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Pyometra is a disease which occurs in intact (un-spayed) female dogs and cats. Pyometra means that the canine or feline reproductive tract, primarily the uterus, fills and distends with infection and pus. The presence of this infectious material makes the pateint very sick, and left untreated is imminently fatal. Any unspayed dog or cat can develop pyometra, but it seems to be especially prevalent in pets that are 7 years or older.
The cause for pyometra in dogs and cats is due to a combination of factors. Abnormal mucus build-up in the uterus, combinedwith abnormal hormone fluctations hormone fluctuations leads to bacterial proliferation within the canine or feline reproductive tract. As the infection progresses, the uterus fills and distends with pus. Death occurs from pyometra when the uterus ruptures and the toxic material spills into the abdomen, causing peritonitis. Death can also occur by the infection spreading to the bloodstream, a condition know as sepsis; or from severe dehydration leading to hypovolemic shock.
Pyometra typically begins to manifest 4-8 weeks following a dog or cat's heat cycle. Patients with pyometra sometimes have pus discharge from the vagina, become lethargic, do not eat, and drink excessive amounts of water.
Pyometra is diagnosed through a combination of history, examination, and abdomenal x-rays. The typical x-ray of a patient with pyometra illustrates distended, sausage-like loops of uterus. If there is any ambiguity or poor detail on the abdomenal x-ray making it difficult to confirm the diagnosis of pyometra, then abdominal ultrasound should be considered, as it provides greater soft tissue detail.
Treatment for pyometra is surgical, as the disease does not repond to antibiotics. Essentially, a spay has to be performed. However, a pyometra spay is considerably more challenging than a routine spay. Special care has to be taken so that the stretched out and easily breakable uterus does not rupture and spill its poisonous material into the sterile abdomen. This makes the procedure considerably more time consuming, with the already compromised patient having to remain under anesthesia for a longer period of time. The patient should also be hospitalized and kept on IV fluids and antibiotics for a few days until she is stable and starts eating. Following discharge, I typically recommned that a patient remain on antibiotics for an additional 2-3 weeks.
Generally speaking, pyometra carries a favorable prognosis in cases where the uterus is successfully removed without any spillage of its toxic material into the abdomen, provideded there was no sepsis or organ compromis prior to the surgery. In cases of spillage, however, the prognosis is guarded, usually necessitating a prolonged stay in the hospital.
The best way to deal with pyometra is prevention. Spaying your dog or cat effectively eliminates the possibility of pyometra, while effectively preventing mammary cancer, difficult pregnancy, and heat based aggression.
By: Roger L. Welton, DVM
Founder, Web-DVM
President Maybeck Animal Hospital
Author Canine and Feline 101
A stray cat I recently brought to a clinic died one day after the pyometra surgery. She was fine after surgery and died the next day. If the cat had peritonitis wouldn't they have known that before/during/after surgery? Is it likely that the cause of death was sepsis? Obviously the cat's life was the most important thing. Since there is nothing I can do for her at this point I'd really like to know the cause of death.


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Evan Ziporyn
Since its founding in 1992, New-Music ambassadors, the Bang on a Can All-Stars have converted countless listeners to contemporary music through their energetic and rousing performances that speak to the masses. The All-Stars are versatile artists who not only play their instruments with ferocious dedication but several members also lead double lives in other musical realms including composition, instrument designing and teaching.
Founding clarinetist, composer and MIT professor, Evan Ziporyn is one such Renaissance man and his works, Typical Music and No Return are spotlighted in this September 27 show at (Le) Poisson Rouge. He is flanked by violinist Todd Reynolds and fellow All-Stars, pianist Vicky Chow and cellist Ashley Bathgate.
Ziporyn is well-known for his deep-seeded interest in Balinese gamelan music which he has studied for over thirty years. Gamelan has found its way into much of Ziporyn's musical life, from founding a gamelan ensemble at MIT named Gamelan Galak Tika to incorporating Balinese theatrical elements into his 2009 opera, A House In Bali, which spotlights both Western and Balinese musicians. Both Typical Music and No Return, though not directly featuring traditional gamelan performers, certainly invoke the Balinese spirit through their rhythmic drive and harmonic language.
Listen to the entire concert from (Le) Poisson Rouge above or excerpts below, and don't forget to poke around the Q2 Live Concert archive for more exciting live performances at your fingertips. You can access Q2 24/7 through our pop-out audio player or iTunes.
(L)PR's Technical Director is Richie Clarke and this concert was mixed by Damon Whittemore.
No Return
Postcard (with Ava, Skylar and Simon)
Jubilee of Indifference
Typical Music

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On May 18, the Lakeland Police Department officially formed the cold-case team of Detective Scott Kercher and Detective Brad Grice. In light of this recent focus on cold cases and attention by the State Attorney's Office and The Ledgers series on cold cases, "It takes a community to solve a murder", an indictment was served yesterday on Sylvester Nathaniel Smith, 32 yrs old, for First Degree Murder. We are hoping that this is one many cases to come as a result of the newly formed Cold Case Unit.
On October 24, 2013 at approximately 10:12 p.m., several 911 calls were received about gunshots in the area of Gilmore Avenue and Parker Street. Patrol Officers responded and upon arrival located, Thomas Howard Garrison, 43 yrs old, with two gunshot wounds. Garrison was found lying at the end of the driveway at 708 East Parker Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sylvester Nathaniel Smith is already incarcerated in the Polk County Jail on 3cts of Aggravated Battery with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. These charges stem from a January 19th shooting at the Elks Lodge; 1026 N. Texas Avenue in which one victim was shot 5 times, another victim 1 time and a bystander was hit in the face with the handgun knocking him to the ground. Smith was identified as the suspect in that case and has been in jail.
No other details are being released on the indictment at this time. A copy is attached.
On January 19, 2014, at approximately 1:51 a.m., the Lakeland Police Department responded to the Elks Lodge, 1026 N. Texas Avenue in reference to a shooting. Victim #1, Willie Williams,33, and his cousin got into a physical altercation inside the lodge after the cousin accidentally stepped on the suspects foot. The altercation moved outside the lodge at which point the suspect walked off briefly and returned within minutes shooting Williams a total of 5 times. Williams is listed in critical condition at LRMC.
Victim #2, Gregory Burgess, 23, was an innocent bystander outside the lodge and was shot once in the lower leg, possible by a bullet that exited Williams. Burgess drove himself to the Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
Victim #3, Darielle Kirkland, 23, was hit once in the face with the handgun knocking him to the ground. The handgun fired another round when Kirkland was struck. An unknown patron at this point kicked Kirkland in the head and knocked him unconscious.
The suspect has been identified as:
Sylvester Nathaniel Smith, Jr.
350 24th Street NW
Winter Haven, Fla 33880
•Known to frequent the North Iowa area in Lakeland
An arrest affidavit has been obtained for Smith charging him with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (3 cts) and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
Smith should be considered armed and dangerous and anyone with information on his whereabouts should call 911 or they can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-8477.


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Check out some of our big winners, learn a bit about Lottery history and see just where the money goes. It's all part of the Missouri Lottery's mission to maximize revenue for public education.


