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I'll take Bruce Arena at his word when he says he hasn't lost any sleep over the U.S. elimination from the Gold Cup in the quarterfinals, but I have to say that the road to the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan seems much harder than it was a week earlier. On the U.S. front, no news is bad news. During Arena's 16-month tenure as U.S. national team coach, he has always brought together a different group of players, and everything worked out. Until now. Yes, the United States extended its record of having won every first-round game it has played in the Gold Cup and it went home unbeaten (in the record book). Unfortunately, there was nothing new to report in the Americans' play. With the exception of Cobi Jones, the most capped player in the squad with 122 international appearances, no one stood out. The big news, though, was the play of the other TFC teams, notably semifinalists Canada and Trinidad & Tobago and Group A champion Honduras, which was outstanding until it self-destructed against Peru. Even Guatemala looked good in its 1-1 tie with Mexico. Trinidad & Tobago and Honduras will open World Cup 2002 qualifying March 4 when they host Nicaragua and Netherlands Antilles, respectively. The United States, Mexico, Jamaica and Costa Rica - the four CONCACAF representatives at the World Cup in the '90s - have a bye into the second round. The upshot of the 2000 Gold Cup is that eight teams now believe they have a legitimate shot of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup finals - the four seeds, plus Canada, Trinidad & Tobago, Honduras and Guatemala. Only six will advance to the final round of qualifying in 2001. And only three will go on to the finals in 2002. Eight into three promises to be interesting.
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Journal of Robotics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 683975, 10 pages
People Detection Based on Spatial Mapping of Friendliness and Floor Boundary Points for a Mobile Navigation Robot
1Toshiba Corporate Research & Development Center, 1, Komukai-Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan
2Toshiba Corporation, Power Systems Company, 1-1, Shibaura 1-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8001, Japan
3Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5, Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan
4Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Received 14 July 2011; Revised 7 November 2011; Accepted 8 November 2011
Academic Editor: Danica Kragic
Copyright © 2011 Tsuyoshi Tasaki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Navigation robots must single out partners requiring navigation and move in the cluttered environment where people walk around. Developing such robots requires two different people detections: detecting partners and detecting all moving people around the robots. For detecting partners, we design divided spaces based on the spatial relationships and sensing ranges. Mapping the friendliness of each divided space based on the stimulus from the multiple sensors to detect people calling robots positively, robots detect partners on the highest friendliness space. For detecting moving people, we regard objects' floor boundary points in an omnidirectional image as obstacles. We classify obstacles as moving people by comparing movement of each point with robot movement using odometry data, dynamically changing thresholds to detect. Our robot detected 95.0% of partners while it stands by and interacts with people and detected 85.0% of moving people while robot moves, which was four times higher than previous methods did.

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No, I'm not talking about my finish on the Harris Chain. I'm talking about our first Elite Series win going to Shaw Grigsby, one of the nicest guys around.
After his win, I couldn't help but think about the old days, back when we had co-anglers in the boat. Most of us enjoyed most of them, but there was a hidden secret in the program. We all knew what it was — we didn't want to share our fish.
And why would we? After all, we were fishing for a lot of money. Weighing bass was how we earned our living. Sharing weight is not what we're about.
Somehow, for some reason, Shaw saw things differently. Day after day, tournament after tournament, and season after season, his co-anglers would walk across the stage and, almost without exception, sing his praises. The co-anglers considered him to be a lucky draw, the kind of thing they crossed their fingers for just before the announcements were made.
Often they would tell stories about him helping them catch fish. It was almost routine — especially in bed-fishing events — for Shaw to get his weight and then go help his co-angler get his or her weight. He put on one-man seminars before they were popular, before the arrival of the Marshals.
His faith is something noteworthy, too. It doesn't take long for anyone who's around him to realize he's a Christian man. But not because he talks about it all the time or because he quotes the bible at every opportunity. Rather, it's because he lives a good and clean and decent life. He walks the walk. He leads by example.
So, that's why I say we're off to a good start this year. We had a fine man win our first tournament. No one on the tour can complain about that. It's good for every one of us as well as the sport.
That was last week, though. This week it's about me finding some fish for Thursday. If I don't, there'll be no one to blame but me. The St. Johns River has something for everyone. If you can't find a way to catch bass here, there's no hope. It's your own fault.
We have current and tidal movement, so there's plenty of river stuff for the guys who like that kind of fishing. And, there are several lakes — B.A.S.S. is even letting us fish Rodman Reservoir this year — if that's your thing. There's grass everywhere as well as open water, channels, cypress trees and bedding bass. You can flip, pitch, drag, twitch and crank to your heart's content.
Overall, it should be an interesting four days. Most of us will be fishing to our strengths. That usually makes for an exciting event. Some of the guys are even whispering about 30-pound bags, although few will go on the record predicting such a thing.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral in Fort Worth, TX
St. Patrick's Cathedral is known for its architecture and historical significance to the Fort Worth, TX community.
The oldest continuously used church building in Fort Worth lies in the heart of the city's business district.
St. Patrick's Cathedral is the Catholic Cathedral of Fort Worth and the seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth.
Building of the Gothic Revival structure, using native limestone, began in 1888 under the pastoral leadership of Father Jean Marie Guyot. Designed by Fort Worth architect James J. Kane, the twin towers at the front of the building were intended to be the base of spires, which were never built. By vote of the congregation, the church was named St. Patrick's and was dedicated in 1892. Kane's funeral was held in the church upon his death in 1901. Father Guyot died in 1907; his body is interred in the basement crypt of the church.
The church was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1962, and in 1985 was enrolled in the National Register of Historic Places.
Nearby St. Ignatius Academy, built by the Belgian Sisters of St. Mary of Namur in 1885 as a boarding school for young ladies, was bought by the parish in 1956. Today, the Cathedral consists of three buildings: the Academy, the rectory and the church.
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Looking for some Thai food restaurant in fishing village style? It is kind of hard to find it in Penang and as of my knowledge, we only has one Thai food restaurant that matched this criterion. I.e. Tan Jetty Thai Food restaurant along Tan Jetty Weld Quay Penang. Here is how the actual restaurant looks likes.
In order to reach the restaurant, you will need to look for Xen Teck Café along Weld Quay road, and then turn into the junction beside the café.
