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Among Mariella Frostrup's guests are Joanne Harris, whose new novel is about a 40-year-old man who reinvents himself online; poet Simon Armitage who opines that "even a good shopping list is a poem"; and George Pelecanos, a crime writer, whose novels are the most sought-after in Washington DC's prison library and favoured by both Stephen King and Barack Obama. Alongside Richard Price, Pelecanos was one of the novelists hired by David Simon to work on The Wire, to lend the series a substance that more seasoned TV writers could never match.
Autistic Superstars
9pm, BBC3
Aiming to reduce the stigma around autism, this documentary follows actor/TV star Reggie Yates as he meets autistic men and women who he is encouraging to get up and perform in front of a live audience. In Manchester he meets 23-year-old Carly, who puts on an American accent when she's nervous, cannot socialise, loses her temper when she's asked questions, and then sings a brilliant version of All That Jazz. She's also quite the diva, with a line in perfectly-timed comic put-downs: "This is what I call a fashion fiasco!" she says, dissatisfied with a stylist's choices. Yates is sympathetic and patient enough to make it work.


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I was tagged by Mr. McGraw. I have answer Five Questions With four Answer!
Then I have to tag four fur freinds with a rosette or a pawmail, and they have to do the same. Have fun!
1. Four Jobs I'v had in my life:
1.Guarding the couch.
2. Inspecting the garbage.
3. Food Tester ( My favorite job).
4. Cover tester to see if the covers are of the right fluffieness.
2. Four places I have lived:
1. My home know.
2. A place in Madison
3. My grams House
4. The breeder my mommy got me from.
3. Four places I'v been:
1. To the mountains
2. Camping
4. Grams house
4. Four favorite foods:
1. Sgetti( the best food ever)
2. Meat of any kind
3. Treats
4. my dog food
5. Four places I'd rather be:
1. With my mommy
2. On the couch
3.With my mommy in the car
4. Under the computer desk next to my mommy
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Our homes have a big influence on our lives, so it is natural that the Slow Movement would include Slow Homes as a primary means of supporting Slow Living.
Architects, interior designers, as well as people embracing Slow Life are using the term Slow Homes to describe homes and their furnishings that are well designed, nurturing to people, and restorative to the planet (or at least not harmful).
They don't have a particular look or style. In fact, that is the point. Slow Homes is about how a home functions and feels and how it fits its context. Slow Homes are organized to support our needs for cooking, sleeping, bathing, dining, socializing, restoring, creating, etc. and to instill in us a sense of place. While the physical organization of the home is important, how we use and function in our home is part of what creates a home for slow living. In other words, it encourages and supports behavior that allows us to engage with our environment and live in ways that help us create a slow life.
Slow Homes incorporate many of the values and principles found in green building and voluntary simplicity. In addition, it is about designing an environment that nurtures the well being of the people in the home as well as their neighbors and the natural environment. Ideally, a Slow Home would likely have many of the following qualities:
While you may not be able to do everything on this list with your existing home, there are many things you can do to support a slower, healthier lifestyle. Start with de–cluttering, so that you only live with things that you love or use frequently. As you replace items in your home, look for things that are well–made of natural and non-toxic materials (e.g. solid wood versus laminates). Identify the ways your home does and does not support what you want to do, and see how you can make changes over time to eliminate what isn't working and enhance what is. Take your time, be thoughtful, and think of your home as a slowly evolving sculpture that cares for you and is an expression of who you are.


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I'm still not feeling well. I hate sinus problems. I'm just glad it's finally the weekend so I can rest more and hopefully knock it out since next week... I should get the green light to go running.
In the meantime, I saw this on another running blog today. I kind of teared up a bit. This is the kind of stuff that I wish the media spent more time focusing on. Go here if the video won't work on here for any reason.


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Many computer science students choose to study away, and the option to study abroad is certainly open to all computer science majors.
During that semester or semesters, they can choose to take computer science courses abroad. Sometimes these courses replace those in our curriculum; other times they will supplement them.
With careful planning, it is also possible to complete all required courses at Connecticut College, leaving the time spent abroad completely open for courses in other disciplines.
Recently, students have studied abroad in New Zealand, Australia, Ecuador and Japan.
Visit the global focus section to learn more about study abroad opportunities.


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NEW YORK (AP) Ś Katy Perry says although sheĺs ôolder and wiser,ö she still plans to have fun.
Perry debuted 12 songs from her new album, ôPrism,ö to be released Oct. 22, in front of an audience of 100 industry insiders and journalists Thursday night in New York. The beat-driven album features likable, radio-friendly tracks, much like her multi-hit 2010 effort, ôTeenage Dream.ö
The 28-year-old pop star played songs like the `80s-inspired ôBirthday,ö which she called ôsomething like Mariah Carey would have put on her first album.ö She said ôUnconditionallyö was her favorite song and she was proud to have written it. ôDark Horse,ö which features rapper Juicy J, sounds like a Southern rap-techno mashup.
Perryĺs first single, ôRoar,ö bumped Robin Thickeĺs ôBlurred Linesö from the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week. She debuted the music video for the track Thursday.
ôIĺm very excited to bring visuals to a lot of the songs and play them live,ö she said.
ôPrismö features producers Dr. Luke, Klas Ahlund, Sia, Bloodshy, Greg Kurstin and others. Some of the new tracks include emotional lyrics. She sings ôone manĺs trash is another manĺs treasureö on ôDouble Rainbow,ö and on ôBy the Grace of God,ö she sings ôwasnĺt going to let love take me out that way.ö
ôPrismö will include 13 tracks; its deluxe version will have 16 songs. The singer was excited and playful at the event, and even cracked a few jokes. She said the album was due at her label on Monday, but not all of the tracks were mixed.
ôItĺs the `Prismĺ preview. I wanted to show you what my prism can do,ö she said to laughs.


