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The article says that they are a vaudeville, but doesn't explain what about them is vaudeville. -- Scott (talk) 19:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Sesame Street Upaved refers to them as vaudevillians, as does Feltenstein's book. I don't remember the sketches well, but it seemed to be the same kind of slapstick comic-duo humor "misunderstanding concepts" humor of Buddy and Jim or the later Noodle Family, which is very much in the vaudeville tradition, from Burns and Allen to Abbott and Costello. If you disagree, feel free to take it out, since that's about all we can say about them at the time. Andrew Leal (talk) 20:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, I changed the article while you were posting this. Having seen three of their sketches, I don't think there's anything particularly vaudevillian about them. The sketches are funny, but they're a little slow -- I couldn't see a vaudeville audience sitting through them. Part of the problem, really, is that people who use the word "vaudevillian" usually don't have a clear definition of what it means. I changed it to "comedy duo". -- Danny (talk) 20:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
I went ahead and removed the "then unknown" line about Alan Arkin. I know it's mentioned, and he was *less* famous at the time, but he'd already received two Oscar nominations for Best Leading Actor at the time! Didn't win, so his casting wasn't necessarily because of star power, but he wasn't an unknown. --Andrew, Aleal 01:29, 3 February 2006 (UTC)


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Hahaha, got your attention didn't it. ROFL Anyways, I'm taking her to the track tonight for the first time with a few STi buddies of mine. I've never been there as an actual participant. Just usually watching. I'll post a slip tonight when I get back. These RE92's are in trouble. ;) I hope that the STi guys don't make me look too sick. :poorme:
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Good luck :)
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That was the most fun that I've had with my car yet. I did get my booty waxed by some badazzed rides though, but all in all, it was a very cool experience. I made 8 passes total, allowing for some cool down between each one. I did however, beat a pretty sweet Stang and a very janky Escort with an equally nasty bodykit/gaudy wing. He was running solid 19's all night. ROFL My beatings came from a Buick GN, a Z06, 2 Camaros, and The STi's that I came with.
1. 15.01 @ 95.93 2.70 60ft. :hurl:
2. 14.53 @ 94.25 2.09 60ft. Better, but still :hurl:
3. 13.98 @ 95.50 1.95 60 ft. Best run of the night. Not awesome, but not totally :hurl:
Runs 4-8 were low to mid 14's, not very proud of that, but not too bad either for a newb.
I really need to get my 60's down, then the better times will come. I really wanted to leave with a 13.5 run, but since my good friend was running that and better, I didn't see it happening for me yet. He also has an STi with AP/Street tuner though. His best was a 13.21 @102. He kept roasting them off though. I'll try and take pics of my slips, but my digicam sucks bawls. We'll see what happens.
Not bad for first time I guess. What were your 60's?
My 60's were awful, they ranged from 1.95 (best) to 2.70 (worst).
They averaged 2.195. This needs work bad. If I can get them down to 1.8 or less, I can get some decent times.
A 1.8 60' will definetly bring your ET's down. 2.7... Did you start in second gear by mistake? ROFL
Hahaha, no, but you'd sure think so. ROFL I've read a few things about launching your WRX that I never really thought about. I'll try what I read and see if that makes a diff. :sneaky:
The 2.7, I almost stalled it, it wasn't pretty. :poorme:
Yea I'm not to good at launching myself, I'll either bog or you smell some nice burning clutch for like 5 minutes :hurl:
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my first time out i ran a best of 15.63 @ 90 out of 4 runs
six months later i ran a best of 14.63 @ 92 out of 6 runs.
Nice runs! :rocks:
Noticed on the pics of your car your gauges, is that the Autometer bezel mount? I'm thinking of getting that, too. Do you like it? Was it hard to install or run the wiring?
[QUOTE=Lost One]Nice runs! :rocks:
Noticed on the pics of your car your gauges, is that the Autometer bezel mount? I'm thinking of getting that, too. Do you like it? Was it hard to install or run the wiring?[/QUOTE]
Thanks bro. Yes that's the AutoMeter one. It fits well and looks nice, but I hate it's design. You have 2 screw holes in the bottom part of it with no reinforcement behind them. If you tighten them down too tight the screw will just go through it. If I had it to do over again, I would've gotten the clock/dash bezel. I like them by the steering wheel though, less likely to draw attention like the A pillar ones. As far as wiring, it's a pita whichever way you do it. I hate wiring. You can do it though, it's not all that bad. I'm just lazy. ;)
All in all, it's pretty easy to install.
thats not too bad. i ran stock 14.5 with a 2 sec 60 foot time. the track down here s very very slick. so its hard even with all wheel drive to pull a good 60foot time. i just installed my down/uppipe and i will be going back in a like a month.
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Stretching for the sky, and getting down to their roots are just two techniques Patricia Schillaci learns with her sons at Peacefull Kids Yoga studio in Pittsford.
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The mother of 4 started this Mom & Tot class two years ago, as a way for families to learn to focus together.
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I only wish I had your patience and forebearance.
Thanks for the post, and for reminding us that being armed means we have to be very careful with our reactions to perceived aggravations.
This is a discussion on Brittle egos within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Two incidents happened over the past few years since I've been away from the forums. Both required to suck it up and move on, which ...
Two incidents happened over the past few years since I've been away from the forums. Both required to suck it up and move on, which is exactly what needed to be done, no matter how "wronged" we were.
Husband was driving, I was passenger. I wanted to go to TJ Maxx, and we were driving on front of the strip mall stores, slowing down for the speed bumps on front of them. There was a car behind us, and when we slowed down to roll over a bump (we were in a 4x4 Toyota Tacoma at the time, so it wasn't like we were aggravatingly slow), I guess he decided we were too slow and started to pass around us. My husband doesn't notice it right away; he's looking at the road ahead. So the car starts to make his move, but at this point we've rolled over the bump and my husband has started to accelerate again. So now the impatient guy who tried to pass us thinks we deliberately cut him off. He and his passengers start shouting and making gestures at us, gun it up behind us and make a general show of themselves.
Instead of proceeding ahead to the TJ Maxx parking lot, I say it's time to leave, and my husband turns down the nearest lane and starts to make our way out of the lot. Meanwhile, Mr. Impatient has parked, all three people pile out, and the driver is shouting at us with his hands up in his best thug imitation. His two groupies are being proud that their man is a big stand up man, showing us who's boss.
He has no idea how the turn of events could have been had we also been bad people with easily bruised egos. So I'm sure he feels quite pleased with himself. Like, whatever.
At the mall of all places. My husband is a big guy. I'm 5 4" 120 pounds soaking wet, and he's around 6', 230. We're holding hands, and ahead of us is a youth of indeterminate age who is not wearing the correct size pants, and he is completely engrossed in his cell phone. He is not looking where he is going. Which was fine, until he changed directions at the last minute like a wayward pigeon, and headed straight for my shoulder. I had a giant immovable wall of husband on one side, which left me two choices: allow myself to be turned into a ping-pong ball, or brace for impact. I chose the latter, and the pigeon bounced off my shoulder, which immediately winged his ego. He finished spinning around, put both his arms up (maybe he was one of the offspring of the guy in the first story?) called me the b-word as loud as he could, and continued to cuss me out on front of all the patrons. He actually asked if I wanted to fight him.
I turned into the nearest store and put the nearest rack of clothes in between me and him if he decided to follow. I looked out the glass store window, and his attention was already back on his cellphone.
This type of person who escalates simple situations into something that could be potentially deadly are everywhere. Had we chosen to park at TJ Maxx or had I turned around and told him to look where he was going, they would not have acknowledged their errors. This type of easily bruised ego doesn't back down.
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"Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power." - Yoshimi Ishikawa
I only wish I had your patience and forebearance.
Thanks for the post, and for reminding us that being armed means we have to be very careful with our reactions to perceived aggravations.
