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Get an overview of this hotelEast of downtown Phoenix, in Mesa neighborhood
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Near casino, ASU
Casual is the name of the game at this Mesa resort, home of the Chicago Cubs during spring training; Highway 101 is a half-mile away, and Scottsdale and Tempe are 5 miles away. Nearby are the Cubs Stadium and Oakland at Hohokam Stadium.
Complimentary is key
In addition to a complimentary continental breakfast, the resort offers complimentary use of a computer, fax machine, and copier—plus, there's a pool.
Southwestern style
Air conditioning cools guestrooms with Southwestern-style decor. All accommodations have complimentary wireless and wired Internet access, cable TV, and premium channels. Local calls are complimentary.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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The low-key Dobson Ranch Inn and Suites features 2 spa tubs and a pool. WiFi is complimentary. Among the other complimentary perks are a daily continental breakfast, television in the lobby, and use of the lobby computer, as well as faxing and copying. RV, bus and truck parking is also available (complimentary). The Dobson Ranch Inn and Suites has 6500 square feet (604 square meters) of flexible space and a large ballroom suitable for weddings, banquets, conferences, and other group events. A 24-hour business center and 8 meeting and conference rooms are available for the business traveler. Entertainment includes karaoke on Thursday nights and a Friday-night Comedy Club at the Cactus Clubhouse. This is a smoke-free property; fines apply for violations.
- Outdoor pool
- Spa tub
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 212
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Laundry facilities
- Year Built 1979
- Computer station
- Conference space size (meters) - 1230
- Free self parking
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Smoke-free property
- Television in common areas
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Meeting rooms 8
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Conference center
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 13238
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Guests of the hotel enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast each morning. Orange and cranberry juice, regular and decaf coffee, assorted whole fruits (apples, oranges, grapes, bananas), cereals and milk, pastries, muffins, sticky buns, assorted toasts and jellies.
Cactus Clubhouse - open for dining from 5-10 PM Tuesday through Saturday, serving home-style Southwestern cuisine.
The Cocktail Lounge - Adjacent to the Cactus Clubhouse, serving cocktails, beer, and wine, as well as happy hour hors d'oeuvres.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel has a large outdoor pool, two spa tubs, and a sundeck with 60 lounge chairs. Across the street is a paved jogging track around several small neighborhood lakes. Arizona Golf Resort is a 12-mile drive and Echo Canyon Recreation Area is 16 miles from the Dobson Ranch Inn and Suites.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 10.00 per night.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
24-hour check-in
Optional extras
- Early check-in fee: USD 20.00
- Late check-out fee: USD 12.00
- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 10.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Dobson Inn
- Dobson Ranch
- Dobson Ranch Inn
- Dobson Ranch Inn Mesa
- Dobson Ranch Mesa
- Ramada Mesa Phoenix East Area Hotel
- Ramada Mesa Phoenix East Area
- Dobson Ranch Hotel Mesa
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Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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May 21, 2011
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Regional Central | Tournament Center
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Wilpon Complex)
Event: NCAA Regional
Scores: #2 Michigan 9, Notre Dame 8
Records: U-M (53-5), Notre Dame (46-11)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, May 22 -- vs. Kentucky - NCAA Regional (Wilpon Complex), 1 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Just hours after a seventh-inning rally fell short in the NCAA Regional semifinal, the No. 10-seeded University of Michigan softball team posted a six-run sixth inning to rally past Notre Dame, 9-8, in its loser's bracket contest on Saturday evening (May 21) at the Wilpon Complex, home of Alumni Field.
The Wolverines will face Kentucky in the NCAA Regional championship game, slated for a 1 p.m. start Sunday (May 22), with the "if necessary" game scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Michigan will need two wins tomorrow to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals.
Senior designated player Marley Powers (Owosso, Mich./Owosso HS) was the Wolverines' sixth-inning hero, doubling to lead off the inning before driving in the go-ahead run with a two-out single to shallow leftfield. Junior centerfielder Bree Evans (Bloomington, Calif./Rialto HS) went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a run batted in, while freshman leftfielder Lyndsay Doyle (Channahon, Ill./Minooka Community HS) and sophomore second baseman Ashley Lane (Escondido, Calif./Escondido HS) posted two hits apiece with four combined RBI.
Senior RHP Jordan Taylor (Valencia, Calif./Valencia HS) claimed both Michigan's career records in wins (107) and strikeouts (1,209) with the complete-game performance. She struck nine Fighting Irish batters while allowing eight runs -- four earned -- off nine hits and three walks. Taylor improved to 31-4 on the season.
After entering the sixth inning down 8-3 with just five hits through the opening five frames, the Wolverines exploded for six runs on six hits and two walks in the sixth to earn the final one-run margin of victory. Powers ripped a leadoff liner just fair down the rightfield line, earning the extra base when the ball kicked into foul territory. After a walk and sophomore shortstop Amy Knapp's (St. Joseph, Mich./Lakeshore HS) infield chopper loaded the bases, Evans and Doyle posted back-to-back infield singles to drive in a run apiece. Evans just beat out a grounder that the Irish second baseman dove at to keep in the dirt, while Doyle reached on a high chopper to the middle of the infield.
With the bases loaded and still no outs, Notre Dame went to bullpen to bring in its third pitcher of the game. The switch proved ineffective as senior first baseman Dorian Shaw (Burke, Va./Robinson SS) accepted an RBI walk on four pitches, and junior third baseman Amanda Chidester (Allen Park, Mich./Cabrini HS) connected with the first pitch of the next at-bat and drove a deep sacrifice fly to rightfield. Another two pitches later, Lane kept the momentum going with a lined single down the leftfield line to plate the tying run. Notre Dame secured the inning's second out on a strikeout, before Powers sailed her game-winning single into leftfield. Shaw, who was running all the way with two outs, was already rounding third base when the ball dropped in and trotted across the plate for the go-ahead run.
Taylor gave up a leadoff double in the top of the seventh and with two outs, intentionally walked Brianna Jorgensburg to put the go-ahead run on base. The decision looked genius, however, when the next pitch was grounded to Knapp, who simply tossed the ball to second earn the game-ending force out at second base.
The Fighting Irish struck first, using three hits to push across a pair of runs in the top of the second.
Michigan surged ahead with a three-run third inning, manufacturing the runs off three hits and two walks from the top half of the lineup. Evans sparked the rally with a single up the middle and after a Doyle walk, Shaw rocketed a low single to deep left-centerfield to score Evans from second base. Chidester accepted a four-pitch walk to load the bases, and Lane capitalized, sneaking a hard grounder through the right side to plate two.
