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This Synopsis outlines the events and specific requirements for the 2011 National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational. The National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational follows the guidelines and policies for National 4-H Competitive Events as established by National 4-H Headquarters, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). For additional pertinent information for participants and coaches, see the 2011 National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational GENERAL RULES.


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The Magic of Mushrooms
If youve ever been to a mushroom festival particularly the legendary Telluride Mushroom Festival, which this year runs from August 27-30 you already know that mycologists (shroom experts) are in a league of their own. And so is the documentary Know Your Mushrooms.
The flick combines material filmed in Telluride with archival footage (clips from the 1963 Japanese movie Attack of the Mushroom People; an educational mushroom video from the 50s) and animation (trippy montages and fun facts about fungi accompanied by a cute lil shroom) and melds the visuals with a soundtrack by the Flaming Lips. The result is the strangest, funniest and, not so incidentally, most educational film about mushrooms youre ever likely to see.
And, yes, hippie: Know Your Mushrooms does feature several minutes on magic mushrooms (psilocybes and otherwise), including a fascinating and somewhat convincing diatribe crediting hallucinogenic shrooms with the evolution of human consciousness.
The stars of the film, visionary mycologists Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans, share top billing with the Telluride Mushroom Festival itself, including the cant-miss annual parade (where else can you see a bunch of grownups dressed in fairy and mushroom costumes?), mushroom forays and the healthy, mouth-watering dishes created from fresh-picked shrooms. Know Your Mushrooms opens for a week-long run at Starz FilmCenter in the Tivoli on August 28, but you can catch a special preview screening there at 5 p.m. today with star Lincoff appearing in person! Tickets are $6 to $9.50; visit www.denverfilm.org or call 303-595-3456.
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Iraqis make most of violence lull to wed in style
By Aseel Kami
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has seen a surge in lavish weddings during what has been the country's most festive and peaceful Muslim holiday in years, with party goers shrugging off security worries and dancing late into the night.
Some 630 couples married at Baghdad's six fanciest hotels during Eid al-Fitr, the week-long holiday after the holy month of Ramadan, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said, about the same as the total number wed at such hotels in July and August.
The Eid celebration marked an end to the quietest Ramadan in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 plunged the country into more than six years of insurgency and bloodshed.
Weddings were a much more somber affair during the dark days of sectarian strife, when people lived in fear of suicide bombers or Islamist extremists who considered the music that typically accompanies wedding processions forbidden, or 'haram'.
The ministry was unable to give precise figures for weddings in previous years, but a spokesman said that there had been a dramatic jump in weddings starting this spring.
"Iraqis are taking advantage of the holiday and the good security situation," spokesman Abdul-Zahra al-Talagani said.
The surge in weddings was just one element of the unusually festive Eid celebrations this year, with huge traffic jams caused by people visiting friends and relatives and local parks and restaurants crowded with hundreds of thousands of people eating and dancing.
Such celebrations would have been impossible at the height of sectarian violence in 2006-07, when militias and insurgent groups controlled most of Baghdad and terrified Iraqis scarcely ventured out of their homes. Continued...


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OpenStack is winning support across the IT industry while NFV (Network Function Virtualization) has been widely endorsed by the CT (Communication Technology) industry. OpenStack will become the future IT control panel while NFV is the blueprint of future telecom infrastructure. The combination of these two fundamental changes will shape both IT and CT, transforming them into a unified ICT infrastructure. This convergence will bring openness and wide adoption, but also will impose unique challenges (performance and reliability) to build cloud platforms. Huawei, as the key CT vendor and an emerging IT player, is committed to contribute to both OpenStack and NFV, and to lead the convergence of them. In this talk, we will talk about the business opportunity, technical challenges, ecosystem and our vision and practices around the OpenStack and NFV journey.
OpenStack Keynote featuring Concur, DigitalFilm Tree, Shutterstock
Jonathan Bryce,Dan Wilson,Chris Fischer,Guillaume Aubuchon
Deployment and Management of Your Application on OpenStack using an All Encompassing DSL based on TOSCA
Uri Cohen,Yaron Parasol
Network Abstraction at Different Layers of the Stack
Mohammad Banikazemi,David Olshefski,John Tracey
Hybrid Openstack Clouds: CERN Research Project Aims to Solve Federation for the Real World
Tim Bell,Toby Owen
Panel: OpenStack for Enterprise Developers: Should They Care?
Diane Mueller,Adrian Otto,Lew Tucker,Chris Ferris
Roundtable: Deploying and Upgrading OpenStack
Tim Bell,Rob Hirschfeld,Keith Basil,Boris Renski,Joshua McKenty,Mark Baker
OpenStack China Spotlight featuring Ctrip, iQiyi, and Qihoo 360
Mark Collier,Eric Ye,Yufang Zhang,Jieke Wu
OpenDaylight: An Open Source SDN for Your OpenStack Cloud
Chris Wright,Kyle Mestery,Anees Shaikh,Stephan Baucke
Deploying and Training on OpenStack at MIT: Helping to Accelerate World-Class Research
Jonathan Proulx,Tony Campbell
OpenStack Adoption and Lessons Learned from the Insurance and Financial Services Industry
Shaun Murakami,Manuel Silveyra,Jeffrey Coveyduc
Unifying the Management of OpenStack, Public Cloud, Data Center Virtualization, and More
james Labocki,Oleg Barenboim
OpenStack and NFV: The Convergence of IT and CT Infrastructure
Shuo Yang,Haiying Wang,Dennis GU,Alexis Susset
Taskflow: An OpenStack Library That Helps Make Task Execution Easy, Consistent, and Reliable
Joshua Harlow
Provisioning Software Defined Servers (Moonshot) Using CloudOS
Adarsh Suparna,Mahalakshmi Balakrishnan
Yahoo OpenStack on the Fabric: A Real World Study into Deploying and Operating OpenStack on a Fabric Computing Architecture
Peter Yamasaki,James Penick
Orchestrating an OpenStack DevOps Cloud Environment for RD Organization to Achieve Continuous Delivery
Ting Zou,Tanay Nagjee
Deploying Federated OpenStack Deployments on IPv6 Backbones Experiences, Directions and Architecture
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Best Practices for Delivering DevOps on OpenStack Panel Discussion
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Panel: Ideas, Tools and Examples for OpenStack Groups
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Ivan Zoratti
Heat and Enterprise Application
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The highly anticipated bout between Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson and Houston "The Assassin" Alexander underwhelmed. What was thought to be a short, fireworks filled slugfest turned out to be a 15-minute bout with a couple of sparks. After the final bell sounded, Slice, 35, and Alexander, 37 were exhausted.
While the bout was a disappointment by the standards set in the run up, the victory for Slice shows his progression as a fighter—and more importantly, a mixed martial artist.
Slice burst onto the national scene during a series of back yard fight videos that made their way to the Internet. To put it simply, he was a marketers dream: a fully bearded big guy who could knock people out.
With the popularity of MMA rising right along with Slice's notoriety, it seemed only a matter of time before brawls in the backyard turned into bouts in the cage. In 2007, Slice made his professional debut, beating former boxer Ray Mercer just 19 seconds into their three round fight. Those who followed Slice on the Internet were ecstatic. MMA purists were livid.
Victories over former UFC fighter Tank Abbott and James Thompson followed; Slice's stock once again rose to casual and new fans of the sport. Diehard fans remained unconvinced—citing Slice's lack of competition.
