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Bomb site used as 'public urinal'Michael Bachelard
Published: October 11 2012 - 3:00AM
KUTA: The epicentre of the Bali bombing, which many Australians regard as sacred ground, is being used as a car park and casual public urinal as squabbling over its future stretches into its second decade.
A forlorn Australian flag, decorated with newspaper portraits of the 88 Australian dead, hung on the fence of the Sari Club site in central Kuta yesterday as a procession of pilgrims came and expressed their disgust.
And late last night, as the bars and nightclubs kicked into action, Fairfax Media observed several people urinating on ground where, 10 years ago this week, hundreds of people were burnt to death.
Phil Britten, who was badly burnt across 40 per cent of his body, and who lost seven of his mates from the Kingsley Football Club in the Bali blast, has been fighting for years to make the Sari Club site a ''peace park''.
But the landowner, a rich businessman, Tija Sukamto, and the leaseholder, one of Bali's most powerful magnates, Kadek Wiranatha, have refused all efforts to encourage them to part with the land, including an offer of more than $1 million, partly funded by Australian governments.
Their price is $7.2 million for three-quarters of the block - well above the market price for even the most valuable Kuta real estate.
As the stalemate drags on, signs have appeared on walls and gates saying in Indonesian and English, ''This area strictly not public toilet'', with the joking addition of, ''But ladies are welcome.''
Efforts to beautify the lot have failed. It is covered in packed dirt, rubbish is piled up in one corner and it contains a paid parking lot and a corrugated iron eatery. ''We've tried to plant trees there. There were beautiful banana plants … and they've been taken down,'' Mr Britten says. ''And to see the sign about urinating … it's a bit disheartening.''
Jan Laczynski, who lost five friends on the night of October 12, 2002, after returning to Melbourne a day before the blast, used even stronger language.
''It will always be a sacred site to so many Australians, and to see a car park where the ashes of loved ones have been scattered - it's just disgraceful,'' he said.
Australian passers-by at the site yesterday, some associated with the bombing and in Bali for the 10th anniversary, likewise expressed their disbelief that the ugliest block in Kuta was the site of the atrocity.
However, Sandra Thompson, the mother of one of the victims, Clint Thompson, said she could not blame local people for urinating there because there was no other open space and no public facilities anywhere else in Kuta.
Mr Britten said he was optimistic that a peace park would be built but the leaseholder remains unmoved. Kadek Wiranatha said he had paid for a 30-year lease and he planned to put a ''nice, quiet restaurant'' on it - although observers say it's more likely to be another nightclub of the kind that made his fortune.
''I'm determined to keep the land … because I already signed the lease,'' he said, adding the elusive owner also wanted to keep it, to pass on to his grandson.
Bali's governor, I Made Pastika, has already vetoed development at the Sari Club site, and some now believe the only way to resolve the stalemate is for him to force the owner to sell to the local government. New laws ratified in Indonesia in January allow this to happen, for the first time.
But Mr Pastika - who was the police chief responsible for the arrest of the bombers, and who is the patron of the peace park group - has said his hands are tied when it comes to fixing the site.
He admitted the price the owner was asking for the land was "crazy" and "unbelievable" but added there was little he could do about it.
Some locals also support a park in the area, which has undergone rampant development in the past few years and in which there is now little open space.
Ayu Silat was a cashier at the Sari Club on the fateful night, and was only metres from where the terrorists' one-tonne bomb blew up. She very nearly became another victim.
Five months ago, this woman who nearly lost her life gave birth to new life. She wants her daughter to be able to visit a park in the place where terror visited her. ''If it's a peace park, then it will stay like that, as a memory,'' she said. ''If it's just another establishment, this story, it will slowly fade away.''
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David Bergin, 30, bet against his team. Originally from England's north west, Bergin watched United home and away, week in week out, before the 2005 Glazer takeover. Life for him was never the same after that and he's not been to Old Trafford since 2005. Many United fans feel the same.
Instead, he started watching Rayo Vallecano, the third biggest team in Madrid. He'd fallen for this mistress while in Madrid en route to see United play in Valencia in 2001. He started going to games when he could and was welcomed into the Vallecas fold. He travelled to away games the length and breadth of Spain to watch Rayo in the third and second division. From Irun on the Basque-French border in the north, to Las Palmas in the Canaries off the coast of Africa.
In 2011, he moved to Madrid so that he could watch his adopted team more often. He chose a good time, for Rayo were promoted to the top flight, despite boasting a team of young players, several of whom had never played at that level before. Players like midfielders Javi Arribas and Michel, forward Piti and full-back Tito in two seasons with Rayo went from the third division and away games in front of 1,000 to playing Barca and Real Madrid in front of 80,000.
Despite players not receiving their agreed salaries after a dispute with a former club president, Rayo, whose coach Jose Ramon Sandoval had never coached above Spain's fourth division until 2010, reached the giddy heights.
The 43-year-old coach worked a miracle, getting Rayo out of the second division in his first season at that level and while his players threw him in the air to celebrate, his feet remained firmly on the ground - as they could only ever be in Vallecas, a working class barrio immediately south of central Madrid. He has continued to excel this season and new Vallecas resident Bergin has seen it all. In keeping with the club's left-wing ideology, he made a Che Guevara-style tee-shirt for Sandoval and presented it to him. The Rayo coach waved it around on the pitch and then decided to make a gesture of his own. He got a Rayo shirt and had 'David' printed on the back.
"It's the perfect triangle of fans, manager and players who understand each other," says the thrilled Bergin.
Rayo fans shout 'Manchester' when they see him and consider him one of their own. For the recent game against Real Madrid, the game where Jose Mourinho praised the febrile atmosphere in Rayo's three-sided 15,500 capacity stadium, Bergin won a prize to stand with the players for the pre-match photo. Feeling cheeky, he then stood at the end of the Rayo team as the Madrid players came past to shake their hands.
