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My husband and I are fosters for our local humane society and have recently taken on fostering a 2 year old, male German Shepherd. We are struggling to find ways to keep him happy throughout the day. We would like to take him running but he is not good with walking on the leash yet (he has no obedience training so we're working on that right now) and we're afraid that if we start running with him, he'll just take off (and we're sure he's much faster than us!). We've tried playing fetch with him but he has no interest in any toys (tried squeaky, rope toys, balls and stuffed toys). We tried creating a brain game by stuffing an empty crumpled water bottle with treats but he is ignoring that as well, even after we showed him how pushing it will let treats come out.
Any ideas for how to stimulate the brain of a dog who appears to be uninterested in toys?
Thank you for fostering! My experience with adopting adults is that sometimes they're somewhat stuck in their ways. For example, my GSD wouldn't play with the toys I had - a nice selection, but nothing interested him. But the tennis ball was his world, as soon as I brought that out. Maybe your pup wants a frisbee? I think tossing a ball back and forth with your DH and kind of teasing him with it could get him more interested too. Good luck :)
He may be more interested in games once he get used to his new living situation. OB sessions should help work his mind. Similar to what blanketback mentioned, try bouncing a ball off a wall and being a little animated about it might help too.
How long have you had him? For the first couple weeks, you need to more or less just let him adjust. Think about how his world has been turned upside down, even if it is for better. Do you have any experience with GSDs? They can be very reserved with strangers for a while, especially if he has been through anything traumatic. Do you know anything about his background?
Really, I wouldn't expect a whole lot of normal dog activity from him for a while, let him adjust and figure out his new situation before you make too many demands on him.
Thanks for all the replies everyone! We are trying to give him time to adjust but, at the same time, we don't want him going crazy around our house with too much energy...
I grew up with golden retrievers and we've fostered a variety of dog breeds, including a previous GSD and a GSD/akita puppy mix. I heard they tend to be very high energy and I just want to make sure we're giving him the exercise he needs/deserves.
We've had him for about a week now and all we know about his background is that he was found in the animal shelter.
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Down as much as 20 in the second half, the Wright State men's basketball team rallied to within two in the final minute before falling to Milwaukee 68-64 in Horizon League action at the Klotsche Center Thursday night.
The Panthers took control of the contest early, jumping to a 14-5 lead eight minutes into the game and went up 25-9 on an Austin Arians three with 8:33 remaining in the first half.
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Milwaukee pushed the lead back up to eight with a pair of baskets, but back came WSU as a Jerran Young triple and a later three from JT Yoho drew the Raiders to within three at 64-61 with 1:08 remaining.
A pair of Jordan Aaron free throws at the 19.5-second mark made it a five-point game, but Yoho connected on another three with 12 seconds left to make it 66-64.
Wright State, though, would get no closer as two Kyle Kelm foul shots with 10.7 seconds left and the Raiders turned the ball over on their next possession.
WSU hit 15 of 27 shots in the second half for 56 percent, including four of seven three-pointers, as the Raiders shot 41 percent overall compared to 49 percent for the Panthers. Milwaukee led 38-30 in points in the paint and 20-12 in points off of turnovers.
Yoho led all scorers with 20 points off the bench, all but one coming in the second half as he made seven of 10 shots after halftime with three three-pointers. Sledge, making his first start of the season, had 12 points and seven rebounds while Young had 10 off the bench.
Milwaukee (14-9, 4-5 Horizon) had five players in double figures, led by Kelm and Aaron with 13 each while Arians and Malcolm Moore had 12 and Steve McWhorter 10.
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Did Justin Timberlake's Mom Walk in on Him and Britney Spears Having Sex?
Uh-oh. It sounds like Justin Timberlake nearly gave his mother, Lynn, a heart attack when he was younger! The singer/actor/MySpace creative director recently shared his most awkward sexual encounter in the September issue of Elle, and it sounds like every teenage boy's (and their mom's) worst nightmare.
"I was caught … My mom wasn't cool about it. I was too young to be in bed with a girl," Timberlake told Elle. Could the girl JT is referring to possibly be Britney Spears? The former 'N Sync frontman dated the 'Baby One More Time' cutie from 1999 to 2002 — both were around about 18-years-old when they officially started dating.
Even though 18 seems a bit old considering Timberlake's comment, the duo met on the set of 'The Mickey Mouse Club' when they were just 12-years-old. However, it is a well known fact that Britney Spears declared she was a virgin during most of their relationship. On the other hand, Timberlake has also hinted that the two were intimate in the past.
Another pop singer has also been speculated as the lady who was blushing with embarrassment after getting caught in bed with Timberlake. Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas dated Timberlake prior to his involvement with Britney Spears. Even though she may be the "girl," we doubt it, since Fergie has since talked about how their age gap was embarrassing enough. She said, "He was 16 and I was 23."
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LAPEER, Mich. (AP) - Speculation about who bought the $337 million-winning Powerball ticket at a gas station is the buzz of a small Michigan city.
The Michigan Lottery says the ticket was sold in Lapeer, about 45 miles north of Detroit. There wasn't immediate word about the buyer's identity.
A person who answered the phone Thursday morning at the market and Sunoco station said he was too busy to talk. But Tony Odish, who owns the market, tells The Flint Journal "everybody's here." The Michigan Lottery says his business will get a $50,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
The winning numbers in the Wednesday night drawing were 6, 27, 46, 51, 56 and Powerball 21. The Michigan Lottery says the winner could take a $241 million lump sum.
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Re: How to count
On Thursday, March 29, 2012 2:56:00 AM UTC-5, Artur wrote:
> Dear Mathematica Gurus!
> I have seriously problem with counting distances between smallest square
> bigger than n! (for big n) e.g.
> aa = {}; Do[k = 1 + Floor[Sqrt[n!]]; kk = k^2 - n!; Print[kk];
> kkk = N[Log[kk], 100]; Print[kkk];
> AppendTo[aa, kkk], {n, 1, 10000000, 1000000}]; aa
> Who have idea how to count this on Mathematica?
