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[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Faith Hill[/lastfm] graces the cover of February's InStyle magazine and shares some of her beauty tips. Among those tips, she shares that she drinks 90 ounces of water a day. It sparks some debate as to how much water is too much.
If you are exercising regularly, About.com says that on the low end, the number of ounces you should drink should be half your weight. On the high end, you should drink equal ounces to your weight.
Yahoo's Shine suggests an average of 9 cups per day for the average adult female. That's 2.2 liters, or 72 ounces of water.
It is possible to drink too much water. Hyponatremia, or water intoxication, is where the blood-sodium drop to dangerous levels. It usually happens after you've been sweating excessively for several hours and are only replenishing with excessive amounts of water rather than a sports drink. Water intoxication can happen to people participating in long athletic events like a marathon.
About.com has a great Water Calculator Quiz to help you determine a good amount of water for you to drink based on your weight and how much you exercise each day.


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Pine Bluff police are continuing their investigation into the shooting death of a man on the east side of the city Thursday.
Pine Bluff police are continuing their investigation into the shooting death of a man on the east side of the city Thursday.
Roy Haltiwanger, 20, was found on the ground between 314 and 316 East 21st Ave., with multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead by a doctor in the Emergency Room.
Lt. David Price said Friday that there were no eyewitnesses to the shooting and detectives were trying to determine where Haltiwanger had been before the shooting and whom he might have been with.
Price said no suspects had been identified, no weapon recovered, and the motive for the shooting was still undetermined.
Police were sent to the area, just east of Georgia Street, at about 3:30 p.m. after a caller reported multiple gunshots and a person not breathing.
A reward is available for information leading the the identification and arrest of the person or persons responsible for the death, which was the first homicide of 2013 in Pine Bluff and Jefferson County.
Anyone with information should contact the Detective Division at 730-2090 or 730-2086, and all calls will be kept confidential.
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Young, fresh, energetic, enthusiastic, adaptable
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Soft smile, quirky, cute, tender, sweet, childish, conversational style with a friendly, funny, girl next door sound. This is a fresh voice. Think young, happy, carefree, adolecent yet mature, quick-witted for humor yet casual in delivery.
After training in studio for 8 months, this young, vibrant voice is just being released into the voice over market. Voice over talents range is extensive: commercial, PSA, narration, announcing, radio, on hold messages, voice mail greetings, also a perfect candidate for animation.
Studio is set up with quiet, private, digital audio equipped studio using AKG microphones, Pro Tools Le and high speed internet access. Audio can be delivered via FTP or overnight CD, dry or fully produced."
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headbands, headbands, and more headbands
the purl bee - felt rose barrette
little miss momma - scrunch fabric flower pom pom tutorial
little birdie secrets - fabric rosebud tutorial
not martha (on holidash) - felt dahlia
i am momma - hear me roar - rolled felt flower
These are my favorites:
In other news, I inherited the crafty contents of my ward's Relief Society (the women's organization at my church) closet. Which means I have a big box of vintage supplies. Actual vintage, not "vintage." I'm so excited. More to come on that later.
41 comments:
- Lauren said...
Gorgeous! What do you use as the headband part? Is it just elastic or do you sew fabric?
- November 15, 2010 10:05 AM
- Jennifer said...
Thank you! I have 3 little girls and can't wait to get started on some of these. I love your blog. :)
- November 15, 2010 10:09 AM
- Gabby said...
Love 'em. Wish my daughter would wear headbands!
- November 15, 2010 10:27 AM
- Kali said...
I second the first comment. Looks like elastic. Just wondering where you get it from. these are all adorable!
- November 15, 2010 10:33 AM
- Amber said...
What timing! I was actually heading to the store later to get supplies to make some too! I'm going to try both elastics and stretch lace. I have 2 girls (2 yo and 5 mo) so figure I'll try a variety and see what works best.
- November 15, 2010 10:45 AM
- sewfearless.com said...
Lovely. What a fun collection.
(The elastic looks like Fold Over Elastic, which can be found in a variety of colors on Etsy.com)
- November 15, 2010 10:59 AM
- Diana Smith said...
ADORABLE!! Do you sell these?? I want to make some but can never find the time and my baby has a gorgeous head of hair that would love some pretty flowers! I love your blog, so much inspiration!
- November 15, 2010 11:00 AM
- Ashley @ Little Miss Momma said...
Your headbands turned out fabulous! So glad you tried the POM POM style!
thanks for linking :)
you rock!
- November 15, 2010 11:06 AM
- Erica said...
These are so cute! I am going to have to make some of these for my girls!
- November 15, 2010 11:08 AM
- Flo said...
Just for princess... Lovely !
- November 15, 2010 11:35 AM
- Lori Thompson said...
Love all the headbands...very cute! Over the summer I too inheritate vintage sewing items from my mom (which belonged to her mom!) FUN! A mini Christmas! Hopefully I'll see you around Christmas time...
- November 15, 2010 11:49 AM
- Caroline @ The Feminist Housewife said...
These are so ridiculously cute...and perfect timing! I'm about to make some for my niece for Christmas! = )
- November 15, 2010 12:00 PM
- Emily said...
Loving those headbands! I got a cast off hymnbook at church yesterday but am a little jealous of your vintage sewing stuff. :)
- November 15, 2010 12:11 PM
- Lexi said...
the pink/brown look like fold over elastic. they have some at joanns near the ribbon/lace.
other 2 look like normal elastic
super cute!
- November 15, 2010 12:27 PM
- Jessica said...
I was just thinking that I need to make me and my daughter some cute new headbands and clips. I love your pictures and headbands. All of them look amazing!
How fun that you got that box of things. I can't wait to hear more about it.
- November 15, 2010 12:38 PM
- Sarah said...
What did you use for the headband base? I just threw a hair clip making party this week with some friends and used lots of the same tutorials! I loved the purl bee rose!
- November 15, 2010 12:49 PM
- Stephanie Sabbe said...
so cute! I know you are enjoying having a girl!
- November 15, 2010 12:52 PM
- Krista said...
I LOVE these!! Going to make some of my own soon. Thanks for all the info :)
- November 15, 2010 1:09 PM
- Vanessa said...
So, so cute! I like the black band with the red poinsettia-looking flower!
- November 15, 2010 4:52 PM
- Thrift Store Mama said...
I LOVE the vintage (not "vintage") notions. I received some in my grandmother's sewing basket after her death and I occasionally find some at the thrift store, too.
- November 15, 2010 5:45 PM
- The Henrich Family said...
nice Jill. I bet the RS goods are gonna be fun. I can only imagine how ancient they could be...
- November 15, 2010 5:54 PM
- Melissa said...
darling headbands. i just had a little girl a few weeks ago and i cant wait to make her some of these. thanks for posting.
- November 15, 2010 6:41 PM
- barneyn said...
wow those are sooo cute! thanks for posting the links! and how exciting on your inheritance!
- November 15, 2010 9:32 PM
- Anna said...
They are way cute... that's on my to do list this week too... My girlies are in desperate need of head accessories!
where do you get the actual headbands? the elastic you know... I don't dig those thick crochet head bands so much... I like the thin/subtle/delicate kind like the ones you showed!
- November 15, 2010 11:17 PM
- Angie said...
So cute! Thanks for providing the links, too. I was already planning on doing some crocheted flower headbands for a little christmas gift. Now I can throw in a little more variety. :)
- November 16, 2010 7:25 AM
- homemade by jill said...
The thicker headbands are made of Fold Over Elastic, which you should be able to find in the elastic/trim sections of most fabric stores. It comes in many colors and is great for baby headbands because it is so soft and stretchy.
The cream colored headbands are made out of plain old elastic, but it is different than the packaged kind. It was sold by the yard at my fabric store (for cheap - only 60 cents a yard) but it feels like a cotton elastic instead of polyester. It is also quite soft, and not as stiff of an elastic as the packaged kind.
If you are looking for good elastic, just go to your fabric store and feel them all. Chances are, if it is soft and stretchy, it will make a good headband. :)
- November 16, 2010 8:42 AM
- Kristi (aka T!) said...
OMG!! My Gpa (passed on) retired from Woolworth's YEARS ago. That is amazing. I have not seen that packaging in soooo many years.
I will show this to my mom and gma. They will cry!!
Thanks for sharing. Seriously that picture just flooded me with so many great memories. Thanks for sharing.
- November 16, 2010 12:59 PM
- Debbie said...
Hey Jill! Thanks for the get well wishes. :) It was so nice to hear from you! Sure miss the good ol' days. What I wouldn't give to be running up and down a football field right now or playing with all the PETE group. :) Glad you're doing so well. I love your site. :) Lotsa Loves!