UFC President Dana White was one of those skeptics.
"They're feeding him fucking bums," White told Fight News back in 2008.
"The guy wouldn't win the fucking Ultimate Fighter."
And just like that, the proverbial gauntlet was thrown down. Slice saw his stock plummet after a 14-second TKO loss to Seth Petruzelli. After some time away from the spotlight, Slice reemerged on the UFC's hit reality TV show.
Though season winner Roy Nelson booted Slice out of contention with a second round TKO, only a fool would believe that Slice would be watching the finale from the stands instead of mixing it up in the ring.
When the bout with Houston Alexander was confirmed, fans and commentators alike expected Slice to revert to his old ways. The truth of the matter is that Alexander—who gained notoriety in the UFC by knocking out Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara—looked like a man who had never been in a professional fight in his life. The Nebraskan's attempts to get Slice to engage failed, allowing Slice to get the better of the few exchanges taking place in that 15 minute time span. The victory says less about Alexander—who, more than likely has seen his last bout in the Octagon—and more about Slice's evolution as a fighter.
"The goal was to come in and fight," Slice said before adding, "but you've gotta be smart about it.
Slice then went on to break down his strategy, his opponent's strategy, and his reactions to that strategy as though he's been training and fighting MMA all his life.
"We trained and prepared for his attacks. I wasn't prepared for the ring riding he did," Slice said of Alexander's unwillingness to engage.
Give Slice all the credit in the world for realizing that patience made the difference between having his hand raised and going down in bitter defeat. "If I would've run in there foolishly I would've gotten knocked out. A few times, I called him out; I had to call him out of his name, like 'Let's do this.' He stuck to his plan so I wasn't going to be foolish and run up on him."
What did happen in the fight turned out to be just as much of a sight as the action that didn't take place. Slice wowed the crowd, by taking down Alexander in the opening round. Two suplexes and a submission attempt later revealed a markedly different Kimbo Slice than the world had previously known—courtesy of training at American Top Team.
"When I took his back, I was going for the choke hold," Slice revealed. "When I realized I didn't have it and he turned into me, I went for something else."
At this point, Kimbo is a hard man not to root for. Though he was arguably given too much, too fast, he fully understands that MMA is a serious sport. As a result, he's gotten serious about training.
"I was really thinking street for a minute, but I had to bite down hard and fight smart," Slice said about his thought process during the bout.
In a moment of candor similar to the many fans were treated to during this season of The Ultimate Fighter, Slice went a little deeper. "It's hard, it's not an easy thing," he continued, discussing the transition from the streets to the pros. "I first was a street fighter. There was no training, I just went in there with my instincts, watched the guy's movements and countered him. At this level, you have to be almost genius type smart because you have to bottle a lot of things all in one."
One thing Kimbo hasn't bottled up is his sense of humor. After openly discussing the difficulty in trimming some 20-pounds from his muscular frame, Slice says he was able to put a few pounds back on in a nontraditional way.
"I put some weight on last night. I ordered up room service—twice."
Ladies and gentleman, welcome to "The Kimbo Slice Show" courtesy of the UFC.


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Finches add cigarette butts to their nests to ward off pests
June 27, 2017, 1:27 a.m. by Bryan Nelson
It's the equivalent of chemical warfare in the animal kingdom.
This is art for your nose
June 21, 2017, 1:13 p.m. by Matt Hickman
Imagine an art installation focused on unique urban odors.
Remember that kid who invented a way to clean up ocean plastic? He's back, and it's happening
June 7, 2017, 1:10 p.m. by Starre Vartan
Boyan Slat is on his way to setting up solar-powered booms in the Pacific.
The worst everyday air pollutants — and what they do to our bodies
May 24, 2017, 4:53 p.m. by Katherine Butler
Here's how some of the most common air pollutants are created and the effect they have on our bodies.
Are hedges better at fighting urban air pollution than trees?
May 24, 2017, 10 a.m. by Matt Hickman
A new study from the U.K. praises the pollutant-absorbing qualities of the humble hedge.
Human noise is invading our parks
May 8, 2017, 4:24 p.m. by Mary Jo DiLonardo
Fortunately some natural soundscapes still remain.
Common caterpillar found to eat plastic shopping bags
April 24, 2017, 6:54 p.m. by Bryan Nelson
It could represent a biodegradable solution to the omnipresent pollution clogging our landfills.
The Arctic is a 'dead end' for ocean plastic
April 24, 2017, 11:30 a.m. by Russell McLendon
Ocean currents have carried 300 billion pieces of plastic to the Arctic, a new study finds, and more is on the way.
Can human rights save Mother Nature?
April 10, 2017, 7:08 a.m. by Sidney Stevens
Rivers, ecosystems and animals are gaining the same legal rights as people to live and thrive.
London sculpture spotlights the deadly relationship between seabirds and plastic
April 3, 2017, 3:01 p.m. by Matt Hickman
It's not pretty, but there's a good reason why a vomiting seagull is standing outside the National Theatre.
100,000 people die in China every year so you can buy cheap goods
March 29, 2017, 5:57 p.m. by Bryan Nelson
We knew that air pollution from manufacturing is bad in China, but we didn't know it was this bad.
Planes, trains and automobiles: How noisy is transportation where you live?
March 28, 2017, 12:30 p.m. by Mary Jo DiLonardo
New map looks at transportation noise across the U.S.
What gray hair says about your health
Little girl feeds crows; in return, they bring her gifts
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A closer look at yellowing leaves on plants can help gardeners get to the root of the problem.
7 surprising facts about dragonflies
Like did you know they can fly backward, have almost 360-degree vision and they're ferocious?
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Euthanasia is the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment.
Various definitions and terminology
Voluntary euthanasia -- When the person who is killed has requested to be killed.
Non-voluntary euthanasia -- When the person who is killed made no request and gave no consent.
Involuntary euthanasia -- When the person who is killed made an expressed wish to the contrary.
Assisted suicide -- Someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life with the intention that they will be used for this purpose. When it is a doctor who helps another person to kill themselves it is called "physician assisted suicide."
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Chris Serface Elected to National Board of Directors of American Association of Community Theatre
Chris Serface of Tacoma Little Theatre has been elected as an officer for the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) Board of Directors. Chris will serve as Vice President for Planning and Development for a two-year term from 2014 till 2016.
Chris was raised in the Pacific Northwest, where he discovered the theatre at an early age and became involved with the local community scene. At 17, he became the youngest board member of Capital Playhouse in Olympia, Washington, and helped that organization grow from a seasonal production schedule to year-round programming. During his educational and professional career, he has travelled throughout the West, working closely with many theatres as an actor, technician, director, musician, volunteer, or board member (sometimes all of them at the same time). Currently, Chris is the Managing Artistic Director of Tacoma Little Theatre (founded in 1918), having previously served as the Director of Education for Tacoma Musical Playhouse. He is currently on the board of the Washington State Community Theatre Association as its Secretary and serves as chair of AACT's Workshops Committee. When not involved in some kind of theatrical endeavor, he tries to find time to spend with his five nephews.
The American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) provides networking, resources and support to suit the needs of those involved in community theatre. AACT represents the interests of more than 7,000 theatres across the United States and its territories, as well as theatre companies with the armed services overseas.