Notre Dame strung together a pair of hits, including a two-run home run, to respond in the next inning and steal back the narrow advantage.
The Fighting Irish added another run in the fifth, taking advantage of a wild pitch in the dirt, and broke the game open with a three-run sixth inning. All three runs in the sixth came unearned after a pair of two-out fielding errors.
With tonight's win, the Wolverines improved to 16-4 in the all-time series against Notre Dame. U-M has won 12 in a row against the Fighting Irish. Eight of those wins have come in NCAA Regional play.
Michigan owns 12 comeback wins this season.
Improving her career record to 107-16 with tonight's victory, senior RHP Jordan Taylor earned sole possession of Michigan's all-time wins record, previously held by three-time All-American Sara Griffin (106, 1995-98). Taylor also owns Michigan's career winning percentage record (.870).
Taylor also used her nine-strikeout performance against the Irish to surpass Jennie Ritter (1,205, 2003-06) for Michigan's career strikeouts record. Taylor boasts 1,209 strikeouts over her four-year tenure; she also ranks as the only Wolverine pitcher to boast at least 250 Ks in each collegiate season.
Junior centerfielder Bree Evans matched a season best with three hits against the Irish. She leads the Wolverines with 31 multi-hit games this season and has hit successfully in all but six games.
Junior third baseman Amanda Chidester went 0-for-2 -- with a walk and a run batted in -- against Notre Dame to see her career-best 11-game hit streak come to an end. She batted .576 (19-for-33) with 22 RBI over the stretch. Chidester is one of three Wolverine players to boast a hit streak of 10 games or more this season.
Michigan Head Coach Carol Hutchins
On the Wolverines' five-run comeback ... "We've had some great wins and great comebacks, but today might take the cake."
On when she realized Michigan might pull off the comeback ... "I would say, in the sixth inning, when we started playing one-base softball. Our goal was to just get a base, not to have great big swings and hit it over the fence. We got bases loaded there and a couple runs. I felt like we didn't need to get them all in that inning, but we needed to start playing one-pitch softball. That's when I could sense it. I knew we were in that moment. That's how we won that game. We got in the moment. I didn't feel like we had been in the moment. Then we stayed in it."
On the bottom of the lineup's sixth-inning contribution ... "It's important for anybody in the lineup at this point. If you're in the lineup, you're there for a reason. You don't get to be there for any other reason than to help us win. I feel like that part of the lineup has been doing great and doing their part all season. Marley [Powers] has come in and just been outstanding in her role. I feel like she's gotten everything she's wanted since she came here, and she's just persevered and helped us win."
On using this win as a confidence booster ... "Well, we've got about 60 games worth of confidence. But as I told them, all games played are out the window. We're playing head to head, and we just have to compete and play one-pitch softball. I told them that tomorrow they need to put their rally caps on the minute they walk into the dugout. We don't need to wait to be dramatic. We need to compete and get after it. But our team should be very confident in each other, and I want them to keep playing for each other."
On the emotions of the day ... "The bottom line is we can't get too high when we do well, and we can't get too low when we don't. You have to stay even keel, trust you game and trust your teammates. We definitely can't be too high after this win. I told the kids that I want them in bed by 10 p.m. They've got to calm themselves down. We're in the heat of battle, and we have to try not to be on that rollercoaster."
U-M Senior RHP Jordan Taylor
On entering the seventh with the lead ... "We got the lead earlier and they came back with that big inning, so I knew I had to shut them down. It didn't quite go as I wanted it to, but they didn't score. The crowd was extremely loud when I ran out onto the field, so I knew they were expecting a shutdown. I was just trying to beat each batter and go one pitch at a time. It worked out."
On whether she thought she would set Michigan's wins and strikeouts record in a game like this ... "No, not at all. I guess it makes it a little more interesting. But I was not happy with performance, so we'll come back tomorrow and add to that strikeout mark."
U-M Senior Designated Player Marley Powers
On the Wolverines' sixth inning ... "We got into our one-base softball mode and were playing pitch by pitch. Before, our energy had been terrible and we weren't really in the moment. Everyone was in their own places, but by my second at-bat, I felt like we had all pulled together. The energy was amazing. You could feel it all over the park; it was amazing. We just pulled together and got it done."
U-M Junior Centerfielder Bree Evans
On her three-hit game ... "In the first game, I kept getting too big and was trying to do too much. In this last game, I was just trying to put it on the ground. That was the emphasis in our warmup. I think, with me and [Lyndsay] Doyle, when we're really in our mode is when we're getting the ball on the ground, because we have speed. When we're successful, it really picks up the rest of the lineup, because we have the power after that. As long as we can get on base, we'll be good for the rest of the game."
On having confidence in their ability to rally ... "I think we knew that the whole game, but especially after Marley started it and people were getting on base one after another. I think once I got to second and we'd scored two of those runs, that's when I got the feeling we were going to do it. We were with the batters we needed to be with. Our dugout was loud and ready, and we weren't ever quiet for the rest of the game."
Contact: Leah Howard (734) 763-4423
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WOOSTER -- As October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Wooster Community Hospital's Breast Cancer Awareness committee will continue its effort to educate the community.
Three years ago, the group started holding Breast Cancer Awareness Days, a chance to teach the public and healthcare professionals about breast cancer. This year's events will be held Oct. 18 from 5:30-9 p.m. and Oct. 19 from 7:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., and feature a wide variety of speakers.
Presenting on Oct. 18 will be Dr. James Slaby, plastic surgeon; Dr. Arun Masih, clinical pathologist; and Dr. Linda Wang, general surgeon.
"Dr. Slaby will present information about various surgical options for breast reconstruction," said Candy Mori, a member of the WCH Breast Cancer Awareness committee. "Dr. Masih will speak about pathology reports and what the results mean in diagnosing breast cancer. Dr. Wang will be discussing different kinds of breast disease and the signs and symptoms that women should report to their physician."
On Oct. 19, speakers will include Josh Wolf of Anne's Army; Mary Jicha, hospital chaplain; Jean Kurtz, therapist/solo practitioner; and Amy Rettig, clinical nurse specialist.
"Josh Wolf will discuss Anne's story and the efforts that Anne's Army has made to raise funds for triple negative breast cancer research," Mori said. "Mary Jicha will present holistic care strategies for the breast cancer patient. Techniques to manage anxiety associated with breast cancer and survivorship will be presented by Jean Jurtz. Amy Rettig will discuss effective communication strategies which promote understanding between the patient and partner when discussing intimacy issues."
The day will end on Oct. 19 with a breast cancer survivor panel with individuals who will share their personal experiences. There will be time to ask questions about "the highs and lows of their journey through diagnosis, treatment and survivorship," Mori said.
