someone who's going to be the next girl to take it straight to the top. She's Miss July 1998, and she is like the next Mary Hart. She's very articulate, college educated, really terrific. You know, the spin could be to any publication that this is the next one Manzella's taking to the top. Because they've seen me do it in the UK three times already." `
This is what Ray does. He's a phone man. The phone is a black funnel that he fills with all the hunger and honey he can summon. "Believe me, I would not be having this conversation, but you have my attention because that sounds interesting. How old is she? And does she live in the UK pretty much? Okay, that's good. A low-key Jenny? I don't know if that's kind of an oxymoron maybe, a low-key Jenny. But yeah, okay. I understand."
Tonight Suzanne Somers is wearing a short, short green suit and lime shoes and looks great. She has terrific legs. She and her somewhat older husband, Alan, who also manages her, have come to the penthouse to take Lisa and Ray to Hugh Hefner's birthday party. "You look great," she tells Lisa.
Lisa is wearing another clingy dress. This one is black, with a spray of diamonds stitched across it. Her three-inch black heels have a smaller splash of diamonds. "It's a Richard Tyler," she says. "I love Richard Tyler."
They show some photographs of a hike they all took near Palm Springs--Lisa looks adorable in jeans and pigtails--and then Suzanne talks about a concert she gave last week down in Texas for fifteen hundred insurance agents and she was listening backstage to the hum, knowing that it was at one level and her job was to take it to another level. Then she went out there and she had them completely in her control and it was great. "You feel like a part hooker. You try to figure out what they want and give it to them, and then the art is to raise the level and lower the level and take them with you."
"That's so terrific," Lisa says, swaying close to Ray. "That must be so satisfying."
This being Hollywood, there's a bitter ex-partner. Back in elementary school out in Woodland Hills, when Ray was dating Dennis Brody's sister, Dennis used to look up to him. He was kind of an older-brother figure. Later Dennis became an agent with William Morris, and after Ray got into the Vanna business, it seemed reasonable to get together--Ray could do his entrepreneurial thing and Dennis would do the theatrical side. Because the theatrical-talent business was not Ray's business. So they started sharing the offices on Maple Drive. Ray signed Pamela, and then Dennis went to work. "For the first three years, up until Barb Wire, I did all of her theatrical business and most of her other business as well. It wasn't until she got really hot that Ray got more involved."
Same thing with Jenny. "I met her, through her acting coach. I put her on Singled Out."
But Ray took all the credit, and when he fell in love with Jenny, he started pushing Dennis out of the Jenny business. Eventually Dennis split, taking all the real acting clients, like Donna D'Errico and Rodney Van Johnson. Ray took Kim Alexis and Tony Little. "It was a sad situation. Basically I felt that I was given up for a chick."
Ray doesn't want to talk about the ex-wives. The first was Bonnie, his high school sweetheart. He married her when he was nineteen, partly because she was pregnant and partly for love. He got a film-technician job at Technicolor and joined Local 683 and brought home the bacon. But after seven years, that fell apart, and he married Robin Mattson, a soap actress. His first blond. She was funny and had a good heart, but they were young and life was so very disco then. After a somewhat longer period of bachelorhood (coinciding with the beginning of his heavy Playboy Mansion phase), Ray married Sondra Theodore, a former Playmate and longtime girlfriend of Hefner's. Also a blond. The marriage lasted eleven years and produced two children. She was another wonderful sweet person with a lot of problems.
The bottom line is, all those marriages, he was just too young to be making a lifetime commitment to anybody. That's Ray's theory. His other theory is that he finds wounded people and then tries to help them, and they kill him for it. After a certain length of time you begin to see patterns.
"Even with Lisa," he says, "I have to be careful."
The talking rock asks who we are. Back in the old days, they used to say that if the Rock denied you, you were in serious misery. But the Rock admits Ray as it always has and we wind up a hilly driveway past a yellow highway sign that says, playmates at play, until we reach the circular driveway of a small castle. "Lisa's in an infomercial thing today," Ray says. "It's a company called Guthy-Renker," he says. "They have, like, Victoria Principal, Tony Robbins, Fran Tarkenton."
