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I love watching my girls make sand castles, sand cookies, sand cakes and sand muffins when we're at the beach. I'm not as big a fan of hearing their cries when it's time to go and someone trips over their creations and destroys them.
I'm also not a big fan of the fact that you have to be on the beach to make sand castles. Sometimes the beach is just not all that accessible!
Thanks to Scribbit and her sand dough recipe, though, I'm bringing the beach home. A little sand, a little cornstarch and PRESTO! Sand you can play with at home that hardens to let you preserve your creations.
Next time we head to the beach, I'm bringing along a strainer and a container with a lid. We'll be making sand dough castles soon!

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I think my thread about the DAC Sportsafe got lost in the server shuffle...if it was not lost, please add this thread to the original and delete this thread...but I was unable to find that thread, so I am sure it was deleted.
Anyway, I have confirmed that the beeps can be disabled by reading the manual on their website. I ordered it from Walmart this evening. It is scheduled to arrive between Thursday of next week, and Tuesday of the following week.
I will let you all know what my thoughts are once it arrives.
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With shipping and tax, I paid about $70 even...
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Arsène Wenger does not know who has the most to lose from 'Grand Slam Sunday.'
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A win for the Gunners coupled with defeat for Manchester United, who play Liverpool at Old Trafford, would leave the sides level pegging at the top of the Premier League.
"It is difficult to answer who has most to lose," said Wenger on Friday. "I would like to answer who has most to win and I hope it will be us.
"What is interesting and different between this Sunday and the previous one is that all four teams are in a position where they will want to win. We are in the final part of the season and you could say basically that on Sunday night you will now much more about the title race."
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I'm amazed to see there's no catagory for the R1200GS yet. It's one of those love/hate bikes, a giant trailie with an odd engine and whacky suspension, to match it's strange appearance. Not to mention the odd but useful indicator switches (one on each hand, and a cancel switch on the right) and the maintainence free shaft drive. Thing is, love it or hate it, you can't ignore it's presence in the motorcycling world.
The R1200GS came out in 2004, replacing the old workhorse R1150GS. Since then BMW have improved it marginally each year, and now the latest 2008 models offer in incredible array of accessories, from heated grips, electronic suspension adjustment from the flick of a switch, all sorts of luggage options, and satelite navigation and ABS, to name a few!
I own a 2005 model, and absolutely adore it. The front telelever suspension takes some getting used to as there's not as much feel as you'd find from normal forks, but once you've built up some confidence you really start to notice how agile and unstoppable this bike really is.
Well, I say unstoppable, but that's actually far from the case. The Servo assisted brakes have had some negative comments about worries for failure and lack of feel, but again it's something to get used to, and once you are you'll amaze yourself with how much stopping power there is when you need to slam the anchors on.
The engine is quirky, but lovable. It's a flat 2 cylinder air/oil cooled lump, which means you've got cylinder heads poking out either side. Fear not though, the pegs will hit the deck before the cylinders, and if you feel so fit, your knee will hit before the pegs. You get around 100BHP from the engine, which is ample due to the gearing, which means you can quite happily wheelie off the throttle in 1st and 2nd. The only bad thing about it is the stock exhaust, which tends to make it sound pretty muffled and boring. Stick a full Remus system on there and you'll be laughing, as it sounds great, takes away some weight and gives you a bit more power.
The sound is classic flat twin, popping on the overrun, growling at full throttle and purring inbetween.
The handling is what suprises most. The bike weighs 200kg dry, but holds that weight so well, and thanks to all that whacky suspension gubbins, a well ridden GS will see off a sportsbike on any terrain other than the track, though it'll do well there too.
It's comfortable, though I did have to change the seat on mine to one made by Sargent, as it was becoming painful after an hour or so, but that's a matter of personal opinion really, much like the screen, which I find quite good. You're well protected in the rain anyway.
The R1200GS isn't without it's faults though. The gearbox is typical BMW, a bit clunky and has a tendancy to find neutral if you don't really boot it into second. Also with all that techno wizardry, mine has seen the inside of the dealership a few times. Every time it has been repaired under warranty and I've had a loan bike, but still it's a bit annoying. Most of the faults are really simple though, and I think I may have just been unlucky.
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The ZBA approved a home occupation permit for an in-home hair salon for Samantha Helfrich, 54 Central St., whose hours would be Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 9 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is ample parking at the home and no sign is planned.
Diana Ashford Sabad's request to construct a 20-foot by 25-foot garage and an 8-foot by 14-foot storage shed on a non-conforming lot at 38 Danville Road was approved as well. The board approved Chris Beaudoin's request to build a duplex dwelling on a lot that does not meet minimum lot size requirements at 30 Depot Road.