A lifelong Wayne County resident, Mori works at Wooster Community Hospital as a clinical nurse specialist. She lives in Dalton with her husband, Jeff, the project liaison at The College of Wooster, and their twin sons Isaac and Connor, 5. A baby girl will join their family in January.
One of her favorite pastimes is cooking with her sons, and they have been experimenting with new recipes as of late.
"Recently we have been borrowing children's cookbooks from the library and learning new recipes," Mori said. "Our latest challenge was a cookie pizza. I've always enjoyed cooking, especially with my mom at Christmas time."
Each Breast Cancer Awareness Day includes door prizes and a meal. Dinner on Oct. 18 will be served at 5:30 p.m., and a continental breakfast will be featured Oct. 19 at 7:30 a.m. In addition to door prizes, there will also be a raffle to raise money for Relay for Life.
The cost for the event on Oct. 18 is $10; it is free on Oct. 19. To register or for more information call Mori at 330-202-5153.
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Girls And Guitars 2013
Girls & Guitars, the all female country music concert! Kellie Pickler, Cassadee Pope, Rachel Farley, Maggie Rose, Katie Armiger and special guest Danielle Bradbery will be performing on July 24th at The Fillmore in the NC Music Factory. Girls & Guitars is poweredy by: Lake Norman Chrysler Dodge, Jeep Ram, Thermo Carolina Early Breast Cancer Detection, Founders Federal Credit Union and Bud Light, with proceeds benefiting the Ryan Seacrest Foundation.
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It should be noted that the number of observations represented in a given grid element in the present projection depends on latitude. The latitude bands completely covered by the SMMR during the course of 1 day are only 72 -84 N and 72 -84 S. Diamond-shaped data gaps occur on the 1-day maps equatorwards of 72 ; near the equator almost all of the data are updated twice every 6 calendar days. In the monthly aver-ages shown in Chapters 3 and 4, and Appendix A [of Gloersen et al. 1992], the data gaps are filled in as a result of the longer averaging period. Polewards of 72 , there is increasing overlap in the SMMR orbital swaths in which data were collected. Rather than averaging the data acquired in the overlap areas, the separate northbound and southbound data used for a given location are the values from the last observation of the individual day. The northbound and southbound values are averaged to produce single-day maps used for generating the monthly maps and time series plots in Chapters 3-5 of Gloersen et al. 1992.
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(NEW YORK, March 3, 2000) -- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, with a new online initiative, urged lesbians, gay men, and their supporters around the country to take immediate action in the face of tough challenges that now threaten civil rights equality.
With Californians heading to state polls Tuesday, Lambda called for action to defeat Proposition 22, the anti-gay, anti-marriage measure also known as the Knight Initiative.
"This divisive measure does nothing but stir animosity against gay people and our families-and we aren't even allowed to marry anywhere in the country," said Lambda Executive Director Kevin M. Cathcart.
Lambda is using its website, www.lambdalegal.org, which continues to offer unparalleled news about the latest developments in lesbian and gay civil rights and litigation, to encourage grassroots action. For example, Lambda also urged efforts in local schools, where anti-gay abuse is rampant, and called for intensified support for winning the freedom to marry and securing domestic partner benefits and protections against workplace discrimination.
Cathcart said of the internet initiative, "We call on all fair-minded Americans to act now to help protect civil rights progress for the gay community. Help is urgently needed. You can easily contribute to equality just by logging on and acting on any of these important requests."
He stressed, "Lesbian and gay families, youth, elders, workers and others still face widespread violence and terrible discrimination. While Lambda works in courts of law to fortify legal protections, much more help is needed incourts of public opinion."
Cathcart noted the prominence of lesbian and gay issues in the presidential campaigns, where candidates repeatedly are asked to explain if they support equality and their views on the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. Recently, the Vermont Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision for equality for same-sex couples.
As those developments draw national attention, Lambda also is preparing to present argument to the United States Supreme Court in its case against anti-gay discrimination by the Boy Scouts of America. The Court will hear Dale v. BSA on April 26.
"Lesbian and gay equality is at a critical juncture, drawing both national attention and backlash as we move forward. We hope this online effort will boost grassroots support that we need to succeed," Cathcart said.
Headquartered in New York and with regional offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta, Lambda is the nation's oldest and largest legal organization serving lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV and AIDS.
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1. Re: using 2 tables framing of dynamic query wherein columns are decided runtimeCdelahun-Oracle Jun 11, 2012 2:03 PM (in response to 917633)Hello,
If you are using TopLink and need dynamically generated queries, why not use TopLink Expressions for your queries, and return java objects back. Then you can display which ever fields from the fully populated objects that you need.
See the docs for TopLink queries here:
A simple example returning all systemdefinedObjects would be:
ReadAllQuery query = new ReadAllQuery(systemdefinedObject.class);
Collection<systemdefinedObject> results = session.executeQuery(query);
This allows populating the cache and for caching the statements and the query results.
But I'm not sure exactly what you are after.
Best Regards,
2. Re: using 2 tables framing of dynamic query wherein columns are decided runtime917633 Jun 12, 2012 7:48 PM (in response to Cdelahun-Oracle)Christopher,
Thanks for your Reply. I am new to Oracle toplink. Actually i need to get the particular columns in systemdefinetable and dynamic cols(col1,col2......col50) from userdefined table which has one-one relationship. so i didnt find related sample using expressions. so i had written below code by framing sql query into one stringbuffer
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You cant prove a negative,Ralph Johnson,(Smokey's right hand man) went to work for Crane cams he was the head of r/d at Crane,I believe you can still call him.
So when it is said that Smoke didnt have the current technology and that he was years ahead of his time,those 2 staments,in a big way,contardict each other,this long rod theory is a matter of physics and thermodynamics and it works for me.
And as far as head flow go,I can tell you Smoke had the biggest rootes blower flow bench I've ever seen,the numbers he got in '85/86' were incredible!
Reverse flow cooling was invented and developed by Smoke.
The experiment I mentioned above is absosutely correct and that should speak for itself .
One thing about it is ,throwing a long rod in an engine without tuning the engine for this is at best futile,kinda like puttin a wild cam in a stock engine,wont work.
Think about when piston dwell is increased what you can do with.
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Rod lenght is tied to the stroke lenght of the crank and the ratio beteew the two is most definetly a significant factor.
On a dyno the engine will always produce more torque and horsepower when the rod ratio is increased,I dont know how the experiment you mentioned was conducted, I just know what i personally have seen and studied and long rods definetly work!
One catch, engine HAS to be tuned for long rods so you cant just change the rod lenght on the same engine and expect to see results.
69cst wanted to know why and i just explained it to him,thats all.