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The War's Toll on Reservist-Entrepreneurs
When National Guard reservist Dave Krasner was called to active duty in early October, 2004, he was given four days' notice before shipping off to Fort Dix, N.J., for training. That meant Krasner, then 32, who had seen combat three times while serving in the Guard, had to devise a contingency plan to keep his IT-service franchise running smoothly. But he was worried about its prospects for survival. He had recently left his job as Northeast area director of IT for Hilton Hotels (HLT) and had bought the Expetec franchise with his wife, Maritza, in Boston, so being deployed forced him to scramble during an already stressful situation.
To start, Krasner couldn't afford to hire a replacement and was facing mounting debt. And four days wasn't enough to organize the books or to make arrangements with customers, so he and his wife temporarily closed the franchise later that month. Maritza took overtime shifts at Gillette, where she had been working as an inspector for the razor division before opening the franchise.
And just six months after Krasner's deployment to Iraq, severe asthma forced him home in September, 2005. Because he could barely breathe or walk, he didn't get started rebuilding the business until three months later, when he reopened it.
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"We lost everything," says Krasner. "Now we owe everyone and their brother, and my credit is horrible. It went from 640 to 470—it absolutely killed us." Because of his credit problems, Krasner says he couldn't get a loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA), nor did he qualify for other government programs. The franchise is now slowly getting back on its feet, he says.
With the Bush Administration's proposed increase in troop levels in Iraq, more Guardsmen and reservists like Krasner, who depend on their businesses for their livelihood, could be called to active duty. And advocates say these tours of duty are leaving small-business owners in a precarious position.
"The small businessmen or women, or the lawyer or doctor, more than any other [self-employed] segment, have made the greatest sacrifices," says John Goheen, spokesman for the National Guard Assn., a Washington-based advocacy group. He argues more support is needed. "In a dynamic economy, people come and go, businesses start and fail in 18 months—that's quite a long time," Goheen says.
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William Elmore, the associate administrator for Veterans Business Development at the SBA, estimates that about 6% of the 550,000-plus active Reserve and National Guard members are self-employed, and that 9% of all Reserve and National Guard in the labor market are self-employed. Elmore is charged with the difficult task of building awareness of the programs and delivering support to servicemen and women, with a limited budget.
Pre- and post-deployment, reservists who run their own businesses often don't find out about the available government resources. But help does exist in the form of five of the 1,000 Small Business Development Centers across the country that work specifically with members of the military (assistance is available online for those who don't live near one of them) as well as an SBA loan program.
While the SBA offers several loan programs to help entrepreneurs expand or improve their businesses, only one type of loan is aimed at providing funds for operating expenses to small businesses affected by the absence of a military reservist—the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan (MREIDL).
Inadequate Support?
Despite being available to applicants who qualify "because an essential employee was 'called-up' to active duty in their role as a military reservist" since 2001, a total of just 268 MREIDLs have been approved by the SBA, for a total of $24.3 million. With a total of 371 applications processed, the approval rate stands at 73% and the average loan size is $90,844, according to SBA numbers.
National Guardsman Stanley Adams is one of the MREIDL recipients, which he says helped save his business. After spending more than 30 years developing a livestock-trailer business in Montgomery, Ala., 50-year-old Adams was called up for duty in April, 2003, and had three days to prepare before he was shipped to Fort Benning, Ga., for training. He had more than $1 million worth of trailers on site and thought his business would fall apart while he was gone. In October, 2003, he borrowed $350,000, which he used to cover bills and keep his head above water, though he says he still fears for his business as rumors circle of his unit's redeployment.
Some advocates say the SBA's MREIDL doesn't have the reach to support the thousands of veteran small-business owners. And other federal funds devoted to helping veteran small-business owners through non-SBA programs are also hard to depend on, says Louis Celli, a 22-year Army veteran who in 2004 started Northeast Veterans Business Resource Center, a Boston-based nonprofit providing courses, coaching, and mentoring to help veterans start and maintain small businesses.
Kerry's Plan
Celli's center depends entirely on federal money, and he says, "Every year we're waiting on pins and needles to see if they will keep funding us." He points out that the already limited funding aimed at helping servicemen rebuild their businesses is spread among several government agencies, so cohesive help is hard to come by.
Other advocates worry that what little funding out there could go away. Jim Boylston, a SCORE counselor in Silicon Valley and coordinator for armed services veterans programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, worries that many soldiers won't reap the benefits of the existing programs before funding is cut. "My concern is that, having lived in Washington, D.C., some pencil pusher is going to cut the programs, and that the money isn't going to be there for [returning soldiers]. When they finally let [the soldiers] come back and stay back, we need the money to be there for them," says Boylston, who served in the Korean War.
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), the chair of the Senate Committee for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, has been working for several years to introduce a Military Family Bill of Rights, a bill that includes comprehensive and direct assistance for military members and their families, including loans, grants, and tax credits for Guard and Reserve members who own their own small businesses or work for one.
Veterans advocates say that, by integrating the family into the process, the bill is critical to the overall reintegration of a veteran when they return. "Many times, it's through the family network that we can identify needs and seek out services critically important to getting veterans reintegrated into their previous lifestyle," says Celli.
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It takes a lot to get me to feel anything remotely empathetic for former Vice President Dick Cheney. But even my wicked heart winces over the public feuding between his daughters, Liz and Mary Cheney. Perhaps you have read the comments Cheney made about his daughters' very public feud over same-sex marriage: "This is an issue we [Read More…]
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I'll confess it right up front: I have passed menopause and moved headlong into the crotchety stage of life. I'm a journalist who can barely stand to read the daily headlines. I'm a progressive who yearns for some of the ways of yesteryear. I support the legal right of gays to marry, but by the [Read More…]
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Cut it or Stay with it?
Before i decided to transition to natural hair i use to wear weave and i relaxed the top of my head for 5 years straight. I am now 9 months in transition and i have about 4 inches of new growth . I really want to cut the relaxed ends off cause it looks so bad. So please your input is gladly appreciated!http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto_00077.jpg
Congrats on making the transition! Some of your ends do look curly. Do whatever will make you like your hair the most. If it gets uneven from cutting ends off (mine always is because I'm always snipping split ends and lopping off pieces when I don't like the way it's curling), you can always get it evened out at a later date.
seems like you only relaxed a portion of your hair. If you just cut that section are you going to end up with a curly mullet? if you do decide to cut, you'd have to cut the rest so it looks somewhat even. Maybe do twists and rock twists out in the section so the ends can kinda match the rest of your hair?
yeah the way i am transitioning is really compicated... the top of my hair was relaxed but now its curly roots and straight ends on top. if i cut the ends i will have shorter pieces on top of my head. i was wondering if a stylist could cut my hair into layers while cutting the ends off too? i dont know its been 8-9 months and i want these ends to go away :disgust:
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I have the cable that you can get from jeff and it works fine. At first I thought I was having problems with it so I bought the apple cable. I can't get the apple cable to charge my phone. It does if I hook it up to my computer but it doesn't with the dynavin. The DVD USB just recognizes the USB and switches to that source. The nav USB does the same but I get the pop up that charging is not supported by this device.
I don't recall the exact model number for the cable I have but Brutal said his apple cable charges fine with the dynavin.
Does anyone have info if theirs works?
My apple av cable does NOT charge my iphone4
iPod cable will charge my iphone4 and iPod but only when iPod is selected.