The presentation was by his attorney, James Troisi. The duplex would have a total of five bedrooms and the septic system and lot will support both. Beaudoin's parents plan to occupy one unit and Beaudoin would occupy the other side.
Michael and Christina Petkavich, 64 Shore Drive, had their request approved to make alterations to their seasonal dwelling on a non-conforming lot. They have a shoreline permit and septic approval, and the new septic system will be installed on a lot they own across the road. They plan to put in a new foundation and square off the existing building. The only proviso is that the house will remain a two-bedroom dwelling and that a sleeve be over the pipe crossing under the roadway for the septic system.
The board also approved the request of D.J. Howard Jr, for alteration on a non-conforming lot and approval to construct a garage that exceeds the 750-square-foot limit. Both are on land owned by Dean and Ruthena Howard, neither of whom were present. The board waived the owner's presence and requested a written document from them.
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By Rough
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|Tuko Pamoja in Swahili means that We are all in this together. This is my daughter's high school cross country team slogan.
By Floyd Hayes
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rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|The route ends at the base of a steep section where it could be extended upward.
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|I thought about anchors past the break where they are currently located but figured there were only 2 or 3 more moves of easy climbing on the headwall which would offer no further difficulty particularly after a hands free ledge. I also like the current anchor placement since it has its own set of anchors without having to have a communal anchor like it would if it was extended to the top. I really liked this route though the upper part was a pain to clean and I assume it could still use a little bit more. I meant to bolt the line just to the right of it, but moved on to another cliff before doing so.
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|Lots of fun! The crux is at the bottom. The upper section is a bit dirty. Note that the (climber's) righthand bolt in the anchor is loose.
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|Patrick, Yeah I knew about the loose right bolt. It has been loose since I placed it. It was end of the day and the drill lost most of the battery charge so I ended up grounding the bolt out in the bottom of the hole when i pounded it in. I was able to get it to expand, but couldn't get it flush with the rock due to the extra unexpected length. I kept meaning to go back and fix it, but that was the last route I bolted on the crag and never got back there with the drill. I'll get it replaced next time out there though.
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Sep 2, 2012
|Fun route,easy past the first bolt. stay left to increase the diffculty.
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Penultimate listening room?
This thread may belong in the loudspeaker forum, i´m not sure, so i post it here first.
OK. I made amplifiers now, a CDP, and are on building the loudspeakers, as you may know from other threads.
For all this there is a lot of information in this board and all over the internet. Not for the next step:
For some reasons i´m very sure the next way to go for making improvements is not into the details of amplifiers circuits or so (changing types of diodes, caps etc). I think the next step is a bigger and better listening room.
The room i use at the moment is about 5*6m with 2,5m high. It has a lot of hard surfaces, and i feel its a little bit small for the Altecs A7 clones.
I have spare room under the roof, estimated double volume of my current room.
Please post any comment and experience with your listening room(s), so i can try to understand which way to go to build the best listening room under my roof.
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|1st January 2003, 11:52 PM
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Easiest things to do;
If you have a hard floor surface, put a big rug on the floor half way between you and the speakers, this will attenuate direct reflections from the floor.
Buy loads of books and Vinyl LPs, (CDs don't work, the cases are too shiny ) and line the walls of your room with them on shelves. This will diffuse the lateral soundfield, and improve stereo imaging.
Hang a big wall rug behind your listening position, this prevents reflections from the rear.
Hope this helps
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Altec A7... Yeah, it is the speaker which has smashed my way to the crazy audio world. I remember the impact I have experienced through Altech A7 and a tube amp. That sound is still in my mind as a reference whenever I try modern amps and speakers.
I have seen a guy who really loves Altec A7 and keeps it in a rather small room. Of course his room walls are filled up with shelves where many vintage tube amps are sitting. The room floor is also covered by many different gears. Those seem to kill the reflecting sound waves. His room is a real penultimate listening room.
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Listening rooms... the final frontier.
I was fortunate enuff to get to design my own house, and when i did i just considered it one large listening room. The room rarely gets in the way of my hifi -- it makes a big difference.
All the rooms are accoustically connected, but walls break things up a bit. The space is just under 24'x36' (7.5m x 11m) with ceilings ranging from 3' to 17' (1 to 5.5m).
The last AES i was at i heard a paper by a fellow talking about rooms, and he said that you can achieve most of what you need in terms of room shape by just slanting the roof in two directions (ie a flat roof with diagonal corners representing the lowest & highest part of the ceiling).
BTW. I'm not sure why the use of Penultimate (means "next to last").
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|5th January 2003, 01:09 PM
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thanks for all input.
planet10, i´m not sure i understand the information about you room exactly. Would be great if you are able to post a drawing and/or further explanation. I´m in the situation to design what to build in the roof of my existing house, but not to change the dimension it has now. I will make a drawing in the next days.