> Best wishes
> Artur
It is likely to be slow no matter what you do. Here are a couple of approaches though I've not attempted to verify results and so I cannot be sure precision is sufficiently high. I show with numbers a factor of 10 smaller than yours, so expect your examples to be correspondingly slower.
bottom = 100000;
Timing[bb = Table[Ceiling[Exp[LogGamma[N[n+1,n]]/2]],
Out[16]= {671.196962, Null}
Around 30% faster:
sqrtFactorial[n_] := Module[
{start, x},
start = Ceiling[Exp[LogGamma[N[n+1]]/2]];
Ceiling[Exp[x] /. FindRoot[x==LogGamma[n+1]/2, {x,start},
WorkingPrecision->3*n, AccuracyGoal->n, PrecisionGoal->n]]
Timing[dd = Table[sqrtFactorial[n], {n,bottom,10*bottom,bottom}];]
Out[26]= {463.363558, Null}
In[27]:= dd===bb
Out[27]= True
I will check that at least the last one is correct.
In[28]:= dd[[-1]]^2 > (10*bottom)!
Out[28]= True
In[29]:= (dd[[-1]]-1)^2 < (10*bottom)!
Out[29]= True
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75% would recommend it to a friend
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Needs a refurbishment.
Looks old inside.. old furniture... old beds... curtains are the same. Just like going back to the past
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On 2 out of 5 days no milk was left in the room.
Only one lift was working in the reception area, which created waiting problems in a morning when you had large numbers of people leaving with luggage (particularly several coach groups ) at the same time as other people either going to breakfast or independent travellers vacating the hotel. Advantages of this hotel are that the train station is within 10 minutes walk as is the town centre and for car drivers it is one of the few central Croydon hotels that has its own car park although it is not free unless you are a disabled blue badge holder.
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The hotel was nice and clean staff are very friendly and welcoming breakfast had variety of foods I didn't notice any noise.
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It's quite an old-fashioned hotel, probably needing a bit of updating, but perfectly adequate.
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I had booked this hotel as a treat for a week end getaway.
I had my confirmation of my reservation. When we arrived at the hotel late in the evening (had phoned to check it was ok that we arrived at 9pm) the receptionists couldn't find my reservation they asked me about 10 ten times how to spell my name but still couldn't find it, they were rude and told me they had no rooms available. I was at the desk for around 45 minutes most of the time they talked to each other and ignored me. they would call the manager etc but then take them into an office to speak. In the end the receptionist says we cant accept your confirmation as it doesn't say how you paid. I answered thats because it is a reservation and I haven't paid. Suddenly they were able to find me a room.I didn't receive an apology for being made to wait or for having been treated so rudely I was so tired after travelling I just wanted to get into the room so didn't speak to the manager. On arriving in the room the sofa bed was broken and we put the mattress on the floor for my son to sleep on as we were all so tired.
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Great value for money and has good leisure facilites
Well located near station, shopping, bars, restaurants, parking and Gatwick.
handy location in croydon for shops and rail link to the sights of london.
Easy to find fron station in Croydon.
Reception staff very polite and a warm welcome to greet my wife and I, after our trip from the north East. Hotel bar prices really fair compared to cental London hotels. Shopping just 5mins walk and never too busy. Nice touch with the barman giving a wee bowl of snacks on ordering our first of many drinks. My son and girlfriend live local and we met up in hotel for drinks and a bite to eat before our visits to london centre, enjoyed the weekend.
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Curious if we could get a consensus on who the 'Anderson Windows' of gutters might be?
All depends on how deep your pockets are,and what your choice of material is.
I'd rather know about the reputation of the people who are doing the install.
I would just find a seamless gutter company, they look better than anything you can do yourself as they are custom made right on site and come in either 4 or 5 inch width. Unless you can do a seamless gutter yourself, nothing compares as far as the look. Mine are in white aluminum and probably 10 years old and look new and obviously no leaks since there are no seams.
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I have several matters in PC Law wherein we have indicated the lawyer name and fee percentage allocation.
How can I get a split lawyer charges report in PC Law indicating which matters are having split lawyer charges and the fee percentage allocation done therein.
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I don't think there's an existing template that will do this, but it is really easy to go to reports - client - client summary.Go down to layout and click on Add. When it comes up add Master Nickname, Matter Intro Lawyer and Matter Intro Lawyer Percent from the fields available. Note that adding them int eh order you want them is easier than changing the order later. Give the report a name at the top left. Then click ok.
You can now run the client summary with this layout.
Note, when it asks if you want to make this the default layout you probably want to say no.
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I like to use the List of Clients report using a different Layout. The List of Clients report offers all fields that you would see in Matter Manager and if you get creative, you can pull some pretty useful information.
Go to the Layout for Default Client Address and click Change so you are in the Layout Editor. I would immediately go to the name field at the top left, change it to something like Split Lawyer, and click OK at the bottom right; this is the equivalent to the Save As function.
You can highlight fields in the bottom middle column labeled Selected and remove them. Perhaps you do not need the Introducing Lawyer or Phone number fields. This would make room for the Fee allocation fields. Scroll down through the left column and locate Fee Allocation - Lawyer Nickname and Fee Allocation - Percent and add them to the Selected column.
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Nail polish and kids is always a somewhat controversial topic. Do you let them wear it? At what age? What if they're still really oral and they eat it off? Is it better to peel off or not? Then, what about colors? Should they be allowed to wear any color they want or only "pretty" colors like light pink?
Truthfully, I'm not sure where I am on the whole nail polish stance. I do think it is cute. I think fun and crazy colors are cuter than the pale pink colors. I don't think it is appropriate for little ones that can't keep their fingers out of their mouths. I prefer less exposure to chemicals, even though the doctor in me knows that nails don't absorb things, I still don't want them in my kid's polish.
Hopscotch Kids is free of pretty much every chemical they can put in nail polish ( toluene, dibutyl phthalate, formaldehyde, nitrocellulose, butyl and ethyl acetates, acetone, FD&C, coal tar and lake colors), to the point that I wonder if there's anything left to put in it. In fact, this is a water based nail polish, so there's one ingredient at least.
I was sent a really pretty pink/purple shade to test. In the bottle there is silver sparkle, though it always appears that the silver has settled out. No matter how much I shook the bottle**, rolled the bottle.... yeah, always looked like that. Finally I decided to ignore that situation and apply anyways.
