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Interspecies friendship alert! New footage of a baby cheetah and his unlikely puppy friend's recent play-date is on display in a YouTube video the San Diego Zoo Safari Park posted this week.
It shows a 7-week-old cheetah, Ruuxa, and an 8-week-old Rhodesian ridgeback puppy, Raina, exchanging playful paws and wrestling among toys while smiling visitors take pictures through the Safari Park's nursery window. The post comes just two weeks after Safari Park introduced the world to even tinier versions of Ruuxa and Raina, to the delight of nearly 600,000 viewers on YouTube.
But zookeepers didn't pair the unlikely buddies just to make cute videos.
Keepers stepped up to raise Ruuxa, who was born without siblings, because he was rejected by his mother – often the case when a cheetah cub isn't part of a larger litter. Pairing the lone cheetah cub with a companion, like a puppy, helps to calm the wild animal and teach it there's nothing to fear about its public surroundings.
Janet Rose-Hinostroza, an animal training manager at Safari Park, told TODAY.com that she's helped acclimate six young cheetahs with puppies at Safari Park, but none as young as Ruuxa or Raina.
"Ruuxa is less apprehensive than the other cheetahs that have met their dogs," Rose-Hinostroza told TODAY.com. "It was our plan all along that he would just know Raina from his earliest memories, take it in stride, and hopefully feel more like she's a sibling. He recognizes her as another animal and recognizes her as a playmate. He seeks out playing with that dog, which is so funny. … He's very curious about her, very interested in her."
Safari Park officials will monitor Ruuxa and Raina as their friendship develops. Despite the growth spurt Ruuxa will hit as an adult, he's unlikely to turn on his canine friend, even when he surpasses her size, Rose-Hinostroza said.
"In this relationship, the dog is always [assuming] the role of the older sibling," she added. "They're actually the dominant animal in the relationship."
It's part of the zoo's mission to save species like the cheetah, which is on the brink of extinction. According to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, the cheetah population today is about 10,000 – down from 100,000 in the year 1900. Habitat loss, human interaction and illegal wildlife trade are said to be among the reasons for the decline.
Christina Simmons, a spokeswoman for the zoo, has a theory on why this particular interspecies friendship has been so captivating, both in person and online.
"Most of the folks that are commenting on social media mention how surprised they are that cats and dogs can get along," she said.
Zoo visitors can watch the unlikely pair pal around in Safari Park daily, from 12:15 to 1 p.m.
Unlikely friends
An otter and a kitten, a kangaroo and wombat and a monkey and a rabbit — just a few best buddy pairs that make some very odd couples.
Unlikely friendsof
Foes now friends
A wolf and a goat have unimaginably become friends in Xinjiang, China. Their paths crossed when the wolf was a newborn and the goat, who had recently had babies, had milk to share. Now the wolf is 3 years old and the two are inseperable.Rex USA / Rex USA
Unlikely friendsof
Opposites attract
A lonley, 4-month-old piglet was given to the St Francis Animal Welfare Shelter in Fair Oak, England by a family who could no longer care for her. Since then, the pint-sized Coco has become firm friends with German Shepherd Jay. The piglet is convinced she is a dog, and walks on a leash, fetches sticks and guards the other dogs. "Jay has taken her under her paw so to say and protects her when they run around together in the field," said center manager Sueltan Day.Rex USA / Rex USA
Unlikely friendsof
Pony and pup
Poppy, a rescued Shetland Pony, and Tilly, a 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier, have become best friends at their home in Beechworth, Australia.Rex USA / Rex USA
Unlikely friendsof
Adopted otter
When 6 weeks old, this baby otter was an orphan after the suspected death of his mother. The Secret World Rescue in Somserset, England, introduced the otter to a family of four orphaned kittens also being cared for at the center. Now the group has become the best of friends.Rex USA / Rex USA
Unlikely friendsof
Play pals
This 11-week-old ocelot kitten, Santos, and his furry dog companion, Blakely, became best friends at Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio. Santos was born at the end of last year but has been moved to Cincinnati's nursery after his mother didn't produce enough milk. Blakely resides in the Cincinnati Zoo's nursery and is a companion dog to a wide variety of baby animals that come into the nursery for various reasons. The zoo says they spend time together almost every day by burning off energy during the cold winter months.Cincinnati Zoo via Rex USA / Cincinnati Zoo via Rex USA
Unlikely friendsof
Lions, tigers and monkey, oh my!
A baby monkey, tiger and lion play together at a zoo in Shenyang, China on May 1, 2013.ZUMAPRESS.com / ZUMAPRESS.com
Unlikely friendsof
Duckling, kookaburra
A duckling and 6-week-old Kookaburra, nicknamed Kookie, have developed an unusual bond after both being orphaned at birth. Kookie had to be saved by staff at the Seaview Wildlife Encounter after his parents killed their other two offspring. The rare 2-day-old duckling was rescued from one of the park's aviaries because he was too small to defend himself against larger birds.Rex USA / Rex USA
Unlikely friendsof
Kangaroo and wombat
At just over 5 months old, Anzac the kangaroo was brought to the Wild About Wildlife Kilmore Rescue Centre in Victoria, Australia after being rescued in the Macedon Ranges. Missing his mom, Anzac was placed with wombat Peggy and the two now sleep together.Newspix via Rex USA / Newspix via Rex USA
Unlikely friendsof
Piggy back
Xena, the mini pig, and Jazz, the quaker parrot, are unlikely best of friends from Brisbane, Australia. According to their owner, the two are like brother and sister.Rex USA / Rex USA
Unlikely friendsof
Pup and pig
After being rescued by Wendy Valentine, who runs Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norfolk, UK, Tabitha, a piglet, forged an unlikely alliance with Susie, a rescue dog, at the shelther. They've been inseparable ever since.Caters News Agency / Caters News Agency
Unlikely friendsof
Childhood pals
When Busch Gardens in Tampa, Fla. took in a cheetah cub that had been neglected by its mother, the park's animal care team became inspired and paired the 8-week-old cat with a 16-week-old female yellow Labrador. A little over a year later, the two animals are the best of friends. They spend lots of supervised play time together and help the Busch Gardens' education team teach the public about the plight of cheetahs in the wild.Busch Gardens Tampa / Busch Gardens Tampa
Unlikely friendsof
Wild match
Peanut, a skunk, was introduced to two lion cubs, Annabelle and Lester, after Peanut was found orphaned in Northern Ontario, Canada.Caters News Agency / Caters News Agency
Unlikely friendsof
Unsizeable duo
This huge gorilla, named Fran and a tiny duckling became unlikely friends after the bird escaped into the ape's zoo enclosure at the Bronx Zoo, in N.Y.Solent News & Photo Agency / Solent News & Photo Agency
Unlikely friendsof
Dog and deer
A dog named Shura licks an orphaned roe deer in the Simferopol zoo in Crimea. The deer was found close to its dead mother in a local forest.Reuters / Reuters
Unlikely friendsof
Dynamic duo
Suryia the orangutan and Roscoe, a bluetick coonhound, became friends at a South Carolina preserve. Now they swim together, play together and Suryia even takes the dog for his walks.Courtesy of Suryiaandroscoe.com / Courtesy of Suryiaandroscoe.com
Unlikely friendsof
Boar and bull
A young boar named Freddy looks for food as it stands beside Mario, a bull, in Ebergoetzen, Germany. Apparently separated from his pack, the young boar showed up among the herd of cattle about 6 weeks earlier and is fed from time to time by a cow.AP / AP
Unlikely friendsof
Favored friends
A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania resident reports that her cat has struck up a special friendship with the neighboring wildlife, according to Lovemeow.com. Every morning, a local deer visits the cat, who reciprocates by grooming the much larger animal. The deer expresses its affection by licking the friendly feline.Courtesy of LoveMeow.com / Courtesy of LoveMeow.com
Unlikely friendsof
Snuggle buds
Female dachshund Bessi lays in a basket with a 5-day-old baby tiger on May 20, 2013, at the wild animal park in Stroehen, Germany.AFP - Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images
Unlikely friendsof
Napping pal
A black cat approaches a resting dog in Middlefield, Ohio, and then makes herself quite comfortable with her newfound friend. Family members said that the dog belonged to a neighbor, and the feline was one of their many barn cats.ASSOCIATED PRESS / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Unlikely friendsof
Doggy practice
At the Wildlives Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre in Thorrington, Colchester, UK, Prudence the piglet thinks she is a dog.Zuma Press / Zuma Press
Unlikely friendsof
Cage cuddles
Laith, a lion, licks Dima, a tigress, in their cage at Ghamadan Zoo near Amman, Jordan.REUTERS / REUTERS
Unlikely friendsof
Doggy walk
Owner Steph Tuft, 25, takes duck Essy for a walk with her Staffordshire cross dogs Rachka and DD in Bournemouth, England. Essy, a 9-month-old Cherry Valley duck, thinks she is a dog and likes to walk with the other two pets.AP / AP
Unlikely friendsof
Adopted puppies
Smaigel the cat nurses her kittens and four puppies at her owner house in Amman, Jordan. Smaigel is parenting the puppies, whose mother died in a car accident.REUTERS / REUTERS
Unlikely friendsof
Sheepy pals
At the Shamwari Game Reserve, a baby elephant and sheep have become the best of pals. Eight-month-old orphan Themba the elephant struck up a friendship with wooly Albert after arriving at the reserve's animal hospital when he was just 6 months old. Themba's mum had fallen off a cliff and died at the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, where Themba was born.Zuma Press / Zuma Press
Unlikely friendsof
Thailand trio
Tiger cubs sit in their feeding pen with a sow pig, who has become their surrogate mother, at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Pattaya, Thailand.EPA / EPA
Unlikely friendsof
Healing friends