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Locating a competent Microsoft partner can be a challenging task. Not only must you find a company that specializes in the type of project you require, but you need to judge the firm's competence, adherence to best practices, reliability, availability and pricing.
Microsoft, fortunately, does much of this work for you, especially when assessing specialization, competency and reliability. For Microsoft, a competency is generally demonstrated through a partner's customer references, employee certifications and partner-tested, certified software based on Microsoft technology. Only Microsoft Certified and Gold Certified Partners can qualify for competencies.
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By Blaine R. Blood, Attorney, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
In recent years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has increased its enforcement efforts against companies that it claims have a discriminatory background check policy. In short, the EEOC believes that a blanket policy against hiring individuals with felonies will have a disparate discriminatory impact on minorities and is, therefore, illegal. As an example of such enforcement efforts, in late 2008, the EEOC filed a complaint against temporary-employment agency Peoplemark, Inc., alleging that Peoplemark had such a blanket, companywide policy.
As it turned out, the EEOC's allegations were untrue. There was no companywide policy as the EEOC alleged, and the EEOC eventually dropped the suit. Peoplemark, however, had spent thousands of dollars in legal fees to fight the case. Because the EEOC voluntarily dropped the lawsuit, and was not able to prove its allegations, Peoplemark requested from the court that it receive reimbursement from the EEOC of its costs and fees totaling $751,942.48. The United States District Court granted Peoplemark's request, which the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed and ordered the EEOC to pay Peoplemark. Let's take a look at how this case came to be and the lessons that can be learned from it.
The Peoplemark story
A prospective Peoplemark employee filed a charge with the EEOC claiming that she was denied a job because of her felony record. The EEOC launched an investigation during which Peoplemark's vice president and associate general counsel informed the EEOC that Peoplemark had a companywide policy of rejecting felon applicants. The EEOC subsequently subpoenaed documents from Peoplemark. After reviewing the documents, however, it became apparent that Peoplemark did not, in fact, have a companywide policy of rejecting felon applicants, and showed that Peoplemark had referred felons to job opportunities.
Despite documentary proof that Peoplemark did not have a companywide policy concerning felons, the EEOC chose to file a class-action lawsuit which ultimately named 286 individual class members. The EEOC hired experts in an attempt to prove with statistical evidence that Peoplemark's hiring policies using background checks had a disparate discriminatory impact on minorities. Peoplemark was obliged to hire its own experts to oppose the EEOC's experts.
After protracted and expensive litigation, the EEOC was unable to prove its case and agreed to voluntarily dismiss the case against Peoplemark, with prejudice, meaning that the case could never again be brought in the future. Both courts found that the EEOC should have recognized, following early analysis of the documents in the case, that the case was frivolous, unreasonable or groundless, and should have dismissed the case much earlier. It was because the EEOC chose to push the case forward, after it should have been aware that the case was baseless, that the Sixth Circuit affirmed an award of fees and costs against the EEOC.
Lessons to be learned
Although the Sixth Circuit's decision does not foreclose the EEOC from bringing lawsuits based on claims that an employer's background check policy may have a disparate discriminatory impact on minorities, it certainly highlights the court's close scrutiny of such claims. It also highlights the persuasive effect of documentary evidence on the court's decision making process. The court was persuaded by the documents, even though they had been contradicted by statements made by Peoplemark's vice president and associate general counsel.
The EEOC will likely continue to bring claims based on discriminatory background checks but will do so with more caution in the future. Employers should view this case as an opportunity to ensure their policies and related documentation fully support that any background check procedures are being applied in a legitimate, non-discriminatory manner.
If you have questions about how this case may impact your or your business, please contact one of the attorneys in the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP.
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We covered this in class on Saturday! :)
What I was told is that no, it doesn't "expire," but you have to be careful of how it's been stored. Powder can get wet if you store ammo in damp conditions, and if you are near the ocean, salt can corrode metal, etc. So while there is no exp date, always check your ammo. When in doubt, throw it out.
But I'm sure someone here with a LOT more experience can probably answer this better :)


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An Executive Session is a convening of individuals of independent standing who are prepared to take joint responsibility for rethinking and improving society's responses to an issue over two, three, or four years. It is more than just a series of conferences. The people invited to be members of an Executive Session might be thought of as the Board of Directors, if there were one, for the issue.
The continuing nature of the Executive Session is crucial to its success. In early meetings the members get to know one another, get issues on the table, and generally establish the context of the discussion. As the Executive Session progresses, the members work together to move beyond the conventional wisdom about an issue and the standard prognostications about what needs to be done. If this is to take place, it is important that the members have grown to trust one another.
Although the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) convenes the Executive Session, ultimately the members must take responsibility for the work of the Session. The members are the experts. The convening organization basically serves as a staff, preparing background documents, summarizing the discussions, and preparing products for the members to review. It also serves as synthesizer and challenger of the conversation.
As each Executive Session moves toward some degree of resolution, the members decide how the group can best influence public policy. For example, those addressing police issues chose to organize a large meeting to which many of their colleagues were invited, to arrange for publication of their point of view in various journals (The Atlantic, Police Chief, Public Management), and to sponsor an ongoing series of papers.
Individuals are selected based on their experiences, their reputation for thoughtfulness, and their potential for helping to disseminate the work of the Session. While several constituencies are represented, every effort is made to have at least two individuals from each constituency. That ensures that no individual feels as though he or she must be a spokesperson for some group, and thus is free to speak his or her mind freely.
The members convene on five, six, or more occasions over the years of the session. The length of each meeting of the session is important. Typically, a meeting will convene on a Thursday evening for a working dinner, and then continue to work all day on Friday and part of the day on Saturday. Meeting over a three-day period (two working days) makes it possible to delve deeply into an issue. It leaves time for individual members to hear one another, to discuss papers, and to have an evolution in their own thinking. In shorter meetings, people often do not get beyond their initial positions.


