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Dateline came by my office last October and filmed an interview. I hope that the show will raise awareness on the issue. A big first step to helping our soldiers make sense of their experience of killing in war is breaking the taboo and becoming more honest about the moral reality of war. A second necessary step is having a shared vocabulary that enables soldiers and citizens to talk about the wrestle through the concepts and experiences. Traditional Just War Theory is woefully in adequate in addressing the moral issues of individual killing. Hopefully my writing has contributed to both goals. More needs to be done. I invite you to join the discussion and the cause.
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Pete, I am a retired Air Force chief now engaged in, among other things, spiritual direction. I watched your segment on Dateline, and it immediately hit home. Although I have never killed anyone, I recognized the truth when I heard it.
The segment began to coalesce some thoughts I had rolling around in my mind concerning how to help military members suffering from the trauma they've encountered in war. I would like to share them with you in a media other than this. you can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Pete, I came across your blog while doing research for my thesis on just war theory and have enjoyed reading it. I was wondering if you still teach PY201 at West Point. I'd be interested in knowing more about the syllabus. From what I can gather just war theory is a very important feature of the class. I'd really appreciate it if you got in touch so we could talk a little more.
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Thanks guys. The newest one he broke is new to me but I got it off craigslist for cheaper, so no big loss. The other one and the wire crate were both old that I've used for fostering but were in pretty good shape. For the moment, my boyfriend drilled a few more holes to add support with new bolts, we've pad locked the gate to the crate itself, and thrown some zip ties in the mix. It seems a lot more secure but we'll see how it goes when I leave today.
I bought the Sentry pheromone collar from Petsmart, and I ordered an Adaptil one online. He is wearing the Sentry collar now, should I just toss it and us the other one? I had a feeling it might be a better collar but wasn't sure if I should wait this one out or waste it. I haven't bought a thundershirt yet because for a rescue dog he has already cost me a few hundred dollars this week and I'm trying to budget so I can actually pay his adoption fee.. who knew
Just something to consider - if the crates weren't super old when you put him in them you can contact the company and see if you can get a replacement. I had a foster hound/collie mix that broke out of an airline carrier in my apartment, ended up eating an entire 8kg bag of dog food and some other things that made him pretty sick. I emailed the company about it and while they denied that the crate was for leaving the dog in unattended (hello, airline crate?!) they did ship me a new one at their cost to a local store to trade the broken one for. I didn't need the crate after he left, I had bought it just for him, so I ended up just donating it to the rescue, but it's something to consider.
Have you tried a thundershirt as well? When we first got Bru the only things that helped to take some of the edge off were the thundershirt, a DAP collar and DAP diffuser in the room where his crate was. The pet store calming collars and diffusers didn't work, but the DAP ones did. One of my dachshunds was extremely dog aggressive on leash but when we had the thundershirt on him it helped a lot, we don't need to use it on him anymore now.
Of the ones you linked, only the last one will do you any good. The petco one will be broken immediately; plastic hardware is the weakest possible choice. The eBay crate I've had before and it's cheaply made and extremely easy to bust out of unless you zip tie it eight ways till Tuesday. I got mine way under cost used and still think I wasted money. Plus, it's HUGE.
When it comes to SA/ destructive dogs you aren't saving money by getting cheap crates. You end up spending ~$100 a crate 5-6 times over. Just pony up the big bucks at the start and save yourself time and money. There are always deals on used dog supply groups for all-metal crates and kennels, way cheaper than buying new. Good luck!
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I just adopted another dog against my better judgement who I pulled out of a kill shelter through a rescue I work with.. he was on the euthanasia for being aggressive. That major issue aside, he is a good boy - except in his crate. He has busted out of two airline kennels and one wire. I am about to lose my mind with it as I am in an apartment and can't have him being destructive!
I'm trying to find a kennel he can't get out of that isn't going to cost me $600. I love the military aluminum crates but it seems to be overkill for a 45lb dog, and way out of my budget. I found this one online which seems to have some good reviews, and I spoke with a rep for the company who said that as long as he doesn't eat through the bars he should be good. Naturally, I'm skeptical. Does anybody have any experience with it?
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That's the crate in question. He's just managing to bend in the doors and pop them out in the airline/wire ones.
