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JERUSALEM {AP} Palestinian tour guide Ali Jeddah didn't beat around the bush when he greeted his customers, an Arizona couple, at the Old City's Jaffa Gate.
"Welcome to Jerusalem, which I hope will be the capital of a future Palestinian state," said Jeddah, 49, a tall man with a goatee.
Next to his picture, a caption informed that Jeddah was an "ex-political prisoner turned tour guide" who served 17 years in an Israeli jail.
A few minutes away on foot, near the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine, Yossi Baumol of the Ateret Cohanim settlement group welcomed a dozen Jewish American tourists.
Jews need to buy property in Arab districts to ensure that Jerusalem once again becomes a Jewish city, Baumol, 46, a Brooklyn native sporting a trimmed beard and blue skullcap, told the group.
Although they live and work in the same city, their tours took different routes, overlapping only once.
Jeddah took his group to Christian holy sites, stopping along the way to point out Stars of David and Israeli flags atop homes in the Muslim and Christian quarters, symbols of Jewish bridgeheads. He showed the visitors rows of shops he claimed closed because the Israeli government was charging high taxes and rents.
Baumol's tour led from the Western Wall to an archaeological tunnel whose opening by Israel in 1996 sparked bloody Palestinian riots amid claims never proven that the pathway helped crack the foundations of the Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine.
A major stop for both guides was the home of hard-line Israeli politician Ariel Sharon in the Old City's Muslim Quarter an irritation to the Palestinians and a sign of solidarity to the Jewish settlers. Sharon lives on a farm in the Negev Desert and spends little time in the Muslim Quarter apartment he bought in the late 1980s to make a political statement.
Jeddah pointed to armed guards posted outside the building and the security cameras taping passers-by. He said the need for such precautions implied Jews don't belong in the Muslim Quarter. "I'm a star on this particular video," joked Jeddah, who passes by daily with his groups of tourists.
Baumol pointed to the Star of David engraved above Sharon's entrance door, saying it indicated the home historically belonged to Jews. He pulled out a key and led the group into the building, which houses three Arab and five Jewish families, including Sharon's. This is proof Jews buying Arab property aren't trying to force all Arabs out, Baumol said.
Jeddah said Jewish bridgeheads like Sharon's home are intended to make life uncomfortable for Palestinians. Israeli policemen posted outside Sharon's home often frisk Palestinians passing by, and shopkeepers in the cobblestone alley complain that business is down because potential shoppers take other routes to avoid walking past the Israeli security men.
Down the street from Sharon's apartment, Jeddah visited a small pottery store and shook hands with the owner whose 20-year-old son was killed in 1989 by a member of the anti-Arab group Kach.
"To this day, if you ask him, he'll tell you: 'I don't hate Jews. I hate those who killed my son,"' Jeddah told the Tucson couple, Jeff Backer and Sally Martin, both in their 20s. The shopkeeper nodded in affirmation.
Jeddah himself has traveled a long way in how he views Israelis.
After Israel captured east Jerusalem, including the Old City, from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war, the then 17-year-old joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a radical PLO faction. In the summer of 1968, he and four other PFLP members planted bombs in Jewish neighborhoods.
Jeddah's bomb detonated in a trash can outside the Bikur Holim Hospital and wounded nine people. Jeddah was caught and served 17 years in an Israeli jail.
He has since sworn off violence, and wants to advance his people's cause by giving political tours and lectures.
Jeddah now advocates turning Jerusalem into a capital for both peoples, with Israelis getting the western portion and Palestinians the eastern part.
Baumol made sure his group learned about Jewish victims in the struggle for the city. At the Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva, a seminary in the Muslim Quarter, he pointed to wall pictures of three seminary students killed by Palestinians as they walked through the alleys of the Old City.
The ever-present threat of Palestinian violence has forced the seminary to hire armed guards who accompany students, Baumol said. Baumol settled in Israel 22 years ago, driven by the belief that he should help shape the future of Israel and particularly of Jerusalem.
Baumol, the executive director of the group, said he takes visitors on tours to raise money and to present the settlers' side of the story.
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The sensors have resolutions from VGA up to 10Mpixels and some can run at 10,000 full frames per second. The sensor architecture can consist of two halves, quadrants or one pixel array. The outputs can be parallel analog outputs, one digital 10 bit output or digital serial LVDS outputs. The outputs operate at speeds up to 50Msamples/s each, thus realizing a 5.5Gpix/sec pixel throughput. This is the highest reported continuous pixel throughput for an image sensor to date. Image quality is at least 10bit, so after digitization in the camera the data throughput can be 55Gbit/sec. The target applications always require a 6T snapshot pixel with a high sensitivity and high dynamic range. The sensitivity of these image sensors depends greatly on the pixel size. This results in very big pixels and thus very big custom image sensors for some specific applications. Internal multiplexing schemes allow random windowing with increased frame rate. When reducing the window size to a small ROI, the frame rate rises up to 170,000 frames/sec. Most sensors are realized in a 0.25 process.
Recent trends in high speed image sensors
Today CMOS is the technology preferred for high-speed imaging. In today's market we can clearly see three trends in high-speed image sensors; very high speed, feature integration on-chip and generic high-speed imagers.
Pixel rate is the product of resolution and frame rate, and it is advancing by huge proportions. Today we can announce an image sensor of 1024x1024 pixels, working at more than 5000 full frames per second. Taking 10-bit quality into account, this means a total data rate on camera level of 55Gbit/sec. To achieve this extremely high data rate on the sensor level, combined with high image quality and (typically for this type of application) a very high sensitivity, it is important to not only focus on the design with respect to correct schematics, but also making sure the whole layout is well balanced. This means that power lines need to be well-distributed and all parasitic effects, electrical and optical, on each node in the layout should be well controlled. The power budget requires the designs of low power modules to keep within the total power requirement.
Examples of applications for high speed image sensors.
A different trend, in high-speed imaging, is the integration of high-speed ADC's, sequencers, LVDS transmitters and correction algorithms on-chip. These imagers are generally inferior with respect to speed and sensitivity to the imagers above but compensate this with ease-of-use and system integration capabilities. A third type of imagers we see emerging in the market today are generic high-speed imagers. Older (simple) generic imagers with analog outputs or without on-board timing generation are being replaced by faster and more complex image sensors. These imagers allow generic high-speed cameras to be built in a short amount of time.
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Although a site visit is not an interview, you are still expected to be on your best behavior. As a representative of your college/university, you can give employers a positive impression by showing an interest in the day's activities and asking well-researched questions. Avoid side-bar conversations and cell phone usage during the site visit and use the best possible etiquette.
Bring a few copies of your resume to this event, as it is a good opportunity to keep in touch with a potential employer for an internship or after you graduate. Follow the lead of the employer in regards to handing out your resume.
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Lawless is a brand new star studded movie by director John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) about a gang of bootleggers in Virginia during the Great Depression. And when we say star-studded, we really mean it: Guy Pierce, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy and Shia LeBoeuf signed up for the gritty and evocative story about brothers who try to create their own American Dream during Prohibition.
