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Life, Animated (2016) From Academy Award® winning director Roger Ross Williams, LIFE, ANIMATED is the inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films. This emotional coming-of-age story follows Owen as he graduates to adulthood and takes his first steps toward independence. The subject of his father Ron Suskind’s New York Times bestseller, Owen was a thriving three year old who suddenly and inexplicably went silent – and for years after remained unable to connect with other people or to convey his thoughts, feelings or desires. Over time, through repeated viewings of Disney classics like THE LITTLE MERMAID and THE LION KING, Owen found useful tools to help him to understand complex social cues and to re-connect with the world around him. LIFE, ANIMATED evocatively interweaves classic Disney sequences with verite scenes from Owen’s life in order to explore how his identification and empathy for characters like Simba, Jafar, and Ariel gave him a means to understand his feelings and allowed him to interpret reality. Beautiful, original animations offer rich insights into Owen’s fruitful dialogue with the Disney oeuvre as he imagines himself heroically facing adversity as a member in a tribe of sidekicks. Owen’s story is a moving testament to the many ways in which stories can serve as a means of persevering through the dark times, leading us all toward the light. This screening is in collaboration with the American Film Showcase, the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the US General Consulate in Dubai. “Instead of false hope, it offers up possibility, the chance of a stimulus that might get past the blocks of developmental disorder.” — Rolling Stone	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Apr 20 Stankovic: "10 phenomenal years at Inter. It was the right time for us to win CL" Speaking to RTS, Inter legend Dejan Stankovic looks back at his 10 phenomenal years at Inter. “In 2004, there were many clubs interested in me and one of them was Inter. Mancini told me to go to the Nerazzurri because of their history. There were almost 10 phenomenal years at Inter and I wrote good history there. Hall of Fame? I am honored to have so many votes. In the treble winning team, there were many players over 30 years old. I don’t want to say that it was our last chance to win but it was the right time to win. There was a group of 10-12 players who were on the last train. We won everything guided by Mourinho. “We did not have problems that could not be solved in the dressing room and winning the Champions League is the pinnacle of a football club. There were a lot of phenomenal players and I will not forget anyone. Fortunately, I had a long career and played with great players like Ibrahimovic, Motta, Sneijder, Milito…”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Winflashmedia.com Removal Guide Do you know what Winflashmedia.com is? Winflashmedia.com is a dirty website pushing crap-ware or fake programs. Winflashmedia.com may mask as a site providing legitimate services for computer users. Winflashmedia.com cannot be trusted. Winflashmedia.com may be blocked by some ISP's but remains to be a malicious website. In non-techie terms: Winflashmedia.com was created by hackers in an attempt to get users to fall into a trap. Winflashmedia.com may redirect you to other malicious websites or try to offer false services that you may lose your hard earned money on. Do not under any circumstances visit the Winflashmedia.com website.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Andrew R. Allgood, DMD, PCAppointments: (706) 863-3290 Andrew Allgood D.M.D. Andrew R. Allgood, DMD, PC Would you like a whiter smile right now? In the Martinez, GA area, Andrew R. Allgood, DMD, PC offers in-office tooth whitening for quick results. Dr. Andrew Allgood applies a bleaching solution to your teeth which is then accelerated by a high-intensity light. Teeth can often be whitening in one or two one-hour sessions - perfect if you're looking for a quick and easy way to brighten up your smile. With oral conscious sedation, Martinez area sedation dentist Andrew Allgood, D.M.D. is medically able to attend to your dental needs for a longer period of time. This means you can combine all or many of your dental appointments into one. If you are in need of extensive dental work or multiple treatments are necessary, oral sedation dentistry may be the most efficient and hassle-free option for you to consider. New and safe sedation dentistry with Martinez area sedation dentist Dr. Andrew Allgood means you can have years of dental treatments done quickly while you're lightly sedated, with little or no discomfort. If you've been putting up with discomfort, hiding your smile, or delaying scheduling dental work because you're too busy, your life is about to change. Make a sedation dentistry consultation appointment today with Dr. Allgood. Dental Implants - An Alternative To Missing Teeth: Are You A Candidate? Are you missing a permanent tooth? Do you have gaps in your smile? Do you wear dentures and experience some of the following problems: Slipping and clicking while talking? Irritation and pain when you chew? Fear of eating in public? Feeling or looking older than your age? You may be a candidate for dental implants, an alternative to missing teeth. Implant dentistry uses your jaw to hold a tooth replacement or bridge, rather than anchoring it to a healthy, neighboring tooth. The results are natural-looking teeth implants that look, feel and function as your own! Healthy teeth are a gift we often take for granted. Losing one or more teeth impacts our smile, our confidence, and our enjoyment of our favorite foods. Dental implants are technology's way of taking us a step closer to a tooth replacement that feels secure and looks like our own. What Is Involved in Getting Dental Implants? Implants take several steps, but you will be able to continue your regular professional and social routines. Initially, the dentist will evaluate your mouth, teeth and jaw to determine whether dental implants are a good option for you. For most patients, there are two surgical procedures involved. First, in the actual tooth implant placement, the implants are surgically inserted by an implant dentist into or atop the jawbone. Over the next three to six months, the implants are left alone, so that the anchor can bond to the bone, creating a strong foundation for the teeth to come. Second, the new tooth or teeth are created and attached to the anchored dental implant. You now have teeth implants that might as well be your own: they look natural, are comfortable, and withstand the rigors of grinding and chewing. No one will know that your tooth has an artificial, man-made tooth implant root. Dental Implants Are Not for Everyone It's true. Your current dental health will influence whether you're a good candidate for a dental implants. Some medical conditions may interfere with normal healing, such as diabetes or heart problems. Finally, the supporting bone in your jaw must be healthy; if you clench your jaw or grind your teeth, the success rate for your dental implants will drop. Less success also is noted in smokers. A complete examination and X-rays by your dentist will determine if you are a suitable candidate for dental implants. You must also commit to a strict schedule of flossing, brushing, rinsing, and check-ups to keep them healthy. Proven Technology for a New Quality of Life Technology gets the credit for this exciting alternative to missing teeth, dentures and bridges. Researchers noticed in the 1950s that titanium and some other materials formed a strong bond to the bone. That gave rise to the use of dental implants. Today, there are patients who have had dental implants for more than 25 years. Hundreds of thousands of tooth implants have been inserted, boasting more than a 90% success rate! Metal joint implants used in other parts of the body were actually developed from the success of dental implants. It has been around for decades and people know it works. Schedule an evaluation with your dentist to determine if dental implants are right for you. Discover how they can improve your quality of life and put a genuine smile on your face. By Brian J. Gray, DDS, MAGD, FICO +Jim Du Molin is a leading Internet search expert helping individuals and families connect with the right dentist in their area. Visit his author page. Replace a Missing Tooth With a Tooth Implant Compared to previous generations when tooth loss was common, modern dentistry has made it possible for people to keep their teeth healthy and attractive for their entire lives. But for people who have experienced tooth loss, a full or partial denture has been the answer. But dentures have drawbacks. Food gets caught under the denture with resulting sore gums. Or a denture can loosen and cause embarrassment. Today, dental implants can replace missing teeth. Although the concept of a tooth implant is not new, advances in technology have improved the treatment process and the longevity of implants. Modern day dental implants are made of pure titanium and are surgically inserted in the jawbone. The tooth implant is covered with gum tissue and allowed to heal for three to six months. During this time, the titanium meshes with the bone (osseointegration), becoming part of the jawbone itself. After the gums are healed, the implants are uncovered and permanent tooth replacements are attached to the implants. Dental implants can be used for single tooth replacements, support for a permanent bridge, or as attachments to anchor a full denture securely to the jaw. If you think a tooth implant could help you or someone you know chew more comfortably, speak more clearly, or look better, call your dental office for more details. By Laura Minsk, DMD +Jim Du Molin is a leading Internet search expert helping individuals and families connect with the right dentist in their area. Visit his author page.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Chicago Tribune Fan Reviews love is strange By taupe9000 very interesting story--excellent filming ---very good acting ---great music---the story keeps losing its focus ---the side stories are interesting but too important---so many side stories take away... Love is Strange By DBLDEE9969 the movie was very heart warming and sweet! and the end was a bit of a surprise! I would have liked a happier ending, but overall I liked it alot!... A Strange Pitiful Movie... By vjmandarine A sad little movie that goes nowhere. Marginalized gay characters that seem more like victims of circumstance and poor planning.. The story spirals downward after the first 5 minutes. Since there... By abe4gs L... Disappointed By CNMGREY The cast is strong but the story a little weak. The editing was awful Far too many unnecessarily long scenes where literally nothing happened. and yet there appeared to be parts of the movie missing,... Good acting, bad story By United87 John and Alfred's acting was great but the stories left unanswered questions, this could have been a great movie... Great actors, but what is "strange" is the premise By mslim98 Any movie with Marisa Tomei, John Lithgow, and Alfred Molina in it automatically has a lot going for it, and they made the movie watchable. I wasn't annoyed until after it was over, and then I was... Photos Get Updates On All Things Movies: THANKS FOR SIGNING UP! Send Me FanText THANKS FOR SIGNING UP! By entering your mobile number and clicking "SIGN ME UP!", you consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and authorize Fandango and its service providers to deliver FanTexts and other promotional texts to your mobile phone using automated technology. Text marketing authorization is not required for any purchase from Fandango. Message and data rates may apply. We will not send more than 5 msgs/month. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting "STOP" or seek help by texting "HELP" to "FNDGO" (36346).	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
This is the Ark Ecosystem Developer Guidebook. After reading this, you'll be ready to build your own Ark-powered applications and blockchains -- perhaps with the help of some code from our tutorials. The guidebook contains technical references and in coding tutorials that might overwhelm beginners. Ark community developers and the Ark Team can be contacted on slack and gitter (less active). Do not hesitate to contact us, even if you feel the question is quite stupid and would inconvenience us. If you intend to contribute to Ark, make sure you read the guidelines on proper git usage and ask in advance if the Ark Team is working on a particular feature. In open-source projects, it is quite standard to first create an issue on GitHub before submitting a PR.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Inspiration Through Intuition Inspiration Through Intuition by Lisa van den Berg I have always been aware of the voices inside my head. More so now that I know what to listen for, but they’ve always been in my awareness. You know the ones I mean. Firstly there’s the ‘chatterbox’. It’s the one that says thing like, ‘Don’t be ridiculous, how will you manage a project?’ or ‘Who wants to get up early to go and meditate on a Sunday? Stay in bed a little longer, you deserve it’ or ‘I wouldn’t even try test-driving that huge car. You’ll never be able to handle it!’ It’s the voice that constantly nags at the back of your mind. Then there’s the voice that tells you to do something and keeps at you ‘til you do. You know the voice that says ‘C’mon, you love to act, go and try out for that community play’, or ‘There’s someone following you, go into a store’ or ‘Get up and do your meditation because the benefits you’ll gain far outweigh lounging around in bed when you’ve had your 8 hours of sleep’. The difference between these two voices is profound. The first one is the culmination of years of negative programming. It is the voice of the sub conscious trying to protect its picture of how your life should be. The second voice is the voice of intuition. It is also known as the sixth sense and is one of our amazing senses, as well as our pathway to connect with the Universe. It has been said that if Prayer is our way of speaking to God, then Intuition is His way of speaking to us. Just let that sink in for a moment. So, that means that every time we have had that funny feeling where the hairs on the back of our necks stand on end, or we get a flash that leads us in a certain direction, God is talking to us? I believe, that it most certainly is. A friend I worked with told me an astounding story. She was sitting at work one day when she got a blinding ‘flash’ in her head. In those couple of seconds she saw a truck smash into the drivers side of her husband’s car and crush him to death. She said she was so ‘charged’ that she screamed to him to move over to the passenger side. When the phone rang later and the police told her that her husband had been in an accident but was miraculously unhurt, she rushed over to the hospital. When she got there he told her about what had happened. He had been waiting for the lights to change and all of a sudden her face had appeared in front of him, screaming to him to move to the passenger side of the car. He said the look on her face was so compelling that he shifted immediately. As he did, the truck ploughed into the seat that he’d just left. The Police said he would have died instantly. That is the power of tuning in, acknowledging and recognizing your Intuitive capabilities. When God sends you the things you need, to get your life going in the direction you want to go, he’ll whisper them softly in your ear. They'll stay with you and keep on whispering until you act on them. You just need to learn to listen. Open your heart to your Intuition and listen for its quiet prompts. When you ‘feel’ that you want to make beautiful pottery all day long and not be a corporate banker, have the courage to do what your heart is telling you that you love to do and know that everything will always be all right, because God is with you. Lisa van den Berg is the author of ‘Alleviate Stress – How to WIN at the Game of Life!’ Get your copy now at http://www.Alleviate-Stress.com/web/ar7 Learn how to live the Life of your dreams by subscribing to Lisa’s weekly e-zine ‘Empower Your Life!’ at http://www.TheAlternativeRookie.com, today!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Underground: READER AND CRITICAL ACCLAIM Back Cover Praise `...I hold your book responsible for destroying my social life for the last two days...I bought it Friday afternoon, and then finished it at lunchtime today! (Sunday) grin. Excellent reading!' -- [email protected] `A few pages into this book I found it to be different to any other book I have ever read on the subject. Dreyfus treats the people she writes about AS PEOPLE not just "computer junkies" or "cyber geeks"' -- [email protected] `A real pleasure' -- George Smith, Crypt News `A tale of madness, paranoia and brilliance among Australian computer hackers - and how they nearly brought NASA undone' -- The Weekend Australian Magazine `Adventure book for the brain' -- Sarah McDonald, JJJ `After reading the extract of Underground in The Age I couldn't wait to read it. Finally it came out in the shops and I finished it all within a few days. I wasn't disappointed for a second.' -- [email protected] `Amazing insight' -- [email protected] `Backed up by..detailed technical research' -- Trudie MacIntosh, The Australian `I have never before read a book this good, literally!' -- [email protected] `I just finished the book.. and thoroughly enjoyed it. Dreyfus showed an amazing insight into the world of electronic exploration. I am sure it was in no small part due to [the researcher's] excellent technical assistance. Good Job!!' -- [email protected] `I loved the book - couldnt put it down!' -- [email protected] `I wanted to say how much I liked your book Underground' -- Prof. Dorothy Denning `I was blown away' -- [email protected] `I'm grateful to Ms Dreyfus for introducing me to a number of first-rate subversives' -- Phillip Adams, Late Night Live `Joy knew no bounds' -- Phillip Adams, Late Night Live `Just thought that I would say great job on your book very nice piece of work and very informative!' -- Anonymous hacker `WOW! What an incredible read! Your book captures exactly what it was like for me...' -- Anonymous Canadian hacker `Well done and thanks' -- [email protected] `What is most impressive, however, is the personal detail she has managed to garner about her subjects: more than anything else, it is this is which gives Underground its appeal' -- Danny Yee, Danny Yee's review of books `Will Surprise' -- Darren Reed, author, ipfirewall `Wonderful Book' -- [email protected] `[I was] suprised at the effect it had on me' -- [email protected]	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Federal safe harbors apply for all income levels. The safe harbors are different depending on income. IRS Publication 17:Estimated tax safe harbor for higher income taxpayers. If your 2011 adjusted gross income was more than $150,000 ($75,000 if you are married filing a separate return), you must deposit the smaller of 90% of your expected tax for 2012 or 110% of the tax shown on your 2011 return to avoid an estimated tax penalty.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Security clearances 101 There are 3 levels of security clearance. Top Secret is the highest level and must be renewed/reinvestigated every five years. This info can cause “exceptionally grave damage” to the United States. Examples: info to counterterrorism, national security, nuclear weapons and counterintelligence This level often takes 6-18 months to investigate and includes interviews of your associates. Secret clearance is the second highest and must be reinvestigated every 10 years. This information can cause “serious” damage to the United States. This level takes a few months to a year to fully investigate the applicant depending on the complexity of their background. This is the level Jared Kushner was just downgraded to. Confidential is the lowest level of clearance and requires only a few weeks to months of investigation to obtain. It looks 7 years into your past and is reinvestigated every 15 years. This info causes “damage” to the United States. Common reasons for a security clearance denial include: - bankruptcy/debt/unpaid bills (a poor financial history is the #1 disqualifier) - having previously lied on an application - criminal charges - foreign influence: significant ties to people outside the US (ie: relatives or friends) - alcohol consumption habits - drug involvement - emotional/behavioral issues - misuse of technology systems - sexual behavior (I think this one falls under the category of “things you could be blackmailed by in order to keep them hidden”) The most important qualifications are: - honesty - candor - thoroughness in completing the forms Only US citizens can gain security clearances. However, an exception is allowed in specific situations wherein there are compelling reasons for limited access to be granted to an immigrant alien or foreign national employee who possess a special expertise that is needed for specific programs, projects, contracts, licenses, certificates, or grants.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Just another WordPress.com site South Downs – Walking in Arundel Park October 7, 2011 A lovely autumnal walk up through Arundel Park, to a familiar bench, overlooking the River Arunand the village of Amberley, a favourite ramble not done for some fifteen months. Though, as with so many walks, it felt that not a moment had passed since I was last there. In Arundel Park I think it was the poet Edward Thomas, trying to think up a beautiful English word, who gave up, thinking that the word Amberley could not be bettered. He also commented that the countryside north of Arundel was very near to Paradise. I walked up from Swanbourne Lake, half-dry, but full of wildfowl, this year’s signets nearly fully grown. As I walked up through the Duke of Norfolk’s pheasant preserves, the autumn breeze blew down showers of autumn leaves over my head, disturbed pheasants scuttled into cover and a partridge ran across the ride. The head of Arundel Park is a very peaceful spot, and I enjoyed regarding it from the solitary bench. Good views across Sussex, old paths in the Arun valley revealing themselves when seen from this high vantage point. Then across a grassy downland path, and a steep woodland track, its chalk exposed from much use, down through a gate in the park wall to the banks of the Arun. The park wall is a remarkable flint construction, in its way an architectural marvel, as it loops the thousand acres of the park. Now the estate has a fairly liberal access policy, far beyond the rights of way. But what must the wall have said to local people when the 11th Duke of Norfolk had it built in 1787? Something like “This is Mine – Keep Out?” I followed the Arun to South Stoke with its beautiful and peaceful little church and churchyard – a truly peaceful place. The church itself, lit for evening services only by candlelight, is delightfully simple, it graveyard and setting an oasis of calm. Then on to Arundel, with its splendid walking stick shop – worth a visit just to gaze at the hundreds of sticks – and a good hour browsing in Kim’s antiquarian bookshop – a good place to seek out walking books old and new.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A philosophical approach TEXT HELGE TIMMERBERG ILLUSTRATION TIM MÖLLER-KAYA Every trip I make, I pay a sucker tax, but only once. After that, I keep my wits about me – until my next trip, when I fall into the same old trap. I’ve done this so often that I am beginning to believe in things like mini-destiny, mini-attentiveness and mini-stupidity. It usually happens in a taxi, and most often in the one conveying me from the airport to my hotel. Either because I forget to make sure the driver turns on his meter or because I don’t know my way around, I often end up paying twice the going rate. For me, it’s actually quite a relief to find I’ve paid the sucker tax so early on – and so cheaply. Being cheated out of 20 or 30 dollars puts more of a dent in one’s dignity than in one’s wallet. But 100 dollars hurts, as I discovered once upon a time in Tel Aviv. I walked out of my hotel on my way to a disco. The taxi driver said “No problem, Klaus,” and kept that up for the entire journey because he thought I was the eccentric actor Klaus Kinski wishing to remain incognito. Not in his taxi! World fame has its price. We drove halfway around the city and even onto an expressway before he finally pulled up in front of the disco where I handed him 100 dollars without batting an eyelid, since the trip had really taken a long time. I only realized what an idiot I had been hours later, when I asked the bouncer to call me a cab. The Hilton, he told me, was just 100 meters down the street. I soon composed myself again, however, because what the taxi driver had really done was play on my pride, and pride is not only a great weakness, but also a sin, they say. In the realm of such failings, a 100-dollar penalty is surely not too much to pay. All’s well that ends well.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Mozilla has announced plans to integrate its Firefox web browser with Metro for Windows 8 - including Gecko. "Windows 8 contains two application environments, 'Classic' and 'Metro'. Classic is very similar to the Windows 7 environment at this time, it requires a simple evolution of the current Firefox Windows product. Metro is an entirely new environment and requires a new Firefox front end and system integration points. The feature goal here is a new Gecko based browser built for and integrated with the Metro environment. Firefox on Metro, like all other Metro apps will be full screen, focused on touch interactions, and connected to the rest of the Metro environment through Windows 8 contracts." I haven't checked - does Microsoft allow different rendering engines?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
University extension, division of an institution of higher learning that conducts educational activities for persons (usually adults) who are generally not full-time students. These activities are sometimes called extramural studies, continuing education, higher adult education, or university adult education. Since its inception, group instruction in the form of formal lectures, discussion groups, seminars, and workshops has remained the core of extension courses. One important consequence of the extension movement was that it helped to establish higher education for women. Southampton, England: University of SouthamptonProfessional Services building, University of Southampton, England.Ben O'Neill In 1867 an extension course was being offered by a University of Cambridge professor, and by the 1880s such courses were flourishing in centres throughout England. About 1885 university leaders in the United States became aware of the programs at British universities. The most significant development came at the University of Chicago when extension was included as an integral part of the design for the new university, incorporating provisions for off-campus centres, correspondence instruction, and various other programs. At many American universities the number of adults engaged in extension programs has become greater than the number of full-time students enrolled on campus, and specialized units offering such programs have proliferated rapidly. Some universities reorganized themselves to give extension an important place as an all-institutional function paralleling that of resident teaching and research. Elsewhere in the world, university extension has developed most fully in English-speaking countries. In some instances, following British practice, the term extramural studies is used.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Jon Anderson (Citibank Hall, São Paulo, 13/12/11) Birds chirping, a babbling tune squeaked easy to store, acoustic instruments, scented candles everywhere, lamps suspended in the half light … No, it will not deal with a store of esoteric products, dear reader, but the show’s British Jon Anderson, the eternal voice of YES, who came to our country for a brief tour in promotion of their album “Survival & Other Stories” . On Tuesday, 13, Whiplash.net could give his presentation in the state capital, when the musician was in the pleasant Citibank Hall. The moment was very special and you follow the details in the next lines. Alone, at 21:30, Jon kicks in lavishing sympathy and heartfelt applause. Without ado, holds one of the guitars available there and gives the first chords of “Yours Is No Disgrace”, one of many classics of his former band played during his performance. The following three, all ofYESProved that centuries may pass, and even then, good music will remain timeless. Or you can say the opposite of hymns flawless level of “Sweet Dreams,” “Long Distance Runaround” (belíssima!) and “Time and a Word”, the second self-titled album, released in 1970? Also, on this record somewhat obscure in the discography of the English group, it is noteworthy musical quality in each of the eight tracks present. Far ahead of his time, Time and a Word, disk , and one of my favorites, is indeed a work extremely well finished and worth more attentive hearing, including the fact marking the departure of the great guitarist Peter Banks ( Editor’s note: that formed the great Flash after his resignation from YES, A group widely recognized in Europe on behalf of their three excellent albums released ). Image After a brief joke interspersed with the previous song “She Loves You” by The Beatles , Jon explains that during the months he spent recovering from a surgery he had time to write enough material, much of having his wife Jane as inspiration. This season he chose “Under Heaven’s Door (Never Ever)” and “Everyday Love” actually good songs, but the reception only increased even when he announced “Find My Way Home”, probably the most famous partnership with the Greek musician Vangelis, present in the cult album The Friends on Mr. Cairo (1981). Anderson took the opportunity to recall a hilarious story of when they were invited to play the aforementioned music, which achieved excellent placement in the British charts, on TV. Vangelis initially refused because, according to Jon, did not support the “hype” of the industry of show business. However, it was just mentioning the word “black money” for the boy change his mind in the act! Image The unfailing “Starship Trooper” came next, with coladinha “America”, cover of the famous work of Paul Simon and Garfunkel, was one of the most sung. The requests from fans, “Ritual (Nous Sommer Du Soleil)”, the controversial – and wonderful – Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973), the sixth studio album YES , was included in the repertoire. I wondered how great it would be if there were an accompanying band. The following need not be announced: “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” the biggest hit YES if you look at the world level. Performed briefly, but well arranged, that remained intact close relationship between performer and audience that has always promoted since his first introduced back in 1983, when the multi-platinum album 90,125 fell into the graces of the public. Jon then goes to the keyboard and starts a delicious medley containing “Set Sail” perfect “Close To the Edge” (much shortened, unfortunately), “Heart of Sunrise” and “The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn) “. The last letter of this is very complex and difficult to follow, however, the attentive audience did not seem intimidated and sang every verse in unison. “Marry Me Again With” kept the intimate atmosphere, and then return to the humorous side to “The Light of Love” and brought their unique reggae. “And You And I” was one of the points high, but could, it is one of the most beautiful things ever forged in the UK. Jon asks if anyone knows “Show Me”, which is played after the positive response of the majority. In the case I do not admire him, even this is a bonus The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection, released in 2003. Image Like most readers of this text may already know, in 1975 all the members of YES at the time decide to take a break from the band and releasing solo albums. Olias of Sunhillow what was left of the head of Jon Anderson after weeks locked inside a garage full of tools and many exotic megalomaniac ideas. From that classic album of the two most interesting were selected for this concert: “Flight of the Moorglade” and “To the Runner.” The regular part of the set even brought the obligatory “Your Move / I’ve Seen All Good People” and “Roundabout”, followed by standing for almost the entire house. A quick exit from the stage, and the encore was soon brought “State of Independence”, another partnership with Vangelis, the supernatural “Wonderous Stories” (another note from the Editor: Along with “Circus of Heaven”, my favorite YES) and sensational “Soon” section of the epic “The Gates of Delirium”, the insane and equally perfect Relayer, which featured Patrick Moraz on the keyboard after the rout of Rick Wakeman due to its dissatisfaction with the previous release, Tales From Topographic Oceans (more an editor’s note: Indian documentary YesYears for more details on the fact). Image The “one-man show” ended after 90 minutes of beautiful songs, smiles and tears. I could see how dear Jon Anderson is, regardless of age. Even amid the controversy after leaving YES , both have been incredibly well received by the Brazilians. Whether solo or with the band who designed the world, the fact is that time does not seem to move to this gentleman. At the height of its 67 years his voice remains intact and full of vigor, as well as the legion of fans who follow him. Set-list 1. Yours Is No Disgrace (Yes) 2. Sweet Dreams (Yes) 3. Long Distance Runaround (Yes) 4. Time and a Word (Yes) 5. Under Heaven’s Door (Never Ever) 6. Everyday Love 7. Find My Way Home (Jon & Vangelis) 8. Starship Trooper (Yes) 9. America (Yes / original by Simon & Garfunkel) 10. Ritual (Nous Sommer Du Soleil) (Yes) 11. Owner of a Lonely Heart (Yes) 12. Piano Medley (Set Sail, Close to the Edge, Heart of the Sunnis, Set Sail reprise, The Revealing Science of God) 13. With Marry Me Again 14. The Light of Love 15. And You And I (Yes) 16. Show Me 17. Flight of the Moorglade / To the Runner 18. Tony And Me (Yes) 19. Your Move / I’ve Seen All Good People (Yes) 20. Roundabout (Yes) Encore 21. State of Independence 22. Wonderous Stories (Yes) 23. Soon (Yes)	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
SEARCH by Movie Title or Actor First Name At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
John Huff/Staff photographer Amal Bensoudad kisses her newborn son, Adam Myassar, after being the first expectant mother to go into labor in Wentworth-Douglass Hospital's new Birth Center in the Garrison Wing. DOVER — At seven pounds, Gavin Stockman made his entrance into the world in style on Tuesday as the first baby born in the new Garrison Wing at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. In an oversized light green room with gender neutral colored furniture, two-toned wood floors and large windows overlooking Central Avenue, proud parents Shannon Ainsworth and Christopher Stockman, of Somersworth, said the environment of the new wing was like giving birth in a hotel. “It doesn't even look like a hospital room,” Christopher said, adding the rooms are not only great for the mothers, but are great for the fathers, because the furniture is large enough to rest on. The wing officially opened on Tuesday, and welcomed baby Gavin at 2:46 p.m. “It kind of feels like, not home, but it has a home environment,” Shannon said while cradling Gavin, who slowly began to open his eyes to peek around the brand new room. “It is really nice.” Just outside the room, the halls are also larger than those in the old birthing unit, and they are lined with family-friendly foxes, bears, rabbit, moose and other animal cutouts on the walls. The theme of the floor is “Mystic Meadows.” Click image to enlarge John Huff/Staff photographer Christopher Stockman and Shannon Ainsworth hold their newborn son, Gavin Stockman, who was the first baby born in Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s new constructed Garrison Wing. Shannon delivered her 6-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, in the old birthing unit at WDH. Aaliyah had been a few days overdue and Shannon was in labor for almost 25 hours. Unlike his older sister, Gavin was “super quick,” she said. Shannon was in actual labor for just two hours. Just 18 minutes before Gavin was born, Adam Myassar was born at the hospital, but not in the new wing. His mother, Amal Bensoudad, labored in the new wing, but had a Caesarean section and delivered Adam in the old unit. The new unit does have a dedicated C-section operating room, which will be open shortly. Originally from Morocco, Amal and Adam's father, Adil Myassar, have a 3-year-old son, Abdou, who was also born at the hospital. Adil said the new wing and the size of the rooms is “excellent,” just like the nurses who helped deliver his second son. To thank them, Adil made baklava, a treat he said many people eat back in Morocco. Adil is a chef at a Portsmouth restaurant. Just around the corner from the rooms where Gavin and Adam were being cooed are other rooms to help facilitate the newborns. Hannaford supermarket donated $250,000 to the new wing and have a nursery named after them. The nursery houses a stabilization unit, an isolation room, a room for car seat testing and lactation visits, and rooms made for twins. Some lights in the room are shaped like butterflies and bumblebees to go along with the theme on the floor. There is also a playroom with books, toys and seats for adults. The floor also has a Jacuzzi room and a water birth room. Vice President of Community Relations, Noreen Biehl, said the hospital averages three babies a day. Last year, a little under 1,000 babies were born at WDH. Biehl said that of the entire new wing, including both the Women's and Children's floor, the main floor consisting of the new library, the Chaplain, Social Work Services, Community Relations and Human Resource, classrooms and auditoriums for training, lectures and continuing education and the two floors of patient rooms, nothing is missing. She said the wing is large, bright, pleasant, and best of all, it is brand new. The Garrison Wing took two years to build and is now a working part of the hospital.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Bullyproof Your Classroom with Brown Paper Bags This is the first of several posts from inner-city middle school teacher Mackenzie Grate about building a positive classroom culture. by Mackenzie Grate Every teacher has experienced that moment when we feel like the culture of our classroom is either beginning a downward spiral or about to spin out of control. Bickering and disengagement are growing. Bullying is on the rise. • Maybe we’re a rookie teacher and we’ve had the realization that we didn’t start the year off right. Panic is setting in. Will the rest of our first year be doomed to failure? Because things are really getting crazy in this classroom…. • Maybe we’re a veteran who suddenly realizes that we simply got too comfortable this year and didn’t put as much effort or time into classroom systems and routines as we normally do. Now we can feel the dynamic among the kids starting to deteriorate. • Or perhaps we have a larger scale problem – we’re in a building where the entire school culture is out of control and we’re just trying to do our part to keep chaos from fully ensuing. No matter what the case may be, one thing’s for sure: You have to address a classroom culture in crisis. Here’s what worked in my classroom Students cannot afford to wait a whole year, missing valuable instruction, with the dim hope that in the next grade “things will be different.” And that goes double for our most struggling learners, many of whom already feel alienated from the education process and are what we might describe as “cultural foreigners” in the traditional school setting. So we must fix it. But how? How does a teacher actually stop students from bullying? How does a teacher get students to be able to value treating each other well? How does a teacher get students to recognize their part in the learning process? Sounds cliché, but it’s simple: you teach them! I want to share a powerful strategy that I developed in my sixth grade classroom two years ago with my co-teacher Mr. W and Connor Reed, our City Year volunteer. It’s called “Epiphany in a Paper Bag.” Our classroom crisis came near the end of the year, and we decided that we needed to press the cultural reset button. But can you really restore sanity and civility so late in the game? Developmentally, most middle schoolers are really only able to see how their actions affect themselves, not others. So we were naturally concerned it couldn’t be done. But then we wondered: If we could provide our students the opportunity to genuinely experience how they made other people feel – and how that made others perceive them – maybe they would reconsider their actions towards their classmates. Our solution was to give each student three pink and three green sticky notes. On the green stickies, we invited them to write down three things classmates had done that made them feel happy or special. Without signing their name, they were asked to fold each note over and write the individual’s name neatly on the front. As students wrote, we circled the room, encouraging the process and collecting the notes. By having them write three notes, we hoped to reinforce the idea that despite negative experiences, there were positive actions being taken in our school community on a regular basis. Then we asked our students to do the opposite. On each of the pink stickies, they wrote down something a person did that made them feel terrible, embarrassed, or angry. Similarly, because we wanted these notes to be brutally honest, we reminded the students not to include their own names. Just as before, they folded each note and wrote the name of the classmate who took the action towards them on the front. Meanwhile, at the back of the room… While all the writing was in progress, neatly lined up in the back of the room were 30 brown paper sacks, each with a student’s name on it. One instructor (in this case Mr. Reed) was busy sorting the sticky notes into the bags, according to the name written on each folded slip. Some bags were stuffed with positive notes, some with negative notes, and some with a mixture of both. I can’t recall a single bag that didn’t have at least one post-it in it. When the students finished their writing, the teachers began distributing the paper sacks to their owners. Students were then given the opportunity to open their paper bags and start reading the comments directly and privately. Looking across the room you could see little smiles on the faces of the kids who had received and read the green notes. It made them feel reassured to be acknowledged for their good deeds. One student had 30+ pink stickies that he had to read through. Another student had all green stickies. Most students had several of each. And then we shared… As students finished going through their bags, I asked them to journal what they were thinking, feeling and realizing at that moment. Never have I seen so many students so engaged in silent journaling and actual self-reflection. The thoughts and feelings were teeming onto the various sheets of looseleaf and notebook paper. After that, we opened a discussion in which we asked for volunteers to share their experiences. Much to my surprise, it was the student who got 30 pink stickies (and not a single green note) who shot up his hand first. I decided to call on him because the whole point of this exercise was to confront the issues that we had let linger a bit too long. This student spoke candidly and said he had no idea how much he hurt his classmates. He said he thought he was being funny because everyone laughed when he said things, and he genuinely thought he was more of a “class clown.” Now he realized the kids were laughing along with him because they were scared that he might target them next. The impact on our classroom community as this 6th grader shared these realizations about his behavior is a moment in my teaching career that I will never forget. We really got through to him. His honesty then initiated a flood of other responses. Students began opening up about their experiences and how they really felt when their classmates said or did certain things. Even the students with all green sticky notes chimed in to talk about how difficult it is to be nice to everyone all the time, even when they don’t always get the same in return. Our classroom culture changed for the better The dynamic of this cohort of students shifted. It was clear that the level of vulnerability and honesty made them reevaluate their perspective on how they affected others. To this day, when I come in contact with those students from two years ago, they remember our activity and talk about how it changed them as a person. I learned that difficult topics need to be addressed, but students also need to learn about these tough issues through actual experiences. Opportunities for safe, structured, but extremely honest feedback need to occur frequently in our schools and classes. As the saying goes, “You may not remember exactly what someone says or does, but you will never forget how they made you feel.” Let’s create many opportunities for this generation of students to gain insight into how they feel about themselves and how they impact the feelings of others around them. Mackenzie Grate has been a Title One middle school ELA teacher in New York City for the past 8 years. She has a BA in English Education and an MS in TESOL from New York University. She is currently earning her MA in Educational Leadership from The College of Saint Rose. Her hope is to one day open a school with her colleagues based on a collaborative teacher leadership model. Follow her on Twitter @ThisTeacherSays or read her musings about all things educational on her blog at MackenzieGrate.com. Share this: MiddleWeb is all about the middle grades, with great 4-8 resources, book reviews, and guest posts by educators who support the success of young adolescents. And be sure to subscribe to MiddleWeb SmartBrief for the latest middle grades news & commentary from around the USA. What if the student who had received all the pink notes, did not respond that way? I teach sophomores in high school, and I could envision one or two of them wearing that as a badge of honor…how do we get through to them? Thanks very much for this idea, I would love to try it!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Did Britney Spears really scream and shout on her new track with will.i.am? On Wednesday night's "Watch What Happens Live" on Bravo, host Andy Cohen asked his guests Eve and English celeb chef Nigella Lawson their feelings about the pop star's British accent in her collaboration with the Black Eyed Peas' frontman. "I heard that might not be Britney," the rapper-designer interjected, making a face. As massive boos rained down on her from the audience, Eve playfully covered her face and then her butt. (Watch the video HERE) "That's what I heard, but you know, I don't know," she continued. "It could be Britney. But I heard it wasn't"	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
