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Child sexual abuse, molestation, exploitation, pornography, offenders, predators, Web, lure, chat, boylove, adult-child sex.
Presented by Pandora's Box: Dr. Faulkner
of Pedophiles on the Web Submitted by request to the Child Advocacy Task Force on The Internet Online Summit: Focus on Children Washington DC December 1, 1997 by Debbie Mahoney, Founder and Board President, and Dr. Nancy Faulkner, Executive Director, Safeguarding Our Children -- United Mothers The Internet Allows Pedophiles: Instant access to other predators worldwide; Open discussion of their sexual desires; Shared ideas about ways to lure victims; Mutual support of their adult-child sex philosophies; Instant access to potential child victims worldwide; Disguised identities for approaching children, even to the point of presenting as a member of teen groups; Ready access to "teen chat rooms" to find out how and who to target as potential victims; Means to identify and track down home contact information; Ability to build a long-term "Internet" relationship with a potential victim, prior to attempting to engage the child in physical contact. Computer technology and the Internet enables pedophiles to locate and interact with other pedophiles more readily than ever before. Although pedophiles luring kids on the Internet is a horrifying problem, the long-term organizational aspects are more terrifying. The common gathering place and the resultant support child predators are providing each other is probably their most significant advantage, -- and the most troublesome for a concerned public. The computer, a common household fixture, is now a place where pedophiles can go to hear others say, "You're okay and what you're doing is okay; don't listen to the rest of the world, just listen to us." The ability to receive and offer comfort within the support of their like-minded group reinforces pedophiles with the belief that their attraction to children and adult-child sex are an acceptable way of life. Child predators are forming an online community and bond that is unparalleled in history. They are openly uniting against legal authorities and discussing ways to influence public thinking and legislation on child exploitation. A group of admitted pedophiles has even developed their creed, "The BoyLove Manifesto" (below). While pedophile Websites are being tracked down and removed from Internet servers in countries all over the world, they are still easily finding ways to post Websites, Webrings, forums and chat rooms. Recent online topics have even focused on fund raising efforts and plans to purchase a dedicated server for their Websites. It is easy to find and read messages between pedophiles supporting adult-child sex. It is also increasingly common to observe pedophiles in chat rooms promoting one another to move forward with advances on new victims and their families, -- in what they define as "loving relationships." The advancement of Internet technology allows pedophiles to exchange information about children in an organized forum. They are able to meet in "online chat rooms" and educate each other. These online discussions include sharing schemes about how to meet, attract, and exploit children, -- and how to lure the parents of their victims into a false sense of security about their presence within the sanctity of the family structure. It has become an online "How To" seminar in pedophilia activities. Pedophile chat rooms, forums, irc-chat, and newsgroups are filled with information on "their" boys and girls and the "safety tips" that allow the abuse to remain hidden. Some of their Websites have information posted telling children that it is okay to be sexual with adults. It is in direct opposition to the messages advocates, teachers, and parents have been trying instill in our country's children. The larger the sense of community and support that is offered, the bolder pedophiles have become in their graphic descriptions of sex with and exploitation of children. The added comfort of anonymous email addresses and anonymous surfing is helping pedophiles literally "hide in the open"! They appear to be feeling safe enough in their nicknames to openly relate (and brag about) their stories of child exploitation. NOTE: The largest organized pedophile group on the Internet is the Man/Boy Love. That is not to say they are the only ones, just that they indeed do have the largest community. Their Website community is entitled "Free Spirits." Within the "Free Spirits" Internet community are pages of links to other Websites, that include: - Personal Pedophile Web Pages "Free Spirits" also provides links to non-pedophile children's organizations and child protection Websites, like: - Adoption NOTE: None of the above pedophile pages are blocked by current software. |
DISCLAIMER: The following section, "The Boylove Manifesto," was authored by BoyLove and DOES NOT represent the views of the authors of this article. It is reprinted here as an example of the Boylove philosophy. |
Who Are We? Boylove is a worldwide phenomenon that does not recognise the boundaries of gender, race, nationality, age, religious beliefs or philosophy. Boylove describes a special kind of relationship between human males. Boylove has always been with us, exists among us today and will always continue to exist. A boylover is commonly referred to as a "pedophile". Since boylovers can only speak for themselves, the feminists viewpoint cannot be expressed as part of this document. For the same reason you will not find a treatment about the love of women to boys, nor the love of men to girls as part of this discussion. The aim of this document is to explain the love between human males. As boylovers we distance ourselves from the current discussion about "child sexual abuse". We are not willing to participate in a confrontational discussion that does not even take into account the variety of sexual relationships between various age groups. This document represents the views of the author. The stereotype boylover does not exist. There are as many different opinions among boylovers, as there are men who love and admire boys. Who Should Read This Document? This document was written for all boylovers, their friends, their boyfriends and their girlfriends. Further, it was conceived for those children who have been, or may someday be confronted with this subject. It is aimed at parents, counselors, teachers and everyone whose life is touched, privately or professionally, by children. Hopefully, it will be read by some who deal with children, youths and boylovers as part of a therapy program. Finally, this document is a resource for those who may have kept an open mind and are genuinely interested in learning more about the difficult subject of "boylove". This document hopes to assist the reader in shaping his or her own opinion. While we are not hoping to gain any supporters for our opinions, we would like to be afforded the opportunity to submit our point-of-view to the current debate. Why Was This Document Published? The discourse about sexual contacts between different age groups, particularly those that take place between children and adults, has reached a dead-end. The parties on either side of the argument are no longer on speaking terms. Those who have taken it upon themselves to protect every boy from every boylover place the blame squarely on the boylover. To further their cause, these people do not bother to separate fiction and hearsay from the alleged facts. Their doctrine still nourishes from several centuries filled with repressive sexual standards. When child sexuality became taboo, the thought spread through our collective conscience that a child is simply not a sexual being. Sigmund Freud ventured past this taboo. Since that time, the attempt has been made to restrict the newly discovered sexuality of children by means of legislation. The imbalance of power which governes the relationship between adults and children was swiftly expanded to include the subject of sexuality. The adult members of our society mandate how a child is to cope with his or her own sexuality. The attempt to employ restricions and punishment as a means of child rearing often causes the child to experience serious conflicts. While may