The polish is more watery than other polishes as well as somewhat sheer. Don't put too much polish on your brush or there will be big time pooling issues near the cuticles. 3 thin coats to opaque. The silver shimmer is subtle in person and very pretty. During application the shimmer appeared very streaky, but it seemed to sort itself out by the time the polish was dry. It did take about 8-10 minutes to be somewhat dry, and then a full hour to be totally dry. I'm not sure that this dry time is optimal for most kids, maybe a dedicated 5 year old could do it, or if there was a distraction a younger kiddo would be ok.
While Hopscotch isn't billed as a peelable nail polish, it was for me. I took this swatch picture the day after application, and you can see a few small issues with the finish. Rather than a traditional chip, the polish folds back on itself, which I liked. Rather than having polish chip off all over it stays put in one piece. I did think that the polish was a bit fragile, accumulating these folds rather easily. After 3 days I had to remove the polish. I was able to easily peel each nail of polish off in 1 piece, no remover required.
Hopscotch Kids comes in a pretty big variety of colors. Other kids polishes that I've seen are simply globs of shimmer in a polish that chips when you look at it funny and lasts at most a day. I really loved this purple shade and will be wearing it again.
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Azenis are a good choice. On a 330ci last year the winning car at Nationals ran on 255/40x17 Victoracers...so the 245's will fit. Also, if you have not found it, the tirerack site and/or manufacturer gives overall tire dimensions for you to compare....
The gearing issue you'll notice more with street driving than in autoxing. 235/40 is a nice size, but I know not always available.
The other thing to consider, especially if it's a rough lot...is the the Azeni's tend to get a bit greasy/slippery when they get too hot...check with other competitors who run them there. What I'm thinking is that the larger sized tire may help avoid this overheating and the tires going away just when you need that final 2 tenths on that last run?
Azenis + hot day = garden spray (a must)
My last autox I attended I would run right at the competitive times until the last two turns where the car would spin (even with less speed). As soon as I started spraying down the tires, no more spin and more grip. I was running 4 245/45/17.
As for the gearing change, you will notice it and you will hate it. My autox car is my M Coupe which is lighter and has more hp than the 325i/it.
I can tell you that the larger size tire wont help with the overheating issue during the summer. At least in the Central CA summer where upper 90F is common. The last event was at Atwater where the national tour runs so it was pretty rough on the tires. Me and my co-driver both noticed the tires over heating after our 2nd run (out of 5).
I will say that if the plan is to run Azenis for autox only then go for it. They are cheap enough that you can use them for one season and then buy new ones at the start of the new season. I'm pretty sure my tires wont last more than one season.
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Sunday Storylines 9/1/2013
Week 1 of the 2013 season is in the books, and by all accounts the players made it through the heat with minimal melting. Here are some things that stood out to me from the games in Central Iowa...
New Year, Same Valley
The Battle for West Des Moines lived up to expectations, with Waukee pushing Valley to the limit. The Warriors scored 17 unanswered points and held the Tigers offense scoreless for most of three quarters. But in the end it was Tyus Mason who stole the show, and the win, with his touchdown scamper in the final two minutes. Now it's out of the sauna and into the brick oven for Valley as they face Dowling Catholic at Drake Stadium in the Most Hyped Rivalry in Iowa High School Football.
The Old Cat's Still Got It
If I learned anything from the inaugural Ankeny-Ankeny Centennial game, it's that Jerry Pezzetti really is that good. The score may have only been 17-7, but all indications are that it was never even close. It takes very good coaching to take a team from zero to victorious in under a month, and now the old ball coach adds another tale to his legend. The Jaguars will get their first real test of the season this week when they host Johnston at 7 PM in our FFN Game of the Week.
Allen Who?
Urbandale scored 63 points Friday night, and none of them came from All-World player Allen Lazard. Teams will be scheming and stacking up to shut down the Iowa State recruit, which will create opportunities for his teammates. Abdulai Mansaray grabbed his chance by the horns to score six touchdowns against Fort Dodge, which will give the rest of the J-Hawks' opponents something else to worry about during film session.
Out of My Ferch-ing Way
Note to the rest of Class 2A: Duncan Ferch is still really good. The latest of the Flying Ferch Brothers ran roughshod on the Waterloo Columbus defense for another 200+ yard game in West Marshall's 50-0 win. As a fan of small school sports, it's great to see Ferch putting up these numbers, and as a lifelong Bondurant-Farrar supporter it's great to see West Marshall in another district.
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Bucs Tuesday Report: Prepping For Carolina
By Tom Krasniqi
When you're 0-6, you'll take a win anyway you can get it. With the Giants getting their first win on Monday night, that leaves the Bucs and the Jaguars as they only winless teams in the NFL.
Just to be clear—you never want to be in the same category as the Jaguars in any category that involves futility. The road doesn't get any easier from here.
Next up for the Bucs: A meeting with the streaking 3-3 Carolina Panthers at Raymond James Stadium on Thursday night in front of a national TV audience. Getting ready for Cam Newton and a stifling Panthers defense on a short week will be a monumental challenge.
"They're playing very well, their front seven is dominant at times. Both [defensive] ends have four sacks. Two linebackers are really playing lights out, I think they're separated by one tackle. They're playing well," Bucs head coach Greg Schiano said during his Tuesday press conference heard live on 620am WDAE.
The Panthers defense has been suffocating. They're 5th in the NFL in passing defense and 4th in rushing defense. The front four—specifically defensive ends Charles Johnson and Greg Hardy-- is getting pressure on the quarterback. Middle linebacker Luke Kuechly is emerging as one of the top linebackers in the NFL.
The Bucs' running game takes a hit with the shoulder injury to running back Doug Martin. The team is confident that rookie Mike James can pick up the slack in Martin's absence.
"He's been able to catch the ball well, very versatile, works extremely hard. We're pleased with where he's at," Bucs offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan said of James. "I think a combination between he and [running back] Brian Leonard is something that, moving forward, if [running back] Doug [Martin] is not available for us, those two guys will have to step up."
The Bucs have to be able to establish some sort of running game. If they don't, they run the risk of having rookie quarterback Mike Glennon being thrown to the wolves against a very good Carolina pass rush.
Defending Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will also be a challenge. Last week, Newton completed 15 of 17 passes in a win over the Rams. Newton looks confident in offensive coordinator Mike Shula's offense and the Bucs are noticing.
"With as athletic as he is, as strong an arm as he has, he's starting to understand the game more. That's scary to have to deal with that for a long time," Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said of Newton on Tuesday.