BoonLua, a long-tailed macaque, lives with Toby, a rabbit, in Thailand. BoonLua lost both its legs and one arm during an attack by dogs three years ago. It dragged itself to a nearby temple where it received medical treatment and survived. He now lives in a custom built enclosure with the rabbit.REUTERS / REUTERS
Unlikely friendsof
Cute companions
Three-month-old tiger cub, Zoya, plays with Alsatian puppy Frida, in a special enclosure at the Warsaw Zoo in Poland. The dog is owned by a zoo employee and was introduced to the tiger so that she could have a companion for the next few months.AP / AP
Unlikely friendsof
Rhino ride
A small rabbit jumped onto the back of its neighboring big hippo to cool off itself as the temperature keeps rising in east China.ZUMA Press / ZUMA Press
Unlikely friendsof
Puppy love
A female monkey clutches a pup as another monkey approaches in Jammu, India. The monkey lost her child and has adopted the pup, according to locals.AP / AP
Unlikely friendsof
Unbreakable bond
A female dog cuddles with a young elk, which was rescued from a flooding river by a farmer in South Korea. The dog breastfeeds and guards the elk.EPA / EPA
Unlikely friendsof
Little rascals
Five-week-old young boar, Manni, enjoys playing with Jack Russell terrier, Candy, in Ehringhausen, Germany.AFP - Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images
Unlikely friendsof
Happy family
A tiger yawns as a pig stretches upon waking at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Pattaya, Thailand. The zoo promotes unusual groups, called Happy Families, of mixed species such as tigers, pigs and dogs.EPA / EPA
Unlikely friendsof
Lots of love
Bea, a 3-year-old giraffe, and Wilma, an ostrich, share a moment at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, Fla. Recently, zookeepers at Busch Gardens noticed the unlikely pair that just can't seem to get enough of one another.AP / AP
Unlikely friendsof
Tortoise and the hippo
A baby hippo named Owen walks along with its "mother," a giant male Aldabran tortoise, at the Mombasa Haller Park in Mombasa, Kenya .The odd couple stayed together after the Asian tsumani reached the Kenyan shore and separated the young hippo from its mother.AP / AP
Unlikely friendsof
Peas in a pod
A white dog nurses two red panda cubs in the zoo in Taiyuan in north China's Shanxi province. The two red panda cubs were abandoned by their mother at birth, and are now thriving at a northern China zoo, thanks to care from the dogAP / AP
Unlikely friendsof
Three is company
A wild boar piglet named Schnitzel shares a bottle of milk with a Jack Russel terrier, Doro, and a ridgeback, Lilli, in Wiblingwerde, Germany. Schnitzel was left behind when farmer Heiko Cordt tried to chase away a herd of wild boars out of a friend's garden. Cordt now raises the piglet with his five dogs.AFP - Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images
Can't get enough of adorable zoo animals? Check out this baby rhino, born at the Buffalo Zoo a decade after her father died.
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Apple is all set to release new iPhone 5 in the coming months. Similar to iPad 2 release, the launch of the new iPhone will be on a bigger scale. So next time that Steve Jobs will hit the stage you can be almost sure that he is going to unveil the latest Apple gadget, the iPhone 5. The new iPhone is slated to be supported by robust Aluminium back when compared with its predecessor. The new gadget from Apple's product line is anticipated to be made available in 64 GB variant apart from the regular options of 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB variants. This would give end user higher flexibility in just about no time at all. The concept of using the antenna around the aluminium body won several accolades for Apple in its new version of iPhone which will fix the antenna problems with the current iPhone 4.
Moreover, the new iPhone is anticipated to be even sleeker and stylish than its predecessor. Apple has been keen on making their devices leaner in order to boost the portability aspect of the devices. The overall design of the device would still be the same without major changes. The new A5 low power processing chip would be used for powering the device without any hassles at all. The end users would cherish using new operating system, iOS 4.3 on new iPhone 5. The new operating system platform has been enabled to provide better multitasking and multi-threading support to the end users. They can accomplish faster transactions and work on multiple applications at the same time. So if you wanted to access GPS, Internet and at the same time Face-Time application you can easily accomplish all these with the new iPhone 5 without loss in performance.
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No child left behind....but no child will go far, either
South Carolina's much-discussed and prepared-for Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (PACT) is finally under way. Remembering the agony of my own test-taking days, I volunteered to be a classroom monitor for two of the six testing days. Considering all that is riding on the outcome of the tests, I imagined the children would be nervous and in need of my calm, reassuring presence to offset the relentless pressure they must be feeling. Haha. While the teachers and administrators were strung tighter than violin strings, the students themselves seemed relaxed and confident. They have, after all, prepared literally since the first day of school for this. I was intrigued, though, at part of the preparations before the testing began. After giving last-minute instructions and leading the class through a few stretches and toe touches, the teacher rallied the troops by enthusiastically called out, "Who's gonna be PRO-FI-CIENT?!!!" "WE are! Yea!!" the class yelled back. That is surely the first time I've heard the word proficient used in a motivational sense. My duties as a monitor were few, and aside from passing out pencils and bringing a thesaurus or dictionary to those who asked, I was free to just observe. The section of the test I monitored was "English/Language Arts Part I," in which the students were asked to write a short composition. Watching people write things that I couldn't even read could have been boring, but I enjoyed watching the different processes the students employed. Although he could have been writing nonsense for all I know, my vote for best technique goes to a youngster who sat near my monitoring perch. When the teacher said "You may begin," he looked at the question in his booklet for a minute or two, then stared at the ceiling for a good long while. I thought, "oh no…stuck already." But no. He started drawing on his scratch paper and what emerged was a complex (and lovely) cross between a web and a diagram. After alternating between looking at the ceiling some more and tinkering with his outline, he scribbled a rough draft on scratch paper. I hoped the test graders would be able to read his writing. Then he made some changes. He read the whole thing again and copied it all into his test booklet with handwriting that went from messy to perfect. He read it one more time, closed the book and stared at the ceiling. Then he made a final change and handed it in. Clearly a thinker and a good planner, we need more people like him in the world. Another girl obviously comes from the same school of writing as a former editor of mine. At the signal to begin, she immediately began writing furiously on her scratch paper. She wrote and wrote and wrote, asked for more paper, and wrote some more. Then she penciled through most of her six front-and-back notebook pages of rough draft and wrote her final version on just one of the three lined pages provided in the test booklet. "Tell me EVERYthing," my former editor would say. And after I did, she would say, "Now, go back and tell me what I need to know." She would love to hire someone who's been practicing this art since the fifth grade. My final favorite was the fellow of few words who scrupulously followed the golden rule of composition: It must have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. After just a few minutes with the test, he asked for a dictionary, looked something up and then wrote his three sentences into his test booklet. The world also needs people who can quickly see what needs to be done and then do it! These children impressed and delighted me, and I can't help but think they could score "advanced" on the PACT. The topic given the students in my class was neither tricky nor difficult. A majority of fifth graders should be able to complete it with little or no difficulty, and no child I observed seemed to struggle. Why, I wonder, weren't these students urged to shoot for the "advanced" score? "Proficient" is nice, but it should be the baseline for our schools, not the aspiration. The PACT is South Carolina's response to the federal "No Child Left Behind" legislation that requires that public schools be graded – and held accountable for those grades. On some level, I have resented the PACT since I first heard about it at the beginning of my child's kindergarten year last August. Aside from being irritated at having practically a month of summer vacation whacked off (to give more time to prepare for the PACT, I was told), the libertarian streak in me thought, "Why can't the schools be answerable to parents and to the communities who primarily fund them? If we are happy with our children's education, why should the federal government – which we all know can't do even simple arithmetic – poke their noses in?" Unfortunately, after a year's involvement in the public schools, I've learned a few hard truths. The first is that many parents are not going to push for high performance standards, so our schools can't improve by being accountable to us. (I suspect this has less to do with simple "not caring" than with the fact that if parents are not well educated themselves, they can't know what a difference it could make in their children's lives.) Another observation is that our schools are spread too thin in all areas – curriculum, staff and mission – to bring students to advanced levels in basic academics (reading, writing and math). Teachers seem too frazzled from fitting in everything from character and health to test-taking skills to spend time on advanced math or reading levels. A final truth is that our county council and school board have not modeled very advanced skills in providing vision or encouraging the public to expect more for our children. In fact, they have sometimes not even shown "proficiency" in these areas, so perhaps it's no mystery why mere proficiency is the best result of the PACT that most of our children can imagine.


