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Ladies and gentlemen, I come from a traditionally Orthodox country, Bulgaria. The problem of religious liberties has many philosophical implications. This is a problem for religious freedom. By birth, I am a member of the Catholic community. There are about 80,000 Catholics out of a population of more than 9 million. By my way of thinking, I am a scholar and a defender of the rights of ethnic and religious minorities. I will briefly present the situation of Catholics in my country, and the Catholic concept of religious freedom.
The Catholic concept of religious freedom originates from those human rights which are enshrined in the Bible, and all international texts, expressing in the most true way the intention and dignity of human beings. The topic of religious freedom has often been studied in recent Vatican documents. In a recent statement, Pope John Paul II spoke about the importance of the rights of human beings to fulfill their religious duties, and to exercise their freedom. The Catholic postulation of religious freedom is clearly stated in Vatican documents such as Nostra Aetate. This declaration inspires Catholics throughout the world to be tolerant of other religions, toward Christians, and especially toward non-Christians.
The Holy Father is aware of the dangers of fanaticism and fundamentalism, and those people who think that they can impose, in the name of religion or science, their own vision of the truth upon others. Christian truth is not, and must not be, fundamentalist. The Catholic Christian doctrine of religious freedom is becoming particularly essential in places where Catholics are minorities, and undergo serious persecution and discrimination. This is the case in my country.
Since the deep political changes of 1989, attitudes toward Catholics haven't changed. During the communist period, we were forced to hide our membership in the Catholic Church, marry secretly, and baptize our children clandestinely. Because of serious pressure stemming from unemployment and security, Catholic were branded as spies, or as persons allied with foreigners, etc. Still today, ten years after the fall of communism, Orthodox Bulgarians make jokes about Catholics, and do not recognize in their hearts the Catholic identity.
Based on many personal experiences, I can strongly affirm that there is today a fundamentalist form of Orthodox belief in Bulgaria. During the presidential campaign, several candidates asked that a text, designating the Orthodox Church as the official church of Bulgaria, be included in the constitution. The Orthodox religion is defined in this constitution as a traditional religious cult. Priests are trained to pastor, and to protect the Orthodox Church against others. But, against whom must the Orthodox church be protected? Against the Catholics and the Muslims.
Despite the law, properties have not been returned to the Catholic Church. The church is labeled a sect—there is a climate of hostility toward sects coming from the Western world—so they cannot be registered. Meetings are not allowed, and they are openly disrupted. Younger Bulgarians are being indoctrinated into one religious identity. You often see stories in newspapers arguing that, if you are not an Orthodox, you are not a true Bulgarian.
Furthermore, the Synod of the Orthodox Church has been strongly blocking any visit of the pope to Bulgaria, despite demands from the state and the Catholic Church. It is also is very hard to publish Catholic works. I, personally, was about to publish six books written by the pope, but only with foreign support. Finally, when Catholic Cardinal Sylvestrie came to Bulgaria for the canonization of a saint—the first visit of a Catholic official since 1212—not one official received him.


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Don't be surprised to see an increase in police presence if you head out to watch the big game Sunday.
Richmond County sheriff's Lt. Ramone Lamkin said there won't be a revival of Operation Thunder, but officers will be on the streets in an "aggressive manner" to combat drinking and driving.
"It's a sports holiday and a real big event, so we know people are going to be out there trying to drink and drive," he said.
Though traffic fatalities have been decreasing across Georgia, alcohol-related crashes are on the rise.
The Governor's Office of Highway Safety asks that those throwing a Super Bowl party keep their guests' safety in mind when they serve alcoholic beverages. Tips include making sure guests have a sober ride home before letting them consume alcohol, trading alcohol with other beverages, such as coffee, at the end of the third quarter and having a list of cab companies handy.
Georgia's Drive Sober app provides a list of cab companies and other services that provide a safe way home.
Tow to Go, a free service offered by Bud Light and AAA, will also give rides and tows to residents in Georgia through 6 a.m. Monday. The service, which is meant to be used as a last resort, has removed more than 23,000 intoxicated drivers from the roads since its inception in 1998.
For a ride and tow with Tow to Go, call (855) 286-9246 (2-TOW-2-GO).

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The question
I have an appointment for a physical booked in four weeks but my prescription runs out in two weeks. When I called the doctor's office for an appointment for a refill, I was told she has no appointments for five weeks and I would be charged $20 for the fax renewal. I asked why I have to pay since I was willing to see her and the receptionist said it's the patient's responsibility to have prescriptions renewed with ample time between refills.
Fine – that makes sense – but five weeks with no opportunity to see my doctor seems unreasonable. It seems unfair to penalize the patient when the doctor clearly has too heavy a patient load to see people in a timely manner. Do I have unrealistic expectations? Is this the norm?
The answer
As I read your question, I could practically see your family doctor, hunched over her desk, double booked for that day, trying to plough through a mass of paperwork, prescription renewals and preoperative forms, feeling she has little control over her work life. It looks as if she has a long lead time for booking non-urgent cases – such as prescription renewals – and likely has no idea of the exchange between you and the office worker. However, you should not pay the price for poor access.
Timely access to family physicians is a relatively common problem, with Canada having some of the worst waits in the developed world: Only 51 per cent of sick patients could see their doctors the same day, according to a 2011 Commonwealth International Health Policy Survey done in 11 countries. That compares to the United Kingdom, where 79 per cent of patients could see their doctor in that same time period.
While some may argue the problem is a shortage of family physicians, another major factor could be a scheduling flaw, according to Danielle Martin, a family physician at Women's College Hospital in Toronto.
"Very often, it's a flaw in the way we schedule," said Dr. Martin, board chair of Canadian Doctors for Medicare. "The wait time feeds itself, where doctors are constantly seeing people who needed to be seen four weeks ago."
That's why more doctors are moving toward an advanced access form of scheduling, which involves leaving about two-thirds of the day open, allowing more same-day and next-day appointments.