Carolina's power running game has also been terrific. The Panthers are averaging 130 rushing yards per game which is 7th in the NFL. Newton, DeAngelo Williams and Mike Tolbert are gashing opponents.
Prepping for a good team is tough enough when you're 0-6. It makes it even tougher on a short week when you're struggling mightily and dealing with key injuries. But that's been a Bucs life so far this season.
News & Notes:
- Bucs practice report: RB Doug Martin (shoulder) did not practice.
- Limited practice: FS Dashon Goldson (knee), WR Chris Owusu (foot), FS Keith Tandy (concussion) and WR Mike Williams (hamstring).
- Full practice: CB Mike Adams (knee), DE Da'Quan Bowers (toe), TE Tom Crabtree (ankle), RG Davin Joseph (knee), DT Akeem Spence (wrist) and SS Mark Barron (hip).
- Injuries for the Panthers: DT Dwan Edwards (hamstring), CB Josh Thomas (illness) and S Colin Jones (not injury related) did not practice. WR Brandon LaFell (knee), TE Greg Olsen (foot) and LB Chase Blackburn (hamstring) and FS Robert Lester (hamstring) practiced fully.
- Bucs DT Gerald McCoy on Panthers QB Cam Newton: "I think he's the best escape artist we got in this league."
- Nobody wanted to talk about Josh Freeman's debut on Monday night with the Vikings. Schiano says he didn't watch the game. When McCoy was asked about Freeman's performance, he replied: "Next question."
- Bucs defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan caused some controversy last week when he jokingly invited fans to show up to One Buc Place to help put together a game plan. On Tuesday, Sheridan said two fans actually showed up on Monday morning but they weren't granted access.
- The Bucs host the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night from Raymond James Stadium. You can catch the game on 620 WDAE and 95.3FM with our coverage beginning at 3pm with Steve Duemig.
- For the latest Bucs news, keep it locked all day long on 620 WDAE and 95.3FM, your home of the Bucs and the best Bucs coverage. Don't forget to check out the Bucs blog at 620wdae.com for the latest news and audio clips.


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Each state's law is different and it is vital that you are well-versed in the law, to begin with. In Texas, for example, you can use deadly force to stop the commission of a robbery, rape, and kidnapping (where the kidnapper is using a weapon). There is no requirement to retreat. As most of the other posters have written, each situation is unique and it's important that you have all the facts before acting. Calling 911 is the first step, if you have time. Being a good witness is also important. I know that I would not stand by and let someone be killed if I had a chance to intervene.
But think about this scenario: you are walking down a dark street and a woman comes running past you, screaming. She is being chased by a scruffy looking guy with a gun in his hand. Do you assume that he is trying to inflict deadly harm on her and shoot him? What if he's an undercover cop chasing a drug suspect?


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Despite his inability to live up to his pre-draft hype, Davis is still an effective blocking tight end. The Giants were without an effective player at this position last season, and setting aside previously discussed issues along the offensive line, the lack of a blocking tight end only exacerbated the porous blocking. Now with the Giants picking up Kellen Davis and his 6-foot-7, 260 pound frame, he should alleviate some of the horrid blocking. His size and strength should help the Giants in third down passing situations, especially in the NFC East, where the Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins all have talented edge pass rushers. Davis' ability to chip or provide a double team on the outside against the edge rusher should enable Eli Manning more time to throw, and thus reduce the amount of hits/sacks Manning endures this season.
Davis is a below average receiving tight-end. Since his 2012 season with the Bears, in which he hauled in 19 catches for 229 yards, he has been nonexistent in the passing game. Last season, with Seattle, he caught 3 passes for 32 yards and was inactive for the Super Bowl. His physique makes him a puzzling case as to why he has not developed into a more effective receiving tight end. The Giants hope they can be the team to put the puzzle pieces together and maybe make Lovie Smith's thoughts prior to the 2012 season a reality when he said " I think if you want to feature Kellen Davis (in the passing game) you can do that."
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In 2011during the fourth quarter of a blowout between coincidentally two of Davis's former teams, the Bears and Seahawks, Davis hauled in a 39 yard touchdown pass from Jay Cutler. The pass put an exclamation point on a very impressive performance by the Bears, and showcased the potential versatility Davis possesses. Off a play action fake from Cutler, Davis ran behind safety Earl Thomas and hauled in the floating pass, exhibiting his athleticism and ability to use his physical frame that made him such an intriguing draft prospect.
Grade: B+
Grading a player who has played sparingly last season presents various unknowns about his potential. That being said, if everything breaks right, in my view, his ceiling is tentatively a B+. He will help the Giants in passing situations with his blocking ability, but his consistency as a receiver remains a question yet to be answered. If the Giants utilize Davis in their blocking schemes and he proves effective while also developing into a reliable passing target, his full potential will be reached. However, that is a lot to ask for out of a player who was a third sting tight-end last season in Seattle, but his body type and athleticism make this seemingly unreachable potential remotely possible.


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20m. THE Lancashire classic. Start up the left side of the lower buttress then tackle the fine finger-crack rising from the ledge and splitting the centre of the upper tower. A belay can be taken at mid-height but really it is best done in a single soaring pitch. In Western Grit the numbers of Gates of Perception and The Golden Tower have been switched on the topo. Gates of Perception follows the left-hand line higher on the tower.
First pitch probably goes at about 5a, but definitely better done in one run out.
It seemed to get harder towards the top but i am very fat, after all! certainly to be done in one pitch for the full effect...and the first pitch isn't all that easy either.
very good route and position, but super easy for e2-the crack difficulties are only about 2 moves long-though the 1st bit isn't so easy to protect.
I found the horrible initial crack harder than the finish but all in all a fantastic outing.
There was a disgruntled Bat in situ on the top crack yesterday. Great route, very enjoyable, grade bang on for me.
Well in my opinion it certainly ain't "super easy for E2"! It's awkward up to the ledge - probably 5b - and the upper crack is very sustained, with more than one move at 5c.


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Former cop sues Miami PD for dressing overtime
Former Sgt. Michael Weissberg is looking to be paid for the extra 5-10 hours overtime it took him each week to prepare for work
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MIAMI — A former sergeant is suing the city of Miami for overtime wages he says he was not paid for the time it took him to get dressed for work every day.