I have been doing training, and he is also on prozac (new prescription), pheromone collars, and I have given him xanax/ace (not at the same time) at times to try to mellow him out. He has stuffed bones and toys in the crate that he will chew on for a few minutes before throwing a fit again. Nothing seems to work with this boy.
The one on the left is the little bugger causing the mayhem.
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i have got a very simple question. When i code i have to refresh the page after everything but the browsers take cache and it does not update the page unless i refresh the page severel times with ctrl +f5 in windows.
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When I code locally i just use cmd + refresh and it works like a charm. I think you can turn of cache for certain webpages in Firefox and Chrome but I'm not sure!
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One of my dog's ears is red and warm but doesn't seem to bother him.
My dog is a boxer-weimaraner mix, almost 2 yrs old, mostly inside. One ear is flesh tone while the other one is red and warmer than the other. The redness seems a little blotchy.
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Warmth and redness indicate inflammation- could be irritation from a foreign body stuck in the ear, could be a bacterial or yeast infection, or could be a reaction to a flea or spider bite or something. You should get it checked out by a vet, uncontrolled ear infections are very painful and can lead to permanent deafness if not treated.
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Of course ears CAN be different, but one warm ear may mean an infection. If the ear seems more sensitive, looks 'wrong' or smells then you'd better check with your vet. Some dogs react to water in their ears, mites, bites (ant, etc.) and contact dermatitis/allergies.
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I agree with the other posts. A great product for yeast & bacteria infections is PETfection Ear Cleaner spray. It is 100% Organic and Non Toxic and is wonderful at clearing up the redness and getting rid of the gunk. You can check it out at www.mypetfection.com if you are interested. I highly recommend it and found it works much better than any cleaner the vet gave me. Good luck!
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My wife and I built our own log home. Got the Occupancy Certificate just a couple of weeks ago. We did everything ourselves but the foundation, metal roof, and HVAC. I am not a professional, just an educated DIYer. It took us about 2-1/2 years. With some software I bought, my wife designed it and the log home company did the kit to match. It was all out of pocket, so no mortgage company was involved (a big hurdle if you're not a licensed GC).
I retired in 2008 (engineer for a defense contractor). After traveling the country in our RV and working with Habitat for Humanity for a few months, we set up the RV on the property and built the house. In WV, a homeowner can legally do virtually everything.
It was a LOT of work. Needless to say, we won't do it again.
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In 1988 I built my own home. 2400 feet.
I was working full time and doing what I could efficiently . broke ground in June and move in in January.
I hired two framers and a helper--plumbling and concrete subbed out---most electrical done by a friend.
Roofing subbed out---drywall subbed out.
I saved a lot and ended up with a very energy efficient home----Would I build another ?? Oh, yes.
I would still sub out a lot,but the next one I would do more---It's a matter of time---Some times it makes more sense to work a job that you are good at and use that money to pay someone else to do what they are good at.
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I built my home back several years with the help of my son and two nephews, the oldest one was 16, the house was 3,200 sq ft. I would highly advise not moving in until the house is finished, you and your family will hate the day you do.
If I had it to do over I would do like a fellow I knew did, he built a huge workshop/garage away from the house and built removable walls inside so he could take them out after the house was built. He didn't spend unnecessarily on a trailer home or rent elsewhere.
I know of places in Alabama and Mississippi where there are no permits issued, just go out and build what you want. I think they are now inspecting the electrical and plumbing but not the building.
Many will tell you not to do it, but I am not one of them, you can do it but be warned, you will be very frustrated, it is not easy. Matter fact if you had someone build your home you would be very frustrated. If we can help you, just jump in here and ask.
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It's crossed my mind, and I think my next house (in the far future) what I want to do is get a contractor to come in, dig the basement, pour the foundation, install proper weeping tiles, frame the outside and any inside load bearing, do the roof, as well as all the outside "weather" covering. So basically from outside the house will look done. From there, I would do the rest. Electrical, plumbing, inside wall divisions, drywall, flooring etc etc. My reasoning is that the shell of the house is the most important part and if I don't do it right, the rest of the work could be ruined. Ex: bad flashing on roof = roof leak, bad siding/brick install, walls rot out due to moisture, etc.
I'd probably do the bedroom, kitchen and bath first, basically to a finished state, that way the house is more or less livable. Then the rest I would just do all at the same time.