None other than Nick Cave helped Hillcoat with the screenplay, while he also took great care of the movie's soundtrack. Cave and fellow musician Warren Ellis form the core of The Bootleggers, a country and bluegrass ensemble that welcome a string of guests artist like Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley and Mark Lanegan. The Lawless OST contains cover versions of artists such as Velvet Underground and Captain Beefheart and also features original compositions by Cave/Ellis and the great Willie Nelson!
2. Burnin' Hell (The Boot leggers feat. Nick Cave)
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6. Cosmonaut (The Bootleggers feat. Emmylou Harris)
7. Fire in the Blood / Snake Song (Medley) -Fire in the Blood, (The Bootleggers feat. Ralph Stanley) -Snake Song (The Bootleggers feat. Emmylou Harris)
8. So You'll Aim Towards the Sky (The Bootleggers feat. Liela Moss and Emmylou Harris)
9. Fire in the Blood (The Bootleggers feat. Emmylou Harris)
10. Fire and Brimstone (Ralph Stanley)
11. Sure 'Nuff Yes I Do (The Bootleggers feat. Mark Lanegan)
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14. Midnight Run (Willie Nelson)
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Vinyl records are able to capture the purest quality of recorded music in true form. This is possible because the initial recording is captured on an analog source (usually tape) for the ultimate in High Fidelity sound, it is then pressed onto virgin vinyl. Analog recordings capture the bottom end (or bass) while adding sweetness to the high end (or treble) better than any digital recording ever could. Analog systems are still commonly used before they are digitally transferred to CD. This means that the sound then is altered in the transfer process when CD's are produced. The word fidelity means accuracy and faithfulness. High Fidelity sound is faithful to the original sound made by the artist, capturing maximum accuracy of what was intended for the listener to hear. Vinyl records capture those sounds for the ultimate High Fidelity listening experience!
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These vinyl records are produced with 180 or 200 grams of high definition premium grade virgin vinyl. This is a higher quality audiophile pressing than the typical vinyl record of 100-120 grams. These limited edition LP's are manufactured with the hi-fi enthusiast in mind. A 180 or 200 gram LP is sometimes also referred to as an audiophile pressing, there is a higher bass response and an even warmer High Fidelity sound. 180 or 200 grams LP's are typically manufactured in limited amounts and are considered collectables, commanding a higher price.
Typically, a vinyl reissue is a repressing of an original LP, usually extracted from the recording's master-tapes. In some cases, reissues are remastered to lower surface noise and improve overall sonics. Reissues help preserve the music of an original recording, especially when original LPs become unavailable or can no longer be found. Reissues can be pressed on a variety of thickness from 150 gram to 200 gram and offer a great opportunity for records collectors to own many classic recordings.
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Meet a Baltimore Tech Entrepreneur, talk about jobs!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 · 1 PM - 3 PM
As part of the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship's Career Week celebration, come by Entre-space after our Entrepreneurial Panel to network with Sharon Paley. Sharon Paley (gb.tc) will be attending the speaker panel and then will be staying an additional 2 hours to meet and talk with our students. She has a wealth of knowledge about the Baltimore Tech community and has a vast network of people. If your interested in learning about job opportunities in the Baltimore area, she's a great resource.
Here's some info about Sharon
Sharon Paley is a leading organizer of the Baltimore innovation and technology community. Honored by the White House in July of 2013 for her work building and growing the city's civic hacking community, Sharon is dedicated to the idea that innovation, technology, and transparency are the keys to empower and improve the quality of life of Charm City's citizens.
As Chief Operating Officer for gb.tc (formerly, Greater Baltimore
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In addition to the established businesses in the region, Sharon works closely with early-stage start ups -- providing mentorship and connections which help move them toward real, sustainable revenue.
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Don't worry if you don't know where Entre-space is, it's still new to campus. It is in the old theater building, down the hall from the Retriever Success Center classrooms.
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There are a number of heavy-weight equipment and vehicles that are required for carrying out military operations. Generally, these armored trucks are fighting vehicles which have versatile uses. However the amour of these trucks is not uniform in every vehicle. While it might be bulky in some types of trucks, others may have lightweight armor. According to the kind of armor that is use, the uses of these trucks keep varying.
Some Most Popular Uses of Armored Military Vehicles
It is obvious that one of the most popular uses of military uses of military vehicles will be in direct engagement with the opposition forces. However, apart from fighting the enemy, there are several other purposes that these armored vehicles serve in military operations. They might also be used in order to manage situations regarding internal security or serve as an armed escort or convoy for important military leaders.
The structure and relatively lightweight build of these trucks is much more convenient when compared to tanks. Hence, they are much more mobile and can be used for a wide range of functions. Discussed below are some important design features of armored trucks that make them suitable for military use:
Features of Armored Vehicles
Sturdy Body
The external body of the truck is made keeping in mind that it must be safe from exterior damages. The material is sturdy and of the best quality. The entire external body as well as the windows is designed to fight off external damage and keep the passengers safe. Unlike any other normal vehicle, an armored truck or car is capable of taking damage and continue to run effectively. As can be imagined, this proves to be of great help in areas of brewing conflict.
Can Run on Deflated Tires
Most areas where military operations are being carried on are likely to have a potentially volatile atmosphere. Conflict can arise at any moment without warning and the necessary preparations have to be made beforehand. An important reason why armored vehicles are widely used by the military is that they can run on deflated tires. The tires of any vehicle are the primary part to be targeted since most vehicles cannot run without them. However, armored trucks can run for a few miles on deflated tires. These few miles might give the passengers enough time to take cover.
Bulky Trucks can Push Past Obstacles
In most conflict areas, the landscape might not be exactly travel-friendly. Any running vehicle might have to encounter blockades, rubble and other obstacles. The weight and design of the trucks is such that it can remove obstacles from its way while on move. For practical reason, this proves to be extremely helpful in some situations.
Military operations are not always limited to areas of conflict. In some cases, maintaining internal security may be the aim. In this case, there are not many vehicles that offer sturdiness and mobility at the same time. Armored trucks are among a few that can navigate through narrow streets of urban areas. Here are top 4 reasons to ask yourself before buying an armored car.


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Planning Your Catholic Wedding
Three tips for a great Catholic Wedding
Whatever reasons you might have for deciding to get married in the Catholic Church, the best reason is that the sacrament of Matrimony will supercharge your marriage with divine grace and the support of the whole community of faith. The guidance that the Church offers to couples preparing for marriage is aimed at helping them receive those special "wedding gifts" as fully as possible. Here are three tips to help you better understand that guidance—and make your Catholic wedding ceremony as beautiful and joyful as possible:
1. Focus on preparing for a lifelong marriage
The Catholic Church spends a great deal of time and energy helping engaged couples prepare for a strong, vibrant, lifelong marriage. Interviews, personality inventories, classes or retreats, and meetings with married couples may all be part of the marriage preparation process. Most dioceses require couples to wait four to twelve months before being married so that they have enough time to prepare for their marriage.
Some couples view the process of preparing for marriage as a burden that gets in the way of planning the wedding day. In retrospect, however, the vast majority of married couples say that the time they spent on marriage preparation activities was valuable. As the old adage goes, "A wedding is for a day; a marriage is for a lifetime." So try to spend more time preparing for your marriage than planning for your wedding day.