"Pepe had piercing eyes and hugged me, Higuain tapped my backside when he saw my Guevara t-shirt and Cristiano Ronaldo smiled and winked when I said: "Manchester United siempre (always)."
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When 50 Rayo fans then presented those tickets at the hitherto empty away end, what choice did the police have but to let them in? One in the eye for Spanish clubs who attempt to profit at the expense of away fans.
His team were beaten 5-1 and he spent the day in Barcelona before catching another overnight bus back to Madrid. Rayo are still a creditable 10th and just four points off a European spot with 12 games to play - though the top 15 teams are all in contention for those sought-after remaining European places.
Bergin will be in Bilbao on Thursday to watch United at the San Mames. He doesn't have a ticket: a lot of United fans have refused to pay €92 and will either not go or try to buy a cheaper ticket on the day.
His head knows that Athletic are capable of destroying United once again, though his heart desperately wants United to rediscover their old European form against the brilliant Basques.
That is, the part of his heart which hasn't been lost irrevocably to Rayo.


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Is it my imagination or does it seem like a 4speed overdrive transmission with, say, a 3.73 rear gear cruises more effortlessly than a 3 speed no overdrive trans, 1:1 top gear with, say a 2.73 even though the cruise rpm ends up being the same?
For example both cars will turn 2000rpm at 65 mph. If anything the car with the 3sp should be able to cruise more effortlessly because it takes more energy to drive the overdrive.
But based on my experiences, it seems that all overdrive cars cruise really easy and at higher speeds---70, 75, 80 etc. regardless of what engine they got.
Explain this one.
The entire effort is one of matching the engine's power delivery with the power consumption needed by the vehicle to run at some given speed. It really doesn't matter if the RPM/power is matched to the speed/drag is less than, equal to, or more than direct drive.
The problem that the manufacturers got into when fuel mileage standards were introduced was one of cost avoidance. They just didn't want to expand beyond their existing products to meet the fuel efficiency standards. So they opted to convince the government to tilt the test toward cruise mileage and they changed to extremely high ratio rear ends with their then conventional 3 speed automatics. While this more of less worked if all you did was run through the world at 70 mph in high gear, it was a fuel consumption disaster in stop and go traffic because there wasn't enough leverage thru the gearing to get the vehicle launched without the use of a lot of throttle opening.
The addition of a deep low provided more mechanical leverage to get moving without needing much throttle provided the stop and go solution. The point of throttle opening is that as the throttle is opened the manifold vacuum falls, this raises the absolute pressure in the cylinder regardless of compression ratio to the point of WOT. As the absolute cylinder pressure goes up the mixture needs to be richened for two reasons 1) the assumption of maximum effort demand moves the mixture to maximum torque rich; 2) as the in cylinder temps and pressure raise additional fuel must be introduced to suppress detonation by cooling the mixture through the evaporation phase change that absorbs heat. As a result mileage goes down. The solution is to give the engine better leverage so the throttle isn't opened so much as to trip the power (economizer) fuel enrichment system.
At the other end of high speed cruise the issue is similar in that while you want is to lower RPMs versus road speed but you don't want to load the engine to where the power enrichment system comes on, nor do you want to lower velocity through the venturies to where metering becomes sloppy. So you're searching for a tight band where you can run the engine at the high edge of thermal efficiency without dropping the manifold vacuum too low. This was all well understood back in the 1930s 40s and 50s when overdrive 3 speeds were quite popular. But without a computer in the loop, the driver became more an operating-engineer than todays spectator with a steering wheel. So the popularity of these early ODs waned as people found they didnt produce fuel savings for the average driver against being an expensive option. EFI makes this a lot easier since fuel metering isn't dependent upon air velocity through a venturi. The use of a computer to monitor load on the engine is also a great benefit as these are set up to keep the manifold vacuum sufficiently high to avoid the power enrichment sequence which would apply to either a carburetor or fuel injection. These modern overdrives at least where an automatic is involved will if the load on the output shaft becomes too great drop out the direct drive through the torque converter, this lets the engine speed up about 200 RPM without affecting road speed. If the overload condition persists it will command the transmission to the next lower gear to again get the RPMs up with necessarily affecting road speed. This protects the fuel mileage by keep the power enrichment off and protects the engine internals from the effects of lugging which is mighty hard on the main and rod bearings as lugging makes for high bearing loads over a long time period.
So how the engine feels at cruise relates to whether or not it has sufficient power to maintain the road speed at the RPMs it's turning without pulling in the power enrichment. So long as this condition is met the system as a whole doesn't care what the final drive ratio is. The ratios inclusive of transmission gearing, rear axle gearing, and tire diameter are nothing more than a means to that end.
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I am reaching out to fellow CG artists and people experienced in the game industry in search for wisdom or aid on some issues I am facing in a game studio I started 4 years ago.
I apologize for the wall of text but here is the story:
I started the studio right after highschool with some very passionate people who wanted to learn how to make videogames. We are a 7-man team and making this business successful has always been our dream. We worked hard while in college to learn the skills necessary to make it a success when we got out of college. Here we are 4 years later approaching that exciting date when we finally get to pursue our dream full throttle; I am finishing my last class and some of the other members of the studio graduated from college in the spring. We have been extremely passionate about our team and company all throughout our college careers and have even released 3 games for Xbox 360 indie games arcade: (here is a video review of one of our games if you are curious)
But here is the issue; ever since this summer, the attitudes of all the members except for 3 of us (digital artist, texture artist, and music guy) one of them seems to be dragging everyone down with him with his negativity and he always complains how he feels we are failures because the games we made in college were not monetarily successful. Its ironic because this guy used to be the most passionate of all of us and would constantly say how when we get out of college that he was prepared and excited to work from sun up to sundown in the studio. Now he is different; when he used to be a hard worker, he just screws off while we are working our asses off, and when he was positive, he now just mopes and complains about not being successful in the past. I always try to tell him that those games we made in the past were necessary because we had no prior knowledge of making videogames so we had to start small and make "crappy" games to learn how to do it. Now we are finally making our first REAL game and its looking damn good! http://thievesplummet.com/
I dont know whats gotten into him and because of his attitude, its spreading like wild fire in the studio. If this keeps up Im afraid we may end up losing him and our other programmer. They are extremely vital to the team and we need them to create these games. if he leaves, we will have no programmers left as we have already lost 2 due to his attitude.
