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Handing out the cash
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If I crane my head out of the window, generic viagra check bashing my temples on the drainpipe as I do so, look I can just about make out the tips of the Udny Community Wind Turbine. On the occasions when I subject myself to the whims of the spiders nestling in the window frame, those turbine tips are always turning – popping up and dipping back over the horizon with a reassuring regularity. Which suggests that the turbine has yet to be hacked down by an angry Mr Trump and is continuing to generate power, and hence cash, for the local community.
It's a set-up...
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- Wednesday, 22 February 2012 11:02
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The heady first days of a new community group can be filled with enthusiasm and passion. Finally, viagra generic thumb it feels like you can begin all those things you wanted to do. And then, shop decease most folk end up coming down to earth with a bump as the reality of mundane matters like constitutions, search mind office-bearers and legal structures begins to set in. The first whiff of excitement can be quickly quashed by a multitude of forms, submission dates and legal language that sounds like it hasn't been updated since the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
So, how does a new group get through it all? How do you decide what set-up your group should follow? What are the options and what happens if you get it wrong?
Figuring out public asset transfer………one woman's search for the magic bullet
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- Monday, 19 December 2011 10:54
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This is the fifteenth case study I've written for SCLN. So, buy viagra by now, generic viagra health you'd think I'd know better than to expect to find the magic bullet when I visit a project. Or is it the smoking gun? Whatever metaphor you want to pick, I turned up at the Boyndie Trust's visitor centre near Banff fully believing I'd discover the missing ingredient that can make public asset transfer a breeze.
Will you be very surprised if I say it didn't quite work out that way?
Milk, two sugars and some consultation please
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- Wednesday, 21 September 2011 15:06
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Some call it consultation. Others call it market research. But the people of the Cabrach, viagra sales advice in Moray, case just know it as putting the kettle on.
Most of us would be more likely to associate the phrase door-to-door with a double glazing salesman than with a community consultation process. But in a search for answers amongst the good folk of the Cabrach, that's just what Kim Siu has done.
Can you make pennies from pebbles?
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- Monday, 21 March 2011 10:49
- Tamsin Morris
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Many years ago, buy purchase when I was young and enthusiastic with no grey hair, online illness I moved to a new job in Aberdeenshire. Suddenly, I was immersed in a strange land full of people 'chavin awa' and randomly adding 'y's to every word(y). Very different from my previous life in Inverness, right enough.
Nervous, but still brunette, I was handed a project involving an area of woodland that had been ear marked for quarrying. Located next to the village of Woodhead near Fyvie, the woodlands had become a popular spot for walkers as well as a haven for wildlife in an agricultural landscape. Which might have been cause enough to oppose the quarrying. But these woodlands are also a geological Site of Special Interest (SSSI), internationally recognised for their unique geological history. The stones beneath the woodlands provide vital clues to the nature of Scotland towards the end of the last ice age. Or so I'm told. They may have been just pebbles to you and me, but for geologists the Windyhills deposits are the giant panda of the rock world – unique, rare and threatened.
Half a million quid anyone?
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- Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:49
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'And how much is it you're looking to borrow?'
'Half a million.'
I paused in my note-taking and glanced around the table. No-one batted an eyelid. The solicitor jotted down the number with no more reaction than someone recording the morning's milk order. It was just me who seemed surprised. But then, pharm advice I was the visitor – I'd been invited to sit in on a Directors' meeting of the West Harris Crofting Trust and I was definitely getting the 'inside story' of the reality of life after the razzmatazz of a community buy-out.
Assynt - magic carpets, deer and puppies?
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- Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:08
- Tamsin Morris
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A day spent climbing Ben More Assynt probably isn't good preparation for interviewing community land groups. So it was just as well that Mark Lazzeri from the Assynt Foundation had a bouncing dog to leap on me every time the sunburn and tired legs started to get the better of me. To add to the entertainment, generic viagra decease the power had gone off in most of North West Scotland, check so a stream of interruptions kept me alert as the options for powering Glencanisp lodge were debated.
From Bath to a washing machine...
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- Thursday, 22 July 2010 11:11
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It's not often that you'd think to connect Wick and Bath, no rx and but that's exactly what Thomas Telford did. Commissioned to design Lower Pulteneytown in Wick as a self-contained fishing community, ampoule Telford apparently based his plans on the architectural themes of the famous spa town. Arriving in Wick now, cialis it's hard to pick out Telford's original vision. Dominated by big retailers on the northern and southern outskirts, the town seems to have lost some of its spirit, along with its fishing industry.
Fresh from the tourist trail on the west coast, I was almost tempted to skip straight through and beetle on down to the more reliable delights of Golspie. But I'd arranged to meet up with the Pulteneytown People's Project, so I negotiated the labyrinth of roads on the south of the harbour, searching for their offices. Lost in the maze of Telford designed streets, I passed the inconspicuous Old Pulteney whisky distillery at least three times before I finally found my destination.
Freezing cold water - friend or foe?
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- Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:34
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Stepping into the knee high, sale treat freezing cold burn, case mind any potential benefits from a constant supply of running water were a long way from my mind. As I swore not so quietly under my breath, see here fighting against the current and the rapid loss of sensation in my legs, my focus was entirely on staying upright and getting to the other side. Which made it particularly ironic that I'd spent the previous day listening to the people of Knoydart extol the virtues of high river flows and the constant generating power of a tumbling burn. And regardless of my stumbling and splashing in mid spate, there's no denying that Knoydart does have an abundance of the wet stuff. So it probably doesn't come as a huge surprise to realise that the village of Inverie, on the south side of the peninsula, is powered by a hydro scheme.
At the end of the rainbow......
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- Monday, 22 March 2010 08:23
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There's a legend that says you can find a crock of gold nestling at the end of a rainbow. So when I saw the foot of a huge double rainbow settle slap bang in the middle of the Kingsburgh community woodland on the Isle of Skye, generic help I wondered if someone had cracked the answer to income generation from community assets.
Woolly jumpers and Father Ted?
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- Friday, 19 February 2010 11:51
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If I mention the Aran Islands to you, illness stuff what's the first thing that springs to mind? I guess some folks will assume I'm having a bad day with my spelling and counting and actually mean Arran, whilst other folk might mention woolly sweaters. And after that? Any more mental images of these islands, tucked away on the windswept west coast of Ireland? Father Ted? How about electric cars, dramatic cliffs and ancient stone forts? Probably not the image you've got, but, as it turns out, it'd be a pretty accurate representation.
Sleat so far.....
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- Friday, 19 February 2010 11:41
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Pretty much anyone who's been involved in the Scottish community land sector over recent years is likely to have heard of the Sleat Community Trust. I'd seen their name in all sorts of places, cialis sale cialis sale but never really felt like I had a handle on just what it was they were doing. So a recent trip to Skye seemed a perfect opportunity to call in and find out a bit more about who they were and what they did.
In search of the ideal campsite
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For anyone following the discussions on the SCotLaNd forum, shop sildenafil a case study about a community run campsite will come as no surprise. This summer we took a camping trip to Islay but, before we went, decided to do a bit of 'internet research' to see what our options might be.
Ty's great British makeover - the Langholm experience
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- Friday, 19 June 2009 13:42
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The last week of May was a hectic and exciting time in Langholm as the local community hosted the US TV star Ty Pennington and his UK film crew to make the third series of his show 'Ty's Great British Adventure'.
Antlers - a case study in cheesecake
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:48
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A drizzly, tadalafil treatment midge infested morning didn't seem an auspicious start to a visit to Jura. But, try for sale with one arm frantically waving around my head in the universally recognised 'West coast wave', I dashed into Antlers, the latest addition to the Jura scene.
An interview with Maggie Fyffe
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Maggie Fyffe was recently awarded an MBE for her work with the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust. We took the chance to ask her a few questions about how she got involved with the Trust and what made them such a success story.
How long have you been involved in the Isle of Eigg trust and what has your role been? How has your role changed over time?