Gps USB will charge my iPhone in my glovebox and is still able to hold a good cell signal and Bluetooth to the dynavin perfectly all at the same time.
iPhone will charge regardless of dynavin mode.
DVD USB for music/updates will not charge my iphone4.(in mini console near coin holder)
I originally thought it would be better like this but I am planning on reversing the 2 cables so I dont have to put my phone in the glove box to charge.
I'm probly gonna reverse the 2 usb connections so I dont have to put my Iphone in the glovebox to charge, and then have a permenant usb in the glovebox for music. And then my aux connection is going to a sirius dock.
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A man armed with a six-inch kitchen knife was rugby-tackled to the ground by police outside Buckingham Palace after jumping over a vehicle barrier in an attempt to see the Queen, a court has heard.
David Belmar admitted trespass and possession of a bladed article at Westminster Magistrates' Court today.
The 44-year-old from Haringey, north London, was watched by a crowd of around 20 tourists as he tried to run through the palace's north centre gate just before 11.30am yesterday.
When police searched Belmar after bringing him to the ground, they found the kitchen knife wrapped in a plastic bag in his jacket pocket.
Edward Aydin, prosecuting, told the court: "In police custody, he said to police 'I wanted to see the Queen. I'm not happy about my benefits'."
He added that Belmar, who has mental health issues which he is taking medication for, has a fixation with the Queen and received a caution in 1989 for lighting fireworks and throwing them into the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
The Queen was not in the building at the time of yesterday's incident, Buckingham Palace said.
District Judge Quentin Purdy adjourned sentencing so that pre-sentence reports could be carried out.
He remanded Belmar in custody until he is sentenced at Southwark Crown Court at a date yet to be set.Reuse content


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Bill Farish Jr.'s Pool Play will be pointed toward the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) Nov. 23 at Churchill Downs, but the 7-year-old son of Silver Deputy might not be the only Clark starter from the barn of trainer Mark Casse. Stealcase and Delegation also are under consideration, Casse said Nov. 9.
Pool Play, the 2012 Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) winner who trained at Churchill prior to finishing eighth in the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr.I) at Santa Anita Park, won the 2011 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) in his lone start over the Louisville oval.


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I was emptying the dishwasher, putting away the stainless steel flatware we've had since we got married. And the thought hit me, as it does every time I empty the dishwasher—
I hate this flatware.
Don't get me wrong. It's not that there's anything really wrong with this flatware. It's a good weight, with a modern design. But I've been using it for three meals a day for over twenty years now. If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then familiarity breeds contempt.
For at least three years, I've thought about replacing the flatware. I even mentioned it to my husband. No help there. "What's wrong with the flatware? We've had it forever."
I feel intense guilt at the thought of replacing it. More than the cost or the time and hassle of seeking a new pattern, I worry about betraying this hard-working stainless steel. I worry it will learn I covet something lighter, shinier. Yes, the silver-plated flatware I got as a wedding gift.
Ironic, isn't it? I want to replace the boring stainless steel flatware with silver-plate I already own. So, why haven't I done it?
Tradition. It was drummed into me as a child that you only used the silver for holidays or special guests. It's not for every day. It's special. I have lots of this kind of stuff around my house. I got married at a time when it was still traditional to fill out a gift registry with a china pattern, stemware and silver. I have Danskk lead crystal wine glasses packed in tissue. The silver is stored in special bags and boxes to keep from tarnishing. I have holiday plates I use only at Christmas stored away in a cabinet.
Of course, while writing this blog, it occurs to me that my concerns go far deeper than knives, forks and champagne flutes. If I've packed away the silver and stemware for twenty years, barely ever taking it out to acknowledge it, have I done the same with people I love?
Our adult lives are filled with activity, responsibilities at work and at home. Too often, families (okay, my family) tend to gather and focus on each other only at the holidays and special occasions. It makes me wonder what life would be like if we all treated every day as if it were a special holiday.
Is it just me? Or are there special things in your world that you lock away, protect, and only allow yourself occasional indulgences? Is there a special person you may have neglected in your busy life? Feel free to give a shout out.
I'll select one commenter at random (thank you, Random.org) to receive a $15 gift certificate to your choice: Amazon, Barnes & Noble or iTunes. Comments taken through midnight Pacific Time tonight. Winner posted tomorrow. (Bear with me–I'm traveling again this week. I'll check in on comments as I can from the road!)


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Can A High-Salt Diet Aggravate Asthma?
Can eating too much salt take your breath away?
Ever since the 1930s, when a provocative study found a high-salt diet worsened asthma symptoms in children, researchers have speculated that our national appetite for salt is one reason asthma leaves more and more of us breathless. Thanks to recent work by Tim Mickleborough, Ph.D., a physiologist at Indiana University's Department of Kinesiology, we're closer to knowing how.
Mickleborough and his colleagues started with 24 young men and women with exercise-induced asthma. Twelve were put on a low-salt diet that allowed them no more than 3,750 mg of salt per day (that's 1,600 mg sodium, salt being 40 percent sodium). The other 12 were put on a high-salt diet: they ate the same foods as the first group plus a daily capsule containing 10,000 mg of extra salt. The low-salt group were given placebo capsules. (Government guidelines recommend no more than 2,300 mg of sodium per day—about 1 teaspoon salt.)


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Simon & Schuster Signs Further DORK DIARIES Books
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Simon & Schuster, a part of the CBS Corporation, is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed, electronic, and audio formats. Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Simon & Schuster Audio, Simon & Schuster Digital, and international companies in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit our website at www.simonandschuster.co.uk.


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The Federal government's approach to its proposed takeover of subway and light rail
safety regulation is an all too common way it approaches problem solving: Identify a
problem, identify a political solution, but the federal government in charge. Secretary Ron
LaHood says as much based on statements reported in the Washington Post: "Administration
officials said they are responding to a growing number of collisions, derailments and worker
fatalities on subways -- and in particular to the fatal June 22 crash on Metro's Red Line and
failures in oversight that have surfaced in its wake. Those failures have been the subject o f an
ongoing investigative series in The Washington Post. "After the [Metro] train crash, we were all
sitting around here scratching our heads, saying, 'Hey, we've got to do something about this,' "
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in an interview. "And we discovered that there's not
much we could do, because the law wouldn't allow us to do it." "Metro spokeswoman Lisa
Farbstein said the agency had not seen details of the proposal. "The bottom line is we welcome
additional safety oversight with open arms," she said. This Administration has shown little
tolerance for boundaries established by tradition or Constitutional principle. Perhaps this is
because the President is a former law professor who taught Constitutional law; he knows how to
get around the law to make the system work for him. Subways are particularly noteworthy, as
both a test case for the breakdown of federalism as well as setting the tone for how local
governance will be handled by the Federal Government in the future. Most transit
agencies, unlike Amtrak and airlines, are well within state jurisdictional boundaries
(Washington, D.C. Metro being a notable exception). The Obama Administration will use its
funding precedent--most capital costs for transit agencies are funded by the Federal
Government--as the mechanism for taking over rail transit agencies. The trick will be trying
to accomplish this, like highway funding, through incentives instead of direct mandates.
