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Xbox 360 owners, I've got some good news and some bad news for you today. And none of it has anything to do with the Xbox 720.
Let's get the bad news out of the way first. Prepare yourselves for more ads. As Microsoft continues to transition the Xbox 360 from gaming console to entertainment hub, they've been adding more and more apps that offer streaming media. These apps are where you'll be seeing addtional adveristing. Gamasutra reports that apps "such as ESPN, Last.fm, Manga Entertainment, GameSpot, and MUZU.TV" will now include 15-30 second ads in their content.
Apparently the UFC, Crackle and TMZ apps already have similar ads, so if you're used to them there I guess they won't be any worse on ESPN. I haven't used these apps enough to experience the ads, personally.
In order to use any of these apps, of course, you need an Xbox Live Gold Subscription, which generally costs you $40-$60/year (depending on what discounts you can find). That makes these additional ads a bit harder to swallow, in my opinion. I'm already paying for the service: why do I have to watch ads too?
Anyway let's move on to the good news, at least for music lovers. According to The Verge (they don't list a source) Microsoft will reveal a new cross-platform music service at this year's E3 in June. This is essentially the replacement for the Zune Music service.
Code-named "Woodstock," The Verge says the new service will work on the Xbox 360, Windows 8 (and by implication, Windows Phone 8), iOS and Android. Sounds like it'll offer a browser-based interface too, so those of us still on other versions of Windows should be able to get in on the fun.
The service is due to launch later in the year, alongside the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. So what will Microsoft bring to the table that we can't get on any of the many other streaming music services? That will remain a mystery until E3...but that's only 6 weeks away. This year is flying by!
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Kerby Centre History
How We Got Our Name
In 1973, a seniors' organization took up residence in a building at 1133 – 7 Avenue S.W., Calgary. This building began life as the original campus for Mount Royal College.
Once Mount Royal College moved to the Lincoln Park Campus, this building at 1133 – 7 Avenue S.W. was named the Kerby Memorial Building to honour the founder of Mount Royal College, Dr. George William Kerby. Seniors began using the building and calling it Kerby Centre and hence the organization was named.
For information on Dr. George William Kerby, see the following link from the Calgary Public Library website History of Rev. Dr. George Kerby.
Please note, in the photo of Dr. Kerby's residence on the Calgary Public Library website, the building behind Dr. Kerby's residence is the building currently being used for Kerby Centre. Dr. Kerby was literally surrounded by his work!

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German Shepherd Dog Forums (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/)
- Training Theory & Methods (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/training-theory-methods/)
- - Reinforce fear and stuff (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/training-theory-methods/467882-reinforce-fear-stuff.html)
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So, last night I was at the park and they were shooting fireworks so every time one went off i'd mark and treat. He didn't look scared but I wanted to go a step further and associate it with something positive.
So a trainer saw me do it and he said that I shouldn't, that this just rewards something unpleasant. I know that you can't reinforce fear but the way he explained it also makes sense. Confused now
He said, imagine there's a song that's associated with something bad in your life, so every time you hear it you will get an unpleasant feeling. So it's the same with fireworks, let's assume he's scared, you're rewarding that state of mind.
What did I do wrong? I shouldn't've marked? Just treated? Shouldn't've treated and just redirected?
How about just ignore the fireworks? If your dog is not affected by them, why draw attention to them?
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The fireworks are over lol, I'm just wondering about the concept. He shies away from loud buses and trucks so i'd like to understand what to do
The trainer was in the wrong. There's nothing wrong with what you did. You didn't need to actually mark. Just treat as soon as there's a pop. The pop becomes a conditioned reinforcer.
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But what about his example? I read the reinforce fear article and it made sense but his example also made sense
what I generally see with dogs that are fearful, say of fireworks, they stress, they aren't going to take a 'treat' at the time of stress, if he was taking those 'treats', than I wouldn't consider him 'stressed' or 'afraid'..but that's just my opinion
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He probably wasn't. I'm hoping he wasn't)))))
But now I'm curious about the concept of it. When giving food after something unpleasant happened (let's assume it was unpleasant) am I rewarding his feelings of unpleasantness?
Should I stop reading into my dog lol? I want to understand everything about him)))))
What about you can't reinforce fear did you not get? Let me ask you a question. Let's say you're afraid of spiders. Every time you see a spider someone threw a hundred dollar bill at you. Chances are you're going to feel better about seeing spiders because getting 100 bucks alters your mood rather freaking quickly.
There's a whole system of training by Bart Bellon called nepopo where unpleasant feelings signal reward. Kind of disproves his theory.
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There's another thread about this (nepopo). What a coincidence. I will read about this.
Yes, i'd like spiders after a while a little more)))))
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CreativeMornings/Detroit: Amy Kaherl & Nicole Rupersburg
Friday, June 7, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (EDT)
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Event Details
CreativeMornings/Detroit: Amy Kaherl and Nicole Rupersburg June 7th 8:30am-10:00am
Amy Kaherl
Amy Kaherl is the Director of Detroit SOUP. Amy received her MA in Theology (emphasizing in popular culture) in 2008 from Fuller Theological Seminary. Amy along with Detroit SOUP was honored as a Champion of Change with the White House around the idea of crowdfunding. While not running SOUP, Amy is involved in planning the after parties for the Detroit City Futbol League and as DJ Amy Dreamcatcher with the monthly party, Nothing Elegant.
Nicole Rupersburg
Nicole Rupersburg has been eating food for as long as she can remember. She is a well-established Detroit-based food, culture and travel writer for dozens of publications, including Model D and the New York Post. She is also "the opinionated diner extraordinaire behind the city's most raucous food blog," Eat It Detroit.
The Detroit Creative Corridor Center accelerates and attracts creative industries while offering talent advancement programs to support Detroit as a global center of creative innovation.
Detroit SOUP is a microgranting dinner that celebrates creative projects in the city and has helped Detroiters giving back to Detroiters over $30,000 towards art, social justice, social entrepreneurs, education, technology and urban agriculture. SOUP has recently been featured in O Magazine, the cover of the Sunday Detroit Free Press, New York Times, NPR, Fast Company, Dwell Magazine, and NBC Nightly News.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit presents art at the forefront of contemporary culture. As a non-collecting institution, MOCAD is responsive to the cultural content of our time, fueling crucial dialogue, collaboration, and public engagement.
About CreativeMornings:
CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering for creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute talk followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am with everyone taking off for work at 10:00am. CreativeMornings are free of charge!
There are chapters around the world including Zurich, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Detroit! The Detroit chapter is hosted by Detroit Creative Corridor Center team member Bethany Betzler.
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A 16-year-old girl was found half-naked and unconscious on a street in Queens, police say. Katherine Creag reports.
A fire that broke out at a grocery store in Glendale, Queens, injured 12 people, including 11 firefighters, officials said. Rana Novini reports.
Chuck Scarborough worked with Gabe Pressman for 37 years. He remembers what Pressman meant to him as a colleague and a pioneering journalist in the field. "I've lost a friend and mentor," Scarborough...
More marchers than ever at the 2017 Pride parade in New York City. Ken Buffa reports.
Billy Joel speaks at the high school graduation of his alma matter in Hicksville.
A 16-year-old girl was found on the ground in Queens half-naked, police say. Ida Siegal reports.
A car evading police hit and seriously hurt a man riding his bike in Midtown, officials say. Wale Aliyu reports.
Throngs of people turned out for the 2017 Pride parade in lower Manhattan.
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Thursday, January 14, 1999
How the Wise Made Me a Fool
by Charles Teague cfteague2
Here's a little story about how a mail-order company and VISA sent me on a path to Fooldom.
During my sophomore year at college, I mail-ordered a sweatshirt with fraternity lettering on it. When the order came in a few weeks later, my sweatshirt was not part of the shipment. But since my credit card had never been billed, I figured that they simply lost my order.
A few months later it was finals week when everyone is stressed out, myself included. During the rush, I forgot to check my campus mailbox and I forgot to have my campus mail forwarded to home for the summer.