You will need to drive till the end of the road where you will see this parking area which specially made for the Tan Jetty's customer. After you have parked the car, just walk toward left hand side and you will found the restaurant.
Tan Jetty Thai Food Environment
The restaurant is build on top of multiple concrete pillars with fully wood structure as the restaurant structure. You will need to walk on the wooden platform and you will hear the wood stress sound that sound likes zhzh..kek. zhhz.. kek….If you are not used to this, you may feel uncomfortable.
The dining setting is simple but clean. It comes with some wooden table and some plastic chair. It is an open air with no air conditional. If you feel hot, you will need to switch on the fan.
The view from the restaurant is marvelous! You will found a fishing village on your left hand side and a long walk way to the hut located in the middle. If you look closer, it is not a hut but a temple. While waiting for the food to arrived, I do suggest that you walk to the temple and perform praying to the Ma Zhu (媽祖) temple.
Here is another wide angle view at the mid span of the walk way.
Tan Jetty Thai Food Menu
The menu is kind of simple that only consist of one laminated sheet. All the dishes come with clear photo, name, price and it number. The owner of this Tan Jetty Thai Food is not a Malaysian, they are Thai. You may face difficulty in performing ordering due to language barrier. What you need to do is to point at the photo or number to make the order.
Does the Tan Jetty Thai Food taste good?
Here is what we have ordered.
Sweet and spicy Chicken – RM 12
Stir fried Belacan Kang Kong – RM6
Crispy Vegetable (Kang Kong) – RM6
Fried Pandan chicken -RM8 , 4pcs
We have ordered 6 dishes for a group of 5. The dishes is small and it is kind of not sufficient for all of us. If you plan to go there, you should order dishes using this formula : 2 x number of participants. A group of 5 will need to order 10 dishes. You may consider 2 sets of fried pandan chicken and vegetable as it cost less than 10 ringgit per dishes.
Overall, the taste of the dishes is above normal. All the dishes were cooked by Thai chef and it do taste good. It has strong taste and delivers authentic Thai styled food. You will not have any complaint on the dishes quality.
Btw, the receipt is all written in Thai language as shown below.
Will I come again?
Yes, I will.
Restaurant information:
Name: Tan Jetty Thai Food
Address: 97A, Tan Jetty Weld Quay, 10300, Penang
Telephone: Lee Lang 014-9071808 ; Peng 016-4618339
Opening Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00am till 2:30pm ; 5:00pm till 10:00pm ; close on every month first and third Tuesday
Cuisine: Thai, Chu Char
Homepage: Nil
E-mail: Nil
Best Penang Food Editor's Review
- Fishing Village style restaurant
- Food is prepared and cooked by Authentic Thai Chef
- Strong taste that meet my expectation.
- Price is reasonable cheap
- Dishes size is kind of small, you may need to order more dishes. You can try more Thai dishes in each dining.
- No government and service tax
- Free of charge car park
- No WIFI
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Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 974293, 10 pages
Application of Multistage Homotopy Perturbation Method to the Chaotic Genesio System
1Deptartment of Science in Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
3Department of Mathematics, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
4Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Selangor, Malaysia
Received 31 December 2011; Accepted 9 March 2012
Academic Editor: Muhammad Aslam Noor
Copyright © 2012 M. S. H. Chowdhury et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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my main problem is when im just bombing around the house i normaly have on a pair of sweats or something close to it... and they just dont offer the support i need
This is a discussion on Do you wear your rig at home within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; If the pants I'm wearing at the time, has pockets. Its gauranteed to be a pistol in one of those pockets....
If the pants I'm wearing at the time, has pockets. Its gauranteed to be a pistol in one of those pockets.
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my main problem is when im just bombing around the house i normaly have on a pair of sweats or something close to it... and they just dont offer the support i need
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My wife used not to like it. She thought I was "Ramboing". Then I asked her what good was the pistol in the back of the house if someone kicked in the front door.
She doesn't worry about it anymore.
Living out in the sticks; if it make you feel safer to strap some leather on first thing in the morning, then I highly recommend it.
Back when some friends and I use to lease thousands of acres for hunting and fishing, I did.
Sometime, my wife and I would go camping, during the off season, and being the only humans within 10 square miles, I would strapped my 44 magnum Ruger six shooter on my hit the first thing in the morning, and took it off when I went to bed.
At home, I dont see a reason to. But, my Glock is always nearby.
Gun holsters concealed by SmartCarry concealed holsters
My smartcarry is the first thing I put on in the morning, and the last thing I take off at night. It also goes on the floor next to the shower when I'm in the shower. It has all the support you'll ever need, even when wearing sweats or shorts only. Your wife will never know it's there unless her hands are in that area.
Absolutely. I forget where I read it (might even have been around here):
Why do I carry at home? Seems like that's where most home invasions occur.
Talking with my sister recently, and she's considering doing the same. She and her husband are both retired USMC, so they're pretty well prepared, but she told me of an incident where a guy on a quad came up their looong rural driveway just to look around (very rural Northern Virginia) while she was in the yard with the two small kids, and she started wondering what she would do if it had been trouble and she had to get to the house quickly with the kids.
Absolutely, I carry at home.
Freedom ... must be fought for, protected, and handed on ... or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. -- Ronald Reagan, 1967
Before the baby, I usually kept whatever I was wearing on or around until I went to bed. Now I drop my sidearm into a fast-access safe and keep my everyday BUG, a Kel Tec P32, in my pocket around the house. Bigger stuff is in the bedroom or office safe.
me too, from the time i wake up til i hit the hay. i"m ethier wearing
my gun or it"s within reach. always better safe then sorry.
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the world coming too"
I wear it at home for two reasons:
1) Security of having a weapon close at hand, if I need it.
2) Don't have to fool with putting it on and taking it off for quick trips outside the home. I get dressed, I put it on. Half the time, the holster is still attached to the belt anyways, from the day before.
If I had a "rig" i wouldn't wear it anywhere...a few tons might weigh a bit. Seriously though... I wear my sidearm at home as well. If I'm awake, it's on my hip whether I'm home or away.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
A slight digression, but you'll get the idea:
As a pilot, we are taught three points:
1) There is nothing more useless than the runway behind you.
2) There is nothing more useless than the altitude above you.