Interesting, virtually no one in the media seems to even understand the Constitutional principles
involved. Intercity rail and airlines can be regulated by the federal government because they
plausibly fall under the interstate commerce regulatory authority of the federal government. That
doesn't apply to the vast majority of rail transit systems, including those in Los Angeles, Denver,
San Francisco, Dallas and even Chicago. Yet, this shouldn't be a surprise. Progressive political
philosophies show little respect for governing principles that divide or limit the power of
government. President Obama is not just a progressive politician, he's also a populist. So, using
the Federal government to address an iden...
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HS SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Kittanning nips Indiana in pitchers' duel
Host Kittanning got the last laugh in a pitchers' duel and used a mini-rally in the bottom of the fifth inning to edge Indiana, 2-1, in a WPIAL Section 5-AAA softball game Tuesday.
With the game tied 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Kittanning's Nellie Toy ripped a two-out base hit off Indiana's Adrian Smith. The next batter, Georgie Shoop, smacked a double to score Toy, giving the Wildcats a 2-1 lead.
"It was definitely a pitchers' duel," Indiana coach Harold Wilson said. "We hit her (Courtney Edwards) fairly well when we played them in Indiana so I thought we'd go down there and get some hits and some runs. But she kept us off balance all day. She didn't do it with strikeouts, though. She did it with a lot of popups and easy outs."
Smith struck out five, walked two and allowed eight hits in a complete-game losing effort.
Indiana (7-7) travels to Marion Center on Thursday.
MARION CENTER 7, NORTHERN CAMBRIA 0: Marion Center ace Megan Risinger fired another gem, and the Stingers piled up 12 hits and blanked Northern Cambria in a Heritage Conference game.
The Stingers got on the board first when they plated four runs on four hits in the bottom of the second inning.
Marion Center added three runs on four hits in the sixth to take a 7-0 lead.
A sophomore, Risinger tossed a one-hitter, striking out 13 and walking none. Risinger is 8-1 and has posted a complete game every time she's pitched this year. Bre Sabella got the Colts' lone hit off Risinger.
"She actually wasn't feeling good today. She was really struggling with a cold," Marion Center coach Ed Peterson said. "I told her once we got a lead that I'd bring someone else in but she just kept getting stronger and stronger and she ended up giving us another complete game."
Heidi Peterson paced Marion Center with three hits and an RBI. Katie Dotts had two hits and an RBI, and Kimmi Donaldson singled twice.
Marion Center (8-1, 6-1 conference) plays host to Penns Manor today. Northern Cambria welcomes Blairsville on Tuesday.
PURCHASE LINE 8, UNITED 7: Purchase Line plated the game-winning run on a passed ball in the seventh and won its third straight game in a Heritage Conference game in Armagh.
With the game knotted 7-7, Purchase Line's Shawna Yeager reached base on a fielder's choice with one out in the seventh. Yeager then scored on the next at-bat from third on a wild pitch from United pitcher Leah Magalich.
Purchase Line reliever Kyra Smith struck out eight and walked one in the last 3 2-3 innings to get the win. Smith also tripled and singled twice.
Koren McCullough doubled twice, singled and drove in three runs to lead Purchase Line.
Jill Snyder doubled twice to guide United. Magalich struck out four and walked four in a complete-game losing effort.
Both teams play on the road today. Purchase Line (5-7) travels to Homer-Center and United heads to Ferndale.
LIGONIER VALLEY 12, PENNS MANOR 0: Hailey Umbaugh tossed a two-hitter, and Ligonier Valley added eight insurance runs in the seventh inning to turn a solid victory into a rout, blowing past Penns Manor in a Heritage Conference game in Clymer.
Umbaugh struck out six and walked two to earn the victory.
Jackie Berry and Breanne Wallace had three hits each for the Rams. Umbaugh added a double, and Courtney Frappier went 2-for-2 with a home run.
Micayla Parfitt struck out seven and walked three, taking the loss for Penns Manor.
Both teams play today. Ligonier Valley (8-1) visits Norwin, and Penns Manor (3-7) travels to Marion Center.
WEST SHAMOKIN 9, APOLLO-RIDGE 4: West Shamokin broke out for six runs in the fourth inning of a WPIAL Section 3-AA game in Spring Church.
Jen Notto and Alecia Calhoun led the Wolves with two hits each. Calhoun was the winning pitcher, with one strikeout and four walks.
Mariah Laird struck out two and walked four to take the loss for Apollo-Ridge.
West Shamokin (5-10, 5-8) plays host to Ford City today. Apollo-Ridge (3-10, 3-12) visits Freeport on Thursday.


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While chit chatting with one of my colleagues, I was surprised to hear they use a PHP team for developing their front-end application, while the back-end services are implemented using Java. Since their project is doing great, this really got my thinking why I haven't ever considered such an architecture.
Most large Java web application I've been involved with have shone on the server-side, while the client-side has been the Achilles heel.
While you can find great Java web developers, not every Java developer has web-based skills. But PHP developers are great when it comes to web programming, and they don't have a zillion of frameworks to specialize in. PHP developing is pretty much standard, as opposed to Java web programming. I have always been anxious when joining a project using a new web framework I didn't know anything about, but that's not the case for a PHP developer. They can always join a new project, and the learning curve is not that steep.
I remember reading many comparisons tests for Java vs PHP or Python, and I don't remember seeing a single test not aiming to pick-up a winner. Such test targets only the language, but disregards the community and especially its developers.
If you enjoyed this article, I bet you are going to love my book as well.
Sometimes the winning solution is not a single technology but a clever mix of those that are best suited withing a given context. A similar concept is the polyglot persistence.
So as an architect you always have to stay open-minded, and be objective of any technology you happen to love. After all, I love Java, but I also know it's not always the best solution to all my clients' problems.


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On Monday, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a new voter-identification law the requires photo identification of all in-person voters at every election, as well as requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration beginning on January 1, 2013. The state House passed the bill by a margin of 111 to 11. Naturally, liberals like Rachel Maddow think these simple rules are rigging the system. On Tuesday night's show, a very hyperbolic Maddow claimed "it's going to be almost impossible to get registered to vote now in Kansas." Her guest was Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the incoming chair of the Democratic Party, who was lobbing bombs at Republicans.
MADDOW: Is making it harder to register to vote, which many Republican-controlled states are pursuing right now -- is that a partisan tactic?
WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ: Well, I think it's sending a very strong signal that Republicans don't think they can win elections in a fair fight. So, they need to go systematically state-by-state rigging it so that it makes it much more difficult for all voters, regardless of political party affiliation or philosophical approach can get to the polls.
I mean, just to give you an example of a bill that's going through the legislative -- the legislative session right now in Florida. I mean, this is particularly offensive to women voters, there's actually a provision in a bill that's been introduced and pushed by the House speaker in Florida that says that a newly married woman cannot actually vote without bringing her marriage certificate to a polling place, and at that point, she can only vote a provisional ballot if her voter registration hasn't officially been changed to her newly married name.
I mean, those are the kind of outrageous tactics, the intimidation -- and the thing that has been much more prevalent, Rachel, voter fraud has been proven time again in the last few years not to be rampant. What is rampant is the intimidation tactics that have been used by Republican supervisors of elections, Republicans secretaries of state, and that the policies used across the country by Republicans overseeing elections has really been outrageous in terms of getting in the way of voters who simply want to go to the polls.