traumatise the child, it will certainly do nothing to further his or her natural development in the future. The discrepancy between the desire a child may experience and the restrictions placed upon these desires by society harms the natural and healthy development of his or her own sexuality. As a result, these children will suffer from some psychological damage even as adults. This document presents the opposing point of view. At the same time, it attempts to liberate children and adults from many false premises which govern our relationships and our sexuality. In view of the social and cultural position of a boylover, an attempt will be made to present his fundamental ethics - particularly the rights of the boy and the boylover's responsibilities. What Is Boylove? It is not possible to reduce or limit boylove by focusing only on the sexual aspects of an intergenerational relationship. Human sexuality plays the same part in a boylove relationship as it undoubtedly does in any relationship between human beings. Therefore it may not not be present, only slightly present, or explicitly present in any given relationship. A relationship that is based on sexual contact alone is not really part of boylove, because this term includes far more than that. A boylover desires a friendly and close relationship with a boy. This relationship will not necessarily include any sexual intimacy, nor will it necessarily exclude it. A boylover's fascination focuses primarily on the "boyish" and "childish" traits that are particular to any boy. The physical traits of the boy and the boylover's sexual desires, which may or may not be present, are quite secondary to that fascination. A boylover will go to great lengths to protect a boy from negative influences, or any physical and emotional harm. Further, a boylover will not resort to threats nor will he show any signs of aggressive or even violent behavior as part of a relationship. The Boylove Relationship? In most cases is the attraction between the boylover and the boy is mutual. The boy is drawn to an adult who takes him seriously and treats him respectfully. The boylove relationship is void of the demeaning power struggles and restrictions which are customarily are part of any child/adult relationship. In a boylove relationship, the boy is afforded the chance to experience himself as a person. A person who may have and express his own opinion, without running the risk of having it cast aside as unqualified, or even "childish". His spirit, as well as his body, are seen as a whole. Not as something that is still in the process - a developmental stage on the way to adulthood. A child is commonly viewed as someone who needs to grow up in order to become a person. Society applies adult standards in order to shape and mould the child. Personality traits that may be considered undesirable or inconvenient, are often removed in the process of child rearing and education. As part of a boylove relationship the older partner accepts and nourishes the spirit of the child. The boylover doesn't try to apply adult standards of behaviour in order force the boy's spirit to fit the mould. The boy experiences this acceptance of his own unique character as something very special and pleasant. He feels free to develop and grow, because his partner treasures his personality and takes it seriously. Although the adult partner is always in a position to exercise power over the child, the boylover tries to avoid any power struggles within the relationship. However, the boylover must be aware of the fact that an imbalance of power is present in any adult/child relationship. Therefore a situation may arise where he may need to raise this topic with his partner. What Are The Rights Of The Boy? First and foremost it is the right of the boy to develop his personality and his sexuality freely. This rule must govern every boylove relationship and it does. Any physical or psychological pressure inherently infringes upon this precious right. Further, any restrictions that may interfere with the development of his personality, or those that may prohibit him from experiencing his sexuality without restraints, may also be considered an infringement of his rights. It is the boylovers responsibility to shape the relationship in order to comply to the wishes and needs of the boy. It is also his responsibility to ask questions and listen carefully. Most importantly, the boylover must not interfere with the autonomous development of the boy. The boy has the right to be protected against physical or psychological abuse. It should also be considered a form of abuse when a boy is prohibited from exercising his rights to experience a loving relationship, or if he is not allowed to experience and develop his own sexuality. The rights of the boy should be respected in this regard, too. What Are Our Demands? We demand the freedom of individual sexuality for boys and for boylovers. We demand that current standards of sexuality are reconsidered. These standards infringe upon basic human rights, because they prohibit children and those who love them from even thinking about engaging in any sexual intimacy. We demand that any medical, psychological or religious notions which are preconceived against child sexuality, be exempted from a discussion about new sexual standards. We demand that children as well as boylovers be included in the current debate concerning sexuality between children and adults. At this point, the "experts" are people who have gained their knowledge about intergenerational relationships from books and statistics. It sounds incredible: there are people who are defending the best interests of an age group and they haven't even bothered to ask members of this age group if this representation is desirable, or in their best interests. We demand our freedom of speech in the media. The internet is being targeted as the forum for boylovers. We demand to be held to the same standards as every other participant in the internet: if there is nothing illegal being published on a "boylove site" then this site may not be shut down, or censored at will. We demand a forum for open communication between boylovers. A forum that is entirely free from repression. This discourse, support and a sense of community is important. It is a place to discuss sexual ethics and a forum that will be reached by boylovers from around the globe. We demand that society reconsiders the status of the child. This is our most important demand. Since children are not granted their own personality, and since they are not being taken seriously, there are "experts" who may represent their "best interests". And as long as we allow this representation to take place, children will be denied their right to develop their own personality, as well as their own sexuality. 1997 by jay_h thanks to ahs/green/ a lot of boylovers where i found inspiration. Thanks to Steffen for hosting this page. This document may and should be distributed freely. Links and references to this document in your page are welcome. Please don't forget to credit the author. |
is proprietary to D. Mahoney and Dr. N. Faulkner, © 1997-99. Not to be copied or reprinted without the express written consent of the authors. Internet Online Summit: Focus on Children Washington DC December 1-3, 1997 An overview of issues concerning child safety online, prepared by: Childnet International CyberAngels Internet Safety Organization Enough is Enough Family Research Council Focus on the Family Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families Safeguarding Our Children - United Mothers Laws, Internet Crimes, and Reporting; For Parents: Child Safety Online; and Advocates Against Child Porn on the Web |
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Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Indian Research in Arkansas-Jeri
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:40:45 EST
In a message dated 01/12/2000 5:44:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
<< I take it you haven't seen my "Trail of Tears" page? Go to:
http://www.couchgenweb.com/lawrence/trail1.htm >>
What a collection of tremendous work. How I have missed that all this time,
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check the map out for the Trail through Marion Co.
