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When making purchase decisions, affluent online consumers are using social media channels to share their own customer-service experiences and learn about those of others, according to a new study from the Society for New Communications Research.
Some 59% of respondents to a survey said they use social media to "vent" about a customer-care experience.
More than 300 consumers who are active internet users participated in the survey, sponsored by Nuance Communications, focusing on how customer care influences brand reputation in light of the quickly growing adoption of social media.
Other key findings from the report, "Exploring the Link Between Customer Care and Brand Reputation in the Age of Social Media," include the following:
Dell and Amazon were cited more often than any other company when asked which types of companies have done the best job in using social media to respond to customer care issues.
As for industry segments, technology, retail, and travel companies were reported as doing the best job, while utilities, healthcare, and insurance were least likely to receive positive endorsements.
"[T]here is a growing group of highly desirable consumers using social media to research companies: 25- 55-years-old, college-educated, earning $100,000+ – a very powerful group in terms of buying behavior," said Dr. Ganim Nora Barnes, senior fellow, Society for New Communications Research.
"These most savvy and sought-after consumers will not support companies with poor customer care reputations, and they will talk about all of this openly with others via multiple online vehicles. This research should serve as a wake-up call to companies: listen, respond, and improve."
About the study: The team of SNCR research fellows who conducted the study included Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes, John Cass, Susan Getgood, Paul Gillin, and Francois Gossieaux, working in conjunction with TWI Surveys, Inc. The final results will be highlighted in the Society's Journal of New Communications Research and published in a full report later this year.
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How-To Geek
Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization, also known as SEO, is a branch of marketing research that focuses on helping websites to appear as high as possible in a search engine's rankings. The goal, if all goes as planned, is to help a website appear within the first or second page of results provided by a search engine, thus greatly increasing the traffic to, and popularity of, the website in question.
Examples of the strategies used by Search Engine Optimization include: making it as easy as possible for search engines to find and index a website, the use of specific, carefully chosen Meta Tags such as 'keywords' and a 'description' within the HTML code for the website, targeting multiple kinds of search results at the same time (i.e. images, news, academic, etc.), the use of select keywords placed within the textual part of a website's pages and the placement (location) of those keywords on said pages, and promoting websites to increase the number of backlinks (a.k.a inbound links).
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Fiona Apple Performs At The Hard Rock Hotel And Casino [PHOTOS]
Fiona Apple is a continuing Tidal wave of talent.
Amongst songwriting seductress', Fiona Apple may be the last woman standing. Drawing inspiration from iconic, Lilith artists, such as Joni Mitchell and Carole King, Apple has built a musical career upon the firm foundation of honesty and ingenuity. Her new album, The Idler Wheel, is no different.
Beginning with her debut single, "Every Single Night," Apple radiates passion that infuses itself into her wine-soaked vocals, as intense and dark as a glass of Merlot. Numerous fortunate concert goers were able to witness her spell of preciosity, while she performed live at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Fiona makes it pronounced in every performance to show the importance of nonconformity, an emphasis on turning our creativity into a means of personal redemption.
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how to get into foster and partners anyone?
I may be wrong, but I am pretty-sure their office front door is a good place to start
Produce better work than the thousands of other highly talented architects trying to get their foot in their door. xD
If you're living in the UK with a visa - pretty easy if your good as they hire boat loads all the time - but if in India, looking to get sponsored, pretty hard - no chance as there as so many archs in the uk already. UK gov has tightened up visas -
Unless fosters is doing a project in India not certain you stand a chance.
Better off if you're qualified, come to the UK and do a 1 year MA. And then knock very hard and continuously on the door.
And foster's projects are so generically banal and corporate, you should really set you bar a bit higher, mate.
Apply, interview, work.
They have like 2k employees, it can't be that hard to get a job there.
Is this a trick question? Apply like anywhere else. Except for certain direct recruitment happening out of whatever school one of the practice principals may be teaching at the moment, there's no secret recipe to getting a job at one of the "big" names, like F+P. You apply. If your experience and salary fit what is needed at the moment you will get a job. If you enjoy the starchitect vibe around you and you don't screw up badly, you will stay. Possibly you will even have a career of sorts. Otherwise you will do what so many others have done and work there for a couple of years and then move on. Simple as that.
why the hell would you want to do that
Its very telling how many people are critical of your desire to even try to get a job with them. There are thousands of other firms that produce just as sterile corporate work, and you wont have to race against thousands to get a job with them.
I got through the intern criteria ,but they take there interns from November,Now iam placed in India only for sometime
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text: This recipe is a perfect and easy pizza for cold winter nights! The roasted vegetables are a mix of red potatoes, butternut squash, onions and carrots baked in the oven until tender. The mozzarella and ricotta go very well with the veggies. The vegetables are seasoned simply with fresh rosemary and garlic. I like to pre-bake the pizza dough crust before adding any of the other ingredients just to ensure that the crust is cooked through and not too soggy. I really liked how all the veggies worked so well together so I will definitely be having this again sometime!


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Here is a great website where U choose the state your handgun permit was issued, and it shows you a U.S. map of what other states you can carry in!
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Here is a great website where U choose the state your handgun permit was issued, and it shows you a U.S. map of what other states you can carry in!
The owner of this site was formerly with packing.org, got tired of the BS over there, and started his own site. This is the very best site on the web for gun law information, bar none.
Here's my CCW map, showing the states that honor Montana's permit.
Hey Captain Crunch. I have the exact same map in my wallet and also a copy of Montana CCW laws.
Thank you for the kind words about Handgunlaw.us. After cataloging CCW info for all the states for over 8 years I know that Handgunlaw.us. is the best site for CCW info on the net.
I do invite everyone to come to Handgunlaw.us. and explore the site. There is a wealth of info there. If you take your time and explore the site you will find information you never thought was contained in one place.
Steve Aikens and I are glad you like the site and will continue to give those who carry firearms legally for self defense a place to find the up to date information they need.