Maddow wanted to return to her hyperbolic claim that requiring a photo ID or a passport made voter registration "essentially impossible," and that the new Kansas law somehow means the end of new voter registrations in the Sunflower State, and Democrats are too wimpy in fighting it:
MADDOW: We're looking at an extreme version of this in Kansas -- Kansas making it essentially impossible to register to vote unless you have your birth certificate or passport with you. Given the proportion of Americans with passports that we know of, and I don`t know how many people where their birth certificate is, it`s hard to imagine many new voters will be registered in Kansas. But it`s not just Kansas. We`re seeing this in a lot of states. The Kansas secretary of state is an activist Republican secretary of state. He says he wants this to be model legislation across the country.
I feel like the defense on this has, in many cases, been left to civil rights groups who worry about the disproportionate impact of these sorts of things on minority voters, say, or elderly voters or the poor. What about the Democratic Party institutionally sort of taking the other side of this fight?
WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ: Oh, gosh, no. I mean, institutionally, the Democratic Party has been very aggressive. I mean, I sit on the House Judiciary Committee, as you know, Rachel, and, you know, particularly when President Bush was still in office, and there was hearing after hearing with the -- with the Republican Department of Justice employees coming before us and literally maintaining that voter fraud was rampant, we called them out under the leadership of my colleague, Jerry Nadler, who`s been the chairman of that subcommittee, and, you know, really pushed back hard on them. Democratic legislators across the country have pushed back hard and have tried to flush out that voter intimidation practices by Republican elected officials are much more prevalent than the supposed voter fraud that they really haven`t been able to turn up just about anywhere in the country.
Then DWS really dropped a bomb -- comparing the Republicans to Moammar Qaddafi and Arab dictators, while the Democrats and their activists are like the rebels:
And, you know, what's more outrageous about this whole effort by Republicans to get in the way of Americans who just want to go and cast their vote is look at what's going on in the Middle East and North Africa right now. You have literally, you know, hundreds of thousands of people who are risking their lives and dying to be able to have the franchise, to be able to actually vote and choose their leaders.
And here we are, we have people who pull the levers of power in the Republican Party who are trying to do the opposite and disenfranchise Americans because they don't like the outcome of an election in a fair fight.
The incoming DNC chairwoman added:
Voter intimidation has been the M.O. of the Republican Party, unfortunately, for many years now. They don't like the outcome of elections when everyone from every walk of life gets to actually go to the polls and cast their vote. They certainly don't like when we have record turnout of young people, record turnout of first-time voters. They don`t like the outcome of those elections.
So, instead, their goal now is to get in the way of those folks being able to cast their vote. And, you know, hopefully, if they can rig the election with the right makeup of voters that they prefer, then their candidates will be successful.


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August-September 2013
HR News
HR events, trainings and courses
Health reform law: All employees should have received required notification
(Sept. 24, 2013) All staff and faculty members were sent an email linking to a notification from DU outlining key provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act that pertain to options for health care insurance once the law takes effect Jan. 1, 2014. Though the University is maintaining its employer-sponsored plan, we are required to provide all employees with this notification regarding your options for health care access, and in particular access to the state exchanges. If you have questions, please send them to Human Resources at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2012-2013 Performance Management forms due Oct. 11
(Sept. 17, 2013) Performance evaluations provide an opportunity for open, two-way communication between managers and employees. It is mandatory that the year-end review be completed in the fall of each year. This year-end review is based on performance goals set in the performance form earlier in the year.
Completed performance reviews are due in the online performance management system (SuccessFactors) by the end of business Oct. 11.
In addition to providing an opportunity for open, two-way communication between managers and their employees, performance evaluations also help managers and employees to:
- Foster mutual understanding of expectations and commitment to goals
- Improve productivity by providing constructive feedback
- Identify training and development needs
- Ensure that strategic goals of the departments, divisions and the University are carried through
- Provide the basis for personnel actions where performance is not at the level of expectation required for the job
- Provide the basis for any potential salary adjustments that may occur
The outcomes of performance evaluations benefit individual employees, as well as the University, departments and work groups .
Human Resources provides a variety of training options to help with performance management. You can register for instructor-led classes by logging into PioneerWeb. Click on the Employee Tab, and then in the Training channel on the right side click Performance Management.
More information and resources can be accessed on the HR website, including the 2012-2013 Performance Management process guide. If you are interesting in having a unit-specific year-end performance management session to review all required steps of the process, please contact Josh Navarro (email@example.com or 303-871-7726).
We are always looking for ways to improve our processes. If you need further information or assistance, or have suggestions about how we might enhance this process in the future, please contact Josh Navarro via email or phone.
Health reform law: DU required to send notification to all employees
(Sept. 17, 2013) Earlier this year, Human Resources held open forums regarding health reform and the changes that will affect employees as well as employer-sponsored plans. Though the University is maintaining its employer-sponsored plan, we are still required to send notification to all employees regarding your options for health care access and in particular access to the state exchanges. All staff and faculty members will soon be receiving a mandatory notification from DU outlining key provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act that pertain to options for health care insurance once the law takes effect Jan. 1, 2014. Again, it is important to note the University of Denver will continue to offer health insurance for eligible employees, yet as an employer, DU is required to send this notification so that you are aware of options to satisfy the individual mandate to have health insurance. DU's health plan meets all of the health reform law requirements to comply with your individual mandate under the law. See the health reform update website for background and helpful information on this legislation.
Comings and goings in July and August
(Sept. 3, 2013) See who joined our DU team, who transferred and who moved on in July and August, 2013.
Liaisons keep you and your team on top of HR news
(Aug. 6, 2013) DU faculty and staff members can rely on their HR liaison as a communication link between the Human Resources department and their own department.
HR liaisons met Aug. 1 to get the latest updates on new information related to the vendor transition for Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), the upcoming Thrive Across America program from well@du, new programs and services for new employees and hiring managers, plus more.
Your departmental HR liaison passes along information within your department, and to help in that process, here are some things shared in the Aug. 1 meeting that every faculty and staff member may find useful:
- Performance management (PEDS) – With the turn of the calendar to August, it's time to move into phase 3 – Year-End Review. Oct. 11 is the deadline for completion of this year's performance review process.
- There are many Learning and Development opportunities coming up, with several new offerings.
The next HR liaison meeting is Nov. 7.
Delta Dental changes
(Aug. 6, 2013) If you currently have Delta Dental coverage, you will now need to provide your social security number to your dentist in lieu of your DU ID number upon your next visit. Your personal information will remain confidential between you and your dental care provider. This simple change is being made to streamline the benefit process for both you and your dentist's office. If you have questions, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
HR Events, Trainings and Courses
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the interactive process – Sept. 25, 8:30-10 a.m.
This session will review the interactive process of requesting an accommodation and DU's policies and procedures. Participants will have the opportunity to review scenarios and ask questions.
Registration is through PioneerWeb, employee tab, training (lower right) then Management & Supervisory.
Employee campus tour – Oct. 1, 8:30-9:45 a.m., Mary Reed Building south entrance
This will be the last employee tour during the fall quarter. This tour highlights DU history, facilities and campus life.
Registration is through PioneerWeb, Employee tab, scroll down to Training on the lower right, then select Orientation and Employee Experience.
