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A male, red golden retriever mix named Howard entered the San Bernardino City Animal Shelter on August 21 and will be available for adoption by Thursday, August 28. Brought in as a stray, and thought to have bonded with a collie mix named Katy, the two extremely neglected dogs, with their gentle dispositions and their sad demeanor almost made the volunteers cry.
"So neglected! But incredibly sweet and loving," Sheila Pourteymoor called as volunteers video the dogs in their cage at the shelter.
Click here for Howard's PetHarbor listing. When inquiring about this dog, please refer to A471530 and A471529. Both dogs have been referred to as seniors.
Follow Howard's thread on Facebook by clicking here as volunteers and humane advocates share these dogs and hope to find them qualified rescue situations. Poor Howard has a tumor on his tail and extremely dry skin; still he is a sweetheart.
Click here for a Facebook thread for both dogs.
Click here for Katy's PetHarbor listing. When inquiring about this dog, please refer to A471529. Katy's ears have numerous fly strikes, and both Katy and Howard seem to have had a rough time of it. Let's move together and offer these two dogs wonderful new futures.
Please share Howard and Katy's stories with your friends, family and coworkers. Sharing saves lives. It only takes a few moments to forward this article onto a Facebook friend or someone at work. The message only needs to find that one special person or organization who can help this dog.
For more information about this animal, call:
San Bernardino City Animal Control located at 333 Chandler Place in San Bernardino, Calif. Please call 909.384.1304
Ask for information about animal ID numbers A471529 and A471530
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- Eggplants are a warm-weather crop.
- Start plants indoors in flats or peat pots about 2 months before the soil warms up in your region, or buy nursery transplants just before planting.
- A fertile, well-drained soil is required for best results.
- Use a covering of black plastic mulch to warm heavy clay soils before setting out transplants.
- Mix 1 inch or so of well-rotted manure or a general fertilizer such as 5-10-5 throughout the planting bed about a week before planting. Apply 2 to 3 pounds per 100 square feet.
- Set out the transplants when all spring frost danger is past. Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart.
- Mix 1 tablespoon of 5-10-5 or a shovelful of rotted manure or good compost with the soil in the bottom of each planting hole and cover with more soil.
- Add an organic mulch to retain moisture and control weeds after the soil has completely warmed up, about 1 month after setting out transplants.
- Side-dress with 1 tablespoon of 5-10-5 or 10-6-4 per plant when the plants have set several fruits, in southern regions where the growing season is long, side-dress every 3 to 4 weeks.
- See our article Summer's Bad Guys by Charlie Nardozzi for controls of common eggplant pests such as flea beetles, Colorado potato beetles, and tomato hornworms.
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The lovely Jessica Johnston recently sent in the beautiful wedding of Kenan & Ro and I am so excited to share it with everyone here today. Kenan and Ro are both artists based in Brookyln, but were married at the Max M Fisher Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Jessica did such an amazing job capturing the love between Renan and Ko. The couples photos below are some of my favorite in recent memory and Renan's Melissa Sweet dress is absolutely stunning. Thanks, Jessica!
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Wind Cave National Park
May 27, 2008 - 9:05pm — GettingOutside
There is much more to be discovered within the limits of Wind Cave National Park than just a cave. Here you'll find yourself with so much to do, there's no way you will be ready to leave when your trip ends. Don't worry, there's always next year!
One of the world's longest and most complex caves and 28,295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine forest and associated wildlife are the main features of Wind Cave National Park. The cave itself is known for its outstanding display of boxwork, an unusual cave formation composed of thin calcite fins resembling honeycombs. The park's mixed-grass prairie is one of the few remaining and is home to native wildlife such as bison, elk, pronghorn, mule deer, coyotes, and prairie dogs.
Wind Cave has always been a world class natural resource. However, it was not until explorers first entered, and then continued to push further underground, that the significance of Wind Cave began to be realized. This area was set aside as a National Park in 1903, making it the nation's seventh! Its praire region home to some of the country's most beautiful flowers.
Above you see the Blue Flax Flower, the Southern Shooting Star, and to the right, the Star Lily.
When most people think about the importance of Wind Cave they tend to dwell on boxwork and the cave's vast length, but these flowers sure are nice too.
Over many years of exploration and mapping, Wind Cave has grown to be one of the world's largest known caves. Currently over 132.05 miles [212.51 km] of passages have been mapped in Wind Cave. This places Wind Cave as the third longest cave in the United States and fourth longest cave in the world. As people explore the cave, they learn more about the geology and formation of the cave, and about how it became the world-class resource that it is today. (all images courtesy of NPS)
The Cave's Formation and Geologic Past
Laying the Foundation
Wind Cave is formed in the Madison Limestone formation. Locally, the Madison formation is called Pahasapa Limestone. (Pahasapa is the Lakota word for "Black Hills.") This limestone was deposited in a warm shallow sea about 350 million years ago and is composed mostly of fragments of calcium carbonate seashells. Coinciding with the accumulation of limestone, bodies of gypsum (calcium sulfate) crystallized from the seawater when arid conditions caused evaporation. The gypsum formed irregular shaped masses within the limestone.
The gypsum masses were unstable. The size of these masses increased and decreased as they absorbed and expelled water. This caused fracturing to occur with the gypsum and in the surrounding limestone. Like thick toothpaste, some gypsum squeezed into these cracks and crystallized. At a later time, water rich in carbonate ions converted all of the gypsum to calcite (calcium carbonate). This set the stage for the cave and boxwork to form.
The Cave Develops
Since acid-rich water dissolves limestone, a chemical change in the groundwater had to occur for the cave to form. The oceans receded allowing fresh water into the region. As gypsum was converted to calcite, sulfur was chemically freed to form either sulfuric or sulfurous acid. These acids dissolved the limestone to form the first cave passageways approximately 320 million years ago.
After the first period of cave formation, seas again advanced over this area. About 300 million years ago, layers of red clay, sandstone, and limestone of the Minnelusa Formation were deposited above the Pahasapa Limestone. Some of this sediment washed into and filled early-formed cave passageways. These "paleofills" are visible in higher levels of the cave, near the Garden of Eden and Fairgrounds rooms.
A Complex Cave
Seas continued to advance and retreat over the area for the next 240 million years. Deposition of sediment alternated with erosion. Development of the cave was probably slow until the most recent Black Hills uplift, occuring between 40 and 60 million years ago. This opened more fractures in the limestone allowing more cave to form. The waters that made the cave probably sat in the limestone for long periods of time. Water did not flow through the cave like a river. The water had plenty of time to dissolve passageways along the many small cracks, thus developing the complex maze-like pattern.
