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First off, don't forget to pick up your race packet! And, make sure you've studied the available information.
The night before, check the weather, decide what you're going to wear. If it's going to be over 50 degrees at the start, don't wear long sleeves and long pants. You want to dress for 10-15 degrees warmer than the temperature, because you will heat up. Most people are going to be out there for around an hour or more, and being overheated will not only hurt your performance and make you miserable, but it'll increase the risk of getting dehydrated. Shorts and a short sleeved shirt will be a good idea. If you want, wear a long sleeve shirt that you can take off and discard at the start.
The night before, pin your bib number on, attach your chip to your shoe, make sure you have what you want to eat in the morning, and get everything together. You don't want to be rushing around when you get up in the morning, or at the race.
Plan where you're going to park, and have a back-up plan. The race starts at 8:00am.
You'll want to be on-site by 7:15 am, and get in a ten-minute warmup and drills. You need time to park and get there, so plan to be at your parking spot by 7:00 or so. Work backwards from there – how long will it take you to get there? You should get up a good hour before you need to leave your home. Get up, eat and drink first, check the weather, and relax. Why an hour? Because you can't run well if you gotta "go", and you'd rather do what you gotta do at home, not in a porta-potty.
About 15 minutes before the start, start plowing into the crowd. You'll probably have a colored bib that will assign you to a time-segregated starting area. Use it. It'll make things easier on you, and it's just rude to clog up the works for any faster runners.
The Course:
Most of mile one is just slightly uphill, running up Congress. It's not too bad, and besides, you're going to be packed in by people. Keep in mind – this is the largest 10K in Texas, and the fifth largest in the nation, which means a lot of people who have not run races before, many of whom have not been taught race courtesy, and many who have not been taught common courtesy. It is, however, a race for everyone, more than just for the gunners trying to turn their best time. Do not try to dodge around people too much – that burns a lot more energy than you might think. Plan ahead, pick a path, and make gradual course adjustments. If you need to pass someone or squeeze between people, don't be rude, but don't be shy. It's still a freakin' race. Politely say "on your left", or lightly "accidentally" touch someone's elbow slightly before you pass them so they know you're coming through.
If they're oblivious because they're wearing headphones… well, that's their problem.
Just past mile 1, you turn right on 11th street, up a short, steep hill. People that got too excited and took off too fast are going to suffer here. Remember your form – hips up under you. When you feel that release at the top, relax. Work from the top down, relaxing your face, your neck, your shoulders, all the way through your legs. Shake out your arms.
Left on San Jacinto takes you into a long downhill to 15th Street, the first part of which is steep. Do not fly down San Jac – this is where many of you will first see and learn from others around you that will make this common mistake. They'll blow by you, then, if you've been smart, you'll pass them going up 15th.
Keep your form under control. Find a balance between descending too fast and putting the brakes on too much. If you go too fast down this hill, you're going to hurt going up, and be tired for the long uphill on the other side of Lamar. If you put on the brakes too much, and you haven't been running a lot of long mileage, you'll wear out your quads.
Left on 15th takes you into a lengthy uphill climb to Congress. The course then rolls slightly up to just past mile two, when you hit a steep uphill to West Avenue. When you get to the top, you have a steep downhill. Relax, shake out your arms, and let the downhill give you a recovery. Once again, find a balance.
Same thing past mile three, when you start going down a steep hill under Mopac. On the other side of Mopac, you turn left for a mile-long stretch of mostly gradual uphills on the Mopac access road, also known as Winsted. Thing is, it's broken up enough by some short flats to recover. Just focus on holding a comfortable pace here. About 1/2 to 2/3 of the way down Winsted, you get a downhill and a flat to the RunTex Pawn Shop at Lake Austin Blvd.
When you start on the downhill, shake out your arms, relax your body, and try to focus on making your stride smooth and easy. At around mile four, you need to assess how you feel, how much you have left in the tank. Can you pick up the pace? If so, do it gradually, because the last mile of the course is a bear.
But first, just past mile four, you get the steep downhill to Veteran's Blvd. If you're feeling good, let it carry you just slightly, but still keep your form under control. You turn left on Veterans, and it's pretty flat all the way out past Austin High to Cesar Chavez. Get into your revised, faster pace.
You hit Cesar Chavez at almost mile five, and it's a long, slow uphill grind. You only have 1.2 miles left. You've trained hard, and you can gut this out. This might be a good time to start picking people off. Find someone a little ways ahead of you, and gradually catch them. Then pick another. Be smart about this – don't go sprinting to catch people, but you can use this to get you through the last mile, and the hill.