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About Tactical Girls
Tactical Girls™ happened with the intersection of a professional photographer, a military history buff and the owner of a business specializing in legal NFA, Class III / Title 2 weapons.
A brief history of the Bikini Calendar
There were many others, but the one that still survives to this day is the Rigid Tools pinup calendar started in 1935. As bikini models came on the scene after the first Sports Illustrated© swimsuit edition, the Rigid Tools calendar was probably one of the first bikini calendars too. Calendars and posters with Bikini models and their pin-up predecessors have been used to showcase exotic cars, boats motorcycles and as promotional devices for the models themselves- Farrah Fawcett's iconic 1976 poster sold over 10 million copies! They were descendants of pin-up posters from WWII, when fighting men far from home decorated a tent wall or ship locker with a pin-up photo of Betty Grable or Rita Hayworth.
Bikini Calendars with Girls and Guns
The first successful pairing bikini girls with guns in a calendar came from G Gordon Liddy in the form of the Stacked and Packed Calendar® in the 1990s as a tie-in to the G Gordon Liddy Radio show. The calendar was a response to a sweeping trend of political correctness in America and gun-control measures by the Clinton administration. Perhaps for the first time, a bikini calendar was used to protest a social/academic movement. The Stacked and Packed Calendar ® with its tie in to the Liddy Show did a fantastic job of promoting the idea being " Politically Incorrect ", specifically to highlight the implied censorship caused by the political-correctness movement. Stacked and Packed and Liddy so incensed the liberal left that a BoycottLiddyCalender.com website existed for a while.
Others, notably Dillon Precision, a manufacturer of excellent reloading equipment and Miniguns has used attractive models to showcase their Blue Press product catalogs. The Dillon Blue Press Calendar has been around for many years using the Blue Press catalog cover models. The Dillon Calendar, like the Rigid Tools calendar is a promotional tie-in for their main product rather than a stand-alone calendar.
The Tactical Girls Calendar
Hollywood and the video game industry caught on to the idea of a power female action hero. Wonder Woman was interesting, but Sarah Connor from the Terminator film was a heroine that could fight a remorseless machine from the future and win. Laura Croft was a video game character that came to life as movie character played by Angelina Jolie and Quentin Tarantino took girls with guns (or swords and knives) to a whole new level with the Kill Bill movies.
There was a time when the only people who knew that an H&K® MP5 was a submachine gun and not a German luxury car were Navy SEALs, members of hostage rescue teams and those who subscribed to Soldier of Fortune which was really the original of tactical shooting magazine. However, in the last 15 years, the Internet has enabled a whole generation of gamers and movie viewers to research the equipment used in their favorite games and action films.
Rainbow 6 ® and Ghost Recon ® from Tom Clancy's Red Storm Entertainment ® and Half-Life ® Counter Strike ® from Valve ® Software and the Call of Duty ® series of games are highly realistic first person shooters. These video games have helped create a world of gamers that are fluent in the arms used in the games they play.
Last but certainly not least is arrival of the female action heroine in our movie theaters in the last 30 years. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in "Aliens" was resilient as they come. Demi Moore in "G.I. Jane". Lucy Liu is impressive in everything from "Kill Bill" to "Charlie's Angel's". Milla Jovovich as Alice in "Resident Evil" and Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow in "Alias". Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, Mrs. Smith and Evelyn Salt has an action movie resume as strong as any of her male counterparts. These movies and TV series have made it clear that women could hold their own, kick ass and look outstanding doing it.
We determined early that our gun calendar could be a stand-alone product with help from product sponsorship, not a tie- in for a product line. This meant that we could take a creative direction that placed the focus on creating a top-shelf product with great art and photographs that was true to the idea of a cool, tough, beautiful action heroine, but also highlighted some extraordinary weapons in the same way that car and motorcycle calendars showcased exotic vehicles. A photo of a bikini girl with a Lamborghini is cool, but then the question what is the top speed of the car? We wanted to answer the same question about the guns in the calendar, so we committed to specifications and firearms trivia from the beginning.
Our Standards
Our content is PG-13 and we often show less skin than the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine or the female contenders of the TV series Dancing with the Stars. The reasons for this are numerous, but one of the primary drivers is that we want to be sure our customers in deployed areas can display our calendar. The other reason is that due to our standards, we consistently attract great models who are also great people. Some of our models do it full time, others are have regular careers- accountants, sales executives, teachers and members of the military and law-enforcement.
Our models are great, but we hope that our customers, especially those in the Military and Law-Enforcement see that we have also have gone out of our way to try get the tactical part right. Small details like magazine indexing and finger discipline matter to us and to many of our fans. Over the years we have rejected some great images due to incorrect weapon handling.
Commitment to Giving Back
Our first year, we started something called the Major Mick Chang morale improvement program. Mick was commanding MiTT units training the Iraqi Police and Army in Northern Iraq. We donated calendars to him that he handed out to his men and used to build goodwill with his Iraqi counterparts. Mick had an M-14 and an experienced SF Sniper on his team, but no mount and no optics for the rifle. He did have a serious issue with an insurgent sniper though in his area of operations though. We introduced him to AmericanSnipers.org and they sent him a mount and optics for the M-14. Soon after, Mick's insurgent sniper problem was alleviated. We have had great success working with Officers and Senior NCOs in creative ways to donate calendars. In 2010 an Air Force Airlift Squadron helped us place donated calendars into supply drop pallets that covered remote bases across Afghanistan.
We adopted AmericanSnipers.org as our non-profit of choice and they share our masthead as a demonstration of our commitment. We donate calendars for their care packages that end up in combat zones and they use the donated calendars for fund raising activities. We sent Erin Banks, our 2010 cover girl to the American Snipers booth at the2010 SHOT show with donated calendars. Erin helped raise over $5,000 for the cause. We have consistently increased revenue to them in the past couple of years. This year we will have our 2013 cover girl and at least two other 2013 models at the 2013 SHOT show with more donated calendars and hope to triple the previous year's efforts.
In 2009 we met Bruce Ranstad of Team Ranstad on AR15.com and started a tradition of donating calendars for their annual raffle fundraiser that raises funds for care packages that go to several front line units.
We now have a stated policy of donating 10% of our print run to organizations like AmericanSnipers.org or other registered non-profits that support those who stand on the walls we sleep soundly behind.