2. Put God first on your guest list
At the beginning of the Celebration of Matrimony (the Catholic wedding ritual), the priest or deacon says to the couple: "You have come together here before a minister of the Church and in the presence of this community so that your intention to enter into Marriage may be strengthened by the the Lord with a sacred seal" (#124). That sums up the difference between a Catholic wedding and a civil ceremony: the focus of a civil wedding may be the couple alone, but in a Catholic wedding, the focus is on the couple in relationship to God, one another, and their faith community. A Catholic wedding is more than a legal formality or even a celebration; it is a liturgy, the whole community praying to God.
Inviting God into your marriage enriches it in supernatural ways. "Authentic married love is caught up into divine love," the Church says (The Church in the Modern World #48). And the marriage of two baptized people is a sacrament in which Christ gives the spouses the strength they need to help one another, to forgive one another, and "to love one another with supernatural, tender, and fruitful love" (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1642). So as you make up your wedding "to do" list, think about where God fits in your plans.
3. Let your wedding be a prayer of the Church
Most parishes invite the couple to take an active role in planning their wedding liturgy. After all, in the Roman Catholic Church, the bride and groom—not the priest or deacon—are the ministers of the sacrament of Matrimony (Catechism #1623).
As you plan your wedding, however, keep in mind that getting married "in the Church" means much more than holding the wedding in a church building. It means inviting the Church to participate in the wedding in a way that creates a special relationship between the couple and the whole community of faith. That's why the Church requires that weddings follow the form outlined in The Order of Celebrating Matrimony (see Catechism of the Catholic Church #1631).
The Church's wedding guidelines may rule out some possibilities, such as getting married in a hot air balloon (although you could always take off from the reception in one). But the Catholic wedding liturgy offers so much more: namely, the prayers of the whole Church for God's blessing on your marriage.
As you plan various elements of the wedding, then, focus on what will help you and your guests pray for God's blessing on your marriage. The wedding industry encourages couples to focus on external decorations as they plan their wedding: floral arrangements, dress designs, reception menus, and so on. By contrast, the Church invites couples to focus on planning the liturgical aspects of the wedding: the Scripture readings, the psalm, the music, the prayers of the faithful, the preparation of the gifts, and many other elements. The Church believes that a really beautiful wedding comes from the presence of God shining through the worship of the assembled people. Done right, a good Catholic wedding is a poem, a dance, and a feast, all rolled into one; it is a work of art that reveals the love of the couple "caught up into divine love" (The Church in the Modern World #48).
The people at your parish have the training and experience to help you make that liturgy as beautiful and meaningful as possible, so don't hesitate to seek and follow their advice as you plan your wedding. For a preview of what to expect, click through the steps in the wedding planning menu at left. Other helpful resources for planning your Catholic wedding can be found on the "Additional Resources" page.
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It was very good: A heavenly plan for marriage (Word Among Us)
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Gina Homolka managed to do what so many have tried--make low calorie food we truly want to eat. Homolka gained widespread recognition with her Skinnytaste blog and last year she wrote The Skinnytaste Cookbook which became an immediate bestseller.
For her follow-up, Homolka wrote a cookbook that answers a question many of her fans and followers asked: what can we make fast? Skinnytaste Fast and Slow brings the answers with 30 meals that can be made in 30 minutes and 60 recipes for slow cooker saviors. While the slow cooker does it's magic, you might even have time to catch up on a book--maybe one of Homolka's own favorites from this year.See her picks below, and look here for more celebritys' recommended reads. Learn more about the Amazon Books Editors' picks for the Best Books of the Year.
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Well [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bret Michaels[/lastfm] is finally getting married, and it only took five seasons of really compelling reality television to get it done. How could she say no? Bret proposed on his latest reality show, wouldn't have been good for ratings.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bret Michaels[/lastfm] is engaged to his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Canadian model Kristi Gibson.
The Rock of Love star proposed to Gibson during the season finale of Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It. He bent down on one knee and said to Gibson: "Please say yes or the rejection will kill me right now."
Gibson, who is the mother of his daughters Raine, 10, and Jorja, 5, accepted his proposal. The pair have been together for 16 years.
Gibson said: "I'm speechless. He doesn't know how happy he just made me."
Michaels then quipped: "Talk about putting the cart in front of the horse! Now we'll be together forever."
In a recent interview with Us magazine, Michaels explained that Gibson had been right by his side during his brain hemorrhage and stroke earlier this year.
He hinted that he might propose to her, saying: "She's the one who put up with me all these years."


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SUNDERLAND head coach Gus Poyet could be forced to look elsewhere for midfield reinforcements after Swansea City boss Garry Monk revealed Ki Sung-Yueng is part of his plans next season.
The Black Cats boss was keen to negotiate a permanent deal for the South Korean international after he established himself as a key component in Poyet's preferred style of play during his season-long loan spell.
The 25-year-old played a big part in the side that reached the Capital One Cup final in March, and after securing their Premier League status for another year, Poyet admitted he was keen to keep the midfielder on Wearside before his form trailed off in the final weeks of the season.
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The need for midfield reinforcements has been highlighted by the departures of Craig Gardner – who was allowed to leave last month – and Jack Colback, who joined rivals Newcastle United on Monday.
Jordi Gomez has already signed on after leaving Wigan Athletic on a free transfer, but the likelihood of Ki returning to the Stadium of Light has diminished.
The South Korean international, who is in Brazil preparing for his country's World Cup opener against Russia on June 17, was deemed surplus to requirements by former Swans boss Michael Laudrup, but Monk has different ideas after being installed as the Danish manager's permanent successor, and he is willing to give the former Celtic man another chance to prove his worth in south Wales.
"I think Ki is a quality player and, as things stand, he will be with us next season," Monk revealed.
"Ki can add quality to our squad, he proved that with his performances at Sunderland last season.
"If he is with us next season and he plays and he does well, we will then look at extending his contract."
Poyet has been monitoring a number of other midfield options including Cardiff City's Jordan Mutch and Valencia's Ever Banega, but he faces a battle for both with the south Wales outfit unwilling to sell despite relegation to the Championship, while Tottenham are also understood to be interested in Banega.
Poyet has already allowed several players leave the Stadium of Light this summer, but despite reports he could be set for a quick return to Argentina, it seems the Black Cats boss is willing to give Ignacio Scocco another chance to impress.
Sunderland spent £3m to sign the striker from Internacional in January, but he failed to live up to expectations making just two starts in his first five months on Wearside.
Boca Juniors have shown an interest in offering the 29-year-old a route back to South America, but the player's representative, Fabian Soldini, revealed it is more likely that Scocco will stay in England, unless Sunderland receive an offer that matches what they paid for him.
"The only way that Scocco could be transferred to Boca is if they pay the same money that Sunderland invested in him, which would be near 5.5million dollars.
"On the other hand, the coach of Sunderland wants Scocco in his team and it is he who makes the decisions at that club.
"Taking that into account, it would be difficult for him to be transferred to an Argentinian team. But, in football, anything can happen."