3) There is nothing more useless than the gas you left in the big tank at the airport.
I will add a fourth:
4) There is nothing more useless than the gun you can't reach in an emergency.
'nuf said?
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch; Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
-- Benjamin Franklin
Yes, I wear it all the time. When my five year old grandson comes by he always wants to know if Papa has his gun on so I pull up my shirt and say "sure". Then he usually wants to start a discussion on calibers. Honest, this kid knows a lot about weapons. His dad is an avid hunter and he has got quite a bit of info from me. I think he would make a great marine but he is committed to becomming a cowboy.


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Citation: Witter, R.L. 2002. Induction of strong protection by vaccination with partially attenuated serotype 1 marek's disease viruses. Avian Diseases. 46:925-937. Interpretive Summary: Marek's disease (MD), a virus-induced cancer-like disease of chickens, is considered as a major disease problem in commercial poultry. Vaccination has dramatically reduced the incidence of the disease, losses still occur and very little is known about the best ways to derive better vaccines. The objective of this research was to determine if vaccines with mild virulence would provide better immunity than vaccines with no virulence. We have determined that mild vaccines provide better protection and, thus, have identified a new strategy for deriving highly effective vaccines. This important information about vaccine development will help scientists in academia and industry understand the best ways to derive better vaccines and eventually lead to better control of the disease.
Technical Abstract: Four of 5 partially attenuated preparations derived from the 2 Marek's disease (MD) virus strains (584A and 648A) or the previously attenuated Md11 strain induced 28-62% higher levels of protection in ab+ chickens against virulent MD challenge than the fully attenuated counterpart viruses. Confirmatory data from 2 subsequent trials in ab+ chickens showed that protection induced by the partly attenuated (passage 80) was 79 and 118% higher, respectively, than that induced by the fully attenuated (passage 100) preparations of strain 648A. However, in one trial with ab- chickens, no difference in protection between partially and fully attenuated virus was observed. Strong protection (up to 85%) against highly virulent challenge also was provided by preparations of 648A at passages 40-60, which were moderately oncogenic when used alone. Partially attenuated strains tended to replicate to higher titers in both ab+ and ab- chickens compared to fully attenuated vaccines. These studies establish for MD the principle that judiciously selected, partially attenuated MD viruses may replicate better and induce stronger immunity against virulent challenge than fully attenuated preparations of the same strain. Moreover, depending on passage level, some partially attenuated vaccine strains may be relatively safe for ab+ chickens, causing few or no lesions.


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my vet just gave my dog 5 times the usual dosage of steriods for an ear infection.Is he under any kind of danger ?
I assume they were the most common type used.
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Is it Prednizone? If your unsure on the dose, you can call another vet for a second opinion. Which is what I would do. The dose might depend on the weight of the dog. One time I called a pharmacist for drug interactions for my dog because I was unsure on what my vet prescribed. They were very helpful. Maybe you could also try that. Most times, vets, Dr's and pharmacists want to help. Also, I don't know what kind of food your feeding your dog, but sometimes changing to a better food will stop ear infections. Good Luck!
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Happy Father's Day!!! To all you Dad's and Grand fathers who bring a sense of compassion, love, playfulness, wisdom, and deep affection to your kids and grand kids, I thank you and pray for you! As a young father my self, I have learned quite a bit about myself from my daughter and everyday I feel such appreciation for all I have learned. My daughter has opened my heart, my life up, and has taught me how playfulness can help with all things. I am and will always be a heart in process, as I continue to open up to the boundless love I have yet to see, and yet I rest in the love I am now.
From the day she was born till now, I thank God for parents. My Dad is considered old school in a lot of ways, but he has a big heart, that gets covered up sometimes. But he is a great provider, example, and a big example of how to waver life's storms. He watched me on stage, left worked to watch me play soccer, baseball, watched me read many books, took us camping, used music on a road trip to Lake Tahoe to tell me how much he was proud of me when it was hard for him to articulate it himself with out getting overwhelmed by his heart. He came down with me to unpack for college, then came down to help me move in after my divorce, and though it probably bothered him a lot that I was divorcing and couldn't work it out, he found time to talk to me about moving forward. I learned through my Dad that life starts with baseball and football talk before you can arrive at the heart. We can talk endlessly about the Giants. My Dad was there to pick me up during soccer, listen to me vent about all kinds of things, when I was done, he would pass the phone to my mom, with a casual, "Well here is your mom." He was there to listen to my success in acting, publishing my first book, he was there when I put my daughter on his chest when she was a couple of weeks old, through thick and thin, he has showed up as fierce love.
He taught me about devotion to faith, in his case being Catholic, and although he never understood why I left, I think that he likes that I have a strong faith in God, and yes he reads these blogs. The point of this is Dad's as you know, it may seem like you don't matter, but you do, and I love my pop. I am honored we had a soul contract on planet earth. I am honored my daughter loves him so much, and when she see's him tells me, "Grandpa is silly."
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Obsessed by social networking, reality TV, Internet porn, fashion, film, music, sex and drugs, today's teens are on an existential collision course with disaster. Davey Havok, lead singer and songwriter of AFI and Blaqk Audio, captures that essence and creates a blistering, yet compelling portrait of high school angst in his debut novel Pop Kids, out April 4.
Acknowledging the power of popular culture to serve as both a corrupter and a creative force, Havok welcomes readers into a world where wearing the right clothes, listening to the right music, and indulging in a vicious cycle of self-gratifying behaviors is more important than anything else. Parents, teachers, and other adults are but vague shadows in the lives of these teens.
It's a portrayal of a generation.
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Details of Romney's economic plan keep evolving
Surrogates for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney frequently point to a 59-point economic plan released last year in response to criticisms that the campaign has been short on specific proposals.
However, some of Romney's economic policies have changed since the document — titled "Believe in America: Mitt Romney's Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth" — was released in September. The plan itself has not been updated.
Former Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich referenced the detailed plan last week during an appearance on MSNBC. Earlier this month, on a conference call with reporters, former Missouri senator Jim Talent, a Romney adviser, highlighted the written plan and said Romney had been mocked when he released it "because they said it was too detailed."
But the details have changed.
In the original document, Romney wrote that "low marginal tax rates" should be maintained and that corporate tax rates should come down from 35% to 25%.