We were invited by KOA Ventura and GoRVing to spend a few days at the cabins, however, all opinions, typos, and grammatical errors and my own. Did you know that Glamping has been named one of the five hottest trends in girl’s getaways by TravelChannel.com? I would have to agree. Going glamping is a great way to connect with your friends, and enjoy good food, and cherish the beautiful scenery without giving up the comforts of civilization when on vacation. I wanted to plan a trip together for some of my blogging friends, so I decided to plan a glamping trip at KOA Ventura Ranch. A lot has happened since the last time I visited the location for a family trip. For instance, the famous Thomas fire destroyed a huge part of the campgrounds. As a matter of fact, the cabins we stayed at are brand new. The old cabins were great, but the new ones, are extraordinary. The outside gives you the camping feeling with a picnic table, a BBQ grill and the fire-pit perfect for s’mores. The two cabins we stayed at are the first cabins in the US to have an upper deck that is perfect to enjoy your coffee in the morning or observe the sunset with a cup of wine in the evening. The cabins have a living room with pull out couch, dining table, kitchen with tableware, microwave, coffee maker, stove, and refrigerator. They also have a private bathroom with shower, hot water and master bedroom. The upstairs loft area comes with mattresses and blankets. You also have heater or A/C (depending of the season_ and Wi-Fi Watch the video below for a walking tour of the cabin From the cabins you can hear the Santa Paula Creek. If the weather is nice you can even take a dip in the Big Foot Water Hole. There are plenty of hiking trails in the area, or you can just enjoy the view and stay inside enjoying silly conversation and wine. Be on the lookout because the wild peacocks come regularly to visit. I was very pleased to learn they did not suffer during the fires. If the group wants some fun activities, you can join the tie dye t-shirts, the panning for gold or rock climbing. KOA Ventura is a great place to have a staycation getaway with your girlfriends. The campground is only 4 miles away from Santa Paula, so you can even go out to the town for dinner and drinks. We had the best couple of days. We drank, we played board games, we cooked, we eat, we karaoke, we just let loose. I can’t wait to plan our next getaway, where should we go next?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Events PTK Kentucky Honors in Action and Leadership Conference October 19-20 Conference Speakers Tori Murden McClure is the president of Spalding University, in Louisville, Kentucky. Spalding continues a legacy of education and service established by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 1814. Today, Spalding serves students at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level. A passionate world adventurer and humanitarian, Ms. McClure is best known as the first woman and first American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was also the first woman and first American to travel overland to the geographic South Pole, skiing 750 miles from the ice shelf to the pole. Ms. McClure has climbed on several continents and is a fully certified emergency medical technician in both urban and wilderness areas and is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School having served as the chair of the board of directors. An outspoken critic of the disparity in higher education today and always promoting the transformational power of education, Tori holds a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College, a Master of Divinity from Harvard University, and her juris doctorate from the University of Louisville’s Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. In 2005, she earned her master of fine arts in writing from Spalding University. Her non-fiction book A Pearl in the Storm was published by Harper-Collins in 2009. Tori Murden McClure encourages individuals, particularly students at Spalding, to seek greatness through learning and to use their talents and skills to contribute to their own communities. Kris Kimel was the founding president of the non-profit Kentucky Science and Technology Corp. and creator of the Idea Festival. For over three decades, Kimel has pushed for innovation as the way to build Kentucky’s economy for the future. Kimel is chairman of one of the companies he helped create: Lexington-based Space Tango, a micro-gravity research company that serves clients by using the International Space Station. Kimel has a lot of ideas about how to make Kentucky more successful in the 21s century and beyond. He is an agent for change in our society. “I think Kentucky is capable of really great things,” he said. “We just need to be able to imagine those things and go after them. We need to be far more curious, far more innovative and take on big ideas.” The meme, “Stay Curious,” was prominently advertised at Idea Festival, a 2-3 day non-stop mash up of ideas and initiatives that were presented in TED-talk style initially in Lexington and then in Louisville over all of the last decade and most of this one. Hotel Information Group registrations must contact the hotel with payment information to reserve rooms. Any organization that are tax exempt and paying with an organization credit card needs to contact the hotel prior to the arrival with a copy of the Kentucky tax exempt certificate. On Friday, the conference will be held on the University of Louisville Campus in the Student Activities Center (SAC), Multi-purpose Room (MPR). Guests can park in the Floyd Street Parking garage free of charge. Look for the sign that says “Event Parking.” On Saturday, the conference will take place at Jefferson Community and Technical College. Students will be able to park for free in the large student parking lot, which is right in front of Health Sciences Hall (marked “A South” on the map) where the conference will be located. Regional Service Project - Support for the Ronald McDonald House Donations in support of the Ronald McDonald House will be accepted during the conference. For detailed information on needed materials, please see this link: rmhc-kentuckiana.org/wish-list	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —Oando Energy Resources Inc. (“OER” or the “Company”) (TSX: OER), a company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Nigeria, today is pleased to announce a $91 Million upsizing of its senior secured facility (the “RBL Upsize“) from $215 Million to $306 Million, and the repayment of its $100 Million African Export-Import Bank subordinated loan facility (the “Afrexim Facility“), which were utilized in the financing of the $1.5 Billion acquisition of the ConocoPhillips Nigerian Oil and Gas Business (“ConocoPhillips Acquisition”) in July, 2014. The $91 Million RBL Upsize was arranged by Standard Chartered Bank and African Export-Import Bank (“Afrexim“) as Mandated Lead Arrangers (“MLAs“) with participation from Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc and Natixis. The proceeds from the Upsize, along with cash on hand, were used to repay the $100 Million Afrexim Facility. Following the completion of these transactions, OER has total debt outstanding of $546 Million, comprised of: $306 Million outstanding under its RBL Facility; and $240 Million outstanding under its Corporate Facility. Combined with cash on hand, OER’s net debt position is $500 Million as of October 26, 2015, down 44% from $900 Million outstanding at the completion of the ConocoPhillips Acquisition in July 2014. Commenting, Pade Durotoye, CEO Oando Energy Resources said: “The upsizing of the RBL loan is a true testament to the quality of the assets we acquired in July 2014. The cashflows from these assets have continued to pay down the Company’s post acquisition debt with the assistance of the value realized from the resetting of our hedge instruments, leaving a debt:equity ratio of 0.57 today, compared with 0.91 in July, 2014. OER remains focused on its financial and operational goals of strengthening its Balance Sheet and maintaining stable production levels through production optimization in these times of reduced oil prices and limited capital investment.” About Oando Energy Resources Inc. (OER) OER currently has a broad suite of producing, development and exploration assets in the Gulf of Guinea (predominantly in Nigeria). Average production for OER in the third quarter of 2015 was 53,169 boe/d. Cautionary Statements Oil and Gas Equivalents Production information is commonly reported in units of barrel of oil equivalent (“boe” or “Mboe” or “MMboe”) or in units of natural gas equivalent (“Mcfe” or “MMcfe” or Bcfe“). However, boe’s or Mcfe’s may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion ratio of 6 Mcf = 1 barrel, or a Mcfe conversion ratio of 1 barrel = 6 Mcf, is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. Readers are cautioned that boe may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. Forward Looking Statements: This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The use of any of the words “expect”, “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “objective”, “ongoing”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “should”, “believe”, “plans”, “intends” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking information or statements. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking statements relating to intended acquisitions. Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking statements and information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements and information because the Company can give no assurance that such statements and information will prove to be correct. Since forward-looking statements and information address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. These include, but are not limited to: risks related to international operations, the integration of assets acquired under the COP acquisition, the actual results of current exploration and drilling activities, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined and the future price of crude oil. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Additional information on these and other factors that could affect the Company’s financial results are included in reports on file with applicable securities regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com) under the Company. The forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Superintendent’s Center As the world becomes increasingly digital, and the nation’s schools are entering a new era of accountability, our expectations for school superintendents are changing as well. To be successful, today’s superintendents must understand how technology can support the mission of K-12 school districts: how it can be used to drive down costs, improve efficiencies, extend learning opportunities to more students (both inside and outside of school), and enhance teaching and learning. On this page, we’ve compiled resources to help you make this shift—and be an effective ed-tech leader in your own district. When it comes to school technology, having a plan—and having strong leaders to guide that plan—are two of the most important steps to success, according to the 2014 winners of eSchool News' Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards. One is a former Gates Foundation executive whose district uses computer programming to teach essential math skills. Another has advised the Federal Communications Commission on digital textbook use. All are working to transform instruction from a passive activity... The Obama administration has issued new recommendations on classroom discipline that seek to end the apparent disparities in how students of different races are punished for violating school rules. The guidelines are likely to affect school IT departments or... Superintendents lead. They are charged with preparing students to be college-, career-, and life-ready, and with enabling a 21st-century learning environment. Increasingly, this means leveraging digital technologies to… Many Americans believe public schools are failing our students. Public officials, the media, and investors seeking to cash in on the billions of dollars supporting education by privatizing…Photography Degree	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
We noticed that you're using an unsupported browser. The TripAdvisor website may not display properly.We support the following browsers:Windows: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome. Mac: Safari. A great way to get from the Mainland to Fort Fisher near the aquarium and historical park. Bring cash for the ferry in case the credit card machine is down. There is an inside area with vending machines. The ferry is an alternative from Southport to Wilmington. Arrive at least 30 mins before scheduled departure and line up with the cars. Birds tend to follow the ferry hoping for food handout. Be aware that they drop “bombs.” I was hit on back of...More State run ferry. Very professionally run. It was raining on our ride over but calm. Beautiful scenery and the fishing is great on the point once you get on the Ft Fisher side. If you plan to take the ferry back to South Port in...More Caught an early ferry over to Southport on a fine Carolina morning. The 20 minute or so ride was smooth and comfortable and good value at $7 one way. Any passengers in the car ride free. Great staff directing your car on board, this is...More We took this to go to the aquarium with our kids. Fun to go to the observation deck upstairs! There’s both open air and a closed space. Arrive early to make sure the ferry doesn’t fill up! We were 15-20 mins early but that wasn’t...More We loved our ride from Southport to Fort Fisher, even though it was really hot that day. Happily, there were some refreshing breezes off the water to keep us comfortable. The ferry was very easy to find, arrived on time and the staff there made...More We used the ferry both ways. The loading and unloading was done efficiently. The observation deck and inside observation room were enjoyed by many passengers. The staff told us not to feed the birds, but some people disregarded their instructions, and the gulls left deposits...More Very nice aquarium. We go every year. We take the fort fisher ferry from southport. word to the wise download the ferry schedule in advance and give yourself plenty of time b/c it will sell out. esp important on the way back... More Very nice aquarium. We go every year. We take the fort fisher ferry from southport. word to the wise download the ferry schedule in advance and give yourself plenty of time b/c it will sell out. esp important on the way back b/c otherwise you'd be taking a long roundabout drive back. We bring food to throw to the birds off the ferry, also bring a deck of cards or something to keep busy while you are waiting in line for ferry.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Liver or Die Poong Sang is a lonely, pitiful middle-aged man, who has never lived his life for himself. Up until now, he took care of his four younger siblings and supported them financially. Will he ever get to find happiness for himself?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The French have another secret to staying thin, one the authorities there don't want you to know about. Smoking. It may be true that most Frenchmen don't smoke, but those who do more than make up for it. You can't smoke indoors anymore, and they don't. But if you try to sit in a cafe, or just walk down the street, well if you're sensitive it's a gauntlet. I am sensitive to tobacco smoke, and in Atlanta I'm able to avoid it, because the outdoor cafes are isolated in the center of town and I hold my breath when I pass smokers by. You can't do that in Paris. The streets are paved with tobacco smoke. With smoking disallowed inside it all goes outside. Most streets are narrow one-way passages – you can't hold your breath that long. We actually passed workers installing new electrical line on the Champs Ellysee, and I swear the guy pulling the heaviest load had a cigarette in his mouth. Nicotine is a drug, a highly addictive drug, and the dirty secret of America's health system is we don't address its “positive aspects.” Smoking dulls the senses. It makes you feel wide-awake and relaxed, all at once. You lose much of your sense of taste and smell – what Parisien smokers taste at dinner is mostly texture. Smoking burns you up from the inside, but while the fire lives it's a heat you can rely on. The calories you get can burn away in the flames, and you're not especially anxious to add more. This is why long-time smokers, like author (and now TV star) Anthony Bourdain stay so thin while they're smoking, and gain 20 pounds or more after they quit. This is the real picture of Dorian Gray, and when you finally put the cigarette down is where the years come on. When I was a kid, we had some of the earliest, classic anti-smoking announcements. Bill Talman from Perry Mason. Yul Brynner. They looked straight at the camera and told us. I'm dying. I have cancer. Don't start. Yet millions of kids do, because smoking does help keep you thin, and it feels so good. After just three days in Paris I was feeling the effects. I didn't get tired in the afternoon, couldn't get to sleep at night. I was feeling wired, as when I'd done a week-long cruise among smokers in the 1990s. I was happy to get away. But be warned. There is a devil behind many Parisiens' thin bodies. It comes in a paper tube, and you light the end of it. Then you inhale. Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist since 1978, and has covered technology since 1982. He launched the Interactive Age Daily, the first daily coverage of the Internet to launch with a magazine, in September 1994. Disclosure Dana Blankenhorn has been a journalist, writer and part-time futurist for over 30 years. At the present moment I run only a personal blog in addition to my ZDNet open source blog. DanaBlankenhorn.Com has the subtitle The War Against Oil. In the past I have used it to write about political history, e-commerce, personal matters, some ideas related to open source, and The World of Always On, which is the idea of using sensors, motes and RFID to turn WiFi links into platforms for applications which live in the air. My IRA account at Schwab holds a few tech shares, most notably some Intel and Applied Materials, but there are no open source companies in it. I don’t even own any CBS stock.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Millions of people worldwide joined the Women’s Marches protesting Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United StatesMillions of people worldwide joined the Women’s Marches protesting Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States 2 years ago 21 Jan 2016 A severe winter storm caused at least 50 deaths and paralysed travel across the eastern United StatesA severe winter storm caused at least 50 deaths and paralysed travel across the eastern United States 3 years ago 21 Jan 2016 Women in Latin America and the Caribbean were warned to avoid pregnancy amid concerns over birth defects caused by the Zika virus that was ravaging BrazilWomen in Latin America and the Caribbean were warned to avoid pregnancy amid concerns over birth defects caused by the Zika virus that was ravaging Brazil 3 years ago 21 Jan 2011 U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords left hospital in Tucson, Arizona for rehabilitation in Houston, Texas, less than two weeks after being shot through the head at a mass…U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords left hospital in Tucson, Arizona for rehabilitation in Houston, Texas, less than two weeks after being shot through the head at a mass shooting 8 years ago 21 Jan 2011 South Korean special forces freed a hijacked freighter from Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing everyone on board and killing eight piratesSouth Korean special forces freed a hijacked freighter from Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing everyone on board and killing eight pirates 8 years ago 21 Jan 2009 Toyota overtook General Motors to become the world’s largest automaker. The Japanese carmaker sold 8.97 million vehicles in the previous year, beating the 8.35 million sold by…Toyota overtook General Motors to become the world’s largest automaker. The Japanese carmaker sold 8.97 million vehicles in the previous year, beating the 8.35 million sold by the Detroit auto giant and ending GM’s 77-year reign at the top 10 years ago 21 Jan 2008 A woman thought to be the last native speaker of the Eyak language in the U.S. state of Alaska died aged 89, rendering the language extinctA woman thought to be the last native speaker of the Eyak language in the U.S. state of Alaska died aged 89, rendering the language extinct 11 years ago 21 Jan 2008 Stock markets around the world plunged amid growing fears of a U.S. recession, fuelled by the subprime mortgage financial crisisStock markets around the world plunged amid growing fears of a U.S. recession, fuelled by the subprime mortgage financial crisis 11 years ago 21 Jan 2007 The World Wide Fund for Nature warned that some species of tuna, including bluefin, were at risk of commercial extinction due to illegal fishingThe World Wide Fund for Nature warned that some species of tuna, including bluefin, were at risk of commercial extinction due to illegal fishing 12 years ago 21 Jan 2007 Dozens of containers, some containing toxic chemicals, were washed ashore in Devon, England. They came from the ship MSC Napoli, which ran aground off the Devon coast during the…Dozens of containers, some containing toxic chemicals, were washed ashore in Devon, England. They came from the ship MSC Napoli, which ran aground off the Devon coast during the severe storm which lashed southern England three days earlier 12 years ago 21 Jan 2006 A whale that became stranded in London’s River Thames died despite a massive rescue attempt to save its life. The 18ft (5m) northern bottle-nosed whale was first spotted in the…A whale that became stranded in London’s River Thames died despite a massive rescue attempt to save its life. The 18ft (5m) northern bottle-nosed whale was first spotted in the river the previous day but beached itself near Battersea Bridge overnight Rescuers placed it in a special pontoon and hoisted it aboard a barge that transported it towards deeper water in the Thames Estuary but the whale died shortly before it was to have been released 13 years ago 21 Jan 2006 Prince Christian of Denmark was baptised at Christiansborg Palace Church. The three-month-old prince is the first child of Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born…Prince Christian of Denmark was baptised at Christiansborg Palace Church. The three-month-old prince is the first child of Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born Crown Princess Mary, and is second-in-line to the Danish throne 13 years ago 21 Jan 2004 Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon and his wife Mette-Marit celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter who, after a 1990 amendment to the constitution, was the first female…Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon and his wife Mette-Marit celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter who, after a 1990 amendment to the constitution, was the first female in six centuries in line to inherit the throne 15 years ago 21 Jan 2003 The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the hispanic population had overtaken the black population as a percentage of the total, and at almost 13 percent now formed the largest…The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the hispanic population had overtaken the black population as a percentage of the total, and at almost 13 percent now formed the largest minority in the United States 16 years ago 21 Jan 2003 A powerful earthquake shook parts of Mexico, claiming at least 21 lives. The quake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale and centred in the Pacific state of Colima, was the strongest…A powerful earthquake shook parts of Mexico, claiming at least 21 lives. The quake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale and centred in the Pacific state of Colima, was the strongest to hit the country in seven years 16 years ago 21 Jan 2002 Red-hot lava flows from the erupting Mount Nyiragongo ignited a petrol station in the Congolese town of Goma, killing about 50 people who were looting fuelRed-hot lava flows from the erupting Mount Nyiragongo ignited a petrol station in the Congolese town of Goma, killing about 50 people who were looting fuel 17 years ago 21 Jan 2000 Two car bombs exploded in the Spanish capital Madrid, ending a 15-month ceasefire by the Basque separatist group ETA. One person was killedTwo car bombs exploded in the Spanish capital Madrid, ending a 15-month ceasefire by the Basque separatist group ETA. One person was killed 19 years ago 21 Jan 2000 Ecuadorean president Jamil Mahuad Witt was ousted after thousands of people protested at his plans to reduce inflation by replacing the national currency, the sucre, with the U.S.…Ecuadorean president Jamil Mahuad Witt was ousted after thousands of people protested at his plans to reduce inflation by replacing the national currency, the sucre, with the U.S. dollar, a move which many feared would hurt the poor. Vice President Gustavo Noboa Bejarano was approved as president the following day 19 years ago 21 Jan 1998 Pope John Paul II was welcomed in Havana by Fidel Castro as he made the first ever papal visit to CubaPope John Paul II was welcomed in Havana by Fidel Castro as he made the first ever papal visit to Cuba 21 years ago 21 Jan 1998 Scandal threatened President Clinton when news broke of an investigation by Kenneth Starr into a possible sexual relationship between the president and former White House intern…Scandal threatened President Clinton when news broke of an investigation by Kenneth Starr into a possible sexual relationship between the president and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky "Colonel" Tom Parker, the manager who helped guide Elvis Presley’s rise from young hopeful to King of Rock and Roll, died"Colonel" Tom Parker, the manager who helped guide Elvis Presley’s rise from young hopeful to King of Rock and Roll, died 22 years ago 21 Jan 1996 Mufti Fatkhulla Sharipov, the pro-Moscow Moslem spiritual leader of Tajikistan, was shot dead at his home west of DushanbeMufti Fatkhulla Sharipov, the pro-Moscow Moslem spiritual leader of Tajikistan, was shot dead at his home west of Dushanbe 23 years ago 21 Jan 1996 British fashion designer John Galliano, son of a south London plumber, presented his first haute couture collection for Paris fashion house GivenchyBritish fashion designer John Galliano, son of a south London plumber, presented his first haute couture collection for Paris fashion house Givenchy	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
About this book What are the strangest numbers? Where do numbers come from? Can maths guarantee riches? Why are three dimensions not enough? Can a butterfly's wings really cause a hurricane? Can maths predict the future? In How Big is Infinity?, acclaimed writer Tony Crilly distills the wisdom of some of the greatest minds in history to help provide answers some of the most perplexing, stimulating and surprising questions in mathematics. Write a review There are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product! Biography Tony Crilly is a Reader in Mathematical Sciences at Middlesex University, having previously taught at the University of Michigan, the City University in Hong Kong and the Open University. His principal research interest is the history of mathematics, and he has written and edited many works on fractals, chaos and computing. He is the author of the acclaimed biography of the English mathematician Arthur Cayley and the hugely successful 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
“On an application for a protective costs order the principles set out in the authorities were to be applied and the procedure followed in a flexible way, taking into account the circumstances of the particular case. The costs in general should be relatively modest and were likely to be capped. In deciding the amount of any cap on liability the agreed success fee for a conditional fee agreement was relevant and as a result was to be disclosed to the court.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Darrell Hazell Free agent cornerback K’Waun Williams will take his visit with the Vikings next Tuesday, tweets Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN. Williams, 25, had meetings with the Lions and Jets earlier this week, and is expected to convene with the Dolphins and 49ers at some point, as well. After starting 10 total games during his first two years in the NFL, Williams was sidelined for all of 2016 thanks to an ankle injury. Here’s more from Minnesota and the rest of the NFC: The Vikings have are expected to hire former Purdue and Kent State head coach Darrell Hazell as their new wide receivers coach, according to Alex Marvez of the Sporting News (Twitter link). Hazell, who was fired only six games into the Boilermakers’ 2016 campaign, has a career NCAA record of 25-43. Internal offensive assistant Drew Petzing was also thought to be a candidate for the position, but instead it’s Hazell who will replace George Stewart, who left for Los Angeles. The Saints are likely to select an offensive tackle early in the draft, perhaps as early as Round 1, writes Mike Triplett of ESPN.com. Although Drew Brees‘ blindside is locked down by Terron Armstead, right tackle Zach Strief is now 33 years old and entering the twilight of his career. Strief is due a $1.5MM roster bonus later this spring, and New Orleans is expected to pay that figure if Strief definitely decides to continue his career, per Triplett. As such, the Saints likely won’t target a tackle in the free agent market, and the draft looks like a better avenue to find a new lineman. The 49ers are hiring Daniel Bullocks as their assistant secondary coach, per Marvez (Twitter link). Bullocks worked in the same role for Jacksonville last season, and previously coached in the collegiate ranks.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Super Telescopes in Space and on the Moon The International Lunar Observatory initiative is a private commercial space mission concept that envisions a multi-wavelength observatory to perform astronomy and astrophysics from the Moon.Credit: Lunar Enterprise Corporation/SpaceDev NASA's sweeping Moon, Mars and beyond agenda demands a sustained ability to build, deploy, rescue, repair, support and upgrade large and complex systems. In mounting this exploration assault, both human and robot can work together to anchor super-optical systems far from Earth, as well as on that nearby celestial mountaintop - the Moon. Already looming large in the astronomical world is the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It is to be launched in 2011. This powerful observatory features a 20-foot (6.5-meter) mirror made up of 18 hexagonal-shaped segments. The large-sized mirror could fit seven Hubble Space Telescope mirrors within its surface area. JWST will be an infrared observatory, deployed for duty with a large sunshade attached at the second Lagrange point (L2) of the Sun-Earth system, a semi-stable point in the gravitational potential around the Sun and Earth. It will be positioned some 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from the Earth and enable astronomers to observe the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the universe billions of years ago. Even before JWST is up and operating, interest is growing for larger next generation space telescopes. These very large optical systems could be assembled and maintained by robot and human attendants - part of an evolving "in-space capability" now being marshaled by NASA in response to President George Bush's visionary space agenda outlined over a year ago. Hunger for acreage "Astronomers are greedy for surface area. They want to make even bigger mirrors which will mean, in turn, even more complicated structures to support them," said Harley Thronson, Assistant Associate Administrator (Technology) within the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Thronson said it's not just a hunger for acreage by astronomers. The laws of physics tell you certain apertures, probably multiple apertures in formation flying mode, are needed for future astronomical quests, he suggested. "This is a problem in astronomy. Most of the universe is far away," Thronson told SPACE.com. Despite the distance, large space optics offer great promise, Thronson added. "I wouldn't be surprised if school children of 2050 were learning the names of continents on Earth-like worlds around other stars." "What was striking to many of the participants was the breadth of interest in extending in-space capabilities necessary to achieve national objectives in scientific and human exploration," Thronson said. The meeting bridged major goals in bioastronautics, space operations, robotic and telerobotic systems, astronomy, astronaut space walking skills, and large space structures, he said. Those tools can enable new science, said Dan Lester, a research scientist in the astronomy department at the University of Texas at Austin. He also served on the organizing committee for the February meeting. Although the humans versus robots picture for science has been debated for years, Lester said, the new picture has "agents" working closely together. Those agents are humans, robots, as well as software, the latter being what we mostly use now as an active agent, he pointed out. One of the very large telescopes proposed for the 2015-2020 time period is the Single Aperture Far-infrared (SAFIR) telescope. Lester said that SAFIR is now being evaluated in light of projected in-space human and robotic skills for servicing the facility, to make it more scientifically productive over a longer lifetime. "We can build the kind of telescopes that we never thought we would be able to build. It's pretty simple. In order to do great astronomy, we need to have big telescopes. And the best place to have big telescopes is in space," Lester said. Spinning liquid There are niches for telescopes not only here on Earth and in free space, but on the Moon too. One concept under assessment is a deep field infrared observatory situated near the Moon's south pole. The idea is championed by Roger Angel of the University of Arizona in Tucson and has been funded by the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). Angel foresees the prospect of lunar telescopes using liquid primary mirrors that are some 60-feet to nearly 330-feet (20-meter to 100-meter) in diameter. "There is a trick to making very large, very accurate mirrors...which is to spin liquid," he said. On Earth, liquid mirrors are limited to roughly 20-feet (6-meter) in size, but subject to atmospheric absorption and distortion, even the wind kicked up by spinning the liquid, usually mercury. The Moon, though, provides the required gravity field with no such limitations. "Because of the unique advantages on the Moon even a 100-meter liquid mirror ain't that scary," Angel said. "The Moon is the absolute ideal place to make an inexpensive, very big spinning liquid mirror." Tall tent poles However, such a liquid mirror system in position at one of the Moon's poles would basically stare at the same view continuously. Nevertheless, the result would be a super ultra deep field observational capability, Angel said. Lunar-based liquid mirror telescopes, equipped with imaging and multiplexed spectroscopic instruments for a deep infrared survey, would be revolutionary in their power to study the distant universe, including the formation of the first stars and their assembly into galaxies. The goal of the NIAC-funded work is to better appreciate the scientific promise of the concept, as well as explore the "tall tent poles" that must be overcome to make such a telescope practical, Angel said. Also to be investigated by Angel and his colleagues is the value of human presence on the Moon for erecting the telescope and for occasional instrument upgrades. Study findings are expected to be of value in shaping scientific exploration goals for NASA's planned return to the Moon. Moon: stable, vast platform Another lunar observatory idea has been evaluated by SpaceDev, Inc. of Poway, California. Dubbed the International Lunar Observatory (ILO), this robotic multi-wavelength observatory is envisioned as conducting astronomy and astrophysics from the Moon. SpaceDev engineering studies of the idea suggest that a modest $35 million to $50 million is required to spot land ILO on the Moon in just a few years time. SpaceDev's work on the initiative was done under contract with the Lunar Enterprise Corporation, an arm of Space Age Publishing Company with offices in Kamuela, Hawaii and Palo Alto, California. "We see the Moon as the next frontier of astronomy, after those of Earth and space. Observatories in space have been successfully operating for more than three decades," said Steve Durst, head of the Lunar Enterprise Corporation. "It's not so much a question of space-based or lunar-based...or Earth-based. Each has its own advantages," Durst said. Toe-hold, then foot-hold Durst said that on Earth, proximity and access means dramatically lower costs compared to space. On the Moon, the real estate available there provides a stable, vast platform for astrophysics observations, Durst noted. "It's not a question of observatories at which location, but what observatories at each location. There will of course be observatories on Earth, in space, on the Moon...and beyond." What makes a lunar observatory so compelling and attractive, Durst continued, is its compelling logical necessity. In survey after survey the past 20 years, "observation" and "power" consistently top the list of imperative first steps upon arrival on the Moon...a toe-hold, then foot-hold for lunar base build out, he said. "On any scouting mission or expedition -- Boy Scouts, Army, Marines, astronauts -- the very first things to do upon arrival at a site is 'to post a look-out' and 'build a fire'...and for the Moon that means observation and power or energy," Durst said. With a human expedition on the Moon, also primary is having a habitat or shelter, which is like "pitching a tent", he said. Radical and exciting departure For S. Pete Worden, a research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, there is a bottom line to his thinking about where best to place future observatories. "NASA must be open to using the moon for astronomy and be willing to fund the analyses and precursor work needed to determine if the Moon holds advantages over other locations." The Moon is the first target in President Bush's vision, and that is "a radical and exciting departure considering that our next-door neighbor world has been largely off NASA's radar screen for the past 15 years," Worden said. However, Worden said, what is lacking is even the basic knowledge about lunar topography and resources to plan for a sustained human presence on the Moon. He contends that NASA should undertake lunar robotic missions to characterize polar landing sites and to quantify the presence of volatile elements critical to life such as hydrogen and carbon. The Moon's poles have more consistent temperature, solar power and variety of chemical resources than the equatorial zones visited by U.S. Apollo crews and the Soviet Union's robotic Luna missions. "The Moon may also prove to be an ideal location for advanced scientific laboratories in biology and astronomy...but we must fully understand the pluses and minuses of the Moon for such laboratories and not be driven to costly compromises between science and human exploration," Worden explained. Free space locales The case for lunar-based astronomy is a case nowhere near as strong as it used to be. That's the appraisal of Lester at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a strong backer of free-space locales such as Earth orbit or Lagrange points over what could be achieved on the Moon. Lester suggested that an interesting strategic metamorphosis has occurred. "It isn't that we were wrong before, but just that we've gotten much more talented in our free space capabilities." "With respect to free space, the Moon provides dirt and gravity, and neither are of great value to astronomy, at least of the ultraviolet, optical, infrared variety", Lester said. There's the claim that telescopes could take advantage of the "stable" surface of the Moon. "But we've known for many, many years," Lester responded, "that free space is a marvelously stable place, and you don't need pylons or concrete!" Pointing and stabilization systems for spacecraft are straightforward, off-the-shelf items. The low temperature that would be found in lunar polar craters is attractive, Lester added, but carrying out construction in such cold places is likely to be very hard. "We'll have such low and controllable temperatures in free space in just few years anyway with the James Webb Space Telescope, he said. "There is an assumption that you need to put telescopes where people can get to them, in order to derive maximum value. This is probably true, but the assumption that the lunar surface is where such agents will soon congregate is probably naive. Free-space is a fine place for humans, and it has worked well for many years now," Lester said. "Unless...and this is a big caveat...we find a lot of resources on the Moon that are useful for space travel, long-term human presence on the Moon offers us little as we look toward Mars, and that understanding is reflected in NASA's planning. For most telescopes, free space is the right place. Let's go back to the Moon, but let's go there for good reasons."