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In response to a recent IGOTD post about a moviegoer who'd left his gun behind, reader Sid left the following comment:
A lesson in equipment should be learned by those new to guns. Prior to our 09-10 deployment, my MPs were issued a POS holster for the M9. Handguns falling out of holsters was a daily event. Why the US Army bought and issued a bleeping holster that does not actually hold the gun is beyond me. My Sunday School class and a few members of our church bought Blackhawk Serpa holsters for every member of my platoon that did not have one. Not one issue for a year long deployment. A few of us in the platoon had purchased and tested the holsters . . .
There are some beautiful handcrafted holsters available. And there are some industrially designed highly functional holsters available. But regardless of beauty or design pedigree, a holster that does not HOLD the pistol is bleeping useless. You have to work with your holster for a few days to decide. If your kidneys quit functioning because of the pounding, not a good choice. If the gun falls out while seated or running, also bad. For concealed carry, does it print?
One of the slightly time-consuming responsibilities of being a concealed carry citizen is to ensure your holster functions appropriately.
It can be hard to know if a holster will work for you before plunking down your hard-earned samolians. As Sid wrote, you may have to work with one for a few days to be sure you have a good one. Since it's can be a very personal choice, how do you choose the right holster?
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Shameless plug for an Idaho product: Milt Sparks Holsters.
High quality, excellent gun retention, comfortable, and they will make one to fit any weird gun/barrel length/sight combo you have.
Pricey? Yep. Long wait? Yep. Worth it? Yep.
Ok now I am really moving to Idaho! lol
All things aside, think of it this way.. You can spend a little or spend a lot. If you carry always it is like a good pair of shoes. It lasts, and is comfortable, and you use it every day. It pays for itself…
I escaped California in 2004, and have never regretted it. Check out http://www.boisehelpwanted.com for jobs in the Boise region – according to the local rag (Idaho Statesman newspaper) there are lots of software/tech startups in the city that are having a hard time finding qualified people.
Warning: California transplants may find themselves spending lots of money buying guns that aren't available in Calif. The other advice I would give is to get Idaho plates on your vehicle ASAP and to never say "Well, in California we used to …."
Go Idaho! Shout out to any others in Potato Country!
My father was born in California, but raised in Blackfoot, Idaho. Most of his side of the family is still up there. He'd move back there in a heartbeat if he could, he hates the Texas climate, but his work is here, and one more move just isn't in him. But we're in a fairly gun friendly state now, so were good in that regard. Now if only we could grow soft green grass…
I asked people I know who carry if they have one they particulary like, including policeman friends what they use for personal carry. In my case the vast majority recommended Don Hume.
I've been carrying this one, 100% of the time, for the last several months. It looks nice, has held up well, only took a few weeks to break in, and still retains my pistol when I drop my pants.
Can't remember how I did my research, but I bought a Galco IWB tuckable for my glock 26, that was eight years ago, still use both with zero issues.
Holsters are like women, you can never find one that really fits, and when you think you have it bites you in the wrong place.
The old OSS style shoestring has been my IWB "holster" for years for concealed carry.
On the hip Fobus paddles molded for the pistol work great. Guess I am stingy.
so someone else remembers the 'shoestring' holster…?
i made my latest one out of a very soft paracord in dark brown…
in over 5 years with it I've never had a problem…
simple, adjustable for any pistol/revolver, and cheap…
I love, love, love, LOOOOOVVVVE my Tommy Theis hybrid holster. Sure it's a Crossbreed, i guess you can say, knock-off. However, it's a bit cheaper than the Crossbreed, combat cut standard, and free shipping. Holds my Glock 19 with comfort and the right about of tension. Got one for all my other pistols just incase I need to carry them instead.
1. Visit LGS with good customer service.
2. Load apprropriate empty weapon into holster
3. Buy holster I like
4. Return or exchange if I don't like it
5. Repeat
(Only buy expensive custom holster if I really like someone else's)
Safety Speed is a great bargain off Ebay or GB, the quality is superb. I bought a 1911 Tac shoulder Rig from Alessi & the quality was as good as I've ever seen. That is a vertical carry & the holster tilts outward. If wearing a coat this is much faster than a strongside. Randy
How do I choose the best holster? Trial and error.
Me too, mostly error. Not so much error with the custom makers though; Lobo, RGrizzard, BearCreek. Bought two Milt Sparks in the '80s without the mammoth wait; good, but not worth the current wait and ordering hassles.
I have a leather Galco for my 1911 that is almost the same as the one pictured… almost. I have the leather that comes up higher on the inside that stops all that irritation. It also has a thumb break for both retention and to block the hammer when carrying cocked.
Trial and error. I got lucky. I own three holsters for my G27. I have an Uncle Mike's nylon ankle holster ($20) for backup while on duty (LE), a soft nylon USA Armor holster ($10) for inside the waistband appendix carry untucked shirt. This is the holster I use most of the time when I am off duty carrying concealed. The third holster I have and the one I use the least is a Desantis pocket tuck ($30?) when I appendix carry with a tucked in shirt. By the way, I do carry every day so my choice of holsters does not discourage me from carrying. Total of $60. Not a large amount of money to handle my carry needs.
I make my own… working with kydex is easy.
Always will and still carry a nice M-12 holster for work!
i read and read and read for probably 4 months leading up to me ordering my holster and getting my license, checked reviews, scanned forums, etc. finally settled on an Old Faithful IWB.
its also a crossbreed "knock-off" but it's fully adjustable for cant and retention strength. i've heard lots of people complain about the lack of adjustability with other holsters but mine's great. it's just now getting fully broke in after approx 3 weeks so i need to tighten the kydex up a bit but that's in. and it conceals a fullsize 1911 easily.
+1 for Old Faitjful. Their prices are great and you can save quite a bit by buying their holster kits. They have always been quite speedy with shipping or any questions I have had.
I have an old faithful, good quality but because the kydex is thicker than other similar hybrid holsters the moulding to the gun is not as good…not a part of the kydex provides any retention whatsoever, in order for retention my belt has to be pretty tight and uncomfortable.
The only one that I bought that I absolutely hated was a FIST holster. I got the universal one and it was one ugly piece of kydex with the holes drilled in a seemingly haphazard manner. There so many small screws and Chicago nuts that it was a major pain to configure. The ridgid kydex belt loops weren't oriented correctly and was a pain to thread the belt through. I put this thing on eBay with no takers so I threw it in the trash.
On the plus side I love the work of DM Bullard. He makes some great leather holsters.
I also just ordered a supertuck so hopefully that lives up to all the great reviews.
Trial and error (with good advice first) is really the only way.
The best advice I have is to give your holster (especially IWB) some time to break in. My first day with my new holster from Old Faithful had me really questioning my choice. Within two days the leather began to conform and it got MUCH more comfortable. It has gotten even better since.
Also an undershirt between me and my holster helps with all day wear.
+1 on the undershirt deal. I would NEVER carry IWB without one. You don't want sweat on your gun, and you don't want leather/kydex chafing your skin. A wife-beater under at a minimum if you just want to wear a T-shirt.
I heavily rely on internet reviews. I'll make sure to watch a few videos and read any shopping site's customer reviews and possibly articles on sites such as this before "pulling the trigger" on ANYTHING gun related.
Currently I'm breaking in a DeSantis Sof-Tuck. It fits my LCP well and is comfortable and insanely concealable. I'm now an AIWB convert. And on top of everything, the holster ran me all of $25. Let's see how it holds up.
I'll give you two good plugs. One IWB, the other kydex OWB.
For IWB you should look at http://www.adamsholsters.com. It took a while to find a top-notch, high quality leather holster and Luke Adams makes a great one. I've got my share of holsters (a box of 'em!) but got a recc. from a friend and contacted Luke. He's very flexible in designing what you want, offers wide variety of materials and make a very high quality product. The holster holds tight and has a good cant to hide a larger frame and quite stiff to accomodate one-handed reholstering. The only disadvantage is that he's starting to become popular and now has a 14 week lead time. If you can wait, he does a great job.
As to OWB, look up http://www.aholster.com. Alan Miller makes one that "has everything you need, and nothing you don't." Made out of kydex and designed to be worn OWB, They put a good curve into it to shape to your waist, it has excellent retention for your pistol and with the rubber belt straps they have, the holster will not move once in place. Doing a combat handgun class? This would definitely be a great holster because it sits high on the belt but has a low profile so as to not get in the way during quick draws. It's stiff enough to practice one-hand slide racking off the edge (or just get the Shootrite version with the sight hook) and they generally ship within a week or so.