What makes a project like this hard is working full time. A contractor, well it's their job, so they get 8 hours or more per day to work on it. As a DIYers we only get a couple hours here and there, and the weekends. So it would be a very long process.
But at the end, the money savings would be very good and it would be a great feeling to know you did it. Though you'd still probably end up with like a 5-10 year mortgage, materials arn't free, and while you're saving money in labour, may as well buy the good quality stuff such as the more expensive higher R value insulation, maybe even spray foam. Split up electrical circuits more, etc.
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I built my home 10 years ago and I'd have to agree with those that say it was a truly rewarding experience.
I was a couple years out of architecture school with a young family and a lot of energy. I learned the trade (mainly carpentry) from my father and grandfather, and always knew I'd build my own.
I spent about a year working thru several designs, always tempered by my pragmatic father, because after all this was supposed to be a starter house. I found three acres in the township and finalized plans for a unique 1800sf two-story, with unfinished basement. Being in the township, we just had to get a zoning permit, to be sure the home was far enough off the road. Despite not having inspections, I did design and build it to the current codes.
My father assisted, mostly as a laborer, and I did all the GC work, getting bids, scheduling subs and handling the loan draws. We did a good bit of the work ourselves, footers, framing, insulation, painting, trim, interior finishes, and siding. But I also subbed out a lot - excavating, block work, concrete work, plumbing, electrical (though I assisted with that), HVAC, drywall. Other than taking a week off to get the framing started, most of the work was done in evenings and weekends. I spent about 6 months getting it to the point we could move in, though it was far from finished.
My wife was very supportive and while it certainly put some stress on the marriage, it was temporary.
The main thing I would do differently, if I do it again - (and I'm about ready to do it again) - is not move in until it is totally complete. If you can afford to wait, it's so much easier to finish a house that is still a construction site and not your living quarters.
We did secure a mortgage, but in the end we probably saved at least 40% over what it would have cost to have the house built. And sweat equity builds character!
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If your buying land you can build small you have to build big. Your house won't be worth what you paid if you build small. If you buy a lot for 100k and build your house for 200k and then tried to sell your house, your house might sell for 250k because you did a lot of work yourself but you invested 300k so you'd be out 50k. But if you build big and work it will offset the land. Here's my suggestion, build a 2 floor home and only finish the first floor kitchen bath and bedroom. Leave the upstairs roughed in. This will give you a mortgage will small enough payments to allow you to finish the home with money you save avoiding high interest charges. If it takes you an extra year or two it's worth the savings
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I can't speak too much, as I haven't done anything like building a home at all. My father has done some building work, not quite an entire house from scratch, but pretty close.
When my parents got their house, they decided to get a cheaper fixer-upper originally build in the late 1920's and my dad spent a year or so gutting the entire inside and re-doing almost everything except the outer shell of the house. The house turned out pretty nice, got everything brought up to the current code and re-laid out the interior as they wanted it. I always though what they did seems like a good idea, and may be interested in maybe doing something like that further in the future. I know when I was shopping for a place, I viewed a few different fixer-upper houses that one could probably do that with, where you'd be paying less than half of what most of the move-in-ready home were costing, and a quarter of what any new-construction would have been.
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I guess this could always be a possibility as well. With half of the work done, I would just have to go in and redo everything like you say. Problem is, around here, they still want $35-50k for houses. I'd probably have $100k in it by the time I got finished with it.
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ok, I gotta share my story. I just built my own house, moved into it on May 31 of this year. The inside is done I still have to side it and do a little more tweeking. As others have suggested it will be a disaster if you try to live in it while you are under construction [we did not]. A few suggestions and pointers. First it will be important for you to check with all local governing boards to see what type of inspections you will need. We were very lucky on our plot in the rural part of the county the only inspections we needed was for the electrical and the septic system. If you are not a real extreme DIYer or have family or friends that are I would suggest not attempting such a project, I just happen to be one so I never hesitated. I did plumbing, electrical, HVAC, finish work, everything I possibly could. I had a contractor frame the house (never would attempt that unless you have framing experience], roof the house, pour the foundation walls, and hang and finish the sheetrock, everything else I did myself. It was the most frustrating and gratifying 10 months of my life, but be prepared for long long days and nights. Like I said it took me 10 months to finish the inside, that was every night and every weekend. Sometimes when you get frustrated with what looks to be no progress, you step back and take a good hard look at your work and say WOW it is coming together.