Sometime about then, the mail-order company found my order and assumed (wrongly) that they must have already shipped my sweatshirt but forgot to bill me. So they sent the charge to VISA (almost 4 months late). I later found out that the VISA bill had arrived in my campus mailbox just before summer vacation.
VISA doesn't like it when you don't send in the minimum payment, so all summer long they sent me a series of nasty and nastier messages, all to my campus mailbox. The first I heard about it was at the end of the summer when they gave up on me and sent the bill to my Dad. We figured out what the charge was for and disputed it with VISA. Eventually they dropped the whole thing and agreed to un-do the damage to my credit rating.
However, when my credit card expired, VISA decided not to renew it. I took that personally, and I hold a grudge against them to this day. For a few years afterwards I didn't even apply for a credit card, and when I did get one, I was not about to let them make any money off of me. I always paid the full balance, except on major purchases, which I would pay as soon as possible.
Because of this, when I graduated, I had no credit card debt (just lots of student loans). After I got a job, I applied the same payment tactics to my student loans, and got them paid off after a few years (it helped that I was living at home for a while after graduation).
Since then, I have begun doing better things with my money. Timid things at first, like CDs. Then I moved on to the wonderful world of mutual funds (yeah, I know the Foolish opinion of mutual funds, but compare them to CDs!). And, now with mutual funds as my stepping stones, I've reached The Motley Fool.
The moral of this story: The Wise should not make Fools out of their customers, if they want to make money off them!
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BATAVIA - The Marist baseball team lost 3-2 to Niagara in 15 innings in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game played at Genesee Community College on Monday. The teams were originally scheduled to play a doubleheader, but the second game was canceled.
Offensively, sophomore right fielder Jake Berry (South Hamilton, Mass.) and senior left fielder Eric Helmrich (Yonkers, N.Y.) each went 3-for-7 with a double. Both scored a run, and Helmrich had an RBI. Junior shortstop Zach Shank (Lititz, Pa.) went 2-for-6 with a double as the Red Foxes finished with 11 hits.
On the mound, junior right-hander Chris Bielak (Sayreville, N.J.) started and when the first 6.2 innings for Marist. Bielak allowed six hits and two runs, one of which was unearned. He struck out seven and walked just two. He was relieved by sophomore right-hander Kevin McCarthy (Malverne, N.Y.) who tossed three scoreless innings in his first appearance of the season. Senior right-hander Jake Rifkin (West Deptford, N.J.) took the loss, as he was charged with the winning run in the 15th. It was the only run he allowed in 4.2 innings of relief. Junior right-hander Brett Houseal (Landisville, Pa.) entered with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 15th, and allowed a single to Niagara second baseman Thomas Rodrigues, which ended the game.
After Niagara opened the scoring with a run in the first, Marist tied it in the top of the second. Helmrich led off with a single, and scored on a two-out base hit by red-shirt sophomore center fielder Mark Stuckey (Marietta, Pa.). The Red Foxes then took a 2-1 lead in the third as Berry reached on a one-out single, stole second with two away, and then scored on an RBI double by Helmrich.
Niagara tied the game in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by shortstop Jon Wilson, which scored first baseman Ryan McCauley. That was the last run that was scored until Rodrigues' game-winning single in the 15th. Marist had runners in the scoring position in the 8th, 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th innings. Niagara also had runners in scoring position in the 7th, 9th, 12th and 14th.
Marist fell to 7-14 overall and 2-3 in the MAAC; Niagara is now 10-13 overall and 2-3 in the MAAC.
The Red Foxes will now return to action with a non-conference game at Holy Cross on Wednesday at 5 p.m. Marist's non-conference at Stony Brook, originally scheduled for Tuesday, has been postponed. No makeup date has been announced at this time.


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For those of us who think that Dana was too quick to release Semtex after the controvery on Saturday, I think we should start a Twitter campaign to get Dana to reconsider.
Each of us should send Dana a message on Twitter letting him know how we feel. I've already sent mine.
Semtex being out of the UFC is bad for everyone: it's bad for the UFC because they lose a name fighter, it's bad for Daley because he's robbed of his livelihood, and it's bad for the fans because we don't get to see the fights we want to see (versus Alves, versues Anthony Johnson, etc).


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Guidelines for a Healthy Diet
Eat a wide variety of different foods
Variety is the key to a healthy diet! Eliminate boredom by rustling up exciting recipes from scratch, not only can this be a cheaper alternative to processed meals, it may be a healthier alternative as well.
By eating a mixture of starchy foods, meat and fish, dairy products, and fruit and vegetables you can safeguard against vitamin or mineral deficiencies and reduce your risk of age-related diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
The Eatwell plate provided by the UK Food Standards Agency or the USDA Food Pyramid show all of the components necessary for a healthy diet; foods that should form the basis of your diet take up a larger portion of the plate.
Food is not just about getting the right nutrition; cultural and social aspects surrounding the preparation and consumption of food hold great importance for us all around the world. The social aspects of food should be maintained, so enjoy the food you are eating and set aside time to share mealtimes with minimal distractions!
It is a myth that all fat is bad for you! Fat should provide 35% of all your daily energy; however no more than 10% of this intake should be saturated. Fat is also important for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.
Saturated fats generally come from animal sources including butter, cheese and meat but cocoa butter is saturated too. These fats need to be kept under control in the diet.
Unsaturated fats (mono - and polyunsaturated) are contained in oily fish (e.g. salmon), nuts and seeds as well as foods like avocado, and plant oils (e.g. olive oil).
Healthy tips -
- Base your meals on starchy foods
- Eat lots of fruit and vegetables
- Eat more fish
- Cut down on saturated fat and sugar
- Try to eat less salt - no more than 6g a day
- Get active and try to be a healthy weight
- Drink plenty of water
- Don't skip breakfast
Oily Fish
Oily fish such as fresh tuna, salmon, mackerel and sardines contain high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which may help protect against cognitive decline as well as maintaining a healthy heart.
In order to reap the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids from fish, we should be consuming between two and four portions a week. Children and women of childbearing age should consume up to two portions a week; men and older women up to four – for more information about this, visit the Food Standards Agency website:
It is worth noting that the majority of oily fish will still contain omega 3 even when canned. The exception to this rule is tuna, which loses most of its fatty acids during the canning process.
People should be consuming 50 - 60% of their daily energy from carbohydrates. Not only are starchy foods such as bread, cereals, rice, pasta and potatoes particularly satisfying, but carbohydrates contain less than half the calories of fat per gram.
- When choosing bread, opt for wholegrain instead of white. Wholegrain bread contains more fibre than its white counterpart, which helps promote a healthy digestive tract as well as protecting against cardiovascular disease.
- Try to choose breakfast cereals which contain the wholegrain logo.
- Try to swap white rice for brown rice or white pasta for whole wheat pasta.
Protein should contribute about 15% of your daily intake. Protein encourages the growth and repair of body tissues. Proteins are made up of amino acids; the body can only make 12 amino acids, and the remaining eight must be obtained from the diet.
All of these amino acids are present in meat and fish products, which is why they are called 'complete proteins.' Plant based sources of protein include tofu, soya, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds and grains. But, these are 'incomplete protein,' as one or more of the essential amino acids may be limited or absent.
If you are a vegan or vegetarian, eat lots of different plant protein sources as this will ensure you avoid being deficient in any of the amino acids.
Salt and sugar
The current recommendations suggest eating 6g of salt per day or less. The vast majority of us consume more than this, not because we are adding at the table but because it is 'hidden' in foods like bread and processed meals.
- Try to avoid adding more salt at the table; taste your food first.
- Use herbs and spices as an alternative to salt to infuse flavour when cooking.
- Read the labels, these can tell you whether there is a lot of salt or sugar in processed snacks and meals.
The British Dietetic Association recommends foods with particularly high concentrations of salt should be limited to one serving per day. Ready meals containing over 1.25g of salt (0.5g sodium) and individual items with more than 0.75g salt (0.3g sodium) are not recommended.
