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Our PO Carriers used to carry Milk Bones. Dogs would always wait for them for a "treat". The PO forced them to stop a while back although I know a couple who still toss a Milk Bone to the dogs on their routes.
IM ONLY READING THE OWNERS SIDE OF THE STORY HERENope they just peppper spray them so they hate anything in a uniform It happened to my Springer by a post man . After that she hated cops, postal workers , ups drivers, firemen .Postal Workers and Meter Readers seem to never be shooting family pets for some reason. Interesting ....
I know guite a few cops an as far as I know they all like dogs . I m sure there are some real pricks out there who dont we all know one or two .
I have been a few times by dogs running loose off there property . once I slammed a bicycle on top of a Australian shepherd that had chased me ome to mamy times the owner came out pissed as hell because I had fought back in the middle of the street . I thought I was going to have toi fight him . I was attacked by a pit bull that came out of a friends yard an I had know the dog since it was a pup I loved that dog yet it came straight at me an got a hold of my arm that I got up in time . MY mother when leaving work had here poodle ripped out of here arms by a pair of rottweilers that crossed 4 lanes of traffic . she was bitten an here dog need a zillion stitches her boss was backed up to his door an bitten. there are a few sides to every stroy . dogs sence fear an it wil trigger them . cops display fear when they see dogs etc .
I have seen the most friendly lab go bazerk an attack a person for no apparent reason on a side walk .
I hate seeing dogs shot . especaily if there a good dog an the family pet . I have had hounds an pig dogs that honestly if they were around people I was scared they would attack they were vicious an if one had ever got loose in town Id be lucky they were not shot an right fully so . hell a few scarred me an i feed them every night . LOL
Our PO Carriers used to carry Milk Bones. Dogs would always wait for them for a "treat". The PO forced them to stop a while back although I know a couple who still toss a Milk Bone to the dogs on their routes.
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I have to chime in here again. As a physician I have treated 100s of police officers, and I may add, when they are not "at there best". In 99.9999% of the time I have found them to be dedicated good hearted individuals who are only trying to do their job in a hostile envournment.
No one can argue the point above I hope.
While I think this is a great site, i think there has been a lot of "cop bashing" lately. I mean really, the subject line " Psychopathic Cop shoots puppy ".
First it was no puppy, it was a 5 year old dog, and there seems to be at least some cause to determine there was provacation for the shooting, so that seems to indicate this cop was not really wanting murder a poor little puppy for the joy of the kill, but acting in concern for his safety.
This site has come a far way from when it first started
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yea my last Carrier in California was like that . My Springer would wait for him ever day get the treat an then chase him through the fence the entire property line barking an growling the whole way . I had a white picket fence in the front of my property with a electric gate .Our PO Carriers used to carry Milk Bones. Dogs would always wait for them for a "treat". The PO forced them to stop a while back although I know a couple who still toss a Milk Bone to the dogs on their routes.
he is the one who told me a lot of carriers do spray dogs . this guy was pretty cool . he even came back to my house one time an let me know my dog was out an a block away . he was once malled by a pit bull that went through a screen door he still said he loved seeing dogs on his route . I left him a gift card every xmass from Molly the springer . needs to be more guys like him IMO
i agree & usually i just try to steer clear of non gun building subjects..... but as much of its is posted now days its impossible to ignore it all.... or not see it as a detractor to one of the shining lights of this hobby.
this site taught me how to build an AK & has been the home of many of my builds/tutorials over the years... ive made lots of friends here along the way.. very few of them post now days because there's not much building going on.
Hate takes LESS energy & thought... Dont be so Lazy.
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Bah it is just blackblade pushing his same old crap.
I personally like the "puppy" in the headline but in the story its a 5 year old dog. Typical, grab the emotions first then follow with the hype. I have seen too many of these stories and known first hand the bs that gets spewed by agenda hounds.
I was recently charged by a jogger's dog, dark brown medium sized retriever type, on a public beach where dogs are supposed to be on a leash at all times. When it was about ten feet from me it bared its teeth and growled very loudy still charging. I rose up and raised my fist while yelling at it. It stopped and tried to circle around behind me still growling very loudly and I yelled at it again. At this point the jogger called to it and it gave a low growl and ran off down the beach. He told me it never bothered anyone and it must have been the camera hanging from my neck. I highly doubt that.
I write this to show you do not have to shot and kill even a highly aggressive dog which I could easily have done as I was carrying concelaed a compact .45ACP auto.
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^^ good for you & good for the dog~!
you didnt have to kill it & it didnt bite you... thats a win win.
not always the case. if that dog really wanted to bite you.. it would have & you growling wouldnt have made a bit of difference. that dog just wasnt sure of which way it wanted to go & you didnt show it fear......... it hadnt decided yet that you were the dominant in the situation..... what do you think was about to happen if its owner hadnt called to it right then?
highly likely that your options would have changed to: beat it with your camera, fists, shoot at it or shoot it... but a "growling" dog isnt always a threat... just like some dogs that dont growl still are.
only a fool thinks there is an absolute that apply's to every situation. we each make our own choices based on the situation at the time.. ive had dogs run at us in our yard that we could "shoo away" & others that we knew right off were "kill it & call AC."
i dont & wont hesitate to make a decision & then live with the consequences. i'll always go for our safety over anyone or anything else's..
Hate takes LESS energy & thought... Dont be so Lazy.
Building or Bitching? which are you here to do?
YES, i work for TEC Tactical. 02/07 SOT
These types of stories are all to common. And I can see both sides, being a former LEO I have had my share of dangerous encounters with dogs. And usually these dogs are trained to fight or attack by less than law abiding citizens. On one occasion I had a dog owner release his pit-bull on me for the simple reason, He did not want to be caught with a large amount of illegal narcotics which was in his possession, In this case unfortunately the dog was put down on the spot to avoid any injuries to other officers and the children that were looking around to see what is going on. Thus a split second decision had to be made for the safety of the officers on the scene and the citizen's who were in the immediate area.
One the other hand you have the average dog lover( And call me crazy but I love both cats and dogs, and all my animals I rescued from the out doors in sever weather elements. Had I not intervened these little fuzzy friends would have not made it thru the winter. The best advise I can give is our pets are like children, and are bound to get into trouble and as pet owners its our responsibility to protect them from harm. If you see the police or anyone for that matter coming on to your property please secure your dogs to prevent them from being Shot, and major turmoil in the family from the loss of the family pet. Also post your property that there is a Dog on your property. In many cases if your property is not marked and your animal attacks someone You are on the hook for all the medical bills, and in some cases charged for using a dangerous animal as a weapon. This is why so many communities are banning many verity of dogs from its premises, such as Pit bull terriers, Chows, and several other breeds. Yes animals give their owners unconditional love, So let us show them how much we love them by keeping them safe! so non of us ever have to go thru this type of tragedy.....Doc
I don't generally have to deal with peace officers too often. The few times I have had to do at check points or a minor traffic stop the overwhelming majority have been very professional. Now I pull over toot sweet, get my license, registration , CHL out (on top) roll down the window and keep my hands at 10 and 2 on the wheel until asked to do otherwise.
They don't know who they are stopping. You could be an ax murderer. I find politeness goes a long way with officers.
Now I have run into some total A hole policemen. But it has to be 1-2%. A real minority of policeman.
But with that said, if a peace officer shot my dog, on my property, for no good reason, I would end up dead or in jail.


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Re: [fw-wiz] VM system for firewall use
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Date: 10/14/04
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To: Christopher Hicks <email@example.com> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:45:25 -0700
Christopher Hicks wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
>> I'm really unsure as to why a jail isn't enough though--
> I was thinking about this and I'm thinking JAILs plus MAC would
> provide a more winning solution than seperating things by using VMs.