You turn right on the South First Street Bridge, and you're less than half a mile out. Roll into the turn, and think about increasing your footspeed again. Halfway across the bridge, the slope turns downward a little, and that's another good point to pick up the pace at again.
Finally, when you turn right onto Riverside, you'll have less than 200 meters left. Go. Keep your eyes on the next person you want to catch, or on the finish line. Again, increase your speed by increasing your footspeed, just like we do with strides – don't be stretching and pushing your legs, that's a good way to get injured.
Run all the way through the finish.
If you're coming off the half marathon or marathon, you still have to be smart out there. You have to be smart about your choices, taking into consideration your limitations, the course, and even the conditions on any given day. Sometimes, slowing down or even, in the case of injury, stopping, are the intellectually and strategically soundest choices.
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When Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Ebd El Fattah was beaten and arrested in his own home at the end of November, his wife and fellow blogger Manal El Fattah were there to document and report the arrest on Twitter. But what of activists or journalists arrested alone, without friends or witnesses? They can now use the Android application Byt2ebed 3alia to alert family, friends and legal counsel that they are being arrested.
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In spite of objections from human rights activists and members of the media around the world, Japan's upper chamber made the controversial State Secrecy Protection Bill law in a "raucous, late-night session" last Friday, December 6, Reuters reports. The House of Representatives passed the bill on November 26. Under the new law, state employees could be jailed for up to 10 years if they leak secrets, and journalists could be jailed for up to five if they use "grossly inappropriate" tactics to uncover state secrets. The passage of the bill has sparked uncharacteristically large protests in a country where protesters have often been considered a part of the political fringe.
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On the night of November 28, well-known Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah was arrested by Egyptian security forces for his involvement in a demonstration against a new law meant to repress political protests. Fattah and fellow activist Ahmad Maher were arrested for allegedly organizing the demonstration without the requisite three day advance notice to the Interior Ministry, a stipulation of the new law they were protesting. On December 1, a prosecutor ordered the release of Ahmed Maher, but renewed Alaa Abd El Fattah's detention for 15 days.
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A fund has been set up to help the family of a 14-month-old girl who was killed Saturday when she was run over in her driveway. The Wyatte Baptist Church in Senatobia has set up the fund. Donations may be made sent to: The Rylee Farrow Fund, c/o Wyatte Baptist Church, 30721 Highway 4 East, Senatobia MS 38668. (October 18, 2011, Page 2)
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Circuit Court Judge John A. Gregory has set a date for a probable cause hearing in the case against Oxford Police Assistant Chief Joey East by Oxford electrician Bubba Mize and the District Attorney's Office filed a response to Mize's motion to dismiss. (October 18, 2011, Page 2)
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Local law enforcement officers had little time to rest during the biggest SEC football home-game weekend thus far this season.
The Oxford Police Department responded to more than 197 calls between 6 a.m. Friday and 6 a.m. this morning. (October 17, 2011, Page 1A)
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and is the time of year local and national organizations try to spread the word and educate the public about the signs and dangers of domestic violence. (October 14, 2011, Page 1A)
Grand jury indicts Mize for malicious mischief
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Karaoke – where you can be part of the crowd and bring out your inner self. Staff Writer Alyssa Schnugg looks back at her early days as a "single/performer" and notes she's enjoying a second shot with her favorite karaoke tunes. (October 14, 2011, Page 4A)
Trial in murder-suicide case continued
The trial of David Jackson Williams, accused of killing Ole Miss student Demetria Bracey in 2005, has been continued until February. (October 13, 2011, Page 2)
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Gov. Haley Barbour attended Wednesday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Winchester Centerfire plant building at the Lafayette County Industrial Park. The new 500,000 square-foot building is almost complete. About 1,000 new jobs are expected over the next five years. (October 13, 2011, Page 1)
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I must admit, as a fan (not fanatic, just fan) of real-time strategy games, I found Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim utterly perplexing when I first started it up. I figured out how to build things easy enough, and upgrading existing structures was simple, but when it came time to actually do anything I was completely lost. Fortunately I was able to finally "get it" after a second attempt. I couldn't be happier that it finally clicked with me, because Majesty is one heck of an awesome iOS game.
Okay, so it's not really an iOS game so much as an iOS port of a PC game, but that doesn't make Majesty any less fun to play. Players take on the role of a sort of "absentee strategist," never having any direct control over their heroes but instead creating helpful structures and placing bounties to give them a nudge in the right direction. See, heroes (knights, rangers, wizards, etc.) can all be trained from their specific buildings, but once they're available they just kind of do their own thing. This includes wandering around killing monsters, hunting for treasures and even buying better gear at the marketplace. As the ruler of the kingdom, it's the player's job to make sure they have all they need to survive whatever activity they decide to partake in.
