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Several months ago, I posted my ride around Lake Tahoe with two friends (74 Miles Around Lake Tahoe). The same three of us did it again today, but this time with about 2000 close friends. It was called "Tour de Tahoe --Ride Big Blue"
We met last night in South Lake Tahoe and shared a motel room. I don't know how I ended up with the sofa bed, but it was the world's most uncomfortable one. It was easy to get up at 5:00 am to make it to the start. We were in the first wave at 6:30. Here we are at Starbucks at 6:00. That's me in the hat.
It was still darkish as we passed by the casinos on our way down Lake Tahoe Blvd. It was about 53 degrees. It seems like about 5 miles of slightly downhill, but it struck me later that it can't be, since it's all at lake level.
The climb up to Inspiration point is easy. Well, except for the switch backs. Easy, except for the switch backs. Oh, and the altitude. Easy except for the switchbacks and altitude. Oh, and the steepness. Easy for except for the switchbacks, altitude and steepness . . . and the second set of switchbacks. And then the third climb. But it's easy.
I don't have many good pictures, as from the first rest stop to "lunch" (about 25 miles) we really pounded. At least, if felt like it to me. I think Jay fell in love with #484 and boy, she could ride. We followed her most of the way. I did have a first. I was moving pretty well (for me) when in my mirror I see four young riders in matching kits move up behind me. "Four on your wheel", said the first rider. I acknowledged them. I think they stayed there for maybe three miles, then moved on as we hit a small hill. Young guys drafting on me! Shezam.
The traffic was not bad, and there was an amazing presence of Highway Patrol and Sheriff vehicles. The weather was still cool, just perfect for riding. We were down to shorts and jerseys by 9:30.
Anyway, here's a picture of the lunch spot (at 9:30 am) at Kings Beach.
After lunch there is some climbing, then about 10 miles of mostly up, with 6 of it pretty serious. There was a water stop about halfway up, which was nice. There was also a coyote that loped across the road in front of us. He clearly waited on the other side of the road, watching vehicle traffic, and crossed only when safe.
The "turn for home" puts us on Highway 50 and a long, steep, just repaved grade. It was here that on the last ride my bike convulsed in mysterious wobblies and I nearly went down at 43 mph. At almost the exact same spot I have a flat tire at 40 mph this time. Fortunately, the rear tire, not a blow out and no cars or riders near by.
My buddies didn't know I'd flatted, so they were changing clothes at the cars when I pulled in. We had a nice lunch around the pool at the Horizon Casino (included) and we all went our separate ways. Oh, I almost forgot. Last time around the lake I averaged 14.7 mph., of which I was pretty happy. This year . . . wait for it . . . . 15.8! for 73 miles. I think it was #484 that did it. My top speed was 45.0.
I had told a number of people that this was an "easy" ride. It's not. I think I'd call it "moderate" and, of course, it depends on the level of hammer. But it is gorgeous. We finished about 12:20 and it was still below 80 degrees. I'm sorry I don't have more pictures for ya'll.
Like last year, for the drive home, I fired up a cigar, after opening the sunroof, rear slider and both windows of my old truck. This year an Acid "Toast". Hmmm. Nice.


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Jessica Pressler (New York) delves into the personal and professional rivalry between Tory and Christopher Burch, former spouses now competing to dominate the fashion world. Peter Whoriskey (Washington Post) exposes the human cost of promoting pharmaceuticals off-label. Charles Duhigg and David Barboza (New York Times) investigate Apple's unethical labor practices in China. Max Abelson (Bloomberg) reports on Wall Street's amusing reaction to the diminishing annual bonus. Mina Kimes (Fortune) recounts the grisly story of a company's illegal testing—and misuse—of a medical device for profit, and Jeff Tietz (Rolling Stone) composes one of the most poignant and comprehensive portraits of the financial crisis's dissolution of the American middle class.
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4. Prescription for Addiction, by Thomas Catan, Devlin Barrett, and Timothy W. Martin, Wall Street Journal
5. Anemia Drugs Made Billions, but at What Cost? Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post
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7. Gusher, by Steve Coll, The New Yorker
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9. Chesapeake and Rival Plotted to Suppress Land Prices Brian Grow, by Joshua Schneyer, Reuters
10. Fear Fans Flames for Chemical Makers, by Patricia Callahan and Sam Roe, Chicago Tribune
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12. Top Five Ways Bleacher Report Rules the World!, by Joe Eskenazi, San Francisco Weekly
13. Why India's Newspaper Industry Is Thriving, by Ken Auletta, The New Yorker
14. The Frequent Fliers Who Flew Too Much, by Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times
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18. The Tale of a Whale of a Fail, by Matt Levine, Dealbreaker
19. Case Against Bear and JPMorgan Provides Little Cheer, by Bethany McLean, Reuters
20. How ECB Chief Outflanked German Foe in Fight for Euro, by Brian Blackstone and Marcus Walker, Wall Street Journal
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23. Death Takes a Policy: How a Lawyer Exploited the Fine Print and Found Himself Facing Federal Charges, by Jake Bernstein, ProPublica
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27. I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave, by Mac McClelland, Mother Jones
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Howard County High School Sports: Fall: Region/States: Football: Campanaro Leads River Hill Past Douglass in Md. 2A South FinalSaturday, November 22
Football: Campanaro Leads River Hill Past Douglass in Md. 2A South Final
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Snow blew in just before kickoff last night in Clarksville, covering River Hill's field like confetti. Once the game started, nothing covered the field as thoroughly as the Hawks' Michael Campanaro. The senior All-Met made plays at wide receiver, running back, kickoff returner and safety to spark No. 4 River Hill to a 21-6 victory over Douglass in the Maryland 2A South final.
Campanaro was responsible for all three River Hill scores. He ran for 188 yards and two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter that sealed the victory for the Hawks (12-0), who celebrated their fourth straight region title in sub-freezing temperatures.
"All the credit goes to the guys up front," said Campanaro, referring to his offensive line. "They opened a lot of holes for me."
Douglass trailed 14-0 at the break -- courtesy of Campanaro's 30th and 31st touchdowns --but seemed to solve its first-half woes by the beginning of the third quarter. The Eagles (9-3) cut the deficit to 14-6 on a 12-yard touchdown run from Emmanuel Paul.
Douglass's defense held on the Hawks' next possession, but its offense turned the ball over on each of its next two drives -- once from the Hawks' 11 and once from the 18.