Thanks again and I enjoyed.
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Ill admit i had it but only because Babaracus had it in his fridge before the Dangerous Toys concert. Id take ANY shiner over it.
Saw this at HEB Burleson for like 6 bucks, but still couldn't pull the trigger. Just doesn't sound that good to me
It doesn't say dobblebock, but we are all aware of the tradition of naming dopplebocks with the "ator" suffix. No it's not really a dobblebock, but at least passes for a substantial bock. I guess if you call Shiner bock a "bock", then 100 commemorator is, in a sense, comparatively a dopplebock (if that makes any sense).
Sure do, i think about once a year here in Austin. And Jason McMasters(lead singer) also has a band called Broken Teeth, who are playing with Great White, i think the saturday or sunday before New Years.
I haven't gotten it because of the price. Saw it for like 5.50 at Heb. Picked up Real Ales Black Quad intsead.


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From: Scott Buchanan (scottAXE.NET.AU)
Date: Sun Mar 11 2001 - 22:06:37 CST
Yeah, we actually had an incident of that long ago on our webservers, seems
a few people know about it. The problem is two-fold -
1) The FormMail program uses a referrer array as the ONLY security check
for calls to the program (which can be REALLY easily faked).
2) It allows the recipient email to be sent through as an HTML variable.
There's a few ways to get around this, the way we initially got around it
was to firewall the IP address of the spammer. The best(?) way is
(if/where possible) to hard-code the recipient address into the
From the example you sent, it doesn't look like the copy you've got is even
using the referrer security?
Michael Rawls wrote:
> Hi All,
> I did a little playing with FormMail.pl after a run in with a spammer
> abusing our webserver. Apparently ALL FormMail.pl cgi-bin scripts can be
> used to spam anonymously. I found another server with FormMail.pl and
> tried the same exploit to send myself an email and it worked.
> The email will not show the spammer's real IP. Only the web servers IP
> will show. The web server logs will however show the true IP address of
> the spammer.
> ===========
> Actual example of email sent;
> ============
> Return-Path: <apachehum.auc.dk>
> Received: from hercules.humfak.auc.dk (hercules.humfak.auc.dk [220.127.116.11])
> by mail.dancris.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA14431
> for <spam-lshadowstorm.com>; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 17:19:34 -0700
> Received: from apache by hercules.humfak.auc.dk with local (Exim 3.02 #8)
> id 14bta3-0004tP-00
> for spam-lshadowstorm.com; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 01:19:27 +0100
> To: spam-lshadowstorm.com
> From: ()
> Subject: WWW Form Submission
> Message-Id: <E14bta3-0004tP-00hercules.humfak.auc.dk>
> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 01:19:27 +0100
> Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
> () on Sunday, March 11, 2001 at 01:19:27
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> message: Proof that FormMail.pl can be used to send anonymous spam.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Paste the line below in to your web browser URL box as one long single
> line, insert your email in address in place of "emailaddress-to-spam.com",
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> Begin URL code
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> us%20spam.
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> If this technique was not already in use by a spammer I would have kept it
> to myself, but it has already been on my server by a spammer.
> The address "www.hum.auc.dk" can be replaced with the address of ANY
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> -M. Rawls
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Revisiting David
This past week, having completed my second three week period in Malawi, I returned to Kenya. I am actually on my way (over two weeks) back to the USA to the head office and to regroup before returning to consult and guide a new project through infancy in Malawi (more on that later). On my long return trip, over the course of two weeks, I was to go to Kijabe and the CURE hospital there for one week and then bus to Uganda and Mbale's CURE hospital for my final few days there prior to flying out of Entebbe, Uganda. While in Kijabe, I organised with Pastor Amandui, my colleague there in collecting stories, to go and see a child named David. We had visited him once before at the New Hope Children's Center, an orphanage in Limuru, about 13 miles from Kijabe. He was taken in there along with his mother after some serious bouts of violence across Kenya (following the elections in 2008) that left him without a father and two brothers.


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A two-color setup (zoom)
elements (wall, icons, font and home uzip): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15951305/the_alps_elements.zip
Congratulation, this screen has been selected as Screen of the Day 17/08/12
@Peachanan thank you, really appreciate it!
Really nice! Love it
Any way you could share the bar? :)
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How do u get the line that tells you the number of how many calls and texts you've missed? :)
Appreciate an answer, nice setup! -
@ionlyme the bar is the part of the wall made by ps, only clock and counters made by uccw. If you need, I'll share wall, icons and the uccw I used. Thanks btw
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Oh, so u can create a counter for new messages, mails and phonecalls in UCCW? Would u mind sharing it? :)
@Daphen here you are: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15951305/alpshome.uzip
Great, thanks alot, is there a psd in there too? :)
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@Daphen uzip is a theme file which u can import to uccw
Wow, awesome! :D Thanks!!
@Daphen you're welcome:-)
@garyarts Yeah, if you could share the wall & icons would be nice! If you have the psd file would be even better ;)
@ionlyme elements in the description shared, check to download
@ GaRyArTs, thanks for this amazing screen, it inspired me to make one based on yours, hope you like it.
@rixsta I'm glad it has inspired you, enjoy!
Do u want to share the PSD for the wallpaper?
@garyarts thanks! :D any specific launcher you used? if so.. what's the grid size? :) thanks!
@ionlyme LauncherPro at 10×10 grid
@Daphen rather not…:-) what part are you interested in btw?
Well, I wanted to change the picture of the Alps and add the darkpie circle. ^^
I can't get the uzip to work btw. It doesn't show up in UCCW even after I've imported it. Wow, I'm so noobie at this moddingstuff.. -
@Daphen so all you need is the wall and the yellowish bar maybe? Sometimes it happens with imported skins in uccw, try to place elements manually in to the right folder (such as uccw file, font, weather, etc)
Yeah, I guess so, are u afraid I'm gonna steal your design and take credit for it? Don't worry, I wont upload it anywhere. Never uploaded a screen before.