Best of luck. We could all use a bit of help in this area.
+1 for Aholster. I carry several different guns, and I own an Aholster for each of them–great products!
Usually my procedure goes something allong these lines:
Buy something made of dead cow,
From Galco,
I've been using the Blade-Tech Partial Eclipse: http://www.blade-tech.com/Partial-Eclipse-Holster-pr-1334.html
It's based on the yaqui slide concept, so it's very minimalist in design, but it's made out of molded kydex and the trigger guard clicks into place, providing retention. You can adjust that retention via an tensioning screw. Also the yaqui slide design means that if you own more than one variant of the same line of gun you may be able to carry them with this holster.
If you carry OWB and like (or at least don't mind) kydex, this holster is worth a look.
Buy a quality holster. Yes, it's expensive. Be prepared to buy several, when you find the first one doesn't work out right for you. By the time you find one that's right, you'll have a box of discarded holsters in your basement. I don't know any alternative but trial and error. However, what you don't like might fit someone else very well. Be prepared to sell your discards at a discount. At least you'll get some of your money back.
The most discouaging thing I found when doing holster research was how many times I heard that I should plan on a drawer full of holsters before I get one that works for me. I like to learn from mistakes, I just don't think they have to be my own. So I tried something different.
This may sound weird, but before I even purchased my first gun or its holster, took to carrying an airsoft gun, unloaded of course. While I waited for my CCW course I carried it on an off to see where I like my gun and how if fit my lifestsyle. I finally learned that for me flexibility is key. I can move from untuck button shirts to shirt and tie to running gear in a single day. I needed to something to accomodate this. Carrying a toy gun wan't perfect, but it showed me what worked for me. I could tweak out my choices to a more narrow list.
I also read reviews and comments about holsters. In fact my appearance at this web-site was in search of critical reviews of some holster concepts I found really cool. It was the comments that led me away from AIWB holsters and possibly saved my Femeral Artery and thus my life. I also figured Kydex style was just not going to work. Wrapping a hard polymer around a hard steel gun didn't thrill me.
After all this, I chose a Sticky Holster. It was my first holster and the only one I use. It really works well. I read the reviews here and agree that reholstering is a downside, but it is minor. Given that this will go from IWB to pocket to an off body Maxpedition belt pouch with zero reconfigurations is awesome. The fact that is stays IWB even when jogging still amazes me. That my first holster purchased is my only holster just makes me grin mischeviously.
I should also say that I wore my actual gun for nearly 2 months before loading it. I carried an empty weapon till I became comfortable with how I wore it. I learned that there is not perfect holster because even when sitting, you will find different issues with diffrent seats. Sometimes we give up on the holster to soon and don't allow ourselves time to adjust. Committment to your carry method is very valuable.
Also, my Maxpedition off-body is an exception. Sometimes I go into customer's offices and feel a more concealed option is needed. the pouch stays on me, but it is my secondary carry.
In summary I did these things:
1. Try carrying an analgue of your weapon for a while without a holster and just see what feels the best for you.
2. Research! TTAG is a great place for real reviews.
3. Discipline. Take time an learn how your holster fits you.
4. Make your choice and then commit to it. Don't just give up at the first small disadvantage give yourself some time to learn how to wear it well.


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Luke and I were talking again… (I know, bad things happen because of this) BUT, we were talking about the most annoying intersections around town, and here is what we came up with:
3. Ambassador Caffery @ Johnston Street
It's a big inconvenience for us when we head to the mall because It has got to be one of the most heavily trafficked areas in Lafayette!
2. Kaliste Saloom @ Pinhook Road
We try to avoid Pinhook at all costs unless we have to go somewhere on the road itself. We mean come on…. It's about as wide as the tip of a Pin. Ha, get the joke.
1. Johnston Street @ Camellia/Guilbeau
We still do not understand the whole thing that's going on around there. I've almost turned into the "old lanes" which would have put me into oncoming traffic now. We understand what they did and why, but we still think it's a mess.
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Amanda Seyfried: I'll rock the Met Ball
Amanda Seyfried is thrilled to "finally" be going to the Met Ball.
The actress is looking forward to next month's Costume Institute Gala, known as the Met Ball, having never been before. The annual bash always attracts the most stylish stars and is regarded as the fashion world's biggest red carpet event.
Amanda is thrilled to have been invited and is already thinking about what to wear on May 6.
"I'm going to the Met Ball for the first time. Finally!" she told USA Today. "I will be wearing Givenchy. I love those people.
"They're going to let me wear something awesome. I still haven't chosen between two [gowns]. I'm so excited! I have no idea what to expect and I'm actually OK with that."
Amanda is feeling more nervous about the Met Ball than she was before the Oscars.
"[Being around] fashion people," she explained. "It's a really intimidating kind of thing."
Beyoncé Knowles has been named honorary chairperson for the 2013 Met Ball, which is paying tribute to the punk movement this year. Beyoncé will join Anna Wintour, Riccardo Tisci and Rooney Mara as hosts.
Amanda was one of the most photographed stars in Hollywood during the awards season earlier this year. Her movie Les Misérables enjoyed great success and she attended glitzy ceremonies wearing a series of striking gowns.
The 27-year-old star has now revealed that the red Givenchy gown she changed into for her performance with the Les Misérables cast during the Academy Awards was her pick of outfits.
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The Carbon County Department of Solid Waste announces the results of the recent electronics recycling collection event in Lehighton.
Due to the combined efforts of the county, Lehighton, and AAA Recycling Management LLC, the two-day event, held Sept. 28 and 29, brought in over 23 tons of electronics to be recycled.
The items collected, which ranged from printers and computer equipment to televisions, telephones and radios, weighed a combined total of 46,454 pounds or 23.22 tons.
Since the first collection event in 2005, Carbon County has recycled over 182,200 pounds or 91.10 tons of electronic items.


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Audi goes coupe crazy.
Details are emerging concerning the upcoming Audi A7, a four-door "coupe" that will be a direct rival to Mercedes-Benz's popular CLS and BMW's upcoming entry, the Gran Turismo. The A7 could appear as soon as next year, as a 2010 model, built on the architecture of the Audi A5 (which also will be the basis of the next A6).
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CLINTON — The East Feliciana Parish School Board voted 6-5 Monday to swap locations for the parish's high school and middle school in August.
The consolidated East Feliciana High School is in its third year of operation in Jackson, sharing the Jackson School Complex with Jackson Elementary School students.
The consolidated middle school is in the old Clinton High School facility, where high school students have continued to play football.
Board members Olivia Harris, Paul Kent, Michael Bradford, Debra Spurlock Haynes, Broderick Brooks and Richard Terrell voted to move the high school to Clinton and the middle school to Jackson.
Beth Dawson, Melvin Hollins, Ben Cupit, Mitch Harrell and Rufus Nesbitt voted against the moves. Rhonda Matthews was absent.
U.S. District Judge James Brady must approve the swap before the students are moved.
Nesbitt's substitute motion to investigate the feasibility of reversing school consolidation failed, with only Dawson, Hollins, Harrell and Nesbitt voting for it.
Harrell, from Jackson, said one of the reasons for putting the high school in Jackson was to allow students easy access to the nearby state vocational-technical school, which is about to become a subsidiary of Baton Rouge Community College.
Brooks countered that only four students are taking vo-tech classes. "They can drive from here (Clinton), or take a bus," Brooks said.
Hollins said complaints that high school students living near the St. Helena Parish line are bused across the parish to Jackson will become complaints about middle school students being bused the same distance.
Cupit said he brought up the idea of changing the locations because Clinton is centrally located in the parish. He said the high school and middle school both should be in the town.
Mary Sims, a Jackson resident, said the move "seems to be all about Clinton."
"It's about the children of East Feliciana Parish," Terrell said. "It's not about Clinton-Jackson."
Asked about his preference, Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. said he would like to put sixth-grade students at each of the three elementary schools and put students in grades 7-12 in the high school.
Moves to do away with the parish's four-day school week and require graduation ceremonies to be held in the parish were stymied because of the agenda's wording, but proponents said they will bring up the issues at the May 6 meeting.