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The FreeBSD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project. The Foundation gratefully accepts donations from individuals and businesses, using them to fund projects which further the development of the FreeBSD operating system. Monday, November 25, 2013 Faces of FreeBSD Each week we are going to share a story from someone involved in FreeBSD. This is our Faces of FreeBSD series. It may be a story from someone who’s received funding from us to work on development projects, run conferences, travel to conferences, or advocate for FreeBSD. Or, it may be from someone who contributes financially to the foundation. Here’s a chance to get to know your fellow FreeBSD enthusiast. Sit back and enjoy another 2013 Faces of FreeBSD story. Gábor’s Story My name is Gábor Páli, I am 31 years old, from Hungary, and I teach (and study) functional programming at the Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Informatics (Budapest). I have a master’s degree (Debrecen, Hungary) and a doctorate (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) in Computer Science. Before this I was a game engine programmer at Invictus Games, working on Project Torque (known as Level-R outside North America), then a research intern at Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden), and recently at the Computer Laboratory (Cambridge, UK), participating in research projects on functional programming and operating systems, such as Feldspar and Mirage. When not working, I am an average geek who enjoys reading books on science, philosophy, and art, chatting with friends, playing good old computer games, watching art movies, drawing, listening to underground music, and consuming excessive amounts of fine Japanese or Chinese teas. I discovered FreeBSD in 2000 while working on my master’s. I met János Háber, who admired the technical merits of FreeBSD and recommended it over the popular and widespread GNU/Linux distributions. I downloaded FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE, found it reliable, consistent, easy to install, update and use. I especially liked the Ports Collection, as it helped me find further useful and valuable free software. I’ve contributed to the FreeBSD Project since 2008: I translated the complete FreeBSD Handbook and other documentation into Hungarian and took over and revitalized the FreeBSD stack of the Haskell programming language, including making FreeBSD Tier-1 for the Glasgow Haskell Compiler and providing ports for hundreds of third party Haskell libraries. I volunteered to take over organization of the EuroBSDcon FreeBSD Developer Summits in 2010 and have organized in Karlsruhe (Germany), Maarssen (Netherlands), Warsaw (Poland) and most recently in St. Julian's (Malta).I’ve run a mini version of EuroBSDcon, called BSD-Day, in Budapest (Hungary), Bratislava (Slovakia), Vienna (Austria), and Naples (Italy). I’m secretary of the FreeBSD Core Team (since 2012), and maintain the agenda, organize meetings, publish internal, external reports and notices, handle commit bit requests for the source code repository, collaborate with the FreeBSD Foundation, and remind the Core Team members about their pending tasks. I also manage the quarterly status reports. I like FreeBSD because of the community, and the ability to find and push my limits. I enjoy contributing to FreeBSD because it inspires me and gives me hands-on experience that can’t be bought. I enjoy learning from FreeBSD experts around the globe, and am impressed with what has been achieved over the years. I recognize the outstanding stability and reliability of FreeBSD, the ability to configure systems to maximize efficiency, and FreeBSD’s use as a research platform. I appreciate how the FreeBSD Project welcomes and utilizes innovative ideas. The FreeBSD Foundation gave me a travel grant for EuroBSDcon 2012. They were a main sponsor of the BSD-Day events, and covered half the cost of the Developer Summit in Malta. I am very grateful for this support, as they would not be possible without the generous funds. The Developer Summits allow developers the space to personally meet and to discuss issues they could not over the Internet. It’s important to be able to attach a face to an Internet personality; sometimes the harshest, stubborn members are the nicest people in real life. The BSD-Day events that I organize allow cities and countries to have their own BSD conference at a much smaller cost. BSD-Days have less formalities and pressure, yet they retain most of the traditions and ambience of the large conferences of EuroBSDcon, on a smaller budget. Donating to the FreeBSD Foundation is a great way to express your appreciation for the work of the FreeBSD Project. Your donation makes it possible for developers to dedicate their time to complete long-awaited projects, or brings developers from overseas to technical conferences such as EuroBSDcon. This is something that would not happen without your support. Gábor Páli Donate today to help us continue and increase our support of the FreeBSD Project and community worldwide! Making a donation is quick and easy. To make a donation go to: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/ Friday, November 22, 2013 Thank you for the opportunity to go to vBSDcon. vBSDcon was a great conference, and I was immediately and warmly welcomed by the host, Verisign, when I arrived. They ran an exceptional conference and I hope this becomes an annual event. One of the main reasons I attended the conference was to be able to meet FreeBSD developers I haven't seen for years and to meet new FreeBSD developers. For the first time, I met Luigi Rizzo who I worked with over 15 years ago on FreeBSD's sound system and ISA UPnP code. It was good to meet him and talk about some of his netmap work. I also met some long time developers, Scott Long and George Neville-Neil, but I also met some that I haven't met before such as Adrian Chadd, David Chisnall (theraven), Ed Maste, Randall Stewart (rrs) and Baptiste Daroussin (bapt). There are many more that I am forgetting, but that's simply because the conference was well attended. I participated in the embedded BOF. It was well attended and Adrian Chadd was the leader. One of the issues that came up was the issue of how to make ARM and/or MIPS platforms Tier 1. It was discussed how relevant the requirement that a new Tier 1 platform must be able to cross-build packages from an existing Tier 1 platform. There was also discussions on which ARM board should be chosen was a reference platform. The ones that were discussed as most viable were the BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi, a ChromeBook or a PandaBoard. I attended the talk that Verisign gave on how they use FreeBSD to host the .net and .com domains. It was impressive what they are able to do with netmap for UDP traffic, but they are also running issues w/ TCP connection performance on FreeBSD due to some lock scaling issues. The hallway track is always interesting, and I was able to talk with David Chisnall about ways to possibly support changing functions at kernel load time to choose the best implementation. One use of this would be to choose which AES implementation is best for the machine. If the machine has support for native AES instructions (AES-NI for example) it would use that, otherwise it could fall back to a software implementation. Though unfortunately the hallway track made me miss Brad Davis's Speed Geeking talk on GELI, but it did allow me to spend time talking with Matt Olander, co-founder of iXsystems, Inc. It was interesting to learn about the history of iX and find out about where they are interested in going with FreeBSD. I may be able to help them with some work on FreeBSD in the future. I attended the talk that Henning Brauer and Reyk Floeter gave on pf in OpenBSD. The new features that pf has are very interesting and exciting. The features make possible reverse HTTP proxies and other packet steering techniques very easy to do. I do wonder if using DXR for the table lookups that pf/ipfw do could be helpful, though the rule scanning overhead is still probably the largest overhead. In summary, the conference was great and I was able to meet a large number of people and get some great ideas on how to help move FreeBSD forward. Thank you again FreeBSD Foundation for providing me with the travel grant. Monday, November 18, 2013 Faces of FreeBSD We are pleased to be running our Faces of FreeBSD series again! Every week we’ll be sharing a story from someone involved in FreeBSD. It may be someone who’s received funding from us to work on development projects, run conferences, travel to conferences, or advocate for FreeBSD. Or, it may be from someone who contributes financially to the foundation. This story comes from Colin Percival whose company is a 2013 Silver Donor. This is a chance to get to know your fellow FreeBSD enthusiast. Sit back and enjoy our first 2013 Faces of FreeBSD story. Colin’s Story It was 1999 when my parents signed up for the height of luxury in home internet access: an “always on” 2Mbps cable modem. We had four computers, networked with thinwire coax. We needed to share this connection, so my older brother and I set up a NAT box, running OpenBSD, which he heard was the best operating system for the purpose. The hard drive we had scavenged for the NAT box died a few months later. I had to reinstall the system onto a new hard drive and spent hours trying to reinstall OpenBSD without success. Then I heard that FreeBSD had a much easier installer. Yes, I started using FreeBSD because of sysinstall. Thus FreeBSD became my default UNIX of choice—and why not? It was free, stable, had good performance, was well documented, and it avoided the political and religious discussions so pervasive in the world of Linux and GNU. I headed to Oxford University for my doctorate a few years later, to work on "distributed computing" and extend my undergraduate work—calculating the quadrillionth bit of Pi using spare CPU cycles on a thousand plus Windows machines from around the Internet. Naturally, I turned to FreeBSD for the server to manage all these systems. But I became distracted, concerned about the security of my server, and understanding my limitations as a system administrator (and that "fools rush in where angels fear to tread"). I solved the problem of my system administration inadequacies by building a tool to help me—and thus FreeBSD Update was born.I presented this at the BSDCon'03 conference, which is where I first met FreeBSD developers, including Jacques Vidrine (the FreeBSD Security Officer) and Robert Watson. I was offered a FreeBSD commit bit in 2004 with Robert as mentor; and Jacques invited me to join the FreeBSD Security Team. When Jacques stepped down from his role in order to work for a fruit company based in Cupertino, I took the reigns as Security Officer, and between security advisories, I imported into the FreeBSD base system what remain my two largest contributions to FreeBSD thus far: FreeBSD Update and Portsnap. I stepped down as FreeBSD Security Officer in 2012 to devote more time to my growing startup company. My only significant code contributions in the past two years have been from ongoing efforts to improve support for FreeBSD on the Amazon EC2 cloud computing platform. While my "day job" of running the Tarsnap online backup service has kept me too busy to contribute much code, I contribute to FreeBSD by supporting the FreeBSD Foundation. Every year Tarsnap sponsors open source software by an amount equal to its December operating profits, and I'm proud to say that in 2013 Tarsnap is a Silver Sponsor of both the FreeBSD Foundation and the BSDCan conference. The FreeBSD Foundation continues to benefit all of us. I run FreeBSD on my laptop, and it works well there—mainly due to Foundation-funded work, adding support for recent Intel GPU hardware.While maintaining systems for Tarsnap, I make use of the new packaging system (pkg), which the Foundation contributes hardware towards. To improve support for FreeBSD on EC2, I've been working closely with the FreeBSD Release Engineering team, where Glen Barber (now a FreeBSD Foundation employee) has kept the release process moving very smoothly.The FreeBSD Developer Summits at BSDCan and EuroBSDCon—opportunities to meet other FreeBSD developers and discuss development plans face to face—have also been supported by the FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD is an amazing operating system, and the FreeBSD Foundation does great work supporting it. Like so many other busy FreeBSD users, I cannot contribute as much code as I would like, but via the FreeBSD Foundation I can help other developers write the code I don't have time for. Colin Percival Donate today to help us continue and increase our support of the FreeBSD Project and community worldwide! Making a donation is quick and easy. To make a donation go to: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/ Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Your donations have helped make FreeBSD the best open source operating system available! By investing in The FreeBSD Foundation you have helped us keep FreeBSD a high-performance, secure, and stable operating system. Thanks to people like you, the FreeBSD Foundation has been proudly supporting the FreeBSD Project and community for over 13 years now. We are incredibly grateful for all the support we receive from you and so many individuals and organizations that value FreeBSD. As of this writing we have raised $427,000 towards our goal of raising $1,000,000. Would you consider making a gift to support our work in 2014? Hiring two more staff members to help with FreeBSD development projects, security, and release engineering. Educating the public and promoting FreeBSD. We are preparing the debut our new online magazine, the FreeBSD Journal. We created high-quality brochures to teach people about FreeBSD. We also visited companies to help facilitate collaboration efforts with the Project. Sponsoring BSD conferences and summits in Europe, Japan, Canada, and the US. But are you aware of the tangible benefits derived from our support of the FreeBSD community? Providing travel grants to FreeBSD volunteers is a great way to invest in the future of FreeBSD. One person we sponsored was Google Summer of Code student Mike Ma, who had the chance to present his work at EuroBSDCon. During his presentation he received valuable input that will help improve and verify his GSoC work. By attending the conference, he had the opportunity to meet passionate FreeBSD developers who inspired him to learn as much as he could about their different projects. This encouraged him to continue working with his mentor and get involved in his mentor’s work as well as some lldb work. Now that Mike’s back at his university, he's been busy promoting and advocating for FreeBSD. In fact he's so passionate about the Project now that he convinced a friend who is working on programming languages to work on the clang project, because it's relevant to his own work. This one investment helped FreeBSD by providing an environment for a student to get more involved in the Project, and bring that enthusiasm back to his university to promote FreeBSD and encourage more students to get involved. This is an investment in the next generation of FreeBSD developers. Donate today to help us continue and increase our support of the FreeBSD Project and community worldwide! Making a donation is quick and easy. Click here to make a donation. Friday, November 1, 2013 Aleksandr Rybalko continues to make good progress on the FreeBSD-Foundation sponsored Newcons project. This project will provide a replacement for the legacy syscons system console. Newcons provides a number of improvements, including better integration with graphics modes, and broader character set support. FreeBSD's introduction of Kernel Mode Setting (KMS)-enabled graphics drivers for X11 produced a regression when combined with syscons: it was no longer possible to switch back to a console after starting X. Newcons integrates with KMS and restores this ability. I have switched my laptop, a Thinkpad X220, to a Newcons kernel. In addition to the improved X11 integration mentioned above, a happy side effect is that suspend and resume again works. Newcons has a small number of outstanding issues which are currently being fixed, with integration into FreeBSD HEAD to follow shortly. More details on the project can be found on the FreeBSD wiki, at https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The interview below was published in 2010 when Kate serialized an earlier version of Murder Under the Bridge on a blog. Hannah Mermelstein: You have been a Palestine solidarity activist for many years, and have written a number of both descriptive and analytical nonfiction articles about Palestine. What inspired you to move into the realm of fiction writing? Kate Raphael: I’ve been writing fiction for about 15 years. I wrote half a mystery back in the late ’90s, and then put it down because I had an idea for a literary fiction work, and when I went to Palestine in 2002, I had written about a third of it. I actually took it with me, thinking I would work on it when I had breaks in my work there, but it just didn’t make sense. I’ve been an avid mystery reader for years, and I especially love mysteries that introduce me to cultures or places I don’t know anything about. It’s also a really good way to raise political issues in a non-polemical way, to humanize issues. Sara Paretsky’s Blacklist, for instance, which I actually read in Palestine, deals with the USAPATRIOT Act and compares it to the McCarthy period. Walter Mosely writes about racism in a way that white people can hear, because it’s entertaining and his characters are so likable. Tony Hillerman has introduced a generation of Americans to the Navajo culture. So one night I was riding with some friends on a Palestinian dirt road that passes under an Israeli settler highway, and I looked up and saw a car that seemed to be abandoned up on the bridge, and I told my friend, “That would be a great way for a mystery to start.” So the next time I had a break, I just started writing, thinking of characters you might find in that place, and what the mystery of an abandoned car on the bridge might be. It’s a great spot for a mystery because it is, or at least at that time it was, a place where all the different types of people who come into the West Bank cross paths. The Israeli anti-wall activists would use it to come and go for demonstrations, so the army and police wouldn’t stop them. Palestinians used it to sneak in and out of the ‘48 territories [the territory considered “Israel proper”] for work. Of course settlers are traveling on the highway, the soldiers who protect them, the international activists in that area, and of course, the farmers and villagers just living their lives, or trying to. It provided a very rich landscape for me to build my story. HM:Murder Under the Bridge touches on a number of seemingly disconnected issues, including the Israeli occupation, Eastern European sex trafficking, Palestinian women’s empowerment and queer love stories. How does it all fit together, and why was it important to you include all of these themes in your novel? KR: The first person I started to write, the first character who came into my mind, was a Palestinian policewoman. She’s the only female detective in the northern West Bank, and while I don’t think there actually were any women in that particular job at that time (there may not be even now), she felt very real to me. I got into her head right away. So then the question was, what kind of case would she be investigating that would draw in all these other types of people who are in the area. I didn’t think the murder victim should be a Palestinian, because I thought it wouldn’t make sense for the Israeli forces to be involved (although in my next book, the victim is a Palestinian). I didn’t wanted it to be an Israeli, because that’s the stereotype of what the conflict is about, Palestinians killing Israelis. Then I was arrested at the first demonstration in the West Bank village of Bilin and I ended up in immigration prison for a month, and all of the other women were foreign workers. That gave me the idea to have the victim be a foreign worker in one of the settlements, and I think that added depth to the story. It led to some very complex characters, like the daughter of a settler who is high up in the Israeli military. She’s 13 and just starting to question the values she’s grown up with, so her contact with my heroines, Rania and Chloe, give her a chance to individuate and become more of a rebel. A good friend of mine grew up in a settlement and is now an anti-Zionist, and she was incredibly generous about sharing her life with me. I basically borrowed whole chunks of it to make Malkah’s character. The role of human trafficking in Israel’s economy is a piece of the apartheid puzzle that people are quite unfamiliar with. It’s one of the leading destinations for trafficked women in the world, and Israel is using foreign workers, many of whom are trafficked — both men and women — to replace Palestinian labor, so that they can accomplish segregation and ethnic cleansing and still have a cheap labor source. So one reason I decided to foreground that issue, with occupation as the backdrop, is that even people who know a lot about Palestine already will learn something they didn’t know. HM: Who do you think will read Murder Under the Bridge? Who are you hoping will read it? KR: Well my goal in writing it was to appeal to people who would not otherwise be drawn to a book about Palestine. There are so many people who love mysteries, like me, and who get most of their history and geography from them, and I hope that some of them will find and like my book. But as I said, I think people who are interested in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict or in that part of the world in general will enjoy it too. I definitely hope that it finds a readership among feminists and lesbians — that’s part of why there’s lesbian romance. I had a few lesbian friends of friends who don’t know much about Palestine read the last draft, to see how it plays in “lesbian Peoria.” And they said they enjoyed it and would like to read another in the series, so it seems like it is doing what it’s supposed to do. I guess right now I’m hoping that my acquaintances and other Palestine activists will read it and think, “This is something I could give my relatives or friends to try to get them interested in the issue.” HM: You yourself have been deported from Palestine by the Israeli government, and banned from returning for at least ten years. Has this physical distance affected your writing about the place? KR: Well fortunately, when I was arrested in 2004, I was almost ready to leave anyway, and I had taken a bunch of video and photos of the area where the story begins to remind myself of the geography and the feel of the place. That’s been invaluable. I also have over 1,000 pages of journals that I wrote while I was in Palestine to refer to. This book is set in early 2005, just after I was deported, so for this one, it was really not a problem that I couldn’t go there. And of course, I wrote the first draft right after I’d come back, when it was fresh in my mind. Now I’m working on the second in the series, which is set in 2006, and I was not there then. I’m definitely finding it harder, because I know both the geographical and political landscape had changed a lot, with the wall nearer to completion in the Salfit area of the West Bank, and the change in the government. So I’ve had to rely on things that other friends have told me about the situation at that time, as well as things I’ve read and photos on the net, and I actually used Google Earth the other day to check out a landmark. But I’m sure when I give this next one to friends who have been there recently to comment on, they’re going to say that certain things are not accurate. That’s the great thing about having friends. HM: What can we expect from your next work? KR: The second in the series is Murder Under the Fig Tree, and it’s trying to introduce the issues of honor killing and sexual orientation, which is very challenging for me as a westerner. I don’t want to play into stereotyping of Arabs and Muslims, especially with all the “queerwashing” that Zionists are engaging in right now. But I did want to play with some of the changing mores that are actually happening in Palestine, and also to use some conversations I had with Palestinian feminists when I was there. I hope I am doing it sensitively, and I’m sure people will tell me if I’m not. Hannah Mermelstein is an activist and aspiring radical librarian based in Brooklyn, New York. She has lived in Palestine for two of the past six years, and is co-creator of Birthright Unplugged and Re-Plugged, Needle in the Groove and Students Boycott Apartheid. In New York, Hannah works primarily with Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel and the Palestine Education Project.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
How To Delete Facebook Pages On Your Account A lot of changes have been happening on Facebook. One of the more surprising things I noticed was that the entire Info tab of my profile is now nothing but a giant link list to Facebook Fan Pages. I mean, I may be interested in cheeseburgers, but that doesn’t mean I want to join the Facebook Fan Page. If they already coerced you into adding these Pages – like A LOT of people have been – here is the quickest way to delete them. The Facebook Interests/Info To Page Conversion “Improvement” The last time I logged in to Facebook and visited my info tab I noticed that Facebook was prompting me to link my profile to a list of Facebook Pages. Every single Interest, Book, Movie, Music, and even my professional and hometown information list as possible Pages. According to Facebook: “We’ve improved the profile so that it doesn’t just list your information, but now links to Pages instead. We matched your info to the Page(s) below. Remember, your Pages are public.” Pages are Public, and so that means if I went ahead and linked my account to all these Pages matching my info, that it would be available for ANYONE to see. An “improvement?” Hardly. With that said, and since there wasn’t a “No” option, I opted for the Ask me later button. Guess what happened? If you try to avoid linking your profile to this page, Facebook will instead just go ahead and Delete nearly EVERYTHING from your Info tab. Here they are forcing you to link your profile (and all of its information) to Pages if you want to list anything about yourself; so much for privacy. But what exactly is a Facebook Page? So what is a Facebook Page? A Facebook page is just like a Facebook friend. They have access to all of your information, photos, religious views, political views, and Email address. And here I was worried about Facebook apps accessing my data… Additionally, thanks to groovy reader “Polly” who recently pointed out a significant segment of Facebook fine print: “If your friend uses an application or website that you do not use, you can control certain types of information the application can access. Please note that applications will be able to access your Name, Profile Picture, Gender, as well as any information that is visible to Everyone. They will also be able to access your Connections, except the Connections noted with an asterisk below. In those cases, although the information is considered a Connection, you can control whether an application can access it.” So unless you block your friend’s applications (very time-consuming), they will be able to access all of your personal details and photos as well. But wait – Applications used by Pages can access your information as well, but in their case, there is no way to block them. Ready to remove Facebook Pages? You might lose your list of interests and other items on your Info Tab, but here is the how-to. How To Remove Facebook Pages From Your Facebook Account 1. At the top-right of Facebook ClickAccount and Select Edit Friends. 2. Now once the new page loads, on the LEFT sidebar under Lists, ClickPages. 3. Once the Pages window loads, you’ll see a list of all of your Pages. While you have the ability to add pages at a whim, when it comes to deleting them it’s a different story. You have to manually Click the X for each page, and then confirm each deletion. Where’s the bulk “delete all” Page removal feature Facebook? Manually deleting each page is going to take a while, especially if you have 100’s or like some people, thousands of Facebook pages attached to your account. This volume of work might seem hopeless, and it certainly could be, but there is one small trick to make it go faster. 4. Save Time. Once you Click the X that signals a deletion, the confirmation window will appear. Rather than wasting your mouse away with time-consuming clicks, just Press the Enter button on your keyboard. Luckily Facebook left Remove as the default when you press Enter, so you can quickly go through a lot of Page deletions by rapidly clicking X and spamming the Enter key. So again, Facebook has made it incredibly difficult to maintain your privacy and even gone as far as to force you to link your profile to public Pages. Really?? With the current look of things, the only way to guarantee that your personal information isn’t stolen, sold, and used is to Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account. Sorry Facebook, you’ve left us no choice. 23 Comments 23 Comments Jessica Thank you so much for this information, new facebook changes have made it impossible for me to figure out how to do ANYTHING. I’ve entered my email on facebook and and then I entered the password without noticing that Im still on the email tab and thus it has saved on the email tab on the log in page my email and pass and I can’t figure out a way to delete all the email accounts so that no one can steel my account :S:S:S:S: plz anyone help me solve this issue This no longer works…there is no access to the page that lists the “likes or fan pages” under Edit Friends. I tried removing some “likes” but some of them took me to a different website, so they pretty much mislead you to liking something and then changed it to their benefit, and they have no “remove like” button. Some “remove like” buttons don’t even work! So how do we fix this problem now? Facebook is getting so damn annoying, no wonder I keep hearing my friends say they are going to get out of it. Anyone have any suggestions as to how to remove an “like” that has changed into a new website? yes, look for the post on your wall that says: MR.X no likes this page…. and you will see an X when hovering over it (to remove that post form your wall) when you click it it will give you the option to remove the post. or remove and unlike To delete your Page: Click “Edit Page” underneath the profile picture when viewing your Page. Select “Manage Permissions” from the left sidebar. Click “Permanently delete this Page.” Please keep in mind that once you delete your Page, there’s no way to reinstate it. OK so I’m logged in to facebook and looking at my “wall” then I navigate around to see other friends pictures and status updates then go back to my profile page and my picture has changed and my status update reverted back to the one from the night before and now all my friends pages say “add as friend” (they already are friends). So then I delete cookie, cache log back in and it says “account already confirmed” what’s up with all that??? Maybe you can help because the good people at facebook never seem to address anything you write to them on their help page. does anyone have any suggestions on how to delete PAGES that i’ve liked, without having to do it 1 by 1, i’ve seen a couple things when i did a search on it, but neither of those things helped me at all How do you delete a fan page from liking your fan page. Recently a marketing fan page ‘liked’ my music fan page, and I can’t find them in the friends list to delete them, and I can’t block/delete them because I haven’t liked their page… I am DESPERATE to get rid of a huge number of these interest groups and have tried to get a comprehensive list – to no avail. I tried to find the place to do it according to your directions but it’s no longer there. Where can I find a total list? I’ve tried at the top left of my profile page, where I can get a list of my interest groups – but even when I click to get more it still is just a fraction of what I have joined over the years since I started on Facebook. Then I tried via the top right of my home page where you edit your profile and click on ‘activities and interests’. Again it only brought up a fraction of them. Can you please tell me how I can get a comprehensive list. This is driving me crazy! Ok, I figured out how to do this (I’m not using the new timeline so I don’t know if it’s the same). 1. CLICK on your name either in the right corner or your name next to your profile picture. 2. ON THE TOP RIGHT corner, CLICK on –> Edit Profle. 3. In the left column, CLICK on –> Activities and Interest. 4. You can delete all your activities. However you do have to do them one by one. 5. SCROLL down to the very bottom of page. 6. CLICK on –> Other Pages you Like (this is below the SAVE CHANGES button in little blue letter. 7. It will bring up all the pages that you LIKED and want to UNLIKE. Again, must be done one at a time. Thanks for your response. I had already done this though and it still hadn’t brought up all my lists – even when I clicked on ‘other pages you like’. However, for some odd reason I’ve been able to add lots of new groups recently without deleting any more. I had deleted as many as I could find that I didn’t care about – but even so, I am sure I must be past the quota they had set – so I don’t know whether they have increased that quota recently or whether they have cleaned out a lot of old groups, which has automatically decreased the number on my file. I just can’t seem to find a way of accessing ALL my groups. This is annoying but I can’t be bothered wasting any more time on the issue unless I again reach the point where they won’t let me add any new groups. It’s really no wonder problems like this occur when they keep making such massive changes to Facebook – there’s sure to be some features that ‘fall through the cracks’ so to speak. Finally figured this out, if you like me are annoyed by those AD spamers behind those FB pages, here’s how to remove it (shame on FB deliberately made it hard to find the right place to remove them) 1: Logon your FB account 2: Scroll all the way down till you see “About . Advertising . Create a Pages ….”, they are grayed out and small, so look carefully. 3: Click on ” Create a Page” 4: look at upper right, click on”Pages I Like” 5: There you will see all the pages, to right there are “liked” buttons, just hover you mouse button over the “liked” button, a small popup will shows up, you can then click on”unlike” to remove any page you want to get rid of. * it may take a while for the popup to comes out, or try to click on the “liked” bottom. FB changes all the time. This is an old thread. There is no account in the top right-hand corner anymore. It does not say Home, Profile, Account. I’m trying to remove the interest page which I never added in the first place: Home, Profile, Account, and then Select Edit Friends, Pages. I have none of those because I can’t even locate the account anymore. When I go to Settings, half the stuff you can’t change at all. For instance: Can’t turn off the app requests and activity. When I click on Edit, it Says ON and there is no toggle link to shut it off. So does anyone know how to use the new FB to remove the “interest pages” and turn off the “app requests and activity, which I also never added.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Pages Monday, May 16, 2011 thoughts on Nonfiction Book Group titles from Citizen Reader One of my favorite book bloggers is Citizen Reader. She reads and writes about both fiction and nonfiction, but tends to prefer nonfiction. This is a welcome change, as most book blogs focus on fiction or genre. CR (as her readers affectionately call her) also contributes to The Reader's Advisory Online, and has also written and co-written a couple of books on the subject, so she knows what she's talking about. CR recently put up a list of books she'd recommend for Nonfiction Book Groups. Has anyone read any of these or used them in your book groups? What do you think of using Three Cups of Tea due to the most recent controversy? Or Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother? What do you use in your NF book groups? PS. CR also does something called a Book Menage a few times a year, which is an online book club where participants read two books and then discuss them online over a week long period. It's loads of fun, and highly recommended. Here's a link to the most recent titles; discussion begins May 23rd. 2 comments: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother would be highly discussable, although I have yet to find a single person who liked the author as she presented herself. Not liking the "main character" might prevent a person from actually finishing the book. I love Citizen Reader, and after I read her list of book group possibilities I added "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," "Dirty Life," and "Cleopatra" as possible reads. Last year we all loved "84, Charing Cross Road" so much I showed the movie. It got high marks from the group. I thought it would be a good substitute for the then too-popular-to-obtain "Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society." Other Book Discussion Resources Blog Archive Please note: READS-TO-GO is run by a committee of volunteers who work on the project in addition to their regular library jobs. They have used readily available online resources in putting together book summaries, author information, and discussion questions for the kit titles. These resources include some of the sites listed above, publishers' and other websites.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Between late February and May, in woodlands and wetlands throughout eastern Canada and the northeast United States, you’ll find a low growing, foul-smelling plant called skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus). The skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to emerge in the spring when the winter snow is yet to melt. As the plant pokes its head out of the snow and starts flowering, it forms a small pool of water around it, created by snow melt. The heat needed to melt the snow is derived not from the sun but generated by the plant itself. Skunk cabbage is one of the few species in the Plant Kingdom, belonging to ancient lineages of flowering plants, that has the rare ability to generate heat — a phenomenon known as thermogenesis. The flower of a skunk cabbage melts snow around it by its heat. Photo credit	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Hackettstown, N.J. - The Rams moved into fourth place in the Skyline with an 86-66 victory over Centenary College tonight. Farmingdale had 13 players in scoring to just six players for the Cyclones (3-16, 1-10). Sophomore guard Damien Santana (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grady) led with 21 points, including five three-pointers, to help improve the Rams record to 12-7, 8-4 in the conference. Farmingdale fell behind early in the first half, before using a 10-3 run to take a two-point edge and would lead the rest of the game. Senior forward Sean McCabe (Bellmore, N.Y./W.C. Mepham) and junior forward Brian Robinson (White Plains, N.Y./White Plains) both finished with nine points and seven rebounds, while junior guard Peter Lipka (Shelton, Conn./Shelton) also registered nine points in the win.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
{ Monthly Archives } July 2012 In a nod to the strange weather we’ve been seeing across the United States during the early part of this summer, it was 95 degrees and raining today. If you zoom in you can clearly see the digital thermometer display showing 95 deg F and, strangely, just 58% humidity. But it takes the thing a […] In case you needed another warning to pay attention while driving, this morning ABC News showed the following photos of a woman who slammed into the rear of a vehicle hauling wooden poles. Incredibly, she was not seriously injured in the accident, apparently due to a split-second jerk of the wheel.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
10 Unbelievable Facts You Didn't Know About Redheads Headstrong as it is, ginger hair holds its pigment much firmer than any other hair colour. If redheads desired to dye their hair to any other colour (why would you?), it would only have a noticeable difference after bleaching the hair beforehand. Otherwise, the colour won't take. Bleaching, of course, is just bad news for hair. Especially red hair, which is much more fragile than other shades anyway. 2. Redheads have less hair on their heads In terms of total number of strands, gingers have far fewer atop their red heads than any other colour. On average, flame-haired beauties have 90,000 strands, compared to blondes with 110,000, and brunettes with 140,000. They're not exactly going bald though, as each strand of natural ginger hair is much thicker, so the appearance is often that redheads have more hair in general. These fewer but thicker strands make it easier to style, so be jealous. 3. Redheads don't go grey Staying true to its stubborn stereotype, ginger hair retains its natural pigment a lot longer than other shades. So there's no need to panic about going grey - red hair simply fades with age through a glorious spectrum of faded copper to rosy-blonde colours, then to silvery-white. 4. Red hair and blue eyes is the rarest combination in the world The majority of natural redheads have brown eyes, with others likely to have hazel or green shades. But like red hair, blue eye colour is a recessive trait, meaning that both parents must carry the gene for a child to be blessed with it. This makes those with red hair and blue eyes the rarest minority in the world, with only 1% having both. So, each one is about as rare as a four-leaf clover. 5. They're more sensitive to thermal pain Countless studies have looked into the genetics behind redheads claiming that they are more or less sensitive to pain. Research shows that redheads are more sensitive to hot and cold pain, with their bodies able to change temperature much quicker. Also, in surgery, gingers might require approximately 20% more anaesthesia than other hair colours. The exact reason for this is unknown, but it is thought that a link to the mutated MC1R gene could be the culprit to its effectiveness. 6. The Romans kept redheaded slaves at a higher price Those with fiery-coloured hair were held in high esteem in Roman art and culture. Thought to be strong and determined, they were more expensive than other slaves, and prisoners would even have their hair dyed to be displayed as trophies. Either that, or wigs of red hair were reportedly imported from northern Europe, for slaves to wear. 7. Russia means 'Land of Reds' Translating to mean 'Land of Reds', Russia boasts a high density of gingers located in its Kazan region, at over 10% redheads, a similar density to Scotland and Ireland. 8. 40% of Brits are 'Secret Gingers' Extensive research conducted by BritainsDNA has found that more than 40% of the population carry the mutated MC1R gene that's responsible for red hair. Both parents must carry the gene to be able to spawn a ginger baby, which lies at 25% if they're not ginger themselves, but still carry the 'secret gene'. 9. Adolf Hitler reportedly banned ginger marriages ...For fear of 'deviant offspring'. Of course. 10. Gingers generate their own Vitamin D Having pale skin may mean that redheads burn more easily when exposed to UV rays, but their paleness can serve as an advantage. Redheads can't absorb sufficient Vitamin D due to low concentrations of eumelanin in their body. This may sound like bad news, but this lower melanin-concentration means that gingers can cleverly produce their own Vitamin D within their body when exposed to low light conditions. Emma Kelly is the Founder and Editor of Ginger Parrot (www.gingerparrot.co.uk), a website for redheads, delivering news and features on topics specific to those with ginger hair, including General News, Fashion, Music, Beauty, Film, Health and more. The site also sells hair products, clothing and gifts for redheads and redhead lovers alike.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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“The so-called video image is actually a shimmering energy pattern of electrons vibrating in time. The fabric of the image needs to be in a constant state of motion in order to exist, a modern embodiment of Buddha’s dictum that ‘all existence is change.’ The electronic image is not fixed to any material base and, like our DNA, it has become a code that can circulate freely to any container that will hold it, defying death as it travels at the speed of light.” - Bill Viola School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Life & Death,” an exhibition of works produced over four decades by pioneering video artists Dara Birnbaum, Peter Campus, Frank Gillette and Bill Viola, and curated by MFA Art Practice Department Chair David A. Ross. Ross notes in his curatorial statement, “the exhibition is an attempt to distill a central metaphor found in four very different works, each dealing in its own way with issues of transcendence and mortality.” First known for her 1978-1979 video mash-up/collage of television actress Linda Carter in the role of Diana Prince transforming into Wonder Woman, Dara Birnbaum is among the first generation of artists to appropriate television imagery, recontextualizing pop icons through fragmentation and repetition to expose the mechanisms of collective memory. By the early 1980’s she began creating complex metaphorical video works, generally eschewing the use of found or appropriated footage. Her 1983 Damnation of Faust explores the eponymous 19th-century myth in a dreamlike, three-part introspection on the duality of interior life and the external world. A playground scene shot in SoHo, close-ups of a woman looking wistfully out of a window and footage of American civil rights demonstrations constitute just some of the imagery through which the artist threads her narrative of loss and redemption. Peter Campus earned a degree in Experimental Psychology before taking up video in the early 1970s to investigate the role of the spectator and the relationship between illusion and reality. In his 1979 installation work Head of a Man with Death on His Mind—produced shortly before the artist took a 17-year hiatus from making video work—Campus closely frames a face staring directly at the viewer, immobile except for an occasional, monumental (the projected face is 12 feet high) blink of the eyes. The video loops continuously, giving the impression that the man will bear his thoughts of death silently, impassively, forever. A founding member of the Raindance Corporation, the alternative-media think tank that published the influential Radical Software magazine beginning in 1970, Frank Gillette produces multi-channel video installations, photographic works and single videos in which empirical observations of natural phenomena are reorganized into complex audiovisual compositions. In his first new video installation work since 1984, Conjunction, he stages a conceptual faceoff by placing four identical monitors at right angles to one other. Two screens display nature in its purest form, free of human intervention; the other two document the man-made or synthetic world through “ritualistic assemblies (moving still lives),” as Gillette says. The resulting installation considers “the perpetual conflict and mutual antagonism floating between sovereign nature and the toxic swagger of invading artifact.” Widely acknowledged as having expanded the scope of video art in terms of technology, probing intellectual and spiritual content and the use of images and motifs from the history of art, Bill Viola began experimenting with sound and visual recording techniques as a teenager and studied visual art and electronic music at Syracuse University in the early 1970s. He and Ross worked together as undergraduates, and then again during Ross’ pioneering video curatorial work at the Everson Museum. His 1992 installation Heaven and Earth is a deeply personal work reflecting his ongoing engagement with archetypal imagery from eastern and western spiritual traditions. The piece consists of two exposed cathode ray (television) tubes separated by only a few inches, one rising from the floor on a narrow pedestal, the other descending from the ceiling. On the lower upturned screen we see the his mother’s eyes closed and in a coma shortly before she died. On the other monitor, the face of Viola’s newborn son is reflected in hers as is his in hers—the two generations who would never meet in life, connected in a shared virtual space. An advocate for contemporary art and artists for the past 40 years, David A. Ross was director of The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Ross has been active in a curatorial capacity since 1971, when he was named the world’s first curator of video art at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. Ross curated Frank Gillette’s first major museum exhibition in 1973, the 1974 solo exhibition of Peter Campus for the Everson, has presented and written about Dara Birnbaum’s work since the early 1980’s, and with Peter Sellars, co-curated the 1997 Bill Viola retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He has contributed to numerous publications on the subject, including Video Culture: A Critical Investigation (Gibbs Smith, 1987), Video Art: The Castello Di Rivoli Collection (Skira, 2005), and Illuminating Video: An Essential Guide To Video Art (Aperture/Bay Area Video Coalition, 2005). SVA Chelsea Gallery Free and open to the public Monday through Saturday, 10am – 6pm. The gallery is accessible by wheelchair. For inquiries about any of our galleries or exhibitions, please contact the SVA Chelsea GalleryMore info	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Welcome to water for people Water For People + Kristof C-19 Impact initiative New York Times columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof has launched the C-19 Impact Initiative to highlight organizations like Water For People, who are fighting on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to encourage you to support this life-saving work. Read the article. Now, more than ever, access to safe water, hygiene, and sanitation is essential to protecting human health, and we are grateful to be recognized for our work bringing sustainable water and sanitation systems to communities around the globe. 