In between, Campanaro, who is committed to Wake Forest, caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Luke Hostetler to put the game out of reach.
"Fumbles," sighed Douglass safety and co-captain Christian Clark said. "That's what kills us every time. Can't hold on to the ball."


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Does Lesnar cheapen UFC 100 for purists?
The UFC has been building up UFC 100 for months. It's a topic that was on the minds of fans and media members for months before. It's being billed by the UFC as the biggest event they have ever had.
So, with that in mind, how much does it offend MMA purists to see Brock Lesnar in the main event of this card? With his pro wrestling background and the fact that he got a title shot after going 1-1 in his first two UFC fights, he had his haters from the beginning.
Is this just more salt in the wound, having a former pro wrestler with less than 10 MMA fights headlining the biggest card in UFC history as the heavyweight champ? Or have fans finally accepted Lesnar?
It's hard to deny he's one of the top fighters in the division after his destruction of Randy Couture, so maybe fans have finally accepted that Lesnar is here to stay. The guy is still raw in a lot of areas but he's got amazing strengths in his game as well. There's no denying he's good for the sport, as he's a huge PPV draw.
After the UFC was forced to move the Mir-Lesnar fight, it was just smart marketing to put it at UFC 100. With Mir coming off a big win and with the revenge factor surrounding this fight for Lesnar, it's got to be one of the easiest main events to market.
At the same time, though, you've got Georges St. Pierre fighting Thiago Alves for the welterweight championship. The GSP bandwagon has been growing exponentially and it looks like St. Pierre could be the new face of the UFC after Liddell's fade from the limelight.
What better way to reaffirm that then to make his fight the main event at UFC 100? Alves is a more than worthy contender and that should be a heck of a fight. Lesnar's fight will be interesting as well, but that's more because we're still trying to find out what holes Lesnar has in his game -- not because it's a fight between two guys near their primes as fighter.
I don't think the Lesnar main event cheapens UFC 100, but I am curious what the purists think on the topic.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Republican Pat McCrory says North Carolina politics have reached a new low after a video released by Democratic gubernatorial rival Walter Dalton accuses the former Charlotte mayor of being insensitive to black residents.
McCrory told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday that Dalton should be "shameful" for approving such a video, which was emailed to Dalton supporters, It may turn into a television ad by the campaign's end.
The video includes several black speakers. Former state civil rights group president Skip Alston accuses McCrory of not understanding the African American experience in North Carolina. The voices refer indirectly to McCrory's support for bills requiring photo identification to vote and cuts to education.
Dalton and his allies have spent this week attempting to raise questions about McCrory and race.
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Some of the biggest bucks killed in North Carolina are hanging on the walls of the 2011 Dixie Deer Classic's scoring booth.
Photos taken at the scoring booth are posted to the Dixie Deer Classic gallery, for voting on the Users Choice Award and for NorthCarolinaSportsman.com users to reflect on how great the deer hunting is in state.
The photo gallery will feature as images of as many of the bucks entered in the Dixie Deer Classic as possible.
North Carolina produces some beautiful deer every year, and the Dixie Deer Classic is the place to come and see them all in one place, NorthCarolinaSportsman.coms Jeff Dennis. The walls of the scoring booth already are packed, and deer will be entered right up until the time when the category winners are announced.
All photos taken during the event will be housed on the gallery, while site administrators will choose several of the top deer from each day. Each daily winner will be featured in a final voting round, and the winner will be named the Dixie Deer Classic Users Choice Award.
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Nikolas Kozloff is the author of Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008).
In the wake of the Edward Snowden controversy - the NSA whistleblower who revealed secret government surveillance programmes - the Obama administration has been forced on the defensive and obliged to answer uncomfortable questions about the extent and power of government eavesdropping.
The scandal, however, has also placed a spotlight on Washington's revolving-door culture between private contractors and official government agencies. As further details emerge, it seems increasingly clear that Snowden's company Booz Allen Hamilton has been able to amass unprecedented power over the nation's affairs. In a perversion of democracy, Booz Allen now handles everything from consulting services to technology support and analysis for the Obama administration.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between the public and corporate sector in Washington, with Booz Allen employees routinely
In the wake of the Edward Snowden controversy - the National Security Agency whistleblower who revealed secret US government surveillance programmes - the Obama administration has been forced on the defensive and obliged to answer uncomfortable questions about the extent and power of government eavesdropping.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between the public and corporate sector in Washington, with Booz Allen employees routinely passing in and out of government. Take, for example, US National Intelligence Director James Clapper, a former executive at Booz Allen. Then there's George Little, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs at the Pentagon, who previously served as an intelligence and business consultant at Booz Allen.
Who's running the drug war?
In the coming days, many will undoubtedly call for a scaling back of government contractors and a more thorough accounting on intelligence matters. It may not be so easy, however, to disentangle the thorny web of corporate influence. Indeed, Booz Allen's involvement in intelligence gathering may be just the tip of the iceberg. Not only does the company hold contracts with the FBI, but it also provides IT support to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). What is more, the US Air Force awarded Booz Allen a contract in 2011 to research and design joint operations between the US Northern Command and the Mexican military.
The Booz Allen agenda stands at odds with those of many Latin American nations, which have been calling for a different approach to the drug war. Exhausted by drug-related violence, some countries are arguing that it is time to adopt a less militaristic policy with a possible path to marijuana legalisation. The national security state and Booz Allen, however, have a lot to lose if the drug war abruptly comes to an end. Sounding the alarm bell, Booz Allen officials argue that terrorists and extremists might exploit the lawless Mexican border area and come into the US to launch attacks. Sceptical of such claims, the liberal Nation magazine remarks that Booz Allen is merely "questing much-sought-after but spurious links between al-Qaeda and South American narcotraffickers".
To really reform the intelligence apparatus, the public must first unravel and sort out the nation's Byzantine web of public and private spying interests.
Hardly deterred by such criticisms, Booz Allen continues to push for a draconian approach to the drug war. Speaking at a forum at the US Army War College, Booz Allen Director and former DEA Chief of Intelligence Anthony Placido boasted that he had helped to develop and implement the so-called "Merida initiative". Under the plan, the US has provided billions of dollars to the Mexican armed forces and police. However, critics say the initiative has failed to address drug treatment and prevention. They also charge that most Merida resources stay in the US and are spent on military contracts and intelligence equipment. Furthermore, the US State Department said in a 2010 report that the initiative's requirements that human rights be respected have been disregarded.