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How To Record a Track in Pro Tools 8
Pro Tools 8, the industry-standard DAW from Avid can be a bit daunting for the guitarist attempting to record their first track. Here's a step-by-step tutorial:
Open Pro Tools on your computer. I'm using the M-Powered version, but the LE and HD versions are very similar. Pro Tools will look for an approved interface, in this case the M-Audio Transit, and an iLok key. Be sure you have both connected. (LE users will need to be sure their Digidesign interface is connected.)
You should see a prompt like this:
New Session
You can create a session in two ways, using the preset "Create Session from Template" button, or starting from scratch with "Create Blank Session". I recommend you spend some time exploring the Templates. They are typical of session setups that pros use, with appropriate plug-ins and mixer settings. Even if they don't match your plans exactly, you can learn a few tricks and tips on how to set up a session and use that info to create your own custom template that reflects your preferences.
The session parameters options allow you to select the Audio File Type and the Sample Rate. I'm using the default settings on this tutorial, but you can adjust these to your liking.
Ballad Guitar Template.
The above is a "Ballad Guitar" template session's opening screen. The tracks are already created, including Aux tracks and effects.
To create your own new track, use the shortcut "Shift/Apple (command)/N" or click on the "Track" tab at the top of the screen.
New Track
The default setting is one mono audio track. Click "Create" to initiate your first track.
Rename Track
Once your track is created, it is best to name it. Double-click the "Audio 1" button and the above screen will appear.
Re-name with comments
I am recording an acoustic guitar, so I label this track AcGtr. If you are adding multiple tracks, take advantage of the "Next" button and name them all at once.
Abbreviated names are helpful as screen space is valuable. Pro Tools give you the chance to make notes at this point, so I often archive the recording chain and the instrument being recorded, in case I need to re-create this sound for any reason.
Click "OK" when you are done.
Record Ready
To get the track ready for recording, click on the red button beneath the track name. It will begin to flash, indicating that the track is ready to record.
Recording track
Click the Record button, either on the Transport or at the top of the screen. The Record light will flash until you click the Play button. Pro Tools begins to record your AcGtr track. Congratulations!


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Welcome from Colorado
This is a discussion on New Member within the New Members Introduce Yourself forums, part of the Welcome To DefensiveCarry.com category; Welcome from Ga!!...
Welcome from Ga!!
"You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language."
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Welcome from South Carolina...
Sometimes in life you have to stand your ground. It's a hard lesson to learn and even most adults don't get it, but in the end only I can be responsible for my life. If faced with any type of adversity, only I can overcome it. Waiting for someone else to take responsibility is a long fruitless wait.
Welcome from SE Georgia.
You may not like guns. You may choose not to own one. That is your right.
You might not believe in God. That is your choice.
However, if someone breaks into your home at 3AM the first two things you are going to do are:
1) Call someone with a gun.
2)Pray they get there in time." - A wise man
Welcome from Michigan!
*WARNING - I may or may not know what I am talking about.
Welcome from Montana!
Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. PSALM 144:1
I CLING to my guns and my Bible.
Welcome from the Garden State.
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Welcome from Texas!
"Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States can't make it without Texas!".... Sam Houston
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Timid people sleep peacefully at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Molôn Labé!
Welcome from upstate NY.
For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the son of man be. Mathew 24:27
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People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
- Abraham Lincoln
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Winston Churchill
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Evangelicals Romp Over at First Things
Russell MooreRussell Moore's Blog
- 2009 Oct 20
You can decide if it's the Star Wars canteen scene or the opening theme to a Super Friends cartoon, but a team's a team. A group of us evangelicals are launching a brand-new group effort today. First Things magazine launches the Evangel blog, featuring evangelical writers such as Joe Carter, Justin Taylor, and John Mark Reynolds. I'm glad to be a part.
The blog is set up to be a kind of casual back-and-forth, along the lines of National Review's "The Corner." We start off with a conversation about the old nailbiter of evangelical identity. And my first blog post is why I don't care about evangelical identity all that much.
This will be the place where I'll do the vast majority of my blogging (along with the more often micro-bursts over on Twitter), but I'll enjoy the banter with my friends over there often too. Check it out here.


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Shelley Pringle is the founder of Polaris PR & Marketing, a Toronto company that helps consumer brands build awareness of their products using PR, social media and content marketing. Polaris is a collective of experienced PR, social media and content marketing professionals who are passionate about achieving results for their clients. Shelley believes that strategic communications can capture the hearts and minds of a target audience, change the way people think and improve an organization's bottom line.


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I got more Birthday wishes and gifts for my 10th Birthday!
Thankyou to my dear furriends:-
Hazel Lucy for the tree.
JoJo, Ariel and Osiris for the tulips.
Adam Dylan, Eve Layla, Puddin Keket, Puff Amenti, Pumpkin Samura and Little One for the tulips. (We won't stop purring until Adam and Eve are better!).
Thankyou again for making my 10th Birthday so special!!
Love Minky xx
I'm 10 Years old today, along with 400 other Catster kitties, including Prince who is Hooch's brofur and my brofur Alfie's Mancat friend. Prince is 8 years old today!!
Happy Birthday Prince!!
We'll be having tuna-in-springwater for our supper in my honour, so I'm looking forward to that and mum has given me a new toy mouse!!
I had my anti-inflammatory injection last week for my ongoing arthritis so I'm full of beans and can jump for joy! Mum thinks the glucosamine supplement I have on my food is helping too!
Thankyou Humphrey and Roger for the lovely red heart and for my beautiful black kittie birthday cake.
Thankyou Alexander, Ra, Utu and The Down Under Gang for my delish pink cupcake.
Wishing all my friends who celebrate Mother's Day today a wonderful day and make sure you give your mums lots of cuddles.
We had our Mother's Day here in England on 14 March, when we all put our pennies together and bough our mum a bunch of flowers!
Love & purrs
It's now 9 days since Minky went to the vets when she was unable to walk. Terry, our vet, said she should be walking fine and putting her weight on her back legs within 24 hours - but that was not the case!
She still could not walk the day after and was confined to the back bedroom with an open litter tray, food and water. On the third day she could put weight on her right back leg but not her left and the poor litle mite still seemed in pain. It took until the 7th day (last Thursday) before she could walk properly, although very carefully.
Terry said it was unusual for the anti-inflammatory injection to take so long to work and thinks she'll need to come in regularly now for more injections.
Minky still hasn't been in the garden to play out, which she always loved to do before and has preferred to stay inside where she feels safer. She's eating well now and seems happier in herself. I could tell she was depressed before and just wanted to hide away. Snowy has been a little star and instead of sleeping during the day in the lounge has been up in the back bedroom keeping her little friend company!
With my concern for Minky, I forgot it was her 9th birthday today until I received the e-mail from Catster with her cake, treats and 5 paws for her page. Thankyou so much Catster HQ lady - it's really sweet of you!
As is the tradition in our family, we'll have a special birthday tea in Minky's honour - the usual tuna in spring water or a choice of chicken breast.
All I want is for Minky to get better - she's too young at 9 to have such bad arthritis and be in so much pain with it.
Thankyou to all her friends who sent pawmails with lovely Get Well messages and gifts for her page. They meant a lot to us and we hope we haven't forgotten to thank anyfur - if so it was really appreciated and not intended.
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The US team, who long struggled to make their mark, are now benefiting from large investments of effort and money. In the 2009 world championships, American athletes won all three individual men's gold medals.
"The overall level of our team is much higher than it's ever been. Realistically this year we can go into this with really high hopes and I think deservedly so," said team member Johnny Spillane, who won a world title in 2003.
Spillane will be joined by 33-year-old Todd Lodwick, who came out of retirement to win the world titles in the normal hill and the 10-km mass start events last year and is taking part in his fifth Olympics. Also going to Vancouver is Bill Demong, the world champion in the large hill.
All three helped the US to get their best Olympic finish in the Nordic combined, fourth in the team event at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
US coaches say they are confident of winning at least one medal in each of the three Olympic events this time.
Nordic combined is particularly challenging because the tall, thin physique required for good jumps does not help on the cross-country course, and the heavier, muscular body needed for endurance during the ski race is of little help when flying through the air.
The ideal competitor needs a high strength-to-weight ratio and has to go through special training to maximize power and minimise muscle mass.
The strongest competition to the Americans is likely to come from Jason Lamy Chapuis of France, who is well ahead in this year's World Cup standings, and veteran Felix Gottwald of Austria.
Gottwald, 34, won two gold medals at the 2006 Olympics and retired the following year. He returned to the sport in 2009 and is now second in the World Cup rankings, just ahead of Norwegian Magnus Moan, who won two events in two days in France last month but missed the following World Cup stop because of illness.
Last year's World Cup winner Anssi Koivuranta of Finland is having a disappointing season and is currently only 10th.
Three-time Olympic silver medallist Ronny Ackermann of Germany, who has four world championship golds, abandoned his attempt to compete at a fourth Games after his training was disrupted by illness and two falls.


