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SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds' lawyers filed a motion to dismiss perjury charges against him Wednesday. In case that is rejected, the lawyers moved to strike parts of his indictment, describing the charges against Bonds as ambiguous, inartful, scattershot, vague and confusing.
Bonds was indicted in November on charges of lying and obstruction of justice stemming from his appearance before a federal grand jury in 2003, when he was questioned about whether he had taken steroids given by his personal trainer, Greg Anderson. Last month, Bonds pleaded not guilty.
Bonds' lawyers contend parts of the indictment "are so vague that it is simply impossible to be certain what untruths Mr. Bonds is alleged to have uttered."
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Robert Weisberg, a Stanford Law School professor, said both sides were engaged in "an incredibly careful verbal ballet." The issue, he said, will be Bonds' state of mind.
His defense could be that "he didn't know he was taking a banned substance, therefore statements he made, though false, are honestly false," said Weisberg, who added that such a defense is hard to prove. His better hope, Weisberg said, is for Bonds' lawyers to challenge the prosecutors' questioning of Bonds as too vague for his answers to have been false.
Report: Canseco sought favor to omit name
Jose Canseco, the admitted steroid user who exposed other players in his 2005 best-selling book "Juiced," offered to keep a Detroit Tigers outfielder "clear" in Canseco's next book if the player invested money in a movie project Canseco was promoting, according to a person in baseball with knowledge of the situation.
Four people in baseball confirmed to The New York Times that referrals were made from Major League Baseball to the FBI regarding Canseco's actions relating to six-time All-Star Magglio Ordonez, who was not mentioned in Canseco's earlier book or in any other report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
The FBI did not open a formal investigation because Ordonez said he did not want to pursue the complaint.
Canseco denied that he — or any associate of his — ever asked Ordonez for money to keep his name out of the upcoming book "Vindicated."
"Absolutely not," Canseco said. He also said he had not been told about being the subject of FBI referrals.
Canseco said he tried to contact Ordonez several months ago to talk about his books but did not hear back from the 33-year-old outfielder. Canseco refused to say whether Ordonez would be named in connection with performance-enhancing drugs in Canseco's second book.
Ordonez said he didn't want to talk in detail about Canseco.
"I don't want any problems," Ordonez said. "He is probably desperate for money. I don't understand why he is trying to put people down."
• Former major-leaguer Chuck Knoblauch has not been tracked down by federal marshals trying to serve him a subpoena from a House panel investigating steroids in baseball, a committee staffer told The Associated Press.
• Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, 23, and the Colorado Rockies finalized a $31 million, six-year contract that includes a club option for 2014.
• Rafael Betancourt, one of the American League's top relievers last season, agreed to a $5.4 million, two-year contract with the Cleveland Indians, who avoided going to salary arbitration with the right-hander.
• Left-hander Jeremy Affeldt agreed to a $3 million, one-year deal to join the Cincinnati Reds' rotation.
• San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers received a two-year contract extension that runs through 2010 and is thought to put him among the top five or six highest-paid GMs in baseball.
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The hotel is situated a few minutes from road 16 (Bari-Brindisi) in the countryside of Monopoli, 7 km from the town of Monopoli. Fasano is 5 km away, Ostuni and Cisternino 20 km, Alberobello 25 km, Polignano a Mare 15 km, Castellana Grotte is 30 km from the residence and the sea is 3 km away. Bari Airport is situated at a distance of approximately 60 km and Brindisi Airport is roughly 65 km. The hotel features 9 accommodation units. Services and facilities at the hotel include internet access, a restaurant, a dining area, a breakfast room and a café. A garden is among the features contributing to a pleasant stay. Guests travelling in their own vehicles can make use of the available parking spaces. A bicycle hire service gives guests the opportunity to explore the surrounding area independently. The hotel offers non-smoking rooms. All rooms feature air conditioning, central heating, a kitchen and a bathroom. A balcony or terrace is also included as standard. The accommodation units each feature a double bed. All accommodation units feature a kitchenette with a fridge, a mini-fridge and tea and coffee making equipment. Internet access and a TV are provided as standard. In each of the bathrooms, guests will find a shower and a hairdryer. Sun loungers and parasols offer the ideal way to unwind. The hotel offers outdoor sports options, including cycling/mountain biking, tennis, beach volleyball, crazy golf, golf and horse riding. At the hotel, guests have a wide range of watersports to choose from, including windsurfing, pedal boat hire, a banana boat, canoeing and aquafit, or for a fee, water skiing and jet skiing. The hotel offers indoor sporting activities such as squash, or for a fee, gymnastics. Copyright GIATA 2004 - 2016. The hotel offers a wide range of bookable meals and board options, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, B & B, half board, full board and All-inclusive. The following credit cards are accepted at the hotel: American Express, VISA, Diners Club and MasterCard.