- Try to reduce the amount of sugar in your diet; confectionery, biscuits, cakes and sugary soft drinks should be limited. Too much sugar can encourage tooth decay.
For more information about salt visit 'The Salt Debate' sheet
Fruit and Vegetables
The Food Standards Agency recommends at least five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. The brighter the colours and the richer their flavour, the better!
Potatoes are classed as a starchy food and do not count towards your five-a-day.
- If you eat very few fruits and vegetables, suddenly being asked to eat five-a-day can seem daunting. But, you might consider a glass of juice and a sliced banana with your cereal at breakfast; a salad at lunch; a pear as an afternoon snack; a portion of peas or other vegetables with your evening meal.
- The fruits and vegetables do not have to be fresh; you can choose from fresh, frozen, tinned, dried or juiced.
For more information surrounding the positive benefits of fruit and vegetables, visit the IFR's 'Healthy Heart' spotlight page
Drink water
The recommended intake of water/ fluids in the UK is 1.2 litres; we also get some from our food. However, during exercise or when it is warmer, we need to consume more to prevent dehydration.
The recommended maximum intake of alcohol per day is 2 / 3 units for women and 3 / 4 units for men. A moderate consumption of alcohol has shown to have a preventative effect against cardiovascular disease, although excessive consumption may increase cancer risk as well as liver disease.
Unit guide
- Wine
- 125ml = 1.5 -1.75 units
- 250ml = 3 units
- Spirits
- ABV 40% 25 ml = 1 unit
- ABV 40% 50 ml = 2 units
- Beer
- Half pint - ABV 4% = 1.1 unit
- 330 ml bottle beer - ABV 5% = 1.7 units
- Pint - ABV 4% = 2.2 units
- Alcopop
- 275 ml bottle - ABV 5% = 1.4 units
Know your units - http://units.nhs.uk/
Common UK deficiencies
Iron deficiency anaemia is a common worldwide deficiency; it has a particularly high prevalence in young women. We should all be eating 14.8mg of iron daily. This can be achieved by eating red meat and liver, of which iron is easily absorbed. However, liver should be avoided during pregnancy, as the high intake of vitamin A may prove harmful to the foetus. For vegetarians, alternative sources of iron include green leafy vegetables, dried fruit such as figs and fortified cereals.
- Try to avoid tea or coffee with meals as some of the polyphenols prevent efficient iron absorption. Instead, drink fruit juices as these are generally rich in vitamin C, which promotes iron absorption.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is synthesised by the body in response to UVB light, specifically in the presence of UV light at 290-315nm. In the UK, this light only reaches us during the months of April through to September. The growing elderly population are at an elevated risk of deficiency as they are sometimes housebound and the conversion of UVB rays to Vitamin D in their skin is inefficient. People who remain covered with long garments or with dark skins may also be prone to deficiency.
Vitamin D is also found in some dietary sources, e.g. dairy products, meat, fish and fortified cereals. Vitamin D status affects calcium absorption.
- Increase your dietary consumption of vitamin D by eating products such as fortified margarine, milk and cheese. If the consumption of dietary sources or skin exposure is not practical, it may be advisable to consume supplements.
Food Storage
Fresh food should ideally be bought and consumed quickly. Frozen foods are just as good as fresh if not better since as most producers freeze their vegetables almost immediately, locking in all vitamins and minerals. Canned foods also have excellent properties because the canning process unlocks certain nutrients.
- Try not to overcook vegetables or boil them in too much water. Try steaming, pressure cooking or microwave cooking.
A healthy diet, involves thinking about the foods you eat as compared with denying yourself. Enjoy a range of foods, including treats (just not everyday) and eat sensible portion sizes!!
Based on information from the Food Standards Agency (2008) Eatwell- 8 tips for making healthier choices:http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/eighttipssection/8tips/
Additional Information
Larson. R (2006) American Dietetic Association- Complete Food and Nutrition Guide (Ed 3) Retrieved from the Google books database:http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1PTsJgQI7w0C&printsec=frontcover
NHS Choices (2008) Alcohol Know your limits. Retrieved from: http://units.nhs.uk/
British Nutrition Foundation (2008) Food labelling Retrieved from: http://www.nutrition.org.uk/home.asp?siteId=43§ionId=432&subSectionId=323&parentSection=299&which=1#1122
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Facebook Q2 2012 Earnings Meet Analyst Predictions, But Shares Plummet
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Facebook posted $1.18 billion in Q2 2012 revenues and a net loss of $157 million (8 cents per share)
Facebook's first financial earnings report since going public in May was pretty good, but failed to impress investors. The social networking giant posted $1.18 billion in Q2 2012 revenues, which was a 32 percent jump from Q2 2011. This figure modestly passed analyst expectations of $1.15 billion in revenues.
However, Facebook did report a net loss of $157 million (8 cents per share), which fell from $240 million (11 cents per share) in Q2 2011. This was likely due to the $1.3 billion the company paid in compensation regarding stock-based pay after the initial public offering (IPO) in May.
After adjusting to figures to exclude those costs, Facebook earned a profit of 12 cents per share, which was right in line with analyst expectations.
Facebook shares are currently
down over 12% to $23.45
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IPO price of $38 per share
"Our goal is to help every person stay connected and every product they use be a great social experience," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO. "That's why we're so focused on investing in our priorities of mobile, platform and social ads to help people have these experiences with their friends."
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg [Image Source: Associated Press]
Facebook's IPO in May was the largest,
valuing the social giant at over $100 billion
. However, the situation took a dive when shares were trading way below their initial price. In just a two-day span after the company went public, its shares plunged a total of 19 percent.
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are being sued in a Manhattan federal court by investors who claim that they were lied to about Facebook revenue forecasts before purchasing stock. Other underwriters, like Bank of America Corp. and Barclays PLC, as well as Facebook executives, are being sued as well.
According to reports, underwriters had like Morgan Stanley had selectively shared Facebook estimates, leaving out certain details that would have possibly changed investors' minds. Morgan Stanley reportedly cut its revenue forecasts for Facebook only days before the IPO launched, yet failed to let investors in on the changes. This
led to
an investigation
from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
While Facebook may be having some financial issues right now, it's looking ahead to new ventures that could potentially help the company. For instance, it was reported yesterday that
a new Facebook phone is expected to launch in mid 2013
. However, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
shot down those reports in an
ABC News
The goal is to make money on mobile phone advertisements since Facebook had $3.15 billion in total advertising sales last year, but none of this came from ads on mobile devices.
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81-year-old Elwyn Nels Fossedal, from Wisconsin, was arrested yesterday and charged with threatening President Obama's life, according to federal court records. Fossedal was in a post office near his Wisconsin home last month when he announced, "If President Obama was here I would shoot him right there and kill him right now" according to prosectors.
Fossedal is a 'birther' and a Rush Limbaugh fan, playing into the myth that America's first black president can't legitimately hold the highest office in the land.
Wrapped in the flag:
Secret Service agents paid Fossedal a visit about about the threat–which was relayed to law enforcement by witnesses– but he "repeated the threat using different words. He also made a number of additional threats towards the President," according to a felony complaint.
The Smoking Gun reports, "A Secret Service investigation determined that Fossedal's wife Margaret Ann–to whom he had been married nearly 57 years–died in early-October and that "he is displacing his grief on her loss with anger towards" Obama and other public officials being protected by the Secret Service."
Which brings a whole new issue to 'Blame Obama' with.
According to an investigator, Fossedal "is proficient in the use of various firearms."
Via The Smoking Gun:
Pictured above, Fossedal this morning made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Madison, where a magistrate judge ordered him detained. If convicted of the threat, he faces a maximum of five years in prison.
Fossedal, a retired Pfizer employee, appears to be a "birther" based on comments he has posted online. A Rush Limbaugh fan, Fossedal has also called for Obama's impeachment over the Affordable Care Act and declared that, "We need to throw the Muslim in the White House, OUT."
(my bold)
While the Secret Service is at it, they should check out a Facebook group which states, "We now have authority to shoot Obama, i.e., to kill him." Our friends at the Political Carnival wrote about the group and reported it to no avail.