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Dipped my tower cans from black to white tonight. Still letting it setup and will clean up the bracket later today. Will see how it holds up. I dipped all the emblems on my new truck back in August and it still looks as good as the day I did it.Attachment 17397
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For someone like me here in Canada.. but not anywheres near Vancouver or Toronto, a taste of home is really hard to come by. Besides a few blogger friends who had bought me and sent me quite a few .. my daughter's godmother from Toronto would bring some for me.. when she comes for her holiday or when the man's aunt is in Toronto, she too tries and get me some. During the aunt's last trip .. they can't find any .. for the store that used to carry them.. no longer did. It was a really sad day for me, although i told the Aunt that it was alright. But Prima Taste Laksa made me so happy.. i almost cried.. when i had the first taste of it. It was so easy to cook.. and it really tasted like the authentic katong laksa.
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My son came home at 12 years old with an arm shaped like an L, & not at the elbow. His arm was pretty beat up too. Decent amount of blood. Bike wreck. He casually walked up to me & asked: "Mom, do you think I have to go to the doctor for this or can we fix this here?" His face showed he was obviously in pain, but no whining, crying, moaning, groaning, writhing on the ground.
I drove him to the hospital where he quietly waited in the waiting room 'till they got to him. A few tears went down his face, but no whining. No stretcher, no IV's, no anesthetic, etc.
And again the kid was 12!
Two years later he not only broke his finger, but crushed the knuckle. We didn't find out for 2 days, until I noticed he had been favoring that hand. He figured it would get better in it's own. He needed surgery.
Brooks, on the other hand, was acting like he lost a limb. Big crybaby!!
"Success is getting what you want; Happiness is wanting what you get."
Again, and I can't stress this enough due to personal experience...
Everyone has different pain tolerance levels. Everyone. It is just impossible to compare one person's level of pain/discomfort, to another persons. To try to say that Brooks was a crybaby (I never saw a single tear shed btw, so not sure why crybaby comes in to play anyway), isn't a fair statement. Kudo's to your son for having a high pain tolerance I guess, but like I said before, my friend who is highly sensitive to pain, would have probably felt like he WAS losing a limb. Everyone is different! I don't know why this concept seems to be so hard to grasp lol. He did have to go to the hospital - its what you do when you break a bone for goodness sake. It's not like Neosporin and Band-Aid would have fixed it LOL
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That is a cute dog, he cant be all bad if he likes dogs( Sean loves dogs as well )l
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I love his teeth! Smart money says he is on percoset and feeling very good! I broke my shoulder in December and I felt wonderful for weeks! He probably has a 30 day run on them. hmmmmmm
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His teeth look clean, white and fairly straight. I don't mind them, they're big but he's got a big face and he's 6'4. I'm sure they look fine in real life.
Most of the men seen so effeminate to me this season, I'd be annoyed with the selection if I were Des.
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Serves: 4 as a main, 6 as a generous starter
Cooking time: 45 minutes
400g parsnips
2 tbsps butter
1 tsp thyme leaves
1 clove crushed garlic
50g toasted walnuts chopped
200ml milk
60g butter
80g plain flour – sieved
2 eggs
100g gruyère
1 tbsp chopped parsley or chives
Salt & pepper
Oil for deep frying
Peel and core the parsnips, and chop roughly. Melt the 2 tbsps butter and toss through the parsnips with the thyme. Season and roast until tender in a preheated oven (200C) for about 40 minutes.
Blend in a food processor with the garlic and walnuts until smooth.
In a small saucepan, bring the milk and 60g butter up to a simmer. Tip in the sifted flour and beat vigorously until the mix comes away from the side of the pan.
Allow to cool until tepid, then beat in the eggs one at a time. Fold in the puréed parsnip mix, herbs and cheese. Season well.
Deep fry in sunflower oil at about 180C. Using two dessert spoons, drop balls into the oil and fry for about 3 to 4 minutes until golden brown.
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New airport routes bring flights boost
12 Jan 2012
GLASGOW Airport is flying high as more passengers jet in and out of Scotlands biggest city.
New figures show it is far busier now than it was three years ago, with management hoping that trend will continue.
Despite the ongoing harsh financial climate thousands of extra passengers flew off to sunnier climes from Glasgow in 2011.
Every month except for November saw passenger numbers up on 2010, and December ended on a high when 60,377 more passengers passed through the airport than 12 months previously.
The increase represented a hike in numbers of almost 17%.
There is still more to be done to support growth at airport Expanding the route network will remain our main focus
New figures revealed the airport, Scotlands largest, handled nearly 6.9 million holidaymakers and travellers during 2011, 334,788 more than in the previous year.
The 5.1% increase was the best since 2009 and is seen as a sign of regrowth at what was once the countrys busiest airport.
A strong demand for international travel and the launch of new routes to Madrid, in Spain, and Stavanger, in Norway, played a pivotal role in the airports resurgence, as did the arrival of Jet2.com in March, which now flies to 16 destinations.
And holiday companies and airlines such as Thomas Cook, Virgin, British Airways and US Airways also met growing demand by increasing capacity on existing routes.
The airports commercial director, Francois Bourienne, said: Expanding Glasgows route network will remain our main focus for 2012 and we have already made a strong start to the year with the news Emirates Airline will introduce a second daily non-stop flight to Dubai. Jet2.com will launch direct flights to Rome and Barcelona in March, so there is much to be excited about.
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has actively supported the airports drive for growth.
Chief executive Stuart Patrick said: We congratulate the team at Glasgow Airport for all the work done in 2011.
That said, there is still more which could be done to support future growth at the airport.
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MSPs secure talks aimed at restoring air link to Pakistan
POLITICIANS are hopeful of restoring Scotland's only direct air link with Pakistan after securing talks with Government ministers from the country.
Hanzala Malik, Labour MSP for Glasgow, said he had been given an assurance by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) the state-owned firm will reinstate the city's twice-weekly flight to Lahore that was withdrawn a year ago.
The service, which was introduced in 2006, was popular with Scotland's 50,000-strong Pakistani community and its loss has forced many passengers to travel to Manchester or London to catch alternative flights.
Mr Malik, who met Pakistan's trade minister last October to lobby for reintroduction of the flight, said the response had been sympathetic but stressed he had not yet received a guarantee of reinstating it.
He said: "What we do have is correspondence that states they will include Glasgow in the next scheduling programme. We have not yet received a response from the Pakistani Government.
"We do not yet know when the next scheduling is due and it is only then that we can be sure it will be put back on and people can buy tickets. We're not done yet."
Restoration of the direct Pakistan route would be a major boon to Glasgow's long-haul network, after Emirates announced an additional daily flight to Dubai earlier this month.
The campaign to restore the air link has also been supported by Humza Yousaf, the SNP MSP for Glasgow, who has met PIA officials to discuss the route.
However, there are fears the expansion of the Glasgow-Dubai service will make it more difficult for PIA to re-establish a direct service as passengers will have more options to fly via the Middle Eastern hub.
Despite tough competition in the aviation sector, many in Scotland's Pakistani community feel the demise of the Glasgow-Lahore service had more to do with mismanagement by PIA than a lack of demand.
Mr Malik said a lot of his constituents had claimed seats were limited on particular services only to find the plane was half-empty when they boarded.