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this product is well made. the large size sack (7.25 x 32 inches) accommodates the therm-a-rest base camp large (26 x 6 inches) sleeping pad. the additional 6 inches of length of the sack allows for you to fold the end three times, then clasp. the slightly larger diameter makes it just easy enough to roll your pad and get it in the sack without frustration.
i originally ordered the regular size (6.25 x 26.5 inches) sack but it would not work with the large pad at all. backcountry was super cool about getting the new sack out to me very quickly. my bank account was credited for the old one as soon as ups scanned it for return. and if that's not good enough, they even paid return shipping!
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The PERFECT sack for sleeping pads.
I already had a sleeping pad that came from another supplier (sorry Backcountry- but you WILL be getting all my future business!) When originally purchased, the pad did not come with a sack. The company I got the pad from was zero help with getting a proper stuff sack. I needed one to be waterproof, because the pad was going to be strapped to my motorcycle on a week-long trip. I had a couple days of heavy rain. Even at high speed in pouring rain, my pad was completely dry each night!
does this sack have the daisychains the...
does this sack have the daisychains the same as the trail lite stuff sack does?
Will th eXL version of this sack be big...
Will th eXL version of this sack be big enought for my basecamp xl?
I have a ridge rest pad 25x77, what size...
I have a ridge rest pad 25x77, what size bag should I order?
The XL would for sure fit but most likely is overkill. I'm thinking the small is too small too. Medium or Large should be perfect but we're unfortunately sold out at the moment. Keep an eye out for more inventory though.
Hey I just purchased a Thermarest Ridge...
Hey I just purchased a Thermarest Ridge Rest Regular size. As we all know Thermarest does not provide you with a stuff sack when they sell their pads. Which stuff sack should I use for my Ridge Rest?
Good question.
Since the diameter of the Ridgerest is larger than other pads, you need to get a specific stuff sack or one large enough to fit. I had one a few years ago but they don't seem to be as readily available now as they once used to be.
After doing a little research, I found this. Hope it helps:
Yeah i searched and tried them but everytime I try to purchase the stuff sack it wont add it to my cart and takes it me straight to the home page. There isn't even a picture for it. I don't know if the site is glitching. Is there any other stuff sack by another brand that may work?
Another good question sar.
I don't know of another one that would work but try Campmor by calling them direct @ 1-888-226-7667. That's where I bought the one for my Ridgerest & also my square Z-Rest. They were the only one's that had them. Good Luck!
Or, there's always Plan B- try this link too- you'll probably want the Large to accommodate the rolled width.
BTW- I can click through to the cart without any problem. Chat BC to see what's up.
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does it close with a zipper or a sinch string????????
It actually closes by folding down the opening similar to a dry bag. The proper way is folding it three times which will give it extremely good water resistance (IPX7 or 1 meter of water for 30 minutes waterproofness). It also makes it easy to get the pad in and out. This is much easier than a zipper and much more water resistant than a draw string.
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What's the best stuff sack for a regular sized trail lite?
Therm-a-Rest Trail Lite Stuff Sack - http://www.backcountry.com/store/CAS0317/Therm-a-Rest-Trail-Lite-Stuff-Sack.html
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Write your question here... What size works with Term-a-Rest Luxury Camp pad Large? Regular or large stuff sack?
I would get the Lg size. Although it's larger than the normal Thermarest Camp & Comfort Stuff Sack size Lg, the Medium is too small. I think it's always better to opt for the larger size making it easier to get it in and out of the bag. Remember this is also a roll-top closing bag so the larger size will make that easier as well.