50% 39% 1 IN 6 healthcare facilities have no handwashing stations or sinks. This means nowhere for staff or patients to clean their hands. 3 BILLION people lack basic handwashing facilities at home our response to COVID-19 Handwashing is a community's first defense against the COVID-19 virus. But, 50% of health clinics globally don't have piped water, and 39% don't have access to soap. That's where Water For People comes in. We construct water systems and ensure clinics, schools, and other public institutions have safe, reliable water to keep their communities safe. Investing in Water For People Ensures Emergency Preparedness Now and in the Future It costs Water For People approximately $10,000 to ensure access to safe, reliable water and to provide hygiene education for one health clinic. Included in this cost are things like pipes, taps, local labor to construct the systems, and the assurance of sustainability. In 2020, we have identified and are working to reach 273 health clinics and other public institutions in nine countries across Africa, Latin America, and India. Your investment helps ensure clinics and public facilities are better-equipped to contain the spread of COVID-19 in some of the world's most vulnerable communities. Everyone Deserves Water That Lasts Forever Water For People believes in a world where everyone has safe water and sanitation that lasts forever. We believe in it so much, we've named our impact model Everyone Forever. Everyone means every family, health clinic, and school. Forever means water and sanitation systems are sustainable and will last for generations. It sounds simple, but it’s actually a big shift in the status quo. In most water and sanitation work, the focus is on short-term wins – building a few wells or toilets without considering how they will keep serving people long into the future. We used to operate that way, until we realized it wasn’t working. When pumps and toilets broke, no one could fix them. This left communities back where they started. So in 2011, we conceptualized the Everyone Forever model. We partner with local governments, businesses, and individuals, providing the support they need to bring clean water and sanitation systems to their own communities. Then we ensure they have the resources they need to maintain those systems now and in the future. The local government provides the structure. The local shop owner provides the materials. The local entrepreneur makes repairs. And the local family gets clean water for a lifetime. Learn more about Everyone Forever through the eyes of the people who help make it possible: Water Gives Health Priscilla works at a health center in Kamwenge District, Uganda. She is the nurse in charge of the clinic and is responsible for ensuring any community members who need health services can receive them. When Priscilla started working at the clinic, there was no access to reliable and safe water, which made caring for patients very challenging. The Town of Thagoni Está muy lejos, they tell us. Thagoni is very far. Thagoni is so far away, so deep in the mountains, and so spread out that national programs for water access never would have reached it. Just the cost to get a rig up there to drill a well would be prohibitive. Students are Part of the Solution Both Maribel and David are dreaming of going to university next year – Maribel wants to be a nurse or social worker, and David plans to study mechanics. One of the reasons they are able to dream about heading off to university is because they go to a school that has safe water and sanitation. They never had to miss school due to fetching water or being sick from water-borne diseases. Maureen the Hand Pump Mechanic On any given day, as she sees her kids off to school or prepares food for her family, Maureen could get a call from a community in her region. She’d drop everything in that moment, grab her tools, and head off on her bicycle. Don Ángel: Protecting a District’s Water Don Ángel went from being a zoologist who worked with livestock to leading the water and sanitation office in the province of Gran Chimu de Cascas in Peru. Highest possible Charity Navigator Rating Water For People has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for 16 consecutive years. This distinction places our organization in the top 1% of all charities. We’re proud that our commitment to transparency and responsibility has earned us this designation. We couldn’t do this work without the support of so many who believe in our mission and have joined us on this journey to bring water to Everyone Forever. But wait...there's more! Well, hello, New York Times reader. Of course we expected you to reach the bottom of our page - you love to read!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Receive the latest local updates in your inbox Florida lawmakers have passed a statewide ban on texting while driving. The Senate passed a bill (SB 52) on Thursday by 39-1. Yessica Torres, whose family member was killed in a texting-while-driving crash, comments. Sen. Nancy Detert and Broward Commissioner Chip LaMarca also comment. (Published Friday, May 3, 2013) Updated at 9:06 AM EDT on Friday, May 3, 2013 Florida lawmakers have passed a statewide ban on texting while driving. The Senate passed a bill (SB 52) on Thursday by 39-1. Republican Sen. Joe Negron of Stuart was the only no vote. The Legal Playbook: Texting and Driving The experts from Anidjar and Levine speak about the dangers of texting and driving. (Published Monday, April 15, 2013) Bill sponsor Sen. Nancy Detert said she decided "not to let the perfect get in the way of the possible" and agreed to the late amendment. Miami-Dade County Fairgoers Try Out Texting and Driving Simulator A texting and driving simulator attracted dozens of people to a booth at the Miami-Dade County Fair. Andrea Villacicencio of AT&T, Jahmarr Smith and fair VP Nancy Chevres spoke about it. (Published Friday, March 29, 2013) The bill now goes to Gov. Rick Scott's desk. Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca believes the latest effort could become law. "It's very non-political. It's non-controversial," LaMarca said. "I think it's something he can get behind and it's a public safety issue." Florida One of 5 States Without a Texting and Driving Ban More than 3,000 people are killed and nearly 500,000 are injured each year in distraction-related crashes, including those caused by texting while driving. Attorney Alan Goldfarb, FHP spokesman Joe Sanchez, FIU Senior Instructor Katherine Depalo, Boca Raton State Rep. Irv Slosberg, and Ryan Duffy spoke about the issue. (Published Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013) Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia already have texting-while-driving bans for all drivers. Yessica Torres said she believes a violent car wreck that left her mother dead and her father severely injured may have been avoided if some kind of anti-texting while driving law already existed in Florida. ”Not having that law changed my life. Maybe if we had that law back then, my life would be completely different right now,” she said. The crash involved a teen driver who was on his cell phone minutes before the crash, his phone records showed. His attorney has told NBC 6 that his client was speeding, not texting. Torres supports the bill awaiting action in Tallahassee. ”I know today it got passed in the Senate, and we're just waiting on Rick Scott to pass it or veto it,” she said.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Ariel, the frontman of the rock band "Peterpan," was the first high-profile offender of the pornography law that went into effect in 2008 and carries a maximum penalty of 12 years. The first video surfaced on several websites last year and went viral through social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. It allegedly featured Ariel and girlfriend Luna Maya -- a model and TV journalist who interviewed Hillary Clinton on her show "Dahsyat" during the U.S. secretary of state's visit to Indonesia in 2009. After the release of the second video allegedly featuring Ariel and Cut Tari -- a soap opera star and TV journalist -- the term "Ariel Peterporn," a spin on the singer's name and his band, became a top trending topic on Twitter. He may be getting off easy compared to two Iranian pornographers recently given death sentences. "Two administrators of porn sites have been sentenced to death in two different (court) branches and (the verdicts) have been sent to the supreme court for confirmation,'' Dolatabadi said, without naming the two convicts. Last December, Canada expressed concern over the reported death sentence handed down to an Iranian-born Canadian resident for allegedly designing an adult website. Saeed Malekpour, 35, was convicted of "designing and moderating adult content websites,'' "agitation against the regime'' in Tehran, and "insulting the sanctity of Islam,'' according to an online campaign calling for his release. Malekpour was detained in Iran after returning in 2008 to visit his ailing father. He was sentenced to death in December. Speaking at a press conference at Buswells Hotel in Dublin, the group called on the incoming Government to introduce legislation that would penalise people who buy sex, while decriminalising those who sell sexual services The group says women and children continue to be trafficked into prostitution in Ireland because it remains profitable. After the murder of the gay Ugandan activist David Kato and with a chilling warning from Ugandan MP David Bahati ringing in her ears, she says she fears her life is over. Bahati, the author of a bill which would impose the death penalty on homosexuals, intervened in Namigadde's case to warn her she should "repent" or be arrested on her return. Speaking from Yarl's Wood, Namigadde, 29, says: "My life is in danger. I don't know what will happen to me. I'm very scared. I haven't eaten, I haven't slept." She knows from experience what returning to her country will mean for her, she says. "I'll be tortured, or killed, if I'm sent back. They've put people like me to death there."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
26 May 2008 Yan Kedah Tenggiri Hunting Report by Takin On the 15th of May, some intrepid LKGers decided to test the waters of Yan for tenggiri. This motley group was made up of the infamous Two-Lans (Lannun, Lansi), Dolah, Jackpot and yours truly. This time of the year is the back end of the tenggiri season, but of late there was news of certain trips out of Dulang registering catches of 10 specimens or more. This is a strong indication that the fish are still around in big numbers; maybe their extended stay is a result of the of the quirky weather conditions. If I remember correctly, the beginning of the tenggiri season this year started late, so an extended tail end of the season is good news for anglers born and bred on the tuas action. We went in two cars, Lan’s and mine. An early start which is the norm brought us to the Dulang jetty by 6.30pm. After having a leisurely breakfast, we boarded the boat with our supplies (I really like the nasi lemak bungkus and the bihun goreng at the jetty stall). On weekends, it is quite often for the food at the nearby stall to be finished. Latecomers would have to travel out of Dulang for their food, but today was a weekday, so there were not that many boats headed out to sea. As before, we were on Kri’s boat and this time Pak Ayub was joined by another boathand called Razak. These two are a regular crew on the boat. The seas were rather rough as we headed out, this certainly caused concern especially for Dolah. On a previous trip, he had been beset by mal-de-mer and that was enough to make him vow not to make another Tuas trip (until now – let’s see – that vow lasted about a few months !) But as the morning wore on, the waters calmed. There was some ominous looking storm clouds on the horizon, but the boatman determined that they were going to miss our boat by moving north. And so it did. The clouds dumped their prodigious cargo on the seas around Pulau Bunting and left us with wonderful weather and calm seas. This is more like it, now to see if the fish would play ball ! Unlike the previous trip when I left my sabiki jigs at home, there was enough to use for a few trips! But then we found that boreks (Rastrelliger Kanagurta) were hard to come by. Only selars were coming up on the jigs, and this was not good. We did keep some bait sized selar as livebaits while the bigger ones ended up on ice. They would make good tauchu dishes and Lansi was already salivating. We had some dead baits, termenung (Rastrelliger Brachysoma) bought from the Pulau Betong jetty but unfortunately, on that day I bought them, there were so many termenung that the boatmen simply did not bother with proper icing of their catches. The fish were most probably going to end up processed or as feed rather than sold for food, and they dispensed with the ice. That made them soft and unsuitable for tenggiri casting. We headed out to Kri’s tuas and everyone began doing their thing. The water was deep blue and crystal clear, and I had some concerns that the fish would be spooky and difficult to deceive. Dolah wanted to try casting lures and we all joined him; when the water is crystal clear, the low light conditions would normally be the only time the fish could be fooled into taking artificials. We saw many willing takers but no solid hookups. Many were banangs (longtoms – Tylosorus Crocodilus) and were considered pests in moe ways than one. Consider yourself lucky if they do not take home your precious lure! A few specimens even contrived to hit our live baits meant for tenggiri, and made short work of our limited live bait supply. Dolah did stay attached to a big fish that we suspected to be a sizable GT on a Rattlin Rap in Chrome Blue (this seems to be a favourite colour for sea fishing wherever it may be), but the fish got entangled in a handline and was soon lost. Unfortunately for me, a banang took home my battle scarred Abu Hammer spoon which had been so productive in Pulau Sembilan, while Dolah lost the abovementioned Rattlin Rap. Both lures are discontinued, and are hard to find! The boatman did manage to land a few talang (Queenfish – Scomberoides Commersonianus) around the kilo mark which was fooled by “bulu” – white colured duck’s feather or hackles rigged with a hook and retrieved erratically. They told us that the day before had yielded them many talangs on this method. Today, there seemed to be fewer around, but they certainly made up for their lack in number with much bigger sizes. We also had some talang take our live baits, and these acrobatic pelagics were a welcome adversary on our light tackle. Using a 30lb set meant for light trolling and bottom bouncing, I let out a live selar on a dropper rig tied to 1 metre leader and was hit almost immediately. But the brute force of the take was such that the 50lb leader broke instantly! The boatman saw this and advised me to set an even lighter drag and let the fish take the line. I rigged another leader, hooked another selar and set the bait at depth I was hit earlier. As I was asking him to see if my drag was set lightly enough, a fish hit the selar and I was on ! The fish was definitely a talang and after a few anxious moments, was safely landed via a landing net. The handsome specimen was approximately 2.5kg and would have been a great adversary on lighter gear. Another live bait set then attracted the attention of a 2 foot long barracuda; the take was soft and the fish simply remained stationary. When I set the hook, the fish ran to the surface within visual distance. I could see the line and not the hook and sure enough the line was sliced right in front of my eyes give the fish its freedom. A short while later, there was a double hook up, my live bait setup was hit at the same time a talang hit the “bulu” that the tekong was retrieving. Both were sizable specimens, and my 50lb leader was broken again. The tekong lost his fish as the hooks pulled mid water. There seemed to be a lot of large talangs in this tuas ! Hmmmmm…. I wonder what flies could do; after all talangs are suckers for bilis patterns! Maybe some of the keen fly-fishers might want to take up the challenge next time. At this tuas, the boatman began deploying some handlines rigged with fresh squid for kerapu (Epinephelus Coioides) – greasy grouper or estuary cod. They used large handlines and ratan rods of about a feet in length. One end was stuck into rudimentary rod holders on the gunwale and the baited line was tied to the other end. A small fishing bell rounded out the gear. For this trip, we had 3 strikes, and only 1 fish of about 1 kg was landed. The kerapu simply took the bait and went straight into its lair, snagging us up. This fish was forcefully manhandled by the boatmen and dragged out of its hiding place unceremoniously to later grace our get together dinner. We suspected the other specimens that got away to be bigger, as the take was more violent than the one landed. They snagged us up pretty good, and that was that. A bell going off was certainly the perfect adrenaline rush, and it was interesting to see the boatmen drop everything they are doing and scramble for the set lines. They have to be quick in order to try to keep the fish from snagging up the line too badly. This kerapu season, the biggest they had landed so far was an 18kg specimen; their all time record was a respectable 27kg! Oh well, maybe next time we will get to land the bigger ones….. At this time there were several of us already at the back casting lures or termenung for tenggiri. Suddenly there was a commotion at the back; it was Jackpot hooked up to a tenggiri on his Cherrywood ! We were cheering him on, but with some concern, the last time we saw him in this situation, he lost his fish boatside. The fish was safely landed after a short fight, and Jackpot had finally managed to get the tenggiri monkey off his back ! Well done ! The size was nothing to shout about but we have a tenggiri on the scoreboard. The tenggiri and GTs were feeding just outside the tuas, and schools of nervous baitfish were exploding on the surface every now and then. Lannun then had a take on his dead termenung and after a spirited fight, this biiger tenggiri was landed as well. After a lull of a few minutes, it was the turn of Razak to register a hit on his termenung. This was a better sized specimen and the fight lasted a bit longer. In a span of about 30 minutes, we had had 3 tenggiri landed. Things were looking up ! A short while later, a handline baited with a live selar was hit mid water. After a short but savage fight, a handsome, thick set GT (Caranx Ignobilis) was landed. During our lure casting session, we could see GTs milling around and chasing our lures but they were spooky and refused to take our offerings. The water was clear enough for us to make out schools of talang cruising in midwater and a host of other tuas species. We also spotted a huge school of termenung (R. Brachysoma) feeding; in this mood they simply ignored sabiki rigs. By late afternoon there was little action; we decided to drop some baited sabiki jigs over the side and see what came up. We were pleasantly surprised when we pulled up some kedarang – fusiliers (Caesio spp) and berangan (Pinjalo pinjalo). The whole group got in on the act and before long we had a sizable number of these delectable fishes on ice. We also landed some pelata bali (Pseudocaranx dentex) , and I was once again surprised by a frisky talang that just did not know when to give up….. A few exhilirating runs later, Jackpot slid a net under a well-conditioned carangid! The bite lasted a few hours and after landing a mixed bag we decided to call it a day. Although the tenggiri action was limited, this tuas provided us with alternative quarry that we always had something to target. All in all we had a relatively productive outing. A surprise was in store for us at the Dulang jetty though when we discovered that a boat had landed 30 plus tenggiri from another tuas! Another trip is in the offing then…… wait for the story ! 4 comments: Hi there, Am trying to get a reliable fishing boat contact for Tuas Yan. Would greatly appreciate it if you could advice me whom is a reputable boatman for Yan area. 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Cops: Mom Stabs Teen Son During Supervised Visit LARGO, Fla. – Police say a Florida woman repeatedly slashed and stabbed her 15-year-old son during a supervised visit at a psychiatrist's office. The teen is in critical condition. Largo police arrested the woman after the attack Saturday morning. She remains held without bail in Pinellas County on Florida's Gulf Coast on an attempted murder charge. Largo police Sgt. Mark Young says the mother typically gives her son gifts during the supervised visits. On Saturday, Young says the woman handed her son cologne, then used a dagger and drywall knife to stab him on a psychiatrist's couch. The woman's ex-husband has custody of the teen, and Young says the 55-year-old woman has never exhibited violent behavior during previous visits.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
As activists for the rights of restaurant workers take a more serious look at the treatment of those employed in the food service industry. The food service industry has long been an area in which individuals may not treated fairly or in accordance with applicable employment law. Some activists are attempting to forge a link between those who really enjoy fine dining and the workers who serve their dining needs. The goal of many restaurant activists is to ensure that working conditions are improved for the 10 million restaurant workers throughout the United States. Some statistics state that those restaurant workers are two times more likely to require public assistance than other Americans. Research indicates that one in every five workers is involved with delivering or producing food. This makes the sector the fastest-growing industry in the United States. Unfortunately, about 70% of the lowest paying American jobs are related to the food industry. In some areas, such as San Francisco, the situation has become dire. Some restaurant workers are being forced to leave major urban areas because they can’t afford even the lowest rents within the city. The average hourly salary of restaurant cooks (often referred to as “line cooks”) is $10.99 and even lower for establishments classified as drinking establishments. The salaries of wait staff is often much lower since they are also compensated with tips directly from customers. Although about 71% of individuals in the United States support raising the federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 per hour) this raise would not affect waiters and waitress who currently receive a paltry $2.13 per hour. Sometimes individuals who work in the restaurant industry do not know their rights or understand the difference between exempt and non-exempt employees. In some cases an employer may call an employee a manager or supervisor simply to avoid paying that individual overtime. This practice could be illegal. In addition, employees who are not required to receive overtime are also not required to have rest or meal breaks. An employee who is unable to take a lunch break or who is forced to work during their lunch break might be permitted to recover a full hour of pay for every day this occurs. Depending on the length of time that this occurs it could add up to a fairly large sum of money. Some restaurant workers may not be provided the mealtime and rest periods required under both Federal and State laws. Furthermore, the minimum wage in California is currently $8.00 per hour and will rise to $9.00 per hour on July 1, 2014. This means that non-wait staff workers, such as cooks should be paid at least $8.00 per hour to comply with California’s laws. Costa Mesa employment lawsuits can be filed with assistance from the Nassiri Law Group, practicing in Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County. Call 714-937-2020.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
HTC Teases New Edge Sense Features for U11 This morning, HTC is teasing a few upcoming Edge Sense features for owners of the U11. If you aren’t familiar with HTC’s fancy new and somewhat gimmicky feature, the sides of the U11 are pressure sensitive, allowing users to squeeze their device to start tasks. You can open apps, apply shortcuts, and things of that nature. Once these changes are made, as shown in the video, users can squeeze their device to zoom inside of Google Maps and Google Photos, switch up views in Google Calendar, as well as answer and hang up calls. HTC doesn’t detail when these changes will be made available, but rather, they’re all “on the roadmap.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Unique Statistics: open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Alveolar hemorrhage can be seen in many vasculitic disorders. However, granulomatosis polyangiitis (formerly Wegener’s granulomatosis) uncommonly presents with life threatening alveolar hemorrhage and has only been discussed in a few case reports [1]. Case Presentation: A 53 year old Caucasian male presented with hemoptysis and profound anemia. Two weeks prior, he had presented with abdominal pain with normal renal function and numerous pulmonary nodules. During the current admission, the patient was hypoxic with acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis. Urine sediment demonstrated dysmorphic red blood cells. A bronchoscopy revealed diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. The diagnosis of pulmonary-renal syndrome was made and therapeutic plasma exchange was initiated. Laboratory studies were significant for a c-ANCA titer positive at 1:640 FIU and anti-proteinase (PR)-3 antibody titer positive with 78.3 U/ml. Renal biopsy demonstrated necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis. A diagnosis of granulomatosis vasculitis was determined. Conclusion: Alveolar hemorrhage is rare to be the presenting symptom of granulomatosis vasculitis where the common presenting features are recurrent sinusitis, epistaxis, chronic otitis media or rhinitis. Physicians should consider granulomatosis vasculitis in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary-renal syndrome presenting with hemoptysis. INTRODUCTION Granulomatosis polyangiitis is one of three pulmonary-renal syndromes which are associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, either c-ANCA or p-ANCA, due to autoantibodies against target antigens proteinase-3 and myeloperoxidase (MPO), respectively. Classically, when a patient presents with pulmonary hemorrhage and necrotizing glomerulonephritis anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (anti-GBM disease) is thought of first. Granulomatosis polyangiitis is increasing in incidence and thus becoming aware and comfortable with the different clinical presentations of this disease process can be life saving. We describe a case of granulomatosis polyangiitis presenting with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH). CASE PRESENTATION This case is a 53 year old Caucasian male with a history of tobacco abuse was over the past few months been treated twice with azithromycin and prednisone for what was believed to be bronchitis. Six weeks later he presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with abdominal pain. The workup was significant for normal laboratory studies (Table 1) and numerous pulmonary nodules, found on a chest x-ray and confirmed with a computed tomography scan (CT) of the chest. Subsequently, an outpatient positron-emission test (PET) scan showed metabolically active pulmonary nodules and a biopsy was scheduled. One week later and prior to the biopsy, he presented to the ED with hemoptysis. He was coughing black to bright red blood clots with whitish sputum for three days and, on the day of presentation, frank blood clots. He confirmed mild shortness of breath at rest and generalized weakness along with nausea and vomiting. He denied hematemesis. The patient worked as a maintenance worker and welder and had no history of exposure to asbestos. Moreover, he had no recent travel outside the United States or sick contacts and NSAIDs on occasion He denied fever, chills, weight loss, loss of appetite, chest pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, hematuria, changes in urine output, headaches, and rashes. Table 1. Laboratory Findings from Two Weeks Prior to Current Admission Laboratory Value Normal Value Hemoglobin 12 g/dL 13-18 g/dL Hematocrit 32% 40-52% Potassium 3.9 mEq/L 3.5-5 mEq/L BUN 22 mg/dL 6-20 mg/dL Creatinine 1.1 mg/dL 0.6-1.2 mg/dL On examination, the patient was pale, afebrile with a blood pressure of 147/82 mmHg and tachycardic at 120 beats per minute. He was hypoxic (pulse oximtery reading of 83% on room air) and tachypneic (respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute). The examination was also significant for coarse breath sounds bilaterally in all lung fields and generalized poor air movement. Initial laboratory studies were significant for profound anemia and acute renal failure (Table 2). Urine sediment demonstrated a moderate amount of dysmorphic red blood cells (RBC) with no RBC casts but a moderate amount of muddy brown casts. The chest x-ray (Fig. 1) showed diffuse bilateral airspace opacities that were non-specific concerning for pulmonary edema, pulmonary hemorrhage, ARDS, or pneumonia. Given the presence of hemoptysis, urinary red cell casts and acute kidney injury, the possibility of a pulmonary-renal syndrome was considered. He was intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation and bronchial lavage was initially sent from the patient confirming pulmonary hemorrhage seen in Fig. (2). The patient was started on a course of plasmapheresis and supportive hemodialysis. Immunologic studies were done and are reflected in Table 3. Significant findings included c-ANCA titer of 1:640 FIU, and a negative anti-GBM antibody titer. A renal biopsy was performed and was significant for necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis with fibrocellular crescents in nine of sixteen glomeruli along with acute tubular injury (Figs. 3, 4) with a lung biopsy (Figs. 5-7) indicating the presence of acute and organizing infarct with numerous vascular thrombi and necrotizing vasculitis. 6. The definitive diagnosis of granulomatosis polyangiitis was made. As the diagnosis was being confirmed renal replacement therapy was begun as well as four treatments of plasmapharesis were completed. Once the diagnosis was confirmed, plasmapharesis was stopped and the patient was started on cyclophosphamide and prednisone along with dialysis support. Immunologically he achieved remission, but failed to recover renal function and remains dependent on hemodialysis (Graph 1). Graph. (1). Trend of creatinine from admission during treatment and renal replacement until discharge when patient went home with three times a week hemodialysis. DISCUSSION Granulomatosis polyangiitis is a pauci-immune vasculitis, and is one of the many causes of pulmonary-renal syndrome. Etiologies of pulmonary-renal syndrome include anti-GBM disease, and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), and granulomatosis polyangiitis. This patient’s clinical presentation of DAH with necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis was atypical but immunologically consistent with granulomatosis polyangiitis due to high titers of c-ANCA and PR-3 antibodies. The incidence of granulomatosis polyangiitis has almost doubled from since 1990 to 1 in 64.8 million in 2005 and mean age range at presentation is 40 to 60 years [2]. Granulomatosis polyangiitis is a systemic vasculitis that affects both medium and small vessels. Typically, granulomatosis polyangiitis involves the upper respiratory tract, lungs, kidneys and joints and is frequently an indolent disease [3]. Most of these patients have c-ANCA positive antibodies and less commonly myeloperioxidase positive antibodies [4]. Approximately 99% of patients with granulomatosis polyangiitis will develop upper respiratory tract involvement during the disease process [2,4]. Pulmonary involvement ranges from 60-85%, classically as capillaritis or granulomatosis masses, which could lead to diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) [2]. DAH has been reported over a wide range from 7-40%, and usually the results of a mass or untreated capillaritis [4,6]. DAH is characteristically not the presenting symptom, as seen in our case. It has been agreed upon that DAH does have an increase mortality rate of 60%, however, if granulomatosis polyangiitis is left untreated the mortality rate is 91% [1,5,7-9]. Glomerulonephritis is also been reported in varying frequencies from 40-70% [2]. Typically only about 25% require dialysis and only half of those will progress to end-stage renal disease [1,2]. Severe renal disease has been classified by the European Vasculitis Study Group as a presenting creatinine of over 5.8mg/dL [12]. Persistent renal impairment despite adequate treatment also leads to poor prognosis [2]. The prognosis of vasculitic disease is worse with concomitant renal impairment and pulmonary manifestations at initial presentation with the absence of upper respiratory tract involvement [2]. Those individuals that are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with a suspected alveolar hemorrhage have a mortality of 25 to 50% [4]. Therefore, it is imperative to have a high index of suspicion in order to improve the outcomes. This disease is often confused with anti-GBM disease or microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). The only way to differentiate these diseases is by serology testing and confirmed with either lung or kidney biopsy. Goodpasture’s syndrome is associated with high titers of anti-GBM antibody and DAH is a common presenting symptom. Goodpasture’s disease is treated with plasmapheresis. MPA typically presents with capillaritis then subsequently develops Granulmatous vasculitis, but these diseases are treated very similarly with glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide. However, in the presence of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, immunosuppressive therapy alone can be inadequate and therefore plasmapheresis is instituted in some cases. There has been a randomized study that has shown benefit with plasmapharesis in addition to immunosuppressive therapy which includes the traditional high dose methylprednisolone with patients in severe renal diseae [12]. Due to the high mortality rate, associated with DAH and severe renal disease, our patient was plasmapheresed even before intravenous cyclophosphamide and glucocortiocoids were given and biopsy results were available. 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Search form Search Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Grand Old Opportunism by Abby Zimet Never mind making $223,500 to put his foot in his mouth as GOP Chairman. The incomparable Michael Steele is also getting $10,000 to $20,000 - close to the poverty line for annual income of a family of four - to give speeches, says the Washington Times. Never one to miss an opportunity, Steele flies first class too. Some Republican leaders say it "just doesn't look right" to get paid extra to put aforementioned foot in mouth; others say it's no big deal to have "outside employment," though it sure seems inside to us. "This is silly." - RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho. FRIENDS: Help Us Fight Independent journalism has become the last firewall against government and corporate lies. Yet, with frightening regularity, independent media sources are losing funding, closing down or being blacked out by Google and Facebook. Never before has independent media been more endangered. If you believe in Common Dreams, if you believe in people-powered independent media, please support us now and help us fight—with truths—against the lies that would smother our democracy. Please help keep Common Dreams alive and growing. Thank you. -- Craig Brown, Co-founder Order stickers here... Further While waiting alongside other administration officials and lawmakers before a scheduled event at the White House on Thursday morning, a live video stream captured what appeared to be billionaire capitalist and U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross scraping something from the corner of his eye and then putting it in his mouth. Seemed like an eye booger, but impossible to know for sure. Pretty sure U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross just ate an eye booger on national television. No big deal, but... Common Dreams brings you the news that matters. Sign up for Newsletter Connect With Us Support Our Spring Fundraising Drive Can We Count on Your Help Today? Common Dreams is a small nonprofit with a big mission. Every day of the week, we publish the most important breaking news & views for the progressive community. To remain an independent news source, we do not advertise, sell subscriptions or accept corporate contributions. Instead, we rely on readers like you, to provide the "people power" that fuels our work. Please help keep Common Dreams alive by making a contribution to our Spring fundraising drive. Thank you. - Craig Brown, Co-founder	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Mariners should have pulled out all stops to sign Hamilton Steve Kelley of the Seattle Times Friday, December 14, 2012 Advertisement SEATTLE — Certainly it's understandable why the Mariners couldn't sign Josh Hamilton. We all know how hard it is to multitask. For instance, I've discovered that I can't balance my checkbook and watch Jim Caviezel on “Person of Interest” at the same time. And I can't make trades for my fantasy-league team while I'm listening to “Elise in the Afternoon.” Surely we know by now that we can't expect the Mariners, who still seem to be putting most of their efforts into squashing the proposed SoDo arena project, to also have the time and concentration to go after expensive free agents. Look, you can't have everything. You should be happy about the new center-field scoreboard that has a TV screen the size of a Mount Kilimanjaro glacier. You were also expecting the Mariners to sign Josh Hamilton to play in the outfield, underneath that scoreboard? Don't you know by now that in Seattle, when it comes to the Mariners, it's either/or? You can't have Hamilton and a new scoreboard. So Josh Hamilton is going to the Los Angeles Angels after agreeing Thursday to a five-year, $125 million deal. Yes, baseball fans, Christmas is fast approaching, and after teasing you with thoughts of Hamilton dancing in your outfield, all the Mariners have given you is the cynical signing of the unproductive, injury-prone Jason Bay. That's like asking for an 80-inch, LCD TV for Christmas and getting your grandfather's old transistor radio instead. It's true, spring training still is a long way away. The Mariners still could dip into the mediocrity pool and sign Nick Swisher or, heaven forbid, Delmon Young. Or they could make a move for Arizona's talented-but-temperamental outfielder Justin Upton. If they got Upton, maybe they could be forgiven for letting Hamilton get away. More likely, the M's will give up the pursuit of power, sign speedy center fielder Michael Bourn and ask him to become an imitation of Ichiro. Or they might dip into the bottom of the free-agent barrel and sign Cody Ross or Raul Ibanez. But the Mariners could have had Josh Hamilton. They could have had his 40-plus home runs. Finally they could have had a serious anchor in the middle of the order, and they could have given fans a serious reason to come to Safeco Field. I don't want to hear that familiar Mariners mumbo-jumbo that Hamilton didn't want to come to Seattle, didn't like the geography or the climate or the new Ferris wheel. Good front offices find ways to make these deals. Good front offices know how to recruit as well as John Calipari. But hey, it's hard to negotiate seriously with a superstar free agent when you're spending so much time fretting over potential traffic problems around your ballpark. Come to think of it, not signing Hamilton should help ease the potential problem of gridlock on First Avenue. “Tonight's official paid attendance is 6,472.” Josh Hamilton is the guy who could have given Northwest baseball fans a real reason to live again. He would have been the perfect reward for Felix Hernandez after another wondrous season that included a perfect game. Sure, we all know about Hamilton's drug addiction issues and we know about the Mariners' longstanding reluctance to take a chance on a player with a past. They traded Carlos Guillen to Detroit because they worried that Guillen's party habits were rubbing off on pitching ace Freddy Garcia. And they got rid of Garcia when they started to believe he was becoming a bad influence on Hernandez. There are a lot of things the Mariners don't do well. But they are very good at just saying no. It's bad enough they didn't sign Hamilton. It's even worse that he signed in their division. The Angels still have holes. The depth of their rotation is an issue. But they can trot out a lineup that includes Hamilton, Albert Pujols, Mike Trout and Howie Kendrick. Next season they should lead the majors in runs. The Mariners needed to do something dramatic this winter. So far, they haven't. Thank goodness for the Houston Astros. At least if the M's finish fourth in the AL West next season, they won't be in the basement anymore. Some winter the Mariners will have to spend money, won't they? You can't run a baseball team like any other business and expect to win. Sometimes you have to swing for the fences.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Could a Doctor Who/Sherlock Crossover Happen? A new behind the scenes image is once again fueling speculation that Doctor Who and Sherlock could bring together two of the most iconic characters in British fiction in a crossover episode – but fans shouldn’t hold their breath for the team up. The modern, Benedict Cumberbatch starring version of Sherlock – co-created by Doctor Who veterans Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss – debuted to instant success in 2010 on the BBC. That was the same year Moffat took the reins of Doctor Who as showrunner, where Matt Smith’s bow tie loving take on the Time Lord was just as successful as Moffat’s take on the surly detective. Fans have long dreamed of a crossover between the two series, and have posited theories that the shows exist in the same universe through some supposed clues in each series. Related: First Look At Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor A newly revealed set image is only going to add to that speculation. Rachel Talalay – who has directed episodes of both series – has posted an image of outgoing Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi on the set of Sherlock: Promised #LIWho I’d finally post this: #PCap visiting (no conspiracy) me at #Sherlock221b last year. In costume as he was working on Class that day. Now i’m done over-explaining, great moment for #WhoLock #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/ca3aLSQIqv — Rachel Talalay (@rtalalay) November 13, 2017 Talalay is quick to note Capaldi was just visiting the set on a day he was filming the now cancelled Doctor Who spinoff Class, and it seems highly unlikely Talalay would post the image if it was from some super secret cameo for either show. On a more practical level, time is simply running out for any such crossover. Sherlock wrapped its fourth season last year, and while everyone involved has claimed to be open to a fifth season at some point, the busy schedules of both Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman – as well as the somewhat conclusive feeling of the fourth season – suggest that’s a long way off, if it ever comes. Moffat is also departing Doctor Who after this year’s Christmas episode, “Twice Upon A Time”, which will feature the First Doctor, portrayed by Game of Thrones veteran David Bradley, and will see Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor regenerate into the Thirteenth Doctor, played by Broadchurch’s Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to take on the role. The notion of a crossover between Doctor Who and Sherlock never made a tremendous amount of sense. Sherlock is a flashy, stylish show that can sometimes flirt with the trappings of action movies, but it would be quite a leap to suggest it exists in the same realm of science fiction wonder as Doctor Who. Still, for some fans, it will feel like a genuine missed opportunity to never see Sherlock and the Doctor squabble over jelly babies and nicotine patches. Doctor Who returns with “Twice Upon A Time” on Christmas Day on BBC America.