A spokesman for Glasgow Airport said its own market research demonstrated there is adequate demand to support restoration of the route. He added: "Pakistan International Airlines' direct flight between Glasgow and Lahore was first introduced in 2006 and was hugely popular, carrying almost 30,000 passengers every year until its withdrawal in January 2011.
"There is still a strong demand for the route and we would lend our support to the calls for its re-introduction."
As well as playing an important role in maintaining links between the Scottish Pakistani diaspora and relatives in Pakistan, the Lahore service was used by Scottish export firms to access new markets, Mr Malik said.
He added: "I have seen more varieties of Irn-Bru in cities like Multan than you get in most shops in Scotland. And that was because of the PIA flight."
Mr Yousaf said the flight was particularly important for elderly people who found the inconvenience of changing flights more stressful.
He said people who wished to bury relatives in Pakistan at the earliest opportunity, in accordance with Islamic practice, had been forced to travel via Manchester, causing additional distress to them.
l British Airways is to resume flights to Libya in May, 15 months after they were suspended as the country descended into bloodshed.
The decision to reinstate three services a week to the capital, Tripoli, followed a "thorough security review" involving the Government and the new Libyan authorities, the airline said.
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Edinburgh and Glasgow airports see passenger numbers fall
Bit of a treading water scenario at Glasgow Airport by the sounds of it, given the wind at the beginning of the year. Substantial decline at Edinburgh Airport with a 4.4% drop. Over-reliance on Ryanair is being mooted as the problems at EDI (where they have cut 25% of their winter schedules there).
Passenger numbers at Scotland's two biggest airports fell last month, according to figures from operator BAA.
Passenger traffic at Edinburgh fell by 4.4% year-on-year to 557,400, which BAA said was caused by "an expected dip" in the airport's winter schedule.
Glasgow Airport also saw numbers drop by 0.4% to 416,300.
However, BAA-owned Aberdeen Airport recorded a 13.9% increase in passenger figures to 227,600.
BAA's UK airports served a total of 7.5 million passengers in January, an increase of 0.5% on the previous year.
The operator said the fall in numbers at Edinburgh was "partially mitigated" by the addition of several new routes.
Glasgow's fall was blamed on the impact of high winds which caused widespread disruption across Scotland on 3 January.
However, the airports operator said a strong demand for overseas travel boosted international traffic at Glasgow last month.
Glasgow Airport managing director Amanda McMillan said: "International traffic was the main driver of our growth in 2011 and we are pleased to see this trend continue into 2012."
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Budget airline easyJet has revealed it has flown 20million passengers out of Glasgow Airport over the last 16 years.
It has also flown 10million people into the city air hub in that time.
The airlines first flight from the city was to Luton Airport in 1996 and the company now has 15 routes out of Glasgow.
Over the past 12 months
it says it has flown 1.7m passengers in and out of Glasgow Airport.
Hugh Aitken, easyJets commercial manager for Scotland, said: Reaching 20m passengers out of Glasgow caps an incredible year for easyJet in Scotland.
Glasgow is a key hub in the European expansion strategy for easyJet, and reaching this passenger milestone reflects our commitment to providing passengers with a greater choice of destinations across both the leisure and business-travel markets.
Our routes also bring vital investment into the region, and we will continue to work with the Team Glasgow partnership to support the tourism industry across Glasgow and the rest of Scotland.
Budget airline Ryanair has announced it will axe five routes from Scotlands busiest airport.
The cuts at Edinburgh Airport are expected to lead to 300 people losing their job and passenger traffic dropping by 15%, from 1.8 million to 1.5 million.
Ryanair said today it would reduce its operating aircraft at the hub from seven to six.
It means the end of flights to and from Berlin in Germany, Malmo in Sweden, Murcia and Ibiza in Spain, and Estonia. Closure of the routes will begin in April and will be in full effect for the airlines summer schedule.
The number of flights Ryanair operates from the airport each week will drop by a fifth (21%), from 140 to 110.
The company blamed a breakdown of negotiations about costs with airport operator BAA.
Ryanair warned that further cuts could be on the horizon if BAA Edinburgh does not extend its five-year competitive cost agreement, due to expire in October.
Michael OLeary, Ryanair chief executive, said: Ryanair regrets BAA Edinburgh Airports rejection of our proposals for a competitive cost base which would allow Ryanair to further grow our traffic and routes for summer 2012.
Sadly, BAA Edinburgh seems to prefer higher costs, even if it means fewer passengers and jobs at Edinburgh.
Flybe ups capacity on key Glasgow route with extra 70k seats
Flybe, Europes largest regional airline and the UKs Number One Domestic carrier, has Increased capacity on one of its key routes from Glasgow International Airport, namely its popular three times a day weekday service to Birmingham, and has based one of its state-of-the-art Embraer 195 jet aircraft at the airport for the first time to facilitate this upgrade. This has resulted in an additional 70k seats now being available for sale.
In a further move designed to provide its Glasgow passengers and frequent flyers with additional benefits and to ensure their flying experience is even better, Flybe will also be opening a new Executive Lounge in the next few months.
Flybe currently offers up to 82 flights a week on this key route between Glasgow and Birmingham that will now be operated exclusively by the 118-seat jet aircraft featuring roomy 2x2 seat configuration. One way fares are from £29.99 including taxes and airport charges.
Simon Lilley, Flybes Director of Marketing comments: We are committed to listening and responding to the needs of our passengers and this is why we have taken the decision to base one of our state-of-the-art Embraer 195 fleet at Glasgow. Our Glasgow to Birmingham service is particularly popular with business passengers and now not only do they have a schedule that offers a choice of flights that are ideal for convenient day returns but also a brand new jet service. We are continually striving to provide a better flying experience for our passengers and our decision to base one of our larger jet aircraft at Glasgow is just one extra way in which we are delivering on that commitment.
Glasgow Airports Commercial Director, Francois Bourienne, adds: Flybes decision to upgrade its aircraft is excellent news for customers. The airline is responding to an increase in demand for the service, which is extremely popular with both business and leisure passengers, and the decision to introduce a new aircraft on the route clearly demonstrates Flybes commitment to Glasgow Airport and the West of Scotland.
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Fingers crossed something happens with this, they really do need something other than the bus to link to the centre. Unlikely anything will be up and running for the Commonwealth Games though, unfortunately that's when it's needed, especially with the additional flights during the period. I guess anyone over for the games will get to experience an infamous M8 traffic jam. Lucky em'.
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Yeah, of all proposals it makes the most sense as it can be applied all over the city taking advantage of the best of both worlds.
Sounds far too sensible to ever happen.
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It will be interesting to see how this develops, tram-trains have been discussed as far back as 2007 (although not as an airport link)
If they made a cirle of tram line around the city centre, passing Central, Queen Street (even going to High Street if their long term ambition is to make it a big important station) then this would not only free up a platform at Central by making the airport tram-train terminate outside Central, it allows Cathcart Circle, Paisley Canal, and any other lines that can be converted to tram-trains to free up Central Platforms by terminating in the street: in fact Fastlink Light Rail could use it too ans also the Kirklee/Botanics line if they ever do anything with that.