> Scenario: a compartment gets compromised. If that compartment is in a
> JAIL/MAC environment then what that compromise can accomplish is
> effectively minimized. In the VM environment the compromise would
> compromise that entire VM and that VM could communicate with any other
> VM in any way it pleased.
> The JAIL/MAC version seems a lot less scary and catastrophic to me.
Immunix SubDomain is designed to attack precisely this problem space.
SubDomain lets you specify for each program what files it can read,
write, and execute.
* vs. VMs: a VM totally isolates a package. It has as much access to
the rest of the machine as a remote network connection will
permit. SubDomain lets programs have controlled interaction
through the file system and local IPC.
* vs. Chroot: a properly configured chroot, similar to a VM, only
allows socket communications, and is less secure.
* vs. SELinux: you can do the same sort of thing with SELinux as in
SubDomain, but SELinux is more difficult to use. For instance, the
program profile for wuftpd in SELinux is 4.5X larger than the
profile for the same program in SubDomain. SubDomain is also
faster, with an overhead of 2% vs. an overhead of 6-15% in
SELinux, and huge overheads for VMs.
Elsewhere, Kevin Sheldrake wrote:
> I'd be very interested in discussing working SE Linux considerations
> and configurations. AFAIK it's a bit tricky to setup. I've got a
> background in DEC MLS+ and Trusted Solaris and can probably configure
> user space controls; it's the system level controls that I'm nervous
> about. When we did it (on MLS+), it was a case of 'guess the privs'
> and then add/subtract until the minimum working set was found. I'm
> sure there must be a better way; I admit I haven't done a lot of
> googling but as we were (almost) on the topic, I thought I'd ask the
> wizards.
Making this stuff easy to set up is what SubDomain does. I can demo
creating a program profile for Apache in under 5 minutes, even while
customers are watching :)
Thanks to the LSM (Linux Security Modules) <http://lsm.immunix.org/>
feature now in Linux 2.6, SubDomain is available as a plug-in
application that you can install on top of existing Linux system
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In a paper scheduled for publication June 12 in the American Chemical Society's journal Biomacromolecules and now appearing on that journal's Web site, Rutgers researchers propose a way to combat clogged arteries by attacking how bad cholesterol triggers inflammation and causes plaque buildup at specific blood vessel sites. Their approach contrasts with today's statin drug therapy, which aims to reduce the amount of low density lipids, or LDLs ("bad" cholesterol), throughout the body.
In an ironic twist, the Rutgers approach aims to thwart a biological process that is typically beneficial and necessary. Prabhas Mogue, the principal investigator and associate professor of biomedical engineering and chemical and biochemical engineering at Rutgers, said that vascular plaque and inflammation develop when certain forms of LDL are attacked by white blood cells that scavenge cellular debris and disease agents. "While these scavengers, called macrophages, perform an essential role in keeping organisms healthy, their interaction with highly oxidized LDL molecules has quite the opposite effect," he said.
Mogue explains that macrophages accumulate large amounts of oxidized LDL and secrete chemicals that can damage the neighboring tissues and, ultimately, become fatty foam cells. The researchers' approach, therefore, is to create clusters of nanoengineered molecules that target specific receptor molecules on cell membranes and block these oxidized LDLs from attaching to macrophages.
Mogue is working with Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers professor of chemistry and chemical biology, who is an expert at synthesizing biologically useful molecules at the nanoscale – anywhere from 10 to 100 nanometers long. The research team, which also includes graduate student Evangelia Chnari and synthetic chemists Lu Tian and Jinzhong Wang, has designed a family of nanolipoblockers, or NLBs, which compete with oxidized LDL for a macrophage's attention. The NLBs bind to receptor sites on macrophages, cutting the accumulation of oxidized LDL by as much as 75 percent.
The NLB particles are made of several engineered organic strands or chains whose ends cluster around a central point, creating a structure known as a micelle. Uhrich synthesized molecule chains with several different characteristics, such as attracting or repelling water or having a positive or negative charge. When the chains assembled into micelles, Mogue tested them for how well they blocked LDL uptake.
"We're employing the tools of nanotechnology – specifically tailoring the structure of the molecule, changing groups on the ends of the chains and closely analyzing which forms of the particles bind to the different macrophage receptors," Uhrich said. "The significant finding of our study is that the nanoscale organization matters tremendously for blockage of oxidized LDL, which opens new avenues for more specific targeting of receptors."
Mogue said that if this method proves feasible in living organisms, it could convey treatment to the site of the problem, rather than a systemic approach. "While statins are a great stride in preventing cardiovascular disease, they are not suitable for everyone," Mogue said. "Our approach also has potential to topically address the recurrence of inflammation and blockage at stent surgery sites, something that systemically active drugs have not been shown to consistently do."
Research to test the performance of NLBs in living organisms is now under way.
The study was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the American Heart Association.
Other Headlines from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey ... - Rutgers Researchers Identify Materials That May Deliver More 'Bounce' - Rutgers Discovery Paves Way for Development of Efficient, Inexpensive Plastic Solar Cells - Powerful new way to control magnetism - The 'Magic' of Tin - Nanotechnology Tackles Major Problems Associated with Chemotherapy – Side Effects and Drug Resistance
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NEC's Harrison Keller collection is organized into seven series:
- Correspondence
- Bequests
- Subject Files
- Writings (Speeches/Reports/Tributes)
- Biographical Materials
- Concert programs
- Photographs
President Keller's Correspondence is divided into three categories: correspondence prior to Keller's presidency; presidential correspondence; and correspondence as President Emeritus. Keller's early correspondence dates from 1915 to 1942. There are letters/postcards from Leopold Auer (one of Keller's teachers), John Alden Carpenter, Ida May Chadwick, Edward Burlingame Hill, Mrs. Edward MacDowell, Wallace Goodrich, and several letters from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Presidential correspondence includes memoranda to faculty and correspondence with Randall Thompson from Harvard University regarding a possible institutional affiliation, as well as correspondence concerning the Walter Naumburg Foundation, the possibility of a French cultural exchange with NEC, and the Berkshire Music Center. One individual folder concerns the status of then NEC student Sarah Caldwell.
Keller's correspondence as President Emeritus includes further exchanges regarding the Berkshire Music Center and a French cultural exchange, as well as correspondence with Sherwin Badger, Chairman of the NEC Board of Trustees concerning the troubled financial situation at NEC and also the planning for the Firestone Library. Additional correspondents include: Arthur Fiedler; W. McNeil Lowry of the Ford Foundation; Howard Hanson of the University of Rochester; and Randall Thompson from Harvard University, regarding a possible joint degree program between the two institutions. In addition, this category contains letters from Keller to Donald Martino regarding the Paderewski Fund for Composers, as well as several letters/memoranda from Keller to then President Gunther Schuller. One contains background information on Brown Hall; another includes an outline describing alternative teaching methods that could be employed by the Conservatory in the case of lack of funds. There is one last letter included, written by Chester Williams to Mrs. Keller after Harrison's death, describing what his legacy will be at NEC.
Significant Bequests described in the Keller papers include the Cobb Walker Library and the Wendell Endicott collection of paintings, as well as a memorandum entitled "Total Funds Received as Gifts, 1931–1946."
The Subject Files contain a small amount of material relating to NEC's 90th Anniversary that took place in 1957, a file concerning the planning, construction, and opening of the new dormitory building in 1959, the Harrison Keller String Quartet, and a script for a film about NEC called "Gateway to Achievement." The film itself has been lost.
