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Another Adelf Kitler
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amazing kittty
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Cuteamuss-just a doll. So happy for you. Looks like a Pet Smart Glamour Shot!
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Ze Happy Holidays Liebes! Ach...Everyone knows Gerald. Und He ist the Father of our Kitlernation! He gave me this festive hat you know...I got it for a song. :3
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Und no Kitlers were harmed to make ze trimming!
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Miss February in PlayCat calendar -- incredible!
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Absolutely smiled my head off when I saw this calendar girl. Gorgeous!!! I love and ditto ditler all the crew's comments above!:)~ Get a load on Shibby's so not amusde face. Hee Hee. GREAT shot.xox to Shibby and Meowy Camas my peeps in KBC and all.
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She's not amused but she's incredibly glamorous!
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She is a glamour queen for sure. Merry Christmas my kitlerette. :)
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I'm going to run away with the circus as soon as I get this ridiculous hat off!
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it was car and driver
but also according to this article they have a hardtop ready to show off very soon
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it was car and driver
but also according to this article they have a hardtop ready to show off very soon
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.....They are still making Lincolns?
Either I'm color blind or my monitor is way off, but it sure looks dark plum to me. I'd be interested to see the interior options with this car beings it doesn't show suicide doors. I'll bet the suicide doors are out due to safety regulations.
^ Rolls Royce manages to sell cars with suicide doors ("carriage" doors as they say), Cadillac should have no problem with them.
jay leno talks with ed welburn at pebble beach next to the Ciel ... jay brings up the doors almost right off the bat
Mr Welburn also said that they keep the doors automatic on the concept vehicle to make sure nobody messes them up
(the motor will open them with the same amount of force every time... and stop when it reaches the end of it's ability)
so the auto doors will obviously not make it to production
but i'd love for the rest of it to make it to production, especially the wood inserts... note that they said not a veneer ... whole piece of wood!
The automatic doors would weigh down the vehicle as well. I'd rather just have regular suicide doors that you have to open yourself. Self-closing/sealing the way the competition does is fine, however..
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Come on - 45 minutes and no takers - or even views!!! (Oh OK - sorry 22 views) - but still - let's hear some affirmation that this matters.
I don't bump threads much but hey - this needs seen, read and spread ....... so do me (and all of us) a favor and get this thread going. The 2A is as ever under threat - get this out to all who just might see logic and sense.


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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 -
I knew I liked Jaromir Jagr. Not just because of the leadership he instilled through the higher ranks of our Flyers' dressing room or how he seemed to aid Claude Giroux bloom throughout his career season in 2011-12, but because.....well, because Jagr gets it. He's got a good, stable head on his shoulders and an appreciation for things that may exceed the beguiled minds of his younger counterparts.
According to Bettman and the NHL Owners, the Players' Association has until this Thursday to accept the League's 50/50 proposal in order to salvage an 82-game schedule. Bill Daly makes it blatantly clear that the Board of Governors is not interested in playing anymore verbal ping-pong with the NHLPA --
"(I'm) not sure there is any reason to meet if there is nothing new to say. Our position was communicated to the union pretty clearly last Tuesday and then again on Thursday. If they have a desire to meet with regard to the proposal we have on the table, they know how to reach us."
I can't imagine that there are any players sympathizing with the Owners' representation.
Or are there?
The ex-Flyer (now Dallas Star) Jaromir Jagr addressed the Czech sports media on Monday and shared some of his advisement regarding the NHL Owners' position --
"Only a few make some money, they face huge competition in American football and baseball. The baseball competition is getting into its playoffs, so, one competitor is gone, and the interest will switch to something else. And that something else is hockey."
When asked to comment about Ovechkin's threat to stay in the KHL and how #8 believes the Owners are trying to "cheat" their employees, Jagr outlined his opinion pretty clearly --
"Cheating? I don't know what he meant by the word. When someone owns something and wants to make as much as possible, you can't call that cheating. You'd have to call a half of the world cheaters. It's simply business.
"True, they need us to do the business, but still, they own it. And another thing: hockey is not the main thing for most of the owners. They make their money elsewhere. Unlike us, hockey players. They set the rules, no doubt about that."
As Puck Daddy points out, Jagr is an owner of a hockey club himself. During this unfavorable NHL lockout, Jaromir's returned to his home country and joined up with his Czech Extraliga team, the Knights of Kladno. Thus, you might be inclined to say he's coming from a biased perspective.
Biased? Or savvy business sense?
"I'm very sad that this situation has happened," Jagr said of the dispute between the N.H.L. and its players. "I don't have many games left in the N.H.L., and it's kind of sad for me, but I understand it's for the future of the game."
"I understand it's for the future of the game."
How can you NOT respect that? Against the fact that his time in the NHL is extremely limited, he's managed to disassociate any selfish requisites that might be in jeopardy (like his fresh 1yr, $4.55M contract with the Stars) and recognize what the NHL needs, despite the combined greed from both the League and NHLPA.
Now, I know all the arguments against this. The Owners signed the Players to these absurd contracts, and they should honor those contracts. I agree, but it's a messy situation. It's just not that simple any longer. Everyone's got to face the facts that 1) The Owners don't seem to want to budge from their proposal, and 2) Without some sort of cut off the tops of players earnings, a handful of Clubs may not make it past this decade without financially crumbling. Lesser teams means lesser roster spots for players.
Yes, we can credit that to the Owners' brilliant idea of spreading an Expansion & Relocation project into failed hockey markets. But there's nothing we can do about that now.
"Just move teams to Canada!"
It's not that simple, chief. It really isn't.
Like I've said before; there are no winners in this labor dispute, and there won't be when it's over. The fans are exhausted from this emotional rollercoaster and the constant rhetoric from the parties' flagships. And although each side has shown their willingness to accept concessions, it simply hasn't been enough. There has not been any initiative to take responsibility for this lockout. Mainly the Owners' hesitancy to honor their players' contracts.
But I'm also calling out the players.