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I am scheduled to have surgery with a local doctor who has been practicing FACS for less than 10 years. His educational background is superb. This is going to be me third rhinoplasty and I and am not happy with the shape of my bridge and tip. The doctor suggested I only get the bridge shaved down and it will look good. Do you think I should see a specialist in Rhinoplasties for the aesthetic results I want? The doctor has only a few pictures of his nose jobs and not many have rated his NJs
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Choosing a Revision Rhinoplasty Surgeon
A surgeon's training is important but you want an individual who has done a lot of rhinoplasties and is a revision specialist. If you are not happy with your tip you probably will not be happy with your result if the tip is not modified.
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The best advice is to seek out a very experienced rhinoplasty surgeon who has performed thousands of rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty surgeries. Credentials, experience, Board certification, reviews and ratings, before and after photo gallery, are all good ways to pick a rhinoplasty surgeon.
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The best advice I can give is not exclude because of youth or accept because of mature age. Elite training may be an indication of genius or aptitude, but reproducibility is important as well. If there are only a few pictures, determine how many rhinoplasties are performed by that surgeon each year. Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of rhinoplasties each year. Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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I've specialized in facial aesthetic surgery since 1988 and have done loads or primary and revision rhinoplasties. I can honestly say that I'm better today than I was even 5 years ago and better at that time than I was 10 years ago ... Rhinoplasty surgery is a procedure that if you are going to be really good at it you need to perform it frequently and always be inquisitive about what and how you can improve your technique. Seek the opinion of 2-3 plastic surgeons that specialize in facials aesthetic surgery and preferably have a heavy dose of noses in their practice. They should average at least 2 per week in my book. Look at their photos and find one you feel comfortable with. Good luck!
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Lance Turner blogs after enduring today's rainy Clinton Presidential Library dedication ceremony:
Okay – so we crapped out about halfway through the Clinton Presidential Library dedication ceremony. Our liveblogging hopes dashed by the intensifying rain, we packed up our waterlogged iBook and stood near the press barrier, craning our necks to see Dubya, the X-Presidents and one-half of U2 unfurl a modified version of the Beatles' "Rain," "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "The Hands That Built America." Through the drizzle we pondered whether this was the opening of a presidential library or a modern-day version of Noah's Ark, and whether we would soon be ushered, two by two, on board to set sail down the Arkansas River.
Of the presidential speeches, George H.W. Bush's was perhaps the most entertaining, with the 41st president making jokes about having been defeated by Clinton ("the Sam Walton of national retail politics") and how, yes, he hates debates. U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's introduction of her husband was mercifully short. And Bill Clinton was eloquent in his usual display of Clintonionism, talking about how he made politics personal by thinking about the people his policies affected. And he waxed philosophical about the role of a president:
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Assorted items of varying degrees of interest which you may have missed while grudgingly watching playoff football and sending surly tweets to the Golden Globes:
• The NCAA is Lucy, and Miami football is the football, and we are Charlie Brown running toward it, or something? This metaphor holds up only to demonstrate how very much we wish for this all to be over, but here we go: The Miami Herald is calling the release of NCAA allegations against the Hurricanes football program "imminent," just short of the investigation's two-year anniversary. Bylaw Blogger John Infante lays out all the ways this process could still be stalled, and how the Miami case might affect Oregon's.
• Mike Stoops also a fan of Hi Haters Friday! Friday night, 6:06 p.m., Tulsa World's John E. Hoover posts a transcript excerpt of a Mike Stoops radio interview, specifically a question regarding Johnny Football: "They're gonna be tough to deal with. If they can keep him out of jail or keep him eligible, he's gonna be pretty good." Friday night, 10:37 p.m., Tulsa World post headline: "Mike Stoops regrets controversial comments on Manziel." Had Stoops' defense possessed that kind of on-the-fly adaptability in the Cotton Bowl, perhaps Manziel would not have scored four touchdowns against it, PAAAOWL.
• Roster blotter. In better news for Miami: Seantrel Henderson, Brandon Linder and Curtis Porter announced Monday morning they all intend to return to the 'Canes in 2013 ... in even better news for Profiteroles fans, Dri Archer will stay on for his senior season at Kent State ... Iowa State quarterback Jared "That Kid Who Beat Oklahoma State" Barnett and linebacker C.J. Morgan intend to transfer ... Texas defensive tackle Brandon Moore will enter the draft ... also declaring is USC corner Nickell Robey, whom we will dearly miss watching because of his too-perfect defensive name ... Oregon linebacker Anthony Wallace will transfer ... Case McCoy and Jordan Hicks have been reinstated at Texas ... and Casey Pachall returns to the Horned Frogs.
• Coach-hirin' follies. New coordinators hired since we last typed in this here box: Matt Wallerstedt (DC) at Texas Tech, Kevin Sherrer (DC) at South Alabama, Chuck Bullough (DC) at Syracuse and Doug Meacham (OC) at Houston.
Elsewhere on the coaching carousel: Mike Bobo wants no part of that mess in Blacksburg ... Bill Young says his age forced his ousting at Oklahoma State ... Western Kentucky has already lost a new assistant, reportedly to UAB ... and Dave Yost is reportedly bound for Pullman, which means HAIR HAIR HAIR.
Oh, and we're done with that whole Brian Kelly thing, for realsies.
• Tweet of the day. Never underestimate the power of cookie cake on a high school kid:
I like that the NCAA doesn't regulate the size of a cookie you can give a recruit on a visit so #FSU makes em ~20"• Misc. A fond remembrance of #WACtion ... dust off your carefully preserved collections of alternate Big Ten division names ... and will you look at what's about to crop up in the Las Vegas desert?
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Customs officials at Los Angeles International Airport have found $52,000 worth of opium in two suitcases, the second opium seizure at the airport in eight days.
Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday that 9 pounds of the drug was concealed between the linings of the luggage.
The suitcases belonged to a 28-year-old American citizen who arrived from Amsterdam on Friday.
Authorities say the bags felt unusually heavy when they were empty, so officers x-rayed them and found anomalies. They found five packages wrapped in carbon paper and cellophane. Authorities seized the opium and the man was arrested.
On Jan. 13, officials say an Iranian citizen legally living in the U.S. was arrested at LAX for trying to smuggle 4.6 pounds of opium in a handbag with a false bottom.


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LOS ANGELES - Self-styled King of Pop Michael Jackson returns from the grave again this week with a second posthumous album of songs recorded before his death in 2009.
'Xscape' goes on sale in the United States on Tuesday, after being released in various European countries at the weekend and on Monday.
Critics have already hailed 'Xscape' a clear improvement on 2010's "Michael," the first album released after Jackson died of a drug overdose at age 50, as part of a multi-record deal with label giant Sony.
"From the first, there was the voice .....Nearly five years after his death, that voice remains, and is at its most powerful on the new album," wrote the LA Times' reviewer.
The new album "feels shockingly vital, as though the producers charged with re-imagining this work had harnessed dance floor defibrillators," he wrote.
Ironically, the new album's songs include one about child sex abuse, the issue which helped bring down the self-styled King of Pop, despite being acquitted of sexual molestation charges in 2005.
The singer's executors have worked hard to pay off the enormous debts left by the fallen star, with key projects including the "This is It" film of rehearsals for the doomed world tour he was planning before he died in 2009.
"Michael" has sold a relatively modest 540,000 copies, according to Billboard magazine, which noted that Jackson's overall record sales were less than both Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash last year.
'Xscape' comprises eight songs chosen from the vast catalogue which Jackson worked on over four decades but which did not make it into any of his iconic albums like 1982's "Thriller" or 1987's "Bad."
The songs are based on original vocals by Jackson, who often made multiple recordings of tunes he was working on, but with music "contemporized" by producers for a modern audience.
While fans will have to wait until next week to hear all the songs, the titles have been released. They include "Xscape," first produced 15 years ago, and "Do You Know Where Your Children Are."
The song is about "kids being raised in a broken family where the father comes home drunk and the mother is out prostituting and the kids run away from home and they become the victims," according to the liner notes.
US rapper Timbaland, the executive producer on "Xscape," said they were keenly aware of the need for the new Jackson record to stand up against the best that current pop music has to offer.
"How would I hear this on the radio against Katy Perry? Would it sound old, would it sound new?" asked the producer, who works closely with Justin Timberlake and Beyonce.