Overall, I don't think a long wait time for a non-urgent issue – a prescription renewal – is a problem in itself. What troubles me is that there is no mechanism for you to avoid the fee, which may leave you feeling powerless – instead of an active partner – in your care.
In answer to your question, I don't think you have unrealistic expectations. But I do suggest you pay the bill, then take it with you the next time you see your physician. Explain to her how you tried to make an appointment for a refill but the wait was five weeks. There's a good chance she will agree with you and waive the fee. If not, your point was made.
The Patient Navigator is a column that answers reader questions on how to navigate our health-care system. Send your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Opinion: Hunting eight Canada geese in August could be a blast
I usually like to spoil myself on my birthday.
Last year, I walked into Cabela's and bought myself a Remington 870 Wingmaster that shot a ton of ducks, geese and pheasants last season.
It was my first-ever gun I bought completely alone and now couples with my 870 Express -- which was my lone gun since I was about 10 -- for my only two shotguns.
Hopefully, come August 21 this year -- my 24th birthday -- my exactly one-year-old, pump-action Wingmaster will be next to me while I'm waiting for Canada geese to fly unsuspectingly into my decoy spread during the proposed special goose take that could run Aug.14-22.
I've never hunted on my birthday, and the idea of the special occasion this year is pretty exciting.
The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department has proposed a special Canada goose take that will be discussed at a public discussion next week at Sylvan Lake Lodge in Custer State Park.
If approved, the limit would be eight Canada geese daily. Yes, that's right. Eight honkers daily, with a possession limit of 32.
This past waterfowl season, I was excited that the duck limit was increased from five to six, but to shoot eight honkers in one hunt would be a unique experience.
The reason the GF&P has proposed this special take is because Canada geese numbers are at an estimated 137,000, which is 47,000 more than the target population.
I'll gladly do a good deed by eliminating some resident geese, and happily do it on my birthday.
Last year, on opening day of the early-goose season -- which, for this year, the GF&P is also discussing raising the limit to eight birds from the previous five -- I enjoyed a hunt in a wheat field east of Mitchell.
I had gotten permission from the farmer the afternoon before on my way back from Sioux Falls after watching Avon stomp Hanson at Howard Wood Stadium.
Friday nights get rather crazy for our sports staff in the fall, and that Friday was no different. After filing my story, I fielded calls from our area towns all night, and we didn't leave the office until around 1 a.m.
The alarm came too early Saturday, but I still managed to roll out of bed.
In the dark, with a light breeze and a nearly full moon, I walked about one-and-a-half miles with eight full-body flocked Canada goose decoys, 24 carry-lite shells and my 870 Wingmaster.
When I got to the field, I spent about 45 minutes setting up my spread and threw together a make-shift blind from some tall grass.
As shooting time began, the flocks of mallards came.
By sunrise, if it were in-season, I could have had my limit of ducks, but I hadn't heard or seen any geese, which was rather surprising.
I had scouted it for about two weeks before, and nearly every day I had driven past, there were always geese.
On about three hours of sleep and the what-seemed-like-forever walk, I was starting to doze off. My eyes would scan the bright-blue sky, slowly close and then burst open for another look over.
Just as I started to give up hope, three black specks flying over a cornfield seemed to be getting bigger and looked to be headed my way. I picked up my call and threw out a few honks.
Apparently, my brand-new, never-used full bodies worked, and so did my brand-new, never-been-fired-at-a-bird 870 Wingmaster.
Three shots and there were two dead Canada geese on the ground and the third -- a very young goose -- didn't understand what gunfire was.
I quickly reloaded and had three in the bag about an hour after shooting time.
The excitement of shooting my new gun and bagging three honkers started to wear off, and soon, the sleepiness and nodding off started again.
I decided it was time to pack up and get back home to catch a nap.
With three 15-pound geese over my shoulder, and all the decoys I could carry out to the field, the more than one mile walk was a disaster.
Huffing and puffing, I stopped for a breather nearly every 20 steps.
Even more tired than when I walked out to my spot, with the addition of about 45-pounds of feathers and meat, I'll never forget that hike.
And if that was the case with three last year, I don't know what I'm going to do with the possibility of eight this August and September.
But you better believe I'm going to try and find out.


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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to head a new U.N. agency dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of women. In announcing her appointment on Tuesday, Mr. Ban praised former President Bachelet's leadership qualities.
"Ms. Bachelet brings to this critical position a history of dynamic global leadership, highly honed political skills, and uncommon ability to create consensus and focus among U.N. agencies and many partners in both the public and private sector," he said. "I am confident that under her strong leadership we can improve the lives of millions women and girls throughout the world."
The 59-year-old Ms. Bachelet is a trained physician and was the first female president of Chile, an office she held from 2006 until earlier this year.
During the 1973 military coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power she was arrested, imprisoned and beaten. She then spent five years in exile before returning to Chile and rising through the ranks of the Socialist Party.
The agency she will head is known as U.N. Women. The U.N. General Assembly approved its creation last year. It merges the U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division for the Advancement of Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the U.N. International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) into a single entity. It will have a start-up budget of $500 million.
Mr. Ban said the creation of U.N. Women has been one of his top priorities since taking the helm of the United Nations.
"Nearly four years ago I took office determined to see the merging of the four separate gender entities into one powerful, dynamic and effective entity. U.N. Women will promote the interest of women and girls across the globe," he said.
Mr. Ban pointed out that Ms. Bachelet was selected from a field of 26 distinguished candidates. The agency has a target date of January next year to become fully operational.


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- When my 70 year old father was a boy he and millions of other young boys could bring a rifle with ammo to school and check at the principals office to pick-up when school let out to hunt on the way home! So let's quit blaming guns and start looking at the real problem - people today behave like anim …
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Area students design and build solar heaters to warm greenhouse
What do you get when you combine wood, window glass, a space blanket, aluminum cans, black paint and a 25-foot dryer duct?
A homemade solar furnace, of course.
This summer, 20 youth between the ages of 14-17 from around the region have been busy designing and building solar furnaces at Camp Rabideau, an old Civilian Conservation Corps camp located south of Blackduck.