Awsome site!
Captain Crunch ! Nice to see another Montanan here.
I would like to know why you have a copy of the CCW in your wallet when the state licensing laws are not even valid.
that's a great site. does this mean that i don't need to get any sort of special permission to carry in the states that honor my lisc?
You may want to upgrade your map Capt. Crunch because I see errors.
I could drive from VA to New Mexico and never leave a reciprocity state. Interesting.
Is it illegal to CCW in a Federal Park?
and for those that prefer state acronyms, a different format, or to compare the reciprocity of all the states more effectively, there's this cool pdf
Nice sight. Saved for future travels.
Great tech.
I've always wondered why I couldn't drive through SC to see my parents in NC?
I understand why I can't go to NY.
Is packing.org the one that bans you for talking about .380's for self defense? I got banned from some handgun forum for that.
See now this makes no sense to me at all?
You have to pass a Federal background check to buy a gun in the first place, so why are the states not unified on this?
I realize the some states do not allow CCW at all, but if they do, why not all agree on a standard? Too logical for politicians to handle?
Every state acknowledges/accepts every other state's standards for Driver's Licenses?....and far more people are killed-injured by careless driving than guns.


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April 2014
April 30th
Women do it 3 times a week, men more than 6 times a week. What is it?
Answer: Shake hands.
April 29th
You probably haven't done it much since you were 8 or 9, but 10% of Americans still do it more than once a month. What is it?
Answer: Have a nightmare.
April 25th
Experts say your performance at this peaks at age 35. What is it?
Answer: Spelling.
April 24th
Six out of ten teenagers admit that they do it to be part of the crowd. What is it?
Answer: Listen to music they don't like.
April 23rd
While driving married men are 8 times more likely to do this than single men. What is it?
Answer: Obey the speed limit.
April 22nd
This year you'll probably go through a pound and a half of this, and you won't even know it. What is it?
Answer: Skin.
April 21st
About 1/3 of us agree there's something they never do at the gym. What is it?
Answer: Sweat.
April 18th
About 1/4 of Americans admit they've lied about this and 1/2 of those say it's "no big deal". What is it?
Answer: Lie on their resume'.
April 17th
By the time you buy it, more than 20 people have touched it! What is it?
Answer: A greeting card.
April 16th
If you're going to screw this up today, it will most likely happen around 4 this afternoon. What is it?
Answer: Your diet.
April 15th
The average person sees 11 of these every year. What?
Answer: Rainbows.
April 14th
This happens 4,051 times every second online. What?
Answer: Post a photo on Facebook.
April 4th
According to a new survey, bartenders get more of this than people in other professions. What?
Answer: Sleep.
April 3rd
Women have four times as many problems with these than men do. What are they?
Answer: Their feet.
April 2nd
25% more of this food is eaten on Super Bowl Sunday. What is it?
Answer: Carrots.
April 1st
You're probably familiar with just one, but there are 400 varieties of this. What is it?
Answer: Bananas.


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Contributing Editor: Daniel Dadusc
Volume XIV, No. 23 4 Adar II 5760 March 11, 2000
Today's Learning:
Eruvin 7:2-3
Orach Chaim 263:5-7
Daf Yomi (Bavli): Yevamot 102
Daf Yomi (Yerushalmi): Nedarim 17
At the end of this week's parshah, after the Mishkan was
completed, we read, "Moshe could not enter the Ohel Mo'ed/Tent of
Meeting, for the cloud rested upon it." Rashi comments, "As long
as the cloud was there, Moshe could not enter. When the cloud
departed, Moshe could enter."
At Har Sinai, also, there was a dense cloud which initially
prevented Moshe from approaching. How did Moshe approach Har
Sinai? The sage R' Eliezer says that Hashem grabbed Moshe and
pulled him in. In the yeshiva of the sage R' Yishmael they said
that Hashem made a path through the cloud and Moshe entered.
R' Moshe Feinstein z"l comments: there are many times when a
person feels that he cannot move forward because a dark cloud
hangs over him. One should know, however, that nothing can stop
him! Sometimes one can make a path through the cloud, i.e., he
can navigate through his troubles without becoming embroiled in
them. This is the preferable course, for who knows how he will
emerge if he gets caught up in a struggle?
If one cannot go through the cloud, he should look for a path
that has no obstacles (just as Moshe waited for the cloud to
depart). However, if he can neither go through the cloud nor
find another path, he should push forward anyway with a firm
conviction that Hashem will take him by the hand and lead him
through. (Darash Moshe, Vol. II)
"These are the reckonings of the Mishkan/Tabernacle . . ."
Moshe said, "I know that Bnei Yisrael are complainers.
Therefore, I will give an accounting of all of the donations that
were given to the Mishkan." However, he forgot what he had done
with 1,775 shekel, and he felt bad. Later Hashem enlightened
him, and he felt better. Then he announced in a loud voice
(verse 28), "And from the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five
[shekel] he made hooks for the pillars, covered their tops and
banded them."
Why did Moshe make an accounting? He heard people saying, "If
someone was in charge of thousands of talents of silver and
thousands of talents of gold, is it any wonder that he is rich?"
(Midrash Tanchuma)
R' Chaim Moshe Reuven Elazary z"l observes: from this we learn
the extent to which a public official or one who is entrusted
with the public's funds should go to avoid any appearance of
impropriety. Surely only a few cynics questioned Moshe's
integrity! Nevertheless, even to silence those few, Moshe gave a
full accounting of the mishkan's assets.
(Netivei Chaim)
Why did Hashem cause Moshe to forget what he had done with
1,775 shekalim and to suffer even a brief period of pain?
