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.22lr conversion of Glock
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> .22lr conversion of Glock
January 12, 2010, 09:53 PM
Hi all, My first post on THR. Just wondering if anyone has tried .22lr conversions for Glocks?
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January 12, 2010, 10:03 PM
Yep, I have the Advantage Arms and love it.
It -is- picky about ammo .... CCI MiniMags are a sure thing.
January 12, 2010, 10:17 PM
Yes, I have a Criener (sp) for my Glock 19. It is fun and cheap to shoot. At the moment I am having an issue with mine as it does not want to attach to my G19 properly. Never had a problem before so I'm not sure what the problem is.
At one time I had a 1911 with a .22 conversion and that was great. Don't know the brand, Colt I think. Like a fool I sold it and the .45. Regretted it ever since.
January 13, 2010, 11:46 AM
I also have the Advantage Arms conversion. It works well. I just use cheap federal bulk pack ammo from Walmart and just manually cycle the round when it fails.
I love the cheap ammo!!
January 13, 2010, 12:01 PM
+1 on the Advantage Arms. Use it on a G34. Many thousands of rounds down range, no problems. Ammo sesitive as others have stated. Needs cleaning every 300-500 rounds.
Would buy again.
January 13, 2010, 01:50 PM
Thumbs up for Advantage Arms also. I have an AA slide on my G19c. It prefers the CCI stuff as compared to the cheaper brands....
January 13, 2010, 07:02 PM
Another endorsement for the Advantage Arms unit here; mine has been excellent. The comments about ammo and cleaning posted above are spot on.
January 13, 2010, 10:05 PM
I had an advantage arms kit for my glock 17. I sold it because it was just too picky with ammo. Seriously the only cheap bulk ammo that will work is rem. golden bullet, I tried them all. I bought a dedicated .22 handgun instead. I like to be able to shoot it sometimes and not have to clean it. With the conversion kit it dirtied up my frame. I guess it's lazy but that's my reasoning. Supposedly there is a .22 pistol modeled after the glock out there.
January 13, 2010, 10:40 PM
I had the AA, and it was picky, and one mag worked better than the other.
What I have decided is, ALL .22 conversions are picky until you have cranked about 500 rounds through them, and they like to run a little bit wet. Use hot ammo. The guy I sold my Glock package to says it runs great now.
January 13, 2010, 10:49 PM
For those that have the Ceiner kit... has that been picky about ammo as well? What ammo works best? I've been considering getting one for my G23 one of these days.
January 14, 2010, 04:39 PM
I've got an AA kit for a G19. If I remember right, the manual says that all Federal ammo should be avoided (and recommends Rem Golden Bullets!), but I've shot Fed bulk 745 and they mostly work. I actually don't mind an occasional feeding or ejection problem since it allows me to practice clearing the gun. Before I got the AA kit, whenever I had a jam, I would just stare at the gun in disbelief for a few seconds. Now I clear it and go.
January 17, 2010, 07:13 AM
I have .22 conversions for a bunch of my pistols. The conversion for the Glock (I have a Ciener) and the Sig (made by Sig) are ammo sensitive. Sig recommended CCI Mini-Mags in their conversion, and I found that the Mini-Mags also provide the best results in the Ciener conversion for my Glock 19.
My Colt conversion for the M1911 and the Beretta factory conversion unit for my 92F are not ammo sensitive at all. Go figure.
January 17, 2010, 09:35 AM
For those that have the Ceiner kit... has that been picky about ammo as well? What ammo works best? I've been considering getting one for my G23 one of these days.
The ciener kits are just a picky. I only use CCI mini mags or Remington Golden Bullets in mine.
January 17, 2010, 09:47 AM
I also have the glock advantage arms kit. With a suppressor on it runs anything. For those who have picky ones you might try a lighter spring.
Hk Dan
January 17, 2010, 01:04 PM
I have both a Ciener and an AA. They're both picky about ammo, but anything that goes faster than 1200 FPS will make them work well. A word about Ciener? Before you buy one, call their direct line number and listen to the recording. Unless they've changed it, you won't send a red cent their way.
I called to check on the availability of a G17 conversion to compliment my G19/G23 unit of theirs. The recorded message said--"If you have questions, check our FAQ page on the website. If it's not answered there, send a check or money order for $5 to ______ and we wills schedule a time to answer your question..." No kidding.
It became my mission in life not only to steer people to AA, but to tell that story every time the name came up. It was the best sales tool AA has ever had. And to Mr. Ciener--If you'd like me to look at your products again, send a check or money order for $10 to.....<g>
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Database Vs Files
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There has been lots of web developer arguing about the fact as which one is faster Database or Files. I always replied in most cases as database is faster than Flat file and After getting that reply they always argued as why do you think that database is faster. I explained them with lots of words but now thought of just bench marking them so that its clear as what is faster.
Before going into the codes I would like to explain about the attachments
shabbir.txt - A Flat file that has 22400 names stored with one line containing one record.
benchmark.sql - SQL Script to create a table with the same data as the flat file contains. Remember that it also has same order as the flat file
Now here is the PHP code to be put in a file
PHP Code:
Test without condition!
Reading File ...
Reading Database ...
Result of benchmark
Flat File time span to do the operation ==> 0.087211132049561 .
Database time span to do the operation ==> 0.13485312461853 .
File operation was faster by 0.047642
Test with condition where names start with 'A'!
Reading File ...
Reading Database ...
Result of benchmark
Flat File time span to do the operation ==> 0.11205410957336 .
Database time span to do the operation ==> 0.018458127975464 .
