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A short walk from the Ortigas MRT station, Serg's Cafe is a convenient place to meet. Although the cafe's on the ground floor of EDSA Shangri-La's parking building and right next to the endless traffic on EDSA, the background music and the soft lighting make the rest of the world disappear.
The place has lots of geek karma. Two Tux stuffed toys are displayed prominently on the counter. You can rent one of the PCs (Windows XP and Linux) for PHP 60 an hour. Here's the fun part - you can bring your laptop and plug into their sockets for free. Just set your computer up for DHCP and you're off and running. Wireless Net access is free, too. (Well, at least for now. =) )
I got to talk to Randy Ong, a geek of many talents. He designed and put together most of the elements of the cafe. This isn't just some prepackaged franchise - that guy knows his chocolate, and he's always looking for new ideas.
Room for improvement: The sign outside could be clearer. It's all too easy to walk past and miss this gem of a place.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bishop Joseph McFadden, 65, of the Roman Catholic diocese of Harrisburg, died unexpectedly Thursday in Philadelphia after feeling ill at a meeting of the Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania.
McFadden's body will will lie in state at St. Patrick Cathedral in Harrisburg on Sunday evening until Tuesday evening. The funeral will be held Wednesday at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Harrisburg. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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I read with sadness about the passing of Claudia Nelson, with whom I worked at the Avon Beaver Creek Times. I was alleged to be the managing editor, if I recall those years correctly, but it was Claudia who caught the egregious mistakes - and the small ones too - and so helped us all put out a far more professional publication.
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The University of the Cumberlands (UC) and the University of Pikeville (UPike) are both major players in the Mid-South Conference (MSC). As both teams continue their surge into the heart of their conference schedules, a push from Mother Nature has forced the matchup between the Patriots and Bears back a bit.
Due to the ice storm that hit Kentucky on Friday morning, the University of Pikeville's doubleheader at the University of Cumberlands will begin two hours later. The women's game will tip off at 4 p.m., while the men will tipoff at 6.
The Bears have been forced to spend an extra night in Lebanon, TN after their contests on Thursday night against Cumberland University. A heavy layer of ice fell in the London area Friday morning, which is where the Bears were scheduled to stay on Friday night. The group will now make the three-plus hour drive on Saturday morning and asked for the delay to assist in the travel time.
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The men's game will feature two Top 25 teams as Pikeville (18-2, 9-2 MSC) will bring in the #3 team in the NAIA while the Patriots (16-5, 7-4 MSC) will come in at #25, bouncing back on Thursday night off a 4 game losing streak with a win over UVA-Wise.
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The Neosho seventh grade girls basketball teams claimed another pair of victories on Tuesday as they rolled past Nevada.
As has been the case for most of the season, the Lady Wildcats dominated both games. The "A" team thumped the Lady Tigers 62-10. The "B" squad, meanwhile, whipped the Lady Tigers 42-13.
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North Korea is yanking the world's chain yet again, sending all relevant parties hither and yon. As we contemplate what to do and the Kim clan perfects its ability to deliver its growing nuclear arsenal to targets in South Korea, Japan and the United States, we could do worse than turn to a rising star of Korea analysis: Sung-Yoon Lee of Tufts University.
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"North Korea is 'uniquely unique.' It is the world's sole communist hereditary dynasty, the world's only literate-industrialized-urbanized peacetime economy to have suffered a famine, the world's most cultish totalitarian system, and the world's most secretive, isolated country -- albeit one with the world's largest military in terms of manpower and defense spending proportional to its population and national income. The result is an exceptional state, perhaps the world's most influential regional power commensurate with its territorial and population size and economic and political power."
That is, North Korea has managed some seemingly impossible feats. Through its combination of supremely disproportionate spending on military forces, its nuclear program, and its unique ability to outfox and out-negotiate the world's industrialized powers, it has become a regional nuclear power with disproportionate influence in Northeast Asia despite its poverty.
"South Korea's Park Geun-hye administration and the Obama administration should ... not deprive themselves of the credible, non-military deterrent that would weaken or debilitate the Kim regime. They should attack the North Korean regime's two most glaring systemic contradictions: 1. Over-reliance on its shadowy palace economy instead of making licit goods that are competitive on the world market or opening up to foreign investment and trade. … 2. [T]he unfeasibility of controlling the population over the long-term through its vast network of prison camps, fear, and thought police."
The North Korean state is essentially two things: 1) a large money-laundering concern; 2) the world's largest prison and slave labor camp. Now, however, it is a large money-laundering concern and prison camp that has additionally extorted its way to nuclear weapons. It is not a state engaged in the normal give-and-take of diplomacy, seeking "security assurances" in return for "denuclearization" or some other such deal conjured up by diplomats whose experience is in dealing with real countries who negotiate in good faith.
"The Obama administration is in a position to take the lead on squeezing Pyongyang's palace economy. It should designate the entire North Korean government a Primary Money Laundering Concern, which is a legal term for entities that fail to implement adequate safeguards against money laundering. It should also enforce … the freezing of suspect North Korean entities' assets and those of third-country entities suspected of helping North Korea's WMD proliferation (and criminal) activities. Furthermore, the incoming Park Geun-hye administration is in a position to take the lead in implementing a sustained human rights campaign against Pyongyang. It should vastly increase funding for information transmission efforts into North Korea, encourage North Korean defection and reinforce resettlement programs, and raise global awareness on the Kim regime's egregious human rights violations so that people living in democratic societies around the globe come to think less of the Kim regime as an oddity or an abstraction and more as a threat to humanity."
North Korea cannot survive without laundering money for its dangerous and illicit activities. It should not be treated as a normal country when most of its people are enslaved. The countries threatened by Pyongyang have in their toolkit the ability to treat the entire state apparatus as a criminal enterprise and can block it and anyone (including many Chinese banks and enterprises) doing business with it from engaging in transactions within the international financial and commercial system. Rather than pretending that they are negotiating with just another regime, the United States and South Korea should instead unleash a campaign to highlight just how abnormal and illegitimate the Kim family is.