Speaking on C-SPAN in 2010, Placido faced withering criticism from callers who were highly critical of the DEA and its heavy-handed approach to the war on drugs. When one viewer remarked that Washington's crackdown on narcotics had been an incredible waste of money and DEA agents had acted like a bunch of "yahoos" breaking down doors, Placido responded: "You do not represent mainstream thinking on this issue." At other times during the on-air discussion, the drug enforcement official defended the militaristic policies of the Colombian and Mexican governments.
From Booz Allen to Stratfor
Perhaps, in light of Booz Allen's enormous power and reach, the public will demand that the government move to reduce the company's influence. Nevertheless, even if Booz Allen loses valuable contracts, there are yet other companies that could fill the vacuum. Take, for example, the Stratfor corporation, which has provided confidential intelligence services to key US agencies such as the Department of Defense, the Marines and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Last year, whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks disclosed millions of Stratfor e-mails which revealed the inner workings of the corporation. Like Booz Allen, Stratfor helps to shore up the US defence agenda in Latin America, and correspondence suggests that Stratfor personnel have been actively seeking out intelligence in such countries as Venezuela.
In light of the underhanded dealings of both Booz Allen and Stratfor, how can the public ever hope to restrain the runaway national security state and its aggressive posture towards Latin America? While it might have made sense to simply rein in rogue defence agencies in the past, Washington has become much more intricate and tangled since the 9-11 attacks. To really reform the intelligence apparatus, the public must first unravel and sort out the nation's Byzantine web of public and private spying interests. While that's surely no small task, perhaps the Snowden affair will spur further investigations that may get at the truth.
Nikolas Kozloff is the author of Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left and frequently writes about WikiLeaks and political transparency. Follow him on Twitter here.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Mark Ingram scored two touchdowns, C.J. Mosley returned an interception 35 yards for a score and the top-ranked Crimson Tide overwhelmed No. 7 Florida 31-6 on Saturday night.
Round 2 between the last two national champions could come in Atlanta in early December at the SEC title game. Alabama (5-0, 2-0) certainly looked like a team on its way to another championship season.
In front of a 101,821 at a blaring Bryant-Denny Stadium, coach Nick Saban's Tide rolled to a 24-0 lead in the second quarter behind Ingram's two short TD runs and a defense that was buzzing around the ball.
After the Gators (4-1, 2-1) chipped it down to 24-6 in the middle of the third quarter, Mosley picked off a short pass by a hurried John Brantley into the middle of the field, and raced to the end zone for a score that all but wrapped up Alabama's 19th straight victory.
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OMAHA, Neb. – Konner Wade recorded nine outs against UCLA in mid-April. On Sunday night at the College World Series against the Bruins, he recorded them all.
The Arizona right-hander tossed a shutout, allowing just five hits and no walks, to bring the Wildcats within one win of the championship series after a 4-0 win over UCLA.
"I got hit pretty hard the last time I pitched against them, and I knew they took advantage of the mistakes I made that game," Wade said. "I was really eager for the opportunity to throw against them (Sunday)."
The previous start against UCLA was one to forget.
Wade gave up 10 hits, six runs (five earned) and one walk in three innings of work. He wasn't able to control the movement on his sinker in that start, and the UCLA hitters took advantage.
The outcome was flipped on Sunday.
The sophomore had command of his sinker in the bottom of the strike zone. He came into the start with 36 walks in 118.1 innings this season. On Sunday, he became the first pitcher to throw a shutout in the College World Series without allowing a walk since 1972.
"I've felt good the past three weeks or so," Wade said. "I felt comfortable with the movement I've had and feel like I'm starting to get more of a bearing for how much it is moving. I just tried to start it out away and let it run back over the plate."
The Bruins loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth inning to earn their only two runners in scoring position of the night. Wade got Kevin Williams to fly out to left field to end the threat. Three of UCLA's five hits came in that inning.
"He was pounding the zone in on us a lot early," UCLA shortstop Pat Valaika said of what was different in this game than Wade's previous start against the Bruins. "He was getting ahead in counts, and he was mixing pretty good. He'd go fastball in and slider (away).
"He was just keeping us of balance. It was a lot different from when we faced him previously. We just pounded the ball in the dirt all game."
Behind Wade, the infield defense was sharp. The Wildcats didn't make an error and came up with the big play when Wade needed it. After a one-out single by UCLA pinch-hitter Chris Keck in the eighth inning, Wade got a ground ball that his infield turned into a 5-4-3 double play to escape without any damage.
Arizona coach Andy Lopez expected his defense to improve after getting to Omaha. The Tucson summers, which Lopez jokingly called "a little warm," can turn the dirt at Hi Corbett Field into what plays like concrete. The dirt dries out soon after the game starts and bounces on the infield become less predictable.
"When you come to a facility like this and it's soft — it's kind of nice," Lopez said with a grin. "I think it plays to our advantage defensively. I've seen our guys go to other facilities like this and the game slows down for them. In a real strange way, I'm kind of glad now because it's made our guys better infielders."


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October 16, 2012, New York—Today, in response to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Hamdan v. United States to invalidate the material support provisions of the Military Commissions Act, as applied retroactively, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Executive Director Vincent Warren issued the following statement:
The Center for Constitutional Rights applauds the D.C. Circuit's decision to challenge the Military Commissions Act (MCA) by invalidating material support as a substantive category of offenses triable retroactively by military tribunals. The ruling, however, does not go far enough as it falls short of addressing the fundamental problem at the core of this second-tier system of justice: the blurring of the combatant-civilian distinction in armed conflict. Upon this dangerous conflation balances the house of cards that is the military commission system. Today's ruling pulls one of the key pieces out from under this questionable structure. But the battle to construct a system built on constitutional principles and international law is far from over.As CCR argued in an amicus brief submitted in this case, the men detained at Guantanamo are civilians under the laws of war and must be charged under domestic laws or released. Combatants are soldiers with a legal right to fight, and doing so is not a war crime unless they use prohibited means or methods of warfare. There is no other third category of participant in armed conflict. Yet President Obama's military commission regime confuses the clear distinction between combatants and civilians, enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, selectively borrowing principles applicable to each category in order to perpetuate what is in effect, if not purpose, the "enemy combatant" regime of the prior administration. This dangerous conflation undermines a core purpose of the laws of war – to identify and protect civilians – which the United States helped to establish more than fifty years ago.It is time to dismantle the twin pillars of our post-9/11 detention policy: the Guantanamo detention facility and the military tribunal system. President Obama should fulfill his promise and bring Guantanamo's disgraceful legacy to an end. This can start with the immediate release of the 86 men who military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies have unanimously concluded should be released on the grounds that they pose no danger to the United States.