"If you make something idiot proof, someone will make a better idiot."
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I found that since I started carrying, things like that, which would have normally bothered me, don't seem to bother me as much anymore. They can act like fools all they want.
It's always good to rant about times like those however (which this forum helps to do a lot). You don't want to keep all that aggravation inside.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable- JFK
thats what happens when parents dont punish their kids like they should. they let em get away with whatever and this is the end result. it isn't getting any better so we should prepare for more encounters like these. we must be vigilant more than ever.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. " - Edmund Burke
What did big 230lb hubby do when little punk challenged you to a fight? His butt would have been on the ground with the first obsene word towards my wife.
In case two, in another time I would have immediately mopped the friggin' floor with the guy had he done that to me or my wife. I'm not so quick triggered these days, but it doesn't take much for the "Terminator" to come out of hibernation. And he's learned a few really nasty tricks since the early days.
Reminds me of the lines from Lonesome Dove: Can't stand rudeness, won't tolerate it.
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It's easier to walk away from a fight than it is to get yourself out of one.
Seems to me that in case two, the young student in life could have been approaching the need of special training aids like a impromptu intro to Fox Labs.
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Like other posters , I find myself much more restrained since I began carrying legally . Not so much ,'back in the day', in case #2. I have been known to make up for parental neglect in the manners training department .
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Bromley holds up the point of attack better against double teams but doesnt have nearly the explosion that Donald has
whats the big deal...
maybe they will both be great NFL players....
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
Bromley doesn't have the insane 1st step of Donald and isn't as good an athlete.
Also, Donald tore up the offseason, including the combine, senior bowl week and reportedly interviews too. I am not saying Bromley isn't a good practicer either, but the coaches at Pitt were saying stuff like "hardest worker we have ever seen" and talked of his work ethic ins practice with regards to Donald.
Outside of the Marvin Austin Pick, we have had good luck drafting DT's Hopefully this trend continues with Hanks and Bromley.
Think it is more about what the top three would have looked like if they took Donald in the first - who do you take in the second and third. If you don't take Richburg in the second and take a receiver you get Montcrief or someone of that caliber (not bad at all) but what is left in the third for Center, still solid picks I suppose. I think the way they attacked it they got solid players in the top three, actually the top 4 spots in the draft. I think there were lots of options to address the WR, OL and DL and they decided this was the way to go; we'll have to wait to see how things pan out this year to really tell how their strategy worked.
With that said, Donald will be the sexier DT on the field. Bromley could end up a solid DT, rotating with Hank Jenkins ect... Donald will start from the get go and put up the numbers. He has a motor like I havent seen since Sapp.
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"Next man up"
"I am a nasty football player, I get after people. That is something that I am very proud of. I am out there and I am physical every play, making sure that the guy across from me wants to quit." - Adam Bisnowaty
I'm still upset that we didn't draft Donald. I really wanted that kid. Reese kinda made it up for me when he drafted Bromley, as he was my second favorite pick right behind Richburg.
the fact the coaching staff thinks bromley can get up to around 320 and still be able to get after the passer intrigues me, thats the size of the average NT, absolutely massive for a 3tech.
donalds drive and motor makes up for his size, i think bromley has that size and power naturally.


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Your line of work is a high paying job and is hard work, so it pays well. Those jobs are not everywhere and if there were those type of jobs all over the country , the country wouldn't be as bad as it is.
The fact of the matter is that the cost of living went thru the roof, and everyone and there cousin is trying to live the dream and not in reality.
The big companies are not willing to pay people a decent wage, because it will cut into there profit margins, so they ship everything over seas and sell it here for the same price to make the investors more money.
Dont get me wrong, if you invest you should make money, but people cant say that there are a ton of jobs out there that you can live off of, because there not there.
Skilled trades,The Medical Field and some Tech Jobs are really the only jobs that are going to make it in the future, because everything else can be outsourced.
Hell even the military is being cut back, and then all the guys and girls coming back from there deployment are going to be shit out of luck, unless they have a special training.
The days of getting a decent job are long gone, and there are more People then Jobs.
There are a huge amount of baby boomers going and about to go out of the job market so the number of jobs opening up should be plenty in the coming years.
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The president has ordered our troops to stop the Taliban momentum that was gaining its most strength in the south, particularly in Helmand. Once that momentum has been halted, do the American troops continue with the counterinsurgency phases of clear, hold, build and transition to Afghan control? According to Vice President [Joe] Biden, "the president has made something exquisitely clear to each of the generals: He said, 'do not occupy any portion of that country that you are not confident within 18 months you're going to be able to turn over to the Afghans.'"1
Sooner or later, we have to turn the war over to the Afghans. We don't want to maintain a large, expensive force and we don't want to lose when we leave. So what choice do we have in terms of what portions of the country—and what missions—we turn over?
Marja illustrated that question. In February of 2010, the Marines were able to push out the overt Taliban force. The secret cadre, passively supported by many farmers, remained in place. Drug dealers fought back. IEDs [improvised explosive devices] and harassing attacks continued. Battalion 2-6 [2d Battalion, 6th Marines], commanded by LtCol Kyle Ellison, took responsibility for southern Marja in the summer of 2010. On his third combat tour, Ellison knew the challenges he faced.
"The insurgents use motorcycles," he said to me, "to move around the interior canal roads. They hide their weapons in the weeds along the canals. The people won't dime them out. I'll show you."
On a brutally hot day in early August of 2010, we drove in two MRAPs [mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles] several kilometers to the Kuru Bazaar that had served as a Taliban headquarters for a decade. As Ellison strolled through the bazaar, merchants scarcely looked up. About forty stalls and shops, many with living quarters on the second floor, were open. About a hundred men, and no women, were browsing among the modest wares and vegetables, filling a few plastic bags with sundry items.
"How's business?" Ellison asked a solemn-looking man sitting cross-legged on a blue prayer rug.
"Look for yourself," said Ibrahim, who was selling bags of rice and an array of spices. "Before, business was good. Two hundred shops were open here."
Ibrahim, who had the Afghan flair for exaggeration, pointed at a row of about 50 shuttered shops. "Before" meant when the Taliban had been in charge.
"Our lives are over now," Ibrahim said.
A crowd gathered to listen as Ibrahim defended the good old days and Ellison argued that without the Taliban, the children would be educated and enjoy a better life.
Another man shouted from the crowd that he wanted to be paid for damages to his house. Haroom, Ellison's interpreter from San Francisco, ignored him.
"Most of these people support the Taliban and the drug trade," Haroom said. "They want things for nothing. It makes me mad because the Marines work harder than they do."
As Ellison wandered farther down the street, a man in a white dishdasha stepped forward and spoke loudly, attracting a crowd.
"He says the Marines beat up his friends," Haroom said.
As the crowd pressed in to listen, Ellison patiently backed the man down, sentence by sentence. Well, yes, Taliban had fired on a Marine patrol from his friend's house.
The Taliban then ran away. The Marines called for the Afghan police, who beat the owner after the Marines had left. So why were the Marines at fault? Because, said the man, if the Marines had stayed out of Marja, the Taliban would not have entered his friend's house.
Ellison gestured at the narrow dirt road leading through the market. While motorcycles were common, perhaps three cars passed the market in a day. Yesterday, a white van had driven through the market. An hour later, a Marine patrol engaged a sniper farther down the road. The white van stopped and two men hopped out with AKs. A Marine shot the driver and the other two surrendered.
"You all knew that white van didn't belong here," Ellison rebuked the crowd. "You did not warn us. Instead, you complain, telling a silly story that was all mixed up."
Told later about the argument, LtCol Hezbollah, a kandak commander who had served in Marja, burst out laughing.
"The Taliban were listening to every word," he said. "Until the store keepers see we are winning, they will not support us. What's wrong with that?"