One suggestion about living in the house while working on it. A realtor friend of mine told me that a finished basement will add way more value to a new home than a second story or additional square footage on the first. You could finish the basement then start to work on the first floor.
Just keep in mind that if you do the build yourself, every problem now and forever will be your fault. You get no warranties and you'll get no help from a contractor. That is basically why I had a contractor do the framing, the sheeting and roof. At least I knew I would have a structuraly sound, water and air proof home.
Everyone asks would I do it again? I tell them HELL YES I would I just wish I would have done it ten years ago.
One last piece of advice, build for maximum energy effiecency. Spray foam top to bottom, better doors and better windows, highest effiency HVAC system possible. You'll never regret spending extra money on those things. Good luck and keep us posted.
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So as far as efficiency goes, is the spray foam stuff really that much better? I was wlaking through a recently built house while it was under construction and I noticed this stuff. It was the first I had seen of it.
You could call me a real extreme DIY'er I see with many of the stories here, people have subbed things out. I don't know what my deal is, but every since I was younger I have never wanted people to do things for me. Very independent I guess. I feel like I will always question something someone else does, in fear of it not being as good of a job as I would have done. I do realize this is foolish, as there are plenty of reputable people out there that do great work.
I think alot of it has to do with me just wanting to know how it's done, and then once I've done it I have a way better understanding of what is going on.
By the way, here is a finished picture of the shop. The only thing left to do is the metal trim work on the fascias and bird boxes. I don't have a metal brake(break?), so I have been contemplating renting one. I just realized I never did finish updating the thread about the build.
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I personally don't like spray foam. There is a post on here about how it caught on fire during installation. Once installed it needs to be covered with a thermal barrier. In New England it cost 2x-3x more than traditional fiberglass. And for all the extra $ you still get the thermal bridging of the wall studs. My currently prefered wall makeup is a traditional wall system with a outer foam sheathing. Whether it be a 1" foam beneath the siding or a full SIP panel attached to the studs.
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I built our home from the dirt to the shingles, saving many thousands of $$$ doing so. Of course, it's JUST me doing 99% of the work, (the wife and kids help a little) and it's taken me almost 4 years, but considering I did not hire out ANY phase except the HVAC, (I can't crawl around in that tight area any more) I think I did rather well. Most of my questions while doing the plumbing and electric were answered by the helpful folks here. I even invented a homemade drywall lift to do the ceilings! It's been a real adventure for me, since I basically was just a hobbyist with a table saw and some hand tools to start with.
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About 30 years ago, my dad hired one of my uncles and a buddy of my uncle's, both framing carpenters at the time, and the 4 of us, along with a couple of friends who dropped in at opportune times, built my mom and dad's retirement home. The kicker was that it was almost 200 miles from their primary home, so we drove the well ahead of time, by hand, hired the footings and foundation done, then took two weeks off work, in which time we obviously had some long days, but managed to get if completely closed in, including roof, siding, windows and doors. Again, long days, and it was hard heading back home when the time came, but very rewarding to see it that far along. Working weekends and some extra vacation days, it probabably took a year or so to get things the way we wanted them, but it was worth it. Side bar, sadly, dad never enjoyed it much, in fact he died while on vacation, just a week or so after my wife had gone up to finish the deck on the back of the house. But, mom enjoyed going there, and now that she has passed, my brother and I have held onto it.
Interestling enough, while my wife and I were looking for a house, we talked a bit about building our own, and I was leaning that way some, until we stumbled into a custom built ranch that has the almost identical footprint to a house that I designed in an architectural class in high school, so we bought it; that was over 25 years ago, and I couldn't be happier with it.
If things were different, would I build my own home? Yup, with no reservations, but, these days, I would hire framers and such, to ensure that a) I could get it enclosed in a timely manner, and b) to add some assurance that I might enjoy it more than my dad did his.