Earlier today an interview with Devils star forward Ilya Kovalchuk hit the internet. Like his Russian comrade Alexander The Great, Kovalchuk is now on the "I'll stay in the KHL" wagon --
"Basically, I don't rule out staying in Russia in the case of a reduction of our salaries in the NHL. I just don't understand why they needed to sign such contracts. Or they were just hoping to cut the percentage later? I believe that the contracts must be respected and this is a fundamental question. There's no way the head of the [NHL Players'] Association and the hockey players will agree on the wage reduction."
Who in the hell is this guy to puff out his chest about respect? It almost seems like yesterday when the entire hockey planet was put on hold because this ignoramus was battling the NHL over his 15yr, $100-Million contract extension with one of the League's financially struggling Clubs!
The New Jersey Devils are broke. They're in the red, and I ain't just talking about the colors on their sweaters. When Kovi and Devils GM Louis Lamoriello stretched every fiscal loophole on the former CBA two summers ago, the Club was (and still is) on a financial nosedive. Attendance was abysmal, and private revenue streams took a backseat to the cost factor.
Sure, the Club's owner and general manager were aware of this, and unless Kovalchuk was completely blind to reality......HE KNEW IT, TOO.
And this son of a bitch wants to play the respect card?
Hey, I get it. If my boss were to offer me a one-million dollar raise in my salary, I'm pretty sure I'd take it. But that absolutely does NOT negate my responsibility as a company asset if I knew my employer couldn't afford the increase in pay.
It takes two to tango, Kovalchuk. Although most of the onus falls on Louis and Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek, it doesn't mean you're just some innocent variable in the equation.
In fact, Kovalchuk's 2010 extension may possibly be the LARGEST reason why Owners are asking for a CBA that protects them from their general managers!
The Players and every head on the Board of Governors are full grown men, yet the finger-pointing and foot-stomping are proving to be childish antics. There are many individuals to blame, but ultimately the entire NHL, as a body, must distribute and accept the blame. Then secure the responsibility of correcting the wrongs.
Jaromir sees this. Time for the NHL to get the moves like Jagr.....
....I apologize for that
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|22nd October 2009, 04:28 PM
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Two solutions even beginners should be able to manage. Although it may take a bit of luck to find two pairs with 1 % match from only six resistors.
Most multi-meters measure better in the upper region of each measuring range. Bringing the expected voltage drop into that range should yield even better results. The usual recommendation is to use the upper third of each measuring range for exact data.
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|23rd October 2009, 05:47 AM
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Spice analysis of the simplest AN-1192 parallel circuit
Here are some results from my analysis of the circuit given in figure 6 of AN-1192, page 8. In particular I was keen to explore how well the two amps share current at the extreme cases of all component tolerances giving the worst conditions, and at maximum output.
I ran a Spice simulation, using OP27's instead of LM3886s seeing, as far as I know, there are no official National Spice models of these amp chips. Because the OP27 model I used (provided as standard with my software package) has a current limit in keeping with the actual opamp capability, I scaled up the load impedances by a factor of 1000 so that 1mA in simulation became 1A in the real world. I didn't attempt to adjust the OP27 current limit to correspond to that on the LM3886. Unlike a real OP27, the Spice model appears to work happily at supplies of 35V I chose 0.1% gain resistors, 20% for the capacitor and 5% for the output sharing resistors, all at their extremes to make this a hideously worst case simulation.
Winding up the amplitude of the input source, it reached 1.55V peak just before the onset of clipping. The clipping voltage looked to be around 32V which is near enough to that on the LM3886 for a first stab. The high frequency (1kHz and above) sharing turned out about 3.4mA and 2.3mA, totalling 5.7mA into the load. Another, perhaps more helpful way of looking at this is to synthesise the equivalent resistive load each amplifier is seeing. In this condition, the higher gain amp (putting out 3.4mA) sees 6700ohms, the lower gain one, 9800 ohms (6.7 and 9.8 ohms in the real world). I consider this a reasonable match in the worst case for the higher frequencies even with 5% output sharing resistors.
In the real world this 5.7mA into the sim load corresponds to 5.7A and therefore, with a 4ohm load, 130WRMS. I doubt that a real pair of LM3886s would be able to achieve this continuously due to inadequate heatsinking, but in short bursts it might be quite feasible. The sharing resistors are dissipating 1.2W and 0.5W respectively under these conditions, so it looks as though 2W types will be adequate.
What happens at lower frequencies though is far from satisfactory. Due to the 20% capacitor tolerance, the gains deviate more strongly as the frequency drops from 1kHz, until at 20Hz, the currents in the sharing resistors become 5.9mA and 5mA. It seems at this point, with real LM3886s, the protection will certainly be activated - the amps are busy fighting each other. Put another way, the loads the two amps are now seeing are 3.8 ohms and 4.5 ohms - the benefits of adding a second paralleled amp have been completely lost. As the frequency descends still further, the amps will certainly go into total thermal shutdown - if they had unlimited current capability, a maximum output of 14A would be reached at the peak of 4Hz.
I'll go on to propose a fix for this problem in a subsequent post
|23rd October 2009, 06:32 AM
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I'm assuming one fix would be to lower Ri to about 100 ohms, and omit Ci totally.
Thanks for the read
|23rd October 2009, 06:40 AM
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Off the top of my head, no that won't work very well. It will cause a significant DC offset at the output in the worst case. Since the datasheet spec for the input offset voltage is 10mV max, multiplying this by 21 we get 210mV. Now if the two amps have opposite offsets (sods law), that's going to give us 420mV across the sharing resistors. In series they're 0.2R so that's a worst case standing current of 2.1A between the two amps - not very pleasant.
|23rd October 2009, 07:10 AM
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Odd, I've always measured very low offset this way. I prefer to use a 1K Ri and a 47uF Ci for the most part, but that always nets about 4mV offset at the output. with very low values for the feedback network and no cap, I've rarely seen it cross 0.5mV.
|23rd October 2009, 07:31 AM
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Yeah, the typical offset is 1mV according to the datasheet. However even with that low offset voltage, the quiescent dissipation in two paralleled chips isn't insignificant.
If using 35V rails, a 2mV offset between two amp chips will result in 210mA - this has to come from the 35V supplies, so each chip will be dissipating 7.4W.