"penultimate" because nelson used it for zen v4, which i built. I realised after analizing situation next to build are speakers for zen, so i started some "penultimate" zen - speaker diskussion in are buiülding now. Now i can use my not ready yet speakers and feel i need a better room next. (i feel this at higher volume level when using the TL1601a in the 828. ) . nothing more than playing with the word. Also i hope i don´t need better speakers and room than this (not enough money....) for a long time, i hope they are not the last.
|5th January 2003, 01:55 PM
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This topic is very timely for me as I will be constructing a room shortly that will hopefully be "sonically correct" (to coin a phrase).
My basic aim will be to have as few parallel surfaces as possible.
It will have a cathedral ceiling, thus eliminating the vertical.
I will be building large infinite baffle boxes, basically closets, in the front corners that will angle out at about twenty degrees. These will hold my Altec 604's.
The side walls will have built in shelving that tapers in toward the front of the room. This will eliminate parallel surfaces on the sides.
The rear wall will be something af a challenge. I am thinking of a floor standing cabinet with a slanted front and a bow window on top of that.
This should eliminate most parallel surfaces.
I have heard audio in such a room and the difference is amazing.
The room is definitely the most under addressed element in an audio system, in my opinion. This is probably due to a hesitancy to build slanting walls or cabinetry.
|5th January 2003, 06:02 PM
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Winston Ma's Listening Room.
|6th January 2003, 05:51 PM
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I vote for an acoustics forum!
Hey, Jason, how about an acoustics forum? It's a wonderful topic, with many possible tweaks and suggestions...
I studied recording engineering before moving into my current computer-oriented career, and one of the most interesting topics was room acoustics. There are many techniques used in recording studio and control room design which are equally applicable to listening rooms. The design of an "ideal" listening room has always been in the back of my mind... I'll have to dig up some old references.
|6th January 2003, 05:59 PM
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an acoustics forum would be fine, i´m very intersted. I hope we two are not the only ones in the board. Nelson, there is a little information about yours in the el pipe o article, could you give more descripion?
i need a scanner badly to be enabled to post my drawing...
Thank you Brett for the links, but i got the feeling this man has more money than me - i need a listening room not a palace. (but i would take the palace as well)
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There are at least three people here interested in listening room acoustics. I'm about 3 years away from a new construction home and need to start researching soon. I'm a slow learner. . . .
I'd be interested in an acoustics forum as well. It is extrememly important and in some people's cases, extremely overlooked.
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Keira Knightley & Jude Law's Glamorous "Anna Karenina" TIFF Premiere
Gathering together to show off their latest film, the stars of "Anna Karenina" were on hand for the Toronto Film Festival premiere on Friday (September 7).
Looking beautiful in black, Keira Knightley stunned on The Elgin's red carpet in a floor-length lace gown while her co-star Jude Law looked dapper in a grey suit.
The drama, which is set in the late 19th century Russian high-society, follows the aristocrat Anna Karenina (Knightley) who enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky (Aaron Tyler Johnson).
"She is a bird caught in a cage," Knightley said of Anna, adding that cloaking her in furs and feathered headdresses was meant to help establish that the character is surrounded by mortality at all times.
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There are 30 players on the list and Rutgers' Tom Savage joins Collaros as the only other QB from the Big East to make it.
Also, Terrelle Pryor from OSU can be found there.
Being placed on the list doesn't mean much more than any other preseason recognition. You don't have to be on the list to win the award. You only have to be on the list when the first cutdown occurs Oct. 25.
Bearcats fans don't need to be told of Collaros' ability. He seized the job most already assumed would be his in the spring when he built on his breakout 2009 campaign where he filled in for Tony Pike admirably.
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Extinct at Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) was chic simplicity. Bodycon minidresses were nothing to stop traffic on their own, but perfect as wardrobe basics that can be dressed up and accessorised in myriad ways. One look that did catch my eye was a pair of beige jodhpurs with quilted detailing, paired with a cinched-in velvet top – a modern take on equestrian dressing.
Menswear was sharp with tailored jackets and buttoned up collars.
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Checking all points around you, being generally aware of what is going on on all four of your sides at all times, aware of where police can sit, and able to quickly identify vehicles that can be police officers. I generally don't speed excessively, and when I do its not for long periods of time. I usually average 5-15 over with the general flow of traffic and have never gotten a ticket, only a spoken warning once, and that was the 325i, not the M3.
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I needed a HiFi PC sound card, and ASUS Essence Sonnar STX cougt my attention because of the integrated Headphone Amp.
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New Providence is one of the main islands of the Bahamas and also one of the busiest, including the capital Nassau. Paradise Island, although a separate island, is connected to New Providence by bridge.