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http://www.examiner.com/article/offi...10-at-gamestopIts finally official. GameStop announced on Aug. 8 that customers will be able to trade-in select Xbox 360 titles and upgrade to the Xbox One version for an affordable price of $10 this offer is only available for select titles.Members of GameStops PowerUp Rewards programs will receive a special, limited time $50 guaranteed minimum credit for choice standard edition Xbox 360 titles when they are traded-in for a new copy of the Xbox One standard version of the same title.
This deal is far better than what GameStop normally offers for game trade-in value.
This is an amazing opportunity for our PowerUp (PUR) members to enjoy their favorite Xbox 360 game until the Xbox One version becomes available, said Bob Puzon, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. "This offer gives PUR members the chance to upgrade their current Xbox 360 game for the new Xbox One standard version of that game for $9.99. This is a great example of how GameStop is helping gamers make the transition to the next generation of consoles economical and seamless.
If this deal sounds intriguing to you, the following titles are eligible for the Xbox 360 to Xbox One upgrade offer:
- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Madden NFL 25
- Battlefield 4
- Assassins Creed IV Black Flag
To qualify for this special offer, a customer must be a PowerUp Rewards member at the time they purchase a new eligible Xbox 360 title within 30-days of its initial release. The title must then be traded-in at any U.S. GameStop location for the new Xbox One standard version of the same game. Upon purchase of a qualified Xbox 360 title, members will receive the $50 guaranteed trade-credit email via email and in their PowerUp Rewards Active Offers. The coupon must be redeemed by Dec. 31, 2013.
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Antarctica holidays
Companies must book pre-approved sites in advance to minimize the impact on the local environment but as the number of visitors keeps growing, some countries are clamoring for tighter regulation
GrrlScientist: This week, I share my thoughts about two new books; one that argues for a radical new history of life on Earth, and the other is a newly revised field guide to diving in Antarctica
The remote island of South Georgia – where explorer Ernest Shackleton found refuge – is among nine new locations mapped by Google Trekker technology
Photographer and explorer Dr Alexander Kumar spent nine months at Concordia Station, where temperatures drop to -80C and your nearest neighbours are astronauts orbiting the Earth. Follow his journey through the worst winter in the world
Multilinguist Nikki Rickett leads groups around Antarctica, a job she wouldn't be able to do without her background in languages
The Antarctic gives up its secrets at a price in Rebecca Hunt's compelling tale of extreme endurance, writes Helen Dunmore
Shackleton edited his diaries, but Scott didn't have that option – the difference proved to be significant. By Rebecca Hunt
Trek on a Caribbean island, chase lightning or swim with whales … There's no shortage of adventure in this part of the world
Ernest Shackleton reached the limit of his expedition to the south pole on 16 January 1909. Celebrate with a gruelling test on literature's coldest climes
30 passengers and crew on the MV Akademik Shokalskiy walk the gangplank – to fashion a makeshift helipad on the snow
The Shokalskiy expedition's current troubles in polar pack ice are reminiscent of Ernest Shackleton's legendary expedition to Antarctica (1914-1917) when the aptly named Endurance became trapped and was eventually crushed by pack ice in the Weddell Sea. The story of survival that followed is the stuff of legend
Documentary-maker Laurence Topham's video highlights from the beautiful Antarctic coastline
GrrlScientist: What's cuter than Alok's hair? A baby penguin!
Australia culture blog Antarctica, where blue ice buckles and cracks, and mountains float in the skyJohn Kelly, artist-in-residence on the Aurora Australis, sleeps in an icy grave near Mawson station and dreams of Magritte
In the second of his blogposts for Guardian Australia, John Kelly, artist-in-residence on the Antarctica-bound Aurora Australis, is entranced by the cathedral-like mountains of the sea
Charter flights for scientists to land on ice runway on frozen continent but airline has no plans for commercial trips
While sea-kayaking in Neko Harbour in the Antarctic peninsula, medical doctor Andrew Peacock captured an extraordinary sight: an inquisitive minke whale passing within arm's-reach of the flotilla of kayaks. Best of all, he managed to capture the moment on camera
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. On 14 December 1911 the Norwegian polar team led by Roald Amundsen won the race for the South Pole. This photograph taken on 18 January 1912 shows the British team having arrived at the Pole only to be greeted by the Norwegian's tent
Lucy Grewcock, winner of the adventure category in the 2011 competition, had a prize that took her south to Antarctica for a close encounter with the region's breathtaking wildlife – and an invitation to join the biggest penguin party on the planet
The explorer's death sparked a frenzy of mourning, but he was later viewed as a buffoon. A century on, author Carol Birch asks: is he a hero or not?
Following in the footsteps of Frank Wild, Shackleton's right-hand man, Bella Bathurst heads towards Antarctica – a magical land of ancient ice bergs, sleeping seals and penguin chicks
When a brutal injury cut short his international rugby career, Richard Parks thought his world had collapsed. Then he discovered a way back, the longest imaginable. He tells Euan Ferguson about his incredible journey to the ends of the earth
The leader of a record-breaking polar expedition recalls how she so nearly didn't make it to the south pole
Tina Jackson meets descendants of Ernest Shackleton's polar exploration team, who set off to recreate their forebears' famous Antarctic expedition … and had more success
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Vatican City, Dec 10, 2013 / 05:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Caritas International has initiated their first global campaign to eradicate hunger, promoting the basic human right to food, and encouraging fraternal solidarity in ensuring that everyone has enough.In a video message for the Dec. 10 press conference announcing the launching of the campaign, Pope Francis stated that "I am happy to announce to you the launch of a campaign against global hunger by our very own 'Caritas … [Read more...]
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Vatican launches global campaign to fight 'scandal' of hunger
Sinners, sex and NFP: My conversation with Simcha Fisher
Rome, Italy, Dec 10, 2013 / 04:07 am (CNA).- "The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning" has 95 percent five-star reviews on Amazon.com. Despite its growing popularity and critical acclaim, however, the book's author humbly describes herself as "a housewife with a bunch of blogs." I found myself curious to speak with the woman who writes this message to married Catholic couples in her introduction: "Maybe...you love each other, but your sex life is … [Read more...]
Migration policies must respect families, European bishops say
Valletta, Malta, Dec 10, 2013 / 04:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Care for persons and families should be at the forefront of policies regarding migrants and refugees, the European bishops said in a recent meeting. "The European policy and the policy of the individual Member States can only be based on respect for the individuals, and the recognition of the value and importance of the family," they said in a concluding statement of a Dec. 2-4 meeting held in Malta. Representatives of … [Read more...]
Columnist: Pope's words rooted in Christ, not Marx
Washington D.C., Dec 10, 2013 / 02:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Columnist Kathleen Parker has said free market-supporting conservatives are wrong to attack Pope Francis as a Marxist, saying his comments on economics are a call to remember the excluded. "What is the successor to St. Peter supposed to do when he sees so much suffering even in free-market societies? Quote Ayn Rand?" Parker wrote, citing the 20th century atheist writer who defended capitalism claiming that selfishness is a … [Read more...]
Archbishop Kurtz calls ACLU lawsuit 'baseless'
Washington D.C., Dec 9, 2013 / 05:18 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A lawsuit against the U.S. bishops for teaching Catholic hospitals not to perform direct abortions is "misguided" and unfounded, says the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "This claim is baseless," said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a Dec. 6 statement. He explained that the Ethical and Religious Directives given to … [Read more...]


text: i always strip and clean my guns as soon as i get back from the range. however i have a few sitting in the safe that aren't getting any use. are there any guidelines for the type of upkeep non-use guns should get to make sure they don't rust and remain lubricated properly?