About our Weapons
We use only real weapons with real optics and other gear and for our photos set up the way they are used in the real world. No airsoft or imitation guns are used in our photo shoots; it is a gun calendar, not an airsoft calendar. We have great support from many firearms and equipment manufacturers and the benefit of the personal cell phone numbers of some great collectors and dealers. We also know some very patient former and present members of military and law enforcement who understand our commitment to getting it right.
Safety warning
Please do not try this at home. All of our photo shoots are in controlled environments and are closely managed by professional armourers with over 100 years of combined experience.
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The Tactical Girls® Team


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AN INCREASE in the use of new technology has prompted Hampshire County Council to launch a major review of its customer service operation.
With the development of social media and better access to broadband, the council wants to make sure that the ways residents contact them are keeping pace with what they want and expect.
Residents and visitors make, on average, 550,000 telephone calls to the council's customer contact centre seeking advice or a service a year, send 85,000 emails requesting help, and make 16 million visits a year to its website.
Now the council is asking customers to fill in a resident survey to get feedback on what could be done better and what would make it quicker and easier for people to get what they need.
A survey carried out in the autumn recommended the council study and learn from the 'excellent customer service' offered by companies like Amazon and John Lewis.
Now, in a second survey that runs until January 31, the council wants to find out more about how people would like to make contact for things like finding information about school term dates or reporting potholes.
Hampshire County Council leader Councillor Roy Perry said: "The way people get their information is changing – whether it's posting us a letter, sending us a 'tweet' or looking up services on a mobile phone – so it's important to make sure we're getting the balance right and that people get what they need with the least hassle, in a way that suits them.
"We'd like as many people as possible to give us their views so it will inform what we need to do to make it better."
To fill in the resident surve, go online to hants.gov.uk/residentsurvey.


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Same old same old. If you don't know the difference between shotguns and rifles, or think 9mm Rugers look like 9mm Glocks, you're not qualified to have an opinion on guns and mass shootings, therefore let us shut down all talk of background checks, therefore everyone should carry, therefore good men with guns should go forth and shoot all the bad men with guns, therefore Thunderdome! […]
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A preliminary hearing for a Versailles bar owner charged with rape has been continued for three weeks.
The bond holding Todd A. Arthrell, 42, of Versailles was reduced from $500,000 straight cash to what effectively is a $2,000 bond, or 10 percent of $20,000.
Arthrell remained in Allegheny County Jail, according to court records, awaiting a hearing before Magisterial District Judge Thomas G. Miller Jr. in White Oak.
It had been scheduled for Monday, but now will be March 31 at 1:30 p.m.
Arthrell was arrested on Feb. 19 by county police on two counts each of rape, sexual assault and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse — all felonies — and a misdemeanor count of indecent assault.
In an affidavit, county police said a 26-year-old woman was assaulted by Arthrell at his The Bridge Tap House & Grille along the 5200 block of Walnut Street in Versailles after closing time on Feb. 19.
The woman told county detectives she agreed to Arthrell's request to meet him, but not for sexual activity.
Arthrell allegedly plied her with liquor then forced her to have oral sex and intercourse.
Police said the woman was treated at UPMC McKeesport.
The affidavit quoted Arthrell as refusing to meet the detectives for an interview, saying, "go ahead and put charges on me because I didn't do anything."
Court authorities said the continuance and reduced bond were requested by defense attorney William Difenderfer, who could not be reached for comment at presstime.
Patrick Cloonan is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-664-9161 ext. 1967, or email@example.com.


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In January of this year, one of Bitcoin's insiders got upset and left the Bitcoin arena. In doing so, he burnt the bridge, so to speak, and will not have a place with Bitcoin in the future.
Despite his harsh words towards Bitcoin upon his departure, and despite his severing all ties, the battle for control over the Bitcoin Protocol rages on. Many people within the Bitcoin community believe this man had ulterior motives and was on the side of mainstream banks, and their desire to co-opt Bitcoin.
Forbes has the details:
For the last year, the Bitcoin community has been embroiled in what is, on one level, a technical debate over how to upgrade the network to accommodate growing transaction volume.
The fighting reached a head in mid-January, when a prominent developer declared the currency a failure and left Bitcoin. It promptly lost about 15% of its value and hasn't recovered.
What has been called "the block size debate" (referring to the megabyte limit for each group of transactions processed) has now grown into a power struggle, with the group of volunteer developers working on the protocol splitting into several camps.
"This is not really about block size," says core developer Eric Lombrozo. "It's really about the control of the protocol."
What seems like a technical debate on the surface is actually deeply informed by human politics and personality differences. But because major players in the Bitcoin ecosystem are based in China, the outcome of this dispute in the Western Bitcoin community is also being influenced by cultural gaps between the West and China of which they may be only vaguely aware.
On Wednesday, one of the new teams, which has christened itself Bitcoin Classic and is supported by Coinbase, one of the most well-funded companies in the space (the original team is called Bitcoin Core), released a new version of the software making another attempt at an upgrade, which Lombrozo called "a tactic to shift power away from the Core devs."
However, by Thursday morning, two dozen people representing almost 20 Bitcoin companies, many of which would be directly affected by the software change (and accounting for more than half of the network powering Bitcoin) formed a group called the Bitcoin Roundtable and released a statement effectively rejecting the new software, at least for the time being.
In fact, one of the very companies listed on the Bitcoin Classic website as if it were a supporter, HaoBTC, disavowed this new version of the software in an email. Chief strategy officer Eric Mu wrote, "We did use the word 支持 (translated as 'support'), in both the CEO's statement and verbally when meeting with Classic lead developer Mr. Jeff Garzik in Beijing. However, that is by no means to say that we will switch our mining power to Classic."
Mining is the activity that sustains the network — and it distinguishes Bitcoin from previous Internet applications. Bitcoin is often described as a way to transfer money peer-to-peer, without a bank or financial institution acting as a middleman. For this reason, the Bitcoin community likes to describe the currency as "trustless," meaning that a user does not have to trust a third party such as a bank to ensure the proper processing of a transaction. However, using Bitcoin does in fact require trusting a collective third party: the miners who process the transactions by recording the most recent transactions onto a public ledger containing every Bitcoin transaction in history, copies of which are kept on computers around the world.
As David Evans, a lecturer at University of Chicago Law School wrote in a 2014 paper, "the fact that the public ledger is decentralized — so there is not a bank or a government acting as the intermediary — may have interesting political or social value to some. But from the standpoint of considering economic efficiency there is still an intermediary, just a very different sort of one." He says Bitcoin is much more complicated than a typical open source project because it involves managing and incentivizing a large network of laborers — the miners — to process the transactions.
This is the problem that competing Bitcoin teams are running up against: no one camp can very easily wrest power away from the other without the support of the miners — and about three-quarters of their current network power is located in China.
At the present time, in spite of tirllions of dollars at their disposal, the western mega-banks, JPM, BAC, Citi, etc, cannot wrest control of Bitcoin due to the fact that the majority of Bitcoin mining is done in China, and the miners are the ones holding the control of the protocol.
This has been an interesting battle to watch, and one thing is very clear: the battle will continue to rage on. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin price is taking a breather to see which way the power struggle goes.
>> Read the full article at Forbes.com


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Detroit - Local non-profit Friends of the Rouge along with several community partners are looking for volunteers to clean trash from the Rouge River and improve local parks and nature preserves in the metro Detroit area on Saturday.
Volunteers may choose from 32 sites in 19 communities throughout Metro Detroit. Activities, which vary by site, may include river clean up, native planting, invasive plant removal, park maintenance and nature walks.
The annual river clean up event, Rouge Rescue, began in 1986 in an effort to restore Michigan's most urbanized watershed. When it rains in southeast Michigan, a majority of the drops that fall are not absorbed but run directly into the Rouge River, carrying pollutants with them.
Rouge Rescue helps to alleviate the effects of runoff by stabilizing stream banks and installing native plants whose deep root systems help to trap and clarify the water before it enters the river. Residents can assist the river's natural processes year round by disconnecting downspouts and directing them to rain barrels or rain gardens, minimizing paved surfaces and replacing lawn grass with plants with deep root systems.