Keller's Writings have been organized into four categories: speeches at NEC; reports/essays on NEC topics; tributes; and speeches/reports given outside of the Conservatory. Among Keller's NEC speeches are statements that Keller gave to the faculty, including one on the occasion of his acceptance as President. Another speech is Keller's address to the Conservatory community on the occasion of the opening of the dormitory and Spaulding Library in 1959. Among Keller's reports/essays concerning NEC are: "A Brief Account of Fund Raising Activities during the period of 1951-1961," "The Conservatory's First Century of Progress (February 6, 1970), "An Introduction to Music" and "Notes from Harrison Keller" (January 30, 1963) and a handwritten statement discussing options during NEC's financial crisis in 1970. Keller's tributes honor Chester Williams, Carl McKinley, Richard Burgin, Wallace Goodrich, and Maurice Fremont-Smith. Keller's writings outside of NEC include addresses to the Hartt School of Music (Commencement 1955) and the Peabody Institute, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary ('The Future of the Conservatory' -February, 1957). This series also contains reports to the Middle States Association, Music Teachers National Association and National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), the National Federation of Music Clubs (March 1956), and to the President of Mt. Allison University, evaluating that institution's course offerings.
Biographical materials such as tributes/honoraria to Keller include feature articles on the occasion of his retirement from NEC, an honorary degree citation from the Hartt School of Music, and a memorandum to the NEC community regarding Keller's death.
The sixth series of this collection features a number of concert programs collected by Keller during his days of study in Berlin, dating from 1907-1909. These programs were donated by Keller himself to the NEC library.
Finally there are several photographs in this collection (all 8 x 10s), depicting various events. These events most likely include Keller's inaugural, Keller's retirement, and professional organization meetings. Also included are a press photo and a photo which was featured in the 1952 class yearbook.


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The use of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) for spinal fusion surgery has risen sharply over the past decade, increasing costs with no evidence of improved outcomes, reports study in the February 1 issue of Spine.
"[The] results suggest that BMP may add substantial cost to fusion procedures, with little improvement in subsequent reoperation rates," according to the new research, led by Dr Richard A. Deyo of Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.
BMP Now Used in Nearly 30 Percent of Spinal Fusion Cases
Using Medicare data from 2002 to 2008, the researchers analyzed trends in the use of BMP for spinal fusion surgery in older adults with one specific diagnosis: lumbar stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back). Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2002, BMP is a growth factor that can induce the formation of new bone. It provides an alternative to using the patient's own bone -- typically obtained from the hip bone (iliac crest) -- as a source of graft material.
On analysis of nearly 17,000 spinal fusion procedures, the use of BMP increased rapidly: from 5.5 percent of procedures in 2003 to 28.1 percent in 2008. BMP was more likely to be used in patients with previous surgery or those undergoing more complex spinal fusion procedures. The results supported the safety of BMP, showing no increase in major medical complications.
However, the use of BMP did not reduce the need for repeat surgery. In both groups, about three percent of patients underwent repeat surgery within one year, and six percent at two years. Repeat surgery rates were also similar for patients undergoing more complex spinal fusion procedures with and without BMP.
Spinal fusion procedures using BMP were considerably more expensive, with an average increase of $15,000 in hospital charges. However, under Medicare's Diagnosis-Related Group system, actual reimbursements were substantially lower: average difference $850.
Increased Costs, but No Apparent Improvement in Results The rapid growth of BMP without increased complications suggests that this bone growth factor can safely be used as an alternative to the patient's own bone. However, spinal fusion procedures using BMP cost more, with no reduction in the need for repeat surgery. Patients receiving BMP were less likely to need nursing home care while recovering after surgery, which may at least partially offset the added costs.
Previous small studies reported higher rates of "solid fusion" in patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery with BMP, compared to bone grafts alone. The new study is one of the first to look at how BMP affects the outcomes of spinal fusion for patients in routine care -- who often differ from those enrolled in formal clinical trials.
The results show that use of BMP for spinal fusion surgery increased rapidly after its introduction in 2002, particularly for more complex cases. The use of BMP appears safe, with no increase in complication rates. However, reoperation rates are nearly identical, even after adjusting for patient and surgical characteristics.
The authors acknowledge their study has some important limitations -- including a lack of information on key outcomes such as pain and functioning. Dr Deyo and coauthors conclude, "Our findings suggest the value of studying effectiveness in routine care to complement evidence from randomized efficacy trials [and] the importance of studying the effectiveness of new technology in the full range of patient demographics and indications in which it may be used."
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It's hard to believe anything good could come from the 2005 London Tube bombing. The terrorist attack claimed 52 lives and sent chilling images of death across the entire country and beyond. Sifting through the aftermath, police and emergency personnel tried valiantly to rescue the badly injured passengers and identify the mangled bodies of those who were not so lucky.
Meanwhile worried relatives and friends posted pictures of missing individuals on the walls of shops and walkways. Hoping against all hope at times, they trudged from hospital to hospital searching the patient lists for names of their loved ones and filed in and out of morgues.
London River tells the story of two of those searchers. Given to middle-aged spread, Elizabeth (Brenda Blethyn) is a Guernsey farmwoman struggling to stay on top of her responsibilities since her husband was killed in the Falkland Islands War. When she sees the televised scenes of the London devastation, she calls her grown daughter Jane, who is attending school in London, to no avail. After numerous attempts, Elizabeth leaves the care of her animals in the hands of her brother Edward (Marc Baylis) and heads for the city only to find no one home at Jane's flat.
Alone in the big city, the distraught mother joins throngs of other worried people hunting for any leads. Among those individuals, she meets a lanky, aging African man searching for his son Ali. Whether because of his skin color, nationality or religion, Elizabeth is leery of Ousmane (Sotigui Kouyaté) and curt during their initial interactions. (At one point she even reports him to the police, suspecting him of having a sinister part in her daughter's disappearance.) As her hysteria heightens, he remains remarkably composed despite his own worry.
However as the grieving parents retrace the paths of their missing children, they run into one another again and again until they learn the two young adults were friends. At first the discovery adds fuel to Elizabeth's suspicions. Yet over time, as the expectation of a happy reunion diminishes, she finds herself drawn for solace to the quiet, doleful-eyed man with the long graying dreadlocks.
While the terrorist attacks serve as a backdrop for this script, the real human drama takes place between those left to deal with the aftereffects. Elizabeth is forced to confront her prejudices and Ousmane must make peace with the decisions he made many years ago. While neither can change the tragic events, at least they discover they don't have to be victims as well.Directed by Rachid Bouchareb. Starring Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyat. Running time: 87 minutes. Theatrical release January 14, 2011. Updated July 12, 2016
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Despite their outward appearances and life experiences, what things do Elizabeth and Ousmane have in common? How do they discover these shared aspects? How can tragedy either bring people together or force them apart?
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Horc comes from the Nordic word "Horcerer," who was a type of highly regarded Icelandic fighter in the 9th and 10th centuries, in part due to a psychotic state induced through the consumption of mushrooms, mead, and undercooked beef. During battle, the contents of the Horcerer's stomach would mix and form what the Nord's called "The Cauldron of Anger," which would foment and spew forth in a hot chunky spray. This precurser to today's pepper spray would immobolize opponents for several minutes, giving the Horcerer's companions time to maim or kill. Today, the word "horc" is used to describe any spewing forth of the contents of one's stomach onto another person or animal. Otherwise, the word "vomit" is appropriate.
Pablo was out of control at the cock fight last night, finally concluding the evening by horcing all over Pupenstein, the undisputed cockfighting champ from Honduras.
by Jerry Manderpubes February 15, 2005
Someone who always leeches off of someone else; Someone who likes to take advantage of someone in particular; A girl who is overweight and unattractive but likes to have sex.
"Martin was such a horc when we had to write our history paper", "Sarah is a horc when it comes to nerds", "Lol Derek's mom is a huge horc"
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The 2013 calendar shoots have begun! Feels as hot as summer already dang it as we hoped to get some good shoots in before the heat started! If you would like to shoot for the Porsche Calendar let me know by shooting me a Note here. I respond quickly to them.
We are looking for beautiful models in the Austin area and are shooting from now through July one or two times per month! We like to have about 3 models per shoot if possible to keep Doug, Howard and me busy!