- November 17, 2010 10:35 AM
- Maria Amélia said...
Hi Jill, all of them are so cute!!
Would you tell me what do you use to do the hadbands? Is it elastic? Do you made it or bought ready and only glued or sewed the flowers? I live in Brasil and I never saw it here. If it is elastics how do you lock it? With glue or sew? thank you for sharing the wonderful tutorials. kisses from Brasil
- November 19, 2010 3:58 AM
- Kristen said...
i love these!!! i have to ask where do you get your headbands??? im in need of some for my little girl! do you make the headband part yourself?
- November 20, 2010 6:04 PM
- Sugarpie said...
How sweet.. I know the sweetest little girl to make some for. Thanks for some great ideas!
- November 22, 2010 12:49 AM
- Jamie said...
So these are my FAVORITE! I have been wanting to learn how to make some of these for my little girl! My sister-in-law sent me the link to this one! I'm IN LOVE! haha thank you so much!
- November 22, 2010 9:14 AM
- Happy Homemaker And Momma said...
These are adorable!!
Feel free to join in my Bundle of Fat Quarters giveaway-you can even spread the word-these fat quarters are so pretty!
- November 22, 2010 8:34 PM
- Amy said...
Do you have a recommended size for the elastic part of the headbands? I would love to make some for my 8 month old niece for Christmas, but she lives out of state and I have no idea what size they should be!!
- November 28, 2010 7:19 AM
- Ashley @ Little Miss Momma said...
Hey girl,
Just wanted to let you know that I turned the Pom Pom headband into a super cute neckalce! Thought you might like it!
- December 07, 2010 12:13 PM
- Megan Bone said...
The pink and brown headband with the cream flowers...how do you make those flowers???
- February 04, 2011 4:11 PM
- Claire said...
Is this my cousin Jilly Bean's blog???? How did I NOT know you had this awesome fantastic blog about crafting! I am in love. And to think I found it blog surfing! You are awesome. LOVE IT! How did you do the headband part on teh brown headband???
- June 24, 2011 7:48 AM
- homemade by jill said...
Claire, are we related? I feel so rude, but I can't even think of a cousin Claire. But I have dwindling brain cells these days, so my deepest apologies if I am forgetting an obvious connection.
As for the headbands, the brown one is made of Fold Over Elastic (find it in the trims section of your fabric store). It is very soft and stretchy, and makes great baby headbands.
- June 27, 2011 3:07 PM
- Mom of Steele said...
Do you sell these? There are a few I'd love to have!
- September 20, 2011 9:28 AM
- Elaine- said...
awwww don't you sell these on etsy for those of us that aren't crafty? i love love them!!
- May 30, 2012 2:58 AM
- May Park said...
There so beautiful!!! What a cute creation!!!
If you don't mind, can you tell me where I can by those hairbands which has soft colors like a pink and ivory. There are only bold colors like a red and blue at Michael's. Thanks for sharing!!!
- March 01, 2013 10:59 AM


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Same damn play every time. Adjust the defense!
Attack the rim more ladies. Jumpers aren't winning us this game.
This is taking years off my life. The Fever can't even make layups right now and the Lynx are scoring on every possession.
Earlier the Fever were up by 9 and missed three straight layups. I just can't get that out of my head.
Good to see Pat Summit at the game.
So many missed bunnies...
Camera just scrolled by Paul George in the crowd... Nice little run here near the end of the half!
Catch knows what needs to be done. Let's see if they can make it happen.
Catchings will have to come out like a gangbuster in the second half and earn this. The rest of the team looks scared to death since the Lynx pulled back.
Way too many easy misses. Fatigue?
Who is gonna get a burst of adrenaline first...that team will win this game.
Catch is a beast...ress.
Whew. 10 minutes from a championship.
Held serve for the quarter. 10 minutes to go...
Please get Davenport out of the game....she is absolutely killing the Fever right now.
January is great
Catch just holy crap
Catch! Saying get on my shoulders!
She was not set. Left leg was moving
YES!! Just 5 minutes to go.
So glad Davenport is out. Dunn has been strong with her decisions this postseason but leaving her in so long was dumb.
Wooooo, Zellous! Big time shot!
This team has championship poise for sure.
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Using OpenVMS (UCX) SMTP; what does one have to do to send email in english and french?
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SMTP is a transport protocol, and can transport text of most any language. If you wish to discuss MIME encoding of the MAIL message, that will involves the higher-level software MAIL client. For some general details on MIME itself, please see the OpenVMS MIME utility. (The OpenVMS MAIL utility itself does not offer MIME encoding.)


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German FM calls on Ukraine and Russia to respect peace plan
Germany's foreign minister on Tuesday called for Ukraine and Russia to fulfil the terms of a failing peace plan, despite admitting that the deal was not "perfect".
"The agreements were not perfect but they do form a basis.
We have to fulfil the agreements," Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kiev.
"We hope that the tension will subside and Ukraine will regain its territorial integrity and sovereignty," Berlin's top diplomat said.
Steinmeier will fly later on Tuesday to Moscow for a key meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, as deadly clashes continued to rock east Ukraine despite a nominal ceasefire between the Kiev and Kremlin-backed rebels.
Yatsenyuk, however, lashed out at Kiev's former Soviet master by insisting that the September peace agreement "is being observed by Ukraine and blatantly violated by the Russian side.
" "The restoration of control over the Ukrainian-Russian border, the stopping of weapons deliveries from the Russian Federation to Ukrainian territory, and the withdrawal of the Russian army and Russian terrorists from Ukrainian territory is not being carried out," he said.


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The Long Walk From Chicago
After a Meteoric Rise and a Painful Fall, Yankees Reliever Kerry Wood Is Writing His Own Ending
ARLINGTON, Texas—The pivotal moment of Kerry Wood's career didn't happen at Wrigley Field. And it won't happen at Rangers Ballpark this weekend. It happened on a slab of concrete behind a gray, indistinct building in Phoenix, not far from the airport, one morning in June 2007.
Mr. Wood had been there rehabbing from multiple shoulder injuries for the better part of two years, with little success. And as he approached his 30th birthday, he decided it was time to retire.
He was about to call the Cubs to schedule a news conference in Chicago when he walked outside with his trainer, Brett Fischer, to try playing catch one last time. And as soon as he let go of the ball, everything changed.
No pain.
Had that morning gone the way Mr. Wood expected, his career obituary would have been written three years ago: Kerry Wood, the once-promising pitcher who struck out 20 batters in one game as a rookie in 1998, finally gave in to the injuries that destroyed his career.
But instead, he has gone from the brink of retirement to the brink of the World Series, emerging as the setup man in the Yankees' bullpen after a midseason trade from Cleveland.
That sudden, almost inexplicable pain-free morning in Arizona—and the recovery that followed—is what enabled him to come back as a reliever in 2007. And it's the reason he's with the Yankees today, playing a key role in the American League Championship Series.
"To see someone literally hours from retiring and now to watch him on TV in the playoffs with the Yankees, I still pinch myself," Mr. Fischer said. "I can't believe this."
Mr. Wood, now 33 years old, had a 0.69 ERA in 26 regular-season innings with the Yankees, the lowest single-season mark in franchise history (minimum 25 innings pitched). And his value was never more evident than it was Wednesday.
He served as a one-man bridge between CC Sabathia and Mariano Rivera, tossing two scoreless innings against the Rangers in Game 5. And should the Yankees take a lead into the late innings of Game 6 on Friday, they'd likely hand him the ball again.
"I never would have thought he could help us this much," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who played with Mr. Wood in Chicago early in his career. "I had caught him, so I remember when he had outstanding stuff. But I don't think anyone ever [expects] you're going to get a reliever that for two months has an ERA under 1.00. Some of the best relievers of all time don't do that."
At a time when teams are going to unprecedented lengths to protect young pitchers from injuries, Mr. Wood is the ultimate cautionary tale. He was the 1998 N.L. Rookie of the Year, at age 21. But an elbow injury forced him to miss the entire 1999 season. And the rest of his career has played out like a game of "Operation."
His list of previously injured body parts includes his elbow, labrum, rotator cuff, triceps, knee, back and one finger. He has been on the disabled list 14 times for a total of 787 days, more than twice the number of regular-season games in which he has appeared (381).
But as much as Mr. Wood's career offers reason for caution, it also provides some measure of hope for injured young pitchers, such as Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals.
Mr. Wood is known for his 20-strikeout game against the Houston Astros. But his greatest feat is arguably his ability to reinvent himself, to endure.
"I didn't create all those expectations myself," Mr. Wood said. "I had never struck out more than 12 in my life before I struck out 20. Then I became the next Nolan Ryan and was supposed to be in the Hall of Fame. Those were expectations you can't meet. I look at it as, I've had injuries and I've battled back from it. It's not what could have been. It's what couldn't have been."