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It would certainly ease the movement of suburban lines onto street level in town, and would help excorsise any fears of trams that have spawned from the Edinburgh Trams development.
It would use the heavy rail lines between Central and Paisley, but rather than have the big massive viaduct over the pitches, it would descend to street level before the Airport and before Central Station in the general area adjacent to Eglinton Street? Linking up with West Street, Bridge Street, St. Enoch, Central and Queen Street in the process? I'm all for that!
I really do wish that 'they', whoever it is that allows these transport projects to happen, would simply just commit to something and deliver it. Trams back on Glasgow's streets and a link to Glasgow Airport would be very very welcome.
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You can shelve the word "tram" for the foreseeable future. Besides, why have trams when you can extend the subway? Surely preferable to filling the streets up with more congestion?
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Candidate presentation meeting President Yusuf Egilmez Sanliurfa province, the 2nd row the island Eyüpoğlu'na bird, the Minister of Energy Star and Idris Naim Sahin Eğilmez'i calmed.
Okan Haksever / World Bulletin / Ankara
The AK Party does not end the crisis of Sanliurfa. Candidate presentation meeting President Yusuf Egilmez Sanliurfa province, the 2nd row the island Eyüpoğlu'na bird. Hall wants to leave the Minister of Energy Star and the General Secretary Eğilmez'i Idris Naim Sahin stopped.
The AK Party Urfa crisis, in March 2009 began before the mayoral election. The current mayor Ashraf Fakıbaba some lawmakers who oppose re-nominated show, "put your municipality mine jacket win," he said.
Erdogan also listening to members of parliament, the candidate did not Fakıbaba. In response, he resigned, the Felicity Party candidate Fakıbaba, lawmakers used this word as campaign material. The people of Urfa AKP MPs anger "jacket" in favor of keeping the agenda into polemiğini Fakıbaba, again won the local council.
3 months ago Sayyed Eyyüpoğlu'nun independent member of parliament who were protesting the AK Party to participate in the same province is another important member of parliament Sabah Ore, the AK Party, has resigned.
Prime Minister Erdogan, "jacket" issuing the crisis, lawmakers drew the current Urfa. On April 1 in the list of candidates that included former lawmakers just Yahya Akman, Erdogan made a new list from start to finish.
But this angry and isolated tribe leader, Zulfikar isolated, half an hour before the AK Party, resigned from the lists YSK'ya award, was an independent candidate.
Still waiting for the AK Party candidate Ibrahim Tatlises could not find in the list of the AK Party, became an independent parliamentary candidate.
The AK Party Headquarters, İzol'un AK Party did not take place in the list of previously learned how to research began. Searching for leaking information not included in the list İzol'a name.
In addition, the AK Party Headquarters, to end the crisis experienced in Sanliurfa Urfa minister Faruk Çelik added a list of the first order, but the crisis is not over in Urfa. President Yusuf Egilmez Sanliurfa Province, during a photo shoot presentation meeting in Ankara Arena candidate, parliamentary candidate, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Seyit Eyyüpoğlu'nun does not open a place for itself on the angry side, landed on the platform.
Eğilmez'i Minister and Secretary General Idris Naim Sahin Taner Yildiz persuaded. Provincial President out of the podium again, holding the hands of Erdogan, posed. However, already from the lemony Eyyüpoğlu'nun the Rigid and then wonder how Will Do was the subject of working together.
June 12 elections, cutthroat competition, the more experienced will be the province of Sanliurfa doubt.
2 independent candidate supported by the BDP on the one hand, on the other two major names like Ibrahim Tatlises, and Zulfiqar isolated kapışacak to enter parliament as an independent.
On the other hand the conflicts within the AK Party, will affect the election process.


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To say uncertainty is dragging down the markets is an understatement. The financial crisis continues to unravel in the United States. Every financial commentator is talking up the U.S. government's list of more than 100 "problem banks."
Fears of another Asian financial crisis are gaining steam. The Thai baht, the Russian ruble, and the Chinese yuan are all well off their highs and in a downtrend. Even commodities are getting rocked. Precious metal, oil, natural gas, and base metals are all in freefall.
Yet there are some surprises...
The U.S. dollar has had a solid month-long upswing and has resumed its place as the safety currency of choice. Who would have predicted that two months ago?
Over this landscape of uncertainty is a hotly contested election. We're entering the final leg of the U.S. Presidential election and it looks like it's going to come down to the wire. The latest Gallup poll has McCain/Palin edging out Obama/Biden by a relatively slim 4%(with a 3% margin of error).
Over the next two months, we're going to hear a lot about which candidate is better for the stock market and how to get positioned for whoever wins. We'll be told to sell medical industry stocks in anticipation of Obama's national healthcare system. Or we'll get told to buy oil stocks if the McCain/Palin ticket swings into the lead.
Regardless of who eventually wins, we'll have the same old problems hanging over the markets…financial crisis, recession, inflation, etc. Either candidate will have to deal with it. But a lot of investors might be pulling for Obama.
Why? The answer is because the stock market does better when a Democrat is sitting in the Oval Office. CNN says, "The stock market performs better and tends to be less volatile when Democrats are in power."
In this case, CNN is right. But should we be pulling for an Obama win just to help get the markets turned around? If we look at the historical returns of presidents from different parties, the answer may surprise you.
When it comes to the stock market, there is no better historian than Dr. Jeremy Siegel. The University of Pennsylvania professor has compiled data on the U.S. market back into the 1800's. In his book, Stocks for the Long Run (a must read for any investor) Siegel reveals the impact of a President's party affiliation.
Dr. Siegel has discovered the following:
Stock Market Performance and the U.S. Presidents
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The data suggests that our brokerage accounts would be healthier with President Obama. But these historical numbers don't tell the whole story.
For instance, Republican President Herbert Hoover officially took office January of 1929. That's nine months before the worst crash in U.S. stock market history. During his four year term the stock market fell about 80%. Hoover stayed in office until January of 1933, the same year the stock market finally hit rock bottom. The market averaged a 20% loss per year during Hoover's presidency.
Democrat Franklin Roosevelt moved into The White House close to the stock market bottom.
Under Hoover, every 100 dollars invested in the stock market was worth $20 at the end of it. Under Roosevelt, the stock market slowly climbed back to its previous 1929 highs and. The market took 13 years to return to pre-crash highs, but since Roosevelt came in at just the right time, the market returned about 400% over his four terms. That would make every $20 invested at the start of Roosevelt's presidency worth about $100 at the end.
In reality, the $100 an investor had in the market when Hoover took over would have just been about $100 at the end of Roosevelt's presidency.
Roosevelt came in at exactly the right time. The difference in returns (an 80% loss in four years compared to a 400% gains in 13 years) has a big impact when we look at returns over the past 20 years. Considering there's only a 2.6% average difference in annual returns, that one 17-year huge price swing accounts for a big part of the difference.
Also, we've got to consider President Bill Clinton rode the tech-bubble to astounding annual returns. And, of course by luck of the draw, he got out just two months before the March 2001 peak. Republican Richard Nixon was in office during the early 70's bear market as well and resigned at the worst possible time from a stock market valuation perspective.