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Harry Potter star Emma Watson recently admitted that she had a crush on one of her co-stars. Which co-star did Hermoine have the hots for? It wasn’t Harry or Ron, so who could it be? Believe it or not, her crush was on Tom Felton who played Harry Potter’s nemesis Draco Malfoy. Emma has great taste! Felton may play the role of an evil student well on his way to becoming a dark wizard, but he sure is easy on the eyes. Emma recently opened up about her crush. She said, “For the first two movies, I had a huge crush on Tom Felton. He was my first crush. He totally knows. We talked about it – we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that’s cool.” How sweet! Emma and Tom’s final project together, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two will make its debut in theaters next month. Do you think they would have made a cute couple? Share your thoughts below!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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How Much for the Black Confederate? Looks like I missed a very interesting Antiques Roadshow last night. A descendant of Andrew Chandler brought in the original famous photograph of his great-great-grandfather and slave, Silas Chandler. The piece was assessed between $30,000-$40,000, by the very capable, Wes Cowan of History Detectives fame. This is one of the more popular stories floating out there in the crazy world of black Confederates. Silas Chandler is regularly touted as one of the best examples of a black Confederate who fought for the cause. The standard “neo-Confederate” line can be found here [warning: turn the mute button off first] and you can even buy a Chandler Brothers t-shirt from Dixie Outfitters. The transcript of the appraisal as well as a video can be accessed here. I was a little disappointed with Cowan’s interpretation, though I guess it could have been much worse in different hands. Cowan should have responded immediately to the following from his guest: The gentleman on the right is Silas Chandler, his slave, or as we’ve always called him, manservant. Andrew Chandler fought with the 44th Mississippi Cavalry, as did Silas. They’re about the same age, joined the Confederate army when Andrew was 16, Silas was 17, and they fought in four battles together. Silas did not fight with the 44th Mississippi. He was a slave. And Silas did not join the Confederate army when he was 17. He was a slave. Cowan correctly identifies Silas as enslaved, but then goes on to ask the following: “And Silas actually received a pension from the Confederate government for his service during the war, isn’t that correct?” No, it’s not correct. The Confederate government did not issue pensions; rather, veterans were able to apply for pensions from the states in which they lived following the war. However, Cowan fails to mention that while some slaves did receive pensions this did not signify status as a soldier. The viewer is left to wonder whether Silas was indeed a soldier. I know, it’s an excusable mistake, but in this case it makes all the difference. We need to be careful when it comes to telling these stories. We need to be sensitive to the military records when determining service as a soldier as opposed to simply throwing words such as “service”, “fought”, “joined” around loosely as is typically the case. More importantly, we need to be careful about imposing our assumptions about the relationships between these men. I am happy that the descendants of these two men are now close friends, but that has absolutely nothing at all to do with understanding the master-slave relationship through Andrew and Silas Chandler. We need to take care of our history. I have a very simple question. Did slaves pick up guns and murder Yankee soldiers? Did they flee the the Confederate army to join the Yankees? How many did flee and how many stayed with their masters when the opportunity arose to escape? Very basic questions. We know that tens of thousands of blacks escaped north during the Civil War. I have no doubt that given the number of slaves present with the Army of Northern Virginia that some ended up with rifles in their hands and fired those rifles in the direction of Union soldiers. The numbers are almost impossible to determine given the records. That along with sloppy analysis opens up room for the nutty claims that abound. You would have been proud of the panel at UNC Wilmington last Friday. The discussion was on USCT but, of course, the audience found its way to the Confederate service question. To a person all four panelist jumped into the question pointing out the ambiguities of claims and acknowledging some who have service records (estimated at 300 by one panelist (Dr. Mark Elliott, UNCG) and in the hundreds by another (Dr. Chris Fonveille, UNCW). The four member panel took turns expressing and stressing serving versus soldiering (for free blacks) and just being there as a slave. Dr. Richard Reid supported the other panelists. The fourth member was a retired UNCW faculty whose name escapes me, Dr. Haley maybe. It was great to see them engage a mixed crowd (students, NC DCR members, re-enactors, regular folk) and forcefully bite at the topic. It was brilliant,IMHO. I read something about it, but I am so pleased to hear that it was a success. Bob Krick of the NPS also estimates that the total number of blacks who served as soldiers probably numbered no more than a few hundred. I don't know anyone who has spent more time with service records than Krick. That sounds right to me. More importantly, it sounds like it was a civil and educational discussion and that is exactly what is lacking. Thanks so much for the comment. How could there be slaves fighting for the confederacy? The confederacy was built upon the notion that the black man was not equal to the white and that slavery was the base on which it was built. There can be no argument against this because VP Alexander Stephens said it himself in his “Cornerstone Speech”. I find it hard to believe that the Confederate Government would allow a slave grasp a weapon and engage in combat because once he had done this, would it not be fair to grant him his freedom for fighting for their cause? I mean, that would be that only incentive in my opinion that would prod a slave to fight for a society that was built on the back of slaves. If a slave’s incentive was freedom for his service, would that slave also want his family to become free at the conclusion of his service? Economically and socially, it seemed outright hypocritical for the Confederacy to enlist and arm slaves. They struggled with this issue the entire war once their manpower pool began to decline and when it was approved, the only instance where there were actual black confederates was in April 1865 when a company or two of slaves were mustered into service in Richmond, Va but they never saw combat since Richmond fell practically the day after this occurred. If there were “black confederates”, they could only have been servants, cooks, and performed other jobs within an army that would free up a white man to serve in the Southern battle line. What is sloppy about providing an account of who he was facing. Those details I don’t believe are going to be included in any account. Do you think he was concerned with the arms of the other Confederates? Do you really think the officer would/should have called a “time out” to run over to check on their status or ask why they were armed? Of course we can’t speak for the officer or even his opinion on the fact he provided the account of the black soldiers. However, I do believe we should take his account for what it is, that he came upon armed blacks that were on the other side. What is sloppy is that you are not citing the document properly. He doesn't call them “black Confederates”. He refers to black men carrying weapons. All I am saying is that we do not know much from this report. We certainly do not have a reason to assume that these men were soldiers since the Confederate government excluded blacks from joining the army. Your other comment was deleted for lack of content. I have very little patience with readers who post comments anonymously. We know he saw them and they were fighting for the other side, otherwise, he would have made it known, they were fighting for the North. Its obvious you do not want to admit that blacks did fight for the South, and that’s fine that’s your opinion. But I don’t know why you want to question the official records of the war. But, you don’t want to question the fact just because the Government excluded blacks from joining the army, that does mean it did not happen. Frederick Douglas wrote that he saw black Confederates with arms. There are plenty of other reports that bear that out as well. Any serious historian is not so closed minded they allow their agenda to get in the way of the facts. You might also want to know there were Jewish Confederates, hispanic Confederates, American Indian Confederates. There were also black slave owners. No he didn't. Go back to that reference, which I believe appeared in Harpers Weekly and what you will notice is that Douglass simply passed on information that was conveyed to him. What you need to remember is that Douglass was at the time trying to convince Lincoln to accept black men into the United States Army. Again, you are throwing references around w/o any attempt at analysis. Since all of these points have been made on this blog before I am going to end this line of discussion. I urge you to browse through the category of posts on this subject. There is no past tense for the word. Brooks can speak for himself, but the reason we are not asking is because the available evidence does not point to significant numbers of free blacks fighting as soldiers in the Confederate army. The Confederate government expressly forbade their recruitment. There is overwhelming evidence demonstrating that when blacks were uncovered in the ranks they were dismissed from service. White southerners debated the issue of black recruitment throughout 1864 and into 1865. Again, I recommend reading Levine's books for an excellent survey of this debate and the eventual decision very late in the war to recruit limited numbers of slaves. Pike is a noun, not a verb. I don't think you need to be an expert on English to know that. Why didn't the CSA commander mention the unit armed with pikes? He mentioned his artillery and cavalry, for example. Why should we talk about black Confederates? We talk about things because we think they are important. Why are they important to you? What does their existence signify? I admire your efforts to shift the conversation. That suggests to me you can't defend your analysis of the evidence on its merits. I'm unaware of anyone here who does not believe that there may have been some free blacks who fought on the Confederate side. Show me where they deny this categorically. Pike is a noun, not a verb. I don't think you need to be an expert on English to know that. Why didn't the CSA commander mention the unit armed with pikes? He mentioned his artillery and cavalry, for example. Why should we talk about black Confederates? We talk about things because we think they are important. Why are they important to you? What does their existence signify? I admire your efforts to shift the conversation. That suggests to me you can't defend your analysis of the evidence on its merits. I'm unaware of anyone here who does not believe that there may have been some free blacks who fought on the Confederate side. Show me where they deny this categorically. You dismiss one report because it does not match up with your opinion, and accept the other one as fact, since it does not mention the black Confederates, even though it does not mention them one way or the other. Exactly what type of record would you accept for you to believe there were black Confederates? Ken is simply doing what any good historian does with evidence. He is asking questions and trying best to judge what it shows. Your first comment suggested that this report proved the existence of black Confederates. What we are pointing out is that there are reasons to disagree. Again, that is what good historians do. Not all reports are equal, though, as you imply. It's not much of a stretch to believe that Gregg knew how many men he had under his own command. They took roll. I'd be more wary of using his estimates of Federal numbers. In contrast, the U. S. army launched an official investigation into Schenck's actions after Vienna. Common sense suggests that he might have had reason to stress the odds he faced. So yes, in this case, I'm more willing to accept Gregg on his numbers than Schenck. That's not because of my opinion on the issue, though, it's simply logical. As to the broader issue, I've described a handful of blacks in Confederate arms here and there, when the sources seemed reliable. But I've also had someone take my own words, rewrite and distort them, and then plaster them all over the internet under my name to “prove” the existence of many “black Confederates.” So you'll have to forgive me if I'm suspicious of other bits of “evidence” or the issue in general. The Union informant mentioned they were not fighting at all, just lying prone on the grass: “… a body of 150 armed picked negroes, who were posted nearest us in a grain field on our left flank, but not observed by us, as they lay flat in the grain and did not fire a shot.” The Confederate commander, who mentions every single other unit under his command and identifies commanding officers, did not mention such a detachment, period. Odd to say that, especially if the men were “picked.” By whom? Now, I would assume that the Confederate commander knew about the men under his command. Do you have any evidence to the contrary? Did the Union forces actually see these men? No. Now, you've told us that these were black Confederate soldiers, armed with pikes. Nothing, absolutely nothing in the source, tells us that. You dismiss whatever evidence (including the CSA commander's report) does not match up with your opinion … sound familiar? Once again, you're simply admitting that you interpret the evidence in some way because of your opinion about black Confederates. You can't escape having your own perspective assessed in light of your own logic. Here's my question: no one, including the historians with whom you are arguing, denies that there were enslaved blacks with the Confederate armies. Heck, I can offer much better evidence than you have of that fact. My question is a simple one: what do you conclude from their presence? Anything? After all, since you so insistent that other people don't see black Confederates because of their assumptions, you should reveal your assumptions, because you do see these black Confederates, and you seem angry that other people do not. Why is this so important to you? Tell us why this matters. “Exactly what type of record would you accept for you to believe there were black Confederates?” Forgot to answer this, sorry. I recently completed a project that required me to read the letters and diaries of 320 CS soldiers. They wrote a lot about slavery, slave labor in camp, their opposition to emancipation, and their mixed feelings about the 1865 Confederate Congressional debates over arming blacks. But not a one of them–not one–described black men fighting beside them as armed soldiers for the Confederacy. What I'd need are a lot of letters that did describe that. I'd also need evidence that the 1865 Confederate slavery debates never took place after all, because why debate the issue if black men were already soldiers in Confederate service? Finally, some official mention from the Confederate government before 1865 would help. This has been interesting, but as I'm waiting for the garage to call about the car, I must take leave of the discussion. Read the report again, sir. Schenck “the Yankee general” clearly never saw one black man under arms at Vienna, nor did anyone under his command. He is merely reporting what a “perfectly reliable Union man….the same reliable source” told him later. Note in particular that the 150 men “were not observed by us” and moreover “never fired a gun.” So what we're left with is an unnamed civilian source and a comment he made days after the action. And even then we don't even know if he was providing eyewitness or secondhand information. You are correct, the General did not see them personally. However, given the General accepted all information from the source its a streach to not believe the source. There are many other reports of black Confederates including from Frederick Douglas. I simply do not understand why people are so closed minded to this issue. Particually many of the same people complain the history of black Americans takes a back seat to the rest of our history. The Douglass report that you speak of does not demonstrate the existence of black soldiers in the Confederate army. What you refer to as “closed minded” is really nothing more than what serious historians do when confronted with evidence. They ask questions. I highly recommend that you read Bruce Levine's book, _Confederate Emancipation_ (Oxford University Press). This particular OR source does not point to black Confederate soldiers. It does if you are already convinced that thousands served. Unfortunately, the kind of evidence that would demonstrate such a presence doesn't exist. Yes, but how reliable was the source, really? Look at a different issue. Based on the civilian's information, Schenck reported that “at least 2000” Confederates were arrayed against him. Yet in the next report, Maxcy Gregg is very exact about his numbers at Vienna: 575 infantrymen, 70 cavalrymen, and 34 gunners, 680 in all counting Gregg himself. (And no armed blacks). Thanks to the source, in other words, Schenck reported that the force he faced was three times as large as it actually was. So the civilian was either prone to exaggeration, or simply a bad observer. That doesn't speak well for his assessment of those 150 black men. The fact that Schenck believed everything the guy told him doesn't speak so well for him either. No, this one is too flimsy to accept as definite fact. {There are many other reports of black Confederates including from Frederick Douglas. I simply do not understand why people are so closed minded to this issue. } The reason has been stated: The use of black in general and slaves in particular was against the policy of the Confederacy. It's like someone saying that there numerous cases of American female soldiers in WWII. The use of women as fighting soldiers was forbidden. As such, any citation of women in battlefield situations must, by necessity, be greeted with skepticism. Beyond the fact that blacks were not allowed to join the Confederate armed forces as a matter of policy, there were social barriers as well. For various reasons, the idea of arming blacks was problematic for whites (in both the South and the South, I would add). There were fears of armed slave revolts, concerns that blacks weren't good enough fighters, and plus, whites did not want to fight alongside blacks. Given this, any incidence of black Confederate soldiers must be seen as an exception, and in need of some type of validation before it can be believed… just as a supposed case of American WWII females soldiers would need some validation in order to be believed. If you look at my very first post, I provided a link to the OR. I incorrectly said the General saw the men, but then corrected that in a later post. It seems to me that others want to pick apart the OR to fit their view points. I'll admit I may not be the best writer, and may not alway use choose the best words(for example when I say soldier, I'm using it in the general term, and when using the term fighting, it means they are on one side, either Confederate or Union) to make my points, however, I still think if the blacks mentioned in the OR were Union men, the General would have mentioned it, or added a note onto what he was told by the source. Elsewhere on this page, there is a reference to a NPS employee who provides an estimated number of blacks he thought fought for the South. I did not see anyone question his numbers, or ask where he got his numbers from. It seems to me if people want to be so exact and measured on this issue, why not questions regarding his numbers or his opinion? What are his sources for such numbers? “Elsewhere on this page, there is a reference to a NPS employee who provides an estimated number of blacks he thought fought for the South. I did not see anyone question his numbers, or ask where he got his numbers from. It seems to me if people want to be so exact and measured on this issue, why not questions regarding his numbers or his opinion? What are his sources for such numbers?” Because Bob Krick's searches through the combined service records and rosters have been discussed before. We're well aware of the source. Bob's name is attached to his findings. Yours is not. I would just point out that Bob Krick is one of the most respected NPS Civil War historians. He has published extensively on the Army of Northern Virginia and is familiar with all of the relevant archival sources. Could perhaps picked in this case mean gathered? We picked apples from the orchard. It seems to me that it could be saying 150 armed gathered Negroes which makes more sense to me than picked being some form of weapon. A few questions: if these armed African Americans were lying down, how could someone tell they were armed? And why does the Confederate report make no mention of these men? Are we to assume that “black Confederates” were invisible to their white Confederate counterparts, and visible only to the enemy at a distance? Or might it be that these armed black men were in fact looking to fire upon the Confederates (which would explain why the Confederate report does not acknowledge them)? A pike(non firing weapon) is a pretty long weapon, easily seen from a distance. Why would the Confederates mention them? They did not need to mention men by race, they knew the troops they had, so there was no need to single them out(I think this is where our twenty first century mind gets in the way of just looking at the evidence as it is provided by the first hand accounts). I'm sorry you seem to have an issue with the official records. It seems you the one that is projecting in this thread. I asked exactly what type of record you would accept in order to believe if there were black Confederates. You did not respond. I don't want to assume you ignored the question, so I'll give you another chance to respond to it. I did a quick tour of this blog/website and it seems to be very anti-confederate and not open to the idea there were black Confederates. Of course that might not be your view. You are missing the point. Brooks is not taking issue with the OR. He is taking issue with your interpretation of one report in the OR. There is a significant difference between the two. You are the one making the claim about what a specific source shows. Brooks and Ken disagree. That is the nature of historical discourse. It is you who refuses to follow up on their counterpoints. C.O.M. … I don't have an issue with the OR at all. Indeed, in this discussion I've drawn on multiple reports, whereas you seem content to select just one. Nor was I the person who first brought up what people want to believe or not to believe. You did. Your question about what evidence I would require to accept the existence of black Confederates was directed at Kevin. Please try to follow your own postings. I mentioned that I've come across evidence of enslaved blacks with Confederate forces, so your point falls flat. I would point out I'd need far better evidence than you have offered in this thread. I've come across diary entries recently by women reporting on the actions of black servants at the front, for example. Now, about those pikes … did you just make that up? They aren't mentioned in the OR report. I don't have any trouble with that. Do you? You say that you've posted with your name. How gave you the name “citizenofmanassas”? That's quite unusual. Does it say that on your social security card? 🙂 But the account you cite does not mention pikes, and mentions that they did not fire a gun. And you would have us believe that men lying down in the grass would nevertheless point their weapons … pikes or rifles … at the sky. If the men were prone, as the report offers, how could an observer see how they were armed (since obviously the weapns would be concealed)? I simply asked whether the Confederate commander mentioned these men at all in his report. He does not. Are you saying that he was deliberately concealing their presence? That he did not know where (or who) his soldiers were? The report makes no mention of these men, period, regardless of color. That's not an issue of looking at evidence from today's eyes. After all, the informant mentioned their race. He wasn't from the 21st century. The Confederate commander simply doesn't mention them, period. You have repeatedly misrepresented the report which you have brought to our attention. It's not clear you've even read it carefully. And, as you live in the 21st century, maybe you are seeing this report through your eyes, instead of simply looking at the evidence … because, if you had simply looked at the evidence, you would not repeatedly misrender it. I admitted that I was wrong in saying the General saw the men. Did the Confederate officer mention his other troops by race? You certainly are reading what you want into the report, because you simply do not want to believe there were black Confederates. If they were Union troops it would have been noted as much, but it was not. You find reading what's written to be a challenge. I simply asked whether the Confederate commander mentioned the men at all. I did not say whether he needed to mention them by race. I'm not reading anything into either report. I'm just reading them. You have read into it that they had pikes, for example, without a shred of evidence to support that. You've not answered several direct questions about the evidence or your reading of it. The best you can now do is to assume (there you go again) that anyone who disagrees with you must not want to believe there were black Confederates. Thus you admit that you see that how people read evidence depends on their preexisting assumptions, and if you apply your own reasoning to yourself, you read the material a certain way because you want to believe there were black Confederates. I haven't said anything here in this thread about the broader issue of blacks in Confederate military service. I've simply pointed out that your interpretation of this evidence is not supported by the very evidence you offered. I've not speculated as to your agenda. I have, however, held you accountable to your own logic. If you feel offended by that, that's your problem. Let's not make too much of Wes Cowan's “expertise.” History Detectives delights in highlighting rudimentary research practices as if they are magic. Antiques Roadshow is yet another travesty, where one can't decide whether to laugh or cry. On Cowan, see how he identifies himself: http://www.cowanauctions.com/about_bio.asp. I think Cowan's performance in this instance exposes him as something of a fraud. Why would the men be mentioned at all if they were not relevent to the action? if talking about the men in past tense, and while it might not be correct, the term picked is suitable to discribe the state they were in, which is to say they had pikes. There are a lot of leaps to think the men were tossed into the report for no reason at all, to believe they were not relevent, were Union men if anything, etc. But again, you are of the opinion to make those leaps. Are you telling me that the Confederate commander had no idea that he had 150 picked armed men available to him … when that force would have increased his available force by nearly 20%? If they were positioned on a flank, they were relevant to the action, because if they had attacked, they could have helped overwhelm the Union force. There were only 271 Union soldiers involved in the action. I'm not sure what dictionary you are using to claim that “picked” means “men armed with pikes.” Please share your source of that usage. In any case, the source you cite mentioned that not a gun was fired. That would suggest they were armed with weapons that fired bullets. Perhaps you can show me where Confederate ordnance officers issued pikes to black men. Were these the pikes at Harper's Ferry? How ironic. 🙂 All I've pointed out is that there's really not much to go on here. Is this the best piece of evidence you have that there were black Confederates? Because, frankly, if I wanted to make the case that there were black Confederates, I wouldn't use this as evidence to make my case. I want to add a few thoughts following Ken Noe's comment re: the lack of evidence of black Confederates in his most recent research project. Over the past five years I've read hundreds of Confederate letters written in the summer of 1864 during the Petersburg Campaign. By the summer of 1864 black Union soldiers had become much more visible on the battlefield and would play a major role in the failed Union attack at the Crater on July 30, 1864. What I find interesting is that while Confederates comment extensively about these black soldiers in blue uniforms I have never come across a letter that includes a reference to black Confederate soldiers. Where are the references to the loyal black Confederate soldiers who will meet these men on the battlefield? Not one. In addition, newspapers throughout the South included scores of editorials about the question of whether the Confederate government should recruit slaves into the army, but only a few that I've come across actually supported it. As someone else mentioned, why was there a need for a debate if these soldiers were already present in the army? The problem is not that we refuse to believe that black soldiers fought in significant numbers for the Confederacy; rather, the problem is that we have no reason (no evidence) to believe it. Oh another undocumented CW Picture showing an armed Negro Slave. OH my didn't they know that was against the Law! What are we to make of this? Is it a Forgery??? I know Kevin and the There were No way in Hades Black Confederate will launch a full assault on this. ;>) Have fun folks, I am going to stay out of this other than making this last statement. I belive there were Free willed Black Confederate Soldiers, I have seen too many pictures in person and online to discount their existance even if I can not prove it YET with any Historical Record that would pass muster. So the Search for the Truth goes on. We've all seen photographs of armed black men from the Civil War. I am editing a collection of letters from a South Carolina captain who brought his slave with him. His slave was uniformed and even carried a weapon on occasion. He was, however, a slave. And when the Union navy anchored just outside of Charleston Harbor he ran off. A photograph tells us nothing. We then have to go and try to interpret it along with any other available evidence. What is so difficult to understand about this process? More to the point, it is irrelevant what you believe. What matters is whether you can support what you believe with a reasonable interpretation of the available evidence. That is how history is written. That you admit to not being able to “prove it” means that you have no reason to believe it. Actually, the photograph in question is well known. So is the story behind it. I understand you believe there were “free willed black Confederate soldiers.” How many? Where did they serve? Why did they join? What are the broader implications of their service? How do slaves exercise “free will” in such matters? less that 5000 based on what I have seen so far mostly free blacks from LA. We see blacks mentions in all areas of the war but no defentive evidence has been found. I believe as I have read about the Confederate Marines the evidence was lost in the fog of war. I hope someone some where will find the smoking gun to prove these pictures and letters right. As for How slaves exercise free will ? I see that as the free will to offer ones self for service. I have read one case where the story says the Body servant upon returning with his matsters body requested to return and fight in his masters place and was allowed to do so. “I have read one case where the story says the Body servant upon returning with his matsters body requested to return and fight in his masters place and was allowed to do so.” You do understand that what you describe kinda underminds “free will,” as he could not do as he wanted to do, but had to ask to be allowed to do it. I think it is perfectly understandable that some enslaved blacks would have wanted to join masters in the army, especially if they were unmarried. For some, I have no doubt there was a personal attachment. For others, a change of scenery, a relief from old patterns and habits. For others still, the chaos of war opens up opportunities to escape, and going to the front closes the distance to freedom. Because I want all those old colored people who told me about their kin fighting for the South to be vindicated in the academic world that thus far had derailed and denyed the truth of their oral history. That has to be one of the silliest blanket claims about academia that I've ever heard. I am not going to bother with a response to this other than to say that you've laid out a very dangerous criteria for how historians ought to go about investigating the past. Thanks for linking to this article. I've actually seen this before. I love the clarification: “…for though a pure negro, he is by no means an ebony black one” along with the standard, “faithful servant” and “worthy of the trust” references. On one hand, we have people who believe in NPS employees because they have done research. We have a link to the OR, which indicate there were black Americans on the Confederate side. We have another poster who provided that due to the official Confederate Government policy, blacks were not recruited into the Army and when found to be in the ranks were purged. It's just all over the place on the issue. We have some who believe slaves fought, some who don't believe any free blacks fought, and if they did what was their motovation, in other words, well some might have fought if I agree with the motivation they provide. Besides the NPS employee, nobody else has put their name to any research other then providing they have read letters of Confederate soldiers. Well, I suppose if the OR can't be trusted, then letters from soldiers, and a very small sample at that, should not be trusted either. I'd like to know the motovation behind why some refuse to accept there were black Confederates. I'd like to know why you would refuse to believe such, in the face of research by a very respected NPS employee who has done extensive research. I referenced Bruce Levine's _Confederate Emancipation_ more than once for you. You seem to think the OR is some kind of holy grail that needs no interpretation. It is a source that is extremely valuable to historians, but like any source it must be interpreted. You provided an interpretation of one particular item and it was challenged by two very talented historians who have published extensively on the Civil War. Please stop reducing this to questions of agenda. You failed to provide sufficient reasons to believe your interpretation of the source which was simply to say that there was a large number of black Confederate soldiers at Manassas. Your interpretation was then challenged, but you have not yet responded convincingly to those challenges. What more do you want? You say, “We have a link to the OR, which indicate there were black Americans on the Confederate side.” No we don't. We have a link that suggests that there were black men present in the Confederate army. No one disputes that. There were thousands of black men with the army and based on the available evidence it is safe to assume that they were present as slaves. Confederate armies were extensions of a government that pledged to protect the institution of slavery. Why would they arm the very people they were trying to maintain in a subservient position? The “motivation” behind those on this forum who “refuse to accept…black Confederates” is that we need evidence to convince us. You haven't done that today and based on what you've said here it is clear to me that you will be unable to do so in the future. My impression is that in the responses to the report you brought up, no one said, “this can't be true because I don't believe there were blacks in CSA military service (voluntary or otherwise).” Prove me wrong. Rather, you have been the person who repeatedly mentioned agendas, although you don't like it when you are held to the terms of your own reasoning. The OR is filled with reports, some accurate, some not accurate, and in some cases, it's very evident that the reports were deliberately inaccurate. So the mere appearance of a report in the OR is by no means a sign of its accuracy. You have not put your name to anything, so I find your complaint amusing. All evidence is weighed for its accuracy. Maybe you take everything you read at face value. I would not do that. Perhaps I should offer some other things found in the OR and ask you if you think they are accurate. If you think all of them are, that will be very interesting. If you think they are not, then you're back to explaining why you think this report is accurate. “I'd like to know the motovation behind why some refuse to accept there were black Confederates. I'd like to know why you would refuse to believe such, in the face of research by a very respected NPS employee who has done extensive research.” I'd like to know why you ask this question. Ever hear of constructing a strawman? Im curious. What kind of southern ideology benefits from the concept of Black Confederates. Is this something rich elite white people sit around and talk about. The Southern people I grew up with would have thought this whole discussion was a joke. I orginally thought it was just some gimmick to get noticed. This is a relevant question, but we don't need to transition to agendas since the issue at hand is one piece of evidence that has been put forward as reflecting the existence of black Confederate soldiers. I think we can all agree that it doesn't. Do you realize that while you are tearing the OR up as a source, you are putting your full faith in the writer of the book because in your opinion he has done a lot of research. There were lots of things done during the war that were against official rules, yet, you are hung up on the if there were officially black confederates or not. Does it matter if they were official or not? Were they handed out unofficial guns to go along with their unofficial status? The reason why I bring up the agenda is pretty simply, your tone comes across as bitter and hateful for anyone who dares to think or say anything that does not meet the pc standard. The North had slavery, yet allowed blacks to freely enter the service albeit at a lower pay rate, and of course in segregated units. There was debate going on in the North about the use of black soldiers too and if they could handle being soldiers. Heck even Abe himself did not view the black man as being his equal which of course was a common opinion of that day. It was almost two years into the war before recruitment of black soldiers really got underway. During the Rev war blacks fought for America, even though there was slavery. So, why would it be such a leap to believe free blacks would fight for the South? What you call “tearing” we call critiquing. I put my faith in no history book. The author must offer an argument that stands on evidence and interpretation. We are “hung up” on whether there is evidence for the existence of black Confederate soldiers — official, unofficial or whatever you want to call them. I'm sorry that my tone bothers you. Unfortunately, everything else in that paragraph is irrelevant to the issue at hand. Actually, that you bring up the North and slavery, etc. suggests that you have nothing else to contribute. Finally, during the war blacks fought with the Continental Army as well as the British. It's not a leap at all as long as you provide some evidence that holds up under scrutiny. You haven't done that today. “Do you realize that while you are tearing the OR up as a source, you are putting your full faith in the writer of the book because in your opinion he has done a lot of research. There were lots of things done during the war that were against official rules, yet, you are hung up on the if there were officially black confederates or not. Does it matter if they were official or not? Were they handed out unofficial guns to go along with their unofficial status?” You're right. There were a lot of things done during the war that were against official rules. For example, you aren't supposed to slaughter people who are surrendering. Take Fort Pillow as an example. And you aren't supposed to put POWs in harm's way … yet Lee did just that in October 1864, although he backed down when Grant called him on it. You can find documentation for both of these claims in the OR. Now, could you show me Confederate sources in the OR that bear on your question of free blacks fighting for the Confederacy? Could you explain to me why Robert E. Lee never spoke of his black soldiers? After all, Lee's men loved him, and he they. Why would he overlook the service of his black soldiers when he supported measures to enlist blacks in 1865? Don't you think he would have mentioned this? After all, we're talking about Robert E. Lee here. The OR of course is not a traditional history book that is written by single arther or even a few, so, there is not personal opinion to add to the overall theme of the book. You know that of course. But, you still do not trust the official records of the Government. It's not as if it was written by someone with an agenda or done to misled people. Someone, I'm not sure who it was, maybe it was you, said it was unlikely a Goverment that defended slavery was willing to arm the very people they wanted to keep in enslaved. So, that is why I brought up slavery in the North and during the Rev war. You simply do not want to believe, because it would go against your views and your agenda, and that is exactly what you have. Funny, how you want to put trust in the official stance of the Confederate Government, but do not want to put trust in the OR. Many books have used the OR as a source and reference. The fact there are pictures, letters, eye witnesses etc that prove there were black Confederates, you are not having any of it. You apparently do not understand what the OR is. It's not a traditional history book at all. It's in large part a collection of reports from various levels of command and departments. It is a source that can be used by historians along with a wide range of other sources. It's not a matter of trust. You still don't get it. These reports need to be interpreted. Go look at any set of reports for a given campaign/battle and you will notice that many contradict one another and they do so for any number of reasons. It then becomes the historians job to judge the relative value of each report based on a number of considerations. Slavery in the northern states was gradually abolished following the Revolution. It is of no relevance to this issue. “The OR of course is not a traditional history book that is written by single arther or even a few, so, there is not personal opinion to add to the overall theme of the book. You know that of course. But, you still do not trust the official records of the Government. It's not as if it was written by someone with an agenda or done to misled people.” And yet the record of Confederate commanders in the OR make precious little mention of black Confederates. As you are so familiar with the 128 volume work, and Confederate free blacks were all over the place, could you cite ten documents from Confederate sources in the OR that testify to free balcks fighting for the CSA in 1861-1864? Thanks. You implied that it was some kind of a history book, just not a “traditional” one. None of this is relevant to the fact that you failed to substantiate your initial claim. West Virginia was not a northern state. There is a difference between slave states that stayed in the Union and northern slavery. Let's get our facts straight please. You are quickly losing credibility here. It's relevant because someone posted why would the South allow blacks to have weapons if they wanted to keep blacks enslaved? The fact there was slavery in the North during the war did not prevent black Union soldiers and prevent blacks during the Rev war from being soldiers. Again, you seem not understand fundamental facts about the war. Slavery did not exist in the Northern states by the beginning of the Civil War. You could say that slavery existed in the United States during the war since 4 Southern states remained in the Union. The Revolution has nothing to do with your initial comment. Either stay on topic or let's end this thread. “Slavery did not exist in the Northern states by the beginning of the Civil War.” This is open to debate, depending on how you interpret the terms of New Jersey's emancipation measures. Although NJ finally ended slavery in name in 1846, in 1860 there remained eighteen “apprentices for life,” as I believe they were called under earlier legislation passed in 1804. Some renderings of the 1860 census returns do not mention these people as slaves: I've always taken the view that New Jersey did acknowledge those 18 black individuals as slaves at the beginning of the Civil War, though I am aware of the reference to “apprentices for life”. Of course, I should have clarified that point. What I meant to say was that all northern states had taken the initiative to abolish slavery gradually in the period following the Revolution. Our friend Richard Williams has decided to make a big deal about this: http://oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com/2010/01/bad… No doubt, I think he will have some fun with it. I hope he has some fun with it. Thanks so much for the links. I would say that that point is moot, given that there were roughly four million slaves in the South. The NPR interview was not just odd; it was close to bizarre. I think that it illustrates how men and women of similar philosophies reach across regions and join hands. All I can say in reaction to some of the views stated, is to echo the assemblyman with whom I most closely identify: “Oh my God.” Notice how the tragedy of the Holocaust, the tragedy of slavery, and the tragedy of Wounded Knee were all lumped together as events in the past that everyone just ought to get over. The apology itself, on the other hand, was a wonderful step in the right direction, imo, as are the efforts by some in Richmond to publicly acknowledge the history of the city's extensive involvement in every aspect of the slave trade and slavery itself, and as the capital of the Confederacy. I think the question of how to characterize the remaining few black individuals in the North is actually an important one. It tells us something about how white New Jerseyans perceived race on the eve of the Civil War. My initial comment doesn't reflect that because I wrote it on the fly. Well, Mr. Williams will find the whole matter a bit problematic if he chooses to gloat. Here's what he claims: “So Levin's assertion is factually incorrect.” Actually, not quite. Slavery was abolished in New Jersey in 1846. The census does not list the people in question as slaves. It's very specific about their status. Mr. Williams is also factually incorrect, in that he simply relied on one source, and took the source to his liking as being true, and failed to do more research. The picture is simply more complicated than either flat statement would have us believe. However, let's see how he handles this discussion. It contradicts his premise about this blog. Does the fact of the situation in New Jersey materially change our understanding of why white southerners seceded? No. They were very honest, even blunt: they advocated secession because they wanted to protect slavery. I'm not going to make too much of this. This is typical Williams behavior and his readers will no doubt soak it up. Remember, this is the same guy who describes Stonewall Jackson as the “Black Man's Friend” and who believes that Crocker's “Politically Correct” book is good history. 