I was just checking out some other 3886 paralleled designs - it seems the popular Jeff Rowland 3 * LM3886 paralleled amp (plenty of clones on eBay) uses a multiturn pot to trim the offset and dispenses with the capacitor, as you suggest. But they're using 0.2R sharing resistors, not 0.1R, so are somewhat less sensitive to offset.
You're getting 0.5mV at the output with a DC gain of 21 ? That would mean your input offset is only 24uV! Where d'you get your instrumentation grade amp chips? How does this offset vary with time and temperature?
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|23rd October 2009, 08:11 AM
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Are my suggestions wrong?
If so, then tell us what is wrong.
If they are helpful, then move on and tell us what we need to do.
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|23rd October 2009, 08:17 AM
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|23rd October 2009, 08:25 AM
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The peak current will be ~8Apk.
This is 4Apk per chipamp if the loading is equalised adequately. Well inside the 7A limit for Tc=25degC specified in the datasheet.
Keep the chips cool and they will pass that 130W to the 4r0 load in the short to medium term (1ms to 1s).
But that is not the main problem that the paralleled chipamps need to address.
It's the high peak currents that a 4ohm speaker may demand on fast starting or fast stopping transients.
These currents can approach (and even exceed) three times what the nominal resistive load would predict. Yes, a 4ohm speaker driven to 32Vpk may demand upto around 23Apk, this would need three parallel chipamps running cold to get anywhere close to meeting that transient demand if any of the chips starts to limit @~7Apk.
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It would be interesting if the president of the United States or the Secretary of State could clearly explain the nation's foreign policy toward Egypt. We temporarily suspended sending arms to the Egyptian armed forces, but eventually these guns and planes and tanks and so forth were on their way to Egypt. It is clear that US policy wants a strong Egyptian army in place to handle the militants the Egyptian army has created. General Sisi insists the people of Egypt want him to be their president. And, to make clear what he would do if elected the current government led by Sisi just negotiated a $2 billion contract to purchase arms from Russia–all paid for by the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Over half the population of Egypt lacks any jobs that enable the individual to live a decent life. Production is stagnant, bright young Egyptians head for other nations once they have acquired technological skills since there is no place for such people in modern Egypt which spends on the military while the economy goes down and down. Yes, there are Islamic militants, they are killing in the Sinai region and soon will accelerate murder and mayhem in Cairo. Oh, that would definitely be evidence of the need for more arms and dear old Saudi Arabia would pay for them.


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Hello i am new to this, shopping around for a home/self defense handgun. I am open to all and any suggestions. I own a .17 rimfire varment gun and have shot .22 pistols and other rifles in the past. I am considering a more serious pistol due to the increased crime rate and general shooting range interests. I have been browsing and have been considering a .40, .38, or a 9mm. From my reading I would like a 40. Due to power and not too expensive ammo.
Guns that have caught my eye (no particular order):
1. Springfield XDM .40
2. Glock 23 or 27
3. Kahr p40 .40 or tp40
4. Steyr M40-A1 .40
5. Walther p99 .40
Has anyone used or have suggestions of these guns or othwr suggestions to guns that are similar?
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Titanfall's Beta test period just ended a day or two ago, and us here at Attack On Gaming had a great time participating in it. We spent around 14 hours of time within the Beta, so we've played enough to work out a list of things that we would love to see in the full release as either a release feature, or in an expansion pack down the line. From what we played within the Beta, development on Titanfall is coming along nicely. It's already a lot of fun. But we'd really love to see –
1. Titanfall Universe Lore
One thing that smacked us right in the face during the Titanfall Beta was it's loading screens. These screens generally served as a short info-dump as to the history of the battlefield that you would be fighting on.
Now, we believe that these little bits of info were designed purely to give a little bit of a description on the field to amuse you for a few seconds while you wait to load in. What I don't think the developers intended was for them to be interesting enough to want us to request an elaboration on the history of the maps. This is especially true for that one map Fracture.
Why would a rich as fuck colony for rich people need to start mining resource in the middle of their estates? Did something happen during the storyline? Is there a backstory to this particular map? We are intrigued by the premise and want to know more.
2. A MOBA-like game mode
Within the rules in Titanfall, players already actively mow-down hordes of NPC grunts, so it's a no-brainer that the rules could be adapted into some kind of MOBA-esque tower defence game. After all, all current MOBAs are essentially tower defence games.
The way we envision it is that players take time to level up their characters, gaining Gold and XP in order to purchase bigger and potentially better weapons. Perhaps, instead of having Titans on a timer, they could be summoned only after so many kills, or after earning so much Gold or XP?
But still, even if something DOTAery isn't viable, we still believe that a straightup players vs. grunts Tower Defence could be viable. While it may be too late for this to be in release, DLC or expansion packs could make this a possibility.
3. Fixed Controls
This is more for us PC gamers, I should think. Titanfall, by default, uses all toggle controls. Toggle scopes, toggle run, toggle crouch, toggle etc. This is, well, completely annoying. While you can change some of these parameters, it goes completely against how most PC gamers prefer to play.
The toggle controls need an opposing option to be set, and it needs to be easy to find. The controls for Titanfall need to feel precise, and much like the mouse sensitivity bar, at the moment it's imprecise and not cool.
This wouldn't even be difficult to implement. Stick a button in the control menu for toggle and change the bar to a box that you can type numbers into. Done.
Lastly, fix the FOV to more than 90, please. 125 should be comfortable.
4. More Movement Options (Rocket Jumping)
Titanfall has some of the most smoothest movement we've used in a multiplayer shooter since Quake 3/Live. Moving along the walls, double jumping, and being tricky by combining them is an essential part of the Titanfall experience. This is why it is also really weird that you're only limited to those forms of movement.
We would like to see a little more customisability in the player movement. What if there was a perk you could get that gives you rollerblades, or an anti-titan weapon dedicated to boosting you into the air when fired at the ground, or directionally if fired against something? Basically, we're requesting Rocket Jumping to be added to Titanfall. We tried during the Beta with a sidewinder, but it didn't work.
5. Chat Box
This is especially important for PC Gamers as we have always had a chat-box. Most of us do not like using microphones, and when we are, it's in a private chat session with friends.