Today Ray's wearing black Dolce & Gabbana shoes and a brown Donna Karan suit. With cuff links. He's here to play gin with Hef.
First we walk through the aviary with ferns and lizards and parrots and aquariums sunk into the rock wall, and across the broad lawn with peacocks and fiamingos, and into the famous underground grotto and the monkey cages and the underground bathroom complex with its saunas and showers. Ray remembers parties with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, swimming in the grotto with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, celebrity tennis tournaments with Kirk Douglas and Johnny Carson. He got on the list by flirting with the right girl, and it gave him a career and a life. He got to know Vanna up here. Met his wife Sondra here--that's her on the pinball machine in the Playroom. A call from the mansion hooked him up with Pamela. He met Lisa here, too, New Year's Eve, right over there by the swimming pool.
"I wasn't in the best of spirits, because the last New Year's I was with Jenny, and so about quarter till twelve, I see some friends of mine on the dance floor around Hef, and I'm kind of like, Let's just get through this, and they go, 'By the way, have you met Lisa Dergan?'-"
Ray and Lisa started to dance. Ray loves to dance, and Lisa is a very good follower. At midnight they gave each other a friendly kiss and kept on dancing. After a while they started grabbing the balloons from the dance floor and popping them between their butts and bellies, laughing and having a great time, and then suddenly it was four in the morning and she was dropping him off at his car.
They met for lunch, Lisa says. It was supposed to be dinner, but she was tired and called him and said, "I don't want to be tired at our first date. Anyway, lunch is better than dinner. There's less pressure." And the amazing thing is, once she and Ray started talking, they got on the subject of going through different changes in your life and Ray opened up about Jenny and the very shaky place he was in and he just seemed so vulnerable and real. Lisa said, "You know what? There's this great book that you should read, it's written by Dan Millman."
And Ray almost fell off his chair. "Dan Millman is a close friend of mine! Are you gonna say Way of the Peaceful Warrior?"
And she said, "That's the book!"
That clinched it. Both of them loved the same book! It's the story of a trampoline champion who meets a mysterious guru at a gas station and learns ancient Oriental wisdom. And there was something else Ray did--she doesn't want to say what, it was too weird, but the whole thing touched her and made her feel that here was a real genuine guy--and after lunch he sent her two dozen beautiful long-stemmed white French orchids and a little note that said, "I had a great time with you at lunch." That did it. She was smitten. And a few days later she got a copy of Way of the Peaceful Warrior signed by Dan Millman. "It was just sitting on my front doorstep, and I started crackin' up. 'Oh, that Ray.'-"
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The Wylie East High School Student Council is inviting the community to join them in welcoming back the WEHS Class of 2012 Alpha Raiders. Festivities for Homecoming week begin with a downtown parade and pep rally at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24.
"The theme of the parade is True Blue Heroes – military, police, fire, superheroes or sports heroes. We want to celebrate and honor those who demonstrate heroism in our community," said WEHS Student Council advisor Angela Arp.
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The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a research project which aims to simulate the human brain with supercomputers to better understand how it functions. The end hopes of the HBP include being able to mimic the human brain using computers and being able to better diagnose different brain problems, as well as to reconstruct an entire arficial human brain!!!
It is directed by the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
It is supported by the European Union as a 'FET Flagship' project and the 86 institutions involved will receive 1 billion euro in funding over 10 years (01/2013).
The Human Brain project involves the deep ambition to fully understand the functional mechanisms of the human brain and to be able to build an artificial organ, notably after the Human genome project _HGP is an international scientific research project that started in 1989 with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA, and of identifying and mapping the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional standpoint.
They started with the Blue Brain Project (2005), modelizing a rat brain to to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level.
Working with a Supercomputer centre, according to them, brain is a "magical machine". So they work out on computer brain simulations of neurons.