Database operation was faster by 0.093596
Test writing to Database & File
Writing to File ...
Writing to Database ...
Result of benchmark
Flat File time span to do the operation ==> 0.00011086463928223 .
Database time span to do the operation ==> 0.00024604797363281 .
File operation was faster by 0.000135
* can vary the time from machine to machine and from run to run depending on webserver loads and other network factors
As we can see from the above results
File operations were faster when there is no condition applied to the results and so the first impression we get is Files are faster than database but if you take the scenario into real time site then hardly there is any time you fetch all the records from the database and so for consideration we can ignore this.
Now applying a very simple condition where names start with 'A' and we see that the database operation is much faster than and practically similar operations are done more frequently on database where its database which is faster.
All the sites tend to follow WORM - write once read many and so the write operation in files is faster but again this operation is not that considerable speed.
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No doubt db.
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i still dont get the file and the database thing
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Database is more secure to use than files, I think.
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1. Database provides a structured way of arranging datas instead of storing in irregular way
2. Logical and physical grouping and faster retrieval are some of the major points to be noted in db.
3. Querying and easy manipulation of stored datas can be achieved.
Venkatesan Prabu. J
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I also think DB is more secure than files.
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Databases are better organized and utilize complex queries while flat file is just a file.
Databases are also faster.
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It basically depends on what you are doing, and how busy the hardware is - horses for courses. But usually we are complex animals, and databases rock for that...
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I also prefer database storage.
The rest of my application data is already in there. A database can have
better security, because it has its own permission and authentication
system, while file-based sessions often end up owned by "nobody", which
other users on a shared system can access.
I'm not so concerned about "faster", since databse storage is "fast
I think the only reason /not/ to use database storage is because the
database isn't be used for anything else. In that case, I would consider
file storage for simplicity.
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Faster at what? A database will almost certainly be faster than writing your own code to do everything done, because it will already be debugged and optimised.
But if you're trying to say that accessing the same data through a database is faster than reading the data directly from a file with stuff like fopen() fread() then you need your head examining. A database will need to lookup the index, work out which block it's in, setup read consistency, check for exclusive locks that would prevent you reading the data, and multitask that with all the other stuff that goes on. There's no way on this planet that database access will be quicker than simple file access.
You wouldn't choose a database just because you need to store some data, you would choose it for the features it provides and for the fact that you don't have to write all that code yourself. If you don't need a database then just bung everything in flat files and take the performance benefit.
> A database can have
better security, because it has its own permission and authentication
system, while file-based sessions often end up owned by "nobody"
Wrong. Who owns the database files? Security of the filesystem is not a reason to pick database over flat file storage; make sure the files are owned by the relevant people and standard OS security will do the job. On the other hand, if the database files are owned by "nobody" then you get exactly the same problem: anyone can do anything with those files. The fact that you don't know how to setup security on data files is not an argument for a database.
> Test with condition where names start with 'A'!
> Flat File time span to do the operation ==> 0.11205410957336 .
> Database time span to do the operation ==> 0.018458127975464 .
> Database operation was faster by 0.093596
You have to do same thing of course for the comparison to be meaningful. In the "names beginning with A" test where the database was faster, the non-database was hampered by the fact that it was doing a regexp comparison of "^a" on each record; that's going to be a hell of a lot slower than doing "if str[0]=='a'" which is basically all that a "like 'A%'" has to do, or maybe "like 'A%'" will do a strncmpi() or similar). The database part of it used "$r = mysql_query("Select f1 from t1 where f1 like 'a%'");" - like and eregi are completely different operations and I would suggest to be fair you should make the database do a regexp lookup instead and see how well it fares.
Also I think the test for writing to a database and file could be improved substantially. Most of the time is going to be taken in opening and closing the file in the file test, and connecting and disconnecting in the database test. Instead of writing a single record, write 1,000,000 and divide the resulting time by 1,000,000 to get a time per record instead; this will be a far more meaningful comparison. Also you could open the file and connect to the database FIRST, then start the timing, write the data, stop the timing, then close the file and disconnect, then the timings will only relate to the record write and not to all the other gubbins.
File access WILL be faster, no question, because except for in-memory databases, a database will have to get the data from a file anyway, plus all the other RDBMSy stuff it has to do. Of course, it's perfectly possible to write highly optimised code against the database and really bad code against the files, and the results will be skewed in favour of the database. That doesn't prove the database is faster, it only proves that crap code is slower than good code.
Also you'll need to run the benchmark test several times to eliminate caching effects. The first run will be skewed by the fact that everything has to be loaded from disk and subsequent runs will be more reliable.
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Database is a collection of data and its format is fixed.
Database can not access as fast as file the reason is first
user has require to connect with it.
As security purpose database is best option.
While File is in different format.
File access will be faster than the database.
The reason is that file is store in same memory.
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Databases are better organized and utilize complex queries while flat file is just a file.
Databases are also faster.File Management system is old system and time consuming also. And i also voted to Database.
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I think most of you need to retake your college programming classes. Flat file will always be faster then a database. Your comparing the output of a compiled language to that of an interpreted one. Not only does the file need to be read by the parser, it has to be checked for errors, turned to byte code and then to opcode for that system and then be executed. In this case a database is normally written in C or C++ and is compiled down already to machine code. It only needs to be loaded into memory and executed. If you wrote this in C it would more then double the flat file results. For php to show such results is fairly impressive but your implementation could be better to speed up the process in php. If it where coded better it would out perform it in all aspects simply because the number of operations it performs would be less regardless of the language it was written in. Your argument is flawed because you do not specify a specific language and arrogantly say that it is faster then flat file. In python, a language actually meant to do such things, it would be faster then the database. If you wrote the code better it would be faster in all areas in php. You have to take into account your using unneeded functions and process. Also php's stl is not the best written either.
