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Joël Fafard came to music early, out on the prairie. Driving in the family pickup truck with his famous sculptor father, Joe Fafard, toddler Joël would stand on the seat – you could do that then – and give his dad reason to believe he might have a musical prodigy on his hands.
"Joël would just stand there looking at the road as we were going and making all kinds of sounds that I guess were his music. They weren't words, they were more like scat," says Joe Fafard. "And I thought, well, maybe this guy has a sense of sound."
More than 40 years later, the two of them, sculptor and musician, are heading back out onto the road – Joël will be wearing his seat belt this time – for a father-son visual art/concert tour. A Tune to Art: Sculpture and Song kicked off in Regina this week.
Joe Fafard, 71, is a celebrated sculptor, well known for his works such as Running Horses outside the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, his bronze cows outside the TD Centre in Toronto and his life-size bronze bull on Georgia Street in Vancouver.
Joël Fafard, 44, is a Juno-nominated musician whose latest album, Borrowed Horses, recorded with his musical collaborator, Joel Schwartz, exudes a Southern-roots feel, but is a sound, he says, that very much suits the Prairies. He also helps manage his father's sales.
There has been talk for years about how the Fafards – Joe lives near Lumsden, Sask., outside Regina; Joël on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast – could engage in a creative collaboration. Finally, a few months ago, they figured out a format: a one-set concert, followed by an art show that would have the feel of an opening – the milling about, the buzz of conversation.
With a wide range of venues on the tour – concert halls, galleries, a winery – a different configuration will be required in each location. There may be works installed in the lobby, on the stage, in the halls, with only two or three hours, they figure, for each set-up. There will be four of them – the Fafards, Schwartz and a stage manager (Joe's nephew, who also runs his foundry) to figure it out and do the heavy lifting.
"We're going to have to make this up every time," says Joël. "We're just really flying by the seat of our pants in some ways."
The trailer is carefully packed with the musicians' equipment and 17 sculptures, as well as bases for them designed specifically for the road trip.
The works represent a departure for the artist, who is well known for his domesticated-animal sculptures, as well as his often whimsical depictions of people. This time he has created new works that represent Canadian wildlife: racoons, ravens, moose, buffalo. There are also some creepy/wonderful part-human, part-animal figures.
"These are going to be quite different and I think to some people they might be a bit shocking, but I hope that they're amusing and make sense," says Joe, whose pan-Canadian animal theme was inspired by the idea of touring Canada "and providing people with a sense of the country, a sense of what we have here in terms of the beautiful creatures."
Joël Fafard grew up surrounded by creativity, with his father's studio out in the yard a few metres from the house in Pense, just west of Regina. But it was music that Joël was drawn to. He was crazy about the radio in that pickup truck and would often slip out to listen while his father was in the studio, turning the ignition to accessory and draining the battery. He recently figured out that his first exposure to blues came courtesy of father-son car trips, and current-affairs programming on the CBC. The realization came to him after hearing Michael Enright play one of his songs on CBC Radio One's The Sunday Edition.
"I was reminded that he used to be the host of As It Happens when I was a kid, when Joe was driving me to hockey games on the prairie, and they used to have all these bumpers of blues slide riffs, and I wasn't hearing that kind of music anywhere else. It's the one thing that really stuck out and has really affected my sound," he says. "This is where music really began for me; the kind of music that I play began right on his radio show."
Both remember hearing a lot of Hank Williams on those drives. Joël loved it; Joe tried not to sing along. "I thought it might be harmful," he jokes.
When asked if he will sing with the Joels at any of these shows, Joe responds: "They would have to pressure me considerably."
Joël, not missing a beat, chimes in. "Well, no one wants me to make a cow, that's for sure."
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Ed Miliband has sought to shrug off personal criticisms after facing a barracking during a live radio phone-in over his leadership of the Labour party.
Miliband appeared on Radio 5 Live to discuss a speech to the Engineering Employers Federation on Tuesday in which he championed British business and called for a more prominent standard Made in Britain label on all British products.
But his pitch was overshadowed as callers took turns to attack Miliband's own brand, telling him that he lacked gravitas, failed to inspire disillusioned Labour voters and would never lead the party to election victory.
One caller mistakenly called him David, the name of Miliband's older brother, whom he beat in the 2010 party leadership election.
Miliband stood firm as he dismissed poll ratings and said he remained optimistic and confident that Labour could win the next general election under his leadership.
Asked by the 5 Live presenter Victoria Derbyshire whether he was frustrated by the personal attacks, he said: "I'm not affected because you come into this job knowing you'll get lots of commentary, lots of criticism and people saying 'do it this way and do it that way' … that's life. That's what you come into this gig for. Actually what matters to me is the people I meet and the issues I talk about."
Asked about his hopes for the next general election, in 2015, he said: "I'm optimistic and I'm confident, because I think we are talking about the right things, the things that matter to people. But you never take the British people for granted of course. What you say is let's pull forward what we believe as a party and what I believe as a leader. I came into politics because I believe in a more fair, more equal, more just society. We don't have that at the moment. We have got to change that."
Miliband was put under pressure minutes after he went on air to outline the key points of his speech, which laid out support for British manufacturing through state cash and skills training, for instance in engineering.
When he temporarily went off air because of a problem with reception in the radio car, "Charles in Wakefield" called in to tell Derbyshire that Miliband had "no gravitas" and was unelectable.
When Miliband came back, the caller told him: "I don't think people take you seriously … you are not going to be prime minister of this country by any stretch of the imagination. I'll bet my life on that. That is not going to happen. And if Labour are going to win an election it will be with somebody else, with Peter Hain or somebody like that, who's got a wealth of experience of life."
He pointed out that Miliband's Made in Britain pitch sounded remarkably like Gordon Brown's call while he was in power for "British jobs for British workers".
Miliband joked that he would pass on the compliment to Hain, adding: "We'll have to agree to disagree. I'm going to keep doing my job as I see it, which is to talk about the issues that matter. This morning's speech is about a very important issue. It's important to our region – to the region in Yorkshire, where I'm an MP – because I think creating high-quality jobs for the future in manufacturing and engineering are really important."
But his first interaction was a taste of things to come. A Labour voter called David told Miliband that he failed to inspire.
"You fail to get people looking forward to going out and getting the Labour vote out … you're not inspiring anyone. You're making it hard for people to vote Labour," the caller said.
Miliband unsuccessfully sought to deflect the personal attack by teasing out the issue of most concern to the caller. The caller said his biggest issue was Miliband's leadership. "I'm sorry about this and I don't mean to be cruel, but the job that you're doing is so important, that I don't think you can do the job."
Miliband replied: "We obviously have a difference of view about that, David. I go around the country and talk to lots and lots of people about how we can change their lives. That's what I came into politics for, that's what I think the Labour party is about. People make their own judgments about that."
He said personal attacks did not frustrate him. "What frustrates me is what is happening to the country, what is happening to the NHS, young people being out of work. That's what frustrates me. That's what I care about. That's why I'm in politics."
Asked why Labour wasn't doing better in the polls, Miliband insisted "it takes time" for parties to recover from defeat. He said he was concentrating on "doing the right thing" by addressing the most important issues such as fixing the economy so "it doesn't just work for a few people at the top".
Miliband told Derbyshire he very occasionally talked to his predecessors Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Blair's advice to him? "To do it in your own way," Miliband replied.

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Hewo dear diary, and hewo to all my fwens. Mom said I should wite a diawy entry, so here it goes. The Chwistmas decorations are all up and so fun to pway wif. Mama says we shouldnt, but you know wha I caught Cweo doing? Cwimbing the twee, the wascally kitty! I try to tell Ma I'm a good girl, but then she has to catch meh cwimbing the cuwtains.
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If you have more than one child, sometimes you still need to go one-on-one.
I often challenge dads to commit to that "alone" time with each of their children.
Here are three powerful reasons:
1. One-on-one time lets kids know they are very important.
Your kids know your calendar is jammed, and they also know how you choose to spend your free time. If you carve out regular time with them—just the two of you—that makes a big statement, and tells them they are a priority to you.
Do be creative and plan cool outings, but really it almost doesn't matter what you do; your gift of time makes your child feel valued, needed, secure, even empowered.
2. Kids open up during that time.
Derek is a dad I know who has teenagers, and he confesses things can get a little bit tense from time to time. Usually it's just minor stuff around the house and personality clashes.
But Derek says it quickly changes when he's out on one of their runs for ice cream or iced coffee. They get in the car and almost right away his child will start talking about something going on in his life. He knows that it's dad time, and it's like he's been saving up topics or questions. He opens up in unexpected ways.
Dad, don't miss those priceless opportunities.