Some final thoughts: South Korea and Japan, for reasons that should be obvious (North Korea, China, an unsteady and retrenching American presence), have elected right-of-center hawkish governments. They are uniquely open to dealing with reality, not a common occurrence in international politics. Reality in this case means taking all necessary deterrent measures against a nuclear state (Tokyo and Seoul appear poised to actually call North Korea a nuclear-weapons state, which – for those unfortunate to have witnessed to the unfolding tragedy of North Korea policy – is a big deal).
Rather than engage in diplomatic conferences that result in more North Korean extortion, more North Korean nuclear weapons, and more illusions that North Korea can actually be persuaded that the illegal possession of nuclear weapons actually has a price, we would be wise with North Korea as Lee describes it above – a criminal enterprise whose crimes can and must be stopped.


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I am 46..soon to be 47, my birthday is Sat. I am 5'8 and 170 pounds. I am starting a cough to 5k and hope to run my first in Dec. My legs are more than willing to go the distance which is great considering I had surgery on a torn meniscus in June, but my breathing is just way to labored!!! I start running and I just get winded so quickly. My heart rate climbs as it should and I can get my breathing under control pretty good when I rest, but are there any special techniques or better ways to get air in without me gasping. No history of asthma...just winded . Also when I finally stop running I feel like all the blood is rushing to my head and I get light headed...is this normal? I don't have this problem when I am biking or spinning which I LOVE!
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I've been running off and on for over 40 years now, probably a bit more off than on, and each time I return to running I find I have periods where I have more leg than lung, and times where the reverse is true. All in all, pretty normal. As for the light headedness, yeah, that's happened to me during a few stretches, it always seemed to me that if I just slowed down a bit for the last half mile or so, the problem would correct itself.
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Yep, the technique (as alluded to by shipo) is to slow down. In all seriousness, if you get winded quickly and your breathing is labored, you're running too fast. Slow down.
Thanks for the input. Doesn't feel like I am running to fast . I was also told that I run like a duck. My legs go out to the side and around. I know my pt for my knee said some of it is because as a child I sat in a "W" form instead of the usual "indian style". Are there ways to correct my form now when running? Already feel self conscious enough without being a "duck"
I started running (C25K) a couple of months ago and I was having problems with my breathing as well. I read somewhere to inhale for 3 steps and exhale for 2 steps. Not sure how valid this is, but I can say that it has helped me tremendously. At first, I was able to concentrate on my breathing and thus, took my mind off the running. Now it is just second nature for me to breathe like that when I run. Controlling my breathing like that has really helped me.
Slow down and take it easy. I can feel it when i'm not doing it in a correct way, especially during the warm up.
Better to run an hour slowly than twenty minutes faster.
And remember the branhma: again, again, again...
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I started running (C25K) a couple of months ago and I was having problems with my breathing as well. I read somewhere to inhale for 3 steps and exhale for 2 steps. Not sure how valid this is, but I can say that it has helped me tremendously. At first, I was able to concentrate on my breathing and thus, took my mind off the running. Now it is just second nature for me to breathe like that when I run. Controlling my breathing like that has really helped me.
Inhale for three steps and exhale for two? Can't say I've ever heard that before.
Maybe it's just me, but that sounds pretty rigid and a recipe for inefficient running. Personally I would say, inhale when you need to, exhale when you need to. I occasionally focus on my breathing and there are times when I inhale on one step and exhale on the next (especially when I'm climbing a nasty hill), and other times where I might inhale for three or four steps and exhale in one or maybe two steps. I would say when I'm on the flat and running a pretty good pace I inhale for two steps and exhale on the third.
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First, a disclaimer - I'm a beginner at 53, so take my advice with a grain of salt. I read once that we tend to exhale when our dominant foot hits the ground, and that sometimes it could cause issues with knees and hips because we were always hitting the dominant foot a little harder. Anyway, now I count my steps, always exhaling on "1" and inhaling over several counts. The count needs to be an odd number so that you exhale first on your dominant foot, then on your non-dominant foot, and so on. So when I start, I count to 9, then exhale on 1. As I get more winded, the count goes to 7, then 5. It has helped me immensely!
Sounds awfully complicated; why not just let your body do what it does naturally?
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Well, because that wasn't working for me! This is still natural, I adjust my count according to how tired I am. I responded to the part of the question that I too struggled with until I started using this technique. The question that was asked was this:
My heart rate climbs as it should and I can get my breathing under control pretty good when I rest, but are there any special techniques or better ways to get air in without me gasping.
There was actually a rarther long article in Runners World a few months ago touting the "revolutionary" technique of inhaling on three steps and exhaling on two. Also it was specified that the cadence would have to change as you ran faster. It was also suggested that this would help prevent side stitch, since you would constantly change which foot you inhaled on. Of course it isn't revolutionary, runners have been doing it for years. Switching the foot you inhale on has long been suggested as helping side stitch.
It all comes down to this - DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU!
But if you are constantly out-of-breath, gasping, winded - SLOW DOWN first. You're almost certainly going faster than your lungs are ready to go. The rest of your body may not feel like you're running too fast but your lungs aren't ready for it. When I'm running at a regular training pace, my breathing is almost casual. If I'm doing something like intervals, or the last half-mile of a 5K, then I'm breathing hard.
Hmmm, a new "revolutionary technique"; where have I heard that before?
This is the first time I've ever heard of a correlation between breathing on even counts and side stitches; guess I've never really paid attention to that particular bit of advice, probably because I haven't had a side stitch since 1972 (I know this for a fact because that was the first year I ran track). That said, there may well be something to that particular bit of wisdom.
Two of your other comments:
Yup, and yup; couldn't agree more. Of course, there is such a thing as over-thinking and/or over compensating. In this case, it would seem to me that paying such close attention to breathing would take away from other issues/stimuli which may require more attention; things like (but not limited to):
Long story short, while revolutionary breathing techniques may help in some instances, I have to wonder if they have A) more of a placebo effect than anything else, or B) kind of a band-aid effect in that forcing the breathing to slow dowin will in turn force the runner to slow down (or pass out from oxygen debt, which I guess is a form of slowing down).
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ok - I'm going to chime in here with the same advice that I've often gotten to my quirks: "stop over-thinking it".
Just run and breathe. If you are out of breath, slow down....