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The Texas Tech volleyball team will be on the road today looking to halt a nine-match losing streak.
The Lady Raiders won their first Big 12 Conference match of the season Sept. 12, but haven't won since, and have been swept in their last four matches.
Tech will try to end the skid at Iowa State (12-8, 6-4). The Red Raiders are 4-4 against the Cyclones under head coach Nancy Todd.
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Raising kids who speak for the trees, part 2: Adults, get outside.Meagan Francis
This is the second post in a sponsored series I'm taking part in this week – details at the end!
I have a very clear memory of playing in the sprinkler in my neighbor's front yard when I was about eight, as my mom and the neighbor sipped lemonade on the porch, chatted, and wondered at our boundless energy. It was about 2:00 PM in the middle of a weekday.
This was a common occurrence when I was a kid – the kids playing and exploring while the grown-ups did their own thing outdoors – sometimes weeding, sometimes just sitting and talking.
In the totally amazing, inspiring and paradigm-shifting book Last Child In The Woods, author Richard Louv quotes a parent on the differences between today's generation of kids and previous generations:
"Something else was different when we were young: our parents were outdoors. I'm not saying they were joining health clubs and things of that sort, but they were out of the house, out on the porch, talking to neighbors."
Point taken. As a work-at-home mom who makes my living on the computer, I'm definitely inside more than I am out – even on some lovely summer days. In fact, I can't remember the last time I saw anyone under the age of 60 sitting on their porches or in their yards in the middle of the day in my neighborhood – and I live in an area with a lot of kids and a fair number of stay-at-home parents. Even on weekends and in the evenings, a lot of people just aren't out.
We feel more pressure to do, do, do than our parents did; whether it's working, playing with our kids, or driving them to an activity. Like a lot of adults my age, I go outside when I feel like I have a purpose out there, like cleaning the garage or tending a garden. But when the work's all done, I'm likely to head back inside, where there's more "stuff to do."
Because doesn't it always feel like there's stuff to do, somewhere? (Usually wherever the computer is.) The result is that we're inside a lot more than we should be – and our kids follow our example. After all, if we never seem to want to go out, why would they?
In my last post about nature, I made an assertion: that if we're going to get our kids to speak for the trees – to protect the environment and natural spaces – we first, as the Once-ler in the Lorax said, have to get them to care. A whole awful lot. After all, kids can't care about something they never knew they missed in the first place.
So how do we do that? Well, one crucial way is for parents to model enjoying, using, and living in nature. You know – to go outside. Not just to entertain the kids. Not always with an agenda. But just to be there. And I know it's something I have to make more of an intentional effort to do.
Maybe it'll mean just hanging out in my front yard with a book and a friendly smile for any neighbors who might want to follow suit. Maybe I'll take up knitting or something else that keeps my hands busy while I watch my daughter dig in the dirt and the boys ride their bikes up and down the sidewalk. And okay, occasionally I might be sitting out there with my laptop, firing off emails while the kids run in the sprinkler.
But one thing is certain: it's not always enough to say "Kids, go play outside." To really get them to care – a whole awful lot – about nature, we have to show them we care, too.
And that starts, in part, with just going out: to work, to play, or just to sit and breathe the fresh air.
How will you set aside time to simply be outside with your kids?
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Test of Courage: The Making of a Firefighter is an intimate portrait of young men and women from ethnically and economically diverse backgrounds who must compete to become firefighters in Oakland, California. As they meet the intense daily pressures of saving lives, these young heroes not only test their courage, they are challenged to navigate cultural divides and to trust one another.
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- Bryan L. Schriner, 19, of Oak Grove Road, Salineville, was cited for failure to yield and no driver's license after a two-vehicle accident at 10:46 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of South Lincoln Avenue and East Pidgeon Road, near Circle K West. Schriner's northbound 1993 Oldsmobile Bravada on South Lincoln Avenue attempted to turn left onto East Pidgeon Road and was struck by a southbound Chevy Cavalier driven by Jeffrey Hochmann, 55, of state Route 164, Lisbon. Both vehicles had the green light. All involved sought medical attention. Police, the fire department and EMT Ambulance all responded to the scene.
- A resident in the 100 block of Apple Street reported at 12:19 p.m. Wednesday that she received a threatening email from a person she did not know. Upon further checking, it was found the email was a scam and an attempt to scare the person into giving money to secure their safety from the person sending the email.
- At 1:29 p.m. Thursday, an anonymous person brought in a large set of keys found on Cunningham Road near Home Depot. The keys were placed in dispatch in case the owner calls looking for them.
- Police responded at 4:25 a.m. Thursday to Aetna Street just east of South Broadway Avenue for a report of a suspicious van parked on the wrong side of the road. The unoccupied full-size passenger van had fresh front-end damage and was leaking fluids and towed from the scene. The owner showed up and said he struck a deer on state Route 14 just west of the U.S. Route 62/state Route 45 bypass. Perry Township Police found a deceased deer at a spot just inside Goshen Township and the owner was told to contact Goshen Police to make an accident report.
- Police on patrol at 3:07 a.m. Thursday saw two people acting suspiciously in the area of Circle K East on State Street, stopped and identified them and sent them on their way.
- A man reported at 1:14 a.m. Thursday that a female known to him took property from his parents' residence on Conser Drive. Since it occurred in Perry Township, he was referred to that police department.