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Varenr.: SG230
SG230 Smartuner
Automatic antenna tuners suited for all shortwave transceivers.
Frequency range: 1.8 to 30 MHz. The tuner automatically matches wire antennas: minimum length 2.5m starting from 3.5 MHz.8m starting from 1.6MHz
The incorporated pi network enables up to 500,000 element combinations; the microprocessor is built-in.
The non-volatile memory stores the element combinations even without power connected.
The non-volatile memory stores the last 500 combinations and overrides older tuning data.
Recurrent set time only 10ms for a previously tuned frequency.
Simply connect the automatic tuner to the trx and the antenna and forget it! The transceiver will always 'see' a well tuned antenna.
In order to optimize the performance it is recommendatory to install the tuner directly at the antenna feed point.
This is an ideal set-up for all mobile applications - never again exchange tuning coils when changing bands or frequencies! The automatic antenna tuner offers an excellent solution for hams with restricted space for base station antennas since it is almost anywhere possible to throw a wire over a tree or mast. The SGC tuners are built into a waterproof case for easy installation outside directly at the antenna base.
DC operating range is 10-18V at 1A current drain.
Use the extremely strong whip antenna (2.5m long) for mobile applications, SG-303 see Shortwave Mobile Antennas.
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College Students Make March for Life Pilgrimage
Young Americans represent a generation that is increasingly pro-life.
BY Christopher Crawford
Jan. 26-Feb. 8, 2014 Issue | Posted 1/22/14 at 4:29 PM
WASHINGTON — Paramount among the hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans who were to rally Jan. 22 on the National Mall in Washington for the annual March for Life are college students, drawn from the nationwide network of young Americans who represent a generation that is increasingly pro-life.
This year, students from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., were the march's standard-bearers, proudly carrying the famous "March for Life" banner.
Kathryn Brown, the president of the school's "Ravens Respect Life" club, estimated eight busloads of students would make the 1,100-mile trip to lead the march. "When we saw that Notre Dame was leading the march last year, we said, 'We should do that next year,'" she told the Register. "So, last June, I emailed March for Life President Jeanne Monahan on my own and asked if we could lead the march in 2014. She emailed back and said that we absolutely could."
Wearing matching red-and-black stocking caps at the head of the march, Brown said before the march, "we will be the loudest and most spirited group there. We have a reputation as 'the loud bunch from Kansas.'"
In addition to Benedictine, students from across the country were traveling long distances to attend the march, including a group of 45 people from the College of Saint Mary Magdalen in Warren, N.H. Leo Bond, coordinator of the Magdalen contingent, told the Register that their small Catholic school cancels classes to encourage students to attend.
Said Bond, "Being a part of the march and seeing so many different schools that are represented here reaffirms … how many people embrace this position and are here to advocate for it."
One such young face is Kirsten Dodge, a freshman at the New Hampshire Technical Institute, who was anticipating her fourth march. For Dodge, the reality of abortion became tangible when someone she knew had an abortion. "I found out that she had gotten the abortion because she had been misinformed," said Dodge, who said that her first trip to the March for Life helped her know more about the topic. "Going there opened my mind, and, now, I am a lot more active in the pro-life movement."
'Pilgrims, Not Tourists'
Dodge also provided insight into the experience of the 13-hour bus ride. "We pray a Rosary every hour, and it kind of gets us ready for the march," she said. "We are pilgrims, not tourists."
Claire Chretien, from "Bama Students for Life" at the University of Alabama, agreed.
"We always become a lot closer," said Chretien, who noted that campus participation in the march has grown from six attendees to 28 over the past two years. "The Holy Spirit allows us to be together in such close quarters without hating each other! In fact, we love each other even more by the end of the trip."
Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life of America, notes that these students are part of a growing college pro-life movement: Her nationwide organization has climbed from 180 campus organizations in 2006 to 882 today, and the group's annual conference, held the day before the March for Life, was expected to have 2,300 attendees.
Hawkins believes the pro-life argument is resonating deeply among college students. "Polls show that this is the most pro-life generation since Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton," she told the Register. "It is more mainstream than ever to stand up and say, 'I believe in life, and I believe abortion is wrong' on a college campus."
Recent polls back up Hawkins' claims. An internal poll conducted by the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League in 2012 found that 51% of pro-life young people saw abortion as an "important issue," while only 20% of pro-abortion young people saw the issue as important.
Additionally, a 2013 Gallup poll found that 57% of Americans aged 18-34 believe that abortion should be legal in only a few circumstances or completely illegal, whereas 41% of the same demographic believe abortion should be legal in most or all circumstances.
Pro-Life Launching Pad
For pro-life students, the March for Life serves as a yearly launching pad for pro-life efforts at their local campuses and in their communities.
Benedictine's Brown said that, at her college, students pray the Rosary outside of an abortion facility in the area and provide resources to pregnant women. They also publish a campus newsletter and visit a local nursing home to celebrate the dignity of all human life.
"We have a lot of really solid Catholic students," she noted. "They know what they stand for, what they believe, and they are willing to stand up for that. We know that we should defend the gift of life that God has given all of us."
Christopher Crawford is the director of
pro-life ministry at The George Washington University.
A longer version of this story appears at NCRegister.com.
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By WesTech Engineering, Inc. based in Salt Lake City, UTAH (USA).
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In order to help you evaluate cable companies and other paid television services available in your area, we've prepared a number of independent consumer survey results for you. Between all of the satellite TV and cable companies in Semora, NC, these surveys show that DIRECTV is considered to be the best TV service provider in the area.
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Einstein famously said that imagination is more important than knowledge, which is why he also famously referred to the moon as "the night sun." Train your brain with this Groupon.
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In 1911, Leon Fells left Poland for the United States, where he established a business that sold and repaired sewing machines. One of his five children, Susie, started helping her father when she was 16 and eventually started her own business in 1976. Today, she owns Sewtime Sewing Center, whose two locations prep stitch-makers by doubling as both schools and boutiques. Carrying on Leon's tradition of quality customer service, she offers phone support for the machines she sells until 11 p.m. every day. Targeting students of many skill levels and ages, her classes tackle specific topics such as machine usage, quilting, and capturing rolls of fabric with a thread lasso. To bring their skills home, customers also can purchase fabric and sewing equipment—even sewing-machine software—at the center's store.
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DanJeffandJack wrote:I just drink beer and crush box.
That's how I remain the physical specimen that I am.
jlfriday13 wrote:I'm looking to book a hunt some time in Jan. Can't seem to find too many ducks in northern IL, so I'm gonna have to drive a bit to locate them. Wondering if anyone has any suggestions of clubs to check out for quality duck hunting? Not looking for a club to join, rather a reputable place to get into a decent amount of birds for a few days. Or, would I probably be better off trying SE Missouri or Arkansas? If I could find a nice place in IL, it'd save me from having to drive 10 hours to AR. But, if there simply aren't any good places in So. IL (or if the ducks are usually gone in So. IL in Jan.), I suppose I'll make the drive... if that's where the birds are. Any input would help. Names of outfitters, contact names, and their city/state. Thanks!
jlfriday13 wrote:Any opinions on Burns Hunt Club near Marion?
swampcrawler wrote:You might check out worthingtons hunting club in olive branch .They are suppose to be a top notch outfit.I have never used him personally but knew his mom and dad they were good people .Just an idea
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Roswell High School art students apply the finishing [auth] touches to a Character Counts! mural to a wall directly across the street from the front entrance of the school, Wednesday. (Mark Wilson Photo)
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Englewood, CO (August 22, 2002) - WOW has enhanced its corporate
management organization by adding two key executives: Ms. Colleen
Adboulah as President and Chief Operating Officer and Mr. Steven
Cochran as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining WOW as President
and COO in August, Ms. Abdoulah was a senior executive at AT&T/TCI
where she held positions including EVP of Wireline Services, VP of
Operations for Digital and VP of Marketing. As EVP of Wireline
Services, Ms. Abdoulah was directly responsible for the customer
service, marketing, franchising, commercial sales and internet
divisions of TCI.
Prior to joining WOW as CFO in October, Mr. Cochran was the CFO of
Millennium Digital Media. At Millennium, Mr. Cochran played a key role
in the formation of Millennium's accounting department and putting in
place the accounting systems, policies and procedures that ultimately
allowed Millennium to evolve from a broadband service provider startup
with no operations to a state-of-the-art carrier providing advanced
cable services to 175,000 cable television and 125,000 internet
WOW is currently the 13th largest cable television system operator
in the United States, serving customers in the metropolitan areas of
Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus and southeast Michigan. WOW completed the
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Now HERE'S a miracle!
We know what you're thinking: Who was the REAL St. Julian?
It's a good question, we feel. No matter how delicious the taste of Honeycrisp apples and tropical fruit, why would you want to drink a wine named after some dude you didn't even understand? So we've done a little research into the matter, and we think we've figured out which St. Julian has loaned this wine his name.
Our first guess was Julian of Toledo. He took his position by poisoning Wamba, the king of the Visigoths, which is so BEYOND METAL that our heart raced to give him all the credit. But it turns out that this wine is in the Italian "grigio" style with a lush rich body, and why would the Italians name a wine after a Toledoian? So we moved on.
Our next choice was Julian of Le Mans, who lived in the 3rd or 4th Century. He was thought to be a Roman nobleman, which is the next best thing to being an Italian, right? He was sent to Gaul to preach to the Cenomani, and cared for the poor and sick in the Le Mans area. He even supposedly performed a miracle and created a spring from the ground, as bright and clean as these wines that share a name very much like his. We say "very much" because it probably isn't this St. Julian. How do we know? Well, Julian of Le Mans didn't have a delicate aroma of mango or vivid acidity, and these wines do.
Ultimately we decided Julian of Antioch was the best choice for this wine's namesake. Why? Because he was sewn up in a sack half-filled with scorpions, sand and vipers and then thrown into the sea. And if anyone has a good excuse for needing a 6-pack of wine, it's a guy with a story like that.
So we salute you, St. Julian, with Rieslings and Pinot Grigio! Thanks for lookin' out for us.