New Providence has a pleasantly warm but humid climate. Compared to Caribbean islands more to the south, there are some differences regarding temperatures, mainly because it is somewhat colder during the wintermonths of November to April. Generally though, temperatures are high, with summer maximum temperatures averaging around 30 °C and minimum temperatures around 24 °C. During the wintermonths temperatures are about 5 °C lower. The rainy season lasts from May to October, with September and October being the wettest months. This is also the time (especially from August to October) when hurricanes are a possibility.
Bahamasair is the national airline of the Bahamas and is based at Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) near the capital Nassau. It doesn't have that many international services, but at least Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Providenciales and Havana are served. Several airlines offer flights mainly to the United States and Canada as well as several islands in the Caribbean. British Airways has flights to and from London, as well as the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands. Other airlines serving the airport are Air Canada (Toronto and Montreal), American Airlines (Dallas), Cubana (Havana), Copa Airlines (Panama City), and Air Jamaica (Kingston).
Bahamsair and several smaller airlines serve many domestic destinations, including Marsh Harbour, Abraham's Bay, Arthur's Town, Cockburn Town, Colonel Hill, Deadman's Cay, Freeport, George Town, Governor's Harbour, Matthew Town, North Eleuthera, Rock Sound, Spring Point, The Bight, Treasure Cay, Great Harbour Cay, Rum Cay, Black Point, Farmer's Car, Staniel Cay, Chub Cay, Colonel Hill, Deadman's Cay, Stella Maris, Andros Town, Bimini, Congo Town, Mangrove Cay and San Andros.
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To add, there are watertaxis between Nassau and Paradise Island regularly making the crossings. Several other offshore islands and their neighboring cays are served by private water taxis. Also, there are about 20 mailboats serving many islands, including the Outer Islands further away to the south and southeast. Although less comfortable, they are a great but slow alternative to the normal ferries and watertaxis.
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The country to this is good, with occasionally a little ironstone and gravel, timber of stringy-bark, and a little low gum scrub.
The range was of red soil, timbered with bloodwood, and stringy-bark.
Mitrasacme elata, and all the other little plants I have before mentioned, were growing in the stringy-bark forest.
The timber is stringy-bark, some splendid trees; amongst them gums and a number of pines, also very fine.
The stringy-bark tree, and Tristania, were growing on the sandy soil, and the latter near watercourses.
The timber is the same as yesterday in some places; the stringy-bark is much larger.
The bergue was covered with fine bloodwood trees, stringy-bark and box.
The frame was of wood, with slab walls, and was roofed with sheets of bark from a tree called the "stringy-bark tree."
A hut in a dark gully; slab and stringy-bark, two rooms and a detached kitchen with the boys' room roughly partitioned off it.
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Plastic paving for eco-friendly Indian roads
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BANGALORE (Reuters Life!) - An Indian company has found a novel use for the heaps of ecologically unsound plastic that litter Bangalore: it's turning it into roads.
K.K. Plastic Waste Management, run by brothers Ahmed and Rasool Khan, collects thousand of tonnes of waste plastic from garbage bins across India's IT hub through a network of municipal workers, rag pickers and their own employees.
The plastic is then shredded and mixed with asphalt to form a compound called polymerized bitumen. When used in paving, the brothers say it withstands monsoons and daily wear and tear better than traditional methods, and also reduces pot holes.
Scientists agree. Professor C.E.G. Justo, a Bangalore-based highways and roads experts, said the process of mixing plastic waste in road construction enhanced the performance of the road.
"It (waste plastic) gets into some of the voids of the bituminous mix and makes it more resistant to deterioration under wet weather conditions," Justo told Reuters Television.
Ahmed Khan, the managing director of the firm, says the idea struck about a decade ago when various organizations started anti-plastic campaigns.
"Every day there is 10,000 tonnes of waste plastic and it would all go to landfills, how much of that can you do? There, it does not degenerate or bio-degrade and ultimately it will be a problem so this is the best solution," he said.
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Poker players frequently bet on events that have nothing to do with their game of choice and there is always someone ready to issue a challenge at the tables. Furthermore, regardless of how strange such a challenge might sound, there are people willing to take on the bet and the outcome is rarely predictable.
Johnny Lodden, Theo Jorgensen and Ville Wahlbeck have answered a couple of questions at a Q&A held during PCA 2014, with the purpose of helping players avoid those bets they are likely to lose. Jorgensen presented the audience with an original prop bet that would have had him racing a penguin over a 60m distance. His training proved useless, not because the penguin was faster but due to the fact that the bet was cancelled to avoid animal rights abuse.
Johnny Lodden is not the best guy to bet on when it comes to sports, but his performance at the golf course once cost his friend a six digit amount. Now he stays away from pretty much all prop bets that are even remotely related to sports, but he can still provide informative advice.