In short, Republicans get the boot at the bottom and Democrats come in and ride the inevitable return.
But are the democrats causing the stock market to rebound? If so, how? Is it their policies? Their ability to instill confidence in the U.S. economy? Or have they been just lucky? Not even the biggest Bush-hater would suggest that his policies triggered the dot.com crash.
Frankly, it's a tough one to call. History moves in big waves, sweeping everything with it, including Presidents. But one thing we can tell from additional data: when the same political party controls both the presidency and congress, it's not good news for the stock market.
When the same party rules over all of Washington, the average annual return for the stock market is only 11.83%.
It's a much different story when one party controls congress and the other the presidency. The average annual return of the stock market when during these periods is a respectable 16.34%.
My conclusion is that the choice of President doesn't really matter that much to the stock market. Technically, the Democrats do have a slight edge, but the flukey timing of the great depression and the dot.com crash accounts for most of this "edge".
Don't let the presidential elections worry you or impact the decisions you make. There's too much other stuff that actually has a significant impact on the market. Right now, unemployment is surging to its highest point in four years, every expert calling for another "shoe to drop" in the financial sector, and investors' uncertainty is rising each day…that stuff actually matters.
Stocks are very cheap and it seems everyone is selling. Everyone is getting nervous. This is the time I buy stocks. I'm not the only one though. David Dreman is making the best of the current uncertainty. Dreman manages about $15 billion and made his mark as a leading contrarian investor by recommending going long stocks in the early 80's right as the markets were starting a multi-decade bull run.
Dreman recently stated, "Between inflation and the liquidity crisis, this is one of the toughest markets I've seen. But it's not a market you sell into. Any losses you take by being too early will be more than offset by buying cheaply."
The best investors in the world aren't letting emotions rule their decisions and you shouldn't either. Buy great companies selling at discount prices, everything else will work out. It always has regardless of which party controls Washington.
Good investing,
Andrew Mickey
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The announcement follows one by Wachowski's older sibling and co-director of "The Matrix," formerly known as Larry Wachowski, who said in 2012 that he's transgender and would be going by Lana.
The statement that Lilly, 48, issued to Windy City Times began with the forceful lede "SEX CHANGE SHOCKER — WACHOWSKI BROTHERS NOW SISTERS!!!"
The Times reported that a popular media outlet threatened to reveal Lilly's secret, which led to the announcement that the famed director had been anticipating with "dread and/or eye rolling exasperation."
"The 'news' has almost come out a couple of times," Wachowski wrote. "Each was preceded by an ominous email from my agent — reporters have been asking for statements regarding the 'Andy Wachowski gender transition' story they were about to publish."
Wachowski's statement mentions an incident in which a Daily Mail reporter showed up at the filmmaker's residence in the hope of snagging an exclusive gender-transition story.
"After he had given me his card, and I closed the door it began to dawn on me where I had heard of the Daily Mail," the statement said. "It was the 'news' organization that had played a huge part in the national public outing of Lucy Meadows, an elementary school teacher and trans woman in the U.K."
Instead of taking the reporter up on the offer, Wachowski decided instead that it was time to come out independently.
"So yeah," the director wrote. "I'm transgender."
"I'm out to my friends and family. Most people at work know too. Everyone is cool with it," Wachowski continued. "Yes, thanks to my fabulous sister, they've done it before, but also because they're fantastic people. Without the love and support of my wife and friends and family I would not be where I am today."
In the statement, Lilly mentioned the popular 1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs" as a work that "demonized and vilified" the transgender community in the way it portrayed the serial-killer character "Buffalo Bill" and explained that though the media has come "a long way" in its openness to transgender issues, "so-called bathroom bills … do not keep children safe. [T]hey force trans people into using bathrooms where they can be beaten and/or murdered."
"We are not predators, we are prey," Wachowski wrote, referring to measures some states have taken to mandate that transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their biological sex.
Besides "The Matrix," the Wachowski siblings have directed other films together such as "V for Vendetta" and "Cloud Atlas." The duo also co-created the Netflix series "Sense8," a sci-fi show starring transgender actress Jamie Clayton that explores transgender themes.
Lilly concluded by explaining that the transition will not be something that operates within a certain time frame; rather "the reality, my reality is that I've been transitioning and will continue to transition all of my life, through the infinite that exists between male and female as it does in the infinite between the binary of zero and one."
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I could really do with some advice as this is our first dog.
Our 9 month old puppy is generally pretty good although he's twice growled at the children (once when one tried to take something out of his mouth and once when he was startled from sleeping when my 6 year old stroked him). He also once snapped although didn't break skin when my 7 year old stroked him whilst he was chewing a beloved chew.
He was neutered last week and has been in a lot of pain and has a collar on. We have let him on our bed in the evenings and he's been sneaking up at other times too. I've let him as my husband has been away and I've felt sorry or him and a bit worried (especially as he had a bad reaction to his antibiotic on Monday).
Anyway tonight when my husband ( whom the puppy adores) went to gently move him from our bed tonight he growled at him. We were both quite startled as this was a first. He then went to pick him up and the puppy really snapped at him( didn't make contact but possibly only because of the collar).
I'm quite shocked and upset and obviously the puppy stays downstairs and off our bed from now on.
Any advice? Do we have a problem? I'm worried given our children are fairly young - 10, 7 and 6.
I should also add that he's well socialised and good although sometimes over-confident with other dogs.
He's resource guarding, it's pretty normal and should be dead easy to nip in the bud with a young dog.
You just need to teach him that giving up stuff is a good thing - that article's a good starting point and it's got links to others.
Alternatively treat him like a dog. Dogs don't go on beds, sofas, furniture or anywhere but the floor. They eat after people. They don't eat human food. They don't growl or snap at anyone. My toddler could walk up to our dog and remove the juiciest bone in the world from his mouth and he wouldn't bat an eyelid.
I know it's not a popular theory on MN, but it goes me, my children, the rest of the world and then the dog. Any growling or snapping would be firmly reprimanded.
In fact it wouldn't happen. From the first day of having a puppy my children are given the opportunity to feed the dog and remove the food from him during a feed. They are encouraged to touch the dog whilst he is eating and to make him wait before releasing him for his bowl. I would not let the dog near your children at the moment, where will they stand when he decides the sofas his?
Thank you.
We did do quite a lot of what the article said after he growled/snapped at the children.
In terms of the bed do you think it's enough to just ban him from upstairs? He's not allowed on the sofas downstairs.
I'll carry on working on some of the suggestions in the article.
Thanks pantone
You echo my fears.
After the first couple of instances I have encouraged the children to feed the dog, make him wait etc.. And we 've not had a problem since tonight.
Yes, off the bed for sure and he's not allowed on the sofas anyway.
I feel pretty stressed about it tbh.
Pantone... I mean until tonight, not since tonight !
He's not trying to take over your house - he's a teenager pushing his luck.