Come shoot with us soon!
We are already in the planning stages for the 2013 calendar... We always seem to get in to the late summer and then rush to get some shots done and I hate that! It is WAY to hot in Central Texas in the summer time to be doing that, so we are planning to shoot some models in Nov and Dec (weather permitting) to get a jump on things!
I have already contacted a few of you, so if you are interested lets get connected and get some shots in the can!
If you are interested in being a part of High Heels & Hot Wheels 2013 contact me. The 2012 calendar (like the 2010 and 2011 before it) went all over the world! We added Russia, Thailand and Iraq this year to our list of countries we shipped to, so I could not be happier!
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I have been taking pictures my whole life. Finally I have decided to put some of that joy and talent (I use the term loosely here too! ;-) to use. So I figured I would start out by sharing a few pics with you all here on MM!
I hope you enjoy my work.
Generally I take pictures of things I like to see and look at. To date I have not tried my hand at any real artsy shots, mostly car stuff...I LOVE cars...oh and beautiful women too, so whenever I can combine the two I am in heaven!
I have worked on both sides of the cameras (video and still) and have recently produced a DVD documentary that I also wrote and shot. Very exciting times for me!
My current project is a calendar for my 928 Club with worldwide (but low volume) distribution. I have the cars lined up, I just need some more models to finish the project! If you are interested in posing with a beautiful car or two wearing high heels, a short skirt and/or a bikini and are in the Austin area then drop me a note!
The title of the calendar is "High Heels & Hot Wheels 2010"... Many of the pictures I am sharing with you have come from shoots for this project!
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to look at my work!
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I have had trouble with shoezone on a couple of occasions. My wife had to visit a store in order to try and obtain a refund owing to boots I had been wearing for a very short time - less than 4 months - falling apart at the seams. The manageress of the said store even admitted that they make footwear cheaply as this is apparently what most buying customers actually want.
I also paid quite a lot (for me) for the boots in question and expected them to last longer than they did.
Maybe I'm getting old, but I remember when a pair of shoes lasted up to a year at least! But alas, this is no longer the case, especially if you purchase your footwear from shoezone.
Some of the shoes and boots on display actually look quite decent and in theory we would then imagine they'd be worth the price. But don't be fooled.
Those shiny new boots which look so stylish in the shop will probably either let in water, or start to come apart at the heel within a very short period of time.
On saying this, shoezone - at least in the highstreet, don't exactly have too much competition, so in theory I am complaining about them while at the same time I'm still - at least now and again - buying their shoes anyway!
I actually think shoes in general are just not what they used to be whatever store you decide to obtain them from. If you have the money, I'd advise to go online and buy a decent pair, but make sure they have leather uppers at least.
Where I live we only have 2 shoe shops one of which being shoe zone. The other shop is abysmal so I always opt for shoe zone. Their shoes are great for work as they dont cost a lot of money so you dont mind if they get ruined. However, I have only ever bought something that has lasted more than a few weeks in there once, but for such a low price you cant expect brilliant quality. I have only bought 1 pair of shoes there for my son and they only lasted 5 days, I'm not entirely sure if it was because he is very active or they were just not made to last, who knows maybe both, so when it comes to shoes for my children I do find it more cost effective in the long run, to travel 10 miles to clarks for them. I very rarely buy shoes for my self anywhere other than shoe zone as it is convinent but if I had more options I probably would shop somewhere else. I can not fault their winter boots though and recommend them to most of my friends and family but do make sure they are the boots with the thick soles and not the foam ones. I do think that shoe zone is a good place to get cheap or temporary shoes but if you are lucky enough to be able to afford to, I would say to go somewhere else a bit mor expensive just to get a good quality, lasting pair of shoes. You get what you pay for.
When my children were younger I always used to buy their shoes from Clarkes. I did this because I wanted to be sure that they had shoes that fitted the best for their little feet. As they have got a bit older...neither of them want Clarkes shoes any more...well I suppose they are not exactly fashionable to them.
To be honest, whilst I want them to have good fitting shoes, money does come into it. My son seems to going through more shoes and trainers lately than hot dinners!! Which is getting a little frustrating, but I don't think this is uncommon for boys of his age, 11 yrs. For a long time now my daughter and my son have been happy to get their shoes from Shoe Zone. My daughter is now thinking about looking elsewhere though and I have found more recently that the shoes I am buying them are not lasting very long. In my sons case, the last pair I got him has only lasted about 2 months! However, it is a lot in his case to do with how he treats them and kicking footballs around at School etc. I was looking at his shoes the other day and I noticed they were ripped up down one side. I couldn't believe it. I said to him that I couldn't t send him to School in shoes that are ripped! Due to the short life span of his shoes I thought I would try to get him some new shoes from Clarkes . I am sure that they would last him a lot longer. I took him out the other day and suggested Clarkes. Unfortunately he wouldn't have any of it and refused to go in there. I said ok then...its back to Shoe Zone.
We went into one of our local Shoe Zones (Barnet) ; he went for the usual type of shoe he likes. He wasn't all that happy with my suggestions. As I was looking for something that would be a bit more hardwearing you see. In the end we came away with the same shoes I got him a few months ago! He just seems to like these shoes. I have to say they are a great price; £12.99. Now whilst I cannot recommend them as a hardwearing shoe; they are quite a nice shoe, they don't make his feet look massive. Unfortunately with a lot of boys, their feet grow very quickly and because overall their feet are a lot bigger than women's... if you get a chunky sort of shoe.. It really makes their feet look huge. I think he is also aware of this.
The problem is, I know that this shoe won't last him long, despite the cheap price. Luckily, it is almost the School summer holidays and this is his last year at Juniors. What I will do, is see if these will be ok for him to wear to the start of Secondary School and then for the next pair I will have a good hunt around and see if I can get him something which will last longer.
I have worked it out and if a pair of shoes from Shoe Zone only lasts him about 2 or 3 months; it would be better for me to get him a more expensive pair that hopefully might last him 6 months . We shall see!!
In regard to Shoe Zone as a whole...they are good. They are not top quality shoes... but they are cheap... they are affordable....I often buy my shoes from there and my daughters shoes. Last year I bought myself 3 pairs of little pumps for the summer; one in Black, one in White and one in cream. They are petite and have sequins on them. I wear them mostly with skirts/shorts or cropped trousers. I love these shoes. I still have all 3 pairs and still wear all 3 pairs. They are in stock at Shoe Zone again this year and they are a super buy. Admittedly around the heel part of the pump at the bottom this becomes a bit frayed and worn fairly quickly but I consider these to be a real bargain and a 'must have' for me.
As I have said, I often also get my daughters School shoes from there; these usually only cost around £10 per pair; they actually last her quite a while; although now, at her request we will be looking elsewhere as we have found that they often don't have her size in the shoe she wants and she is finding their range of school shoes a little limited there. Fortunately for me, her feet don't grow too quick and she doesn't have as much wear and tear on her shoes as my son!!
Shoe Zone sell lots of shoes and trainers for all the family; sometimes their boots are quite good too. I was shopping a few months back and my daughter spotted this really nice pair of Grey ankle boots; well they go a little higher than the ankle and have laces and buckles at the top. They fitted her well and only cost about £15. They are great and they look good on her. You can also get inner soles, heel grips etc at shoe zone and the usual protective sprays.
I have noticed that Shoe zones are all over the place. When I was a teenager I would get my shoes from Curtess and Freeman, Hardy, Willis shoes shops. These no longer exist; but they were a bit like Shoe Zone.
You can also get Wellington Boots, Slippers and children's plimsoles at Shoe Zones as well as really cheap PE Kit bags which are only about £2.00. Shoe Zone also often have sales on which are good.
Whilst Shoe Zone may not provide Top Quality shoes... as far as I am concerned they are a must for people who are on a budget and simply can't afford expensive shoes. The footwear they have, in my view is actually quite nice in appearance in many cases and I will certainly continue to shop there; if not for my children, then for me! A five star rating is in order here..