In a federal lawsuit, Michael Weissberg said he was "required to work approximately 30 minutes off-the-clock … for activities he performed at the City of South Miami Police Department prior to Roll Call," the Miami Herald reported.
According to Mr. Weissberg, who resigned from the South Miami Police Department in 2013, these "activities" included getting dressed and undressed, maintaining his weapon, maintaining his patrol car, and cleaning his uniform.
The complaint states that the former sergeant worked 5-10 extra hours per week, resulting in more than $17,000 worth of unpaid overtime.
Full Story: Former police sergeant wants Miami to pay for the time it took him to get dressed
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1,500 3:51.5
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Steeplechase 8:49.84
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2005-Outdoor- Clocked his lifetime-best steeplechase time of 8:49.84 to finish eighth at the NCAA Mideast Regionals (May 28) and qualify for the NCAA championships ... Ran an 8:50.80 time to rank 22nd in the steeplechase prelims at the NCAA championships ... Though ill, still competed in the steeplechase at the SEC outdoors, finishing 11th with a 9:24.56 time ... Achieved his lifetime-best effort in the 10,000 after running collegiate track and field's longest race in 29:16.85, placing 29th in section one at the Stanford Invitational (March 25) ... Finished third in the invitational steeplechase after running an 8:54.61 at the Sea Ray Relays ... Took second in the 3,000 (8:28.14) and fifth in the 1,500 (3:53.73) at the Gatorade Classic ... Injury prevented his finish in the championship section of the steeplechase at the Penn Relays ... Took the third leg on Tennessee's winning 4x1,500 relay with a time of 15:38.78 at the Sea Ray Relays.
2005-Indoor- Won the 5,000 at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb. 11) with a lifetime-best time of 14:13.43 ... Ran the 5,000 at the SEC indoor championships, placing 10th with a 14:16.66 time ... Ran a time of 8:15.87 in the 3,000 to take 19th and took the anchor leg on Tennessee's ninth-place, 9:51.83 distance medley relay effort at New York's New Balance Invitational ... Finished sixth in 8:16.59 contesting the 3,000 at the Penn State National Meet ... Earned bronze in the mile with a time of 4:12.30 at ETSU's Niswonger Invitational.
Cross Country 2005- Elected team co-captain with Matthew Lapp ... Won Most Valuable Runner Award and the Captain's Award at team banquet ... Lettered after authoring a breakout cross country season, leading the Vols back to the NCAA championship and posting their best team finish since 1998 ... After sitting out first meet, Sabatino ran in the last six of Tennessee's seven races, leading the Vols in each ... On the season, lost to only 39 runners while defeating 989 competitors to the finish line ... Led the Tennesseans in each of the three championship meets of the season and earned All-SEC, All-South Region and All-America honors ... Earned All-America honors after finishing 23rd in 30:08.0 in the 10K NCAA championship, the best individual finish by a Vol at NCAAs since Tony Cosey finished seventh in 1995 ... Finished third with a time of 29:53.18 at the 10K NCAA South Regionals ... Regional time of 29:53.18 led all competitors from the eight SEC schools competing in the race ... Finished sixth after completing the 7.9K SEC championship course in 23:17.26 ... His sixth-place finish marked the best by a Vol at the SEC meet since 2001 ... Trailed the SEC winner by just 18 seconds, the last time a Vol came closer to the SEC victor came in 1995 ... Led the Vols to a team victory in his season-opening race, the 7.3K Tennessee Invitational, by taking the individual championship with a 22:55 time ... Finished third with a 23:53.13 clocking as the Vols won their third consecutive meet at the 8K Greater Louisville Classic (gold race) ... Finished ninth in a massive field after completing the 8K Pre-Nationals Invitational (blue race) in 23:56.3.
Cross Country 2004- Won Most Valuable Runner Award at team banquet ... Lettered after running in five of Tennessee's six races and scoring in each ... Led the Vols four times and finished second in the Tennessee pack once ... Finished 10th, first among Vols, with a 30:07.98 time at the 10K NCAA South Regional to earn all-region acclaim ... Also garnered all-SEC honors after finishing 11th, first among Vols, in 24:02.67 at the 8K SEC championship ... Won the individual championship and led the Vols to the team title after breaking the tape in 25:10.14 at the five-mile Western Kentucky Old Timers Classic ... Struck silver and led the Vols with a 25:36.40 worksheet at the 8K Tennessee Invitational ... Finished 69th, second among Vols, in 25:02.5 at the 8K Pre-NCAA Meet (white race).
Perhaps Tennessee's most heralded distance newcomer ... Transferred to Tennessee after West Virginia cut its program ... Earned silver in the steeplechase after clocking an 8:56.66 at the 2003 Big East outdoor championships ... Finished sixth in the 10,000 (30:20.82) at the 2002 USA junior championships ... Finished fourth in the 2002 USA Winter Cross Country Junior Championship with an 8K time of 25:16 ... Qualified for 2002 world cross country junior championship in Dublin, Ireland ... Led West Virginia and finished 13th at the 2002 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Regional Championship after clocking a 31:03.1 time on the 10K course ... Helped West Virginia win the 2003 IC4A outdoor team title ...Won the 3,000 with a time of 8:08.84 at the 2004 Virginia Tech Last Chance Indoor Meet ... Finished sixth in the championship section of the steeplechase after running an 8:55.72 at the 2003 Penn Relays ... Member of athletic director's academic honor roll at West Virginia ... Boasted top times of 8:08.24 in the 3,000, 8:55.72 in the steeplechase, 14:19.64 in the 5,000 and 30:20.82 in the 10,000 before arriving at Tennessee ... Finished fifth in the West Virginia Cross Country Invitational as a freshman in 2001 ... Claimed 3,200 title at 2001 West Virginia state high school championships ... Earned multiple all-state honors.


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This, I hope, just wont be the case with the PhysX PPU. The approach that nVidia and ATi are taking at the moment is completely different from the direction Ageia is leaning. They want to offload the physics load onto one of the GPUs but as stated earlier, I spoke with some game designers at the GDC and they were not to keen to the idea of giving up GPU performance to code for physics but rather liked the way that Ageia is going with a stand alone card. I, as a gamer and end users, don't really want to sacrifice any of my SLi performance to incorporate physics. Now I can understand how nVidia and ATi are justifying this to themselves because not everyone will be able to afford a PPU when they first ship so the idea of being able to have a lot of the performance without dropping another 300 on the PhysX card will be appealing. That just isnt the case for me and it sounds like you. We are tech heads and want whats new while it's still new...