R' Chaim Aryeh Lerner z"l explains: The Sages teach that if the
Luchot had not been broken, there would be no such thing as
forgetfulness. Thus, although Hashem congratulated Moshe for
breaking the Luchot, Moshe, nevertheless, had some culpability
for reintroducing forgetfulness to the world. Moshe's
"punishment" was that he suffered from a brief period of
(Imrei Chaim)
Why was it specifically the hooks (in Hebrew: "vavim") of
which Moshe lost track? R' Yehuda Aryeh Perlow z"l of Novominsk
Even after Bnei Yisrael had been forgiven for the sin of the
Golden Calf, Moshe remained troubled by it. If only Bnei Yisrael
had not said (Shemot 32:8), "This is your Elokim, Israel, which
(plural) brought you ('he-elucha') up from the land of Egypt"!
By using the plural form, they implied that there were other gods
with G-d. If they had said, ". . . which (singular) brought you
('he-elcha')" - _without_a_"vav"_ - their sin would have been
less. Because Moshe wished to overlook the "vav," he forgot the
How did Hashem enlighten him? He reminded Moshe that the "vav"
is a sign of teshuvah. [A full explanation is beyond the scope of
this space.] Thus, for example, when Kayin repented for killing
Hevel and he asked G-d for a sign that would protect him, Hashem
engraved the letter "vav" on his forehead. This consoled Moshe,
and he then remembered the "vavim."
(Lev Aryeh Hechadash)
Rashi explains: Bnei Yisrael were unable to raise the Mishkan.
Also, since Moshe had not made any contribution to the Mishkan,
Hashem left the job of raising it for Moshe.
R' Chaim Moshe Reuven Elazary z"l writes: here in America (in
the 1940's), we have many spectacular meeting places and shuls.
All of them have planks, bars, and pillars, and in them are all
sorts of fancy utensils. However, one thing is missing from
these structures - the spirit of Moshe Rabbenu. And, without
that spirit, these structures cannot be called mishkenot/
tabernacles of Hashem.
From Rashi's comment on the above verse we learn that a Jewish
community needs people who can donate money and build spectacular
structures for shuls, and it also needs people who can fill those
structures with a proper spirit. We also learn that these two
functions are separate. The proper spirit cannot come from the
lay leadership; rather those individuals must submit to the
"Moshe Rabbenu" of the community.
(Shevilei Chaim p. 144)
"The kohanim brought the Aron/Ark of the Covenant of Hashem
to its place, to the Inner Sanctum of the Temple, to the
Holy of Holies, to beneath the wings of the Keruvim."
(Melachim I 8:6 -- in the haftarah read this week in some
Why is the word, "to" repeated four times in this verse?
R' Gavriel Ze'ev Margolis z"l offers the following explanation
(in the name of his cousin, R' Ben Zion Aryeh Ziesling z"l):
The gemara (Pesachim 64a) records that it was the practice in
the Bet Hamikdash for one kohen to slaughter the Korban Pesach
and a second kohen to catch the blood. That kohen passed the
blood to a third kohen, who passed it to a fourth kohen, and so
on, until, eventually, the blood was poured on the altar. What
does this teach us? The gemara explains that it teaches us to
follow the verse (Mishlei 14:28), "In a multitude of people is a
king's [i.e., Hashem's] glory."
It is for this reason, R' Margolis writes, that a baby who is
to be circumcised is passed from one person to another until he
reaches the mohel. Similarly, a new Sefer Torah is passed around
among many people before it is placed in the Aron. Also, our
verse teaches through the repetition of the word "to" (" "),
that when the Aron was brought to the Bet Hamikdash for the first
time, it was carried in in stages so that many kohanim could be
(Ginat Egoz)
R' Gershom Mendes Seixas z"l (pronounced "Seishas") was not an
ordained rabbi, but he was the primary religious leader in
America during and after the Revolutionary War. It is believed
that he was the first American-born religious leader of an
American Jewish community.
R' Seixas was born in New York on January 14, 1745. His
father, Isaac Mendes Seixas, had lived as a Marrano in Portugal
before escaping to America. Gershom's mother, Rachel, was the
daughter of a German immigrant who had become the parnass
(president) of the New York Jewish community.
The young Gershom obtained both his religious and secular
education at the day school of Kahal Shearith Israel. His
teacher was R' Joseph Jeshurun Pinto, who had studied at a
yeshiva in Amsterdam, and who served New York as teacher,
maggid/preacher, chazzan, shochet and mohel. (R' Pinto was also
the author of the first Jewish calendar that listed candle
lighting times for New York.)
In 1768, the 23-years old R' Seixas was elected to succeed R'
Pinto, who had returned to Europe two years earlier. As mohel,
R' Seixas served not only New York, but also New England and
Canada. (On one trip, in October-November 1811, the 66-years old
mohel traveled for 34 days to perform four circumcisions in three
Canadian towns.) In 1798, R' Seixas founded the "Fund for
Charity and Anonymous Gifts" which supported the local poor and
also sent money to Eretz Yisrael. In 1802, he founded the first
free burial society "for Jewish aliens and strangers."
As a preacher, R' Seixas emphasized the coming of mashiach. In
particular, there was a noticeable decline in Jewish observance
after the Revolution, and R' Seixas took pains to remind his
brethren that they were still in exile, their new-found civil
rights notwithstanding. (Incidentally, R' Seixas was a fervent
supporter of the Revolution, and, in August 1776, he led the Jews
of New York in fleeing the city before the advancing British.)
As an acknowledged talmid chacham/Torah scholar, R' Seixas
organized a bet din for New York. Among the questions that were
asked of him was whether a Jewish cemetery could be moved when it
is threatened by flooding. It is recorded that in response, R'
Seixas opened to the appropriate chapter of the Shulchan Aruch
and read the answer that is stated there explicitly. [See Yoreh
Deah 363:1.]
R' Seixas was also admired among non-Jews and served as a
trustee of Columbia University. He passed away on July 2, 1816.