We moved to Scotland in the early 70s, rx cialis usa initially to the east coast, online and then we moved across to Eigg in 1976. I've been involved with the Trust since the early 90s - firstly as a member of the Residents Association, sovaldi sale then I was elected as a member of the steering group to look at ways of taking the buy-out forward. I was elected as a director once the Eigg Heritage Trust had been formed and somehow I ended up as the spokesperson for the group. Then in 1998 I resigned as a director so I could apply for the job of administration secretary which I've done ever since.
What inspired you to get involved?
Seeing the injustice of the way a landlord could affect people's lives and how the island was becoming demoralised and depressed because of it. There wasn't really one headline moment that inspired me, I just saw the events that were unfolding on Eigg at the time.
What do you think have been the group's greatest successes and challenges?
Living in a remote small community means that tackling any major project is a challenge. I guess our biggest success is the way the community has risen to that challenge and continues to put a vast amount of voluntary effort into making things happen. As for specifics, obviously one success was managing the buy-out in the first place – it was certainly a steep learning curve for all of us.
Other things we can be rightly proud of include the building of An Laimhrig (the island's pier centre with a shop/tearoom/craft shop/public toilets & showers); renovating 5 Trust owned tenanted properties; the renewable energy projects and being the only Scottish finalist in the Big Green Challenge. Through all of those things we've tried to make sure that the work gets done by local people, which has helped to create employment on the island. For example, we've done a lot of forestry work and people have had the chance to get trained and get the certificates they need, so the work can stay on the island.
What do you think has contributed to the group's success?
At first it was the adversity - the sense of us versus a system of private ownership helped to catalyse us. But it's really just a bunch of ordinary folk who care deeply about the place they live in and who are prepared to put in the effort to improve their lot.
Did you have any disasters on the way?
I'm not saying it hasn't been difficult at times but I don't think we've had any major disasters and the good news is that 12 years later we're still solvent!!
What would you do differently if you did it again?
I can't really think of anything I'd change - the whole thing has grown organically, so people's confidence and skills have grown in the process. The next generation are becoming more involved and there are people who are new to the island who are bringing in fresh energy.
What do you still want to achieve on Eigg?
We want to significantly reduce our carbon emissions and win the Big Green Challenge (well, and the £1million that goes with it, of course!). We'll find out who's won in September this year, but there'll be a lot of work done between now and then. We're always looking for ways of finding income streams which could be invested back into the island, so that'll still be something we want to achieve.
Where are you planning to put the MBE – will it have pride of place on the mantelpiece or will it be in a drawer!?
I don't have a mantelpiece or a display cabinet so it'll probably be on display in the kitchen for a wee while and then end up in the general guddle!
What was the most unexpected outcome of your involvement in the Eigg Trust (apart from the MBE), and what was the most unexpected outcome for the community?
I used to make patchwork quilts and crocheted slippers so spending most of my time in front of a computer screen is quite a big change of direction! The changes we've seen happen on the island over the last 12 years have had a huge impact on people's lives – probably much more than we realised when we were starting out.
What advice would you give to others who are just starting out on the road to community ownership, or those who have lost their way?
Commitment is the main key, along with having solid community backing and being prepared for the huge amount of work it will entail. Sharing information by whatever means is important but the best way for people to learn from our experiences is to come and see it for themselves.
If you were the Scottish Government minister in charge, what would you change to make a difference to community land ownership?
If we were starting out now, the structure that the trust has wouldn't qualify under the terms of the Land Reform legislation. So maybe more flexibility in how the legislation works and who can use it would be helpful. Although community land initiatives share a lot of similarities, there certainly isn't a one size fits all, so flexibility is really important. I'd try and promote more recognition for the importance of the social enterprise sector as well.
Kinghorn Community Land Association
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Where is it? The Royal Burgh of Kinghorn lies about half way between Burntisland and Kirkcaldy, discount viagra sovaldi on the south coast of Fife. Kinghorn Loch is located to the north west of the village. The north side of the loch is currently home to the Ecology Centre, ask malady whilst the east and west sides are former industrial sites. A lot of local people use the loch and its surrounding area for quiet recreation and enjoyment of the outdoors.
What is it? Kinghorn Community Land Association (KCLA) was formed in response to concerns about the loch and the land surrounding it. The group currently has over one hundred members, case nurse including a steering committee of eight people.
Why did the community decide to form a group? In 2003, the landowner attempted to evict the Ecology Centre from their site on the edge of the loch. Although that wouldn't necessarily have meant that local people could no longer use the area for recreation, it did make them realise how much they valued the land. They also realised that, as things stood, they had no say in how the area was used and managed.
How did they form the group? The Ecology Centre applied for a technical assistance grant from the Scottish Land Fund to investigate the possibility of using the Land Reform Act to secure the Kinghorn loch area for the community. The investigations included a community consultation and a public meeting was held in February 2004, which was attended by 140 local people. After discussion, 98% of the people at the meeting voted to pursue registering an interest in the land under Part 2 of the Land Reform Act, the so-called 'Community Right to Buy'. Some people volunteered to be part of a steering group, which eventually became the Kinghorn Community Land Association.
Did they register an interest in the land? As the KCLA was finding its feet and beginning to function as an organisation, rumours spread that an area of land adjacent to the east lochside was up for sale. KCLA was forced to try and catch up with the situation by putting in a late application to the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD). As KCLA didn't have Community Body status as yet, it was decided to form a new group called KCLA2005. This group was virtually the same in all but name, and was formed to speed up Ministerial recognition for the Right to Buy process. This avoided the time consuming process of changing the group's original Memorandum and Articles of Association to fit with the emerging requirements of SEERAD. An application to register an interest in the land was submitted in March 2005 and accepted by SEERAD in May 2005.
So did they get to buy the land? At the same time as the registration of interest was approved, the seller of the land announced that it had already been sold, prior to the date it was first marketed and the group's registration under the Land Reform Act. The group considered a legal challenge, but were advised that it would be expensive and had no guarantee of success.
What did they do after that? The association completed a lot more community consultation to establish what the community wanted to achieve with the loch area. As a result, they were able to produce a vision statement for Kinghorn Loch and its surroundings.
They also realised that they needed to submit registrations for the remaining areas of land at the Loch as soon as possible, to avoid any more of the land being sold on the open market. Eighteen applications were prepared, but the group tried to tread a difficult line between wanting to be open with their community whilst avoiding publicity that would encourage landowners and developers to take out pre-emptive option agreements. But trying to do things quickly and quietly also caused problems, with the community council expressing concerns that the applications had been submitted without much opportunity for public debate. A community meeting was held to discuss the situation further and to ensure that everyone had an opportunity to voice their opinions. All eighteen applications were eventually approved by SEERAD in June 2007, after many months of waiting for the KCLA.
What's happening now? Although the right to buy registrations were eventually accepted by SEERAD, the community can only buy the land if it comes up for sale and if they can raise the funds required for purchase. KCLA have now commissioned a feasibility study for all nineteen plots around the Loch so they are as prepared as they possibly can be for when owners decide to sell and trigger the Right to Buy process. Meanwhile the developer who bought the very first plot on the east lochside has now offered to sell it to KCLA after all. KCLA plan to buy and lease it on for a new Ecology Centre base.
Many thanks to Chris Mitchell from KCLA for his assistance with preparing this case study.
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the best thing is to say hell no in the first place,but as a recovering alcoholic,,i have tried the "hair ofthe dog'..works well,,BUT THE DOWN SIDE IS EVERY MORNING ,YOU HAVE TO DO IT!!!! CAN YOU SAY RAGING ALCOHOLIC???
If you woke up on New Year's Day feeling as if you had been hit by a truck, you may have sought a hangover remedy with an infamously odd name: the hair of the dog.
A morning drink may be the last thing you want after a night of boozing. But that's exactly what this quirky English expression means. Originally, the expression referred to a method of treating a rabid dog bite; hair from the dog was placed in the wound.
(By the way, medical professionals do not prescribe alcoholic drinks to treat the symptoms of a hangover. However, they do encourage drinking water and getting rest.)
Many suffering from the morning-after blues, indulge in a Bloody Mary as a hangover cure. This savory cocktail contains vodka, tomato juice, and other flavorings such as horseradish, celery salt, lemon juice, and Tabasco sauce.