Slow moving water was also important in exposing boxwork. At the edges of the former gypsum masses where expansion had formed cracks, limestone was dissolved. This dissolving of the surrounding limestone left the previously deposited crack fillings standing in relief. These exposed crystal fins are called boxwork.
Above you see an example of "Boxwork" - courtesy of NPS -
Where is all the Water Now?
Geologists believe that the water began slowly draining from the cave 40 to 50 million years ago. Today the water level is about 500 feet below the surface at an area named "the Lakes." Water, however, is still changing the cave. Slow seepage of water produces frostwork and popcorn on cave walls and ceilings. Formations that need more water such as flowstone or dripstone deposits (stalactites and stalagmites), are rare in Wind Cave and are limited by the dry climate and semi-permeable clay beds above the cave.
A Very Unusual Cave
Portions of Wind Cave are over 300 million years old, making it one of the oldest in the world. Besides extreme age, other features make Wind Cave unique. The cave is large and extremely complex. The 132 miles of known cave (as of 2009) fit under just one square mile of land. The boxwork is rare and found in few other caves. Wind Cave has undergone many geological changes and the processes continue. Geologists have many questions yet to answer before we can fully understand the rich, incredible world below our feet.
Geologic Formations
The Landscape
The landscape of Wind Cave National Park is formed by the rock types, their structure, and how they were weathered and eroded. Gently tilting layers of sedimentary rocks lie under most of the park.
The Oldest Rocks
The oldest rocks are exposed in the northwest part of the park. These are schists and pegmatites. The schists are metamorphic rocks which formed under heat and intense pressure during an early episode of mountain building, about 2 billion years ago. They have almost parallel bands, or foliation, caused by the growth of mica crystals under pressure.
Pegmatites are made of large crystals of glassy-gray quartz, pink feldspar, silvery micas, and shiny black tourmaline. Pegmatite is an igneous rock, similar to granite. It hardened from magma and hot fluids. In places, the pegmatite intruded into the schists. This proves the pegmatite is younger than the schists, but still very old at 1.7 billion years. The emplacement of the pegmatite probably occurred during another mountain building event.
Sedimentary Rocks
To the southeast of the igneous and metamorphic rocks, progressively younger layers of sedimentary rocks are at the surface. They span a time from the origin of abundant sea life, about 600 million years ago, to the end of the age of dinosaurs, about 60 million years ago. During these years, seas advanced and retreated over this region many times. Periods of deposition of sediments alternated with periods of erosion. About 65 million years ago forces within the earth produced another period of mountain building, raising the "modern" Black Hills.
Shaping the Landscape
Since that uplift, weathering, erosion and minor uplifting have been shaping the Black Hills. Sediments produced by the erosion filled some valleys within the park and spilled outside the Hills to the east, forming the layers now visible at Badlands National Park. Rocks more resistant to weathering and erosion, like pegmatite, limestone, and sandstone, form ridges or plateaus. Weaker rocks, like schists and shales, form valleys. Examples of limestone, sandstone and shale are visible in Beaver Creek Canyon, Wind Cave Canyon, and Red Valley. Schists and pegmatites are visible along State Route 87.
She looks very worried she might bump her head!
Protection and Modern History (the CCC's involvement)
The Wind Cave area has been protected since 1903, when it became our seventh oldest national park. Regarded as sacred by American Indians, cave exploration did not begin until 1881, when the entrance was noticed by two brothers, Jesse and Tom Bingham. They heard a loud whistling noise, which led them to a small hole in the ground, the cave's only natural opening.
President Franklin Roosevelt signed the bill creating the Civilian Conservation Corps on March 31, 1933 only 3 weeks after his inauguration. The plan was to put 500,000 unemployed youths to work in forests, parks, and range lands.
Rather than establishing a new division, Roosevelt used existing departments to run the program. The Army ran the camps, the Department of Labor recruited the enrollees, and the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture planned the work and gave on-site supervision. The cooperation among the government agencies was amazing. Only 35 days passed between Roosevelt's proposal of the program and the enrollment of the first recruit.
This was a depression era program designed to provide young men between the ages of 18 and 25 with work and, at the same time, "regain lost forest land". The initial call was for 250,000 men. They had to come from families on relief, be unemployed, and unmarried. Their enrollment period was 6 months, but could be extended to up to 4 years if they had a supervisory job. Veterans and "local experienced men" were recruited as supervisors for the work crews.
The enrollees were paid $30.00 per month, or $1.00 per day plus room and board. $22.50 to $25.00 of their pay was sent home to their families. The wages were low, but the program was designed to get the unemployed young men off the streets and into productive work.
Initially the men were sent to Army camps for physical training and then to CCC camps. Generally the enrollees built the camps in which they lived. The camp at Wind Cave, camp 2754 (NP-l), was organized July 9, 1934. It was the only NPS camp in the state. The actual construction of the camp (located where the seasonal housing area presently is) started August 2, 1934 and was completed October 6, 1934. Though originally established as a "drought relief" camp, it became a "regular" camp in April of 1935. Most of the enrollees in the camp were from South Dakota.
Edward D. Freeland was Park Superintendent while the CCC was here. Howard Sherman was the clerk and Estes Suter was the wildlife ranger.
The Park had many projects which afforded excellent training opportunities for the enrollees. Inside the cave they helped sink a 208 foot elevator shaft, installed concrete steps, an indirect lighting system, repaired the cave trail and began a cave survey. On the surface they sloped banks for park roads, built a fence around the park to contain the wildlife, built fire trails, dug and constructed concrete reservoirs, erected or remodeled park buildings, landscaped the Headquarters area and occasionally fought forest fires.
A side camp consisting of 25 men was established at Jewel Cave in 1935. The projects there were similar to the ones at Wind Cave. 25 men worked there. They constructed a log cabin for park personnel, completed a new surface trail from the highway to the cave, constructed a water system to provide water to the ranger station, improved the cave trail, and began a survey of the cave.
The camp had an education department where the enrollees could take academic or vocational classes. Through the music classes, the Wind Cave Quartet was organized. This singing group became well known through the Hills. The camp also had a variety of sports teams. The baseball team won the South Dakota CCC Championship in the years 1935 and 1936.
Leslie Jenson, governor of South Dakota, wrote the following about the Wind Cave Camp: "The Wind Cave CCC Camp is the outstanding camp in the entire Hills from the standpoint of permanent and visible work accomplished that will forever inure to the benefit of the general public and the National Park Service."