Hm, should I place the "Alps" folder in some particular directory or the Uzip folder?
Thanks alot for helping me btw, much appreciated. :) -
@Daphen no, I'm not afraid of being stolen, frankly I don't want to see the same screens modded a little bit. But If u like to I will share psd for you. Gimme your e-mail address so.
Yes, should put the two .uccw file into UltimateCustomClockWidget folder, weather icons to weather folder and font to sdcard/fonts folder -
Thanks a ton, will try putting everything in manually. :) <3 -
@Daphen ok, will send soon
@garyarts 10×10!? holy cow that's a lot! haha :)
thanks! -
@ionlyme best for customization:-)
Hi! Could you please send me the psd file too? Love your work! firstname.lastname@example.com
@patrikron will send soon
I need the psd too please, send to firstname.lastname@example.com
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Main > My heart is broken! 911 DM ALERT IN MALINOIS (43 replies)
My heart is broken! 911 DM ALERT IN MALINOIS by oregontnt2007 on 23 February 2012 - 03:38 |
I bought the most wonderful little girl in the world! She was not the dog that was pictured when the breeder sent me her pic, thus not making me a happy camper with him. The worst of it all, I bought a DM DNA test kit with DDC Vet lab (?) a simple DNA cheek swab I had my vet do. 10 days later.... I found out my little girl was a DM CARRIER UGH! Her name is Mace's ODA if anybody wants to look her up. I also have the DM report as well. Just when you thought you got away from DM in the GSD, ( other breeds have it too ) you get kicked to the ground again. This little girl was to be my first sports dog ( wrong again ) she is the most loving & wonderful little personality I have ever seen in a Malinois! So smart and witty and oh so pretty! I lost one dog to DM 2 years ago My heart just breaks knowing that not enough breeders test for this, it is a smiple test that is 65.00 per dog. It also will save lives, your pocket book if they have DM and heartache.... |
by SitasMom on 23 February 2012 - 04:13 |
a carrier or affected? carriers don't get symptoms. affected dog do. c/c - clear c/a - carrier a/a - affected if she is only a carrier, there is no worry. if you decide to breed her, then you will need to find a c/c clear stud. |
by BlackthornGSD on 23 February 2012 - 04:13 |
So.... your dog, according to the test, will never be affected by DM--as a carrier, she'd only have one copy of the gene. This isn't exactly devastating news. Also, if DM's never been seen in the Malinois, there's no certainty that the presence of even 2 copies of the gene would mean that the dog could get the disease. Also... your dog doesn't show up on the OFA databas online. So... is this story even true? |
by SitasMom on 23 February 2012 - 04:19 |
http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/belgian_malinois/dog.html?id=1314483 - Mace's ODA |
by BlackthornGSD on 23 February 2012 - 04:30 |
That's not the OFA database.... |
by EuroShepherd on 23 February 2012 - 04:53 |
she can still be your sport dog. |
by vincentpmchugh on 23 February 2012 - 05:31 |
You should have done your homework. As a Malinois breeder I take one look at the pedigree and say that you should have never bought a dog from that breeder. The lines alone are incomplete in the pedigree leading me to think that this was just a breeding to make some money. It is because people like you that good Breeds get ruined, because you go and buy a dog because one reason or another from some shit head of a breeder that is focused on a buck and not a breed. I am sorry if your dog has or carries the gene for DM please as a responsible dog owner never breed her spay her first chance you get, because if you will buy a dog with little know of its genetic history and that has so few dogs titled or even proven to be working then you will probaly breed her because she bites a sleeve and it looks cool. Do the Malinois breed a favor and spay the bitch. |
by duke1965 on 23 February 2012 - 09:00 |
if you had looked better vincent you would see that it is a NON pedigree dog bred from NVBK lines which initself isnot a bad thing , but it happens that there are blanks in NVBK papers ,as they use any good dog for breeding , if they know the background or not sitasmom , one can also choose to breed only clear dogs ,if enough available , and clear the breed from a problem |
by Jerry Lee on 23 February 2012 - 13:00 |
I'am the breeder of this dog and have been breeding Malinois and German Shepherd's for over 28 years.Our dog's are from the Belgian NVBK Dog's.The sire of this puppy is 5x Sch 3 IPO 3 FH http://www.macesmalinois.com/jasta.php and is a very well known dog.He was produced by Bryak who is Belgian Ring 2 produced by a Ring 3 Dog and so forth.This client is not happy with me and has decided to express her anger here in a public forum.The female is my personal dog and these 2 have produced a total of 5 Police K9'S and 4 Military k9's In Iraq..This is the same client that returned a Male Shepherd Puppy that she determined was not a working dog after having the dog for 24 hours..Here is a video of the Male she returned-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIez7c_j6t0&feature=context&context=G2a47cddFAAAAAAAAAAA I have tried to resolve all issues with this person and all she is concerened about doing is slamming our Malinois's and then certain breeders decide to bash someone they know nothing about.Holes in Javelin's pedigree are my fault I need to edit the pedigree..Many dog's from the NVBK have blanks in the pedigree..ODA is papered with the NVBK as are all our Malinois's..Here is what the OFA has to say in relation to DM in other breeds..If ODA is such a great puppy why are you trying to sell her..I don't want a pissing match. Although any dog can be tested for DM, it is possible that the genetic background that predominates in some breeds prevents the development of symptoms even in dogs testing affected (at risk). At this time we are reluctant to recommend testing for members of breeds where the University of Missouri has not yet proven susceptibility to DM through microscopic examination of spinal cords from deceased dogs that exhibited symptoms of the disease. At this time the required evidence of association between the genetic mutation and actual spinal cord evaluations has only been proven in the breeds listed:
by Blitzen on 23 February 2012 - 13:46 |