Ville Wahlbeck made some powerful remarks about prop betting and provided the audience with useful answers to most of the questions. He told them about his successful basketball bet at the EPT London 8-Game and a wager of less than $50,000 with Gus Hansen. His theory is that if you bet a reasonably high amount that doesn't surpass that threshold, Hansen is less likely to train seriously for it, therefore you have a better chance of winning.
The three poker professionals highlighted the importance of using carrots when betting and how to win by betting on unhealthy habits such as smoking. One of the most interesting upcoming bets is the one involving Viktor Ramdin who will be racing Jorgensen over 50 meters on a beach at the Atlantis Resort.
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Re: Optimization question.
Hi Gregory,
you want to call different functions depending depending on the
arguments an further function has already seen.
To accomply this you may store function values already calculated by the
f1[x_]:=f1[x]= defintion of f1
If this will use too much memory you may use a global variable where the
last argument of f1 is stored.
Here is an examples using the first approach. f2 calls f3 or f4
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f1[x_] := f1[x] = x;
f2[x_] := If[
Cases[DownValues[f1], HoldPattern[f1[x]], Infinity] == {}, f3[x],
f3[x_] := Print["f1 has not seen value: ", x];
f4[x_] := Print["f1 has seen value: ", x];
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> I have a very complicated objective function calculated using a recursion.
> It is straightforward to compute the gradient as the function is computed.
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According to a national survey conducted by The Business Journal, Apple's iPad continues to be the fastest growing technology in the small business market as the usage quadruples in 2011. The use of the iPad jumped from 9% in 2010 to 34% last year. A total of 75% of small business owners said they were "very or somewhat familiar with the device." 1,400 business owners, CEOs, and presidents of companies cross the U.S. in companies ranging from five employees to 499 employees were sampled in the survey.
The Business Journal vice president of research, Godfrey Phillips, saw the iPad's success as a part of a larger trend within the industry. According to him the "productivity and efficiency, which used to be the central benefits of technology, are now declining in importance compared to accessibility" which is exactly why the iPad continues to do so well. He continued by saying that business owners have turned to smartphones, iPads, and cloud computing to help them access their data wherever and whenever they want. As a result of this trend, the three solutions will continue to experience "significant growth."
It should be noted that the demographics of small business iPad users were skewed toward the more successful. The average annual household income for iPad owners in the survey was $176,000 while 72% of the users had a college education. Companies that were deploying the iPad had been around for 28 years old on average and made roughly an average of $9.2 million in annual sales. Apple on the other hand is expected to enjoy continued success for the iPad among businesses in 2012 as there seems to be no effective competitor in the tablet market.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Low thyroid activity, one of the most treated conditions in the United States, may actually be a sign of longevity, researchers reported on Friday.
While they said it was far too soon for people taking thyroid pills to stop, they will be looking to see if the thyroid may hold the key to a long life, at least for some people.
Dr. Martin Surks and colleagues at the Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York studied hundreds of people who had lived to be 100, and found evidence that people with low thyroid activity were more likely to be in that group.
"We studied a large group of Ashkenazi Jews with exceptional longevity," Surks told a news conference at a meeting of the Endocrine Society, specialists in human hormones.
They used a large national survey of health to see what the average hormone levels are for people of various ages.
The thyroid, located in the neck, is a kind of master gland, secreting hormones that affect metabolism. Doctors usually check its activity by an indirect measure -- looking at levels of TSH, or thyroid stimulating hormone.
High TSH levels suggest the thyroid is underactive, a condition known as hypothyroidism. Low levels suggest it is overactive, known as hyperthyroidism.
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Amazon has launched a device, called Amazon Dash, that helps you build a digital shopping list. Dash connects to your home's Wi-Fi network and works with your AmazonFresh account. You can input new items by scanning bar codes on items in your refrigerator or cupboards. You can also enter a new item by using your voice. The nifty device is currently free for AmazonFresh customers. AmazonFresh is a grocery service run by Amazon that is only available in Southern California, San Francisco and Seattle.
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Interesting read, thanks for the update.
This is a discussion on First person account of a SD shooting within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; This is an update to a closed thread I found this info on the USCCA forum. All comments come from the poster there. ------------- Many ...
This is an update to a closed thread
I found this info on the USCCA forum. All comments come from the poster there.
Many of you have asked me some great questions concerning the incident I was in last October and expressed interest in the whole story. Well, after talking to the prosecuting attorney, I was told that for interviews and such, just stick to the facts, so here goes...This is a long read so bear with me please.