A CCC camp was established in Badlands National Park in 1939, under the direction of Wind Cave. By 1941 most of the men from Wind Cave had been transferred there and the buildings that had housed the men were torn down. The camp at Wind Cave was completely closed in 1942. The work done before by the members of the CCC made possible all the activities we can enjoy here now:
Things to Do at Wind Cave Now
- (Of course) Guided Tours of the Caves, Forests and Prairies
- Hiking and Walking
- Jogging or Running
- Bicycling
- Nature Viewing
- Horseback Riding
- Backcountry Camping
- Among many, many others
The Visitor Center open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Days. The Visitor Center contains three exhibit rooms featuring cave exploration, cave formations, early cave history, the Civilian Conservation Corps, park wildlife, and resource management. An 18-minute movie; Wind Cave: One Park, Two Worlds; is shown throughout the day.
Cave Tours are offered daily throughout the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The cave temperature is 53 degrees at all times of the year. A jacket or sweater and good walking shoes are recommended.
All cave tours leave from the visitor center. Stop in at the visitor center for information, cave tours, exhibits, slide and video programs, maps, books, backcountry permits, Golden Age and Golden Access Passports, and Parks Passes. The visitor center and the cave are accessible to people with disabilities, please inquire at the visitor center.
Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds; one deep within the earth, the other a sunlit world of many resources. Exploring any of the 30 miles of hiking trails, one of the three nature trails, or just hiking cross-country gives visitors the opportunity to experience the amazing prairie and forest worlds of the park.
Living within the park are many different types of animals. Driving the park roads or hiking the trails provides the opportunity to see bison, prairie dogs, pronghorn or many of the different birds living here.
Elk Mountain Campground is located among rolling hills, prairie and ponderosa pine forest. While camping visitors have a unique opportunity to view the plants and animals of the southern Black Hills. The campground is open all year.
Directions to Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park is located 6 miles north of Hot Springs, SD. The Visitor Center is 11 miles north of Hot Springs on U.S. Route 385.
For visitors traveling on I-90: At Rapid City, SD, exit onto U.S. Route 79 south. Follow Route 79 south approximately 50 miles to U.S. Route 385. Turn right onto U.S. Route 385 North, which will take you through Hot Springs and into Wind Cave National Park. Follow signs to the visitor center for cave tours and general park information.
Visitors can also reach the park by following Route 16 west out of Rapid City onto U.S. Route 385 south. The Park is about 20 miles south of Custer, SD.
Visitors traveling from Nebraska can follow U.S. Route 385 north to the park.
Visitors may also travel through Custer State Park on State Road 36 and 87. These winding roads are slower than other routes, but provide visitors with scenic views of the Black Hills, Custer State Park and Wind Cave National Park.
Public Transportation - No public transportation serves the park.
Plane - Nearest commerical airport is in Rapid City, SD.
Wind Cave National Park Hot Springs, SD, 57747
United States
Phone: 605-745-460043° 34' 47.9748" N, 103° 28' 4.314" W
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With the launch of our latest version of Firefox yesterday, an all new updated interface was brought to the browser. The UX team here at Mozilla was hard at work for over two years dreaming up, building and refining the final product. Here's a 3-part GIFtastic cinematic glimpse into that process.


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Photographs by Burkhard von Harder - 1984 / 85
(Artist Book, 36 pages, color) The 8x10 plates of this publication were photographed in public indoor swimming pools in the city of Hamburg / Germany and originally exhibited and published under the title SWIMMERS. But there never was a book.
This PoD brings together for the very first time the original Hamburg set.
Burkhard von Harder is a member of the ABC Artists' Books Cooperative
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Pullman, Wash. – The Oregon State women's soccer team earns a big 1-0 win against Washington State, Friday, with a goal from senior midfielder Erin Uchacz in the 17th minute.
The Beavers were looking to carry the momentum from last weekend's win against Arizona State, and they did just that, notching their second consecutive win.
Oregon State jumped out to an early lead when sophomore defender Laura Rayfield sent a ball to freshman forward Helene Haavik, who played a crafty ball to sophomore midfielder Natalie Meiggs at the top of the box. Meiggs was able to touch the ball to Uchacz, who fired it far post, giving the Beavers a 1-0 lead and the eventual victory.
"This road win is really huge for us," Uchacz said. "Washington State is doing really well this year and to beat them at their place is awesome."
This is Uchacz's third goal of the season and second consecutive goal in two straight matches. Uchacz now leads the team with three goals, two assists, and eight overall points.
"Erin played an outstanding match," said Head Coach Linus Rhode. "I'm very happy for her to have scored."
With Washington State unable to find the equalizer, sophomore goalkeeper Sammy Jo Prudhomme recorded her fourth shutout of the season. Oregon State advances to 4-9-2 on the season, and 2-3-1 in Pac-12 play.
"This was a great team performance," Rhode said. "Our girls stuck to the game plan and executed with a tremendous amount of resilience."
"I think this win is setting us up really well going into the last three weekends of Pac-12's," Uchacz said.
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP- Angels for Anna will be hosting its second Birthday Bash Dash 5K Walk/Run/Roll, Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. at Fairhaven Church located at 637 E. Whipp Rd., Centerville, Ohio.
This year's race has a different theme- Super Hero- but the celebration is the same. Help celebrate Anna MacConnell's birthday by dressing up like your favorite super hero and show them "What's Your Super Power."
The race has been designed for athletes of all abilities. Whether running, walking, or wheeling it, participants are encouraged to not only attend but to have fun.
"We want the community involved and have a good time by celebrating athletes of all abilities because Anna had special needs and we know a lot of families with special needs. We want them to feel welcome," said her mother.
Angels for Anna was created to remember Anna MacConnell, who was born on May 7, 2001 to Chip and Elizabeth MacConnell. She was the couple's first born child and the light of their life. Shortly after her birth, they learned that Anna had a severe heart condition, Tetrology of Fallot, commonly known as blue baby syndrome. Anna had her first open heart surgery at only 1 ½ months old.
Compounded with her heart condition, Anna was diagnosed with hearing issues and bilateral cataracts. Ultimately, Anna was diagnosed with Congenital Rubella Syndrome. Anna learned sign language to communicate and proved to doctors that miracles did happen. Even with facing difficult medical issues, Anna maintained a positive outlook on life. She lived to age 11 when she passed away on September 1, 2012.