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Ellison left the skeptics at the bazaar and drove along [a] bumpy path toward the western boundary of his zone. Along the way, he requested a situation report.
"The AO (Area of Operations) is quiet," the ops officer replied over the radio. "Three incidents of SAF (small arms fire), one PID (positive identification) resulting in two EKIA (enemy killed in action), and one IED found, plus a DFC (Directional Fragmentation Charge) detonation on Route Elephant. One canal in Block 4 is overflowing and the road is closed. That's all."
That's all? For any police department in the States, three shootings, two criminals shot down in the streets, two bombs on a highway and a local flooding would not be considered a quiet morning.
"The flood was caused by weeds choking the canal," Haroom said. "The fields are drying up, and the people don't organize to clean out the weeds."
The decay of the canal system symbolized inability to work together for the common good.
"My father was the director of agriculture here in Marja," Haroom said. "All my family left this country. Know why? In Kabul, if you don't have money or political connections, no one cares about your qualifications. I swear, a graduate of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) who had no connections would not be hired to fix canals in Marja."
"Three blocks in south Marja solidly support the Taliban," Ellison said. "One block opposes the Taliban, and nine refuse to do anything. We're heading to Block 10, my biggest headache."
At Outpost [OP] One Zulu on the western edge of Block 10, Lance Corporal Chris DiBiase was in charge of five Marines and six askars. The OP consisted of a circle of Hesco barriers topped with a row of double sandbags and three sentry towers, each with a machinegun.
"We get shot at about every other day," DiBiase said, "from that strip of houses to the west. We know they're coming because the children disappear. We try to pretend we're not prepared, but they're not stupid. All they do is stick an AK over a wall, spray and pray, hop on their cycles and take off."
The tiny outposts with a few cots, piles of sandbags and stacks of MREs [meals, ready to eat], manned by Americans and Afghans, bore a striking resemblance to the Combined Action Platoons [CAP] in Vietnam. The difference was equally striking, though. In Vietnam, the villagers chose sides. Farmers stood guard watches and learned how to patrol. In the afternoons, the Americans wandered through the hamlets, joking with families and eating peanuts and duck eggs, plus Cokes and an occasional beer chilled on an ice block.
When Sergeant White, a CAP squad leader rotated home from one village in 1967, the elders wrote a letter to his family:
To Sgt J.D. White Family
My name is 'trao,' second village chief working with Sgt. White and Sq. Our people thank him very much, because he is very good man. Evry day he is a few to sleep he works to much. All my cadre are very happy. Sgt. White and his Sq. evry days evry night go to empust with P.F. My village no more V.C. Your friend always, Ho Yan Trao.2
In Marja, no village elder ever wrote a letter of thanks. Instead, the opposite was true; 99% of Marja residents in a survey said that US military operations were bad for the people.3 Marja had to be controlled; few hearts and minds would be won over to the government side.
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An Entitlement Culture
Chatting with Sergeant Austin about his ambush plan, Ellison headed back to the open road. Austin looked warily from side to side while pretending to adjust his rifle strap. They were waiting for a local fighter to take a potshot. Sometimes the technique of trolling rewarded an alert grunt with a PID, but not often.
Seeing several men squatting in the shade of a small mosque, Ellison crossed a canal and walked toward them. One man with a green shawl wrapped around his face stood up and walked forward. After the usual greetings, Ellison gestured toward the weed-clogged canal.
"Those weeds are sucking up all your water," Ellison said. The mullah shook his head.
"It's not my canal," he said. "It belongs to everyone."
Ellison pointed to the loitering men.
"Then all of you should clean it," he said. "To show that we are not like the Taliban and we care for you, I will pay each man nine dollars a day."
"Give me ten men," the mullah said, "to clean the canal."
Ellison walked angrily away.
"We're breeding a entitlement culture," he said. "We're doing all the work here."
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Clear, Hold & ???
Clear, hold, build, transition. While Marja remained a tough nut because the farmers, drug dealers and Taliban had common interests in resisting government control, American combat power in other districts had cleared large areas of armed Taliban. Garmsir provided the classic example of the choice that would confront the US high command in mid-2011: what to do if security improves in local areas, while government remains a mess? Is it enough to clear, hold and leave the build phase entirely to the Afghans?
I had heard that in Garmsir, the clear and hold phase was progressing well, so I hopped a ride to the bottom of Afghanistan to take a look. Viewed from the air, the twisting course of the Helmand River below Garmsir resembled a cobra about to strike. The "Snakehead" district of Garmsir, home to 100,000 conservative Pashtuns, was 70 kilometers long, with The Green Zone of farm fields extending ten kilometers on either side of the river.
Beginning in 2006, the British and Taliban had fought to a standoff in Garmsir. The Brits held onto the district town, but weren't able to advance outside it. As in other districts in Helmand, they were under siege. In the summer of 2009, General [Stanley A.] McChrystal assigned most of Helmand to the US Marines. Ambassador [Karl W.] Eikenberry quipped from Kabul, "It was bad enough dealing with 42 nations, without adding "Marine-istan."4 The Marines added heft, though, first sending Battalion 2-8 to push the insurgents south from the district town, and then replacing them with Battalion 2-2.
"The Talibs don't like the saman dirian (Marines)," said "Kites," an Afghan-American interpreter from Las Vegas on his second rotation. "They hit LtCol [Joseph] McDonough (the commander of 2-2) with an IED. He was medevaced to the States and returned to fight. The Talibs say saman dirian have too much enthusiasm for war."
When 2-2 rotated home, Battalion 3-1 came in and gradually deployed combined American and Afghan squads in an interlocking series of outposts. On a map, the patrol areas looked like a string of pearls extending south from the Snakehead.
"Each squad leader is on his own," the battalion commander, LtCol Ben Watson, said. "My guidance is 16-hour days, with two or more patrols a day. We can hold that pace for our seven months."
Partnering on the Lines
The battalion averaged over 90 patrols a day—the highest number of patrols by one battalion in Afghanistan. The combined platoons lived in tents and mud shelters, without air-conditioning as temperatures soared above 110 degrees. Every villager bumped into at least one patrol every day. Because the outposts were about two kilometers apart, the Taliban couldn't find many seams to slip in, shoot and get away.
"Still, right outside the town of Garmsir," LtCol Watson said, "the elders complained that a Taliban had threatened them. One man, unarmed, pushed them around. That passive attitude drives me crazy. The people have an inordinate fear of the Taliban; they won't stand up for themselves. We're tipped off—after the fact."
That was the crux of the matter. In the States or in Afghanistan, people are not protected by a few security patrols a day. Protection lies in calling security forces that respond by pursuing the criminals. The combination of informants, pursuit, arrest and punishment provides the umbrella of security.
As the insurgents fell back to the south, they responded by murdering two elders and threatening to kill more. The district police chief, Omar Jan, retaliated by picking up his cell phone and calling around his informant network. Afghanistan was one of the world's poorest countries, yet one in eight Afghans had a cell phone. The Taliban let the phone companies operate, as long as they shut down service at night so the insurgents could move around without being reported.
Omar Jan carried three cell phones. The Americans had one number, his family and tribal relatives had another, and informants had the third. A few days after the murder of the second elder, Omar Jan drove 30 kilometers south with four Nissan pickups filled with cops. Hours later, he drove back with six prisoners. Two were high priority targets listed on the JPEL (Joint Prioritized Effects List). Omar Jan released the other four to their village elders. He then drove to the Helmand River, tongue-lashed two ferrymen for taking the murderers across the river and threw their outboard motors into the water.
In Garmsir, the Marines and Afghan soldiers provided the deterrent to the incursion of large, armed insurgent gangs. The police chief provided some assurance of pursuit and the swift administration of rough justice. Of course, if the tough police chief were removed from the equation, intimidation of the people by the displaced Islamists would resume. Conversely, Omar Jan demonstrated the difference one informed, determined man made, when he had solid military backing.