In February, Romney announced a new tax plan calling for a 20% reduction of the marginal rates for all tax brackets as well as the abolition of the Alternative Minimum Tax.
Romney recently added his support for keeping a 3.4% interest rate on federal student loans rather than let the rate double as scheduled. He did not address the issue in his original plan.
The plan also calls for passage of several trade agreements that President Obama has since signed into law.
A Romney economic adviser, who requested anonymity to speak freely about the plan, said the document was never intended to be set in stone and specifically stipulated several areas where "more work needed to be done."
"It's absolutely intended to be a starting point," the adviser said.
The adviser did not say when Romney would release additional policy proposals, saying the campaign is just starting to map out the broad range of policies that will be released over the course of the year.
One change already evident is the campaign's new focus on the economic prospects of women.
Over the past several weeks, Romney has emphasized that women have suffered the lion's share of the job losses since Obama has been president, but the September document makes no mention of these jobs.
In fact, the word "women" appears twice in the 160-page document, in an essay by Meg Whitman, the former chief executive officer of eBay and now president of Hewlett-Packard.
Doug Holtz-Eakin, a Republican economist, predicted that the plan would continue to change and adjust from now until the election.
Mike Franc, vice president of government studies at the Heritage Foundation, a think tank, agreed, adding that the original document represents the careful work of the early campaign. "It's going to evolve," Franc said. "You don't want someone to be rigid the whole campaign."
He said the issue to watch is whether Romney changed direction on any of the policies outlined in the plan.
Will McBride, an economist at the Tax Foundation, said other presidential candidates have changed their plans and included more specifics as time went on, but it is unclear how much the Romney plan will change as the campaign wears on.
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So amid yet more news about metadata collection by government, I decided that Facebook probably doesn't need all my old data either and it might be a good time to try and clean it up. Looking at the activity log for my account, the first bit of data is from Sep 4th 2007, which is just shy of 7 years ago.
So I thought I would try and delete my history, but Facebook doesn't have an option for that and the scripts available that do do it aren't working at the moment. Not that this means Facebook actually deletes it anyway, but it would have been a good start.
In any case, before I attempted to delete everything I first backed everything up, and used Wolfram Alpha's Personal Analytics for Facebook to make some cool graphs. I had used it ages ago but I thought it might be good to save them here prior to removing most of the data source.
By far the coolest graph is the friend relationships one. From mine you can see a couple of distinct groups of people that don't know each other, and then the uni and high school groups all intermingled, as you would expect since everyone is from Rockhampton. Then there is some joins between work friends at Ergon and uni friends, which also makes sense.
Then looking at the breakup by demographics is pretty interesting also. Nearly twice as many of my male friends are single.
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Yes it is. Very. You better get rid of it right now, I'll pm you my address so I can dispose of it properly ;)
This is a discussion on Is my Colt Officer's ACP antiquated? 7 rounds total within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by dwyermw This has been a mainstay for over 29 years but am I under gunnned? If you've been trusting your life to ...
As far as being outgunned with "only" 7 rounds: if you need more than that, you probably need a rifle.
Yes it is. Very. You better get rid of it right now, I'll pm you my address so I can dispose of it properly ;)
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You don't want it,I'll take it worked then it works now 38 will get the job done.
No. Hit someone with just one of those .45s and ask them if they think you're undergunned.
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Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
If you have been using a 1911 (7+1) for 29 years. You obviously have been sucessfull with it. Not sure if I would want to change formats now.
So I would stick with what you have. Odd's are your not going to be in a movie type shoot out where you need 20+ rds.
As mentioned stay safe and don't put yourself in bad situations and you should be fine. This is more important than caliber and capacity IMO.
"Get rid of that chrome plated sissy pistol and get yourself a GLOCK"
I've carried an Ultra Carry II. 7+1, it carries great, flat and light. Never felt under gunned with it at all. I shot it very well though. Extremely accurate for me under 15 yards it was POA=POI. I have an Ultra sized 9mm now it too is very accurate. Like the posters have been saying practice and don't shoot to miss.
You are never undergunned carrying anything that shoots a 45ACP. My second carry gun when I was on the SO was a S&W model 625 in 45ACP. It used half-moon clips and I carried it because they wouldn't let me carry my Colt Govt Model 45.
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I presume you have at least 1 spare mag?
I would even feel comfortable just carrying my BUG (5 rds of 357mag with two speed strips)
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Do you carry spares or are you relying on the single mag in the gun?
If it was me carrying an Officer's Model, I would be more worried about a malfunction with my only magazine than running dry. I carry a Government Model often and don't worry that I only have 9 rounds on board because I carry one or two spare 8 rounder's on my belt and have a spare 8 round mag in the console. If you feel you don't have enough ammo add a couple of spare mags to your load and practice speed and administrative reloads.
A poster gave advice on using a 7 or 8 round mag with your Officer's Mod. I would advise you to check for functional issues if you do, the compact 1911's can be finicky about feeding from extended mags, be sure before you attempt to carry with one.
The 1911 is a fine weapon and it will serve your purpose well.
No your not undergunned. POI should take care of number of rounds unless your prone to spray & pray.And no, your not going to encounter large numbers of NVA regulars or other invading hoards.There are guys that would like to carry an ammunition belt but if you are in a shooting situation and need to drop magazines your a LEO. Joe citizen is not going to be encountering that for 99% of us. That Colt does what you want it to - defense.
I need to see pics of it first. I don't believe you actually have one.
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Very Badly Antiquated..... send me a price so u can go buy ya something newer :)
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American GI. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
I asked my stock broker the other day, what I should be investing in ....his reply, canned goods n ammo !!!
There are plenty of recorded instances where bad guy(s) was/were dropped like a "sack o taters" with a single .22cal pistol round, and also many instances where the bad guy(s) took something like 40 plus rounds from 9mm (an excellent round if you chose ammunition that will do the job) and were still standing and shooting (drug fueled psycho).
A .45cal pistol with 7+1 is an excellent weapon and you are not under gunned unless you give up the element of surprise or try to go up against a rifle at 50 yards, and in the hands of someone ready to do violence to protect the innocent, will do the job just fine.
Why carry a second magazine?
Because nowadays bad guys usually attack in packs, you might miss with a round or two.....and because you can.