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TENNESSEE HEAD COACH Bruce Pearl: "We beat a really good basketball team this afternoon. We were hard to guard, especially on our 3-pointers where JaJuan Smith and Chris Lofton were both hitting. With Dane Bradshaw banged up and our freshmen playing poorly, it was up to Ryan Childress to come through for us up front. Childress had 10 rebounds, and that was very important to us. Both Duke Crews and Wayne Chism are terrific players.
"Seeing Ramar Smith grow and mature and use his athleticism is encouraging. He had a few turnovers, but otherwise played a very good game. Tony Passley's attitude is terrific. He is ready when called on, but right now he is the tenth man on our team.
"On defense, although we were far from perfect with Western Kentucky hitting 52 percent in the second half, we did a good job of focusing our attention on their guards. They are a good 3-point shooting team. Our guards are better defensively than they were last year.
"We did our best to limit the shooting of Courtney Lee, and we were glad he only had 13 shots. Lofton is hunting for his shot and not missing. He is playing solid defense.
"Western Kentucky never panicked. They hung in there, and that is the way a good team does."
WESTERN KENTUCKY HEAD COACH DARRIN HORN: "When you play this level of competition, we do not have a team that is quite ready yet to make the mistakes we are making and be able to win. Tonight, every time we got close we made a mistake that against this caliber of competition is going to kill you.
"We rebounded the ball much better. Our inside presence was much more effective, which is something we have struggled with. But we had 21 turnovers and you just can not win on the road against the SEC and have those kinds of numbers.
"The difference was experience. When we did go zone, they got some looks and it seemed like they made every one of them."
Chris Lofton scored 32 points, marking the third time in the last four games he has score 30 or more points.
- It is the fourth time this season and sixth time in his career he has scored at least 30 points.
- Lofton made at least five 3-pointers for the fifth time this season.
- He has scored at least 20 points in four straight games.
Tennessee forced 21 turnovers tonight, marking the eighth time this season the Vols have forced at least 20.
Ramar Smith scored a career-high 15 points. (Previous: 8 vs. UNC Wilmington)
Ryan Childress recorded a career-high 10 rebounds. (Previous: 5 done three times)
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It doesn't matter what kind of content your website provides, ifpeople can't navigate it easily, they'll soon go elsewhere. Some sites score highly, with expertly designed, user-friendly navigation bars that function slickly while seamlessly enhancing the look and feel. Others are just downright annoying, expecting you to know that those unlabelled 3D cubes in the bottom corner are actually the navigation bar.
Most navigation that extends to a sub navigation relies on the same function: clicking a button that prompts an animation to play and load the sub nav bar and content. On clicking another navigation option, this animation then 'rewinds'. This technique is easy to learn and uses a conditional statement in Flash. We'll cover how to do that in this tutorial. It's a technique you can develop to produce your own inspired, creative and, above all, usable navigation bars. We'll also dip our toes into Dreamweaver, looking at the accessibility options it offers in Flash.
Open up partial_tutorial.fla from your source files. On the stage we have the site creative and four buttons – home, about, my music and contact. Scrub along the timeline by dragging the small red rectangle above it. You'll see an animation that contains three other buttons. This is the Flash navigation, which loads when the my music button is pressed. You'll also notice two frame labels: one at frame 2, named start, and the other, at frame 13, with the label play out. These are important – we'll use ActionScript to refer to these labels, to control when the play head goes to thestart frame and when it moves to play out.
In the middle of the two labels is a stop action on frame 12. The animation will stop at this point, but will continue once the prompt from the ActionScript causes it to play again from the second frame label. Making sure that the frame play out doesn't play after each button selection is made requires the use of an ActionScripted conditional statement. A conditional statement checks to see if a declared condition is true or false. It is shown like this:
if ( condition ){
In the next line we tell it to go and do something if the statement is true:
gotoAndPlay("play out");
If the condition is false, Flash looks at the else section of the code, which tells it to carry out an alternate action. If and else conditional statements operate under very simple logic. If the first statement declared is true, then follow this path of action. If it's false, then follow this path instead. We'll be using an example of this later to make our sub navigation menu work.
To put this into action, we need to hook up our button instances so they'll work with ActionScript. On the stage of partial_tutorial.fla, select the first button, home. In the Properties Inspector, give this the instance name of btn_1. Select each remaining button in turn and give them instance names of btn_2, btn_3 and btn_4. With the buttons now associated with instance names, we can add the script to make them load the content into the site.
Hit F9 to bring up the Flash Actions panel. To prevent our sub navigation animation playing out as soon as the movie is loaded, we need to add an ActionScript stop(); on line one, before entering any other code. Each button will load an swf file into a blank movie clip on the Flash stage.
Create a blank movie clip
Create a new layer and name it content loader. Lock all the other layers by clicking on the small dot underneath the padlock icon for each. In the Tools palette, select the Rectangle tool. Position the mouse over the state and you'll notice that the cursor has changed to a crosshair. Position the centre of this at the top left-hand corner of the stage. The stage should now be covered by a large rectangle. Select this and, in the Properties Inspector, change the width and height parameters to 800x550 pixels. Change the X and Y coordinates to O. Select the rectangle again and hit F8 to convert it into a movie clip. Give it the name content loader and then hit the OK button.
In the Properties Inspector, give the content loader movie clip the instance name of loader. Now double-click the content loader movie clip on the stage to enter editing mode for it. Select the rectangle within the movie clip and hit Delete. Return to the stage and you'll notice the rectangle has vanished and has been replaced by a small circular symbol in the top left corner of the stage. Lock this layer and unlock the rest. You've just created a blank movie clip that matches the size of the stage but has no content in it.
We'll use this to load in our content swf files. As they're exactly the same size as the stage of partial_tutorial.fla, it's important that when they're loaded in they're positioned accurately. We've taken care of this by ensuring that the content loader movie clip loads in the right position on the stage.
Now we have a content loader set up, we can target it and the buttons to load the swf content files. In the Actions panel, add the following code:
btn_1.onRelease = function() {loader.loadMovie("btn1_content.swf"); }
This code instructs our first button (with the instance name of btn_1) to carry out the function of loading our content movie (btn1_content.swf) into the blank movie clip with the instance name of loader.
Adapt this code for the remaining buttons by changing the button instance name, and the name of the swf file to be loaded into the blank movie clip. Copy the code three more times and change the button instance names to btn_2, btn_3 and btn_4. The content files change to btn2_content.swf, btn3_content.swf and btn4_content.swf. For the full code refer back to the final example, final_project.fla on the tutorial files.
Hit Ctrl and Enter to test the movie. If any of the buttons fail to work, the most likely cause is incorrect naming of the instances within the ActionScript. Check that these have been named correctly and preview the movie again.
Adding the conditional statement
The my music button will cause a content swf and our sub navigation to load. Return to the Actions panel and, after the ActionScripted stop on line 1, enter the following code:
var sect_selected:String = "home";function Subnav(nextSection) { if (sect_selected == "my music") { gotoAndPlay("play out"); sect_selected = nextSection; } else { sect_selected = nextSection; } }