There are as many versions of the Bloody Mary as there are theories regarding who the drink is named after, with beliefs ranging from the Queen Mary I, to the actress Mary Pickford, to a waitress in Chicago who worked at a bar called the Bucket of Blood.
One cure for the hangover with a 100% success rate is to drink soda instead of alcohol. What is "soft" about soft drinks? And is there sodium in soda? Find out here.
the best thing is to say hell no in the first place,but as a recovering alcoholic,,i have tried the "hair ofthe dog'..works well,,BUT THE DOWN SIDE IS EVERY MORNING ,YOU HAVE TO DO IT!!!! CAN YOU SAY RAGING ALCOHOLIC???
Soda would help. It has caffine, which boosts the nervous system and makes you alert, the opposite of a hangover. Alcohal would only increase the effects of the hangover.
Of course, asprin wouldn't hurt either.
This person just said Soda would help a hangover and ended his comment with Soda increases the effects of a hangover..yikes
Glace is like fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me. its basically saying one time you take a hit, a second time you are hurt doing the same thing you will be gun shy for sure.
Kris – again the cafeene curbs the lack of energy, the soduim in soda is helping you more thant he 'fluid' everyone knows soda has enough salt to just make you more thirsty. In part thats why its a popular thing to mis with… DRINKS… and so many DRINKS have salt.
You are low on SODIUM, POTASIUM and FLUIDS. if you can stomach it get a BANANA in you and a CUP O SOUP. trust me. You need to replensh Electrolites. A GAtoraid can help but can be hard to down. The HUGE dose of sodium may sound like the las thign you want but it helps a lot. A whole lot. Or a V8… even a YOOHOO has B vitamins (that help calm your system give you non jittery energy) and POTASIUM. The main thing helping you ina bloody mary is probably the sodium and Vitamin C from the tomato.
Why would a Gatorade or when would a Gatorade ever in any situation ever be hard to down… Yikes
As I mentioned previously, it does tend to make you feel better, but it really only partially delays your symptoms while your body is still working to recover fluids and oxidize any remaining toxicants in your system. If it works for you, then keep using it — just remember to drink the water, too.
Looked this up on Wiki on new years day as I needed one. Some old ridiculous superstition about rabies and a dog. The things they used to believe!
What does once bitten twice shy even mean? I've heard it but I don't know.
Drinking soft drinks instead of alcohol isn't a cure for a hangover, it's prevention.
Not to be contradictory, but I have had lots of luck with "the hair of the dog". Even if the thought of it makes me sick, nothing gets rid of my hangover like a beer.
The trick is to get some of "the hair of the dog that bit you" without gettin bit again – According to Saf, you probably can't. Maybe "once bitten, twice shy" is a better motto…
As a long-time professional in the industry of getting people drunk, I can tell you with a fair degree of certainty that the "Hair of the Dog" remedy is a myth. Drinking more alcohol will make you feel a little better, but the end result is just a delayed hangover.
Your best bet in the way of hangover prevention is — as several people have posted previously — to drink plenty of water before, during, and after alcohol consumption. One thing that didn't get mentioned previously is that the type of alcoholic beverage also factors greatly into how severe your hangover will be. Alcohols that contain a lot of characteristic imperfections (called congeners — these are created during the fermentation process, and come primarily from flavoring agents) and/or sugar are far more likely to contribute to a hangover. A general rule-of-thumb is: The darker the color of the liquor, the more severe your hangover will be (Jägermeister, for example, has a very high concentration of both sugars and congeners — doesn't take much to give you a headache. Mid to high-grade Sakes, on the converse side, are very highly filtered and can be consumed in large quantities without much risk of hurting the next day).
This article mentions "The Bucket of Blood" saloon in Chicago. One thing I've always wondered is why there were so many unaffiliated saloons with the same name all over the country from the 1890s through the 1930s. Any ideas?
I've found that avoiding a hangover is all about control the night before. If you make sure to drink water during the day when you know you'll be drinking that night, you'll feel better all around. Also, knowing when to stop drinking (e.g. before you're falling down and passing out unintentionally) is very important. I had no hangover on January 1st because I was careful. I still got very drunk, I just didn't overdo it.
I am so happy that I don't get hangovers anymore (stopped drinking 4 yrs. ago FEB 14)i am a 20 yr.Navy Vet (proud to say), so I've been Hammered in more countries than most people will see in their lifetime. As far as drinking goes "the thrill is gone". I DON'T MISS WAKING UP IN TEARS EITHER !!!!!!!!!!
Drowning myself in orange juice and eating crackers seems to work the best for my hangovers. Maybe next time I'll add a splash of vodka and see if that doesn't work faster.
[...] a Professional Drinker, "The Hair of the Dog" had meaning. — If only to have a morning "Bloody Mary" or a beer and a [...]
I wanted to remember this New Years Eve as our youngest son got married that nite so I indulged in nature's chilled champagne with lemon. No hair of the dog needed. Nice.
LOL Cyberquill – and fair comment as the article fails to explain the origins of the treatment. I believe it originated in Ancient Greece where there was a trend for treating ailments either with plants that resembled the afflicted body parts or with some element or essence of the cause of the ailment eg, dog hair as treatment for dog bite. Consult the QI Book of General Ignorance ( http://www.qi.com/ ) – I'm sure you'll find it in there.
or h i g h o n the hog ?
I have a working solution for the hangover: To drink heavy alcohols whole night before:-) Seriously, the solution is not to let the body run out of water. So it is essential, if you decide to drink pure strong alcohols such as whisky, bourbon, vodka, brandy etc. to drink soda or juice after each shot. Second thing reducing the morning tortures is when you stop drinking (and you're still conscious) to drink (sometimes it means forcing yourself) glass or two of water (can be mineral, non-carbonated water). This trick will save you a headache in the morning. Also if you get up during the night (i.e. just to go to the toilet) you should consider having another glass or two of water.
Best cure for a hangover is not to get drunk in the first place. I just have zero tolerance for people with a hangover. If your that stupid to get that drunk, then deal with the consequences of a hangover. LOUD music anyone……….lol.
I prefer the spoonerism "Dare of the Hog", for only a pig is smart enough to endure, by way of a remedy, more of the very thing that poisoned him.
Whoever came up with the idea of treating a rabid dog bite by placing hair from that dog in the wound must have been pretty plastered.
I did have to nurse a hangover after New Year's Eve. Lol. I have to agree that pop works. Pepsi is my favorite. I also use Alka Seltzer and a greasy burger to cure the hangover blues.
PPS. its 2nd january 2011 630pm.
ps, i didnt drink new years, but fkn seedy as, so not so 100% successful.
One cure for the hangover with a 100% success rate is to drink soda instead of alcohol.
wow, if only my mother introduced me to soda before alcohol, then i would have learnt that when i was five.
30 yrs less of hangovers, damn you mother!
LOL! That gal had too much fun last nite.
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Tunisian Dean Is Acquitted in Setback to Islamists on Campus
A high-profile legal battle that pitted a Tunisian university dean against Islamist students who demanded a greater role for religion on the campus ended on Thursday in a victory for the dean.
Habib Kazdaghli, dean of the Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Humanities at the University of Manouba, has been a vocal defender of the institution's ban on the niqab, or full-face veil, in classrooms. Last year he was accused of hitting two female students wearing the niqab who came to his office to argue with him.
The dean and his supporters said the charges were false and politically motivated, and a Tunisian court has now thrown them out. The two students were given suspended two-month sentences for ransacking the dean's office.
Islamist students argue that banning the niqab, which is worn by a small but growing number of conservative Muslim women in Tunisia, impinges on their freedom of belief. Mr. Kazdaghli has countered that seeing students' faces is a "pedagogical necessity."
In an interview with The Chronicle this year, he accused religious extremists of wanting to take over the university. He said if he were convicted, there would be a "domino effect" as other universities would give in to fundamentalists' demands.
After his acquittal, the dean told The Chronicle he was tired, was relieved, and bore "no hatred" toward the students. While the verdict in his case was "a big step," he said, "the battle for academic values and modern teaching continues."
The case at Manouba had become a highly symbolic and charged one in Tunisia, where the country's first free elections brought a once-banned Islamist party to power and where ultra-conservative Islamists have been pushing—sometime violently—for the imposition of Shariah law.