As I understand it, Majesty has been tweaked a little bit during the transition from PC to iOS. It's pretty much just some visual and interface adjustments, but I think Herocraft deserves at least some credit for the delightful graphics on display here. As for the gameplay itself, it's more-or-less unchanged from its PC counterpart, a fact that makes me want to track down aid counterpart because it's a heck of a lot of fun, and a nice change of pace from a typical RTS.
While I completely understand and even applaud the unorthodox approach to strategy, being unable to directly command units can still make the game frustrating. I've had buildings destroyed because all of my heroes were off exploring the wilderness (the town guards are practically useless), watched a bunch of them attack an enemy spawn point and then have all but one wander off once it's destroyed (leaving the lone sap to face all those pissed-off and homeless goblins) and more. Again, I get it, but I can't help but wish I had just a bit more control.
I feel like Majesty came out of nowhere. I suppose as someone who was never able to sample most of the PC's classics it kind of did. I'm glad I finally had the chance to play it this time around, and I hope that it gets all the attention it so rightly deserves.
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The problem is, to remove the uterus through a small incision, it has to be cut up into very small pieces, a process called morcellation.
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Dr. K. Anthony Shibley of Minnesota's OBGYN Specialists said he has invented a solution.
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- Export to EPUB 2 format
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- Word count in the status bar
- Distraction free writing mode
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So, I thought I'd go through the ones we have worked on in a little more detail this time.
Export to EPUB2
The EPUB2 filter is more or less done. We can in Calligra Words and Calligra Author choose the EPUB2 format in the export file dialog and get a perfectly validated ebook. Here are the features that we support:- Convert an ODT to EPUB 2.0.1 (duh!)
- Handle all text features (more or less - drop caps aren't handled yet) including tables and even tables in tables.
- Split the odt file into chapters. This is done somewhat heuristically now by splitting at the paragraphs that have a page break.
- Handle paragraph and text styles and convert them to CSS.
- Handle ODF style inheritance and default styles and convert that to CSS too. This is somewhat tricky since HTML and CSS doesn't support inheritance between styles.
- Include images into the ebook.
- Convert images in unsupported vector formats, namely WMF, EMF, and SVM and convert them to SVG.
- Handle internal links and bookmarks.
- Handle footnotes and endnotes. Footnotes are created at the bottom of each chapter and endnotes get their own chapter (i.e.xhtml file) inside the ebook.
What is not supported yet and we don't know how to handle yet is to add a cover image to the book. But we will figure it out before the release.
Export to MOBI format
Mojtaba Shahi is working on this presently and expects a working prototype this week. Naturally we are reusing most of the code from the EPUB filter for this.The tricky part is that MOBI itself is an unsupported format which we have to reverse engineer. Lucklly enough we have other free software to look at like Calibre.
Word Count in Status Bar
Many people who asked us for this were not aware that you could already get some extensive real-time statistics from Calligra Words. There is a statistics docker that can show word count, character count, Flesch reading index, and many other numbers. What did not work so well was to have this laid out horizontally in the status bar.Shreya Pandit has now created an adaptable statistics docker that lays out it's content depending on where it is. Here you can see a screenshot at the current state of it.
Note that there are a few things that we still want to fix: The text is a bit small, the title "Statistics" should go, there is too much vertical space. But in general it works now.
There are some discussions in the Calligra community right now about making all of the contents of the current statusbar into dockers and then make the lower dock widget the new status bar instead. That would make the status bar totally configurable but we will of course provide good defaults.
Distraction Free Writing Mode
This is what I am working on right now together with Gopalakrishna Bhat. we have some technical challenges but we are pretty confident that we will be able to produce something that works for the next release. The perfect solution may have to wait until the next version after that, but we will see in the next two weeks.I will be back with more about this in the next report.
We have not started on this feature yet. Camilla Boemann, the Calligra Words maintainer, wants to do some refactorings in the deeper layers of Calligra and the timing was not right to work on this.Naturally there are many other features being developed in Calligra at the same time, as well as bug fixing. So we have to be good Calligra citizens and wait for library work to be finished before we start on the user-visible layers.
Well, there you have it. In the next update I hope to be able to report that the MOBI export is done and talk about some features there.And if you want to discuss the features -- present or upcoming -- of Calligra Author, please do that in the forums: http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=249 for Calligra Author specific threads and http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=203 for more general Calligra threads.