The solar energy project began earlier this year when Blackduck High School won a solar furnace design competition funded with a grant from the University of Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Teams.
Area schools were invited to take part in a solar energy education project, where participating schools arranged teams to research, design and build a passive solar air heater. The heaters were judged by engineers with Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, headquartered in Pine River.
Blackduck's winning solar model is now being used as a template for youth at Camp Rabideau's summer youth programs.
The youth program was given $300 by RREAL to build four 6-4-by-4-foot solar heaters that can be used to heat the greenhouse at Camp Rabideau. Heating the greenhouse would extend the growing season by several months, allowing for more food to be grown.
The student workers are paid through funds generated from the Bemidji WorkForce Center and the Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Center. So far, the students have made six solar furnace prototypes, or "experimental heaters," each one built a little differently from the next.
"The students got together and designed different solar heaters based on the recommendations from RREAL and the Blackduck students," said youth instructor John Parmeter. "We've been testing the amount of heat daily."
At around noon Tuesday, one of the solar heater thermometers read 133 degrees Fahrenheit. Another read 93 degrees.
"We have one that consistently tops out at 240 degrees or better," Parmeter said. "One started at about 64 degrees and when the sun came out shot up to 240 degrees in five seconds. Now that's heat."
According to Parmeter, there's still work to be done before the group completes the final four solar heaters using the donated materials. The group's mission is to find a model that produces the most heat.
Building solar furnaces from scratch is not easy. It takes a lot of dumpster diving and a few visits to a recycling center, according to Parmeter. All of the solar heater prototypes built by the youth workers are made from donated recycled materials.
While the heaters may look a little bit like over-sized display cases holding zig-zagged tubes, they do the job.
Parmeter said one heater generated so much heat the group had to redo the silicone glue and replace it with silicone tolerant of temperatures 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit and higher.
"We came back and the window had slid off its box because it melted," Parmeter said. "That silicone was supposed to hold in 75 degrees up to 600 degrees."
Once the four solar heaters are complete, the group plans to heat the greenhouse using a unique method.
A large container of rocks will be placed into the ground inside the greenhouse, Parmeter said. The heat from the four solar heaters will filter into the container of rocks throughout the day. At night, when the outside temperature cools, the heat from the rocks will radiate inside the greenhouse and keep it warm.
Parmeter said the solar heaters will be used March through May and then September through the first part of December.
"One of our biggest ideas to think of is how we're going to place the four heaters right next to each other and connect them so the air runs from one to the next without having one overheat," Parmeter said.
Parmeter said he is most proud of how creative the students have been with the project.
One student, he said, came up with the idea to build a frame around the glass panes to make it easier to open the furnace in case something needs to be fixed inside.
Another student thought of the idea to arrange the dryer duct tubing vertically, instead of horizontally, to create a better heating flow pattern.
"They know about convection," Parmeter said. "We've more than doubled the heating temperatures of the Blackduck students' model."
For weeks the students have worked in teams measuring, marking and cutting materials, and finding answers to big questions.
But beyond the physics of the project, Parmeter said, the main purpose of the work program isn't to learn math or science.
"The whole idea here is to have teamwork, develop leadership skills and give them work skills," he said. "It's giving them an idea about what it's like to work towards a goal."
Mary Nipp, an AmeriCorps volunteer contracted with the U.S. Forest Service, said she is proud of what the kids have accomplished.
"The kids are proud and their parents are proud of them," Nipp said. "They are going to step into the future with all this experience."


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Composer Howard Shelley inspires a memorable evening of music at the Ulster Hall
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Howard Shelley is one of the most distinguished pianists and conductors of his generation, and he inspired the Ulster Orchestra, and the large audience in the Ulster Hall, in a memorable evening of music by Mozart and Beethoven.
Shelley is a regular, and welcome, visitor to Belfast so he felt very much at home in giving an impromptu teach-in at the start about the musical connections between the two great composers.
He set the tone of the evening with his brisk approach to Beethoven's Egmont overture, and he is the first maestro, in my experience, to use an iPad when performing and conducting a piano concerto.
This marriage, not of Figaro, but one between the latest technology and 18th century music, worked extremely well in Mozart's Piano Concert No 24, with its long and complex first movement so redolent of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.
Happily, the second half featured the Eroica itself, during which Shelly directed the Ulster Orchestra in one of the best performances of its season.
The innate beauty and drama of the second movement and the energy and musicianship of the finale were paramount in this sublime and revolutionary Beethoven masterpiece.
Finally for the technically-minded, how did Shelly operate the iPad when playing and conducting? He used his foot.


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On Fail
I've had the privilege of being quoted or mentioned in a lot of newspapers and magazines over the years, but as an minor-league word nerd, this one ranks as among the most gratifying: This week's "On Language" column in the Sunday New York Times magazine quotes from my post "The End of Fail":
The fail phenomenon has its naysayers, most prominently Anil Dash, an influential tech-culture blogger, who wrote a strongly worded post titled "The End of Fail." For Dash, politicized fail has not moved far from its snarky roots. " 'FAIL' isn't advocacy; it's the tool of those who don't know how to be advocates, who don't know how to persuade," Dash argues. "It puts the ego of the complainers ahead of the cause they're trying to advocate."
In reviewing the etymology of "fail", Ben Zimmer makes a few really interesting observations, most notably that the term has forked a bit, reflecting both the mindless non-critiques I railed against, as well as the harmless, even charming, use of "fail" on sites like Fail Dogs. Zimmer also elides any mention of ubiquitous meme-starter 4chan playing a role in the development of "fail", which is probably just as well.
I'm actually so pleased with this one I'll probably run out and grab a print copy of the magazine shortly after I post this.


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LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Oil drillers Falkland Oil and Gas and Rockhopper resumed normal drilling work on Monday at the Isobel Deep well in the Falkland Islands following the repair of a blow-out preventer control system, the companies said.
The oil explorers had suspended work on the first well of their 2015 drilling campaign on April 24 after the technical issue.