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In June of 2010, the Taliban detonated two bombs in markets, killing and maiming 13 men and 16 children. The intent was to demonstrate that the Americans could not provide security, and force the Marines to man tight defensive positions around the markets rather than to continue the oil spot technique of expanding the outposts.
Instead of pulling back, Watson attacked. In July, Battalion 3-1 assaulted the Taliban stronghold of the Safar Bazaar, a town square of 200 compounds and ramshackle shops dealing in drugs and weapons. At Safar, the Helmand River took an abrupt turn to the west flowing toward Zabar Province. Below Safar lay 100 miles of hard-packed desert, ending at the border with Pakistan. Insurgents drove from Pakistan across the desert, checked into their hotels at Safar, bartered wet opium or Pakistani rubles for supplies and munitions, contacted their guides and relaxed for a few days before driving farther north to begin their jihad.
The outposts at Safar were as far south as Watson intended to control. The bare wadis extending south into Pakistan had no economic value. It would be good enough to patrol them as a No Man's Zone, intercepting the drug trade and infiltrators. Marine light armored vehicles, recon and CIA CPT (Counterterrorism Pursuit Teams) hid in the gullies and roved the back trails. The majority of infiltrators would get through, but the long journey across barren land would be tougher with the Safar Bazaar eliminated as the rest stop.
The next step in Garmsir was transitioning the security lead to the Afghan forces. Most likely the kandak would pull back into fewer than a dozen outposts. This would put a premium on the ability of the local police to receive tips about the infiltration of insurgents. The major danger would come from IEDs intended to prevent the Afghan forces from using the roads. Thus in Garmsir, the overall number of Americans could be reduced, but they would have to leave advisers, plus sufficient forces for road clearing, fire support and quick reaction.
1. The television program Morning Joe, 15 December 2009.
2. West, Bing, The Village, NY Pocket Books, New York, 2003, p. 194.
3. Ignatius, David, "A Dubious Battle," The Washington Post, 11 September 2010.
4. Chandrasekaran, Rajiv, "Marines Gone Rogue," The Washington Post, 14 March 2010.


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Weight Management (Part 1)March 29, 2012 at 9:00 am | Posted in Health, Nutrition | 3 Comments
Tags: blood sugar control, calories, Diabetes management, New Year's resolution, weight management
Debra Hollon, MS, RD, CDE, LDN
Senior Clinical Nutritionist
Now that we're more that three months into the year, how are you doing with your New Year's resolutions? If you're still sticking with it, good for you! It takes a lot of commitment to keep up a major lifestyle change. For many people, maintaining a healthy weight is a key part of their Diabetes management plan. If you're having a hard time reaching your weight loss goals, don't give up. You may just need to rethink your strategy.
Weight loss is all about balancing calories—how many calories you consume vs. how many calories you burn. One of your first steps is figuring out how many calories you need to consume a day in order to lose weight. Your health care provider or a nutritionist can help you figure this out, but you can estimate your ideal calorie intake by multiplying your weight by 10 (again, this is only an estimate—you should still contact your health care provider for more tailored guidelines). Your next step is paying attention to how many calories there are in the food you eat and watching your portion size.
I often suggest people think of their daily calorie intake as a budget. You can "spend" those calories on whatever you like (ideally produce, whole grains and lean protein sources), but stop and think is it going to be worth it? Keeping a food diary of everything you eat can be helpful for staying on top of your calorie intake. Oftentimes people find they eat less simply by writing down what they ate every day. Plus, it keeps you accountable. There are a number of great programs out there now that can help you track your calories for free. Lose It!, My Fitness Pal, and Fit Day are good choices.
Remember, the scale is only one way to measure success at your weight loss efforts. I once had someone suggest using the "pant-o-meter", which is simply being aware of how well your clothes fit; as you lose weight, they'll start to feel looser. Other markers for success are better blood sugar control, lower blood pressure readings and lower cholesterol levels. Next time, we'll talk more about what makes up a healthy diet. If you have any questions, leave us a comment below.
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Keeping Your New Year's ResolutionsJanuary 4, 2011 at 9:00 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Tags: happy New Year, new year 2011, New Year's resolution, setting goals
Did you make a New Year's resolution this year? If you did, you're in good company; about half of us see the New Year as an opportunity to make changes in our lives and our health. Some of the most popular resolutions each year include losing weight, quitting smoking and exercising. Yet despite the best intentions, just under half of the people who make a New Year's resolution keep them at least six months. In light of that discouraging statistic, it may seem like New Year's resolutions as a rule are doomed to failure. But that doesn't have to be the case; with a little planning it is possible to create a New Year's resolution and stick with it.
First, be specific about what your goals are and how you will achieve them. One reason resolutions fail is they're simply too vague. Like many of the other goals you set for yourself (because that's what a resolution is really, a new lifestyle goal) it can be difficult to maintain commitment if you don't have a clear idea of what you want to accomplish. So for instance if your goal for the New Year is to check your blood sugar more often, you can make this more specific by saying how many times a day you will check.
Along the same lines, make sure your resolution is realistic—just as vague resolutions are difficult to maintain, so too are ones that are overly ambitious. It can be tempting to try to make big changes, but if you try to take on too much too fast you may find it hard to keep up. Instead, see if there are any places where you can make small changes in your daily routine—such as taking the stairs rather than the elevator or including a serving of vegetables with your dinner. These small changes can add up to big ones over time. Be patient, and remember to reward yourself for sticking with it.
One last tip: apply the concept of SMART goals to creating your resolution. Choose one that is specific and easy to track progress, requires your active engagement, stays within your ability to achieve, and has a specific time frame for accomplishment.


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Quintessentially English, Cheshire is an historic and stunning county in England's Northwest. We've hand-picked 15 of the most beautiful wedding venues in Cheshire, all suitable for your dream wedding. Whether you fancy playing lord and lady of the manor, having a more regal affair in a country garden or heading to the races, you'll be sure to find something for everyone.
Peckforton Castle
If getting married in a castle is your dream, then Peckforton Castle could be the magical place you've been looking for. Fully licenced for both civil ceremonies and civil partnerships, it can accommodate wedding parties from 10 to 170, whilst offering guest accommodations in 48 rooms, spa treatments, and even a Falconry Experience for that touch of something different. This 19th century building is the only intact medieval style Castle in the country. There are special deals available for midweek weddings from Monday to Thursday.
Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa
Golf venues never fail to deliver, and it's never truer than with the Macdonald Portal Hotel with its panoramic views over the greens and the nearby countryside. The venue accommodates up to 250 guests in a choice of two reception rooms, and three choices of hotel rooms to sleep the guests in 4-star luxury. The reception rooms each have their own bar and reception areas, and fabulous views. The venue's Spa has everything the couple, the bridal party and the guests need for pampering, including a swimming pool, and of course golf is available for the couple and the guests to enjoy. They offer two very special Whirlwind Wedding packages, for those who just can't wait!
Heaton House Farm
This charming venue surprises in the most unusual way, due to being hidden behind a farming façade, guaranteed to impress! Heaton House Farm's beautiful countryside location offers fantastic views across three counties. Working on exclusive hire basis, they focus on creating completely bespoke weddings instead of set packages. Their three barns are all licenced for civil ceremonies and able to accommodate weddings from 20 to 450 guests, and the couple may have a rehearsal for the ceremony beforehand. Your photos will look beautiful taken in the scenic surroundings and water gardens. Due to an abundance of space, you may even invite more guests to the evening party, as they can all be accommodated.
Haydock Park Raceourse-Lime Venue
No other venue has the unique setting quite like Haydock Park. Set in 127 acres of beautiful parkland, Haydock Park Racecourse is a unique wedding venue for the most romantic of occasions – nestled in the heart of North West England. Whether you're planning a small intimate wedding reception or a larger, more elaborate affair, they'll use their unique suites and expertise to make sure you have the perfect day to remember!