(Source: The Torah Personality p. 242)
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text: Daisuke Murakami got a sponsor. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/hokuriku/article/news/CK2011041502000130.html Generic medicine maker, Yoshindo of Toyama-city became the sponsor company of figure skating Daisuke Murakami (20). Murakami who is a reinforcement skater of the Japanese skating federation , belongs to the company and receiving financial support and aim at the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014.Yoshindo supports two people of Fumie Suguri and Daisuke Murakami. Murakami is from Kanagawa.He graduated from Aomori junior college in March and entered the company this month. It is an opportunity that the relation with his company sent a letter to President Kenzo Shimomura from the Murakami side in last September. The distress that had trouble with hot thought to run, the contrivance of the expedition expense was spelled to figure skating. When "a honest feeling comes and was touched", President Shimomura willingly consents to support. Murakami belongs to the sports department of the Tokyo office and continues training based in the United States.


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The New Magdalen HTML version
11. The Dead Alive
JUST inside the door there appeared the figure of a small woman dressed in plain and
poor black garments. She silently lifted her black net veil and disclosed a dull, pale,
worn, weary face. The forehead was low and broad; the eyes were unusually far apart; the
lower features were remarkably small and delicate. In health (as the consul at Mannheim
had remarked) this woman must have possessed, if not absolute beauty, at least rare
attractions peculiarly her own. As it was now, suffering--sullen, silent, self-contained
suffering--had marred its beauty. Attention and even curiosity it might still rouse.
Admiration or interest it could excite no longer.
The small, thin, black figure stood immovably inside the door. The dull, worn, white face
looked silently at the three persons in the room.
The three persons in the room, on their side, stood for a moment without moving, and
looked silently at the stranger on the threshold. There was something either in the woman
herself, or in the sudden and stealthy manner of her appearance in the room, which froze,
as if with the touch of an invisible cold hand, the sympathies of all three. Accustomed to
the world, habitually at their ease in every social emergency, they were now silenced for
the first time in their lives by the first serious sense of embarrassment which they had felt
since they were children in the presence of a stranger.
Had the appearance of the true Grace Roseberry aroused in their minds a suspicion of the
woman who had stolen her name, and taken her place in the house?
Not so much as the shadow of a suspicion of Mercy was at the bottom of the strange
sense of uneasiness which had now deprived them alike of their habitual courtesy and
their habitual presence of mind. It was as practically impossible for any one of the three
to doubt the identity of the adopted daughter of the house as it would be for you who read
these lines to doubt the identity of the nearest and dearest relative you have in the world.
Circumstances had fortified Mercy behind the strongest of all natural rights--the right of
first possession. C!circumstances had armed her with the most irresistible of all natural
forces--the force of previous association and previous habit. Not by so much as a hair-
breadth was the position of the false Grace Roseberry shaken by the first appearance of
the true Grace Roseberry within the doors of Mablethorpe House. Lady Janet felt
suddenly repelled, without knowing why. Julian and Horace felt suddenly repelled,
without knowing why. Asked to describe their own sensations at the moment, they would
have shaken their heads in despair, and would have answered in those words. The vague
presentiment of some misfortune to come had entered the room with the entrance of the
woman in black. But it moved invisibly; and it spoke as all presentiments speak, in the
Unknown Tongue.
A moment passed. The crackling of the fire and the ticking of the clock were the only
sounds audible in the room.


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Balsena children and a Shaishav staff member work on preparing the Child Right Audit in Bhavnagar, Gujarat in India. Photo and story by Peter Norris.
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Name: Rose
Dog's Name: Bentley
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Texas
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problems around kids
I spent Christmas at my parents house, on Christmas Eve we had tons of family around including kids of all ages, from 7 months to 10 years old. My little cousin was always petting Bentley and wanting to hold him, which if fine because he loves to be carried, however, Bentley snapped at the little boy and bit him, started growling and showing teeth. It really freaked me out as i have never seen Bentley react this way.
In my home its just Bentley and me, I visit my parents often maybe twice a month and never had problems.... he even gets along with my nephew, a 7month old baby.
At first I thought maybe my little cousin was just bugging him, because he was always following the dog.... but on Christmas day, family was over, and he snapped at another child who is 6years old, she wasnt doing anything to him, we were all sitting on the couch, and he just went off on her, and i couldn't get him to calm down, I had to hold him from attacking her.. I know a 5 pound dog could not do much damage, but this was something I have not seen before which scared me.
any suggestions? not going to my parents is not an option, I feel bad keeping him in a kennel while I am there. My nephew is only 7months, the baby cant do much now, but when we his older all **** will break lose if Bentley snaps at the child between my sister and I.....
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Nope, when we attend family events, if there are children, I make sure I always know where the boys are. I DO NOT leave them with children unattended. If I can not keep an eye on them, they go in their crates, which we bring to large family events.
Children are not allowed to play or hold them without my supervision. Sorry, I've heard too many horror stories. Kids don't always mean to be cruel but they grab, snatch, hit, kick, throw... you name it. They fling their arms and legs around and squeal and are unpredictable, all reasons enough for me to snap, so I don't blame dogs that get upset with them.
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I think kids sometimes frighten little dogs, not meaning to, just by being louder and rougher! Little dogs may feel threatened and may snap or growl as a warning .
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Even though they are only 5 lbs, they are still dogs with the same innate instincts of 80 lb dogs.
First off, is he neutered? If not, I would recommend getting him neutered ASAP. That can help tone down some natural aggressive tendancies.
Dogs are pack animals and everyone in their pack - in this case pack of humans - is in a pecking order. Bentley sees you as Alpha, you are above him in the pack so he doesn't challenge you. However, he is obviously seeing children as below him in the pecking order and he is establishing his higher rank the natural way dogs do, by biting and growling. Bentley needs to learn that ALL humans are above him in the pecking order, including children. If you had children in your household, I would recommend letting them be the only one to feed Bentley and to have them work with him on sit, stay, wait, things like that; but that is not a training opportunity you have in this case to help him learn that little humans are still above him in rank. Sometimes obedience classes with other dogs and people helps dogs who are wanting to be Alpha dogs at the top of the pack learn that all humans are always above them.