Mr. Wood had already been through a litany of injuries when he underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in 2005. But his rehabilitation from that one proved to be more complicated, more grueling and, at times, more hopeless than he ever imagined.
The Cubs sent him to Mr. Fischer, a physical therapist and conditioning specialist who has overseen the rehab of dozens of professional athletes. And every day, from about 8 a.m. until noon, Mr. Wood would work out at Mr. Fischer's training center in Phoenix.
He was primarily there to regain his range of motion and rebuild the strength in his shoulder. But he also had to build strength and flexibility elsewhere, from his core to his hips to his back.
No longer could he merely address what was hurting. He had to get his body to the point where it wouldn't break down so easily. And for the most part, he did. He lost more than 40 pounds through dieting and exercise.
The only thing he couldn't do was throw a baseball.
"I'd come home from therapy and tell my wife, 'I feel like I can pitch tomorrow. In a week, I'll be ready to go,' " Mr. Wood said. "Then I'd come home and I couldn't put my seat belt on in the car. I couldn't reach over and grab the phone."
Finally, in 2006, tests revealed that Mr. Wood had another injury all along: a partly torn rotator cuff. And with that came more rehab.
It was a lonely existence, far removed from Major League Baseball. At night, to pass the time, Mr. Wood would go bass fishing on a small, private lake owned by former Yankees pitcher Ron Davis.
But by the spring of 2007, Mr. Wood was tired of waiting. It had been two years since he was fully healthy, and he was getting nowhere.
"He reached a point where he said, 'That's it. If I can't pitch tomorrow, I'm done,' " Mr. Fischer said. "And from that point on, he really didn't have any problems."
Mr. Wood returned as a reliever for the Cubs in August 2007, was an All-Star closer in 2008 and signed with Cleveland as a free agent in 2009. He still makes what seems like an annual pilgrimage to the DL, but he has avoided the kinds of major injuries he had earlier in his career.
The Yankees acquired him in exchange for two low-level prospects on July 31 from the Indians, who were looking to dump the rest of his $10.5 million salary this season. And at times, he has evoked memories of the pitcher he used to be, back when strikeouts outweighed health concerns.
Only now he's different. He isn't a starter. He isn't a prodigy. He's not even a star.
He may still be viewed as a bust. But more than anything, Mr. Wood is a survivor.
"He knows something was taken away," Mr. Fischer said, "and now it has been given back to him."


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Georgia Tech Tennis Supports Special Olympics
Jan. 22, 2007
Atlanta - Georgia Tech senior Zach Rath and men's tennis assistant coach Josh Hausman, along with over 50 other Georgia Tech student-athletes, lent a hand over the weekend to the 2007 Special Olympics State Winter Games, assisting Special Olympic athletes from around the state compete in bowling at Brunswick Zone Saturday and Sunday mornings.
The Georgia Tech athletes helped cheer on the Special Olympians as they competed in both individual and team bowling, while also assisting in the organization of bowlers, athlete and volunteer check-in and scorekeeping.
The Yellow Jackets also had the opportunity to collect autographs from a few of the state's best Special Olympic bowlers, including one female who bowled a 169-144-142--455, which garnered many cheers from Georgia Tech contingent.
Saturday's competition included approximately 80 females from around the state competing for individual gold medals, while Sunday's bowling consisted of more than 30 unified teams from Georgia vying for medals.
"I have been very impressed by the turnout of Georgia Tech student-athletes at this year's community service projects, and this event is no exception," said Rob Skinner, advisor for the Georgia Tech Student-Athlete Advisory Board. "We had athletes from almost all of our teams that are not currently in competition, including a few that are even in-season, to show up this weekend, which says a lot about their goal to make a difference in this community."


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Rackspace makes it extremely easy to deploy private clouds for companies of all sizes, from large Fortune 100 enterprises to individuals wanting to learn about building massively scalable clouds on OpenStack.
Cloud Technology translates globally and transcends international boundaries as IT departments all around the world start to realize the potential business impact of changing into cloud service providers to reduce the delivery time of much needed resources to their business users. At Rackspace, we have seen this phenomenon unfold over the last few months as more and more users and companies download and deploy our Private Cloud Software.
I am extremely proud to tell you today that just a few short weeks after the November 15 launch of our updated Rackspace Private Cloud Software, we have seen an amazing number of downloads. This accomplishment is even greater knowing that our reach has extended so far around the globe.
The free software, code-name Alamo, has been downloaded in Italy, Germany, China and Australia, to name just some of the larger countries. It's incredible to see locales like the Republic of Moldova, Belarus, Qatar, Suriname and Botswana embrace the Rackspace Private Cloud. It's a shame not to see any downloads from my home country, Namibia; but since some of my family down there still use 56K dial-up modems I completely understand.
The map says it all: Rackspace Private Cloud has gone global in a big way!
I'd like to thank everyone in our global community for your continued support and for making our launch a massive success.
If you'd like to get in on the action, download your copy of Rackspace Private Cloud powered by OpenStack. We have made it extremely easy to download and deploy a private cloud in a matter of minutes. If you need support or would like help deploying this into your production sites, we have an incredibly experienced team that can provide you with as much or as little support as you need.
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tabi Bonney - Poom Poom
Since making his last solo Booth appearance with 2012's Time of Her Life, tabi Bonney's gone through a few changes. For one thing, he's relocated from Washington, D.C. to the City of Angels. For another, he's significantly modified his sound, hoping to reinvent himself as a genre-bending pop phenom à la will.i.am or Pharrell. Today, we get our first taste of his revamped style in the form of Poom Poom, a club-ready promo single with a quirky, onomatopoeic hook. To accompany the artist's vocals, which come liberally laced with studio effects, Best Kept Secret cooks up a beat that bridges the gap between hip-hop, electro and trap. Are you feeling the new-and-improved tabi Bonney? If so, you can keep it locked for further loosies, as well as updates on anything else he might have up his sleeve.


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This two-day workshop will introduce you to the basic philosophy behind transparency activism and how to accomplish it through the use of smart hacks over web platforms. Ownership, privacy and geopolitical use of data will be introduced through case histories of ethical and legal issues as well as an introduction of the main organizations and resources about Open Data.
You will learn the methodologies and mechanisms for exploring creative and unconventional uses of political data over the web. In addition, the workshop will introduce some practical tools, including simple software, coding, and other techniques and tricks to extract data from web servers.
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Paper, wood, and traditional media aren't tied to one vendor. They don't require licenses or agreements. They aren't, generally speaking, incompatible. If digital art is going to provide artists with the same freedom, it stands to reason that artists working with computation will find ways to make any pixel their medium.
Processing is a good example. It takes some time, but eventually, the understanding dawns upon you: Processing is more a design for how to code, an API, than it is a specific platform. Taken further, heck, it's more like a way of life – sketch on paper, write simple code, prototype fast, make something happen.
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This is a demo on how to use ABSML - a markup language Jeff Crouse and I invented at Eyebeam. If you're looking at this now, it probably wont make a lot of sense, but that's what you get for being an early bird. We'll have more info out soon.
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MANATEE COUNTY, FL- 24 year old Jonathan Stevens of Palmetto was arrested over the weekend for impersonating a law enforcement officer.
He was driving a white Chevy Tahoe equipped with flashing red & blue emergency lights. The suspect activated the emergency lights to stop a Tampa Police officer so he could report a reckless driver.
He said he was a Homeland Security officer and he had a gun and a badge around his neck. Just before turning on his lights, he also called dispatch to report the same information as well.
The officer found the suspect's actions suspicious so she continued to talk to the suspect and also discovered the vehicle was not registered to a government agency. Upon further questioning, the suspect admitted he was not employed by a government agency. He doesn't have a concealed weapon permit.
It was also discovered that Stevens was arrested last September in Manatee County for impersonating a police officer, when he pulled a motorist over at the Ellenton Outlet Mall. In that incident he allegedly told the motorist he was an off duty officer. He currently faces felony charges.


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Posted by: Slug of SlimeThis is on a modded map.No, it's not. That's the small room above Camp Foman.
It's made out of a bunch of the little gap-like things in the Windmill, it's obviously modded. If it were in the SMALL ROOM above Froman, than it would at least look small, also it's tagged as 'mod'.
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Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ), the world's leading premium wine company, reported Q2 2012 results on Thursday morning. I wrote an article about the company on Monday, and have added some of the key points below on the company and where they are trying to take their business:
In wine, the company has more than 100 brands (with 12 new items launched in 2011) sold in over 100 countries. They are the number one premium wine company in the U.S., and the number one wine company overall in Canada.