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South's Public School Children Are Now Mainly Low Income
Jonsson, Patrik, The Christian Science Monitor
The plight of the South's school-reform movement now hangs on kids from families that make less than $36,000 a year.
For the first time in 40 years, two new studies show, more than half of public school students in the South are eligible for free or reduced lunch - a watershed moment in a 15-year wealth slide that comes amid resurging racial and economic inequalities in the former Confederacy. The rise is part of a nationwide surge: Low-income students now represent 12 percentage points more of the student body than in 1990.
In response, schools from the Delta's cypress region to the Carolina pine flats face a struggle: How to continue to improve test scores, attract good teachers, and reduce dropout rates amid growth of a group of students whom studies show have greater difficulty reaching grade-level benchmarks?
"Measuring low-income students' success is now measuring the majority of students' success," says Steve Suitts, co-author of "A New Majority," a study released Tuesday by the Southern Education Fund (SEF) in Atlanta.
Nationwide, two overarching factors seem to be driving public- school woes, experts say: In recent years, the erosion of middle- class, blue-collar jobs has led to more people working for lower wages, and many parents who can afford private school have taken their children out of public schools altogether. This skews the average income of remaining families lower. The South in particular has been hard hit by the closing of textile plants in South Carolina and the changing coal economy of the Appalachian highlands. Another reason for the shift, some experts note, is the influx of poorer Latinos at least into the Carolinas and Georgia.
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In 1989, Mississippi was the only state with a majority of students who needed free or reduced lunch, according to the SEF study. In 2006, 13 states had a majority of low-income students, 11 of them in the South. The only states in the South unlikely to hit the tipping point are Virginia, with 33 percent, and Maryland, at 31 percent. (North Carolina hovered at 49 percent last year.)
Some 54 percent of students in the region come from families who make less than $36,000 annually, the cutoff point to qualify for free or reduced lunch, compared with a national average of 46 percent.
"Something has happened in the nation from 1990 to 2006, where our economic base has gotten more bottom-heavy," says Joan Lord, vice president for education policy at the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta, which released its own study this week that found the same phenomenon.
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Anyone here using carbon fiber bikes on brevets...any caveats or problems?
Anyone here using carbon fiber bikes on brevets...any caveats or problems?
Just finished my 5th year of randonneuring on an all-carbon bike that's now got somewhere around 40,000 miles on it. No caveats, no problems. When this bike goes to the great bicycle rack in the sky, I'll replace it with another carbon bike.
I guess the only caveat is that if you ride a carbon bike on brevets you will have some people ask you, in complete seriousness, if you know what you're doing and aren't you afraid of your safety, etc., for chosing to ride a carbon bike. There's a fairly strong bias in the U.S. toward steel bikes and bikes that can take fenders, paniers, etc. for doing brevets. These comments get annoying. Take a look at some of the '07 PBP videos on the web and you'll see an incredible diversity of bicycles and frame materials represented. Carbon works just as well as anything else for brevets. The key is to pick a bike that's suited to your goals and style and then to make sure it fits you properly. All the self-righteous worry-warts who profess concern about your bike disintigrating under you and just feeling insecure because you made equipment choices that are fundamentally dfferent than theirs.
In all seriousness though... If you're looking for a bike that will take fenders and you want to hang heavy bags on it, carbon wouldn't be the best tool for the job.
Just keep in mind that most carbon bikes are designed more for fast road use, and may have too aggressive a geometry for longer rides.
Bikes like the Specialized Allez or Giant Defy Advanced will be a little more relaxed, and therefore better for long rides.
I've been using carbon bikes for brevets (including five 1200k's) for 10 years or so. I'm currently on a Colnago C-50. There is no problem with using them. I prefer them.
The only thing that matters is whether or not the bike fits and you are comfortable on it.
It doesn't get harder, you just go slower.
Thanks for the replies...I've been using my Ti bike for centuries and brevets but I am getting a can't say no deal for a carbon Pinarello and I would like to use this bike.
I've heard the comments abot "plastic" bikes and there are always stories about the wear and tear of carbon. My carbon fork on a ti bike is 50k into its life. I also ride a carbon recumbent. All the "rando" specific bikes are steel (with some exception) but at PBP the europeans were riding your pinarello.
a couple of pounds over 50000 feet of climbing starts to add up.