The only thing that I would add is that there are a lot of houses on the market, and nobody will ever convince me that building a house is less costly than buying an existing one. I am a believer in the fact that a lot of indebtedness comes not from just the cars that people drive or the homes that they live in, but from those "small" monthly bills, such as the extra 60 cable channels, satellite radio, extra unnecessary cell phone features, etc. Building a home can be very similar, if budgets are not closely adhered to. Look at closet doors; you can buy this one, or, for "only" X dollars more you can buy that one. Let's bump out the bathroom wall 2 more feet, it's "only" this much more. Things like that are what shoot the heck out of budgets, and is one of the reasons that you see new homes with no drapes, because the dollars were gone by the time they got to that point.
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Ok the 6x7 bull is mine (bart) and the 6x6 is my brother's. I shot mine at 653 yards. It took two shots to seal the deal. My brother shot his at 650 and it ran a ways and was behind/under some trees, so we moved down the hill to a rock outcrop and he sealed the deal at 554 yards. Killed him deader than a door nail. However, we are going to earn it during the pack out. It is nasty country that is slick area. but well worth it. They are actually a little smaller than I first thought, but I had limited time to decide and I thought it was a 6x7 so I let it fly.I'll have to measure them and get back to you on size.


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I have been noticing that the Owens Corning advertisment banner is in French? I do live in Canada, but no where near Quebec.
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And there it was, the same Beirut ambivalence we came across all over town in the hot and steamy 24 hours we had spent searching for the footprints of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez. Even after the portly, middle-aged murderer had been locked up in Paris, his myth was still alive in the city he knew so well in the early 80s, before the suicide bombers of Islam took over from the hired guns of Arab 'nationalism'.
Ask about Carlos in Beirut this week and you learn a lot about the Middle East. We had breakfasted with an Algerian friend, a doctor, safe in Lebanon from the inferno of her own country. 'You will not believe how popular Carlos was with us,' she remarked, almost casually. 'He was a personal friend of (President) Boumedienne. He came once to Algiers to have surgery and they put him in the Mustapha Hospital in the centre of the city for the operation. And hundreds - thousands - of Algerians came to the hospital calling his name, worshipping him. They had to bring in guards.'
Deep in the narrow alleyways of a Palestinian camp in west Beirut, a fighter of Carlos's generation had a question. 'Carlos - do you think he really exists? Don't you think he's just one of these media creatures you people invent - like Abu Nidal?' We chatted for a while, his rusting fan fighting a hopeless battle with the oven-like heat. And then there slipped out one of those little elliptical stories that we heard all over Beirut in the hours after Carlos' arrest.
'In 1982, Carlos arrived in Lebanon. We heard he had brought some ETA men for training. Then the Israelis invaded and he was trapped, right here in Beirut. You know, there were a lot of strange people here then - we used to have two IRA men proof-reading the English edition of Fatah magazine - and Carlos was stuck with the rest of them. But they got away on the boats.' The boats? The ships that carried Yasser Arafat and his PLO guerrillas into exile, that left Beirut protected by US warships? A thin smile was the only reply. It was like a bottle containing a message, retrieved from the sea only to fall from one's hands as one pulled at the cork.
What was the message? It could not be found on the Beirut police files. Their computer showed that no Ilich Ramirez Sanchez had ever been pulled in for 'international terrorism', murder or even just shooting the lights. In an east European embassy the same ignorance persisted. 'You know, some of us were here in Carlos' time and we've all been asking each other if we met him,' one grey-haired diplomat mused. 'And none of us did. When the Soviets had their diplomats kidnapped (in 1985), the KGB pulled all their contacts out of the files, everyone whom they might get in touch with. And Carlos was not among them.'
A Lebanese in an old clothing store in south Beirut says: 'It was in 1976, the beginning of the war and this man would come in, the same guy as in the early picture of Carlos - a bit chubby, he spoke Arabic like a foreigner, he worked for the PFLP - and he would order ten pairs of jeans at a time or ten T-shirts. Then one day they told me he had died. But I didn't believe it. You know why? Because the PFLP used to put up martyrs' posters saying 'these commandos died fighting Zionists in Palestine'. And then I saw a man in one of those posters, walking around alive and healthy. It was the PFLP's way of 'cleaning' their men, of moving them around.'
As usual this week, Lebanon's private television stations re-transmitted Western news-casts. In every Lebanese station - independently and without any censorship - the staff cut out precisely those sections of each report on Carlos which suggested that he had spent a decade of retirement in Damascus. This is what the Lebanese call 'auto-censure', a mystical, immemorial practice which protects viewers from gratuitously untrue remarks about friendly nations.