The company formed a joint venture in January 2007 with Grupo Modelo called Crown Imports, through which the company is the leader is the imported U.S. beer category and has six of the top 25 brands including Corona Extra (leading imported beer), St. Pauli Girl (number No. 2 German beer), and Tsingtao (No. 1 Chinese beer). Crown Imports holds a 43% dollar share of the imported beer market in the United States and is the third largest U.S. beer company overall (8% dollar share), with 2011 sales of $2.4 billion.
The report on Thursday gave the stock a jolt, which ended nearly 9% higher; here are some of the highlights from the conference call and the press release:
Net sales decreased 20% in the quarter, due primarily to the divestiture of 80% of the Australian and U.K. wine businesses in January. On an organic constant currency basis, sales were flat, due to favorable product mix and decreasing volume cancelling each other out.
For the quarter, gross margins jumped substantially, up to 41% from 36.5% in 2011; as noted on the call, this is largely due to the fact that the Australian and U.K. divestiture removed lower gross margin businesses from the company. On a reported basis, GAAP earnings of $0.76 were 77% higher than last year; however, the majority of this increase was driven by the tax rate, which was 3% compared to 35% in Q2 2011.
For the quarter, the Crown JV generated net sales of $727 million (up 7%), and operating income of $126 million (down 4%), $63 million on which is attributable to Constellation Brands. For the full year, management is targeting low to mid single digit depletion growth, and flat/down operating earnings due to agreed upon incremental funding levels for marketing and promotion.
As management noted at the Barclay's conference, part of the company's strategy is using free cash flow to reduce their outstanding debt levels, which is down from $5.2 billion in 2008 to $2.9 billion today; in the words of CFO Bob Ryder, "We've generated $478 million of free cash flow for the first 6 months, $215 million more than the same period last year. This strong performance has enabled us to reduce debt by $290 million since the end of fiscal 2011," which continues the company's strong move towards debt (and interest expense) reduction - "Our continued strong free cash flow generation and deleveraging efforts have created flexibility in the management of our capital structure."
Due to this flexibility, management was able to repurchase 9.8 million shares at a cost of $188 million during the second quarter. In the words of CEO Rob Sands, "While we plan to continue to pay down debt in fiscal 2012, we have redeployed a portion of our free cash flow to repurchase our stock. We currently believe that Constellation's shares represent good value, especially as our market momentum builds in the second half of this year, and as we continue to reap the benefits of our ongoing transformation initiatives."
For the full year, management upped their EPS guidance to a range of $2.00-2.10, from previous estimates of $1.90-2.00; based on 2011 EPS of $1.91, management's expectations suggests year over year EPS growth will fall in the range of 5-10%. As noted on the call, the increase reflects the benefit from share repurchases, along with a change in the expected tax rate (27% versus earlier guidance of 29%).
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ), the world's leading premium wine company, reported Q2 2012 results on Thursday morning. I wrote an article about the company on Monday, and have added some of the key points below on the company and where they are trying to take their business:


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Pursuit of Power: NASA's Propulsion Systems Laboratory No. 1 and 2
by Robert S. Arrighi - NASA , 2012
This volume documents the Propulsion Systems Laboratory No. 1 and 2 and the Altitude Wind Tunnel prior to their demolition. The book demonstrates the significance of each facility to the community while sharing personal stories of the researchers.
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Aircraft Propulsion : a review of the evolution of aircraft piston engines
by C. Fayette Taylor - Smithsonian Institution Press , 1971
This book is based chiefly on the author's close personal connection with the development of aircraft engines during the period 1917-1950. The illustrations include the materials in the collections of the National Air and Space Museum.
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Space Handbook
by Robert W. Buchheim - RAND Corporation , 2007
Written as a basic guide on the uses and characteristics of space systems, this book discusses astronautics and its applications, technology in the space environment, rocket vehicles, propulsion systems, propellants, internal power sources, etc.
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Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology
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A contribution to the current effort to understand technological innovation as a social activity or process. It describes the strategies developed by the engineering community at Lewis in response to the new demands of the gas turbine engine.
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Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket 1958-2002
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The book chronicles the story of the Centaur, the world's first liquid-hydrogen rocket. It focuses on technical and political hurdles that Centaur faced over the three decades that it was managed by NASA Lewis Research Center.
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How to design, build and test small liquid-fuel rocket engines
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St. Mary's High School quarterback Kevin Flemer threw for 376 yards and five touchdowns and the host Panthers held on for a 35-28 win over Valley Christian-Dublin on Oct. 6.
All five touchdowns came in the first half as St. Mary's built a 35-21 lead.
"Their defense was set to guard our big playmaker, which is Caleb Coleman," Flemer said. "They put the safety over the top. So I was working one-on-one with all of the other receivers and trying to see what they could do. It worked out for us."
Lorenzo Logwood caught four passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Liam Godfrey also caught four balls for 115 yards and a touchdown. Coleman caught four passes for 37 yards and no scores.
The Vikings (4-2, 0-2 Tri-County Athletic League—Rock Division) were able to contain the Panthers (3-3, 1-1) in the second half. Valley Christian piled up 292 yards on the ground and after Howard Wikle scored on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter, the score was 35-28. The Vikings got the ball back with three minutes, seven seconds remaining at the St. Mary's 41 after the Panthers failed on a fourth down. A 24-yard run by A.J. Harris gave the Vikings a first down at the 18. St. Mary's defense held and when Vince Volpatti's pass to Demaurier Blackwell fell incomplete in the end zone, the game was sealed.
St. Mary's will face Salesian at Laney College on Oct. 12. The kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Berkeley 7, Hayward 6: The Yellowjackets recorded their first win of the season, but it wasn't pretty as Berkeley held on in a defensive struggle in the Western Alameda County Conference-Foothill Division opener for both teams at Sunset Field on Oct. 5.
Berkeley's Akil Bordelon had three interceptions and ran for 62 of his 77 yards in the second half as the Yellowjackets (1-4, 1-0 WACC-Foothill) controlled most of that half.
Dana Carter gave the Farmers one last chance to pull off the win, picking off an Xavier Williams pass and returning it 36 yards to the Yellowjackets 17 with 2:05 remaining. The Berkeley defense tightened up and Hayward's Thompson Pulu was wide right on a 31-yard field-goal attempt.
Carter got Hayward (2-4, 0-1) on the board with 27 seconds left in the opening quarter with a 5-yard touchdown run. The point-after-touchdown kick was blocked, leaving the score 6-0 Hayward.
The Yellowjackets scored with 2:02 left in the half when Williams scored on a keeper on a fourth and goal from the 1 and Sam Boyden nailed the point-after-touchdown kick.
Berkeley will host Encinal on Oct. 12. The kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
— Tony Gonsalez, correspondent
El Cerrito 59, Berean Christian 6: The Eagles were no match for the host Gauchos in a game between unbeaten teams in the Tri-County Athletic League-Rock Division on Oct. 5.
The Gauchos (7-0, 3-0 TCAL-Rock) scored twice in the first 68 seconds of the game, including an 88-yard opening kickoff return by Marcellus Pippins, on their way to a 59-6 victory.
The second touchdown occurred when Marshon Ardoin scored on a 1-yard plunge after the Gauchos recovered a fumble inside the 1-yard line.
El Cerrito led 39-0 after the first quarter. In addition to offensive touchdowns, the Gauchos scored on two fumble recoveries and a 47-yard punt return by Keith Benjamin with 2:32 left in the first half that gave El Cerrito a 59-0 lead. At that point, both coaches agreed to start a running clock.
Ardoin added a 73-yard touchdown run in the first quarter with 3:21 left. Jalen Harvey recovered a fumble and rumbled for a 10-yard touchdown, and also had a 56-yard touchdown reception and an interception.
Austin Harper's 7-yard touchdown run gave El Cerrito a 39-0 lead after the first 12 minutes. Berean Christian fell to 3-4 overall and 2-1 in TCAL-Rock action.
Berean Christian scored in the last six minutes of the game on a 1-yard run by Nick Umali.
El Cerrito, which had allowed just 48 points in its first seven games, has a bye this week.
— Joe Wolfcale, correspondent
Hercules 35, Albany 8: The Titans opened Tri-County Athletic League-Stone Division play on Oct. 5 with a win over the visiting Cougars.
The Titans (3-2, 1-0 TCAL-Stone) scored on their fifth play of their first possession, as running back Jordan Bustos took the ball to the left side on a sweep for a 25-yard touchdown run.
Hercules scored 21 points in the second quarter, starting with a 1-yard touchdown run by Damon Dixon that capped a six-play, 49-yard drive. Leading 21-0, Armani Reynolds caught a 31-yard touchdown from Dixon with 20 seconds to go in the second quarter.