3. Things happen when you're doing something together.
Maybe the car breaks down, or you get pulled over for speeding. Maybe someone you see needs help. Or maybe you see friends and have a short conversation. In all those situations, you are modelling for your child how to respond with maturity and grace. You're also learning more about your child by watching how he handles situations.
Or maybe you'll run into someone your child knows while you're out, and you can ask, "So you know them pretty well?" "Where do you see them at school?" And so on. All kinds of interesting things can happen when you and your child are together somewhere.
Dad, take full advantage of frequent one-on-one adventures.
Just go get a frozen yogurt, take a long walk, visit a bookstore, or do any activity your child enjoys. But it's up to you to make sure it happens. Schedule it; be intentional. Don't let the busy-ness of life crowd out special time with your son or daughter.
Carey Casey is the CEO of the National Center for Fathering (NCF), as well as a husband, father, and grandfather. He is author of "Championship Fathering", co-author of "It's Great Being a Dad", and general editor of "The 21-Day Dad's Challenge".
And of course we also recommend that you consider experiencing 'Fathering Adventures'... www.fatheringadventures.com.au ... with one of your sons, or one of your daughters, in a location near you, or perhaps a location even further afield.
We look forward to serving you and child (and your entire family in doing so) in 2016.
'Fathering Adventures' is an organization that offers Father-Son and Dad & Daughter Adventure Weekend experiences, which equip fathers of children aged 7 to 13 years inclusive, in numerous locations around Australia, to offer exactly what their children really need from them most.
We also offer 4 and 5 Night Father-Son Adventure experience packages, for fathers and their sons (minimum age of 13 years, with no maximum age limit), which provide the all-important process of transitioning boys & girls into young manhood & young womanhood respectively, and young men & young women into authentic manhood & healthy womanhood respectively… ensuring that they respond to my above-mentioned questions, in a very different way to that which you and I have had to respond.
So if you would like to share in an Adventure experience with either your son or daughter, or your very own father for that matter, then we encourage you to explore all of our Father-Son and Dad & Dauhter Adventure experience packages on offer today, online at www.fatheringadventures.com.au , or by phoning Darren Lewis on 0431 839 035.
We are thrilled & honoured to announce that 'World Vision Australia' has invited 'Fathering Adventures' to partner with them, in providing a Father-Son Adventure Trip of a lifetime... to NEPAL... in April 3-12, 2015.
Here's what Matt Darvas... World Vision Australia's man-on-the-ground in Nepal... has to say about this "once in a lifetime opportunity"...
For 10 days you'll travel Nepal, a land of big mountains and even bigger adventures.
You'll experience all the culture, food and sights of Nepal, whilst getting to participate firsthand in the work that World Vision is doing here in local communities.
You'll travel with a group of other like-minded Dads and their sons, as you go to Nepali villages where you'll meet the men of these communities and get to know their stories by hanging out, playing sports together and going with them into their homes and places of work to see what life is really like for them.
At the end of the trip, we will head off to an outdoor adventure camp at the base of the Himalayas, where there will be the chance for rafting and trekking, and where you'll be given the valuable time and space you need to bond with your son as we explore together what it means to be men who respond to the issues and needs of the world with strength and integrity.
And here's a short 2 minute long YouTube video that Matt prepared earlier...
Vacancies remain for just four (4) father & teenage son pairs. Request your PDF copy of the nine (9) page brochure... which will answer any question you may have... by emailing Darren at email@example.com .
And as always... if you'd prefer something closer to home... visit our Upcoming Adventures webpage... http://fatheringadventures.squarespace.com/upcoming-adventures/ ... for an adventure type, date, & location that suits you and your family.
With Fathers' Day rapidly approaching here in Australia... we've taken a leap of faith to dip our toes into the field of radio advertising. To listen to our very first, 30 second radio advertisement... simply click the following link... http://picosong.com/czsw . Just allow a few seconds for it to buffer first.
Our next available Adventure that still has vacancies remaining, is our upcoming September 27 - October 2, 2014 - 5 Night Father-Son Adventure in Tropical North Queensland... for sons aged 13 years & older... no maximum age limit... and their Dads, or significant male others (Step-Dads, Uncles, Grandfathers, family friends, mentors, teachers, coaches, Pastors etc.). Explore the dedicated webpage for that specific Adventure of a lifetime... in more ways than one... here... http://www.fatheringadventures.com.au/5_night_father_son_adventures.php .
"To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction."
(Stephen Covey – Author of the bestselling book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People")
In the theme of Stephen Covey's counsel, to "Begin with the end in mind"… let's start with the fourth & final "D", first…
"If you don't have a destination, you'll never get there."
(Harvey Mackay – Author of five business bestselling books)
Have you taken the time to consider your destination, as a father? What will your child leave home with? What kind of man or woman will he or she become? What legacy will you leave at the end of your life?
To be a good, successful father, it's essential you've given some thought to your destination… and the earlier you do that… the better.
"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything."
(Napoleon Hill – Author and pioneer of personal-success literature)
"Desire is what starts a man on his journey, and what sustains him on the way."
(John Eldredge – Author, counsellor, and keynote speaker)
What do you want as a father? What do you long for, and yearn to see happen, in the lives of your children?
To be a good, successful father, you must first have the desire to be one.
"You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight."
(Jim Rohn – Entrepreneur, Author, and motivational speaker)
Do you have a clear direction, when it comes to your fathering? Are you headed in the right direction, in order to arrive at your desired destination? And if needed… are you willing to make the necessary changes to your current direction?
To be a good, successful father, you must ascertain where you are on your journey, and be willing to make the necessary adjustments required, to ensure you are traveling toward your desired destination. You must also remember, that the great adventure that is fathering, is a marathon, not a sprint, and should be run as such. It's a race that requires both strategy, and endurance. Be encouraged, and also be an encourager of other fathers along the way.
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
(Ancient Chinese proverb)
The definition of diligence is, "the persevering determination to perform a task".
Are you willing to resist apathy, to reject passivity, to be diligent in the pursuit of fathering best practices, and be diligent in the application of them? Are you willing to remain diligent, to commit to never giving up, despite countless difficulties you will encounter along the way?
If your experience as a father, includes the four D's of fatherhood…
1. Desire
2. Direction
3. Diligence
4. Destination
… then you will finish strong as a father, and your life will be one of great significance.
We at 'Fathering Adventures' would love to play a part in that becoming your reality. We encourage you to explore our website… www.fatheringadventures.com.au … and register for a Father-Son, or Dad & Daughter Adventure, today… to suit the age of your child, and the location that would best suit your travel constraints.
"The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones."
(Brandon Sanderson – American writer)
"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."
(Stephen R. Covey – late American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker)
"In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities."
(Bob Riley – former Governor of Alabama)
"Action expresses priorities."
(Mahatma Gandhi – late preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India)
Well, the New Year is now well & truly upon us, and my encouragement to every parent… especially at this time of year... is to reflect upon, and re-establish your real priorities, and make wise plans to invest your time and your finances in those spheres of life that truly matter most.
My wife & I were visited by a dear friend of ours a couple of weeks ago. Her marriage, and subsequently their family, whom we've been close friends with for almost 20 years now, is in great peril of ending. Life for them… if you could in all good conscience call it life… is merely going through the motions… spending most of their time working, to afford a lifestyle that brings them no true or lasting satisfaction whatsoever. Their combined income exceeds $150,000 per annum, and yet money, or their perceived lack of money, is the motivation that has caused them to choose to work harder and longer, rather than investing in the things that should matter most… their relationships… with one another as husband& wife, and with each of their children, individually and uniquely.
Their story, and the stories of far too many others, reminds me of the words… "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?"… and lose or forfeit his marriage, and or his relationships with his children?.
So I encourage you to take stock… and there's no time like the present. What are your highest priorities? Are they things that are temporal… that "moth and rust destroy" or "thieves break in and steal", or they things that are eternal, like the people you love most, and your relationships with each of them?
Take the time now, to plan something BIG this calendar year, with someone you love… with someone you claim to be a real priority in your life… even if it means going without something else e.g. getting further ahead in your home loan. Take the time to also plan something a little less significant with others whom you love… those whom you desire to know that they are indeed the highest priorities in your life. And may living a life of great joy, rich in relationship, be your experience throughout 2014 and beyond.
And as always… I encourage you to explore the 'Fathering Adventures' website… www.fatheringadventures.com.au . You may just find a Father-Son or Dad & Daughter Adventure there that would be an incredible life-long experience for you and him or her.
Yours for fathering intentionally!


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take her to a gun shop and let her hold and touch as many firearms as possible, let HER find one that feels good.
This is a discussion on What should wife carry within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; You need to let her try a Smith M&P 9c. It has the three different backstraps depending on her hand size. The 9c seems to ...