It's simply easier and more effective to add a basic chatbox into the game with filters for All and TEAM for the players of the game, in order to co-ordinate and trashtalk the opponent. We don't see how this would even be difficult to implement as it could just write to a local log file or something, so the stress on Microsofts top-of-the-line-and-somehow-better-than-a-gaming-PC shouldn't be an issue. Not that it would be, for such a beastly Microsoft server in the first place *snicker*.
6. Drop Xbox Live Servers (PC Only), Give Us Dedicated Server Support (Everyone)
Since the advent on multiplayer shooters, the server browser has played a pivotal part in competitive gameplay for gamers everywhere on the PC platform. What's been interesting about this technology is that it has since been adapted into a useable technology for console gamers as well. At the moment, Titanfall seems like a step backwards in this area as it seems to be lacking dedicated server support.
This is a bit bizarre, but what's more bizarre is the reason for this is because they want to have Microsofts godly Xbox Live servers running in the background, processing crap for you. This is mostly a by-product of plebian game consoles needing somebody to step in-between on the processing because they're unable to keep up. But, then, even that seems like a bit of a copout answer.
What are these servers really doing, why can't PC gamers, at the very least, have dedicated browsers? After all, even my pretty average gaming rig is more than capable of decoding a bijillion-zillion polygons a second as referenced by simultaneously running Battlefield 4 on Ultra, decoding a movie, hosting a server, watching an Anime show in Hi10p and mining for dogecoins. I would assume a proper gaming server could do much more.
This is even worse for us Aussie gamers as we have no local Xbox Live servers at all, despite having a Microsoft office or two. This is simply insane as we have an EA datacenter that can clearly be used for matchmaking in other games, and considering a bunch of servers were taken offline because of Star Wars players getting bored, this is even more possible. So even if we can't get dedicated servers, why can't we just have an EA run Xbox Live server or two? After all, they are the publisher of the game (not Microsoft).
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Is The Nation of Islam a Racist Cult? Professor Esposito Says Yes.
There are 937 comments on the www.sullivan-county.com story from Aug 15, 2008, titled Is The Nation of Islam a Racist Cult? Professor Esposito Says Yes. . In it, www.sullivan-county.com reports that:
Quoting Huma Ahmad at www.jannah.org,"(Islam and) the so called "Nation of Islam'" are two different religions. NOI is more of a political organization...Muslims consider this group to be just one of many cults using the name of Islam for their own gain...The Nation of Islam" is a misnomer; this religion should be called Farrakhanism, after the name of its propagator, Louis Farrakhan...For example, Farakhan followers believe in racism and that the 'black man' was the original man and therefore superior, while in Islam there is no racism and everyone is considered equal in the sight of God...the 'Nation's teachings have little to do with true Islam. There are many groups in America who claim to represent Islam and call their adherents Muslims...In America there are many pseudo-Islamic cults, Farrakhanism being one of them. An honest attitude on the part of such cults should be not to call themselves Muslims and their religion Islam..."
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PTBW would rather put his life in the hands of CORPORATIONS making PROFIT! LOL... let an insurance co. exec decide your future!
This utter lack of reason is typical of conservatives.
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#994 Nov 18, 2009
It is Christian Zionists who advocate allowing Zionists to have full reign. They think that forcing Jews out of other countries to live in OCCUPIED PALESTINE will bring the Christian Messiah sooner.
How's burning widows lately, Singa?
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#995 Nov 18, 2009
Israel was not founded by Christians trying to make Jesus come back! LOL... Christian nutcases are tolerated by Israel because they spend tourist dollars while in the "Holy Land".
How's your bigotry, subhuman lowlife? I'd light YOU up...
Since: Oct 07
#996 Nov 19, 2009
Zionist trash, not even worth my time typing this.
You twist what I say and attribute your own fantasies to me.
Go shoot a Palestinian child in the back for throwing rocks at tanks, Zionist.
O Daughters of Ashkhenaz! Blessed is he who dashes your infants against rocks!
How'd you like to be strung up from the same tree as David Duke and De Minisah?
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#997 Nov 19, 2009
Well, you sound like a Dead Nazi in the making...
Idiotic Arab jihadists who think not one inch of their former Empire can be reconquered... well, it happened in Spain and in Israel and boo hoo if you expansionist Islamofascists can't handle it.
Go die... and that will be provided for you free of charge if you persist in your evil...
Since: Oct 07
#998 Nov 19, 2009
"Islamofascists"...R OTFLMMAOAY!!!!
The Taliban was a creation of the USA.
YOU, Singa, are "evil." You burn widows alive to satisfy your Hindooism.
Again, you twist what I say, everytime. You probably did not even "get" the ironic quote I made. Pathetic Zionist-Hindoo!!!!
If you are so all-knowing, then call your friends in AIPAC to come get me!! I think no more of you than I do 216!!
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#1000 Nov 19, 2009
The Taliban is nonetheless Islamofascist. They were not created BY DESIGN by the USA, but by the stupidity of the Reagan Administration. Reagan would assist anyone who was "anti-communist", and he was myopic.
You're a pathetic bigot, boy. Insulting Hindus and Jews in the same phrase... LOL... typical Islamonazi.
It would not be AIPAC I call...
#1001 Nov 19, 2009
Most NOI members end up converting to more mainstream Sunni Islam.
Since: Oct 07
#1002 Nov 19, 2009
I'm insulting YOU!!!! You atack Moslems for FGM, yet you say almost nil about Hindoo sati. I atack Zionists, not Jews per se!
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#1003 Nov 19, 2009
You attack the Israeli nation... it's very existence.
How much suttee is going on today? Compared to honor killings, FGM, etc... by the sick Muslims.
You're just another victim of the Arabonazi propaganda machine.
#1005 Nov 28, 2009
Unfortunately, it is. And also sexist. Its ideology that whites are a race of "blue-eyed devils" created by Dr. Yakub ( Satan in earthly incarnation )is a preposterous mixture of science fiction, reverse Hitlerism, and a gross misrepresentation of true Islam which firmly condemns racism.