Last year, Rouge Rescue volunteers removed 85 cubic yards of trash; including 9 shopping carts and 2 vehicles, and 198 cubic yards of invasive plants.
They also planted 3,960 native flowers and grasses and 60 trees and shrubs. "Without the help of volunteers, we would never be able to accomplish the great work we do every year," said Cyndi Ross, the River Restoration Program Manager for the Friends group. Through the effort of volunteers, the Rouge River has experienced successes such as increases in the numbers and species of fish as well as the development of a canoe route.
Volunteers should wear long sleeves and pants to protect themselves from poison ivy.
Helpful items to bring include: water, snacks, shoes or boots they don't mind getting dirty, hat, sunscreen, bug spray and a change of clothes (just in case). Gloves and trash and/or compost bags will be provided along with "Rouge Rescue" t-shirts as available.
Many of the sites are family-friendly.
Founded in 1986, Friends of the Rouge strives to educate, involve and collaborate with residents in order to improve the quality and appearance of the river through a variety of programs, including Rouge Rescue.
Rouge Rescue Work Sites:
Douglas Evans Nature Preserve, Beverly Hills
Date: Saturday
Time: 10 a.m.-Noon
Directions: Evergreen Road on west side of road between 13 Mile and 14 Mile Roads, Beverly Hills.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Focus on invasive plant removal and refuse removal as necessary. Nature walk and environmental education, clean up and invasive plant removal/weeding activities.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Erin Wilks
Sponsoring Organization: The Village of Beverly Hills
Phone: 248.646.6404 ext. 229
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
City Parking Lot #6, Birmingham
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: On the east side of North Old Woodward, Birmingham 48009
Directions: Head north on North Old Woodward just north of Harmon Street.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Removal of invasive species, shrubs and buckthorn. Registration at 8:30. Lunch will be provided to volunteers.
Volunteers needed: 40
Coordinator/Sponsoring Organization:
Connie Folk, City of Birmingham
Phone: 248.530.1642
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Meadows of Canton, Canton
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Directions: Lotz Road/Finley Street (On Lotz between Palmer and Cherry Hill), Canton 48188. Registration tent at Lotz Road between Cherry Hill and Palmer Road.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: River clean up, storm drain stenciling, bug hunt (Benthic Program), environmental education with display, nature walk, mercury thermometer exchange and bird house building activities.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Keshav Raizada
Sponsoring Organization: Meadows of Canton
Phone: 313.999.6256
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Rivers Edge, Canton
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Directions: Meet by the pond near the corner of Gold Ridge and High Meadow Crossing, Canton 48188
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteers needed: All are welcome
Coordinator: Maureen Rice
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Workman Elementary Habitat, Canton
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: 250 Denton Road, Canton 48187
Directions: Workman Elementary is located at the corner of Cherry Hill and Denton Rds. From Ford Rd., take Ridge Rd. south. It will become Denton. The school is on the left, just past the fire station. Please check in at the west parking lot (next to the playground).
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Invasive plant removal (clover and teasel), weeding and trash removal, native flower plantings.
Volunteers needed: All are welcome
Coordinator: Workman PTO, Lisa Bank
Sponsoring Organization: Workman Elementary School
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Lower Rouge Recreational Trail, Canton Township
Date: Saturday
Time: 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Address: Parking lot is north of Michigan Avenue on Morton Taylor Road.
Directions: Heading west from I275, turn north or right onto Morton Taylor Road and follow dirt road to parking area and trail head.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Learn about the environment; especially healthy rivers. Remove invasive species, Michigan Mountain Biker Presentation, Leslie Science Center Demonstration, nature scavenger hunt, trail hikes, trail clean-up and build birdhouses. Bounce house. Lunch will be provided.
Volunteers needed: 250
Coordinator: Anne Naszradi
Sponsoring Organization: Canton Township
Phone: 734.397.5150
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Ford Field Greenway Trail, Dearborn
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Address: Brady Street north of Michigan Avenue, Dearborn 48128
Directions: From Michigan Avenue, take Brady Street approximately 1/2 mile north. Ford Field is located on the west side of Brady Street just south of Cherry Hill Road. Look for the Rouge Rescue banner for registration.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Invasive plant removal, weeding, park maintenance, river clean up.
Volunteers needed: 20
Coordinator: Thomas Trimble
Sponsoring Organization: Christ Episcopal Church-Dearborn
Phone: 313.414.6277
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Address: 5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn 48128
Directions: Evergreen Road just south of Ford Road. Meet at the Gateway Trail at the back of campus.
Volunteer Project: Remove invasive garlic mustard and buckthorn, native plantings.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Sam Greco
Sponsoring Organization: Henry Ford Community College
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn 48128
Directions: The Environmental Interpretive Center (EIC) is located in the northwest corner of campus, at the corner of Montieth Boulevard and Fairlane Drive. Volunteers should park in the parking structure nearby and walk to the EIC.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Project: Japanese knotweed stomp.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinators: Sydney Parmenter and Jill Lucas
Sponsoring Organization: University of Michigan-Dearborn Environmental Health & Safety and Emergency Management
Phone: Sydney: 313.593.5061; Jill: 313.792.9621
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>; email@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Parkland Park, Dearborn Heights
Date: 6/1/2013
Time: Saturday
Address: 6500 Parkland Street
Directions: Meet at entrance off Ann Arbor Trail, east of Outer Drive.
Volunteer Projects: Registration at 8:30 AM. Weeding, clean up of three native plant gardens and trash pick-up. Bring garden shovels and strong garden rakes if you have them.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Steven Roberts
Sponsoring Organization: Dearborn Heights Watershed Stewards Commission
Phone: 313.292.1784
Eliza Howell Park, Detroit
Date: Saturday
Time: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Address: Fenkell Road, just east of Telegraph, Detroit
Directions: A flag pole will be placed at the park entrance.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Native flower plantings at entrance of park and at the footbridge, nature walk/environmental education and cleanup activities.
Volunteers needed: 80
Coordinator: Larry Quarles
Sponsoring Organization: Friends of Eliza Howell Park
Phone: 248.569.2196
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Rouge Park, Detroit
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: Joy Rd & Spinoza (22000 Joy Rd), Detroit 48239
Directions: Joy Road between Telegraph & Evergreen.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Garbage clean up, invasive removal, planting.
Volunteers needed: 300
Coordinator: Sally Petrella
Sponsoring Organization: Friends of Rouge Park
Phone: 313.799.FORP
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
St. Paul of the Cross Retreat, Detroit
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Address: 23333 Schoolcraft, Detroit 48223
Directions: Schoolcraft between Outer Drive & Telegraph. Meet at the Retreat Center.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Trash removal, brush removal, tree trimming.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Bernadette Beach
Sponsoring Organization: St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat & Conference Center
Phone: 313.286.2810
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Shiawassee Park, Farmington
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: Powers Road north of Grand River Ave, Farmington
Directions: The Park is located at Shiawassee and Powers Roads. Park in the small parking lot off Powers Road (near the tennis courts).
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Weeding a native buffer planting and invasive plant removal (Garlic Mustard and Dame's Rocket) along the river corridor.
Volunteers needed: 25
Coordinators: Lisa Lytle & Martha Ross
Sponsoring Organization: Friends of the Rouge Volunteers
Phone: 313.792.9621
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Botsford Commons Senior Community, Farmington Hills
Time: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Address: 21450 Archwood Circle, Farmington Hills 48336
Directions: Located between Middlebelt and Orchard Lake roads; north of 8 Mile; south of M-5 and Grand River.
Family Friendly: No
Volunteer Projects: Trash clean up, woody debris management.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinators: Dave Comiskey, Maureen O'Connell, Mike Coggins
Sponsoring Organization: Botsford Commons Senior Community
Phone: 248.426.6940
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> OR firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Canterbury Commons Subdivision, Farmington Hills
Date: Saturday
Time: 10 a.m.-Noon
Directions: Northeast of 13 Mile and Farmington Rd., enter subdivision at Fox Grove Rd.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Native planting.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Robert Elliott
Sponsoring Organization: Canterbury Commons Subdivision
Phone: 248.670.1169
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Heritage Park, Farmington Hills
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Address: 24915 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills 48336
Directions: Heritage Park is located on Farmington Road, between 10 Mile and 11 Mile Roads. The entrance to the park is on the west side of Farmington Rd. Once inside the park follow the pavement to the Visitor Center building and lot.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Cleaning debris in and around the river, removing buckthorn, native planting.