They do Paris-Roubaix on carbon bikes these days.. I wouldn't worry. Most of our brevets are on paved roads anyway, not sure about yours. I mean how much extra "wear & tear" do randos put on bikes anyway?
If you get any flak, just say, "My $5k, 25-lb custom randoneuse is at the shop."
Or, "The leather washers on my randoneuse need to be replaced, this is the backup bike."
There are a lot of truisms in the rando scene, especially about bikes/luggage, if you visit the front of a brevet you'll find that the bikes become much leaner and often are actually carbon, or don't even carry luggage at all. In my experience those at the middle/back are the "stereotypical" randos, while those at the front just do what works for them, regardless of what everyone else is doing.
Just don't forget to have fun, whatever you do.
ride the bike that fits, that you are comfortable on for long long times, and that is properly equipped for the task at hand. if you doubt any of the above, find a different bike, or get over your doubts.
and before building up my ti wonder machine i rode a carbon / steel lemond for a series. nothing crazy happened to the bike, other than i mounted up a brooks saddle, some clip on fenders, and 2 lights on the fork blades... it looked pretty goofy with all of its appendages, and if it actually fit i might have kept it around...
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"All the "rando" specific bikes are steel"
I would think this would be more related to small/ custom production runs than utility of the finished frame.
"be careful this rando stuff is addictive and dan's the 'pusher'."
I've been doing this for a very long time I have no idea what the term "rando specific bike." There is no such animal. It doesn't exist...
It doesn't get harder, you just go slower.
NO fenders, Schmidt hub laced to a Zipp 404's, all under 28lbs at the starting line in Paris (Or San Quintine). For other people a rando bike is a late 70's Schwinn Paramount. A rando bike "is" what you ride! That's it. I'm going to stop right there...
It doesn't get harder, you just go slower.
I've taken a liking to my race bike on brevets (a Ciocc) - I just switch out the saddle for the B17, throw on the dynohub/E6, and it's good to go. But when the rainy season starts, I'll probably go back to the Pacer for brevets.
If you can stay on the bike for days at a time, it is comfortable, doesn't break down, and you love riding it, then it will work for brevet riding...
Ironically the Masi Randonneur is marketed as a touring bike. Go figure.
I would add if you can comfortably carry what you want to --- scratch that, what you NEED to on the bike rather than your back.
I have ridden a steel frame, a titanium frame, an aluminium frame tandem, a steel frame tandem on several brevets each and my wife's Specialized Roubaix (a carbon bike) for part of one 600. If I were to get another single bike just for brevets, I would look very closely at the Specialized Roubaix. Lightweight and very comfortable. My wife has ridden everything from a 200 to a 1000 on it and likes it very much. Then again she has always had me around to carry some stuff for her so she has not needed a huge amount of pannier space. Some may question if you NEED a huge amount of pannier space. It all boils down to what works for you. Unfortunately, I can not answer that for you.
Bicycle Quarterly did an interesting survey of equipment at the 2007 PBP. See it here. 22% of riders were on Carbon bikes. 47% were fenderless. Many other interesting equipment choices that don't fit with the stereotypical "Rando-specific bike."
Why don't you include Colnago C-50, Specialized Tarmac, Scott CR1, Calfee Dragonfly, Seven VII... I've seen all these on brevets. I've also seen Rivendell's, Mercian's etc out on many ultra-distance races, century rides whatever. There are so many different bikes used on brevets it isn't even funny. There just is no rando specific bike. There is just the bike that you are using.
It doesn't get harder, you just go slower.
I.e. I could use a Trek 520 in a crit, that won't make it a "racing bike."
I ride a specialized S-works tricross on most Brevets - it has clearance for wider tires and can handle fenders (has mounting points and plenty of clearance). It is by far the most comfortable bike I have ever ridden - and I have a 1983 Trek 720 which is the Cadillac Fleetwood of Bikes.
I was also with the Octopus late one stormy night when he and his carbon fiber bike hit a huge pothole and he went over the handlebars. He and his bike went another 160 miles on that brevet and the bike has quite a few miles on it since then.
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It doesn't get harder, you just go slower.