The bed, either train him to jump up and off on command for a reward or just don't let him on - either will work. Personally I don't let my dog on furniture, but that's just a size and space thing. (I've always had big dogs)
tabulah I came on to post the same thing. OP your pup is not trying to take over your house and dominate your family. He needs firm boundaries but this is very different to showing him who is boss or reducing his rank so please don't worry about that. Will post again tomorrow and hopefully more knowledgeable folk as well but in the meantime do not panic! It's all fixable and not at all as bad as it seems now.
Feed your dog after the family if you want, but do yourself a favour and don't call it training. It's not, it's pointless and silly, but ultimately one of the harmless ways of showing you are boss. Your dog will neither know or care what you are doing. He is more than aware that you are an entirely different species to him, he is also a pet dog. Pet dogs are not pack animals. They are pet dogs.
Mine get on the sofa, sleep on my bed, go though doors before me, eat before me etc. they also respond to "off" because I trained them to know what it means and I trained them that responding to my commands brings cheese or hotdogs.
Trying Tabulahrasa's method would serve you better.
He has reached adolescence, he has had some fairly major upsets by ŵay of his castrate and things changed at home with hubby away and you allowing him extra privileges. Poor chap doesn't know if he is coming or going.
Get your routine back, stop spoiling him and start setting out boundaries. Dogs love routine and knowing exactly where they stand.
What happened, isn't major and all these circumstances may never come together again, but it has shown you that your dog is A fully functioning, fully reactive animal, which is a good thing to be reminded of.
Do the work ŵith the food, add food to his bowl as he is eating - but keep the kids away. Go along to some training classes, so he can use his brain and get back on track,
"He also once snapped although didn't break skin when my 7 yr old DS stroked him whilst eating a beloved chew"
I'm amazed so of you don't think she has a big problem here.
That article is crap, bribe the dog off the sofa? Um no.
Animals come first in my household too - I always make sure the horses, chickens, dogs and cat are fed and watered before me. I have never had a problem with my dogs giving high value stuff up and they don't growl or snap (well the jack russel growls, but he growls if the wind changes so it doesn't count).
I totally agree with rules and boundaries. Very important with any young animal, including human ones.
I see that the article was written by Grisha Stewart, a world renouned, qualified, published canine behaviorist. I wonder what makes you believe you are more qualified to advise on resource guarding than her, Pantone?
7yos should not be stroking dogs while they are eating, especially not high value items. I can also get my dogs to give up bones, that is because I have taught them swap, drop, give and leave it. The terrier will growl while he is giving, but that is what terriers do, they grumpy little sods.
Dogs are very simple creatures. They do what works to get them reinforcement. The puppy likes the bed because getting on the bed rewards him with comfort. He will continue to snap because he has learnt it works. People automatically recoil when a dog snaps therefore the dog is rewarded for snapping.
Teach off, using treats and the puppy will learn that giving up the bed brings reward. Teach him that you being near his food and chews brings extra rewards b dropping treats near him while he is eating, eventually you can work up to swap, the dog will learn that you being near his food is rewarding.
It's a matter of gaining his trust, not bribing him.
It's not a big problem, it's perfectly natural dog behaviour - yes it's an unwanted one, but fairly easily trainable in a puppy.
And yes bribing works, that's how positive re-enforcement works - they behave how you want and get something nice. Whether that's food, praise or a toy - it's still essentially a bribe.
Rules, consistency, being in charge - all good and all achievable with positive training.
Thanks again.
I'll read through that article properly later.
I'm very inexperienced with dogs so I appreciate your advice.
We have used the idea of treating for giving up things. Especially getting the children to do it. I also now don't let him have high value chews when the children are around.
I'll look into training too. We did puppy socialisation classes and puppy training but it became difficult due to work commitments.
I agree that it isn't necessarily a big problem -- just one that you do have to deal with by training and management.
If its any consolation, some dogs are very much more vocal than others. My PRT aged 7 still can't help himself giving little growls if he is approached by the children or my dh while he is in a "favoured" position (by the fire, etc) -- and I do think that without training he would have been capable of giving warning snaps in these situations.
A warning snap is not at all acceptable and needs to be addressed but it is very different from full on aggression, and your children are old enough to fit in with the rules you lay down the manage the situation.
For my dog a middle way between firmness and understanding works the best. Rules have to be established gently and with positive reinforcement, and you need to work hard to understand your dog's anxieties and vulnerabilities. But on the other hand rules do need to be firmly stuck to. The combination of firm consistency about the rules and gentle positive communication of what those rules are can make the MN dichotomy between "dominance theory" approaches and other approaches seem sterile and academic.
What breed or breed-combination is he, by the way? Just as a rough generalisation, some breeds are more likely than others to engage in low-level grumpiness without it escalating into anything more worrying. I'd say that most terriers are a bit more likely to do this sort of thing than a lot of other types of dogs. So breed might be a bit of an indication as so how to read the dogs behaviour.
For a start, I honestly don't think you should be letting a 7 year old stroke the dog whilst he is eating.
I can remove the food from the dogs bowls but that is because they have learnt by giving it up, they get a high value treat.
There is no relevance to making dogs eat after you, come in the door after you, etc. they aren't pack dogs. They aren't trying to dominate your family.
I would suggest going back to training classes as well, LittleDog is 8 months old now and going through his teenage rebellion.
We will continue the classes for a long time yet.
My dogs sleep on the bed and sofa but understand "off" and that it means a reward
Does your dog have a "safe place" in the house that is just his?
When mine have a favourite toy, treat or just want peace and quiet from the children they go on their blankets under the stairs, because they know that no one will go in there.
And I'm actually shocked that someone posted they would reprimand the dog for growling. For what purpose, to teach the dog not to growl again?
Growling is a dog telling you is unhappy with something. So if you stop him from growling how does he communicate that there's something wrong? By biting?
I love it when people with no real idea start spouting nonsense and disagreeing with the experts.
It's like me going on a thread about physics and disagreeing with Stephen Hawking.
I don't think so, Calamity. It's more like people on parenting topics attaching importance to their own experience and wisdom rather than simply buying in to the parenting manuals that are flogged for profit. It's always important to take an open-minded approach rather than a credulous one to the experts. A question of balance.
And dog-training folk are hardly like physicists. It is a much more accessibly kind of learning.
I'd find it amusing if some poor dog wasn't having to live with that person.
There's a lot of science behind how dogs learn and how best to train them Floaty. Grisha Stewart has not only studied that science she also writes and researches it herself.
Yes there's a lot of numpties in dog training, we will mention no names
Milan who seem to just make things up as they along utterly ignoring all scientific research, in the name of profit, as there are in parenting, but Grisha is not one of those people.
Science tells us that dogs who are trained with rewards learn faster, learn better (as in their training is more reliable) and are less stressed by the training process and more confident than dogs who are trained using aversive methods such as physical or emotional punishment.
Dogs do not have the same level of cognition that people do. They really are input-output machines. They will do what works, what brings rewards and nothing more. They're not doing it to be naughty, to upset us or because they are 'nasty' or aggressive, they're doing it because somewhere along the way they've learned that it works.
Agree with all that, Dooin. I do feel though that the training approach debate sometimes gets a bit oversimplified and dogmatic, though, and that distorted versions of academic knowledge start to get in the way of common sense. (I'm not meaning to defend overly assertive training approaches,like the one mentioned on this thread btw.)
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