The polarization between secularists and Islamists in the country that launched the Arab Spring has led to sit-ins and clashes at a number of universities. Fundamentalists accused Mr. Kazdaghli of being a "Zionist" and "an enemy of God." Academics and human-rights activists in Tunisia and abroad have rallied around the dean.
Tunisian law allows universities to set their own guidelines for the niqab and religious activity on campuses. But the issue has become so divisive that Tunisia's minister of higher education, a member of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party, recently called on administrations to allow students wearing the niqab to sit for examinations "until the question is studied in depth." He said he might ask the country's constitutional assembly to vote on the matter.
Ennahda officials have tried to distance themselves from the controversy, while urging administrators and students to find a workable solution, such as having female security officials ascertain the identity of veiled students.
A source in Ennahda, who sought anonymity because he said he was not familiar with the details of the case, said: "For the students it's an issue of freedom of belief. It is their right to choose the way they dress as long as it doesn't get in the way of others. For the universities it's an issue of security. They should try to find a middle ground and compromise."


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I think one must have a lot of php knowledge to be able to set up the Event Calendar module :-(
To subclass it you do. But out of the box it should run itself. The 2.4 compatibility upgrade definitely slowed us down. Glad it's out of the way, for now.
I'm having trouble with the standard CalendarWidget in that only the month select box (at the top of it) appears, the week rows of the table don't appear at all.
I got the latest jquery.datePicker.js from http://www.kelvinluck.com/ and the week rows appear but the day links aren't correct.
(the one that comes with EventCalendar looks to be quite old)
I'm looking into the jQuery at the moment to see if I can make any sense of it - trying to use Firebug to step through it all.
In the LiveCalendarWidget - the day links are incorrect and line 210 of CalendarUI.class.php needs to be updated
'ShowDayLink' => $this->calendar->Link('view')."/".$this->date_counter->format('Ymd'),
line 219 of CalendarUI.class.php needs to be updated
'ShowWeekLink' => $this->calendar->Link('view')."/".$week_range_start."/".$week_range_end
The Quick Month,Week,Weekend Links need to be updated
line 136
return $this->calendar->AbsoluteLink()."view/".$d->firstDayOfMonth()->format('Ym');
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return $this->calendar->AbsoluteLink()."view/".$d->firstDayOfWeek()->format('Ymd')."/".$d->finalDayOfWeek()->format('Ymd');
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return $this->calendar->AbsoluteLink()."view/".$d->format('Ymd')."/".$d->addDay(2)->format('Ymd');
I'll post more as I go.
When I click the Next or Previous Month links or use a 'Jump to' option from the select box my calendar disappears.
I can see in FireBug that the calendar is being returned from the Ajax request (under the HTML and Response tabs) but it isn't being written/drawn in place.
I'm using the latest jQuery (1.4.2), thinking it might help because LiveCalendar asks for 1.2.6 in it's SS file, and when I use that I get
An invalid or illegal string was specified" code: "12
Line 22
which I'm assuming could be any of the characters being returned from the request to be written back on the screen?
the demo page http://eventcalendar.bluehousegroup.com/ bombs spectacularly :)
Fatal error: Object::add_extension() - Can't find extension class for "CalendarSiteTree" in /var/ss/2.3.2/sapphire/core/Object.php on line 376
I'm guessing it might take some time to get up and running?
Yeah, I've been in there all day. Our server configuration doesn't like 2.4 very much. I'm trying to get Silverstripe to make some changes so that it works better with shared installs.


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MORGANTOWN – Monday was West Virginia's fifth preseason football practice, but the Mountaineers have had a specific mentality since the first day of spring football five months ago. Players and coaches showed up that day wearing a wristband that reads "W.T.F."
Win. Trust. Finish.
Last but not least is the focus on closing out in 2014 what WVU did not in 2013. The Mountaineers lost two games in overtime and won one in extra time after giving away a 10-point lead on the final two defensive possessions. Of the eight losses, four came after a fourth-quarter lead and one came after a third-quarter lead.
"We've got a couple goals we talk about here with the players and one of them is to get better at finishing," coach Dana Holgorsen said. "That was frustrating last year. It wasn't any more frustrating for anyone than it was for myself and the team when you sit in the locker room after losing an overtime game or losing a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter.
"So yes, we've focused on that since January. We've run specific drills. Not only have we focused on it and talked about it, but we've done specific drills where we work on finishing things, finishing periods, finishing practices, finishing reps. It's something coaches say a good bit around here."
So much so that Holgorsen was asked if he was tired of talking about close losses.
"It's better than getting your (posterior) kicked," he said.
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WVU IS GETTING close to the NCAA limit of 85 scholarships. Holgorsen said Dayron Wilson, a safety who sat out last season as a redshirt after transferring from Lackawanna (Pa.) College, was put on scholarship after what he did to finish practice Saturday.
"He's been doing great," Holgorsen said. "The defense closed Saturday's practice by getting after the offense pretty good. Dayron made two or three plays at the end. He had an unbelievable interception and a tackle for loss."
The 5-foot-11, 205-pound Wilson, from Woodbridge, Va., has been practicing with the first team and ahead of Pitt transfer Cullen Christian in the absence of junior K.J. Dillon. Dillon is recovering from a sprained ankle, but should be back soon.
Adding Wilson to the count casts further doubt on the Mountaineers welcoming all four signed recruits who are not yet with the team. Offensive lineman Dontae Angus, receiver Jacob McCrary, junior college defensive back Jaylon Myers and junior college offensive lineman Justin Scott have yet to be approved. Holgorsen had nothing new to add to their situation Monday.
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WHETHER FOR FUN or for practice, freshman quarterback William Crest returned punts again during Monday's practice, the second open to the media in the first five days. In the first practice, Crest and receivers Mario Alford, Jordan Thompson and Vernon Davis fielded punts.
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THE MOUNTAINEERS didn't find the right mix of offensive linemen until several weeks passed last season, but there should be no such trouble this season.
Left guard Quinton Spain, who began last season as the left tackle, made the preseason watch lists for the Lombardi Award (best offensive or defensive lineman) and the Outland Trophy (best interior lineman). Right guard Mark Glowinski started every game last season and center Tyler Orlosky saw playing time behind graduated Pat Eger.
WVU is trying to replace its starting tackles, but seems to have done so with Adam Pankey, who played as a reserve late last season after returning from an anterior cruciate ligament tear, on the left and Marquis Lucas, who played as a reserve guard before, on the right.
Stone Underwood, a junior college transfer who redshirted last season, is the third guard, but was not in pads Monday and had ice on his right shoulder. Sophomore Tony Matteo is the backup center.
"We're really looking for a third tackle," Holgorsen said.
Junior college transfer Sylvester Townes, who was with the team for spring football, and redshirt freshman Marcel Lazard, are in the mix with fifth-year senior Mike Calicchio, who can also play guard.
"Marcel and Sylvester are young guys who just need reps," Holgorsen said. "We've got our two starters who need to continue to get better and hopefully they hold up. Neither of those guys can be counted on to play a full game. I think they're ready — I know they're ready — but we need a third tackle in case they're not."
Last season, Russell Haughton-James was used as a backup guard, backup tackle, third tackle on the line of scrimmage and a blocking tight end. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound junior is not with the team and isn't on the roster.
"He's going through some things he needs to get worked out," Holgorsen said. "He's here, but he's not in camp. He's not ready to go yet. I'm evaluating his progress. He's enrolled for school for the fall and I anticipate him being ready to go once school starts."
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|The State Police barracks in Revere remains usable despite an estimated $30,000 in damage from a fire.
An electrical blaze damages State Police barracks in Revere
REVERE - An electrical fire believed to have been caused by a malfunctioning air conditioning unit struck the State Police barracks on Revere Beach Boulevard yesterday.
No injuries were reported, but State Police spokesman David Procopio said the fire damaged the interior of the building, which also had smoke and water damage, particularly on one side of the historic brick complex.
A fire truck from Chelsea aided the Revere Fire Department. The exterior of the building was left intact, except for windows broken during firefighting.