Most larger towns/.city centres feature a branch of Shoe Zone these days, and in the current economic climate it's easy to see why the shop might appear attractive, as it sells shoes at extremely low prices. For example you can pick up a pair of trainers/skater shoes for around at £15, and can pick up smart work shoes for £20, or a pair of work boots for £25-30.
Unfortunately however, a cursory glance or trying on of any of these shoes reveals that whilst the costs are low the shoes are both cheaply-made and poorly designed. The work-boots tend to me made out of rigid plastic, and are not very comfortable at all, and would lead to aching feet if they were worn when staying on your feet for anything but the briefest periods (say 30 mins). Similarly, I bought a pair of skater-style shoes once which, whilst incredibly cheap (around £12 i think) left me with badly aching feet after I wore them at work (my job required me to be on my feet and walking around all day), and the soles had no cusioning in them at all, feeling instead like they were made out of compacted cardboard.
The men's shoes are thus pretty useless for anything but pottering around the house/garden in, although it may very well be the case that the ladies sandals or mens slippers and flipflops, both of which are intended for much lighter wear, may be better value for money for this reason.
The shops are generally fairly clean and tidy, and the staff have always been pleasant enough in my experience, but ultimately the products just dont cut it, and can be false economy, as they dont last that long and are uncomfortable and unwiledy for as long as they do last. Youd be better off spending twice as much on a comfortable, long lasting pair of shoes than on two (or even three) pairs from Shoe Zone, to be honest.
Shoezone is one of those stores where you can buy affordable shoes and not feel as though you're buying poor quality shoes. Obviously, being one of the cheaper footwear stores, quality isn't as high as other places, but I find that for the price they charge, the shoes aren't bad.
I have bought shoes from other cheaper footwer stores before and I find that the quality reflects the price. But with Shoe Zone, I find the shoes fit well and are comfortable.
After spending months looking for a pair of boots, I eventually had no choice but to look in the cheaper stores because my student budget couldn't afford anything more than that. I was pleasantly surprised to see a stunning pair of boots at shoe zone. I was a little apprehensive about trying them on, but when I did, I was shocked at how comfortable it felt. From experience, shoes from cheaper stores tend to have really thin soles. But this pair of boots didn't feel like that at all. In fact, it felt and looked quite expensive. I bought them for a little under £20.
I highly recommend this store to anyone who wants decent shoes without breaking the bank. I find that Shoe Zone is present on most high streets and in most shopping centres. A must visit for shoe lovers on a budget.
Also, the slipper boots they sell are so cute.
I've gone past this store many times before at my local shopping centre but never gone inside because I'm not a big shoe person but my pumps had been ruined by the rain and I needed some replacements but New Look was severly lacking which is where I normally go and so I ended up going in here and was pleased to see quite a fair range of choices.
They do footwear for women, men and kids but I just looked at the ballet pumps which all seemed cheap enought at an average of £8, which is more or less twice what Primark charges and half of what New Look charges.
They had about forty different styes of shoes. I was looking for both a black and a brown pair but through there was plenty of black and for some reason lots of white, I couldn't see any brown pairs, only animal print which isn't my thing or good for work.
They had a range of sizes, the highest I saw being nine and the shoes I bought were nice but it was the staff interaction that I found most interesting. I asked for a particular size and either the girl said it wrong to her colleague or her colleague misheard but one of the assisants came downstairs with the shoes and when I told her it wasn't the right size she huffed and puffed and went and argued with her workmate about who'd hear or said the wrong thing and depending on whose mistake it was who should go upstairs again and get the correct one and this went on for fifteen minutes and made me feel quite unconfortable.
I ended up buying the shoes in the end because they were cheap and a nice design but did not think much of the staff having a long drawn out argument right in front of me and made me leave as quickly as possible without stopping to look at other products.
For price and variety it gets a tick, for customer service a big cross!
I think that Shoe Zone is probably one of the cheapest shoe stores in the UK, and that goes for online shops too.
Apart from the amazing prices, I like the way that Shoe Zone cater for all the family, children, men and women in a wide range of varieties.
You can expect to find a good selection of boots, sandals, slippers, trainers, heels etc. Most stores have some shoe baskets outside these are usually where the cheapest shoes are kept.
I have noticed that Shoe Zone create a lot of replicas of more expensive products that you would find in many of the high street shops, I wouldn't say that the quality is exactly outstanding, but then for what you pay for the products you cant really complain.
I have always found the staff to be extremely helpful and polite, I also like that on most occasions both left and right shoes are out so that you can actually see what the shoes look like and how they feel etc.
Not all purchases will come boxed, however if this really bothers you, it may be worth asking if they have any spare boxes in which they could spare.
All the stores I have been in have been of a good sized and have been clean and tidy with loads of mirrors on the floors and walls.
Im not overly keen on the carrier bags, not really sure why this is lol, they are white with Shoe Zone written along the middle, not exactly hideous but I think they could be a lot more appealing.
My local store also sells handbags, shoe polish, insoles etc again all at extremely reasonable prices.
I generally like to shop online and never knew that this store had a website however they do... www.shoezone.co.uk. I noticed that they have some great deals, perhaps better than instore so its definitely worth taking a look at. All UK orders come with free delivery.
Overall think this is a great shoe store, as previously stated, the quality isn't brilliant but its not a disaster either and the products will definitely last for a few months of regular wear. If your looking for a pair of shoes to last the summer or for the odd occasion, then this is the place to find them, they also have a great selection of sizes in stock, its always worth asking if you don't see your size available.
Shoe Zone joins a quite long list of bargain shoe shops in England. Stocking shoes for men, women and children, you can find all sorts of different styles for formal, leisure and work footwear.
Every Shoe Zone I've been in have always been clean and tidy, with neat racks of shoes throughout the store. Unlike higher-end shoe stores, you don't have to ask a shop assistant to retrieve the other matching size shoe to try them on. Likewise, you don't have an assistant approaching you asking if you want any help, which for people like me, is probably a good thing as it can be a bit off-putting when you just want to browse the store.
One negative point of Shoe Zone is the shoes themselves. You do get what you pay for, and I wouldn't expect shoes to last long from here, especially if worn daily. The shoes look good and not especially cheap, but you will usually find shoes from higher-end shops will last you longer.
I first came across Shoe Zone when I was an impoverished student, ever on the hunt for cut price shoes and clothes. As I soon as I saw the blue and orange sign, I knew that I was onto something. Crossing the threshold, my hopes were confirmed by the harsh lighting and the smell of fake, plasticky leather. The place was a student's paradise, full of shoes of all shapes and sizes, the vast majority of which were under a tenner.
Since then, Shoe Zone seems to have taken off, and you'll find a store in most town centres. Selling shoes, boots and slippers (plus a few handbags) for adults and children, chances are you'll find something in here that you like, stylewise at least. From shiny, blinged up stilettoes, to modest, balletesque flats, there's a shoe for every occasion in here. I have to admit that a lot of them aren't to my taste- some of the gaudy, patent effect shoes look very tacky, and I can't imagine anyone wanting to buy them, even for the miniscule prices they sell at. But there are always tamer shoes on offer too, and some of them look very appealing- you wouldn't guess from their initial appearance that they cost just £5-10.
Another reason I've frequented Shoe Zone in the past is that I have absolutely tiny feet (size 2!) so I'm always on the look out for kids' shoes that don't look childish. Shoe Zone usually has a reasonable range of shoes aimed at older kids (sizes 13-4), some of which look surprisingly adult. I do find it slightly alarming that they're churning out shoes with relatively high heels aimed at kids- practicality doesn't seem to come high on the agenda here. But for adults with small feet, like me, the odd nice looking shoe that I came across in the kids' range was always a great find. And, of course, the shoes in this range are even cheaper than the adults'.