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Norwich City star Kei Kamara has talked of his determination to give back to his African homeland of Sierra Leone and his dream to build a school and orphanage there.
The pace and power of the Premier League has posed Kamara a big challenge in stepping up from Major League Soccer - but he has had some help from some former Canaries.
He briefly played for San Jose Earthquakes at the same time as City legend Darren Huckerby, but moved to Houston Dynamo shortly after Huckerby signed.
Kamara recalled: "Playing in America I had the opportunity to play with and against some of the big names of England. Darren Huckerby, he's still around, I see him every day at the training facility, which is great.
"I played with him at San Jose and when he came to San Jose I was like, wow, this guy is really fast!
"I thought I was the fastest guy on the team until he showed up, and his work rate was amazing. He didn't stay in America for long because obviously people go out there at the end of their career.
"So definitely when I came out here, the first thing he did was send me a message and he's told me what to do to make you guys (Canaries fans) love me!"
But Kamara is also friendly with another former City player, Ade Akinbyi.
The big striker, who started his career at Carrow Road in the mid-90s before going on to play in the Premier League with Leicester City, played with Kamara during the 2009 MLS season.
Kamara added: "I also played with Ade Akinbyi, when I played for Houston Dynamo, and to this day he is one of my greatest mentors.
"He calls me all the time to check on me and see how things are going."
Just under 200 City supporters were given a special insight into Kamara's incredible life when the Canaries striker attended two screenings of a film about his dramatic life at Cinema City in Norwich on Friday night.
After the screenings the 28-year-old talked about growing up in civil war-torn Sierra Leone and his escape to the USA, but also how he is still desperate to represent his country and how he is raising funds to build a school and orphanage in its capital, Freetown.
Kamara's remarkable rise to fame as one of the star players in Major League Soccer in the USA, and subsequent five-month loan deal to Norwich in January, is being documented by US production company Copper Pot Pictures.
The film, Kei, is currently 25 minutes long and is helping to raise funds for a charity called Schools for Salone, with which Kamara is working to build a school and orphanage.
The film's directors, Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker, and producer Clay Frost, flew in from the US to take part in the Q&As – and start filming for the next parts of the film.
Kei, who is on loan to the Canaries from Sporting Kansas City, said: "We're trying to build a school which will also be an orphanage to really get some of these kids that have been through a lot, maybe don't have parents any more, so we can put them in a safe place, keep them close, that's the goal really. We're just trying to give these kids a life that they don't really see coming to them by building the school.
"We've shown this film already a few times in America, people have donated, we've bought the land and now it's the next process of people going to the website, schoolsforsalone.org, and making donations or any other ways to really put this school out there for the kids."
Cinema City, owned by Picturehouse Cinemas, pledged to donate 65pc of the takings on the night to Schools for Salone.
Mr LaMattina, one of the film's directors, said around $55,000 of the $75,000 target was still needed for the school and orphanage, with $20,000 already used to purchase the land.
He said: "People have been really creative in the ways they have raised money back in the States. We've had local businesses pledge money for if Kei scores a certain amount of goals but really it can be a school bake sale, or just getting the word out there.
"The way we met Kei is we had worked with the same charity to build a school there and Kei's school will actually be really unique because it's a school and orphanage, and it will have a training area and a teaching space, plus it will provide a home for some of these kids that don't have one, so it's a pretty big undertaking."
Kei watched both screenings of the film, watching some parts with hands over his face and tears in his eyes, and other parts with a smile as wide as the Cinema City auditorium.
He talked of fleeing Sierra Leone to Gambia when he was 14 years old, before flying to the US to start his new life in California with his mother, saying: "That's when my opportunities started, that's when everything opened up for me.
"I love what I do. Coming from where I come from, a little place called Kenema in Sierra Leone with 150,000 people, to being here today, I would have never thought this would happen so every single day whatever I do, I'm happy."
But his love for Sierra Leone stays strong, with a large part of the film following Kamara as he played for his country, known as the Leone Stars, in a 2-1 win over Egypt in an African Cup of Nations qualifying match in 2011.
The match was made special for the Leone Stars as the country's president, Ernest Bai Koroma, gave a motivational speech to the players in their dressing room before the game.
Kei said: "The president's been good, he's done a lot for the country, he's just won his second term in November, so the people love him, and they're trying really hard to really help football in the country.
"So that was an incredible opportunity for us to meet him and for him to give us a speech like that to motivate us, saying what we do is going to translate into the nation, and we believed that, I believed that."