The Titans' final points came in the third quarter when quarterback Louis Mitchell scrambled to his left and found running back Marquis Davenport cutting across for a 55-yard touchdown.
Albany (0-6, 0-1) quarterback Nick Sternad capped a 11-play, 67-yard drive by connecting with receiver Krishan Chada for a 7-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. Senior running back Michael Rabin had 15 carries for 94 yards for the Cougars.
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You're STILL here? Dude, chill the f**k out.
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Posting a million topics isn't going to change the facts. You are fucked up. GET HELP!
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Carrera tells Vucinic to earn his place
Juventus' stand-in coach Massimo Carrera has warned star striker Mirko Vucinic that he needs to earn his place in the team ahead of Wednesday's Champions League tie against Chelsea.
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Vucinic was left on the bench for Juve's Serie A fixture against Genoa at the weekend but came on to score one goal and set up another as the Bianconeri came from a goal down to win 3-1.
After praising his contribution however, Carrera - in the dugout as Antonio Conte serves his ten month suspension relating to match fixing offences - appeared to indicate it was more than merely squad rotation.
"It's hardly news that Vucinic is a great player, but he was tired after international duty and Alessandro Matri was in better shape," Carrera told Sky Italia.
"Vucinic knows he is an important player, but he has to prove he deserves his place in training, just like everyone else. If someone thinks they are untouchable then they might relax during training. This way we keep everyone on their toes."
The coach was also keen to play down the suggestion that his side had been distracted by the Chelsea fixture - Juve's first in the Champions League in almost three years.
He told reporters: "Were our minds on Chelsea? No, we were focused on Genoa, absolutely."
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Réception de l'œuvre démographique de Lotka en France
Although Lotka published his founding article on demography in 1907, he was not discovered by French statisticians interested in population questions until 1931. It was Raoul Husson who introduced his work in France, with the publication of a comparative study of population growth in France and abroad. Lotka?s notion of stable population and his method for calculating the intrinsic rate of natural increase are his most commonly cited contributions, primarily in the Journal de la Société de statistique de Paris. Dublin and Lotka?s work on health and mortality, notably in relation to the United States, are also known. The second part of Théorie analytique des associations biologiques, published in French in 1939, rapidly became a reference text for specialists of «demographic analysis». Adolphe Landry helped to popularize Lotka?s work, and Paul Vincent explicitly acknowledged his intellectual debt to the American demographer. Over his lifetime, Lotka developed close relations with French statisticians who appreciated both his scientific intellect and his human qualities.
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On this cold February morning, I'm walking around the "pits" – three sided enclosures created by giant concrete blocks. These are shooting bays at the Arnold Rifle and Pistol Club south of St. Louis. I have spent the last hour or so developing numb fingers in pursuit of setting up six "stages" for an International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) match. Most of us are some form of old fat white guy, so when the slender figure wearing a black, white and red letter jacket rolled up towing a red collapsible cart, I knew it was either a young woman, or a very slight man. It was, in fact, high school senior Emily, here to compete with the boys . . .
The letter Emily earned for her jacket was for chorus, and when she's not tooling up to punch holes in targets, she's singing in school. She's currently in the cast of Anything Goes and has performed the lead in Annie Get your Gun. I didn't think to ask which was her favorite.
Miss Emily isn't shy, but she is quiet. She gives thoughtful answers to questions. "What attracted you to this sport?"
"I like being in control of so much power" she responded.
"You enjoy mastering something that is dangerous?" I replied, paraphrasing her thought. She nodded "Yes."
"Do you play any other sports?" I asked.
"Yeah, I used to play soccer" she said. She told me that injuries kept her off the field.
"How does this compare to playing soccer?"
She thought for a moment, pausing in her pre-match preparations. "Well, doing well on a stage is like making a great pass or scoring a goal."
Emily is known as a shooter at her school, Triad High. As with any other sport, she'll occasionally duck out early to attend a match with the blessing of the school.
Her father, Steve, is clearly proud of his daughter. He's getting ready for his own match, too. Steve's wearing what looks like a team shirt, the gun culture equivalent of a bowling shirt. "She is a great shooter" he states plainly. "She can shoot among the best here."
I note that Emily is sporting a wheelgun. "Yeah" says Dad. "She said she was not being as accurate as she wanted, so she wanted to switch to a revolver. She asked me if we could get her a revolver. I went down to the gun safe and pulled out that Smith and Wesson 586 .357. It hadn't been used since the 1980s!"
At my request, Emily pushes her jacket aside to display her shooting rig. The big Smith rests snugly in a form-fitting Kydex holster. Emily then provisions a speedloader with ammo, dropping a cartridge in each of its six slots. She then places it on her gunbelt, the extended handle protruding up for fast access.
Emily and her dad reload their own ammo. "We will set up and reload ammo and use it here on the range. I enjoy it" she says.
Later, after I shoot my own stage, I get a chance to watch Emily in action.
"Shooter ready?" shouts the safety officer who holds the electronic timer high so its beep can be heard through her ear protection.
Emily nods. The timer beeps and she begins. Before her are three targets that must be shot in "tactical sequence" meaning that each of the three equal threats must be shot once, then shot again. There is a penalty if you don't follow that order.
She hustles from the first firing position to the next. She finds her spot, reloads and engages more targets. In the end, she puts up a score of 51.48 seconds, somewhat below average for the day.
Safety is paramount with IDPA and Steve's a certified safety officer. Certification requires coursework and tests. Steve is part of the cadre that makes sure the four rules are observed at all times. Safety officers (SOs) watch shooters carefully, looking for errors that could lead to unsafe conditions such as failing to keep the muzzle of a pistol pointed downrange. As a father, I imagine Steve's extra watchful given his daughter is out there.
"Part of any sport with a bunch of guys is 'ball-busting'" I say, and suddenly feel sheepish for using that term with Emily. She takes it in stride as I continue. "Do you get more, less or about an equal share?"
"I get the same" she said, smiling just a bit.
Her father Steve interjects, "She dishes it out and she can take it, too. When someone gives her a rough time, we just point to the scores."
"Do you feel respected out here, shooting with all these old fat white guys?" I ask.
Emily nods with a small grin, "I do."
Later, I join a group of nearly 30 at a local barbeque place, Main Street BBQ in Pevely MO. Emily and her dad sit next to each other and enjoy a meal with their friends. The conversations vary widely, though there's a lot of gun talk and the aforementioned ball-busting over how well one performed or how epicly they failed. I admitted to running out of ammo (for some reason I thought 70 rounds would be enough). My excuse: .40 caliber range rounds were scarce in the gun shops I frequent.
Emily mostly listens quietly, enjoying her lunch. She doesn't speak much, but not out of shyness or discomfort. She's taking it in, probably learning, picking up tips for her next competition. For about an hour she and her dad bask in the warm camaraderie, welcomed and well-regarded. It would be hard to find a more fulfilling way for a father and daughter to spend a day together.
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Very cool. When my squirt is old enough I hope she wants to shoot.
Agreed. I can't wait to teach my girl how to shoot.
Come to think of it she and her dad together would be a good I Am A Gun Owner photo.
I guess I should start looking into IDPA, once I shoot competitively I think I'll have an easier time interesting my soon to be born daughter in shooting competitively.
Agree. Can't wait for the day when my kids are old to be able to come to the range with their old man!
Great story, and a nice addition to the usual content here.
I love seeing women getting into the shooting sports. I have nothing but massive respect for them.
Miss Emily is a respectable young woman. It was a challenge to write the story while avoiding any double-entendres or phrases that could be mischaracterized. I had to re-write the part about her showing off her gunbelt about ten times.
Our society's penchant toward objectification has made it difficult to speak and write clearly with color while remaining respectful.
You did a fine job. Thanks for sharing Emily's story.
I have no chance. My kid, and I love her dearly, went to college. A liberal college. End of story.
I went to a liberal college and came out a gun owner. Go figure.
UW-Madison was liberal as he'll. Still is. It didn't take.
Seeing your first tax withdrawl from a paycheck tends to remove quite a bit of those liberal tendencies.
We call it 'The People's Republic of Madison' for a reason!
As long as you're her father, and you love her, you'll have many chances. College isn't the end, though I'd be carefully inspecting any gentlemen "friends" she brings back home to meet the family, ha!
Awesome! You go girl!
As a fellow Missourian and Ozarker I thought it was a great read, and definitely a nice respite from all the gloom and doom of late. You go girl!
Awesome! I got my youngest son hooked at 17, I couldnt go to a range or a match without him. We both made B in Single Stack before he left for college. Hopefully I can make A before he gets back this summer. Competing with your child is not only great fun, but provides some tremendous bonding time.