He "had to make sure that it can compete with everything that is going on today in the pop world," Timbaland told Billboard. - Sapa-AFP


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Locking your stuff up to prevent crimes of opportunity
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:33:50 GMT —
'Tis the season for yard work but what would you do if you went to use your lawnmower and it was gone? One local family says they know how it feels.
James King went to use his air-compressor and chainsaw this past Saturday and realized the $450 worth of equipment was missing from his own car-port - and King's family says he's feeling the loss.
"When you buy something and something is yours, even if someone gives it to you, you want it and it hurts you when someone takes it," said James' wife, Lillie King.
The Dougherty County Police is investigating this incident and they urge people to take precautions with their hard-earned items by securing them as much as possible.
"Most criminals are criminals of opportunity. If they see a weed-eater laying out and no one's around it then people are more amped to pick it up and take it with them," said Captain Tom Jackson.
Captain Jackson says your best bet is to keep the equipment out of view but for those who must keep them outside, it's best to invest in a chain and lock - and experts say the thicker the chain, the better.
"If it was a smaller gauge, it's real easy to snip it and go on, but with the bigger gauges it's a lot harder to use regular bolt cutters to do it," said Home Depot Hardware Department manager, Zak Heath.
Once you've picked your chain, it's time for a lock and there are plenty to choose from. The options range from the average padlock to a special circular lock that only has a small piece of metal exposed - making it much harder to cut.
The DCP says another precaution you can take is making friends with your neighbors who can alert you to anything out of the ordinary â" making it much harder for people to steal your stuff.
"The harder you make it for someone to obtain your property, the less likely they're going to mess with it and they'll move on," said Captain Jackson.


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Getting close!!
Few hours to go
Looks like they got this one easily.
They made Vick look horrible.
Silly bitch, your weapons cannot harm me. Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, Bitchhhh!
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well, 27-10 Eagles win.... wonder if Brian is going to make an appearance anytime soon, or is he having trouble walking ? ( if you are Brian, don't feel too bad, I am too )
I'm here!
I can still walk straight and am pretty excited. I think we'll see the Eagles and Patriots in the Super Bowl. Should be a really tough game, but a good one. Looks like Terrell Owens will be playing atleast a little bit in the game.
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Go EAGLES!
Should be a great game, I only wish it was this coming Sunday
not me.... I have to work every other weekend, it for once I have superbowl weekend offOriginally Posted by rookiecrd1
Good for you Should be a good one. I have to say I only watch a few minutes of last years superbowl. Reason being is because I was so upset the Eagles didn't make it for the 3rd straight year. I kept saying, "this could be the eagles".
Now it is
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as I always say Vick always looks horrible as a QB he doesn't complete more the 50% of his passes and never goes over 150 yards
the only difference in the game is he didn't run the house down!!
so VICK is overrated he is NOT a QB
and btw in Australia where stuck with the super bowl on monday mornings
so I have to record it avoid watching news radio ect without finding out the score adn watching it at night
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Parents cite different reasons for hiring baby sitters and nannies to speak a second language with their children. Some struggled to pick up foreign languages and want to make life easier for their children. Some believe it makes them smarter. And naturally, this being the melting pot that is New York, many parents have a connection to another language and want to reinforce it...
One other reason is to discriminate against African-Americans when advertising for a nanny. Putting in a foreign language requirement is a legal way to state No African-Americans Need Apply.
Indeed, not long ago, many parents insisted that their foreign-language-speaking nannies refrain from using their native tongue and speak only English with their children, for fear that another language might muddle their English-language development....
In fact, research shows that learning a second language makes it easier to learn additional languages.
In recent years, a number of neuroscientists and psychologists have tried to untangle the impact of bilingualism on brain development. "It doesn't make kids smarter," said Ellen Bialystok, a professor of psychology at York University in Toronto and the author of "Bilingualism in Development: Language, Literacy and Cognition."
"There are documented cognitive developments," she said, "but whatever smarter means, it isn't true."
Ms. Bialystok's research shows that bilingual children tend to have smaller vocabularies in English than their monolingual counterparts, and that the limited vocabulary tends to be words used at home (spatula and squash) rather than words used at school (astronaut, rectangle). The measurement of vocabulary is always in one language: a bilingual child's collective vocabulary from both languages will probably be larger.
"Bilingualism carries a cost, and the cost is rapid access to words," Ms. Bialystok said. In other words, children have to work harder to access the right word in the right language, which can slow them down — by milliseconds, but slower nonetheless.
At the same time, bilingual children do better at complex tasks like isolating information presented in confusing ways. In one test researchers frequently use, words like "red" and "green" flash across a screen, but the words actually appear in purple and yellow.
Bilingual children are faster at identifying what color the word is written in, a fact researchers attribute to a more developed prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain responsible for executive decision-making, like which language to use with certain people)....
One arena in which being bilingual does not seem to help is the highly competitive kindergarten admission process.
"It doesn't give you a leg up on the admissions process," said Victoria Goldman, author of the sixth edition of "The Manhattan Family Guide to Private Schools." It is one piece of the bigger puzzle, which includes tests scores, interviews and the ability of a child to follow directions. "Speaking another language is indicative that you are verbal, but you have to be behaved."
George P. Davison, head of school at Grace Church School, a competitive downtown school, said that bilingualism tended to suppress verbal and reading comprehension test scores by 20 to 30 percent for children younger than 12. "If anything, it can have a negative effect on admissions," he said.
I researched this topic a decade ago for an article on Canada's experience with bilingualism. Being Anglo-French bilingual gives you huge advantages in getting to the top of the Canadian civil service pyramid (and Canadians love civil service jobs). Public schools that conduct half their classes in French and half their classes in English were very fashionable. One problem, though, was that boys often struggled, and wound up dropping out. But upper middle class girls tended to thrive in a dual immersion system.


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Can a movie website have two "chief film critics?" Apparently so.
Just eight months after former Salon.com contributor Stephanie Zacharek was announced as chief film critic at Movieline.com, the website is proudly sharing the news today of Elvis Mitchell's appointment as… chief film critic. Mitchell is of course the former New York Times staffer who was briefly lined up for Roger Ebert's relaunch of At the Movies and currently hosts weekly chat program "The Treatment" on KCRW.
"Movieline.com represents the future of film journalism and I love what they have been doing," says Mitchell. "Any place smart enough to bring Stephanie Zacharek to the party is definitely a site I want to be a part of."
Movieline has also upgraded freelance contributors Jen Yamato and Alonso Duralde to, respectively, west coast and DVD editor positions. Earlier this month, busy parent company Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC) – which also oversees Nikki Finke's Deadline.com and Bonnie Fuller's HollywoodLife.com – tapped Matt Webb Mitovich as editor-at-large for TVLine.com, a new venture launched this month under the watch of former EW critic Michael Ausiello.
Mitchell's first Movieline review is already live. He writes that The Green Hornet "feels like a movie everyone involved with thinks they're smarter than."


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Residents, business people all geared up for ANC's centenary celebrations as VIPs roll into the Free State capital.
BUSINESSES and residents of Bloemfontein said yesterday they were fully prepared for the influx of people for the ANC centenary celebrations at the weekend.
The Mangaung metropolitan municipality has been putting the finishing touches to the streets in preparation for the celebrations.
Workers were emptying dustbins, collecting refuse, cutting lawns, and trimming vegetation.
The gold, green and black colours of the ANC could be seen on almost every lamp-post around town, some drumming up support for the celebrations, and others carrying messages of thanks to Namibia and Zimbabwe for supporting the party during the apartheid years.
Local street sweeper Paskalina Tlali said the municipality expected her to work harder to keep ahead of a potential build-up of rubbish over the weekend.
"There will be a lot of people, and a lot of litter to clean up. The municipality wants the streets to be clean all the time," she said.
Spur manager Shaun Kelly said his restaurant was fully prepared to cater for hungry attendees.
"We have stocked up on extras, and even went out of our way to get expensive whisky, like Johnnie Walker Blue Label.
"We are looking forward to seeing some famous people in the restaurant."
Kelly said he was not sure whether celebrations were necessary. "One-hundred years is a big deal, and the ANC has come a long way. But a friend of mine is helping to construct the stage in the stadium, and I've seen pictures of it.
"It's all a big waste, and it is almost like they (the ANC) are showing off. It is a lot of expenditure for nothing.
"Come to the townships, I will show you where they need to spend their money," he said.
A security guard at the Waterfront mall said he felt disappointed because he would not be able to attend the celebrations.