The stores themselves tend to be quite basic- racks of shoes, not necessarily ordered in size, and generally a bit jumbled up. The shoes come in pairs, so you don't need to ask an assistant if you want to try them on.
The major flaw with this shop is the quality of the shoes it sells. They don't generally fit as well as more expensive shoes, and often rub and pinch in all the wrong places. If you find a pair you really like, you'll probably be happy to put up with this though. What you won't be so happy about is the fact that they'll probably start falling to pieces after a few weeks' wear. Durable these are not. A pair of Ugg style boots I bought last year gave out at the ankle after just a few wears, and the rubbery sole wore down in no time at all, making them unwearable. This, on top of a few previous flops, has ensured that I won't be buying from Shoe Zone again. Paying under £10 for a pair of boots may seem like a bargain at the time, but it really isn't if you're going to be throwing them away a month later. Buying cheap, disposable shoes like this just perpetuates the culture of creating waste, and it's not something I want to be a part of.
On the surface of things, Shoe Zone may seem like a great shop to pick up affordable shoes. However, this is one example of getting what you pay for, and I've come to realise that it's far better for your feet and the environment to save up for a decent, long lasting pair of shoes.
Whenever Winter comes around and my feet need some big shoes to keep them warm, I always find myself going into Shoe Zone as they have a huge range of boots.
They sell all different types of boots from high knee to ankle boots, leather to material boots, fashion to practical boots and they are all great value at less than £20. I bought a pair of boots from here last Winter and I absolutely love them. I'm still wearing them today, well over a year later, and they only just started to get wear and tear on them a couple of months ago on the heel where they could do with re-heeling. Considering I bought them over a year ago and I have literally worn them on every single cold day since then, I think they've lasted a pretty long time and I've really got my money's worth with them.
The majority of their normal footwear is black so I often pick up a pair of smart work shoes from here which could be used for school shoes as well. They have a few different basic types - flat ones, small, medium and high heels, pointy or rounded tips, some with a basic but smart pattern on such as a small bow at the front.
They also have quite a big range of men's footwear and they're all really quite smart. My husband has just bought a pair of smart shoes from here for only £14.99 when a pair that look and feel exactly the same are being sold for over double that amount in other clothes shops.
I don't usually go into Shoe Zone unless I'm looking for boots or work shoes, as they don't have the best range of going-out and fancy shoes for women in my opinion. But for boots, men's wear and also slippers and children's shoes, they have a great range and all at very affordable prices.
Shoe zone are a relatively well known discount shoe shop selling mens, womens and childrens shoes. They stock a multitude of types although they do tend to vary the amount of each depending on the season eg, more boots in winter and more sandals in the summer.
- Frequent stock turnover so there's often lots of different shoes to look through each time you go.
- Good prices (often cheaper than places such as New Look and definately cheaper than Clarkes) and occassional offers (I went in there today and they had buy 1 get one free on quite alot of their stock).
- Decent quality for the price - while the shoes you purchase from here won't be the best quality around (very rarely any leather shoes) they are still well made for the price. I've bought quite a number of boots from here over the years and none of them have ever fallen apart.
- The shops are usually clean and well maintained with the stock well displayed.
- Quite often don't have the size you need. Some sizes seem to either sell very quickly or they don't order much stock in a certain size. I'm a (women's) size 8 and often find they don't have the shoe I'm interested in, in my size but they invariably have it in a 7 or a 9.
Things to note:
- You won't find designer brands in shoe zone.
- Shoes you buy don't come in boxes, you buy what's on the shelf and they get put straight into a bag.
Shoezone are well known for their cheap shoes and sometimes poor quality. They stock shoes for women, men and children, and sell slippers as well. For women they generally go up to a size 8, but I have seen a few items that go up to a size 9 - where else would you find shoes for a woman in this size that are still cheap? The mens go up to a size 12, and the children's sizes go from when they start wearing hard-soled shoes.
Most big towns now, probably have a shoezone, and I always like to have a look around the store in case I find a bargain. I have bought quite a few pairs of shoes from here for myself and my son as there is not many places in our town where you can get children's shoes, or comfortable shoes for adults. If I want to buy a pair of heels or fashion shoes then I will normally go to New Look or Dorothy Perkins, but I decided a few weeks ago that I really needed a pair of 'winter' boots as my 29 pairs of shoes at home are not at all winter friendly!
So, off I popped to Shoezone. I found a pair of boots in there that are similar to Ugg boots but at a fraction of the price. They are sheepskin lined inside, and on the outside they are like a black suede material. They don't sound very nice, but they are really comfy, they do look good, and more importantly they are ideal to see my feet through winter! They only cost me £16.99, which if you think about it, if they last me 6 months (over winter and spring) then its only cost me £2.83 a month to keep my feet toasty! Bargain!
Another reason I shop at Shoezone is for my sons shoes. He does have quite a few pairs of branded trainers like adidas, and nike, but I also get him some from Shoezone, for his 'wear-and-tear trainers'. They only cost between £7 and £10 for a pair and they last until his feet are too big for them, which we all know is not very long for a 3yr old!
I would recommend Shoezone for cheap prices, OK quality and comfy shoes. If you're after fashion stilettos then Shoezone probably isn't the right place. Don't be put off by their title of being cheap and flimsy, if we can all save some money during the credit crunch, for buying necessary things like shoes, then its the right place to go.
Shoe Zone...I am not snobby but I would not be seen dead in some of these.
Shoe zone are quite famous for their cheap shoes. Let's face it, they are going to fall apart within a month anyway so is is not worth getting a pair that are going to last.
You may have seen the Shoe Zone store lurking around in a town or city with a few of those hideous white baskets outside the shop with half price shoes in etc. They have all been muddled up and to be honest it looks like an eye sore!
The do childrens/toddlers/mens/womens shoes. I know more about the women's shoes so I am going to focus on these.
They do boots, sandals, flats, heels and other weird types of shoes. The fake UGG boots slant to the side when you walk in them which frustrates me!
Some sandals are quite nice but they do not last two minutes. My step mum had a pair of flip flops from here and they lasted her two days then the butterfly came off and they started to really itch her feet.
The prices in here are low as I have mentioned, £5.99 for a pair of flats that are going to last five minutes. Staff are mardy in most shops, the shop smells of cheap shoes and the store in generally tidy. 2/5 From me.
Pretty much know for having cheap shoes is Shoe Zone and having some decent quality to. You should never judge a book by its cover and neither did I as I needed some spare black shoes for my self. My partner directed me here saying the prices were good and they had some good quality. At first I was embarrassed to come inside here but eventually I learned the stock here was not that bad!
Shoe Zone has shoes for women,men and children to most of the shoes are for women and children though from what I saw. The trainers you see for men here are rubbish and there is no point looking at them at all. I noticed some decent slippers though that were alright here and some nice plain shoes. The price for the plain shoes I liked here was ten pounds and they really did look expensive.
You are allowed here to try on the shoes as long as you ask a member of staff here. The service they give here is very good you are even allowed to measure your shoe size with their special measure tape to make sure you get the right size.
At Shoe Zone it seems like everyone takes the shop for granted like me. You can find good quality here like I found out plus you get some very good decent shoes at very good prices. They even have seats so you can try on the shoes other stores like Debenhams in my local do not even offer this. Shoe Zone does offer quality shoes its all about coming here and seeing it for your self.
I always am looking for a bargain and love going for a good shopping trip, and Shoe Zone is one place that I try to avoid as shoes in New Look or other shoe stores are of better quality and are still not too expensive. The store has grown lately instead of failing like many others in the credit crunch and I have notice that many new stores have been opening over the last few years and months.
Shoe Zone are a shoe retailer that have been selling shoes for as long as I can remember, they sell shoes for men, women and children. The shoes in Shoe Zone are very cheap, they are a real bargain, however their shoes dont really last that long in the sense of wear and tear.