I just don't know what to do, he is the most important member right now because the fate of everything we worked so hard to accomplish rests on whether or not he stays.
Does anybody have any good advice for me? perhaps some way i can find replacements for him? I just don't know where to start...
Thank you for reading and I'm sorry about the big post. Any help would be extremely appreciated.


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Tucked into an unassuming historic building on the edge of Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, Theo Chocolate is becoming a sweet spot for local families and tourists alike. In what used to be the Redhook Ale Brewery, Theo fits a retail store, organic chocolate factory, confection kitchen and warehouse into its corner of Phinney Avenue.
If everything you ever learned about chocolate until now came from the silly songs sung by the Oompa Loompas on Charlie's whirlwind tour of the chocolate factory, then you are in for a treat on the Theo Chocolate tour. It's not scripted, there's no boring video to watch — and did we mention all of the organic chocolate tasting?
The Theo Chocolate tour begins with a crash course in cacao bean sourcing and chocolate making — a sort of Chocolate 101. For example, Theo roasts beans from different countries of origin to create its line of Theo Origin bars, such as the Theo Ghana Dark Chocolate Bar 84% and the Theo Venezuela Limited Edition Dark Chocolate Bar 91%, along with three others. As you sample some of the organic chocolate bars, you will be able to taste the differences between beans grown in various geographical locations.
You'll also learn that flavors such as vanilla, chai, bread and chocolate, and coffee make up Theo's Phinney 3400 organic chocolate bar line. In addition to using organic and Fair Trade Certified cacao beans (see sidebar), Theo prides itself on procuring local products to use as added ingredients in the Phinney line. The French baguette used in the organic bread and chocolate bar is purchased fresh from the Tall Grass Bakery in Ballard, and the coffee used in the chocolate coffee bar is from Lighthouse Coffee Roasters in Fremont.
Theo Chocolate brings part of the cacao-farming process to the factory tour with samples of real cacao bean pods and images of farms in action. And finally, with hairnets in place and chocolate on the brain, you're guided through the double doors right onto the chocolate factory floor — no plexiglass viewing window separates you from the massive machines that process the cacao beans.
First stop is the destoner. The tour guide shows you how cacao beans are checked for quality and then fed into the destoner to be cleaned. From there, the beans are sent over to the roaster for a pre-roast, run through the winnower to be husked and turned into nibs, and then sent back to the roaster for a second round. Unlike many chocolate makers, Theo Chocolate roasts its cacao beans twice to maintain a distinctive flavor.
After viewing the roasting process, you get a chance to taste the nibs. Not always a crowd favorite because of their bitter and nutty taste, the nibs are the roasted and crushed version of the cacao bean. The nibs make their way to the stone mill to be crushed into a paste. Then the ball mill minimizes any solids into particles the size of a red blood cell to ensure that no air, chunks or inconsistencies remain in the newly formed chocolate liquor. The chocolate liquor travels through a special piping system to the mixer. Here, organic sugar and, if making milk chocolate, organic milk, are added. The mixture then courses through the refiner on its way to one of the holding tanks.
You will notice that Theo Chocolate, in a unique move, paints its machinery bright green and yellow. The yellow indicates that the product is on the move from one part of the machine to another, and the green indicates that something is happening to the product. It gives a great visual representation for kids of what is happening to the cacao during each stage of chocolate-making process.
If chocolate bars are on the menu, the chocolate will be sent through the tempering machine and into the depositor to be molded into bars. But if confections are on deck, the adjacent confection kitchen crafts delectable truffle-like treats for Theo's confection line. (Because they are not like traditional round truffles, Theo calls them "confections" instead.) Tour groups can catch a glimpse of confection making in progress before heading into the final stretch of the tour, the chocolate packaging room. It may not sound very exciting, but some say it is the best part of the tour. Here, visitors get to taste every Theo chocolate bar made before heading back to the retail shop.
Still not convinced your kids will enjoy the educational aspect of a chocolate tour? According to tour guide Catherine Gipe, kids make up a good portion of the tour groups, and the company even books tours for children's birthday parties. Theo is also considering adding a family-only tour in the near future.
And if that's not enough, perhaps the confections will do the convincing. One of Theo's popular confection flavors is a kid favorite: PB&J.
Karla Lindula is ParentMap's South Sound calendar editor.
Theo Chocolate's retail store is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Theo Chocolate offers factory tours daily at 1 and 3 p.m., with an additional 11 a.m. tour on Saturdays and Sundays. Tours are $5 per person for ages 5 and older, and reservations are recommended. For information about children's birthday parties and private tours of 10 or more people, email firstname.lastname@example.com. 3400 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, 206-632-5100
'Green' chocolate
Theo Chocolate is the only roaster of organic cacao beans in the United States, and it only uses organic sugar in its products. In fact, Theo's founder, Joseph Whinney, imported the first organic cacao beans to North America in 1994. Theo also became the first roaster of Fair Trade Certified cacao beans in the United States. This means that the company only purchases its beans from farms that practice fair trade principles.
Theo's social and environmental commitments are evident throughout the factory tour. The company doesn't just make and sell chocolate, but opens up its factory to share the process of chocolate making the fair trade and organic way — from the bean to the bar.
Originally published in the December, 2007 print edition of ParentMap.