So maybe insted of just saying somebody tried to prove it wrong,please tell me in thermodynamic and entropy terms.why not?
And you can,with me anyway go in this rabbit hole as deep as you want.
And it is a deep one.
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I got my first digital camera about 4 years ago now and managed to break it within the same month! My parents decided I wasnt quite responsible enough to be entrusted with a digital camera on a night out and used to buy me disposable ones instead
until Christmas 2004 when I received a Pentax Optio S30. This was armed with a promise from me to take good care of the camera and resist the urge to swing my bag around my bag, and consequently into a wall, while the camera was in said bag!
The Pentax brand of cameras was created by the Asahi Optical Company of Japan which was formed back in 1919 as a producer of lenses for glasses. The Pentax name and company was created in 1957 and is not limited solely to the camera field but also film equipment, endoscopes and other optical measuring instruments. Since it was formed the company has grown astonishingly to be one of the forefront leaders of photography worldwide. Although the headquarters remains in Japan the brand Pentax is sold in the majority of countries worldwide.
The camera I received went on sale back in the early 21st century and has since been discontinued to be replaced by more modern models although some online stores still stock brand new versions. It is roughly 3.5 inches by 2 inches and just under 1 inch wide and so is fairly compact and fits easily into any bag of mine. The main physical property that distinguishes it from its more modern counterparts is its weight, which is just over 175g. As such it is quite heavy in comparison to my friends more modern digital cameras and can be quite weighty to carry around in a pocket all day. The camera is a deep grey in colour, and appears to be aluminum also. On the front is the actual camera lense and the flash button while on the top is the actual button to take the photo as well as a dial with various options for different effects. The back of the camera features a window in which to view your photos which is roughly 1.5 inches by 1 inch, as well as a smaller window to look through and several different options buttons which shall be discussed below.
In the camera box you not only receive the camera but also a CD-ROM enabling you to load a simple programme onto the computer which allows you to load up your photos and edit them also. Two AA batteries are also provided along with a strap to attach to the side of the camera and lastly a USB cable to be used in conjunction with the CD-ROM. Uploading the photos from the camera is simple, merely attach the USB cable and once youve loaded the CD-ROM the computer tends to detect the camera and provides you with simple instructions as to how to upload your photos. There is also a 130 page manual which is fairly simple to understand and easy to navigate amongst the various sections if a little lengthy.
The camera is operated by a simple on / off button which can be found on the top of the camera. The digital view of the photo shows a blue screen when the camera is switched on and takes approximately 8-10 seconds to actually show the view. A large silver button the top of the camera is all you need to take a regular photo and by holding this down, for approx 6 seconds the flash will go off and the photo will be taken. Your image will then be displayed on the LCD screen for about 10 seconds allowing you to view it it can also be accessed at a later date by choosing the playback button which allows you to view all your stored photos. In addition to viewing the photos on the LCD screen it also displays useful information such as the type of photo mode youre currently in, the battery power (which is shown by a small battery of varying colours), the time and the date.
The camera also has specific options such as zoom in and out which is operated by two single buttons as well as a timer and a flash off option. On the top of the camera is a small dial which when turned will select various different options which include flower, self portrait, surf, snow, sunset, museum, text, food, landscape portrait and marine. These are basically slightly posh names for simple options such as black and white (text), underwater (marine) and bright views (sunset). The menu system which can be accessed using the small memory button allows you to easily set the date and time as well as adjust features such as image quality (a lower quality will increase your storage capacity) and the audio options of the camera.
In excess to taking just simple photos the camera also has a video camera option and a voice recorder so you can add sound clips to your photos and videos. Both features are accessed by the top wheel on the camera and extremely easy to use both are turned on and off by the take photo button which make them easily operational and reachable. Videos can be taken of varying length which basically depends on the size memory card you choose to buy, of course without a memory card you are quite limited to just one small video clip.
The colour quality of the camera is exceptional and the screen boasts a 3.2 megapixals screen to ensure clarity. It has a highly efficient 3x zoom lens with 2 double-sided aspherical lens elements (taken from the Pentax website) and makes use of Pentaxs sliding lens system also. The LCD display screen allows you to immediately see the photo you have taken and also allows you to magnify the image up to 16 times for a close inspection. You also have the option to view up to 9 images at a time on the screen (although they are rather small) for a quick view of all your photos.
On the advantageous sides within an hour of opening the camera box I was fully familiar with the different modes and how to take a photo. In comparison to some of my friends more high tech cameras this one is like a walk in the park and can be made accessible to the most novice camera user. Although there are multiple options when taking a photo they are simple to familiarize yourself with and prove easy to remember in the future.
The buttons are easy to use on the camera and there seems to be the right amount of them also. They are also clearly labeled both in the instructions booklet and also on the camera so you can easily see which button does what. The screen is of a good resolution and produces shots that are clear to preview and photos that are crystal clear to view.
The physical appearance of the camera, although slightly heavy in comparison to more modern versions, is extremely sleek and stylish. I have been complemented on it on more than one occasion and can be seen as quite a gadget even!
The Optio S30 is arguably not the quickest camera to take a photo with; to take just a basic photo without any specific options does take up to a minute. The time taken to actually take the photo using the silver take button is slightly irritating and longer than average cameras very often my friends simple press the button quickly and assume the photo has been taken although this is never the case.
With regard to the storage options of the camera I was also slightly disappointed as the camera does have limited storage. It only actually allows you to store 9 photos or one small video caption and comes with only 11MB of storage. Therefore I found it necessary to buy a memory card for it which can be easily inserted into the side of the camera and added an extra 100 photos to the storage capacity or 5 short video clips.
The last problem Ive found with this camera is that the battery life is not the most withstanding. On a night out I typically take about 20 photos during the course of the night and therefore am constantly switching the camera on and off. One set of batteries usually lasts me two nights out but after that they need replacing, therefore Ive found that rechargeable batteries are a must with this camera.
I personally think that the Optio S30 is an ideal all-round digital camera for anyone who is a bit of a beginner when it comes to digital cameras and wants something simple and versatile yet stylish. Although it is slightly outdated in weight and function to some newer models there is no denying that it is a great starter camera for anyone. It gets 4 out of 5 stars from me, loosing one for the time it takes to take a photo and also battery life.
The camera can be found on Amazon from between £50 and £90 depending if it is new or used and from £30 on Ebay.


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Yea, you can either use galangal or cekor. I used galangal for this recipe.
And I'm so sorry that i didn't state clearly about the grill here. I did grill in the oven for about 10- 15 minutes @ 200'C, until the banana leaves alittle burn. The rice and fillings are already cooked, so its fine to just grill alittle while.