Back story: Several friends and I meet on Tues nights at the office of a few lawyers here in town for the purpose of social interaction, maybe have a couple drinks, a good cigar and good conversation. I had missed the last couple meetings leading up to the one on Oct. 13 but promised the guy who organized the group that I would be showing up for this one. Well, I forgot and was watching TV while the wife was helping one of my sons with a science project on electricity and circuits. They couldn't get the thing to work so I got volunteered to go to Wal-Mart to get a new light bulb and battery.
On the way to Wal-Mart, I realized/remembered that I had removed my gun/holster earlier that day to go to the gym at lunch time and laid it on my desk. I debated with myself for a minute about whether or not to spend the extra 10 minutes to run down to the office to arm myself against the masses there at 9:30 at night. Common sense prevailed and I made the extra stop and was on my way. (Crucial turning point #1 of the night)
I got to Wally World and had just collected my items when the cell phone rang. For whatever reason, the first thing that popped in my head was "Oh ****, this is Tues night and I bet it's my buddy calling me to see where I'm at. It turned out that it was my wife who told me that they had gotten the current bulb and battery to work and that I didn't need to bring new ones home. I told her about having forgotten my promise to join up with the Tues night guys and checked with her to make sure it was OK if I just headed on over there. She was fine with it and so I put my stuff back and headed over to the buddy's office.
When I got to the lawyer's office, there were five of my friends outside having a drink, enjoying their cigars and talking in the carport area on the left side of the building. I said hi to them and asked where Brian was. They said he was inside in his office, so I went in and we bull ****ted for the next half hour or so. We decided that we should probably go back out and join the rest of the guys and headed out the door.
We were out there for maybe a minute when a guy walked up to our group (not uncommon to have the neighbors come by and chat as there are also houses and apartments in this area) wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and drawn tight and a scarf or balaclava covering everything but his eyes. Not too uncommon, as it was rather cold and rainy that night. What was uncommon was that he was holding a stainless steel revolver at his side. At first I thought it was a joke that one of the guys had set up. I asked "Can we help you?" I can't remember exactly what he said as he raised the revolver up and pointed it at the group of us, except for him telling us to drop whatever we had in our hands and something along the lines of "this is a robbery." He told us that we were going inside and that if any of us made a move, he would shoot us. I was the last person to walk up the two steps of the side door into the conference room and evidently wasn't moving fast enough for him. He put the muzzle in my back and was pushing me forward telling me to hurry up. In my infinite wisdom, I turned my head toward him and told him to quit shoving me, that I couldn't go any faster than the guy in front of me. In my head, almost like a mantra, there was an alarm going off saying "This is why you carry, this is why you carry this is why you carry."
Once we were inside, he told us to get on the floor face down, on the other side of the conference table. When he made us lay down, I picked the point farthest away from him, hoping to buy some time before he got to me. Once he had us down, he instructed us to take out our wallets, watches, jewelry, etc. He was distracted for just a couple seconds when he was getting one of our guys up to carry the plastic bag. Under the guise of getting my wallet out, I very carefully, while watching him the whole time, removed the 1911 from the IWB holster and hid it under my chest. He was keeping a close watch on us almost the entire time and always had the revolver either on someone or pointed directly at someone. I was watching for it and I really did not have an earlier opportunity for a shot without risking my friends' lives further or creating a hostage situation, which I would have been ill equipped to handle.
For whatever reason, maybe because I mouthed off to him earlier, I don't know, but he only collected from one or two people before walking back to where I was. He saw that I did not have a wallet or anything waiting for him and while standing over me, pulled my leather jacket and shirt up to take my wallet from my back pocket. That is when he found my Milt Sparks IWB holster, now devoid of a firearm. He said something to the effect of "Well well well, what do we have here? Where's the gun?" I told him I didn't have it on me. He repeated the question and said that I wouldn't have a holster if there was no gun. I swore that I didn't have it on me and that I'd left it in my vehicle since I might have a drink or two while I was there. He didn't believe me and told me to get up. He decided to assist me by grabbing onto my jacket with his left hand and pull me up. As I pushed myself up as well, I slid my hands under my chest to grab my pistol.
When he pulled me up, he was at my 5 O'clock position. I was still trying to keep him from seeing my gun until I was able to turn into him, so when I came up, I basically had my right hand (holding the pistol) tight to my stomach/chest with the muzzle pointed in the direction of my left shoulder. I don't know why I did that, except to conceal it and maybe so he couldn't take it away from me. I started turning to my right, into him, flipping the safety at some point along the way. He either saw the gun or heard the safety click as I had turned into him enough for him to be at my 3 O'clock and shoved his revolver inside my open jacket against my stomach and fired the first round. Luckily, his angle was off and it only grazed my stomach. Unluckily, I had my left hand tucked against my left side and the round passed through my palm and out the base of my thumb at my wrist.