The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.


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Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited hunters for not turning in their RM 615 hunt permits. Those permits were for the fall hunt on the Lower Kukokwim River.
On April 1, Troopers with the Aniak post issued citations to four Akiak residents who they say did not return their permits from last year. Their bail was set at $110 dollars in the Bethel District Court.
All hunters are required to turn in their permits whether they caught a moose or not. Every year, the State hands out around 1,500 permits for the RM 615 hunt, but the hunt allows only 100 bulls to be taken. Game managers and local communities have been trying to grow the area's moose population.


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A look back in pictures at last weekend's 2013 F1 Bahrain GP, where Sebastian Vettel took his second win of the year to go ten points clear in the standings
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January 10, 2011
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The Daily Agenda for Monday, March 11
Jim Burroway
March 11th, 2013
The Delivery of "Safe" Electric Shock for Psychological Treatments: 1935. Two years earlier in April 1933, the New York Branch of the American Psychological Association decided to form the Committee on the Use of Electric Shock in Psychological Experimentation. The committee was formed to "exchange views regarding some of the difficulties involved in electrical stimulation," namely the delivery of powerful electric shock in aversion therapy as part of the popular new therapeutic craze known as Behavioral Therapy. The electric shock had to be powerful enough to serve as a negative reinforcement against undesired thoughts, feelings or behaviors, but not so strong that it would prove lethal. That was not a small issue in the 1930s. Electrical executions had been by then well on their way to replacing the hangman's noose and the firing squad as more "humane" ways of imposing the death penalty on criminals. To avoid the same fate for psychiatric patients, research was needed to invent "safer" devices and institute safety standards so that clinicians could begin shocking their patients into conformity.
In a paper published in the March 1935 edition of Psychological Bulletin, New York University's Louis William Max came to the rescue with a nine page thesis, describing his research into the problem. He had experimented with three types of protective devises: fuses, mechanical relays, and vacuum tube-based devices:
The ideal protective device must meet three requirements: (1) it must operate smoothly and unfailingly at the pre-determined cut-off current; (2) this operation must be sufficiently rapid, since the duration factor is an important one in lethal shock; and (3) the cut-off action must never occur below the prearranged maximum, as this would interfere with experimentation. Since the quantitative evidence thus far available is of a more or less anecdotal nature, and the physiologically safe limits both as to time and intensity have not yet been satisfactorily determined, we recommend as provisional maxima 12 m.a. and 8 sigma (½ cycle of 60 cycle A.C), these values being subject to subsequent increase when justified by further experimentation. This means that an adequate safety device must eliminate all currents above 12 m.a., and that this elimination must take place within 8 sigma after the onset of the stimulus. The 8 sigma limit is but a small fraction of the threshold shock-duration reported by Duchosal as producing ventricular fibrillation in the animal heart, and thus affords a good margin of safety; as ½ cycle A.C. it also provides a convenient electrical parameter for specifying and checking the speed of A.C. protective devices.
While his study of the three types of devices was still ongoing, his investigation into the use of fuses and mechanical relays didn't appear promising. Instead, he recommended a "vacuum-tube protective device for A.C. shock with adjustable cut-off," complete with crude hand-drawn schematics. He had been using a version of his device using D.C. electric shocks on human subjects for the previous two years, but D.C. shocks were unsatisfying; A.C. was what delivered the best jolt (electric chairs, for this reason, used A.C., not D.C.):
Of the vacuum-tube devices investigated, the one which best meets our requirements is that of Fig. 2. As regards expense, a complete stimulator circuit built around this device would cost less than present electrostimulators. Its chief disadvantage is that its underlying circuit is more complicated than a fuse or relay circuit would be. But the manipulative adjustments required are rather simple, and could easily be made even by a non-electrically minded experimenter, by following a set of operating instructions.
…Regardless of which protective device proves most adequate, the design of shock apparatus needs improvement. All live and exposed connections with which an operator may come in contact or which may be short-circuited by an accidentally dropped screwdriver or metal pencil should be eliminated. Experimenters, for example, have reported unpleasant shocks from exposed studs and tap switches…
Even the most ideal of protective devices cannot substitute for the exercise of care in the use of shock apparatus. For the operator's protection, it is recommended that only one hand be employed in the manipulation of the controls in present high-voltage apparatus. In locating the shocking electrodes on the subject, avoid all contralateral leads {i.e., from one side of the body to the other), or ipselateral leads above and below the heart (such as right hand to right foot). Where possible, electrodes should be firmly fastened to the subject, especially when intense shocks are contemplated, as the subject's "startle" responses may dislodge an electrode and throw it into contact with a body part to be avoided. The subject might well be insulated from the ground, by means of a rubber mat or glass casters, particularly where the floor is of cement or composition. Finally, every experimenter using shock apparatus on human subjects should learn the Shaefer method of resuscitation.
Six months later, Max would present a paper before the 43rd annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Ann Arbor, Michigan (See Sept 6) describing the use of his new invention in an attempt at "breaking up" a "homosexual neurosis in a young man."
[Source: Louis W. Max. "Protective devices and precautions against lethal shock" Psychological Bulletin 32, no. 3 (March 1935): 203-211.]
David LaChapelle: 1963. When the kid from Connecticut move to New York City and started hanging out at Studio 54, he met Andy Warhol who hired the aspiring young photographer to work for Interview magazine. He would go on become a fashion photographer for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone. GQ, Vogue, and Photo. He depicted David Duchovney in Lycra bondage pants, Chris Rock in a Blaxploitation fantasy, Kanye West as an African-American Jesus, Michael Jackson as an archangel, Jason Priestly as Elvis, Eminem naked, Elizabeth Taylor in a shocking pink turban, Lady Gaga as, well, Lady Gaga, and Dolly Parton's breasts as a mountainous backdrop for Dollywood. His 1995 photo of the "kissing sailors" ad for Diesel was one of the first public ads showing a gay couple kissing. It was extremely controversial, landing in the glossy mags fresh off of the debate over Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He also branched out into videos, working for Elton John, Moby, Enrique Iglesias, Macy Gray, Amy Winehouse, and many others. In 2004, he produced a documentary about the South Central L.A. dance style know as "krumping."