The fire, which was reported at 5:46 p.m., caused an estimated $30,000 in damage, Procopio said. Two state troopers tried to fight the fire with extinguishers, but heavy smoke pushed them back.
The building remains usable, and State Police will continue to conduct operations there, said Procopio. State Police plan to hold prisoners elsewhere until cleanup is complete. No prisoners were in the building at the time of the fire, Procopio said.
The Revere Fire Department and the office of State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan are investigating the blaze, but investigators believe the fire was an accident.
The malfunctioning air conditioner could be seen yesterday, charred, on the ground.
"All signs point to an electrical fire in the air conditioning unit,'' Procopio said.
The building was erected in 1899 and was a former metropolitan police station.
It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003.
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IPCC Working Group III's New Urbanization Chapter. Karen Seto
A video accompanying the Shell Scenarios makes reference to a sobering projection: the world is effectively adding a new city of a million people every week and will continue to do so for much of the 21st century. The growth will occur mostly in Asia, and could add as many as four billion people to a world struggling to balance growing demands for energy with growing needs to mitigate climate change.
In a talk added a week before the conference, Karen Seto, professor and associate dean of Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, spoke about the opportunities for positive change lying behind those challenges. Just two days before her talk, Seto had returned from the IPCC convention in Berlin, where she presided as coordinating lead author of a chapter on "Human Settlements, Infrastructure, and Spatial Planning" that appears for the first time in the Mitigation volume of the Fifth Assessment Report.
Seto explained the five-year process that led to the new AR5 chapter on "urbanization" and outlined its principal goals. A unifying concept was that mitigation in all key economic sectors of future cities—transportation, energy production, housing and manufacturing—could be simultaneously addressed with bundled policies and integrated solutions she pointed out, since the infrastructure of these cities does not yet exist. Building hundreds of urban centers from scratch provides an unprecedented opportunity to design in ways that can lock in energy savings and sustainable behaviors for generations to come.
Another finding of the chapter underlines the global challenge of mitigation. On the one hand, statistics show that urban residents in wealthy countries—so-called Annex 1 countries that have committed to reductions of greenhouse gases—consume less energy per capita than their rural counterparts in the same countries. On the other hand, urban residents of developing countries (non-Annex 1) appear to be less energy efficient than their rural countrymen. These differences, explained Seto, are really an accident of accounting. In reality, energy use in the large industrial cities of developing countries is driven by production of consumer goods for urban residents of the developed world. Annex I countries have thus been importing energy efficiency by offshoring production of their consumer goods to the developing world. Such hidden linkages between energy use and consumption patterns are a reminder that we really are all residents of a global village.


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Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it would halve the total compensation of its president, chairman and other top executives as it grapples with the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years at its Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Meanwhile, in Europe thousands of anti-nuclear activists began staging demonstrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident, at Chernobyl in 1986, as well as the Fukushima crisis.
Protesters in Strasbourg kicked off Easter Monday with a march across the Pont de l'Europe, a bridge that connects the French city with the German town of Kehl, on Monday to demand the closure of France's oldest nuclear power station at Fessenheim.
The protesters waved banners decorated with anti-nuclear slogans and shouted statements such as "Chernobyl, Fukushima, Never again!" according to Deutsche Welle.
Tens of thousands of protesters across Germany and in Belgium kicked marched at a number of other active and non-active nuclear plants.
About 4,500 people rallied Sunday in Tokyo to call for the closure of all nuclear power plants in Japan, NHK Television reported.
The crisis at Fukushima Daiichi — severely damaged on March 11 when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and a subsequent tsunami devastated the country — has had a wide-ranging impact on the economy and financial markets.
The disaster disabled the cooling systems of the plant, and radioactive elements leaked into the sea and have been found in water, air and food products from Japan.
TEPCO, which pays its executives an average of 37 million yen ($452,074), is seeking government help to foot a massive bill to compensate local citizens and businesses surrounding the plant, according to Reuters.
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If you go to the Ruger website and use Adobe to blow up the drawing to 300%, you'll see that part #5, the indicator, has a through hole and is trapped by the blind pin.
Indeed it is. Indeed it is. But it's not trapped by much. I took a pair of Vice Grips and pullled that sucker out like an old world dentist would have pulled a bad tooth. Had to give it some elbow grease, but that sucker pulled. I figured, what's the worst that can happen. I'll have to ditch it and get a competition barrel. Oh my, how awful.
Took it to the range tonight. Put 160 rounds through it. Not one jam. Not one failure to fire, not one failure to feed, not one failure to eject. Which is more than I can say when the indicator was there. When it was there, I was getting jams about once every twenty rounds, due to that frickin thing.
Should have bought a used Mark II. But now I have a 'customized' Mark III. And I no longer have a piece of metal blocking my chamber from the round going into it.
Yes, it's no longer 'pristine' and I'll never be able to sell it (never sold a gun. probably never will) But that barrel (or whatever) was scarred by the indicator in the first place. And it was causing jams. Aftermarket ruger competition barrels don't have that 'safety'. And no longer does mine.
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Chucklefish has revealed that pre-orders for its upcoming 2D sandbox title Starbound are now open. $15 will get you access to the game's beta when it becomes available and a Steam key. You'll also get the working soundtrack, with more tracks sent your way as they become available.
So far, Starbound has managed to accrue nearly $600,000. In the process, the project was able to reach its first stretch goal, and the Novakid race will now be available in-game.
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All months have their markers I suppose. I'm sure they are different for each of us depending on your personal interests, or important family dates like birthdays. Frequently those markers are holidays like Valentines Day, Thanksgiving Day or even solar events like the Summer Solstice.
For those who are gardeners and outdoor types, January can be a gloomy time though, grey and depressing. OK, sure, there's New Year's Day, but bowl games and hangovers can be kind of boring and hangovers can hurt, too. It's cold outside! It's gonna be months before we can play in the dirt and enjoy fresh salads from the backyard or the blooms in our gardens.
But wait! All is not lost. There is a parade coming around the corner! January can be looked to with some anticipation because it marks the beginning of the "Parade of Catalogs". This is our opportunity to gleefully flip pages to discover the latest varieties and colors and to dream of new plans for that corner flower bed or the border next to the driveway that has been full of weeds for the last two years. Have you ever noticed that January's flower beds NEVER have weeds? It's a time to make lists and to share catalogs with friends so as to get better discounts with quantity purchases. Time to dig out those lists of things you need for next season and to look at all the latest in tools and new models of what you already have.
Watch for the postman (uhhh -- mail carrier) because today marks the beginning of the Parade! I've already got part of my seed list and bee list made out. Happily humming, looking, planning and dreaming......
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Cooking has come a long way from when our ancestors roasted wild animals and local vegetation over an open fire. However, the nature of cooking remains the same: apply heat to make food taste better. At present, more and more people are tired of the processed food with similar taste and ingredients. In order to enjoy the flavor of food, they have discovered an infinite number of ways to prepare and season food. Meanwhile, they are happy to learn how to cook and get educated on the foods they intend to cook.
Step 1: Acquire Recipes
If you are a green hand in cooking, you had better find the recipes about the foods you are going to try. Even though it can be neglect, it is still highly recommended by many professional cooks if you set your mind to mastering the art of cook. First, find out some recipes of dishes from your relatives which you loved or have tried previously. During cooking, when you have trouble with certain steps in the course of cooking, you can consult them to help you out. If you consult online recipes, choose those that have received good reviews or comments, so that you may be able to appreciate the flavor to judge the finer nuances of the dish.
Step 2: Gather Ingredients
Next step is to gather the ingredients for the dish. Get the right ingredients, as fresh and as high quality as you can afford, and in the right amounts. Keep in mind never substitute any ingredients until you become more experienced because they might interact in a way that you're not aware of, which might affect the cooking process and ruin the final flavor even the entire meal. In fact, professional cooks define it as "mise en place" which include preparing the entire cooking appliances together, and measuring the needed ingredients. Never ignore and look down upon this trivial step because it is regarded as an essential part for the whole cooking process. Keep in mind that this step should be prepared fully before starting your cooking.