Since it is not safe to use friends and relatives' children as dog trainers in such limited contact situations, you will just have to ALWAYS control him when around other people. Now that you know he can not be trusted, you know you must keep him from ever being in the position of being able to bite children or anyone else. It is your responsibility to protect him as well as other people by never putting him in the situation where he could bite someone. Depending upon the laws in your area, if the "victim" reports the bite (or if the bite is serious enough to send someone to the MD), the police could take him from you and euthanize him. Some communities allow dogs "one free bite"; after that they are considered vicious and destroyed. Thus, it is important to protect Bentley by keeping him controlled so that he never has the opportunity to hurt anyone.
We have a Tibetan Terrier who I do not trust. She snapped at my husband's brother twice a few years ago. Since then we ALWAYS make sure she is controlled and not put into a position where she would have the opportunity to bite someone. We had friends over Christmas eve. During their arrival and through dinner we kept her locked in the bedroom. After dinner, we put her on a leash and brought her into the party, but kept her either on one of our laps or sitting right close next to us while we held her leash short. After awhile listening to conversation she was relaxed and happy and she was delighted to have others pet and fuss over her, but we still kept close control of her. When it was time for the confusion of people leaving the party, we locked her back up in the bedroom again. She got socialization with people that will hopefully help her in the future, but we never put anyone at risk of being bitten.
I hope some of these suggestions are useful to you and Bentley. He's sure a cutie!
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Honestly, for the safety of the kids in the family and for Bently, I would keep him in a crate or zipped up in a stroller while you are visiting with family. It is never good when a dog bites a child and it's usually not the dog's fault - often he/she gave 'warnings' which were ignored or not recognized. He obviously felt threatened and stressed out by the people and chaos (christmas time can be LOUD!!) and reacted accordingly. After the first bite on christmas eve, he should never have been in a position where he had kids near him again on Christmas day. Were they the same kids or different?
Even if the kids are supervised, I personally would never put my dog in a position like he was just in again, esp if he went after and bit a child who was just sitting near him. He may only be 5 lbs but those teeth can still do a lot of damage and a bite report sent by an ER to animal control is not something you want to happen ever. I've seen some of the nastiest dog bites from working in the ER from small dogs, esp in the face.
This is an issue that you should seek professional help from a behaviorist on since this is not something you want repeated! And even if he 'gets' along with the seven month old baby, I would not trust Bently to not react aggressively if he gets a handful of fur suddenly grabbed, like babies often do. As much as I hate to say this to you (and I'm not trying to be rude, just honest), if he bites that baby, that would not be Bentley's fault. That would be your fault.
Good luck!
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Name: Rose
Dog's Name: Bentley
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Texas
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thank you for the suggestions, I have another family event this weekend, its not easy because my parents live far from me, so when i visit I usually stay the night.
This has never happened before and of course I do not want it to happen again. We were all watching TV on the couch, he was next to me, and on a leash... He is fixed, and we have been through obedience training.
Im just a little sad that he cannot be trusted around the kids, perhaps he was stressed and threatened, regardless of I will have to crate or board him when I go out of town....
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You have gotten so much good advise. I let my dogs (give their permission) before I let people touch or hold them. You can tell if they want to or not. Some family members they know well and will run to them happily, others not so much. As far as kids, I bring mine in a stroller zipped shut and use a gate to a protective area (in my view) if kids are around. Most kids I've met don't know how to pet or hold a tiny dogs properly. I tell everyone (adults too) to put their hand (under the dogs head) NOT on top of head or the face. I'm sure they seem like a stuffed animal to a child.
I keep a baby gate, and small stroller in my trunk. I imagine everything looks pretty scary - big to a 4 lb dog.
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Since getting my Lucy Lu for Christmas I had a house full and I worried that too much noise chaos and loud would pose a problem for my little maltese girl so I have a baby gate and kept her in my laundry room which is fair in size and off from my kitchen and this helped allot however she does like to greet people but seems to have bonded to me so fast since I am the main care taker and home with her 99% of the time she runs straight to me as if to say "Mommy Hold Me" lolo my grand daughter is 2 and my maltese actually tries to stay clear of her until she is ready to play and then its off for the chase Lucy chases my grand daughter, lolo however I do limit Lucys time with my grand daughter because Lucy is small and a child and a puppy can be rough rowdy and un predictable at times I feel best allowing a small amount of playtime between the two and it gives Lucy time to settle down an rest shes a baby to you know! LOLOL
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One thing to consider is how easy it can be for people that are not used to small dogs being underfoot like we are to step on them. Esp if food is involved and the dog is lingering around for a crumb. This tragically happened to a friend of mine's Maltese yrs ago.
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It sounds like you already got a lot of great advise here. One thing I was wondering is if the boys had gotten scolded or told to settle down while she was there. We used to have a Pomeranian and whenever any kids would run in the house, he would follow and bark at them, then come sit by me. I realized he'd heard me fussing at them not to run in the house and Copper was just trying to help me discipline them, lol. He never bit any of them though. Just barked and ran after them, maybe grabbing onto their pants legs. Even though I tried not to raise my voice when I got on to the kids once I realized Copper was doing this, he still never allowed running in the house his whole 15 years. I also believe that little dogs just know that a child is very active and could accidentally hurt them. My little 3 lb yorkie I used to have was always very loving, but he was always very leery of my son and would hide from him unless my son was asleep, and then he might snuggle up to my son. These are just a couple of examples of what I've personally noticed of little dogs around kids that lead me to think what I do. I know you wouldn't want anyone bitten by your fluff and I'm sure you'd love to be able to enjoy your baby and family at the same time. What I would do is still take her, but keep her in a crate or on the other side of a door with a baby gate and let her get used to the people and sounds first when there's a gathering. Just explain to the kids you are protecting them from being bitten by keeping them separated. As your fluff gets to know them from a place she feels secure and the kids have learned to be more calm, maybe one day they can all be in the same room at the same time.