LaChapelle's color-saturated, provocative and surreal images have been in high demand in the fashion and music world, both for his photography and his videos, and the workaholic put in grinding hours getting each painstaking detail just right. It took him fourteen years, he says, before he finally learned how to say no. That came when Madonna was haranguing him about a video the two were planning. LaChapelle had enough, pulled the cell phone away from his ear, and snapped it shut. That's right. He hung up on Madonna. He's still working, but at his own pace and on his own terms. He no longer feels he has to say yes to everyone, which now leaves artists scrambling for substitutes when he turns them down. In 2011, LaChapelle accused Rihanna of copying his imagery for her video "S&M." The two settled out of court just as the case was about to go to trial.
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Just thought i would share new latest couple of cakes, had to do a Mr Tumble cupcake tower and a Finding nemo cake, which i enjoyed coz it was for my daughters 5th swimming party, makes a change to do one for my family!!!
They're look amazing, are all the Nemo decorations sugarpaste? They look so good.
Thank you, its all sugar paste apart from the actual fish, the coral, seaweed and other bits were actually really easy to do! x
Hi Joanne,
I remember you suggesting the Nemo cake earlier in the year when I was looking for Nemo ideas for a friend of mine. Yours is beautiful though! It's SO effective with all the lovely colours and different shapes. I'm sure your daughter loved it!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful cakes - I always love to look at your work!
Mary x
They are all brilliant but loving that Nemo cake! My daughter would love that x


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Bride Of Chucky
|Release Date: October 16, 1998
|Running Time: 89 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $32,400,658.00
|Genre: Horror, Sequel, Thriller
Jennifer Tilly
Katherine Heigl
Alexis Arquette
John Ritter
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Summary:The world's most notorious doll, Chucky, meets his match--in more ways than one when his ex-girlfriend Tiffany embarks on a mission to get him back into her life so that they can wed. For better or for worse, Chucky and Tiffany will be a matched set if they ever get back into human bodies. To do this, they must go to Hackensack, New Jersey, exhume Chucky's human body, recover the soul transferring amulet that was buried along with it, and find a couple of compatible body donors. Enter teenage newlyweds Jesse and Jade, two young lovers-on-the-lam who become the evil duo's unwitting accomplices. The wedding party hits the highway and what ensues is a road trip filled with murder, music, mayhem... Full Summary >>


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I have been hearing about the benefits of hot/cold therapy, cyrotherapy and how elite athletes are using it. It looks to me like this trend will catch on but slower than you wrote about in the last year's Spa Trends article.
I was in the wet area of a spa here in Dallas and yes, I hesitated going into the cold plunge pool with that thermometer showing how cold the water was. I did not go into the 'refrigerator' room either. Ugggh! I grew up in the tropics of South America and have always enjoyed the heat and water therapy. I only saw snow when i was living in New York about 15 years ago and for 7 years there after. Needless to say I still enjoy heat and water together like I imagine most people do.
How about writing educational pieces on 'spa instruction' or 'how to' articles on taking the hot /cold therapy (or perhaps short videos) on how to maximize the wellness benefits?
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Websites for Video and Movies to Use in Education
Internet Archive
http://archive.org/details/movies Notice that this link actually opens the "video" tab in the archive, and there are many other links under this tab to choose from, such as Television and Communuty Video
Gary Price comments favorably about the TV archive:
PBS Video
British Pathe released 85,000 films on YouTube in April, 2014
Multimedia Library
There are some cool Quicktime VR movies in here, such as the Roman Forum in 1909.
The site provides a list of the Quicktime movies
MIT OpenCourseWare A/V courses
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_video_websites
Videolectures.net is a referatory from Slovenia VideoLectures.net
BBC archives
Commercial/Educational for fee
Artbeats Digital Film Library Royalty-free digital stock footage. Sourced from motion-picture film with licensing that allows unlimited use for any purpose including broadcast.
Footage.net Stock, archive, and news footage network. Search footage trade's stock, archival and news footage databases all at once.
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We're Number 4! We're Number 4! We're Number 4! …Will Will Sessoms get his Arena? …A football helmet for Hillary Clinton …Gun Appreciation Day is coming …Can you really trade in your homosexuality in for a free chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-A? …great new facebook prank …A great new period piece from the tampon makers Kimberly Clark
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text: Erin Fetherston made her name on dressing women like little girls, and, true to form, she did the same in her Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear show yesterday, which was attended by a smiling Anna Wintour. Light (and mainly white) dresses dominated the first half of the show: things that you might have worn as your "fancy clothes" if you were born anywhere between 1978 - 1984 and were under the age of uh, eleven. There was also, weirdly, (conversely?) a little-girl-playing-dress-up aesthetic going on as well. (Perhaps this is because the models were so damn young-looking.) As the show progressed, things did get distinctly more adolescent — but never did the age of the garment's would-be owner look more than 15. Maybe Anna Wintour was scouting stuff for Teen Vogue, not Vogue?


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Various RPG scans 12/11
By Heath | December 12, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Etrian Odyssey III (DS), Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP), Luminous Arc 3 (DS), Shiren the Wanderer 4 (DS), Resonance of Fate (PS3/X360), NieR Gestalt (X360) and NieR Replicant (PS3).
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Handheld RPG scans 12/6/09
By Heath | December 5, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Atelier Lina (DS), Cross Treasures (DS), Last Ranker (PSP), Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP), Yggdra Unison (DS), and Luminous Arc 3 (DS).
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DS RPG scans for 11/27/09
By Heath | November 27, 2009 at 6:54 am
Luminous Arc 3, Cross Treasures, Atelier Lina, Yggdra Unison, and Rune Factory 3 in that order:
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DS RPG scans 11/20
By Heath | November 19, 2009 at 9:57 pm
RPG Maker DS, Cross Treasures, Yggdra Unision, Atelier Lina, Final Fantasy Gaiden: 4 Warriors of Light, Luminous Arc 3, Wizman's World, Ninokuni, and Megaman Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star.