You need to let her try a Smith M&P 9c. It has the three different backstraps depending on her hand size. The 9c seems to be a nice gun. I just bought one. The grip is much smaller than the Glock 26/27.
take her to a gun shop and let her hold and touch as many firearms as possible, let HER find one that feels good.
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My wife currently carries a SP101 DAO (spurless hammer) around the house, and she will be carrying it everywhere as soon as her permit gets here. She really enjoys shooting it, but I am trying to move her up to a bigger caliber. She told me that she would give my XD .40 a try next time we go to the range.
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."
- Thomas Jefferson
"I'm the arrow, you're my bow, shoot me forth and I will go"
"Do not let any individual posts put a knot in your Big Boy Under-Roos"
5 shot revolver like the taurus CIA w/ concealed hammer ? Think caliber 1st then fit/size . IMO you want a caliber that will stop a threat immediately but yet is still controllable for your wife . Also what's cotrollable with 1 hand because 2 isn't always the senerio or option .
From one female to another I'm a snubbie kind of girl. I have small hands as well as a small frame to conceal my weapon on and the S&W 642 feels like it was custom made for both. It weighs all of a pound and I actually forget it's on my person at times.lol It's hammerless so no snagging in purse or where ever you carry it. I've heard some say it has alot of kick but I think that can be subdued within reason(it is a snub) by personal ammo choice. I typically load it with Speer Gold Dots 135 or 125gr +P but I also have tried Federal 110gr Hydra Shok specifically designed for less recoil and flash and I can tell the difference. I live in an apt. and when home I load the Fed but when out and about it's usually the GDs. Opinions and recommendations are great food for thought but in the end it's a very personal choice usually decided within the first few seconds in your hand. Sort of like a kiss it's either magic or not.
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The Aging Spine pp 120-131
Spinal metastasis in the elderly
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- Aebi M. (2005) Spinal metastasis in the elderly. In: Aebi M., Gunzburg R., Szpalski M. (eds) The Aging Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Bony metastases are a frequent problem in elderly patients affected by cancer, and those with bony metastases involve the spine in approx. 50%. The most frequent spinal metastases (60%) are from breast, lung, or prostate cancer. The chance that an elderly patient (60–79 years old) is affected by bony metastases is four times higher in men and three times higher in women than a middle- aged patient (40–59 years old). Since the medical treatment with all the adjuvant treatment options prolong the survival of this particular patient group, the spinal metastases may become a mechanical issue, thus requesting surgical treatment. Different classification systems have been proposed to rationalize surgical indications, some concentrating solely on the local spinal tumor involvement and some including the overall clinical situation. Since most of the surgical options are of palliative character, it is more important to base the decision on an overall clinical classification including the different treatment modalities — irradiation, chemotherapy, steroids, bisphosphonates, and surgery — to make a shared decision. In case surgery is indicated — neural compression, pathological fracture, instability, and progressive deformity, nursing reasons — the most straightforward procedures should be chosen, which may not need an intensive care unit stay. In the thoracolumbar spine a posterior decompression and posterolateral vertebral body resection through a posterior approach only, with a concomitant reconstruction and stabilization, has shown to work sufficiently well. In the middle and lower cervical spine the anterior approach with anterior decompression and anterior column reconstruction is most effective and has a low morbidity, whereas the occipitocervical junction can generally be treated by posterior resection and stabilization. The outcome should be determined by the survival time in an ambulatory, independent status, where pain is controlled, and the patient is not hospitalized. Surgical management shows the greatest improvement in pain reduction, but also in other domains of quality of life. Since prospective randomized studies comparing different treatment modalities for spinal metastases including surgery are not available and are ethically difficult to achieve, each case remains an interdisciplinary, shared decision making process for what is considered best for a patient or elderly patient. However, whenever surgery is an option, it should be planned before irradiation since surgery after irradiation has a significant higher complication rate.
KeywordsSpinal metastases Vertebral metastases Elderly Spinal tumor Vertebral tumor
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Even our food staff was surprised when they tasted this sinfully delicious dessert. The best part - it contains two ingredients most women want more of: soy and chocolate!
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
- 1 (12.3-ounce) package reduced-fat extra-firm tofu
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 large egg whites
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- Fat-free whipped topping, thawed (optional)
- Grated chocolate (optional)
Nutrition Information
- calories 147
- caloriesfromfat 34 %
- fat 5.6 g
- satfat 3.3 g
- monofat 1.8 g
- polyfat 0.5 g
- protein 5.2 g
- carbohydrate 22.5 g
- fiber 0.2 g
- cholesterol 0.0 mg
- iron 0.9 mg
- sodium 134 mg
- calcium 26 mg
How to Make It
Place chocolate and tofu in a food processor or blender, and process 2 minutes or until smooth.
Place salt and egg whites in a medium bowl, and beat with a mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form. Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until candy thermometer registers 238°. Pour the hot sugar syrup in a thin stream over egg whites, beating at high speed. Gently stir one-fourth of meringue into the tofu mixture; gently fold in remaining meringue. Spoon 1/2 cup mousse into each of 8 (6-ounce) custard cups. Cover and chill for at least 4 hours. Garnish with whipped topping and grated chocolate, if desired.


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Tabletop games gain new fans in backlash against video culture
By Daniel Kelly
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - When Justin Becker moved into a new home in south Philadelphia, he set the TV and video games in the unfinished basement, leaving his three children free to go down and watch when they wanted. The board games stayed upstairs in the living room.
It was all part of a subtle trick that he hoped would help his family connect.
"Television and video games are more like solo activities," Becker said. "We lost out on quality time and we saw this as a chance to start over in the new house."
Becker, a 30-year-old stay-at-home dad with children aged 7, 4 and 2, is part of what appears to be a growing trend of people turning to so-called tabletop games as a social alternative to screen time. The category includes board games like Candyland, a favorite in the Becker household, and card games like Cards Against Humanity.
Hasbro Inc, maker of old standbys like Monopoly and Risk, says that revenue for its line of games increased 10 percent between 2012 and 2013, and would have grown 7 percent in 2014 if not for unfavorable foreign currency conversions.
Anecdotal reports also point toward an upswing. Insiders say publishers devoted to the games are flourishing, thanks to access to crowd-sourced financing and the proven popularity of games like Settlers of Catan.
Last year, attendance the Origins Game Fair run by the Game Manufacturers Association grew by 13 percent to 39,000, said John Ward, the trade association's executive director.
Ward says simple economics are also a factor. "You can buy a couple of cool board games for $20 or $40," he says. "You can't take your family to the movies at that price. Continued...


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Shaping the Next Cisco in India
Cisco marked a new milestone in India with the appointment of a new leader last week. Jeff White, previously vice president for the company's Service Provider business in the APJC (Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China) region, has taken on the role of president for Cisco India & SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation), with responsibility for Cisco's sales and operations in the area.
White will also take on the role of leader of a new India Board, which comprises senior executives from Cisco's headquarters as well as India and will chart Cisco's continued engagement with one of the largest emerging economies in the world.
Reporting to Jaime Valles, president of Cisco in APJC, White will partner with Faiyaz Shahpurwala, senior vice president, Industry Solutions and India Site leader, to drive innovation and talent in alignment with the national agenda to transform the economy through technology.
White will also be working closely with Wim Elfrink, executive vice president, Industry Solutions and Chief Globalisation Officer, who is also Cisco's Executive Sponsor for India. Elfrink was one of the primary drivers for Cisco's investment in the Globalisation Centre East in 2007 and was based out of Bangalore until 2011.
"Cisco is in a unique position to help the government, our customers and partners in India on their journey of transformation. With the combined resources of our many functions here, including sales, technical, engineering, services and many others, we can drive even greater local innovation with products, services, solutions and new service delivery models that are relevant for India. This is the vision for the next Cisco in India," said White.
"I'm optimistic about the growth potential in India due to several trends, such as the massive urbanization, the young and vibrant population, a fast-growing middle-class and a government committed to investing in IT."
Wim Elfrink, executive vice president, Industry Solutions and Chief Globalisation Officer, will be a key advisor to White and the India Board.
"Our vision is for Cisco to be a country transformational partner in India and deliver locally relevant products, services, and solutions in market-driven business models. We see technology as an enabler and believe that intelligent networks can help address unmet needs in India. Cisco's leadership team is committed to supporting, enabling, and advising Jeff and the India team."
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Before the free-agency period begins tomorrow, let's take a final overall look at how all 30 teams fared in Thursday's NBA draft. We're very happy to welcome a bunch of fabulous guest writers into the fold to help us out, too; please be sure to click on over to their respective websites. And, of course, you can find ETB's snap judgements of all the first-round picks here.