Just breed her to a clear nn if you decide to breed her. She will never develop the disease, will only produce an at risk if bred to an at risk or another carrier. If bred to a clear approximately half of the litter will be nn, half carriers. You can DNA the puppies you want to sell or keep for breeding when they are 4 weeks old. It's up to the Mal breeders to determine if this is a problem within the breed and worth testing for. When dogs are primarily performance dogs, they often suffer from various injuries that can mimic DM, so DM may have been around for a while and missed. Maybe not.... Who knows. Next time ask for DNA on the parents if this is a concern for you. |
by brynjulf on 23 February 2012 - 15:27 |
As everyone above pointed out. She can still be your sports dog? Why are you concerned about that? She is a carrier. It won't hurt her at all. So go start training that pup! |
by SitasMom on 23 February 2012 - 18:02 |
duke1965 - dm is horrible, and its best to breed only clear dogs, but if a certain dog is exceptional then careful breeding to only a clear dog may lead to more exceptional puppies and half will be clear and half will be unaffected carriers. next generation breeding the most exceptional dog that is clear is a way to keep the qualities of the breed while creating a line of cm free dogs with exceptional qualities. |
by Von Ward Kennels on 23 February 2012 - 22:00 |
Vincent You need to lay off. Quote: It is because people like you that good Breeds get ruined, because you go and buy a dog because one reason or another from some shit head of a breeder that is focused on a buck and not a breed How could you say that? Horrible The best breeders sometimes have a hidden gene trickle down and show up some hereditary issue that has lain dormant. I am not saying that the breeder of said dog is good or bad. I just think your statment was way out of line and so mean that some people may come on here, see what you said and never come back. Stephanie |
by starrchar on 23 February 2012 - 22:27 |
I think what is really important here is that this should be a wake-up call to the Mal breeders. If this dog is a carrier, there are definitely Mals out there "at risk/affected" and specifically this breeder really needs to test his/her dogs IMO. The DM gene is no longer "hidden" in these lines if this dog tested "carrier". OP- As everyone else here said, no reason to be heartbroken. Your dog is a carrier, but will not manifest the disease. |
by oregontnt2007 on 24 February 2012 - 14:23 |
wow, I said she was a wonderful dog Jerry |
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by Cassandra Marie on 24 February 2012 - 15:06 |
Dear Oregon: I am very sorry that your puppy is a DM carrier. Besides using her for sport, you may have had visions of breeding her down the road. Now that you know that she's a carrier, you may have to readjust your plans. I'm not sure why the one poster was so harsh. Perhaps their deep passion for the Mal and their frustration that there are breeders that lack concern for the breed resulted in the above mentioned post. It took courage for you to share your findings and hopefully will bring new awareness to those in Mals. I admire your stance. It must help receiving such good information from the other posters that have shared their knowledge with you. Enjoy your baby. She sounds lovely. Cassandra |
by Jerry Lee on 24 February 2012 - 17:26 |
We will pray for you and your family to find peace and the perfect working dog.I hope you watched the video of the Male Shepherd that you returned.He is doing a great job in his training.The Mali puppy would have performed for you in any sport..You have to let young dog's devolp and they have to be stimulated on a daily basis by a qualified trainer or handler. Can you please provide me the new owners name for our records.I have been talking with the OFA about this issue and they have repeated over and over at this time DM is not a concern in the Belgian Malinois.Jasta's and Javelin's pedigree can be traced back to the 1800's..I also talked with the NVBK in Belgium about DM in Malinois.There are no records of any dog's in Belgium with DM.Science can test for many things and maybe they are on to something here..Why was the OFA not used for the DM testing? |
by LadyFrost on 24 February 2012 - 18:06 |
" sold the dog since we wanted a sports dog & she did not have the temperament for a |


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A 2008 raw Pu-erh, it comes to us loose and has slender, wiry leaves. Hints of nectar and peach coat the cup, while a mineral quality lingers in the background.
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A 2008 raw Pu-erh, it comes to us loose and has slender, wiry leaves. Hints of nectar and peach coat the cup, while a mineral quality lingers in the background.
I'm still developing my pu-erh chops; all the more so since Dr. Oz said pu-erh, especially when imbibed early in the day, is a fat burner. (I am not of the "if Dr. Oz said it, it must be true" camp, but hey, another excuse to drink tea!)
Anyway, I chilled a pint after my morning cup. Cold cave water! Which, on a triple-digit day, is a pretty nice little sensory side trip. I always did like the smell of stalagmites.
This comment makes me smile. I almost sense a touch of sarcasm. :) "Cold cave water" and "smell of stalagmites" sounds splendid for a cuppa tea. ;)
I've always drank my puerh hot with a short steeping. What is the best way to cold brew puerh; both the amount and time left to brew would be helpful?
No sarcasm…I did my courtin' in the Ozarks and fell in love with an amateur spelunker :) Haven't tried a cold-steep batch yet, I just stuck leftovers in the fridge.
Bonnie, the mint sounds great … I'll have to look and see if Peppermint Patty has any leaves that haven't fried int this heat.
When I finish my morning hot pot of pu'erh (like today) I brew again, let it cool down and bottle (sometimes I dilute to taste with orange water or mint water and I sweeten sometimes too) . Then….into the frig! You can pour over ice if you steep strong using a gaiwan.
Wow, Bonnie! I bet that it is delicious!
GMathis: ts is a green puerh. Do you like shu or cooked puerh at all?
Ashmanra, I think I do—very limited experience and bungled preparation on my part. I've had a couple of shu samples. The cooked ones are the little pre-shaped things, right?
No, Amy, this was a gift from … one of my kind Steepster buddies, but I can't remember whom. So it may be a little oldish; wouldn't surprise me if it isn't in current rotation.
I sent it! They only carried it for about a year. I think it was one of Emeric's picks. I still have some left and it is aging nicely!
The cooked and greens can come every whichaway! Cakes, mini tuocha, loose. I have a bagged shu that is pretty good from Numi. Someone on here gave a helpful tip, green and sheng sound a lot alike, and shu and cooked sound a bit alike, so that helps me keep straight which is which!