Step 3: Clean & Prepare Cooking Materials
Cleaning all the cooking appliances and ingredients is a necessity under any circumstances. In this case, you have to aware that cleaning is prior to the real cooking. It is commonly accepted that foods should be washed before peeling so as to prevent chemicals and dirt from getting into the peeled part. After washing, you should cut the food into uniform slices or pieces so that they cook evenly. The bigger the pieces, the longer they'll take to cook.
Step 4: Preheat Appliances
Before the real cooking, you have to preheat appliances as needed. There are some small details in this step that are often overlooked. It usually takes an oven about 15 minutes to get to 350°F or 176°C, but every stove is different. Some appliances will beep or make a noise when the temperature is reached; otherwise, you might need to calibrate your oven to determine how long it takes for it to preheat to a certain temperature. Put a thermometer in the center of a rack set in the middle of the oven and turn it to the desired temperature; after 10 minutes, check the thermometer every 5 minutes until the desired temperature is reached and remember how long it took to get there. Hot temperatures cook the outside more, while lower temperatures cook more thoroughly. So, use really hot temperatures to sear the outside of a rare steak or get a thicker crust on bread, but lower temperatures for a well-done steak or a soft crust bread. Stay in the kitchen while the food is cooking. If you walk away, you may end up with a burnt mess that's stuck to the bottom of the pan.
Step 5: Cooking With Water
Don't try to make a turkey dinner and start slow from the easy dishes, like cookies or scrambled eggs. If you are not confident in controlling the heat, you may start cooking with boiling, poaching, simmering, and stewing. It's easier because you have a greater opportunity as to when the food is "done". Stick with water-based cooking until you get a feel for judging when various types of food are done. When possible, taste your dishes frequently while you are cooking, which lets you make sure the balance of spices is correct; it also helps you to learn how flavors develop with cooking.
Step 6: Dry Cooking
If you have qualified for cooking with water, you can move on to "dry" cooking, including grilling, roasting, toasting, broiling, and baking. Now that you know what certain foods feel like when they're cooked, you need to be able to control the cooking process with your application of heat. If you apply too much heat, the food will burn. If you apply too little, the food will be raw. When you arrange the food in relation to the heat source, center it so that all the food gets cooked evenly; rotate it in the middle of the cooking process if you must. Try to minimize opening the oven door or grill cover, as this lets heat escape and will make the cooking take longer. If you don't have a recipe, start off with a low amount of heat and see how long the food takes to cook until you determine the maximum heat the food needs to cook in the shortest time without burning.
Step 7: Fry Cooking
Frying is a little more difficult than cooking with water or in an oven because you need to juggle timing, heat, and flipping. Lower the food carefully into the oil, as the oil can splash up and burn you. Use tongs or a wire basket. If sautéing or stir-frying, use a non-stick pan to prevent the food from becoming one with the pan. Pour just a thin layer of oil–pour it into a spoon, then into the pan. The hotter the oil, the more you'll need to stir whatever you're frying so that it doesn't burn or stick. If shallow-frying, in which one third or one half of the food is immersed in oil, the oil is typically used only once. If you're deep-frying, however, you may be able to use the oil more than once.
Cooking isn't for everyone, but is supposed to be fun. So if you find yourself dreading it, then it probably isn't for you. For those who enjoy cooking, don't worry if you mess up on a recipe. We all make mistakes in our cooking now and then. You just have to use your good judgment to decide whether or not it's fixable.
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I don't get it
How can a gun that is so widely used be so openly hated? Every time I read a post about Glock's there are droves of people who can do nothing but berate them?
I own a G22, carried one for years and never had a problem with them. Everyone I personally know loves them, but whenever there is a post about them it's nothing but "get a real gun....buy a 1911...get an XD....glocks suck....get an M&P." Don't get me wrong I just ordered a 1911 and I own 2 XD's. My Glock does feel a little odd at times, but I am accurate with it and it always goes bang.
I just don't get it....
glocks do have the ghey
People love to hate things, infact, we look for things to hate! :mad: :mad:
Nah, I don't hate glocks at all. I've handled and fired a G17(my dad's) a G30 (my friends) and a G22(other friend) and recently fired a G19 at the range last friday. I truly believe they are out of the box reliable, durable, trustworthy handguns. My complaints are the trigger, goalpost sight picture, weird angled grip, and the ugly factor.
I don't hate them, but I do know they are not for me. YMMV :)
BTW, some people hate my firearms and I'm cool with that. They can just keep their big fat grubby hands off them.
Lets face it .. GLOCKs are (f)ugly. And everybody hates the ugly kid. Eventually, if you give'em a chance, you get to like them. I've just been around them for so long, that I forget that they are ugly.
And yeah - everytime you pull the trigger they go bang - and that should be good enough for most of us.... to like them.
The reason Glocks receive so much hate is not because of the gun itself - it's the worship demonstrated by the Glock fanboys's every chance they get. While I don't care for them, many folks do and that's just fine with me...
Glocks....they have the ghey!
I'll tell you why I dislike Glocks....they have the ergonomics of a brick and I can't point shoot them worth crap. They feel bulky in my hands and are uncomfortable to hold and I always shoot low. I don't like that Glock only has the trigger safety. The gun can be laying on the floor across the room and if I have a 10ft pole I can set it off(XD? no, 1911? No...) I have no doubt that they are reliable(unless you want a 40) and I know they serve many people well, I'm just not one of them.
I have a problem with the folks that tell a new gun buyer that they MUST get a Glock, they're the best gun ever and you absolutely have to have one. There are other weapons out there, polymer or not that IMO are much better then Glocks.
My wife made me proud over Christmas. She told me a girl she works with was asking what she was going to get me for Christmas and she said I was into shooting and had various guns. This young lady ask if I had a Glock, my wife said no. The girl told her she should get me a Glock because her husband has one and you can do ANYTHING with one. She replied, I'm not sure, but I've heard him say he hates them.
It was a proud moment for me when she told me the story.
I'm going to start by saying that I like anything that goes boom. I have my favorites and among them are the 1911's (all variants), S&W's (auto and revolvers) and Glocks (combat Tupperware). I don't like Rugers, it's like holding a chunk of concrete and not made to be held by a human (I thinks someone from area 51 leaked the plans that were found in some flying saucer) they may be great guns but I just really don't like for me. Everyone has their personal favorites and will defend them to the death like JD and 1911's and Cane and his Colts. Take the criticism of the Glock like you hear about the rivalry between the military services we can talk smack as much as we want among ourselves but let an outsider come in and talk sh*t and we will circle the wagons.. Except Tango he will dance around outside sprinkling fairy dust and singing the FTF theme song "I like guns". :D
It's kind of like a prostitute...:rolleyes:
You might want to use her, but your not going to kiss her good night.:eek:
The love/hate thing is just personal opinion. Personally, I'm ambivalent. ;)
The second pistol I shot was a Glock and it was pretty accurate. I just didn't care too much for the way it felt in my hands. My M&P feels much better to me, but to each his own...
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By Sara Welch | Staff Writer
The race for the Portage Trail Conference County Division title came down to the final weeks of the season.
The thrilling conclusion featured the Garfield G-Men emerging as the County Division champions with an 11-1 league record. Overall, Garfield was 16-2, but needed to edge out quality contenders Southeast and Waterloo to win the crown.
Waterloo and Southeast both settled for second place, sharing identical 9-3 records in the division.
"It's good for them to see their work pay off," Garfield head coach Tina Downing said. "I think a lot of people don't understand how many hours we spent in the gym because of the weather and how we tediously went over coverage and how much time we spent in the cage. Doing all that handwork to only play 18 games, it's good for the team to see that pays off. All that hard work got them recognized."
Garfield had five members of its team recognized among the First Team All-County Division selections. Whitney Miller, Taylor Brown, Shelby Baughman, Madisson Geddes and Haley Damko all were honored. Unfortunately for the G-Men, both Miller and Baughman graduate, while Damko moved out of the district.
Miller served as the team's ace pitcher throughout the season. She ended the year with a 9-1 league record, a 11-2 overall record, a 0.92 ERA and 74 strikeouts. She also threw five shutouts, while pitching in every game for Garfield this season save four.