Kei has now played 14 times for his country, scoring twice, and is set to fly out this week for a 2014 World Cup qualifying match in Tunisia on Saturday.
The 2012 Sierra Leone footballer of the year continued: "When I step on to the field I believe that I'm not just representing Kei Kamara, I'm representing my country, representing my family name, the team I'm playing for.
"So when I'm stepping on the field I'm representing the country and trying to do something good for the country."
The Copper Pot Pictures crew travelled with the Canaries for their match at Sunderland yesterday and intend to continue to follow Kei's story.
Mr LaMattina added: "2012 into 2013 has been a good year for Kei and for us, because we started following Kei and now we're here in Norwich not to just show the film but we're actually extending the film.
"We keep thinking Kei's story is awesome and just not going to get any better, but it just keeps getting better. We hope to be back in Norwich with a longer version of the film in maybe a year's time."
- Those who weren't able to attend the Cinema City screenings can buy a digital download of the film from Copper Pot Pictures at www.keimovie.com, with all the money raised going towards the Schools for Salone charity.
- Did you get a picture with Kei at Cinema City? Share your photos with us at www.iwitness24.co.uk
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I hope his story continues at City. It certainly good to see our players in this positive way rather than for their indulgence in the excesses that so often accompany the profession. OTBC.
Monday, March 18, 2013
A remarkable story - a remarkable young man? We now have a Celebrity Cook, a Celebrity Celebrity & a Film Star\Philanthropist. Carrow Road has never been so interesting. Good times.
Monday, March 18, 2013
I enjoyed the story. I've previously seen the movie and am glad to see that there's going to be an addendum including play in Norwich. The fan consensus at Sporting Park on Saturday was that Kei was sorely missed from the Sporting offense. I hope to see him in person playing for the Canaries in May when I'm visiting.
Monday, March 18, 2013
So little interest in this story. Odd.
Monday, March 18, 2013
The late great Shankley said about football being more importanat that life and death....seemingly not! This adds more to the "family club" that is Norwich City and does bring home that whilst PL survival is paramount we all at times need a reality check. As getting to Cinema City is just a tad far these days the chance is to download and contribute from afar is an opportunity I will take up....I also hope the Norwich segement of the film will roll and roll for a few saesons to come, much as it will disappoint the Kansas faithful. OTBK (On The Ball Kei)
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Cinema City is just about as inaccessible from Stalham. As is the rest of the intelligent world! I hope Kei is as fine a man as the press hype says he is. Sorry to be cynical, but I do not trust the "meeja". From what little I`ve seen, he seems a good, kind and joyous man. That`s what I want to believe. Those Vampire teeth are so loony! As long as he doesn`t turn into a simpering, self-serving media darling like Beckham or Saint Coe, I`ll be relatively happy.
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There might not be any worse type of humor on the face of this earth than office elevator humor. Not only are the jokes/puns miserable, the worst part is seeing your co-workers succumb to laughing or even worse making the joke. I believe once you find yourself even reacting with a smile to some corny elevator joke, you have officially become a cubicle monkey. If by chance, you ever find yourself cracking an elevator joke, well you just got promoted to Cubicle Monkey Ring Leader. Here three examples of elevator humor:
3. "Who let this guy on" – This jokes always come from a co-worker you barely know but who loves to get a rise out of the crowd like he's the company's Chris Rock. The joke can come in many forms – "Who let his troublemaker on", "Darn, couldn't close the doors fast enough", "Ooh man, everybody watch out for this guy", but literally zero of them actually make any sense or have any legitimate reasoning behind it.
2. "Anyone for floor #" – This happens when a bunch of people hop on an elevator and press all the different floors but one. Some smartass next to the buttons will call out the one floor missed as its some big joke, "Anyone for floor 10?". Somehow this dumb question receives chuckles and praise from the rest of the corporate sheep. I literally saw some guy, smile after saying it like he made the funniest joke ever or in his head he realized that "I just made one of the worst jokes of all time, my life has hit rock bottom"
1. By far the most common joke in elevator humor history, the Local vs Express Joke. I literally cringe everrytime I hear this and by god, I am terrified that one day, my cringe will turn into a chuckle. Yes, just because a few people from different floors hop onto an elevator, it doesn't mean that it deserves a comedy hour. Work sucks, no one wants to be here and accept the fact that your elevator ride is now a whole 30 sec longer than usual so just proceed with your day.