- An officer responded at 12:51 a.m. Thursday to a property in the 1500 block of Shady Lane where a person requested to speak with an officer regarding a family member. Options were provided.
- A possible gun shot was reported at 12:04 a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of East Fourth Street. Nothing was found or heard.
- An anonymous caller at 8:03 p.m. Wednesday reported two motorcycles being driven recklessly on Newgarden Avenue. None were found.
- Police were called at 7:34 p.m. Wednesday to the 2400 block of East State Street for an irate person at a business. An officer found there was an argument between a ex-boyfriend and girlfriend, with no violence or criminal acts taking place.
- A anonymous person arrived at the police department Wednesday regarding a recent theft at Salem Chrysler Jeep Dodge. The information will be passed on to the detective.
- Police responded to the 300 block of Park Avenue at 3:23 p.m. Wednesday for a child custody dispute where the father said his ex-wife was not answering the door and was not returning the child as scheduled. He was told to contact his attorney after officers couldn't get anyone to respond to the door.
- A residential alarm was checked at 3:06 p.m. Wednesday on Pearce Circle where a door was found open and the interior checked. A keyholder arrived and spoke with the alarm company.
- Police were called at 2:43 p.m. Wednesday to the Memorial Building, 785 E. State St., where a woman said she was working the desk on the first floor of the building and placed her change purse on the desk and someone took the change purse. It contained 75 cents and a ring.
- A clerk at Smith Oil, 968 E. State St., reported at 2:01 p.m. Wednesday that a female failed to pay for $9.43 worth of gas. The driver was contacted by police and said she would return to pay the amount owed.
- An anonymous caller at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday reported a man and his family standing at Walmart, 2875 E. State St., holding a sign in reference to him needing a job. The business had not complained, so he was not made to leave but was told to stay off of the street and to not interfere with traffic.
- A South Main Street woman reported receiving 11 unwanted messages on her phone at 9:49 a.m. Wednesday.
- A South Cross Street woman reported at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday a neighbor's dog was barking.
- Someone reported at 1 p.m. Wednesday a customer was being disorderly with the utilities clerk over their power being shut off. Police diffused the situation.
- A Beiling Veterinary employee reported at 1:41 p.m. Wednesday people were soliciting their business on East Park, selling advertising for school event calendars. Police verified the people were in no way affiliated with the schools.
- A Canterbury Court woman reported at 2:41 p.m. Wednesday someone stole dry cleaning from her porch.
- A resident reported at 7 p.m. Wednesday people were trying to sell steaks from their vehicle, a light gray Chevy Venture, and acting suspicious. Police checked the area but did not find the vehicle.
- A Prospect Street man reported a group of kids were banging on his door and throwing rocks at 10:28 p.m. Wednesday.
- Police were called to a home on East Lincoln Way after someone could hear yelling and a baby crying at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Police warned the residents.
- A resident reported at 4:34 p.m. Wednesday his girlfriend was at the park when a man he knows began making crude comments before exposing himself. Police checked the park but did not find anyone about.
- A person reported there was someone at the county fairgrounds shooting groundhogs at 6:49 p.m. Wednesday. The license plate of the person's pickup truck came back to a person by the name of Flugan, and fair officials said they would take care of the situation.


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Not officially announced by MTV, the 20-year-old offered an emotionally charged performance of an unreleased song midway through Sunday's telecast.
Her surprise performance began with video clips of last year's infamous stage-crashing, and though West was never officially named, the song's lyrics all but made overt references to him. "Some things you can't speak of," she sang, "but tonight you live it all again."
Rising from her chair – in a Gothic living room tableau – Swift walked, barefoot, into the center of the stage as the song swelled. "You have new Septembers," she sang. "Everyone one of us has messed up, too."
Seemingly reassuring herself, Swift sang, "It's all right, just wait and see. Your string of lights is still bright to me. You're still an innocent."
When the anthem concluded, the singer was rewarded with a standing ovation. West, who is scheduled to close Sunday's telecast, was not seen during the performance.
The unnamed song is set to appear on Swift's third album, Speak Now, due Oct. 25.
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Siri Revealed! Atlanta-Area Woman Says She's the U.S. Voice of iPhone
She looks up directions, phone numbers, restaurants and answers some of your most mundane questions, a faceless techno-helpmate responding from your iPhone.
Now, the woman who is the original voice behind Apple's Siri has been revealed.
Susan Bennett, a suburban Atlanta voiceover talent, laid down the voice tracks about eight years ago, not knowing that they would one day be used for Apple's voice-activated virtual assistant, named Siri, CNN reports.
But when the pioneering technology company introduced its iPhone 4S model in October 2011, friends reached out to Bennett to query if indeed that wasn't her voice.
Bennett, who has done loads of voice-recording work since the 1970s, wrestled for a long time before revealing her Siri identity, uncertain about the attention it would bring. But other Siris in Australia and the U.K. have stepped up to divulge that it's their voices, so Bennett decided to also come clean about her historic role in mobile phone technology.
Her decision to out herself was helped along last month when a tech news site, The Verge, posted a video featuring a voice that some thought was Siri. But it was the work of voiceover artist Allison Dufty. On her own website, Dufty later said a "Siri-ous mistake" had been made.
That, Bennett told CNN, was the moment she decided to come forward.
"I really had to weigh the importance of it for me personally," she said. "I wasn't sure I wanted the notoriety and I also wasn't sure where I stood legally. And so, consequently, I was very conservative about it for a long time."
Although Apple would not confirm Bennett as Siri, CNN voice experts analyzed the recordings and confirmed she is indeed a likely match.