Atlanta Hawks
Rumors were flying that ATL's player evaluators–the ones who are paid to do what they do, and do it well–had long settled on Al Horford as the pick at #3 over Mike Conley, Jr., but that Atlanta's always-dysfunctional ownership "team" would override it in favor of Yi Jianlian. You see, there's a pretty decent Asian population down in Hotlanta, and marketing is king, so…
In the end, though, Horford won out, and the logjam at forward gets even tighter. Josh Childress could be dangled as trade bait this summer, and if I'm an NBA GM, I get Billy Knight on the horn immediately–the asking price is bound to be low right now.
Acie Law IV is brought in to save the perilous point guard spot that has long troubled the Hawks. He probably won't start right away, but Speedy Claxton and Tyronn Lue seem to always be a slight misstep away from a stint on the DL; expect Law to be the starter by mid-season, if not earlier. He has his flaws, but the Hawks absolutely had to take him at #11 to address this position of dire need.
Boston Celtics – from John Karalis for RedsArmy.com
We like the deal to get Ray Allen. The overwhelming sentiment in Boston after the season was to trade the pick for a veteran if we didn't get Oden or Durant. Well, we didn't get them… so we traded the pick for a veteran who can average 20+ ppg. Not only that, we did it without giving up Theo Ratliff's expiring contract or our most promising young players (Gerald Green, Al Jefferson).
If Jefferson improves on his 16-10 pace from the end of last year, things can really open up. Gabe Pruitt has the potential to replace Delonte West's production, and Glenn Davis would have been a first rounder last year… so now we get a free look at him. The bottom line: The Celtics–with Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Al Jefferson–have the pieces to win their division.
Charlotte Bobcats
ESPN was really pumping the "Michael Jordan is very involved in this draft" angle as their coverage kicked off at 7pm, and we wondered why perhaps the greatest NBA player in history, no matter what he does, elicits more yawns than excitement so far in his front-office career. I mean, does anyone really care that he's trying to play an active role with the Bobcats?
The 'Cats landed an awesome veteran scorer in Jason Richardson, who we've read a lot of criticism about today. Whatever–this team needs some seasoned veterans, and when Richardson is healthy (not a given) the man can absolutely light it up. Overpaid? Maybe. But at least they won't have to put that idiot Morrison at the two-guard very often for awhile. Forward Jared Dudley could be a nice defense guy, and 6-10 Jermareo Davidson also came over in the Richardson deal.
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavs did not have any picks going into the draft, and didn't end up trading for any, either. For the record, though, John at Fear The Sword volunteered to cover his team in case they got into the mix. Thanks anyway!
Chicago Bulls
Another "high-energy" guy in Joakim Noah heads to the Windy City, giving the Bulls one of the most defensive-minded frontcourts in the league and one still seriously lacking in offense. They also grab a seven-foot stiff in the second round named Aaron Gray, who will likely make the team but never set the world on fire, as well as a guard with a name rife for misspellings (JamesOn Curry). If Noah turns out to be as good of a pro as he thinks he will be, the Bulls did relatively well here.
Dallas Mavericks
The Mavs didn't have a first-round pick, but their enigmatic owner did his best to keep the team in the headlines. They did nicely in the second round with their first pick of the draft, however, taking 6-11 power forward Nick Fazekas from Nevada. He's a bit of a plodder, but has one of the sweetest strokes from the floor of any big man in the draft, and could be a solid backup for Dirk in a year or so. A few Europeans were taken late (Renaldas Seibutis and Milovan Rakovic) that won't be in the NBA anytime soon.
Denver Nuggets
The Nuggs didn't have any picks, but expect head coach George Karl to pull the family card and bring in his son, Koby Karl, as an undrafted free agent (and to give him a roster spot).
Detroit Pistons
We've known for weeks that GM Joe Dumars and his staff were enamored with Eastern Washington's mega-scorer combo guard, Rodney Stuckey. As the draft approached, Stuckey's stock was rising by the day, and there were some indications that he would not fall to the Pistons at #15. Well, in the end they got their man, and it seems like a good fit for both parties. Detroit gets a kid who can shoot with range, draw the foul, and create his own shot; it looks like they'll first try to groom him as a point guard, but he'll also get minutes behind Rip Hamilton at shooting guard. For Stuckey's part, he's happy to land in Detroit.
While most NBA observers have praised the Stuckey pick, the Pistons' selection of 6-5 UCLA guard Arron Afflalo at #27 overall has been just as equally panned. But while we feel there were too many quality big men left on the board to reach for Afflalo here (namely Nick Fazekas and Glen Davis), Dumars must feel like he has a shot to address his backcourt depth for years to come in one fell swoop. And while his early first-round picks haven't always worked out, Dumars has a great track record drafting late in the first and in into the second (Tayshaun Prince, Jason Maxiell, Mehmet Okur, maybe Amir Johnson), so we'll give him the benefit of the doubt and wait to see what Afflalo can do before we totally condemn the pick.
With the #57 overall pick, 6-6 G Sammy Mejia from DePaul was taken. He probably has about a good a chance as making the Pistons' roster this season as I do. Actually, Chris McCoskey for The Detroit News confirmed he will play in Europe next season.
Golden State Warriors
They get both Brandan Wright (see Amare Stoudemire) in the Richardson deal and Italy's Marco Belinelli in the first round. Love both of GM Chris Mullin's acquisitions, but though overall the team and its all-psyched-up fanbase should be pleased, they weren't able to land the player they most coveted in Yi Jianlian. Then again, word is that Jianlian and his peeps aren't thrilled about the idea of him playing for the Bucks (no one is, actually), so stay tuned.
Houston Rockets
Rookie GM Daryl Morey spends the 26th overall pick on Oregon point guard Aaron Brooks, who at 161 pounds weighs slightly less than your local high-school's starting point man. Last time we checked, Houston still employed another incredibly tiny point guard named Rafer Alston. In the second round, they draft Brad Newley, a star in Australia who has absolutely no reason to defect to the NBA. Move along… absolutely nothing to see here.
Indiana Pacers
Larry Bird and the Pacers didn't have any picks, but they were involved in a massive draft-day trade that everyone is still talking about. That's right, they acquired the rights to somebody named Stanko Barać (Croatia) from Miami. Uh, yeah.
Los Angeles Clippers – from Steve for ClipsNation
The Citizens of ClipsNation were in unfamiliar territory Friday morning. The day after the draft, there was nothing to complain about. Elgin Baylor and Mike Dunleavy Sr. hadn't screwed up. In fact, they had come through with flying colors. Unlike two years ago when top 10 prospects Gerald Green and Danny Granger were still on the board at 12 while Dunleavy remained tunnel-visioned on his pre-determined selection Yaroslav Korolev, this time when the Clippers choice came up at 14 and Al Thornton of Florida State was available, the team reacted quickly, changed course and snapped up last season's ACC leading scorer.
A 23-year-old senior, Thornton would at first appear to be the mature, sensible choice. But he also happens to be a freak of an athlete with NBA three-point range. So I guess he's both sensible and sexy. Although the Clippers' more immediate need is at point guard, Thornton was just too good to pass up. And with Corey Maggette likely to opt out of the final year of his contract next June, he provides depth and hopefully future stability on the wing.
In the second round, with the 45th pick, the Clippers tried to address their point-guard situation with Jared Jordan from Marist College. Relatively unknown to casual basketball fans because he played in the tiny MAAC, Jordan was the first player since Avery Johnson to lead the nation in assists two seasons in a row. I've been touting him for about a month, so needless to say I am THRILLED with this pick. He's too small and too slow to play in the NBA – you know, just like Steve Nash. All he does is step on the court and lead teams, which is really what you want from a point guard. A long shot to make the team, as is always the case in the middle of the second round, Jordan will have a chance to prove he can play against NBA talent starting next week in Summer League play in Las Vegas.
Los Angeles Lakers – from Don for With Malice
Whilst the Los Angeles Lakers performance would do nothing huge to appease Kobe, there are elements there that I like… and the off-season has only just begun, dp hopefully there'll be more action from the LA war-room.
So, the draft: with the 19th pick, the Lakers took Javaris Crittenton. With the Lakers not enthused about re-signing Aaron McKie smf Smush Parker, a point guard was a necessity. And without a doubt, Crittenton was the best player at that position still on the board (after Acie Law IV & Mike Conley). Whilst he might be a bit of a project, the Lakers must look to the future and life beyond Kobe, despite his angst at another 'project' joining the team.
As the draft progressed past the 11th pick, I had a feeling about Crittenton dropping this far (and as we got to the mid-teens, was pretty sure he would: Washington, New Jersey, and Golden State all have established PGs). He's young, has good skills and vision, and will (eventually) make a good point guard. If necessary, he will have good value in trades that may evolve this summer.