You'll figure out more complicated breathing techniques after a while, but in the meantime, don't over think it. Just relax, run, and have fun !
Years ago during one of my first football practices ever (this was high school in the 80's) a team mate noticed that I was struggling to breathe early into a run. He ran next to me and told me to get into a breathing rhythm that matched my steps. It wasn't because there was magic to the timing, rather it was because breathing to a rhythm forced me to maintain control of my breaths. When you are new to the running game little tricks can help you stay in control until you actually figure out "what works for you." It worked for me. I went from struggling to get around the track once to battling through a distance run...immediately. Try the trick and stick with it if it works. Once you get into better condition, you'll find a more natural groove.
As cliche as it may sound, so far everything everyone has said, IS what I did (& do). I, too, struggled (and still, sometimes, struggle) with my breathing. My air always runs out before my legs give out. That said, it has helped me to manage my breathing along with my steps ... to forcy myself to think about my breaths & force myself to breath more slowly & more regularly, on a rhythm. This has helped me learn to breathe in more slowly, managed, & controlled, instead of gasping air in (like I tried in the beginning). If I can't maintain my step-count as I'm wearing out or exerting myself more, I lower the count. The purpose behind it, for me, was to regulate myself so that I could eventually do it by "feel" & I no longer count for my entire run, just when I find myself starting to struggle with breathing.
Also, many suggest to me to breathe through my nose all of the time. I can't make it work to exhale through my nose, but noticed inhaling through my nose made a difference, for me.
Annnnnd ... slowing down. I felt like I already ran SOOOOOO slowly that I didn't want to slow my pace any further, but the longer the runs with the slower the pace, the better my breathing has become, and the easier it is to work into a faster pace without getting excessively winded.
I'm a person who has had (& continues to have) to regulate myself ... think consciously about speed & when to breathe in & when to breathe out ... until it becomes 2nd nature. Then, and only then, can I do what feels right because I've trained my body to not "be stupid" (as I tell myself) & to breathe how works best for it. Hope this helps!!
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Tallahassee, FL - With low temperatures forecasted to once again drop below 35 degrees for three or more hours tonight, Monday, Feb. 7, and the evenings of Tuesday, Feb. 8, Wednesday, Feb. 9, Thursday, Feb. 10, and Friday, Feb. 11, a team of area human service agencies, local government and the faith-based community will once again open the temporary cold night shelter, located at the former Belle Vue Middle School, 2214 Belle Vue Way.
Any adult who needs temporary shelter from cold weather at nighttime
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7, through Friday, Feb. 11. The temporary cold night shelter, which is
located in the school's gymnasium, is coordinated by the Big Bend
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closing the following morning at 7 a.m.
The facility is open to adults only. A temporary shelter telephone
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status on any given evening. Officials will reconvene Thursday morning
to discuss shelter operations beyond Friday. Families with children are
advised to proceed to The Shelter, located at 480 W. Tennessee St.
StarMetro, the City of Tallahassee's mass transit system, provides
transportation between The Shelter on West Tennessee Street and the
temporary location at Belle Vue Middle School, when open. Two trips are
scheduled, with departures from The Shelter at 8:30 p.m. and a second at
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it had finalized a rule to improve disease traceability of livestock moving interstate.
The final rule, which is expected to be published in the Federal Register Dec. 28, 2012, will establish a framework to allow states and tribes to establish animal disease traceability systems that meet their diverse needs. Dr. Bill Brown, Kansas animal health commissioner, said an effective animal disease traceability program will give Kansas the ability to efficiently trace the movement of livestock in the event of a livestock disease situation. He also said an effective program will reduce the number of animals involved in the disease investigation and the necessary response time while minimizing the financial impact on livestock farmers and ranchers.
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5 things you should know about… Mat Scott
1) Mat is a senior at Gridley High School, and plans to transfer to Yuba College next year to play basketball.
2) Mat would like to study mechanical engineering in college.
3) He has been on the varsity basketball team since his sophomore year. He played at the JV level his freshman year.
4) To prepare for this season, Mat spent his time playing other sports, working out at Gridley Fitness, and playing basketball for the Chico Tarheels.
5) In his free time, Mat likes to play the piano.
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AKRON - A self-styled street preacher was sentenced to death Thursday in the killings of three down-and-out men lured by bogus job offers posted on Craigslist.
The jury that convicted Richard Beasley of murder recommended that he face execution. The judge had the option of reducing the sentence to life in prison.
Beasley, 53, was convicted of teaming up with a teenager in 2011 to use the promise of jobs on a southeast Ohio farm to lure them into robberies. Three men were killed, and a fourth who was wounded testified at Beasley's trial.
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The judge read the three death sentences in a hushed courtroom crowded with victims' relatives, some of them holding back tears.
Beasley skipped the chance to speak to the judge before the sentencing on the aggravated murder convictions. He listened to the verdict with his head on his chest, sitting in a wheelchair he uses for back pain.
Later, about to be sentenced on other crimes including kidnapping, Beasley said he sympathized with the families of victims but said he was innocent and expects to have his conviction overturned on appeal.
"I have killed nobody, and that's a fact," Beasley said.
"This case will be reversed," said Beasley, whose statement was cut short by the judge. She said he could comment on the sentencing only.
Beasley's co-defendant, who was 16 at the time of the crimes, was too young to face the death penalty. Brogan Rafferty was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole on his conviction last year.
One victim was killed near Akron, and the others were shot at a Noble County farm during bogus job interviews.
The slain men were Ralph Geiger, 56, of Akron; David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Va.; and Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon. All were looking for a fresh start in life, prosecutors said repeatedly during the trial.
The survivor, Scott Davis, now 49, testified that he heard the click of a gun as he walked in front of Beasley at the reputed job site. Davis, who was shot in an arm, knocked the weapon aside, fled into the woods and tipped police.
Beasley didn't turn around to watch Davis tearfully denounce him and thank the judge for handing down the death sentence.
Davis said he was grateful to be alive and told the relatives of slain victims, "They didn't deserve what this animal did to them."
"Thank you again, God, for saving me from that beast," he said.
Debra Bruce, Pauley's twin sister, choked back tears as she told Beasley, "You took my best friend, confidant and my twin."