Crewe Hall
Crewe Hall, Cheshire, is a spellbinding and historic 400 year-old Jacobean mansion in the heart of Cheshire. With its lavish and opulent interior, luxury accommodation and a level of personal service that will exceed even your greatest expectations, this is your perfect wedding venue.
Cheadle House
Cheadle House in Cheadle, Cheshire, part of the award winning De Vere group of hotels, is a magnificent Victorian mansion which has been sensitively restored to its former glory making it perfect for your civil ceremony. The reception area retains the original old wooden beams across the open atrium, beautifully complimented by the modern decor. A short stroll away is the picturesque lake, complete with bridges and a fountain, providing the perfect backdrop for your photos.
Wychwood Park
Wychwood Park in Weston, Cheshire, is the perfect place to hold your Wedding ceremony, Wedding Breakfast or Evening Reception
The hotel believes your wedding day should be just as you have always dreamed. That means they don't just offer the setting, their experienced team will also help take care of all the little details. Whether it's your reception, your ceremony or both, the Wychwood Park will make sure your day is as individual, exciting and memorable as you have always imagined.
The Oak Tree of Peover
The Oak Tree of Peover, Cheshire is a unique contemporary wedding venue is set in the heart of Cheshire surrounded by stunning countryside views. Oak beams and lots of natural light makes this venue fresh and bright whilst subtle lighting in the evening gives it a magical, romantic feel. Guests may take drinks in the bar area or on the surrounding terrace. This venue is impressive with or without the use of extra decorations, however the building is so versatile it looks equally stunning dressed in themes from vintage and shabby chic to traditional.
Rookery Hall Hotel & Spa- Hand Picked Hotels
With it's Romantic Fountain Lawn, wonderful gardens, beautiful architecture, stunning views and stylish banqueting suites, it's hard to imagine a more perfect wedding venue than Rookery Hall Hotel & Spa, Cheshire.
Set in 38 acres of romantic and beautiful lawns and gardens in the Cheshire countryside, Rookery Hall boasts a contemporary and stylish Wedding Breakfast room for up to 160 guests with stunning floor to ceiling views, 70 bedrooms and Suites, a Health Club & Spa and a 2 AA rosette Restaurant.
Walton Hall and Gardens
Walton Hall is a stunning Elizabethan mansion set in 32 acres of picturesque parkland near Warrington, in Cheshire. Offering flexible rooms and packages for both traditional and contemporary celebrations of all sizes it is a wedding venue that .has something for everyone.
Carden Park Hotel, Gold Resort and Spa
The De Vere Carden Park Hotel Golf Resort and Spa, Cheshire set admist 1,000 acres of Cheshire countryside is the wedding venue of your dreams.
1000 acres of beautiful Cheshire countryside awaits you and your wedding guests. With over 10 wedding venues to choose from including the Carden Gazebo for an outside wedding ceremony they specialise in weddings of all sizes from intimate occasions with 10 guests to large celebration with 350 guests.
Mere Court Hotel
Originally an Edwardian country house, Mere Court Hotel is a beautiful Grade II listed 4-star hotel set in 7 acres of gardens with an ornamental lake for stunning photos. The venue hosts weddings from 10 to 200 guests, including accommodations in 34 individually designed and furnished bedrooms. There is a choice of 5 rooms to hold a civil ceremony, and you may take advantage of special midweek rates for Monday-Thursday weddings. Exclusive hire is available, as are special reduced rates for guests staying after the wedding.
Cottons Hotel & Spa
Away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, in the picturesque Cheshire countryside is Cottons Hotel and Spa – Shire Hotels. They are a premier wedding venue in Cheshire and their dedicated wedding team have years of experience. Whether you want an intimate ceremony or an extravagant celebration, they give each wedding the care and attention it deserves. If you have your wedding at their hotel you never have to worry about a thing as they have everything you need all under one roof; stunning ceremony rooms, award winning dining options, 108 guest rooms, luxurious spa and the undivided attention of their dedicated wedding coordinators.
Wrenbury Hall
Wrenbury Hall is an idyllic exclusive wedding venue in the heart of the beautiful South Cheshire countryside. As you drive through the gates of Wrenbury Hall you will be captivated by the breath taking beauty of this historic, mellow sandstone manor house.
Davenport Green Hall
Davenport Green Hall, part of Tailormade Venues, is a privately owned Grade II listed historical estate in the heart of Cheshire. For your photographs, there are 16 acres of stunning grounds including a Japanese water garden. The venue is fully licenced in all their rooms, including the Cheshire Barn, the Grand Pavilion and the Glass Ballroom among them, and can accommodate up to 250 guests. They even have facilities to receive helicopter landings! There are complimentary food tastings for the bride and groom, and the team of in-house chefs can create wonderful bespoke menus for the wedding breakfast and reception. They also offer special packages for midweek and off-peak weddings throughout the year, and all weddings are bespoke.


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Question Regarding Sound Settings
I've been trying to figure out what the best settings are for TLOU in use with the PS Pulse wireless digital 7.1 VSS headset. A little searching around told me the best output format is Linear PCM 7.1, but what should I set center speaker and dynamic range as. My options are:
Center Speaker: Small or Large.
Dynamic Range: Default, Max, Wide, Narrow, or Midnight.
If anyone knows anything about this stuff, I would greatly appreciate some guidance. Thank you
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Surely the headset setting is best for a headset??
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Re: Question Regarding Sound Settings
I was reading a thread in the UC3 forums that mentioned that you get more out of the 7.1 mode, provided the headset is on Virtual Surround Sound mode. But who knows?
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With headphones I would set it to LPCM as it is uncompressed pure audio and is as close as you will get to the actual audio master tracks. DTS and Dolby are compressed like mp3 only they are mutichannel. I would set dynamic range to full since you are wearing headphone as you will have no trouble hearing even the faintest sounds. I would use full dynamic range anyway as that is how the audio would have been recorded. Louder does not equal better. I dont know anything about the headset but if you can disable any virtual surround settings I would do so. If you override 5.1 or 7.1 with virtual surround processing you can get phase cancellation and loose low end.
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anybody else have an opinion on this? trying to figure out best audi settings for a Sony Pulse Headset.
Reason I am using the "stereo headset" option is because the Pulse is not a true 7.1 headset. So I though the pmc7.1 would get messed up.
I guess ill try switching my options..
I must say though, the sound amazing in my headphones already. and the Bass Impact has been hugely helpful
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TLOU - How to Achieve the Best Audio Experience:
BTW: This information prompted me to switch to Maximum from Default on the Dynamic Range Setting for Uncharted 2, 3, and now TLOU. I still prefer DTS 5.1 though as it puts more "punch" in our subwoofers than PCM 7.1.
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Thanks !
Okay to break it down though lol... What would you recommend for a pair of Astro a50's that support 7.1 ??
a 5 speaker logitech system, not true 5.1
Re: Question Regarding Sound Settings
after running some tests in-game with Sony Pulse Heaset, here's what I found:
"stereo headset" and dynamic range=normal is the best setting.
also i put Bass Impact at about 50-60%--it really helps for the sound cue of when enemies start to see you.
When I set it to PCM7.1 dynamic range=maximum, i missed a lot of the "banter dialouge" that that enemies say (i play with subtitles on, and never heard the actual lines).
as for your astros...I assume your audio experience would be great with "headset" and dynamic range=normal.
but since you have true 7.1, just test out the PMC7.1 and dynamic range=maximum. but you can always fall back on my Pulse settings
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Thanks for all the feedback evryone. Given that gunns actually ran some tests, I'll take his word for Stereo Headset + Normal range, but maybe I'll play around with it a bit to see what I like.