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Luminous Arc 3 conversation, Christmas screens
By Heath | November 15, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Various RPG scans 11/15/09
By Heath | November 14, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Persona 3 Portable (PSP), LUNAR: Silver Star Harmony (PSP), Luminous Arc 3: Eyes (DS), Power Prokun Pocket 12 (DS), Dragon Quest VI (DS), Tales of Graces (Wii), Resonance of Fate/End of Eternity (PS3, X360), in that order.
Persona 3 Portable (PSP)
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Various Famitsu scans 10/23
By Heath | October 23, 2009 at 6:34 am
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii), Final Fantasy Gaiden (DS), Luminous Arc 3: Eyes (DS), Super Robot Wars Neo (Wii), Kingdom Hearts: Brith by Sleep (PSP), End of Eternity/Resonance of Fate (PS3/X360). I wish some of these had been available for me to toss together with those Nintendo scans yesterday. *Grumble* Starting with Final Fantasy Gaiden:
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Handheld RPG scans 10/08/09
By Heath | October 8, 2009 at 9:31 am
Luminous Arc 3: Eyes (DS), Rune Factory 3 (DS), LUNAR: Silver Star Harmony (PSP), Final Fantasy Gaiden: Four Warriors of Light (DS), Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP), Summon Night X: Tears Crown (DS), and Some Super Robot Wars Game About Titties and Ass (DS), in that order. So here we go with Luminous Arc 3:
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Handheld RPG scans 9/21/09
By Heath | September 20, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Ys 7, .hack//Link, Disgaea Infinite, Persona 3 Portable, Phantasy Star Portable 2, Queen's Blade, Wizman's World, Fantasy Life, Ninokuni, Cross Treasures, Element Hunter, Summon Night X: Tears Crown, Inazuma Eleven 2, Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey, Rockman EXE Booster, Rune Factory 3, Final Fantasy Gaiden, Medallot DS, and Luminous Arc 3.
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Various Famitsu Scans: 9/18/09
By Heath | September 18, 2009 at 1:49 am
Summon Night X: Tears Crown, Phantasy Star Portable 2, Persona 3 Portable, and Luminous Arc 3: Eyes.
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Luminous Arc 3: Eyes – 8 screens
By Heath | August 11, 2009 at 11:44 am
DS to feel third Luminous Arc title (with scan)
By Heath | August 6, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Image Epoch has revealed Luminous Arc 3: Eyes as its newest project and newest entry into the quickly crowding collection of Japanese games that take place in a school.
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Hey there…my blog has moved
October 28, 2014
So I am finally a big girl and have finished my website! With that I have also moved my blog over there. Please pop over there, check out my new post, and sign up so you can sill get blog post notifications. Oh and please pleases please, let me know what you things of the redesign. It is a work in progress and I am looking for input.
Elements of Style – THE BOOK!
March 12, 2014
For the past year I have been working various different photo shoots and projects for a new design and lifestyle book by Erin Gates of Elements of Style. Two weeks ago we shot her head shot for the book and yesterday the book went on pre-sale on Amazon.com! Knowing that she has impeccable taste I was thrilled and honored when she asked me to help contribute some of my photography skills to her book. I knew she wasn't just asking me as a friend as she wouldn't settle for less than perfect for her book. (Over the years I have had the pleasure of working closely with Erin; I shared my first studio space in Boston with her, and have also come to call her a dear friend.) I am also humbled to have my photography credit name next to some of my interior photographer idols and fellow contributors Michael Partenio and Michael J Lee. On top of all that, the book pre-order sales made Elements of style #1 best selling Home Decorating book on Amazon and top 50 on all of Amazon! Crazy. Pre-order yours now so you won't have to wait come the release date. Looks like there will surely be addition printing needed! Congrats Erin and I am so so thrilled to be a part of this book in even my small way. (Don't worry, mom, mother-in-law, sister and sister-in-laws…I have already per-ordered some for you.) Pre-order it here.
Cover photograph by Michael J Lee.
Unused head shot from our shoot…you will have to get the book to see which photo she choose.
The dogs were not always this cooperative.
Our Studio on The Everygirl!
June 12, 2012
I am so excited to have our studio featured on The Everygirl, along with an interview. It was quite a change being in front of the camera instead of behind it but Alaina and Danielle from The Everygirl are wonderful. I am so thrilled to final get to share what my studio looks like as well! Here are some teaser photos, but go over to The Everygirl to see the whole feature.
P.S. Our studio mates Erin Gates and Jessica Sutton were featured last week. Our building is seriously filled with some powerhouse creative women. I feel so luck to be a part of it.
Once When I Was Very Young
December 1, 2011
While I was back in Atlanta last week, I went through some of my old childhood things which had been stacked in my room for months. Call it nesting, but I realized the next time I would be back in my home town, I would have an infant in tow and all sorts of pack n' play, diapers and stroller type, baby gear. Also, my mom saved EVERYTHING, so there was much that needed to be gone through. I am so thankful she saved so much because I found this little gem from my 4 year old preschool class…
My name is Sarah
My favorite color is periwinkle and midnight blue. (Wow, I was very specific…I think they were my two favorite crayon colors.)
My favorite pet is a horse. (Don't worry, this isn't the Real Housewives. I did not in fact have a horse. I just always wanted one.)
My favorite toy is my French doll. (Not an actual doll from France. Just one with a fancy dress so I called her Frenchie. Did I mention I was sophisticated?)
My favorite T.V. program is The Dukes of Hazzard. (Again, sophisticated and who at that time didn't like the Dukes of Hazzard?!? I am showing my age.)
My favorite food is carrots. (What?!?! I must have been trying to impress the teacher.)
I want to be a cowgirl and an artist when I grow up. (I love this. I now have my own studio and am doing the thing I love…next up, I am moving to Wyoming and becoming a cowgirl, I guess.)


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In the days following the incident, which was not planned, at least one wrestling reporter contacted Spike asking if Aries was going to be reprimanded for what was being deemed "sexual harassment"
TMZ also reported that Hemme accepted the apology from Aries.
As I discussed with Dave Scherer earlier today on Elite audio, the idea that Aries was trying to do anything but get heel heat out of Hemme's error seems ridiculous to me personally. The idea he was trying to "harass" her on live, national television would not only be completely bone-headed, but career suicide. It's more likely that Aries improvised to get a heel reaction out of the Hemme error, not expecting that his actions would be perceived the way they were by some.