Some have suggested that the Siri voice has a bit of sass. Bennett said the hint of "attitude" phone users pick up on came from her reading nonsense phrases for up to four hours at a time, a bit taxing.
"There are people who can read hour upon hour and it's not a problem. For me I get extremely bored," she said of the inflections. "Those sounds might have been recorded the last 15 minutes of those four hours."
Alas, Bennett's reign as Siri is coming to an end. Apple's new mobile operating system, iOS 7, features new Siri voices, according to CNN.


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Some easy weekend readin' . . .
Just in case you're the type of gal / guy who likes to spend their weekend at their computer, coffee at one elbow and iPhone at the other, rarely leaving the house or seeing the sun. Or, y'know, in case …
Just in case you're the type of gal / guy who likes to spend their weekend at their computer, coffee at one elbow and iPhone at the other, rarely leaving the house or seeing the sun. Or, y'know, in case it rains! Here's some weekend reading to keep your appetite for new information sated!
Fashion Etc. has put together a seriously peep-worthy selection of Condé Nast staffers' salaries. It might just be me, but I always thought Vogue staff would earn more. Then again, that's not counting any freebies or job "perks". Press discounts are a very real thing, and in some cases, you're not even expected to put your hand in your wallet. It's a tough life!
I answered a few questions for Lorna of StyleIsle about my inspiration, my ambition, my life in fashion . . . I was afraid I'd come off like a bit of a w**ker (and maybe I did!) but I'm hoping it came across as being honest and, above all, realistic. I'm always happy to talk about where I am, how I got here and where I'm going, so feel free to ask at any stage if you want more info! This is a new feature of Lorna's so I'm excited to see who's coming next.
Speaking of interviews, Angela Scanlon answered a few questions for Metro UK about her style, make-up and fashion regrets. Watch out for some Miss Piggy, a mention of the hakka and a dungaree-related confession!
I met Victoria Beckham - and Harper! – on Wednesday (yes, yes, back to me) and wrote a bit of a tome about it for the blog. You can catch up on your Beckham before reading Deirdre McQuillan's interview with the style icon in tomorrow's Saturday Magazine (free with The Irish Times!).
The National Eating Disorder Information Centre has come up with some seriously original advertising; Fashion Foie Gras writes about the revolutionary statement of asking passersby to "shed their weight problem" by binning their women's glossy magazines. Do you think magazines are largely to blame for eating disorders? Weigh in (sorry, couldn't resist!) on the debate over at FFG.
The news that Dr Martens – remember when I went on a tour of their UK factory? – has seen its bestselling season ever, in the midst of the worst recession in (most people's) living memory comes as no big surprise to me. The brand has been doing some really clever things, and I'm not just talking about sucking up to bloggers: Liberty prints, rehashing old designs and getting Agyness Deyn on board, to name but a few.
Phew! Read anything you found interesting this week? Let me know in the comments and have a great weekend, whatever you do with it.


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This is my mothers word, it means to be nosey, pushy and a general pain in the ass. It sometimes means having an attitude the size of montana on your shoulders and projecting that all over the place. Generally this is not a nice thing but can be used in a nice context.
Oh he's being such a noodge!
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(verb) To nag or annoy someone, especially in order to motivate them to do something. (noun) Someone who does this.
I hate to be a noodge, but you're going to have to do some work today.
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Someone who will not go anywhere fun, or do anything fun and, in general, rejects all fun things. He or she prefers to sit home.
Mom: Dad, lets go on a trip! Dad: No. Mom: You're being a noodge.
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For Musselman, it was in 1949. For Washington, it was 2007. For Spring Mills, 2013 saw the Cardinals become the new school on the block, and athletic director Dan Comer couldn't be prouder of what the program has already become and where it's going.
"We're awfully proud because it's tough. I haven't seen our kids quit. They and the coaches have hung in there, and that's what I'm proud of," Comer said. "Mr. (Marc) Arvon, our principal, we've kind of had a saying that we want to be classy."
The student-athletes and student section at Spring Mills have continued to support the program, which will continue to grow after overcoming the first few obstacles this year.
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Jaylyn Copeland of Spring Mills puts up a shot during a game against Martinsburg. Athletes for the Cardinals are in their first year of competiton, as the school opened last fall. (Journal file photo by Ron Agnir)
"A lot of that credit goes to the coaches. It's frustrating, yes, because everybody wants to win," Comer said, focusing on the little victories. "It's different for a casual bystander to see what we're dealing with. People that are close to the program have taken the approach we're going to make progress.
"And I've seen that."
To encourage participation at the new school, Comer visited Hedgesville, Martinsburg and the feeder middle schools during the 2012-13 school year. Once coaches were hired, they made the visits with the athletic director.
"We put forth pretty much a little seminar anytime we had an opportunity to get in front of the kids and meet with them," Comer said.
He thinks creating that familiarity encouraged students to participate in extracurricular activities in addition to the great boosters program Spring Mills has formed.
"Taking the middle of the road," Comer said, "some of our programs had really good participation."
He was happy with the number of students he saw go out for volleyball, football, girls soccer, cross country and golf. The other sports he just sees as areas where the Cardinals can improve.
Many of the other athletic directors know Spring Mills will be a big impact in local sports soon enough.
It wasn't long ago when Washington was in almost the exact same position - new school, new team, new coaches. Now, a few years later, the Patriots have found some regular-season and postseason success.
Knowing what it goes into filling teams for each season at a still somewhat new school, Washington athletic director Mark Murphy feels the pain of Spring Mills.
"You really just have to, for lack of better words, take your lumps. You've got to be patient with it and keep encouraging you kids," Murphy said.