😀 Thanks, but like I said, I've always interpreted the 18 as slaves in 1860. The funny thing is I actually think that RW believes that I already knew this. I've commented on NJ's recent decision to apologize so it must have crossed his mind. It's interesting to me that Richard would make such a big deal about a comment written on the fly after going out of his way to stating how unimportant I am. That's hilarious considering that now we know that Richard is trolling through my comments looking for something to nitpick. And the best part of it is that he does it during working hours. Oh come on now. There was slavery in the North, and therefore the Union before and during the war. It matters not, their geographical location, only that they were in the Union, including West Va, which broke away from VA and was a slave holding State signed into Statehood by Abe. It is relevant to point out that blacks fought in the Rev war, again simply to prove the point they were willing to fight even though there was slavery and they were subjected to it. I've allowed this to go on long enough. This will be the final comment that I allow from you on this post. I appreciate your willingness to contribute to this thread and I do hope that it was informative. Best of luck on getting through Levine's book. Thanks again. Assuming you're still reading this thread, I want to offer this point about OR, which is a restatement of what others here are saying, but put in a different (hopefully useful) way. Your singular problem is that you seem to assume that any OR is self-validating. Which is wrong. The bottom line is, you can't believe everything you read. Sometimes people get their facts wrong. Sometimes people say things based on false information. Sometimes people misinterpret facts. Sometimes people lie. Academic/professional historians are trained to NOT take things at face value. They are trained to question the evidence, and to obtain corroborating evidence. When people like you do take things at face value, without questioning the evidence or seeking other corroboration, the result is that you're not taken seriously. Meanwhile, claims of black Confederate SOLDIERS require even more “evidence” to prove their legitimacy, IMO. The context of these claims are that (a) it was against Confederate and social mores for blacks (especially slaves) to serve as armed fighters; and (b) it is clear that many (almost all?) of the blacks present with Confederate fighters were slave laborers, who could be confused as being soldiers because of their proximity to the battlefield. In this specific context, citations of black Confederate soldiers need to really be vetted before they can be accepted as true. It needs to be asked: how did these black men become soldiers despite government policy? How did these black men become soldiers despite white concerns with arming blacks? Are we calling these men soldiers, when they were actually Confederate slaves? These questions need to asked and answered to validate a claim of black Confederacy fighters. No one doubts that there were SOME black Confederate soldiers. But the evidence you citied for the one event noted is nowhere near robust enough to prove your point. Keep these things in mind when you see others making claims black Confederate soldiers… they may well be making the same mistakes. There is no service record for Silas Chandler that would allow us to categorize him as a soldier. So, it is the lack of sources, as is usually the case, that is problematic. And since there is no record we cannot properly describe him as “fighting with”, “joining” or “serving with” the Confederate army. We can safely assume that he was enslaved to Andrew Chandler. Interesting thread. I’m wondering why we have to assume anything -> why can’t we just say we don’t know? It seems clear that anyone who wanted to make a firm claim to a specific number of freed blacks serving as confederate soldiers would have a fairly high burden of proof, but it doesn’t really seem like anyone is disputing the fact that it did happen at least a little. It’s almost as if the argument that goes back and forth is primarily because of the different frames being put around the question -> the facts are the same, but people are talking with different semantic understandings. Maybe Silas Chandler could be described as “possibly fighting with” or “possibly serving with” the Confederate army. Perhaps the caveat “most likely was enslaved”, but certainly we cannot say such things with complete confidence. In some cases, as you note, we must be silent. In the case of Silas Chandler we know that he was a slave so it makes no sense whatsoever to describe him as “serving with” or “fighting with” anyone. As a slave, however, he was indeed serving. As I’ve pointed out over and over the issue isn’t really about numbers. The problem is that the people who are arguing for this do not understand the broader issues relating to slavery and even basic facts about Confederate policy on the enlistment of blacks into the army. I appreciate what you’re saying. It still does look like from the outside that the issue is about numbers, though. You’ve got some people very passionately insisting that their one example is technically true given caveats X, Y, and Z. And then you’ve got the point of view that seems to say, “even if that’s true, it’s not representative, so there’s no point in proving the example”. When pushed to it, it appears that those people insisting on their one example are still willing to accede they don’t have proof of any larger representation (though they may suspect it), and those people insisting that any single anecdotal example is not representative therefore extra suspect are still willing to admit that any one instance might be true (though they may doubt it). Now this is completely putting aside any other ulterior motives that might be ascribed (knee-jerk defense of common wisdom, or wishful reinterpretation of common wisdom), which I think for the most part people try to avoid getting dragged into. It probably is the case that from the outside it looks like a question of numbers, but that is because most people simply do not understand the complexity surrounding how slaves were utilized during the antebellum period and how the war challenged the master-slave relationship. There are a small number of cases that are being shared via the internet that supposedly demonstrate the truth of the individual claim as well as claims about total numbers. Most of these people are not familiar with how to interpret the kinds of evidence (postwar photographs of blacks at Confederate reunions and pension records to name just two) that allow us a window into the lives of these men. My next book project will be a study of this issue and I am planning a magazine article on a prominent “black Confederate” for one of the Civil War magazines. Hi folks. I'm a Canadian who studies mostly WW One and I've had a lot of experience with photographs and their interpretation. I think your missing the point. If this tintype photo is genuine then why would it have been taken? Was Andrew Chandler being humourous by dressing up his slave, Silas, in the Confederate Uniform complete with knife, pepperbox and shotgun OVER his master lap? Would Andrew have ever dared to show this to the other white Confederate soldiers without risking a beating or worse? Perhaps it was meant for home consumption, ' Look Chandler family, I really am taking care of Silas! I've armed him and put him in the glorious grey of the Confederacy'. In nineteenth c. Canadian photos that show blacks photograhed with whites, be it military or sport, the blacks are usually seperate from the whites or are on the ground in the front like lapdogs. Silas could have been a freed black or maybe a slave but either way this is a portrait of two friends, two equals. I'm pleased to see that you are trying to offer an interpretation of the photograph. First, it was not uncommon for slaves to find themselves in uniform. I've read a number of accounts where slaves were able to make extra money in camp for such purchases and there are even cases of slaveowners who outfitted their slaves themselves. The reasons for slaves in uniform is a question that is worth close analysis and probably hinges in large part on the varied relationships that had been established on an individual basis during the antebellum years. You've located an important question, but without careful research we will not be able to offer an explanation that is worth debating. To suggest that the image shows “two friends, two equals” is meaningless without supporting evidence. Do you have such supporting evidence? I am the Great Granddaughter of Silas Chandler. The lies being told about Silas fighting in the confederate army keep growing. And that is what they are “LIES”. The majority of the decendents of Silas are also disgusted about all of the lies told about our ancester. Silas was a slave, and did what he had to do in order to survive. I am a Black Chandler who grew up in West Point, Mississippi where it was unheard of to even look at or even speak to a white Chandler. I have a letter signed by the majority of the decendents of Silas demanding the Iron Cross and Confederate flag be removed from Silas' grave. Signing this letter is the Granddaughter of Silas who is 107 years old and still lives in Long Island, New York. I grew up with my Grandfather, who was the son of Silas. He told us all about Silas and how he saved his money and hid it in the barn and bought his freedom. He also bought the land where he built his house. That record is in the Clay County court house as of this day. I am the Great Great Granddaughter and mother of the Great Great Great Granddaughter of Silas Chandler. I am also extremely frustrated by the “LIES” that are being told about the life of Silas Chandler. It is very important that our true family history be documented accurately. Unfortunately, his legacy has been slandered by the perpetuation of ridiculous assumptions that have been injected with fairytale-like rubbish. I grew up listening to many stories told to me by my mother , Myra Chandler Sampson, (told to her by her grandfather) about the life and motivation of Silas. He was a slave and a proud man who did what he had to do to survive and provide for his family. This did not include willingly or happily serving as a confederate soldier, fighting for the confederate cause. I am posting this comment to help document the truth and counter the inaccuracies of those with a selfish motivation to distort history. you will never take care of your history until you admit the truth that abraham lincoln was a racist to the end, the north did not travel south to free the slaves and the abomination of racism also existed north of the mason-dixon line. if not then why was segregation permitted in ohio even as current as 1936? the great jesse owens was not even allowed to share the same dormatory or even eat with his fellow classmates at ohio state university? another case; where were most of the race riots during the civil rights years? detroit, pittsburg cleveland, buffalo, chicago. and don’t forget about the faithful union state of california. remember the awful memories of oakland and watts? the list goes on and on and i think i have proven my point. because sadly i too lived some of this. the first time i heard the infamous “n” word was not in mississippi but by ignorant relatives in buffalo new york. one more thing. if the freed slaves were so happy to escape the evil south. why didn’t they stop in beautiful downtown buffalo or cleveland? why did many of them choose to keep on their sogiern to the cold northland of canada? could it be that true freedom was really thre and we are all just a bunch of self-righteous yankee hippocrites. sincerely, jeffry r. gow bowling green ky. I don’t know who this is directed at, but I agree with you that the issue of race has throughout American history been a national problem. I suspect that African Americans who moved north at various times were seeking jobs in urban centers. Perhaps you should read Ira Berlin’s latest book. Unfortunately, this has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of this post. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I hate to say it but this controversy could go on until we are all dead and have joined our ancestors. The issue will still not be solved. Much of our history is not based on actual written fact but stories written after the fact based on one’s interpretation what happened to them. Some history has been written by the victors of the war with a slant to favor them. As they wrote history to favor them, the Southern told history to favor their side. I am sure some slaves fought with their masters. Whether they were actually put on the muster roll as soldiers or not is conjecture. The next time you look at a Teddy Bear remember it came into being because of a Black Bear hunt in the Mississippi swamps with President Theodore Roosevelt and a famed bear hunter who killed around 3000 bears in his lifetime—Holt Collier. By the way, he could pick a apple off your soldier right or left-handed. He sharpened that skill while serving in the 9th Texas Cavalry during the CW. Did I mention he started out as a slave to Howell Hinds? Thanks for the comment. I disagree with your assessment of the situation. Historians know plenty about the role of enslaved and free blacks in the Confederate war effort. What we know is that blacks did not serve, though a select few may have been able to maneuver around these restrictions. You said: “Whether they were actually put on the muster roll as soldiers or not is conjecture.” It’s not conjecture at all. Either they are on the muster rolls or they are not. I’ve studied this issue extensively and I’ve never actually been able to confirm a case of a black Confederate soldier. There is no serious historian who will give the stories found Online much weight because they are based on poor evidence and sketchy interpretation. Thanks again. The fact that you seem to be a historian yourself Mr. Levin or at least a scholar of the war between the states, as I refuse to define it as a civil war, your viewpoints are obviously very strong. I neither agree or disagree to the notion that black confederate soldiers existed…or that they took up arms in defense of the south, point being that history itself from this era is a bit skewed and has been redefined over time… some of which purposefully and in my mind with an attempt to cover the atrocities commited by the north. We have been taught from the time we were children that Abraham Lincoln was this great President, but as I devulge deeper and deeper into his words, actions and obvious intent I have come to believe he was nothing short of a tyrant. You will find it hard pressed today to be able to have a serious discussion about secession or state sovereignty that wont be countered by slavery… Although the two are connected to the war, they really are two separate and distinct subjects. So as you say that serious historians can not base much weight on online sources, my counter to you is that we as American’s can take little to no weight in the texts written by those historians for their intentions over time have been anything but honest and truthful… As they continue to try to say that Lincoln was the great emanicipator, that the south was the agressor, or that Lincolns whole purpose was to save the “union” are all lies repeated by historians sir… So whether or not black soldiers actually picked up arms against the north may be supressed as an unpopular thought to further perpetuate the great Lincoln lie… The evidence you seek sir may no longer exist, was destroyed or has yet to be found… truth of the matter is, we can no more say there were NO such actions by blacks as we can say there were… it would be better to assume that little is known and leave it as possible rumors… Thanks for the comment. I am not sure what secession or Lincoln has to do with this particular issue. You said: “The evidence you seek sir may no longer exist, was destroyed or has yet to be found… truth of the matter is, we can no more say there were NO such actions by blacks as we can say there were… it would be better to assume that little is known and leave it as possible rumors…” Actually, there is plenty of evidence to consider on this subject and it tells us a great deal about how the Confederate government and military attempted to utilize their enslaved population for military purposes. The problem is that the debate is now focused overwhelmingly on numbers and assumptions of slave loyalty. The relevant evidence for this, unfortunately, does not exist. Your speculation as to why this is the case is just that – speculation. Serious historians must work with the available evidence. As they continue to try to say that Lincoln was the great emanicipator, that the south was the agressor, or that Lincolns whole purpose was to save the “union” are all lies repeated by historians sir… I fear you’re making the common mistake of assuming that a sort of childlike, grade-school, Presidents Day pageant-understanding of Lincoln and the war, is what serious, professional historians actually believe and write. It really doesn’t sound like you’ve read historians like McPherson and Foner and Donald, whose analyses of Lincoln are far more complex, and critical of the man, than you seem to be aware of. I agree that the hagiography of Lincoln as an unblemished saint is wrong. But seriously, it’s not really different than the way Robert E. Lee is worshiped on the other side of the debate, or the way Lincoln is depicted as a purely evil, Machiavellian (and Marxist) tyrant. All these views are childish cartoons, and exceedingly unhelpful for anyone trying to look at the history of that era in a balanced way.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A Cambridge-based company has figured out how to make "augmented reality" glasses that will seamlessly project information into the scene in front of you, creating a more effective version of the technology Google is developing with its Glass project. Google co-founder Sergey Brin tries out Google's new internet-connected glasses at the I/O conference in San Francisco. Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP Developed as a prototype by TTP (The Technology Partnership), a technology development company, the glasses incorporate a tiny projector in one arm of the spectacles. The picture is then reflected from the side into the centre of the lenses, which are etched with a reflective pattern that then beams the image into the eye. That means the image is directly incorporated into what the wearer see when looking directly ahead – unlike Google's current incarnation of Google Glass, which puts a small video screen in the bottom right-hand corner of the right eye. That requires the wearer to look down to focus on it, taking their attention away from the view ahead. Unlike the present Google Glass implementation, where it is obvious that the user is looking into a screen in the corner of their glasses – both because it is visible and because their eye direction changes – the TTP system is invisible to anyone watching, and doesn't require a change of gaze by the wearer. Though the TTP glasses are only a proof of concept, its engineers believe the idea could be taken up by larger businesses that are interested in developing systems incorporating augmented reality. Though it declined to give any names, it is understood to be talking to at least one California-based company about applications of its technology. "We would talk to all the big players," says Dr Allan Carmichael, business development manager at TTP. "We would tell them that we have a solution, and we would aim to persuade them that this can be used in practice." TTP would then license the technology to companies that were interested; TTP is not, Carmichael emphasises, a manufacturing company in its own right. "Sports and leisure use are obvious applications," said Roger Clarke, TTP's project manager for augmented reality technologies. "For sports, you could show information like your heart or breathing rate; a simple display with relevant information is where this technology is headed. Then after that is proven you can move on to larger displays with more tailoring and information." Carmichael thinks that the "killer app" for an augmented reality system might be one that would work when you look under your car bonnet, "so rather than seeing a big block, you see it all clearly labelled to tell you what part is what". Alternatively, he suggests, surgeons might find it useful, "not to show them what they're looking at, because it's never actually that clear, but to tell them what's happening to the patient's life signs: – to the blood oxygenation when I press here, what happens to the pulse. If you can display that directly into their field of vision, that's really useful." At present the system is only able to display a still image in monochrome. But engineers at TTP are confident that, as interest in AR-based systems grows, companies will be able to make tiny video projectors that can be incorporated into the arms of spectacles. Google's Glass project aims to produce systems built into ordinary-looking spectacles that would overlay information about a location, or from the user's internet feeds, into their visual field. A concept film released in April suggested that one day systems which could react to location and to what was seen by the wearer would become commonplace. "Google has done a remarkable job of getting the world to alight on the idea of augmented reality," says Carmichael. But he feels that the next step need to be to improve both the appearance of the system to the user and to other people. "It's about creating desirability and elegance in how it appears," he says. Clarke says that sports glasses, because they tend to be large, offer the best option. Recon Instruments already offers ski goggles which have a built-in video projector like Google Glass, but those too are limited to a non-central point. In the TTP prototype, the present projector technology offers VGA, or 640x480 pixel, resolution. "We can get a video attachment in a few weeks," he told the Guardian. The team has also devised a passive system by which the user can control the device, or an attached computer, just by moving their eyes to the left or right. Rather than using eye-tracking systems, which demand a camera watching the pupils and which Clarke says are "relatively computationally expensive", it uses passive electrodes mounted on the glasses that monitor activity in the muscles at the side of the temple - which produce particular signals that are indicative of eye movement. He thinks that head-mounted displays could have been commonplace now, but that in the 1990s companies making displays decided not to focus on miniaturisation, and instead aimed for bigger products, principally seen in large screen TVs. "Sony and Sharp bet that people would want smaller displays. That turned out to be the wrong bet then. If things had gone differently then we would already have very high-quality tiny displays today." Carmichael is confident that, in time, heads-up displays using glasses such as TTP is demonstrating will go from the realm of experiment to become commonplace. "If you had told people in 2002 that they could have their email on their phone, they would have said 'why would I want that?'," he says. "Getting micro-displays is still a big challenge, but the lenses are getting better all the time." In time, he adds, we might find that such glasses are ideal for something that we barely do at present – such as watching video while on the move.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Attorneys from our network could discuss which type of personal bankruptcy will ideal protect your properties while wiping out the largest amount of debt, so you'll recognize you're picking the right path for you. You 'd need to if you submit Phase 13 insolvency either to save an asset or due to the fact that you failed the ways test for Chapter 7. You could be able to reduce out those nice-to-haves like cable or satellite landline, cell and also tv phones if you take a closer appearance at your spending plan. If you have to choose in between clearing up a couple of financial debts or submitting insolvency, work out the financial debts, however do it right. The Legislation Offices of Kevin Ahrenholz could aid you in submitting Phase 7, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, as well as Chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy. The possible silver lining with figuring out a Phase 13 is your only bankruptcy choice is that you may have access to funds that could enable you to settle your debts promptly. People who used Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy, best referred to as wage earner's emergency bankruptcy ," were about split in their success. During this time, emergency bankruptcy discharge could avoid you from acquiring new credit lines and also might also trigger problems when you obtain jobs. A lot of individuals submitting bankruptcy were not specifically affluent. Our bankruptcy lawyers can help you to discover non-bankruptcy alternatives to help you discover the financial obligation relief service that is finest for you. To find out more concerning bankruptcy and also other debt-relief choices, seek advice from a regional credit rating therapist or review the Federal Profession Commission's informative web pages. The people and also company that file for insolvency have much more debts compared to loan to cover them as well as do not see that transforming anytime quickly. If one of these emergency bankruptcy options conserves your credit report, it's better to take it, also if it will certainly take a bit longer or set you back a bit more to get eliminate your debt. This is a much better choice for the financial institution compared to if the debtor has actually the debt discharged in Phase 7 bankruptcy or placed in a court-approved repayment plan in a Phase 13 insolvency. In Phase 13 debt consolidation" insolvency, you reach maintain all of your house, but you pay into a 3- to five-year settlement strategy. Nevertheless, bankruptcy is still expensive, and also for that reason, we offer 9 various payment plan options that will fit most budget plans. Because of this, prior to figuring out if personal bankruptcy is your finest course of action, it's a good idea to compare all options you have to get debt alleviation without bankruptcy. 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It is important to recognize that while personal bankruptcy is a possibility to begin again, it definitely influences your debt and future ability to utilize loan. Personal bankruptcy is a lawful procedure made to put a stop to collection phone calls and also wipe out financial obligation for good. Your bank card firm will choose whether you can maintain your credit card after your insolvency. If you haven't done so now, this could be where you understand you should find a personal bankruptcy lawyer Legal counsel is not a need for people applying for either Phase 7 or Phase 13 bankruptcy, however you are taking a serious threat if you decide to represent yourself. Filing insolvency could enable you to obtain a fresh monetary begin. A lot of individuals who file for personal bankruptcy select either a Chapter 7 or Phase 13 situation. When you declare personal bankruptcy, your co-signer still may be legitimately bound to pay all or component of your loan. Still, due to the long-term results of bankruptcy, some experts believe it's most useful when you have greater than $15,000 in debts. Phase 7 bankruptcy is a court procedure that is developed to erase credit card debt, clinical financial debt, as well as other kinds of unprotected debts for individuals who can not afford to settle them. For a thorough discussion of non-bankruptcy alternatives, look into Solve Your Loan Difficulties: Financial Debt, Credit History & Personal Bankruptcy, by Robin Leonard as well as Margaret Reiter (Nolo). The opportunity of a debtor declare insolvency will certainly inspire some financial institutions to consent to decrease the monthly payment, create a long-lasting settlement strategy, or minimize the rates of interest or the financial debt. For something, you may not recognize government or state personal bankruptcy regulations or know which regulations put on your case, especially regarding what financial debts could or can not be discharged. 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Additionally, individual borrowers who have normal earnings might seek an adjustment of debts under phase 13 of the Bankruptcy Code A particular advantage of phase 13 is that it supplies individual borrowers with a chance to conserve their houses from foreclosure by enabling them to "catch up" overdue payments via a payment plan. Depending upon the kind, or "phase," of consumer bankruptcy, debts are discriminated. Joining a debt or financial debt therapy agency's financial obligation monitoring program is a little bit like declare Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy. Insolvency brings some substantial long-lasting fines because it will remain on your debt record for 7-10 years, yet there is a great psychological and psychological lift when you're provided a new beginning as well as all your financial obligations are removed. If a borrower has nothing left that is beneficial, such as residential or commercial property or income, an additional bankruptcy alternative is merely to quit paying financial institutions. At, legal representatives from our network figure out and also evaluate instances whether filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Chapter 13 bankruptcy, or one more debt monitoring strategy will certainly be best. In Chapter 7 liquidation" personal bankruptcy, residential property gets sold to repay financial institutions in exchange for financial debt alleviation (although many people maintain most, if not all, of their assets). If Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy is your only insolvency alternative that you might have a property that you might sell off to resolve your debts right away, there is a good possibility that. Phase 13 bankruptcy usually varies from 3 5 years to discharge. Only 24,375 bankruptcy situations were filed by businesses in 2015. There are other ways to take care of lenders short of filing for bankruptcy. In 2015, personal bankruptcy filers owed $113 billion and also had possessions of $77 billion, most of that being real estate holdings, whose genuine worth is arguable. To find out more regarding personal bankruptcy and also other debt-relief options, inquire from a local debt counselor or check out the Federal Profession Compensation's educational pages. The people and also service who apply for insolvency have even more debts compared to loan to cover them as well as don't see that transforming anytime soon. An additional insolvency choice is to ask creditors to consent to a settlement strategy Several financial institutions will certainly consent when personal bankruptcy is the only various other option for the debtor. Our charges for pre-filing Chapter 7 insolvency services are more helpful hints among the lowest in the country. If some mix of mortgage financial obligation, charge card financial debt, medical bills and also trainee fundings has ruined you financially and you don't see that image altering, bankruptcy might be the most effective solution. Though the business remains to operate during bankruptcy proceedings, a lot of the decisions are made with approval from the courts. It's better to look for other alternatives prior to filing Chapter 7 or Phase 13 bankruptcy because insolvency can have such a damaging impact on your credit rating. Your assets will be marketed by a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee. Throughout this time around, an insolvency discharge could stop you from obtaining new lines of credit as well as could even create troubles when you apply for tasks. Most of the people filing insolvency were not especially well-off. Our insolvency lawyers could aid you to discover non-bankruptcy choices in order to help you find the financial debt alleviation remedy that is best for you. Speaking to a personal bankruptcy lawyer can assist you familiarize your options and understand the insolvency procedure. If you're thinking about submitting Chapter 7 bankruptcy, total our questionaire to see if you certify. For instance, you could have the ability to avoid bankruptcy if you offer some possessions, reduced on your budget, make a deal with your lenders, as well as borrow money from friends and family. Allow your lenders recognize you are having financial problem and intend to stay clear of bankruptcy. - as well as do not have the earnings to spend for it. There were 844,495 personal bankruptcy cases filed in 2015, as well as 97% of them (819,760) were submitted by people. If the borrower's "existing month-to-month revenue" is more than the state average, the Personal bankruptcy Code calls for application of a "means examination" to determine whether the chapter 7 declaring is presumptively violent. Finding A Bankruptcy Option If you've been battling to get from financial obligation for a very long time and you feel like you're running out of alternatives, there may come a time when you make a decision to declare personal bankruptcy. Most individuals consider insolvency just after they pursue debt combination or financial debt settlement These alternatives could assist you get your financial resources back on track and will not negatively affect your debt as long as a personal bankruptcy. Borrowers ought to understand that there are a number of choices to personal bankruptcy, particularly if they are considering declare Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy. If a borrower has absolutely nothing left that is important, such as residential or commercial property or revenue, one more personal bankruptcy choice is just to quit paying financial institutions. At, legal representatives from our network examine situations and determine whether declare Phase 7 bankruptcy, Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy, or an additional financial debt monitoring method will certainly be best. Sole proprietorships might also be qualified for relief under chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. If you wish to release your credit card financial debt, clinical and also energy expenses, prevent foreclosure, and evaluate the practicality of debt administration plans or financial debt settlement strategies, you require the help of certified insolvency lawyers. Declare bankruptcy is a lawful procedure that either decreases, reorganizes or eliminates your debts. Lenders might wish to avoid a debtor going into personal bankruptcy, determining that a bankruptcy filing will minimize the quantity of the financial obligation that will be settled to them. Lawyers from our network can clarify which type of insolvency will best secure your assets while eliminating the biggest quantity of financial debt, so you'll understand you're selecting the ideal course for you. Since you fell short the ways examination for Phase 7, you 'd have to if you submit Phase 13 insolvency either to save a possession or. You could be able to reduce out those nice-to-haves like cable television or satellite landline, cell as well as tv phones if you take a closer appearance at your budget. If you need to pick between settling a couple of financial obligations or submitting bankruptcy, settle the financial obligations, yet do it right. The Law Workplaces of Kevin Ahrenholz could help you in submitting Phase 7, Chapter 11, Phase 12, as well as Phase 13 bankruptcy. The feasible silver lining with figuring out a Chapter 13 is your only bankruptcy choice is that you might have accessibility to funds that could enable you to resolve your financial debts swiftly. People that utilized Phase 13 personal bankruptcy, best known as breadwinner's bankruptcy," were about split in their success. Throughout this time around, an insolvency discharge could prevent you from obtaining brand-new credit lines and also may also cause issues when you obtain work. The majority of individuals filing bankruptcy were not especially well-off. Our insolvency lawyers can aid you to explore non-bankruptcy options in order to help you find the financial obligation alleviation remedy that is finest for you. To learn more about personal bankruptcy and also various other debt-relief alternatives, inquire from a regional debt therapist or read the Federal Profession Commission's informational web pages. The people and also company who declare insolvency have much more financial obligations than loan to cover them and also do not see that altering anytime quickly. If among these insolvency options saves your credit scores, it's far better to take it, also if it will take a little bit longer or set you back a bit more to get eliminate your debt. This is a much better option for the creditor compared to if the borrower has actually the financial obligation discharged in Phase 7 bankruptcy or positioned in a court-approved settlement plan in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. In Chapter 13 loan consolidation" bankruptcy, you reach keep every one of your home, yet you pay into a three- to five-year payment strategy. Nevertheless, personal bankruptcy is still costly, as well as because of that, we offer nine various layaway plan alternatives that will certainly fit most budgets. Consequently, before establishing if bankruptcy is your ideal strategy, it's a good idea to compare all alternatives you have to get financial debt relief without bankruptcy. When Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Might NOt Be The Most Effective Debt Choice Find out exactly how Chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy works, whether you can pass the qualification "means examination," what occurs to your home and cars and truck in Chapter 7, which debts will certainly be discharged by Phase 7 personal bankruptcy, and a lot more. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy involves repaying several of your financial obligations to have actually the remainder forgiven. It is essential to recognize that while personal bankruptcy is a possibility to begin again, it certainly impacts your credit rating as well as future capability to utilize cash. Bankruptcy is a lawful process made to stop collection phone calls and also erase financial obligation permanently. The opportunity of a borrower declare personal bankruptcy will inspire some creditors to accept reduce the monthly payment, create a lasting payment plan, or reduce the rates of interest or the debt. For one point, you might not understand government or state bankruptcy legislations or understand which legislations relate to your situation, particularly concerning just what financial obligations could or can not be discharged. We have the ability to help you with credit report counseling choices and can aid you remove your debt lots through personal bankruptcy. Check out choices to Phase 7 or Phase 13 personal bankruptcy prior to you submit. Chapter 11 is typically referred to as reorganization personal bankruptcy" because it provides services a possibility to remain open while they restructure the business' debts and also possessions so it could repay financial institutions. A bankruptcy lawyer could assist if you are struggling to pay off delinquent debts and being pestered by collection agencies. Nonetheless, it could be possible to convert your chapter 13 right into a chapter 7 bankruptcy, if you are unsuccessful. Your personal bankruptcy lawyer could help you stay clear of foreclosure, quit car foreclosure, eliminate clinical costs, and discharge bank card financial obligation. Such borrowers need to consider filing a request under phase 11 of the Insolvency Code Under phase 11, the borrower does not prevent bankruptcy yet could seek a modification of financial obligations. As well as, if you do, you could have the ability to produce an end result that might be far more positive than a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. We understand that declare insolvency could look like a difficult process when you're bewildered with debt-- specifically if you're taking care of a wage garnishment, a pending legal action, or a home repossession. Declaring insolvency could enable you to get a fresh monetary begin. The majority of individuals that declare insolvency choose either a Chapter 7 or Phase 13 situation. When you declare personal bankruptcy, your co-signer still may be legally obliged to pay all or component of your financing. Still, as a result of the lasting results of insolvency, some specialists believe it's most useful when you have greater than $15,000 in the red. Your credit card business will decide whether you can maintain your credit card after your bankruptcy. If you haven't done so now, this may be where you realize you should discover a personal bankruptcy lawyer Legal counsel is not a demand for people filing for either Chapter 7 or Phase 13 bankruptcy, however you are taking a serious threat if you prefer to represent yourself. The brand-new insolvency law calls for credit counseling prior to bankruptcy filings anyhow so it deserves it to strongly think about credit history therapy as a personal bankruptcy option. The American Personal Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) did a research study of PACER statistics (public court records) from 2016 and discovered that 95.5% of the 499,909 Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases determined that year were released, indicating the person was not lawfully called for to pay the debt. To read more concerning insolvency and also other debt-relief options, seek advice from a neighborhood credit counselor or read the Federal Trade Commission's educational web pages. The individuals and organisation who apply for bankruptcy have much more financial debts compared to cash to cover them and do not see that transforming anytime quickly. During this moment, an insolvency discharge could prevent you from getting brand-new credit lines and may also trigger problems when you look for jobs. A lot of the people submitting personal bankruptcy were not specifically well-off. Our bankruptcy lawyers could help you to check out non-bankruptcy alternatives to help you discover the debt relief option that is finest for you. Personal bankruptcy Options And Also How It Impacts Your Home loan Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a last resource for people and also companies, consisting of Gawker Media, the firm that possesses this website. The Regulation Offices of Kevin Ahrenholz can aid you in filing Chapter 7, Phase 11, Chapter 12, and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The possible silver lining with discovering a Chapter 13 is your only personal bankruptcy option is that you may have accessibility to funds that could allow you to settle your financial obligations swiftly. Individuals that made use of Phase 13 bankruptcy, best called breadwinner's personal bankruptcy," were about split in their success. In Phase 13 combination" bankruptcy, you get to keep all of your property, but you pay right into a 3- to five-year settlement strategy. Even so, bankruptcy is still pricey, as well as because of that, we offer nine different payment plan options that will certainly fit most budget plans. Consequently, before establishing if bankruptcy is your ideal course of action, it's important to contrast all alternatives you need to get debt alleviation without personal bankruptcy. Since you fell short the methods test for Chapter 7, you would certainly have to if you file Chapter 13 bankruptcy either to save a possession or. If you take a closer take a look at your spending plan, you might have the ability to remove those nice-to-haves like cord or satellite cell, landline and also television phones. If you have to pick between resolving a few financial debts or filing bankruptcy, work out the financial obligations, but do it right. It is not constantly possible to prevent personal bankruptcy, however it makes sense to tire all choices to insolvency prior to applying for Chapter 7, Phase 13, or Chapter 11. 