"We usually have Anna's birthday gathering at our house. But, we thought we would expand it out and invite everyone to her birthday party," her father said.
Following the dash, the bash will be inside with music, cupcakes, chair massages, a photo booth, awards (handmade medals for age groups winners and special needs finishers), face painting & art projects and raffles (car washes, oil changes, massages, spa treatments, IPad and more.) Food will be available for purchase.
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Florida Marlins: Michael Stanton not in Sunday's lineup for Double-A Jacksonville
Take it for what it's worth, but Mike Stanton is not in Sunday's starting lineup for Double-A Jacksonville at Montgomery. Stanton sitting only serves to fuel speculation he will join the big league club in time for Tuesday's series opener at Philadelphia. Could just be an scheduled off day, but the prevailing thought for the last week has been that Stanton would get promoted during the current road trip.
Stanton went 1 for 3 with a double and two walks Saturday night, giving him a cycle over a two-game span. Friday, he went 3 for 3 with a triple, a homer and two walks.
At 20 years, 212 days old on Tuesday, Stanton would become the second youngest Marlin ever behind Miguel Cabrera (20 years, 63 days) and ahead of Edgar Renteria (20 years, 277 days). Yorman Bazardo and Luis Castillo are the only other players to suit for the Marlins before turning 21.


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Voices of people crying for help in the wreckage of a deadly Washington state mudslide have stopped, and hopes of finding any more survivors waned as searchers pulled more bodies from the tangled debris field and crews worked through the night into Monday.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After an impressive run through the 2013 USTA Players' Choice Open, Mississippi State men's tennis senior Malte Stropp fell to former ITA three-time All-American Evan King in the round of 16.
Stropp and King battled back-and-forth in Thursday's battle, but eigth-seeded King found the upperhand, eliminating Stropp with a 6-4, 6-4 victory.
The loss concludes play for the Bulldogs at the Players' Choice Open. State will now turn its attention to Pensacola, Fla., for the 2013 Pensacola Futures Championship. The second USTA event for the Bulldogs begins Friday, Oct. 25 with qualifying play.
For more information on Mississippi State men's tennis, fans can follow the Bulldogs on Twitter (@HailStateMT), Facebook (HailStateMT) and Instagram (HailStateMT). Mississippi State Athletics can also be found on FanCred by going to http://www.fancred.com/go/hailstate/.
MSU Results At The 2013 USTA Players' Choice Open
October 24, 2013 – Birmingham, Ala.
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Round of 16 – Evan King [8] def. Malte Stropp (MSU) 6-4, 6-4
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For once, can we get some USEFUL advice? | Stuff From Hsoi
I totally agree with this. I have seen too many scenarios where the first action is to draw the gun instead of dealing with the immediate threat and then drawing.
Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse or Rapture....whichever comes first.
Yes, and it takes a lot more practice than most people might think.
Getting old was not on my list of "things to do" in the Golden Years!
Talking to each other here is good, but taking action is better.
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Thankfully, I arrived into the carry permit world with an established self defense repertoire, philosophicaly and physically. I couldn't have considered it any other way.
We need more free - free as in Debian and free as in beer - self defense clinics at ever mall and every town recreational center around the country.
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I couldn't agree more! If your sidearm isn't already in your hand when the fight starts then it's not a primary weapon. Anyone that trains to only to fight with guns is only training for one part of the problem.
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Yes I do agree with this, I have about 20+ years in the martial arts so to go along with my training guns and shooting will come in handy, but I haven't practice the martial arts in a while now but I think that if I had to I can come up with some blows, good video and thanks for posting.
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Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
What? Wait. H2H training? Prepare for an attack? I am not Rambo. I have read the stats 3 yards, 3 rounds, 3 seconds. My 500 S&W that I carry daily, well almost daily, ok sometimes will blow him out of his socks before he can flinch. I will be able to gun my attacker down before he gets close enough to strike me.
Great video and great advice.
"A first rate man with a third rate gun is far better than the other way around". The gun is a tool, you are the craftsman that makes it work. There are those who say "if I had to do it, I could" yet they never go out and train to do it. Don't let stupid be your mindset. Harryball 2013
Last time we had this conversation I was told that I was being too macho to think that hand to hand skills would be needed and that they wouldn't work if I needed to use them. (Never mind the fact that I have posted here about a situation in which I did use H2H skills.)
If you think the gun is the answer to every problem you're missing a lot of possibilities. I just pray that you never have to find out how often a gun isn't a solution, or a possibility.
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Interesting thoughts. I can't say if there is a right or wrong in the video. I do agree with most of it; but.....Yep; there is always a "but"....
As a well trained martial artist, I can probably hold my own better than most. The problem I see for people like myself
is one of "dynamics." The (attack) initiated by the aggressor will change rapidly in real life and often seem to come out of nowhere as the video clearly shows.
It is well known a trained martial artist can kill another human with greater odds of executing such a counter attack compared to a untrained fighter.
The question of (Dynamics) comes up in asking ourselves (Has the attack or the threat ended?) I've seen time again many in these forums answer the question "when does one stop shooting?"..with the answer usually being "when the threat is no longer a threat."
This presents a difficult decision for someone well trained in H2H.
Sure; I could knock someone down, create distance etc... One could argue the threat is no longer a threat as perhaps I could now run away.
Or could I?
The BG I just put on his back might now produce a pistol from his pocket. Or he might have a buddy in crime. Now I have (2) threat to deal with.
Again; the dynamics are many.
It is a dynamic and it IS somewhat of a dilemma for those who are skilled in MA's and even those who may have minimal skills.
The positive of solid H2H? I can stop my attack upon the BG at will, and maybe the BG goes to the hosp.
With the gun, I know of no way to get the bullet back in the gun once the trigger is pulled.
I sincerely hope and pray I NEVER have need to produce my gun other than drawing down on a paper target.
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Do what you can; then do what you must
from the article: "Do you really think having a cell phone programmed with emergency numbers is going to help you? If the national average police response time is 11 minutes, how is that going to do you any good when you're being sexually assaulted right now?"
If I had a dollar for every time I read and heard, "I'll just dial 911, duh" when they were attacked, I'd be filthy rich. There is a complete (and probably willful) disconnect in playing out that actual scenario. I ask, "So, the rapist is going to stop tearing away at you so you can dig around in your purse for your cellphone, dial 911, talk to the operator, and wait for the cops to come?" I either get a look or a look like I'm a horrible person for even having such violent thoughts. "Well," one would say, "I won't reduce myself to violence like you and be like my attacker."