With a bigger pool to draw from and some already good athletes, Murphy thinks Spring Mills will be more than fine, though.
"They will probably be on a faster track than Washington. They've got great facilities. They've put together a great coaching staff," he said.
Martinsburg athletic director Greg Reed agreed that it will just take time for Spring Mills, and before long, the Cardinals will be doing great.
"Just be patient, and let it grow," he said.
Reed expects Spring Mills to have a lot of good athletes as the area continues to boom population-wise.
"Once you get to the third year, I think you'll see Spring Mills grow into some competitive sports teams," Reed said.
For Hedgesville athletic director Ron Allen, the Cardinals' short-term success depends on a few things: the athletes already there and how well they perform.
"Tell the kids that are out there to keep working hard and don't give up," Allen said. "It's just a matter of them getting some wins and a litter bit of confidence."
Before long, Spring Mills will be competing with the area teams like it's been around for decades.
"They've got a lot of young coaches, and it's going to be interesting," Allen said.
Walking into the Cardinals Nation, the modernity of the new school has you thinking that it would be hard to fail with those kinds of facilities at your disposal.
That's why Comer warns his athletes not to get complacent just because of what they have.
"We can't allow just the fact we have a nice facility, we can't let that define us," he said.
With the hard work the Cardinals have put in already this school year, it's clear they are working hard to make a name for themselves, and Comer is confident in what the student-athletes have accomplished so far.
"We not only started with brand new teams but everything. We had a brand new everything," he said, noting some teams had to find different practice areas because not all the complexes were ready when school began.
"One of the comforting things for me is we don't have to worry about that next year," he laughed.
Comer knows with time the programs will mature along with his athletes and they will soon become just another member of the group instead of the new school.


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Sony PSP Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Pack - PlayStation Portable/PSP-3000 Console, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker UMD Video Game, Downloadable Movie Voucher, 2GB Memory Stick, ESRB: TItem#: S171-3060 | Model#: 98920
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Sony PSP Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Pack
Hideo Kojima, the father of all stealth action games, has created Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker exclusively for the PSP system. Telling the story of Naked Snake creeping through Columbia during the depths of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Konami crafts one of the deepest PSP system games ever. The only thing you need to enjoy it, is A PSP-3000 system. The Sony PSP Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Pack includes just that and much more. The Spirited Green PSP-3000 system included in this pack features a 4.3 LCD screen that perfectly displays acclaimed art and enhances new gameplay features and classic stealth moves. To complete the package, a 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo is thrown in that can hold TV shows, movies, games and other good stuff downloadable from PlayStation Store. Youll also get a PlayStation Network Movie Voucher and everything you need to get started with your PSP-3000: an AC power cord, AC adaptor and a battery pack.
This Pack Includes:
- PSP-3000 system (Spirited Green)
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker UMD Video Game
- Downloadable Movie PSN Voucher
- 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
- AC Power Cord
- AC Adaptor
- Battery Pack
Sony PlayStation Portable/PSP-3000 Handled System
The Sony Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Pack includes the latest PlayStation Portable revision, the PSP-3000, which has everything the older PSPs had but now includes a built-in microphone, which lets you take advantage of voice features in some games as well as the PSP's built-in Skype functionality without having to use a headset. This PSP-3000 comes in a sleek Spirited Green scheme and also includes an improved anti-reflective 4.3-inch wide screen display that offers higher contrast and clearer visibility in well-lit places and can even be used outdoors.
The PSP was designed to handle all varieties of applications and entertainment from music, video, communication, wireless networking, and, of course, gaming. Users will enjoy top-notch 3D games with high-quality, full-motion video, and high-fidelity audio. If you prefer, you can also connect your PSP to your TV. The PSP utilizes the Universal Media Disc (UMD) for a storage medium, each of which holds 1.8 GB of game or movie data. When you just want to sit back and enjoy a movie or listen to your music collection on a long trip, the PSP has you covered. With the ability to play MP3, WAV, WMA, ATRAC3+, and MP4 files, you can easily use your PSP as a media player. Simply place your music or movie on the included 2GB Memory Stick Duo, and you can navigate your collection using the PSP's XMB (XrossMediaBar) to select your choice.
What It Is And Why You Need It:
- Features a brilliant 4.3-inch widescreen color display
- Has a built-in microphone for use with Skype or Some Multiplayer Games
- Lets you look at photos, listen to music, and watch videos and movies on the go
- Has built-in Wi-Fi for multiplayer gaming action and connecting to the Internet
- AC Power Cord
- AC Adapter
- Battery Pack
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for PSP is a tactical-stealth-action game based around mission based gameplay. Play in single player mode begins with a tutorial in which players square off against Snake himself which serves as a way to familiarize themselves with a control scheme that provides changes as well as improvements over those featured in earlier MGS titles for PSP. These cover both weapons and hand-to-hand combat. In addition, players also gain experience using the controls to chain together moves for maximum impact. Along with a deep single player mode Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker contains exceptional multiplayer co-op functionality. Co-op action is facilitated via the PSP's local wireless ad-hoc connection and features different types of missions. Missions more dependent on stealth are limited to two-player games, while others--for example, boss battles--are meant for games of up to four players.
What It Is and Why You Need It:
- Peace Walker is the first title on the PSP system in which mastermind Hideo Kojima has fully taken up the reigns to direct, write, and design the game himself.
- Fans of the series will enjoy the exhilaration of familiar stealth elements of previous MGS titles and will also be enticed by the new gameplay features making their debut in Peace Walker
- Peace Walker provides up to 4-player co-op gameplay, which is a revolutionary first for the series that introduces the all-new Co-op Ring and "Snake Formation."