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DAYTONA BEACH, FL --(Marketwired - January 20, 2016) - Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.1225 per share. The dividend is payable on February 17, 2016 to shareholders of record on February 3, 2016.
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07 TR First time at the Track
Took my 07' TR to Atco raceway last night. It was pretty hot here in NJ with high humidity so I knew my times would not be as good as they could be. Anyway, My mods are Invidia Catless DP and Invidia Street Exhaust.
Best time was a 13.9@ 100Mph on a 2.0 60 foot. I need to get my 60's down I know. It was spinning a little too much off the line for my liking. Can't go around the water at Atco and ran on street tires with 45psi in them.
Not bad times for the mods. Do you have any engine managemet or a tune on the car? Would like to see some times on a cooler day/nite.
Nah, no tune or EM on the car yet. running stock boost level as well. Some ppl at the track said that the time for those mods isn't too bad as well so I guess I am happy with it for now.
Those arent bad times at all. Get your 60 down and it will improve dramatically also. You arent throwing a CEL running catless and no EM? Thats a common problem with the 06-07 and catless DP. Its good you arent at least. You get some type of tune or EM and you will also notice a nice increase in power and of course probably better times also. Glad that you are happy.
Yeah no CEL for catless. I thought that was wierd too. As far as I know there is no AP on it.
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One of the things I've really wanted to try making this holiday season are macarons. So I hit up Pinterest with a search, and found this amazing site! Not only will I be making my macarons based off the recipe here, but I'll be back all the time for my new favorite Edible City posts.
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Interspersed with the Edible City posts are recipes that look delicious. If we really eat with our eyes first, I'm sold on making all the recipes I've seen so far. I'm slowly browsing back through the archived posts. I can only read so many before I'm starving. So I definitely recommend a snack when you visit the site!
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Washington, D.C. A survey released Wednesday by the National Retail Federation and conducted by BIGresearch found that nearly 144 million Americans -- or 61.9% of adults over age 18 -- will celebrate the Fourth of July.
The 2010 Independence Day Consumer Intentions and Actions survey said that the celebrations will be traditional, which means attending or hosting a cookout/barbeque or picnic.
The survey also found 98 million, or 42.4% of adults over 18, will watch fireworks or attend a community celebration, compared with last year's 42.7%. More than 28 million (12.2%) will attend a parade and 27 million (11.5%) will travel or take a vacation.
Independence Day is big business; more than 123 million people (60.8%) already own an American flag and nearly 86 million (41.9%) own patriotic apparel such as a t-shirt or hat. More than one-quarter (27.3%) of consumers own patriotic decorations. As July 4th approaches, 16.2% of consumers will head to stores to buy new patriotic merchandise, up from the 14.1% who were expected to shell out extra money for apparel, decorations or accessories last year.


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What to do if you if you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted:
If a sexual offense should occur within the University District, the victim should call the Wittenberg Police on the emergency line 327-6363.
All victims of sexual assault should take the following actions:
- Go to a safe place.
- Do not shower, bathe, or douche.
- Do not urinate, if possible.
- Do not eat, drink liquids, smoke or brush teeth if oral contact took place.
- Keep the clothes worn during the offense. If clothes are changed, place clothes in a paper bag (evidence deteriorates in plastic).
- Get prompt medical attention.
- Do not destroy the physical evidence that may be found in the vicinity of the crime. If the crime occurred in the victim's home, the victim should not clean or straighten until the police have had an opportunity to collect evidence.
- Write down all details remembered as soon as possible.
Note: The importance of having a physical examination to collect and preserve evidence of a criminal assault, whether or not you wish to legally proceed at the time of the incident is emphasized.
On Campus available resources :
|Campus Emergencies
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|Wittenberg Operator
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|Wittenberg Police
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|Escort Service
|327 - 7900
|Wittenberg Counseling Services
|327 - 7811
|Wittenberg Health & Wellness Center
|327 - 7811
|Student Development
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|University Pastor
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Off Campus resources:
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The women of Hollywood were out in full force at the 2009 Crystal And Lucy Awards honoring women in film. Jennifer Aniston took home the top prize, the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film.
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"There were some reports that Logan Gray was going to start at quarterback for Georgia, but that's not true." Richt said. "Aaron Murray is."
A long pause ensued as the gathered reporters tried to read Richt's poker face, but he couldn't hold back his laughter for long.
No, the third-string freshman won't be starting Saturday, and neither will Gray, Richt finally admitted.
"Joe's the quarterback, and we're good," Richt said. "It's not unusual to have your second-team QB take a couple snaps with your (first) unit."
Of course, while Richt's denial of the report was adamant, he's diffusing of the details of the rumor weren't quite as enthusiastic.
Richt was asked if Cox took snaps with the No. 1 unit Wednesday and whether the senior quarterback was experiencing any shoulder problems. Rather than deny an injury, Richt said the quarterbacks took snaps based on the standard procedure the team plans to follow this season.
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"We want Joe to have as much pop as he can have, and that's why he's doing it," Richt said. "(Gray) will get the second most amount of reps behind Joe."


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Local statutes and the specific circumstances are going to determine the legality of such action.
This is a discussion on Can lethal force be used to stop a thief froom leaving with stolen goods? within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Let's say a thief walks into a store, picks up a tv and heads for the exit. The store owner calls for the thief to ...
Let's say a thief walks into a store, picks up a tv and heads for the exit. The store owner calls for the thief to stop to no avail. If the owner shoots the thief in the back to prevent said thief from escaping with owner's property and the thief dies, is the owner going to be charged with murder?
Local statutes and the specific circumstances are going to determine the legality of such action.
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
Depends on State Law,but usually theft of property is not a crime that justifies use of deadly force.In most states you will be arrested charged and more than likely found guilty of murder
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
the charge would probably not be murder, at a minimum you could be charged with aggravated assault with a weapon. In FLA you aren't supposed to shoot unless there is a direct threat to human life, a thief walking away doesn't sound like he is a threat to life.