My grandkids are still a little young, but I look forward to them hitting 15/16 years of age. No idea how young you can be and shoot. I imagine it depends on the kid.
All dependent on maturity of the individual child of course, but here are the guidelines I use:
6-7 Red Ryder style BB guns, carefully supervised at with shooting rest to support rifle (bench, folding chair with shooting sticks, etc.)
8-9 Carbine-length break-barrel air rifles, wrist-rocket slingshots
10-11 22LR rifle (bench)
12+ 22LR revolver, 20ga shotgun w/2.75in shells, low-recoil centerfire rifle such as 5.56 or .243 (any shooting position)
14+ 22LR semi-auto (Mark II), 20ga shotgun w/3in full power shells
Tim, why not the Ruger Rimfire Challenge, although I think I read they changed the name recently.
I want to get into IDPA but just can't pull the trigger yet (and yes the pun was intended). Went last year to Benchrest to watch the matches there, and they were the nicest group, even invited me to try it out, chickened out. But someday soon!
Great story, as usual!
Haven't heard about the Rimfire Challenge. Sounds cheaper.
Visit the ARPC website and get in on the next match in March.
Tim, from what I've seen, the NSSF took over the Ruger Rimfire Challenge, which has been around for a couple of years. Haven't seen any matches in the STL area though, maybe someday. And no, you don't have to have a Ruger to compete, any 22 rimfire is fine!
I don't know what the Ruger Rimfire Challenge is, but a range near me does a match called "Rimfire Mania" once a month. Really newbie and kid friendly. Maybe there's something like this in your area: http://www.volusiacountygunandhuntclub.com/rimfire.html
Edit to add: Heh, and by "near" I mean an hour away. I picked the worst place in Orlando to live, apparently, as my closest outdoor range is 40 minutes from home, and the other 5-6 are all right at an hour in various directions.
I've taught sons and daughters to shoot. Not at a competitive level like Emily but they can safely handle their guns and enjoy range trips. i look forward to teaching the grandkids to shoot also.
Sammy, i had a daughter that didn't get into guns until her first child was born and she encountered a stalker. Having armed Dad at beck and call changed her outlook and now she and her hubby have a shotgun and revolver. Sometimes a dose of real world will undo all that indoctrination taught in schools now.
Another 10 years and my daughter will be shooting at matches too. Nice story, makes a guy think good thoughts about our sport even in this climate.
I have 2 daughters that love to shoot. When we go to the range, I always leave with blisters on my thumbs. I can't load 'em fast enough.
Go to Amazon.com and put Uplula loader in the search box.
Thanks for the story, Tim. Emily and other women like her prove that this sport isn't just for OFWGs.
And as a 19-year old young man, I can say she's pretty cute too!
There were other women shooting that day, but they were on other squads. I wish The Wife would come along with me. She would be so hot in a gun rig. Maybe in the spring.
Spoken like a great husband. Haha I'd love to see a post about that.
Ha I belong to ARPC!!!! Great place.
When I was a teenager I had knee injuries that kept me from playing many physical sports, so instead I decided to join my high school's rifle team. Some of my best memories of high school come from time spent on that team. I won a few trophys and would even compete side by side with my coach in some matches (I even beat him a few times!). It truly saddens me that many kids today don't have that same oppertunity. Not only did I learn to shoot proficiently and safely, but I also learned concentration and patience. Two skills that I utilize everyday as an adult.
Someday I hope to teach my little girl how to shoot. Right now she's still working on grasping a rattle. We'll get there eventually.
A young lady competing old-school style with a wheelgun. Very good.
Maybe my nephew & great-niece can hook up with Emily and her dad & learn a couple of things….
If they live in the St. Louis metro area, have them email me and I'll put them in touch.
She really is amazing and thank you for sharing her story with us.
I hope she serves as an inspiration to other women, both young and old, to generate greater interest in guns for sport, hunting and self-defense.
I really enjoyed reading this story. Great picture, too — her personality really shines through in both the story and the photo.
I can tell I'm going to have a similar situation on my hands with my middle child. Last night, all on his own, he proposed that I leave work early this Wednesday (his early dismissal day) and pick him up, then he'd do his homework in the car on the way to the FFL so we could start the CA jail term for the new stuff waiting there. I would not be at all surprised if he wanted to start doing competitive events in a few years.
The part that surprised me was that her school knows of her being involved in the shooting sports and even supports her efforts by allowing her to leave early for matches. She must attend a private school.
Good for Emily and her father that they have this sport to bond over together.
Random neat stories like this are why I started reading this site.
Thanks, Matt. I really like to write stuff like this. I meet a lot of interesting cats on this gig.
My daughter, 8, has taken the eyes out of Darkotic zombie targets with both a Buckmark and Single Six!
I taught my 4 Girls and two boy's to shoot at age 7 they are grown now with children of their own. I taught my youngest daughter to shoot at age 6 she is 10 now and quite a decent shot. I wish I could show you what she did yesterday with a .22 Rifle. 2inch orange bullseye dead center in the little black diamond. She is pretty good with an AR-15 but prefers the .22 pistol for a longer shooting session. My wallet thanks her. I am a Range safety officer at Honey Isle, LA.
If ammo were available at all, I'd love to get started in IDPA. It looks like loads of fun. It's great to see the next generation picking up the mantle.
Introducing our children to the sport and encouraging them is the absolute best thing we can do to ensure the future of the 2nd amendment. Both my kids are pro gun and good shooters, and I encourage them to hang out with their friends that are too. Build the pro gun culture of the future! Good article
This was a great story. Thanks for sharing. I remember buying my boy his first gun – when he was 3 months old. My wife was so understanding.
Great story!
It's a good idea to train your kids in firearms regardless of whether or not they "want" to shoot. At some point in their lives they will come across a gun, and they need to know how to handle it and how to clear it.
I started taking my kids shooting when they were 5 and 7. We set some cans at 20 feet and they practiced firing .22 LR from a bench with my grandfather's single shot Remington 510X. The 7 year old could hit, but the adult size 510X was too heavy for the 5 year old. So I got 'em a (kid size) CZ 452 Scout, and after that it was dead cans all over! Later on I picked up a 10 round mag to replace the 452's single shot adapter and transitioned them to bolt repeater, and then semi (10/22), centerfire semi (M1 carbine), revolver (S&W M66), pistol (various 9mm) and pump shotgun (Rem 870 and a clay thrower). Today they are 18 and 20, and both are avid shooters. They can handle, load, fire, clear, field strip and clean anything from a Colt Vest Pocket .25 to an AR-10.
You don't wait for your kids to ask, you tell 'em. "Guess what we're going to do today!"
Great story!!!
Great story. The picture of her holster has me intrigued. Anybody know where I can find a kydex holster maker who does revolver work? I need three holsters for limited production S&W revolvers. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.


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UPC Austria has started to distribute 49 channels in its basic tier without encryption, including two HD channels.
The move allows customers with a UPC connection to watch these channels without a CI+ module or UPC Mediabox on any digital television set with a DVB-C tuner.
The 49-channel package is available as the UPC TV Mini product which is part fo the cheapest FIT triple-play product (€17.99) and includes the two HD channels from the public broadcaster, ORF eins HD and ORF 2 HD.
The basic tier includes 38 analogue channels and now also 49 digital TV channels, which can be viewed on any TV set in the home with a suitable tuner.
The operator said the number of digital TV customers has increased with 50% since 2009. UPC offers 214 digital channels.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A former Philadelphia police officer has been convicted of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI when he tipped off his half brother about a heroin-trafficking investigation.
Fifty-two-year-old Rafael Cordero worked for the city's Criminal Intelligence Unit before losing his job after he was charged last year with telling his half brother, David Garcia, about a surveillance camera aimed at a garage used by drug gangs. Garcia is scheduled for sentencing next month for heroin trafficking.
Cordero was acquitted of one obstruction charge relating to $20,000 in drug money he allegedly helped his brother hide.
Defense attorney Jack McMahon argued that money was savings from Social Security and the proceeds of the sale of a gold chain that Cordero planned to buy a house.
Prosecutors say Cordero faces about 10 years in prison.
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SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. - A Venice man was arrested Wednesday morning after crashing into the back end of a sheriff's office patrol car and later testing at four times the legal limit.
According to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, a little after 8am Wednesday, 26-year-old John Tauber crashed his car into the back of a patrol vehicle on Center Road in Venice near Rockley Boulevard, then tried to leave the scene.
According to a report, a responding deputy arrived and questioned Tauber, who reportedly smelled of alcohol and nearly fell over into traffic. He claimed the crash was just a fender bender and there was no reason to stop.