While the problem was being fixed, the drilling rig undertook work at the adjacent Chatham and Jayne East wells, the two companies said on Tuesday. Both wells were suspended when the rig was ready to return to the Isobel Deep location.
"The Isobel Deep well is expected to take approximately 15 days to complete," said Falkland Oil and Gas in a statement.
Oil drilling in the area remains controversial due to an ongoing sovereignty dispute over the islands between Britain and Argentina.
Argentina has filed a domestic lawsuit against the drillers, saying their activities are illegal. (Reporting by Karolin Schaps; Editing by Mark Potter)


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Originally published Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 6:15 AM
The week's passages
A roundup of the week's notable obituaries.
Kip Tokuda, 66, a member of the state Legislature from 1994 to 2002, a former executive director of the Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, and an honored activist who mentored civic and political leaders in Seattle's Asian-American community, died of a heart attack July 13 while fishing on South Whidbey Island.
Kenneth L. Coskey, 83, a retired Navy captain and aircraft pilot who was shot down over North Vietnam and endured five years as a prisoner of war, died of Alzheimer's disease June 29 in McLean, Va.
Sidney Berry, 87, a retired lieutenant general and a highly decorated Army combat veteran of the Vietnam and Korean wars who led the U.S. Military Academy when women were first admitted to West Point, and during a major cheating scandal in 1976, died of Parkinson's disease on July 1 outside Philadelphia.
Eugene Wilkinson, 94, a retired vice admiral who helped guide the early development of the Navy's nuclear-powered fleet and commanded the Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, in the 1950s, died July 11 in Del Mar, Calif.
Cory Monteith, 31, who played a student and singing coach on the hit Fox musical comedy series "Glee," but battled substance abuse, was found dead July 13 of an overdose of heroin and alcohol in a hotel room in Vancouver, B.C.
Nadezhda Popova, 91, a volunteer who flew 852 nighttime missions in plywood and canvas biplanes and rose to become deputy commander of the 588th Night Bombers, the all-woman Russian regiment that targeted German invaders in World War II, died July 8 in Moscow.
Marc Simont, 97, a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator whose work adorned some of the most celebrated titles in children's literature, died July 13 in Cornwall, Conn.
Laurie Frink, 61, an accomplished trumpeter who became a brass instructor of widespread influence and high regard, died of bile-duct cancer July 13 in Manhattan.
Bill Warner, 44, who was trying to beat his own land-speed record on a conventional motorcycle (311.945 mph), veered off the track going 285 mph or more Sunday in Limestone, Maine, and died in a hospital a short time later.
Herbert Allison Jr., 69, the former president of investment bank Merrill Lynch who was selected to run mortgage giant Fannie Mae after it was seized by the federal government in the financial crisis, then helped oversee the government's rescue of the financial system, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, died of an apparent heart attack last Sunday in Westport, Conn.
Leonard Garment, 89, a top-shelf Washington lawyer whose most famous client was President Richard Nixon at the peak of the Watergate scandal, died July 13 in New York City. No cause of death was given.
James Lewis Carter "T-Model" Ford, a hard-living blues singer who taught himself to play guitar when he was 58 years old and his fifth wife had left him, died of respiratory failure Tuesday in Greenville, Miss. His age was quoted by the coroner as 89 and by a longtime friend as 93.


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A woman from Wales who had been missing in Dublin has been found safe.
Gardaí had earlier appealed for assistance tracing 20-year-old Laura Harris, who was last seen in Dublin at about 5.30am yesterday.
Ms Harris was last seen on St James's Street. She has been missing from Wales since 15 March.
Gardaí and family were very concerned and made the appeal.


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lolz dats ironic, hahaha diddly off.
Let me just cut right to the chase, most gay guys in my area piss me off and what annoys me more than a gay guy who sways his hips and refers to his fellow cheese friends as "the girls" is one who hits on you constantly. Yeah sure it's funny to be the stereotypical bitch boy on campus and using the word "fabulous" in every diddlying sentence but not when you get a full blown knee to the head, which brings me my problem:
I beat up a cheese because he kept touching me and hitting on me and I didn't want his ass and now I'm wondering now if I was just mad at him or an actual hate monger of certain gay guys.
Like apart of me feels bad but the other part of me is like happy that I did it because gay guys like that or just guys who are more feminine than me just get to me. I don't know whether to try to understand their way of life or just continue on because this was the first time I hit someone.
My friends are now concerned because I'm usually the one who shouts out tolerance and shit and they think I should at least apologize (which I will....eventually). So what else should I do KHI?


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Additional Accessories – Because Being Simple Is Too Mainstream
Additional accessories:
The times of simple fashion has gone long ago. Things have become tricky and one needs to be smart enough to maintain a balance between his fashion needs and actual needs. Like we are now more concerned about getting fashionable yet comfortable outfits. Similarly we have to be on a look out for the best fashion accessories with the most comfort. We all are very well aware that fashion accessories are an essential part of our complete look. We even take measures to keep our wardrobes updated with trending accessories. But the problem is that we think that the list of accessories ends on eye shades, caps and wrist watches. We often forget the fact that there are some additional accessories that are very much needed and contribute significantly in completing our look. We have had discussed about the routine accessories many times but now its time that we go a little deeper in this regard. Some additional accessories are discussed below. Read them well and make it a part of your wardrobe soon.
Additional accessories – Because being simple is too mainstream:
- Texting gloves:
This is an era of technology and whether you stay indoor or outdoor your need is to be connected with everyone who is important in your life, very often the professional life has also become more demanding and thus you are required to be available all the day long. So these texting gloves are introduced by LL bean, to make your life easier. They will help you use your phone without the hassle of putting them off every time when you have to check your phone.
- Phone cases:
Have you ever thought why your phone's battery drains of quickly or why it gets heated up in extreme hot weather? The low temperature causes the phone's battery to drain faster and the environmental heat causes it to heat up very quickly when you use them in summers. Salt cases is one of the pioneer companies who have designed thermally protecting cases for your I phones, tablets and I pads.