I know there is a ton more jokes but right now I have to get back to earning my bananas
The Office Elevator is as close to hell on earth as I can possibly imagine. It essentially takes every awful piece of Cube Monkey existence and crams it into a slow moving death box. Think about all the different possible disasters that can happen on the office elevator. You can hop on with the self proclaimed office comedian like Rob described and you gotta listen to his bullshit jokes for 2 and a half minutes while you hit every single floor. You could get stuck with the fat Indian girl who just microwaved curry and now you're slowly rising through 20 stories of a skyscraper inside a hot box that might as well be the back of a garbage truck. Your manager or boss might get on with you and then you've got to straighten up, pretend you're not hungover, and pray to God she doesn't ask you any questions about anything because you clearly don't know the fucking answer.
Its straight Russian Roulette. Its hot. Its claustrophobic. And you're packed ass to dick with your least favorite people on earth. Every time you jump on the elevator you're risking your mental and emotional sanity for the next 120 seconds. When I was a Cube Money I worked on the 15th Floor, which was the top of one elevator bank. Had I worked on the 16th floor, I woulda been in the second batch of cars and I would have got an "express" trip every day. But instead I was last stop on "the local." I was looking at an average of like 7 stops every time I rode that motherfucker. There were times I'd wish someone cut the cable and let me plummet to my death rather than stop at one more floor. And I swear to you, the mornings where I was able to sneak into one car all by myself and shoot right up to 15 was one of the biggest small victories of my life. Right up there with when you have to call someone you really don't wanna talk to and it goes to voicemail. Those moments when the elevator doors close and you're alone and when you're on your 5th ring going "don't pick up, don't pick up" and it goes to voicemail are 2 of the best feelings on earth. I had 20 seconds of complete peace and quiet. No fake work friends making small talk. No managers asking me about work. No stupid work jokes. No excel spreadsheets 6 inches from my face. I'd usually rip a fart, smell my own scent, and smile. Then the door would open and my dream would turn back into a nightmare.
PS – Love the elevators that don't have a 13th floor. Yea, thats gonna make a difference.
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Budding question-
I did a little budding and chipping today and things went well enough, but some of the stock was fairly thin and fairly thin-skinned (i.e., the caliper of the wood to which I was grafting was thin and the bark delicate and given to tearing and splitting) and I decided to try removing the wood from the bud before inserting it. I managed, but it was clumsy and I wonder if there are any tips that would help.
I suppose that making sure the budstick was well-hydrated would be helpful- I don't think this was. Anything else the more experienced can suggest?
By the way, when chipping with too-small stock it seems helpful to pre-wrap a little of it with parafilm and then use the parafilm to hold the tail of the bud in place while aligning the rest of it. It's nice to be able to pull a wrap of tape over the chip and then tweak it a bit as you snug it down.
Comments, suggestions and advice eagery anticipated! Thanks.
I don't think there should be any issues with a "thick" bud and a shallow corresponding cut on the branch you are budding on to. I've tried "shaving" them down and it can be a little tricky...small knife/very sharp. Problem is getting a nice flat cut. Sometimes I'll just save the bud and cut a new one, if possible.
I'm just about done here. Maybe a few more, but I think i've place around 100 so far... Only cut myself once (or maybe twice)...at least these sharp knives make good clean cuts that heal quick.
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Mark, I did about 50 chips over a 2 day period. I feel confident that it went well. I tried 3 different knives and discovered how important it is to keep a sharp knife. I found that a sharpening steel worked ok and that my cheap budding knife worked best for me. I have the stock in containers and I'm not sure if I re-pot when dormant, leave them till next spring or what. I don' plan on planting all of them so ,if they make it, I'll giving them to neighbors. I think that most growing will be next year,so they should still be potted? I guess that I spent most of my time learning the procedure and didn't think beyond. Also, can I do anything to encourage root stock growth? Prune top? fertilize?, keep in shade?, partial shade or full sun? Any tricks of the trade? I sure do appreciate the information that I have received from this forum. Thanks, luke
Luke, all my budding and chipping this year was done on potted stock and I mean to keep them there; two are for backup/giveaway and one is for me. I was doing apricot on Marianna and plan to keep that tree potted forever. The other two would be repotted or planted next spring, I imagine. I don't know what I'll do to encourage rootstock growth except to try to keep fresh enough soil in the pot as it settles and washes through.
I have a couple of knives that work for me. I get buy with my Case pocket knife with the spay blade, if I've sharpened it well, and it holds an edge nicely. I've used utility knives, which are nice because the blades are so sharp. My favorite is one I ground out of an old Dexter boning knife. It sharpens readily and holds an edge reasonably.