I've known permitholders who decided to carry a gun UNtestED. "But I just bought it, it's awesome." Didn't even take it to the range and function test it, just loaded and holstered it. Others pocket carry so deep in tight pockets they have to force it down in there and have to dig around to get it back out, making it useless in most scenarios.
And not everyone is a ninja or should be expected to be a ninja. Even the biggest, strongest, most physically capable guy shouldn't HAVE to solely rely on his hands for defense - he has every right to use the most effective means to defend himself. But don't be a one-trick pony.
"Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power." - Yoshimi Ishikawa
It's gotta be who you are, not a hobby. reinman45
"Is this persons bad behavior worth me having to kill them over?" Guantes
Not every fight is a gun fight. Knowing some basic H2H would be beneficial. If your first response to a threat is to reach for your gun you might want to get some training. Using your head is the best defense. Be alert, Be ready, Be Safe.


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Although there has been no official announcement to confirm that there will be a sequel to The Last of Us, Naughty Dog has started internally discussing ideas for the plot of a potential follow-up to last year's ht title. Naughty Dog community strategist Arne Meyer revealed to VideoGamer on July 21 that it would be a mistake to not at least consider and plan for The Last of Us 2 given the popularity of the franchise's frist game.
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I am looking to apply for a clerical position at our local school district. I am also a coach in the district. I am being told that if I am hired as the elementary secretary (40 hours a week), I would not be able to coach because they will have to pay me overtime. They sited something about weighted-overtime. I looked at Federal Labor Laws, but never saw anything regarding weighted-overtime. I am looking for information. Can anyone help?
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You evidently didn't google "two jobs same employer overtime FLSA":
Yes, they'd have to pay you overtime if you worked more than 40 hours a week.
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Descension: The Hospital Stay
I first noticed my shortness of breath while climbing the steep hills of Seattle. Believing it due to depression, I paid no notice. I'd just been laid off from a job I hated, although it provided me with the means to survive, and was bitterly disappointed with my life in this city.
I returned to New York in January 1991 and spent the next 3 months job searching and moving from place to place. I suffered bouts of flu and other discomforts but still believed it was all psychological. Meanwhile my shortness of breath grew worse. I went to see my physician, Dr Douglas, three or four times but never fully voiced my true ailments. My depression and ill health deepened, and I finally moved to my mother's tiny apartment in New Jersey; my money and health were almost depleted.
Dr. Douglas (My General Practitioner)
Oil on canvas. 1991. 14" X 22"
I made another visit to Dr Douglas, as my breathing had become more difficult. He took x-rays of my chest and immediately sent me to get CAT scans and to see a specialist; my lungs were filling with fluid. After looking at the scans, the specialist, Dr Loblolly, said, "Lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease--you do not have cancer. It wouldn't have mattered if you'd come in earlier; the treatment would've been the same." A large and intimidating man, his words did little to comfort me.
After waiting 5 days, I finally checked into the hospital. I could barely breathe lying down; the night before, many thoughts of death and cancer came into my head. How would I fight this illness? Where was the help I needed? I went through a series of painful tests, growing weaker and weaker by the minute. I waited in an examination room for the next doctor and test.
Dr. Barnes (My Oncologist)
Oil on canvas. 1991. 14" X 22"
A quiet calm man walked in. He introduced himself as the oncologist, Dr Barnes, and said, "I am going to perform a bone marrow biopsy to make sure the lymphoma has not spread to your bone marrow." His intelligent face and composed manner soothed me--here was someone who knew what he was doing. He performed the biopsy, which hurt, but as I felt no fear, it was bearable. He then had me see another doctor.
A tall man wearing a mustache and a grin came in, "Hello, I am Dr Leonard and I've come to help you feel better. I'm going to drain some of the fluid off the area around your heart to ease the pressure on it." lie helped me onto a stretcher to take me to presurgery.
Dr. Leonard (My Surgeon)
Oil on canvas. 1991. 14" X 22"
"I heard you are an artist. When this is over, will you paint a picture lot me?"
"Yes, I would love to," I replied weakly. I was pleased that somebody told him I was an artist--my identity.
In presurgery he set me up on a bed, numbed my chest with local anesthetic, and began to drain the fluid. A crowd of nurses and interns gathered to watch. I averted my eyes from them and looked at Dr Leonard. For a young man he sure had a lot of grey hair. "You are such a good patient!" he exclaimed. Fearing I might distract him I watched his hands and the tubes filling up with red-brown muck. After the fourth tube filled, he stopped. "There, that should help you some." He smiled and dressed the wound.
The next day Dr Douglas walked in, smiled, and sat on my bed. I felt reassured by his presence. He had been my physician for 15 years and always made me feel safe.
"Darcy, Dr Leonard will have to perform a biopsy, just a small incision under your collar bone. We still don't know what type of lymphoma you have."
It wasn't until 6 pm that I was finally wheeled into the operating room. The anesthetic was administered and I became groggy. They attached things to me that I could not distinguish. I heard Dr Leonard speak over my head.
"Okay Darcy, we will be done real soon." I looked up and saw only his eyes. I went under.
I awoke in intensive care to see the anesthetist and Dr Leonard peering into my face, their heads quite close to mine.
The anesthetist smiled at me. "You're awake and we have you back. I spent most of the night here with you." She gestured to some blankets on the window sill. I turned to look at them and then blacked out. I awoke later and began to take in my situation. I was on a respirator --that explained the tubes in my nose and throat, and the beeping noise. But there were other things in me as well. Three IVs, a chest tube, a catheter in my bladder, a blood pressure strap around my arm, and a little box tied to a ribbon around my neck with three small suction cups placed near my heart.
Finally, I felt a strange numbness under my left breast; it was the incision Dr Leonard had made for the biopsy. Why it was there instead of below my collar bone, I did not know. (I found out later that he had performed life- saving surgery, as l had nearly drowned in the lymphoma muck.)
I received the first of my chemotherapy but was very groggy and unaware at the time. (I found out later that this, too, was lifesaving: the chemotherapy shrank my tumor by 70%.)
I wanted to see if I could still draw. (Gripping a little pencil and graph pad I got from the intern, I drew a potted plant that was on the counter of the nurse's station. It reminded me of a Matisse painting, sitting precariously near the edge. Yes, I still had the ability.
After 3 days in intensive care, I was moved to a double room in the hospital. I was given the second half of my first chemotherapy treatment; I was to have a total of six, all in two parts. Except for slight nausea and vomiting, I felt pretty good and began to draw in a sketchbook that my sister, Amy, had brought me. She also had brought some photos of my paintings to show Dr Douglas and Dr Leonard.