- Hats with built in ear phones:
Just as staying connected is the demand of the day therefore we need to find out a way to keep connected with the world even when our hands are not free. So this hat with ear phones will help you in dealing with your cellphones without engaging your hands nor you will have to carry along a separate hand free every time when you go out.
- Back pack:
Yes you think time has gone far away from when you use to carry your books in your college back pack? Well, a back pack is very handy and easy to throw on our shoulders. When you go for work you need to have a bag that can accommodate your office essentials i.e, your laptop, your documents, your umbrella and obviously your meal for the day. So go and buy yourself a nice leather back pack that can easily fulfill your needs and give you a nice style.
Also read: Make your cell phones speak fashion
So these few ignored accessories are really worth having because they are more of fashion cum needy things. And the style that accommodates your needs is the best style!


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Southbound traffic will detour to 2nd Street and northbound traffic will detour to 4th Street for a two-block section between Campbell and Walnut streets.
The road will be open this weekend.
The closure is part of the North 3rd Street improvement project that includes the replacement of aging water and sewer lines, the placement of power and other utilities underground, and new street paving, sidewalks and traffic signals.
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Anyone in West Palm Beach/Delray Beach area?
Just wondering if there is any non-AMA fields or parks that anyone flies at. Thing is I found an instructor about 6 weeks ago at the AMA field in delray, got my plane and everything needed to fly, joined the AMA, then it turns out our schedules just don't match. I work long hours, have a wife and kids so getting to the field when he is available to buddy box me just hasn't been working out. Now I have had my plane staring me in the face for weeks now and I'm just dying to fly it! I've went to dyer park in west palm a few times on my lunch break and hardly anyone is there, but being up on a hill the wind seems to always be a little heavy during those times of day so I've chickened out to maiden it alone.
A couple other times I have found time on weekends to go to the field in Delray since it is close to me, I have been politely told that beginners shouldn't be trying to learn there on their busy days and be in the way of experienced pilots, which I respect, so now I guess I'm leaning toward just finding an open area and learning by myself when no one is around. I spotted a place practically across the street from where I live called Seacrest Soccer Complex, and it seems that it's empty early in the morning but I don't wanna just go if flying is not allowed there. Anyone know of that place? Seems to be about 4 soccer fields and a football field, I think it's enough room.
Anyone in the area have any suggestions? My plane is a PZ T-28 which was recommended by numerous people including the instructor that was gonna teach me, I've got plenty of tape, glue and an extra prop ready to go, just in case. I also have about a months worth of sim time combined from when I've used it over the last year.
Thanks jetflyr, I went out there and got some numbers, I am going to try and set something up for early one Sunday
Tyjenn, the last couple times I have driven by there has been some stuff going on in the soccer fields, but about 2 or 3 blocks north of there on the east side of federal hwy there is a small park. It has a large enough open area that would be perfect for your heli as long as you went to the other side to get away from any people that might be there. It's usually empty though. Just for a little hovering practice I would try that place.
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Conceived by the American composer, inventor, and educator Tod Machover, who heads MIT's Opera of the Future group within the university's Media Lab, the futuristic "robot" opera is a product of its technologically advanced time and yet manages to transcend it with the universal power of a family drama. Simon Powers is a billionaire about to kick the bucket, so he downloads his consciousness into a world of his own creation—a strange universe called The System that allows him to technically live forever, albeit without corporeal form. His wife and daughter are somewhat more skeptical about joining the singing automatons. It's just going to be really freaking cool. Our Peter Simek has a feature from the February issue with more details, which you should read right here. And then go get tickets. Performances run at the Winspear Opera House through the weekend.
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Once you have your license key, please download and use the Foundry License Utility (FLU) to install it on the relevant machine. The FLU will check that the license is valid and then write the license file to the correct locations on your machine, so that the software can find the license. The FLU will install both FLEXlm and RLM licenses.
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These tools replace the following deprecated tools: Foundry System ID (FSID), Foundry License Installer (FLI), Foundry License Diagnostics (FLD), Foundry FLEXlm Tools (FFT) and Foundry Licensing Tools (FLT) version 6.0 and earlier.
You can use this utility to find a machine's system ID, install license keys or diagnose license issues. The FLU works with both FLEXlm and RLM licenses from The Foundry.
The FLU replaces the following deprecated tools: Foundry System ID (FSID), Foundry License Installer (FLI) and Foundry License Diagnostics (FLD).
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This utility contains both FLEXlm and RLM license servers, a copy of the Foundry License Utility (FLU) and relevant license documentation. Once the Foundry License Tools (FLT) are installed, the FLU will display additional tabs to allow you to manage your FLEXlm and RLM servers.
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We currently use two different licensing solutions to license our software, FLEXlm and RLM. Which licensing technology is used depends upon the product.
Prior to the release of Foundry License Tools (FLT) 7.0, we had two separate sets of license tools depending upon which kind of licensing was required - Foundry FLEXlm Tools 5.0 for FLEXlm and Foundry Licensing Tools 6.0 for RLM. This meant that customers using different software from The Foundry might have required multiple downloads to license their products.
The latest version of our Licensing Tools, FLT 7.0 consolidates both the FLEXlm and RLM server software into a single download. Installing FLT 7.0 requires the removal of old versions of the Foundry FLEXlm Tools and Foundry Licensing Tools 6.0.
The new Foundry License Utility (FLU) has all the functionality of the old Foundry System ID tool (FSID), the Foundry license Installer (FLI) and the Foundry license Diagnostic (FLD) tools for both FLEXlm and RLM and can be used to administer both FLEXlm and RLM floating licenses.
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Please refer to the Foundry Licensing Tools User Guide for instructions on how to run the Foundry license tools and float licenses on your network.
There is an issue with OSX Mountain Lion and some of our products that causes the valid FLEXlm SystemID for a machine to switch back and forth between MAC addresses for the machine, resulting in valid licenses being reported as invalid. This problem can affect NUKE and NUKEX, FURNACE, FURNACECORE, CAMERATRACKER, KEYLIGHT, KRONOS and ROLLINGSHUTTER.