You can buy boots for under £20, which is a bargain, though they are normally either very simple or quite tacky compared to the trends, also flat shoes and other footware are on sale for really reasonable prices, averagely £10. The school shoes can some times be really nice though in this store and they are cheap (£10-20) so you can buy a new pair half way through the term when they are worn out and they still wouldnt cost as much as the PODs I used to wear.
The mens shoes are also cheap though the quality isnt really as good other shops, the shoes wont wear and tear as long as other shops and brands.
The childrens shoes are also well priced, though at the rate children grow, its almost a waste to buy the best of the best for them for when they are running around the house and throwing their shoes away at every chance. The kids shoes are really nice and cute and are worth while to buy in my opinion in this store.
Overall I think that the kids shoes are great and get the job done in Shoe Zone, the womens and men shoes are best for more work and school sort of occassion as they are cheap and get the job done, however if you are looking for some nice shoes to go out in and keep for good occassions, then you may be better to look else where like New Look or Faith shoe stores, depending on your taste.


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I stayed at Paulaus's place, together with a guy from Paraguay, and Tati, a girl I met 1,5 years before in Dublin. She's from Blumenau, and will end up giving me a lift and host me at her place, after the events in Curitiba end.
Curitiba is an amazingly clean and nice city with tons and tons of parks, which are often full with people just chilling, great! A very green city, and also said to be the city with the best public transportation system. The busstops have kind of "loading-tubes", where you have to wait in before boarding your bus
There were daytrips, parties (halloweenparty), 3AM barbequedinner, concerts, picnicks etc. organised. Good times! I joined a daytrip to Morrettes, where we went by train. The trainride is epic, through wonderful landscapes (see photos), and I enjoyed people playing guitar and singing songs in the wagon. I so love the Brazilian songs! They really have great music...
The majority of brazilians remind me of the french style, switching to their own language all the time, even when they can speak English (but has to be said that they don't feel comfortable trying, being very modest). But, these days I also discovered that suddenly I understood portuguese. A weird and sudden discovery, my mind hadn't informed me of sneakily learning more than I was consciously doing. However, 1-on-1 basic conversing would work ok, but following groupconversations gave me a medium-rated headache after 10 minutes.
So generally here in Brazil, I've often been thinking about how great it is of knowing the local language of where you are, and I have been feeling often how it feels to be an outsider, lost in translation, not knowing what is going on around me.Nevertheless I totally love this country.
Durign the Curitiba days there was also for the second time elections, because the president didn't get a big enough majority last time. So big big propaganda, and then the big day... Just like in Belgium voting is obligatory. Dilma won, a left-wing woman.
I met a ton of cool, open and warm people, had all kind of conversations, CS style, so enriching... I also saw a bunch of people again, my host Claudiomar from Brasilia, my hosts Dudu and Victor from Rio, people from Salvador...
There were only a few other international travelers in this event, and one of them, James, was heading south just like me, so we decided joining paths for a while. Just now when I accepted traveling alone and stopped hoping to find a travelbuddy. Doesn't life has its funny ways?
So, Tati took us in her car, and brought us to her home town, Blumenau!


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So, how did you spend New Year's Day?
On a day which 35 years from now will have about 300,000 people claiming they were in attendance, I am lucky enough to say I was one of the 38,123 people who were at Fenway Park on New Year's Day 2010 for the NHL Winter Classic between the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers.
All too often, events are built up and made to be something they are not. How many times do you leave a movie that was expected to be great and walk out with a shrug of the shoulders and a whimpered "Meh?" This, fortunately for the Bruins, the NHL, the Red Sox, and most importantly me, was not such an instance with this event.
Everything from the snow-filled practices on Thursday to the visual of watching Bobby Orr come out in a Bruins sweater to serve as honorary captain all the way to the end of the game with youth players revealing the players chosen to represent Team USA at the Olympics (including the last player announced – Tim Thomas) was done with class and the style natural to an event as epic as this was.
I utilized my time before, during, and after the game to take as many pictures as I could, which can be found on the 4SB Facebook Page. It will take me a while to wrap my head around what I was lucky enough to see yesterday, so I am glad that I have these photos to help me look back at what an event it was. As I look back now, having just returned from home, there are a few things that stand out from yesterday,
The Anticipation of the Day. I joked to my brother and Ms. Five Minute Major prior to leaving from Weymouth, that to me, the night before was like Christmas Eve when you are little. I stayed up until after midnight and set my alarm for very early.That alarm was useless because I was up around 5 a.m., waiting for 7:30 when I could finally wake everyone up so we could get started.
There are few opportunities once you grow up to feel such pure, unadulterated excitement. This was one of those times. As we drove in towards Boston, the feeling started building. As we turned down Beacon St. and saw the tops of the inflatable hockey players at the Spectator Plaza, it reached a crescendo.
We turned and parked at my super-secret hideaway near B.U.'s campus (that summer makeup philosophy class paid off in more than one way) and put on all our gear before heading over to take a walk through the Fan Fest. A quick check of the clock on my cell phone showed 9:48. Somehow, I wasn't sure if four hours until face-off was enough time to soak in all the happenings.
Fan Fest Frenzy. In the parking lot across from Yawkey Way, the NHL lined up an interactive Fan Fest at Spectator Plaza. There was a band tuning up to play and all types of games, food, beverage, and giveaways.
The longest line was at the "Create Your Own Hockey Card" tent where people could grab a stick and gloves and put themselves on the ice for their own trading card. That line was longer than Ned Devine's on a Friday night in the summer, so we took our free cards and instead wondered around to the other tents.
Areas like this are commonplace at the Super Bowl and NASCAR events, but in the lot across from Copperfield's? Seemed surreal. After an hour, the three of us had a pretty sizeable haul from the Fan Fest. Stress pucks, beads, buttons, hand warmers, stickers, trading cards, and binoculars were stuffed in the bag with the program and game puck we actually bought.
But, what to do with all that? How 'bout a beer?
Pre–Gaming. Literally. With a few hours to kill before game time, we headed over to An Tua Nua for some food and a few drinks. When we got in, there was one other Bruins fan and about 20 Flyers fans. That ratio seemed to stay the same until around 11:45 or so when the people coming to the NHL's official TweetUp came in.
Being the good blogger that I am, I had preregistered so we went on in and immediately wished we hadn't already downed burgers, wings, and sweet potato fries because there were trays of appetizers lined up for the group of about 45 or so bloggers who registered.
Nevertheless, we had a couple more Bud Lights (the official sponsor of the TweetUp and of Five Minute Major) and watched the pregame on NESN.
I was lucky enough to meet Michael DiLorenzo, the director of social media for the NHL, who organized the event and thanked him for hosting. It was a nice, warm way to get ready for what was about to happen.
Field of (My)Dreams. Getting through security was pretty easy as they had multiple lines set up and plenty of people helping to get people onto Yawkey Way. The tough part was that we got too excited and ended up going in the wrong gate.
Our seats were in the bleachers, but we found ourselves on the ramp up to the grandstand behind first base. I began to panic a bit that we would miss intros or something, but we had plenty of time. The only real problem (one which I helped sustain) was that every person who came out of a tunnel and had their first glimpse of how the stadium looked was dumbstruck and couldn't move.
For the Flyers fans there (all 8-9,000 of them by my guess) they were equal parts awestruck and lost. But for us Bostonians, who have been to Fenway countless times, it was at the same time strange but familiar, a little bit magic and a little bit dream. I genuinely didn't count on being so mesmerized by a hockey rink (something I have skated on at least 10,000 times) being at Fenway Park (a place I have been about 300 times.)
Yet, there it was. A heavenly marriage of my childhood passions. Cows and pigs will fly home before the Sox play at the Garden. But on that day, in the most magical of baseball parks, I got to see the team I love more than any other play hockey.