Following a cartesian standpoint that puts the emphasis on the human body as a machine and underlying that mind and body are two distinct and separable substances. Indeed Descartes' idea of the body being totally independent of the mind is known as the mechanistic view and draws upon a metaphysical dualism body/mind.


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Remove NBN speed limits: ex-Telstra economist
PUBLISHED: 02 Jan 2013 09:40:45 | UPDATED: 02 Jan 2013 12:58:02PUBLISHED: 02 Jan 2013 PRINT EDITION: 03 Jan 2013James Hutchinson
A former Telstra chief economist has called on NBN Co to lift internet speed caps currently placed on the national broadband network in order to encourage greater use.
The comments from John de Ridder, who spent 18 years at Telstra as economist and pricing manager, come as NBN Co is set to face renewed opposition in the new year from the telecommunications industry around the prices and conditions negotiated for access to the network.
Mr de Ridder, who also consulted on a bid by Canberra company TransACT to build Labor's original NBN in 2008, said the current pricing mechanism used by NBN Co to charge internet service providers was redundant on a fibre network and failed to take potential uses of fast broadband into account
"They are locking the retail sector into an old way of thinking about things based around speeds," he told The Australian Financial Review.
NBN Co currently offers access to its fibre network based on speed, between 12 megabits per second – similar to that available on copper networks – and a height of 100 megabits per second, like those offered by Telstra and Optus on cable. It also charges internet service providers a second fee, based on how much is downloaded by users at each point on the network.
But in a submission to the competition watchdog last month, Mr de Ridder proposed changing the pricing structure to a flat fee for each NBN connection providing uncapped speeds to the fibre network, while charging by how much is downloaded.
"If you provide people with unconstrained speeds you never know what people are going to think to do with it, but that's what the government wants; they want something transformational. They're not getting it with the current pricing," he said.
NBN Co has claimed approximately 44 per cent of those who had signed up to the network by October 2012 opted for the fastest speed tier. However, chief executive Mike Quigley has been quick to temper these initial numbers as likely a result of eager early adopters.
In the future, the company plans to offer speeds 10 times that currently available.
Mr de Ridder said the idea of rationing speeds on a fibre network was "unreasonable" given downloads continue to rise by 40 to 50 per cent each year.
"You've got world-class broadband but what about world-class pricing that will support it and encourage adoption and utilisation? We haven't got that yet with NBN pricing, it's been more of the same," he said.
An NBN Co spokeswoman said the current pricing structure was built to ensure a uniform wholesale price between the fibre, wireless and satellite aspects of the networks as well as ensuring it provided a 7 per cent return rate to the government on capital costs.
As debate over pricing continues, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigation the regulatory framework that would guide NBN Co's monopoly over the next 30 years.
The key document, which has been in formulation for more than a year, is expected to continue to be a major hurdle for the company over the next 12 months. Companies including iiNet and Telstra have called for major changes to the regulations, claiming the conditions proposed are untenable or too lengthy.
NBN Co quietly submitted a third version of the key document to the competition watchdog in late December in a bid to assuage concerns raised by broadband providers at a confidential meeting earlier this month.
An NBN Co spokeswoman said changes reflected the result of discussions with industry and relate mainly to "the clarification of the intended operation of the [undertaking]".
"The overall timing of the current SAU process should not be affected," she said.
However, the competition watchdog has pushed back to the final date for industry consultation until February.
iiNet chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby described the consultation process as "antiquated", as it did not allow for amendments to the undertaking without withdrawing and re-submitting the document.
"The issue is that NBN doesn't believe that it will ever require any regulatory oversight," he said.
"We'll be going over it again with a fine-tooth comb. It's fairly likely that we'll be just repeating ourselves because NBN Co is not being particularly receptive to industry. The industry can't sign up for something for 10 years or 30 years that has no regulatory oversight."
Analysts said the regulatory framework posed one of the greater challenges for NBN Co during 2013. It is also expected to face greater political uncertainty as Australia moves toward a federal election and, with it, the prospect of a change in broadband policy under a Coalition government.