The 10th pick of the 2nd round (40th overall) shocked me somewhat: Sun Yue. Not having heard a lot about him other than he's fast, can jump, and is really, really skinny, I did a bit of research on him. Definitely a project, but he's (apparently) 6'9″ with "point-guard skills". A point guard that tall is definitely worth investigating, even if he'll need to bulk up considerably before being able to compete in the NBA.
With the Lakers last pick (18th of the 2nd round, 48th overall) the Lakers got Pau's lil' brother Marc. Marc Gasol comes ready to play… and whilst he's not necessarily his brother, he does have skills, and this was one of the guys I targeted in my preview with this pick, so I'm pretty happy with this. Gasol Junior at the Lakers would also perhaps hint at the front office having 'other' plans for Andrew Bynum; perhaps that's good news for one disgruntled superstar, but that's a story for another day!
Memphis Grizzlies – from Ryan McNeill for HoopsAddict.com
Memphis played it safe and went with Mike Conley Jr, and I'm still not sure what to make of this pick. When it was announced on Draft Night I was excited about Memphis having a point guard to build around in Conley, but later into the night I realized that the team will now have a healthy Damon Stoudamire and Kyle Lowry in training camp, savvy vet Chucky Atkins, and a rookie in Conley thrown into that mix.
Last year the Grizzlies brass heralded Lowry as their point guard of the future, so one of these young cats, Conley or Lowry, will be left as the third-string point guard next season. I can't help but think Memphis would have been better suited by addressing their needs at shooting guard by drafting someone like Jeff Green or Corey Brewer–who could have been a starter for them next season–instead of adding another young player at a position where they have filled that need.
Miami Heat – from Darren Heitner for I Want to be a Sports Agent
All I can say is wow. The Heat blow an opportunity to upgrade in two important positions with this draft (PG and PF/C), and in my opinion did not adequately address either slot. The big news leading up to the draft was the new, high-second round pick that we acquired for shipping Van Gundy to Orlando. What do we do with that pick? We select a guy named Stanko, and then cannot even stand the stench to keep him on the team for more than 5 minutes. He gets traded to the Pacers, and the Heat are left without upgrading the big-man position.
But the real sadness came in the 1st round, when the Los Angeles Lakers took our man with the 19th pick. Javaris Crittenton was our dream pick and it looked like he was falling to us, but was snagged before we could grab him. Who do we take instead? Jason Smith… of course! Terrible selection, which the Heat quickly realized and traded to the 76ers for their 21st pick, Daequan Cook. He better serve up something to Wade and Shaq, or Heat fans will be questioning this draft for a long time.
Milwaukee Bucks
So they took Yi Jianlian against the entire continent of Asia's wishes, and it looks like there's a chance the Chinese big man refuses to suit up for them. This will be a story worth keeping an eye on. But we wanted to use the rest of this space to call out Yahoo! Sports' Dan Wetzel for a very poor attempt at comedy that falls very, very flat in his "Draft Day Winners and Losers" column.
Normally we don't like to overly harp on lazy sportswriters who crack themselves up, but it's tired "city-wide stereotypes" such as the following that really bother us. So here's to you, Dan Wetzel, for your Bush League commentary.
"Yi has no choice, so he'll probably play for the Bucks and learn to love beer, cheese and brats as much as the next guy. Heck, one tour of the Mars Cheese Castle ought to do it (get him the beer bottle-shaped salami or the "Cheddar Christmas Tree")."
Minnesota Timberwolves – from Sonia for I Heart KG
Rashad McCants didn't look too happy at the Wolves draft party when the selection was made, but fans rejoiced knowing the team was getting a solid defender with potential to be an offensive threat in the team's #7 pick, Corey Brewer. In explaining his picks, Kevin McHale referenced the unselfish play and "winning attitude" of both Brewer and his former teammate Chris Richard, a forward/center taken in the second round.
While there was immense relief among some that there was no trade involving Kevin Garnett, the fact that no other draft night moves were made was a bit of a disappointment. Both draft picks are excited to be playing with Garnett, but should learn to get used to the trade rumors that will surely continue to follow the player.
New Jersey Nets – from Hooplah Nation
Sean "Weed Boy" Williams was basically the best talent available defensive wise on the board, so it was a no brainer taking him. He's happy to be here, and the staff is happy with him, and I can't see anything bad with risking a mid-first round pick for a guy with possible lottery talent.
Even if he ends up as a bust, the Nets would be well-served getting even if he's giving the team some Desagana Diop-like numbers. After all, the chair that Yi worked out against apparently is better than Jason Collins.
New Orleans Hornets
Pardon the redundancy here: I'm lifting the following directly from our draft-night coverage. The Fall from Grace Award this year goes to Julian Wright, who in some circles was considered a top-five pick at one point. He'll benefit from playing alongside Chris Paul; expect to see this kid get some monster dunks off the alley-oop pass. New Orleans is pretty stacked now at the SF/PF spot with young talent that needs time to develop. And, ESPN tells us he likes to go bowling. 6-5 Iowa guard Adam Haluska was taken in round two; he seems like a bit of a reach at 43rd overall (ahead of Jared Jordan, Marc Gasol, Taurean Green, etc), and check out his photo.
New York Knicks
Oh Isiah: all the criticism you bear upon your shoulders like a cross aside, you sure are good at making headlines. Though his free-agency signings and most of his trades end up being bonafide turds, Thomas does have a decent track record in the draft, landing David Lee, Mardy Collins, Channing Frye (now traded), and Renaldo Balkman in the last few seasons… all guys that are going to be in the league for a long time. So while first-round pick Wilson Chandler is yet *another* 6-8 forward to throw into the logjam, we'll wait to pass judgement until he gets on the court. It does, however, make that albatross contract of Jared Jeffries' look even worse though.
The big headline, of course, was the draft-night deal that sent Frye and Steve Francis to Portland for Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau, and Fred Jones. Randolph is a very legit scorer in the post, but he and Eddy Curry will now comprise perhaps the softest PF-C combo in the East on defense. It'll be interesting to see how Randolph reacts to life in the Big Apple.
Orlando Magic
The Magic traded their first-round pick to the Detroit Pistons last year for Darko Milicic, who they're hoping to resign this summer as a restricted free agent. In the second round, they spent their only pick of the night on 6-8 forward Reyshawn Terry from North Carolina. We honestly don't know much about him, but DraftExpress says if "he works on his ball-handling and becomes more assertive in trying to get the ball, he could be a very good bench scorer relatively soon." Fantastic.
Philadelphia 76ers – from Jon for Passion and Pride
The Sixers couldn't trade up from 12 in the end and decided to pick the guy with the greatest potential – Thaddeus Young. Heading into the college season last fall, his name was being thrown about with the likes of Brandan Wright, Kevin Durant, and the guys of Lawrence North. Here's the thing about Thaddeus though – he also fits the Sixers' biggest need for a shooter. Billy King really wanted a long 6'8″ forward who could shoot to take the pressure off Andre Iguodala and Kyle Korver.
The next biggest need was adding a banger upfront to upgrade the center and power forward positions. Jason Smith also has a lot of potential and the Sixers may have lucked out if he turns out to be the next best big man to Greg Oden.
Derrick Byars answered a lot of questions about taking a flyer on Young. He's a lockdown defender and intense competitor. Why did so many teams pass on him? The wing is getting awfully crowded in Philly…
Herbert Hill… eh… I liked Fesenko better (who was traded to Utah). Hill is extremely raw and worth a shot. After all, Steven Hunter ended the season as our starting power forward. I'd give this draft an "Incomplete" grade (or B+ if you must).
Phoenix Suns
We wonder how much the Suns sold their 24th-overall pick to the Blazers for. I assume it'll be an exchange of unmarked bills in a mid-sized manila folder between two masked individuals in an empty gym with all the lights on. The Suns have very little depth behind that fantastic starting lineup, and it's becoming a habit of theirs to auction these picks off. Is the owner cheap?
They did, however, take Wisconsin's Alando Tucker at #29, a guy who most don't seem too high on but is certainly worth taking a flier on. Like we said on draft night, this kid was the Big Ten's Player of the Year last season, and after four seasons playing college ball, he should be good to go off the bench immediately.
Portland Trail Blazers
We agree with everyone else: the Blazers had an awful night, again, for two years in a row now. Last year they fumbled away Randy Foye in exchange for Brandon Roy (who didn't accomplish a damn thing in his rookie season), took some idiot European named Spanish Chocolate who'll never amount to anything, and think they're going to insert some kid named LaMarcus into the starting lineup for the next 5 – 7 years. The best thing they did was taking British sensation Joel Freeland.