Homebay said: "I have no idea what the term "rando specific bike." There is no such animal. It doesn't exist ... As far as I'm concerned, any bike you ride on a randonnee is a rando bike."
One reading of this logic is that there presumably is also no such thing as a racing bike, a touring bike and so on. Presumably, if one rides a Kona Ute in a race, that's a racing bike!
Sorry, but I think that's not very useful way of categorising bikes. I claim to have a rando-specific bike. It was designed specifically for Audax and, yes, it has done PBP. It is designed to be fast, but not as fast as a racer (because over 1200kms you're never trying to ride on the edge). It is designed to be comfortable, because one of the key factors to whether your make it back to Paris is whether your body can survive for 3 plus days. And it is designed to be reliable, to get you home. Thus, its custom Habanero Ti, long wheelbase (inc. 45cm chainstays), slack angles with geometry designed for stability, 36 spoked wheels (Sapium CX-rays on CXP33 rims) shod with 25mm GP4000 tires, a suspension seat post, auxillary brake levers (because one spends plenty of time on the tops in Audax), has a tripple chain ring and a 11-28 on the back (thus minimising those redundant 1 tooth gear ratio differences), has long reach brakes and can accommodate fenders for when rain is forecast, etc etc. Some of this adds to weight over a racer, but Audax is largely constant pace momentum riding, so its a small price to pay to get you home.
Now, you are right that people ride a variety of bikes in Audax events, but that does not mean that there are not rando specific bikes. Of course, some bikes that are marketed as such are really just cheap steel 'light tourers' (fine for those who like that sort of thing), and many serious Audaxers would not consider them to be very good propositions for Audax - especially for longer brevets. But I have also seen one or two "Audax" bikes, or framesets, that seem to have been put together with similar considerations in mind to the ones I mentioned above.
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Just because a bike has a lax geometry does not make it more comfortable than a bike that does not have lax geometry. That is a myth. All lax geometry (increased rake) does is make the bike more stable (ie requires more steering input to turn) which is helpful if you are carrying a large load or like to ride with no hands. Comfort comes from positioning of hands feet and butt. A comfortable position for long distances can be had on any frame that fits you! If you are going to carry the kitchen sink with you (and many randoneurs do) then you should be on a bike with relaxed geometry. If not there is no need.
This is my definition of a rando specific bike (minus the aerobars for PBP of course):
It is designed to be fast, and comfortable, because, as you say, one of the key factors to whether you make it back to Paris is whether your body can survive for 3 plus days. It is also designed to be reliable, to get you home. Thus, it's a Colnago with lugged Carbon Fiber (fabbed by Ferrari), short wheelbase, tight angles with geometry designed for crisp handling, 36 spoke wheels (Mavic OP Ceramic) shod with 23mm GP4000 tires, a carbon seat post and seatpost mounted rack, has a triple chain ring (55/42/30)and a 11-28 on the back (thus minimizing those redundant 1 tooth gear ratio differences), no need (or room) for fenders since I rarely ride in the rain and when I do the ceramic wheels stop on a dime, etc etc. Some of this adds to the weight over a strict racer (28lbs at the start of PBP), but as you say, Audax is largely constant pace momentum riding, so its a small price to pay to get you home. Since it's got me home on five 1200k's and countless shorter brevets I think it's the prefect rando-specific bike!
Maybe I should start selling them...
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Skip to comments.New Research: Why Never Spanking Might Be Worse for Kids Than Spanking Them
Posted on 12/31/2009 9:19:58 AM PST by Arec Barrwin
New Research: Why Never Spanking Might Be Worse for Kids Than Spanking Them
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:00 AM By Po Bronson
In NurtureShock, we described some extensive cross-ethnic and international research on spanking by Drs. Jennifer Lansford and Ken Dodge.
Their data suggested that if a culture views spanking as the normal consequence for bad behavior, kids arent damaged by its occasional use.
To explain this shocker, the scholars suggested that in cultures or communities where spanking is common, parents are less agitated when administering spankings. Spanking almost never when combined with losing your temper can be worse than spanking frequently.*
But what about the third option: not spanking them at all?
Unfortunately, theres been little study of this, because children whove never been spanked arent easy to find. Most kids receive physical discipline at least once in their life. But times are changing, and parents today have numerous alternatives to spanking. The result is that kids are spanked less often overall, and kids whove never been spanked are becoming a bigger slice of the pie in long-term population studies.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.newsweek.com ...