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Regulatory News:
Sandvik (STO:SAND) has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining 51%
of the shares in Precorp Inc., a company based in Spanish Fork, Utah,
USA. The acquisition is expected to be concluded by 1 October 2013 and
Precorp Inc. will from the same date be consolidated into Sandvik
Machining Solutions. Sandvik has been the minority share owner (49%) of
Precorp Inc. since 2008.
Precorp Inc. was founded in 1986 and offers a full line of
Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) and carbide tools including drills,
reamers, end mills, port tools, and micro tools to meet the requirements
of high speed machining of die cast aluminum, carbide parts and the
machining of advanced composite materials as well as many other
materials. The company serves customers worldwide, primarily within the
aerospace and automotive segments.
In 2012 Precorp Inc. had sales of approximately 230 MSEK, with 200
"The already existing co-operation between Sandvik Machining Solutions
and Precorp has led to several new business opportunities. The
acquisition of the remaining shares in Precorp is a logic step and is in
line with Sandvik's long-term strategy to have full ownership of core
assets. Through the acquisition, we intend to further develop and
strengthen the global business for engineered special diamond and
cemented carbide based cutting tools, particularly in the attractive
aerospace segment", says Jonas Gustavsson, President of Sandvik
Machining Solutions.
"I am confident that this acquisition is a good step, both for Sandvik
and for Precorp. Precorp's long-term strategy for growth in the
Aerospace segment is in line with Sandvik's strategy and now we will
work even more integrated to generate innovative solutions for our
customers", says Richard Garrick, President of Precorp Inc. says Richard
Garrick, President of Precorp Inc.
Stockholm, 24 September 2013
Sandvik AB
Sandvik AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the
Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The
information was submitted for publication at 09:30 CET on 24 September,
The Sandvik Group
Sandvik is a global industrial group with advanced products and
world-leading positions in selected areas – tools for metal cutting,
equipment and tools for the mining and construction industries,
stainless materials, special alloys, metallic and ceramic resistance
materials as well as process systems. In 2012 the Group had about 49,000
employees and representation in 130 countries with annual sales of about
99,000 Million SEK.
Sandvik Machining Solutions
Sandvik Machining Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group
and a global market-leading manufacturer of tools and tooling systems
for advanced industrial metal cutting. Products are manufactured in
cemented carbide and other hard materials such as diamond, cubic boron
nitride and special ceramics. In 2012 sales were about 28,500 Million
SEK with 18,300 employees.
Precorp Inc.
Precorp Inc offers a full line of Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) and
Carbide tools including drills, reamers, endmills, port tools, and micro
tools to meet the requirements of high speed machining of die cast
aluminum, carbide parts and the machining of advanced composite
materials as well as many other materials. In 2012 Precorp Inc. had
sales of approximately 230 Million SEK with 200 employees.
This information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com


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A biotech company reports that an experimental treatment elongated its CEO's telomeres.
Staying Active in the Lab
July 1, 2015|
Retiring as a professor, and even shutting down your own lab, doesn't necessarily mean quitting research.
July 1, 2015|
Retiring as a professor, and even shutting down your own lab, doesn't necessarily mean quitting research.
May 1, 2015|
In times of budget belt-tightening at the federal level, life-science researchers can keep their work supported through private sources.
November 1, 2014|
Should there be standard protocols for how researchers attempt to reproduce the work of others?
September 1, 2014|
It's never too early to start thinking about intellectual property rights—even for biologists doing basic research.
April 1, 2014|
Sabbaticals are one of the perks of the academic life. They may seem daunting to implement, but the time away could prove invaluable to your career.
October 1, 2013|
How to make your lab less like a factory and more like a family
April 1, 2013|
Young researchers who left the academic path to transform their bright ideas into thriving companies discuss their experiences, and how you can launch your own business.
February 1, 2013|
Six myths about job and salary negotiations and how they may hinder your ability to bargain effectively.
December 1, 2012|
Apps and software for improving lab productivity
September 14, 2012|
Will life-science researchers embrace the online tools for networking?


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Talk set on personal, financial health
Personal and financial health will be discussed Wednesday at Grace Mellman Community Library.
Nutritionist and personal fitness trainer Sam Priest will talk, and Michelle Rucker will talk about indexed annuities and retaining principal.
The session also will feature a Riverside County representative speaking about free services offered to senior citizens. A question-and-answer session will be included.
The talk will begin at 2 p.m. at the library, 41000 County Center Drive.
For information, call (951) 296-3893.
Demo of nutritious meals for spring set
Marcy Vaughan will present a talk on "Nutritious and Delicious Meals for the Spring Season" on April 17 at the Sun City Library.
Part of the "Retired, Set, Go!" series offered by Hospice of the Valleys and the Sun City Library, the event will feature Vaughan of Dia's Delicious Dishes, a local personal chef service, preparing a few salads that bring interesting flavors to the dinner table.
The free presentation will run from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the library, 26982 Cherry Hills Blvd.
For information, call (951) 200-7800.


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Belle of Louisville
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The National Historic Landmark Belle of Louisville is the River City's legendary "Lady in the Water."
In this story, Louisville Life climbs aboard the nearly century-old steamer to explore its notable past and promising future.
Meet The Belle's very first CEO in this Season 2 Louisville Life interview.
- Program 314
- Louisville Life finds out why Louisville's water was voted number one by the American Water Works Association, visits Louisville Stoneware, goes rolling on the river on The Belle and more. (#314)


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Medical Lake's boys' cross country team came within mere seconds of staging their biggest win and upset in years last Wednesday at home versus Lakeside.
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What ages do coats change? 9 month old blowing coat?
What are the "typical" ages where a Golden's coat changes?
We have a just turned 9 month old boy who has a beautiful coat but it is suddenly "blowing"; literally!
It seems like he is shedding both undercoat and longer top coat. is this a normal thing for 9 months of age? He's shed a bit in the spring but nothing like this! Patting him outside in a breeze results in a gold explosion; definitely don't want to be talking unless you lik epicking hair from your teeth..
Anyway, thought I'd ask.. Otherwise he's same as normal, just shedding like crazy..
Thanks in advance!
Boy oh Boy, I know what you're talking about. Duke did this to me when we first got him at 7 months old. Like you, I was concerned because it was SO much at once. Guard hairs and undercoat blew together and for a while I actually thought he had a skin disease or something because I had no idea that the stiffer guard hairs were supposed to shed as well. Duke actually almost went bald on the thighs and his hair was so short on the rest of him that he actually almost looked like a lab with skimpy feathering. He was UGLY and his hair felt stiff and dry to the touch as well... had me worried.