"I have to be here, I am not going because of the job," Molatudie Mokoai said.
"This celebration is special. I am a member of the ANC and I am 100 percent proud of them. All I need to do is find a T-shirt."
Maleseto Mokoena, a fruit vendor outside the Performance Arts Centre of the Free State, said her supply of fruit would be exhausted before the celebrations began.
"It is the same as the World Cup. A lot of people will be here, and my business will be busy and all my stocks will finish," she said.
"This (centenary) is important, and everyone must celebrate because the ANC is big in the world."
Louwna Erasmus, editor of the local newspaper the Bloemfontein Courant, said the city was the perfect place to celebrate the history of politics in the country. "The ANC started here, and so did the National Party. So Bloemfontein is an important part of the history of South Africa."
The National Party that ruled during the apartheid era was formed by Afrikaner nationalists in Bloemfontein in 1914.
More than 100 000 people were expected to attend the centenary celebrations in the same province, where the South African Native National Congress was founded on January 8, 1912. It was renamed the African National Congress in 1923.
The army and more than 3 000 police officers have been deployed to ensure security, particularly because of the heads of state who have accepted invitations.
They include Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni. It was still unclear if Nelson Mandela would attend the celebrations.
Meanwhile, police overseeing the ANC centenary celebrations needed to separate their political affiliations from their sworn duty as officers, acting national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said yesterday.
"This event is the first of its kind. We warn you, you might have voted, and might be a card-carrying member of a party, but you are still police," he told more than 3 000 officers at the Bennies Park police recreation centre in Bloemfontein.
"If I find anyone playing politics, we will deal with you severely."
Mkhwanazi said he was happy with the security procedures in place for the centenary.
"We are comfortable and ready to police the events. You officers must focus and keep all members, VIPs, citizens and attendees safe."
He said a no-fly zone had been declared above Bloemfontein.
"We are policing the airspace. No aircraft will be flying here to come and crash into the stadium.
"We are also going to look underground for all those who use the tunnels like a mouse. Those with ill intentions will not be able to come here."
Mkhwanazi warned the officers to be on their best behaviour.
"We need to maintain a perfect image of the police officer. There will be no down time for the event.
"You are all on duty until the end, so there is no time to drink. We will not tolerate drunk officers."
He said the police presence in Bloemfontein would be greater than at the climate change COP17 conference in Durban last year.
"In COP17 we had six heads of state. Now, we have 56 VIPs, including… heads of state, or former heads of state," he said.
"We are prepared to protect, and there will be no compromises."
More than 100 000 people were expected to attend festivities in the province. The ANC said all were welcome at the celebrations and no accreditation was needed.
The army had been deployed to ensure security, particularly because of the heads of state who would be there.


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why were european armies so much more advanced than japanese ones
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Because Japanese were on the island and had traditional thinking..
Kaserhawk16 6 years ago#3
Japan also doesn't have as much resources as Europe does (I.E Metals)
Also very different ways of millitary thinking.
The Japanese didn't effectively modernize until 1867-1905. Fighting it out with swords and feudal styles of fighting was preferred until Americans came in 1867. To their credit, they modernized very quickly with 50 years and became a Great Power after the Meiji Restoration.
But until then they were very isolationist and traditional. All their style of fighting was made in order to fight each of their own clans, and in some cases the Chinese, Koreans and other Asian countries. The Europeans were an entirely new thing to them.
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The Huns also devastated Asia, which probably set them back a little bit. Seriously Huns were an ancient version of Hitler but worse.
BigTlovesBEER 6 years ago#6
Europe's economic structure was very different for the hundreds of years leading up to this time period. It led to more fiercely competitive rivals that were right on top of each other if you look at it geographically. It forced them to make innovations in technology to one-up their opposition. This was, for lack of a better phrase, "the european way"
I know Japan was shrouded in war but their sensibilities about combat were totally different. The way they looked at a battlefield was as much about honor and glory as it was economic and political gain. This isn't to badmouth euorpean cultures of the time. They obviously had honor codes as well but it was just a different mentality. The "Stakes were higher" so to speak in europe. Made them innovate or die basically.
At least... that's my understanding of it. I just read alot of history but I'm sure a good history buff or better yet a professor can lay it out better than I can.
The Huns also devastated Asia, which probably set them back a little bit. Seriously Huns were an ancient version of Hitler but worse.
I don't think the Huns touched Japan afaik. Do you mean the Mongols?
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Xiahou Mao 6 years ago#8
i mean european armies had earlier access to gunpowder and everything, it just seems like they were so much more advanced than japanese ones, why?
For what it's worth, the backbone of European armies circa 1600 was the Maurician formation, named after Maurice of Nassau, Dutch Statholder and general from 1585-1625. It made gunpowder weapons more viable by innovating a system of firing them in ranks, so that a constant barrage of firepower was being rained down upon an advancing enemy, with one rank reloading as the next stepped up to shoot.
Thing is, Oda Nobunaga, the famous Sengoku daimyo, had already created that formation, using it to great success against the Takeda cavalry in 1573.
Given the right, forward-thinking minds like Nobunaga, there was no reason that Japan couldn't have been competitive with Europe even way back then. He was already out ahead of Europe in certain aspects, as his advanced use of muskets proved. The thing is, he didn't unify Japan, he was killed in a rebellion. The unifiers that outlived and succeeded him, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and especially Ieyasu's son Hidetada, were more concerned with protecting their status than developing their country, and as such firearms were outlawed, trade with Europeans greatly restricted, and the peasantry oppressed. Had Nobunaga unified Japan, or another innovative mind like Date Masamune, things would undoubtedly have been very different.
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BlackScythe0 6 years ago#9
The rise of the Mongol Empire in 1260 resulted in the technologies of the east, middle east, and the west coming together and a rather large surge in military technology. Gunpowder weapons were the result.
The (failed) Mongol Invasions of Japan resulted in them becoming even more xenophobic and as a result their technology was at a basic standstill, no exchange of ideas or resources with the outside world.
the mongols invaded them twice (i think) The first time they whooped the Japanese so bad that they thought it was some sort of advanced tactical trickery so they left. They returned a second time only to find Japan had built walls all around the islands. That's when a huge tsunami obliterated half of the Mongol force.
In other words, Japan got lucky
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One of south Mississippi's most wanted criminal suspects was captured Monday after he jumped out of a second-floor window at a Tampa apartment. Tony Markel Howard, 22, is accused of fatally shooting Lorenzo Nettles and wounding two other Moss Point, Miss., men at a club on Feb. 16, according to the Sun-Herald newspaper of south Mississippi. Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said it wasn't clear what led Howard to 6212 S Dale Mabry Highway, where it appeared he was staying with two people. But when Tampa police, a U.S. marshals task force and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement surrounded the apartment about 4 p.m. with marked units, Howard jumped out the window and ran. He was arrested shortly afterward without incident.
Women's feud erupts in stabbing
For years, the two women fought over the same man, police say. Early Sunday, that feud led one woman to stab her rival, according to a Tampa Police Department report. A warrant on attempted-murder charges has been issued for 34-year-old Marsha Elaine Johnson. Investigators say Johnson came up to Rhonda McCray-Ware in the parking lot of the Interstate Lounge at 9403 N Nebraska Ave. at 1:02 a.m. and stabbed her once in the face, four times in the neck and once in the chest. Johnson then drove off in a 2000 tan Dodge Intrepid, police say. Her license plate number is U200EC. McCray-Ware was hospitalized. No further information was available on her condition.
Pro wrestler charged with DUI
Andrew Martin, better known to pro wrestling fans as Test, was stopped Sunday morning on northbound Interstate 75 by an off-duty police officer. Martin, 33, was unsteady on his feet and shaking, a report said, and he failed several field sobriety tests. Martin was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. He was released from the Pasco County jail about 8 p.m. Sunday after posting $500 bail. According to online biographies, the 6-foot-7, 275-pound Martin broke into the World Wrestling Federation, now World Wrestling Entertainment, in 1998 as Test. Ending matches with the flying elbow drop, he has held the WWF European and Hardcore titles. He lives in Tampa.