Pomp and Circumstance. Once we navigated past the blockade of people taking pictures, we made it out to the bleachers for the countdown to the game. We saw a parade of policemen and firefighters and military come out from center field, joined by young children who carried flags of every NHL team. Then, nothing else mattered as every eye turned to the dugouts to await the arrival of the teams.
Instead, from the visitor's dugout came Bobby Clarke, the face of the Flyers franchise. Opposite him, from the same dugout Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski called home, came Bobby Orr – the greatest Bruin and arguably the greatest hockey player of all time. They had skates on and rightfully took the first twirls on the ice before the adoring crowds. For two men who once famously fought in the Stanley Cup Finals, this was a great way to show the world how hockey is both a physical, combative game and a gentlemanly one.
With the two greats leading the way, both sides came out of the dugouts surrounded by fireworks and raucous cheers. Flashbulbs ruled the stadium as everyone took pictures to capture the moment.
With the starting lineups at center ice, Daniel Powter and James Taylor banged out the Canadian and American national anthems beautifully.
Just before face-off, a tad behind schedule (the only wrench in the whole production) a stealth bomber zoomed overhead, silencing the crowd – and the players – with its power. That was the final orchestrated part of the day.
What happened next was up to the 40 players on the ice.
The Game. That is what matters. Yes, there was an actual game to be played. It was a regular-season game counting for two points in the standings.
There were rushes back and forth and shots made and attempts thwarted. It is hard to remember most of the game, half because of the vantage point of being high up in the bleachers and half because there was too much to follow.
The highlight of the first period was obviously the fight between Bruins tough guy Shawn Thornton and Flyers enforcer Daniel Carcillo. After the game, Thornton – who was dressing in David Ortiz' locker as requested by Big Papi – said Carcillo seemed eager to engage in the first fight in Winter Classic history, going as far to ask other Bruins to go. Thornton, knowing his role on the team, gave Carcillo the look to let him know he was game and the first outdoor dustup was on.
It was a short scrap, with Carcillo coming out on top. It was appropriate that the B's and Flyers were the first, as they are the two toughest teams in the annals of the NHL.
In the second period, the Flyers took the lead on a bad play by Timmy Thomas. He was irked by certified pest Scott Hartnell when the bushy-haired button pusher tripped Thomas early in a shift. The next time Sideshow Bob came back towards the crease, Tank responded with a cross-check to the back of his head. However, Danny Syvret sent a shot towards goal that glided easily into the open net. It was a hot-tempered play from Thomas that could have doomed his team.
57:42 into the game, it seemed as if Thomas' gaffe would result in a loss. However, Mark Recchi – a former Flyer – tipped in a Derek Morris pass on the power play to tie the game. The score set off a Fenway crowd that had been waiting to explode. To put it into Red Sox terms, the crowd came alive like Dustin Pedroia hit a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game.
The Bruins faithful barely had time to settle down before the B's were back on the power play with a minute left in the game. The Bruins couldn't end it in regulation, and both teams earned a point for their efforts.
The Flyers had the best chance early in OT, with a 2-on-1, but Thomas rebounded and made two big saves to keep the game alive. A few seconds later, Patrice Bergeron sent a centering pass towards goal that was deflected by Marco Sturm for the walkoff goal that capped a truly magical experience in a positive fashion for the Bruins.
The celebration on the ice was just as intense and genuine as the one in the stands as the Bruins looked to be so proud of the game and the fact they could deliver for their fans. I have the game on DVR and will watch to see what else can be taken away strategically, but none of that really matters. The Bruins won, the NHL won, and the fans won.
Overall, I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present. The whole thing was perfect. The journey to yesterday started in November when my parents asked if my brother and I would want to go. I said "Duh" and added that it would be good if we hid it from my brother so it would be a surprise. My amazing parents then asked if Ms. Five Minute Major (a Flyers fan) would want to come. She wanted in so the scene was set.
On Christmas Day, after "all" the gifts were opened, my brother and I each received a box that had Winter Classic gloves, t-shirt, and pens in it. Underneath all that was our ticket. The look on my brother's face was what this experience was all about – shock, amazement and happiness. He knew this was a once in a lifetime event and he would be there.
Once the day came, the rain held off and the cold wasn't too unbearable until the sun went down. Fenway was a bit cramped with all the extra layers, but that was to be expected. Were the sightlines great? No. Are they for baseball unless you sit behind home plate? No.
I heard some guy on The Sports Hub after the game complain because he paid $200 for a ticket and was so cramped and cold and angry at the rowdy fans in the bleachers that he left after two periods. I feel bad for that guy and the others around (I can't wait to hear what Dennis & Callahan and The Big Show have to say, if they even were there or watched) who have negative feelings about the game.
First off, my parents paid more than that for the same type of seats, so good for you because you got a deal. If the fact that it was cold on January 1st surprised you, then you have larger problems. Finally, what were you expecting from the crowd? The Bruins and Flyers are from two tough, fun-loving, sports-crazy cities. Of course the fans at the game would be into it and excitable. Throw in the circus-like atmosphere and increased excitement and some intense back-and-forth was to be expected.
There was a guy two rows behind me who looked like A.J. Hawk and was loud, annoying and foul-mouthed all game. The fact that he had a Flyers jersey on didn't help him. Would I have liked him to be quiet? Sure. Would I have loved it if he kept his shirt on over his pierced nipples? You bet. But, besides a few tense moments in the second intermission between him and a few B's fans, there was no real issue.
In fact, not once did I see or hear that noticeable commotion that takes over Fenway when security has to come up and break something up. People seemed to be policing themselves as no one (except Negative Nancy on 98.5) wanted to waste the money spent and experience involved in.
Hell, look at the front page of the Globe sports section today. The only game featured is the Winter Classic. Not one story on Jason Bay or the Pats' starters. That is a sure sign of how important this game was.
But, there is no more picture of how important this game was than the ones in my mind. Those memories I will share with my family forever.
Thank You to the NHL and the Bruins and the Red Sox for putting this all together at Fenway. And Thank You to my parents for making it possible for me to believe in the magic of winter again.
Awesome….great pics and tahnks for sharing the incredible experience
This game was simply epic. It is a shame for the people who didn't realize that Fenway Park wasn't originally built to view a hockey rink. Green Monster seats could've solved that of course!


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I'm a fan of tiny shitball places in general.
Slowly, however, I've come to appreciate good Mexican food that never ran ads with a talking dog or a head-tilting Shaquille O'Neal. That's right, I brought up, like, a 17-year-old reference, bitches. I'm a fan of tiny shitball places in general. If they have a minimum charge you need to put on your debit card before they accept it, if they accept it at all, I'll probably end up enjoying it unless they include salmonella free of charge.
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When he asked what I'd like to drink, he immediately mentioned Corona. OK everyone, look, we need to talk. Corona is not beer. Corona is the urine run-off from tourists in Cancun mixed with the sweat and tears left behind by Mexican immigrants crossing the frontier. Obviously it doesn't taste like that, because urine is a strawberry daiquiri in Heaven compared to what Corona actually tastes like. You know how when you go to a restaurant and ask for water sometimes they'll bring you water with a little slice of lemon to mask the shitty taste of their municipal water system? That's the same reason assholes started putting limes in Corona. No, it's not decorative, Mexicans don't care about the aesthetics of what they swallow, it's to mask the pungent stench of beer that tastes like licking an 82-year-old Indian man's goiter.
So I'm eating the rest of those tacos and I realize I need to pull the unbutton routine. Yeah, I had to unbutton my jeans. There's a girl I dated that may be reading this laughing, because she does the same thing. CLASSY. It's weird because she weighs like 12 lbs carrying a 15 lb sack of nickels.
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Fuck Corona.
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Fuck it in its suck-hole.
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