Volunteers needed: 60-70
Coordinator: Randy Lovett
Sponsoring Organization: City of Farmington Hills
Phone: 248.231.8469
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Oakland Community College Orchard Ridge Campus, Farmington Hills
Date: Saturday
Time: 8:30 a.m.- Noon
Address: 27055 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills 48334
Directions: Enter from Farmington Road. The check-in is located behind Building H on the West end of campus.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Pick up debris along Minnow Creek/Drain and at two connecting ponds. Woody debris management and cleanup activities.
Volunteers needed: 50
Coordinator: Mike Kadrofske
Sponsoring Organization: Oakland Community College
Phone: 248.522.3405
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Coventry Gardens Park, Livonia
Date: Saturday
Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Address: Corner of Rayburn and Stamford, Livonia 48154
Directions: Park is three blocks west of Farmington Rd. and two blocks north of Five Mile. Park pavilion is visible from corner of Rayburn and Stamford.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Invasive plant removal, weeding, park maintenance.
Volunteers needed: 15
Coordinator: Chuck Eastman
Sponsoring Organization: Coventry Gardens Improvement Association
Phone: 734.502.8564
Website: www.coventrygardenslivonia.com <http://www.coventrygardenslivonia.com/
Moelke Park, Livonia
Date: Saturday
Time: 8:30-11 a.m.
Address: 19444 Lathers, Livonia 48152
Directions: Moelke Park and Hearthstone Nature Preserve is located north of Seven Mile Rd and west of Inkster Rd.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Invasive species removal, trash removal, woody debris management, and (if possible) native plantings.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Doug Moore & Amy Walker
Sponsoring Organization: City of Livonia
Phone: 734.466.2655
Allen Drive Park, Northville
Date: Saturday
Time: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Address: Novi Street (not Novi Rd) at Allen Drive
Directions: This site is just northwest of 8 Mile and Novi Roads. Park along Novi Street and walk back to the river just north of 8 Mile.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: TBD
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Callie Milroy
Sponsoring Organization: City of Northville resident
Mill Race Village, Northville
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: 215 Griswold Avenue, Northville 48167
Directions: On Griswold between E Main St and 8 Mile Rd. Parking lot located on the west side of Griswold. Meet in front of the Cady House.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Invasive plant removal, weeding, park maintenance, native planting, mulching.
Volunteers needed: 30
Coordinator: Edward Gabrys
Sponsoring Organization: Northville Historical Society
Phone: 248.348.1845
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Northville Twp Fire Station, Northville Township
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: 45745 Six Mile Road, Northville 48168
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Create a rain garden.
Volunteers needed: 40
Coordinator: Tom Casari
Sponsoring Organization: Northville Township
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Rotary Park, Novi
Date: Saturday
Time: 10 a.m.-Noon
Address: 22220 Roethel Drive, Novi 48375
Directions: South of 9 Mile Road between Novi Road and Meadowbrook Road.
Family Friendly: No
Volunteer Projects: Hand tools and shovels are recommended. Planting, pruning, weeding, trail clearing, mulching, and river clean up. Volunteers receive a picnic lunch at noon from Novi Rotary Club.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Wendy DuVall
Sponsoring Organization: City of Novi, Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services. No pre-registration required, visit cityofnovi.org for more information.
Phone: 248.347.0400
Woods Drive Area of Hines Parkway, Plymouth
Date: Saturday
Time: 8 a.m.-Noon
Address: 42401 Edward Hines Drive, Plymouth 48170
Directions: The Plymouth Riverside Comfort Station is on the north side of Edward Hines Dr. near the intersection of Edward Hines Dr. and Riverside Dr.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Native planting, woody debris management, invasive plant removal/weeding/park maintenance, river clean up, storm drain stenciling. Free lunch for volunteers at noon.
Volunteers needed: 95
Coordinators: Adam Gerlach & Collin McCammon
Sponsoring Organization: City of Plymouth
Phone: 734.453.7737
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Pointe Park, Plymouth Township
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 -11 a.m.
Directions: Intersection of Ann Arbor Road and Ann Arbor Trail.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Project: Native plantings along the creek.
Coordinator: Susan Vignoe
Sponsoring Organization: Charter Township of Plymouth
Phone: 734.354.3270 Ext 4
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Lola Valley Park, Redford Township
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: 16100 Lola Drive (Approx. from Google Maps)
Directions: On the east side of Lola Drive at Puritan Ave. Park. Meet at the CSO basin. Registration between 9:00-9:30.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Details to come.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinators/Sponsoring Organizations:
Erin Cassady, Friends of the Rouge
Justin Wehrheim, Friends of the Rouge Volunteer
Phone: 313.792.9626
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Redford Chiropractic, Redford Township
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: 24865 5 Mile Road, Suite 3, Redford 48239
Directions: 1/2 mile west of Telegraph Road.
Family Friendly: No
Volunteer Projects: River clean up.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Dr. Kim M. Zell
Sponsoring Organization: Redford Chiropractic
Phone: 313.531.2800
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Beech Woods Recreation Center, Southfield
Date: Saturday
Time: 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Address: 22200 Beech Road, Southfield 48304
Directions: Beech Road south of 9 mile.
Family Friendly: No
Volunteer Projects: Woody debris management and trash removal. Kids 13 and under should be accompanied by an adult.
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Brandy Siedlaczek
Sponsoring Organization: City of Southfield
Phone: 248.796.4806
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:email@example.com>
Berberian Woods, Southfield
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-Noon
Address: 28415 Streamwood, Southfield 48034
Directions: From 12 mile, head south on Streamwood - a residential street halfway between Telegraph and Lahser. Go to the end of the cul de sac, walk down the lane to the beautiful new bridge over the Rouge.
Family Friendly:Yes
Volunteer Project: Invasive plant removal, primarily garlic mustard and Dame's rocket. Working children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Volunteers needed: 30
Coordinators: Heather Huffstutler & Gail Barber
Sponsoring Organization: Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy
Phone: 248.601.2816
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
DENSO, Southfield
Date: Saturday
Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Address: 24777 DENSO Drive, Southfield 48086
Volunteer Project: Woody debris management, invasive plant removal, native planting.
Volunteers needed: DENSO employee worksite (not open to public)
Coordinator: Melissa Smith
Sponsoring Organization: DENSO International America, Inc.
Goudy Park, Wayne
Date: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Address: Sims Avenue & Wayne Rd., Wayne
Directions: Meet at the City Hall parking lot on the east side of Wayne Rd just north of Michigan Avenue.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Projects: Trash clean up in river and park, building benches using dead ash trees, trail maintenance, building butterfly gardens and flower areas around the benches, woody debris management, nature walk, invasive species management (garlic mustard, etc.).
Volunteers needed: All welcome
Coordinator: Kurt Kuban
Sponsoring Organization: Resident of Wayne
Phone: 734.716.0783
E-mail: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Kosch Headwaters Preserve, Ypsilanti
Date: Saturday
Time: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Address: 3268 N Prospect Rd., Ypsilanti 48198 (Mailing address for directions)
Directions: From M-14: Take Ford Road (M-153) exit 10, eastbound. Head east to the corner of Ford and Prospect. Turn right (south) onto Prospect. Entrance and parking is on the east side of Prospect Road, south of Ford and north of Cherry Hill.
Family Friendly: Yes
Volunteer Project: Garlic mustard removal.
Volunteers needed: 20
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The Rouge River has a total of 126 river miles and consists of four major branches (the Main, Upper, Middle & Lower) and the Main Stem.
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Jayden Parkinson search: Family 'heartbroken' after body find
The family of missing teenager Jayden Parkinson are "heartbroken and devastated" following the discovery of a body, police say.
The body was discovered in a recently disturbed grave at All Saints' Church in Didcot, Oxfordshire, on Wednesday.
Det Ch Supt Andy Murray said: "We had prepared Jayden's family for the worst, but I'm afraid nothing can prepare you for the loss of your child."