If you encounter this problem, please generate the diagnostic output from the Foundry License Utility (FLU) from the machine affected and contact the Support team. We will be able to reissue a license to enable you to avoid the problem once we verify that OS X Mountain Lion is the cause.
To find out how to generate diagnostic output, see "How do I report diagnostics to the Foundry?"
Sometimes our software may give you licensing errors on Windows 7, even when the Foundry License Installer (FLI) reports that the license was installed successfully.
This problem appears to happen on Windows 7 because of the extra ProgramData directory - Windows 7 has the same Program Files and Program Files (x86) folders as Windows XP, but it also has the new ProgramData folder.
On XP, both NUKE and plug-ins look in C:\Program Files\TheFoundry\FLEXlm for a license.
On Windows 7, The FLI presently installs licenses to C:\ProgramData\The Foundry\FLEXlm only. NUKE will look in this directory for a license as well as the old one but plug-ins such as OCULA for NUKE or CAMERATRACKER for After Effects, and NUKEX features (which are effectively plug-ins) only look in the old C:\Program Files\The Foundry\FLEXlm location. Therefore, if you only have license files in C:\ProgramData\The Foundry\FLEXlm, plug-ins and NUKEX features will not be able to find your license.
You can solve this problem by copying your license file(s) (these will have a .lic extension) from
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Please note that in order to see the ProgramData directory in Windows Explorer, you have to turn on "Show Hidden Files and Folders" in the Windows Folders and Properties - View options.
Please note that if you are using 32-bit plug-ins, then you will also need to copy the .lic file to
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Reporting diagnostics: Mac and Windows users
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Hello Cocksucker Motherfuckers! This Week I go to I see the Warren G (I think the G stands for Gag) at the Club of the Keys in the Hollywood. It also happened to be his birthday on this night, he turned 43, which also happens to be the amount of dicks the B-Real can fit in his mouth, hows that for a coincidence.
It was a cold night and the Warren set time was @12 midnight, so I decided to relax at home for a bit and keep my balls warm before I headed out around 10 to pick up Abdullah the Butcher(Markluv), plus there were 7 openers who weren't worth the fuck (you guessed it right, it was a Sean Healy event). So I get to the Club of the Keys and I only paid 8 dollar again to I park my 98 Corolla that have the Dayton's like the Menace II Society. I tell the parking jabroni something happen to my car, something gonna happen to you motherfucker! He tell me Sheiky Baby nobody is gonna fuck with your piece of shit. That was good enough for me.
As I walk to the Club of the Keys I notice that the Senen Dog was at the Rainbow (gay lounge) with the Russ, the Dougie, the Nasty Bags, the Keen One, the Cypress Hill lighting engineer who look like the Sick Jacken, the DJ Ice Cream or Starscream whatever the fuck his name be and about 15 guys from the CFFC, Cocksuckers Forever Forever Cocksuckers. I think they ride their motorcycles 2 on each bike, nuts to butts.
Anyway I finally get to the Club of the Keys, I tell the bouncer I'm on the guestlist and once again he tell me I'm not. I took my turban off and suplexed that Emil Matasareanu(google it) looking piece of garbage, put him in the camel clutch broke his back to he be humble old country way. The Russ had to come from the Rainbow to tell that fucking stooge that I was the fucking Legend! I dont think he heard him because I turned his lights the fuck off!
I walk into the club and noticed it was a decent sized crowd thanks to the Senior Citizen homes that let their residents stay out past curfew. I was hoping I didn't run into abuela tonight. The last opening act of the night was on stage by the name of Illaborate Minds, Yeah I don't know either. If this was wrestling they'd be jobbers, a bunch of Barry Horowitz motherfuckers!
It was time for the Warren G, the main event sort of. He came out and did tracks off his first album, and did a nice little tribute to the Nate Dogg. About half way through his set which I was enjoying, he brought out this piece of dumb dog shit worse then the Tito Santana who calls himself the "Problem" from Compton. He did this song called "we out here tryna function" which was exactly what my brain was trying to do at that moment. I had never heard of him, probably because I don't stick dicks up my ass. After that the Warren came back and ended the night with Regulate. The Crowd loved it but then again half of them suffer from alzheimers so they couldn't recall the shit they just witnessed prior to that. The show ended and I took my ass home while everyone else went to Denny's and ordered off the senior citizens menu…..FUCK THE HOKE HOGAN!
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Sunday, July 3, 2011 | 2:01 a.m.
I see that Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the Senate, is true to his word that he will see the fall of President Barack Obama and make sure that he does not have a second term. He seems to be on course, but at the expense of the American public.
McConnell and his confederates are making sure the budget isn't done on time, continuing the destruction of the economy, because they don't want their taxes raised by closing loopholes for the rich and big business. They certainly should not receive their paychecks if we who are on Social Security don't get ours.
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Laura Fraser waited until she was in her 40s to become a mother.
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That personal involvement with girls going through the foster care system made Fraser appreciate how important a guardian ad litem can be.
A guardian ad litem is a court-appointed legal representative of another person. The guardian ad litem doesn't act as a lawyer but instead serves as "the eyes and ears of the court," said Fraser, 48. "They make sure the children have a voice."
Although not all people being represented by guardians ad litem are children in foster care, assigning a guardian ad litem to a child in foster care is a court priority.
"The guardian ad litem's role is to determine what is in the best interests of the child, which is not necessarily what the child wants," she said.
Fraser, a former ad saleswoman for the Times-Union, trained as a guardian ad litem and then briefly served as a part-time coordinator for the program in St. Johns County.
But in January, she started a new federally funded position as program coordinator for the RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) in Clay County. From her office in the Clay County Courthouse, her specific charge is to recruit seniors to serve as guardians ad litem. Her goal, she said, is to recruit 100 new guardians ad litem 55 and over by the end of September.
Eventually, she expects to expand her recruiting to Duval and Nassau counties. But for now, she's been told to concentrate on Clay County.