The group is called the 'United Patriots to Restore Our American Republic (UPROAR).'
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Coral Windswept, wire tree sculpture
Sal Villano(see more by this artist)
SORRY... This piece is SOLD. I can create another like this, in 4 to 6 weeks. Please email me if you are interested. firstname.lastname@example.com
12" X 11" X 8" Created using 24 and 26 gauge galvanized steel wire. The tree is mounted onto an irregular shaped piece of white coral. The coral is mounted onto a 7 inch square piece of translucent piece of green glass. The sea sand is painted in yellows and greens using India ink to look like moss covered earth.


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Prothemeus > I didn't, partly because the past few days of comments have been? "Any updates?" to no reply, so I assumed he went missing.
charlie4282 > When I submitted the ticket, I gave him those details to make the necessary changes.
Am liaising with envato currently, hope all works out. Been a shitty few days.
Anyway, thankfully this was a non-production website. I rolled back from my Cpanel the files and the db, all is back to normal now.
So anyway, since my previous thread is blocked (http://themeforest.net/forums/thread/refunds-because-author-is-nonresponsive-theme-is-broken-but-envato-has-been-quiet-/136038?page=1) I have a new story to share.
So this is what happened.
I bought his theme. After sending in requests for support, he Ignored my requests for 5 days.
Since I had no choice, during this time, I bought a new theme, installed it and customized it for my own use. Everything was going smooth.
Suddenly, without checking or asking for permission, he reinstalled his theme, and did some customizations.
Now when I reenable my current theme, everything goes out of whack. When I contact him via Skype, Author refuses to fix the mess he created or to compensate anything for the new hours I must put in to recustomize the store, and I don't even know if I can even get it back to how it started. Author also refuses to apologize for the mess he created.
Seriously, this is the worst experience ever.
How will people trust Themeforest with such irresponsible authors around?
Thanks, I have messaged them on Facebook and Tweeted them as well. Hope for the best!
I was using it for Prestashop.
Yes I have verified that it was compatible for version 1.6 of Prestashop which I am currently using.
I have sent two tickets for support from Envato on July 4th and July 6th. It has been 4 days since my first ticket with no reply from Envato at all! They endeavor to reply within 24 hours, but it has been 96 hours since then. This is frustrating.
I would expect a swift answer from them on the status of the ticket (within 48 hours) but it has been too long since then! I mean I don't mean to be a frustrated customer, but with no reply from both the author and Envato as the marketplace provider, it is really mind blowingly bad service from both parties!
I would like to seek the views of everyone here on how to seek a refund from Envato / Themeforest for a theme that was sold that was broken from the first install (many elements did not display correctly) and author has been non-responsive.
I bought the theme http://themeforest.net/item/coffee-shop-prestashop-responsive-template/gone/6975964 on 2nd July.
After installing the theme, I have asked for help from TemplateMela on how to fix the issues, they replied me once on the same day, and from now till then I have had radio silence on them on how to fix the problems in their theme.
I also submitted two tickets to Envato support (10384 (July 6) / 9486 (July 4)) with no reply on them on how to proceed on a refund as this is clearly a broken theme.
I have bought around 5 themes so far with no problems, this is my first time encountering such an unresponsive author. Today, the theme was taken offline as well as from my backend. So I just paid $65 over one week for nothing?
The worst part is the radio silence from Envato in not handling this matter. If this continues, I would be forced to issue a chargeback or similar. As I am based overseas, I can't even contact them by phone.
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Cookies for Coats & Coats for Kids Scholarship
Thanks to your generosity we had another amazing year for our Cookies for Coats & Coats for Kids Campaign ! In 2008 Donnell Insurance initiated the Cookies for Coats campaign. If you brought in a gently used coat, we give you a delicious box of cookies. With the success of that campaign we started our Coats for Kids Scholarship. The high schools collect gently used coats and in turn we offer every participating high school in Burlington $1,000 Scholarship to a graduating student.
This year we donated 1,263 coats to the Salvation Army and the Compassion Society and cash donations amounting to $13,470. We are proud to announce the High Schools that have qualified for the 2016 $1,000 Coats for Kids Scholarships:
Aldershot High School
Assumption High School
Burlington Central High School
Corpus Christi High School
Dr. Frank J. Hayden High School
Lester B. Pearson High School
M.M. Robinson High School
Nelson High School
Since inception in 2008, we are proud to say we have collected over 5,000 coats, cash donations of over $43,000 and awarded $21,000 in Scholarships.
Donnell Insurance Donates $100,000
Donnell Insurance Donates $100,000
Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation recently held their 2014 Crystal Ball, Dream Big: A Once in a Lifetime Celebration. This wonderful event supports and raises funds for our local community hospital. The Donnell Family was born and raised in Burlington and felt compelled to give back. Joe, Pat & Peter, along with their families, made a generous $100,000 donation. Joe Donnell commented that "all of us – including most of our employees and clients – live and work in the community and we all rely on Joseph Brant Hospital for our families' health."
Cookies for Coats Update – 2014
Cookies for Coats Update – 2014
With the help of your generosity, our Cookies for Coats campaign was our most successful to date ! We were able to donate 504 gently used coats to the Salvation Army & the Compassion Society. Thank you for helping keep your community warm.
To those that attended & gave at the Cookies for Coats Cocktail Event held at Jake's Grill & Oyster House, we Thank You ! Again, through your generosity, we presented a donation to the Salvation Army in the amount of $8,750.
Cookies for Coats Success!
Our Cookies for Coats campaign was a huge success!
We were pleased to present the Salvation Army with cheques amounting to $8,060 and distributed 488 gently used coats to the Salvation Army & Compassion Society. We have been in partnership with the Salvation Army & Compassion Society since 2009.
The photo above is of our very own Joe Donnell donating the cheque for $8060.00 to Jeff Johnston of the Salvation Army.
We want to take the opportunity to thank our generous supporters for allowing each year to supersede the following. Thank you Burlington!
Coats for Kids Scholarship
Education costs have escalated over the past few years. We have been assisting local Burlington students since 2012 in offering a $1,500 Scholarship for their post secondary education. The local high schools must contribute a minimum amount of gently used coats and then they may select two students from that school to be a potential candidate to receive the scholarship. The candidate must be dedicated and enthusiastic about our community.
This year our generous local high schools collected an unbelievable 877 gently used coats that were distributed to the Salvation Army & Compassion Society !!
Kuddos to all those that gave. Stay tuned for our Scholarship Winners that will be announced the first week in June.
For more information, read our bulletin on our work with Coats for Kids! Craig's Bulletin
Cookies for Coats
Join our team and the Salvation Army in helping a friend keep warm this winter season. Drop off your gently used winter coats at our office and receive a box of delicious cookies. Our way of saying "Thank You" for your contribution.
Drop off location is 3077 Mainway Drive in Burlington. Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
For more information, click here to download flyer.
Win a $1,500.00 Scholarship
Each year, many youngsters and adolescents in Burlington attend school with inadequate clothing. This problem is particularly evident in winter when many are forced to attend school and other functions with poor quality outwear. On particularly bitter days this can lead to a host of problems, including absenteeism and, sometimes illness.
Donnell Insurance Brokers Ltd. will offer two $1,500.00 scholarships per year to encourage student participation in this program. It is intended to promote awareness of and solutions for this problem.
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Vision Overload
Hey guys! We've officially opened international orders for our art circle, Vision Overload's latest artbook BEAUTIFUL WORLD!
~Project Fantasia: prelude~ BEAUTIFUL WORLD is a compilation of fantasy-themed original illustrations and sketches from five Vision Overload artists and talented guest artists.