Enjoy!...:)ReeseKitchenhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304625744686532855.post-54486925520080497542009-08-01T06:13:16.149-07:002009-08-01T06:13:16.149-07:00Hi ReeseKitchen, Your rempah udang looks so good, ...Hi ReeseKitchen,
Your rempah udang looks so good, makes me want to try it out!
Just want to clarify 2 things....in SET B of your ingredients, it says galangal/cekor. Do you mean I can use EITHER galangal OR cekor? Because they are not the same thing as far as I know. The other thing is, when you said 'grill', do you mean grill in the oven? Or over charcoal fire? If in oven, how long for and at what temperature?

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I'm a grandfather, so I guess I should really like Cadillac's new 2010 SRX, because my grandchildren certainly do.
They find it easy to climb into the roomy rear seat and up into their booster seats. They like the roominess of the back seat, and I like the fact the seat is roomy enough that they can sit without having their feet up against the back of the front seats. And that power-opening and closing rear hatch makes it really easy for them to deposit their backpacks on the drive to and from school.
My grandson really loves the beneath-the-cargo-floor storage area, which I find an ideal place to put the groceries so they don't slide around when I drive with some enthusiasm on the way home. But my grandson likes that area because what he wants to do is to fill the plastic liner with water, rocks, twigs and such and then use it as a live tank to keep the turtles, frogs, bugs and the other critters that seem to come home with him from everyplace he visits.
But I'm sure the grandchildren's favorite feature is the SRX's optional rear seat entertainment system, with screens mounted on the back of the driver's and front passenger's seats so they can watch movies as they ride.
Pity that grandpa finds the "intuitive infotainment" technology not nearly as intuitive as Cadillac says it is and thus can only figure out which buttons to push to play that movie about half the time. Why can't there be a nice, clear "DVD" or "Play" buttons somewhere on the center console?
My daughter finally informs me that I should push the button with an arrow on it. To me, "intuitive" means not having to hunt through an owner's manual, plow down through screen displays, navigate a series of switchgear, or ask my daughter how to make something work. To me, "intuitive" means obvious, able to be done without much if any thought.
I know, I'm being really picky. But a vehicle such as the SRX, especially in the "AWD Performance Collection" setup with its $47,115 as-tested sticker that I'm driving, seems to have been designed with grandparents in mind.
It's most definitely a luxury vehicle, even with that $1,195 entertainment system with its dual screens and wireless headphones and remote control — ah, that's where I made my mistake: I should have just given my grandson the remote control and let him intuit with a 7-year-old's perspective.
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Well, I had my appointment this afternoon with the Area Service Rep., the owner of the dealership, and the master technician that previously worked on the car.
I described the noises that the car was currently making to them all. We then went for a test drive and both of them admitted that they did hear the noise but that it was a "normal operating characteristic" of this particular model car and is nothing to be concerned with and it does not pose a safety threat.
Not exactly what I wanted to hear. It looks like we are on our own and will have to stick together on this issue until one of us or the team of us find a solution to this very annoying problem.
Ya know, I'm thinking to myself, if this is a "normal operating characteristic" then why did they replace of the same front end parts over five times!!!??? Just sayin...
I just think they know there is a problem but they currently do not have a good fix for it so it is just getting swept under the rug.
Would anybody else like to chime in? I am definately open to any comments and/or suggestions here, becuase I have now currently exhausted every option I have at my disposal.
As always, thanks for the input guys....
Check to see thatbthe noise is not comeing from thev radiator overflow tank.
It bounces up and down,not very sturdy . Put a sponge under it or use some duc tape across it to the car and see if thay stops the noise in your front end.
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cereal products and the technologies used to produce them. The book delivers a clear insight into current
and emerging technologies and equipment. Cereals processing technologies assesses these developments
independently and provides a basis for decisions on the suitability of application of each development to an
existing or new process. It is designed for all involved in cereals processing, including: raw material producers
and refiners needing to match the needs of secondary processors manufacturing the final product for the consumer,
and secondary processors benchmarking their operations against best practice in their sector.
Part one looks at cereal and flour production, with chapters on cereal production methods and flour milling.
There is also a chapter on the increasingly important and controversial area of cereal biotechnology and its
application to wheat, barley, rice and maize.
Part two looks at how these raw materials are then processed into final products for the consumer. There
are chapters on rice and rice product manufacturing, pasta and Asian noodle processing, the manufacture of
breakfast cereals, malting and breadmaking.
Other chapters cover the increasing diversity of cereal products, and current best practice in manufacturing
processes and emerging trends in the technologies for particular products.
This will be essential reading for raw material producers and primary and secondary cereal processors.
W G Owens, Satake Centre for Grain Process Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK
Cereal production methods
E J Evans, University of Newcastle, UK
Wheat, corn and coarse grains milling
W G Owens, Satake Centre for Grain Process Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK
Biotechnology, cereal and cereal products quality
R J Henry, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
Rice Production
B S Luh, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Pasta production
B A Marchylo and J E Dexter, Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Canada
Asian noodle processing
D W Hatcher, Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Canada
Breakfast cereals
R B Fast, Consultant, Robert B Fast Associates Inc., Poultney, USA
G Gibson, Consultant, Cowan & Linn, Glasgow, UK
S P Cauvain, Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association, Chipping Campden, UK
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|View from Rockefeller Center
|Grand Central Station - this place is magical!
|The famous Grand Central Clock!
|Beautiful Central Park
|Park Ave living
|Art Museum!
|Live underground Jazz club! We also went to the Comedy Cellar where we saw Chris Rock!
|New York had some amazing food!
|Lost in the crowd at the Metro station! There was live music underground!
|Views from the Empire State Building
|Mirror shot :)
|Washington Park near China Town and Little Italy
|Millions of people in the streets on New Years Eve! This is the view from our hotel room.
|Ready to celebrate New Years!
|Happy New Year!!
|Beautiful ladies!
|The aftermath.... it was all cleaned up by the next morning
|Times Square
|WTC - 911 we will never forget
|Financial District
|That is the Brooklyn Bridge behind me. It was beautiful on the waterfront
|Walking the Brooklyn Bridge on New Years day!
From the moment we arrived to the moment we left I was constantly amazed by how beautiful and alive New York City is. I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to be there over New Years and will always remember this trip!
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Online Crime Map Offers Redacted Reports
Seattle deploys a online crime map that provides citizens links to redacted police reports instantly instead of waiting for days for a report.