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In addition to that, private borrowers which have common earnings could seek an adjustment of monetary obligations beneath section thirteen of the Personal bankruptcy Code A specific advantage of chapter thirteen is always that it materials personal borrowers with a chance to preserve their residences from foreclosure by making it possible for them to "seize up" previous due settlements through a payment system. If their economical obligations tend not to surpass a particular quantity, individuals could only file for bankruptcy under Period 13. But dealing with a credit history or debt therapy agency has a person gain: No insolvency will clearly show up on the credit score background doc. It is far from continually probable in order to avoid bankruptcy, even so it makes sense to i loved this tire all possibilities to insolvency prior to declaring Section 7, Chapter 13, or Chapter eleven. This might seem a little bit sophisticated, so why not get it done ideal the first time? 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National The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund today announced that it is withdrawing its support for the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The decision comes as broad religious exemptions, such as the one in ENDA, are creating gaping legal loopholes to discriminate in federal, state and local legislation. "The morning after the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling, we all woke up in a changed and intensified landscape of broad religious exemptions being used as an excuse to discriminate. We are deeply concerned that ENDA’s broad exemption will be used as a similar license to discriminate across the country. We are concerned that these types of legal loopholes could negatively impact other issues affecting LGBT people and their families including marriage, access to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention and access to other reproductive health services. As one of the lead advocates on this bill for 20 years, we do not take this move lightly but we do take it unequivocally - we now oppose this version of ENDA because of its too-broad religious exemption. We cannot be complicit in writing such exemptions into federal law," said Rea Carey, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund. Carey is urging support for treating LGBT people similarly as other protected classes under federal non-discrimination law, with a reasonable religious accommodation. "The campaign to create broad religious exemptions for employment protections repeats a pattern we’ve seen before in methodically undermining voting rights, women’s access to reproductive health and affirmative action. It is time for fair-minded people to block this momentum, rather than help speed it into law. We need new federal non-discrimination legislation that contains a reasonable religious accommodation. LGBT people should have the same protections as those contained in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Legal equality is federal law." "The truth is that those who seek to deny full equality are succeeding by using religion to create a quasi-moral, completely legal mechanism to discriminate. We can’t let them succeed. We can’t let them ignore the vast majority of people - and millions of people of faith - who think that discrimination is completely immoral and should be completely illegal," said Carey.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Wednesday, 9 December 2015 Why have the hard-Left focused so strategically and relentlessly on Israel-'Palestine'? I could never really take seriously the hard Left's continual focus on Israel-Palestine issues - why so crazily obsess about the travails and misdemeanours of a country the size and population of Scotland, in a sea of enemies? - until I was confronted with it on a regular basis in the context of serving on a trades union committee that had been thoroughly infiltrated by the Socialist Worker's Party. (Yes, it really happened to me! Hard though it is to believe...) Almost every meeting finished with us discussing an anti-Israel or pro-'Palestinian' agenda item. And these agenda items have never gone away, but crop-up recurrently wherever the Left has most influence. Why has the Left chosen to make Israel a long-term, strategic, relentless, focus for propaganda and action? We can be sure that there must be a a very good reason - 'good' that is in terms of the Left's goals of subverting, destroying and ultimately inverting the Good. Fist we need to note that the Left obsession began only in the mid 1960s and built up over the next decade. After Israel was formed the Left loved it - but early Israel was an idealistic secular socialist state. So part of the Left's hatred of Israel comes from Israel's abandonment of extreme Leftism. But this is not enough to account for the sustained focus. The Left focuses on Israel because it is the Holocaust State, the refuge for the most famous victim group of modern times - and the modern view of the Holocaust was itself a post-60s (and Leftist) phenomenon. The Left recognizes that to have succeeded (as they have) in confusing, subverting and finally inverting the moral status of Israel-specifically and above all others; represents an existential triumph of the first order. The annihilation of Israel (which the Left hopes and plans for) would therefore be one of the greatest of all victories for evil - precisely because-of the symbolic role of Israel (which the Left itself helped to create). But it is not the 'mere' annihilation of Israel that the Left craves - it is for that annihilation to be accepted, even celebrated - even, or especially, by the Jews themselves. And that is the goal and reason for the Leftist obsession with Israel. And, yes - it is a very pure form of evil. Exactly. Note: I do not propose to discuss the Israel-'Palestine' situation except to say that it really is not complicated - unless you want to make it complicated. At any rate it is no more complicated than anything else of its kind - and the fact that so many moder people deny that there are goodies and baddies, or invert them, is merely a sign of moral corruption. Also, I use 'Palestine' in quotes because the term is ambiguous - the Left talks of 'Palestine' partly as an existing, partly an aspirational nation state - but the Arab division of the former British Mandate was created at the same time as Israel and still exists - and is called Jordan. So Jordan already-is the nation state of Palestine.It may also be worth clarifying that my understanding is that the intelligence behind this whole strategy is Satan; and that the many evil humans involved are merely servants, dupes, idiots, pawns and mercenaries - who will themselves be next on the list when Satan has finished this work. 15 comments: Let's just say that there are no "good guys" in this. Both Palestinians and Israelis have blood on their hands. Arafat was - in my mind - an idiot to walk away from what was on the table at Camp David. It was the best shot and he didn't step up. The current state where settlements continue to grow and expand is a direct result of failure in those talks, and that came down to a failure over Jerusalem. The Israelis had never put so much on the table. It could have ended the worst of the problem, and laid the groundwork for two states that could co-exist. Israel had a demographic problem. Arab Israelis were having many more children than Jewish Israelis. The last decade has seen a shift where the birth rate has shifted downwards from 3% to 2.2% - according to the Wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Israel This particular article looks well cited, so the numbers are probably reasonably good. Probably an increasing life expectancy and standard of living has had the same effect on Arab Israelis as it had on their Jewish counterparts. I do notice that during the Syrian crisis Israel has being sitting as quietly as possible on the sidelines. I expect they do not want to draw much attention, and I would not either under the circumstances. "Don't pay any attention here" is exactly the position I would adopt given the horrible quagmire that is Syria. Regarding the last part of your note, I used to think that the idea of spiritual powers of darkness seeking to subvert this world was superstitious fantasy but it really is the only explanation for the state of the world today, and how apparently sane, rational people can believe such 'eccentricites' as, to take only one glaringly obvious example, same sex marriage. No doubt they are aided and abetted by their servants ‘down here’, mostly unconscious though some certainly conscious, but there is plainly an attempt now to deconstruct spiritual man and reassemble in his place a type of being that recognizes its existence as belonging only to this world, with any kind of spirituality, if permitted at all, merely an extension of the principles of this world, the precise opposite of what is actually the case. I think these forces can work through both left and right, perverting ideals of love and truth, though the left is undoubtedly the more fruitful field for them to sow their seeds in, and has been for a while. However I also think that those of us who recognize this must always be scrupulously honest in examining the motives for our reactions lest we fall into the trap of hating the sinner as well as the sin or else succumb to a sense of spiritual superiority. @Nicholas - Fro these comments and the implicit analytic frame, I'm afraid I would have to characterize you as a 'dupe' of Leftism (which is the least-worst of the options I presented) - no offence intended! @William Wildblood - I could have added that I acknowledge that we have entered the 'end times' or 'latter days' - so what we are seeing has been prophesied. However, I believe it is incumbent upon us to try and delay 'the end' (whose timing is unknown, even to Jesus Christ - therefore presumably not foreordained, because of Man's freedom to choose) - which I think can only be done by a mass Christian revival (and not by any actual or potential political means). So the political Left is the main agent of sin; but the political Right is (obviously!) not the answer to sin. Plus, the mainstream/ powerful political 'Right' - such as conservatives, republicans, libertarians, populists, nationalists etc. - are all and without exception actually part of the Left, lagged by a few years or with a few minor variants. So Christians should, I believe, focus on trying somehow and in all ways possible to stimulate or encourage a mass revival/ great awakening in the faith. You're correct to point out that the political right ceased to be conservative in any traditional sense at least 40 years ago. I also agree that all those who recognise the corruption of the world should seek to combat that, not necessarily in order to change general external conditions but to support those whose inner sense of what should be might be crushed by the unrelenting forces of atheistic materialism. "However, I believe it is incumbent upon us to try and delay 'the end'". I would like Christ to come now. We are told that true religion will be abused and attacked towards the end and that false religion will take over. That seems to be happening, so why is it obligatory to try to delay the end? Do you think it is because we are required to evangelise to help save as many as possible? I interpret it as a facet of the US-Soviet struggle that began in 1945 and continued even after the Cold War "ended". The international Left -- including Leftists in the USA and Britain -- followed Moscow's line on Israel just as they followed Moscow's line on so many other things. In the late 1940s, Moscow supported the creation of Israel and even armed the Israelis in 1948. Stalin's purpose was to weaken the British who were occupying Palestine and had (generally) good relations with the Arabs. Stalin even briefly believed that Israel would be a Soviet client state. In this period, the international Left echoed Moscow's line that the Jews were struggling righteously against British imperialism and colonialism. In the 1960s, the Soviets were supporting the North Vietnamese war effort by sea. Shipments went from Odessa through the Suez Canal to Haiphong. Israel became a de facto American ally when it closed the Canal in 1967. This forced the Soviets to go around the Cape of Good Hope, reducing the quantity of supplies they could deliver to Hanoi. Thus the USSR replenished the supply of arms to the Arabs and supported Arab terrorism with the goal of re-opening the Canal as soon as possible. The international Left of course echoed Moscow's hate for Israel, and clamored for weakening Israel as much as possible. Ergo, Moscow's strategic needs - unrelated to the Arab-Israeli struggle as such - were the origin of the Left's rabid obsession with Israel that started in the mid-1960s. One can dispute how useful Israel has actually been as an American ally. One cannot dispute that Israel is universally perceived as one of Washington's most important allies. The USSR, and Russia after it, wants to weaken America, as does the international Left (including Leftist Americans). Destroying Israel would be a tremendous black eye for America. Symbolically if not in fact, it would show that America was unable or unwilling to protect an important friend. Who would count on America's protection, ever, if America let Israel get crushed? To be sure, this would not be the first time Washington threw a friend under the bus - South Vietnam, Iran, Nicaragua, South Africa are other examples - but destroying Israel might well cause (and symbolize) the death-knell of American influence overseas. Meanwhile, whipping up hatred of Israel keeps many Arabs in Moscow's camp, and motivates Arab terrorists to attack and weaken the USA, which serves Russia's interests. In this case, evil is not merely evil for its own sake, but long-term and strategic in nature. @Geraint - Well, it isn't up to me to tell you what to do - but don't you get the strong impression we are supposed to work to pursue Christ's mission he left us with, to fufil as much as possible the intended function of this world - thereby delaying the end? That seems pretty clear to me. On the other hand the last words of the Bible are "Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." - so it is certainly permissable to hope and pray for the second coming. Maybe the answer is that we are not trying to delay the end as a goal, but to do God's work - and the end will come when it will. The Israel-Palestine question is one of the few times I think the Left is somewhat right, but of the wrong reasons. They probably dislike Israel because they see it as belonging to Europe in some manner. A last hold out of Western civilization in the Mideast. The destruction of Israel would be the destruction of yet another part of the Western world and therefore good, in their minds. I disagree and think that Israel in many ways are as fundamentally opposed to European and Christian civilization as Islam but in different and subtler ways. I don´t wish for their destruction but believe it to be an deeply illegitimate state. But, you wished that we don´t discuss Israel-Palestine as such.so I´ll stop here. I just wonder why you consider Israel as a symbol of good? @AnteB - My point is to understand why the Left so deeply and strategically wants Israel to be destroyed - not to defend Israel. Why do I consider Israel a symbol of good? Well, it is NOT now - after 50 years of anti-Israel propaganda, Israel is regarded by the majority of the Western elites as THE symbol of evil. But it used to be the symbol of good - the state was founded as a homeland for the Jews (a small homeland, about the size of Scotland) so that 'never again' would the Jews be forced to live among hostile populations who could and would sometimes attempt to annihilate them. The triumph of the Left has been to make the symbol of good into the symbol of evil - and now they want to annihilate Israel in such a way that this will generally be regarded (by 'the people who matter' - including many/ most leading secular ethnic Jews) as finally ridding the world of this most wicked of all states. What a remarkable achievement for nihilism this would be! - yet it has a fairly high probability of happening within the medium term, if present trends continue. Biblical prophecy, eg, Exekiel 37 has God restoring Israel to its people. But as Christians New Testament prophecy must surely matter just as much, if not more. Revelation talks about the restoration of Israel during Christ's 1,000 year kingdom. We know that has not happened, so perhaps it may be right to think of the current State of Israel as not the real deal. I could easily be wrong on this as I do not know enough about scripture. And I don't mean to offend any Jewish people who do see the current State of Israel as the manifestation of God's promise to them. I rather offer it as a tentative thought only. My understanding is many/most Orthodox Jews feel a modern, secular state of Israel to be illegitimate. It's supposed to be a religious state founded on peace and devotion to God. It would be a good further discussion why you think Christ's return is to be delayed. I don't understand that at all as the Bible is clear. The steps in Revelations need to be gone through to get Christ's return.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Tag: New York Times Members of the modern media have a highly exalted opinion of themselves, a completely unjustified opinion, an opinion based on misrepresentation of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, an opinion that is completely false. It has been a long time coming because it hasn’t been so obvious, but the result is an emerging war between television news networks, newspapers and the administration of President Donald Trump, a war fought with words rather than the kind of bullets that kill and maim. To hear them tell it, the media is on a mission from God to “tell the truth” about the United States government. However, the real truth is that media is and always has been highly partisan and editors, journalists and TV newsmen and women rarely ever relate anything resembling truth. Instead, newspapers and TV news publish opinions and represent it as truth when it is anything but. “Fake news” is a new term but it accurately describes the media as it exists in the United States (and the world) and how it has existed since the printing press first came into being, for much of what has claimed to be “news” has always been politically motivated and has been slanted to represent a particular political point of view. When the First Amendment was adopted, its meaning was far different than it is represented as today. It reads as follows – “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The amendment begins with the words “CONGRESS shall make no law…” which is a clear indication that it was intended to apply to only one body of government, the United States Congress. Left-wing legal scholars have reapplied it to every level of government by disregarding the Founders’ original intent and substituting their own but original intent is still there. It was not intended to apply to state, county, or local government nor was it intended that the duly elected officials of government at any level were not free to challenge those exercising either of the three “freedoms” spelled out in the amendment, the first being religion, followed by speech and then by “the press” as represented by only three words. (Challenging and making laws are not the same.) Those words do not establish the press as “the watchdog of the people” in any form. In fact, the words “the press” doesn’t refer to what we consider today to be “the media” but actually refers to the printing press, regardless of how it is used, whether to print books, political pamphlets or, both last and least, “newspapers.” In fact, the phrase refers to exactly the same thing “speech” refers to, which is the expression of individual opinion although through the published, rather than the spoken, word. The problem is that the media has developed practices of expressing opinion and passing it off as “news”. They also misrepresent their opinions as being the corporate opinion of the nation as a whole. When it comes to members of the media, it is important to understand that while they represent themselves as vast repositories of knowledge, they really have no knowledge of, well – anything, especially not the inner workings of government – nor do they have “facts”. The only “news” agencies that actually might have real knowledge are those that are part of government, regardless of level. They put out the official statement of whatever government body they represent, whether it is the White House itself, a government agency or a branch of the military. Only official press releases are based on any knowledge of the actions of government; any other “news” is mere speculation and depends on information provided by “sources” who may or may not be reliable and who, as often as not, have some kind of political ax to grind. A classic example is the “Watergate” scandal – the scandal, as it developed, didn’t become public knowledge because Bernstein and Woodward “uncovered” it by “investigative reporting”, but rather because the assistant director of the FBI, William M. “Mark” Felt, a Democrat, fed them information about the ongoing investigation into the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel. (Although he had become an FBI agent in 1941, Felt had been a staffer for two Democratic senators from Idaho. He was at odds with President Nixon, although whether it was for political reasons or because he wanted to somehow protect the FBI is unclear. Woodward, who knew him from when he had served in the White House as a naval officer, referred to him as “a terrible gossip”.)Without that source, they would have had nothing. Speaking of nothing, there is nothing in the Constitution or its amendments even implying a “public right to know.” This is an invention of (Who else?) the media themselves! Now, granted, official information services may not tell everything that the public thinks they want to know and sometimes they may not be completely truthful but the media is even worse, far worse, because members of the media quite often make up stories and represent it as truth. In fact, this is quite common. Journalists are employees, whether fulltime or freelance, and in order to earn a living, they must produce copy that editors want to publish. Newspapers, news magazines and TV “news” put out whatever their editors want to put out, as often as not in an attempt to sway public opinion and with little regard for the veracity of the content. Their stories are often false, although they represent them to be “truth” and may actually believe them to be. Much of “news” is the publishing of the opinions of members of the party not in power, and of so-called “activists” group, which are actually political action groups, nearly all of which are far left-wing. The media also publishes fake news fed to them by political campaigns and by the political parties themselves – and they publish fake news distributed by Federal agencies. For example, the Central Intelligence Agency feeds fake news to foreign news outlets in an attempt to influence elections and promote or discredit the party in power. The CIA is barred by law from domestic activities but they doesn’t mean they aren’t involved, as evidenced by the current “revelation” of information damaging to President Donald Trump by the previous CIA director. The CIA has a long history of illegal activities. I first came to realize that journalism cannot be depended on in the spring of 1966 when I was a twenty-year old airman in the United States Air Force assigned to duty in Thailand flying nightly missions (actually every other night) over southern North Vietnam and Laos looking for truck and river traffic on the complex of roads, trails and rivers leading out of North Vietnam through Laos into South Vietnam that had come to be collectively known as “the Ho Chi Minh Trail.” Once we spotted something that looked like it might be traffic, our pilot initiated a complex series of communications to obtain clearance to direct air strikes against the targets. He radioed an airborne command post that orbited high overhead with a team of battlefield controllers on board. The airborne controller then contacted higher headquarters, who then went even further to obtain permission for air strikes against the targets. Over Laos, the contact went to the American embassy in Vientiane and from there to the local province chief. On missions over North Vietnam, permission had to come from the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam through a joint command center in Saigon. The purpose of this complex procedure was to minimize civilian casualties. By the time we received clearance to send fighters in to attack the targets, the trucks would have pulled into one of the fake villages the North Vietnamese had constructed along their infiltration routes and thus be impervious to air attack. That, however, was not what newspapers in the United States were reporting – we saw the articles – they were reporting that US airmen were conducting “unrestricted warfare” even though that was nowhere even close to the truth; it was, rather, an outright lie. Reporters, who lived and worked primarily in Saigon, and who attended daily news briefings, had no idea what American airmen were actually doing so they made up a story to tell, a story designed to embarrass the Johnson Administration and the military. Reporters knew that air attacks were only on specified targets but they wanted to tell a different story. In short, newspapers, particularly the New York Times, were lying to the American people about what was really taking place in Southeast Asia. They continued to lie until the United States withdrew from the war in Vietnam and continue to lie about it to this day. Very much of what has appeared in print about the Vietnam War over the past five decades came from journalists who made up their stories in the bar of the Caravelle Hotel in Saigon and never actually saw a military operation firsthand. Members of the media claim they are impartial but in reality, American newspapers – and newspapers around the world for that matter – have NEVER been impartial. In fact, American newspapers were originally organized to represent a particular political viewpoint, whatever it might be. They can be traced back in the United States to the conflict between Thomas Jefferson and his Republican Democrats and Alexander Hamilton’s Federalists in the earliest days of our nation. Both sides used the press to produce pamphlets advocating their viewpoint. The pamphlets were then distributed by various means. Pamphleteering led to newspapers, which published under a name that often indicated their particular political viewpoint. Of course, modern news media’s main purpose is to make money for their owners but they also have a particular political agenda and are often associated with a political party – and always have been. For example, at one time there were newspapers all over the United States that had either “Democrat” or “Republican” in their names. Papers had – and still have – political agendas as do broadcast networks, both radio and television. This is also true of national news magazines, with some representing a more conservative viewpoint while others have adopted the “progressive” viewpoint. Since the 1930s and the complete control of government by the Roosevelt White House, the slant has been increasingly toward the “progressive” viewpoint, a viewpoint based on a decidedly European view of socialism and Marxism. This should come as no surprise since Marxism began spreading throughout the world in the mid-nineteenth century and had become firmly entrenched in political thought by the turn of the Twentieth Century. In order to give themselves legitimacy, such outlets began claiming a nonexistent status for themselves as “guardians of the public trust.” In fact, however, they are no such thing. They fancy themselves to be public opinion makers and, until the advent of electronic means of communication, they were. The current conflict between the national media and President Donald Trump is due to his not being a politician, and not willing to play the political game. President Trump couldn’t care less what the media thinks of him. He knows that the so-called “mainstream” media was opposed to him as a candidate and that most journalists, editors and publishers were caught by surprise when he won the election. He knows that they based their opinions on polling methods that have become unreliable now that Americans have Caller ID and simply don’t answer calls when they don’t know who he is calling. He furthermore knows that certain media outlets, particularly the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN are working hard to delegitimize his presidency. This should come as no surprise since the editor of the New York Times declared open war on Mr. Trump when he was a candidate and even went to the extent of offering payment for information obtained by illegal means. Nearly every large city newspaper in the country endorsed Hillary Clinton, often claiming that Donald Trump was “unfit to be president” but without offering any solid reasoning for such a claim. (The Constitution establishes the qualifications for the presidency and they are very liberal, being only that the president must be 35 years of age or older and must be a “natural born citizen” of the United States. (The media and academics have caused considerable confusion regarding the meaning of the “natural born” phrase, which simply means that they are citizens by birth and require no action on the part of government to make them citizens.) Cable news is as political as newspapers. CNN founder/owner Ted Turner is a lifelong Democrat who makes no secret of his political views. Turner supports Democrats and, like newspaper editors and owners of the past, has long been using his “cable news” network as a means of advancing the progressive political agenda. Australian-born media magnate Rupert Murdock, who is generally conservative, owns Fox. MSNBC is Far Left in its political viewpoint, representing the socialist view. All claim to be broadcast “news” but they mostly broadcast political opinion. Since Donald Trump was inaugurated, instead of letting media publish “news” that is not really news but is actually political opinion, the White House is pushing back and calling them out for what they put out. As President Trump recently stated, journalists don’t know what is actually happening in the White House or any branch of the government. They rely on unidentified sources who may or may not be telling the truth and who usually are grinding an ax. Good examples are the stories about Trump campaign officials “ties with Russia.” There is an effort to equate the Federal Government of Russia with the former Soviet Union, which disbanded and ceased to exist almost thirty years ago. Media accounts frequently refer to the KGB, the Soviet Union’s counterpart to the American Central Intelligence Agency even though the KGB ceased to exist along with the Soviet Union. This is being done in an effort to cause Americans, who grew up in fear of a Soviet Union that was often equated with Russia since it was the largest member state, to believe that the Cold War has resumed or, more accurately, that it never ended. Media accounts refer to “ties” between Trump campaign officials and Russia, without acknowledging that Americans, particularly businessmen, have been involved with Russian nationals since the early 1990s when the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of a new Russia opened up both dialogue and business opportunities between Americans and Russians. Large numbers of Russians immigrated to the United States and became involved in various businesses, including financial and communications. American oil companies – most of them – became involved in oil exploration in Russia, which, after all, is not only the largest nation in the world, is the richest in natural resources. Doing business with Russia has been quite common for three decades but you’d never know in to hear the media tell it – they represent having “ties” to Russia as some kind of Federal crime. Ever since documents from the Democratic National Committee were leaked to the world by Julian Assange’s Wikileaks, Hillary Clinton supporters have been claiming they were leaked by “the Russians.” As soon as the leaks came out, the Clinton campaign claimed the DNC computer server had been “hacked” although no proof of such a claim has even been offered. They put out claims that there was “evidence” of hacks by actors “associated with Russian intelligence” which is actually a play on words because (1) evidence of hacks can only be assumed and (2) the word “associated” has multiple meanings. In fact, when the “intelligence community” put out a statement that the DNC was hacked by “the Russians”, the statement merely contained the same allegations put out by the Clinton campaign and offered no solid proof. They also stated that such evidence as they had came from “third party” sources. In short, the statement has the appearance of political propaganda, which is no surprise since the primary advocate was former CIA head John Brennan, an Obama political appointee and a critic of Donald Trump. (Brennan is also known to have strong ties to left-wing politics, and has admitted to voting for the Communist Party, USA candidate for president in an election in the 1970s.) As I write this, a major “news story” is that that are calls for a special prosecutor to “investigate ties to Russia by Trump campaign officials,” calls made by Democratic Party politicians and activists. Regardless of the stories appearing in the various forms of media, just remember one thing – you can’t trust media, whether it’s newspapers, news magazines, cable “news” or major television “news” networks. They are all accomplished liars.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Troy Murphy, who was perfect from the field Wednesday, go... Jason Richardson has reason to shout after being fouled d... Golden State Warriors' Jason Richardson reaches through a... Warriors' Derek Fisher passes the ball through Atlanta Ha... More... Maybe Mike Montgomery shouldn't have used the term "sucker-punched" to describe last season's 0-6 start. Eager to erase the memories of that winless beginning, the Warriors, in essence, got sent to the canvas in the first half of Wednesday's season opener. Golden State had to rally from a 12-point deficit against last year's worst team before blowing out Atlanta 122-97 in front of 18,269 at the Arena in Oakland. Jason Richardson led the Warriors with 28 points and Troy Murphy added 19 on a perfect night from the field. But the most important line might be the status of point guard Baron Davis, who reaggravated his left hamstring in the third quarter and did not return. Montgomery said Davis' status for Friday's game against Utah would be clearer by this morning. The Warriors can ill afford to lose their star, who began Golden State's comeback by finding Richardson for an open 3-pointer to start the third quarter. Davis posted nine of his 15 points in the period as the Hawks -- who won only 13 games last year and four on the road -- stumbled against a renewed Warriors defense. The Warriors forced six turnovers and held Atlanta to 27.6 percent shooting in the period. More impressively, they went on their 27-2 run mostly after Davis went down to help turn a 10-point deficit into a 15-point lead. "Just because one of our stars goes down, doesn't mean we can fall down," Richardson said. The Warriors did a faceplant to start the game, showing little energy and even less defense. Atlanta went inside on its first four possessions, earning three easy layups and missing on a fourth. Meanwhile, the Warriors turned the ball over six times in the first six minutes, with Mike Dunleavy serving up five on bad passes. New Atlanta point guard Joe Johnson took advantage by slashing through the Warriors' flimsy defense for nine quick points, and the Hawks led by as many as eight points before the Warriors rallied. Murphy scored six points in the quarter to go along with five rebounds. The Warriors closed out the period on a 7-0 run and came within milliseconds of taking the lead. After Tyronn Lue missed a layup with 2.9 seconds left, the Warriors pushed the ball up the court and Mickael Pietrus hit a long jumper as the buzzer sounded. Officials later reviewed the play and waived off the basket. Pietrus made up for it immediately by opening the second period with a driving lay-up. But the real trouble started when Davis came out of the game 27 seconds later, as the Hawks went on a 10-0 run in the next three minutes. "I felt like we could regain control of the game, but we were just making mistakes," said Derek Fisher, who had 12 points and five assists. Such as? "Not rebounding, not picking up the extra man, turning the ball over," Richardson said. "It was just first-game jitters." The Warriors were outrebounded 47-38 and turned the ball over 19 times. They shot 58.1 percent from the field and 64.4 percent from the foul line. Since they couldn't make a free throw all night, Golden State came back by scoring in threes. Davis and Richardson opened the third quarter by hitting back-to-back 3s, and the Warriors climbed to within 65-63 on another 3 by Fisher. They finally took the lead on a 3-point play by Richardson with 6:58 remaining in the period. It was Golden State's first lead since Mickael Pietrus opened the second quarter with a layup, and matched its biggest advantage of the game up to that point. Among the game's biggest surprises was rookie Chris Taft, who checked in with 7:25 left in the second quarter after Andris Biedrins ran into foul trouble. Taft came through with several hustle plays, including tapping a Richardson missed 3-pointer back to Richardson, who was then fouled and hit two free throws. On the next possession, Taft sent a shot by Tyronn Lue into the stands. He finished with four points and four rebounds. "Everybody was 'Defense, defense -- we get stops, the run will happen,' " Taft said. "We got a crazy run going and it didn't stop." Jason really stepped up as the team's leader in the 2nd half. So many people see Baron as the star and the vocal leader, but they forget that Jason's still a team captain. He's one of the team's leaders, too.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
AUGUST ALSINA - Make It Home lyrics AUGUST ALSINAMake It Home lyrics [Verse 1:] I don’t always do what I should But I do what I gotta do You’ve been at the bottom, you see the hunger inside of you Don’t say what you won’t do Cus it can all change When the going gets tough it’ll drive you insane See I done dodged a couple shots Saved a couple blocks Hit a couple corners tryna shake a couple cracks A broke a couple rules Didn’t graduate from school Cus I was busy hustling when I thought that shit was cool [Pre-Hook:] See I gotta keep it real wit you baby Cus the shit I used to do is what made me And I’m hopin I ain’t gotta go back to the trap Cus we really know that we don’t want that [Hook:] But if I don’t make it home tonight Tell my mama that I love her Leave some flowers for my brother Girl I love ya But if I don’t make it home tonight Take some money to my sister I don’t ever want her chasin after niggas Cus where I’m from Niggas outchea dyin every day And they ain’t not bad, they’re just tryna make a way And I ain’t no different So if I get missin These are my last wishes I hope you getting by Girl if I don’t make it home tonight [Verse 2:] I know it’s harsh But this is how I feel, girl it’s comin from the heart I hope it doesn’t end the way it had to start Cus it started out bad but I made it this far But everyone here tired to see me make it Or they only wanna see me win so they can take it Cus I know it’s hard to find a job So niggas kill and rob There’s a chance that I won’t make it here tomorrow Being honest [Pre-Hook:] [Hook:] [Verse 3: Jeezy] Would you miss me? Would you miss me? Would you walk up to my casket? Would you kiss me? My life is schizophrenic, I’m just tryna stay sane Pour a cup full, hope it take away the pain I said you know I I I I Came from the projects, nigga Don’t care if it kill me, I die, I’ll stay in the projects You know I’m fresh as a motherfucker, in case that I die tonight Got a lot on my mind, you know that I’m high tonight I left that black Hublot at home So really I don’t got the time My nigga got by a quarter, heard that he dropped the dime Failure’s no option nigga, you out of yo fuckin mind Mixin my life and my freedom fool So ain’t none of you stopping my…	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Encore Show Notes This was Phish’s second and last show at C.U. Field House. Tickets were $15. Fish reportedly wore a jacket and tie for this show. Trey sang the verses of Fee through his megaphone. Wilson’s extended intro and Run Like An Antelope contained The Simpson secret language. Weekapaug Groove featured teases of My Girl. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