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Testers at Microsoft are busy. I know that is a simple statement to write and not all the ramifications of it are immediately obvious. You may see a change to some feature (like spell checking, for debate's sake) and be asked to test this across all languages to ensure correctness. Fair enough - but then you notice the change works, but seems a little slower. Now you get to work through some performance testing as well. Then if you notice a new string being checked in does not fit into the spell checker dialog, you get to focus on some UI cases, and so on…
The point being that when you get a bug fix to regress, you may need a wide variety of machines to use to test the proposed fix. I've mentioned our reliance on HyperV before to help with this, but for performance and UI testing, there is not really a substitute for real hardware. That means it is not unusual to see a tester with a pair of tablets to verify behavior, or booking resources in our configuration lab to use their hardware selection.
I went into Gary's office (of Image Rotator fame) office yesterday and saw something a little different:
I haven't had a chance to ask him what all the monitors are for, but I'm sure there is a plan somewhere…
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Seattle native Couples raises 12th MAN flag at Seahawks game on MNFDecember 03, 2013
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WATCH: Couples interview after raising flag at CenturyLink Field
Champions Tour fan favorite and Seattle native Fred Couples was honored at the Monday Night Football game between the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints on Dec. 2 when he was selected to raise the 12th MAN Flag before the start of the game.
At every home game just before kickoff, the flag is raised in honor of the Seattle Seahawks fans, known as the loudest and proudest in the NFL, so much so that the league instituted a noise rule in 1985. Despite the rule, the Seahawks still retain a significant advantage at CenturyLink Field to this day.
The tradition of the 12th MAN Flag began Oct. 12, 2003, when 12 original season ticket-holders hoisted the flag prior to kick off. Current and former Seahawks greats, coaches, local celebrities, prominent fans and Seattle-area athletes are called upon to raise the flag.
In Monday night's game, where the Seahawks comfortably defeated the Saints 34-7, the Seattle fans set a Guinness World Record for noise when 137.6 decibels were reached by the cheering crowd. According to the Seattle Times, the fans also created a minor earthquake by jumping up and down during Michael Bennett's 22-yard fumble return for a touchdown. The University of Washington has a seismometer in a warehouse near the stadium that recorded the seismic activity.
Couples, a World Golf Hall of Fame inductee earlier this year, has always been a Seahawks fan, holding season tickets even though he lives in Los Angeles. At this year's Boeing Classic, a Champions Tour event at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge near Seattle, Couples wore a Seahawks hat for the last couple of holes.
"I tried to change the mojo by wearing the hat on 17, but I still bogeyed the hole," said Couples, who eventually finished third, four strokes behind rookie winner John Riegger, in his hometown event.
Last August, the Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate and kicker Steven Hauschka took to TPC Snoqualmie to tackle the Boeing Classic's Monday pro-am. Later that week, Jim Gallagher, Jr. and Bart Bryant, who had just won the Dick's Sporting Goods Open a week earlier, visited the Seahawks training camp and tossed a few passes with the team.
In recent years, those to raise the 12th MAN Flag have included actor Tom Skerritt, MLB pitcher Tim Lincecum, soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo and a group of Olympic athletes from the state of Washington.
The Boeing Classic will return to TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in 2014 and celebrate the 10th playing of the tournament. Past champions include World Golf Hall of Fame members Bernhard Langer and Tom Kite.


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Standards: Biblical or Man Made?
Dress Code Idolatry- An article written by a former United Pentecostal Church pastor's wife, Brenda Gregory. "After the pastor has finished 'carving' their 'image' they stand back and hold it up with pride so that others will say, "Oh! Look how holy! He is acceptable to us!" and the 'image' again is worshiped."
Does the Bible Say It's a Sin for Women to Wear Pants? The Truth About Deuteronomy 22:5- An article by Jason Young.
Scriptures Prohibiting the Wearing of Pants by Women?- An article by Stephen Mann which examines five verses prohibiting women from wearing pants.
Dress Standards - A Uniform for Identification and Modesty or Essential for Salvation?- An article by Stephen Mann which asks two questions: Is having to wear a church dress standard just a mark of belonging like wearing a work uniform? Will Jesus only return for people wearing the 'uniform' which He has revealed to the UPC? His answer: The 'company rules argument' doesn't really work to explain UPC dress standards.
Does the Bible Say it's a Sin for a Woman to Wear Pants?: An article by E.L. Anglin. "You have often heard that culture does not dictate standards. That statement is patently false. We no longer wear robes because we followed our culture's lead. Style varies from continent to continent and culture to culture. What is appropriate in one locale may be unthinkable in another. "Appropriate" is the very definition of the word "modest." (See 1 Timothy 2:9)"
Does the Bible Say it's a Sin for a Woman to Wear Pants? Part Two: An article by E.L. Anglin. "Why do you only go back as far as the mid-1900's? Why don't American men wear white-powdered wigs? Why don't American women wear hoop dresses? For that matter, if standards are unchangeable, why don't Apostolics wear robes and sandals?"
United Pentecostal Church - A Bible Study on the Teaching on Women's Dress: An article from another site by Robyn. "There was not a differentiation of dress amongst the sexes when Deuteronomy 22:5 was penned. No differentiation in regards to trousers vs. skirts. Only more colorful, ornamental and embroidered outer garments and underdress for women."
Women's Hair - Included are several chapters of what was planned to be a book, examining the biblical perspective of the issue. Also included are the full text of a UPC sermon on women's hair, my response to the sermon, plus links to a Baptist view on women's hair along with other views.
Does the Bible Say Women's Hair Must Be Uncut? Unveiling the Myth- An article by Jason Young.
The United Pentecostal Church, Oneness Pentecostalism, And A Woman's Hair- An article on another site by Thomas D. Sheehay.
Splittin' Hairs- An article by the late Jim Yohe, UPC minister. "For example, we don't interpret the much-debated hair segment in I Corinthians 11:1-16 as it is literally presented by Paul. If we did, our holiness women would be wearing veils during times of worship. Disagree? Let's do a quick review."
Double Standards and Eisegesis- An article by Stephen Mann probing the double standard with hair length as taught by the United Pentecostal Church. "In fact many teachers teach both contrary teachings of 'long' and think that both contradicting positions are taught at the same time in the same passage without ever seeing the contradiction."
Judge in Yourselves - Uncovered- An article by Jason asks if "uncovered" means "cut at all". Is this refering to hair or a veil?
Greek God and Women's Hair- An article by Jason considers Dionysus, the god of wine, and how his followers worshipped him. Veils and long hair were worn by men as a sign of dedication to this god, while the women used unveiling and shorn hair. How does this affect our understanding of 1 Corinthians 11?
United Pentecostal Teaching - Women's Hair: An article from another site by Robyn. "While I whole heartedly believe in Baptism in Jesus NAME and the infilling of the Holy Ghost, I question some of the other teachings held by the United Pentecostal Church. The teaching of not cutting or trimming Women's Hair is one of them. So I studied it for myself in the Word of God. This is what I found..."
Is it a shame for men to have long hair?- by Denver Cheddie. "The analogy Paul was driving at was this. In the natural world, women have long hair and men short, and analogously in the spiritual world, women should have a physical head covering and men shouldn't. This is where the issue of men having long hair entered the fray."
United Pentecostal Church - A Bible Study on the teaching of men not wearing facial hair: An article from another site by Robyn. "Nowhere does the New Testament, after Jesus resurrection, state that men are not to have facial hair. If we are to use this incident in the Old Testament as an example to be translated into a commandment, then we should also use the example of the only Birthday mentioned in the Bible, as the Jehovah's Witnesses do." Should women cover their heads in church?- by Denver Cheddie. "The real issue that impinges on us is whether this command was specific to the Corinthians by cultural constraints, or is it applicable to all believers of all time? I believe that principles are timeless and applicable for all time. Commands are subject to change."
Below is a video of a former Apostolic woman getting her hair cut.
Jewelry: Does the Bible Say it's a Sin? What the Scriptures Really Say - An article by Jason Young.
Jewelry: Forbidden? An article by Jason exploring the meaning of 1 Peter 3:3-5. He notes that one of the women of old wore jewelry. Is the Bible contradicting itself?
What Does the Bible Say About Jewelry?: An article by E.L. Anglin. "In many modern churches the anti-jewelry stance has been relaxed. Now it's generally accepted to wear most any sort of ring, tie bar, cuff links, or hair jewels but still unacceptable to wear earrings or necklaces. Why? Who determines that some jewelry is acceptable and some unacceptable? What scripture is used?"