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No, because it's not their race that's the basis for your feelings, it's their attitude or behaviour.
Hating a person blindly is wrong.. Whether it is colour creed or thought. It all comes down too similar moments of isolation
No, only if you hate the racist because of his or her race. If you, you hate an individual that's most likely an *******.
Racism is,by definition"the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races". Disliking a racist does not a racist make.Disliking a racist's race makes you a racist.
hating someone doesn't make you a racist so no, not necessarily
No if you only bate that person but if you hats that persons race or religion than yeah
yes it is because racism is hateing someone who is diffarnt because of their race religian or belifs even if they are stupid!
not at all

because we hate his racist thoughts..

may be the racist belong your own race
only if he is a cracker, god dam white boys
That makes my brain hurt.
Not really, because you hate them because they are being racist and being racist is not right.
this question deserves no answer because of its stupidity. except to be called out for its stupidity.
This is how wars are started
Is this pertaining to the literotica forum? I found out that the moderators will ban you if you don't have the same racist views as they do. They were having a discussion about exterminating white people. One of the moderators posting that he is happy about the increase of skin cancer that white people have been getting over the last few years. I can't understand why a story site would have such racist moderators.
No, obviously.
Racism isn't a race.
hatred is such a waste of your energy,it consumes you for no positive result. engage this person in a positive conversation ,search for the cause of this racism,understanding the cause will liberate you from the 'hatred' he may not know better,educate him.this will free the both of you from,''hatred''.
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|Steve Burns
Burns Resigns as Wolverine Head Coach
Burns Resigns as Head Men's Soccer Coach
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Weekly #10: U-M to Take On MSU Live on BTN Sunday
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Alashe the Hero in OT, Wolverines Knock Off No. 4 Akron
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Men's Soccer Shocks No. 4 Akron in OT
Michigan knocked off No. 4 Akron, 1-0, in OT.
Entering his 13th season as head coach of the University of Michigan men's soccer team, Steve Burns led the Wolverines to a historical season in 2010. In 2010, U-M reached the pinnacle of the collegiate men's soccer scene by advancing to the programs first-ever NCAA College Cup and capturing the 2010 Big Ten Tournament title , another first for the young Wolverine program. Burns was named NCAA Division I Coach of the Year by FieldTurf, and was also a NSCAA National Coach of the Year Finalist for the Wolverines' efforts in 2010. Since being named the program's first head coach on March 26, 1999, Burns has guided the team to varsity status, overseen the proposition and execution of the new U-M Soccer Complex and built a program that is consistently among the nation's elite.
The Wolverines set the standard for Michigan men's soccer in 2010. U-M entered the College Cup on a nine-game winning streak and set new program records for games played (25), wins (17), goals (53), assists (49), shots on goal (185) and shots (480). U-M reset the offensive record books, breaking every offense record in program history including many that stood for at least seven years. The Wolverines picked up numerous postseason accolades, including Big Ten Freshman of the Year in Soony Saad. Saad also was an All-Big Ten first team selection and All-Freshman team selection. Joining Saad on the All-Freshman team was Fabio Pereira. Additionally, Justin Meram and Hamoody Saad earned All-Big Ten second team honors.
2011 saw Burns lead the Wolverines to a 5-14-1 record after losing 94 percent of the team's offense due to graduation and players pursuing professional careers. Burns, working with an entirely new coaching staff, had three players collect Big Ten honors in juniors Latif Alashe and Kofi Opare (Big Ten Second-Team) and Tyler Arnone (Big Ten All-Freshman).
In 2009, his 10th season at the helm of the men's soccer team, Burns and the Wolverines picked up their 100th career victory in style with a double-overtime win over No. 12 Northwestern in the final home game of the season. With 10-plus wins in eight of the program's 11 campaigns, Burns has amassed a 117-84-22 record. The 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2010 Wolverines each made NCAA Championship appearances with the 2010 team paving the way with a program best 17 wins and a trip to the College Cup. Michigan has made regular appearances on the NSCAA/adidas Top 25 Coaches Poll. U-M made its debut at No. 11 in the Oct. 20, 2003 poll, climbing as high as seventh during the season. U-M earned its highest national ranking in 2010 when they concluded the season ranked No. 4, the highest national ranking for a U-M men's or women's team. The Wolverines had rankings of No. 23 in 2004 and No. 10 in 2008.
While success on the field has come quickly to the program, Burns has proven that academics are a key component to being a part of the Michigan soccer program. His teams have produced 68 Academic All-Big Ten nominees and 54 U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award recipients. In 2004, Matt Niemeyer became a prime example of this when he was named to the ESPN Academic All-America first team. Under Burns, Niemeyer and Dawson Stellberger were both tabbed with NSCAA/adidas Scholar-Athlete All-Region honorable mention. During the 2007-08, team tri-captain Michael Parke was bestowed U-M's male Big Ten Conference Outstanding Sportsmanship Award while goalkeeper Chris Blais became a member of the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine All-District First team in 2009.