And then suddenly, on Wednesday night, in the muggy dusk, in a grimy street just off the southern suburbs, in a dusty, shuttered house, the bottle with the message was briefly, fearfully uncorked. Palestinian friends had given us the address. And there sat a nervous, frightened man with kind, slightly haunted eyes. Carlos, he admitted, had been a 'good friend'. And he had talked about Carlos, years ago. And then, shortly afterwards, someone had stepped up to him outside his shuttered house, and fired a bullet into his brain. 'I still have a hole here,' the man said, his finger tracing the delicate trajectory of that long-ago bullet as it passed behind his ear and smashed into his head. 'It was a very big hole - look, you can still see where the bullet went in. I was lucky. I survived. Who did it? That is a dangerous question.' And his eyes glittered in a friendly, frightened way as he stood up and walked out of his own front door, leaving us sitting in the house behind him.
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I've worked at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum for about three and one-half years. Shortly after I arrived, one of the maintenance workers took me on a tour that included some dark, hidden corners. There we came across several canisters of film sitting quietly on a steel shelf.
"Hmm," I said to myself, "these don't belong here." So I grasped the stack and lifted it, planning to place it in a more suitable place, alongside other reels of film. This action released a cloud of foul-smelling powder, so I quickly set the containers down. Masked and gloved, we returned to the shelf and carried the stackat arm's lengthoutside the Museum.
It didn't take long for us to discover what had happened.
Early in the twentieth century, most motion picture film was based on nitrate, a substance also used to make gunpowder. Over time, this kind of film can decompose, discolor, get sticky, and blister. Eventually, gooey bubbles can appear and a brown froth form that turns into fine powder—which catches fire easily. In fact, film based on nitrate has been known to ignite spontaneously.
This was the powder we smelleda stinky, highly acidic, flammable dust that in one of its forms had already eaten through the wall of one canister.
You don't want this to happen in an archives, library, or museum, but it could have been much worse. In December 1978, construction workers at a National Archives facility filled with nitrate film accidentally started a fire with electric power tools. The flames spread quickly, destroying almost thirteen million feet of film.
Whoever accepted our reels into the Museum sometime in the distant past apparently didn't understand these dangers. Nor did they appreciate the need to keep them in a controlled environment, monitor them, and replace them with safer copies, if necessary. But we certainly know now.
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ATLANTA (AP) - The federal government has no standards to protect the integrity of the achievement tests it requires in tens of thousands of public schools, and test security among the states is so inconsistent that Americans can't be sure those all-important test scores are legitimate.
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The Gators came into the tournament on the heels of a three-game slide that put doubts into the minds of bracketologists everywhere as to whether the Gators were properly seeded as a #2. A comfortable win over Sam Houston St. may have alleviated some of the fears of Gator fans and convinced them that the sky wasn't, in fact, falling. And don't brush off a big win over Sam Houston St. as irrelevant; just ask Kansas and Wake Forest about comfortable first round wins.
However, the Gators still have several questions to answer yet. Can they beat a rugged and physical defensive team with their finesse game? Can they get enough easy baskets to offset a bad night shooting threes? The key to all of this may lie in the hands of one man: David Lee.
If the Gators have one reason to believe they will make a serious run in this tournament, they need look no further than Mr. Lee. Lee's terrific 23-point performance against Sam Houston St. will need to become more of a common occurrence if the Gators are to make a Final Four run this year. Lee has slowly developed into a solid force down low and will need to continue that development and become to this team what Udonis Haslem was to past Florida teams to give the Gators true offensive balance.
The Spartans have an impressive big man rotation that will allow them to throw several big bodies Lee's way, but none of whom are on Lee's talent level. The Gators can expect to be outrebounded by State, but if they are to win this game, then Lee must control the paint and force State to double team to free the shooters for open looks. State is an outstanding defensive team that holds opponents to only 33% shooting from the three, so there will be a premium on open looks on the perimeter for Florida. If Lee becomes a dominant inside force, the Gator shooters could have a big day.