His hair is coming back in now and it's starting to thicken again.
I just kept brushing (2X daily) outside and bathing him lots. Although I don't know if this made a difference, but it's healthy for him, I now give them some mixed oil with their lunch. This stuff has salmon oil, sage oil, sunflower oil and flax oil in it... both my dogs' coats gleam.
It's now Sophie's turn to shed, but she's not doing nearly as heavily as Duke did.
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Yes it is normal. He is getting his big boy coat now. Does he look like he has a toupee on his back? I remember when Bama had that look.
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Sooo rather than start a new thread, I dug this one up using the search feature.
Similar to the original poster of this thread, my golden boy is 9 months as well.
Just a quick debriefing on Jackson's whole coat-blowing deal:
It's now May 31st, but it has been warm here in the Northeast for about 2 months. His coat has looked EXTREMELY poofy especially on his hind legs/hip areas. We brush with a pin brush daily and get a decent amount of hair out.
BUT this past Memorial Day weekend we had him at the beach for the first time, and we had him swimming for the first time too. It was a hot weekend, mid-to-upper 80's all weekend. Well when we got back from the beach yesterday, I gave him a bath to get the saltwater off of him. And then I brushed him. OH.....MY.....GOD 5 pin-brushes full of hair came out of him yesterday. I got another 3 full out of him during lunch today.
My question is - could the swimming have been what set off the blowing of the coat? Like I said, it was hot this weekend but it's been warm here for the last 2 months or so
I'm glad it's finally all coming out of him, but I'm just wondering if this weekend could have set it all off?
This is what he looked like last weekend, pre-shed explosion! See how puffy he is on his hind legs?
Tom, what beach did you bring him to? I had Limerick at Cedar Beach marina last week, but got yelled at for having a dog there (after an hour jumping off the docks )
our pup is going through the same thing, I attribute it to the weather, it's in the 90's already here
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well we keep our boat out east in Peconic Bay, and there's this sandbar that forms a point, so everyone just takes their boats right up on the beach and hangs on the point. It ends up being a private beach really.
Here's a pic from the beach:
Nice private beach!!! I haven't noticed a change in Chili, which is to say he's shedding the "normal" amount for a Golden and my vacuums are working overtime to keep up. We haven't had him outside in the hot weather much though...his outdoor activity is when the sun is low. If he sheds any more than he is right now, I'm bustin out the clippers! We're going to have a large golden rat in the house!
Nugget just blew his coat too - at age 8 months. We were at our mountain cabin and suddenly the entire couch and loveseat went from pine green to fuzzy cream. I brushed and brushed - gobs and gobs of soft undercoat along with clouds of mixed hair came loose. Right now Nugget is a mess but it's summer in Phoenix so he's soggy all of the time anyway. If there is water, he will find it.
We are giving him one large fish oil pill a day but perhaps more would help. Thanks for the suggestions.
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· Act 27 of 2008, The Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA) regulates smoking in public places and workplaces across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with the exception of the City of Philadelphia.
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· The owner, operator or manager of the premises may be penalized for allowing smoking where it is prohibited in amounts ranging from $250 to $1,000
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Our volunteer fire company has two separate buildings for bingo – one for smokers and one for non-smokers. How will the CIAA affect our bingo?
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Our place of worship owns and operates a bingo which is open to the public. Do we need to be smoke-free?
Yes. By CIAA definition your establishment is both a public place and a workplace that may not permit smoking.
Our restaurant has an outside deck. Is there anything that prohibits us from making the deck non-smoking since it is outside?
The CIAA does not ban smoking for structures such as a deck or patio that is not enclosed by walls and a ceiling, but does make it clear that nothing in the Act is intended to preclude the owner of a public or private property from prohibiting smoking on the property.
Can employees working in an auto body shop smoke on the work floor? Is smoking outside permitted during working hours?
No, employees may not smoke on the work floor. Permitting smoking outside during working hours is at the discretion of the employer and, if allowed, should be in a designated area away from openings into the work area.
Our business is a union workplace. How do we establish our policy to comply with the Clean Indoor Air Act?
The CIAA smoke-free requirement for the indoor workplace and public places supersedes all union agreements related to smoking in the indoor areas of a workplace or public place. Any other policy would relate to outdoor smoking and accommodations for your workers.
In the construction industry workers are outside putting up residential or commercial buildings. When is a newly enclosed space considered a smoke free workplace?
As the construction of a building may be completed in phases, when a portion of the building is enclosed with a floor, walls and a ceiling that area of the building is considered to be a smoke free workplace.
Can an organization build a separate smoking area which has no food or alcohol service, has its own ventilation system and entrance completely apart from food prep/service/customer areas?
The CIAA does not permit the construction of a separate area with its own ventilation system and entrance for the sole purpose of smoking.
Our county jail currently allows inmates to smoke inside and allows smoking in an administrative office that is attached, but outside of the jail itself. Both the jail and the administrative office are located in the County Courthouse. Will the legislation ban smoking in the jail by inmates and staff? Will the legislation ban smoking in the administrative office.
Both the jail and the administrative offices are workplaces, and as such must be smoke free in any and all indoor areas.
Our day care facility is currently non smoking and we want the grounds to be smoke free as well. What do we need to do to be a completely smoke-free facility?
There are no restrictions on business owners that want to extend the no smoking area of their property to include the outdoor area. This can be accomplished by posting appropriate signage and implementing an outdoor smoke free policy for employees and the public.
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Guidance for Obtaining Clean Indoor Air Act Exception Approval from the Department of Health:
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Guidance on Pennsylvania Clean Indoor Air Act Provisions and Exceptions for Specific Organizations, Workplaces, Facilities, Residences and Events:
· Private clubs
· Private homes, private residences, private vehicles
· Designated quarters for lodging establishments including full service truck stops
· Workplace of a manufacturer, importer or wholesaler of tobacco products; a manufacturer of tobacco related products, including lighters; a tobacco leaf dealer or processor; or a tobacco storage facility
· Residential facilities
· Fundraiser conducted by a nonprofit and charitable organization where cigars are sold, auctioned or given as gifts, and cigars are a feature of the event
· An exhibition hall, conference room, catering hall or similar facility used exclusively for an event to which the public is invited for the primary purpose of sampling tobacco products.
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