I say supposed because of a recent case here in JAX where a neighbor shot a thief exiting a neighbors home and wasn't charged.
Each state can vary quite a bit on this.
Some states do allow the defense of property but there is always the court of public opinion and the fact that someone has to live with taking a life over a television.
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this is a different scenario than a thief walking away, let me clarify my earlier statement, in FLA use of deadly force can be justified to prevent certain crimes
if the people pilfering the store put the woman in fear of her life or were about to assault her a shooting might be justified
While there are ample people who do not agree with it, the general consensus is that life is more valuable than property.
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
As others have said, it will depend on the laws of the state it happens in. MOST states do not allow the use of deadly force to stop the theft of property.
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A 120 years ago, they used to hang horse thieves. That's because in the days of the old west, where there was nothing but open range between towns, stealing a man's horse (his mode of transportation) could cost him his life.
In today's modern world where you can insure goods and property, it is generally frowned upon to take someone's life over a piece of property which can be insured against loss. If you choose not to insure it, that's your problem, but most places do not justify killing someone for stealing.
That being said, there are places where theft of property during certain period can be justified to use deadly force to stop theft. You should always check your local laws where you live before thinking you'd be clear to do so.
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"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
A lot less than 120 years ago we shot looters during riots. That also has become frowned on.
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
Also, depending on the circumstances, you could possibly get charged with charges other than murder. I'm not sure if manslaughter would apply but I think its in the realm of possibility of you getting wanton endangerment as well as being found guilty of being a vigilante. I'm not a lawyer and by no means a legal expert but from what little I know, I think cases for such charges could be made to stand given the right circumstances.
Regardless of you being comfortable with the morality of taking someone's life over property or being able to justifiably kill according to religious beliefs, the legal ramifications of doing so can be immense in their own right. Regardless of morality or religious convictions, there's not one thing that I own that would be worth not only incarceration but the ordeal of fighting legal battles.
There's a lot to take into consideration long before you ever act in response to a defense scenario. You're doing the right thing by inquiring on here first and conducting further research into this matter. Kudos for your good judgment.


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Warner Bros. has decided take a step in the right direction and put together a whole division of their company that would take control of all aspects pertaining to DC Comics. This new division, called DC Entertainment, will.... well, why don't I let the Press Release tell you:
DC Entertainment, a separate division of WBEI, will be charged with strategically integrating the DC Comics business, brand and characters deeply into Warner Bros. Entertainment and all its content and distribution businesses. DC Entertainment, which will work with each of the Warner Bros. divisions, will also tap into the tremendous expertise the Studio has in building and sustaining franchises and prioritize DC properties as key titles and growth drivers across all of the Studio, including feature films, television, interactive entertainment, direct-to-consumer platforms and consumer products. The DC Comics publishing business will remain the cornerstone of DC Entertainment, releasing approximately 90 comic books through its various imprints and 30 graphic novels a month and continuing to build on its creative leadership in the comic book industry.
What does this mean for animation? Batman: the Brave and the Bold is currently produced by Warner Bros. Animation, a company that has many other non-superhero animated shows in their care. Will we see more DC animated series if they are produced by DC Entertainment? Only time will tell.
I also think that this is a move that Warner Bros. should have made years ago. DC related comics, movies, TV shows, toys, video games and merch are such a huge part of their industry that it makes sense to have one branch devoted to it all.
I'm guessing that this new division is being formed because Disney will probably do something similar with Marvel, and Warner Bros., having realized that they should have done it a long time ago, doesn't want it to seem like they are following in Disney's footsteps.


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Justin Timberlake Debuts Album Cover
Justin Timberlake just released his new album cover!
The pop singer just posted a photo of his new album cover for The 20/20 Experience due out March 19th. He posted the cover artwork and wrote, "I wanted you guys to see this first!!! #albumcover #tracklist." His single Suit & Tie has already been released but you'll have to wait for the album to get your hands on his other singles Pusher Love Girl and Tunnel Vision.
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- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
If you like pralines you will like these praline cookies. You'll see that it's just topped with one teaspoon of the praline mixture.
Why Try? Pralines are a sweet southern favorite. These Praline Cookies take things to a whole new level. They make a wonderful holiday cookie, too.
Foodie Byte: Make sure you do not overcook the praline sauce because it will harden and not be usable.
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Spread pecans on a rimmed baking pan and toast in the oven for 10 minutes. Set aside.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF.
- In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups brown sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat until combined. Add flour mixture and beat on low until combined.
- Using a tablespoon, drop batter on a baking sheet.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Completely cool on wire racks.
- For the praline topping
- In a small saucepan, combine remaining 1 1/4 cups brown sugar and cream, bring to a full boil over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add confectioners' sugar, and whisk until smooth. Add pecan pieces, and stir until slightly thickened. (If mixture thickens, return to heat, and add cream 1 teaspoon at a time.) Spoon about 1 heaping teaspoon praline topping on each cookie; set aside until firm.
Nutritional Information
Calories 155, Carbohydrates 26g, Cholesterol 18mg, Fat 6g, Fat Calories 51, Fiber 0.33g, Protein 1g, Saturated Fat 3g, Sodium 56mg. Daily Values: Calcium 31.91mg 3%, Phos 22.52mg 2%, Copper 0.04mg 2%, Zinc 0.16mg 1%, Panto 0.1mg 1%, Biotin 0.4mcg 133%, Iodine 1.41mcg 1%, Magnesium 5.63mg 1%, Iron 0.49mg 3%, Vitamin B6 1%, Vitamin C 0%, Vitamin B12 1%, Vitamin D 1%, Vit E-a-Toco 1%, Vitamin A 3%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


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More and more Americans hop on the web to get a little bit of Internet fix
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The poll was conducted between July and October of 2007 and surveyed 2,062 adults. Its findings were that 79 percent of these adults go online making estimates of America's total online body count at around 179 million adult users. In addition, the poll found that adults spend an average of 11 hours a week on the Internet -- some
regulars spend particularly more.