Bruce said she was sickened by references to Beasley as a preacher or chaplain. "No true man of God would take lives," she said.
"David's death has left a wound in my heart that will never completely heal."
Beasley, who returned to Ohio from Texas in 2004 after serving several years in prison on a burglary conviction, claimed at trial that Davis had in fact pulled a gun on him in retaliation for Beasley serving as a police informant in a motorcycle gang investigation.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, whose office worked with the Summit County prosecutor, watched the sentencing and said later there was no evidence of more victims, but he couldn't rule that out.
Based on what he knows about Beasley, "It would not surprise me at all if there's other homicides," DeWine said. "But whether we will ever find them or prove them, I can't say that."
In arguing the sentence before the jury, both sides highlighted Rafferty's case: The defense said his life sentence should factor into the jury's deliberations but prosecutors said it shouldn't because Rafferty's age ruled out the death penalty entirely.
The jury recommended execution after hearing two hours of testimony from witnesses, including Beasley's tearful mother, who were called to portray him sympathetically and press for leniency.
Carol Beasley testified that her son had a troubled childhood and suffered physical abuse by his stepfather. She also said she learned within the past year that her son had been sexually abused.


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An education watchdog group says New York state is billions of dollars behind in funding its schools and that it's unfairly hurting students in poorer districts.
A report released Thursday by the Alliance for Quality Education says the state owes districts $4.9 billion in aid that it promised by 2011 to comply with an earlier court ruling.
AQE says districts are owed an additional $1 billion in Gap Elimination Adjustment funding. That's money that the state has diverted from schools to help close budget deficits.
State education officials aren't commenting on the report.
Its authors recommend the state allocate the total $5.9 billion over the next four years and adjust funding formulas to prioritize poorer districts.
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BERKELEY -- Jahvid Best, back at Cal as a student assistant running backs coach, said he has no lingering effects from the series of concussions that ended his NFL career in 2011 after just 22 games.
"My health is fine," he said Thursday during an informal media gathering to announce his return to school as a student and part-time coach. "I have no issues that are dragging on. It's good that I left the game healthy. That's very important to me."
Best, 25, whose All-America career at Cal was ended when he suffered a head injury on a spectacular fall after a midair collision during the 2009 season, suffered two additional concussions in his second season with the Detroit Lions. He hasn't played in a game since Oct. 16, 2011.
The Lions kept Best on the payroll through the 2012 season, but he never was cleared to play and the team finally released him last July.
"Oh man, that was tough for me," Best said of leaving the game. "My playing days are over. I knew it was going to happen eventually. It happened a lot quicker than I wanted it to. So now I've decided to come back to school and figure out what's next for me."
Best is enrolled in 15 units this spring and said he has "a year and change" to go before earning a degree in African American studies. Asked if his history of concussions causes him to have concentration issues in class, Best joked, "Not any more than anyone else."
Best declined to comment on ongoing litigation. In January, he filed a lawsuit against the NFL and helmet manufacturer Riddell, seeking unspecified "economic and noneconomic" damages. The suit argues the NFL knew about the risks of head injuries by players but didn't do enough to protect them.
According to USA Today, Best also has a workers' compensation claim pending against the Lions.
Regardless, Best said if he has a son someday he would "definitely" allow him to play football. The experiences he had as a player "made me the person I am today, and I'm grateful for that. I love the game, that's why I'm here."
With time on his hands after class, Best decided to try to find out if he likes coaching. He expressed appreciation to Cal coach Sonny Dykes and his staff for providing him the opportunity.
He experiences no heartache when he looks at the end zone in the stadium's southeast corner, where his college career ended against Oregon State on Nov. 7, 2009.
"I still remember the play," Best said. "And I've been told it's the quietest they've ever heard that stadium."
His coaching duties are not yet clear, and Best isn't sure whether he'll be permitted to travel to road games next fall. But he's convinced he has something to offer young players.
"I've been through what these guys are going through now. I can kind of be a mentor, somebody they can come to and talk about football, talk about life, talk about school, talk about everything," he said.


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CHICAGO — Rob Garofalo was devastated. He'd built his medical and research career on helping young AIDS patients. Then he learned that he, too, was HIV-positive. The news came after he'd survived kidney cancer and a breakup...
CHICAGO — On the campaign trail and in his first weeks in office, Gov. Bruce Rauner pledged to save taxpayers money by eliminating some of the state's 7,000 units of government, a piece of his legislative agenda with rare bipartisan...
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White truffle season is over in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, so people are most likely eating a simple meat ragu on their traditional tajarin pasta. But with either dish -- or any hearty food, for that matter -- a delicious companion is a wine made from nebbiolo, especially the region's great wines from Barolo or Barbaresco.
Legend has it that nebbiolo is named for the fog -- nebbia in Italian -- that blankets the hills of the Barolo and Barbaresco zones every fall. There are other grapes grown there, notably barbera and dolcetto, but the best sites generally are reserved for the more difficult nebbiolo grape. It needs good exposure to the sun, and it ripens late, in late October or even November, when rain is an ever-present threat. Nebbiolo is grown elsewhere in Piedmont and outside of Italy (there are some good efforts in California), but the grape achieves its best expression in the Barolo and Barbaresco regions.
Wines made from nebbiolo generally are very aromatic, with red fruit flavors that are fairly delicate. Danilo Drocco, chief winemaker at Fontanafredda in the Barolo region, calls nebbiolo "a brother of the pinot noir. It is elegance that is the real character of nebbiolo." But the variety is also notoriously tannic. To combat that, the traditional practice was to leave the wine in large oak casks for an extended period. That often resulted in wine that was oxidized and dried out. So some vintners started introducing modern winemaking techniques and equipment, like temperature-controlled fermentation and small French oak barrels for aging. As is often the case, some took it too far, creating ripe, oaky wines that obscured nebbiolo's perfume and delicacy.
There are still plenty of modern wines around, but a lot of vintners are swinging back toward a more traditional (but not oxidized) style. Chiara Boschis of E. Pira in Barolo, for example, says she used to age her Barolos in 100 percent new oak. Now she ages her classic Barolo in large oak casks. The wines she showed me about 18 months ago were lively, aromatic and spicy, with a light touch of oak.