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Man Arrested on Burglary Charge
A police officer noticed something suspicious yesterday morning in Waikiki. An 18-year-old man was carrying a rubbish can with a cash register inside. The officer stopped the suspect at about 4:30 a.m. and questioned him. A short time later, police learned that a nearby bar, which was closed, had been burglarized. Officers investigated and arrested the suspect on suspicion of burglary.


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The double Oscar winner will take Sir Elton's place and co-host the annual Winter Ball after the singer said he would cover for George Michael in his Australia tour in November and December.
Michael, who nearly died last year of pneumonia, cancelled his Symphonica tour due to "major anxiety", saying doctors told him he needed "complete rest" and "post-traumatic counselling".
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MLS: The New League of the Stars?
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It's highly unlikely, but with the introduction of the so-called "Beckham Rule," Jonah Freedman of SI.com says Major League Soccer may be well on its way to a professional soccer revolution in this country. Freedman says that without a doubt, the fact that salary cap restrictions no longer apply to ...
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Fergie Delighted with Howard's Everton Progress
by Soccer America
Prior to Manchester United's Premiership clash Wednesday with Everton at Old Trafford, which the Red Devils won easily, 3-0, Sir Alex Ferguson discussed the form of 27-year old American goalkeeper, whom Manchester United sent out on-loan to Everton at the beginning of the season. "Tim has been doing really well ...
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Mourinho: We're Poised to Reclaim Top Spot
by Soccer America
Throughout the years, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has proven himself to be a master of subtle mind games, through which he has been able to unsettle the likes of Kevin Keegan, when he was manager of Newcastle, and Kenny Dalglish, the former Liverpool boss. Chelsea's Jose Mourinho is ...
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Guevara Happy with Chivas Move
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Amado Guevara says he isn't at all displeased with the trade that sends him from the New York Red Bulls to Long Beach's Chivas USA. "In New York, I was fine. I had many individual accomplishments but for me those are not enough. I want to win a title and ...
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Pardew to Meet with Joorabchian to Discuss Argentines' Future
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January transfer season is nearly upon us, which means the next two months will be filled with a mixture of truth and rumors. While Shaun Wright-Phillips and Clint Dempsey will almost certainly make a January move in the EPL, it's anybody's guess what will happen to Argentine pair Carlos Tevez ...
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Nov. 6, 2013
Complete Release | 2013-14 Schedule | 2012-13 Statistics
Colorado State vs. UCCS | Game 1
Nov. 8 | Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena (8,745)
Colorado State (0-0) hosts Colorado-Colorado Springs in the second leg of a double header Friday. Tipoff is tentatively set for 8 p.m. MT, or 30 minutes following the conclusion of the men's game at Moby Arena (8,745).
Dawning a whole new look this season, Head Coach Ryun Williams and the Colorado State women's basketball team have hopes of becoming a top competitor in the Mountain West as Williams begins his second season with the Rams.
The contest on Friday will be the first of the year for the Mountain Lions. Although it is CSU's first regular season game, UCCS will treat it as an exhibition contest. The Mountain Lions ended the 2012-13 season with a 19-8 record overall and were 16-6 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, finishing third overall.
The game will be broadcast live on AM 1410 KIIX. Matt Wozniak, now in his fifth season with the Rams, calls all the action. Live game video will also be available via the Rams Digital Network at CSURams.com/videos.
About Black Hills State
- The Division-II University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
- UCCS went 19-8 overall in 2012-13, finishing the season with the best winning percentage in program history. The team tied for third in the league.
- UCCS was picked to finish first out of 14 teams in the RMAC in the Preseason Coaches' Poll. The team is currently receiving votes in the WBCA/USA Today DII Coaches' Poll.
- UCCS returns all five starters for the 2013-14 season, and returns 12 letterwinners overall, losing just three players from last season.
- The Mountain Lions are led by junior Abby Kirchoff who averaged in double-figure scoring at the end of last season with 14.1 points per game and shot 41.7 percent from the three-point line.
- Kirchoff received 2012-13 all-RMAC first-team honors and was voted the 2013-14 RMAC Women's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year.
- In 2013 the Mountain Lions advanced to the quarterfinals of the RMAC tournament, falling to Colorado Christian, 72-70.
Series vs. the Mountain Lions
- Friday's meeting between Colorado State and UCCS will be just the second regular-season game between the two schools all-time.
- The Rams are 1-0 vs. the Mountain Lions all-time.
- CSU last hosted UCCS on Dec. 9, 1993. The Rams won, 82-59, and were led by Teresa James, who scored 24 points on the night.
A win will...
- Give the Rams their first season-opening victory, since Nov. 13, 2009, when CSU defeated Montana, 72-64.
- Improve Head Coach Ryun Williams' career record to a perfect 4-0 vs. UCCS.
- Mark Williams' 270th career NCAA victory.
Last time out
The Colorado State women's basketball team defeated Black Hills State University, 72-49, in its second exhibition game of the year at Moby Arena.
Junior transfer AJ Newton led the Rams with 16 points, five assists, three steals, and three rebounds.
Freshman Ellen Nystrom added 14 points, six rebounds, three steals, and one assist. Also posting double-figures for the Rams was freshman Elin Gustavsson, who tallied 13 points, six rebounds, one block and one steal.
The Rams recorded 16 assists on the night, Newton and junior Gritt Ryder recorded five a piece.
Colorado State continued showing tremendous defense against the Yellow Jackets, causing the team to turn the ball over 25 times. With the defensive effort from the Rams, the team was able to gain 24 points off of the BHSU turnovers.
Senior Sam Martin added nine points for the Rams, adding six rebounds, two blocks, and one assist, while sophomore Caitlin Duffy added seven points and five rebounds.
The Rams tallied 10 steals against the Yellow Jackets, and scored 16 points off them. Newton and Nystrom had three steals each, while Gustavsson, Ryder, freshman Gabby Frykbo and senior Alicia Nichols added one each.
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The Rams will have all of their home contests and all Mountain West games streamed live on CSURams.com/videos this season for free.
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Colorado State hosts in-state rival Colorado on Tuesday. Tipoff vs. the No. 19 Buffaloes is scheduled for 7 p.m. MT.
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Churning out yet another drool-worthy campaign, Candice Swanepoel is the star of the new ads for Max factor's Marilyn Monroe Color Elixir Lipstick collection.