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When Sport Relief The Final Score was shown on BBC 1 yesterday (shown again tonight at 23:25 BBC1) Twitter was soon flooded with messages at how David Walliams reuniting with Phillip, (the child that inspired him to do his long, gruelling swim down the River Thames) made them cry.
Among them was Dannielle Murray Tweeting: "Just been reduced to tears watching David Walliams go back to Africa to see that wee boy. What a lovely man".
The short film showed David travelling back to Africa to see how Phillip was doing and how Sport Relief's money had been spent. I always like this end of year special, it's good to have a charity that shows the people giving what happens with the money collected…
In an article for The Sun today David says: "When I arrive I'm immediately struck by how much he's grown, which in large part is thanks to the nutritious diet he now gets rather than being forced to exist on scraps. His English vocabulary has also grown as much as he has and he chats away with an endearing mixture of shyness and self-assurance."
He tells how Phillip and his "band of brothers" now go to school and have dreams of a future again, adding: "The fact that my swim played a part in that makes me very proud indeed, but in terms of facing up to a challenge, the Thames was nothing compared to what Philip has done — he is a true hero, my hero."
A wonderful story to start the new year. Watching this many people felt happy their money had been spent in a wonderful way. Seeing Phillip run from the school and throwing himself into David's arms was prove enough for most.
And while Walliams himself might often be far to humble about his Sport Relief challenges, saying it's about the people the charity is helping, not him. As clips of his long journey down the Thames were shown once more, many people also wondered why someone who has done so much for charity, and has touched so many lives both in Britain and Africa was once more overlooked in the New Years Honours list.
Mr Walliams himself will start searching for a new star for Britain next month as Britain's Got Talent be back on our screens next month. The actor and comedian has received a lot of praise for his role on the show in end of the year polls, one of the things highlighted is his kindness to the auditionees. David, who treated his fans to a wonderfully funny X Factor/BGT based flirthathon on Twitter with Rylan Clark over the holidays, also revealed he had started work on a new book. It looks like it will be another busy year for David Walliams. And would we want it any other way?