Regina Corso, director of the Harris Poll, sees the usage figure as a significant milestone. "We're up to almost 80 percent of adults who now are online, or are somehow gaining access to the Internet. That's a pretty impressive figure," she said.
Surprisingly, elderly are flocking online in increasing numbers. People over the age of 65 years old accounted for 9 percent of Internet usage in the poll, while they account for 16 percent of the population at large. It looks like the elderly
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Some groups stayed level between the percentage of Internet users in the particular group and the total percentage of the population in that particular group. For example, 13 percent of Internet users are Hispanic, while 13 percent of America's population is Hispanic.
Young adults, between 18 to 29 years old account for 22 percent of the U.S. population and 25 percent of the estimated Internet use.
Harris Poll started collecting information on Internet usage in 1995 – at that time; only 9 percent of adults went online. Since then usage has grown more than eight fold.
The new poll showed that in 2006 that 72 percent of adults went online at home, 37 percent went online at work and 31 percent went online elsewhere. "They are finding however possible to get online ... A third of the people who are online, that's how they're getting there – some alternate way," Poll director Corso said.
Corso hopes to begin analyzing what devices the population uses to get online and America approaches a fully Internet connected adult population.
Corso feels that we will soon reach nearly 100 percent usage noting the recent gains. She says, "We're getting closer. Every year it's getting more and more like the general population picture."
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Turkey Hunting Is Rapidly Changing
Anyone who has spent any time reading my daily blog knows I am a turkey-hunting addict. Deer hunting may be what I enjoy most, but the only reason is because turkey hunting seasons don't last long enough.
It's possible to hunt whitetails during October, November, December and throuogh January 1. Turkey hunting is much different. Our seasons are short, and in many cases only one week in length. That's hardly enough time to really get revved up.
Even if you hunt the whole season as has happened in the past, a hunter will get in about six weeks of hunting. It's a far cry from three full months of deer seasons. And when I can't turkey hunt, I buy new or used books on turkey hunting to read. Contact me at < > if you have and turkey books to sell.
My turkey hunting often allows me to pass up a bird or two early in my season, and I've been known to pass up several gobblers that provided easy shots only to end the season without a bird. Why, you may justifiably wonder?
It's rather elementary. By not shooting the first, second or third bird, it allows me to maximize my time in the field and the greatest potential to experience everything turkey hunting has to offer. I spent some time two weeks ago with two old sidekicks—Harold Knight & David Hale—of Knight & Hale Calls. They hunt at a nonstop pace, and it can wring a guy out. "I remember when we hunted together 30 years ago, and life was as hectic as it is now," Knight said.
Shooting a gobbler, whether a jake or an adult longbeard, is not why I hunt these keen-eyed birds. I hunt them for the intense challenge and satisfaction that comes from making the most of my opportunities. There are times I don't score, but sometimes that is my decision. A turkey in the pot isn't the only reason I hunt gobblers.
That means there are more opportunities to fool a gobbler. More chances to listen to a big Tom gobble and double-gobble back at me, and more opportunities to watch the blue-white-red head of a highly charged gobbler move through the fields and woods in my direction, his eyes looking, picking apart the woods for any sign of danger.
Three years ago I was hunting a strutting zone 10 miles from where I live. Any bird that came to me would have to cross an open ridge, walk down the hill, and cross another 200 yards of open field to get within shooting range.
The gobblers greeted the dawn from their roost trees, and behind me were some hen turkeys. Once the first gobbler sounded of, I held off from answering him. He gobbled again, and then a big gobbler sounded off with a double-gobble that rattled the branches of the tree I was sitting again. Lordy, what a powerful blast of raw emotion.
I gave a soft yelp, and that livened up the hens several hundred yards behind me. The gobblers sounded off again, and I answered softly, and sat back to wait. The hens began calling, and I was perfectly positioned in a strutting zone where gobblers and hens would meet. There wasn't much call me to do anything except sit still and be patient.
Ten minutes later the gobblers stood atop yonder hill, gobbled again when they saw my two hens and one jake-decoy moving slightly in a soft dawn breeze. They were spread out like soldier, and began their advance on my position. They would stop and start, and I'm mentally urging them to hurry before the hens arrived and might possibly lead them away.
The three longbeards and one jake started running when I made scratching sounds in the dry leaves like feeding birds. My shotgun was up and laying across my knees, and I was set up properly. It took those gobblers 10 seconds to cross the remaining 100 yards as they ran it in that rocking, shuffling gait that eats up the ground.
The lead gobbler ran up to poor Henrietta, my battered and bedraggled hen decoy, and knocked her off the stake while the other gobblers went after the jake the the bird owed him money..
Poor Henrietta was laying flat on the ground with the large gobbler astraddle her, and the other birds were working Jakie over in a bad way. I watched this fascinating performance for another 10 seconds, and since it was now late in the season, the gobbler stood erect with his head up to survey the scene, and a load of 3-inch magnum No. 5 copper-plated pellets took him down.
The other gobblers stopped, saw the Big Boss Bird laying on the ground, and took off. I heard the hens flush behind me right after the shot, and the birds were gone. It doesn't take turkeys any time at all to get long-gone from the area of a gobbler shooting.
I've called in two different gobblers on separate hunts over the years when my wife shot them with a bow. It was some pretty exciting stuff, and each bird went 10 feet straight up into the air as the arrow drove through them, and both fell dead on the ground.
Turkey hunting is very exciting stuff. Shooting the bird is anticlimactic, and the hunt lives on long after the bird has been eaten and other thoughts of the hunt have faded away. Calling in a big gobbler, watching him approach, and then offering a shot is what triggers intense feelings in an addicted hunter.