Twenty years ago, because white America was so racist, I would have willing to be uneasy allies with them much as Israel was with South Africa. But today, when the majority of whites seem polite and reasonable, I simply cannot deny NOI's racism.
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One less pro-terrorist Imam in the USA... after the FBI killed one after he fired on them, trying to emulate David Koresh, apparently.
#1007 Dec 9, 2009
all islam is a big pile of horse SH%T
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#1009 Dec 11, 2009
There is no such thing as an "Israeli nation." That dungheap has as much claim to that area as the Western Hemisphere mixed-blood Negros who have invaded Aethiopia, which is to say, NADA!!
There was a case of Sati not too long ago where an 18 year old widow was thrown onto the pyre. Sati is part and parcel of Hindooism, part of the religion. FGM was pre-Islaam and is primarilly being spread by Negros who have invaded the Horn.
Why won't you discuss Zionist criminality? Shooting children in the back for throwing stones at tanks, for example. What about the roadblocks, bulldozing of houses, and deaths arising from ambulances being held up at those roadblocks? What about the humiliation Palestinians face daily at the hands of the Zionist Wehrmachten? What about the fact that Zionism is a "Blood and Soil" fascist ideology just like Naziism and Garveyism? You know, Race Ueber Alles.
What about the fact that Sfaradhim(east and west both) are treated like subhumans? What about the Yemeni babies stolen by Zionists and given to AshkheNAZIm families? You know, like Naziz stole Polish babies.
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#1010 Dec 11, 2009
Sati is essential to Hinduism? LOL... you know NOTHING about it.
Calling Jews Nazis is like calling blacks KKK. It's absurd and offensive.
Israel must act in self-defense. Compared to the terrorism of the Arabs, and given the amount of it Israel has endured, I'd say the Israelis show remarkable restraint.
Most nations would have bulldozed the entire Palestinian population to the other side of the Jordan by now.
Mohammed set the pattern, himself committing genocide against Jews. And today's Arabs want to be just like him... LOL!!!
Israel is the only democratic state in the region. And check out the rights of women in Israel and in all the surrounding nations... LOL!!!
Islam is pure crap.
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#1011 Dec 15, 2009
well, as long as it's being handled.
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#1012 Dec 19, 2009
It's a man made religion it's a cult . They are crazy
"god was here in the 30s" please stop that is just stupid and whoever started will burn in hell. Ridiculous just please leave Islam out of it has you insane people are scaring people with your bs
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#1014 Dec 21, 2009
Sati is integral to Hindooism. It has to do with (BLARRGG...) "Karma."
I can certainly call Zionists Nazis because of their history of working with and imitating them. I can also call BN/AAs KKK for the same reason vis a vis the Klan.
"Rights of women..." to be in the Zionist Wehrmacht and torture prisoners. The fact that most countries in the region are lick-spittles to Yidsrael and have tried to exterminate Palestinians is no excuse.
The littlr dunghole you love so much was founded on the backs of those that were already there such as Dayr Yasin, et cetera.
I know, bulldozing villiages, shooting children in the back for throwing rocks at tanks, interfering with ambulances, that's self defence for the poor, oppressed Zionists.(sarcasm)
Mohammed, PBUH, did not go after Jews, he called them and Christians "People of The Book." If there was any wholesale killing, it was the likes of Timor that caused it.
Zionism is pure crap!
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#1015 Dec 21, 2009
You know nothing of Hinduism or karma. You're a babbling bigot with adolescent stereotypes to sling around.
You are also historically ignorant. You apparently aren't aware of the imperialist and expansionist Arab invasion which swarmed over the Mideast in the 7th century, swallowing not only Israel but Syria, Egypt, etc., as well.
Well, Israel resisted and survived, while those other countries remain bent over to the Arabs.
Other survivors and heroes against Islamic expansionism: SPAIN, Serbs, Romanians, INDIA. More power to them.
Long Live Israel!!!
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nation of islam is one of the very few black organizations that are outspoken about the system of white supremacy,and the suffering of the black race.other so-called black leaders or what have you,would not dare say the true things they say in public.
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After almost two years of fighting Myelodisplastic Syndrome (blood cancer), my 75 year old father, Roy M. Lester, passed away on February 19, 2010. That date also happens to be my birthday.
I seem to have gotten the stages of grief out of order. Right now, I am so angry at someone or something, I do not know how to cope with it. I am not angry with Daddy... not at all. I don't know who or what to be angry at. All I know is that I want to scream, kick, throw things, and generally just have a tantrum. My father was a minister and such a good man. I keep thinking, "Why did this happen to him and not some child molester, or rapist, or wife abuser somewhere?"
The last couple of weeks, Daddy was in so much pain, and was confused, and we could do nothing to help him. I know where my father is... I know he is in Heaven, and I will see him again, but I miss him NOW. I live 6 hours away from my parents' home, and did not get to the hospital before Daddy died. I tried, but in less than 24 hours the MDS had progressed to Leukemic Meningitis, and had invaded his brain. At that point, there was nothing that could be done.
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The browser extension lets users select emotions so the social media site can show different content accordingly.
As a response to the recent backlash that Facebook received due to its emotion contagion experiment, Brooklyn artist and programmer Lauren McCarthy developed a Google Chrome Extension that lets users set how they're feeling, having the social networking site change displayed content depending on their mood.
The emotion contagion experiment conducted by Facebook's Data Science Team reportedly tried to manipulate how users felt by using word omission algorithms. The researchers at Facebook wanted to find out if the content on their newsfeed could affect the users' emotional states. The algorithm omitted content that included words associated with positive or negative emotions from the newsfeeds of almost 700,000 users.
The Facebook Mood Manipulator lets users choose how they would like to feel and it filters their Facebook feed accordingly. The linguistic analysis is done by Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC), a text analysis software developed by researchers at the University of Texas in Austin and is the same text analysis software that was used in Facebook's study.