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 758097, 10 pages
Flavonoid Myricetin Modulates Receptor Activity through Activation of Channels and CaMK-II Pathway
1Epithelial Cell Biology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2Department of Physiology, Medical College Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
3Laboratory Animal Services Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
4Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
5School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Received 20 June 2012; Revised 31 July 2012; Accepted 10 August 2012
Academic Editor: Ke Ren
Copyright © 2012 Xiao Hu Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- Diana M. Sama, and Christopher M. Norris, "Calcium dysregulation and neuroinflammation: Discrete and integrated mechanisms for age-related synaptic dysfunction," Ageing Research Reviews, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 982–995, 2013. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
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- Yi Chang, Chia-Ying Chang, Su-Jane Wang, and Shu-Kuei Huang, "Myricetin Inhibits the Release of Glutamate in Rat Cerebrocortical Nerve Terminals," Journal Of Medicinal Food, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 516–523, 2015. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
- Deepak Semwal, Ruchi Semwal, Sandra Combrinck, and Alvaro Viljoen, "Myricetin: A Dietary Molecule with Diverse Biological Activities," Nutrients, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 90, 2016. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
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air handler breaker tripped 2X
Breaker tripped 2X. Also, seems the circuit is also feeding a 110v circuit to bedroom light fixture as it is out too. Im gona check out the light socket integrity (its old). But if I dont find anything there, what next? Open up the air handler box?
If its also feeding a 110 to a bedroom. After you find the cue of the short and fix it. Run a separate line to the 110, or air handler, as the air handler is suppose to be on its own circuit.
Good tip on the ac being on seperate circuit. I didnt know. Found the problem- it was a distorted base on a regular light bulb! Easy! Thanks, beenthere.
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The top two are actually part of an album called M4N3 6. Currently It's just Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, though the rest are planned for the future. Check it out here!
1.) M4N3 6 - Loyalty
2.) M4N3 6 - Laughter
3.) Soarin' through Cloudsdale
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PMV: Discord Makes Good Girls Go Bad / Pinkie and Gilda in: "The F.U.N. Song" / Party Animalby Sethisto
A PMV with special effects and stuff! How rare! How glorious! About time.
Also some Spongebob and Pinkie Pie
1.) MLP {FIM} Discord Makes Good Girls Go Bad
2.) Pinkie and Gilda in: "The F.U.N. Song"
3.) Party Animal (A Tribute to Pinkie Pie)
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Mix time! everything from vocals to trance.
1.) Twilight sparkle theme
2.) Tarby As Versilaryan: Kaos Rizing
3.) Taps befriends Aussie & Circuitfry
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Trixie and Black and white stuff, it's PMV Time.
1.) Borderlands PMV - Mad Trixxie
2.) The Edge of Night - Friendship is Magic PMV
3.) The complete history of Soviet Equestria arranged to the Melody of Tetris
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Author: ROBCakeran53
Description: When your life is as dull a gray as the world that surrounds you, the mundanities can make it all seem meaningless. Sometimes all we need is a little color -- or six -- to reintroduce us to what truly makes life worth living.
My Little Dashie
Additional Tags: Filly Dash, Love and loss
Fan Music:
My Little Dashie Piano
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[Normal] This is actually an addition to Out in the Cold by an entirely different author. Apparently EsperDerek (The person who wrote the original) Liked it so much they forced her to submit it! It's not required, but you might want to look into reading it before this, if only because its an awesome story anyway.
Author: Phoe
Description: All grown up and off to Canterlot University, a homesick unicorn finds comfort in a trip down memory lane. An exploration of the character Midnight, Twilight and Trixie's daughter from the Out in the Cold series by EsperDerek.Shades of Midnight
Additional Tags: experimental, homage, slice-of-life, fanfic of a fanfic
All Side Stories After the Break!
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2.) Flutterwonder So Great and Powerful Edition
3.) PiercingSight - Magic (Harmony)
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Thanks to Turtwig and Ma ti for screenshots!
In other news, the entire Luna fanfiction section in the archive just celebrated with a round of oddly scented Kool-Aid. All those 6 stars...at 4:49 PM
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Derpy guard comic floating around right now. Check that out too!
Source 1
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A couple of vocal custom songs this time around from various brony singers. Check them out after the break!
1.) I Bring Da LULZ - Pull Up To Da Target
2.) [Dubstep Rap] Fashionably Evil
3.) Welcome to Equestria
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It's story update time. As always the same rules still apply, this is only for Updated stories. New stuff, sequels, and final update stories do not fall into this post.
Please email me at [email protected] if any of the links are broken.
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The new cartoon titled "Super Best Friends Forever" will be an animated short style show starring Batgirl, Super Girl, and Wonder Girl. The low quality image above shows off the art style somewhat. Hopefully we can get a better image eventually!
There isn't a whole lot of other information pertaining to the project right now. As more pops up, I'll probably keep reporting on it.
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Author: Fistful of Apples
Description: Twilight Sparkle finds herself disenchanted, having delved into all the knowledge the ponies of Equestria have to offer her, but finding it lacking. In her despair, a spirit calling itself Mephistopheles appears before her offering her all the knowledge of her world, wanting nothing in exchange.The Tragic Story of Twilight Sparkle, or, Twilight
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Iota (New!)
Kappa (New!)
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Labels: Applejack, Author: A Fistful of Apples, Everypony, Grimdark, Incomplete, OC Ponies, Sci-Fi, Shipping, Spike, Star-4, Story, Twilight Sparkle
Author: Phoenix
Description: It's just another school day for Twilight and her friends...or is it? When Pinkie Pie starts claiming that they aren't what they're supposed to be, everyone initially chalks it up to being just another bit of Pinkie's wierdness. They will soon come to find out that things aren't always what they appear to be.Brave New World Chapter 1
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Brave New World Chapter 3
Brave New World Chapter 4
Brave New World Chapter 5
Brave New World Chapter 6
Brave New World Chapter 7
Brave New World Chapter 8
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Author: Dr. Talon
Description: After all the fires, floods, earthquakes, wars and homicidal goddesses, this was the only surviving guide to the Equestrian Republic's structure and function for new citizens to learn from. Unfortunately...