"There's a ton of movement on all of her pitches," Downing said. "She doesn't have the velocity of some of the other pitchers, but she has several different pitches and she commands them very well, which keeps a lot of batters off-balance."
In addition to her prowess in the circle, Miller brought leadership to the G-Men that will be missed.
"She's the leader of the team. She's the one that won't tolerate anything but everyone's focus and everyone's 100 percent," Downing said. "She's always putting in the work and she was like a mentor to a lot of the younger girls. She was the most vocal on the field, and we're going to have a hard time replacing that next year."
With both Baughman and Damko, Garfield will be losing offensive weapons. Baughman batted .371 with a team-leading four home runs. She also only committed two errors in 120 attempts at first base.
"Shelby goes all out. She just pulls off these amazing catches that you don't think are possible until you see her do it," Downing said. "She's not afraid of the ball and she's not afraid to get dirty. She'll do whatever needs to be done over there to get the out."
Damko, a sophomore, was a relative surprise in the batting lineup. She had the highest batting average on the team out of the No. 9 hole at .486.
"She's the kid who just gets it done. She doesn't have a problem with anything I asked her to do," Downing said. "She plays the same no matter what. She loves playing and wants to be on the field all the time, and I think everyone else feeds off of that. Her energy is something she really brought to the team."
While three First-Team performers will be absent in 2015, the G-Men will return two other First-Team players next year in Geddes and Brown.
Geddes served as a solid shortstop and defensive powerhouse, while also batting .385 from the lead-off position. Offensively, she slaps, drags and hits from both sides of the plate.
"She's automatic in the field. She hustles, she dives, she covers second base, she covers bunts. She'll track fly balls into the outfield," Downing said. "As a coach, she's one of those fielders that you hope the ball gets hit to because she will get the out. She just gets everything done."
Brown, a freshman, batted third all season in the lineup and hit for a .370 average. She was also the team leader in RBI, while only allowing three past balls as the team's everyday catcher.
"She gets it done on both sides. She's quick with the stick. She gets solid hits. She gets it done offensively, but she's really very solid behind the plate," Downing said. "Most people don't know she's a freshman, because she has her voice, she has a rocket for an arm, she throws people out, she covers bunts and she blocks all the balls. She just really doesn't present herself like a freshman."
While Garfield won the league, both runners-up Southeast and Waterloo received recognition on the First Team.
In his last year as Southeast's head coach, Dave Dubinsky was voted Coach of the Year by his peers. Meanwhile, Waterloo's ace pitcher Haley Hurd was named County Division Player of the Year.
Hurd completed the season with a 10-6 record, a 1.82 ERA and 192 strikeouts, throwing two shutouts and two no-hitters. She broke the program's single-game strikeout record this year with 19 and also broke the career strikeout record of 705 by an overwhelming margin, ending the season with 796. She also ended her high school career second in career wins with 48. Her career ERA was also in the top 10 all-time at Waterloo at 2.71.
"She kept us in every ball ame for the last four years just because of her pitching," Waterloo head coach Brenda Flarida said. "There weren't many runs scored on her just because she does strike a lot of people out. She's played so much softball her entire life and she's going to continue her career at the college level.
"I think, being a pitcher, you have to have the mentality where you know you're going to control every game and she feels like she can," Flarida said. "She does a great job of taking control for the most part. That's what she expects."
Offensively, Hurd had a .357 batting average, a .554 slugging percentage, a .455 on-base percentage and 15 RBI.
Rounding out the County Division's First Team were Alicia Swierz, a sophomore pitcher from Southeast; Hailey Scupholm, a junior middle infielder from Woodridge; Morgan Perry, a senior third baseman from Waterloo; Ashley Barker, a senior outfielder from Mogadore; Corrine Braynard, a junior outfielder from Streetsboro; Samantha Schneider, a junior from Woodridge and Nikki Romosca, a sophomore from Southeast.
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So cute… Ella Sofia Gordon, who will be celebrating her first birthday June 20, looks like she's ready to take off. Parents Jeff Gordon and Ingrid Vandebosch took her to Central Park in NYC today with her walker for some practice.
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Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong were looking their ages at the Tucson stop of their "Light Up America" tour at Casino del Sol's AVA Sunday night.
As they made their way through the opening sketch, a rehash of their classic "Cruisin' with Pedro de Pacas" bit, the two appeared more like the curmudgeonly old balcony Muppets, Statler and Waldorf, than the pot-smoking counterculture comedians of the 1970s and '80s.
Cheech, 62, sat in the driver's seat in his red knit cap, canary yellow shirt and red suspenders, portlier than he was in his youth and with a lot less hair on his face and head.
Chong, who turned 70 in May, sat next to him in a button-down shirt with a marijuana leaf print, blue jeans and red sneakers, his once shaggy black hair and beard now a stately silver.
"Am I driving OK?" Cheech, as Pedro, asked cautiously.
The two characters had just shared an oversized joint on the road.
"I think we're parked, man," Chong replied.
"Well, am I parked OK?" Cheech shot back, his character more confused than ever.
The back-and-forth sent the sold-out crowd, a mix of older hippies and a cult following of youngsters, howling and shouting out lines like a rowdier, more inebriated version of the midnight crowd at a "Rocky Horror Picture Show" screening.
It was the duo's first tour in more than a quarter-century, but you'd never know it. The seasoned performers, who admitted early in the show to watching their old bits on YouTube to get them right for the tour, blazed through an hour-and-a-half set as if they had been doing it for years.
They covered a lot of familiar ground, playing characters such as Blind Melon Chitlin' and "Earache My Eye's" Alice Bowie and performing an encore collection of songs that included "Born in East L.A." and "Up in Smoke."
Most of the evening was well-scripted, with the occasional dash of improv.
During the segment "Let's Make a Dope Deal," Cheech asked Chong to choose one of three prize doors, and Chong hit back with a joke about Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors.
"They don't know who The Doors are, do they?" Chong asked with a laugh, referring to the younger audience members. "Well, the old (ones) do."
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Chong spent nine months behind bars in 2003 and 2004 for selling drug paraphernalia over the Internet.
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In a touching moment, Shelby recalled the day the sentencing was handed down.
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NEW YORK -- Perhaps a bit burnt out by all the interview attention he received during the All-Star break, or simply tuckered out trying to cover all the mistakes being made around him Sunday, usually affable veteran Kimmo Timonen was in a bit of a dark place after the New York Rangers' 5-2 victory over the Flyers.
Timonen's answers were short, somewhat snippy ... and as usual, right to the point.
"I thought we played a decent game," Timonen said after a crushing goal allowed by Ilya Bryzgalov to end the second period and two bad defensive giveaways in the third led to the Flyers' fourth loss in four tries this season against the Rangers.
"It didn't go our way," Timonen added. Then, when asked what he thought the difference was in the game, Timonen quietly but just as quickly responded, "the goalie."
Presumably, he meant the Rangers' goalie, Henrik Lundqvist, that Vezina Trophy frontrunner who entered the game at 23-10-4 with a 1.82 goals-against average and .939 saves percentage.
But a weekend in which the Flyers allowed 11 goals to two of their favorite hated rivals in the Devils and Rangers could darken one's perception. Even though Timonen was likely saying Lundqvist is having the kind of year that makes him the daily difference for the Rangers against any and every victimized team, you might wonder if he wasn't stewing over the Flyers' situation defensively and in the crease.
"They play the same system, it's not a surprise to us," Timonen said of the Rangers. "They block a lot of shots, but everybody's blocking a lot of shots. We can do a couple of things better, but when they break down, their goalie makes saves."
Against the Flyers (23 shots), Lundqvist didn't have to make a whole lot of them.
"He's been playing well, but they're a team that shuts down the front of the net," added Flyers rookie Matt Read. "We can't seem to get pucks through from the point and they block a lot of shots. But Lundqvist is beatable. He's been playing well but there's no excuse for not scoring or not playing the game as well as we can."
Meanwhile, Timonen's goalie wasn't about to make any editorial comments after allowing a weak wraparound goal to Marian Gaborik at the end of the second, promptly giving the Rangers a 2-1 lead.