(Aug. 13, 2013) Last month, the Coffee Break Series, a learning and development series for managers, was launched to great success. This is one of many new programs created to respond to employee feedback on what is needed to foster employee engagement at the University. Sessions are scheduled through fall quarter:
- Leveraging employee talents – Sept. 27
- How to turn conflict into collaboration – Oct. 31
- Peer today, boss tomorrow – Nov. 29
All sessions take place from 8:30-9 a.m. in the DuPont Room, Mary Reed Building. Registration is through PioneerWeb, click on the employee tab, scroll down and on the lower right under the training channel, select management and supervisory.
Additional information and manager resources can be found on the Management and Supervisory Development webpage.
Leveraging employee talents – Sept. 27, 8:30-9 a.m., Mary Reed Building DuPont Room
Our talents define who we are as individuals and play an important role in the workplace. When employees have an opportunity to utilize their talents, they become more engaged and have a higher level of satisfaction in their role. This session will provide some tools on how to determine if an employee's top talents are being used in their role and finding opportunities to leverage their talents.


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Blood, Sweat & Tears/Blues Brothers (Karaoke CDG)
Blood, Sweat & Tears/Blues Brothers (Karaoke CDG) pop/Rock. Karaoke CDG. Published by Pocket Songs (PS.PSCDG1364).
You don't need to have the blues to sing the blues, and there's no reason need to be sad with this collection of great blues songs! The long-running jazz-rock fusion band Blood, Sweat and Tears are represented here with three great songs for you to sing along to. New Jersey outfit Blues Traveler are also featured, as is their hugely successful 1994 hit 'Run-Around.' We've also included selections from Dan Akroyd and John Belushi's wildly successful alter egos, The Blues Brothers.
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The Dension Gateway 500 is $420 or so, the Dension BTA1500 Bluetooth Module is another $85 or so, a bit pricey for what you want to do.
If you want to stream music then go buy yourself a dedicated streaming device. With the one I list below you will use the Stereo cable and plug it into your AUX In headphone port. Then, when you get in your car, the phone will auto-connect to the streamer wirelessly and you can hear everything through your Aux setting in Idrive. The stream device is always attached to your Aux In port.
I use the Blackberry Bluetooth Gateway for my Wifes Iphone. I like that one in particular because it does not work off of a rechargeable battery, it is USB powered and when plugged into the cigarette lighter turns off and on with the car ignition (or hardwire it in like I did). Other devices on the market require that you plug them in periodically to charge, nothing I hate than losing the connection because the device is dead and you forgot to remove and charge. By the way, the Iphone will still connect to the car bluetooth for phone calls, it does keep a simultaneous connection the the car and the streamer at the same time. When listening to music it will flip over to the phone, then back to the music when the call is finished.
The Blackberry module may not be made anymore but they are still being sold, also on ebay, probably cost at the most $50. The only bad part that I have found, and I have tested 4 different streaming devices, is that the overall sound quality is degraded a bit. But others love the sound quality so perhaps I am too picky.
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Over the weekend, a black bear caused all kinds of problems as it wandered through the city. The bear was eventually hit by a vehicle driving eastbound on I-96, near Knapp Street.John Niewoonder is a wildlife biologist with the DNR. He says the black bear population is thriving up north and it's forcing the younger males, south. "So, the young bears, the young males are looking for a place to call their own. And are expanding out of their existing territory because there are other bears there and more males will come south, looking for a home."In most cases, Neiwoonder says black bears are elusive. Attacks on humans are rare and usually, the bear is just looking for something to eat. With that said, if you live near a wooded area, you might want to get rid of possible food sources, like bird feeders. Also, if you encounter a black bear, the DNR says to make lots of noise, and slowly leave the area.


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Is a GSD a good choice for my family?
So, I recently moved to a small town with my wife and 2 year-old daughter. We're living in a house with a huge yard, 10 feet walls and fences, and we're thinking of having a dog. I'd like to have a dog that can be a good family pet, that can bond with my daughter as she grows up, and as a guard dog, since we already had a break-in attempt. I had a weimaraner in the past, and I considered getting another one, but I don't think they make very good guard dogs. I'm considering a German Shepherd now, but from what I've read about it in books and on this forum, I'm not so sure about it.
1. I don't plan on keeping the dog chained in the yard unless we have strangers visiting, but I don't like dogs inside the house all the time either. It's fine for them to get in and out when they need something, or to stay for a while when we are doing some family activity, but they must live and eat outside. We have a small winter garden inside the house where he can stay when it's too cold outside, but that's it. Couches and beds are definitely out of limits. I've read that GSDs are more prone to separation anxiety and may get too anxious if left to sleep outside. Is that true?
2. On the other hand, both my wife and I telecommute, so we're at home most of the time. Every once in a while we'll both go on business trips, so the dog will be alone for a few days, although he'll be familiar with the janitor who will feed him when we're not around. Would that be a problem?
3. The house is on a corner, and we have these huge walls around the whole perimeter, but where it borders with the sidewalk, the wall has holes in it, and the dog can see the people walking around. There's a school nearby, so lots of kids, not to mention a bus stop a few steps from our gate. From what I've read, the GSD may be stressed out by watching those people moving so close and may bark at them all the time. Is that true? Can we avoid that with adequate training?
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If the dog will be living primarily on its own outside the house I would highly recommend looking for a breed other than a GSD. GSDs bond strongly with their families and really want to be close to their people as much as possible. They also need lots of exercise and need to be engaged and interacted with in their physical and mental exercise ... they are not the type of dog that will play on their own and tire themselves out. Left alone in a yard, no matter how nice or big, they will get bored and will then potentially get destructive or disruptive (i.e. barking at everything that moves, or walks by, digging up the yard, tunneling under the fence, etc.).
The barking at passers-by and such can be addressed with proper training, but without a sufficient amount of exercise (both physical and mental) every day, I don't know that even training will help. A bored GSD is going to find a way to alleviate it's boredom. They are extremely smart dogs, and as such need to be stimulated in positive and engaging ways every day or they can and will be a tough dog to live with regardless of whether they live in the house or outside.
first off, welcome.
Honestly, these dogs do require alot of 'family' interaction. If your planning on chaining them outside, not a good idea.
Growing up, years and years ago, my family had always had dogs. One was a gsd that was chained up outside to a dog house. He was a nervous mess, I was a small kid , what did I know? I think being chained up outside, made him not only a nervous mess, but anti social , and well he'd nail anyone that walked past him. He also had separation anxiety. Just not a good thing at all.
if He's familiar with your janitor most likely not a problem.
3. Yes, and who knows , these dog can be territorial, especially if they are living outside most of the time, it could be a liability but also depends on the dog.
Depending on the dog would depend on whether it would be protect anyone, they are usually more about protecting themselves than others.
A bark is a good deterrent but you can't expect a dog to go after a burglar especially if the dog is living outside.
So, my vote is honestly, I would not get a gsd if I were you
No. A GSD is not for you.
Hi - welcome and thanks for doing you research!
I wouldn't recommend a GSD for your situation. Not only do they require a lot of effort to raise, but they are very family-oriented and want to be with their people. If you bring a puppy into your home, you'll need to spend a lot of time (and possibly money) training and socializing your dog properly. They aren't a dog you can leave in a yard, as they quickly become bored and destructive. This type of isolation can also cause a lot of stress, anxiety, and fear, which could lead to behavior that is dangerous and hard to manage, not to mention a big liability.
Also, as someone mentioned, most dogs are a good deterrent for your average burglar, but typically don't protect others unless trained.
I'd consider a different breed than a German shepherd!