After installing the browser extension, a white box called the Mood Manipulator appears on the upper right corner of the user's Facebook feed. The box asks the question "How do you like to feel?" and features four sliding scales that users can manipulate to filter the content of their newsfeed. The sliding scales are labeled Positive, Emotional, Negative, and Open. Users can slide the scales back and forth from "less" to "more" and their newsfeed content would change accordingly. It's not immediately obvious what changes in the content, but users will be able to see an underlying mood running through their feed. Reports say, for example, that sliding the Emotional scale to the right results to more posts about weddings and babies.
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Yes, we are all freaked about the ethics of the Facebook study. And then what? What implications does this finding have for what we might do with our technologies? What would you do with an interface to your emotions?
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Make no mistakes about it; Sean Lee is the Dallas Cowboys most important defensive player. He may not yet be the best (that title still likely belongs to Demarcus Ware) or the highest paid (Terrence Newman is getting paid more by the Cowboys this year…) but Sean Lee is what makes this defense tick. He calls the plays. He makes a ridiculous percentage of the tackles. He has half the interceptions. And now, he's gone. Sean Lee has been placed on the season-ending IR list and is scheduled to have surgery to replace ligament damage in his big toe. We've seen a few instances this season where players have been taken off the IR list (notably Terrell Suggs), but that does not look like an option for Lee in this case. The best case scenario looks to be not seeing #50 calling plays for the defensive until next training camp. We'll miss you Sean. Get well soon! (Getty) In his absence, the Cowboys will rely heavily on 2nd year player Bruce Carter and former Panther Dan Connor. Both players have played well in stretches (Carter more so than Connor), but both will need to step up big. Carter will be relied upon to relay Rob Ryan's defensive play calls from the sideline to the huddle, just as he did in the 2nd half against Carolina. The Cowboys have also signed journeyman Ernie Sims to the roster spot vacated by Lee. Sims, the former Detroit Lions first-round pick in 2006, will have to play catch up in learning Ryan's schemes before he can be relied upon on the field. While Dan Connor was signed this offseason as a contingency plan, it was more so to supplant Carter if he wasn't ready than to take snaps away from Lee. Connor is an able veteran, but has often looked slow and Keith Brooking-like in coverage against opposing TE's this year. We will need to keep an eye on whether or not Eli Manning and Co. look to attack the seam with Martellus Bennett, and what type of success they have doing it. Another interesting development could be how Rob Ryan looks to cover up the loss of Lee. He has been known to adapt his scheme to using the best 11 players on the field. Maybe we see more 4-3 looks from Ryan instead of the 3-4 we're so used to? Is having 4 D-lineman (likely Hatcher, Ratliff, Brent, and Coleman/Spears) more useful than putting Connor in there? Again, another thing to keep an eye on. Overall, this is a major loss for the Dallas Cowboys. Outside of #9, it's hard to think of a more irreplaceable member of the 2012 Dallas Cowboys. It will be up to everyone in the organization to compensate for the loss of such an integral piece of this team. If they cannot replace him, the results for the newly-stout Dallas defense could be terrifying. Check out other great articles at Sports Media 101.
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Let me tell you the difference. The burger tune or similar tunes that require you to install the "tune" by connecting it to engine electronics are actually messing up with your engine. The ECU relies on data collected by several sensors installed in the car and these "tunes" feed incorrect values to these sensors. Yes, they give you hp and torque but you get a lot of visible and invisible trouble codes during the process. These so called "tunes" do not require a reinstallation after dealer upgrade as they never actually write anything to ECU since they work by feeding retarded values all the time!
A bench tune or OBD2 tune is an actual performance remap of how the engine performs and replaces the stock map. Since tunes directly access the ECU, you get more power and a lot of torque as these tunes have the potential of changing certain values not accessible by the "retard tunes".
Personally I would never install burgertune or anything similar..no offense..they do work but I prefer getting a real remap tune for the reasons mentioned above.
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Wow, great explanation!! It is too bad that there have not been any true ECU re-flash tunes for our beloved F10 n55.
FWIW, I would still use the Burger tune. It's not perfect, but it gives you performance gains with no visible codes at a true value. When OE Tuning or any other company has a legitimate OBDII flash tune at a price point hopefully less than $1k, I will be all over it. I love the Cobb "flash tuner" design. They just need to get it applied to our step-child n55 platform.-
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By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 01/11/13
While it will not become the home of the NASCAR Hall of Fame (which landed in Charlotte N.C.) Henrico County may yet be able to claim a unique racing legacy.
Henrico business owner Ricky Dennis, who grew up near Nuckols Road and attended J.R. Tucker High School, has founded the popular and fast-growing sport of arena racing, in which half-scale stock cars circle a specially built indoor track.
Although he has been around racing all his life (his father was a champion racer), Dennis did not get the idea for arena racing until a few years ago.
"I went to my first ice hockey game at the [Richmond] Coliseum," he said, "and all I could think of was racing in that venue." The next weekend, Dennis was at a race and spotted some small cars, and the idea was born.
"So you could call Short Pump," he mused, "the birthplace of arena racing."
The cars in arena racing consist of nine-foot-long, cup-style stock car racing bodies and are equipped with 22-horsepower, rear-mounted Honda engines. Outdoors, they are capable of speeds up to 100 miles per hour; inside the arena, they may hit top speeds of 55 or more.
The race series that began Dec. 29 and finishes in March has drawn racers from Maryland, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, as well as all parts of Virginia. Dennis has had numerous inquiries about establishing arena racing abroad, and within the next few years, he hopes to take the sport to the international level.
In addition to providing wholesome family entertainment for all ages, said Dennis, the growing youth division also provides a chance for youngsters to take a crack at becoming future NASCAR winners.
A Henrico ten-year-old, in fact, could be one of the rising stars Dennis is talking about.
'Don't get ideas'
At the Dec. 28 practice session, the underground tunnels of the Coliseum hummed with activity as Aubrey Hill prepared to get behind the wheel of his car for the first time.
A fifth-grader at Colonial Trail ES, Hill had been working toward this moment since seeing arena races last winter with some neighbors and his mother, Sharon.
"Everyone loves the wrecks," explained his mother wryly. "It's exciting. After the first accident of the first race, I said [to Aubrey], 'Don't get any ideas!'
"I think that's when he decided to do it."