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I'm a white, Christian, heterosexual male who believes in the right to life; and I firmly disagree with you, Mr. Obama. I believe in freedom of religion and the right to bear arms. I believe in the sanctity of a traditional marriage–you know, the bond between a man and a woman. I believe in the American Constitution. I believe in God and my country. For you and your minions, that makes me treasonous, a terrorist, homophobic, and a racist. I'm also something else that is far more terrifying to the radical left, something they may never have heard of before. I'm an American.
Without question, I would have saved the Americans in Benghazi. They would not have been left behind. I would bring charges against all who failed to take action.
I would arm all military personnel. Fort Hood would never have happened if I had been on watch. For the war crime at Fort Hood, I would have executed the terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan for treason and murder.
I would guard our border with our army. No one would cross illegally. Illegal aliens who have committed felony crimes would not be released from prison, or they would be returned to their country. Those responsible for the release of illegal alien felons, including ICE and DOJ, will be held equally responsible for crimes they commit in the future. This criminal release reflects the gross negligence and incompetence in the decisions and actions of those leading our nation. I propose that criminal charges be brought against the people who gave orders to release felon aliens. These are probably the same people who closed parks to our veterans, incarcerated American citizens, and now have released illegal aliens who have committed felonies.
Mr. Obama, what you said to the men at West Point was a travesty to those young men willing to sacrifice for our country. We must protect them and all our veterans. You should be doing everything possible to protect our veterans. I would bring charges of neglect and murder against anyone involved in the VA scandal (and I'm sure the problem is the same at other VA hospitals.)
Mr. Obama, if you and your men did their jobs properly, things like this would never happen. Take fewer vacations and do your job. If all you know is what you hear on the news, then you are not doing your job as President of America. Everybody involved with denying aid to veterans should be relieved of their jobs immediately, without pay or retirement. Their incompetence and neglect let our veterans die. They are criminally responsible for what they have done to American veterans. Charges of negligence and murder should be brought against all responsible parties. Can you tell me why the government gave a bonus to these incompetent people? There should never be a bonus for incompetence. My fear is that the VA fiasco is a reflection of what is to come with your Affordable Care Act.
As Commander-in-Chief of America, I consider your words and actions a Dereliction of Duty. I would like to ask you if you even consider yourself American. If your actions were those of an American, you would protect the Constitution and our veterans. No matter who you think you are, you swore an oath.
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Ma Yansong is a famous Chinese architect. At least, that's what a large part of the architectural media wants us to believe. Part of that fame is due to his design for the 2006 Absolute Towers project, a residential complex in Toronto nicknamed Marilyn Monroe. Being the first Chinese architect to win an architecture competition outside China, Ma Yansong capitalized on this novelty personally and through MAD, the office he runs with partners Yosuke Hayano and Qun Dang. Ma poses in ads for Fotile, a Chinese kitchen appliance manufacturer, and car company Lexus uses his unrealized projects as the background for the promotion of its newest SUV. Recently, Actar published a 500-page book on his work, adding to Ma Yansong's fame.
In fact, so far MAD had only realized one building: the Hongluo Club house in Beijing's Miyun-district. But the office is about to complete their second project: the Mongolian Private Meadow Club. For a 500,000-m2 site surrounded by extensive grassland in the Ulanbutong district of Inner Mongolia, 400 km north of Beijing, MAD designed eight holiday houses, the first of which has just been finished. With the other houses still under construction, it is unclear when the project will be inhabited. Ma Yansong is eager to talk about it, but boasts that 'it isn't an important step in either mine or MAD's career'. 'The project doesn't bring us any new opportunities. Being architects, we just feel responsible to give an answer to the brief.' For a project with such low expectations, it's turning out surprisingly well.
Two years ago the client, an economist, contacted MAD. He had acquired a large plot of land in the desert and made it fertile again. The next step was to develop it and sell it as holiday and weekend houses. 'The client came to us,' Ma Yansong recalls, 'and asked us to find the interesting places on the plot to build the houses. We made a master plan and chose to build on eight totally different topographies: on top of a hill, in a valley, in a cave. All houses feature different relationships to their surroundings.'
The second site visit had a different purpose. The architects went back to the selected locations and started designing on the spot. 'It felt different,' says Ma Yansong. 'On the first trip, I picked the top of a hill, but during the second trip I changed my mind and wondered if the valley might be a better location. I stood in the valley for two hours and felt it was the right place. You have to walk on the site in order to understand to which views you want to open up the house.' The result is eight houses with a clear MAD-signature. All feature futuristic aesthetics that can be either blob or spiky, elevated or dug-in. The white façades, featuring large windows, will most likely blend in nicely with the snow during winter time.
The abstract, white architecture is dependent on a meticulous execution, and precisely this seems to pose a problem in this project. Ma Yansong: 'When you build, especially in China, the good workers all go to the big construction sites. So when some farmers help you to build a small project like this, you have to communicate with them and put a lot of time and energy into designing details. We designed this curtain wall facing south. It has a dark colour so it can absorb some heat. We did all the detail drawings, but the local workers decided to build it in another material that was more easily available. So when it was finished, we went there and we talked to the client. He fired the team and replaced the whole wall.'
Each house is in between 550 and 800 m2. Targeted for temporary use as holiday houses, the prime concern for each of them is to open as many views to the surrounding area as possible. From that notion two types of objects derived, the singular and the fragmented. For the singular one the core is the corridor (straight, looped or circular) around which all spaces are positioned. The fragmented type has a core (the living room) from which a variety of corridors lead to different sections of the house. 'The client told me that these were the houses as he imagined them to be,' says Ma Yansong. 'But I don't think he imagined anything at all. It was more a relief for him to see we didn't make all the houses exactly the same.'
From its foundation in 2004, MAD has been using architecture largely as a communication tool, to get in touch with politicians, the public and the media. That's MAD's way to claim a position in China and the world. Ma Yansong seems to be aware of that, when he says that 'it is very easy to be special'. However, being special in this case is not at the expense of everything. 'I am happy we designed different houses,' says Ma Yansong. 'If you think about it, with the design fee per square meter we could better have put the same house everywhere. Now that they're all different, it doesn't matter if some turn out better than others. At least we tried to respect the various places. That's a good start. It shows we rate nature higher than some formal aesthetics.'
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"Mongolian Private Meadow Club" by Bert de Muynck
Published in Mark Magazine #16 October/November, 2008
Other publications in MARK Magazine;
A Letter from Beijing | Published in MARK Magazine #09 (July-August, 07)
An interview with Ai Weiwei (CN) | FAKE Design | Published in MARK Magazine #12 (Feb-March, 08)
Olympic Architecture | Published in MARK Magazine #14 (June-July, 08)
ORDOS100 – Babel for Billionaires | Published in MARK Magazine #15 (August-September, 08)
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OTTAWA SUN: Senators rookie goalie Robin Lehner won a goaltending duel with Boston's Tim Thomas, as the Senators edged the Bruins 1-0.
SPECTOR'S NOTE: It's Lehner's second win in as many games. Looks like he's making the most of his opportunity.
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Bummed after training today.
Week 2 of puppy class & Dinozzo wasn't as barky as last week. However even with withholding dinner he had no interest in cherrios.
I was going to bring some string cheese just in case but figured since I withheld dinner he would have enough interest. He ignored me pretty much 90% of the time. I'm confident it would of gone 110% better if I had brought the cheese/hot dog as that is what I usually use when at parks and stuff.
I also was told no more flirt pole as he was too interested/reactive in everything else that was moving. :(
Overall a very disappointing day. Feel like I looked like a bad owner. :(
His only shining moment was during puppy play where he was gentle with all the puppies that were half his size. I guess I was expecting a little more from him since he is so good at home. :/
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I would ignore cherrios too. Sorry but that is not really dog appropriate. Skip dinner and have some turkey dogs or cut up the Natural Balance rolls for treats. Cherrios would be incredibly boring to a dog. You need higher value rewards. Go easy on him too. Check your expectations and celebrate any little success. Like humans, he may be having an off day.