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Taking the action-packed superhero flick to the Tribeca Film Festival, "The Avengers" cast gathered together for their superhero film's New York City premiere on Saturday evening (April 28).
Held at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Robert Downey Jr joined up with Tribeca founder Robert De Niro in greeting a group of U.S. armed forces members invited to get an advance look at the star-studded motion picture.
Speaking out for the first time since word of the remake was confirmed, original "Dirty Dancing" star Jennifer Grey has given the reboot her seal of approval.
Taking to Twitter to offer up her well wishes, the film's former Baby wrote, "I love @Kennyortega and trust that he will do something special #DirtyDancingRemake."
Making for quite the change in roles, Jennifer Grey partook in an interview at the hands of her daughter Stella for the February 2011 issue of Redbook.
The "Dancing with the Stars" champ and her 9-year-old went back and forth about topics such as DWTS and the chances of her becoming a backup dancer for the installment hitting newsstands on January 18th.
Taking her loss in stride, Bristol Palin was on "Good Morning America" showing off her dance prowess this morning (November 24).
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It was anyone's guess who would win this season of "Dancing with the Stars" and Jennifer Grey ended up emerging victorious from last night's results show.
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I have red fabric with tiny white dots for GS shirt, pretty red and white heard fabric for the GD I don't have yet! LOL!
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We don't make a big deal of the holiday, but by that time in February I'm ready to celebrate something! I usually make heart cookies, I've also made a huge heart shaped chocolate chip cookie and heart shaped pizza. I might string up some paper hearts. Dh and I might watch a movie or have a nice dinner after sending the kids to bed or their rooms. It's more about doing little things for kids here than romance.01-03-2009, 03:53 AM #18
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We dont make a big deal out of it here. I might bake some heart shaped cookies and have pink icecream of dessert but we dont exchange gifts.Sponsored Links Remove Advertisements01-05-2009, 10:07 AM #19
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V day is or wedding anniv (so we wont forget) and our daughters 1st birthday. so we will have a little something for her and likely exchange cards..... chocolate is always welcomed01-05-2009, 10:12 AM #20
DH and I don't normally observe Valentine's Day. Last year, he was in Michigan for a business trip.
This year, we'll be spending the day at a 5 star resort in Cancun. Not because it's Valentine's Day, but because I need a vacation and wanted to go before gardening season is here. I can't wait, this is our first vacation in 5 years.
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I have not read any of the other replies.
I always make a heart shaped meatloaf for dinner on V-day
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What would make your Valentine's day special?
To me it's really no big deal..
What have been your best Valentine's day gifts?
My best Valentine day present came 1 day early in 1997..DS
Your worst?
Same DS above sick and ended up being put in the hospital last year..and having surgery on the day after Valentines
How do you wish it was spent?
Anywhere but the hospital.
What do you give your partner?
Candy or a card..
Do you give your kids anything for Valentine's day?
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valentines day 2009
so here comes another one... what do you and your significant other do for the occasion? do you exchange gifts...go out to eat ?
df and i only do cards...i naturally get mine for 50 cents at the dollar general...he goes to the pharmacy and pays 5 bucks for one...almost the cost of my meal at my favorite local mexican rest....
i'm trying to break him of it...but he doesn't know we are being frugal....
usually go out to eat but i'm thinking maybe i could make a really cool interesting heart shaped type meal.... giant red meatloaf maybe...ha... any ideas ????01-23-2009, 03:36 AM #24
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I love the heart shaped meatloaf idea. Here are a few more ideas to complete your heart shaped meal.
You could always make potato pancakes shaped into a heart using a heart shaped cookie cutter. It would need to be a metal one though because of the heat of the pan. Use tongs to lift away from pan.
Or place a heart shaped cookie cutter on the dinner plate and fill one with mashed potatoes and one with stuffing. Carefully lift away from plate.
You could freeze those little gummy hearts in ice cubes to add to your clear drink, maybe lemon lime soda in champange flutes.
I would set the table with a white/pink/red sheet. Add candles and scatter the table with those sweet little Valentines day hearts or gummy hearts.
Enjoy you Valentines Day!01-23-2009, 05:24 AM #25
we don't do anything. it's a commercialized "holiday" anyways. we're each others "valentines" every day so we don't need a separate day for it. it's silly making people feel as if they HAVE to give cards and chocolates, and go out to eat, all for the greed and profit of corporate america.01-23-2009, 07:08 AM #26
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We agreed years ago, not to ever spend money on valentine's day. And it has become our tradition to have spaghetti every year since it is red, and when we first moved in together, it was the only "red food" I knew how to cook!01-23-2009, 07:43 AM #27
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We don't make a big deal of it since our anniversary is in the same month. It is always acknowledged but each time is different. However, never is it anything large scale. I agree that it's a very corporate pushed type holiday. However, I also think it's wonderful to have another reminder to help us remember to acknowledge those that are special to us.
I will probably make my kids something they really like to eat for dessert or breakfast that day. As well, I'll make sure to stick an I love you note in thier lunch.
I will also make sure to make phone calls to people like my grandmother and aunt who live alone.
For DH I have been hard at work on a stack of index cards that I will put in an index card box and wrap up for him. They will be coupons and sentiments. Each one will say something different. Examples:
~ Night off of dish duty
~ Back massage
~ Dinner of your choice
~ Love slave for the evening
~ 2 hours undisturbed
~ There is no one else for me.
~ In case I've forgotten to tell you lately - I love you for everything you are.
and so on.
There are about 200 cards. I found the new pack of cards and the index box burried in the attic. Along with that I will probably make something I know he enjoys for dinner and make sure the kids go to bed on time.01-23-2009, 07:53 AM #28
We usually go out for dinner, and exchange cards or hand written notes.01-23-2009, 09:21 AM #29
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last year i bought a bright pink monkey with big long arms that velcro'd together from the dollar store and hung it from dh's rear-view mirror before he left for work....when he saw it he yanked it down and said "i am NOT driving down the road with that thing hanging in my car".. needless to say I am now the proud owner of the bright pink money.....01-23-2009, 01:08 PM #30
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Dh and I don't do anything but I do try to make it a little celebratory at home. We have heart shaped pizza, heart shaped cookies and a few decorations, maybe candles on the table.
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I need to replace the brakes on my 2K Eldo I saw some drilled and slotted kits @ rock auto . Powerstop k1526. My questions are . Is it worth the extra money or am I wasting my money ? Will this cause excessive brake pad wear ? And they say you will feel some virbration at times with agressive breaking , that I might not like much . The regular kits seem like they would be good to they all feature ceramic pads . Did anybody use either of these kits . TX in advance for you input.
It could be drilled and slotted rotors in general not specifically this kit. Tx again
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
I did not use drilled and slotted rotors due to the decreased braking surface on the (relatively small) rotors. I used EBC slotted Ultimax rotors and their new Redstuff pads. Significantly improved braking, glass-smooth after 200 miles of dedicated break-in. Not cheap. www.placeforbrakes.com
Slotted rotors, in and of themselves, do not cause pad wear and do not cause brake vibration, either during normal or aggressive stops. If you are a pretty normal daily driver and commuter the ONLY thing slotted/drilled rotors will do for you is bling. One school of thought says that drilled rotors tend to crack at the holes.
For information, get into www.ebcbrakes.com, Automotive, USA, and read all the links - a day's work in itself, but the info is invaluable.
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
As said above by Sub if you're a normal day to day driver all it will do is look cool, you won't notice much of a difference if at all...I definitely suggest staying away from drilled rotors as I have seen them crack, slotted is just fine though. I had slotted R1 Concepts (site vendor) rotors on my old CTS, they were a good price and stopped wonderfully paired with a set of Hawk pads...
All in all, if you want some bling get the slotted ones, if you are looking for better performance you won't get it, just get normal blanks...
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
Is it worth the extra money or am I wasting my money -
unless you drive VERY aggressively - or tow a heavy trailer -
you would be wasting your money -
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Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
This is not an apples and apples comparison, just my experience. After suffering a catastrophic brake failure in my 2005 Excursion I replaced all four rotors with drilled and slotted replacements and Hawk pads. With or without my trailer the braking was improved substantially. And since I detail the wheels regularly I am always checking the rotor surface for cracking that "everyone" says is going to happen. On a four ton heavy vehicle that is rated as a 3/4 ton truck there has never been an issue with the drilled and slotted cryogenically frozen rotors.
So would I do the same with my relatively light Eldo? Based on my experience, yes.
The improvement you felt in braking POWER was from the pads, not the rotors. Slots and dimples do not increase braking power, in fact, they lower it. Every hole and slot decreases the surface area.
If you're looking for improved stopping power for your "normally" driven daily driver, a solid rotor and performance pads would be the best choice.
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Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
Or another opinion
Who drives normally?
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
Who drives normally?
I do - and probably 50+% of the general population does -
I can not think of one single time in the last 30+ years
that I needed - or even wished I had "better" brakes on any car I drove -
YES - I used to drive in rush-hour traffic -
and YES - I towed a 2000# bass boat - single axle - without brakes -
in fact - out of the 176,000 miles I put on my 95 deville -
I bet 75,000 miles were towing the boat -
the original brakes lasted 65,000 -
I replaced with Bendix MKD624 and MKD508 - both semi-metallic -
replaced the original rotors and another set of Bendix pads at 125,000 miles -
MY opinion is that VERY FEW drivers would notice ANY benefit -
switching to drilled/slotted rotors - and pretty red disc pads -
the one exception would be -
IF the original brakes were simply inadequate for the vehicle -
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
Thanks for all the discussion today on this topic. At the end of the day I decided to order the Power Stop 4 wheel Kit with ceramic pads and standard rotors P/N KOE 1543 for $142.99 @ Rock auto. The reviews on the various forums were very favorable . I added 2 sets of the Raybestos Pad retracors to see if these things have any value. For about ten bucks you cant go wrong . I was surprised to see that the best price for this product was not on Amazon . I really wanted the other rotors for the cool/ performance factor but it just didnt make sense in the long run even thought it was just over a $100 more.
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
Remember - Your rear caliper pistons screw back into the caliper - do NOT attempt to compress the pistons with a C-clamp.
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
See this thread...it goes a bit deeper than just brake replacement so you are covered.
Thanks for the additional info , I hate the rears because of the parking brake cable and screwing in the piston , I didn't see it in the article but I always like to bleed the brake fluid real good to remove any water in the system because brake fluid absorbs water over time
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Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
I have drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic brake pads all from powerstop on my car and they can be quite noisy when cold and when they get wet they vibrate and they squeak every once in a while when I'm braking. the rotors and brakes all look new after 12K with minimal wear
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
Ya, I read that in the window about breaking in, they mentioned that under hard breaking you might hear some noise or experience some vibriation . I wonder what thats about.. . I don't know if I would have liked that part of the experience, but the additional coating on the rotors is a plus .
Re: Questions about drilled and slotted rotors
One thing I don't like about the AcDelco rotors, RUST!
Man are made form the worst iron ever, the rust shows up everywhere the pads are not rubbing on, sometimes it starts touching the dust shields and I have to take the hammer and knock the rust out (I am talking a pound each time).
I had once Raybestos rotors on the rear and I can say were exactly the same as AcDelco (rust wise).


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Owned my Allante less than a year and I feel like it's cursed. When I took it out of winter storage it had been inhabited by mice. Even tho' I had taken precaution to ward them off. It stinks!! I tried several cleanings plus having it professionally detailed & it still stinks.
In the mean time it developed a battery drain. The battery was only 3 years old.
Put a new battery in it & it died again. Finally traced it to the passenger vanity light.
Now a rib of the convertible top has completely snapped off !! Has anyone had that happen ? Any idea how to repair it ?