At first, Sharon Hill was adamant that Aubrey would stick to traditional sports, such as the basketball, baseball, soccer and football he has pursued so far. But she gradually came around -- even sponsoring her son's car through her business, Hill Storage in Mechanicsville.
What changed her mind?
"The statistics on accidents," she said. "No one [in arena racing] has ever been seriously injured enough to stay in the hospital." Not too many sports can claim statistics like that, she reasoned.
Noting the five-point harness and steel roll cage that protects drivers, she added, "They have him secured with several seat belts, restraints on his arms, restraints on his head.
"He's not going anywhere."
Better than video games
To prepare for driving in an arena, Aubrey made several trips to G-Force Karts in Henrico. "The first time, he was nervous," said his mother. "He was like Driving Miss Daisy."
But as Aubrey gained confidence and speed and prepared for his first arena race, the Hills ran into a new obstacle: their lack of knowledge when it came to equipping the car.
On the day of the Dec. 28 practice, Sharon Hill called Carl's Racing, a store in Ashland, to ask about some components she needed for the vehicle.
Carl Blohm answered the phone, asked a few questions, and promptly closed the store to go to the Coliseum and help prepare the car.
"He's a godsend," said Sharon Hill, gesturing toward Blohm and a couple of her neighbors who had installed the mike set in Aubrey's helmet and were now bustling around his car.
Recalling Hill's phone call to the store, Blohm shrugged and said there was just no fighting the impulse to help her.
"Her 10-year-old son is coming [to the Coliseum] to do this for the first time. Nobody [of the helpers] has been to a race before," he said. "And there are a million things you can do wrong."
Besides, he said with a laugh, the president of Carl's Racing had told him to close up shop.
"Danny Corker looked at me and said, 'You gotta go. You can't just leave him.'"
As a member of the first crew when arena racing made its debut at Norfolk Scope, Blohm said he is delighted to see the addition of a youth division.
"What we're doing is putting families back in racing," he said approvingly. With a nod toward Aubrey, he added, "This is better for him than playing a video game. He'll have to learn to work on the car; it's all about responsibility and commitment."
"Somewhere in this group," he predicted, "is a future star."
Two-wheeled birthday present
Also participating in the Dec. 28 practice was Dystany Spurlock, a 2009 graduate of Highland Springs High School who recently discovered arena racing.
Spurlock, now 20, played corner and safety for the HSHS football team, then moved on to a career in modeling and motorcycle drag racing. In a trackside interview, she said that the seeds of her racing career were planted when she was age six.
"I would ride on the back of a motorcycle with my mom," she said, "so I had always been around [motorcycles]. Then my goddad raced, and I wanted to race too.
"Mom got me a motorcycle for my 17th birthday."
In just two years of racing, she has already achieved fame in motorcycle circles and is featured regularly in magazine articles. The arena racing caught her eye, she said, when she and her agent strolled by the display window in West Broad Village and her agent suggested she look into it.
"I love it," she said. "It's different. The speed is out of this world. Also, it's very competitive, and I'm competitive. We're in a small coliseum with a lot of cars packed together, and [I'm thinking], 'How am I going to pass?'
"It's a challenge, and that's what I like."
Currently in search of a sponsor, Spurlock said she plans to race in the NASCAR ARCA Series in 2013.
"And I should," she said confidently, "be in the Nationwide Series by 2014."
Looking ahead
And what's in the future for Aubrey Hill?
Like Spurlock, he has his eye on NASCAR.
"I'm really into it," said Hill, who notes that his favorite NASCAR racer is Carl Edwards -- in part, he said, because he favors the number nine and Edwards' number is 99.
He has attended several races at Richmond International Raceway with his uncle and cousin, and notes that NASCAR driver ranks among his top two choices of professions.
But another career choice has appeal as well: focusing on his favorite subject of social studies. Aubrey said he has especially enjoyed learning Henrico history, and was impressed to learn that the Richmond region was one of the first areas to be settled in the new world.
"So I'm kind of embarrassed to admit it," he said, "but I'd also like to be a social studies teacher."
For the immediate future, however, Sharon Hill noted she and Aubrey will need to focus their efforts in an altogether different "arena": finances.
"We are looking for sponsors," she said with a laugh. "Mom's money has run out!"
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For the 27th year, Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging is helping older adults combat summer heat through a program now called "Senior Cool Care" (formerly the Fan Care program) that provides fan and air conditioning units for eligible senior citizens.
The program is available to low-income older adults age 60 and older who reside in the City of Richmond and the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan. > Read more.
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Henrico Police have named the victim killed June 21 when the bicycle he was riding collided with a truck on Mechanicsville Turnpike near I-64 in Eastern Henrico.
Fifty-two year-old Ray J. Freeman, of Richmond, died at a local hospital after being struck. The truck that hit him was traveling south on Mechanicsville Turnpike. > Read more.
Fifty-two year-old Ray J. Freeman, of Richmond, died at a local hospital after being struck. The truck that hit him was traveling south on Mechanicsville Turnpike. > Read more.
Henrico man sentenced to 10 years in prison for dealing heroin
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A Henrico man was sentenced June 20 to 10 years in prison for distribution of heroin.
Arlando Harris, 35, pleaded guilty on Dec. 29, 2016. According to the statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Henrico Police executed a search warrant at Harris' mother's residence in Henrico on March 16, 2016. > Read more.
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Glen Allen HS student earns playwriting residency
By Ashlee Korlach, Special to the Citizen 06/20/2017 EducationGeneral News
A play written by a Glen Allen High School junior was selected, along with seven others, to be performed professionally this summer through a nationally acclaimed Virginia high school playwriting program.
47B, a play written by 16-year-old Glen Allen High school student Dominique Dowling, was chosen by New Voices for the Theater, a playwriting competition sponsored by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community, from a pool of more than 150 plays by high school students in the state. > Read more.
Missing Eastern Henrico man found dead
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Henrico Police have found the body of a missing Eastern Henrico man.
The body of 25-year-old Taj Rashad Bullock, who was last seen June 10 in Eastern Henrico, was found June 20 in a wooded area in that part of the county. > Read more.