Yah Dinozzo loves the turkey hot dogs. Oops I wonder if this should of been in stories instead of training. My bad & sorry to any admins who might have to move this thread.
Some dogs are not into food so much.
Where I train the flirtpole is utilized often. Food is used for certain exercises and the prey rewards are used to engage.
Don't get discouraged, change up your training!
I had also been doing a little bit of toss with his ball & "tire". When he would bring back one toy I would say leave it. As soon as he dropped the toy I would throw the next one. They discourage playing fetch with the puppies too though "as then the dog learns it's fun to run away from their owners".
Not quite sure how to exercise him if I shouldn't play with the flirt pole, shouldn't play fetch & shouldn't do tugging (as he is teething). At least it is getting warm enough where we can go for walks again.
I really think it was just a matter of I should of brought the cheese/hot dogs and things would of gone so much more smoothly. Just beating myself up for not having brought it in the first place.
The trainers dogs are really great/well behaved. The trainers shows great interest in Dinozzo & they did try to give me some other food/treats that they had but it just didn't help. For much of the beginning last week he was very barky. They shook a jug filled with coins at him to break him out of it. Once they started letting us work with the dogs I was able to bring his attention to me with the string cheese. He was barky this week too, but it wasn't as bad as the week before and no jug was used this time. What I mean is he barked a lot this week too, but he settled on his own more quickly.
Everyone has bad days. It's not the end of the world. You learned a lesson this week and you'll probably improve on it next week.
When training a puppy, find out what motivates the puppy. If he doesn't like cheerios, then he's not going to want to work for them. Boil some chicken breast and cut it up into little pieces. Cook some london broil or some other lean steak and cut that into little pieces. Bring his favorite tug toy that he only gets during training. Get something that will get and keep his attention. Dry, boring cheerios just isn't it.
And why can't you play fetch with a dog that's teething? Who told you that? If the pup likes to fetch, by all means, let him fetch.
The tug/teething wasn't mentioned by the trainer, but I thought I recall multiple sources saying no tugging when they are teething. Or at least gentle tugging.
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Wow...just wow. And I thought the anti tug people were silly.
Why did they say not to mix obedience with play?
I am curious.
Wow kind of sounds like not such a great trainer! My dog LOVES his flirt pole and tug, some of our best obedience sessions have been with them. Also if I'm having a day where I can't really get him out for exercise nothing tires him out faster then a mix of chase and obedience with his flirt pole... we also play a lot of tug!
Also dogs are carnivores! My dog would have absolutely ZERO interest in Cheerios, get him some meat girl! I agree the natural balance rolls are awesome because you can make so many small treats with them... I also like using boiled chicken or the cloud star tricky trainer treats are ok too. Anyways that trainer doesn't really sound like he knows what he's talking about, sorry!
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Designer Sanjana Jon, sister of jailed US-based Indian fashion designer Anand Jon, claims her family now has "concrete evidence" to prove that her once celebrated brother is a victim of "racial discrimination" in the US.
"This has been a long battle for truth and justice. We've been fighting for six years now, I just want him back home," Sanjana told us in tears, as she met the media in Delhi, on Monday. The Kerala-born designer is currently serving a 59-year prison term in California on charges of sexual abuse. He was arrested in 2007 in California on charges that he sexually assaulted seven aspiring models, some of them teenagers.
On February 14 this year, Jon admitted to one count of criminal sexual act in the Manhattan Supreme Court and in turn, the prosecutors dropped 48 out of 49 charges against him. Sanjana is now hoping this would help them fight the earlier charges in a California court. "Anand is a victim of this (racial) conspiracy. I would urge the Indian government to help us bring him back," she says.


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Defendant in Cañon City triple killing charged with 14 counts of murder
Prosecutors file total of 36 charges against Jaacob Vanwinkle
CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The man accused of murdering a mother and two of her children sat with his head bowed in a Fremont County courtroom Thursday, possibly feeling the weight of the case against him.
Prosecutors revealed the charges against Jaacob Vanwinkle, 31, during a two-hour hearing in Cañon City. The charges include 14 counts of first-degree murder, two counts of child abuse resulting in death, two counts of second-degree kidnapping, a count of first-degree assault, nine counts related to sexual assault, and a count of unlawful sexual contact.
Fremont County District Attorney Thom LeDoux explained why prosecutors filed so many murder charges.
"There are different ways to commit first-degree murder," he said. "There's (murder) with intent and deliberation. There's also felony murder -- which, in a general sense, is (someone) committing a crime and an individual dies in the course of that crime."
Vanwinkle also is charged with six crime of violence counts and a count of habitual sexual offender against children.
The victims were Mandy Folsom, 35; her daughter, Marissa, 9; and her son, Mason, 5. Their bodies were found in their home on Phay Avenue the night of March 9. Vanwinkle was arrested there.
In addition to the murders, Vanwinkle is accused of sexually assaulting the woman's teenage daughter, who survived and escaped the home to call for help. Authorities said Vanwinkle and Mandy Folsom had dated and he was living with the family.
Authorities have not revealed a motive for the crimes, nor the victims' cause and manner of death.
Vanwinkle was convicted in Indiana of child molestation and other sex crimes involving girls as young as 5 and 7 in 2004. He failed to register as a sex offender after moving to Cañon City, and authorities were trying to find him before he was arrested in the killings.
Most of Thursday's hearing was spent with Judge David Thorson considering motions from defense attorney Daniel Zettler and LeDoux regarding questions and concerns about the collection and processing of evidence in the case.
A Cañon City police detective and an investigator with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation testified about evidence gathering and processing procedures.
Zettler declined comment after the hearing.
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Bradford 2-1 Accrington
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Bradford City maintained their League Two promotion bid by beating an Accrington Stanley side now without a win in eight games.
The Bantams went ahead in the first half when Garry Thompson tucked away a knock-down by James Hanson.
An improved Stanley looked like they had earned a point when Rommy Boco levelled from Luke Joyce's free-kick on 79 minutes, but City struck late on.
Kyel Reid crossed for Alan Connell to head home with four minutes to play.
Stanley will be without Dean Winnard for one match after he was sent off for a second bookable offence following a foul on substitute Nahki Wells.