United Pentecostal Church International - Teaching on Makeup and Jewelry: An article from another site by Robyn. " Is it a sin for a woman to wear makeup or jewelry or braid her hair to be seductive to men? It is the wrong spirit and attitude. Is it a sin for a woman to wear makeup or jewelry or braid their hair to look pleasing to their husband? No, it is not a sin according to the Word of God. BUT, it is more desirous for a woman to adorn herself with good works, a meek and quiet spirit and modest dress - which is in the sight of God of great price!"
A friend of mine, and fellow former United Pentecostal Church member, makes unique and limited pieces of jewelry from silver plated silverware. Bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings, and purse key rings are all crafted from used silverware. Custom orders are welcome. SilverWear by Linda donates monthly a bracelet, with an adopt charm, to rescues across the USA as a way for them to generate income. She has also donated two bracelets for us to give away in our online support group. Those who have exited unhealthy churches may particularly appreciate her work. I highly recommend her.
Make-up- An article by Jason which shows if because Jezebel put on make-up, then make-up is a sin, then combing you hair is, too. Why does the UPC take part of some verses and leave out others?
More Than One Standard
The Teachings of Ruth Rieder- A special section addressing the teachings found in Ruth Rieder's materials.
Holiness, Standards and Sin: Considering the Motive Behind the Act by Jason Young.
The Writings of Jason Pound- A special section of articles, written by a former UPCI minister, addressing various UPCI standards.
Pastoral Authority Concerning Standards- An article by Jason looking into whether or not a believer must follow standards simply because their pastor teaches them. Scriptures alone are the sole authority on the truth. Not your pastor, not the UPC, only the Book.
Law and Customs- An article by Jason examining Paul's teachings concerning the law and legalism. The Bible teaches giving to the poor, but to say that all Christians must give $200 per month to a charity is legalism. The Bible teaches modesty in dress, but defining modesty to mean long sleeves is legalism.
United Pentecostal Church - Doctrine Studied: An article from another site by Robyn. "Nowhere do these scriptures say "No splits in your skirts", "Women must only wear skirts or dresses", "Skirts and dresses must be below the knee", "Pantyhose must not have seams -it's seductive", "All members must wear long sleeves, arms and elbows must be covered, even in summer", "I don't care if Brother Joe's Pastor preaches short sleeves, we only wear three quarter length sleeves here!", "Sister, I hope your not wearing makeup, you know Jezebel wore makeup", "We preach against tv and wedding rings here!" And the list goes on and on!"
David Wasmundt
Original Letter from David Wasmundt- Pastor Wasmundt was an ordained minister in the UPCI for many years. He wrote two books dealing with the subject of standards. In this letter he shares his thoughts on some believers changing to a "false grace."
from David Wasmundt- An open letter from Pastor Wasmundt to several ministers
regarding the rumors that he is returning to the UPCI and had refuted the
writings in his books.
"False Holiness Standards" Book Available
A book is available which deals with various issues related to outward holiness standards. It is written by Linda S. Hopper, who was a former UPC member. The book is called "False Holiness Standards" and may be obtained by sending $15.00 to: Victory Tabernacle c/o Linda Hopper, 8406 North Classics Avenue., Fresno, CA 93720. In her book, Linda covers topics such as pants on women, jewelry, make-up, and women's hair.
Books On Standards
You may also want to check out our page that lists books which cover one or more of these standards.
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The Daemon: Larger proportions than a regular man. The daemon had yellow eyes, black hair, skin stretched extremely tight across his body, straight black lips, shrivel complexion, watery eyes. The daemons started out being a gentle, peaceful creature. But, as he became aware of how ugly he was, he became discontented, and eventually became bad.
Lavenza: Thin, fair, bright gold colored hair, clear
blue eyes. Elizabeth was calm. She liked to see the beauty
in things, but wasn't as passionate as her "cousin", Victor. She
was very benevolent, and sweet.
Henry Clerval: Henry liked plays, and romance novels. He liked "enterprise, hardship, and even danger, for its own sake." Henry was Victor's best friend, and studied languages at Ingoldstat. Clerval liked to investigate the "moral character" of things.
Personal Reaction:
"The ancient teachers of science," said he, "promised impossibilities, and performed nothing. The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of nature, and show how she word in her hiding places. They ascend into the heavens: they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe. They have acquired mew and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows." (p47-48)
The immense mountains and precipices that overhung me on every side-the sound of the river raging among the rocks, and the dashing of the waterfalls around, spoke f a power mighty as Omnipotence-and I ceased to fear, or to bend before any less almighty that that which had created and ruled the elements, her displayed in their most terrific guise. (p94)
"It is well. I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night." (p168)
At such moments vengeance, that burned within me, died in my heart, and I pursued my path towards the destruction of the daemon, more as a task enjoined by heaven, as the mechanical impulse of some power of which I was unconscious, than as the ardent desire of my soul. (p204)
"What do you mean? What do you demand of your captain? are you then so easily turned from your design? Did you not call this a glorious expedition And wherefore was it glorious? Not because the way was smooth and placid as a southern sea, but because it was full of dangers and terror; because, at every new incident, your fortitude was to be called forth, and your courage exhibited; because danger and death surrounded it, and these you were to brave and overcome. For this was it a glorious, for this was it an honourable undertaking. You were hereafter to be hailed as the benefactors of your species; your names adore, as belonging to brave men who encountered death for honour, and the benefit of mankind. And now, behold, with the first imagination of danger, or, if you will, the first mighty and terrific trial of your courage, you shrink away, and are content to be handed down as men who had not strength enough to endure cold and peril; and so, poor souls, they were chilly, and returned to their warm firesides. Why, that requires not this preparation; ye need not have come thus far, and dragged your captain to the shame of a defeat, merely to prove yourselves cowards. Oh! be men or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes, and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable, and cannot withstand you, if you say that it shall not. Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows. Return, as heroes who have fought and conquered , and who know not what it is to turn their back on the foe." (p214-215)
"You hate me; but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself. I look on the hands which executed the deed; I think on the heart in which the imagination of it was conceived, and long for the moment when these hands will meet my eyes, when that imagination will haunt my thoughts no more." (p222)


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Vikings fall 3-1 to tough Totino-Grace squad
The North Branch girls volleyball team kicked off its season at home last Thursday when hosting Totino-Grace, who beat the Vikings in three games last year.
Despite jumping to an 8-4 lead in the first two games, North Branch was unable to contain the Eagles and lost, 3-1: 24-26, 25-13, 27-25 and 25-22.
A series of hitting errors and net violations caused trouble for the home team in the first game when they gave up an early lead to fall by two points, 26-24.
The Vikings came out swinging in game two to combine strong swings and a serving run for a resounding 25-13 win to even the match at 1-1.
But hitting and serve-receive errors plagued North Branch the rest of the battle. They lost 27-25 and 25-22 to fall to the Eagles.
Head coach Mike Selbitschka said despite the errors, which he noted are common at the beginning of the year, he was proud of the way his team fought for each point.
"The thing I liked to see is when we were down in game four by 11 points, we ended up battling back at the end for a long run to get us within two-three points," Selbitschka said. "It's good to see them continue to play as a team, keep emotions in check and push until the very end—they never gave up."
Junior outside hitter Courtney Selbitschka led the Vikings on offense, tallying 22 kills to accompany 38 digs and three aces on the night.
Senior Katy Trunk recorded 14 kills and two blocks in the middle, while senior Maddy Kunshier earned seven kills, 39 digs and two blocks on the outside.
Junior Cassie Kunshier kept her team in the running with scrappy play in the back row for 49 digs in her debut as varsity libero.
Junior Morgen Coleman contributed 45 set assists and two blocks in the season opener, while senior Hannah Hubbard had two aces and junior Kelsey Martinson recorded two blocks.
The head coach said his squad was disappointed with the loss, but proud of their efforts.
"I would say they were frustrated that they ended up losing, but had some satisfaction that with a team like Totino, they were right there," Selbitschka said. "Every game could have gone either way so they had the feeling like 'hey we can play with anybody'."
North Branch played Andover on Tuesday night and travel to Elk River Thursday for a 7 p.m. matchup.


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Medicine and Culture: Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France
This book argues that notions of health and disease are often determined more by culture than by science. Thus Americans, favouring action over reflection, are more likely to perform mastectomies and by-pass operations than the British. The Germans, harbouring a lingering romanticism, are preoccupied with their hearts, the French are guided by their Cartesian traditions and the British adopt an empirical approach, taking treatment only when its efficacy is clearly proven. The author pinpoints many other differences in clinical and psychiatric medicine and encourages individual responsiblity for health.