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Railed top cover and some kind of pitcanny mounted rear sight. I do like the G3 turret style sight and that's probably what I'll use. And since I'll have a rail up there anyway, I'll most likely add a holo sight of some kind as well.
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Railed top cover and some kind of pitcanny mounted rear sight. I do like the G3 turret style sight and that's probably what I'll use. And since I'll have a rail up there anyway, I'll most likely add a holo sight of some kind as well.
Got a lot done at the COBP II today.
Initial fitting of the receiver parts:
First I pinned the front trunnion in place temporarrily with a rivet to find the best placement for the rear trunnion to fit the top cover. The rear UF trunnion was first trimmed down to remove some unneeded weight. I also had to trim the top bends on the Tapco flat to allow the sides of the receiver to sit flush against the trunnion. I then notched the top cover to clear the front trunnion and the receiver bulges. Once everything was fitted properly, I clamped the rear trunnion in place and Scooch welded it in place through the rivet holes for me. I ground the welds down flush with the sides of the rcvr with a grinding wheel to get them close and then finished it with a belt sander.
Since this is a pistol and isn't using the UF rcvr holes, I ground a few washers to fit the large UF pivot holes and tapped then into place. Scooch did the welding honors again and plugged the rest of the unused rcvr holes.
I noticed that the bolt carrier didn't want to move more than about an inch forward when installed in the rcvr. After looking it over, it seems the little top cover notch/ GB retainer I had welded to the top of the trunnion was sitting a little to low and was binding the BC. To fix it, I used a dremel to thin out the top inside edge of the top cover retainer. I also used the belt sander to thin down the top edge of the bolt carrier. Between both of the fixes I was able to get about 1/16" clearance between the two parts without having to mess with the rail groove in the BC or the rcvr top rails.
Next thing was to fix the top cover fit. I had to trim the bottom edges since the top cover sits at a little bit of a rake. A little time on the grinder and everything was lined up. The top cover kinda has a raked hot rod look to it now. Cool side effect of the custom fron trunnion screw up I guess.
Checking safety lever clearance to top cover:
Since the top cover has that forward rake to it now, I had to adjust the angle that the safety lever stops against. A few seconds on the grinder and it fit perfect.
Getting there...
Good pic .put i need plan to make one
Coming along great!
You told me to wait on calling you a great builder after your m72 since it was your first build but with seeing the build progress (especially in person) I think we can easily say you're one heck of a builder haha. Once you finish your sustained fire heavy barreled pistol I have to go with you to see the fireballs lol
Definitely pretty cool so far! That will be a sweet pistol when its finished..... :kewlpics:
Hey pardner, I must have missed the conclusion of this build. Are there finished pics somewhere? I'd love to see the progress.
looks awesome, kan't wait to see the finished produkt. still have a bad key board.
This project is kinda on hold till I can get the barrel reprofiled and rechambered. I don't have the right tool (bore dial indicator) to do it on my lathe at home so I need to wait till I can do it at school.
Can't you just turn it between centers? I'm assuming you're planning on doing something like centering it in a 4 jaw chuck with the bore micrometer.
Even if you don't have a proper setup for turning between centers you could turn one center out of a piece of stock in the chuck and make a simple dog that will drive the barrel against the jaws of the chuck, then use a live center on the other end in the tailstock.


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who is he fighting???
could i use this for a tattoo
Woah, fantastic job! This is truly a piece of art.
Wow great job
wow lol
beautifyl fight as i imagine, thks
Splendide !! **
I've been reading the manga, and I have to say that the ten-tails is the ugliest of the tailed beasts.
uglier than six tails?
Of course. The six tails is a slug-like gastropod. You wouldn't want to insult a possible relitive of the sweet and caring Katsuyu, would you?
Dude! I love your deviant ID picture! It's from Tales of Symphonia! Best RPG game!
Hey Kasukiii I am looking for a Manga Artist to draw a story of mine I would like to know if you are willing to do it or if you know anybody that would. I am looking for someone that has really good skills. If you are willing Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and if there are anyone that has good Manga Art and would hit me up.
Wow, this is so cool. All those details. Awesomely colored.
Vraiment impressionnant !quel boulot!
Amazing thats enough!
man, what program do you use?
very nice
probably one of the most epic Comic page renders ever!
That's hard as in very very cool
that´s very great and so cool ^^
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the detail...
the detail...
Really great one
We would love for you to add your art to ArtKrave.com it is a new social art website supporting creative artists like yourself!! Great work!
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This is so awesome
Franchement juste Wooowwww tu es vraiment doué, J'ai une question tu fais ça avec quel programme?
Magnifique <3
Amazing work.. THANK YOU
Amazing work.. THANK YOU
superbe !!!
Magnifique ! rien à dire de plus ^^
Fantastic coloring. Both beasts look amazing. Especially the Kyubi. Can't wait to see what will happen now. Well done!
OMG this a great work..
SUPER amazinggggggg
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Hollllly Shiiiiit!
it's incredible and awesome!!!
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Just received this from my Republican Congressman. Not at all what I had hoped for, and not good if we're hoping that the House will block legislation that makes it through the Senate:
I share your grief and outrage over the horrific events in Newtown, Connecticut. My heart goes out to the families impacted by this senseless tragedy. It is baffling to think what could cause an individual to inflict this kind of pain on fellow human beings, let alone defenseless children.
In the wake of such violence, we naturally want answers. We also want to know what can be done to prevent such tragedies in the future. As the President said, no set of laws will prevent every future horrific act of violence or eliminate evil from our society, but we can do better. As someone who sponsored the Brady bill, I support reasonable measures to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons and the mentally ill. I look forward to having an honest debate about these issues in the weeks and months ahead, and will keep in mind your views during this process.
Thanks again for contacting me.
Member of Congress


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It had been a long time; they shouldn't have left us. But now the Sonics and Soundgarden – two Northwest rock legends known for going A.W.O.L. for decades at a time – are back in high-decibel action.
Tacoma's garage-rock heroes, the Sonics, went missing for four decades. Soundgarden – the band behind "Black Hole Sun," "Spoonman" and other grunge era hits – took a mere 14 years off. But in the next few days they'll remind us why we missed them so: the Sonics with a headlining date at Seattle's Showbox at the Market on Feb. 2 and Soundgarden with a two-night stand at Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Feb. 7 and 8.
The Sonics' classic lineup featured Jerry Roslie on lead vocals and keys, Rob Lind on sax, Bob Bennett on drums and twin brothers Larry and Andy Parypa on guitar and bass. They rocked regional venues – Tacoma Armory, the Red Carpet Inn - with "Cinderella," "The Witch" and other tectonic cuts that influenced generations of garage and punk bands that followed.
Their sound is PG by today's standards. But local radio programmers were slow to play their music, deeming lyrics about witches and sipping strychnine too dark for the airwaves. And they failed to score a national hit before the classic lineup broke up in late 1966 and early 1967.
Andy Parypa sold the rights to the band's name and an unrelated act called Jim Brady & the Sonics kept going until 1980. Meanwhile, the real Sonics spent the next four decades working day jobs, largely oblivious that their sound had gone on to inspire bands worldwide, everyone from proto-grunge band Mudhoney, which will open for them on Saturday, to Swedish rockers the Hives.
Of course, they couldn't remain totally oblivious to the attention their rockin' remake of Richard Berry's doo-wop single "Have Love, Will Travel" was getting. The Sonics recorded it as an afterthought and rarely played it live, according to Lind. But Land Rover recognized its brilliance and dusted it off to push jeeps in a 2005 TV spot.
Ohio blues-rock duo the Black Keys are fans, too, basing their own version of "Have Love," included on 2003's "Thickfreakness" album, on the Sonics. Singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach even gave his idols a shout out when the Keys headlined KeyArena last spring, citing the Sonics' "Shot Down" as source material for "Girl On My Mind."
So the rock world was primed for a Sonics comeback by the time they came out of hiding at New York's Cavestomp festival in November 2007. They've toured Europe, Australia and Japan since then, but have only played three local dates: at the Paramount Theatre on Halloween 2008, at Olympia's Capitol Theater on New Year's Eve 2010 and at Tacoma's Pantages Theatre last July, their first hometown show since the Johnson Administration.
Roslie, Lind and Larry Parypa remain from the Sonics' heyday. The new rhythm section features drummer Ricky Lynn Johnson and bassist Freddie Dennis. The latter – a veteran of Freddie & the Screamers, the Liverpool 5 and the Kingsmen – also shares lead vocal duties with Roslie.
In 2010, that lineup recorded a new EP, called "8," with Seattle super-producer Jack Endino. It featured four new cuts – "Vampire's Kiss," "Cheap Shades," "Bad Attitude" and "Don't Back Down" – and live versions of four classics.
Meanwhile, many thought they'd heard the last of Soundgarden in the late '90s; that is, until the band roared unexpectedly back to life with a surprise performance as "Nudedragons" at Showbox at the Market in 2010.
The following year, Soundgarden hit the road with fellow hard rockers Queens of the Stone Age and Mastodon, a tour that included a July stop at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Grant County. Leading up to the show, frontman Chris Cornell sounded refreshed and optimistic about the band's future.
"Truthfully, if we'd been able to sort of look at the crystal ball, it would have been smarter to just say, yeah, we're taking a hiatus," he said. "That's what this really feels like to me. It feels like we had a nice, long, break, and it was the right thing to do. Everybody feels refreshed. Everybody is reinvigorated to be in the band. It doesn't feel like the amount of time that it's actually been."
The current tour is in support of November release "King Animal," Soundgarden's first studio album in 16 years.