I only got the belt twice as a kid. Both times, I had it coming in spades ;-)
A shocker only to liberal idiots who read Newsweak (sic).
You should spank your children every day. You may not know what they've done... but they do...
Willful disobedience and behavior that endangers oneself or others are reasons to seriously consider the spanking option.
Newsweek is atrocious, isn't it? My far left sibling reads it religiously, and then parrots it.
The comments at the bottom of the article reveal the shock and anger of their regular viewers; i.e. "child buttock battering". Egad.
Barney Frank is busy mixing up some batter as we speak...
I was only spanked once, and boy did I never talk back to my mom ever again. Dad left his print on my back side.
I wish I could recall some of my brother's witty lines to them. (It was a treat to do a ride-along with him wired up with a mic.)
From my perspective, it put the parent in a corner...Dumb, dumb, dumb....
Every kid has a price...find out what it is...
Gad...I miss my Pa.
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
It is a good idea to tell them what action(s) resulted in the discipline too. Otherwise they'll just think they got a whoopin' because Mommy/Daddy was in a bad mood/doesn't like them/or is just likes tanning their hyde for no good reason.
There is a huge difference in physical abuse and corrective, physical discipline. The libs and RINOs and wimpy conservatives who can't figure out the difference, well, there's the real problem right there. Common sense on the issue is gone for these folks.
It also illustrates that you can't use a one-size-fits-all when it comes to disciplining children. Talking, time outs, etc just will not cut it with some people.
Looking for New Research that irrefutably proves spanking punk lib senators and representatives does some good.
YAWN.. So what else is new? What about "spare the rod and spoil the child" did Dr. Benjamin Spock not understand?
I've never spanked either of my children (ages 15 and 12). Things aren't going too badly.
I didn't need "new research", I relied on the 5,000 years of recorded history and spanked the daylights out of my kids. It was fun, and believe it or not, they appreciate it now (and even then, which surprised me). Obviously, I only went to the level needed to get some tears flowing.
Oddly enough, now that I think about it I don't know how to spank a child. I mean, that sounds stupid because it would seem elementary, but is it just one big flat smack on the rear, is it five, is it with a paddle or your hand. I need a "Spanking For Dummies" book. And please, no puns.
I always thought that kids was the reason for the invention of Duct Tape.
Hmmm.... Newsweek?
I guess spanking was only bad when Bush was president...
"spanking punk lib senators and representatives does some good."
It won't do any good- they PAY for their spankings;)
I don't know about spanking, but I see the logic in why Alligators eat their young.
My memory is that I never spanked my kids, but I did discipline them. They all turned out great. None of them ever gave me—or anyone else—any serious grief. To check my memory I asked my oldest son on Christmas day if he ever remembered being spanked. He laughed and said he never remembered being spanked, but he did remember being "thunked" a few times—my knuckle on his head—not enough to make him cry, but enough to get his clear attention. I had forgotten all about that. I guess I did resort to physical force in disciplining my kids.
My other two sis-in-laws disciplined their kids with the needed "attention getters" applied to the posterior, and they turned out mostly normal---pretty good kids.
Actually, the (biblically based) advice I've gotten was to spank them for any "first time" offense, because it is likely NOT the "first time", just the first time you caught them.
I miss mine as well.
If you are angry when you use the rod of chastisement, you're doing it wrong...
cool off, calmly explain why they are being punished, and then chastise as appropriate.
Spanking definitely worked on me. It taught me in no uncertain terms that there were boundaries I dared not cross, and if I did, pain would follow.
I hated it then, but as I look back now, I understand why my Parents spanked me. I believe it made me a better person.
"You better duck, you know you need it" was a joke around our house. I'd never hit them but I'd bring my hand up real quick next to them and they would wince, hence the phrase.
Like most leftists, Dr Spock considers himself to be smarter than God.
"you will be like God, knowing good and evil"
you can consider yourself to be God, deciding what is good and evil, right and wrong, for yourself.
Thanks. That was my first big laugh all day.