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Story Time Starter: Turtles
Did you know that there is a special day just for turtles? Well, there is! World Turtle Day is always celebrated on May 23 to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive.
There are many ways to celebrate World Turtle Day, anything from wearing green, learning about turtle conservation, or reading books about turtles.
So here at the library to celebrate World Turtle Day, we wanted to share our favorite turtle stories, rhymes, and crafts with you!
Here are some of our favorite turtle books: Turtle Day by Douglas Florian, Turtle Island by Kevin Sherry, Tiger and Turtle by James Rumford, Emma's Turtle by Eve Bunting, and Hip and Hop Don't Stop by Jef Czekaj.
Here are some of our favorite songs, rhymes, and fingerplays all about turtles:
I had a little turtle, his name was Tiny Tim.
I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap.
And now he's sick in bed, with a bubble in his throat!
Tune: "On Top of Old Smokey"
Some turtles swim over the ocean.
Some turtles swim over the sea.
Some turtles grow very big
As big as you and me.
Turtles, turtles, swimming here and there.
Turtles, turtles, turtles everywhere.
Here is my turtle, (Form fist and extend thumb.)
He lives in a shell. (Put thumb inside fist.)
He like his home
Very well. (Nod head)
He pokes his head out (Pop out thumb.)
When he wants to eat. (Circle thumb around.)
And pulls it back in
When he wants to sleep. (Put thumb back inside fist.)
(tune of I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a little turtle,
I crawl so slow,
And carry my house
Wherever I go.
When I get tired
I pull in my head,
My legs and my tail,
And go to bed!
Finally, here are some fun crafts that you can do at home:


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Fortunato – Unseen Armada [Review]
Toronto, ON – Originally published March 14, 2014 – Unseen Armada is the fourth and latest album by Fortunato. The album features production from Juno nominee Fresh Kils, Nock Nock, Beaatz and several other heavy hitters. A North American tour is in effect this year to support the album, making stops at CMW, NXNE, Indie Week and more.
If you want to chose sides you could argue that Fortunato missed the memo. It's like he came to school with an LG flip phone while all the other kids were sporting the latest iPhone. It's not that there's anything wrong with this LG flip phone, it's just that it's outdated and everyone else is onto something new now. To put it simply, Unseen Armada is a solid, thorough performance, but it doesn't present any new sounds or ideas for the listener. "I'm droppin' napalm in my army fatigue and singing songs that make you wanna believe/ That there's a better world with better emcees, but yo the industry's still dumbin' it down/ So fuck a major we ain't changin' our sound" This is exactly what the album is; stubborn, unfiltered hip-hop and nothing more. Or should we say "but nothing more?"
Fat snares and hard hitting bass create the ground work for Fortunato's tenacious battle-rap flow. However these sounds are beginning to show their age. They sound recycled. We need something new. We want to be surprised. We want to say "Wow what the hell is that?" or "Oh my god, I've never heard anything like this." It's surprising that there are still so many emcees stuck in the late 90s/early 2000s who are trying to break through. Fortunato claims to not concern himself with a major label and as a result Unseen Armada sounds more like an homage than innovation. Fans who dig that raw, gritty MPC sound of New York beats will embrace the album, while the rest of the market will probably be thinking, "Why is Grandma still using a film camera?"
Fortunato is undoubtedly talented and possesses the resume of a top emcee. He's clever, witty and his cadences cut through the beat like a man smashing through a brick wall. "Listen to me" his voice is saying. Well actually, more like "Fucking pay attention." Peep the line from the albums opening track "Fall For It": "Got your album pushed back, cause nobody's listenin'/ Abort your mission instead of missin' your son's christenin'/ Couldn't catch a fish in the middle of lake Michigan/ Bitch, you road kill, I throw you under the Michelins." He's got bars for days and his vocabulary is stimulating.
All but two of the eleven songs on Unseen Armada fall under the two minute mark which is rare and surprising at the same time. However this never seems to pose any problem as the album has a seamless flow to it. The vast majority of the subject matter is your standard "These-are-all-the-ways-I'm-going-to-lyrically-kill-you" type jargon we're all familiar with and this is to be expected considering Fortunado's history in the battling scene.
What it really comes down to is if you're looking for good hip-hop, look no further. You'll have this album on repeat. If you're waiting for that new Slurpy flavour that hasn't been released yet you wont find it here and you might relate to the line on track number two, thinking to yourself; "You zilch, nah nothin', no comprende/ Sore losers better get their Bengay."
Unseen Armada is available for download on iTunes.
Written by Max Dishaw for HipHopCanada
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Twitter: @IAMFORTUNATO
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Farmingdale, NY, United States, 2009/04/16 - Data Backup Pioneer TOLIS Group introduces BRU PE: Offering an easy, solid archiving solution for music, film & graphic pros; softwares functionality defined with input from AES P&E Wing and NARAS; distributed exclusively in U.S. by Group One Ltd.
The creation of music, films and graphics are complex art forms, and once a session is appropriately captured and catalogued, it is imperative that it can be reproduced and reliably accessed. TOLIS Group (productionbackup.com)developer of data backup, restore and appliance solutions based on its proven core BRU technology serves as the foundation for BRU Producers Edition (PE). Now music, film, and graphic arts industry professionals are afforded a reliable, flexible, and easy-to-use solution to protect key creative digital assets.
The term disparate is an understatement that describes the way artists creative works are currently being archived and submitted for commercial production, said Tim Jones, president and CTO of TOLIS Group. Conforming with the archival and deliverables workflow described in the NARAS standards document, PE allows simplified capture of DAW and LNE-based suite of tools information such as: Sonic Studio, Logic, Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, and others in a standards compliant manner.
Group One, Ltd. is the exclusive U.S. distributor for BRU PE. This product finally address a vastly overlooked problem, said Group One VP/Partner, Chris Fichera. Protecting and preserving ones creative output makes financial sense considering the amount of time and money spent. Group One is one of the few distribution networks whose network, credibility and expertise could introduce this product to the market.
BRU PE Specs & Highlights:
Ease-of-use and reliability recording engineers/users will appreciate.
Drag-and-drop volumes, folders, or session files from major applications for intuitive backup operations into Producer's Edition.
Create two (2) tape copies of the same data simultaneously (Doubler Archival Mode) - thereby eliminating the need to perform two discrete backup operations for local and archival or deliverable asset copies.
Tape Library Support up to two (2) drives and 24 slots.
Engineers/Users can choose to create a single archive element containing all assigned components on one set of backup tapes, multiple archives containing one or multiple components on a single set of backup tapes, or multiple tapes with one or multiple components per tape.
Specifically designed to create session archives.
Binary & PPC or Intel processor compliant.
BRU PE is multi-processor and multi-core aware and compatible, and while already exceptionally low in overhead, takes advantage of these processing technologies to even further enhance the backup and restore throughput performance.
Recording engineers and operators can simply drag-and-drop session files, volumes, or folders into the PE environment for easy creation of the archives. Applications currently supported by this functionality include: Sonic Studio, Logic®, Final Cut Pro®, Soundtrack Pro®, and select others.
Out-of-the-box, Producer's Edition supports all tape technology and no special drivers are requiredPE will support the tape technology you are currently using or are moving toward. Additionally, the multithreaded design used in Producer's Edition unleashes the performance of the most modern tape drives.
BRU PE provides controls that define how the archives are placed on the backup media to suit your needs. You can single-drop multiple sources into BRU PE to create single or multiple tapes or archives.
Additionally, BRU PEs flexibility offers the ability to create on-site/off-site archival tape copies simultaneously. This capability eliminates the need to perform two (2) separate backup operations and reduces the potential of human error.
I have been using the TOLIS Group's backup application, BRU, for about four years and find the new version, BRU PE, to be spectacular, said Toby Scott, Engineer & Archive Catalog Administration (Thrill Hill Recording; Bruce Springsteen). I hope that this application becomes well known throughout the entertainment industry and any other business field needing verified backup and archival of digital information, continues Scott. BRU is already approved by the NARAS organization for archival and delivery of audio files and I believe that it should become the standard for the industry. The company has been around for over 25 years and a glance at their client list is an indication of the stability of the company and the products.
BRU PE is now available for download and purchase.
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