Sip down. I took Monday off, so I have had three days of abusive eating (my favorite kind). When I went to bed last night I knew I was drinking puerh today. It was just a question of which one. This loose leaf sheng came from ashamanra a while back so I am not sure how old it actually is but in the time I have had it, this has morphed.
The first cup @2 minutes is extremely milky in taste and feel. There is also a quality that all I can think of to describe it is shiny. Yes I know shiny isn't a taste. Maybe mineral? Metallic? Not coppery. This has also become quite sweet. I add Splenda and this is almost sweet enough I don't need it (almost – stupid monkey). The aroma is wet hay, which becomes part of the sip midway through. It has that wonderful sticky lip feel. Not sure why that always appeals to me. I think it is because it is followed by a rumbling tummy. Mission accomplished.
Second cup @ 1 minute, loses the milky taste. The press aroma is poo, I mean shu like. The taste now is mild sheng still with some sweetness and the shiny flavor.
Cup 3 @ 2 minutes. The press scent is back to a normal sheng like seaweed. The shiny taste is gone. Mild with just a hint of mushroom (in a good way). It is a bit like wet leaves but not yet earthy.
Cup 4 @ 3 minutes. This is the best cup yet. It is still mild but darker flavor. Sadly this is the last cup I have time for today but it was a good ending.
It has been a long time since I have had this one, and I understand it a bit better now. I have had a few puerhs, maybe six. Five of those were shu puerh, and I liked them very much. When I first had this one I didn't understand the difference very well and expected it to be more like a shu. Now that I know better, I can enjoy this more.
I think it was KS who said to remember that sheng sounds like green and shu sounds like cook, and that would help the puerh newbie (me) distinguish the two. I didn't realize until KS pointed it out that this IS a sheng and it HAS been aged, though just a little. And I can enjoy it more now that I have the gong fu set to prepare it.
What I called minty before, I know now is really a sort of camphor/mineral flavor. There is also a warm earthiness to it, not as deep and dark as shu puerhs, but I am reminded of what it smells like when you turn over a rotting log on damp ground to look for bugs…something we do rather often. This is a far cry from black tea with cucumber sandwiches and pinkies waving, but it is its own kind of relaxation.
Thank you, KS, for reminding me that this is a sheng! Now I need to try some more and see if they are radically different. I am also looking forward to seeing how longer aging affects the tea.


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2 eggs, separated
4 tsp• water, divided in half
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Take out pastry to thaw. If not ready slightly microwave a few seconds on defrost. Have steaks out to come to room temperature.
In a medium skillet over medium to high heat add butter to melt then add onion and mushrooms (not the caps) to skillet and sauté for 5 minutes. Add wine, simmer until almost all the liquid is evaporated about 5 minutes. Stir in bread crumbs, garlic powder, pepper, salt. Set aside off heat.
While the vegetables are simmering start preparing pastry sheets. On a non-stick surface, roll 1 sheet of pastry in a 14 inch by 11 inch rectangle; divide in half. Reserve any scrap dough. You should have 2 rectangles. Place a 1/3 cup vegetable mixture in center of the pastry rectangle. Top with steak, then with a mushroom cap. In a bowl beat egg whites with 2 tsp. of water. Brush edges of pastry. Fold over meat and mushrooms, over lap edges. Press to seal; place with a spatula on to a non-stick cookie sheet. Repeat with other half of pastry then roll out the other pastry sheet and repeat process. After all 4 pastry pack are made, use any scrap dough to decorate using egg white to paste on top.
In a small bowl beat the 2 egg yolks and remaining water and brush the tops of pastry packages. Bake for 35-40 minutes to medium done.
Serve with a pre-made gravy, horseradish sauce, potato straws and glazed carrots.
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Medical and Dental Implications of the Most Prescribed Medications
Harold L. Crossley, DDS, PhD
This course is co-sponsored by the Seattle-King County and Pierce County Dental Societies.
Course Description
Many physician-prescribed medications used by your patients have dental implications and side effects affecting your treatment plan. Many of these medications are the drugs of choice of "doctor shoppers". And one of these medications is the most prescribed medication abused by adolescents.
Some medications are more likely to cause violent behavior and others can cause a "burning mouth syndrome". Sixty percent of the most popular drugs have lost or are losing their patents. Are the generic forms as effective therapeutically? Who sets the standard for healthy blood pressure, pap smears, and cholesterol? And lastly, have there been any changes to the antibiotic prophylaxis recommendations for heart problems or orthopedic prosthesis patients?
This presentation includes the indications, contraindications, and side effects of the most commonly prescribed medications. Many of these medications were not approved when you took your pharmacology course in dental school. These medications represent 30% of all prescriptions taken by your dental patients and familiarity with these drugs will provide the dental practitioner with a better appreciation for the health profile of your dental patient.
Course Objectives
As a result of attending this course, you should be able to:
- Discuss which drugs can cause "burning mouth syndrome".
- List the most abused prescription medication by adolescents today.
- Describe the differences between generic and prescription medications.
- Explain how to combine and use analgesics more effectively.
- Recognize which medications can cause problems with dental treatment.
HAROLD L. CROSSLEY is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland Dental School. A native of Rhode Island, Dr. Crossley received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Rhode Island in 1964. He later was awarded the Master of Science (1970) and Doctorate degrees (1972) in Pharmacology. The University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore awarded Dr. Crossley the DDS degree in 1980. The liaison between the classroom and his dental practice, which he mentored on a part-time basis in the Dental School Intramural Faculty Practice, produced a practical approach to understanding the pharmacology of drugs used in the dental office.
Dr. Crossley has co-authored a number of articles and four books dealing with a variety of topics within the field of pharmacology. Other areas of expertise include the pharmacology of street drugs and chemical dependency. He serves on the Maryland State Dental Association's Well-Being Committee. He is an active member of Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society, the American College of Dentists, and International College of Dentists. He was the recipient of the 2008 Gordon Christensen Lecturer Recognition award presented by the Chicago Dental Society. He has been a consultant for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement agencies since 1974. Drawing on this unique background, Dr. Crossley has become nationally and internationally recognized as an expert on street drugs and chemical dependency as well as the clinical pharmacology of dental drugs.