In her newly-released images, the 27-year-old South African stunner pulls off the "Some Like It Hot" actress' look flawlessly, including a flirty platinum blonde coif and crimson pucker.
He knows just how to garner all kinds of attention, and Riccardo Tisci has outdone himself with his brand new spread for Spring/Summer 2016.
She's been all over the fashion week runways and scored multiple magazine covers, so it's not exactly surprising that Kendall Jenner scored the number one spot in Tumblr's year-end model ranking.
Starring in yet another high profile campaign, Candice Swanepoel is the center of attention in Juicy Couture's just-released commercial.
The gorgeous South African model dons a strapless pink party dress and dances up a storm while plugging Viva La Juicy perfume, and it sounds like making the video was quite the shindig.
Always up for a good time, the Victoria's Secret Angels teamed up for a fun and flirty lip sync video to the tune of Selena Gomez's latest single "Hands to Myself."
Taking over an east side armory in New York City, the 2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show got underway last night (November 10) with plenty of celebrity guests.
Always thinking of her devoted fans, Candice Swanepoel took to her Instagram account this week to give a sneak peek of the 2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show fittings and preparations.
The 27-year-old blonde bombshell smiled as she wore a lace-and-feather getup, and another snapshot featured gladiator-style heels and delicate lingerie.
Now that November is here, Victoria's Secret is ramping up their holiday promotions with a new spread featuring two African Angels.
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Second Strong Start For Harvey -- This Time Against Red SoxPitcher Matt Harvey of the Mets, who grew up in southeastern Connecticut, had his second strong start following surgery, as the Mets defeated the Red Sox in Fort Myers.
Harvey Pitches 4 Scoreless Innings; Mets Lose To Red Sox 4-3Matt Harvey allowed three hits over four scoreless innings for his second strong start following elbow surgery, and the New York Mets lost to the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Monday.
Harvey To Pitch First Game In A Year And A HalfConnecticut's Matt Harvey is set to pitch in his first game for the New York Mets in 18 months Friday -- and the outing will be anything but the usual March start.
Alderson Says Harvey Could Throw 200 Innings This Season
Harvey Arrives At Spring Training EarlyConnecticut native Matt Harvey has arrived at the New York Mets spring training, nearly two weeks ahead of the team's first official workout, and says he's willing to accept whatever innings limits the team chooses as he returns from elbow ligament-replacement surgery.
Harvey Says He'll Do What It Takes To Pitch In NovemberFormer Fitch High School pitcher Matt Harvey, who underwent Tommy John surgery, says he's willing to do what it takes to be able to pitch for the Mets into the playoffs in 2015.
Mets Harvey Moves From Rehab To RestMets ace Matt Harvey threw off the main mound at Citi Field on Monday, the final step this season in his rehab program from Tommy John surgery last October.
Mets Revise Harvey Rehab Plan
Harvey Steps-Up Rehab
Matt Harvey To Undergo Tommy John Surgery, Will Miss 2014Connecticut native Matt Harvey will miss the 2014 New York Mets season after deciding to undergo Tommy John surgery.
Harvey Gets Second Opinion On Injured ElbowConnecticut native Matt Harvey, the injured Mets pitching ace has been examined by Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion on his injured right elbow.
Harvey Optimistic He Can Avoid SurgeryConnecticut native Matt Harvey says the swelling in his elbow is down, and the pain has subsided. He says he's optimistic he can avoid surgery that would probably force him to miss all of the Mets 2014 season.


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What has Sharon Stone been up to lately?
"People call and want me to play parts that I used to play. I'm like, 'You have no idea what I have been through!'"
Stone, 53, tells AARP The Magazine that, after a decade of personal struggle - from the brain hemorrhage in 2001 that nearly killed her to coping with miscarriages and her painful divorce and custody battle with Phil Bronstein in 2003, she has emerged from it all a devoted mother and philanthropist.
"I've made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts," she says in the February/ March issue of AARP The Magazine. Stone will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at AARP The Magazine's 11th Annual Movies For Grownups awards gala on Feb. 6.
Of her brain hemorrhage: "I came out of the hospital with short- and long-term memory loss. My lower left leg was numb. I couldn't hear out of my right ear. The side of my face was falling down. I thought, 'I'll never be pretty again. Who's going to want to be around me?'"
On her two miscarriages and choosing to adopt: "The last time I lost the baby. I went into 36 hours of labor. While we were at the hospital, our adoption attorney called. I thought, 'This is such a godsend. This is so right."
On her divorce from Phil Bronstein: "He just didn't see me, talk to me, look at me."
On parenting adopted sons Roan (Bronstein has full custody), 11; Quinn, 5, and Laird, 6: "Quinn is in junior kindergarten, and he's very exclamatory! Like a little FBI agent, he tells you everything that's happening, so I call him Agent Quinn. 'Mom! Toots pooped in the yard!' 'Thank you, Agent Quinn.' And Laird is like a rocket. He came home with his violin from school yesterday and played it all night. He's a big romancer: When you talk to him on the phone, he's like, 'I'm in love with you, Mommy.' "
On her future: "If I'm not going to be a big movie star again, then guess what? That wasn't my destiny."
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RE: Problem with Documentation Center in Mathematica 6
Thanks for the tip about the keyboard shortcuts. I am more concerned about the missing search functionality. I am looking to install this on a set of lab machines for students to use, and they 1) won't know the shortcuts, and 2) will need the search abilities of the help.
> From: jfultz at wolfram.com
> To: jelser at hotmail.com; mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:33:00 -0500
> Subject: Re: [mg77588] Problem with Documentation Center in Mathematica 6 under Linux
> I'm not sure why the toolbar isn't working for you (you should pursue this with
> Wolfram Technical Support if you haven't already), but I'm sure you'll be
> interested to know that there are keyboard shortcuts for the backward/forward
> functionality...Alt+Left Arrow and Alt+Right Arrow (identical to the keyboard
> shortcuts used for many web browsers).