Ever heard
"silence is golden, but duct tape is silver"
Yep, I deserved every spank I got, and even once a punch in the face for insulting my old man. I *really* respected him after that.
My ex Brother in Law spared the rod, now he's emptying his wallet on lawyers to keep his little darling from doing serious time for multiple, repeat offenses.
Still not allowing the kid to face the consequenses of his actions.
My dad had a board with a set of holes drilled in it....One whack was usually enough.
Exactly, as a father of six, one-size-fits-all does not work
In my house there were three rules that guaranteed a quick corrective, physical discipline
1. Lying
2. Hitting sibling out of anger
3. Temper tantrum (passive rebellion)
What is this?
More words of wisdom from Captain Obvious?
Depends on how it is done. I told my kids to think about what they had done and why it was wrong while in time out, then they had to tell me what they concluded and apologize to the offended person before I would let them out. Just putting them in time out accomplishes nothing.
I grew up during that time, and heard many people comment on the "new" way of rasing "better" children. If anyone had stopped to think about it, the current generation at that time had survived the great depression, won World War II, and built the largest free market economy in history. What was wrong with how they were raised? Turned out pretty good in my opinion.
Unfortunately, because this moron had "Dr." in his name, the premise was accepted that there was something "wrong" with how kids were being raised, and this "doctor" had the answer.
Just about 50 years later, you only have to walk down the street to figure out who was correct!
start spanking at an early age....never hurt any child....i even signed the form to spank my kids in school if they got out of hand...(they never did) but i wanted my kids to know i had signed it to put the fear into them....
Oh you can find kids who have never been spanked everywhere.
Spoiled rotten thinking it has got to be their way or no way.
Using drugs, speeding, cheating in school, and cheating in the workplace.
They're everywhere.
Lying was also the number one spanking offense in our household and all of the boys knew it.
>you consideryourself to be God, deciding what is good and evil, right or wrong, for yourself.<
So that's what makes Liberals the way they are - no discipline when young, getting away with "outsmarting" their parents, who should have known better. And now the rest of us have to sit here and take it!
>> Yep, I deserved every spank I got, and even once a punch in the face for insulting my old man.
Once (during my personal Age of Infinite Wisdom, c. age 16) I said something snotty and profane to my mother at the dinner table.
My Dad was up out of his chair so quick and with such force that he threw the chair back and broke one of its legs. About a millisecond later came his (thankfully open) hand right square across my face.
That was the only time he ever hit me in the face. I had no idea he could move so quick. I deserved every bit of it. I was lucky he didn't hit me even harder.
Both of my parents very occasionally practiced corporal punishment, essentially all of it before age ten. I can't ever recall a time when it was excessive or when I didn't deserve it.
I also can't ever recall a time when either of my parents acted counter to what they considered my best interests. Of course, they and I disagreed about what was in my best interests, but everything they did, they did for us kids.
They were everyday heroes. Boy, do I miss them.
It is a good idea to tell them what action(s) resulted in the discipline too.
Exactly. Fanning the behind merely because a child made a mistake is child abuse. Fanning the behind over obvious misbehaviour is not. Too many parents don't know the difference.
And I emphasise fanning the behind. The minute a parent picks up a weapon, any weapon, other than their hand, that parent's guilty of child abuse.
There are spankings, . amd there are beatings One is for the good of the child, and the other is a way to vent the parent's anger. I am sorry you were punched in the face. However, you may have even deserved that, for all I know. :)
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President Bill Clinton and his Russian counterpart, Mr Vladimir Putin, yesterday conceded they still had differences on missile defence but pledged to work to bridge them.
After two days of talks, the two leaders signed agreements committing each nation to dispose of 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium, and to provide each other with early warning of missile and space launches.
President Clinton and President Putin issued a joint "statement of principles" on missile defence that Mr Clinton described as "an attempt to bring our positions closer together".
Both described their first meeting since President Putin was sworn in last month as a search for common ground. President Clinton said that, while they couldn't agree on everything, they at least spelled out their differences with "clarity and candour. And I appreciate that".
President Putin praised his counterpart's negotiating style of "not trying to find dead ends and problems".
President Clinton said the joint statement "makes clear that there is an emerging ballistic missile threat which must be addressed, but we have not agreed on how to do so".