"I was drawn to this program because of the impact guardians ad litem had on my three children," she said.
Although she waited until her 40s to take her first foster child, Fraser said it was something she had wanted to do since she was 12.
Her best friend was a girl in foster care and Fraser didn't think much of the way the foster parents treated her friend.
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|August 5, 2009, 12:58 PM
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Would you instantly recognize the sound of gunshots?
Sometimes people present at shootings confuse the sound of gunfire with other sounds.
a. A man interviewed from the site of a recent health club shooting initially thought he was hearing racquetballs.
b. Someone at the Holocaust Museum shooting thought he was hearing a rack of books falling over.
c. Some at a recent church shooting thought the gunshots were sound effects for a skit.
1. What causes people to confuse the sound of gunfire with other sounds?
2. Could this confusion cause people to lose valuable reaction time, putting them at greater risk?
3. Would you, the reader, instantly recognize the sound of gunshots?
|August 5, 2009, 01:02 PM
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The primary cause of people confusing gunfire with other sounds is that they are not sufficiently familiar with the sounds of gunfire from different types of guns. I wouldn't mistake anything for a higher-caliber revolver, most pistols 9 mm or over, or a shotgun for anything else any more, but two years ago? I don't know. And I can still mistake .22 fire for something else.
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I wonder about this same phenomenon.
One of my neighbors told me a few weeks ago that there were "suspicious kids" hanging around and after they walked down the street the neighbors "thought we heard gun shots".
I can't understand that. 12am in a quiet town and you "thought" you heard gun shots? Do people not understand how loud a gun really is?
As to your questions:
1) Unfamiliarity and rarity. In most places that these shootings occur, most of the people in the area may have NEVER heard a real gunshot in person and certainly aren't thinking that loud noises are likely to be caused by firearms.
2) Yes
3) Under most circumstances, yes, absolutely.
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|August 5, 2009, 01:08 PM
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I could see how people might struggle around the 4th of July, especially if they weren't familiar with guns. The only sound I can think of that sounds like any kind of gunfire is that of a backfiring vehicle in comparison to a shotgun.
|August 5, 2009, 01:10 PM
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So far the answer for me personally is "maybe".
I have heard sounds (backfires, firecrackers, a snapping power line) that I was sure were shots fired. I have also heard shots fired and thought they were any of the above things.
On the other hand I have also heard shots fired and been -certain- that I knew what they were like a murder-suicide that happened a couple of months ago near my home.
Acoustics can really alter the sound of a gunshot making positive ID difficult. Combine that with the "condition white" attitude of most folks and it will often take them quite a while to react to gunfire.
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|August 5, 2009, 01:11 PM
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|August 5, 2009, 01:11 PM
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I recall hearing what I was sure was a pistol shot. It turned out to be a guy dropping a 4X8 sheet of 3/4" plywood on a wood floor.
|August 5, 2009, 01:14 PM
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True, peetzakilla, *but* in most cases people judge the distance a sound is coming from by identifying the sound and then gauging how far it would have to be to sound that loud. If you aren't sure whether you're hearing a car backfire or a shotgun in the first place, knowing that a shotgun is louder only tells you that IF it is a shotgun, it probably came from 1/4 of a mile away, while a car backfire means no more than a couple of blocks.
That's useful information; if it's a shotgun it isn't all that close to you. But it isn't necessarily helpful if you need to determine what the sound was.
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The only gunfire people usually hear is from movies.
|August 5, 2009, 01:44 PM
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Most people's first reaction to a sound is going to depend in large part upon the context.
The health club shots sounded like racquetballs because they were at a healthclub, and a racquetball sound makes sense in that context...The museum gunshots sounded like a falling bookcase because of the context.
Despite the chest thumping above, it would be virtually impossible to hear an unexpected gunshot and have the first thought through your head be anything other than a rational contextual association. People familiar with guns might quickly re-focus and properly identify, but that first fleeting thought would likely not be (unless it was expected or you were in a firearms context).
As a side experiment, try staring at a roaring fireplace and then have someone touch the back of your next with an ice cube...You will swear up and down that they just burned you. Context.
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bababooey is definitely on the right track there.
I do beleive it is easier to mistake something else as a gunshot, than to mistake a gunshot for something else. And I mean that when applied to people who routinely hear gunshots, but that's my personal experiences talking.
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Many of us wear hearing protection while shooting, which makes the "crack" of a 9mm or .45acp sound like a "boom". Even hearing shots with unprotected ears at the range is much different then what they sound like in any given city setting.
I was in line at Walmart in the garden building when a shot went off, inside of the building. I *knew* that it was a shot. My situational awareness was up before the shot popped, none of the 15-20 people in line or several others still shopping were doing anything other then just standing around. Right after the shot, nobody moved, everyone just stood staring off into space. I moved slowly and deliberately, closer to very near cover and not grabbing for my gun so as to not draw any attention. I figgered that someone CCW'ing had had a negligent discharge, but it still left the possibility of blood pumping somewhere nearby that needed to be stopped. As I made my way around the cover that was blocking my view of about 1/3 of the large room, another shot rang out. It was *very* loud, and *very* close. At that time, I aquired a firing grip on my weapon, took one more step and came face to face with a guy reloading a stud gun, he was installing shelf units to the concrete wall. He couldn't see my gun, but he knew that I was ready to draw on him. I politely informed him that what he was doing was *way* too loud with customers as close as they were. He agreed and quickly left.
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I'm beginning to think that the use of the term "chest thumping" is itself chest thumping.
Claiming to be able to recognize the sound of gunfire is "chest thumping"? Please.
Part of being able to recognize a sound is familiarity with that sound. I can distinguish the sound of my fathers shotgun from that of other similar guns from a couple of hundred yards away in the woods.
People who are familiar with gunshots are going to be quicker to recognize them for what they are, context or not.
Anyone who hunts can tell you how many times they heard a noise that they "thought" was a deer coming toward them that turned out not to be but when they heard a sound that WAS a deer it wasn't a "thought", it was KNOWN to be a deer. It happens all the time.