> Sincerely,
> John Fultz
> jfultz at wolfram.com
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Scotty McCreery gained national recognition when he stepped on stage to audition for 'American Idol' back in 2011 singing 'Your Man' from Josh Turner and 'Put Some Drive In Your Country' from Travis Tritt. In May of 2011, Scotty was named the winner of American Idol Season 10! Since then he's released 3 albums, one being a Christmas album, and he saw his biggest success with his third album 'See You Tonight' in which the title track was his first top 10 single, followed by 'Feelin' It' which also went top 10! Today new music from Scotty's upcoming 4th album is 'Southern Belle' and it's our Fresh Track of the Day!


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I've done the searches and read the posts about warranty work, and I know that you should remove all mods before taking your Rex in for warranty work. BUT, I didn't see anything about the removal of the air silencer...
Really, the only mods I have are a MBC and my air silencer has been removed. Obviously if I ever have to take it in I'll remove the MBC first, but I'm wondering if I should put the air silencer back in. It's a pain in the ass to do because, as you all know, you have to get all up in the passenger-side fender well. I don't really see anything that it can hurt by it not being there.
Do you guys even bother putting your air silencer back in before going in for warranty work?


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It's a marketer's dream: the big idea that drives sales, makes people love your brand, and makes all that spending on advertising worth the money. But if someone at an ad agency comes up with that million-dollar idea in five minutes in the shower, is it worth less than a million because there are fewer billable hours?
That is the criticism of the dominant method of payment for many advertising agencies. But "fee-based" compensation – which pays the creative teams based on hours worked and the seniority of the people working them – is not going away. According to research released this week by U.S. industry group the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), 81 per cent of marketers surveyed pay their agencies with some type of fee-based system, whether hourly rates or, more rarely, by a negotiated overall fee.
The survey included 98 marketers who represent 1,011 agency compensation agreements. Those included major companies such as Ford Motor Co., General Mills Inc. and Visa Inc.
The result surprised the researchers, since previous studies had suggested companies were considering a shift in how they pay for advertising. New models such as value-based fees, where an agency is paid purely based on what their work is worth; and sales commissions, where an agency is given a certain cut of the client's sales, were being experimented with.
"It takes a lot of time, thought, input from client side and agency side, to arrive at that point where they feel comfortable that they have a new method of compensation that is tied to mutual value of the work being done," said David Beals, president and vhief executive of R3:JLB, an agency management consultancy, who helped the ANA analyze the survey results and authored the report. "The labour requirement to pull that kind of new approach together is daunting for most marketers. … And the other complication is, how do you define value? I've got a roster of multiple agencies. How do I isolate who's really contributing what?"
As a result, companies are sticking with fees and, rather than reinvent the wheel, they are increasingly using performance incentives to complement those fees.
Many agencies – including here in Canada – believe fees do not reflect the real value of the work they do for marketers, even though it is their most common method of payment.
"Philosophically, it's not ideal. It just has ended up being a manageable proxy for how to compensate an agency. It's kind of a blunt tool," said Dom Caruso, president and chief operating officer at Leo Burnett Canada. "If you talk to most agency leaders, they'll say, 'we don't want to be in the business of selling hours. We want to be in the business of creating programs that drive fantastic results.'"
The challenge comes in making sure those results are measured in a way that's fair. "We enthusiastically encourage pay-for-performance models," said Miles Nadal, CEO of Toronto-based ad agency holding company MDC Partners Inc.
"… These models, however, are only effective when the metrics are clearly defined, measurable, and fair for both the brand and the agency, and the length of the assignment is long enough [multiyear] to allow the agency to effect change."
Canada's Institute of Communications Agencies is working on its own survey of agency pay methods, due out in September, and says fees are dominant here as well.
It's a big change from the Mad Men days when the dominant method of payment came from commissions on media spending. The criticism of that system, which is still used but much more rarely, is that it gives agencies an incentive to recommend more expensive media for campaigns, such as television, rather than focus on what would serve the client best. By contrast, fees tie the payment to the work being done and the people doing it.
But as agencies have become more integrated in response to a shift to digital mediums, profits have come under pressure. Agencies are asked to do more work for less money.
Adding to that pressure is the growing role of procurement departments in negotiating with agencies. This trend has been on the rise in the past decade. In the survey, 82 per cent of marketers said that procurement, sourcing or purchasing teams were involved in the review of agency costs, a major jump from 56 per cent in 2010.
"There are lots of great procurement people out there. But you have some who came off buying gravel for the parking lot yesterday, and now they have to buy human capital. That's much more complex," said Stephanie Nerlich, president and CEO of agency Grey Canada. "… You have to spend a lot of time with clients making sure you value the same things."
Fee models allow those procurement-driven organizations more budget certainty when it comes to what they can expect to pay their agency; and many see added incentives as an effective way to demonstrate that agencies have skin in the game. At Grey Canada, about one-quarter of accounts now have some incentives built into the fees. The survey found a rise in "risk-reward" incentives, which allow for the agency to gain a bonus or take a hit based on how the client's business does, and are gaining on incentive systems that are all upside for the agency. Both Grey and Toronto agency Grip Limited favour the risk-reward model.
"What's helping facilitate some of the change is the rise of the availability of metrics and analytics," said Harvey Carroll, partner and president at Grip, who has also worked on the client side at marketers such as Labatt Breweries of Canada. "As work moves to digital, it's somewhat easier to get a tangible read on what's working and not working."
That is helping establish a value base for incentives, which R3:JLB's Mr. Beals sees as a positive development. Most companies were simply focused on slashing costs during the worst of the economic downturn. While there is still downward pressure, there is more focus now on performance as a yardstick for at least part of those costs.
"There's only so much you can squeeze out of the stone. At some point you have to step back and say, if I keep negotiating down, I'm going to start squeezing out what I'm hiring this agency to do in the first place," he said. "… Marketers are saying, 'look, we still have to be very mindful of the cost of the agencies we hire, but we have to start looking more at how we tie the agency's compensation to what they're delivering on our business.'"