On The Equestrian Republic And Equestian Citizenship Part 1
On The Equestrian Republic And Equestian Citizenship Part 2 (New!)
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Minimalism edition!
Today we have a wonderful set of pixel-art wallpapers from Kitana-Coldfire, and a grab-bag of others. They're pretty much all awesome. All of them. Dig in and go grab some more pony- because you can never have enough pony on any one computer. Ponies don't actually take disk space because they're made of magic bits.
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It's okay if you didn't.
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google document for the fully formatted version.
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Have some news.
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Author: TuxRug
Description: Rainbow is devastated to learn that despite her best performance yet, she didn't pass the Wonderbolt tryouts. Incredibly distraught, she makes the worst decision any pony could. She survives, and learns more about friendship than she ever expected.Shattered Rainbow
Additional Tags: Depression, Friendship, Injury, Consequences, Uplifting
Story Two After the Break!
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Flying Pants Studios is the developer of Marley's Math Farm free version and the premium one. The free version gives access to three of the five levels and two of the 15 animal prizes. Tested in Samsung Galaxy Tab, the design was a little chaotic and some buttons overlapped with each other, so this should be fixed in order to improve the app's usability.
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|Celtics forward Jeff Green donates $1 million to Georgetown
|08.29.14 at 9:24 am ET
While both former and current college athletes are eyeing ways to extract money from the mighty NCAA — and rightfully so, in many cases — Jeff Green is giving back to his alma mater in a big way.
The Celtics forward donated $1 million to Georgetown University, according to a press release from the school. His donation will go toward the projected $62 million John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center.
While Green has made an estimated $31.7 million in his six-year NBA career since leaving the Hoyas in 2007, the donation is no small chunk of change, even considering his $9.45 million salary this season.
Green spent three seasons under John Thompson III at Georgetown from 2004-07, leading the Hoyas to the Final Four in his third season, and returned to school each summer until graduating with an English degree in 2012.
"I'm very fortunate to be in a position to give back to the university and to the program that has done so much for me," Green said Thursday, his 28th birthday. "The environment created by Coach Thompson III and his staff helped shape me both academically and athletically. Georgetown and Georgetown basketball is at my core and is part of who I am.
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A groundbreaking ceremony is set for Sept. 12, when construction on the 144,000-square-foot facility will begin. The center will include practice courts, team meeting rooms, basketball coaching offices, weight and sports medicine rooms, an academic and leadership Center, an auditorium and a new venue for the Georgetown Athletics Hall of Fame, of which Green is not currently a member.
|Irish Coffee: Celtics rookie Marcus Smart isn't ready to start and other things we learned from Rajon Rondo's China tour
|08.27.14 at 1:55 pm ET
Rajon Rondo is in the midst of his annual trip to China, which means more exchanges between the Celtics point guard and a media contingent that probably understands his dry humor better than Boston's. Take this, for example.
- Hoop China: "Who's the next Rajon Rondo?"
- Rondo: "Nobody."
- Hoop China: Straight face.
- Rondo: "Nobody."
- Hoop China: Smiles all around.
The folks at Red's Army deserve an award for keeping up with the four-time NBA All-Star's Anta tour, and fan extraordinaire @KWAPT has more Chinese sources than the CIA. For the most part, Rondo provided the same stock answers we've grown accustomed to — "My leadership role has grown each year" and Kevin Garnett's "like a big brother to me" — but his answer to a question about whether Marcus Smart could start in the backcourt this season provided some insight into his feelings about the Celtics drafting another guard with the No. 6 overall pick.
"No," Rondo said flatly. "He'll play a lot of minutes, but starting as a rookie at the guard position is probably impossible or one of the toughest things you can do. Only so many guards have done it in the past, especially playing at that high level, but he'll be ready. He'll come in ready. He seems pretty humble, and we'll get to work."
Avery Bradley is probably Rondo's closest confidant on the team, so it should come as no surprise he knocked Smart down a notch, but his response also suggests he fully expects to start the season on the Celtics. Still, the roster's youth with the additions of Smart and James Young seems to be a sticking point for Rondo.
|Avery Bradley: Celtics have chance to make playoffs
|08.21.14 at 6:07 pm ET
Consider Avery Bradley the first to declare the Celtics a playoff team this season, and he won't be the last. In all honesty, would you want a player who entered the season already resigned to the lottery? Of course you wouldn't.
"I feel like we have a chance to make the playoffs and make a lot of noise this year if we listen to [Celtics coach] Brad [Stevens]," Bradley told reporters from his youth basketball camp in Dartmouth. The former second-team All-Defensive selection added, "I feel like we have a chance to be a top-10 defensive team in the NBA this year."
While any NBA player worth his salt — and Bradley's new four-year, $32 million deal can buy an awful lot of sodium chloride — should believe both statements to be true, the question is whether either is believable. The Celtics finished with the league's fourth-worst record (25-57) and ranked 19th in points allowed per 100 possessions (108.6). Have they done enough to climb 14 games in the standings and allow .025 fewer points per possession?
Barring a trade, the Celtics will feature at least 10 of the 15 players who finished last season. They've replaced Kris Humphries and Jerryd Bayless with Tyler Zeller and Marcus Thornton while adding Evan Turner and a pair of rookies. Marcus Smart is the only one of the bunch who comes with a solid reputation defensively, and he's expected to play behind Rajon Rondo to start the year. That's not much of a sales pitch.