Several cities offer online maps showing where various types of crimes have been committed. However, the map recently deployed by Seattle, Wash. is one of the few to offer links to redacted police reports. The city's My Neighborhood Maps eliminated a labor-intensive manual process that will free up employees to do other work, according to Bill Schrier, CIO of Seattle. Before deployment of the online map, citizens had to visit police stations to request police reports and typically wait 12 days to receive them. Now, a few simple clicks on the map can get citizens any police reports they need, instantly.
"It helps citizens know what's going on in their neighborhood," Schrier remarked. "As they see things that are serious, they might actually be able to help spot crimes, or spot trends in crimes in their neighborhoods, or recognize the method of operation of certain burglars and be able to suggest possible suspects. They can organize themselves into block watches or neighborhood watches."
Each crime is marked on the map with an icon in one of five colors representing five general categories of crime. By running the mouse cursor over an icon, the user sees a few details about the crime and a link to the redacted police report. Later in July, Schrier plans to release the data on data.seattle.com, a site releasing city data for citizens to program into their own applications. The CIO hopes a Seattle resident will create an application that uses analytics for predicting what crimes are more likely to happen in various sections of the city.
Schrier said generating the reports for citizen-viewing was a nuisance in the past. When police reports arrived at the Seattle Police Department (SPD), an employee redacted any sensitive data with a pen, scanned the report, and then sent it to a server. After that, compact disc sets were made of the reports, which employees distributed manually to the five precincts. Employees then loaded the discs into publicly available desktops for citizens and reporters to access.
To generate reports for the crime map, employees assess what needs redaction on each document, then program those redactions into software called Adobe Redact. After scanning the documents into Adobe Redact, the software routes them as PDF documents to a server, which makes them available on the Internet crime map. Schrier said that while he guaranteed the new process saved personnel hours, the SPD could not yet quantify those savings. Report postings typically take between eight hours and two days from the time an officer writes the report to the time it appears on the crime map. The more serious the crime, the quicker it ends up on the map, explained Schrier.
The project cost roughly $350,000 to implement, which involved 35 employees, some from the SPD and others from the Seattle Department of Information Technology (DoIT).
"Many were sworn police officers. We had attorneys involved to make sure they weren't violating privacy laws. There were database management folks, Web folks, people who manage Microsoft Windows servers," Schrier said, listing even more than that.
Schrier noted the $350,000 price tag included the ability to add other data sets to the map in the future. For example, he foresees posting 9-1-1 call data. At some point, he would like to post data relevant to city animal control officers. The SPD would need to adjust the crime map server in a way that allowed animal control staff to upload their data to it without seeing other types of information on the server. Part of what resides on that server can only be viewed by sworn police officers.
Schrier said projects like My Neighborhood Maps illustrated why mayors should consider IT departments to be areas for further investment, rather than cuts. He said city officials frequently cut IT resources, not understanding that IT investments could reduce the need for extra staff elsewhere. The simplified report loading process behind My Neighborhood Maps is a perfect example of that, in Schrier's view.
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has asked all city department heads to submit Excel spreadsheets ranking their current projects. In August, the mayor will use these to determine what to cut. Time will show what ripple effects, if any, result through the rest of Seattle government, due to any IT cuts.
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What do the new Tories stand for? As part of our series examining the people and policies that would come to power if David Cameron wins the next election, Andrew Sparrow summarises what we know so far about the Conservatives' plans for office, and links to the key speeches, articles and documents where these plans are explained. As the party's policies develop, the Guardian will update each of these pages.
In June 2008 David Cameron published an 86-page green paper, A Stronger Society, on the voluntary sector. It recommended various measures intended to promote volunteering, encourage more charitable giving and make it easier for charities to bid for public sector contracts.


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This is a guest post from Soren Rundquist, a Source Water and GIS Training Specialist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
There are a number of open source software platforms available online that can be powerful tools for your water system operation. One such platform is a Quantum GIS (QGIS).
Without an annual licensing fee, QGIS serves as a cost effective data management tool for small municipalities to monitor, manipulate, analyze and maintain spatial records. This is one of the reasons the Iowa DNR has tasked Iowa Source Water Protection with organizing a training symposium on the software.
What is Quantum GIS?
Quantum GIS (QGIS) is an open source geographic information system (GIS). This robust software is a free alternative to proprietary GIS software like ESRI products which are oftentimes very expensive.
What's nice about QGIS is that it incorporates very similar functions and features as its closed source counterparts by using a congruent graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI allows users to display, manipulate and create spatial data. It supports a variety of spatial data file extensions (.shp, .tif, .csv, .img, etc.), and is compatible on Linux, Unix, Mac, and Windows operating systems.
How does Quantum GIS benefit small municipalities?
For years, data has correlated to a specific point in space. American pioneers, for example, used landmarks so they had a reference while traveling. As society progressed, more and more spatial records were turned into digital formats, making paper maps a thing of the past.
Spatial data collection is a fundamental part of many municipal, county, state and federal governments. To better coordinate sharing of those records, millions of dollars have been spent to create and maintain spatial data sets at all governing levels. These are things like delineations of river boundaries, land ownership parcels, and soil type polygons, to name a few.
Most of this data was created in order to visualize data and to better inform the decision making process. QGIS is a powerful tool that enables you to do just that. It uses spatial data to derive a simple solution.
For water operators it serves a variety of core functions:
The take home is that municipalities using QGIS are able to monitor, manipulate, analyze and maintain their spatial records at no charge.
Where can I find Quantum GIS?
The QGIS experience is what you make of it. For some users QGIS is simply a viewer for spatial data. For others, it is an enterprise level risk-analysis provider. Often times the difference in function lies solely in the user's ambition and dedication to learning more about the software.
The basic downloadable QGIS version comes with a solid set of tools and functions. However, since it is built on open source code, programmers from all over the world have written plug-ins or customized tools for a variety of industries. These plug-ins can be found by a simple web search or within QGIS repositories.
To download the latest version of Quantum GIS visit http://www.qgis.org. If you've never used QGIS, you may also want to download a users manual to get you started:
Where can I find free U.S. government data?
There is only one thing we love more than free webinars and easy access to them: a repository of past webinars ready-for-viewing! We came across two different listings of archived webinars recently:
1. Webinars on Demand from The Groundwater Foundation
Fifteen webinar trainings on relevant groundwater topics. Perfect for newer operators as well as board member training.
2. Past Webcasts from USEPA's Watershed Academy
More that 60 archived webcasts on a broad range of clean water issues.
We know you don't have a ton of extra time, but web-based training is often the next best thing to in person interaction. You can see and hear examples, which makes the information easier to digest and remember. We'll be adding these to our document library so you can always find the training you need, when you need it.