How marketers pay agencies
* Fee-based methods: 81 per cent (up from 75 per cent in 2010, and 63 per cent in 2006-2007);
* "Other," including newer methods, such as value-based and sales commissions: 14 per cent (down from 22 per cent in 2010 and 21 per cent in 2006-2007)
* Media commissions: 5 per cent (up from 3 per cent in 2010, down from 16 per cent in 2006-2007)
The rise of incentives
Surveyed marketers who use performance incentives as a part of agency payment:
1991: 13 per cent
1994: 19 per cent
1997: 30 per cent
2000: 35 per cent
2003: 38 per cent
2006-07: 47 per cent
2010: 46 per cent
2013: 61 per cent
Measuring performance
Agency performance reviews: 75 per cent
Brand/ad awareness: 54 per cent
Sales goals: 48 per cent
Profit goals: 35 per cent
Brand perceptions: 31 per cent
Media performance goals: 25 per cent
Digital/online communications goals: 25 per cent
Market share:goals 23 per cent
Copy test results: 19 per cent
Other criteria: 13 per cent
The impact of incentives
Improved agency performance: 62 per cent
No change in agency performance: 13 per cent
Poorer agency performance: 8 per cent
Don't know/not sure: 17 per cent
Source: 2013 ANA Trends in Agency Compensation survey (16th Edition)Report Typo/Error
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Problem: Riders in Landing Area
How much is this a problem for you? Riders in the landing area is probably my biggest pet peeve on the mountain. I'm a little older (37), and so it takes longer for me to heal from an injury.
I'm so freaked out by somebody being in the landing area or just on the other side of a kicker that I lately have had a hard time trying bigger stuff in the park. On the lift, I often look down to see people carve their way to a rest right after a kicker, where you can't see them from above. Another example is when a newbie crashes and they sit there in the landing area, resting for five minutes, even if they're not that hurt and even if people are still coming down flying past them (or on them!).
Bring a gun... wave that fucker around and they'll clear out.:thumbsup::laugh:
Say something to them about it. Don't be a dick about it, they probably just don't know any better. Or, they do know better and are too damn dumb or douchey not to do it.
Park douches are why I rarely ever dip into the park and I stay well the fuck away on the weekends.
Like mentioned earlier...Say something to them about it. I hve seen it approached in a couple different ways.
Once I saw a young teenager scold the shit out of a full grown man with his son. The kid rode by and told him he needed to get the fuck out of the way, and as he rode off, called him a stupid fucker.
Probably not the best way to handle the situation, being as the guys young child was with him, but i assume it worked. I didnt see him again.
Feel out the situation. You will be able to tell if the group or person doesn't know any better, newer rider, a guy just being a tool.
Then the appropriate comments from you at that point.
I have run across several instances. Had a group hiking a box, cool and all but they were all standing in the approach so riders coming off the lift and hitting the features had a hard time or couldn't even hit the box.
I asked them nicely to move, I missed the box 2 more times as they didn't. 3rd time I blasted right into the middle of them rode the box and rode away. On my way up the lift again, I looked over and they all left and didn't return.
Might not have been totally right on my part but I did ask nicely the first time and voiced my frustration when I missed the box when they were still there with a loud sigh no words.
I always try to move quickly to the side after a crash even if it hurt bad to make room for the other riders. I can recoup my senses on my time this way.
Good Luck
happens all the time at snow summit in socal, i think it is cause the park run is right next to the "family fun zone" and so newbies and parents with their kids end up riding and sitting in the jump line.
Pretty scary stuff, this season, i have gone off a jump only to realized there is person just sitting/standing on the landing at least 3-4 times. One time i was soo close to bonking this kids head.
If i almost hit them, i usually am pretty mad, and they will hear me in the air when i realize they are there yelling "OOOO sH*****TTT MOOOOVE!"
but if i just see them there i will tell them nicely that they don't wana stand there, some one is gona get their head lopped off by a snowboard edge.
Land on them you're the hugest rider ever you'll crush them into the ground and then you'll never have to deal with them.
yea i mean i just started park but people sitting at the top of a knuckle of in the landing area makes me really nervous..not to fall, but i dont want to be the cause of someone else's awful injury.
i actually flipped out on a dude a few weeks ago because my boy landed hard on the knuckle of a jump and this skiier clearly saw him and decided to try to jump over his head..and he cleared it and landed it fine..but what if he didnt, what if the tip of his ski hit my boy in the back of the head?
I think this is the responsibility of everyone on the mountain, not just the newbs who don't know the rules of the park. If you're a sick rider, congrats, but have a little fucking common courtesy and just be patient and let the people get out of the way. That 3 extra minutes isnt going to ruin your life..and after, explain to them that its a dangerous spot to sit at. Explain that even though YOU saw them, not everyone might, and it could cause a bad situation. Then just tell them if they need a breather, so at least try and clear the landing area and scoot to the side of the run.
It's not the hard, and you don't need to be a dick about it.
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Putting the "Hallow" in Halloween
From my high school students this time of year I often get a lot of questions like this: "Mr. H., why are we celebrating Halloween?…read more
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The Way, written and directed by Emilio Estevez (Bobby) and starring his father, Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, The West Wing, The Departed), is rather obviously about the spiritual journey. The Camino de Santiago, called "The Way," is a literal spiritual journey, a 1,000-year-old 500-mile pilgrimage route across the Pyrenees. The lead character Tom (Sheen) takes a physical journey to Spain and eventually on the Camino while also taking a spiritual journey starting with word that his son (Estevez) has died. Many of the other characters Tom meets along the way are on their own spiritual journeys, whether they are Camino pilgrims or not.
Despite being built around a religious pilgrimage, however, The Way is not a "faith-based" film; rather, it is a movie about a human story, and the human story. There is no preaching; there are no soppy scenes meant to tug at the spiritual heartstrings. Estevez's writing reveals a sophisticated understanding of the beautiful brokenness of people, the glorious absurdity of it all. One of the overarching themes is how Tom gets thrown together with other pilgrims. Not only was it his intent to travel alone, but if he were to travel with others, these are definitely not the others he would choose. But it is precisely through struggling with each other's imperfections that we are challenged, pushed outside our comfort zone, and, sometimes, forced to grow spiritually whether we like it or not.read more
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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Friday, June 14, 2013 at 01:45AM
: Hair Type? (Guy)
Hello, new member here (and first post :P), but my mom always told me she thought I was a 3c (although she was never sure), so I want you guy's thoughts:
Here's a pic, I have nothing in it. It's in a dry, product free state:
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And here's one with my hair wet:
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I've been growing my hair (back out) for about 6 months now (the 18th will mark 6 months). I got it cut back in December (the 18th). I was growing it out before that, all last year.