Rondo is the wild card, of course, and Bradley suggested his backcourt mate has returned to form as the player who earned Third Team All-NBA and Second Team All-Defensive honors during his last healthy season. While a three-headed monster of Rondo, Bradley and Smart could theoretically form one of the league's grittiest guard groups defensively, the Celtics still lack the rim-protecting big Danny Ainge sought this summer. Are you confident Tyler Zeller, Kelly Olynyk and Jeff Green can hold down the frontcourt? Me neither.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Conference's other sub-.500 squads all took steps forward. The Hawks return a healthy Al Horford. The Knicks surrounded Carmelo Anthony with a few more serviceable players, including Jose Calderon and Samuel Dalembert. The Cavaliers did something, although I can't quite remember what it was. The Pistons hired a coach with a history of winning two-thirds of his regular-season games. And the Magic, 76ers and Bucks respectively added young talent, a healthy impact center and a combination of the two.
So maybe it's a stretch to imagine the Celtics a playoff team with staunch defense. Or maybe Stevens can extract career years from Rondo, Bradley and Jeff Green; help Olynyk, Zeller and Jared Sullinger make the leap; expedite Smart and James Young's contributions; and invent a time machine for Gerald Wallace. Either way, the only way the C's come close to proving Bradley right is to match his confidence entering training camp.
|Celtics sign Kansas State SG Rodney McGruder, Indiana PF Christian Watford to fill out training camp roster
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In addition to signing Penn State point guard Tim Frazier, the Celtics have inked former Kansas State shooting guard Rodney McGruder and former Indiana power forward Christian Watford, presumably to non-guaranteed contracts, according to Hoop365's Mark Deeks.
While Frazier, McGruder and Watford sounds like a law firm, the reality is the trio fills out the C's training camp roster and allows them to stash the organization on the Red Claws this winter. The biggest wrinkle, as Deeks points out, is the newly signed Celtics bring the roster to the offseason maximum of 20 players — before Evan Turner has made his deal official.
However, with their commitment to all three undrafted rookies likely minimal for 2014-15, the C's will have six non-guaranteed contracts, including Keith Bogans, Chris Johnson and Chris Babb. Trading Bogans, or anybody really, remains a possibility. In other words, the Celtics have options to make room for Turner, and none of the six non-guaranteed players are expected to be on the 15-man roster when the Nets come to town on Oct. 29.
McGruder averaged 15.6 points (44.2 FG%, 33.6 3P%, 75.2 FT%), 5.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.3 steals in 33.5 minutes per game as a Kansas State senior in 2012-13. Undrafted out of college, he played last year for the Magic in the Orlando Summer League, the Bobcats in Vegas and the Thunder during preseason.
Ultimately, McGruder signed with Atomeromu SE in Hungary, where he averaged 14.1 points (47.6 FG%, 23.2 3P%, 70.1 FT%), 5.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 steals in 27.9 minutes. In Vegas again this summer, he averaged 4.0 points and 3.6 rebounds in 12.2 minutes for the Warriors.
Watford averaged 12.3 points (43.2 FG%, 48.0 3P%, 81.1 FT%) and 6.3 rebounds in 27.9 minutes as an Indiana senior in 2012-13. Also undrafted out of college, he has sandwiched summer league stays with the Pacers, Mavericks, Pistons and Warriors around a season on Hapoel Elite in Israel, where he aerated 9.6 points (42.9 FG%, 30.5 3P%, 80.4 FT%) and 5.2 rebounds in 26.1 minutes. He and McGruder were teammates in Vegas this summer.
|Celtics president Danny Ainge uses first tweet to accept ice bucket challenge
|08.20.14 at 9:34 pm ET
My ALS Ice Bucket Challenge with help of some of my Grandkids #RIPCoachSeaver http://t.co/JIXGwnQJbo
' Danny Ainge (@danielrainge) August 21, 2014
Using his first tweet on a Twitter account that had fewer than 150 followers, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge accepted an ice bucket challenge with the help of his grandchildren, and then asked the same of Celtics owners Wyc Grousbeck and Steve Pagliuca, former C's teammate Kevin McHale and "all 80,000 missionaries serving in the Mormon mission." Now go follow @danielrainge (h/t @C_Ball2).
|Larry Bird accepts ice bucket challenge in tube socks
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As graceful as ever, a tube-socked Larry Bird accepted the ice bucket challenge. Praise Basketball Jesus.
|Celtics invite Penn State PG Tim Frazier to camp
|08.19.14 at 10:19 am ET
As is their custom, the Celtics added another point guard with a reputation for not being able to shoot, signing Penn State's Tim Frazier for training camp.
The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Frazier will join Rajon Rondo, Marcus Smart and Phil Pressey as the fourth floor general in Waltham next month. The C's will already have the requisite 15 players under guaranteed contract, so — barring a trade — the 23-year-old's deal gives them another body during preseason practices while offering him a chance to make their D-League roster or another NBA team.
The Celtics extended Red Claws contract offers to all four training camp invites last season, signing Chris Babb, Damen Bell-Holter and Kammron Taylor in Maine (DeShawn Sims signed overseas). Babb ultimately made the C's roster in February, earning a non-guaranteed deal for training camp again this fall.
Frazier returned from a torn left Achilles in 2012 to average 14.9 points (43.0 FG%, 29.1 3P%, 78.5 FT%), 5.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals as a senior. His 641 career assists set a school record. He totaled 17 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and six steals in 90 minutes over four summer league games for the 76ers last month.
"We love his poise," Sixers assistant coach Chad Iske told reporters in Philadelphia. "He's a seasoned college player, and we're looking for point guards that can run a team and take charge of the group that's out there and be a coach on the floor. He's done a pretty good job of that, and we've seen progress in the right direction."
Penn State announced Frazier's signing on the basketball team's Twitter account.
Congrats to @psufraz23 on joining the #Celtics for training camp. Way to stay #relentless!
' Penn State Hoops (@PennStateMBB) August 19, 2014
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