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I agree with what everyone else has said here. I don't really think a GSD is the correct dog for you.
With that said, you showed concern about the dog being on the furniture. I have owned GSD for 20+ years and have never let them on the furniture. No couch, no bed, etc. We have a crate beside our bed for them to sleep in and we have a dog bed in the living room beside the couch. They can still be with us and we enjoy them being with us but I don't consider them lap dogs.
I agree. I wouldn't get a GSD if I were you.
If you main concern is home protection, it would be cheaper to just get a home security system.
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I agree with everyone else.
German Shepherds, in order to become the good dogs they are reputed to be, need lots of training, beginning at 8 weeks when you bring them home. The ones you see that are wonderful and well-behaved-- well, a lot went into those dogs. Many months of training, redirecting, correction. Many months of teaching the dog what to do, and of interacting with it so that it recognizes you as a leader they need to obey.
By the time they are two, the fruits of all that labor the owner performed with the German Shepherd become evident. A well-trained GSD who is bonded with his family is a treasure and a joy. But you have to pay in your dues to get that.
You can't train a dog if it is outside, alone. What you will get is a crazy dog who needs to occupy his intelligent mind with something, and a smart dog with too much time and nothing to do will do things people will not like.
In addition, you have a 2-year-old. You get a GSD and leave it alone outside to its own devices, and he won't learn how he is supposed to behave and control himself. As a result, he becomes a danger to your child. He will jump, nip, be obnoxious, because he has not been taught otherwise.
So, in conclusion, no, please do not get a GSD.
It would be much easier for you to get ADT or whatever kind of home security system is affordable. More than likely, living outside will make any type of dog a mess. I'm not trying to be rude but I think that if you do get a dog, you need to be able to compromise a little. Maybe get a crate inside the house and let it sleep inside at night. It can be outside during the day in good weather.
I had a Rottweiler growing up and he did well outside all the time - until he got old. My parents had a barn for him to sleep in with hay bedding to keep warm. I honestly think maybe if you find an adult dog who is used to being outside mostly, you may be able to avoid the potential issues that come with a completely outdoor dog. Please don't get a GSD though. Any dog will want to be with its family a lot but a GSD will suffer not being with you inside and left to fend for itself in the backyard.
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As vintage loving gals we get asked whether we're in theatrical plays on an almost daily basis. Whilst walking down the street we might hear people yell in our direction "MAD MEN!" or "Dita Von Teese!" Halloween might be the only day of the year where we could get away with full-blown vintage attire without any rude or annoying comments. However, since we dress in 60s wiggle dresses, or 50s party dresses anyway, it would be boring to dress up as Joan from Mad Men, or Dita Von Teese. So here are some ideas for Halloween costumes that can probably be recreated from your very own closet.
1. A pumpkin! This was my Halloween costume a couple years ago. The dress was something I had already in my closet. All I needed to do was make a headpiece in the shape of a stem using a couple pieces of green felt and black elastic, and pull on some green tights. This very dress is now up for sale in my shop. Add some face paint and you can be a creepy jack-o-lantern. But if orange is not your color, you can be other pieces of fruit or veggies too! Got a red dress? Be a tomato! Purple? Eggplant! You get the idea.
2. Silent Film Star Grab that black vintage dress, white tights and get ready to paint your face gray. Add a little black board to show your 1920s era dialogue.
3. Roy Lichtenstein Girl 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Now granted this costume is more about the makeup than what you're wearing, but most vintage girls have polka dots and bright colors in her closet. Grab that polka dot dress, or classic 80s geometric print secretary dress and get ready for a good solid hour of makeup application. But oh is it worth it!
4. Miss Yvonne from Pee Wee's PlayhouseThis one might require some male arm candy in a grey suit and red bow tie on your arm, but 80s kids will undoubtedly recognize you if you wear a big poofy 50s style dress with your hair up in a massive beehive.
5. Alice Keiko Lynn dressed as Alice in Wonderland a couple years ago. It's not an uncommon costume in a mainstream sense. You can find a packaged, Made In China Alice Costume at your local Halloween shop, but vintage gals can give the character some vintage whimsy. Do you have a light blue vintage dress like I do? Maybe a vintage white pinafore apron like I do? BAM! I just figured out what I'll be this year. Also, you could easily be Dorothy from Wizard of Oz with just a change from black to red shoes.
6. Mary Poppins Got a white blouse? Got a blazer and skirt? Got an UMBRELLA?!?! You could be Julie Andrews in a heartbeat.
7. Showgirl Harriett from Bright Young Twins rocked this authentic 30s showgirl outfit. Now I'm not expecting you gals to have such a rare piece in your closet, but if you do, ummm, DUH! If you don't, try wearing that dress with fringe you got, that big feather hat… get your glam on! Bedazzle your old black swimsuit, and step in some fishnets. This one can morph into a cigarette girl or circus performer… just depends on where you decide to take it.
8. French Clown Erin from Calivintage went as French clown a couple years ago. Some 60s dresses often have a Pierrot vibe to them. Maybe you have something similar in your closet. If not take that high neck 60s shift and add some ruffled white tulle, or a bold white collar. Paint your face the iconic white with a little black eye makeup and there you have it. Add some white gloves if you want to go for more of a mime look.
9. Favorite Film Character Johanna went as Rachael from Blade Runner last year. A simple 40s style black dress would do for this look. Admittedly, this costume is all about the hair.
Sally Jane Vintage did Bonnie and Clyde a few years ago. Seen as Faye Dunaway in the 1967 Bonnie and Clyde is such a style icon to so many of us vintage-loving gals, I'm sure a lot of you have a beret and scarf in your vintage arsenal. If you don't mind trashing some clothes add some blood from being sprayed with bullets, and voila, a creepy and stylish costume.
Andi B. Goode dressed up as a Rockford Peach from A League of Their Own. Possibly the cutest vintage girl costume ever! It'll take some effort to achieve this look, but it obviously can be done. A lazy girl's take on it would be to wear a simple white blouse and white tennis skirt with a red baseball cap and a bat in hand.
10. Sea Nymph, Esther Williams or Drowning Victim from the 50s! Now, I simply wore this outfit for an impromptu guerrilla style photo-shoot in an aquarium, but how cute would this outfit be to wear for Halloween? Put on your vintage 50s suit or repro swimsuit and sport a swim cap and be Esther Williams. Cover yourself in seaweed, smear gnarly black makeup under your eyes and blue on your face and lips and be a 1950s drowning victim! And now, no Top 10 list written by Mary Van Note would be complete without some extras (i.e. I have a hard time editing myself).
11. Sexy Oompa Loompa Okay, okay, this one is clearly a sales pitch for this pair of rad 70s hot pants/shortalls just listed in my shop. But what better way to justify spending money on a vintage garment than Halloween? Especially if you know you would wear them a lot anyways. So take a look at your favorites on Etsy and go ahead and justify an awesome vintage purchase.
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12. Girl ScoutIf you're anything like me, you have some vintage uniforms in your closet… and one of those uniforms would be a vintage girl scout uniform. I dressed as a vintage girl scout several years ago. You can go from cute girl scout to creepy zombie girl scout with just the swipe and smudge of some eyeliner. And that's it, ladies. These were some of my favorite Halloween costumes that can be done with vintage clothing and accessories. I'm all about making your own costumes from what you already have in your closet, and I hope I inspired you to look into yours and get creative this Halloween.


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