Thanks for your input and feel free to stick around.
I certainly agree with you that a dedicated PPU is the only thing that makes any sense. I would also be opposed to giving up one clock cycle of my expensive SLI up to another process. But as you also know, its often not the best hardware that prevails. Remeber Aureal A3D? I also bought into that technology, because it was (and still is) far superior to EAX in almost every way. A3D was, in a sense, the audio equivalent to a dedicated PPU that provided unique capabilities for superior sound placement, reflections and muffling effects through walls. Unfortunately, Creative put them out of business before they could transition much of the calculations to a dedicated sound processor.
In my opinion, its clear that the future of PC gaming is in the implementation of dedicated multiprocessors. So I hope you are right and the PhysX PPU (or similar dedicated hardware) prevails against the big two graphics manufacturers.


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Paul Wellens will be aiming to make up for the disappointment of missing his heroes' latest triumph when he leads St Helens out in the final match of Super League's Magic Weekend at Manchester's Etihad Stadium.
The former Great Britain full-back is a passionate Manchester City fan but while they were reclaiming their Barclays Premier League title with a 2-0 win over West Ham, he was helping Saints to a 50-0 victory at Bradford.
And he is hoping they can follow that up with a derby triumph over Warrington at the home of his favourite team on Sunday evening.
"Obviously I would have liked to have gone to the game but I certainly wouldn't have wanted to miss out on playing for Saints," Wellens said.
"So I gave my ticket away and my brother took my little lad and they enjoyed a great day and I did too. We had a great performance.
"I am looking forward to this game. It's obviously a great stadium and we really enjoy playing there. It's always a fantastic game against Warrington."
Wellens was especially keen not to miss out against the Bulls after coach Nathan Brown gave him a rare match off the previous week against London Broncos.
"I'd rather play but I sat down with Browny and we had a chat," said Wellens, who jointly with Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield holds the record for most Super League appearances and is expected to sign a new contract for 2015.
"He said 'it's a long season and a week off won't do you any harm' so I rested up, got rid of a few bumps and bruises and settled back into the team on Sunday.
"I think most players will tell you they'd rather be playing but sometimes you need to be protected from yourself."
Warrington are languishing in seventh place after winning just two of their last five matches but showed signs of regaining their touch with a 42-10 win over Catalan Dragons last week.
"They've had a lot of changes in personnel so it's been difficult for them, but certainly last week's performance against Catalan was a clear indication for me that they're moving in the right direction," Wellens said.
Warrington co-captain Michael Monaghan admits his side are still hurting from their 38-8 mauling by Saints in the opening match of the season.
"It was disappointing to start the season like that," he said. "We hadn't had a defeat like that for a while, in front of our home crowd as well, which was probably the most disappointing aspect of it.
"It won't be so much about revenge but restoring some pride after that performance."
The Saints-Warrington clash will bring down the curtain on the eighth Magic Weekend, with two West Yorkshire derbies getting the final day's action under way.
Six places separate Castleford and Wakefield but they go into the opening match on the back of contrasting form, and Wildcats boss Richard Agar believes his side may have turned the corner thanks to consecutive away wins over Hull and Widnes.
"It's funny how it changes," Agar said. "We had a tough trot of results but we never felt sorry for ourselves and, bit by bit, we've tried to get our season back on track.
"The defensive improvement over the last month is there for all to see and, although we've still got some major improvements with the ball, gradually we're finding half-back and hooking combinations that are working for us.
"We probably identified that by nine or 10 weeks in, we should be getting more familiar with each other and we're coming into fixtures where we do genuinely see opportunities to get our season going."
Castleford kick-started their 2013 campaign with a resounding 49-24 win over Wakefield at the Etihad and, under Daryl Powell, have not looked back since.
"Cas certainly look every inch a top-four side," Agar said. "I think they've been a real success story for the competition, playing to a consistently high standard every week.
"We were a bit out on our feet when this fixture came around last year. We feel we're in a bit better shape this time."
Huddersfield are boosted by the return of England forward Brett Ferres for their derby against Bradford as they look to extend their winning run to five matches.
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In a Saturday afternoon dispatch, the Associated Press marred a mostly decent presentation of the August employment situation reported by the government yesterday in three ways.
The first is the story's misleading headline: "The Job Market Fed Faces: Healing But Still Ailing." Whether there's genuine healing going on is highly debatable, given that the labor force participation rate fell to 63.2 percent, its lowest level since 1978, and the clear trend towards part-time work. AP Economics Writer Paul Wiseman's treatment of that trend and another related one represent the report's other three weaknesses, as seen in the following three paragraphs (bolds are mine):
The jobs the economy is generating this year have tended to be low-paying, part-time or both. More than 654,000 - or 45 percent - of the 1.44 million jobs added this year come from three generally low-paying industries: department stores and other retailers; hotels and restaurants; and temporary services.
And nearly 60 percent of the jobs added this year have been part-time, though economists caution that the part-time employment figures are volatile.
The lower quality of the available jobs is one reason pay has stagnated. The average hourly earnings of private-sector employers haven't kept up with inflation since the end of the recession.
Wiseman didn't provide any context for the "nearly 60 percent" part-time employment makeup. Here's that context, showing that the percentage of part-time worker additions (or deletions in years when total employment shrunk) is higher than in any year since the mid-1990s, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics improved its ability to detect part-time workers who also work full-time:
The raw data used to create the table is here.
This year's 41%-59% full-time vs. part-time split through August represents by far the lowest percentage of full-time job creation in the sixteen years presented.
The previous full-time component low was 65% in 2004. As that year unfolded, that much less pronounced situation became fodder for left-wing think tank and left-wing newspaper wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Today? Left-wing commentators and so-called mainstream economists are spending their time and energy telling us that we're not seeing what we're really seeing, while the establishment press frequently and with rare exceptions obfuscates. In his Thursday conference call after the ADP employment report was issued, Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics claimed that "the BLS data is very volatile" (do I hear an echo?), and that it's "hard to conclude that there's a trend in the data." Look at the graph, Mark. No amount of "volatily" excuse-making can explain away this year's result thus far.