Seals I
Oil on canvas. 1991. 28" x 16"
Seals II
Oil on canvas. 1991. 28" x 16"
Both doctors loved my work and were amazed that I was really talented. I was very pleased. I told them that I wished to paint their portraits, including Dr Barnes'. They were eager and agreed. Dr Leonard said, "We will be the Three Musketeers!" and he gestured with an imaginary sword, "One for all and all for one!"
The Three Musketeers
Oil on canvas. 1991. 24" x 18"
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A SECURITY RESEARCHER has claimed that he can hijack commercial airplanes through their in-flight entertainment systems or onboard WiFi.
Researcher Ruben Santamarta said that most commercial aircraft onboard satellite communications system are "wide open" to exploits and he will prove his findings by demonstrating the attack on stage at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Following some exhaustive research in a report undertaken in April, Santamarta said that he discovered the vulnerabilities by "reverse engineering", or decoding, highly specialised software known as firmware used to operate communications equipment made by Cobham, Harris Corp, Echostar Corp's Hughes Network Systems, Iridium Communications and Japan Radio.
He found that many of these systems of five of the major airline systems manufacturers had "hardcoded" log-in credentials, meaning engineers used the same authentication across multiple devices, which could allow hackers to steal these credentials if they hacked the device firmware.
"These devices are wide open," Santamarta told Reuters. "The goal of this talk is to help change that situation."
Santamarta explained that, in theory, this means that a hacker could use a plane's onboard WiFi or inflight entertainment system to hack into its avionics equipment, potentially disrupting or modifying satellite communications, which could interfere with the aircraft's navigation and safety systems.
Although Santamarta's exploits have so far been tested only in controlled environments, and he has admitted they might be difficult to replicate in the real world, he said that he has gone public with his findings in order to encourage manufacturers to fix what he sees as potentially dangerous security flaws in the aviation industry.
In April, airline trade organisations played down the threat of an app developed to access the flight deck of a simulated aircraft and control the plane from an Android smartphone.
Hugo Teso, who is a fully trained commercial pilot as well as a security researcher for German IT firm N.Runs, demonstrated the vulnerabilities in an aircraft's flight management system (FMS) at the Hack In The Box conference.
Teso fed false navigation information to a simulated aircraft, which he built using spare parts from real jets that he acquired through Ebay, by sending it his own malicious radio signals, making it change course. µ
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The problem is that reading a whole line doesnt to the job for me.
My input file looks like this:
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when the first word in each line should be saved as a string, and both number afterwards as ints. The delimiter between the "words" in each line can be either a SPACE or a TAB.
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The second annual Indoor Winter Golf Clinic, part of the Walt Jones Memorial Project, will be held on Feb. 1 to benefit Sussex County Habitat for Humanity.
The event will be held at Delmarva Christian High School, 21777 Sussex Pines Road in Georgetown, and sessions will run from 9 to 11 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Six local PGA professionals will teach rotating groups of six to seven participants. Attendance is limited to 40 players per session. The professionals will focus on pitching, putting and driving, with a special breakout session for younger players ages 8 to 18. The event is open to beginners, semi pros, men, women and youth. The cost is $30 for adults and $20 for children over the age of 8. Children must be accompanied by an adult. All participants should bring their own golf clubs.
A raffle will be held with prizes from several local pro-shops and golf clubs. Golf wear and equipment from Ruddo's Golf and other local pro-shops will be on display.
To register, call Jacquie Sanders at (302) 855-1153, ext. 208 or visit www.waltjonesmemorialproject.com.
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countDownTimer - A full screen, settable countdown timer with audio prompts.
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Countdown is a simple standalone countdown timer that provides visual and auditory cues regarding the timer's status. Timers are often used in classrooms to limit activities, to aid students with transitioning from one activity to another, or for timing activities like cooking. Countdown was designed to work along with Launcher6, and responds to keyboard commands the same way as Launcher6 as noted below. Like Launcher6 any changes to Countdown's setup are saved automatically in a text file called "countdown.tsu"in the same folder as the Countdown.exe file, and the setup is automatically loaded when Countdown is opened again.
Countdown will run on a Windows95 or newer PC with at least a 233Mhz CPU and 64Mb RAM, and may require Quicktime. If you want to use the text-to-speech (TTS) feature you will also need a clipboard text to speech utility and perhaps the Microsoft Agent technology installed. See more about TTS below. Countdown does not need to be installed, and can run from a flash drive.
You can set the following features of Countdown :
Set Minutes: Choose from the drop down menu.
Set Seconds: Choose from the drop down menu.
Automatically Start Countdown: Start counting down upon opening.
Audio Count Down the Last 10 Seconds: Auditory countdown of 10, 9 , 8...
Announce Last 4 30 Second Intervals: Auditory cues for 2 minutes, 1 minute 30 seconds...
Use Endpoint Audio Announcement: A sound or TTS message to play at timer end.
Use Clipboard Text-to-Speech: Use a clipboard TTS agent to produce auditory cues instead of sound files.
Exit When Timer Expires: Close Countdown at the end of timer.
Locate end message sound file: Find the sound file you want for your end message.
Enter text for final message: Enter your TTS end message as text.
Load Text-to-Speech Program: Locate your TTS program if necessary.
Start Countdown: Return to the Countdown screen and commence counting down.
Countdown responds to the following keyboard commands:
's' - Start Timer
'p' - Pause Timer
'e' - Edit count timer setup parameters
'f' - Go to full screen mode for screens > 800 X 600 (the default setting)
'z' - Reduce Countdown window to 800 X 600
'@' - Inhibit or enable keyboard commands
'q' - Quit Countdowm
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Countdown relies on external text-to-speech utilities to convert text to speech sounds. I recommend either SayzMe or DeskBot, both of which are freeware easily found on the Internet. Both programs use the Microsoft Agent technology which is also freeware and available on the Microsoft website. Either product can be set to have a user specified Microsoft Agent Character "read" the contents of the clipboard when changes to the clipboard occur. Check with the help files for those products to adjust their settings. I use Deskbot and set it so the Microsoft Agent Character only "speaks" messages and does not also perform any unnecessary animations.
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Forget taking small steps.
New Orleans Saints safety Jairus Byrd has shown up with a vengeance. The Saints' top free-agent acquisition this offseason took the field for a full practice for the first time Tuesday and then Wednesday night he was all over the field.