Barolo is situated to the south and west of Alba, while Barbaresco is to the north and east. Each is named for a town in the appellation's midst; Barolo is the larger zone of the two, with about 2 ½ times the vineyard acreage of tiny Barbaresco. The conventional wisdom is that Barolo wines are more muscular, the "king" to Barbaresco's "queen." But these days, the differences in power often are more reflective of the farming and winemaking practices. Aldo Vacca, the dynamic director of Produttori del Barbaresco, the local cooperative, thinks that Barbaresco can actually taste more tannic than Barolo because it has less richness in the middle.
Barbaresco's most famous producer is Angelo Gaja, an innovator whose wines are among the most expensive in Italy. Produttori del Barbaresco's wines are good values: The basic 2008 Barbaresco ($37) offers bright cherry, some floral notes, hints of licorice, cedar and spearmint and firm tannins. There is also a series of nine outstanding single-vineyard wines, like the 2008 Barbaresco Riserva "Montefico" ($67), which is intensely aromatic, with red fruit, licorice, cedar and floral notes, some mineral and drying tannins.
One of my favorite Barolo producers is Vietti, which makes some expensive, hard-to-find single-vineyard Barolos. However, the 2008 Barolo "Castiglione" ($48), a blend of several vineyards, is a fine value, with rich red fruit, notes of cedar and rose petals and firm but approachable tannins. Renato Ratti also makes several Barolos. The bright, spicy 2008 Barolo "Marcenasco" ($50) is quite elegant, with fine tannins. The 2007 Fontanafredda Barolo "Serralunga" ($45) is rich and a little earthy, with red fruit, rose petals and firm but approachable tannins.
For a less expensive alternative, consider wines labeled as nebbiolo d'Alba or Langhe nebbiolo. These are often wines made from young vines; in other cases, they simply didn't make the cut for the top wines. They usually cost less than $30.
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One of the region's historic wineries is Pio Cesare. It was founded in 1881, and some of the cellar walls in Alba date to Roman times. But the winery is by no means old-fashioned. While some of the wines are fairly traditional, others are made in a more modern style. The 2008 Pio Cesare Barolo ($65) is in the more traditional vein, with red fruit, spicy notes and firm tannins. The single-vineyard Barolo and Barbaresco (both $110) are usually more modern. The 2008 Barbaresco "Il Bricco," for example, has plump fruit and some obvious oak, while the 2007 Barolo "Ornato" is ripe and powerful. (That said, the 2008 Ornato, which is arriving soon, actually tastes pretty traditional, with nice integration and balance.)
When Renato Ratti started his winery in 1965, the tradition in Barolo was to blend from various vineyards. But Ratti saw similarities between Barolo and Burgundy, where the best wines are from a single parcel. These days, most high-end Barolos and Barbarescos bear a vineyard name. In addition to the Marcenasco Barolo, the winery "" now run by Renato's son, Pietro -- produces two more single-vineyard bottlings, the 2008 Barolo "Conca" ($90), which is powerful yet elegant, with spicy red fruit, licorice and some savory notes, and the rich, plump 2008 Barolo "Rocche" ($100), with its smooth red fruit, roasted coffee and a refined character.
Some other Barolos I've enjoyed in recent months include the 2008 Damilano Barolo "Cannubi" ($89), which is ripe and lively, with plump red fruit, anise, tobacco and drying tannins on the finish; the 2007 Paolo Manzone Barolo "Serralunga" ($60), an elegant wine with red cherry and notes of tea and tobacco; and the powerful yet elegant 2008 Parusso Barolo ($48), with its rich cherry and hints of rose petals and chocolate.
In Barbaresco, Marchesi di Gresy produces some very aromatic Barbarescos from the winery's Martinenga estate, like the 2008 Marchesi di Gresy Barbaresco "Martinenga" ($54), with its spicy red cherry and fine tannins. (The vineyard, curiously, is also planted with a little sauvignon blanc.)
Barolo and Barbaresco, especially wines from good vintages, can also age extremely well. During a visit last fall to Fontanafredda, I tasted a 1967 Barolo that was still quite fresh and elegant, with flavors of red fruit, truffle, earth and mineral.
Many of the aforementioned producers make some delicious, affordable Langhe nebbiolo. The 2010 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo ($25), for example, is quite floral, with red cherry, licorice, a hint of tobacco and firm tannins. Vietti's 2009 "Perbacco" Langhe Nebbiolo ($25) is also very floral, with red fruit and notes of roses and anise. The 2011 Marchesi di Gresy "Martinenga" Langhe Nebbiolo ($22) has darker fruit notes and very firm tannins. Renato Ratti also has a good nebbiolo d'Alba called Ochetti that sells for less than $25.


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STOCKTON – A Neighborhood Watch member on the 1800 block of Gloria Drive called police at 10:30 a.m. today to report a burglary of a neighbor's home in progress.
Officers responded and chased three or four suspects.
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I am using PS3 media server for years, and I've always been able to get rid of my problems by switching on/off some options and adjusting settings according to my Ethernet/Wireless speed or my CPU. However, things are different now and I need help
First of all, I got to say that I'm streaming my files over Wifi, (my PS3 is hardwired to my router, but my PC isn't). I am able to stream mkv files without any problem, but what tickles my is that I'm unable to play my entire flac library without stuttering every 30 seconds or so (sometimes less, sometimes more).
I bought a new PC a month ago, and I think I was able to play flac files for a few weeks, but I can't remember, except that I'm sure that I was able to play flac files (and by the way, my PC is like 4 or 5 times stronger than my old one) ... I don't understand what changed: my wifi signal is the same (300 mbps; strong or very strong), but there is stuttering everytime now, making it unbearable.
I am using MPlayer audio, because I can't use FFmpeg (keep saying that my files are corrupted, it was the same with my old PC), so I don't know if it's the problem.
I know 720p transcoding might stutters on wifi, but there is no way flac files should...
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Autumn in Paradise, Massachusetts, is usually an idyllic time - but not this year. A Hollywood movie company has come to town, and brought with it a huge cast, crew, and a troubled star. Marisol Hinton is very beautiful, reasonably talented, and scared out of her wits that her estranged husband's jealousy might take a dangerous turn. When she becomes the subject of a death threat, Jesse and the rest of the Paradise police department go on high alert.