Jayden, 17, disappeared on 3 December prompting an extensive search.
Police said the body, which has not been formally identified, was removed from the cemetery late on Wednesday night.
Jayden's family have been kept informed of developments.
"They remain heartbroken, they remain devastated, and our thoughts are with them at this time," Mr Murray said.
Mr Murray said a post-mortem examination was to be carried out later, "to try and determine how Jayden died".
Murder charge
Jayden was last seen leaving the Didcot railway station at about 16:30 GMT on 3 December.
Her ex-boyfriend Ben Blakeley, 22, appeared in court earlier this week charged with murder.
On Tuesday police received "significant and highly relevant information" which led their search efforts to a specific grave in the churchyard.
Police said there had been suggestions Jayden may have been pregnant, but they have so far been unable to confirm this.
A 17-year-old boy from Didcot, who has been charged with perverting the course of justice, has also appeared in court and is due back on 17 March.
He is accused of assisting in the disposal of Jayden's body and other evidence.
More than 100 officers and detectives have spent much of the past week carrying out intensive forensic searches at several sites in and around Didcot and the nearby village of Upton in a bid to find Jayden.
A semi-detached house in Great Western Drive, a few hundred yards away from the cemetery, was also searched.
A cordon was put up in a park which links Great Western Drive to an alleyway running behind the cemetery.
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LANDSCAPING work around the outside of the new Colne Health Centre will be completed in time for the facility opening later this month.
Local councillor Tony Greaves had called for improvements to be made around the building, after residents complained about the poor state of walls, fencing and the banking at the back of the site.
Now NHS building chiefs have said the problems will be fixed by the time centre officially opens, on May 19.
Coun Greaves wrote to Andrea Whittingham, the operational property manager at the NHS Property Services office in Accrington to ask them to sort out the problems.
He said: "The new Health Centre is a splendid modern building. We are all proud to have got it in Colne and it would be a shame to spoil it due to poor housekeeping round the edges."
Among the problems identified by Coun Greaves were steep banking at the back of the site, rubble and building materials on the banking at the Newtown end, concerns about the planting on the edge of the site, a broken fence on the Craddock Road border and some coping stones missing on parts of the boundary wall in St John Street and West Street.
Andy Pratt, project director for NHS Property Services, said: "Unfortunately the grounds outside the health centre have been waterlogged which has prevented some of the work being undertaken.
"However, the contractors are aware of the issues and have assured us that the landscaping work will be completed by the May 19 when the health centre officially opens."


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Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has been fined 8,000 pounds ($13,200) by the Football Association after a coat-throwing touchline tantrum during his side's 5-1 English Premier League defeat at Newcastle United.
Stoke had Glenn Whelan and Marc Wilson sent off in the 40th and 43rd minutes with Hughes throwing his coat behind him and into the air when he was sent to the stands by referee Martin Atkinson for protesting Whelan's red card in last month's clash.
"Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has been fined the standard penalty of £8,000 after he admitted an FA misconduct charge," a short statement on the FA's website read.
"The charge was that his behaviour in or around the 40th minute of Stoke's game against Newcastle United on 26 December 2013 amounted to improper conduct."
Hughes had been critical of Atkinson's performance after the match saying he was 'absolutely dismayed by his performance' but was not punished for the outburst.
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A delegation of the Egyptian Chambers of Tourism was received Monday, June 30, 2003, by Khaled Ben-Bakr, director general of the Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV), in Jeddah. The delegation was invited to visit Saudi Arabia by Prince Sultan Bin Salman, secretary general of Saudi Arabian Supreme Commission of Tourism.
The Egyptian delegation was headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors Mohammed Othman. The delegation discussed with Ben-Bakr matters of mutual interests between SV and the Egyptian Chambers of Tourism. — (menareport.com)
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Ciara, Ludacris, Ne-Yo and The O'Jays are among the names added to headline the 3 days festival.
Another music festival is heading to New Orleans and it brings could-not-be-missed artists along. Essence Music Festival to be held on July 5-7 at Louisiana Superdome will feature different artists to headline each day.
A string of performers such as Beyonce Knowles, Chris Brown, Lionel Richie, Mary J. Blige and Maze has been announced before to headline the festival. Now the string is pulled longer with the addition of Ciara, Ludacris, Ne-Yo, The O'Jays, Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, Robin Thicke and comedian Steve Harvey. More artists are still to be announced next week in the complete lineup news.
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PGT (PGTI) engages in the manufacture and supply of residential impact-resistant windows and doors. This stock closed up 3.6% at $10.46 in Mondays trading session.
Mondays Volume: 1.24 million
Three-Month Average Volume: 526,509
Volume % Change: 124%
From a technical perspective, PGTI spiked higher here right above its 50-day moving average of $9.86 with above-average volume. This move briefly pushed shares of PGTI into breakout territory, since the stock flirted with some near-term overhead resistance at $10.50. Shares of PGTI are now quickly moving within range of triggering an even bigger breakout trade. That trade will hit if PGTI manages to take out some key overhead resistance levels at $11 to $11.19, and then once it takes out its 52-week high at $11.69 with high volume.
Traders should now look for long-biased trades in PGTI as long as its trending above Monday's low of $10.11 or above its 50-day at $9.86 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume thats near or above 526,509 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then PGTI will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory above $11.69, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are $13 to $15.
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Johannesburg - She survived an onslaught on a ship carrying aid to Gaza, and was abducted, detained and interrogated by Israeli officials before being stuffed into a windowless, cockroach-infested van.
More than two years on, Gadija Davids, a Cape journalist, who was held captive in Israel in 2010, has received the best news ever - South African authorities have finally agreed to launch an investigation into the "inhumane" treatment she and fellow journalists, government officials and aid workers were subjected to while travelling to Gaza through Israel.
Travelling in one of three ships laden with aid for Palestinians in Gaza, Davids was among 40 international journalists aboard the Mavi Marmara in May 2010 when their ship was attacked.
According to media reports at the time, she and the other women were kept below deck, and from there they could hear voices through the intercom screaming "stop attacking, we are unarmed".
Once the Israeli commandos had seized the boat, they took their captives to an Israeli prison where they intimidated and made them sign admission of guilt forms.
Other captives included activists and government workers from various countries. Those released along with Davids were later transported in the back of a windowless, cockroach-infested van and taken to the airport, where they were deported to Turkey.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokeswoman Bulelwa Makeke confirmed on Wednesday that their priority crimes litigation unit had undertaken to probe the matter.
She would, however, not reveal the nature of investigations. But in a letter addressed to Davids's lawyers, the unit said "reasonable grounds" existed for an investigation. The decision was to be communicated in writing to the International Criminal Court.
"This decision instils my faith and credibility in South Africa's commitment to the protection of human rights," Davids said on Thursday.
With only two years of her 10-year ban from Palestine lapsed, Davids said she would not hesitate to return to Israel and cover human rights-related stories, if given a chance. She has just returned from Istanbul, where she testified in a Turkish trial against four Israeli commandos believed to have been involved in the 2010 attack.
Her lawyer, Ziyaad Patel, said the NPA's decision reinforced "the rule of law, respect for human rights and South Africa's responsibility in meeting its international obligations".
Tahir Sema, of the Coalition for Free Palestine, also commended the decision.
"The decision provides us with an opportunity for reinforcing our common cause and ideal to seek justice in a world that is continually plagued with oppression, poverty and inequality," said Sema.
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The death in Minsk of Nahum Feldman, who became a noted partisan leader during the German occupation of the Russian city, was reported here today from Moscow. Feldman was in the Minsk Ghetto for a short time, and helped to organize the underground there. He then escaped and joined the partisans. Ailing for the last few years, he had lived quietly in Minsk, his native city.


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With a stay at Ashley Hotel, you'll be centrally located in London, convenient to Hyde Park Speakers' Corner and Selfridges. This hotel is close to Royal Albert Hall and Imperial College London.
Make yourself at home in one of the 53 guestrooms featuring DVD players and LCD televisions. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include phones and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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If you are looking for a very exclusive and very luxurious oceanfront tropical villa in Thailand, this villa for sale in Phuket is just for you. The villa estate sits on a private peninsula on Phuket's east coast, offering privacy, style and elegance along with stunning ocean views towards Phi Phi islands and Phang Nga Bay.