~Project Fantasia: prelude~ BEAUTIFUL WORLD
B5 Full color
60 Pages Including Covers
Perfect Binding
Bilingual - English & Japanese
Featuring original illustrations and sketches by 5 Vision Overload artists & 7 Guest Artists
Guest Artists include Megane Xsaye veleries Hope-wish Wish-hope MarionetteBiri & Maiki
RM 25 (Malaysia) | SGD 20 (Singapore, Shipping included) | USD 18 (International, Shipping included)
Comes with a FREE 2013 pocket calendar while stocks last! (Malaysians only)
If you're interested, please send Jatearica a note which includes the following info :
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We accept ONLY Paypal
The book(s) will be sent after we confirm your payment
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Please give us a few days to prepare the order for shipping
Buyers will be notified when their orders have been shipped
Postage will come together with a tracking number
Estimated arrival time depends on your location
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For Malaysians who want the book but didn't manage to get it in Comic Fiesta 2012, please send Jatearica a note if you're interested. The postage method may be different depending on where you live. You can also purchase the book in local events where we will be around as well.


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Camera Stores in Stockton, CA
1.Ulmer Photo
219 E Weber Ave
0.28 mi
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*1-Hour Film Processing *Passport Photos * FREE Parking Validation * 1-Hour Film Processing * Professional Photography * Weddings & Events * Ulmerphoto, independently owned in Stockton, CA offers you the latest in interesting and innovative solutions for your photo memories. Whether you use film or digital, we'll produce outstanding prints and offer you a wide variety of unique creative ideas to enjoy your pictures. ASSOCIATION Town & Country buying group Affiliate member of PRO buying group Photo Marketing Association International
2.Paine Henry Camera Repair
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7170 West Lane is the correct address. Great pictures from my digital files. Super customer service and an all round great place to do business.
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7.Ritz Camera & Image
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10.Kurt's Camera Repair Inc.Serving the Stockton, CA area
Photographic Equipment & SuppliesMotion Picture Equipment & SuppliesPhotographic Equipment-RepairPhotographic Equipment & Supplies-Wholesale & Manufacturers
FREE sensor cleaning with any major repair.
We judge a company on his capacities to answer to problems. Kurt's Camera repair showed me they their incapacity to meet problems from the beginning (on the 3rd of November) till today (on the 9th of January). I do hope that they will manage to face the issues they have as soon as possible. I'm tired of waiting for my lens to be working!I write this review today because I feel totally discouraged with working with Kurt's Camera repair. On the 2nd of November, she unfortunately let my bag with a 120-300 sigma lens fall down and this lens got broken (Automatic and manual focus...). Kurt's Camera announced me by phone 4 days so I send it to them. They gave me a repair estimation of 403 $ and they told me it would be ready only two weeks later. They explained me that it would take 8 days before they would receive the pieces needed. 10 days later, I called them. They told me they would receive it the next day and that it should be ready in two days. They told me that they would let me know. Two days later, because I didn't receive any news from them, I called them back. They told me it was a little longer that they expected but that it should be finished and send at the end of the day. But no. I had to wait 5 more days and I called them at the beginning of the next week. Well, they explained me they couldn't fix it and that they had sent it to Sigma. I finally received it on the 9th of december, about a month later than I was expecting at first. I of course asked for a discount and they offered me less that a 10% discount (30 $ on 404 $) which I thought was very little. I spoke a lot to Mike the manager and he told me that they had to pay Sigma (300$) and that the work took more time than expected. I do understand that. But a customer can't pay more (or just a little less in my case) because this company is enable to make a good estimation of the repairs, and has to send it to another company because it isn't able to repair it at all? I said to him that sometimes a company looses money on one affair and that the important for them is that they learn something from it. I managed to have a 25% discount which I felt was ok (figuring the lens would be working and that I wasn't going to loose one more month, at least, it isn't working yet!). Having this amount of issues with the same customer is unacceptable.So I received it 3 days later. I tried the lens and even if I could hear that the focus ring was making more sound that usual, it was working! I did use the lens some days later making only 20 shots and it was working, but some days later, I took it for some more photos and it wasn't working anymore. The ring that was making noise at first didn't manage to turn to do the automatic focus. So I had to send it back to them (which cost me another 30 $). They sent it back to Sigma. I do understand that the responsibilities on the issues are both from Sigma and Kurt's Camera, and it seems that it would have been the same if I had sent it to Sigma directly, but from my experience, Kurt's Camera wasn't able to make a good estimation of the work that had to be done, they weren't able to work on it, they didn't give me the service a customer would expect especially when the company is meeting that many issues (for instance since I sent back the lens to them they sent me an email to let me know they had receive it and that they would inform me but they didn't come back to me from that day), they at first insisted to give me a discount that wasn't fair at all from my point of view, it does seem that they didn't make the tests that should have been done on the lens, it looks like they don't have a working relation with Sigma that allows them to have a very quick work done when something is urgent.I'm right now 60 kms away from San Diego and I'll call them later today to know when the lens will be fixed. I should be in Mexico but instead I'm waiting for my lens to be repaired, at last! Hoping my lens will be, at last, working.
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I first looked at the Samsung Q35 back in June where it grabbed itself a Recommended award. The original Q35 offered light weight, solid specification and very impressive value for money. About half a year later I'm looking at the Q35 again, but with a fair few upgrades - can Samsung make its updated Q35 as attractive today as the original was six months ago?
The most obvious difference between this Q35 and the one I reviewed before is the colour of the lid. Whereas the original machine was finished in matt silver, the lid on this model is a striking deep red colour. To be honest, I'm not generally keen on bold colour being thrown at an otherwise subtle product, but I have to say that it really works with the Q35. Perhaps it's because it's such a deep red, or maybe it's the fact that the finish is so glossy, but either way the red finish definitely makes the Q35 look a bit more special. Samsung has also been smart enough to not go overboard with the colour, so it's just the lid that's red, with the rest of the chassis finished in matt silver and black.
The other big change is internal, with the inclusion of a Core 2 Duo CPU rather than the Core Duo seen in the original Q35. Samsung has equipped this bright red beast with a Core 2 Duo T5600 which runs at 1.83GHz. If you want a bit more power, you could always go for the slightly less striking silver Q35 which comes equipped with a 2GHz T7200 chip. To be fair though, the 1.83GHz chip seen here will be able to handle pretty much anything you're likely to throw at a thin and light machine like this. The CPU is backed up by 1.24GB of memory - the strange memory complement is because the Q35 has 256MB of memory hard wired to the board, then a 1GB SODIM in the expansion slot. A small amount of system memory is also eaten up by the Intel integrated graphics chipset.
You've also got an 80GB hard disk, which is par for the course for a notebook this size. That said, considering that the Q35 uses a 2.5in drive, I would like to see a bit more storage on offer. Thankfully the Q35 has hard disk options from 60GB up to 120GB. Connection wise there's a Broadcom 10/100 Ethernet adapter, an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 802.11a, b and g wireless controller, as well as integrated Bluetooth. It's Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR too, so you could in theory stream music in stereo over Bluetooth, if you really wanted to. Oh, and there's a 56k modem for all those old school surfers out there.
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Youth Hockey Coach Goes to Jail After Tripping a Young Player
Martin Tremblay is going to spend some time in the legal system's version of the penalty box. The youth hockey coach from Vancouver, Canada has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for tripping opposing players during a postgame handshake last summer. Pretty mean-spirited, right?
Tremblay, 48, went from coaching his son's team to outright 'hitman' after the game when he was convicted of sticking his foot out, causing two players, aged 10 and 13, to trip and fall on the ice. One of the victims injured his wrist when he tumbled to the ice. Prosecutors had initially asked Tremblay to serve 30 days of house arrest, but the judge in the case took it a step further, handing down the 15-day sentence in an attempt to extol the importance of teaching character.


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Outcome: We saved a family a lot of money!
Description: I recently represented a family with both parents in the nursing home. They thought that all the assets that the parents had worked so hard all their lives for would be lost. Both the nursing home and the Medicaid office told them to spend all the money on the nursing home costs and then Medicaid would be available to pay the nursing home bills. They came to me in a last ditch effort to TRY to protect some assets. By undertaking some complex Medicaid planning, we were able to protect almost 1/2 of their assets, even though both were already in the nursing home. It meant protecting almost $200,000 in assets. The family was very happy.