This year was even worse. Greg Oden first overall? Never heard of him. An envelope full of cash to the Phoenix Suns for the opportunity to take 6-6 guard Rudy Fernandez 24th overall? Another worthless Spaniard. Petteri Koponen from Finland at #30? I can't even pronounce his name, what was GM Kevin Pritchard thinking? 6-10 Duke forward Josh McRoberts was taken 37th overall (he's white, so you know he'll suck), Florida point guard Taurean Green 52nd (playground fodder), and Demetris Nichols 53rd. Sigh… when will the franchise ever get it?
Sacramento Kings
Spencer Hawes is about exciting to us as his name sounds. The second-highest rated center behind Oden on most draft boards, but Hawes is our early choice as "The Lottery Pick Most Likely to Be a Bust." Godspeed, Spencer Hawes, godspeed.
San Antonio Spurs
The team already rich in Europeans gets even richer with the addition of Tiago Splitter, whose contract situation scared off everyone else. You just knew this was where Splitter would end up. There's a good chance he doesn't join the NBA this season, but once he comes over, he should fit in rather well behind Tim Duncan (assuming he's around for more than just another season). They also got a nice value pick in Arizona's Marcus Williams, a 6-7 guard who can move over to small forward and could end up being a great asset off the bench in a year or so.
Seattle Sonics
Fantastic job by 30-year-old GM Sam Presti in his first draft (I can't believe the guy is less than a year older than me). Kevin Durant has all the makings of a legitimate superstar; give him a season or two, and he's going to be damn near unstoppable. And though it always hurts to part with a proven All-Star like Ray Allen, the man is clearly starting to wear down some, and they totally pulled one over on the guy everyone loves to pull one over on, Celtics GM Danny Ainge, by getting the fifth-overall pick for him, not to mention ETB favorite Delonte West. Oh, right, they also got some schmuck named Wally in the deal, but we're not talking about him.
With that pick, the Sonics took Georgetown's best player from a season ago, Jeff Green. That gives the team some flexibility with the Rashard Lewis Situation–we expect him to leave via a sign-and-trade, though he could simply walk, too. The team is fully entrenched in rebuilding mode, and so far they're definitely on the right track back to respectability.
Toronto Raptors
No picks for Toronto this year.
Utah Jazz – from Daily Basketball
The Jazz selected Morris Almond, a player who has the offensive skills to contribute right away after playing four years of college ball. He'll have the opportunity to help the Jazz at their most inconsistent position, and the team should be happy that one of the draft's top shooters fell to them.
After any Jazz fan heard his interview last night, they should be sold if they had any doubts. While some say he's a turnover-machine that needs to work on his defense, the same can be said of most draft prospects.
Washington Wizards
If/when Gilbert Arenas walks after the upcoming season, the choice of hard-working USC shooting guard Nick Young will be huge. We're pretty high on the youngster and think he has all the potential in the world to eventually become an elite scorer at the next level. Plus, he'll have that nut Arenas to learn from for at least another year. If Gil sticks around, this starting backcourt is going to be sick for quite some time. In the second, they went with the raw talent of 6-8 G/F Dominic McGuire from Fresno State, who DraftExpress says has the "tools to be a starter at small forward in the NBA, but needs to iron out some of the wrinkles in his game."


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W ell it's day 2 in my what seems to be endless search for a little brown field mouse. My mom let me out side last-night when I heard a bit of noise coming from our grill on the back deck. After heavy investigation I came to the conclusion that it was a mouse, but what kind I asked myself... My mom was yelling for me to get off the grill but after she told me more than 5 times she came out to see what was going on. I looked at her like...open that lid NOW!!! I need to get inside. Mom, not knowing why I was acting like this threw open the grill lid and inside there he was, that little creep, in the flesh, it was a brown field mouse. Mom got a bit closer to have a look, I thought this was my time to go for it or it might be never...So I did, I almost knocked over mom as I jumped up on my hind legs to get him...Mom threw me down and gave me that whole speach about me being bigger than him or something, I don't know, I wasn't paying to much attention. Mom said that it was really cold out and that he was just looking for a warm place to sleep....personally I think my belly is warm (he he ) Don't you worry doggie friend...I will prevail-That mouse in mine:-) Till next time
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The 1903 did have sight for Group fire
2000 was a common range for group firing
300 men 5 rnds each on a trench is a nasty rain
not sniping by any length, but would you wanna be under it when it lands??
it keeps heads down while folks assault wire etc.
Recently a US SF team came under fire from a unusually high angle
it wasnt super accurate but held the unit in place until air support arrived. as they had to cross too much open ground to counter.
it was one old talib with a very old Enfeild .303 with 2500 meter sights


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I am going to be redoing the floor in our bathroom due to a leak from a backed up toilet and 4 different layers of flooring (2 linoleum layers and 2 tile layers + lauan under it all). I am ripping everything up and laying down Stilelock tiles. For those that have never heard of it, it is a floating ceramic tile flooring. Real ceramic tile set in a heavy duty plastic base, no mortar, no grout, as the grout is built in and has a click-lock system. Here is a photo of some I laid as an entryway (excuse the unfinished trim, other thing have taken priority over the trim):
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The above was laid over existing linoleum (it can be laid over any flooring except carpet). Since I am ripping everything down to the subfloor of the bathroom do I need to put down a moisture barrier? Here is the plan:
Rip out all other flooring down to the original wood floor, which is on top of original slat subfloor. Possibly lay down T&G plywood subfloor, then install the Stilelock tiles. Since this is a floating floor, I wasn't sure if the moisture barrier was necessary or not, or if it would be a bad idea in the bathroom.
Very bad idea in a bathroom.
It's not going to be doing much floating with a toilet bolted down to it.
Stick with tile, or sheet goods
Thanks Joe for replying. Even though I will probably stick with the Stilelock tile, I will take your comment under consideration. Do you have a suggestion as far as moisture barrier or no moisture barrier under the tile.
6 mil plastic, it really needs to be run up the walls under the baseboards.
what happens when water from another backed up toilet gets under this floating floor?
I'll just let the OP know that I looked at using this product when I remodeled my master bath (replacing vinyl sheet with something better). I ended up just learning how to tile and laid porcelain tile over Ditra.
To your question, I'm unclear what sheet plastic will do. Are you trying to keep moisture from coming up from below, or do you want to contain the moisture from above?
Zakany, why did you decide not to use it? As far as the moisture barrier, I was just thinking I might need one to keep any moisture from penetrating the subfloor from the top, like condensation from showers. If it is not necessary, that's one less step I'll need to do.
One of the main reasons I am using this flooring, it goes down fairly quick (and this being our only bathroom, that is a big plus) and if something happens (tile cracks, subfloor damage, etc) it is easily removed, replaced, and repaired. Hopefully I will not be sorry I went this route. I really like how it came out in our entryway. If this turns sour, then I guess it will be easy enough to remove and replace with something else.
Anything with seams is a bad idea in a bathroom.
The toilet may cause the flooring to pull apart when it expands and contracts.
One over flow and water will be trapped under the floor and will cause mold and the flooring to fail.
A quality linolium would have none of these issue and could be laid just as fast.
Yes i have seen it. It was installed in a bathroom on a floor.
When I demo'd the vinyl sheet in my bathroom, I found mold at the shower interface. I was removing the luan, anyhow, but that could have caused rot over time and I would have never known until much too late.
Since this is your only bathroom, though, going tile is not a good DIY option. In your case, the best way to get a tile floor is to hand your keys to an installer while you go on a vacation.
Well, I looked at the Stilelock website and it says it's "a perfect choice for entryways, living areas, kitchens, and bathrooms", as long as the area is not subject to STANDING WATER. Unless their definition of a bathroom and my definition is different, it sounds like my application is fine. Their warranty page says:
"To be covered by this limited warranty, the product must be installed indoors in a residential application, not subject to standing water, located in the United States of America, Mexico or Canada following the American Olean´s StileLock Installation Instructions, which include care, maintenance and other considerations".
My bathroom has never had standing water in it that came from the shower or the sink or the toilet that wasn't immediately wiped up. A little moisture on the floor after a shower, sure, but that is to be expected.
I am not trying to be obnoxious and say "I don't care what you say, I'm going to do it my way", I am just saying what the company says you can use it for. I am going to go ahead and use the tile, simply because I have it and do not have the time nor the money to go with something else. Hopefully this is not going to be a big mistake. If it doesn't work, then since it is not permanently attached, I can replace it relatively easy with something else (in theory anyway). Thanks for all of your replies and advice.
if you are going to do it your way anyway why ask for opinions?