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Editor's note: Commentary's Spark series includes Spark of Innovation, spotlighting local engineers and scientists, to encourage Orange County students to see career possibilities for themselves in science, technology, medicine and engineering, and Spark a Passion for Science, highlighting teachers, administrators, parents, students and organizations focused on improving STEM education in Orange County schools. Bill Blanning and Science@OC coordinate the Spark series.
The Academy is a public, charter high school in Santa Ana that opened in August with 120 freshmen and is focused on providing quality education to community, underserved and foster teens.
• How are you currently emphasizing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in your school? And district? We currently team-teach an English and Engineering & Design course on our campus. We also do multiple cross-curricular projects throughout the year involving engineering, science and math. We are a one-to-one laptop school, meaning every student is given a laptop, and 90 percent of our curriculum is online.
We also have the great fortune of pairing an Academy faculty member with their subject-specific faculty member at UC Irvine, thanks to Deborah Vandell, an Academy board member and dean of UCI's school of Education. This enables us to form best-practices and improve instructional techniques for our STEM courses under the guidance of university faculty.
We're also fortunate to have a Career Advisory Council, made up of Orange County business professionals in STEM fields, who meet monthly on our campus to talk about the STEM curriculum we're using and plan work-based learning opportunities for our students, such as job shadowing and internships in STEM fields.
• What do you see as the biggest single challenge in promoting and enhancing STEM education? What solution(s) would you recommend? I believe there is a misconception among students about STEM and, specifically, engineering. We find that students don't understand the wide array of careers that engineering truly encompasses. Continual promotion of STEM education will help in this endeavor.
• What would be the most successful outcome of your work in promoting STEM? What impact would it have? We'd like to have many of our graduates pursue STEM-related colleges and majors once they graduate from the Academy, eventually pursuing careers in STEM. We'd like these graduates to return to the Academy to promote STEM and spread the word about the possibilities around STEM-related colleges and careers.
• Who or what "sparked your passion for science"? I had several fantastic science teachers in high school who "sparked" my passion. They each found ways to make learning hands-on, relevant and exciting.
• When did you make your career decision? Where did you go to college? What degrees do you have? I graduated from the University of Miami with a bachelor's in Business Administration . I followed that up with a teaching credential and master's in Educational Leadership from Point Loma University. I made my career decision shortly after college, when I discovered my passion for helping young people.
• Looking back at your education, which courses or experiences best prepared you for your leadership in promoting STEM programs? I was never able to take an engineering course , but I've always been a big proponent of technology and thoroughly enjoyed my math and science classes in high school.
• What makes you particularly well-suited for advancing STEM in your school? My passion for using technology in the classroom, integrating courses, promoting career education (engineering), and finding ways to make science and math exciting for students.
• What part of your job gives you the most satisfaction? When students find a love for learning.
• Are you involved in the Arts in any way? We include "design" in our Engineering & Design course, which includes art, graphic and media design. We will also be offering full art classes beginning next year.
• What is the best advice you received that has helped further your career? Nothing worthwhile is ever easy.
• What would you tell a student who may think a STEM career is beyond his or her reach? Nothing is beyond anyone's reach with the right attitude and work ethic.


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Frank Lampard [2]'s agent, Steve Kutner has claimed the veteran Chelsea [3] midfielder is set to leave Stamford Bridge [4] at end of the season following Blues refusal to offer him new contract.
Chelsea informed Kutner, after the club's 2-1 Premier League [5] win at Everton that there was no possibility of the midfielder staying at Stamford Bridge beyond the end of this season, the Telegraph reports.
Lampard originally learned of Chelsea's decision at last month's Club World Cup in Japan.
The England international could be in no doubt of owner Roman Abramovich's determination to let him go as the club reiterated their position last week, after a game in which he had scored two match-winning goals.
Kutner said Frank has had to accept the decision and just wants to carry on playing football for Chelsea, and wants to finish the season as successfully as possible for the club he loves.
Despite suggestions of recent dialogue between Lampard and the club, it is understood that these discussions were designed purely to appraise him of Chelsea's stance rather than to offer him any hope of a new deal.
Lampard moved alongside Kerry Dixon as Chelsea's second all-time leading scorer on 193 goals, which is nine behind Bobby Tambling, when he converted a penalty in Chelsea's 5-1 FA Cup third-round victory at Southampton. (ANI [6])
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[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lampard
[3] http://www.chelseafc.com/
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_%28stadium%29
[5] http://www.premierleague.com
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The slimline G7SA relay family with forcibly guided contacts is available as a four- or six-pole type in various contact combinations and offers reinforced insulation. Terminals are arranged for easy PCB layout. It can be soldered directly to a PCB or used together with the P7SA sockets for panel installations.
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Those who jumped on the Galaxy Nexus wagon early have no doubt found that some apps still don't have support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but at the least, it looks like Swype will be getting that update pretty soon.
If you've tried to install the Swype beta on your Galaxy Nexus, you'll have no doubt come up against the "This screen size is not supported" error (although it's not so much the screen size as the resolution at that size that is likely the problem.) Some of you may have just sucked it up and started using the (vastly improved) stock touch type keyboard, or maybe you've jumped to a competing gesture keyboard like FlexT9 or SlideIT, but if you've been jonesing for Swype, it's almost back.
The Swype team has announced that the ICS fix is almost done and the new beta should be released by the end of the month, which is only about a month after the swell folks from XDA got Swype working on the Nexus.
source: Swype via Droid Life
Swype will get ICS update by the end of January
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1. antmiu2 (Posts: 385; Member since: 19 Jun 2011)
who even uses swype??
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2. Glim12808 (Posts: 394; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
I do. I find it a lot faster to swype than to tap.
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3. RushFan2112 (Posts: 26; Member since: 16 Jun 2011)
Wouldn't buy a phone that doesn't have Swype. It's a whole lot faster than tap typing.
Those that don't use Swype are the ones that are lousy spellers.
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Achieving Trust Through Data Ethics
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Eight out of 10 executives surveyed say that as the business value of data grows, the risks their companies face from improper handling of data increase exponentially. While digital advancements enable new opportunities for businesses to compete and thrive, they also create increased exposure to systemic risks. Success in the digital age will require a new kind of ethical review around how companies gather and use data.


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Cow Creek Trail – Umpqua National Forest
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Cow Creek Trail follows Cow Creek through a heavy stand of timber for approximately 4 miles. Giant old growth timber, lush glades of moss and ferns, and brilliant fall colors are features of this trail. Be prepared to ford the creek crossings or look for down logs to use as bridges. The final miles of the trail climb the ridge to Railroad Gap, where a shelter stands beside Road #3232-911.
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Cow Creek Tour Route
This 45-mile detour meanders along the coast mountain range, past quaint farms, spring waterfalls, and historic mines. It's a pleasant respite from I-5.


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XL C/C++ for AIX, V12.1 compiler PTF (V18.104.22.168) exposes an issue with Boost Geometry Library
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An XL C/C++ for AIX, V12.1 compiler PTF (V184.108.40.206) header file change has exposed an issue with code in the Boost Geometry Library which improperly applies scaled-epsilon equality comparisons.
Consider the following calculation:
x1 * dy2 - x2 * dy1;
The pattern expects that both multiplies are subject to symmetric handling.
In the absence of options or pragmas it is not considered a bug for the compiler to turn expressions of the form
x1 * dy2 - x2 * dy1
(x1 * dy2) - x2 * dy1
then into
-((-(x1 * dy2) + x2 * dy1) .
Doing that lets us use a separate multiply to first evaluate the
(x1 * dy2)
followed by a Negated Floating Multiply and Subtract instruction to do the rest, ie, two instructions instead of three, with in many cases increased accuracy.
So this is considered an invalid test case / usage error.
Clients requiring the Boost Geometry Library should build with compiler option -qfloat=nomaf to avoid the above transformation.
Document information
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XL C/C++ for AIX
Software version: 12.1
Operating system(s): AIX
Reference #: 1633166
Modified date: 05 April 2013
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