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I have followers but I am only allowed to see the last 9. I have followed lots of folks but again I can only see the last 9. I never receive any sort of notification that someone I follow has released a new item or any news at all.
So, what good are followers and following?
Is the only benefit the number that displays?
Does the number of followers I have somehow play into my items being ranked better in search results?
the arcane mysteries of envato. the followers list is a feature they worked on at some moment but left half baked.
you can see the items released by people you follow on the homepage in the 3×3 box on the right of the page.
Its vanity really.
But if you follow an author, their updates appear on the home page.
You see the new approved items of authors you follow on the start page of AJ. Looks like the following-system is a service for customers to find the newest tracks of their favourite authors quickly.
Ah, thanks all. I missed that because I never start at the home page! I suspect many (most?) authors do not. My bookmark is for my profile or my dashboard.
If I was a reviewer I would rejected because does not meet envato current quality requirements.
The way is working now don't make any sense, if envato in the near future don't have intentions to improve it, it would be better to delete it.


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Gagging the Press: The Federal Case Against Barrett Brown
Posted on Sep 8, 2013
The strange case of Barrett Brown got stranger last week as a federal judge in Dallas issued a gag order against the jailed journalist barring him and anyone else affiliated with the case from discussing it publicly. That means a heavy-handed prosecution over a simple website link will now be driven even further from public view—a bizarre turn of events that drew the attention of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an organization that usually spotlights the dangers reporters face from regimes that curtail the operations of a free press.
Brown is aligned with the hacking group Anonymous, and has often been quoted as a spokesman for the loosely organized band of computer experts who have been a thorn in the side of a variety of targets, including governments and corporations. But Brown also is a journalist who has written for The Guardian, Vanity Fair and other outlets, and who focuses on exposing intelligence contractors.
After Anonymous posted purloined files from intelligence contractor Stratfor—including some unencrypted credit card numbers—Brown posted a link on a listserv as part of an effort to crowd-source details on the firm. As the FBI investigated the breaches, Brown—who said he was in withdrawal from heroin use—posted a video threatening an FBI agent and his family after Brown's own mother was charged with obstructing the execution of a search warrant for Brown's laptop. Brown eventually was arrested last year and now faces up to 100 years in prison if he is convicted on charges that include threatening an FBI agent, obstructing justice and trafficking in stolen credit card information. According to CPJ:
Brown, to be clear, isn't an easily embraced defendant, given the threats contained in his YouTube video about the federal agent. His personality and how he engages in journalism have drawn criticism, including from the website Gawker, but that shouldn't distract from the very serious First Amendment issues raised by charging a journalist with a crime for posting a link. Note that Brown has not been charged with any involvement with the hack of Stratfor itself, just posting a link on a listserv to a website that was publicly available.
Earlier this week, Mathew Ingram at Gigaom took up the issue:
Brown was pursuing journalism, even if it involved activism. And posting a link to a hacked file is not the same as being involved in the hacking. To pursue that argument means that any journalist who posts a link to stolen file—let alone uses one in his or her reporting—can be accused of a criminal act. That would significantly reduce journalism based on whistle-blowing and leaks by conscientious employees or government workers, giving both entities more freedom to work in the shadows.
If Brown is convicted of the charges related to posting the Stratfor link, the federal government will have managed to criminalize the most crucial aspect of journalism: holding government and powerful corporations accountable for their actions. As it is, the judge's gag order now keeps a journalist from discussing publicly the government's efforts to criminalize his work. And that should be a troubling development across the political spectrum.
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UNC placed a school-record seven players on the All-ACC baseball teams, which were announced Monday. First baseman Dustin Ackley, who was named the ACC's freshman of the year, joined junior shortstop Josh Horton and junior relief pitcher Andrew Carignan on the first team. Senior starting pitcher Robert Woodard, junior outfielder Reid Fronk, sophomore utility man Tim Federowicz and freshman outfielder Tim Fedroff made the second team for the Tar Heels. (Durham Herald-Sun)
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Yankees closer Mariano Rivera met with Indians employees - ushers, ticket salesmen, custodians and the team's longtime drummer - to say thank you on his final visit to Progressive Field. Rivera, baseball's career saves leader who is retiring at the end of the season, spent 30 minutes before Wednesday's game meeting with some of the people who work behind the scenes to make the game possible. Rivera answered questions, posed for pictures and gave each employee an autographed baseball. At the start of the session, Rivera asked, ''Where's the drummer?'' hoping to meet iconic Indians fan John Adams, who is celebrating his 40th season banging a large drum in Cleveland's bleachers. Rivera told Adams that he respected his loyalty. Adams told Rivera that he hits the drum to relieve stress ''and you've given me a lot of stress.''
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I was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience with this particular P-07?
I am looking at the 9mm version...
Any comments or advice. Experiences good or bad?
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I was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience with this particular P-07?
I am looking at the 9mm version...
Any comments or advice. Experiences good or bad?
I have two P07s I bought early in 2009; I have not had any problems so far. I shoot one of them and keep the other in the safe, I run about 500 rds with good result.
Gun feels good in the hand, much better than me Glock 19 and about the same size.
I bought mine in early March. My round count is still low, but I haven't had any issues. It feels good in my hand, and I shoot it better than anything else I've got. I'd give it a :smt023
I purchased a CZ P-07 Duty in 9mm a little over a year ago and have run well over 2,000 rounds without a single issue. The grip on this firearm fits like a glove, break down is easy, and I personally love the styling.
The CZ was my carry weapon for a short period of time, but the size and weight lead me to purchase and carry a Sig P238.
I have fired several polymer frame guns in 9mm and the CZ is by far my favorite. I would and do trust it with my life.
What would be a great price on this gun?
Anyone one know of aftermarket parts for this particular gun?
Cabelas in my area has two in 9mm and they're asking 549.99 for it. I honestly believe its over priced, even though I'd pay it giving that it fits me like a glove and I'm looking for a nice compact gun. They also have a xd .45 compact for the same price. :rolleyes:
Hey! Just pick up one of these and is a damn good gun! One of the things that surprised me was that after the slide locked back on the last shot I would insert a loaded mag and tap it in then the slide would come forward on its own. I didn't have to press the slide release!! Is it supposed to do that???
For those who want to see how well the CZ P-07 DUTY holds up in a torture test check out CZ-USA magazine. They tested it out in a .40 cal, in mud, dirt and water without cleaning or lubricating!
Just bought my P07 yesterday and fired it today at the range. I had test fired this gun a couple times and that's how I knew I wanted it. Loved it the first time I shot it because it felt right in my hands, had an easy recoil that allowed me to get back on target quickly and for $480 I much preferred this gun to a Glock 19 and other models I test fired. I have not shot as accurately with any other 9mm I have fired as I have with this gun. I love it but as always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Good luck with your decision, whatever it might be, and enjoy.
Absolutely love my P07 and with over 1000 rnds fired and minimal cleaning, I've had no jams or any issues at all. The accuracy is clean right out of the box. I managed to hit a can with ease at 50+ yards. I highly recommend and still surprised the gun/brand doesn't get the hype it deserves.
I don't own one, but I did shoot one. It shot well and felt good in the hand. Its a big gun though, and might be a little tough to conceal. JMHO.
i t bought one last week at bud's in lexington ky for 408 dollars. love it!
P07 was my first experience with CZ and one of the reasons why I felt in love with CZ.
At the local range, I had hoped to experiment the SP01 or the regular 75, instead settled for my local range's only CZ. The gun felt great sitting in my hands. As advertised, CZ's design and ergonomics are second to none, not to mention it is the Halle Berry of pistols; beautiful, sexy, yet classy.
The P07 is actually the only commonly available gun in my area, with the CZ line in general hard to find. If you have a chance to test it out don't miss it, an experience you will savor and cherish.
Good Luck.