You may have read about pending legislation in Congress that would eliminate the requirement to mail the annual Consumer Confidence Report for public water systems who have no violations. (Instead, in-compliance systems could post the CCR to their website.) The National Rural Water Association is supportive of this potential change, citing unnecessary cost and time burden for small utilities.
I certainly do agree that small communities face unprecendented challenges in maintaining their water and wastewater systems. State and federal funding is harder to come by and when it does, it has more strings attached. With so many operators retiring and so much infrastructure that needs upgrading, we've neared a financial crisis point.
We talk a lot here at SmallWaterSupply.org about the value of water, the need to proactively communicate with customers and how, these items together, can develop an engaged and informed public that can help us find a way out of today's troubles.
On the surface, it seems like a good idea, but I wonder... is eliminating an established line of communication, often the only connection the average citizen has to his water outside of billing, really the best way to look for financial efficiency? Could it do more harm than good and set back the efforts of national public outreach campaigns, state capacity development programs and direct technical assistance?
This is a guest post from one of SmallWaterSupply.org's student staff members, Christina Cornelius.
Billing software plays an important role in successful operation of water systems. As part of an overall accounting approach, billing systems help to provide hidden and lost revenue. Access to robust billing systems may be limited for small water systems that do not have a surplus of funding. Most billing systems cost from a few hundred to thousands of dollars.
I have spent the past month researching available billing systems, but did not find a free or reasonable price for a billing system that serves up to 200 connections. We were able to find a free demo billing system, El Dorado (www.waterbill.com) that serves up to 20 connections. Even though the demo is developed very well and the full program would be a wonderful asset to water systems, the demo would only be useful to the very smallest systems.
We found numerous programs that offered a free demo. Below is a list of these companies and their contact information. If any of our dedicated readers know of any economical AND effective billing software, we would love to hear from you!
Diversified Technology Corporation
Visual Utility Billing
Price: $4500 (All Inclusive) or $120 a month
Donald R. Frey & Company
CUBIC Utility Billing Software
Price: About $2600
Price: $995
Asyst: Utility Billing
Price: $2500
RVS Software
RVS Mosaics Utility Billing Software
Price: $1648
Water Works
WaterWorks Utility Billing Software
Price: $1495
Redline Data Systems
Rural Billing
Price: $800
TAK Technology
Quik Water
Price $400
These companies also offer billing software, but we were unable to obtain a specific price. These companies perfer to get specific information about the water system, so they can match a software that fits the system's needs.
Core Utilities
Core Utility Billing
Free Trial: Yes
Utilities Management
Free Trial: Yes


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It was my dad and grandfather. My grandfather was a cop for 35 yrs and US Marshall for 14. After that, the violence, poor policing, and a general desire to protect loved ones as well as myself...
Specifically, who (or what) was your biggest influence in making the decision to arm yourself? Was it dad? A crazy uncle? A bad azz grandmother? An event in your life or the life of a friend? A casual acquaintence? Military/Police service? Your wife?! (LOL!) Please elaborate.
It was my dad and grandfather. My grandfather was a cop for 35 yrs and US Marshall for 14. After that, the violence, poor policing, and a general desire to protect loved ones as well as myself...
The criminal element of American society, specifically those who are inclined to do bodily harm to people.
I did not become a gun enthusiast out of fear from local crime. I have had a love affair with guns since I was a small child. Nobody in my family has any interest in guns yet I can remember buying issues of gun magazines when I was 4 or 5 years old. I have been involved with shooting my whole life but mostly competitive archery as a child because my father also shot as a hobby. Did not start shooting long guns more until I was a teenager and did not get into handguns until much later in life.
Even if I lived in a town with zero crime I would still own and shoot handguns along with long guns for the pure enjoyment. This being said it is my choice to carry a weapon based more on excersising my right as a gun owner and less on fear.
I've had a love affair with firearms since I was a child of nine in Tucson, AZ. I was introduced to guns by my Sunday School teacher, of all people! Our class members used to go out into the desert on random weekends (typically not Sundays) and shoot milk cartons and cans and small items balanced precariously on jagged desert rocks. I think my fascination with handguns began after my 21st B-day when, instead of getting drunk with buddies, I decided to apply for my concealed carry permit (Washington State). The rest is history. I now prefer handguns because I enjoy the challenge. None of my family members condone my decision to keep and carry firearms on a regular basis. I often feel alone but I aim never to lose the right to do so. It's one thing I don't take for granted about being an American.
I've always had an interest in guns, ever since I was little (particularly handguns). I remember getting handgun magazines when I was little, as well.
My desire to carry comes from growing up in Chicagoland....
I've liked and wanted guns as far back as I can remember. I shot every time I got a chance. My Dad taught me about how to respect and handle a weapon but we didn't shoot all that often. I started getting rifles mostly and got a lot deeper in it when I turned 21. When moving from Ohio to Kentucky I sold all my guns except for a shot gun and was fine with that until I got the itch to shoot again a few years later. I've collected ever since.
I just looked around, one day, and realized that there are a heck of a lot of people out there who could kick my butt, if they should take a notion to do it, and I refuse to live my life being afraid of such an occurrence.
I have been in fights before, in my younger days, and I didn't win all of them. So, it's possible that I might actually take a beating, now, rather than draw a gun...if I didn't think my life was in jeopardy. But I will not be maimed or killed, without a fight, and I won't stand by and see family or friends abused.
I, like many, have just been drawn to guns since I was a kid. I really got hooked in high school by a friend that shot a lot. Then I became friends with another guy in high school who's uncle owned a gun store, and he worked there, so I'd go and hang out all the time and play with the guns. The fact that when I was living at home the kid next door was a drug dealer with all kinds of creeps coming and going, was a minor influence as well.
Hrm, this question can be answered two different ways.
My father was definitely the influence in my becoming "an armed citizen." Being a former military man...if there is such a thing...he taught me everything I needed to know about safety, storage, and care while having firearms in the house....not so much how to shoot them well though! It's too bad he doesn't come here; I'd get a kick out of him reading this.
Now, being an armed citizen away from the house, aka a concealed-carry citizen, well that was definitely the influence all of the crazy bastards who inhabit the world. It all started with the VA Tech shooting. This hit home because not only was I Korean, but the guy looks a LOT like my brother. After wrestling with the idea of packing for the weeks which followed VA tech, some nutso shot up my county's city hall, killing 6 people including some LEs and the mayor. This happened a few blocks from my house in a neighborhood spotted with some million dollar homes, soccer mom joggers, family dog walks, and two elementary schools. That was the final straw. It finally dawned upon me that violence can happen anywhere and I'm the only one I can rely on if my life is at risk.