The University of Washington is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
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Please note that while DNR issues statewide regulations, if you live within a municipality that controls the open burning, local permits or more stringent regulations may apply.
General burning information
- Where do I get a permit?
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- When is a permit not needed?
- What can I burn with a permit or in an approved burner?
- What materials cannot be burned?
- What if I want to burn a structure?
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- What are burning permit restrictions?
- How are the dates for spring restrictions determined?
- What is a burning ban?
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When do I need an open burning permit?
You need an open burning permit when:
- you want to start an outdoor fire other than those listed in the exceptions below
- you have a fire in an approved burner between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
A permit is not needed:
- for a "campfire"—a fire set for cooking, warming, or ceremonial purposes, which is not more than 3 feet in diameter by 3 feet high, and has had the ground 5 feet from the base of the fire cleared of all combustible material
- when the ground is snow-covered — by definition, when there is a continuous unbroken cover of snow 3 inches deep or more surrounding the immediate area of the fire, sufficient to keep the fire from spreading
- for a fire contained in a charcoal grill, camp stove, or other device designed for cooking or heating
- for a fire in an approved burner , and there is no combustible material within 5 feet of the base of the burner, and it is in use between the 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
What can I burn with a permit or in an approved burner?
- You may burn vegetative material, such as grass, leaves, brush, and untreated lumber.
What materials cannot be burned?
You may not burn:
- hazardous wastes
- industrial solid waste
- demolition debris of commercial or institutional structures (farm buildings are not considered commercial structures)
- salvage operations
- motor vehicles
- oils
- rubber
- plastics
- chemically treated materials
- other materials which produce excessive or noxious smoke, such as tires, railroad ties, chemically treated lumber, composite board, drywall, wiring, paint, or paint filters
- garbage, defined as discarded material resulting from the handling, processing, storage, preparation, serving, or consumption of food.
What if I want to burn a structure?
If you'd like to burn a structure, contact a forest officer.
Where do I get a permit?
You may obtain a permit in three ways:
- Contact your local DNR Forestry Office.
- Contact a fire warden. Fire wardens are volunteers commissioned by a DNR forest officer to issue open burning permits.
- Purchase a burning permit online. There is a $5 charge per calendar year for this service.
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- Burning permits are not issued in fire-prone portions of the state in the spring when fire danger is traditionally high. A variance to permit open burning, however, may be obtained for special circumstances such as prescribed fire projects, approved agricultural practices, construction projects, or economic hardship. Variances may only be issued by DNR Forestry personnel. Dates of the restrictions are posted on this website each spring.
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The History of the Car Cup Holder
Ever since George Washington crossed the Delaware to go sign the lease on his new pickup truck (with 0 percent APR!), President's Day has been associated with getting a good deal on a car. And while some people buy cars based on gas mileage or sporty looks, we all know that the most important parts of a vehicle are its cup holders.
But cars weren't always such happy places. In the dark days of early automotion, designers presumed that drivers would actually stop driving to eat or drink something, so cup holders had no place in interiors. From the get-go, though, aftermarket innovators sought to connect mobile Americans with food. If you were a Model T owner back in the '20s, you were expected to modify your jalopy with as many doodads as you could afford to order from the Sears catalog, whose Ford gadget section, as E.B. White described it, "was larger than men's clothing, almost as large as household furnishings." You could add a flower vase to your dashboard, transform your car from a convertible to a hardtop, fiddle infinitely with the inner workings of your engine–and strap an entire kitchenette to the running boards, complete with a fold-out table and labeled compartments for flour meal, eggs, and ice water.
The "snack tray for car." (Credit: Modern Mechanix)
Real demand for the cup holder didn't pick up until the 1950s, when drive-ins and drive-thru windows became mainstays of American eating. The very earliest evidence of complete cup-holding comes from a 1950 newspaper clipping that describes a "snack tray for car" that "hangs from dashboard." The cups were held by metal discs hanging on chains from the tray, and seem to actually be fairly secure.
The Automobile Seat Article Holder (Credit: US Patent 2640595)A few other ideas were floating around, too. Some were bad, like the Automobile Seat Article Holder, patented in 1953, which trusted a hinged plate wedged between the seat cushions to keep your drinks from sloshing around, but one Clyde W. Morgan of Dallas patented a precursor of the modern slide-out cup holder, the Refreshment Tray for Automobile Instrument Panel, which included two wells for beverages.While inventors tried to fill the cup holder void, manufacturers started including proto-cup holders on the back of glove compartment doors (the earliest documented model with these is a 1955 Chevy). They weren't anything more than little indentations in the plastic, unsafe for sipping at any speed, but they were a step in the right direction.
The magnetic glove compartment of the '57 Eldorado Brougham (Credit: The Car Connection)
The best beverage security system of the era, though, belonged to the 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. Plenty of ultra-luxurious limousines had had built-in bars, but the Brougham was the first to come with a magnetized glove compartment door and a set of four metal tumblers, perfect for keeping your cognac stable while you're passing the jitney on the way to the Hamptons.
In the '60s, trays that would hook into the window well of the door became available, and were fairly commonplace as aftermarket accessories by the '70s. Patents from the time exist for a more advanced version of Clyde W. Morgan's pull-out tray, but customers looking for a car with a built-in cup holder were still stuck in the wilderness, or more likely in traffic, trying to turn left and shift into second while balancing their hot mugs of Sanka.
The 1984 Chrysler minivan, replete with cup holders (Credit: Autoblog)
But that all changed in 1983, when Chrysler invented the minivan. The Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager (which were the same car, for the most part) not only saved the company while creating a whole new category of car in the American market, they rolled off the assembly line with two serious cup holders in sunk into the plastic of the dashboard. In the next few years, more and more cars started including cup holders in their interior design–but it would take at least another decade for them to become ubiquitous.