The third weakness is Wiseman's failure to cite the impending implementation of Obamacare as a probable cause for the move to net part-time hiring.
The final weakness is in Wiseman's final excerpted paragraph above. Wiseman could have simply written that "real average hourly earnings have fallen since the recession ended four years ago." It would also have been really easy to cite Sentier Research's estimated real income decline of 4.4 percent from June 2009 through Une 2013. But I guess that would been a little too clear for comfort.
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX jumps at open as miners cheer rising copper prices
TORONTO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index jumped at the open on Tuesday, with a surge in copper prices and other commodities boosting the mining sector and financial stocks also making healthy gains.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 157.81 points, or 1.17 percent, to 13,636.12. All 10 main groups were higher. (Reporting by Alastair Sharp)
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Final regulations under section 412(l)(7) of the Code provide mortality tables to be used in determining current liability for purposes of applying certain pension funding requirements.
This notice provides guidance under section 4965 of the Code to tax-exempt entities described in section 4965(c) regarding whether they are parties to a prohibited tax shelter transaction. This notice also provides guidance to tax-exempt entities described in sections 4965(c)(1), (2), and (3) subject to tax under section 4965(a) regarding the allocation to various periods of net income or proceeds attributable to a prohibited tax shelter transaction. In addition, the notice invites comments from the public regarding all aspects of these provisions.
Weighted average interest rate update; corporate bond indices; 30-year Treasury securities. The weighted average interest rate for February 2007 and the resulting permissible range of interest rates used to calculate current liability and to determine the required contribution are set forth.
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Optimal Prediction Pools
John Geweke and Gianni Amisano
CQER Working Paper 09-05
October 2009
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A prediction model is any statement of a probability distribution for an outcome not yet observed. This study considers the properties of weighted linear combinations of n prediction models, or linear pools, evaluated using the conventional log predictive scoring rule. The log score is a concave function of the weights, and, in general, an optimal linear combination will include several models with positive weights despite the fact that exactly one model has limiting posterior probability one. The paper derives several interesting formal results: For example, a prediction model with positive weight in a pool may have zero weight if some other models are deleted from that pool. The results are illustrated using S&P 500 returns with prediction models from the ARCH, stochastic volatility, and Markov mixture families. In this example models that are clearly inferior by the usual scoring criteria have positive weights in optimal linear pools, and these pools substantially outperform their best components.
JEL classification: C11, C53
Key words: forecasting, GARCH, log scoring, Markov mixture, model combination, S&P 500 returns, stochastic volatility
This paper was originally prepared for the Forecasting in Rio Conference, Graduate School of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, July 2008. The authors acknowledge helpful comments from James Chapman, Frank Diebold, Joel Horowitz, James Mitchell, Luke Tierney, Mattias Villani, Kenneth Wallis, Robert Winkler, Arnold Zellner, and participants in presentations at the Bank of Canada, Erasmus University, the NBER-NSF Time Series Conference, Princeton University, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Sveriges Riksbank, Rice University, and the University of Queensland. The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from NSF grant SBR-0720547. The views expressed here are the authors' and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta or the Federal Reserve System. Any remaining errors are the authors' responsibility.
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Sheriff's Deputy Behind Wheel of Car that Killed Pedestrian
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A woman is dead after being hit by a vehicle on the Dual Highway early Thursday morning.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office in investigating the fatal accident, where the driver was one of their own. WHAG talked with deputies Thursday morning to get the details, and see how they're handling this serious situation.
The deputy has been identified as Deputy First Class Bryan Teets with the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
Before sunrise around 3:30 a.m. on the Dual Highway, near Cornell Avenue, a female pedestrian was struck by Deputy Teets, driving a sheriff's department vehicle. Deputy Teets was on duty at the time. The woman was taken to Meritus Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead.
The sheriff's office was on the scene all morning investigating the situation. They shutdown the eastbound lane on Dual Highway between Mount Aetna Road and Eastern Blvd.
"We investigate it like you do do every accident to the fullest to see what took place. This morning what is going on now is that we have an accident deconstructionist team that is out taking measures and trying to go through the steps to recreate what happened," said Deputy Carly Hose, Washington County Sheriff's Office.
The eastbound lane on Dual Highway was shut down for nearly five hours Thursday.
At the request of the family, the identity of the female pedestrian is not being released at this time.
DFC Teets has been placed on paid administrative leave, as standard procedure. The Maryland State Police is assisting the sheriff's office with the investigation. At the conclusion of the investigation all information will be reviewed by the States Attorney's Office.
WHAG will have more details later in the day.


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Hey guys, yesterday I was driving home, I was on the highway and when I pulled to the first stop light my car just started to put out blue smoke. It had done this before when I turned on the car one morning but not this bad. It was smoking all the way home which was about 5 minutes. I checked the spark plugs and they were wet with oil. I just took off the first two and they both have oil. It flashed the red oil light but it turned off immediately. The low oil light came on about a week ago and I put about 2 qts.
My car for a couple of months now has had a rough idle, not too bad but certainly noticeable. Only at low speeds you can feel the car stutter, when moving from a stop.
How could oil get on the spark plugs?
What are parts that possibly need to get replaced?
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Chris Hayes is slated to host the MSNBC 8 p.m. weekday primetime show. When Ed Shultz
first announced that The Ed Show would be moving to a weekend time slot,
one could only wonder who would take over his weekday primetime spot. There was
some speculation that the Washington Post's Ezra Klein would get the nod to
host a show during this time, but it turns out that Ezra was not selected.
Shortly after hearing about the removal of The Ed Show from the primetime
lineup, I heard that Joy Behar was leaving The View. Call me crazy, but I
thought that Joy would have been an excellent choice for this gig. Joy has been
a co-host on The View since 1997, which means that she has developed a very
strong following. I may not be a TV executive, but I believe that with her name
recognition, no nonsense attitude, and her ability to add humor to a conversation,
she would be a perfect choice to host a show that would rival Bill O'Reilly
at that time slot.
Then it was time for me come back to reality. Joy Behar isn't going to be
leaving her job at The View until August of this year. She already has a
TV show on Current TV called Joy Behar: Say Anything! So with all of
those factors, she obviously was not going to be the choice.