"There is considerable objection from industry on the [undertaking] fundamentally because NBN Co is trying to wrap in lots of things," said Chris Coughlan, a telecommunications analyst with Telsyte. "I think the SAU is going to be challenging for them to get through. There's heavy pushback from people like Telstra."
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Pitchers More Prone to Baseball Injuries
July 20, 2010 -- Baseball may be a funny game, as former Major Leaguer Joe Garagiola once wrote, but it's also fraught with the risk of injury, especially for pitchers, a new study finds.
Researchers who studied data for the 2002-2008 seasons say pitchers suffered significantly higher injury rates for upper and lower extremity injuries than fielders.
According to the study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine in Providence, R.I., pitchers spent a greater proportion of days on the disability list, 62.4%, compared to 37.6% for fielders.
The study also says that fielders as well as pitchers spent significantly more days on the disabled list for upper extremity injuries than for the lower extremities.
It's especially hazardous for pitchers before the annual mid-season All-Star game. During the period examined, pitchers were 34% more likely than fielders to be injured before the mid-season break. And 77% of all injuries to pitchers happen before the All-Star game.
"Even though baseball is a passion of many people and our national pastime, there is very little information about the epidemiology, characteristics, or distribution of injuries in Major League Baseball," Maj. Matthew Posner, MD, says in a news release.
Baseball Injuries Similar by League
Posner, an orthopaedic surgeon at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, and colleagues analyzed MLB disabled list data from a single web site for the years 2002-2008, then calculated the frequency and proportional distribution of injuries by anatomic region, league (American or National), time of season, and position.
Among their findings:
- 51.4% of all injuries during the period were to the upper extremities.
- 30.6% were to lower extremities.
- 7.4% were back injuries.
- 4.3% were injuries to core muscles.
- Pitchers accounted for 67% of upper extremity injuries, compared to fielders, who had more lower extremity injuries and injuries to other regions.
- Fielders had a greater proportion of lower extremity injures, 47.5% compared to 16.9% for pitchers.
The researchers also say injuries were very similar in players in both leagues. National League players injured upper extremities 51.7% of the time, lower extremities 30.7% of the time, and other anatomic regions 17.6% of the time.
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Rumplestiltskin a Modern Day Contractor
February 7, 2013 in At Work, Skills Development, Small Businesses
As recently as yesterday in the world of business there lived a young lass, and for the purposes of this tale, our lass will be the production manager of a large company.
It so happens that this young lass has a father who works as accounts executive at the same company – and as we all know, accounts executives have targets to meet and kings to win over, not to mention kingdoms to serve.
So on a wonderful, sunny morning the accounts executive meets with The King and makes mention of just how talented and productive our young lass is, and how she creates a product that can make The King even wealthier than he already is. Being a 21st century royal, The King is enthralled and immediately tasks the accounts executive with the job of making him the wealthiest King in the land.
After a short celebratory dance, the accounts executive is faced with the stark realisation that his young production manager, although extremely talented, hardworking and truly dedicated, may well not have the ability to deliver in the time promised as she is committed to delivering on other orders as well.
The King, however, does not budge on his requirements and, not willing to lose face, the accounts executive does what most people in a similar situation would do…. He simply puts the pressure on the young production manager to perform a miracle.
Stressed and concerned our young lass begins this mammoth task only to find that there is no possible way she can perform on time. Alas, they will have to call in a sub-contractor. Luckily she is aware of a small company by the name of RumpleSomething, a name she remembers due to its similarity to the fairytale character Rumplestiltskin. A tale she identifies with, likening herself to the stressed and concerned miller's daughter, under tremendous pressure to spin straw into gold.
So early one morning, with the rest of the kingdom sound asleep, our production manager contacts RumpleSomething, her soon to be saviour and sub-contractor.
Enter the small businessman, keen to assist and even keener to forge a great business relationship with this big company, and he immediately gets to work. His quotation has been accepted, his ability speaks for itself and alongside the miller's daughter, (or hang on, that's the accounts executive's daughter) he sets to work to cast the dye for many future contracts and just about immediately the King and accounts executive start to smile.