Gunshots are the same. You might think you hear something that may or may not be a gun shot but more often than not when you do hear a gunshot you will not have any doubt. (For those that are familiar with the sound)
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I was about 10 yards away from a shooting indoors in a gym. The shots took place in a stairwell and sounded like a boom of a soft drink machine being turned over!
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Gunshots? Most of the time, but I notice that since my right ear suffered the sound of a shotgun blast from about 18" (no problem identifying that one! ), I now have trouble identifying and locating the source of many sounds. Something I used to be pretty good at. Scary and embarrassing when I think I hear an intruder, only to have Mrs. Grymster tell me to "PUT THE GUN DOWN!.... PUT IT DOWN NOW! CLIMB OUT FROM UNDER THE SOFA and RELAX, it's just the cat rattling her water bowl around.... here take these pills!"
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|August 5, 2009, 03:57 PM
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I don't necessarily disagree with them, as there is no way for me to refute their claim. It is, however, still "chest thumping" in my view.
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"Instant"- Would the absolute, very first actual neural impulses be processed and identified as "GUNSHOT!"? No, probably not, but that's not how I interpret the question.
When I say that I would "immediately" recognize a gunshot what I mean is that I would not be standing there after hearing it thinking "Hm, that must have been a bookshelf.... yes honey, those are nice curtains, we should buy them here...." and not identifying the sound until I hear people screaming. Might there be a moment or two while my brain processes the sound in context with the environment before realizing that it was much too loud to NOT be a gunshot? Yes, but only a moment or two. I consider that to be "immediate" if not "instant".
I've heard plenty of gunshots indoors and outdoors, with protection and without, in vehicles with the gun and outside of vehicles with the gun inside, in larger buildings and in sheds.
NOTHING sounds like a gunshot enough to be confused with a gunshot under typical circumstances.
You might hear something and say "That sounded like a gun...." but if it IS a gunshot then there will most often not be any question, assuming you know what a gun sounds like.
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Upon deciding to learn everything about guns as I possibly can, one of the first things I wanted to do was familiarize myself with the different sounds... one night I swear I heard a .40 being shot across town... turns out someone drew a weapon on a local LEO... he shot his glock in .40... on another night I heard what sounded like a .38... someone had their house broken into and fired... on another night it sounded like someone shot a shotgun... but it was a semi tire that blew out... I was in the house so I didnt hear anything but the boom... my friend was outside smoking and he could hear the "flapping" afterwards...
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on the 4th of July and new years I like to test myself by listining and seeing if I can tell the fire works from the gunshots, but thats outside, inside would be diffrent.
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Would you instantly recognize the sound of gunshots?
I live in a very bad neighborhood, and since I became disabled and lost my Good Lady Wife I simply do not have the income to relocate. We have at least one Mexican gang, a black gang, two asian gangs, and one gangs that is made out of outcasts from the others. I hear gunshots at least every other night. I'm very good at picking gunshots out of normal background noise; especially when I hear 4 9mms followed by three shotgun booms, and a few more popgun rounds, then a squeal of tires. About a week ago I heard a car coming down my street making the following pattern; two 9mm shots, a sudden acceleration of the car then screech of brakes, then the pattern repeated. I turned off the lights, grabbed the phone and called 911, and got the Mini-30 out of the safe. When I told the 911 operator what I was hearing, she asked how I knew what I was hearing, I told her I was a Vietnam Combat Veteran, former cop, and a continuing shooter. She asked if I wanted to have a car stop by I said yes. The officers that came to the door told me that yes, I had made the right call; the BGs had shot into 5 houses, seemingly at random, but had gotten away clean. I don't know about others, but I can pick gunfire out quite easily. A side note. On Tet, July 4th, and New Years Eve I take my dog and a couple of guns and spend the night with some friends on a ranch outside of Clements. With my background, being awakened by gunfire in the dark really messes with my head.
|August 5, 2009, 07:32 PM
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In my experience, how quickly you correctly identify a gunshot or similar noise for what it is is dependent on three factors:
1. Your experience with aforementioned noises.
2. How much you expect to hear them in that particular environment.
3. The proximity and succession of the noises
While at a firing range you expect to hear gunfire, and your ears are conditioned for it. You might even be able to determine what is being fired. Anywhere else, not only will the noise sound different because of distance or other obstacles between you and the gunshot, but it will also take longer for your brain to register what it really is.
I remember when on my first overseas deployment, the first time I heard incoming mortar fire, it took me a few seconds to figure out what it was. Not long after that it was very natural to quickly react to that same sound, and distinguish between the noises of rockets, mortars, and outgoing artillery. Upon returning home, I was still conditioned for those noises. For a couple weeks at least, even the sound of a slamming freezer lid (WHUMP!) would nearly make me hit the deck. If I were to hear the same noises today, I would definitely not recognize the sound nearly as quickly, because I am not expecting it. I realize comparing explosives to gunshots is apples and oranges (I doubt anyone is gonna snap and start lobbing mortars at the local wal-mart), but the same principle still applies.
Though I've fired and heard way too many gunshots to count (like everyone else here I'm sure), the realist in me seriously doubts my ability to quickly identify a gunshot for what it is in an environment that I am not expecting it. With that being said, some sounds can give away gunshots much more easily. A gun fired in rapid succession is much less mistakable than a single gunshot, and the shear volume of a gunshot in close proximity rules out just about any other possibility.
Spending time at the firing range may give you a little edge in identifying gunfire, but don't overestimate it.
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I was in the middle of a nightclub shooting and thought it was balloons popping.
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I know what a gunshot sounds like. I have heard them over the phone and its pretty distinct. A 22 snips, a 9mm cracks, a 40 pops and a 45 bangs. You can hear differences in each caliber shot. I am not saying I will know what caliber the gun is, what I am saying is at the range they have very different sounds and in the street a gun shot is a gun shot.
Maybe in a club I can see if but if I don't see balloons then idk *** is going on. Besides, clubs in GA don't let no one in with any guns or weapons.
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