Instead, MSNBC chose to select Chris Hayes to be the anchor. Now I have no problem
with this choice, because obviously Chris is an intelligent young host, but I can't
help but remember a not so flattering encounter that he had with former NY City
Mayor Rudy Giuliani after the first 2012 Presidential debate.
If he can stay away from embarrassing interviews like this one, then I think he
will do really well. In his defense I would like to point out that President
Obama had an awful debate night that very same night, but then he went on to win
the election by a landslide. Hopefully Chris Hayes will follow in those footsteps
and will have much success in his new role.


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In an age where police are wearing body cameras, often as a way to have a record in potentially volitional situations, it's nice to take a moment to view some of that video and get the warm fuzzies.Duckling fuzzies, to be exact.Here's officer body cam footage from the Gates Police Department, a suburb of Rochester, NY. Officer Shawn Omara and some members of the Gates Fire Dept. came to the rescue of a baby duckling who had fallen through a storm grate. In the video, you can … [Read more...]
Susie the pit bull mix named "American Hero Dog" of 2014
A pit bull mix named Susie from High Point, North Carolina, has been named this year's "American Hero Dog" at the 2014 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards.Susie was only a puppy when her owner beat her savagely and set her on fire, leaving her for dead in a local park in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was rescued by a local animal shelter and nursed back to health, and then adopted by a woman named Donna Lawrence.Donna herself had been the victim of a terrible dog attack that n … [Read more...]
Why "free to good home" can be a death sentence for your dog
This image is making the rounds on Facebook. I have a difficult time looking at things like this, partly because I'm sent these kinds of pictures daily. It can be overwhelming and, after time, desensitize you.But for some reason, this one caught my eye. Maybe it's because I'm sympathetic to the "need to rehome" situation. We were there a few years ago, when I brought home a little pup to foster, decided to keep her, and then started having major behavior problems with her. In short, new dog … [Read more...]
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The fight for Lennox ends – shame on the Belfast City Council
Lennox, the 7-year-old American Bull Dog/Labrador mix who was seized by the Belfast City Council (BCC) in Northern Ireland in May 2012 has been, according to reports, "humanely put to sleep."The story that has captured the hearts of animal lovers around the world centers on a law in Belfast that makes owning a pit bull illegal. The BCC seized Lennox because they deemed that he was, by appearance, a pit bull, despite DNA testing to the contrary.The Barnes family, Lennox's owners, have … [Read more...]
Fight for Lennox the dog nears the end
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Gorham, NY approves one year moratorium on dog breeding
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Man ticketed after taking cat for a jog, then tethering it to a rock
Video: Cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy explains how to read a cat's body language I've venture a guess that most cat owners don't leash up their kitties and take them out for a walk in the neighborhood. Not that it can't be done. But as a man in Boulder, CO found out this week, if the cat doesn't want to go for a walk, you'd better take him home.According to DailyCamera.com,19-year-old Seth Franco, of Lafayette, CO, went out for a jog in Waneka Lake Park and took his cat with him. When … [Read more...]
Ohio removes "pit bull" from state's definition of dangerous dog
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Would Jon Jones survive five rounds?
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I think that you are too harsh on Jones here. It does matter that it was Rua/ an elite fighter at a way higher level than his past opponents. Yes, Rua was hurt early, but not in a way to get shut down easily. With his experience Rua was always dangerous to Jones which the latter could only neutralise by putting constant pressure on his opponent (and by quite intelligently disrupting his opponent's rhythm). Because of the pressure, from both sides, it was a very exhausting fight for both fighters. Had Jones gone more for an early finish he really would have risked to gas and be overcome if Rua had managed to bounce back into the game.
The way Jones fought that fight was the optimum he could do with his current skills and abilities (which probably will still improve). I think he couldn't have done it otherwise without raising the risks very much. If he had lowered his pace focussing on a 5 round fight he would have left openings for Rua to imply his game and if he had looked for the finish earlier he would have risk to really gas.
So for the original question whether Jones would survive five rounds. In a fight similar to the Rua fight, without getting a TKO in Round 3, I think Jones would get into trouble in the later rounds. The constant pressure would take its toll, but Machida is not Rua. Machida's fighting style is different from Rua's. Jones wouldn't need to put the same constant pressure on Machida as he did on Rua. So if he is intelligent/cautious enough to pace himself, Jones has a very good chance of surviving five rounds with Machida.
However I also think that Machida with his fighting style could have one of the best chances to win against Jones if he can avoid major damage due to his elusiveness and bring good counters. In a pure pressure vs. pressure fight it seems that no one can compete with Jones at the moment (besides a lucky punch).
But the point is, Rua vs Jones was not a particularly fast paced fight. It was tactically hard for both of them, but it was not a body tester. Rua got hit hard early, was on the bottom, and was fighting a much bigger man, so him running out of steam is explainable without even mentioning his surgery etc. If Rua could have bounced back into the game he would have, it's only his physical toughness, ground defense, and Jon tiring that let it go on for longer. Rua would not have bounced back if Jon went in for the kill earlier, it would have been too much.
Jones took much less damage, was always in advantageous positions on the ground, and could throw strikes well out of Rua's range, but by the start of round 2 he was noticeably tired. That is not just down to pressure, he doesn't have a fantastic gas tank right now and he is a big man. He's bigger than many HW's, there's a reason they don't bother cutting to 205.
I've said it before and I'm calling it now, it doesn't matter what type of fight Jones is in, who he is fighting or how much pressure is involved, he will have cardio problems past round 2 and it will be because he is in the wrong weight division. You can say Jon did the smart thing by not trying to finish Shogun earlier, but Shogun was rocked, tired, and wasn't presenting any solid offense. To me that means Jones either doesn't have killer instinct, or was too tired for no good reason, and I don't think he lacks killer instinct.
I'm just not impressed by this monster cutting weight, steamrolling smaller and more skilled guys but maybe knowing that he is not as fit as he could be. To me that is an incomplete fighter taking advantage of his youth and size, I'd rather see him put on some mass, fight bigger guys and know that he can compete with them in terms of fitness, it's not like he would lose his reach advantage[the deciding factor in his LHW fights] he just wouldn't be able to rely on it so much and he'd probably be healthier.
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