In 1989, US News and World Report was still calling "crannies for drinking cups" an unnecessary "future frill," but the life-or-death necessity of the cup holder was proven in the infamous 1994 lawsuit, Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants. If you're too young to remember the hot coffee case (or happened to spend that year renting a nice cave in the Poconos), Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman, sued McDonald's for damages after spilling 180-degree coffee on her lap in a stationary car. She got third-degree burns from the spill, and was awarded $2.7 million (reduced to $640,000 on appeal) by the jury. The case became fodder for endless Leno monologues and a national argument about tort reform, but it was also a strong argument for industry-wide adoption of the cup holder–if the car she'd been sitting in, her grandson's Ford Probe, had had even one single cup holder, the whole ordeal might have been avoided.
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An attacking batsman by nature, Mayank Agarwal impressed one and all at the Under-19 level. In the IPL, his big moment came when in 2012 he smashed an unbeaten 64 off 30 balls facing the likes of Malinga, Harbhajan and RP Singh. Although RCB lost, Agarwal showed what he's worth. Thanks to his flamboyant strokes and habit of posting big scores, comparisons were drawn with the mighty Virender Sehwag very early in Agarwal's career.


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In yet another attack by a 'rogue' Afghan soldier, four French troops were shot dead last week.
Proponents of the current post-modern war fighting doctrine continue to believe we can make people love us. Counterinsurgency has been a convenient doctrine swallowed by Western leaders as a politically correct way to fight a war. But it is built on the well-meaning principle of "hearts and minds" when it is nothing more than an unhealthy blend of social engineering and pork-barrel politics.
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In Afghanistan trust no one and question everything In Australia trust no one and question everything… "there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead". In a meantime we are told every day by political parties and the media that we are a democratic society . A democracy… Read more »
The recent string of casualties inflicted on Australian trainers by their Afghan students is part of the ongoing tragedy of war. It is also not making the job of selling the Afghan War to the Australian population any easier.
A recent Roy Morgan poll says that 72 per cent of Australians want to withdraw the troops. That's good because we are, of course, going to withdraw and our casualties must be seen in that context. The withdrawal date is already set as 2014 and barring some strategic change, our combat troops will leave.
The Prime Minister has announced that there will be an ongoing training commitment to Afghanistan, but the detail is unclear. Of course, if there were no consequences for the withdrawal of our troops, they would have been withdrawn long ago.
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The deaths of another two Australian diggers in Afghanistan will not weaken the Government's resolve to stay the course, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has vowed.
But the particular nature of one of those deaths - a violent betrayal which saw 25-year-old Lance Corporal Andrew Jones shot dead by a supposedly friendly Afghan National Army soldier who had been trained by Australia - has sent shockwaves through the defence forces.
Trust between the two militaries has been severely shaken.
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I suggest it's important for the west to win the propaganda war. The Taliban rhetoric must be prevented from becoming infectious. The way we treat islamics here could be important to the final outcome. We should never provide justification for the 'crusader' slur, which seems popular in the middle east.… Read more »
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
"Ragheads'', "dune coons'', "sand niggaz'' and "smelly locals''. Last night we were exposed to ADF soldiers with experience in Afghanistan acting in prejudicial, discriminatory, racist ways. That is what we call it in the civilian world.
A group of soldiers, some who have served overseas in contemporary conflicts, and apparently some who are serving, have allegedly posted their discontent on the social networking site Facebook. They have expressed their disdain, their hatred of the Afghanis, their racist and pejorative perspective of those they are charged to 'liberate' and their insubordination to their boss, Lieutenant General Gillespie.
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The stomach clenches with a cold nausea. The lip curls in disgust. It's the same visceral reaction I had to pictures like the one below that emerged from Abu Ghraib; the images that made the idea of winning hearts and minds in Iraq a cruel joke.
Now, Der Spiegel has published three pictures of US soldiers, posing with the bodies of civilians they allegedly killed. One grins. The German news magazine says it has thousands more 'trophy shots'.
The soldiers are described as 'rogue' – as opposed to 'sanctioned'. But of course this is just another one-off atrocity. Isn't it? Just Americans, right?
Not right. Not one off.
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tory, while i have no issues with anyone expressing their point of view as you have made with this article, and many others have made in comments ive just noticed reading through that their are alot off disillusions about the army, i am thinking that mayby for your next piece… Read more »
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What on earth do we expect of out soldiers? We send them out to bomb and kill 'the enemy' and expect them to say nice things about them? Grow up you lot. If you don't like it YOU go out there and see how you fare. I am damn sure… Read more »
The intonation is crucial.
Australians use the phrase in two quite different ways, and the clue to whether what Mr Abbott said in Afghanistan was disrespectful or not lies in the modulation of his voice.
Did he say 'shit happens', meaning 'get over it, suck it up, spilt milk'? Or did he say 'shit happens', meaning 'nothing could have been done, it was fate, or God's will.'
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John, You are utterly full of it. You have absolutely no idea and think you can force the rest of Australia to think you are right because you are loud about it. MR Abbot has said nothing wrong and trying to imply that he couldn't care less about soldiers is… Read more »
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@Jara. Tony Abbott's "big problem with rage" ? Unlike Mark Latham breaking a taxi driver's arm, Abbott didn't attack Mark Riley. Unlike Mark Latham's physical intimidation of John Howard with "that" handshake, Abbott didn't intimidate Riley. Tony Abbott was falsely accused of the most heartless lack of sympathy for a… Read more »
News that up to 21 navy sailors were allegedly running a drug ring from the Garden Island Navy base in Sydney, and that about 30 more were possibly involved in distributing the contraband, has shone the spotlight into a dark corner of military life.
With recent raids uncovering illicit drugs including steroids, heroin, cocaine and ecstasy, the extent of drug trafficking and substance abuse by military personnel is now being exposed and it is not a pretty picture.
The vast majority of navy, army and air force personnel are clean living, law abiding citizens, but for those who aren't there are many opportunities to take advantage of their status as returning warriors and their mode of military transport to import illegal material.
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