I continued turning toward him while lowering my pistol to return fire, which evidently put the right hand directly in the line of fire as he squeezed off another round. I can only assume that my hand blocked the shot from hitting my stomach or chest as we were practically face to face at that point. It took me just a second to recover and he started retreating toward the door, backing away from me and shooting. I got two shots off as he was backing away, both missing him. I had the little problem with the next round not going off, thinking I had a jam, I ducked behind the table to clear the gun and yelled for everyone to stay down. I looked down and saw how bad my hands were as I cleared the round out, and stood back up to continue fire. (Looking back on it, I think I realized that I wasn't getting a good grip due to the screwed up hand and neglected to engage the grip safety) He had his back to the door by now and we exchanged a couple more shots (which is when I scored my hit and near miss) until his revolver hit on spent rounds. I will NEVER forget that. There were three clicks. He realized he was out of ammo and was out the door before I could get another shot off. Even in the heat of the moment, I did not attempt to shoot him in the back or pursue him.
I don't know how I retained the gun after being hit in the strong hand, just as I don't know how I made my hands work to clear the round. I just did. It was a combination of adrenaline, survival instinct and the grace of God. I was completely on automatic. The threat was still there and I couldn't stop until it was gone. One of the other guys finally jumped up after the BG went out the door and locked it so he couldn't reload and come back in. I remember seeing him lock the door and finally sat down on the floor, laid my gun down and started looking at the blood pouring out of my hands. A few of the other guys came over to help me and apply pressure to the wounds while another called 911. I made them repeat to me a few times that everyone else was OK and that no one else had been hit. One of the guys that had been there, told me that it was almost scary how lucid and calm that I stayed the entire time while we waited for the ambulance to arrive. It was also discovered at this time that I'd been shot right above my left pectoral muscle. I don't even recall when that happened.
I'm probably repeating myself from the other posts I've made, in saying this, but it was very surreal and real all rolled into one at the same time. In reality, the whole exchange from the first shot probably didn't last more than 30-40 seconds. I'm only saying that long because of the time I took clearing the chamber. It may have still been less than that. From start to finish, meaning when the guy showed up outside to the time when he left took almost exactly 7 minutes.
There you have it. If you've got questions, I'll do my best to answer them. I didn't post this to be a look at me or I'm a bad ass or anything else. I just thought that if anyone could benefit in even the smallest way from my incident and possibly help, then I would like to turn a ****** encounter into a positive thing.
God Bless you all and thank you so much for the support that you've shown me and my family since this first happened. I couldn't ask for a better group of people to call my extended family and friends.
Below is a link with a thread and pictures of the good guy and his wounds along with more details on what happened. Make sure you read the page 4 reply.
The thread was started by BLITZ308 who is the guy that did the shooting.
He posted this thread on Jan. 18, 2010 @ 10:30 PM, on the Dan Wesson forum because that is the gun he used during the shooting. It was a Dan Wesson CBOB.
Also, make sure you read about the jam which was not a jam but so much blood on his hands he didn't squeeze the grip safety enough for the gun to fire.
Here is the link: CCW Holder in Shooting Used a DW CBOB - 1911Forum
Note that, even though there is very little doubt that this was a self defense shooting, the police are STILL holding this man's still blood covered pistol as evidence. It will be interesting to learn how badly corroded this gun will be by the time this poor guy gets it back.
Also, note that it took 15 minutes just for the ambulance to get there.
The story says that Cole County prosecutor charged Evans (the perp) with first-degree robbery. My question is: Why didn't they also charge him with attempted murder?
Below are links to pictures of the victim's wounds. (NOTE: VERY GRAPHIC)
Stomach Grazed
Left hand Entry Wound
Left hand Exit Wound
Right hand Entry Wound
Right Arm Exit Wound
Right Arm
Chest Entry Wound
Shoulder Exit Wound
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Guns Save Lives. Paramedics Save Lives. But...
Paramedics With Guns Scare People!
Interesting read, thanks for the update.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thanks so much for passing this along.
A lot of good lessons to be found in this guy's experience.
And having the right training and mindset are high on the list.
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Good read, indeed. I think the guy did pretty well, considering his circumstances. I seriously hope, however, than none of my friends would think sending a "man with a gun" into one of our get-togethers would be a funny joke.
This is also one more small bit of anecdotal evidence supporting my opinion that external safeties (including grip safeties) are more trouble than they're worth on an SD pistol. In this case, the thumb safety (may have) tipped the BG off that a gun was coming into play, and the grip safety (may have) caused a failure at the worst possible moment. Of course, this is just one story about one incident, but it bears thinking about...
A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands - love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper - his hands remember the rifle.
Is the caliber of the bad guy's weapon known? thanks. John
Never mind read the 1911 forum article it was a 38 snubby with fmj ammo
As I posted in the other thread, I agree. It's also a knock against guns with external hammers: A few pistol instructors have suggested that the best defense would have been to shoot the BG while he was at 5:00 sort of "backward" like this:
I'm not sure that can be done with a 1911.