Well, actually I didn't ask an opinion on the flooring (not trying to sound like a-hole, just stating a fact). My original reason for posting was to find out if I should lay down a moisture barrier under the tile since this was not a permanently adhered floor. Although, looking at my post the last sentence does sound like I was asking about the tile too. I apologize for the confusion. I had looked at the website and warranty info and felt this was good idea for me. I asked Zakany why he decided not to use it because I didn't know if he had personal experience with it. I really do appreciate everyone's advice and opinion and I actually thought about and wondered if this was a good choice. At the end, I felt this is a good choice for me. If down the road this turns out to be a horrible decision and I have to redo the work I did on the subfloor, I will be the first one to come back here and say y'all were right, do not use this in a bathroom.
Again, not trying to be obnoxious or a now-it-all, just trying to do what i feel will work for me after considering everyone's advice. Thank you all for your advice.
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Wiring Bathroom fan to dual switch
Hey guys, i'm having some issues wiring in a new exhaust fan for the bathroom. Currently i only have a switch working the light over the sink. I'm adding a fan only exhaust fan in the ceiling. I've installed the fan and have a 14/2 running in the switch box with the light switch. I'd like to put an over/under dual switch and have the top to the light on the wall and the other to the fan only exhaust. I'm not running a switch for a fan with light exhaust it's just a fan only. the light switch is only for the light over the vanity. Currently i have in the switch box: two 14/2 wires with the whites connected together and the grounds connected together. both blacks are going to the single switch. As it should be wired. How do i install the fan switch using this setup. so far i've run the whites and grounds together as they should be (seperate of coarse whites together and ground together) i connected all blacks together and make 2 legs to go to the over/under double switch and broke the tab in the middle and the light and fan come on but will not turn them off.
None of the blacks should be connected together. The tab should not have been broken (now you done it) ....
You will have to separate all the black wires again, and find the one that is the "hot" lead. That one connects to the side of the double switch that had the tab on it. You should strip it long, so the wire can wrap around both screws, feeding juice to both switches.
The other black wires connect to the top and bottom of the other side of the switch, thus controlling the fan and light separately.
Actually i figured it out. I just found the hot wire coming the box. Made 2 pigtails from that. Connected those and the black from light to each post on one switch and then the black from the fan and other pigtail hot to the 2 post on the other switch. And yes, you have to break the tab between them. It runs just like a plug wired into a switch for you lamp. It is working perfect now. Thanks guys!
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We have been working in Haiti since 2007 providing agricultural education, mostly for rabbit production, but have recently also become involved with some coffee producers and now offer 100% Haitian unblended, single region coffee beans direct from the mountain forests of Haiti.
Devil's Gulch Ranch purchases green beans from Haiti Coffee, Inc, the importation company which they co-own, and has them roasted for local sales in Petaluma. We invite you to share one of the best kept secrets in the world of gourmet coffee. From the dense and lush tropical mountains of Haiti, comes a coffee bean that produces a rich, aromatic, and sensational coffee drinking experience. Haiti's climate, mountain elevations, and the shade provided by the indigenous trees all provide the perfect growing environment for outstanding coffee similar to the finest coffees of Jamaica and other Caribbean countries. We are proud to introduce this coffee to you and share the secret with coffee enthusiasts everywhere.
Haitian coffee is grown a mere 700 miles off the coast of the US, yet it remains hidden in obscurity by the mystique of Haiti's challenging history. Coffee was introduced to Haiti in 1725 and then spread to all 10 departments, thriving in colonial times. Haiti became a valuable producer on the international market, producing 50% of the world's coffee in the 1750's, and as recently as 1948 it was third in the world. The decline of the coffee sector in Haiti started around the beginning of the 1970s with the lowering of the price of coffee on the international market. In the early 1990's coffee cultivation in Haiti was further negatively affected by trade embargos, natural disasters, as well as coffee rust, a fungal disease.
Few Haitians these days can make a living growing coffee and the knowledge is becoming lost with the passing of the older generation. Until recently there has been more value in cutting the trees for charcoal than processing and selling the beans.
Haiti Coffee, Inc, is working collaboratively in Haiti with other companies and NGO's to revitalize the coffee industry and to facilitate export. With the help of Haiti's own Makouti Agro Entreprise and Partners of the Americas Farmer to Farmer program, Farmers now have a voice, access to knowledge and resources to redevelop their agricultural heritage to its former glory. All Haiti needs is to re-establish the value chain and resurrect the skill and knowledge that were once there.
There is a really good synergy with the rabbits needing shade from the coffee plants, and/or the larger shade trees. The coffee from shade grown trees is better and therefore more valuable, helping to keep them from cutting the trees for firewood. The rabbits can be fed the leaves from many of the trees which the farmers can harvest themselves, so no need to spend money they do not have for rabbit feed, adding further value to the trees and helping to protect against deforestation. Then the rabbit manure can be used to fertilize the coffee plants, and of course the rabbits can be a source of great nutrition and income.


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This is my first post- the first of many I hope.
I'm not very consistent in my blogs, emails, or even Facebook- but I'll try to be better for this.
Maybe your first question as you begin reading this post or even come upon this blog, is this; why is the blog called Little Thoughts and Eucharisteo?
I wanted to begin something that people could see and be inspired. I wanted something that has been impacting my life to
impact someone else's... I want to share something with the world, a part of my life.
This thing- eucharisteo- should be a part of all of our lives, impacting and changing them. Eucharisteo is connected with these two important words- the Greek word Charis, meaning grace - and Chara- joy. Isn't it interesting though, how those closely connected to eucharisteo- meaning thanksgiving?
I first heard about this word about two weeks ago. I had gotten together one morning with my awesome mentor (who is much more than that-) Hannah, and another awesome friend Catriona, for a mini Bible-study thing. It's the One Thousand Gifts mini series Bible Study by Ann Voskamp. The first thing that Ann began talking about on the video was that thing Eucharisteo. Well ok, yeah, thanksgiving is part of our lives. What's so special about eucharisteo?
Basically, what I've learned so far through that Bible study (and we've only done two sessions) is that thanksgiving is absolutely vital to our walk with God, our faith, our prayer life, and our happiness. Soooo, what's the big deal exactly?
Gosh, I wouldn't be able to spend enough time elaborating on all of those things. Thanksgiving- how can I say enough?
Our walk with God- An analogy: Jeanne and Robert were twins, brother and sister in in a small family. It was getting toward Christmas time, and both children always looked forward to the holidays, Jeanne for the celebrations and Robert for the gifts. One Christmas morning, both jumped out of their bed and raced down the stairs to the living room where the small tree sat. Parents watched lovingly as the children began ripping open presents, then watched in great interest as the differences between the two children came distinctly clear. Jeanne would open her presents, marvel at them, then turn her eyes to her parents and almost shouted 'thank you' each time as joy lit up her face. It warmed her parents' hearts to know they were blessing their child and providing joy for her through the gifts. Robert, however, practically plowed through his presents, barely taking time to pause and look at the beautiful things before moving on to the next. His parents became discouraged by the way he was treating his fragile gifts, and they wondered if it really was worthwhile to buy him things if he didn't take time to appreciate them.
I wonder if God feels the way these parents did when we barely take time to give thanks for even the small gifts of life before moving on. I mean, sure He keeps giving us gifts, but really- does He enjoy it if we aren't giving thanks?
But when we do, I think we draw so much closer to God. When we are able to give thanks for the little things in life, when we appreciate what God has given us, we draw so much closer to His heart. Our eyes are opened and we realize again just how much He loves us, and once we realize that His Joy is going to fill our hearts! Thanksgiving is like a trip wire, or like the first domino in a line of dominos.
Thanksgiving is an eye opener, which leads to realization of His Love, which then pushes over into Joy, which spills out of our hearts blessing others, which in turn leads them to Christ and the list goes on and on... The circle goes around....
Maybe the equation could look something like this;
Thanksgiving > Eye Opener > Realization of Love > Joy > More Blessings > More Thankfulness
So, as an answer to the first question, why is this blog called little thoughts and eucharisteo, it's because I constantly want to be giving thanks. I want to write down my little thoughts, at the same time as I'm thanking God for the simple, complex, beautiful ugly life around me. Throughout these blogs, you'll be seeing different lists of gratitude, as well as different thoughts on different things, and small glimpses into my life.
On the list, I'm going to start with number one and work my way through one thousand. I'm keeping it in a journal, but I think it will be fun to be blogging them too.
Here are the first:
1. Full moon at twilight
2. The family cat, Meggie
3. Quiet morning devotions with God
I want a whole new worlds opened to me- the spiritual, and the physical. Because in both we receive our gifts. In both we are thankful to the Most High.
I guess before I finish this post I better say something about myself.
My name is Kara. I, believe it or not, live in Africa. I guess you could call me an MK, missionary kid, though it's more like missionary teen now. I've lived in Uganda for almost three years now, and even in the painful, ugly, tough times, I'm grateful for every moment. Every pang of regret, every scratch of rejection from loved ones, every beautiful sunrise and every thunderstorm (yes, even the ones that create lakes in our bedrooms), all the fresh new mornings I'm grateful for.