Lineup, Bookings (5) & Substitutions (5)
- 12 Duke
- 02 Darby
- 03 Meredith
- 23 McArdle
- 25 Naylor
- 11 Thompson
- 14 Atkinson (Reid - 81' )
- 18 Jones
- 24 Doyle
- 09 Hanson
- 20 Hines (Wells - 44' )
- 16 McHugh
- 04 Ravenhill
- 07 Reid
- 08 Jones
- 26 Turgott
- 17 Connell
- 21 Wells (Connell - 72' )
Accrington Stanley
- 01 Rachubka
- 02 Murphy
- 03 Liddle Booked
- 05 Nsiala Booked
- 06 Winnard Dismissed after an earlier booking
- 24 Molyneux (Carver - 46' )
- 04 Joyce Booked
- 12 Miller
- 07 Lindfield
- 21 Beattie (Amond - 88' )
- 33 Boco
- 22 Dawber
- 18 Eckersley
- 10 Hatfield
- 14 Clark
- 15 Dixon
- 19 Carver
- 23 Amond
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Full Time The referee brings the game to a close.90:00 +3:26 Booking
Booking The referee books Aristote Nsiala for unsporting behaviour.90:00 +3:14
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Kyel Reid by Aristote Nsiala. Direct free kick taken by James Meredith.90:00 +2:51
The referee blows for offside against Kyel Reid. Free kick taken by Paul Rachubka.90:00 +0:48
Free kick awarded for a foul by Aristote Nsiala on Kyel Reid. Kyel Reid takes the free kick.89:01
James Hanson gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Peter Murphy. Free kick taken by Paul Rachubka.87:21 Substitution
Substitution James Beattie goes off and Padraig Amond comes on.85:54
Assist on the goal came from Kyel Reid.85:54 Goal scored
Goal! - Alan Connell - Bradford 2 - 1 Accrington Alan Connell grabs a headed goal from close range. Bradford 2-1 Accrington Stanley.82:27
Peter Murphy gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alan Connell. Gary Jones takes the direct free kick.81:06
Corner taken by Gary Jones from the left by-line to the near post, Effort from inside the six-yard box by James Hanson goes wide right of the target.80:51 Substitution
Substitution Will Atkinson goes off and Kyel Reid comes on.79:00
Assist on the goal came from Luke Joyce.79:00 Goal scored
Goal! - Romuald Boco - Bradford 1 - 1 Accrington Romuald Boco scores a goal from close range to the bottom right corner of the goal. Bradford 1-1 Accrington Stanley.78:42
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Romuald Boco by Stephen Darby. Free kick taken by Luke Joyce.77:17 Booking
Booking The referee shows Michael Liddle a yellow card.77:09
Garry Thompson fouled by Michael Liddle, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Stephen Darby.71:13 Substitution
Substitution Alan Connell comes on in place of Nahki Wells.67:56
Effort on goal by Garry Thompson from outside the area goes harmlessly over the bar.66:42 Dismissal
Dismissal Red card for Dean Winnard.
Dean Winnard concedes a free kick for a foul on Nahki Wells. Tom Naylor takes the free kick.62:14
Free kick awarded for a foul by James Hanson on Michael Liddle. Paul Rachubka takes the direct free kick.61:07 Booking
Booking Booking for Luke Joyce.60:51
Luke Joyce gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on James Hanson. Direct free kick taken by Rory McArdle.56:47
The offside flag is raised against James Beattie. Matt Duke takes the free kick.54:54
The assistant referee flags for offside against Romuald Boco. Matt Duke takes the direct free kick.53:45
Corner taken right-footed by Luke Joyce from the right by-line, save by Matt Duke.53:17
Luke Joyce takes the inswinging corner, Garry Thompson manages to make a clearance.51:39
Short corner taken by Luke Joyce. Handball decision goes against Matt Duke. Free kick taken by Matt Duke.51:19
Craig Lindfield takes a shot. Save made by Matt Duke.50:37
Unfair challenge on James Beattie by Tom Naylor results in a free kick. James Beattie restarts play with the free kick.49:16
Shot from just outside the box by Garry Thompson misses to the left of the target.48:18
Craig Lindfield produces a cross, Headed effort from the edge of the area by Romuald Boco goes wide of the right-hand upright.46:38
Corner taken right-footed by Luke Joyce, Peter Murphy takes a shot. Matt Duke makes a save.46:06
Foul by Gary Jones on Luke Joyce, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Luke Joyce.45:04 Substitution
Substitution (Accrington Stanley) makes a substitution, with Marcus Carver coming on for Lee Molyneux.45:01
The referee gets the second half underway.45:00 +3:09 Half time
Half Time The ref blows to end the first period.45:00 +2:07
The ball is sent over by James Meredith.43:32 Substitution
Substitution Nahki Wells is brought on as a substitute for Zavon Hines.38:58
Shot from just outside the box by Nathan Doyle goes over the crossbar.35:34
Aristote Nsiala is penalised for a handball. James Meredith restarts play with the free kick.34:15
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Peter Murphy by James Hanson. Free kick taken by Peter Murphy.31:31 Booking
Booking Dean Winnard is booked.31:26
Zavon Hines fouled by Dean Winnard, the ref awards a free kick. Rory McArdle takes the free kick.30:53
The offside flag is raised against Zavon Hines. Free kick taken by Paul Rachubka.27:28
Stephen Darby fouled by Lee Molyneux, the ref awards a free kick. Matt Duke takes the direct free kick.23:02
Assist by James Hanson.23:02 Goal scored
Goal! - Garry Thompson - Bradford 1 - 0 Accrington Goal scored by Garry Thompson from just inside the area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Bradford 1-0 Accrington Stanley.22:24
Foul by Aristote Nsiala on Zavon Hines, free kick awarded. Rory McArdle takes the direct free kick.16:37
Corner taken by Gary Jones, save made by Paul Rachubka.15:44
Centre by Romuald Boco, Rory McArdle manages to make a clearance. Inswinging corner taken by Luke Joyce from the left by-line, save by Matt Duke.14:40
Gary Jones takes a shot from long range which goes wide of the right-hand post.13:06
Shot from outside the area by Nathan Doyle misses to the left of the target.8:43
Shot by Zavon Hines. Paul Rachubka makes a comfortable save.7:26
Free kick awarded for a foul by Lee Molyneux on Stephen Darby. Matt Duke restarts play with the free kick.4:25
James Beattie gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Nathan Doyle. Matt Duke takes the direct free kick.3:37
Luke Joyce fouled by Will Atkinson, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Peter Murphy.2:02
Close range header by Will Atkinson misses to the right of the goal.1:06
Craig Lindfield concedes a free kick for a foul on James Meredith. Matt Duke takes the direct free kick.0:00
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An assessment tool for selection of appropriate daylighting solutions for buildings in tropical and subtropical regions : Validation using radiance simulation
Garcia Hansen, Veronica, Isoardi, Gillian, Hirning, Michael, & Bell, John M. (2012) An assessment tool for selection of appropriate daylighting solutions for buildings in tropical and subtropical regions : Validation using radiance simulation. In Fellows, C. (Ed.) World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF) 2012, Curran Associates, Inc., Denver Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, pp. 3600-3608.
A new decision-making tool that will assist designers in the selection of appropriate daylighting solutions for buildings in tropical locations has been previously proposed by the authors. Through an evaluation matrix that prioritizes the parameters that best respond to the needs of tropical climates (e.g. reducing solar gain and protection from glare) the tool determines the most appropriate devices for specific climate and building inputs. The tool is effective in demonstrating the broad benefits and limitations of the different daylight strategies for buildings in the tropics. However for thorough analysis and calibration of the tool, validation is necessary. This paper presents a first step in the validation process. RADIANCE simulations were conducted to compare simulation performance with the performance predicted by the tool. To this end, an office building case study in subtropical Brisbane, Australia, and five different daylighting devices including openings, light guiding systems and light transport systems were simulated. Illuminance, light uniformity, daylight penetration and glare analysis were assessed for each device. The results indicate the tool can appropriately rank and recommend daylighting strategies based on specific building inputs for tropical and subtropical regions, making it a useful resource for designers.
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While many executives, analysts and forecasters heralded the recovery of the battered European car market, here comes Germany to contradict them all, with a decline after five months of growth.
The European region, hit by an unprecedented economic slump in recent years saw the automotive industry take a big beating – with an almost six years demand drop. Now, among the most important markets in recent months many saw glimmers of hope – with new car sales – still boosted by strong incentives – starting a frail recovery.
But, following the French car market, which after some months of recoveries also saw a sales decline in the first two months, the biggest single car market in Europe falters in April.
"One of factors at play is the fact that Easter was in April and not in March. But on the whole it means that the market is still volatile and not as stable as some people would like," says Peter Fuss, German autos expert at Ernst & Young.
According to data from the German Department of Motor Vehicles (KBA), sales in the country last month went down to 274,097 units, a 3.6% drop that compares to France and Italy, which saw sales increases of 5.8 and 1.9 % respectively.
Overall though, in the first four months sales increased in Germany by 2.9%. The statistics show that last month the most popular vehicles were the compact cars, which commandeered 25.6% of total sales.
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