Eight Wolverines have traded in the Maize and Blue for the colors of professional squads, including five Major League Soccer draft picks. Perica Marosevic became U-M's highest draft pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft going to FC Dallas with the fifth pick overall. Teammate Michael Holody was also drafted in 2009 by the Colorado Rapids, marking the first time U-M had two players drafted. The Wolverines have had players drafted in each of the last three consecutive SuperDraft, including Justin Meram, who was U-M's second first round selection in 2011 going to the Columbus Crew as the No. 15 overall pick. Holody, Marosevic and Meram are each still active in the MLS. Former Wolverine Soony Saad inked a Generation Adidas contract following his freshman season, as is now a member of Sporting K.C. in MLS.
Kevin Taylor became the first Wolverine drafted by an MLS team. The Colorado Rapids selected the three-time All-Big Ten defender with the 25th overall selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. In 2005, two more Wolverines had their names called on draft day. Midfielder Knox Cameron was tabbed by the Columbus Crew with the 44th pick in the MLS SuperDraft and goalkeeper Peter Dzubay was drafted to the New Jersey MetroStars as the 17th overall pick in the league's Supplemental Draft. Forward Ryan Alexander, who has most recently been playing in Stockholm, was the first overall selection by the Detroit Ignition in the 2006 Major Indoor Soccer League College Draft.
Under Burns' tutelage, U-M has collected 11 All-Big Ten first team and 17 All-Big Ten second team plaudits. Michigan has also collected a heft of Big Ten Player of the Week honors, with 18 Wolverines collecting 28 weekly awards from the conference. 12 Wolverines have also been selected to the Big Ten All-Tournament team, led by two-time honorees Patrick Sperry and Michael Holody. U-M has also had a Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Tournament in Chris Blais (2010) and Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the Tournament in Soony Saad (2010).
Burns also helped Knox Cameron become the 2003 Big Ten Player of the Year. On the strength of a program record 33 points Cameron became the first All-American under Burns when he was named College Soccer News All-America first team and an NSCAA/adidas All-America third team. Michael Holody became the second All-American to come out of the Wolverine stable, earning a spot on the 2008 NSCAA/adidas All-America third team while Soony Saad is U-M's most recent All-American picking up the honor in 2010 after his outstanding freshman campaign. Peri Marosevic has been recognized on the national stage twice, earning a spot on the College Soccer News All-Freshman third team in 2006 and the 2008 TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Season.
Before overseeing the programs transition to a varsity program, Burns served as head coach for the Michigan men's club soccer team from 1993-99, after serving one year as assistant coach (1992). Under his guidance, Michigan won back-to-back national titles in 1997 and 1998 at the culmination of six consecutive appearances in the national club championship tournament.
Outside of his work with the club team, Burns coached the Mid-Michigan Bucks in the Premier Development League of the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues, a position he held for four seasons (1996-99). The Bucks compiled a 69-28-0 record during his tenure, finishing as national finalists in 1996 and 1997, and winning divisional titles each year between 1996 and 1999. The team advanced to the round of 16 in the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, losing to the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer by the score of 2-1. Burns was named the USISL Premier League Coach of the Year in 1997. The Michigan head coach has been involved in the Michigan Olympic Development Program (1995-98) and with ODP Region II team since 1999. He worked as a staff coach with the Ann Arbor Youth Soccer Association from 1994-99, and he continues to serve as the director of the U-M Boys' Soccer Camps since 1997.
Burns holds two degrees from the University of Michigan, a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering (1989) and a Master of Science degree in Kinesiology (1998). He was a member of the Michigan club soccer team as an undergraduate (1984-88), serving as team captain from 1986-88. He went on to play for the Detroit Wheels in the USISL Professional Division in 1994 and 1995, captaining the 1995 squad.
A member of the U.S. Soccer Coaches Association and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Burns is a United States Soccer Federation "A" License holder. Burns resides in Ann Arbor with his wife, Judy, daughter, Kate, and son, JT.
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I recently purchased Vray for 3Ds Max 2013.
After visiting the Chaos Group website I downloaded the relevant Vray file.
Once installation had complete, for some reason 3Ds Max wouldnt open. I was faced with what seemed like an infinite number of pop up error messages saying either:
*Vray Plugins/...../ failed to initiate!
*Vrender2012.dlr is missing
*The procedure entry point ??0ParamBlockDesc2@@QEAA@FPEAD_JPEAVClassDesc2@@GZ Z could not be located in the dynamic link library ParamBlk2.dll.
Christ knows whats going on!
Ive spent nearly 12 hours trying to resolve this issue and I find by removing Vray altogether I can once again access my 3DsMax.
Has anyone else had this problem? More to the point, can anyone help solve this problem?!
'Legend' status for anyone who can!!