The body of 25-year-old Taj Rashad Bullock, who was last seen June 10 in Eastern Henrico, was found June 20 in a wooded area in that part of the county. > Read more.
Missing Eastern Henrico man found dead
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I would like any advice people might have regarding proper flat roof ventilation. I'm attached on one side. there are soffit vents that are aluminum that was installed over the original woodwork. So maybe it gets airflow and maybe not. It was there before I arrived ;) BTW- this is a 100 year old house. several years ago I insulated between the rafters leaving aprox 1" between the top of the batts and the underside of the decking. Decking is old 1" planks with many gaps running between edges. I also have a vapour barrier between insulation and drywall.
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Some pics might help.A flat roof can be vented the same as a pitched roof.Exhaust without intake is useless and vice-versa.Does your roof have a peak?Do you have attic space?We need some pics:yes:
It doesn't really have a peak. It's almost completely flat. I think it might be something like 2 inch over 4 feet. I will have to go and take some pics. So even though it's an isulated roof with just an air gap, I need that cross ventilation?
There is no attic. It's a full 3rd floor living space. Heated etc. The roof is insulated 2x12 rafters from the tops of the outside wall to party wall then over to my neighbor's outside wall.
Ideally a roof with the insulation below the decking(cold roof) should be vented as any moisture getting through can condense on the bottom of the decking.
You have got a moisture check though, so this will help a lot.
When the insulation is above the decking (warm roof) venting is not needed.
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Today was an exciting day for me. I woke up in my condo as usual, and listened to the other dogs barking around me. It was just like any other day since I got here, even though I've only been here a few days. I really don't know what this place is - there's lots of dogs in here, and there are lots of cats in the next room. It's like a hotel or something.
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Re: Mathematica "Interpolation" function
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Preface: I just watched this being featured on CNN news and was flat out stunned. It's pretty bad.
At the time of the incident neither the bartender nor the patrons knew that the guy was a cop. As well what is not shown in the video is that the cop was being belligerent leading up to the beating he had been "play punching" anothe guy in the bar and that he came behind the bar prior to which she had pushed him away and then decided to cut him off.
She reports and the video shows that none of the other males in the bar made any motion to offer her assistance prior nor during the beating she endured and single handedly fought off. The cop as reported on CNN is 6'1" @ 250lbs. and she is 5'4" @ 115 lbs (!). Take close note of what the guys at the bar witnessing the event do and the actions of the two guys that come in late after the beatdown is is pretty much over.
The woman reported live on CNN that she is having psycohological post trauma issues along with pain in her head and back as a result of the attack.
Edit: Note...Neither the victim nor any of the witnesses knew the person was a LEO. He wa in street clothing and was off duty not working in any offical capacity. It was not possible for anyone to have known he was a cop.
I post this here in the tac scenarios area because the likely hood of this event is very real and possible in an establishment such as this, a bar, or even a more family oriented facilty such as a pool hall, bowling alley, or hell even the bar at your local TGI Friday.Quote:
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Not all of us are 6' or have 250 lbs of mass muchless youth or physical tools to go hand to hand with a drunken man of this size.
So whether you can carry or not in a liquor establishment in your own state/town, what might you do had this situation devolved in front of you?
Call the cops before hand as they guy began punching the other male in so called jest?
Call the cops once he was cut off for being unable to pay for his bill and he got verbally belligerent?
Would you deem this situation allowable for interdiction upon he attacking the bartender with the chair and his fists and if so would you deploy your CCW if carry in a liquor serving establishment is allowed in your state/town?
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Access to institutions, success and financial support: these are the elements for student success at South African institutions of higher education. This was the message from Prof Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, at a gala event of a conference held in Stellenbosch this week. The conference is titled Access to Financial Aid in Further and Higher Education in South Africa.In addressing delegates attending the annual conference presented by the Financial Aid Practitioners of South Africa (FAPSA) in collaboration with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), Prof Botman said that this triangle of support is the strongest form of support institutions can present its students.
Prof Botman said that it is imperative that in a world of financial risks, a student's first year be secured, not only financially, but also academically. In addition, he said, the challenge was also about how to help students get to their second year of study as very often financial support from among others, the private sector, depended on success in the first number of years of study.
To tackle this problem, Prof Botman said, Stellenbosch University (SU) has successfully introduced a First Year Academy. The Academy is also a first for South African universities. "The Academy has already produced significant results in improving the success rate of our students. In essence we have created a structure (spanning all our faculties) that focuses on the problems of first year students and we have now expanded this approach to address the needs of students in their senior years of study."
He also said that the success of students is meticulously tracked on a day-to-day basis. "The extensive use of a tracking system is not only used as a diagnostic tool to point out shortcomings or problem areas in the students' academic skills and abilities, but it is also used as a support system to help students to study with success."
He also referred to the issue of reaching out to the community and especially the large number of potential students in rural areas that in comparison with those in urban areas do not have access to higher education. "Over the next few years Stellenbosch University will be also rolling out its Rural Training Platform over vast areas of the Western and Southern Cape as well as the West Coast to provide high level training opportunities for rural communities and our students alike. Part of the comprehensive activities of such a platform will be educator and learner-focused programs to provide critically needed academic programs for rural learners."
He also mentioned a number of challenges surrounding language, which is a factor influencing access to SU and also has an effect on academic success. He said that the University is to a large degree making it possible for a student to study in his language of choice, but as success is very often embedded in diversity, students are also being exposed to other languages.
He was also appreciative of the work done by NSFAS and said that he hoped that by 2015 there would be a turn around with more financial support coming from the private sector in the earlier years of study.
The conference, hosted by SU, concludes today.
More information on FAPSA:
FAPSA is a professional organisation in South Africa that seeks to promote the best practices for student financial aid administration that will keep up to date with current and future developments and issues in the field of Student Financial Aid – drawing from the expertise and experiences of members at higher education institutions as well as counterparts at international organisations. FAPSA is run by a Management Committee and membership includes Practitioners who work in the field of Student Financial Aid at tertiary institutions as well as various government departments and other stakeholders who have an interest in student funding. FAPSA also network with other funding agencies such as NSFAS, banks, and financial institutions involved in the funding of tertiary education.