And when Jesse witnesses a horrifying collision caused by a distracted teenage driver, the political repercussions of her arrest bring him into conflict with the local selectmen, the DA, and some people with very deep pockets. There's murder in the air, and Jesse's reputation as an uncompromising defender of the law - and his life - are on the line.
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"Jesse's in good hands"
Michael Brandman may be able to keep the Jesse Stone character going.
The dialog wasn't as sharp as in the past - but it was close.
I still miss Joe Montegna narrating - but James Naughton would be my second choice,
All in all - if you are a Jesse Stone fan - enjoy the listen.
If you are new to this series - get going, you are missing some great books!
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No, did not care for the narrator
It is always Jesse Stone's humanity. He cares for what is right, more than what is expedient. He saw through the bluster of a hurting teenager and tried to instill some self worth.
He cannot change voice effectively
Hopped Up Husband's Hit on Hollywood Hottie
"Robert Parker's" books are predictable and that's what I like. I count on it. Michael Brandman did a good job at capturing his voice. I was surprised to find Jesse with a cat instead of a dog. Did I miss a book? The book had enough sub plots
i.e a movie star's junkie husband, stealing at the local water company, a spoiled and truly nasty teenage girl and even at the end a self absorbed FBI team leader to keep me listening straight through a Sunday. If you like Parker you will add this book to your history.
Welcome to our group Dakota; welcome to my life Summer, you've made it so much better. Give back to our wounded warriors who gave so much.
"A nice compromise"
Okay; I understand that Brandman isn't Robert Parker. Much of the wit is missing and for the second time he has turned Molly into a sitcom character. Still I enjoyed both this book as well as it's predecessor. As always Jesse's humanity shines through all the less than stellar writing of the replacement sent into the game for the fallen star. His relationship with the teenagers who he reaches is the highlight of this work; as it was in his previous closing of a Jesse Stone novel began by Parker. Though I didn't think as highly of this selection as his previous work, I still recommend it.
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"Great performance of an average story"
James Naughton's performance is perfect. Rich and rewarding. If we can't have Tom Selleck read these then Naughton's performances are the next best thing.
Brandman does good characterizations but his plotting in the story could use some work. We only get one of these a year so a bit more imagination would be nice. I'd like to see Sunny Randall return to the series as well.
Yes. he does his usually super job.
If you are a fan of Jesse Stone, this one is worth your time. If you are new to the series you should start with one of the books written by Robert B. Parker himself because his plots are better.
"formula schlock: boring!!"
non fiction
He is a good reader. Good pace, Good inflection
the "formula" parents of the "formula" troubled girl
Tom Selleck makes the movies enjoyable. This book is so bad compared to say the Travis McGee, or Nero Wolfe stories as to hardly be called literature.
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Jesse Stone is, indeed, flawed. I still love him - his dialog, his manner, his swagger. The story was the typical mystery but covered with the familiar characters makes the book seem like a family story. I would love to have Jesse as a neighbor...
"Love Jessie's interaction with kids!"
Yes. It is entertaining as well as educational.
Jessie Stone!
Character inflection.
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No one can protect you........
"Jesse's back...........but it's not the same"
I really like the character of Jesse Stone. Jesse is one of those men of few words but now Jesse's words seem to be describing more products than just the facts of the case. This is where Mr. Brandman is no Robert B. Parker. I can't imagine Robert B. Parker (or Jesse) getting caught up in a woman wearing Stella McCartney blouses, so-and-so's shoes, dinking this certain wine, etc. If this were produced as a TV show, the product placement would be extreme! It seems to me that this was a very short story fleshed out with a lot of added descriptions that had nothing to do with anything other than adding to the word count. I felt a bit cheated. I liked Jesse's interaction with the teenager and also checking into the inflated water bills. I think there was more to each of these stories but, again, product placement/description seemed to overwhelm the whole story. I know Mr. Brandman helps write the scripts for the Jesse Stone TV movies. This book just made me wish Ace Atkins had also picked up the Stone books - he writes like Robert B. Parker. In my opinion, Mr. Brandman is no Robert B. Parker. Drop the product placement and pick up the story for a change.
"Jesse still on the job."
It is a continuation of familar caracters in a great setting.
The story is a warm comfortable reading.
It was what I anticipated.
There is a slightly different flavor from the real Robert B Parker but it is good.
The ending.
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"Which is to say: buy this book."
Any resemblance between this audiobook and any of the real Robert B. Parker's work is purely incidental. Spenser, Susan and Hawk are nowhere. The plot is so thin that it might be made from cardboard. The story has something to do with moviemaking, I think, but, to tell the truth, I really wasn't paying that much attention. I think that Jesse Stone is meant to be a poor man's Spenser. However, Spenser's robust sense of humor is absent. His deep and abiding love for Susan Silverman is also absent. And, perhaps worst of all, the intense connection between Spenser and Hawk is AWOL. What is left to enjoy? Go back to virtually any of the real Spenser books, where you will find all the above, plus more, on every page of each book. This one is fashimmelt.
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It is just as well the Sierra Club were not filing lawsuits 50 years ago, before the Tahoe ecosystem was overwhelmed by development. I'm sure we're all impressed by the newly formed "collaborative effort" put in place by Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and its land-owning clients.
In my travels, when comparing Lake Tahoe with places like Redfish Lake, Idaho, lakes Yellowstone or Fremont of Wyoming, of lakes McDonald and St. Mary of Montana, Tahoe seems like a high-altitude disaster zone.
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November 21, 2005
Training soldiers to fight terrorists is an on-going process at Fort Gordon. They train in the woods around the base before heading to Iraq.
The desert heat burns at over 100 degrees. The men and women wear gear that weighs close to forty pounds. Danger is near. But Sergeant Eugene Teasley has a different memory of Iraq.
"One thing that really touched me was giving a six-year-old a piece of candy. It's something you don't forget," Teasley said.
It is a memory that makes it worth it for many. But the sacrifice can be large.
"In one week, we had thirty people who lost their life for no reason."