Maybe the most intriguing storyline in this game will be Anthony Roberson facing the team he spurned for the Gators for the first time. One hopes that Roberson won't get caught up in the hype surrounding the situation, as a young player like Roberson could likely do, and just plays his normal game. The Spartan players will have some extra motivation facing Roberson and it will be up to the Gators' senior leaders to calm the freshman if necessary.
Speaking of senior leaders, this is supposed to be their time. Bonner needs to shake off the 3-11 in the first round and bring his "A" game against Michigan St. tonight. Justin Hamilton's defensive presence will be needed in full force against the Spartans' Chris Hill, who is their only player capable of taking over a game offensively. Oh yeah, and if Brett Nelson wants to begin justifying his 23 minutes per game, tonight would be a good time to start.
Perhaps making the Gators' job a bit easier is the fact that the game is being played in Tampa, which in essence, means that the Spartans will be in a road environment. The crowd will certainly be a factor, but Michigan St. is a very tough team that comes in having won six of their last seven, including an impressive win over a good Colorado team. And any team that can go into Rupp Arena and pull out a win over the Cats will certainly be a tough out.


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Recently, freelance writer Jenny An caused an online firestorm with her confessional essay I'm an Asian Woman and I Refuse to Ever Date an Asian Man for xoJane. But is it her defense of interracial dating or the way she defends it that's stirring up so much controversy?
Interracial couple holding hands, Credit Image: Shutterstock
An starts her post by declaring, "It's simple: I'm a racist," then goes on to profess her disdain for the patriarchy and racism she perceives in Asian culture. She continues with a declaration of love of white men, whom she views as an American ideal:
I date white men because the term "model minority" grosses me out. I date white men because it feels like I'm not ostracizing myself into an Asian ghetto and antiquated ideas of Asian unity. I still see myself as a minority. And with that, pretty soon comes connotations of "outsider." And I don't like that.
It's not so much that An is saying anything people haven't heard before, but she pushes so many hot buttons about issues that can quickly turn into a war of words between ethno-cultural groups: the high rate of dating between Asian women and white men, the model minority myth, and the hypersexualization of Asian women. She even takes the ultimate below-the-belt shot, hinting at differences in penis size between Asian and white men.
But perhaps her main goal was just a shocking headline, rather than a well-thought post. Commenters certainly accused An of link-baiting to draw attention to the site. This isn't the first time that xoJane has been called out for such behavior; BlogHer Health Editor AV Flox reported on similar accusations about ex-staffer Cat Marnell.
An complains about the pressure to perform within Asian culture, although her example does not show how this has anything to do with patriarchy or cultural sexism, as Asian women are expected to achieve just as much as Asian men. She also hints that white men -- the very ones she prefers to date in order to escape "patriarchy and cultural racism" -- have some sexual stereotypes about Asian women, too:
But as long as men tell me over dinner, "I've always wanted to be with an Asian girl" and then still think they're getting laid, and as long as during beauty countdowns white girls are called "beauties" and Asian girls are called "exotic beauties" -- well, then white will still be the societal standard.
To be fair, An did raise an issue experienced by a lot of people of colour, especially immigrants and children of immigrants: the feeling of "un-Americaness." Despite living in America and adapting to North American culture, they are made to feel like they do not, and never will, belong. But dating white men is not going to help. Especially if they are sexually fetishing you.
Responding to the comments (1,291 as of the writing of this piece), most of which were overwhelmingly negative, An wrote a mea culpa that essentially backfired. Distancing herself form the first-person voice of the first essay, she says this:
Writers create characters. Call it first-person character, a writerly persona, performance art, whatever. Stir in some strong statements to make it more bloggable, call it a troll if you will. Or call it saying: I'd never, ever, ever do this, but it's just, yeah, I don't do it all that often. The character embodies thoughts of self-race annihilation I've considered, especially when I was younger, because it would take a lot stronger of a person than I am to never wonder, "Would my life have been easier if I were white?"
A commenter on An's response posted this:
"I understand the need to frame an article so that it gets hits and grabs attention and all that, but by saying you were creating a character and not speaking fully as yourself.....well, I feel disappointed and slightly betrayed, frankly. And how on earth can you be credible to me in this second article when you've admitted you weren't being your full self in the first? Maybe this is just your conciliatory persona, framed to moderate the negative feedback your first article received? If you felt that while writing your first piece your views were not being thoroughly expressed, why not say so?"