As soon as I start to feel like an edge is fading I touch it up on a very hard stone- a steel would probably do fine for me too.
Like you, I'm very appreciative of the information on this forum and wish I could give back more.
Some of my chip buds are on trees in the ground, some are on trees in pots. Judging from past experience, you are going to get more growth on trees that are in the ground. As is always the case, a bigger pot, plenty of water and fertilizer should increase growth on potted trees. With potted plants you can plant them whenever...dormant, middle of summer...doesn't matter. With chip buds, you want to cut off the branch above where the bud was placed to get all the energy into that bud... If you don[t, that bud might just sit there and do nothing...
What I wonder is how long one should keep a bud covered with parafilm? Is it ok after a month to have a bud stay uncovered? My parafilm, in some instances, seems to break down in a month (along with the rubber bands)...I believe the more shaded ones last longer.
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I think a lot of people assume that a couple of weeks is long enough, so a month should be fine, but I leave spring grafts of all kinds wrapped as long as possible - sometimes the union needs time to heal and is more vulnerable since callousing takes longer in cooler weather. Or is that just something I made up ... ?
Mark, I just take out a thinner slice from the scion when the stock is too small. You can have the chip be more thin than you would think and it will still work.
Frank, after a month you have success, there is no need to re-tape. Every once in a blue moon you will get a flapper which is loose on one side or the top and those need to be re-taped.


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Supreme Court justice administers oath to 21 students; Admitting them to the limited practice of law
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- Published: August 31, 2010
Delaware Supreme Court Justice
Randy J. Holland
this week presided over a special session of the court on the Delaware campus, where he administered an oath that admitted 21 Widener students to the limited practice of law.
The students were admitted Monday, Aug. 30 under a special rule that allows them to appear in some Delaware courts under very stringent guidelines. The oaths were taken in connection with their work in Widener's
Delaware Civil Clinic
, its
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic
and school
with the Delaware Department of Justice, Community Legal Aid Society and the Delaware Public Defender's Office.
Before administering the oath, Holland told the students they will need to start thinking of themselves differently, as clients won't distinguish them from the licensed attorneys who also take part in their cases.
"You have to conduct yourselves as professionals, in a way that is ethical, and with civility," he said. "You – as officers of the court – are going to be ambassadors for the administration of justice."
Associate Professors
Kenneth T. Kristl
, who supervises the environmental clinic, and
Dana Harrington Conner
, who supervises the Delaware Civil Clinic, and
Lawrence J. Connell
, who supervises the externs, moved the students' admissions to the limited practice of law. Holland, who also serves as a member of the law school's adjunct faculty, called them role models for legal public service.
"When you have the ability to practice law you have the keys to the courthouse and you have an obligation to make those keys available to others, especially those who can't afford representation," he said.
Students who took the oath included:
Delaware Civil Clinic:
Navin H. Advani
Cecil R. Hoskins, III
Robert S. Hunt, Jr.
Jared I. Kalish
William J Mulgrew
Gregory J. Norton
Katrina M. Shea
Lori L. Weckerly
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic:
Corey Bolander
John Cecere
Elizabeth Elidrissi
Christine Harris
Andrew Lo
Julie Orthmann
Kathryn Pettit
John Dillon
Student externs:
Daniel T. Conway (Delaware Department. of Justice)
William C. Graham (Delaware Department of Justice)
Joshua I. Inkell (Delaware Public Defender's Office)
Daniel C. Lang (CLASI –Community Legal Aid Society, Inc)
Chad R. Lingenfelder (Delaware Department of Justice)


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I ran a search and did not find anything. I was wondering your personal opinions on the Simga .40 Cal. I want to know how you feel about it as a carry gun and how reliable they are. Would you trust your life with it?
This is a discussion on S&W Sigma 40 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I ran a search and did not find anything. I was wondering your personal opinions on the Simga .40 Cal. I want to know how ...
I ran a search and did not find anything. I was wondering your personal opinions on the Simga .40 Cal. I want to know how you feel about it as a carry gun and how reliable they are. Would you trust your life with it?
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I don't own one but a friend does. He bought a Taurus 24/7 .40 a few weeks ago and had it and the S&W .40 at the range. I fired both. I like the S&W and believe they are totally reliable and very accurate. Ditto for the Taurus. The noticeable difference was the recoil. S&W was much heavier.
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Hi Magilla--
I don't have the .40 Sigma, but I do have the 9mm version. I have somewhere near 4000 rounds through it with no issues at all. It's a very reliable gun that I have carried and trusted in the past. The gun is about the same size as the Glock 19/23, so it carries very well.