[Edit] Correction, the mayor was shot twice in the head but thankfully survived and is now back at his post. Good for him.
my dad....he has been a police officer since i was 6 (im 22 now) and worked for the FBI for about 4 years, ever since i first shot his 4 inch S&W model 66 police issue when i was about 7 i was hooked, later that year they were re issued a glock 17, and after shooting that iv grown up shooting the glock which is what i now trust my life with every day. G27 .40cal
I was brought up around firearms. My father taught me to hunt and how to handle rifles, shotguns and handguns. I learned early on that the world is often an ugly and dangerous place and I have faced men from both ends of a gun. I came to realize that it is far better to risk being a killer than to be a victim.
The news.
I always had a pellet gun growing up, but for the most part our home was gun free due to 7 kids and living in Chicago.
I grew up, moved out and for 18 years I hadn't thought about guns much at all, I even turned down a position with the CPD (Ex wife didn't want to leave the burbs). Well I got divorced, met a girl from Indiana (Purdue Grad Student) and moved from Illinois to Indiana.
I sold my trucking business when the cost of fuel skyrocketed, repairs on my aging fleet got to be prohibitive, and I had serious complications from a botched gall bladder surgery.
I went back to selling tools, but was pretty unhappy about it when out of the blue my Father in Law takes me for a ride one Saturday morning. We end up at a gun store where Dad buys 2 S&W's and go to the range, I apparently impress him with my shooting because he hands me one of the new guns and asks if I ever thought about becoming a LEO
I started my 3rd? career August 08, and now own multiple firearms.
For me it was a combination of general interest in guns, the area I live, and the recent news.
I was around guns as a kid mostly when I visited my Grandmother and the clan that hung around her. The clan sorta took me under their wing and showed me some of the basic ropes. At home I wasn't really exposed to guns but I just took to them naturally. It just kind of happened. Now that I'm a mostly stove up old Plumber I got to figuring I was a pretty easy mark so I got my CCL and started packing when I feel I need. There has been a new surge in gang activity around here so I'll be packin a bit more.
I live in the hood and used to work graveyard in a town a half an hour away. For my lunch breaks I often went to the Indian casino because it was the only thing open at 3:00 AM. Around the holidays one year a 3 or 4 of the Natives decided to beat a pacific power lineman to a vegitative state for leaving his family in the middle of the night to fix their power. They didn't want a white guy there. I'm a pretty strong guy and can take care of myself, but when there is the potential of having several attackers its nice to have an equalizer.
I grew up around guns, but it was "Uncle Sam" that made me truly love them! I kind of lost that interest until "Uncle Sam" got my oldest son interested. Now this is one more thing that we can do together, which I'm always grateful for.
I had never shot a handgun until I was required to carry one at work. My first duty weapon was a Smith & Wesson model 67. I enjoyed my firearms training a great deal and soon discovered that my skills as a shooter was above average compared to the other officers. I later had to switch over to a semi-auto sidearm and got a Glock model 22. I later became a firearms instructor and eventually completed course in handgun, shotgun, and patrol rifle instruction. I served as a department instructor and also as an adjunct instructor at the state academy, something I enjoyed a great deal. My last duty weapon was a Glock 19.
I can't really say that a person influenced me, but my law enforcement training and experiences certainly did. I still carry a gun most of the time in public, and as a retired police officer I have the privilege of doing so in all fifty states, which is great for driving vacations and such.
I still own, and sometimes carry, a Glock 19, but the majority of the time I count on the good old .38 Special and carry a Smith & Wesson model 640.


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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
|Bruins Trade For Drew Stafford
|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
Boston had to hold off a late surge, but they successfully defeated the Los Angeles Clippers Sunday to win their fourth in a row, all without Rajon Rondo. Boston led by as many as 19 points, but allowed the Clippers hope before putting them away for good in a 106-104 victory.
Things started off quickly, with both teams combining to hit the game's first seven field goal attempts. Los Angeles struck early and often, but could only push their lead to five points at most. Boston just kept hitting shots right along with Los Angeles before taking their first lead of the game, 25-23, on a three from Jason Terry. Still, Boston couldn't open things up in the first quarter either, opening up a five-point lead of their own before both teams finally cooled off slightly in the last minute. Courtney Lee nearly hit a half-court three at the buzzer, but still should have gotten the points due to goaltending. A Clippers defender at the basket leaped up towards the ball and clearly put his arm right through the net, but the referees were in no hurry whatsoever to make the call.
The second quarter, however, clearly belonged to the Celtics. They limited Los Angeles to just 10 points in the frame (four field goals and two free throws) while scoring 26 themselves to take a 59-40 lead at the half. In such a one-sided quarter, the highlight was a foul committed by Ronny Turiaf on Leandro Barbosa with 8:20 remaining in the half. Barbosa was going for the shot when Turiaf essentially attacked him with a clothesline/elbow move, which the officiating crew went to review. Surprisingly, the officials did not call it a flagrant foul, deeming it an ordinary shooting foul instead.
The third quarter picked up where the first left off, with both sides scoring seemingly at will. A quarter which saw the Celtics start leading 59-40 ended with them up 92-77, with Los Angeles taking the frame 37-33.
The fourth quarter started off with a bang in its own right, but not in a good way. Matt Barnes, who has had recent problems with flagrant fouls, committed another one against Kevin Garnett after getting excessively rough with Boston's big man 49 seconds into the final quarter. However, the officials surprisingly overturned that flagrant foul as well, instead calling it a regular foul. But the action didn't stop there, as Garnett got tangled up with Blake Griffin, with both players grabbing at each other's jerseys. Griffin got off scot-free, but Garnett was given a technical with 9:39 remaining.
Aside from the extra-curricular activities, the final quarter was a reverse of the second, with Boston suddenly getting sloppy and struggling for points. Los Angeles really took advantage of turnovers, even holding Boston without a field goal for 6:33 during one stretch. The Clippers were able to use that rough patch to cut Boston's lead to 103-101 with 56.2 seconds remaining, but then turned the ball back over via an offensive ball after Boston missed. Despite being down with just 26.6 seconds left, the Clippers didn't foul to save time on the clock. Instead, Boston was able to milk the clock all the way down, with Paul Pierce hitting a huge three to go up 106-101 with 2.5 seconds left and sealing the win for Boston.
Jamal Crawford then hit a meaningless three for Los Angeles at the buzzer, but unfortunately for the Clippers, the only good that did was for fantasy owners.
"Who did it? The Butler did it." – Tommy Heinsohn on Caron Butler's strong first quarter
Tags: Brandon Bass, Celtics, Courtney Lee, Jason Collins, Jason Terry, Jeff Green, Kevin Garnett, Leandro Barbosa, Los Angeles Clippers, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Tommy Heinsohn