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Some women achievers of post-independent India
It goes without saying that Indian women have been achievers since the pre-independence era. Take the example of Rani of Jhansi, who fought bravely in the first mutiny of 1857 against colonial rule. And women also participated subsequently in the struggle against the British. For instance Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army had a women's battalion.
Post-independence, the role of women has evolved with the evolution of the society and a change of thought process. The result being that today it is no big deal if a woman is an engineer, a politician or an Army Major which were all male-dominated professions at one point of time.
Here is an abridged list of women who either broke erstwhile largely male bastions or created a dent in their chosen fields.
Durga Khote
Indian cinema entered a new phase with the entry of this fiery young actress in 1931 when she made her debut in a silent film. The first woman from a 'good' family who entered films, Durga Khote broke the notion that movies were a taboo profession for Indian women. A leading Indian magazine, rated her among 100 people Who Shaped India, as it noted that "Durga Khote marks the pioneering phase for woman in Indian cinema"
Homai Vyarawalla
India's first woman photojournalist, Homai Vyarawalla took the first picture of her career at the age of 26 in 1938. She has worked for the Illustrated Weekly of India and by clicking some historical pictures herself became a historical figure.
Sarojini Naidu
The governor of erstwhile United Provinces, Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman to be made the Governor of a state when Indian attained independence from British rule on August 15, 1947. Sadly she breathed her last barely two years after that. She was also the first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in pre-independent India.
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
She was not only the first Indian but also the first woman president of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953. Besides, Pandit had served as envoy to the USSR before her appointment to this coveted post. Vijay Lakshmi was the younger sister of ex-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
I B Joshi
The first woman IAS officer of independent India, Isha Basant Joshi was posted as Magistrate and then as Assistant Commissioner in Delhi, followed by her appointment as Commissioner-cum-State Editor of District Gazette. She retired in 1966. The sad part of her life is that at the ripe age of 96, the lady is spending her last days in the dingy servant quarter of her already sold out ancestral house.
Sucheta Kriplani
First woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in independent India in 1963, Sucheta was a freedom fighter as also one of the few women who were elected to the Constituent Assembly and was part of the subcommittee that drafted the Constitution of free India.
Reita Faria
The first Indian woman to win the Miss World title in 1966, she serves as a role model for women who aspire for glamour. Reita Faria gave up modeling after her tenure as Miss World ended. She took up medical studies after that and became a doctor.
Indira Gandhi
First woman Prime Minister of independent India in 1966, Indira was the daughter of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. She was PM for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. With the Green Revolution that made India a food exporter to the White Revolution that aimed at combating malnutrition, Indira's tenure was also tainted by her clamping of Emergency due to which her career suffered a serious setback.
Maharani Gayatri Dev
The Rajmata of Jaipur was born as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar. She was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1939 to 1970 through her marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. Following India's independence, she became an extremely successful politician and was a 15-time MP. Known for her beauty, she championed the cause of women's education and uplift. She was also the first to step out of Purdah in her state, paving the way for other women's freedom.
Kiran Bed
Breaking the shackles of the male-dominated Indian Police Service, Kiran Bedi became the first woman IPS officer of India in the year 1972. She has worked with the United Nations as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General. Bedi has also received the Ramon Magsaysay Award when she was the IG of Tihar jail. Prior to joining the civil services, Kiran was an Asian tennis champion.


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Port Adelaide interim coach Garry Hocking is unsure yet whether he wants to apply for the vacant top job at Alberton next year.
Hocking was ushered in as caretaker coach of the Power on Monday after Matthew Primus vacated the post with four rounds remaining in the season, after he was told he wasn't going to be part of the plans for 2013 and beyond.
Primus' fate was determined at a crisis meeting held on Sunday following the Power's embarrassing 34-point loss to expansion side Greater Western Sydney.
Hocking, who has been the Power's longest-serving assistant since late 2009, will be given four weeks at the helm.
While Hocking has had senior coaching experience with Peel Thunder in the WAFL, the caretaker stint will be the first time he has been in charge of an AFL club.
The decorated former Geelong player denied the four-week spell would act as an audition, admitting he had not given thought to entering the hot seat at this stage in his coaching career.
However the 43-year-old was assured he would like to stay at the Power beyond this season in whatever capacity.
"At the end of four weeks I might either think that it's wonderful and see you guys (media) a bit more regularly, or possibly, think it's not up for me," Hocking said.
"I'm like Matty (Primus), I love the club and like any other coach or person that works here - it's a great environment.
"We are heading in the right direction even though there are a few broken bits, but we are not in a crisis.
"There are a couple of things we really need to fix and fix quickly, and that will be my job over the next four weeks."
One immediate issue to 'fix' for Hocking is the future of classy on-baller Travis Boak who is out of contract at the end of the season.
Speculation has been rife following Primus' exit that Boak is reconsidering donning the teal, black and white beyond 2012.
Despite signalling his intention to team-mates that he would sign a new deal, the 24-year-old is now thought to be weighing up a lucrative offer to join Geelong, who are sure to step up their bid to lure the Victorian back home.
While Hocking said he had spoken to Boak a former pupil of his at the Geelong Falcons there still remained an uncertainty whether the star midfielder would re-commit to the Power.
"I spoke to Travis Monday. I spoke to the whole playing group. I've seen them all individually, so there's a little bit of uncertainty with all of our players on our list when the senior coach goes and someone steps in," Hocking said.
"I've coached Travis before and the decision will remain with Travis.
"Hopefully he will be comfortable soon to be able to make that decision for all of us."
Hocking's short-term role doesn't begin any easier with a trip to Tasmania to face the rampant Hawthorn at Aurora Stadium on Sunday.
Hocking conceded there was no little time to make an impact at the club but was looking forward to implement some of his trademark 'non-negotiable' style he was renowned for during his heyday at the Cattery.
"The expectation's not a win-loss one, it's just about gaining some respect back from our members and our supporters," Hocking said.
"Going forward over the next month I will certainly push some non-negotiables in the playing group head-over-the-footy effort, desire, passion, respect for one another and respect for the game.
"It'll be a simple plan, you'll just need to play very aggressively and compete when it's your turn.
"There will be guidelines and benchmarks for those sorts of things that we are looking for in the game, and that's all the players over the next four weeks will be judged on."