The shot is nothing more than the final act in this outdoor drama. Sometimes the gobbler wins, and sometimes he doesn't, but what counts the most is the actual hunt. This is a pastime where the hunt is far more important than the kill, and it's wise for turkey hunters to remember this..
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In honour of Robert Burns, who would have been 257 this year, we've added two traditional Scottish favourites to our famous unlimited breakfast – so why not enjoy them as you prepare for Burns Night in Glasgow?
Our new potato scones are produced by McGhee's Bakery, which has been based in Glasgow's Maryhill since 1935. Now in their third generation, the family of bakers was delighted to be awarded the title of Scottish Baker of the Year for 2015/16.
We've also added the traditionally flat lorne sausage, now to be served alongside our other breakfast favourites. And don't forget, you can help yourself to as much as you like from our carvery deck every single morning – for only £3.99.
Plus, make sure you check out our edible portrait of Rabbie himself, created especially for Toby Carvery by food artist Prudence Staite. It's really quite something...


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WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands more veterans than previously reported are forced to wait at least a month for medical appointments at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics, according to an updated audit of 731 VA medical facilities released Thursday.
The updated audit includes new figures showing that the wait times actually experienced at most VA facilities were shorter than those on waiting lists for pending appointments. For instance, new patients at the Atlanta VA hospital waited about an average of 44 days for an appointment in April, the new report said. But the average wait for pending appointments at Atlanta was 66 days.
Similar disparities in average wait times were found around the country. Pending appointments, for example, don't include patients who walk into a clinic and get immediate or quick treatment. They also don't reflect rescheduled appointments or those that are moved up because of openings due to cancellations.
VA officials said the two sets of data complement one another but both are evidence many veterans face long waits for care. More than 56,000 veterans were waiting more than 90 days for an initial appointment, the new report said.
"In many communities across the country, veterans wait too long for the high quality care they've earned and deserve," acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson said.
The department has reached out to 70,000 veterans to get them off waiting lists and into clinics, Gibson said, "but there is still much more work to be done."
Also Thursday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., was named to a conference committee assigned to work out differences in Senate and House of Representatives bills meant to improve veterans' access to health care.
Rockefeller said in a news release that he intends to make sure "the VA system has the resources it needs to properly care for the men and women who've sacrificed so much for our country — including thousands here in West Virginia.
"Fixing the VA's systemic problems won't happen overnight, but this legislation is a first step in that direction. I look forward to working with my Senate and House colleagues to produce a bill that provides veterans with the services and support they need and deserve," said Rockefeller, a former chairman and the longest-serving member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.
The federal government, Rockefeller believes, must provide the VA with "significantly more resources" to meet the growing needs of veterans now and in the future. "Our veterans deserve nothing less after all they've given for our nation," he said.
Rockefeller is one of the 28 members of Congress named to the conference committee. If the committee can reach a compromise, the new bill would be sent back to the Senate and House for approval.
The VA report released Thursday showed that about 10 percent of veterans seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics have to wait at least 30 days for an appointment. That's more than double the 4 percent of veterans the government said last week were forced to endure long waits.
Gibson called the increase unfortunate, but said it was probably an indication that more reliable data was being reported by VA schedulers, rather than a big increase in veteran wait times.
Administrators at local VA medical centers questioned the results of the June 9 audit, which looked only at pending appointments, saying they did not match internal data on completed appointments showing waits were far shorter.
The reliability of both sets of data is in question. The VA is investigating widespread manipulation of appointment data by schedulers following an uproar over since-confirmed allegations that at least 35 veterans died while awaiting appointments at the Phoenix VA medical center.
Some 13 percent of schedulers surveyed by the auditors reported being told by supervisors to falsify appointment records to make patient waits appear shorter. The VA inspector general has cited a since-abandoned performance bonus system as a reason for the falsifications.
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The Hunt: How Social Media Has Democratized Fashion
Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and the like have changed the way people are inspired to buy clothes.
"Social media and our devices are changing fashion." — Kevin Systrom, Instagram co-founder
"This year, in fashion, it's hip to be square…" — The Guardian
The opportunity for consumers to discover new brands and interact with products has increased over the past several years. It's no surprise that as social media has grown, focus has shifted from the offline to the online world. Where consumers previously poured over print fashion magazines and holiday catalogues for inspiration, they now turn to the internet and their mobile devices, perusing fashion blogs and social media for the latest looks and trends.
In the summer of 2012, Facebook reported that over 300 million photos were uploaded to its site daily. That's a huge number — not even taking into account photos uploaded to Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Twitter.
The rise of fashion on Instagram was well-chronicled following Fashion Week 2013, including an article by The Guardian about the adoption of the mobile-native app among fashion editors and event attendees alike. Social media has democratized fashion by bringing high-end looks to the masses in real time and furthering the impulse to purchase immediately.
At The Hunt, we're tapping into this desire by creating social transaction tools that help connect online inspiration and communities of people to help make every one of those images shoppable. On our site, people can upload a photo of something they want but can't find where to buy online. Our fashion-savvy community finds similar products, exact matches, or outfit-styling ideas based on the image, and provides that person with product options and links to sites where they can make a purchase.
We believe that the best technology solutions take real-world behavior, remove friction, and make the behavior simpler. We take the experience of shopping with your friends and bring it to life with our community. The Hunt provides users the ease of a Google search paired with the excellent customer service and experience of a personal shopper. In the same way that social media is democratizing fashion, we are democratizing fashion advice by allowing individuals to become expert trend investigators. It's an amazing, almost magical experience when someone who you don't know finds a perfect item for you to wear on a date or a job interview. The Hunt is about harnessing the intrinsic human desire to help other people solve a problem through a service — not a tool.