Tauber claimed he hadn't been drinking and refused to perform standard field sobriety tests, telling the deputy to "F*** off." The report states that "the driver stated he has a lot of money and I need to shut the **** up."
Tauber was taken to jail and took the breath test, blowing a .353 and .365, more than four times the legal limit.
He has been charged with DUI with Breath Alcohol Content above .15, DUI with Property Damage and Leaving the Scene of an Accident with Property Damage.
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Longtime Forest Lake Lion John Preston of Wyoming was honored posthumously on Thursday, June 19 at the Forest Lake Lions Club annual awards banquet at Willowbrook Church.
Preston was also named to the Multiple District 5M Hall of Fame. His daughter, Jocelyn Johnson of Forest Lake, accepted the MD5M award.
The 21,881 Lions of Multiple District MD5M are organized into 673 clubs in 12 districts in Minnesota, Manitoba, and Northwest Ontario. Preston was past zone chairman and regional chairman.
He was known for his knack of attaching Lions with their respective clubs and for his ready handshake.
Preston received the LCIF Melvin Jones award and several other club and district awards.
A Lions member for 34 years, he logged time with the Linwood, Wyoming and Forest Lake clubs. He died Jan. 9, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife Lillie, also a Lion.
Past District Gov. Dave Schroeder of Rush City presented the special award to the Preston family.
Other club awards were presented to Lou Trudeau, who was named Rookie of the Year, to Bob Carter, who received a Melvin Jones Lions Clubs International Foundation award and to Nancy Immel, who was named Lion of the Year.
New Forest Lake Lions Club officers for 2014-2015 were installed. Stev Stegner will lead the club as president, succeeding Jay Matheson.


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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday on a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims, officials said, killing 26 people headed back from a revered shrine that has been a flash point in Iraqi sectarian strife.
It was the second attack in three days targeting visitors to the Askari mosque in the former insurgent stronghold of Samarra, north of Baghdad, for commemorations of the death of a ninth century religious figure who is buried there.
Witness Kamil Mamdoh described mayhem, with police shooting into the air to disperse the hysterical crowd.
"After we heard a thunderous blast, we rushed to the scene," Mamdoh said. "The ambulances were filled with casualties, and some of the wounded wore torn clothes covered with blood."
The shrine is still being rebuilt after its golden dome was destroyed in a Feb. 22, 2006, bombing that was blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq and sparked years of retaliatory bloodshed between Sunnis and Shiites. Officials said the mosque was not damaged in Saturday's attack.
A Samarra police officer said the bomber joined the busload of pilgrims in a parking lot about 2 miles from the mosque and detonated his explosives-packed vest. The blast set fire to at least eight cars and buses parked in the lot, he said.
Samarra is 60 miles north of Baghdad.
Police and hospital officials in Samarra and the nearby city of Balad confirmed the death toll and said about 30 other people were wounded.


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If you have not yet seen The Student's Guide to VHDL, the following information may be of interest to you:
Table of Contents
Back cover text
The following lead to support material for the book:
Source code and test benches for examples
Introductory lecture material for use by instructors
Suggestions for modeling exercises
The Student's Guide to VHDL is a condensed version of The Designer's Guide to VHDL. Additional material in that book includes presentation of advanced features of VHDL and four extended case studies.
Some sources of VHDL-related information:
The VHDL International Internet Server (www.vhdl.org)
The comp.lang.vhdl Usenet news group Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file
I would be pleased to hear your comments about the book. You can email comments and errata to me at firstname.lastname@example.com .
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Therapy for Depressed Elders With Thought Problems
This study has been completed.
University of California, San Francisco
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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University of California, San Francisco
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First received: January 22, 2003
Last updated: September 20, 2013
Last verified: September 2013
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This study will compare the effectiveness of Problem Solving Therapy and Brief Supportive Therapy in treating elderly patients with major depression and thought problems.
|Depression Cognition Disorders
|Behavioral: Problem Solving Therapy Behavioral: Brief Supportive Therapy
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|PST in Geriatric Depression With Executive Dysfunction
Further study details as provided by University of California, San Francisco:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression [ Time Frame: Measured at screening, weeks 1 through 12, and week 36 ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1 Problem Solving Therapy
12 weekly sessions of problem solving therapy (PST)
Behavioral: Problem Solving Therapy
A 12 week cognitive behavioral intervention for depression that teaches patients a structured approach to solving social problems.
Experimental: 2 Brief Supportive Therapy
12 weekly sessions of brief supportive therapy (BST)
Behavioral: Brief Supportive Therapy
A 12 week intervention for depression that focuses on supporting patients attempts to cope with depression.
Detailed Description:
Patients who suffer from a combination of major depression and executive dysfunction symptoms often respond poorly to treatment with antidepressants. It is important, therefore, to find effective alternative therapies to treat these symptoms.
Patients are randomly assigned to receive 12 sessions (1 session/week for 12 weeks) of either PST or BST. Following treatment, patients are followed for 6 months to determine functional and clinical outcomes. Depression scales, disability scales, and scales that measure problem solving skills are used to assess patients.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|60 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Nonpsychotic, unipolar major depression
- Cognitive impairment
- English speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
- High suicide risk
- Dementia
- Acute or severe medical illness
- Current psychotherapy
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|United States, California
|University of California at San Francisco
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
|United States, New York
|Weill Medical College of Cornell University
|White Plains, New York, United States, 10605
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of California, San Francisco
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
|Principal Investigator:
|Patricia A. Arean, PhD
|University of California at San Francisco
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Areán PA, Raue P, Mackin RS, Kanellopoulos D, McCulloch C, Alexopoulos GS. Problem-solving therapy and supportive therapy in older adults with major depression and executive dysfunction. Am J Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;167(11):1391-8. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09091327. Epub 2010 Jun 1.
Alexopoulos GS, Raue PJ, Kiosses DN, Mackin RS, Kanellopoulos D, McCulloch C, Areán PA. Problem-solving therapy and supportive therapy in older adults with major depression and executive dysfunction: effect on disability. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;68(1):33-41. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.177.
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Gustavson KA, Alexopoulos GS, Niu GC, McCulloch C, Meade T, Areán PA. Problem-Solving Therapy Reduces Suicidal Ideation In Depressed Older Adults with Executive Dysfunction. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2016 Jan;24(1):11-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.07.010. Epub 2015 Jul 30.
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|University of California, San Francisco
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|NCT00052091 History of Changes
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R01MH063982 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
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|January 22, 2003
|Last Updated:
|September 20, 2013
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Depressive Disorder
Cognition Disorders
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Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
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My surgery was scheduled first thing in the morning, yay, so I wouldn't have all day to be scared, anxious, excited... scared some more. lol We show up to the place where the TT is to be performed & I'm taken back to change & have my IV put in. The lady doing my IV stuck me and said she hit a brick wall (ouch) so she was going to try my other hand. She stuck me in my other hand and said the same thing, wiggled the needle around inside (yah, that felt great) and said that she thinks shes got it. She put a whole bunch of tape on it cause it wasn't dripping right. Then they called my husband back. My IV stopped dripping completely so I asked him to let one of the nurses know, she came over (checked nothing) and said that it wasn't supposed to be because its turned off. Wrong! Anyhow, so then they have hubby leave cause its time to wheel me into the surgery room. As they're wheeling me back the nurse tells the anesthesiologist that we may have a problem with my IV and he says that he can't have a bad IV and that he may need to change it out. Once in the operating room and on the operating table the anesthesiologist starts wiggling my IV around to try to get it working right. He wrapped it around my ring finger and I remember looking up at it and seeing that it wasn't dripping consistently and wanting to just get up & leave. That's the last thing I remember.
I woke up in recovery, everything was great! They said they were going to call my hubby to come & pick me up. YAY! And then it happened.... I started feeling like I couldn't breathe. The nurse tried to reassure me that I couldn't breathe because I had a binder on me... wrong! Then the coughing started. At first I had them hand me tissues to spit what I was coughing up into. It was blood. By the time hubby got there I was couching and spitting the blood into the bowl & they had me on oxygen. Even with the oxygen at 10 my O2 saturation was only at 85! They gave me a breathing treatment and morphine (not sure why they gave me that). A nurse came by and asked the other nurse why I was so sleepy and she said she didn't know why. Then she asked me & I said cause she gave me morphine! The anesthesiologist came in to show me a breathing exercise to make my O2 saturation jump up. He said, now watch the screen, its crazy how much its going to go up. Every time I did it (which he had me do it like 5 times) my O2 saturation dropped.... whoops. Looks like that didn't work! After a while I was able to breathe on my own & released that Friday afternoon / evening.