- Replaying missions in Peace Walker earns players new stuff and unlockables for Snake that can potentially change your experience.
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While charting a potential bullish scenario for commodities in NFTRH 213, I became distracted by thoughts of the deflationary mindset that has been cooked up since 'Bond King' Bill Gross tugged on Superman's cape in the spring of 2011 by announcing his short positions against long-term US Treasury bonds, which was in essence a bet that the monthly EMA 100 boundary (red line, chart below) that had been in force for decades would be broken this time.
Sorry Bill, the inflation cycle into that time frame blew out right on your signal.
For reference, here is our favorite big picture chart once again; the 'Continuum' AKA the monthly view of the 30 year T bond yield.
As the 100 month exponential moving average was approached once again in spring of 2011, the inflationary noise became hysterical. Commodities topped out, the Euro crisis kicked off and European and US policy makers came into play in intense fashion.
Unfortunately for inflation boosters, policy came with an ingenious sanitization aspect to it, with the US Fed discriminating between T bond durations in its buys and sells. Europe's ECB even tried some sanitizing of its own. There is no inflation! Ha ha ha… For reference, the chart above shows the spread between 30 and 2 year T bond yields (shaded areas) AKA the Yield Curve that has been held in check, thereby holding gold in check as well.
Since we're using favorite macro charts in this post, let's pop up another one.
Gold follows the yield curve and the yield curve has been managed by Operation Twist. End of story.
But what is important now? Anyone? Beuller? Yes… what is important now is where we are going, not where we have been. Thus, on the subject of inflation and inflationary signals, here is the 'interlude' that popped up in the middle NFTRH 213…
Macro Geek Interlude (NFTRH 213 excerpt)
The market is getting dangerous ("getting dangerous" Gary? We thought it got dangerous in 2001, or 2007 at least) because the Fed is heavily in play now. Asset markets and the economy are sending signals that the inflation to date is not taking hold. Not in jobs, not in the US stock market (which has stopped going up), not in commodities and not in… precious metals.
So we are back again to Operation Twist and the yield curve. If not for this inflation signal dampening manipulation NFTRH would be going full frontal deflationist now because the inflationary signals are just not there and have not been there since the yield curve operation began. That is not because assets are not going up, but because money supply is not going up. That's a deflationary backdrop folks. Except that money supply is not going up (at least in large part) because the Fed - as it has repeatedly and officially announced - is sanitizing its long-term T bond purchases with sales of equal amounts of short-term bonds. Otherwise, money supply would be going up.
Now we consider that Twist is scheduled to end next month, whether by official decision or a due to a lack of supply of short-term bonds to sell. My guess is it is both. Some think that officials conveniently wanted gold to be held in check through the election. I do not disagree with them.
So if the Fed is going to let Twist terminate, and if they are going to continue to purchase T bonds, and if they are going to maintain ZIRP until 2015, and if they are going to continue MBS purchases, the adjusted money supply is likely to rise.
We will only know if a real deflation is fomenting if they stop meddling with the yield curve, flat out inflate and still the money supply does not rise. Then everybody out of the toxic pool - and I mean out of everything other than physical gold as suits individual needs - and sit happily in cash as we await Prechter's amazing buying opportunity, which would come at pennies on today's dollar.
Until then, deflation has not proven a thing because the appearance of deflationary signals has thus far come with the aid of yield curve and money supply suppression.
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Why do some people think the Fed has to try to inflate (to infinity)? Well for one, this chart of the cyclical metal with the Ph.D. in economics vs. the barbarous relic (Cu-Au) shows that if gold has done poorly since Bill Gross inadvertently announced that T Bond yields were about to decline, then copper has done worse. Indeed, the previously inflation-boosted economy has been in trouble since 2006. This is a terrible picture for the economy.
So is the Fed likely to continue trying to dampen inflation expectations or… promote them going forward? Do they have a choice?
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Last week I became a mother of a kindergartener — a trendy one. She walked into school super proud because she was toting the backpack and lunchbox she had so passionately selected all on her own. The backpack is basically a walking billboard of Merida, her favorite Disney Princess these days, and the star of the summer's blockbuster movie Brave. The lunchbox features a fashionable Barbie amidst a sea of hot pink, a color difficult to escape in the aisles of products geared towards tweens and young girls.
Contrary to the trend the New York Times reported this week that a large number of people are delaying their back-to-school purchases until after school starts to find out what's trendy first, I bought my girl her two most important back-to-school purchases six weeks ago — the lunchbox and the backpack.
I have to admit that while we don't fall within the group that waited until after back-to-school season to buy essentials, we do fall within those that think about trends and fitting in. In fact, I bought that backpack and lunchbox six weeks before school started because there was a nice deal on them, but mostly because I didn't want the Merida backpacks to run out and then have my girl miss out on it. I'm admitting this because I hadn't realized the impulse behind that purchase until I read the NYT article. Seriously, I'm always the one buying the birthday party gifts 30 minutes before the party and wrapping it in the car! I don't plan purchases, but I hurried to make sure my girl had not only what she needed, but what she thought she really wanted.
As I was driving her to school this morning, she started babbling to me about how no one else in her class had the Merida backpack, but another girl in another class had the Barbie lunchbox and she didn't want them to get messed up. She's five. She notices these things, a lot.