One interesting response was by JT Tran from Asian Men White Women. Tran, nicknamed the "Asian Playboy," is no stranger to controversy in the Asian American community; his website is dedicated to helping Asian men date white women. While Tran dates interracially, he questions not only xoJane's decision to publish a trollish title, but also An's belief that she is perceived as an outsider in American culture:
But you forget: being AMERICAN is about cultural diversity. Chinese food isn't really Chinese food, cheeseburgers came from Germany, my cab driver is Jamaican, and the waitress at my favorite Korean restaurant is white. So how the heck does dating white men mean getting accepted into American society, when America is already a big fat melting pot of multiple cultures? If anything, dating a person of MULTIPLE races would be considered getting accepted into American culture, because low and behold, not all of Americans are white. Big surprise.
Of course, many articles encouraging women to date outside their race have faced criticism. One of the most notable cases is the popular book, Swirling: How to Date, Mate and Relate, Mixing Race, Culture & Creed. In July, Clutch Magazine first went after Swirling and other proponents of relationships with white men:
It would seem that the myth of the White Knight is alive and well. Relationships "experts" have been weighing in on why a larger number of black women should consider dating outside their race for quite some time now. In and of itself, this notion isn't entirely terrible, although it does assume that a majority of black women are resistant to the idea of interracial dating (which isn't necessarily the case). But when the advice is tied to mythical ideas about the superior morality, dating practices, and values of white men, it's highly problematic.
Recently, one of the book's co-authors (and BlogHer Publishing Network member), Christelyn Karazin, questioned the black critics of her book, including a Clutch writer who questioned the term "swirling" (and to be honest, it kinda bugs me too as it simplifies a much more complex situation):
Many times the very people who claim to be exhausted of all the interracial dating talk are the ones who give the members of such relationships so much flack. On one hand, they say go ahead with IR, but they don't want to hear about it. Sounds a lot like the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," military policy we once had, doesn't it?
Karazin also mentions that interracial relationships have long existed. And there have always been people who question the motives who date outside their race.
The real story behind the negative reaction to An's essay may be that it shed light on the reason why people have an issue: the worry that minorities choose to be with someone outside of their culture because they are ashamed of their own. Dating decisions are no one's business but the people involved, so why do we, as the observers, have such a vested interest in their couplings? Do we think that one of our own "defecting" to another side is a reflection on the perceived inadequacies of our cultures, inadequacies we have tried to correct within our own lives?
An was right about one thing: Some people DO perceive Anglo, or white, culture as the most normal and desired culture. What she misses is that society -- including the things we read and the images we see in the media -- perpetuate those ideas. We are socially conditioned that Western notions of beauty, dress, diction, and behaviour should be the norm. Her issues with self-esteem and maturity may just be a dirty reflection of some of our own.
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If you're a mom or dad, you answer to a lot of different bosses — chief among them, the grandparents. And that group often isn't shy about sharing suggestions and directives.
In a new national poll commissioned by Lulu, 96 percent of grandparents told us that family togetherness makes for happy holidays, and 90 percent said that they long for more time with their grandkids. But with families scattered every which way and gas prices high, is togetherness too much to ask for?
To avert a national crisis, Lulu launches our first ever Family Photos for the Holidays contest. Even if you can't be together in person, you can still get face time through photos.
The Family Photos for Holidays contest opens Monday, Oct. 22, when contestants can find the contest at facebook.com/luludotcom. To win, post your family photos that capture the joys of family togetherness, particularly photos that include family members from several generations. We will accept entries until Friday, Oct. 26. Then, expert judges will determine finalists who will be entered into the final public voting round from Monday, Oct. 29 through Friday, Nov. 2. Most votes wins!
At the end of the contest, (open to US citizens over 18), Lulu will announce first, second and third prize winners. Prizes include tablets (for keeping in touch), a top-grade camera (for capturing more magic moments), retail gift cards and a special Lulu prizes — because creating a photo book or calendar is the one-of-a-kind gift that delivers family fun all year round.
Can't wait to see the family fun on display! We're also excited to be working with 5 Minutes for Mom, a family-oriented blog for mothers ready to take their families on new adventures. Plus, grandparent and professional photographer Frank Brueske is on board as a judge.
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