Thanks for sharing. Looks like he was lucky.
Don"t let stupid be your skill set....
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A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands - love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper - his hands remember the rifle.
Yes - If you jam most autoloaders into someone, it will push the slide out of battery preventing a discharge. Putting your thumb over the slide holds it in battery. I haven't tried it myself yet but apparently it doesn't hurt at all because the barrel never unlocks from the slide.
You can check it out HERE
He was carrying a .38 snubby according to the op in that thread on m1911.org
I think all things considered he did well. Glad to hear that he made it through and defended the lives of his friends. I hope that he gets back to normal as soon as possible and now he's got first hand experience as to why he carries.
Good story and great wealth of information to consider why we all carry.
EDIT: I had no idea with a modern auto loader that you could hold the slide like that with your thumb. Maybe I'm dumb I've just always avoided the moving slide like the plague;) Does anyone know if that's possible on a 1911?
A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands - love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper - his hands remember the rifle.


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Not really a rant. I'm just bowing to the inevitability of how a typical day for me goes.......... I'm amazed that when I actually PLAN ahead to buy anything, I (& the wife) talk myself out of it.
But when it comes to feeding my new hobby of shooting/owning guns & "accessories".......ummmm not so much.:tired:
I HAD put a set of CTC laser Grips - which I don't REALLY need, it was more of a coolness factor - for $300 on layaway in late Mar. for the XD which I had every intention of picking up this friday when I make the final pmt, and THEN the plan was to invest in a AR15 or another XD.
UNTIL - a newly traded in - low round count - Stainless KIMBER Target II 1911 chambered in 9mm w/4 mags was "brought" to my attention today on my weekly visit to the gun shop. (yes I'm bored)
I was informed that it had been a "special order" w/ some custom work done (not sure what) for a fellow club member for about $1150 and it's being offered to me........for about $700.....& that I could transfer the funds I've already paid on the CTC Grips towards it instead......DOUGH!! (bang head here)
So......Kimber 1911 in 9mm - Good?.....Bad?
- I've heard agruments from a few 1911 purist's that the idea of putting John Browning's ultimate handgun chambered in 9mm amounts to nothing less than sacrilidge.....
On the one side...... I alway WANTED a 1911 frame and I don't re-load so I prefer 9mm for simply the price vs. .45ACP........and $700 seems a decent price.....
On the other side.......DO I actually NEED IT.....and I should mention that over the past 5 months I've ALMOST got the wife convinced on the idea of getting an AR15.....OR....the new XD-M.....
The owner of the gun shop I use is going to let me shoot it tonight to get a "feel" for it..........ahhh.....I'm done for.........just put a flashing neon sign saying "SUCKER!!!" over my head..........:comeandgetsome:


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That was awesome. 82 and still know how to use her, ahem, "guns."
This is a discussion on Miss America stops thieves! within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Thought ya'll might get a kick out of this. I did. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55309...
Thought ya'll might get a kick out of this. I did.
That was awesome. 82 and still know how to use her, ahem, "guns."
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Stories like that make me proud to be in a free society where we have the right to life and it is defended by an 80 yr old woman.
"[T]he people are not to be disarmed of their weapons.
They are left in full possession of them."
Zacharia Johnson (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,25 June 1778)"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." ~Alexander Hamilton
OK, That explains a lot!She was the first redheaded Miss America
You have to make the shot when fire is smoking, people are screaming, dogs are barking, kids are crying and sirens are coming.
Randy Cain.
Ego will kill you. Leave it at home.
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Go gramma!!!!!
I love stories like that. What a cool lady, A true member of the greatest generation.
Go Granny Go.....
Gotta love great endings like this one..
"May God have mercy on my enemies, because I won't."
General George Patton
Gotta love it!
eschew obfuscation
The only thing that stops bad guys with guns is good guys with guns. SgtD
Here ya are, folks!She had to balance on her walker as she pulled out a snub-nosed .38-caliber handgun.
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Love the story!
Stay arned...stay safe! (she did...)
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Right on grandma!
ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell!
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judgement to keep himself out of situations that would require a display of his
superior skills."
Had to balance her walker to fire her .38! I want this woman's autograph!
"Let not your heart be troubled." John 14:1
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She wasn't balanced on a walker; she was balanced on a walking stick, also known as a cane. She was not as feeble bodied as comes to mind when thinking about an older lady on a walker. Nevertheless, more power to her.
If I had shot out tires of someone I caught on my property, I'd be charged with discharging a firearm within city limits and/or reckless handling of a firearm. Out on her farm, she can get away with it.