"We have acknowledged that the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty foresees the possibility of changes in the strategic environment that might require it to be updated," said President Clinton.
The joint statement itself, said both leaders, would "consider possible proposals for further increasing the viability of the treaty".
Deputy US Secretary of State Mr Strobe Talbott, who is also President Clinton's special envoy to Russia, said that President Putin made it clear his country had not backed away from its opposition to amending the treaty to allow deployment of a missile defence system. …


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Charleston, WV -- West Virginia residents who suffered damages to their personal or business properties in the recent floods should register for recovery assistance whether the losses were insured or not.
That's the word today from state and federal officials coordinating the disaster recovery effort.
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I ran into Richard Vacca at the Detroit International Jazz Festival a couple of years ago. He was working on a book about jazz in Boston. I tend to come out of such meetings with few expectations. I think we have all met jazz fans who are writing books on some subject or other. So often, they never materialize.
I am pleased to say that not only has the work been completed but that the resuits are first rate all around. The Boston Jazz Chronicles by Richard Vacca (Troy Street Publishing, 2012) has a model in the work of Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn on Detroit Before Motown, a bracketed history of the Motor City and its jazz scene. The Boston one encounters here begins in the big band era and concludes prior to the time that the Berklee kids took over the scene.
There are twenty chapters and some are devoted to nightclubs, others to the legendary ballroom operators Cy & Charlie Shribman, some to musicians such as Nat Pierce and Sabby Lewis. There are great photos taken from jam sessions as well as ads taken from newspaper archives. There are very good profiles of George Wein, Jaki Byard, Charlie Mariano, Serge Chaloff, Joe Gordon and Herb Pomeroy among many others.
Most helpful are the four maps of neighborhoods such as the South End, Copley Square and Downtown which provide the exact location of various clubs, theaters and ballrooms. There is a discussion of jazz on radio in Boston and here there are some weaknesses. There is no mention of Norm Nathan whose Sounds In The Night show, overnights on WHDH, was an important late 50s-early 60s program. Milt Krey, who had the first jazz show (Jazz Matinee) on FM, is not here either. But there is good coverage of Symphony Sid, John McLellan and Father Norman O'Connor.
There are no stylistic problems here: modern jazz, the Dixieland revival, big bands and piano trios are covered without any discernible favoritism. There is a selective list of recommended records, mostly favorites of the author, some of them impossibly rare. Highly recommended.
In terms of pure playing ability, most musicians of the 1960s would name Pat Martino as the best guitarist. I know all about Green, Montgomery and Benson and I'm pretty certain they would say the same thing. In his autobiography, Here And Now written with Bill Milkowski (Backbeat Books, 2011), Martino details his family life, his professional career and, in chilling fashion, his medical problems culminating in the discovery of a brain aneurysm in 1980.
He came up in the Soul Jazz era: his first major employers were Lloyd Price, Willis "Gatortail" Jackson and Jack McDuff. There is a wonderful chapter about playing with Jackson at Small's Paradise in Harlem. Pat also presents a valuable reminiscence of the Price big band, a shortlived but star studded organization that has been given almost no space in the jazz history books. His contemporaries also get their innings in a twenty-seven page section of commentary, by guitar players, about Pat and his ability. …


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The nation's capital will now have access to green masonry. Ernest Maier solidified their commitment to sustainability today when they announced that they had signed an agreement with CarbonCure Technologies.
"We're pleased to have Ernest Maier on board," said Robert Niven, CEO of CarbonCure Technologies. "They're a great company and we're eager to collaborate with them as they look to broaden the sustainability aspect of their product line."
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Doug Williams, former coordinator of pro scouting for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has signed on to become the general manager for the UFL's newest expansion team in Norfolk, Virginia according to a release from the league.
Williams played for the Washington Redskins from 1986-89 where he became the first African American Super Bowl MVP quarterback in 1988.
Norfolk will be the UFL's sixth team and is set to begin a competitive schedule in 2011. One of the league's newer expansion teams, the Omaha Nighthawks signed former Nebraska Husker and Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green. Former UCF quarterback Daunte Culpepper signed with the Sacramento Mountain Lions to compete for his former Minnesota Vikings coach Dennis Greene.
Sounds like things are moving along for the UFL.