Sergeant Timothy Grega is dressed as the enemy to help train the soldiers. He has fought in Iraq twice, and says insurgents hid on roads, in buildings and in crowds. And they have easy access to weapons, because many are homemade.
The men and women go through real scenarios, like how to overtake a building, how to save a hostage, and how to keep from becoming a war statistic.
Private First Class Roberta Jordan is ready to kill or be killed.
"I don't think anyone's ready for that, it's just in the job line," Jordan said.
She looked up to her father in uniform, and has wanted to be like him ever since she was nine, to fight and maybe even die for the honor of her country.
"That's why I signed the dotted line," Jordan said.
"The barracks become home," said Private First Class Hinddo Entin.
Life overseas is not easy. In many cases there is not running water. That can mean weeks without a shower.
When they're in the war zone, they set up camps and sleep in rows of cot. But sometimes when they're out on operations, they may have to sleep in their vehicle, on the ground or sometimes not sleep at all.
Not being alert can be dangerous with the enemy at arm's reach. Some resort to chewing coffee grounds that come in their ready-to-eat meals.
"We wanna help schools so you don't have the kids and the young teens out there who may be on the fence about whether to help the coalition forces or not," said Sgt. Grega.
Their goal is to show the Iraqis that they are here to get help, not hinder. As the majority of the trainees get ready to head out, Sergeant Eugene Teasley reminds them why they are fighting.
"We are restoring their electricity. It goes on and stays on," Teasley said.
Clean water, new clothes, new schools. Improving lives of Iraqi children and making the world a safer place.
"I'll take it with me for the rest of my life," Teasley said.
In several weeks, all the trainees out there will graduate and be sent to other units. They will then deploy overseas.


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Vidalia is a cross-platform controller GUI for Tor, built using the Qt framework. Using Vidalia, you can start and stop Tor, view the status of Tor at a glance, and monitor Tor's bandwidth usage. Vidalia also makes it easy to contribute to the Tor network by helping you set up and manage your own Tor server.
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IMHO, the point here is not to have a pretty icon, but to be able to allow the Mac to interact with the Tor network, and help protect your privacy. In this respect, it looks to accomplish the task well. Plug, the latest install has a spiffy onion-like icon which should satisfy everyone.
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Carney's Appointment Catches Canada Bankers Off Guard
By Caroline Van Hasselt
Just like the rest of us, Canada's top bankers learned early Monday that Bank of Canada Gov. Mark Carney had taken a new job heading the Bank of England.
"It was a surprise to all of us," said Gordon Nixon, chief executive of Royal Bank of Canada, the country's largest bank by assets, in an interview with Canada Real Time. "There was obviously a sense of disappointment. It's Canada's loss but, obviously, at the same time, it's a gain for the U.K."
Mr. Carney, 47, takes the top job at the Bank of England on July 1. A former Goldman Sachs investment banker with a Harvard degree and Oxford PhD, Mr. Carney has been overseeing Canada's monetary policy since 2008. "Mark has that rare combination of academia and markets," said Mr. Nixon. "He's got a very good balance in terms of his background and training."
"He's wicked smart," says Sheryl Kennedy, chief executive of Promontory Canada, a financial services consulting firm, and a former deputy governor who worked with Mr. Carney. "He's one to jump into a challenge and tackle it quickly and effectively."
One of his strengths is that he "consistently encouraged dialogue with the private sector," said Bank of Nova Scotia CEO Rick Waugh in an emailed statement.
That all bodes well for the Brits.
Still, unlike in the U.K., Canada's central bank doesn't regulate the banks. Mr. Carney also supports Canada's universal banking model–which allows banks to house investment and retail operations under the same roof. That's a model the UK is considering dumping. So, it remains to be seen just how much of the success Mr. Carney had here will or can be translated across the pond.


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Just got a new OPPO BDP-103 and I am in love with it. Works amazing and sounds so much better than my PS3. The PS3 media server detects it as an OPPO 93 but streams of video and mp3 work fine.
My problem is with FLAC files. Whenever I browse to a directory it shows double of every song. Directories of mp3's show fine. The FLAC files play and sound great but it's not very nice for listening if I have to skip every other song.
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When Frederic Chopin played the piano, the ladies swooned. So did much of Europe. Robert Schumann, on hearing the great 19th-century composer perform, responded with one of the most ringing endorsements in musical history: "Hats off, gentlemen -- a genius!"
Hershey Felder clearly agrees. The acclaimed playwright-performer is back at Berkeley Repertory Theatre with a one-man show devoted to Chopin, an often captivating bio-drama celebrating the composer's life and works.
"Monsieur Chopin," which plays through Aug. 10 on the company's Thrust Stage, adds to Felder's gallery of shows based on famous musicians. (He performed "George Gershwin Alone" at Berkeley Rep in 2013, and "Maestro," about Leonard Bernstein, earlier this year; Felder also directed "The Pianist of Willesden Lane," starring Mona Golabek, for the company last October.)
Briskly directed by Joel Zwick, "Chopin" blends music and anecdote, history and humor, as Felder, in character as Chopin throughout, recounts the story -- or, at least, hits the highs and lows, from the Polish composer's birth, in 1810 near Warsaw, to his death, at age 39, in Paris. It's an intriguing glimpse into the Romantic era and an opportunity for Polish pride: Sunday's opening included a special appearance by Mariusz Brymora, consul general of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, who paid tribute to Felder.
Felder structures the show as a music lesson; unlike many composers of his era, Chopin didn't focus on concertizing, but made his living largely by performing and teaching in the salons of wealthy Parisian patrons. Yael Pardess' set, dominated by a grand piano, suggests an intimate salon, with Richard Norwood's lighting, and projections by John Boesche and Andrew Wilder, adding to the refined atmosphere. Felder, in Romantic-era garb and a longish wig, puts his would-be students in their place right away. "Perhaps it would be best," he says, "if you allow me to do all the playing."
Music is the constant thread, a lifelong passion that produced some of the most dazzling solo piano works ever written. Chopin was a child prodigy -- he composed his first polonaise at age 7 -- and the show charts his rise from the young artist who idolized Mozart to the skilled improviser who became the darling of Paris. If the narrative doesn't fill in much beyond the common knowledge -- his extreme sensitivity and often obsessive behavior, his associations with the poets, painters and authors of his generation, including a close eight-year relationship with writer George Sand -- Felder's assured performances of Chopin's mazurkas, romances, preludes and nocturnes speak volumes.