After a week or two of this kind of work, the small business contractor realises that his cash flow is under pressure and he phones the accounts department for payment. Much to his frustration it turns out he isn't on the database, and all kinds of paperwork will need to be filled out to complete his company's registration as a vendor, so he needs to take a day to do this. Due to this delay he promises the miller's daughter that he'll put in some overtime, and he confidently expects her to agree to the new payment terms, after all, it's been smooth sailing up until now.
At this time, Mr RumpleSomething also finds that the miller's daughter has started to move the goal posts at the request of her King, and in doing so is making it very difficult for his small company to meet month-end requirements.
The fact is, he finally gets to the point where he makes a brand new agreement, involving a production bonus, whilst in his head writing off the overtime money. After all the time granted for completion is very little and now the scope of the project is starting to change….
The miller's/accounts executive's daughter agrees, but not in writing.
So they deliver and RumplesSomething submits his invoice and bonus request.
The next day the miller's daughter phones him regarding items needing repair and touch-ups, extra deliverables and risk avoiders, but at no stage are finances discussed.
Finally, after 30 days of waiting, Mr RumpleSomething again approaches the miller's daughter for payment – and this is when she starts negotiating better terms. In fact it's not even a negotiation, she is simply relaying a message from her management stating that the revised terms were against their company policy; they pay on 90 days only and no production bonuses are ever paid. So whilst the miller's daughter was mortified and sorry, the matter and payment for Mr RumpleSomething was declined.
Now the fairytale at this stage allows Rumplestiltskin the ability to wager an all or nothing bet. Should the miller's daughter be able to guess his name, he'll walk away from the deal with no payment at all. And obviously at that stage he was very sure that she would never guess his name. Back to reality though.
Mr RumpleSomething, having a small business, has invested all his available time and resources into this particular job, month-end is looming and he simply does not have the luxury of playing fast and loose with income, he has salaries to pay and creditors wanting their instalments. He has to fight harder for what is rightfully his, even after an agreement was made.
And so sadly we end our tale here, with our disillusioned Mr RumpleSomething in the precarious position of fighting a giant with a stone. No… hold on, now we're starting to mix in a few too many characters, so ignore the stone comment and we'll simply end our story here.
We do have hindsight though, so the moral of the story is: Be Proactive! Had the accounts executive been more assertive and negotiated a better deal, this situation would never have arisen. Likewise, had the production manager negotiated and collaborated to set goals with the accounts executive, Mr RumpleSomething would not have entered the picture and most importantly had Mr RumpleSomething better management training and/or negotiating skills training, or had he better administrative control with solid service level agreements in place prior to starting the job, this situation would definitely be no more than a Grimm fairytale.
By Debbie Engelbrecht. Debbie is the founder and CEO of Staff Training, a proudly South African soft skills training company.


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I have some kind of hybrid hibiscus. It is planted in a pot.It was flowering beautifully earlier this summer, but now the buds fall off before opening. Often they are still quite small and blow off in the wind. There doesnt appear to be any bugs on the plant anywhere and the leaves are full and healthy. Any suggestions?