For brands and retailers, The Hunt presents an opportunity to present products to a hyper-targeted audience with a high intent to buy. As social media and digital marketing disrupt the traditional purchase funnel, brands are increasingly searching for ways to engage in a two-way conversation with potential and existing customers. Two types of conversations about products and brands happen on The Hunt — consumer-to-consumer and brand-to-consumer. By introducing new products to people on The Hunt, brands can reach people online when it matters most — when they are motivated to purchase.
Tim created a community-driven shopping experience that makes it easy and fun to shop for the things you see in photos on sites like Pinterest, Facebook,Instagram and Tumblr and buy what you see. Prior to The Hunt, Weingarten spent eight years at early stage VC firm Worldview Technology Partners and three years as CEO of Visage Mobile. www.thehunt.com
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I was always conscious of the frown lines at the edges of my lips and my disproportionately small upper lip that virtually disappeared when ever I would smile. I wanted to do something to improve how I felt about myself and Juvederm and Xeomin seemed like a great place to start.
I love the results! My lips are proportionate but not too big and my smile lines tip up,just how I wanted them. She also did some Xeomin injections and I love it! I'm getting alot of compliments and I feel great. The procedure was virtually painless, just a few quick stings in the beginning and then pain free.


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|Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD, writes about
Chinese terminologies and global
language (Image: FLP Beijing, 2013)
As you note, China being richer is fundamental. This means a larger number of students able to afford study, and able to become scholars and writers and other producers and interpreters of Chinese knowledge able to communicate in English (as well as other non-Chinese languages) and in Chinese. It takes years of personal effort and institutional support to nurture scholars and talents. A richer and more economically vibrant Chinese society generates opportunities for careers for individuals seeking to tap into this economy. This provides opportunities for not only the population of ethnic Chinese, but also non-ethnic Chinese. Scholars like Professor Pattberg who have devoted years of their lives to Chinese studies play an enormous part in helping people understand the significance of Chinese intellectual and cultural traditions.
This doesn't "just happen" as a result of China becoming wealthier – after all, individuals need to choose to study these fields, to find meaning in what they do, and the subject matter needs to be intellectually enriching for them to build a professional scholarly career upon. But of course, the wonderful thing is that the richness of Chinese traditional intellectual culture (including the period in the last 150 years as it has confronted western and modern traditions, as well as the fracturing of Chinese social and political institutions under the onslaught of Western (and Japanese) imperialism) provides so much of interest to the scholar that there is an endless profusion of material on which to generate new ideas and new knowledge for consumption in education, cultural and markets for applied knowledge.
One of the areas in which we have seen a proliferation of "Chinese terminology" in English language during the past few decades are terms relating to Chinese martial arts and medicine. The terms "kung fu", "qi", "Tai chi (Taiji)", "yin yang", "tao" (dao) and "feng shui" have become almost commonplace English language concepts."
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Yes, that is the Starship Enterprise made out of Christmas lights.
Stack the empty beer cans high, add some lights, a star and… Voilà!
Some are funny, some are endearing, but all will make you feel generous this holiday season.
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A real "aaawwwe" experience
I had such a touching moment today that I felt I should share it.
As a lot of you already know, I work part-time in a wool store mostly teaching knitting and crocheting and sometimes helping out with customers.
Today as I was going around asking if people needed help, I came across a young man (mid-twenties) all alone, trying to look inconspicuous. I asked him if he needed help. He whispered yes and proceeded to tell me that he wanted to learn how to knit but he didn't want any one to know! I suggested he take some of my classes. He was afraid that the women would laugh at him (which I quickly reassured him would not happen). Still whispering, he asked me to direct him to a good learn how book. As I showed him several good books, I managed to get the rest of his story.
It turned out that he had just found out that he was going to be a dad! He wants to learn how to knit so that he can make some things for his baby.
How sweet is that!
BTW he also told me that his wife thought he was crazy. I don't think she realizes what a good thing she has
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That is so sweet!10-28-2005, 07:51 PM #3
AW!! That's so sweet!Sponsored Links Remove Advertisements10-28-2005, 07:55 PM #4
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That is so sweet!!10-28-2005, 08:19 PM #510-28-2005, 08:44 PM #6
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Very touching. I can't imagine a spose not supporting their other half in an attempt at doing something so special.10-28-2005, 08:51 PM #7
He sounds like a keeper.10-28-2005, 11:13 PM #8
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I just read a post yesterday on Fr ugal Villiage's men's forum re: when knitting was a manly art. I typed the words "men who knit" on google and a whole host of sites came up. There was a forum for men who knit and a magazine for men who knit. Please tell him about these.
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Oh, that is just too cute! I don't think I'd catch my dh learning how to knit, but you never know!10-29-2005, 06:28 AM #10
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That is so touching!! Brought tears to my eyes.
I just started trying to knit myself. Night before last I was sitting in my chair working on what I hope will be a scarf when my dh picks up some yarn and needles. He acted like he was playing, then would want me to show him things ever so often. I think he wants to learn, too. If that don't beat all, lol, I mentioned that I needed to get busy making corn bag pillows for Christmas gifts and he said he wanted to sew them! We broke out the sewing machine, I went and hunted down some scraps and he just dug right in!! He did say 'look at me, I'm such a girl!' but had a smile on his face. He sewed seven of them before bedtime and he looked so proud.
I cheer on any man willing to learn to do something nice for someone!10-29-2005, 07:05 AM #11
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He sounds like a keeper.10-29-2005, 07:44 AM #13
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What a sweet young man, yep he's a keeper for sure!
Why is it women can learn how to build a car engine and people applaud her, but if a man wants to learn something like a needlecraft he's considered a sissy? I taught all my nephews how to crochet and use a sewing machine as I think they are useful things to know.10-29-2005, 08:25 AM #14
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I think that's wonderful and his wife should thank her lucky stars that she has a man willing to do this for their baby.
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Oh my how sweet is that??? My DH crocheted a chain once, but never did anything with it.
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