Just got one in .40 2 weeks ago. Only run several mags through it so far. I like the feel and love the sa trigger. My usual carry is a Walther PPQ in .40. Still my favorite. I have 6 .40s and 5 .45s among others. The PPQ is striker fired but unlike others, the striker is held in full cock by an actual sear. Trigger release is a crisp clean 4+ lb single action break. You are always cocked fully. Have a Sig P220 elite carry that I rotate into when I'm in the .45 mode. Can't have too many.
have seen a lot of good reviews on cz. am considering one myself. doesn't get a lot of attention. price is nice compared to others. they just need to make a model with a stainless slide,dammit. DEFINATELY cannot have too many!
I paid $473 for a P-07 Olive Drab. They are hard to find. Damascus had 2 for $453 but by the time I paid $30 for a transfer fee, I would have paid more.


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Me in the white, red, and black(the Lettering)... Tross with the characters and spashes...
Mone with the sickness.
This was my first ever attempt at a straight letter, and half way through it got really dark, so i forgot some of the purple, but whatever, no excuses. just gonna practice these more.
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this photo's making me dizzy, what were you standing on the ceiling?
it looks like 2 walls on the corner of each other... or is that roller on the ground?
rollers on the ceiling
rabble rabble rabble.
thiose yellow dots are wierd
Dont paint much. did this today tho.. any crits?
stay off freights for a while.
it was inside an open one for practice...
Sketch a lot more ekaf
ohkk...ive been sketching for awhile now....i just want to get some practice painting. here's one of my sketches...
i know its not the best but i can sketch pretty decent. i have nowhere leagal to practice..
yeah, go bigger ekaf, if you are going to practice on trains make sure whatever you are painting atleast takes up a panels worth, im assuming you hopped inside a boxcar? if so, that could easily be twice as big
here you go Heklrtoo
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I am looking to create an animated bubble chart similar to what Hans
Rosling did at TED a few years ago. It seems like Mathematica's
Manipulate function is a perfect tool for doing this. Can anyone
suggest some ideas on how to approach this? I am a newbie user and
have gotten stuck.
I am pulling in data using the CountryData function and one of the
examples from the built-in documentation. Here is the code from the
online documentation:
countries = CountryData["Europe"];
properties = {"PovertyFraction", "GDPPerCapita", "Population"};
data = {#1, Log@#2, #3} & @@@
Table[CountryData[c, p], {c, countries}, {p, properties}];
labeler[v_, {r_, c_}, ___] :=
Placed[Grid[{{Style[countries[[c]], Bold, 12], SpanFromLeft},
Row[{Round[100 v[[1]]], "%"}]}, {"GDP Per Capita",
Row[{"$", Round[Exp[v[[2]]]]}]}, {"Population",
Row[{NumberForm[v[[3]] 10^-6, {4, 2}], " million"}]}},
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BubbleChart[data, ChartStyle -> 24, LabelingFunction -> labeler,
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The chart is using poverty on the X-Axis, GDP Per Capita on the Y, and
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German 'green revolution' may cost 1 trillion euros - minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's transition to renewable energy may cost up to 1 trillion euros ($1.34 trillion) in the next two decades, the environment minister said on Wednesday, piling pressure on his opponents to back plans to cap power price rises before the election.
With an eye on the September vote, Peter Altmaier, one of conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's most trusted ministers, has outlined plans to rein in subsidies for renewable power which have pushed up consumers' electricity bills.
However, his plans may be doomed as the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens have reservations and could block legislation in the Bundesrat upper house.
"The costs of our energy reform and restructuring of energy provision could amount to around 1 trillion euros by the end of the 2030s," Altmaier told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.
"We have maybe our last big chance to lay the right foundations to make this a success. That means the energy switch must be economically justifiable and must be affordable."
Soon after Japan's Fukushima disaster in 2011, Merkel set out ambitious targets for green energy and accelerated the phaseout of nuclear plants.
Renewables are due to account for 35 percent of German power in 2020 and 80 percent by 2050.
High subsidies have boosted solar power and to some extent wind energy in Germany but have been financed in part by a surcharge imposed on households and many firms who have warned they may grow less competitive in global markets.
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Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives. I'd like to share with you a practice booklet that I put together for my kindergartners this week.
Decomposing numbers is one of our Common Core standards (K.OA.3) so we have been working hard on building and breaking apart numbers 0-5. With this booklet, students are able to illustrate the parts of a number sentence using crayons/markers or paint bingo daubers. We had a blast doing this and the booklet made for a great assessment tool too! :)
You can click {HERE} or the image below to grab a free copy of the booklet. Enjoy!
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Northwestern Oklahoma State University hopes to "Black Out" the stands of Percefull Fieldhouse Thursday, Feb. 13, when the Rangers go up against Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The "Black Out" event is part of the University's Spirit Week that begins Monday, Feb. 10.
Northwestern will give away 700 black t-shirts as part of its goal to "Black Out" Percefull Fieldhouse. T-shirts will be given away at the main (east) entrance to the Fieldhouse beginning at 5 p.m. All fans are asked to wear black to the game.
The women's game begins at 5:30 p.m., as the Rangers play host to Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The men's game follows at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Spirit weeks begins with a free movie at Rialto, to the first 100 students to arrive, on Monday, Feb. 10. Northwestern will give away free NWOSU sunglasses at the Lady Ranger softball game at 1 p.m., Tuesday. The student verses faculty basketball game is Wednesday at 7 p.m., after a pep rally at 6:30 p.m., both in Percefull Fieldhouse. The Northwestern "Black Out" event is Thursday at the Ranger basketball games. Free sunglasses will be passed out at Friday's Ranger baseball game at 1 p.m. at Myers Stadium. The spirit week events culminate Saturday with a Ranger baseball game at noon at Myers Stadium and men's and women's basketball games at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Percefull Fieldhouse.
Northwestern also invites high school seniors to the Saturday Showcase, Feb. 15 where they can meet faculty, staff and student organizations. Seniors will also receive free admission to Saturday's games.
For more information on Northwestern's spirit week contact Kaylyn Hansen, director of student life and counseling, at (580) 327-8439 or email@example.com.
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Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada's First District joined leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives today in her support of the Democratic effort to strengthen and reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). First signed into law 19 years ago, the VAWA provided critical services and support to victims of violence, while focusing local, state, and federal law enforcement resources on the prevention of domestic abuse.
"One in every four women has experienced severe physical violence in this country, and in Nevada, that number is even greater. For far too long the issue of violence against women has been widely unaddressed, leaving victims, their families, and communities to suffer the consequences in silence," said Congresswoman Titus.
"The Violence Against Women Act provided the first national strategy in the fight to end violence against women," Titus said. "And for almost two decades, this monumental Act gave voice to victims and hope for a better future for the next generation of American women. We must reauthorize this landmark measure without further delay."
Last year, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan reauthorization of VAWA, with key provisions strengthening the law, by a vote of 68 to 31. However, the Republican leadership in the House refused to bring this bipartisan bill to the floor, and VAWA failed to secure reauthorization in the last Congress.
"Today's announcement sends a clear message to House Republicans that this issue is a top priority, and we will not rest until the Violence Against Women Act is strengthened, extended, and restored," Titus said.
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looking for a symbolic matrix calculus package
I'm looking for a Mathematica package to do symbolic matrix calculus, e.g.,
where one could declare vectors (x, y, ...) as having shape
n x 1, matrices (A, B, ...) as shape n x n, and get things like
Derivative[ a . x, x] ==> a
Derivative[ x . x, x] ==> 2 x
Derivative[ Transpose(x) . A . x, x] ==> 2 A . x
I have seen some packages for tensors and tensor calculus, but they
are way to complex for my needs.
A direct reply email would be appreciated.
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Lord Sainsbury wins the chancellorship -- phew!
I am celebrating. It was announced a few hours ago that David Sainsbury had been elected Cambridge Chancellor on the first round of voting, scoring an absolute majority over all the other candidates: Sainsbury 2893, Blessed 1389, Mansfield 964, Arain 312. (That's from the BBC website, the University hasn't actually managed to get the result up on its own... festina lente is our motto.)
The truth is that I was beginning to get a bit worried that Brian Blessed would carry the day, and was wondering how I was not going to appear curmudgeonly -- welcome the democratic decision and make the best of it.