Felder also proves a master of the quick aside, and he deploys his comic timing in one-liners that illuminate Chopin's often misanthropic view of society. As he reviles his critics, ridicules the manners of "swinish" Parisians and dismisses composers such as Liszt as mere noisemakers, the performance yields a portrait of the artist as an exacting and often melancholy individual. His luck seems to run out when Sand, who whisked him away from Paris to an abandoned monastery in Spain, finally throws him out and severs their relationship.
There isn't quite enough in Felder's characterization to make the one hour, 45 minute (without intermission) performance an unqualified success. Although he clearly admires Chopin's music, Felder the actor seemed more at home playing the American composers Gershwin and Bernstein. A question-and-answer session with the opening night audience dispelled some of the atmosphere he'd managed to create.
Still, when Felder turns to the piano, "Monsieur Chopin" is enchanting. As the evening drew to a close, Felder played the composer's great Polonaise in A-flat major, bringing out the work's Romantic sensitivity and rhythmic drive. In moments like that, genius seemed an apt description.
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Through: Aug. 10
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theatre Thrust Stage,
2025 Addison St., Berkeley
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I have a 12 week old chocolate lab, Ive been working with her on basic commands sit, here, and heel. She is doing okay with those. I have one concern though.... fetching. When we go outside to play ill take a small bumper. Ill get her interested in it then ill throw it. She will go get it 5 times out of 10, but she will not bring it back. Im not sure if i introduced something wrong or if it is just the puppy in her. Sometimes she will bring it back to me, but most of the time she will not. It's really bugging me, because I feel like any dog when you throw something should go after it and bring it to you. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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I would say that your dog just wants to be a puppy. Having her fetch it 1/2the time at 12 weeks old isn't bad. Do you have a leash or check cord on her while fetching? When my dog was around that age she would bring it back only a few times also. I would suggest keep doing what your doing and keep it fun for her and short on the retrieves, she will want too do it more and more every time you have her fetch. I would also try letting her get the bumper in her mouth then turning your back and walking away, she will want too catch back up to you as quickly as possible tops how you what she did which is get the bumper. Hope I could help, good luck.
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3-5 throws max every couple days. Keep it fun, no restrictions. once she has it in her mouth turn and RUN in the opposite direction. Call her name, clap your hands, whistle, anything to get her attention and keep her coming.
Also, make sure you are throwing something she enjoys retrieving and having in her mouth. too many times guys throw what they think their dog should be retrieving instead of what the pup wants to retrieve.
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Thanks guys just after I posted this I started throwing a small bumper twice a day every 3 days and she is getting better and better every time. I think it has a lot to do with maturity, she still has a lot of puppy in her. She is also going after live pigeons that I have for her.
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Don't worry at all at this stage. The fact that your pup is doing what you described is great as is. In order to ensure she always brings it back, you will have to "force fetch" her, and that is a whole event in itself, requiring you to administer some physical pain (escape training). For now, enjoy the pup.
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Now that almost 3 months have passed it would be interesting to find out how Bstands pup is making out.
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Hey guys, wanted to give you an update on my lab. She enjoys the water and she loves retrieving. She is currently at the trainer she has been there for two and a half months and has another month left. The trainer and I have both come to the conclusion that she is gonna be a great duck dog. He gave me a very big offer to buy her from me, but I'm not gonna let that happen. Hope everyones early goose and teal seasons are going good!
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Sounds like you've got her off to a great start.
Good luck with her. Hope she hunts well for you.
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After 3 months of training i got my dog back October 18th. The trainer informed me that she was dropping the bird on retrieves. He had informed me of this a couple weeks before but said he was gonna keep her extra weeks to get her right. I got her back and she still is dropping the bird. His suggestion was take her home and just play with her and give her a break. So thats what i have done, we retrieved a few times during the time she is here, and she still stops the bird. I am taking her back to trainer in a couple of days to see if he can't get her right. Wanted to see if anyone else had this problem, she is only 9 months old and maybe that has something to do with it. It is very frustrating though, spending that kind of money with hardly any results.
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Most pro trainers will put a young dog through some sort of trained retrieve program. Whether it is "force fetch", using pressure to get desired results, or a repetition/reward type program.
Without knowing the details of your agreement with the trainer it is hard to tell whether they are fulfilling their end of the deal.
If this was an open ended agreement, that is, you gave no exact date for the dogs return and, if delivery to hand was part of the original deal or was agreed upon after perceiving a problem, then there is no reason the dog should not be retrieving to hand.
I cannot think of a reason why a pro trainer would opt to send a 9 month old dog home for "a break" rather than work out the problem.
I am not a pro trainer but I have put many dogs through a trained retrieve program for myself and others. Unless I am given a timetable, "I need my dog back in 3 weeks, do what you can", I have never sent a dog home that was not retrieving to hand under any circumstances.
A 9 month old lab should be mature enough to handle this kind of training as long as a solid foundation of obedience has been established.
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Published: Monday, March 11, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
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Recently, food safety officials in the United Kingdom, France and Sweden found traces of horsemeat in ground beef sold across Europe. Massive recalls and lawsuits are ensuing.
Can it happen here? Horse slaughter for human consumption was banned in the U.S. between 2007 and 2011. Now, a New Mexico slaughterhouse is getting approved by U.S. authorities to slaughter horses for human consumption, and a Philadelphia restaurant has already announced plans to serve horse meat.
I marvel at our hypocrisy of rejecting the notion of horse or dog meat on our dinner plates, while condemning cows, pigs and chickens to the same fate. Obviously, we have established special relationships with horses and dogs as our companions, protectors and sports protagonists, rather than as food.
But where is the ethical and logical distinction, given that all these animals are endowed by individuality, sentience, and an ability to experience the same feelings of joy, affection, sadness and fear that we do?
Fortunately, our health-food industry has spared us from having to choose which animals to pet and which ones to eat. Their delicious soy and grain-based meat alternatives are available in every supermarket.
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