I hope you get to know me more through these posts, some of my struggles, all of my joys. And I pray not only will you begin to know me more, but know Jesus even better through these.
4. Silly pictures with Siblings
5. Blogging simple truths
"Rejoice! Again I say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, with prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the PEACE of God, which transcends understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds IN CHRIST JESUS."
Phillipians 4:4-7
Grace, the foundation of Eucharisteo, the precedent of Joy
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The design for the renovation of the Nanying Hotel transformed an existing 166-room government hotel into a boutique hotel in anticipation of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
Located less than 20 minutes from the Center of the Expo, the client wanted to take advantage of the building's prime location and reposition the hotel for general commercial use in time for theExpo-which brought nearly 65 million visitors to the city. The Expo's theme of "Better City, Better Life" became a conceptual force behind the design.
By taking aesthetic cues from the hotel's urban environment, the design mimics and responds to the atmosphere and elegance of the wildly beautiful city of Shanghai. This is accomplished through implementing design techniques that connect the interior space with its urban context. The scope of work includes a renovation and addition to the ground floor, a renovation to the exterior skin and a concept design for the hotel rooms. The program for the ground floor includes a lobby and renovation to the bar and restaurant.
Originally a dark and inward-looking space, the ground floor is enlivened and opened up through carefully executed lighting methods and the elimination of many of the existing interior columns. Natural light floods the space through floor to ceiling glazing. During the renovation, the design concealed all the interior columns, save one, which is clad in LED panels and serves a digital billboard that provides visitors and passing vehicular traffic with a unique and abstract messaging system. The remaining exterior columns are clad in stainless steel and act as soft diffusers, bringing more natural light into the ground floor.
The lightingdesign for the bar artfully reflects the splendor of Shanghai by drawingfrom the formal qualities of the city's famous sycamore canopy. Embedded fiber optics in a graphically dynamic ceiling give the individual the effect, in black and white, of sitting beneath a sycamore tree on a starry Shanghai night.In the restaurant, extruded portals clad in pewter frame each table and provide diners with an elegant and intimate connection with the city.


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Emir [1] of Kuwait [2], Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah [3] has awarded today Informatics Medal 2009 to Arab Sat, the leading satellite services provider in the Arab world, for the outstanding role it plays in connecting the Arab world with the latest modern technology.
The award manager, Dr. Khalil Abul, said: "Arab Sat fully deserved Informatics Medal 2009 as a compensation for the vital role in developing the visual media in the Arab world, enriching it with satellite networks communications."
Dr. Abul illustrated that Arab Sat, being committed to stay at the forefront of best-in-class satellite services in the MENA region, has managed to reach more than 164 million viewers in 80 countries from around the world, linking the Arab World's via top-notch telecommunication and digital broadcasting technologies.
Informatics Award 9th round awarding ceremony, which is set-up by the organizers of Salem Al Ali Informatics Award, includes honoring 18 winners coming from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Algeria.
Participating governmental organizations were also awarded, chiefly: the Ministry of Information, Kuwait News Agency KUNA, in addition to academic bodies, research centers, civic institutions, and the awards working teams.
It is worth mentioning that the board of trustees began offering Informatics Medal in 2007. It is the highest award that could be offered in the informatics development field. It was awarded to Dr. Ahmad Naheef, Egypt's Prime Minister, in 2007 and Alexandria's Library in Egypt, in 2008.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emirs_of_Kuwait
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait
[3] http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&ved=0CBkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJaber_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah&rct=j&q=Amir+Al+Kuwait&ei=Aej8S6-SPMmq4Qbz1omiCw&usg=AFQjCNFKvFSBQhkKT8zQRNIHDT1GJB2nXQ&sig2=iJQiE8t8iUNuHMK5WWjEYg
[4] http://www.albawaba.com


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But rosin was perhaps the first to string all the economic realities together in such staggering form.
"Hell, get out of the way," one researcher, a biologist who conducted early gender-selection studies, tells rosin.
To show how it all plays out, rosin spent many months reporting—and, indeed, The End of Men is rigorously researched.
rosin says her goal is to help men and women learn to navigate these changes, not draw battle lines based on gender.
They poured down boiling pitch and rosin, and hurled stones and darts and arrows on the assailants.
Then take them out, dry the bottles, rosin down the corks close, and set them in dry saw-dust with their necks downward.
However, when mixed with rosin, it may be used for lining cisterns; perhaps it will some day be applied to a more useful purpose.
A process of rosin's, not yet published, is more convenient.
If rosin be present, the petroleum spirit will be coloured emerald-green.
Break into that rosin on the main deck-pile it in, the boat can pay for it!
late 13c., from Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine (see resin). The verb is from mid- 14c. Related: Rosined; rosining.
rosin ros·in (rŏz'ĭn)
A translucent yellowish to dark brown resin derived from the stumps or sap of various pine trees and used as an adhesive in plasters and as a stimulant in ointments.


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EDWARD THOMPSON, a pioneer of the study of Late Antiquity in the English-speaking world, was a scholar of extraordinarily wide interests and a much-loved teacher of many generations of students of Classics at Nottingham University. A man of deep humanity and warm friendships, he carried his learning lightly. If he enjoyed anything more than deflating pretentiousness in others it was turning his wry, ironic wit against himself. When asked why he had got rid of the geese he had been keeping, he characteristically replied 'I found that geese have a very limited sense of humour.'
Thompson received most of his education in Dublin. At school he became a classicist; in consequence, as he later alleged, of the arbitrary choice of the headmaster. He took First Class Honours in Classics at Trinity College in 1936, and proceeded to graduate work there.
A visit to Berlin in 1937-38 as an Exchange Student was to have a powerful influence on Thompson's future. Viewing German militarism with distaste, he then witnessed an incident of Nazi brutality which he never afterwards forgot.
He was on the point of enlisting in the Army at the end of 1941 when an invitation from Professor Ben Farrington took him to Swansea, to teach Greek. Thompson and Farrington became close friends; it was Farrington's influence that converted Thompson to Marxism. His way had been prepared by his experience in Nazi Germany and by the inspiration of his friend the poet Roger Roughton. His reading of Marx, and, especially, of Lenin's The Origins of the Family, left a permanent imprint on his historical work.
Long after his parting with the Communist Party in 1956, when he had come to sit more lightly to Marxist ideology, his interest in the class structure of societies, and in their material basis, continued to give direction to his studies.
Over the 20 years between A History of Attila and the Huns (1948) and his most substantial book, The Goths in Spain (1969), Thompson's interests focused on the barbarian tribes on the borders of the Roman Empire, Huns and Germans, who were to invade and settle in its Western provinces in the fifth and sixth centuries. Everywhere his work shows his fascination with the ways in which a society is affected by change, by the impact on it of its neighbours and its contacts with them.
Thompson's interest in Late Antiquity had been aroused by a chance reading, while still in Dublin, of a passage of the late fourth- century historian Ammianus Marcellinus, on whom he was to write his first book, The Historical Work of Ammianus Marcellinus (1947). In 1945 Thompson moved to King's College London, where Norman Baynes was then a colleague. Despite their very different religious and political views they became good friends. Baynes was a Byzantinist, and one of the tiny handful of British scholars whose interest in the ancient world embraced Late Antiquity. In the huge revival of interest in this period since the Second World War, Thompson's many studies played an important part. When he moved to the Chair of Classics at Nottingham in 1948, his department became one of the principal centres for the study of this field. Two visiting professorships in the United States widened the circle of scholars who felt his influence. His standing was acknowledged by election as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1964.
Thompson stayed at Nottingham until his retirement in 1979. His work came increasingly to concentrate on the last period and the end of Roman rule in the Western provinces, especially in Britain. The last of his books to emerge from these studies, Who was Saint Patrick? (1985), was perhaps his most iconoclastic. Writing terse, lucid and forceful prose, Thompson never flinched from controversy; indeed, he rather enjoyed arousing it. Although inclined to study periods, areas and problems where literary evidence is very tenuous, he always remained slightly aloof from archaeological investigation, and preferred to recall archaeologists to the evidence furnished by literary materials. He was adept at extracting the last ounce of information from the scrappy texts, and from the gaps between their lines, by meticulously precise reading and relentless pursuit of their implications.
Though a scintillating lecturer and a stimulating teacher, at Nottingham Thompson was seen above all as a scholar dedicated to his research. He ran his department through friendship rather than by anything that could be called 'administration', which, indeed, he was apt to treat with mild contempt. Happily settled in retirement Thompson continued to indulge his love of the Yorkshire countryside, of the classics of English literature, and, with his wife Hazel, of entertaining their friends.Reuse content