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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ..." And your slightly balding, Czech tennis players.
During his first-round match at the U.S. Open, Radek Stepanek gave a fashion shout-out to one of our nation's greatest landmarks, wearing a shirt emblazoned with an image of the Statue of Liberty.
As a fashion statement, it's grand. As a blatant ploy to manipulate the U.S. Open crowds into cheering for him, it's brilliant.
Stepanek is a solid if nondescript player. He's won five titles in his career and spent eight weeks in top 10 but probably is best known for his brief engagement to Martina Hingis and subsequent marriage to WTA player Nicole Vaidisova.
He really could have rallied crowds if he had worn one of those oversized, spray-painted Statue of Liberty shirts they sell on the corner of 44th and Broadway. Maybe for the second round.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
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60 Blank White Cards is dead; long live Video Underbelly.
It has taken me 11 years, I think, to come to a simple conclusion: I prefer building resources over services. I define a "resource" as content you may be able to interact with; a "service", on the other hand, is primarily something you interact with, with content as complementary. When Disobey first started in 1997, it was all resources: I held high the mantra of "content is king", and produced as much of it as I could. As I became a programmer, I moved closer to services, building software that re-purposed content in ways the user desired. Most of my modern-day Perl scripts continue to do this. While the years wore on, though, I think I found myself building software for the sake of building software - why I rewrote Case Tracker, I don't really know.
Services tend to have shorter lifespans than resources: when everyone is making map APIs, social networks, and photo and video sharing, they crash and coalesce into one, stranding Site B's complementary content or sub-services when Site A takes the cake. Good content, however, good information, tends to be copied and passed around, living forever, never requiring a specific API or site or service.
I'd still like to make 60 Blank White Cards (perhaps as a Noteworthy or Lexicon; interested?) but, when it's over six months after launch, will anyone really remember it three years later? Will it even still be operational? When I'm working on something else and a new vulnerability is found, do I really want to drop everything to upgrade and then ensure it still runs with API changes I haven't been monitoring for years? Especially when no one cares about it anymore (save me, aghast at the idea of removing it from the net entirely)? When no one else but me can provide an upgrade path, do I really want to keep doing so ten years down the line?
Resources last longer than services because they tend to stand alone - there's little custom code involved when your entire intent is to just make content. One could lament "well, hey, you're using MediaWiki, and you've got to upgrade that continually!", but the difference is that that's pre-packaged software, much like PHP, Apache, Linux, and ever upwards - other people depend on it, so it'll just get done. Custom code for a project that has a finite life-span, or has been made irrelevant by new advances, just doesn't have the same life-support.
Years ago I asked where was my Lord of the Rings? Fiction, content with no custom code, tends to have a finite life-span for the author, but never for the reader. A service may have an intended finite life-span for the programmer, but when your goal is to make something available forever, technology and software just doesn't work that way. Whilst my goals for 60 Blank White Cards were to create a large body of interactive fiction, it was too ensorcelled inside custom, and nearly non-reusable, code whose public (or open sourced) release would actively prevent the mystery necessary for a game of its type. This is quite different from, say, Ghyll, which required no custom code, but was still an immense and enjoyable game of fictional tendencies. 60BWC's content was what I wanted, but there was too much "maintenance always required" to make it work. I was building a service with content as complement, and that's as bad as adding puzzles "just because" that's what ARGs are supposed to have.
I want to build resources that require little technology to operate and that are still important years from now. If that just means a reader is enjoying an encyclopedia last authored in 2005 and which, at any moment, could be expanded upon by the sole act of writing, I'm OK with that.
Video Underbelly took a few weeks to finalize some ideas, but is already "up and running", awaiting new and improved content. It is a resource for films that are often disregarded as unimportant or with no redeeming qualities. This is exactly why the site exists: it is a resource that needs to be retained, not a service that could be replaced. Its existence continues through mere copy and paste, not APIs or upgrades. It doesn't require six months of planning for the next "feature" or the next "version" - it just requires little trickles, each week, applying continuous torture to the rocks that line its shores. You never notice a rock being rounded - you only appreciate the patience it took to get there.
I'd much rather be trickling at creation than treading water with maintenance.
Linda Nelson
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While I agree with your
While I agree with your comments in general, facts are maintenance is boring while creativity keeps you alive. We have a standing rule around my house - chores before fun stuff... otherwise the boring stuff would never get done (and we'd live in a pig sty with broken pipes, uncut grass, etc.)... Who would like to live like that? If something works - and continues to work well - then there are a multitude of people who appreciate that don't report back to the creator, "This is working great and I love it!"... (Similiar to the housework that gets done - when it doesn't people notice it - otherwise it is an 'unnoticeable effort' upon our parts)... Example - the "AZZ Card" file software program... It is essential to just about everything I do online... As is "Cool Menu"... Whenever I upgrade to a new computer, these are the first two software programs I install... I try to think of maintenance in this fashion (and it makes it much easier for me to accept)... While life goes on and grows like a coral reef, it is built on the basis of something... And if that basis is disturbed, threatened or destroyed, it wouldn't matter how beautiful the coral reef is - it'll die without a foundation... And maintenance is a foundation, as boring as it is!
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I agree with your sentiment
I agree with your sentiment absolutely. For myself, this is also true. Unfortunately, my experience is that the tools I want to do the job aren't quite up to snuff yet (no pun intended). However, Wiki and Drupal take us most the way there, as your ongoing projects continue to demonstrate.


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For sale is my Active Autowerke Gen 6 Level 1.5 HKS Supercharger Kit. I love this kit but it has come time to switch things up to another set up. I purchased this kit brand new and has 8k miles on it. I put down 422 whp and 310 wtq on a Dyno Dynamics on 91 craptane with headers. This kit will see better numbers if on 93 octane as I've seen anywhere from 430-450 whp with this same kit with other members here.
Here is my build thread when I first purchased this kit My Build thread
This kit is the "upgraded" Gen 6 level 1.5 that has the same size intercooler as the level 2. This kit can be easily upgraded to a level 2 by contacting AA. Here are the specs of a Gen 7 level 1 kit from AA's site:
Retail Price for Level 1 $7995.00
Performance Specs:
Power : 510 BHP @ 7650 rpm
Torque : 365 ft/lbs @ 5400 rpm
Boost Level : 9-10 psi
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HKS GTS8550 Supercharger
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The only difference from the Gen 6 to Gen 7 is the manifold. I had the manifold wrapped in real 1x1 carbon fiber along with a clear coat. The intercooler has been anodized black to have a more concealed look. This will be a COMPLETE kit, everything you need to install if you're a 6MT. SMG cars will only need to get a SMG reservoir bracket. I'm including the HKS traction fluid for the supercharger and the pictured HKS SSQV blow off valve. The only things you will need are new NGK Iridium spark plugs, the recommended new fuel filter, and a tune.
For the tune, you can either call AA and get a tune based on what mods your M3 has (headers or no headers/ desired octane) which should run around $500 or so. You can also use a local tuner close to you who can tune supercharged M3's or even one of the sponsors here, Evolve. This kit is currently on my M3 but will be coming off this weekend.
If you are local to the Bay Area, I can include a FREE AA canned tune for a 91 octane, 6MT, headers, with shift light. I have this canned tune on my laptop along with a data cable. I can upload this tune on your M3 in a few minutes. This kit is currently on my M3 but will be coming off this weekend.
I am also taking off my car a set of my M3AN ONE V2 stainless headers. This is the last set of my version 2 headers which have thin flanges and ZERO clearance issues. These were on my car for around 1K miles at the most. I can have these ceramic coated if the buyer wants for an extra $260.
Price $600.00
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Final Cloud Cover Tip of the Week for Wade
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It's been an honor – and a lot of fun! – to co-host the Cloud Cover show. This short clip highlights just how much fun we had.
Thanks everyone!
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