Once home I couldn't eat much but I made sure I was taking all my pills and still the injections of lovenox (ouch those hurt & I was so glad when I was done with them!). The only pill giving me any issue was the gel capsule antibiotic. It kept irritating my throat and causing me to cough (btw, coughing after surgery is not only not suggested, its really painful!). We called my doc and she said that we could break open the capsule and put it in food but that didn't work, it tasted horrid! Saturday I was doing good, talking on the phone, walking around the house and sleeping in the automatic recliner. Sunday I couldn't breathe again. :( We called the doc and she wanted us to go to the emergency room at the affiliated facility of where I had my procedure done, but I really didn't want to go. I sat for a while on the toilet (just sitting there) and it seemed that sitting in a more upright position, I was actually able to breathe. Come to find out that sitting reclined back in the recliner when I had possible fluid in my lungs / chest probably wasn't a good thing! lol Never had a breathing problem after that!
Went to my first PO appointment where I almost fainted when the doc removed my binder! lol Its so weird to have it removed at first. I suggest laying down at least that first time when they remove it.
Not really sure when I actually got diagnosed with the necrosis but the doc knew pretty much at the first PO appointment that there may be an issue, it was just a matter of my body struggling and the affected area really declaring itself.
Its been a barrage of doctors appointments ever since.
I made it a personal goal of mine that I would not ask for either of my drains to be removed because my doctor told me that I would have them for 6-8 weeks due to my TT being such a large one (almost 12 pounds removed). On July 15th one drain was removed, the doctor also removed the tape (I wasn't allowed to shower so it wasn't coming off on its own) and after consulting with her peer, she did some debridement which is when my first hole appeared.
After more debridement that hole became much bigger on July 26th and we found out why my other drain wouldn't hold suction... it was exposed within the hole so it had to be removed. After that debridement I was told (doing wet to dry gauze, which we bought in bulk because we needed so much!) that I am going to be amazed at how much better this is going to look in 2 weeks.
Just a few days later (Aug. 2nd) I went into the doctors office and left with two huge holes. Not the amazing results I was expecting in the least!
So of course, now I'm starting to doubt my PS. I think she's in over her head. I did some more research on necrosis & debridement because at this point I just didn't want to be cut any more! Come to find out... that is not the answer at all. The debridement actually helps to speed the process up even though it seems like you're going backwards and not healing, all this bad tissue needs to be removed so that the good tissue down under it can multiply and fill it all in. During my research I discovered wound vacs and I brought it up to my PS who agreed that we should look into that. We went to a wound clinic on Aug. 8th. Not actually having the wound vac yet, Edith, at the wound clinic took measurements and packed my wounds (the two holes & where my belly button was supposed to be) with Hydrophera Blue. The very next day my hubby was laid off. :(
Time for the wound vac! On Monday Aug. 12 the wound vac came in and off to the wound clinic we went to have it put in. For the most part it's not painful but there is this one part that hurts so bad! It feels like I'm being stabbed in my open wound with a hot soldering iron! Lately the sponges have been getting stuck in my wounds because my body is healing that fast! The results from the wound vac are amazing! I've had it on for almost 3 weeks and everybody can tell that there's a huge difference in the size of the holes. We do sponge changes on Mon, Wed & Fri and those are the days that I get to shower... yay! Much better than the 52 some odd days I went without a shower before getting the wound vac!
Not sure how much longer I will need it (Sara from KCI, the maker of the wound vac, thinks mid to end of September but Edith at the wound clinic thinks end of October or November!) but I'm hoping to be healed by Halloween, my favorite holiday and my birthday is the next day. I am drinking my greens daily where I get 24 servings of fruits & vegetables and trying to keep my protein at 90 grams a day to help healing. The protein proves difficult at times due to it taking up so many of my allotted calories each day but I've recently found a protein powder that will give me 30 grams of protein for 125 calories... not bad! Oh, and its supposed to taste good too, looking forward to trying it.
Oh, and even though hubby getting laid off was a bad thing, it couldn't have happened at a better time. Dorothy at KCI said that we qualify for 100% of the wound vac charges to be free! This could have cost us $50 a day even with our blue cross blue shield insurance!


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YORKVILLE, CA -? Continuing a long-standing tradition, the Yorkville Highlands Wine Festival will again be hosted at Meyer Family Cellars, located near mile marker 34.2 just shy of Boonville on scenic Highway 128 from 1 until 5 p.m. on August 10.
Anyone seeking an adventure filled with great food, wine and music ? whether a wine lover or a family just wanting to get away ? is invited to attend this fun-filled day in the picturesque Yorkville Highland's rolling hills.
Highlights will include tasting more than 60 local wines made and grown within the region, live music, food including assorted paella dishes, a silent auction, grape stomp, and other wild and wacky games for all ages.
There is also the traditional Highlands Fire Hose Signing where festival goers are encouraged to sign their name or write a special message on a 100-foot fire hose as a statement of gratitude to those who risk their lives battling the annual blazes in California. Proceeds go to support the local fire department.
In addition to the array of award-winning wines, many of the winemakers will be present to share their insight, tips and techniques for producing some of California's most exciting wines.
What wine festival would be complete without patrons being able to go home with incredibly good wines at incredibly good prices? The annual silent auction hosts some of the most extraordinary wines of the area, as well as options to snag vacation retreats, beautifully turned one-of-a-kind wooden bowls, a personal tour in a private nature reserve with catered lunch, a flyover of the wine country and so much more ? more than 75 items to win.
With past sold out attendance, festival fans should order their tickets in advance of the "early-bird" deadline. Early-bird tickets are $40 through July 31st and $45 thereafter.
Tickets for designated drivers as well as children 13 to 18 are $30 and children 12 and under are admitted for free. Additionally, there is a discount for tables of 10 people if tickets are purchased before July 31. For information or tickets, please visit www.yorkvillehighlands.org. or www.facebook.com/YorkvilleHighlands or call 707-895-2341. Proceeds benefit the local communities in which the Highlands reside.
Located in southern Mendocino County just two hours north of San Francisco, the wineries and vineyards of the Yorkville Highlands produce wines as varied and intriguing as its landscape. Today, 12 percent of the appellation's grapes produced are for white wines with the dominant varietals being sauvignon blanc and chardonnay. Eighty eight percent of the grapes are for red wines with the dominant varietals being cabernet sauvignon, syrah, pinot noir, merlot and zinfandel.
This picturesque region stretches along scenic Highway 128, flanked by the Alexander Valley to the southeast and the Anderson Valley to the northwest. Yorkville Highlands distinguishes itself from its neighbors with higher elevations, rolling hills, cool ocean breezes with warm days and is one of the few appellations with all family owned and managed wineries and vineyards. For more information about the Yorkville Highlands Vintners and Growers Association, their wineries, growers and wines, please visit www.yorkvillehighlands.org or contact Edward Wallo at (707) 894-9177 or email@example.com.


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SCOTTISH law firm Dickson Minto will have to wait slightly longer for confirmation of a success fee believed to be around £1 million after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) delayed its decision on AG Barr's planned £1.6 billion merger with Britvic.
Scottish soft drinks manufacturer AG Barr told the stock market yesterday the anticipated effective date of its merger with larger English-based rival Britvic would no longer be January 30, after being advised the OFT had extended its timetable for a decision.
The OFT has to rule on whether or not it is likely there is a serious prospect the deal might lead to a substantial lessening of competition. It said yesterday it now expected to make a decision on the merger on February 13, having given an anticipated date of January 17 previously.
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AG Barr shares were little moved by the news, signalling investors had no significant concerns over the delay in securing competition clearance.
A spokesman for the OFT said: "You shouldn't read anything into this change of date. It is not unusual for timetables to be changed in merger assessment cases."
A shareholder circular on the merger issued by Britvic puts AG Barr's expected fees and expenses for legal advice in connection with the merger at between £700,000 and £1.75m with "the variable component of these fees ... dependent upon the successful completion of the merger".
AG Barr names Edinburgh-based Dickson Minto as its legal adviser in its circular on the merger. No-one at Dickson Minto was available for comment.
Britvic's circular puts AG Barr's expected fees and expenses for financial and corporate broking advice in connection with the merger at between zero and £5m, with the variable component dependent on successful completion of the merger. AG Barr names Rothschild of London as its financial adviser.
A spokeswoman for AG Barr said yesterday: "The OFT have to go through their usual processes. They haven't yet concluded those. We were notified late on Friday, hence we felt it was prudent to put an announcement out today."
Asked about the OFT's deliberations last week, after a meeting at which AG Barr investors approved the merger, the Irn-Bru manufacturer's chief executive Roger White replied: "We wait, as we go through the process with them."
AG Barr shares eased by 5.3p to 490p yesterday.