Byrd, a three-time All-Pro with the Buffalo Bills, showed all of the instincts and big-play ability Wednesday night that made him a must-have during the offseason.
Byrd intercepted two passes and deflected a touchdown pass from Drew Brees to tight end Jimmy Graham to wow the crowd at Mandeville High School while also impressing his teammates and coaches.
"He is another guy who got his hands on a couple of balls, one of them was a really good play," said Saints coach Sean Payton. "That's encouraging.
"It has been a step process, a little bit longer for Jairus. But it's good to have him out there on your team."
Byrd came up with big interception of a pass by backup quarterback Luke McCown in which he looked like a center fielder playing a fly ball. Byrd also got great position on Graham, who has a considerable size advantage, to break up a potential touchdown pass from Brees.
Byrd's knack for intercepting the ball and big-hit delivery is expected to give the Saints' secondary a huge boost this season. He intercepted 22 passes and forced 11 turnovers during his five seasons with the Buffalo Bills.
"He is a ball hawk, everybody knows that," said linebacker David Hawthorne. "And the wisdom and the level of play he brings will definitely make us better."
Payton has been impressed with what he has seen from Byrd in the two practices he has been able to go full go. Payton also said he expects Byrd to make his preseason debut Saturday at Indianapolis. The only question is how many snaps he will take.
"He is someone who covers a lot of ground quickly, real smart with his eyes," Payton said. "He is a veteran player who understands formations and where the ball might be going."
Also with cornerbacks Champ Bailey and Keenan Lewis returning to the practice field Wednesday night, the Saints got a chance to see for the first time their retooled secondary with Kenny Vaccaro, Rafael Bush and Byrd at the safeties.
The expectation is the secondary will be the strength of Rob Ryan's defense and that certainly seemed to be the case Wednesday night.
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Robin Williams was a stand up comedian who went into television by guest starring on "Happy Days" (ABC). That led to his own TV sitcom called, "Mork & Mindy" which ran from 1978 to 1982. That brought him into movies during the 1980's until the present when he was reportedly going to film the sequel to "Mrs. Doubtfire." He was nominated for three Oscars as best actor with, "Goodmorning Vietnam", "Dead Poets Society" & "The Fisher King." He won the best supporting actor Oscar for "Goodwill Hunting."
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TUSTIN – Police officers late Friday thwarted the torturing and kidnapping of a man they say was sought by an Arizona drug cartel, officials said Saturday.
Shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, Tustin police got a call about an assault at McFadden and Pasadena avenues. Officers from a gang unit patrolling nearby spotted two men beating up a passenger in the back seat of a red sedan.
The officers pulled the car over, rescued the man who was being beaten and arrested three people on suspicion of kidnapping, conspiracy and attempted murder, Tustin police Lt. Paul Garaven said.
Officers found a 9 mm gun and duct tape in the car.
The attackers were hired by a "drug cartel from Arizona to come and kidnap and torture this guy," over a drug-trafficking dispute, Garaven said.
Officers arrested the driver, April Martinez, 23, as well as Juan Siqueiros-Rodriguez, 36, and Pete Tarazon, 51. The victim, whose name was not released by police, was taken to Western Medical Center Santa Ana. He was released after being treated for his injuries.
The gang unit was apparently in the right place at the right time: When police spotted the suspicious car, it was headed toward the freeway.
"God only know what would have happened to the guy if the gang unit wasn't in the area," Garaven said.
Less than an hour before, the attackers were plotting with the victim's friend, Carlos Lizarraga, Garaven said. Lizarraga was with the victim drinking at a Santa Ana bar. He lured the victim "back to his house" in Tustin, he said.
But instead of going to his house, Lizarraga led the victim to the red sedan, police said. The victim was attacked and forced into the car.
"(The victim) had no idea what he was getting into," Garaven said.
Police said Lizarraga fled but was arrested later at his house somewhere in Orange County. Officials declined to say where he lived. He was also arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, conspiracy and attempted murder.
"This friend set him up," Garaven said. "We suspect he was part of the triad."
Tustin police declined to comment when asked if the victim had a criminal record or history of drug abuse.
"There's more to this that needs to be investigated," Garaven said.
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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Where have all the nicknames gone?
Baseball used to be a hot bed in the department with legendary nicknames bestowed on legendary players such as Lou Gehrig (Iron Horse), Babe Ruth (Bambino), Bob Feller (Rapid Robert), Ty Cobb (Georgia Peach), Willie Mays (The Say Hey Kid), Ted Williams (Splendid Splinter), Joe DiMaggio (Yankee Clipper), Phil Rizutto (The Scooter), Shoeless Joe Jackson and Dizzy and Daffy Dean.
Nowadays, a good nickname is a rare find, with the deterioration beginning in the 70s and 80s in the last bastion of quality monikers like "Mr. October†(Reggie Jackson), "Charlie Hustle†(Pete Rose), "The Cobra†(Dave Parker), "Doctor K†(Dwight Gooden), "The Human Rain Delay (Mike Hargrove), "El Presidente†(Dennis Martinez), "The Wizard†(Ozzie Smith), "Bulldog†(Orel Hershiser), "The Mad Hungarian†(Al Hrabosky), "The Bird†(Mark Fidrych), "The Bull†(Greg Luzinski) and "The Boomer†(George Scott).
Today's nicknames invoke little creativity with the vast majority of them simply supplying a different version of the players' name — i.e. "A-Rod' (Alex Rodriguez), "Youk†(Kevin Youkilis), "Schill†(Curt Schilling).
The Indians are one of the main culprits in the lame nickname game, employing such earth-shattering ones as "Birdie†(Paul Byrd), "Shoppy†(Kelly Shoppach), "Gark†(Ryan Garko) and "Goot†(Franklin Gutierrez).
Cleveland's lone dip into creativity is "Pronk†for designated hitter Travis Hafner, meaning part project, part donkey. It's an "A†for effort, but I think it's cheesy and far from glorifying.
Here are some other random thoughts where nicknames in today's game are concerned, just because nobody asked:
How can Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols and Mets ace Johan Santana not have nicknames?
"Man-Ram†for Boston's Manny Ramirez. Are you kidding me? Every time I hear ESPN's Karl Ravech say it, I cringe and want to reach through the television set and choke the words out of him. "The Baby Bull,†Ramirez nickname during his early days in Cleveland, is still his best.