"Mistakes happen," Bryzgalov said. "It's a part of the game. Obviously we want to win, but we can't deliver it. I don't know why. Both teams are very good teams, and unfortunately we didn't get a point. ... I don't know why we can't get points."
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Even though Pronger is not expected back due to concussion woes this season, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Saturday he didn't foresee a change being made or promotion among the current lineup of three alternate captains -- Timonen, Claude Giroux and newbie Scott Hartnell.
"I don't think so," Holmgren said. "Somebody asked me that about a month ago, and I told the writer then that was the first time I'd thought about it. That was a month ago, and I can say I haven't thought about it (since)."
Asked if that was because he was still hoping for a Pronger return, Holmgren said, "No, it just doesn't really change anything. I wouldn't say it's overrated (having one captain), but I might say overblown."
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Rookie Tom Sestito's three fights in a game hadn't been seen since Ian Laperriere did the fist trick in 2009. It was also something Sestito couldn't remember doing before.
"I can't remember if I did that in the minors ... but certainly not up here," the 6-5, 228-pound winger said. "It's a tough job, but it's my job. It's what I'm doing here. My hands are pretty sore, but I'll be all right. A little ice and a little Advil, and I'll be fine."
One report in New York after the game said the league was looking into whether Sestito pulled the hair of one of his dance partners, Brandon Prust.


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- Action observation and mirror neuron network: a tool for motor stroke rehabilitationP Sale
IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 48:313-8. 2012..On basis of this finding, during the last 10 years various studies were carry out regarding the clinical use of action observation for motor rehabilitation of sub-acute and chronic stroke patients...
- Effects on mobility training and de-adaptations in subjects with Spinal Cord Injury due to a Wearable Robot: a preliminary reportPatrizio Sale
Department of Neurorehabilitation, I R C C S San Camillo Hospital, via Alberoni 70, 30126, Venice, Italy
BMC Neurol 16:12. 2016....
- Effects of upper limb robot-assisted therapy on motor recovery in subacute stroke patientsPatrizio Sale
Department of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
J Neuroeng Rehabil 11:104. 2014..A randomized controlled trial was carried out to evaluate the short-time efficacy of intensive robot-assisted therapy compared to usual physical therapy performed in the early phase after stroke onset...
- Hand robotics rehabilitation: feasibility and preliminary results of a robotic treatment in patients with hemiparesisPatrizio Sale
Department of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via della Pisana 234, 00163 Rome, Italy
Stroke Res Treat 2012:820931. 2012....
- Walking performance: correlation between energy cost of walking and walking participation. new statistical approach concerning outcome measurementMarco Franceschini
Department of NeuroRehabilitation IRCCS San Raffale, Pisana, Rome
PLoS ONE 8:e56669. 2013..In particular, these values could be used to predict the ability to walk in the community when discharged from the rehabilitation units, and to adjust the rehabilitative treatment to improve the performance...
- The relation between Parkinson's disease and ageing. Comparison of the gait patterns of young Parkinson's disease subjects with healthy elderly subjectsP Sale
IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 49:161-7. 2013..The gait of healthy elderly and of subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD) displays some common features, suggesting that PD may be a model of ageing...
- Predictors of changes in sentimental and sexual life after traumatic spinal cord injuryPatrizio Sale
Department of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:1944-9. 2012..To investigate changes and identify predictors in interpersonal functioning and sexual life after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)...
- Sport, free time and hobbies in people with spinal cord injuryP Sale
Department of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
Spinal Cord 50:452-6. 2012..Prospective, multicenter follow-up (F-U) observational study...
- Use of the robot assisted gait therapy in rehabilitation of patients with stroke and spinal cord injuryP Sale
Department of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 48:111-21. 2012....
- Pro-inflammatory gene expression in solid glioblastoma microenvironment and in hypoxic stem cells from human glioblastomaMarco Tafani
Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
J Neuroinflammation 8:32. 2011....
- Robot-aided therapy for upper limbs in patients with stroke-related lesions. Brief report of a clinical experienceFederica Bovolenta
Medicine Rehabilitation NOCSAE Hospital AUSL of Modena, Modena, Italy
J Neuroeng Rehabil 8:18. 2011..It is possible that the learning process experienced by the patients was robot-dependent, especially in consideration of the general maintenance of the achievements observed on all activities...
- Segmental muscle vibration modifies muscle activation during reaching in chronic stroke: A pilot studyMarco Paoloni
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
NeuroRehabilitation 35:405-14. 2014..Segmental muscle vibration (SMV) improves motor performances in neurological conditions, including stroke...
- Upper limb robot-assisted therapy in chronic and subacute stroke patients: a kinematic analysisStefano Mazzoleni
From The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Pisa, Italy SM, MCC Department of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy PS, MF and Neurological Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Unit, Auxilium Vitae Rehabilitation Center, Volterra, Italy MT, FP
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 92:e26-37. 2013..The aim of this study was to compare motor recovery in subacute and chronic stroke patients through clinical assessment scales and a set of kinematic parameters recorded using a robotic system...
- Recovery of hand function with robot-assisted therapy in acute stroke patients: a randomized-controlled trialPatrizio Sale
aDepartment of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana bThe BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, Polo Sant Anna Valdera, Pontedera cRehabilitation Bioengineering Laboratory dNeurological Rehabilitation Unit, Auxilium Vitae Rehabilitation Center, Volterra eSan Raffaele Portuense, Rome, Italy
Int J Rehabil Res 37:236-42. 2014..The positive results obtained through the safe and reliable robotic rehabilitation treatment reinforce the recommendation to extend it to a larger clinical practice. ..
- Electroencephalographic markers of robot-aided therapy in stroke patients for the evaluation of upper limb rehabilitationPatrizio Sale
aDepartment of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana bDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome Sapienza cPhysical Rehabilitation Medicine Chair, Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine DPT, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
Int J Rehabil Res 38:294-305. 2015..We conclude that the present procedure is suitable for evaluation of the neural underpinning of robot-aided upper limb rehabilitation. ..
- Clinical relevance of action observation in upper-limb stroke rehabilitation: a possible role in recovery of functional dexterity. A randomized clinical trialMarco Franceschini
Unit of Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 26:456-62. 2012..A randomized controlled observer-blind trial was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of action observation as an add-on treatment to the standard rehabilitation of upper-limb function, early after stroke...
- Action observation therapy in the subacute phase promotes dexterity recovery in right-hemisphere stroke patientsPatrizio Sale
Department of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, via della Pisana 235, 00163 Rome, Italy
Biomed Res Int 2014:457538. 2014..01). The findings lead to recommend the use of AO in addition to motor training in left hemiparetic patients...
- Segmental muscle vibration improves reaching movement in patients with chronic stroke. A randomized controlled trialEmanuela Tavernese
Biomechanics and Movement Analysis Laboratory, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
NeuroRehabilitation 32:591-9. 2013..Segmental muscle vibration (SMV) has been used to improve gait and to reduce spasticity in stroke patients. No data exist about the possibility to improve upper limb motor function by using SMV...
- Gait impairment in neurological disorders: a new technological approachRoberta Semprini
IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
Funct Neurol 24:179-83. 2009..This would help to clarify the indications for and correct use of robotic devices in the different neurological disorders...


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Yesterday i had a crazy thought to join a anime forum so i'm here....
Anime and manga i like: Death note [awesome], Bleach, Naruto, X 1999 and many more..
Anime i like: Neon Genesis Evangelion, .hack//sign, GTO, Full metal panic, FLCL etc. there're so many
Oh and i'm from Latvia and my english still isn't so good as i wanted and so please don't be mad at me if i make somekind of mistake
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Got a copy of Gregg Farah's new book 52 Ways to Grow Your Faith recently and wanted to make sure I mentioned it here on the blog. I was a part of his indegogo campaign to help fund it get published and am so excited it is finally here! Gregg does a great job of creating a simple, weekly devotional tool for you to use in a small group meeting or on your own.
Each chapter includes:
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It is pretty accessible at the student level (in a discipleship booth, or handed out by small group leaders) but could be used for different ages as well. Proud of Gregg, love this resource. Pick up 52 Ways to Grow Your Faith on Amazon today!