The conversation got me thinking that she already has the following-the-trends gene wired into her being. I was the type of girl who always wanted to wear the latest and hottest jeans and sneakers brands in the 80's. Yeah, we are talking Jordache, Gloria Vanderbilt and Guess days. I was fully aware of which were the coolest hairstyles (two perms in my teens…and I have naturally wavy hair already!), and which colors were in season in the U.S. so I could be a trend-setter in El Salvador, where I grew up. This, of course, also meant that I would get a new Trapper Keeper every single summer when I went to visit my dad in Houston, and my stereo was always blasting the music I had recorded during my stay and no one had even heard of yet back home.
Now, looking down the linage of women in my family, the trend gene lives in us.
But now I'm 40 and have no time for trends, but my girl does. As much as I don't want her to be a spoiled only child, I have a hard time not indulging her love for the trends she sees. It doesn't mean I buy her just to buy, it means that I have no problem allowing her to add color and fun to her life by letting her choose any trend she gravitates to with the items she does need to have anyways.
Maybe next year we won't be amongst the mere 47.8 percent of parents with school-age children reported by the National Retail Federation to have done their back-to-school shopping before classes started. It seems like my girl is quickly acquiring a nose for trends, paired with a very decisive attitude, that will surely mean she'll know what she wants.
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In human anatomy, the brachial veins are venae comitantes of the brachial artery in the arm proper. Because they are deep to muscle, they are considered deep veins. Their course is that of the brachial artery (in reverse): they begin where radial veins and ulnar veins join (corresponding to the bifurcation of the brachial artery). They end at the inferior border of the teres major muscle. At this point, the brachial veins join the basilic vein to form the axillary vein.
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Eunuchus (161 BCE) was said to be Terence's most successful play and earned him (or its producer) unprecedented revenues. The play debuted at the annual Megalensian festival in honor of Cybele or the Magna Mater ("The Great Mother"), an eastern goddess worshipped in Rome beginning in 204 BCE. Cybele's exotic cult featured ecstatic rites and eunuch priests who wore women's clothing. A play such as Terence's, in which a character (Chaerea) impersonates a eunuch in a "flashy outfit" (683) to gain access to a girl (Pamphila), thus held special relevance in its original festival context. Eunuchus, with its themes of transvestitism, gender-bending, and sexuality in general also continues to attract …
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I was at the library the other day with my boys (at 2 and 4, they're now into books on bugs, dinosaurs, and, yes, birds!). They're running around the library's plaza afterward, chasing the pigeons around. Normally I would say something along the lines of, "Boys leave the birds alone, please." However, these pigeons looked rather plump, no doubt from a bounty of bread crumbs tossed their way, so I thought a little exercise would do them good. There was one that stood out from the crowd, a smaller, white pigeon. At first I thought it was simply a random genetic mutation. But then my bird instincts kicked in. There was no way this pigeon was part of the flock. Aside from the fact that it was way smaller, it also was a little distanced from the rest.
I asked my husband to hold the kids back so I could get a closer look without the birds taking flight. Sure enough there were not one but two leg bands, one on each leg. Not too long ago, I read a "Dear Abbey" column about dove releases at weddings, funerals and other formal occasions. Readers responded to a previously printed letter that called such releases cruel, that the birds were left to fend for themselves. A professional who did bird releases wrote a reply saying that doves aren't the ones actually releases. Petite white doves are shown in decorative cages, but when it comes to the actual release, larger white homing pigeons are substituted, and those in attendance apparently are none the wiser by the switch. The person pointed out that a responsible bird release company only uses homing pigeons, which then fly back safely to their homing loft.
So, back at the library, I felt compelled to find out this bird's story. He had a blue band on one leg. I tried to get closer, but with each attempt, he flittered to the opposite end of the plaza. My brief illusion that I would catch this pigeon, take him in and either locate his loft or create a magnificent pigeon coop in my own backyard was soon tempered by the fact that this bird wasn't one to step up upon request, and hello … I don't carry around a net in anticipation of catching wayward pigeons. Nevertheless, I tried one more pigeon call, "coo, coo, coo," which, much to my embarrassment, caught the attention of a mom's playgroup. The pigeon paused briefly before doing an about face and waddling off in the opposite direction. I left hoping that maybe he was taking a walk on the wild side before flying home to his loft, perhaps with or story or two to tell his flock.
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The library at Rancho Pico Junior High will be getting some new books - $1,500 worth to be exact - thanks to a young lady and a horse named "Perfect Summer Day."
Rancho Pico eighth grader Ashlyn Matheus entered the Riding for Reading competition at a benefit horse show Sept. 1 at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. The unique program allows riders from first through 12th grade to represent their schools and win grant money for their school's library.
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Ashlyn started riding competitively after receiving riding lessons for her birthday a few years ago. She loved the lessons, and now she practices four to five days a week, for about two and a half hours at a time.
With sports like football and basketball getting the most attention at United States schools, many young equestrians go unnoticed by their fellow athletes she said. The Riding for Reading program provides grants for school libraries and places young riders in the school spotlight where they receive the much-deserved recognition for their achievements.
Ashlyn is happy that she was able to use her riding skills to make a difference at her school. Rancho Pico is one of the newest schools in the William S. Hart Union High School District and is still in the process of building up its library.
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Existing in this world is about being present with a purpose. Our aim should be to create and not destroy as through negative feelings we often end up finishing things which are really ours. If our faith was firm in the moments of our weakness then we probably would have still had those things which we ended up losing. Trusting your feelings, believing in family and last but not least your friends can only benefit in a positive way. Difficult times do come and go but life does not end so easily. If we try then things can begin again since life is not so cheap that you just kill yourself. In my own life I have had many reasons to just die though I did not take shortcut of ending my life. My decision was to remain alive and see I am writing my feelings to let my thoughts be known.
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