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- Posted by rob_chicago z5 chicagoburbs (My Page) on Thu, Jul 27, 06 at 11:03
Granola Gardener had a similar question, but your symptoms sound more severe. Take a look at my reply to Granola (I linked it and also pasted it at the end of this message)... But in addition, it really sounds like your plants are root bound. Gently lift them from their pots to see what the soil and roots look like. You may need to pot them into a larger pot (see my notes on potting soil for hibiscus below) and/or prune the roots a bit. Also, in the fall go ahead and prune the plants, very drastically if you like. Make sure the roots are ok in the pot and that you haven't been overfeeding or underfeeding. Hibiscus generally bloom on new wood (especially tropical) so pruning before winter not only helps to overwinter but also gets new wood growing by spring. Since you're in Winnipeg, put them in the brightest room you have, and maybe supplement with additional plant lights. -- Here's what I wrote to Granola: Let 'em dry out a bit (just a bit). Hibiscus don't like "wet feet". Also, many so-called hibiscus fertilizers are horrible for hibiscus (way too high on the phosphate). Try a tomato fertilizer or dig some Osmocote into the soil. A low middle number (7-2-7 or so) is a pretty good route. Also, how long have these plants been in the same pots? They may be root bound, in which case you can root prune (trim a bit of the root ball all the way around, and do normal root bound procedures to encourage new roots) or simply pot up. For hibiscus potting soil, I mix regular potting soil with perlite, bark, and some cactus soil if I can find it -- also a little potting charcoal if I've got it. That makes a very well draining soil. Finally, since you say you keep them moist, you may have salts built up in your pots from the tapwater. Let the soil dry out and then run the hose on the pot with a gentle stream til a good amount of water runs through the bottom. This should help wash any salts out. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Granola Gardener's hibiscus question
What do the blooms look like when they did open? Also, what shape are the leaves. I purchased some hardy swamp hibiscus for a friend. Hers have red stems which grow to heights of about 8 feet tall. the leaves are shades of bergundy and green. Those leaves also have the deeply lobed shape of some oak trees' leaf. The flowers are a beautiful red and stay only 4 to 5 inches in diameter, so they are not too heavy for the canes to naturally support them. Sorry that I forget the cultivar name of them and if they seed or not. If you have a hardy hibiscus growing in your pots then they need plently of moisture. The hardy swamp hibiscus will actually begin to droop and develop some yellow leaves if they are not getting enough water. |
This is a tree about 4 feet tall. Its some kind of hybrid that was new to our garden center this year. The flowers were a beautiful peach color with a double bloom on each flower. I think the problem may be to much water, I have been letting it dry out for a while now, but it has lost most of its leaves now and almost no blooms anymore. I may pull it out of the pot today and take a closer look at the roots . |
now I am confussed is it too much water or not enough? Is osomocte enough or should I feed with miracle grow every other week? |
I have two Hibiscus plants in raised beds in the two corners of my back yard. I have little control over the moisture, since it rains a lot in Houston and I don't water them unless they get really dry. I cut them back in the fall and they grew like crazy this spring. This first set of flowers was fine, but after that the buds just turn brown and fall off (in both beds). The ground her is just some top soil (18 inches above the grass where the plants are) and underneath it is just clay, so no drainage other than that due to the raised beds. This is their third year and they bloomed fine the previous two years and I also fertilized them less. Suggestions? |
- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (My Page) on Sun, Jul 1, 07 at 22:38
Dave, I'm baffled..are your hibs tropical or hardy? If they're hardy, are you going to plant in the ground? I grow both types..tropical are kept in pots, summered outdoors, fertilized w/hib fertilizer once every 3 months. My hibs have done well since I started using hib food..I had killed many in the past. My oldest tropical is 14 yrs this summer. Pot should be large enough to hold roots w/about 1" per side for extra root growth. I allow soil to dry between waterings..they don't like wet feet. They're inspected once a wk for insects. Misted daily. Hardy hibs and Rose of Sharon are fed twice a yr. I don't prune..actually, my larger ROS is pruned to a degree, mainly to be kept a certin height, but I let it go and it outgrew me by 4-5', now I can't reach the top..lol..Started this tree from a cutting in the early 90's.. If soil is leached, there shouldn't be any salt build up from fertilizers, so for those who fertilize, try leaching once a month or so. Tropical hibs can inquire chlorsis (iron deficiency) It's a good idea to add iron 2-3 times a yr. |
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- Breed: Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium)/Alaskan Malamute Mix
- Color: Gray/Blue/Silver/Salt & Pepper
- Age: Young
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Male
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I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
Jeffrey is a border terrier/rough collie or malumute mix, he is approx 13 months old and 36 lbs.he is a very quiet and gentle dog, seems to be pretty well house trained,has a little anxiety when you leave him he wants to be where you are but settles down pretty quickly, he gets along great with other dogs and just trots along next to the other rescues, he has a really nice disposition and is an overall very nice,well behaved dog
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