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Mohr Davidow Partner Erik Straser - Panelist at the Foundation Financial Officers Group
October 12, 2011
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FFOG has more than 350 members from 200 foundations in the United States. FFOG also has members in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. FFOG members are investment and financial staff from large private foundations, who come together to exchange ideas and develop their professional expertise.
Foundation Financial Officers Group (FFOG) 2011 Fall Meeting
October 12, 2011
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Seattle, WA
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Washington Examiner Cites Misleading Chart To Claim Undocumented Immigrants Will Avoid Criminal Consequences
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The Washington Examiner relied on a dishonest chart from a nativist organization to push the myth that undocumented immigrants who are convicted of certain crimes in the United States would receive a reprieve from repercussions under immigration reform legislation.
The Washington Examiner used a chart from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) -- a Southern Poverty Law Center-labeled nativist hate group -- which details the criminal repercussions for those seeking legal status, as well as for U.S. citizens and legal immigrants. According to the chart, undocumented immigrants who commit certain crimes would face less dire consequences than U.S. citizens and legal immigrants who commit the same offense:
Furthermore, the following chart published June 21 by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit organization that opposes liberalization of immigration law, compares the consequences for an array of crimes and discovered that while illegal immigrants might be exonerated and legalized, U.S. citizens and legal immigrants face years of incarceration or temporary expulsion from the country.
Both FAIR and the Examiner are misleading about the repercussions of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. The chart makes it seem as if there are no criminal repercussions for undocumented immigrants who commit these crimes under the Senate's immigration reform legislation, but undocumented immigrants who are arrested for a crime must go through the criminal justice system just like U.S. citizens, and if convicted, can serve jail time or pay fines.
Immigrants who enter the criminal justice system can also be deported and not receive any type of deportation relief, despite the deceptive information from FAIR. As the National Immigration Project explains, the criminal justice system is primarily how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement finds out about the legal status of an immigrant and in 2008, 37 percent of deportees were deported due to a criminal conviction or charge. By 2012, that percentage rose to 55 percent.
The waiver provisions in the immigration reform bill only apply to those who have a criminal past but are hoping to change their immigration status under this legislation. As David Leopold, the past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, explained in an email to Media Matters, convicted felons would be barred from applying for legal status and cannot receive a waiver. If an immigrant has committed three or more misdemeanor crimes, Leopold said they are eligible to receive a waiver for "humanitarian purposes to ensure family unity or if it is otherwise in the public interest."
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The people of Iran inhabit a world in which religious leaders have perspectives that are not shared by most nations. Their refusal to open nuclear plants to UN inspection has resulted in severe sanctions which are crippling the Iranian economy. On Sunday, 29,600 rials brought an American dollar. Today, it requires 34.5000 rials to get a $1 bill. President Ahmadinejad had promise that the rial would never sink to the 30,000 level. As a student at Tehran University put it: "What an embarassment for Ahmadinejad. The economy is i crisis and he is either blind to it or simply doesn't want to see it."
This crisis is a result of Obama policies to impose economic sanctions on Iran rather than pursue Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dream of air attacks on Iranian nuclear installations. Many Iranians have lost faith in the rial and now rush to put their assets into foreign currency. The Obama strategy calls for long term efforts rather than rushing to war.


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Is that a shotgun? And a light sa- I mean beam katan- I mean beam swo- too many laser based swords!!!!! Also you have convinced me to play risk of rain, good job (to bad I can't add Media on this phone)
Cool. Bring on the hate because I have no idea what console this is on and I play almost all Nintendo with the exception of a few Xbox 360 games.
It is not only an awesome game. The developers are awesome people as well. I had a chance to talk with them on several occasions back when the game was beta, though they became a bit too busy with game work when they began their kickstarter campaign.
My bane was always letting too many ancient wisp bosses pile up on level 2 and beyond... -.-
My bane was always letting too many ancient wisp bosses pile up on level 2 and beyond... -.-
I bought the game and good lord it kicks butt!
Wow, I just love your art so much! Um I was wondering... You might say no but... Could I have a request? Could you draw me an Ampharos (my fav pokemon) with a scarf and at the bottom it says "SilverFlare01" please and thank you
I never haerd of Risk of Rain, but it sounds like a cool game.
Nice job on the picture, by the way.
I feel connected to this mainly through my love of both Ampharos and Typhlosion. Epic.
This looks awesome! c:
Cool pic
wow! that Ampharos face! sooo cool! like Brad Pitt XD
I like the concept of this one, nicely done!
the game would be much better with these two in it XD
omg risk of rain. Such a fun game <3
If I have a V-22 I think I'll be good
Now imagine me there with some gigantic rocket launcher or something XD
Risk of rain? never really heard of it. But this looks awesom (ps i like your new icon)
Ampharos and Quilava make an awesome team!
thats typhlosion
I thought of that after I posted the comment xD I find it hard to tell without the fire though
Not really. look at hit but (lol) quilavas don't have the tail like fur like that.
You're right, they have tail-FIRE! Thanks for the protip
not what i was going at. Quilava has tail fire and a round rear end. Typhlosions have fur tails on thier buts. (and they are wider than quilavas.) and the eyes of typhlosion dot tough the darker fur line like quilavas does.
Yeah but the Typhlosion on this picture has the fur color of a Quilava, that's because of RikuAoshi's style. That's what made me doubt in the first place. I know the fur you're talking about though, I recently drew a Typhlosion myself and noticed that.
Woahhhhh x3 That's soooo awesome! It's me and you when we were playing xD
Oh no
I forgot to enter the giveaway xD
I forgot to enter the giveaway xD
Yush, it was really fun back then, although i died all the time xD
Awsome i love risk of rain its One of my Favorit indie Games :3


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It's All Saints Day today and my mind is drifting to all the saints honored in Voodoo and Santeria, also known as Lukumi. The one that jumped out first was St. Expedite. For those who have never heard of him before, he is a godsend/goddessend to Voodoo and Santeria practitioners, folk magicians, and other devotees worldwide. This time of year is traditionally one for honoring the ancestors and it is important to note this Saint is given tribute not only in New Orleans,but Haiti, Spain, Portugal, Cuba, Chile, Germany, and Sicily to start the list.
In New Orleans some people believe this to be the patron Saint of the city, and uphold him as a purely home grown creation. He gets things done quickly, effectively, and in a no nonsense way, kind of like the city of New Orleans itself. My favorite statue of St. Expedite, reported to be the only one of it's kind in North America, is in the Our Lady of Guadalupe International Shrine of St. Jude in New Orleans. The church is located at 411 N. Rampart St, across from St. Louis Cemetery Number One, where the grave of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau is supposedly located. The place of worship was constructed in 1826 and was originally called the Mortuary Chapel. It is the oldest surviving church in the area, and although it is said that Marie Laveau frequently patronized St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, it is very likely that she utilized this sacred space as well. Oddly enough the first funeral to take place there was exactly 186 years ago today. Urban legend has it that the famous Expedite statue arrived in a mysterious box stamped Expedite and has been housed there ever since.
People turn to St. Expedite with problems of money, getting paid,curing procrastination, removing persecution, and speedy deliveries. People light novena candles to him and ask for his divine aid. The following is my recipe for St. Expedite Blessings Water.
St. Expedite Blessings Water
1 bottle Holy Water from a Catholic Church (Be sure to leave an offering in return)
3 drops spring water
3 drops Sandalwood oil
4 corners torn off from a picture of St. Expedite
During the night of the full moon, mix together all ingredients inside the holy water bottle. Take the bottle in both hands and move it up, down, left, and right making the shape of a cross. When you reach where the invisible center of the cross would be throw the bottle gently into the air and then catch it. This is to represent the mixture going into the hands of the spirits. Use as a blessing water wherever you may need to bring about a speedy transformation.
For more information on the magic and history of this interesting Saint please check out the Lucky Mojo website which tells and interesting linguistic story about why this saint is shown with the Latin words "Hodie," meaning today, and "Cras," meaning tomorrow. In addition, Milagra Roots' article on Saint Expedite is also very detailed and helpful.