From what I've heard the .40 cal is just as reliable as the 9mm. Here is a write-up on the 9mm Sigma from Gunblast.com.
Smith & Wesson's Improved Sigma 9mm Auto
I have and use to carry my 40VE. It is 100% reliable with over 4500+ rounds down range. I trust it completely and mostly it is my night stand gun with a light on it so it is my "Bump in the Night Gun".
Right priced and you can find used Smith 40VE mag for under $20 in either 14+1 or 15+1 (original Sigma mags).
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking" - George S. Patton.
I have a sigma 40ve with lots of rounds downrange. I also carry it quite a bit in a Don Hume IWB holster. IMO the sigma is one of the most dependable, go bang everytime guns out there. The internals are almost identical to Glocks and Glock has an excellant rep for dependability. How are they different. Smith redesigned the safety action trigger mechanism after the glock lawsuit. The firing mechanics were not changed so remain almost identical to glock. The grip is IMO more comfortable than glock, however the grip has nothing to do with dependability. Personally, I feel when you buy a sigma you are getting the same level of reliability you get with glock.
I would be the first to say the sigma chic if there is such a thing is about non existant while glock has an aura about it. That's fine with me because glock revolutionized handguns when they introduced polymer pistols years ago. They also have 20 years or so history of building great weapons. Bottom line, the sigma is a great and very dependable weapon even though a lot of people put them down.
My only suggestion is to make sure it is the 40VE they are the most recently produced and mine has proven to be very reliable.
I would nt trust my life to the one I had. Yours may differ . I hope if there is a bump in the night it will go bang! Good luck.
That line has had a lot of problems. They have fixed most of them, but not all simply because it is a dying line for S&W, and they are not going to throw money on a sinking ship.
I do 4-6 four day shooting schools a year, and never have once seen a Sigma make it to the end, a new one or old. The problems are across the board.
I really dont see the point in buying one. Sure, you can get one cheaper than a lot of other pistols, but factor in the extra mags and other things that cost more for that gun then say a Glock, and you are well over what you would have paid for a more common and respected gun.
"Just blame Sixto"
I'm with Sixto, I bought one of the early Sigma 40V models. First time out, after 2 mags of factory ammo, 5 parts broke in the gun. S&W fixed it and I sold it. Trigger was nasty too.
I used to know someone who worked at S&W on that line and he confirmed that they were a disaster for the old S&W company. QC was obviously non-existent!
You couldn't give me one for free!
The M&P, on the other hand, looks like S&W is getting it right!
I don't have an M&P but the problem with the magazine dropping out of the weapon and the magazine rattling around while inserted in the grip are quite common. There are no such problems with the VE series in the Sigma. Yes, early Sigmas had many issues but those were early Sigmas. The VE series is rock solid. I'm not saying I would refuse an M&P if it were given to me but I would not purchase one until the bugs are worked out.
On the other hand I would not hesitate to add a 9mm VE to the 40 that I already own. I may very well do that. The biggest rag on the gun is the heavy 10lb or so trigger pull. A lot of people are accustomed to the 4.5 lb glock trigger or the similar single action trigger pull of a 1911 so they dismiss the Sigma out of hand. That's fine. We all have our preferrences. I have a CZ 75 with a very light single action trigger but that doesn't keep me from appreciating my Sigma. The heavy trigger has presented no problem for me regarding accuracy or any other use of the gun. If you really want to know how dependable the gun is go to the S&W forum. There are numerous comments there regarding the go bang everytime quality of the gun. I and other members of my family have thousands of rounds downrange of many different types of rounds in my 40VE. The only malfunction occured when my wife limp wristed while using my own reloads which were loaded to the maximum recommended powder charge. I immediately fired the gun with the remaining loads with no problem.
I have a 9VE. While it is not my favorite gun it is very reliable and I would and have trusted my life to it working if needed. By the way XDs are great mine is a 45acp.
+1 to the above except I have the 9VE vs. the 40. I got it because my wife was interested in the SIGMA as a BUG for her LadySmith 38, but after shooting 400+ rounds through it to see how reliable it would be as an inexpensive "car" gun for her, I was so impressed with the little gun I decided to use it myself. As a bonus, I also got a $50 rebate and two 16 rd mags from S&W as well. When you consider the gun already came with two mags and it only cost $275 NIB BEFORE the rebate, I consider the SIGMA an OUTSTANDING value and about the best buy in a hicap pistol available today!
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