I myself went off to vote on Friday morning, thinking that I would find the whole process relatively queue-free at that point. I had a lecture to give at 11.00, and biked up to the Senate House at about 10.25 to find already a substantial line (and David Howarth and Edna Murphy -- who had already voted (trust an ex-MP) -- warning me that there would be a 20 minute wait.
I put on my gown and got dutifully in my place, next to a chatty, elderly lady who had a Cambridge MA and so could vote in this election (as a Member of Senate). She complained that it was a bit awkward having to turn up in person to vote. 'Well,' I replied, 'it shows that you are really interested and concerned'. 'OK,' she came back,' but what if I lived in Mongolia?' 'I would want to make it difficult for you,' I said slightly grumpily. 'The chances are you would know very little about the university -- I wouldn't want you to be casting a vote for my chancellor. Voting in person has a point."
'Were you this awkward when you were a child?', she asked. in what I think was a semi-friendly way. And it got more friendly when we discovered that we were both about to cast our votes for Sainsbury.
I have to say that the University (no doubt seeing a 'Development Opportunity') had organised things rather well: they had got loos laid on for the queue (which was policed as you see in traditional style); they gave out free university 'buttons'; they offered clear instructions about the Single Transferable Vote system; and when, with 10 minutes to go, I said I had a lecture to give at 11.00, they helped me get a bit ahead. (Thank you all)
But it was hard not to think that Blessed was not creeping ahead. You only had to look at the tweets and the headlines in the local paper, telling us how someone was even flying in from the US to vote for him. In fact, I met one of my own ex-students in town who had showed up specially to vote for Blessed.
It was, of course, all a bit illusory -- because the majority of Blessed's supporters are much more the tweeting generation than me and my mates (most of whom, who had met him, had thought Sainsbury a very good thing -- whatever their initial doubts). The curious thing was that overall, despite the apparent traditionalism of the whole vote, this was much more a youthful election than ever before, certainly more youthful than the last real election in 1847.
The electoral body is the Senate, which is -- more or less -- all holders of Cambridge Masters degrees. Even 50 years ago that was largely ex-undergraduates, no longer resident in the city, who had received Cambridge their MA's two or three years after graduating (that is: not less than six years after the end of your first term of residence). There would then have been a small number of doctoral students eligible to vote, if they had graduated at Cambridge . . .but PhD students were not thick on the ground in the mid 20th century.
Now there are some 6000 graduate students in Cambridge, of whom perhaps half are studying for a PhD -- and many of those would have taken a Cambridge MPhil (or similar) in the run up to a PhD, and so be member of the Senate. Which is to say that the Senate is a very different body: not just the dons plus the, more or less interested, old members; but the dons, the more or less interested old members AND a couple of thousand graduate students (with enthusiasm and twitter at their disposal). This is probably a good thing, but it makes the election and the mechanisms or persuasion and canvassing rather different from the old days.
Anyway, the election went as I had hoped and prayed. And now I am optimistic that our new Chancellor will do us some great good turns: that is, not interfering (as he has said he won't) with the policy making, and maybe helping not only to open up a space in which we can talk to the outside world more effectively, but also to open up a space in which we talk to each other (from graduate students to the Mansfield backers.. who in my view got the role of the Chancellor quite wrong, but have got a few other things right).
In my heart I am having a party. But only in my heart. I'm actually writing next week's lectures.


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Back in 2001, it would have been hard to imagine that the Fast and the Furious franchise would be the one to last a decade. That year saw the release of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, which was based on an already-established brand, and Planet of the Apes, which had the added advantage of a high-profile director.
The Fast and the Furious franchise has lower-wattage stars and little originality to its credit. All of the entries in the series have been pretty by-the-numbers—but perhaps that's the key to its success. While Fast Five, the fifth and most recent installment, is just as formulaic as its predecessors, it's gleefully formulaic, and it's hard not to get swept up in the movie's enthusiasm for itself.
Fast Five begins with Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) busting Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) out of a bus en route to take Dom to prison. On the lam and out of money, in Rio de Janeiro they agree to help steal DEA-seized exotic cars—a job that's supposed to be "clean" and "easy". Of course, these things never are, and after the theft goes south, our heroes find themselves with a computer chip with detailed information about a criminal enterprise (including a list of "cash house" locations) and a vendetta against the Brazilian businessman who owns them. Meanwhile, the American government sends its most elite, Under-Armour-clad man-hunting force, led by Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson, aka "The Rock")—whose commitment to justice is only rivaled by Batman's—to capture the fugitives.
From the opening moments of the movie—when two flashy muscle cars conspire to collide with the prison bus, which tumbles and rolls and everyone walks away without a fatality—it's clear that Fast Five is going to be at least a little silly. The characters drive off cliffs and leap out of windows and suffer neither broken bones nor scratches and bruises. It is, however, aware of its own outlandishness. "There's nowhere in the world where people with cars hang out with models. We get that," director Justin Lin says in his solo commentary on the movie's extended edition, which runs a full one minute longer than the theatrical cut.
But there's no harm in running away with the fantasy of it. In the commentary, Lin suggests that everyone just "embrace the ridiculousness of it." There's no reason not to, since going along with it means you get to see high-powered cars going up against buses, trains, and, eventually, bank vaults. The joy is similar to the one you experienced when you were a kid, smashing your toys into one another—only the movie has far more expensive toys. Lin estimates that more than 200 cars were destroyed during filming.
It's not difficult to give yourself over to the fantasy of Fast Five because it's clear that Lin takes this world very seriously. From his commentary and the bevy of Blu-Ray extra materials, it's apparent that he valued practical effects and shooting on location. (The best behind-the-scenes features on the Blu-Ray are the ones that break down the action scenes, so you can see driverless cars being launched skyward with air cannons. These are more worthwhile than the meager deleted scenes and obligatory gag reel.)
Lin's commitment to practical effects is smart; while the most ridiculous stunts are happening on the screen, it feels very real. CGI is used as well, but nothing looks cartoonish. The movie is stylishly shot both within and outside of the action scenes, with good-looking images of Rio—nearly every scene starts with an overhead shot of the city and its favelas.
Big action sequences are the meat of the movie, Fast Five moves at a brisk pace from one huge setpiece to another. They're full of complicated choreography, and diverse in range, from the high-speed thrills of a train robbery to an intense one-on-one fistfight between giants Dom and Hobbs.
But with the action, Lin also continues to move the franchise forward and out of its quarter-mile drag-race beginnings. Halfway through, the movie becomes a heist film—an Oceans movie for the meathead set—and it becomes less focused on straight car chases, and would just as soon skip them, if it meant furthering the plot along.
It's not that Fast Five is less likely to adhere to heist-movie conventions than drag-race-movie conventions; in fact, the opposite is true. You'll hear boilerplate dialogue about "the one cop who can't be bought" and "putting a team together". But it does provide a good excuse to pull together threads and characters from all of the other movies in the Fast and the Furious franchise, and the assembled ensemble does have good chemistry together. It's not that they have so much to do individually, but the important thing is that they're all there, right? And they all look like they're having a great time, so it really is like a Soderbergh Oceans movie.
Of course, with such a reunion, you have to endure some dialogue about the importance of family—another, less successful attempt at franchise maturity. But, after ten years, the series has earned the right to a little self-reflection, and it's achieved the wisdom to know that those scenes go better when followed by one where two exotic cars tow a bank vault down the streets of Brazil.
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Distillers – The World Comes Tumblin'Start a riot, slash your wrists red You want an anwser? Do you speak delinquently Oh yeah? there's a message Antagonist You want an anwser? I bet you killed someone Oh yeah? Come on I beg you My world comes tumblin' down I paid the price Heartache I'm not sorry I fell in love with you in NYC Uhuh She ran away Her mamma never loved her Pill popping pitty She is sick in Melbourne city Oh no, oh yeah Oh where are you gerti rouge Come on I beg you My world comes tumblin' down Hey oh baby come on And speak to me Hey come on Uhoh you are fucking bored Are you You are fucking bored You're just bored
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