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Why do the Yanomami live in the rainforest?
What do the Yanomami Eat?
The Yanomami people grow corn (maize) and other vegetables. they also grow tobacco and cotton which is needed to make hammocks, nets, containers and clothing. They gather fruits, nuts, seeds,grubs and honey and hunt monkeys, deer, tapirs, fowl, armadillos and fish.
The Yanomami people live in small, scattered, independent communities. They live in large, communal houses called yanos or shabonos. These are vine and leaf thatched houses surrounded by garden plots. The Yanomami relocate their villages when the soil wears out or it is too easy to be attacked.
The Yanomami people migrated and continue to live in the rainforest because the rainforest provides food and shelter in abundance. The Amazon rainforest provides peace, beauty and tranquility for the most isolated tribe in the Amazon- the Yanomami.
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Tribe- Yanomami
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The Yanomami people are an Indian tribe that live in a France sized area of forest in Northern Brazil and Southern Venezuela. They are the most isolated tribe in the Amazon Rainforest. They speak the Xiriana language and their population is approximately 10,000 individuals.
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And that would be exactly where our story ends except that the picture of the phone allegedly used by the store, shows the GSM model of the device and of course Verizon handsets use CDMA technology. So we will continue to wait for Big Red to make the announcement that everyone is waiting for on pins and needles. As for the third party reseller in Minnesota, we put in a couple of calls to see if we could get some kind of response from them, but so far we are still waiting a call back.
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Coat color question?
Hi there. Loki is a sable, and she's been darkening up lately. However,I noticed that in a couple spots, like right below her shoulders in a line on both sides of her back, is like silver tipped? Everything else that isn't black tipped, is the normal sable brown/red. And the spots are much too bright to be gray or white. Is this normal? It's like a ring around the base of her neck too, just very faint. Thanks for the help, guys! I'll try to get a picture, but my good camera is broken so it's just phone camera a while.
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You can kinda see the difference in these pictures, compared to the head area, upper neck with below the shoulder and the end of her neck area. Sorry for the crappy photos.
I wouldn't worry. That is just her natural fur colour. Every dog is different. Are her parents full GSD?
She is completely purebred. Saw mommy, saw daddy, and have both AKC papers and the receipt in hand :D. I was looking at some darker sable pictures and saw some similarities in the coat/pattern. They appear to have the lighter coat colors as well. Thank you for responding!
Yes, very normal. My sable GSD has similar coloring in those areas. Sable pups go through a lot of changes for the first two - three years. You pup may still darken considerably.
Coloring looks a lot like my sable pup - very cute!
Hi, we have those stripes on our gs pup. But her colour is changing at an amazing rate :) lovely dog though x
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Awesome! Thanks for your replies guys! She's my first GSD and sable pup, so I worry quite a bit! :p
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Small businesses were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, but for many people the commercial damage pales in comparison to the personal losses incurred as the result of the storm.
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Pirates Call Up Gorkys Hernandez
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Roseboro, a 2015 defensive lineman, was tipped off about Fedora's grand entrance during a phone conversation with Keith Gilmore, UNC's defensive line coach, earlier in the week.
"I had called [Gilmore] and he told me 'I have some good news. Coach Fedora is going to fly in to see you on a helicopter and come watch you play,'" Roseboro said. "I was like 'I cannot believe he's flying down here.' I was impressed by it. I was excited about it – the head coach and the defensive line coach came by to watch me play."
Fedora's efforts left a positive impression on Roseboro, who holds several offers throughout the region.
"I'd definitely put [UNC] up there," Roseboro said. "I definitely think highly of them – especially after Coach Fedora took time out of his day to come and watch me play. I really appreciated that. If I had a top [schools list], they'd be in my top."
However, Roseboro does not yet have a top schools list.
"Right now, it's all still pretty much all even," Roseboro said. "I'm still open."
At the end of his junior season, Roseboro hopes to have a favorite schools list assembled. He then hopes to make a verbal commitment before his senior season kicks off.
"I'm graduating early so that I can play early," Roseboro said.
"I'm looking for a family environment, good coaching staff that I can build a relationship with, a place where I can fit in and not only be successful on the field but off the field in academics. I want a school that has one of the best degrees you can get. And I want a place that's on the rise."
Gilmore arrived at Lincolnton High – by automobile – Friday afternoon and remained on campus throughout Friday night's game. Although aware of Fedora's means of transportation ahead of time, Roseboro was still surprised and excited when the helicopter landed.
"That's just saying that they're really interested," Roseboro said. "For the head coach to come by, that's a pretty big thing. I was really impressed by him flying down just to see my play."
NCAA rules prohibited Fedora or Gilmore from speaking to Roseboro during their stay. However, Roseboro says that he and Gilmore have established a routine of speaking by phone every Thursday night.
"I keep in contact with him way more than I used to," Roseboro said.
Roseboro plans to return the favor and visit UNC for the football game against Boston College in October.
"I'm going to drive – no flying for me," Roseboro said with a laugh.
Thus far this season, Roseboro has attended games at Clemson (vs. Georgia), Duke (vs. Georgia Tech), and NC State (vs. Richmond).
Outside of his trip to UNC, Roseboro plans to visit Ohio State on Sept. 28 for the Buckeyes' game against Wisconsin. He's working out the details for possible game visits to Michigan, South Carolina, and Tennessee, as well as return trips to Clemson, NC State, and a second UNC game.