Score a few for the modern era in "Big Papi†(David Ortiz), "Big Unit†(Randy Johnson), "Big Cat†(Andres Galaragga) and "Big Hurt†(Frank Johnson), but could it have come up with a little more variety than "Big-something?â€
"The Rocket†for Roger Clemens was a pretty good one too, until we found out what his engines were fueled by.
How about Barry Bonds, baseball's home run king*? Nothing. Ditto for the previous single-season record holder*, Mark McGwire. That doesn't seem fair. How about "Jail Bird†Bonds and "Sir Juicealot†for McGwire?
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Left-handed reliever Tony Sipp, a former rising prospect, has begun his road back from Tommy John surgery in July of last year. He had appeared in three games for the Indians' Gulf Coast League in Winter Haven, Fla., through Thursday, pitching four shutout innings without allowing a hit, while striking out four. … LHP David Huff, a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds of the 2006 draft (39th overall), has not looked out of place since his promotion to the Triple-A Buffalo rotation. He's 2-1 with a 3.46 ERA in five starts after going 5-1 with a 1.92 ERA in 11 games (10 starts) for Double-A Akron. … The Indians media relations staff mistakenly had Class A Kinston right-hander Luis Perdomo, not RHP Hector Rondon, as their lone representative in the upcoming Futures Game (as part of All-Star festivities). Maybe it should have been Perdomo after all. As Kinston's closer, Perdomo, a non-drafted free-agent acquisition in 2003, went 3-1 with a 0.92 ERA in 31 games, converting 18 of his 23 save opportunities before being promoted to Akron this week.
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This reflection is taken from my book Pro-Life Reflections for Every Day, which is available for purchase at: ProLifeReflectionsForEveryDay.org
"Doctors and nurses are also responsible, when they place at the service of death skills which were acquired for promoting life" (John Paul II, The Gospel of Life, n.59).
Reflection: Pro-abortion politicians will often say to us, "Legislators should not be practicing medicine." But we're not asking them to practice medicine, but to prevent the abuse of medicine. Medicine is for the purpose of preserving life; abortion takes life. Surgery helps the body do what it is supposed to do; abortion stops the body from doing what it is supposed to do. There is no disease that abortion cures, and no proven medical benefit.
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Jason Segel & Michelle Williams Engaged After Comic-Con Proposal?
Star magazine says Michelle Williams and Jason Segel are engaged.
The tabloid touts a big "exclusive" claiming Segel (along with Williams' 6-year-old daughter Matilda) "secretly followed" the actress from New York to California, where Williams promoted Oz: The Great and Powerful at Comic-Con in San Diego earlier this month.
Williams supposedly came back to her hotel suite to find her boyfriend and daughter, and the mag says that "happy surprise" was soon after "eclipsed by an even more joyful event — when Jason popped the question!"
"Jason arranged to have Michelle's hotel suite covered in purple flowers — her favorite color," explains a so-called "insider" for Star, adding, "He also had Matilda sitting on Michelle's bed, holding a lavender bouquet for her mom."
After Williams wrapped up her Comic-Con appearance, says the tab's source, she returned to her suite and "was obviously thrilled to find Jason and her daughter there."
That's when the actress purportedly saw a note attached to the flowers.
"It simply said, 'Will you marry me?'" reports the Star source. "And that was that! Pure and simple, just the way they like it."
How wonderful!
If only it existed outside Star's overactive imagination!
Unfortunately for the tabloid, it never happened.
Segel has not popped the question.
While he may ask Williams to marry him in the future, the couple is not currently engaged.
A source close to the actor flatly tells Gossip Cop it's "not true."
Of course, that's been the case with lots of stories Star wrote this week — because Star is terrible at celebrity news and makes up stuff.
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- 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
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While I was apparently catching that horrible flu virus early last week during the travelling I was doing, I was killing time with a few sketching games I tend to do while travelling. I was grabbing faces. A moderately careful face grab is to look through whatever magazines I have to hand (such as the in-flight magazine) and see if there are interesting faces… then I might do a quick or longer drawing of one or two that I find. Sometimes they are familiar people, as is perhaps the case with the one I show to the left. This was not intended to be super-careful, and was rather quickly done, but it turned out to be nicer than I expected.
I was simply drawing with a pen and not trying to be very accurate, and just capture expression and structure of the face, but my eye was in and so… (I'd have used pencil if I was planning to go for accuracy…) I liked it enough to finish it up when I got home and throw some watercolour (pencils and then water brush) on to it. (I took a quick snap of the magazine photo before I left to allow me to recall some features for finishing.)
I'll spare you the other ones I did in that mode. Not for public consumption!
I also did another game, which is very useful – sitting in a large open space with lots of people passing and simply looking up, seeing a face, studying it for a few seconds, and then looking down and doing a quick sketch of it. The person is long gone by time I look up again, and so this is more about trying to grab and make sense of what I can, and maybe get some quick essence of the person. I was not so good at that this time… It has been a long time since I did such a thing. I should do it more…
Should be interesting to see who I find to draw in a magazine on the plane tomorrow…
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This is a short tutorial, showing you how to add a live twitter feed to a static site (or any site for that matter). There are some nicer plugins available for WordPress, for instance Twitter Feed , Wickett Twitter Widget or TweetSuite, that will give you more functionality.
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HTML Twitter Feed
- select 'HTML widget'
- click 'Continue'
- select the number of tweets you want to display
- give your feed a tile or not
- copy and paste the code into your page, where you want your feed to display
- If you want the feed to look different, you can style it with CSS to match your site look and feel better
Here is some sample html code set for 5 tweets – replace your-twitter-name-here with your actaul twitter name:

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Flash Twitter Feed
- Select 'Flash Widget'
- Click 'Continue'
- Select 'Interactive Widget' or 'Display-only Widget'
- Click 'Continue'
- Select a style and widget size
- copy and paste the code into your page, where you want your feed to display
That's all there is to it – simple!
Comments (2): Adding a Twitter Feed to any Web Page
Got any examples of corporate sites that do this well?
Some – check out http://www.sowerofseeds.org/community.php or http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/all_posts/ (right side – latest tweet) – most corporate sites are still not featuring a live feed at this point…I think they should, to get the conversation going 😉


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I have a Canon HD camcorder that records in the AVCHD format, and I'm looking for some free software that can convert it to other formats. Right now, the only program I know of that can do any kind of conversion with it is Avidemux, but it doesn't do it very well. VLC is supposed to be able to play it, but the playback is too choppy to be useful.
I have Windows, although Linux software would be okay.
EDIT: I probably should also mention that it's full HD, 1080p, 60i frame rate.