CASE STUDY: HOW AN OPENCART STORE USED CACHING TO IMPROVE PAGE LOAD SPEED 星期四, 三月 5th, 2015 at 12:07:00 Posted by Adam J Thompson For web users as good as SEOs alike, page bucket speed is an critical cause for ecommerce sites. All of your tough work designing, copywriting as good as optimizing user knowledge is for zilch if users turn undone with delayed page bucket times as good as navigate elsewhere. Unfortunately, a renouned ecommerce selling transport resolution OpenCart isn’t tuned good for sites with lots of categories as good as products	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Study Title: Magnesium deficit ? overlooked cause of low vitamin D status? Study Abstract Like vitamin D deficit, magnesium deficit is considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Several steps in the vitamin D metabolism, such as vitamin D binding to its transport protein and the conversion of vitamin D into the hormonal form 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D by hepatic and renal hydroxylation, depend on magnesium as a cofactor. A new analysis of two National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys data sets, published in BMC Medicine, investigated potential interactions between magnesium intake, circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D, which is the generally accepted indicator of vitamin D status, and mortality. Data indicate a reduced risk of insufficient/deficient vitamin D status at high magnesium intake and an inverse association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and mortality, particularly cardiovascular mortality, among those with magnesium intake above the median. The study provides important findings concerning potential metabolic interactions between magnesium and vitamin D and its clinical relevance. However, results should be considered preliminary since biochemical data on individual magnesium status were lacking, confounding cannot be excluded and questions on the dose remain. Background Life depends on an energy-consuming complex interplay of organic and inorganic substances to maintain biological structures. Adequate energy and nutrient supply is a prerequisite to guarantee normal functioning of metabolic pathways and thus a healthy life. To become metabolically active, several nutrients require other essential nutrients as cofactors. For example, copper is required for the oxidation of absorbed Fe2+ to Fe3+, which is then bound to transferrin, and riboflavin (vitamin B2) and pyridoxine (vitamin B6) are required to produce niacin (vitamin B3) from dietary tryptophan. Therefore, some nutrition-related illnesses, such as anemia and pellagra, can be caused by multiple nutrient deficits [1,2]. Magnesium (Mg) is a cofactor that is required for the binding of vitamin D to its transport protein. Moreover, conversion of vitamin D by hepatic 25-hydroxlation and renal 1?-hydroxylation into the active, hormonal form 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) is Mg-dependent [3,4]. A study by Deng et al. [5], published in BMC Medicine, investigated potential interactions between Mg intake, vitamin D status and mortality. Still, some questions remain open. Study results Deng et al. [5] used two large National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys data sets to assess interactions between Mg intake, vitamin D status and outcome. According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) classification, circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD), the generally accepted indicator of vitamin D status, was within the deficit range (<12 ng/ml) in 12% of participants and the insufficiency range (12 to 20 ng/ml) [6] in 30%. Mean energy-adjusted total Mg intake (dietary and supplemental) was clearly below the recommended daily allowance, which is between 310 and 420 mg depending on age and gender [7]. High Mg intake was associated with reduced risk of vitamin D deficit or insufficiency. Data also indicate an inverse association between circulating 25OHD and mortality, particularly cardiovascular mortality, among those with Mg intake above the median. Vitamin D status and its predictors The present data are consistent with the assumption that deficient vitamin D levels are an important health issue that may affect not only musculoskeletal health but also a wide range of acute and chronic diseases [8]. The high prevalence of deficient 25OHD blood levels in the population is believed to be primarily due to inadequate vitamin D synthesis in the skin, together with inadequate dietary intake [9]. However, circulating 25OHD levels also depend on body weight and genetic factors, and a significant portion of the variance in circulating 25OHD remains unexplained at present. Therefore, Deng et al. are to be commended for investigating potential interactions between Mg and vitamin D status. Especially with regard to vitamin D, there is still ongoing debate regarding the optimal oral intake and the adequate circulating 25OHD level. The IOM recommends a daily vitamin D intake of 600 international units and considers circulating 25OHD levels of 20 to 50 ng/ml as adequate, and 25OHD levels above 50 ng/ml as potentially harmful [6]. However, according to the Endocrine Society [10], the circulating 25OHD level should be within the range of 30 to 100 ng/ml. To raise the 25OHD level consistently above 30 ng/ml, they recommend a daily vitamin D intake of 1,500 to 2,000 international units. Open questions Like vitamin D deficit [11], Mg deficit is considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease [12]. Thus, the presented interactions between Mg, vitamin D and cardiovascular mortality fit well together. Nevertheless, for several reasons, data should be considered preliminary. First, associations are based on oral Mg intake. The assessment of oral Mg intake does not take into account inter-individual differences in intestinal Mg absorption and renal and cutaneous Mg loss. It would have been more appropriate to use biochemical data, such as plasma Mg levels (levels of 0.79 to 0.76 mmol/l have been classified as inadequate and levels <0.76 mmol/l as deficient), to assess individual Mg status. Unfortunately, plasma levels of Mg are still rarely assessed, whereas measurement of circulating 25OHD levels has exploded in the clinical setting in recent years [13]. Second, total Mg intake, 25OHD status and physical activity level were clearly interrelated [5]. High Mg intake may thus only be an indicator for high physical activity, which is known to influence 25OHD status (and cardiovascular mortality). Even adjustment for physical activity may not completely solve the problem of potential bias. Third, no data on circulating levels of the biologically active form of vitamin D, 1,25(OH)2D, were presented. Circulating 1,25(OH)2D is probably a better predictor of total mortality compared with circulating 25OHD, at least if mid-term mortality is assessed [14]. Circulating 1,25(OH)2D declines significantly (and parathyroid hormone levels increase substantially) at 25OHD levels below 10 ng/ml, whereas levels of both hormones seem to plateau at 25OHD levels of 20 ng/ml [15]. Notably, three out of the four 25OHD categories in the mortality analysis of the present investigation were above 20 ng/ml, and none covered the range that the IOM has classified as deficient. It would have been interesting to see whether the combination of inadequate Mg intake with 25OHD levels below 12 ng/ml is associated with a further mortality increase. Conclusion The present study must be praised for bringing potential interactions between individual nutrients into the focus of interest. Because the intake of Mg is often inadequate and several other factors are also known to impair Mg supply (for example, diuretics use, diabetes mellitus, chronic alcohol consumption, stress factors) [16-18], more attention should in future be paid to possible consequences of insufficient or deficient Mg supply in the general population. Further studies on the interactions between Mg supply and vitamin D status should include a more detailed assessment of individual Mg status (for example, by measuring biochemical parameters of Mg status or by adjusting statistical analysis for stress factors, diuretics use, alcohol consumption and concomitant diagnoses such as diabetes), a more detailed investigation of different components of the vitamin D-parathyroid hormone axis in general populations; clarification of the dose?response relationship; and the realization of randomized controlled trials to verify whether oral Mg is indeed able to improve vitamin D status and survival. Discover *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Note: the asterisk mark following a paragraph and linking to the above FDA disclaimer applies to any or all statements in that paragraph.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Pardew thankful for Ashley stance Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has praised owner Mike Ashley for resisting the temptation to cash in on one of the club's star names. The Magpies secured their place in the group stage of the Europa League with a hard-fought 2-1 aggregate victory over Greek side Atromitos on Thursday night, but Pardew will be celebrating even more if he reaches Friday night's 11pm transfer deadline without losing a big name. He said: "You have to pay a lot of respect to Mike, the owner here, because he could have cashed in on one of our big players. We have had a couple of phone calls during the window and Mike has been pretty adamant that everybody stays. I thank him for that and our fans should thank him too because we are not as affluent as some other clubs." Newcastle's pursuit of Liverpool striker Andy Carroll, which had always had an air of mischief about it, finally came to an end when the £35million man completed a season-long loan move to West Ham, although Pardew insisted he was not the one which got away. He said: "No, not really. For us, Andy Carroll was a political move that perhaps wasn't going to fall our way. Liverpool gave us £35million for him, so... "I wish him all the best at West Ham." Instead, Pardew, who learned after the final whistle that his side had drawn Manchester United away in the Capital One Cup third round, contented himself with reflecting on his side's 1-0 victory over Dusan Bejavic's men at St James' Park, a result which proved decisive after last week's 1-1 draw in Athens. Ultimately, Haris Vuckic's first senior goal for the club, a long-range 21st-minute effort, was enough to see the Magpies through to Friday's draw for the group stage in Monaco. However, victory came at a cost for the Magpies, who lost utility man Ryan Taylor with a potentially serious knee injuries just 11 minutes into the game. Pardew said: "I fear that the news isn't going to be good on that injury, if I am honest, which is a shame because he is an important player for us. We will have to wait and see."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
SPAN6754 History & Poetry in Cuba Cuban literature, like any other in Spanish America, is characterized by a tension between poetry and politics. The vast postcolonial writing of the past two centuries is a good example of this crossover of roles, so characteristic of Latin American intellectual history. In that story, the creation of literary works has been linked often to the founding of republics and the construction of national states. In the case of José María Heredia, José Martí, Nicolás Guillén, José Lezama Lima, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, and Heberto Padilla, this tension runs through their works, relevant to Spanish America, in poetry and prose. The aim of this course is to explore the political representation of the poetry of the six Cuban writers, including not only their most famous books of poetry, but some texts of chronicles and essays. (1 unit)	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Night Audax 200k Orange County is locking the SART down at night which means we would be forced to take an ugly detour on the return leg. I tried it last night and it is not something I’m comfortable asking people to do. They are also posting security on the SART at Imperial, although the security guard was asleep when I rode past him. Consequently I am forced to cancel this year’s night audax ride. Share this: Like this: LikeLoading... About Us Channel Islands Bicycle Club (CIBC) sponsors several Randonneurs USA (RUSA) and Audax Club Parisien (ACP) brevets and other cycling events in Ventura and surrounding counties. Some of our favorite rides range from the Pacific Coast Highway to the surrounding mountains with views of the Channel Islands National Park. We believe we have some of the world's most scenic riding at our front wheels. We would like you to join us for a ride! Remember that CIBC members receive discounts on all of our sponsored Brevets.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Change your Windows password Your Windows password is the password you use to log on to your computer. You can help keep your computer more secure by changing your Windows password regularly and by using a strong password. For more information about strong passwords, see Tips for creating strong passwords and passphrases. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and then click Change a password. Type your old password, type your new password, type your new password again to confirm it, and then press Enter. If you have forgotten your password and you have a password reset disk, you can reset your password. For more information see, Reset your Windows password. Note If you are logged on as an administrator, you can create and change passwords for all user accounts on the computer. Warning If you use an administrator account to change a password for another account, any encrypted files or e‑mail messages for that other account will no longer be accessible to the person who was using that account.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Patriot’s Side He is known as the “Father of our Country,” yet George Washington, our first president, no longer has a dedicated holiday. On this date in 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, a man was born who would shape our nation as no other: leading American forces as General of the Continental Army in our War for Independence; starting the fledgling U.S. Navy with a handful of privateers that aggressively pursued the British Royal Navy; presiding over the composition of the U.S. Constitution as our government framework; and, finally, serving as the first President of the United States. Some observers, at the time, noted that it seemed Washington’s very character and unshakable purpose were the only things that held the struggling new nation together. His sacrifice of fortune and risk of life in the pursuit of Liberty led his countrymen to view him as the very symbol of what “Americans” were struggling to achieve. In the most trying of battles, General Washington could rally his troops with oratory such as this: “Our own Country’s Honor, all call upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the Supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble Actions. The Eyes of all our Countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings, and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the Tyranny mediated against them. Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world, that a free man contending for Liberty on his own ground is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.” Frequently, the mere presence of Washington’s commanding figure, astride his horse, encouraging his troops to press on, turned the tide of conflict. The Marquis de Lafayette had observed Washington halting a retreat, noting that he had “never beheld so superb a man.” The image stuck with him and should also with us, today. It’s time to restore Washington’s Birthday as a holiday.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
What's the point of commenting on a video if we are not allowed to refer to something that happens in the video? It's only a blatant spoiler when a comment refers to something that occurs beyond what's covered by the video, or gives a play-by-play recap. CR should conisder hiding the comments for viewers who haven't seen the video, or moving all comments on a video to next video's comments page. The people who insist on viewing the comments, and get consistently bummed out by them--well, they are asking for the disappointment. Spoilers spoil things, that's why they're spoilers. Surprise parties aren't surprises when someone tells you about them. Yes you anticipate the party and hype yourself up, but you don't have that genuine feeling of appreciation when the lights turn on and everybody yells "SURPRISE!"	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Notes: This show was taped for VH-1’s Hard Rock Live and was first broadcast on July 1, 2000. The show was announced only a week before the gig took place. Non-transferable wristbands for entry were sold at the venue box office the morning before the show, with a limit of one per person. Ya Mar included an extended jam in the abnormal key of “A” at Trey’s on-stage request. During the soundcheck of this show, Driver and Ginseng were played multiple times, and there was a jam on Led Zeppelin’s Dancing Days before Long Cool Woman. I did a review of first set for this show on my website which you can read here: a snip of how I felt while listening; "An anticipated and much wanted, Its Ice, comes down with that 'straight out of the fucking bullpen' opening riff. The crowds screaming is audible, even over the SBD tape edits. This was going to be a little goddamn crazy." Just got done listening to tis one. pretty decent show. I gave it a 3/5 but the Ya Mar was awesome! might be the best ya mar ive ever heard besides the funk one from 97, cant remember the date right now but anyway still good show and great ya mar "An anticipated and much wanted, Its Ice, comes down with that 'straight out of the fucking bullpen' opening riff. The crowds screaming is audible, even over the SBD tape edits. This was going to be a little goddamn crazy." I got in because my girlfriend at the time brother knew someone and got us in.....there was no transition that i remember and it was as commercial a show ive seen....i wonder why??...i guess could be rated higher because of venue Phish.net is a non-commercial project run by and for Phish fans under the auspices of the all-volunteer, non-profit Mockingbird Foundation. This project serves to compile, preserve, and protect encyclopedic information about Phish and their music. But we need your help!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Dan Mason, a twelve-year-old newsboy, is an expert at figuring all the angles; so, when Kink, veteran bartender at Billy's Steak House, catches him winning a big jackpot in the battered old... See full summary » Storyline Dan Mason, a twelve-year-old newsboy, is an expert at figuring all the angles; so, when Kink, veteran bartender at Billy's Steak House, catches him winning a big jackpot in the battered old slot machines that belong to seedy Tim Channing, he not only defies them to do anything about it but shows Tim how he can corner the slot-machine racket and, at the same time, put his big-racketeer competitors Tony Finetti and Angelo Di Bruno out of the running. Thusly begins a partnership between the larcenous---but big-hearted---Tim and the precocious newsboy that lasts and prospers while he is growing up. Reaching college age Dan studies law, showing a greater aptitude for finding loopholes in the law than an inclination to uphold it, despite the advice of his law-school Dean and the wholesome companionship of his roommate Roy Fellows, whose father is a retired judge. But Dan meets Roy's sister Fern and his family, and the sincerity and friendliness of Roy's parents and the open adoration of ... Written by Les Adams <[email protected]> User Reviews Victor McLaglen has a ball as Big Tim Channing in this forgotten, yet enjoyable, 1950's gangster movie. With all the stand-by's (Frank Ferguson as crusading D.A., Paul Maxey as crooked lawyer, Anthony Caruso as a two-bit thug), this "B" actioner delivers what you would expect, and a bit more. It probably was intended to elevate the career of its lead, John Baer. As such pretty boys go, he's not too bad, but I never heard of him again. Still, it's a good way to kill an hour and change. 4 of 4 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Customer Comments: Came with the intention of adding a new edition to our home and fell in love with an adorable lachon. The staff was very warm, welcoming, and answered all of our questions and concerns. Overall great experience. Esther K. Customer Comments: I love that you can play with the animals in your own little room. All the puppies are so dang cute!!! Abigail M. Victoria B. Customer Comments: Adorable puppies Elise H. Customer Comments: Omg! I walked in through the doors and saw the puppy I have always wanted. He is so beautiful. The staff were so friendly and courteous. Melissa went out of her way to make my experience a pleasant one. I recommend Petland-Novi to anyone that is looking for the perfect puppy. Lori Luoma/David Loeffler Customer Comments: We purchased our 2nd puppy last Sarturday. Steven is amazing very knowledgeable great customer service. A great staff every one is friendly and helpful. Elisa M. Customer Comments: Such a great staff. Gage was kind and helped us with all of our questions and we finally have our puppy! Holly G. Customer Comments: Great service amazing people love are new puppy. Meliane A. Customer Comments: Super friendly!! We got our puppy from here and she is just darling. We have never had a problem with her Brandy F. Customer Comments: The staff was super helpful. Especially Haley. This was a great experience. Drake P. Customer Comments: Petland has the best service and the cutest dogs ever Brigitte S. Customer Comments: Chris was such a great help with the process of bringing home our brand new puppy! Very clean and welcoming store. Layle E. Customer Comments: Absolutely awesome place and phenomenal service!! Gage specifically was great and worked with me the whole time with my financing options and explained everything in detail to make sure I had all the information I needed. I am now an owner to 2 beautiful pomskies! Ed B. Customer Comments: Very helpful staff and good selection Holly G. Customer Comments: It was a good experience & the staff was very helpful. Michael & Paige D. Customer Comments: Gage was very pleasant and knowledgeable. Made the whole process very easy. Highly recommend coming here for your pets. Jorge W. Sondra Toomire Customer Comments: Very friendly staff Kim & Phil B Customer Comments: We had a great experience at Petland Novi. We love our Yochon we adopted on Nov 3. The VCA animal hospital they connected us with close to our home in Portage has given our new dog excellent care. We could not be more happy with our little puppy. Highly recommend!! Donna s Customer Comments: I got my furry son named Zeus he is so loving a siberian husky Michael Y. Customer Comments: The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. we had a great experience finding our furry friend. I would recommend Petland to anyone looking for a new pet! David V. Customer Comments: Gage has been very patient & professional through the entire experience. So excited to take my new fur baby home. Jackie burch Customer Comments: I love this place!! So many unique dog breeds to choose from, 5 stars all the way! KATIE L Customer Comments: Adorable puppies!! David S. Customer Comments: Great place and wonderful help from Gage. Michael J. Customer Comments: Great job!! Very helpful picking out a puppy! Nathan & Jessica E. Customer Comments: Very enjoyable. Love our new puppy! Katelyn P. Customer Comments: Everyone was very helpful! Thank you! Michelle. Customer Comments: I really look forward to coming in your store. The staff is very friendly and extremely helpfull. I won’t go anywhere else for my pet needs. Colleen C. Customer Comments: Great place to play with puppies. Clean and friendly staff. Katlynn D. Customer Comments: Petland Novi has the cutest puppies Customer Comments: thank you for the hard work you guy do for the pets thank for all that love B.J Canada wells Customer Comments: Beautiful puppies and excellent staff Shawna Customer Comments: I am so impressed with the service I received today! I was called back on a puppy inquiry. The woman was able to give me all the information I asked for. I asked where the pup came from, concerned about a puppy mill. She told me who the breader was, where he was located and let me know about his ratings. The pup I looked at was out of my price range but she took my price range and will keep me on the list if one comes in. Very impressed! Erin Dorland Customer Comments: I have visited your store a couple of times and had a great customer experience. Its a great feeling to enjoy shopping and exceed expectations, you can go to any pet store in the area. Chris & Ogie G. Seth & Meghan G. Kristin G. Customer Comments: Gage was very helpful and informative. We are very excited to bring our new puppy home! Jordan & Mary C. Customer Comments: Very knowledgeable. Very helpful. 100% would recommend. Tawni O. Customer Comments: Gage was super helpful and patient and found us the perfect puppy! Jessica B. Customer Comments: Understanding and safe place. They allowed me to take my time with the process. Gage helped me with everything. He was great. John J. Customer Comments: Matt was awesome. Thanks so much Kristi G. Customer Comments: I just bought a beautiful Pomsky at Petland Novi and the Petland team was very helpful! Gage was very informative and made the process very easy! Haley M. Customer Comments: Just got a puppy here for my husband and they are amazing! The service was great and Chris was very helpful when it came to my questions. Will definitely be going back! Mary H. Customer Comments: Had an amazing experience at petland today. They share so much knowledge with you and have awesome customer service! Dennis W. Customer Comments: We were very happy with our assistant. She was very helpful & was knowledgeable. Thank you. Jill Kathan Customer Comments: Always very helpful, friendly, and kind when I have shopped in here. Store is always kept clean and animals are happy and well taken care of!! Janett S. Customer Comments: Staff is very friendly and helpful. September 9th I stopped at Petland to play with the adorable puppies they have without the intention of walking out with a pomchon. Best place ever with a big selection of breeds. Allie K. Customer Comments: Found a dog on our first visit! Amber J. Customer Comments: Excellent Gage was very knowledgeable and very helpful. I would recommend getting your next pet from here. Amber J. Customer Comments: Great! Thank you Gage for helping make our home whole again. Marc B. Customer Comments: It was a great experience, Connor was super helpful & patient. He helped answer all our questions and did not rush us with the puppies. Kelly B. Customer Comments: Very helpful & great customer service. Cassandra N. Customer Comments: Great staff! Very informational. Great selection of products. I am excited for my new best friend! Chrystal D. Customer Comments: Didn’t buy a pet but their service was awesome! We were greated promptly and they were very friendly. We are not quite ready to buy a pet just yet, we were at the mall and decided to stop by, but when we are ready we will definitely buy from Petland! Jessica Z. Customer Comments: Ashley helped my my mother find a companion after my dad passed away. It was a great experience and she was very patient and knowledgeable. Jenna T. Customer Comments: Very nice and educated staff! Thanks for our new baby ❤️ Christa M. Customer Comments: Great experience. Gage was very informative. Angie E. & Frederick W. Customer Comments: My visit to Petland Novi was amazing from beginning to end. The staff is wonderful. Great customer service , good atmosphere, clean store, very informative and knowledgeable staff. I will definitely recommend to others, to make a purchase here. I will remain a loyal customer, and I'm very excited about adopting my new fur baby " Kash"!! Keep up the good work Petland Novi! Amber P. Customer Comments: 2 puppies. Love the warranty and guarantees. Gage was very helpful! Ashley R. Customer Comments: Gage was AWESOME!!! We’ve been here for a couple hours, and he was so patient and informative with us. We ended up finding our new baby to bring home with us!!! We are so excited and thank you again Gage for all your help!!! Ted K. Customer Comments: Very good place Colleen M. Customer Comments: Amazing experience Alyssa J. Customer Comments: Going to the mall this is a place I always stop and visit! Love playing with the puppies and the staff is so nice and welcoming. Christa M. Customer Comments: Awesome experience ! Maria M. Customer Comments: Clean and great staff Alex R. Customer Comments: We got our frenchie today and the staff was so helpful and patient with us! Very pleased with our experience! Cheryl K. Customer Comments: Haley was very informative, knowledgeable and helpful when it came to adopting our new bulldog! If you’re thinking of adopting a pet, go see her! Angie E. Customer Comments: I just purchased a bulldog from here and my experience was wonderful from the start , the first meet and greet appt with him ..the communication was good while waiting on our dog while away at the vet because he became sick ..so we had to wait awhile but they assured us he would be fine and available once he all better..Today we got a call saying he was back from the vet and ready to go home!! I was so excited he looked much better too! The sales associate that worked with me was amazing great attitude and customer service! I would definitely recommend petlandnovi to others and I will be returning as a loyal customer! The staff is great keep up the good work! James C. Customer Comments: Chris is a marvelous representative for Petland. Jimmy B. Customer Comments: Great selection of puppies and really friendly staff! Great experience Hurley G. Customer Comments: Very great place to buy your next or first pet. Sabrina was the one that assisted us. She was very eager to help and inform us of each breed we looked at. Walked out with a beautiful Froston and much more supplies. Jo’El L. Customer Comments: Gage was a helpful, knowledgeable and friendly manager here. He knew we lost our dog Anubis of 10 years and was very sympathetic when showing us Bear. We took our puppy for its first vet visit and he was perfect in health and all shots updated. Thank you so much for choosing the best puppy for our dog filled family. Jodi C. Customer Comments: I love to go there to see the animals. They do give you plenty of time with the animal you choose to see. Kananganicka T. Customer Comments: I really enjoyed this visit. The sale person was very interesting, exciting, informative. I just loved him. He really helped me a lot. Gage Jazmin J. Angel A. Customer Comments: Gage was amazing!! So happy with our new addition to the family! #HomeForever Jodi M. Customer Comments: Very friendly people work here. Happy to answer questions and are not pushy. Mary E. Customer Comments: Very family friendly and beautiful dogs! Scott R. Customer Comments: Very good experience working with petland for the purchase of my furry companion. Petland was very knowledgeable and made the experience a positive one. Would recommend them to a friend! Zoja N. Customer Comments: Love this company so much!!!! Chloey S. Customer Comments: Love petland novi! Heather E. Customer Comments: They always have cute, healthy looks pets! Lydia T. Customer Comments: Best place ever! Very friendly customer service always has what we are looking for. Very determined to find good homes for the puppers. Margie & Abrianna O Customer Comments: My visit was very thorough and informative. Petland really explained all the information concerning our new pet. Brittney H. Customer Comments: ABSOULTELY ADORE THIS PLACE. i love that you are able to play with the Animals animals! Tylecia & Tammy H. Customer Comments: Very pleasant. Employees very nice and willing to help and all dogs were clean and so cute! A very great place to buy a dog. Tammy L. Shelly B. Bubba K. Customer Comments: They literally have the cutest puppies I’ve ever seen Hesse S. Customer Comments: Thank you for your great service. Dionysios & Katerina K. Customer Comments: He was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Tammy W. Customer Comments: Petland Novi has great customer service. Today was our second visit and we are taking our baby home. Courtney H. Customer Comments: the service here was great. All the staff was very helpful and made the process easy and enjoyable. Billy L Customer Comments: This place is amazing and everyone is so helpful gage went the extra mile to ensure I got the newest member of my family! Bailee P Customer Comments: This place is great! With the cutest puppies! And nicest staff! Jordan A Customer Comments: I always love going to pet land in Novi! When going to the Novi mall it’s always a must stop place! I always find something new in there that I haven’t seen at other places. The puppies appear to be healthy and full of energy! Megan C Customer Comments: Great Service! Got both of my puppies from here, I also love the photos the post of the new dogs on Facebook! So cute Meagan M Customer Comments: Love this place ! Great experience :) Shawn Customer Comments: Petland is great and treats their animals very well Ashley Q Customer Comments: Wonderful staff very friendly and caring. Great prices and puppies are all so adorable!!!! Maddie H Customer Comments: This place seriously has some of the cutest pets I have ever seen! I want to take every single one home. JILLIAN B. Travis Porter Customer Comments: Great looking dogs! Andrea M. Customer Comments: The staff at Petland Novi was wonderful! Ashley was so knowledgeable and really made me feel comfortable as I got a new puppy! She was so nice and helped out a great deal! My experience was amazing! Fenway is an amazing, healthy, kind, and smart dog! We love him so much! Lytzy L. Customer Comments: I recommend this place! I love going there! Just to look around, family members have bought puppies there! Great safe! Emily S. Customer Comments: Great looking puppies, helpful staff. KELSEY Customer Comments: Beautiful Selection of dogs with great personalities (-: DAWN G Customer Comments: We recently bought a pomsky from your novi store and we were highly impressed at the process . Sabrina Was excellent in educating us on this new breed. we could not imagine life without our new puppy and would definitely buy another dog in the future from Petland in NOvi Kayla M. Customer Comments: Emily was very helpful and patient in helping me make a decision on a puppy. I am very happy with my choice. Abby B. Customer Comments: Love that they do such fun and generous contests!! Jill P. Customer Comments: Petland Novi is amazing! Definitely where the only place i look when i get puppy fever! Kyla V. Heather K. Customer Comments: Have always had great service when visiting this location. Staff is friendly and knows their stuff. Danielle s Customer Comments: Staff is very Pleasant to work with and always have the cutest puppies! Becky Customer Comments: Wonderful job! Shelby S. Customer Comments: Beautiful puppies and they always have what you need for your fur babies! Madison S. Customer Comments: I would absolutely recommend Petland Novi if you're looking to adopt your next furrever friend! The main reason I love Petland is because they don't use puppy mills where many places do. They are always very willing to let you take out and spend time with the dogs that you might be looking into taking home. The employees also give great recommendations based on families and home life if it's your first pet and tips to make each dog to feel right at home. They gave me the time and resources I need to make my adopted pup into my best friend. Amanda S. Customer Comments: The staff is awesome!! And I love my furbaby Luke!! Katelyn S. Customer Comments: Great service and lots of choices. I love this place! Jess Tyrer Mercedes Parker-Urban Customer Comments: Although I have not purchased any of Petland Novi’s fur babies, I do always look at the beautiful puppy breeds that they have to offer! When contacting them in the past regarding specific puppies, they were kind and able to answer any questions I had as well as provide me with more information. Looking forward to the future purchasing an amazing breed through Petland Novi! Katie Curley Customer Comments: GReat company! Seth R. Customer Comments: The animals are so cute Matthew C. Customer Comments: We came to get a dog and found a great selection and knowledgable staff helped us find our "Golden" Moustapha M. Jon Morgan S. Customer Comments: Gage was amazing so helpful and smart about buying my first puppy. He needs to get a raise!!! Thank you Gage!!! Emily L. Customer Comments: Very wonderful place with a large selection of dogs! Ashley Fritz Customer Comments: Love seeing all the adorable puppy pictures daily, and love how quick the staff is to respond back to you online when interested in a puppy! Hope to be a future customer one day! Bev T. Customer Comments: Great, would purchase again Julia K. Customer Comments: Gage did an awesome job! So happy with my experience here! Amar S. Customer Comments: A huge variety of pups to choose from and the managers give a lot of give information. The pups are a bit pricey but come with a lot of starting materials to help care for the puppies. Gabrielle G. Customer Comments: Excellent service! Meagan T. Customer Comments: Very friendly and helpful staff! Kate T. Customer Comments: Service was great. Healthy puppy!! Ask for Omari!! He was a wonderful help. Garrett H. Customer Comments: Great, Informative, Matt was Awesome! Christopher S & Leslie C. Customer Comments: We were very impressed with the facility and the staff. We are taking home our forever puppy. Adrian B. Customer Comments: My visit was nothing but great! I had an awesome experience and when ready for a new puppy. I will be back. Hopefully Gage is still here when that time comes because he went above and beyond for my family and I. Bianca F. Customer Comments: I had an awesome experience here at pet land. Gage is the absolute best. He made sure we were able to leave with the little guy that stole our hearts. I would definitely tell people to go here. They are determined to find all of their puppies a great home to go to and will do whatever they can to help you get the puppy if your choice. Thanks again Gage you're the best. Foxy The Kawaii Pirate Customer Comments: It's so adorable there the service of the employees was amazing and they helped me pick out my first German shepherd! Jamie B. Customer Comments: Had an absolutely amazing experience and was blessed to bring home the sweetest little addition. Bree was awesome, she took the time to answer all questions and is incredibly knowledgeable! Thank you for everything! Crystal M. Customer Comments: We adopted a beautiful puppy at petland!! Very good place! We ended up falling inlove with a Danniff puppy we named her black widow! Alex was super helpful gave us a lot of helpful tips with out puppy. He also gave us space so we could bond with the puppy! They are pricy but I feel like they stand by their puppies because they do pay for you first 3 weeks of pet appointment to make sure you do have a healthy puppy! We went to our first puppy check up today she is healthy and happy! So thank you Alex and thank you for all the educational tips u gave us!!!! Shelby S. Customer Comments: Got the cutest dog here and the staff was very helpful with all of our questions Carol P. Customer Comments: Employees were fast and explained everything very well. Tasha L. Customer Comments: The staff is very helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. Very cute puppies! Jennifer C. Customer Comments: You can sit and play with puppies, can't get better than that. Shruti B. Customer Comments: We love going there to play with the pups. Staff is very friendly John M. Customer Comments: The workers are very helpful Bradley S. Customer Comments: Great experience. Our second dog from Petland Novi. Thank you Jesse! Rebecca B. Customer Comments: Always get the best service ever at this petland! Plus they always have the cutest puppies! Today we went home with an adorable beagle, and we can’t be more ecstatic! Laurie M Customer Comments: Awesome! 2nd time around Ashley was so thorough and informative what a wonderful experience after losing our last dog about a year ago. John M. Customer Comments: Great experience and customer service Deborah M. Customer Comments: Jessie was outstanding! Found our perfect puppy Jessica S. Customer Comments: Workers are friendly and often walk around with some of the pets. They seem ok with the fact that many people just come in to look and play with the dogs with no itention of adopting. Tiffany P. Courtney U. Hong L. Customer Comments: Staff was helpful, friendly, and knowledgable. We were very happy with the service we've gotten. Tony W. Customer Comments: Ashley was great, her customer service is off the charts. I truly love all the staff and location. Katina C. Customer Comments: My visit was awesome! The staff was extremely patient :) Gage was amazing & very informative! we are happy with our purchase too - Jet is a great addition to our family :) Joshua G. Customer Comments: We came here to look at bulldogs and found our "perfect Match!" Employees were very professional, friendly & helpful: Overall, the experience was amazing! we'd recommend Petland to our family & Friends! Thank you! We love our new friend, companion/ Member of the family. Thompson G Customer Comments: Nice place with a great variety collection of puppies. You can even pet those in small cubes . Well maintained and friendly staff. John M. Customer Comments: Great service. Employees were super helpful. Answered all the questions we had. Explained everything we were getting and how to use it. Madalyn Crynick Customer Comments: Just got our adorable poodle here and couldn’t be happier with the service and puppies! Thank you! Holly C. Customer Comments: Everyone was very helpful and explained everything throughly it was a great experience Sharlene C. Kimberly H. Heyltskatlyn Customer Comments: Jennifer was wonderful and really worked with us so we could get the puppy we wanted! Mark R. Customer Comments: Alex was a great help with us bringing a new puppy into our family. Jason & Alison W. Customer Comments: Gage was absolutely awesome. He answered all my questions and offered tremendously good advice. James L. Customer Comments: My wife and I were overall happy with our experience in getting the exact puppy that we were looking for . The purchase experience was a lot of information which was great but maybe they could have went through it a bit slower. You do overpay here for a dog there is no doubt about it but you do get the best of the best puppies . The overall price does include a lot of perks with the puppy package including the first three vet visits free. We love our dog and would most likely purchase here again. If you are looking for a bargain or cashed strapped not the place to go . If want the best puppies out there this is the place and they do have more puppies than other places hands down Charmaine A. Customer Comments: I came in yesterday and Emily helped me find my puppy that I am getting today and sabrina helped me today they where very informational about my new puppy I even got some cool stuff for getting the puppy from them! Defiantly will come back Kelsi L. Customer Comments: Ashley was great! Found our family pet. Very helpful and knowledgeable! Steven T. Customer Comments: Very clean store A Davis Customer Comments: We found are lovable German Shepherd she is amazing.... Candice C. Customer Comments: Very infomative and helpful! Great experience and great package deals to help you get started with all your puppy needs! Francesco M. Customer Comments: Petland was great. Very helpful and did everything they could to help us get the puppy we wanted! Kristi K. Customer Comments: Matt was incredible, totally supportive & knowledgeable. Helped tremendously. Very thorough with all aspects of ownership, care, finance & health of pet. This was a large purchase for our family. Matt from the beginning to end made it a delight. Mallory D. Customer Comments: Great & helpful. Steve G. Customer Comments: Been here many times, since I was little and got my first dog here. Now getting another , great service! Cassie W. Customer Comments: Awesome service, knowledgeable staff! Robert W. Customer Comments: Very good service. Daniel L. Customer Comments: Clean store. Very knowledgeable staff. Gage helped us with every question we had. Becky N. Donna & James L. Latrice W. Customer Comments: Such a great experience. Walked in and immediately found my baby. I took home a Yorkshire terrier. Very professional and informative. Micole J. Customer Comments: I’ve passed Petland so many times and finally got a Yorkie named him Scott because he looks like Teen Wolf. The staff was helpful, friendly, and attentive. Really excited about my new addition to the family, we got everything we needed! Offered great discount on items not included in the take home package! Marie P. Customer Comments: Ashley was incredibly helpful!! Alexander J. Customer Comments: Great service, staff is informative, and we found everything we need. Can't wait to take our new addition home! Scott's new parents Meranda F. Customer Comments: Excellent Service/Help :) Elizabeth P. Customer Comments: My visit was wonderful. Very helpful, made me feel very comfortable. You can tell everyone who works here really care about the puppies and wants them to go to loving homes. Thank you! William W. Customer Comments: Sabrina was great - Loved to help Heather R. Customer Comments: Working with Gage was great! Very Factual and made us feel very comfortable with getting our new dog! David C. Customer Comments: Great pet selection. Helpful staff Thomas R. Customer Comments: Gage was very friendly and extremely helpful! This place is very well organized, the dogs were lovely, and well taken care of. I recommend this store for sure. Sydnie S. Customer Comments: Very nice place. Many cute dogs, and the customer service was great. Dogs are more on the expensive side due to them being purebreds, and coming with a kennel plus much more. If you’re willing to spend a little money in a puppy and you know they’re well taken care of, then I would go to this place. 10/10 for sure! Agnes V. Customer Comments: A very enjoyable and informative purchase made all the more positive working with gage! Eric S. Customer Comments: Great help, very helpful and helped take home our wonderful new member to our family. I highly recommend them. Elizabeth P. Customer Comments: Very helpful! Great experience Anne R. Customer Comments: Amazing customer service! Answered all of our questions, and gave a lot of great advice, before taking our puppy home! Highly recommended Mfon E. Customer Comments: I love the husky so much.Precious animals Micole J. Customer Comments: I’ve past Petland so many times and finally got a Yorkie named him Scott because he looks like Teen Wolf. The staff was helpful, friendly, and attentive. Really excited about my new addition to the family, we got everything we needed! Offered great discount on items not included in the take home package! Rong Zhang Customer Comments: Staff here is very nice and helpful especially Sabrina. She put me at ease and explained everything very well. It made a big difference to me, the 1st time dog owner Thanks!!!! Darcy W. Customer Comments: Amazing Experience! Learned a lot about my new puppy & what to expect. Good service & friendly staff, Thank you! Sarah G. Customer Comments: Cutest puppies ever! The staff was very patient with us as we played with multiple puppies. Kayla was informative and super nice. Jereme D. Customer Comments: Great visit. Very helpful staff !!! We have a new addition to our family. Kurt S. Customer Comments: a day ago Just purchased our 2nd dog now approx 9 years later from petland. Very helpful staff. Go see employee - Gauge (hopefully correct spelling) in Novi was very helpful. Thanks Shane M. Customer Comments: Staff was very knowledgeable and helped us through the process of buying our first frenchie. Would definitely buy another dog again from Petland in Novi. Travis & Sarah C. Shakettia O. Edna J. Customer Comments: Amazing, very informative and helpful. Would recommend to others. Marii C. Customer Comments: I loved the customer service answered all my questions and super friendly i will defiantly recommend this pace! Thank you for our new addition to our family.Melissa thank you again Myha L. Customer Comments: Alex was very helpful and patient! Julie K. Customer Comments: Knowledgeable, Patient & easy to work with - Robert Brigette F. Customer Comments: I have never purchased from a store. Matt is extremely informative. Thank you guys! Melissa S. Customer Comments: Everything was great! Thank you! Laura E. Customer Comments: Chris was amazing very very helpful I will so be back here. He does your store proud!! James W. Customer Comments: Amanda was the most amazing person to work with. I enjoyed her help, pleasant personality, she is very kind, loving, a great worker!Proud she was able to sell us our new family member. Gina B. Customer Comments: Great Sales team. Very helpful with all the questions you have. Love Ashley!! Jason C. Customer Comments: Gage was very helpful and knowledgeable. Would recommend Petland to anyone looking for a new dog. BETTY Customer Comments: Just bought our first dog from there the service was excellent. Loved how Jen was patient with us. Jason C Customer Comments: Gage was awesome. The dogs are very well cared for Sebastian Customer Comments: Very helpful, friendly and very knowledgable staff Kaylee D Customer Comments: Such amazing service and adorable pets to be adopted! Joelle Dillon Customer Comments: Love the help of the staff, answered all my questions, let me get out as many puppies to play with as I wanted (since I made an appointment) the package deals are the best! Emilee Pens Customer Comments: Staff was extremely helpful and knowledgeable! So happy we got to bring home our new family member michael slaughter Customer Comments: Great experience!! Gage the counselor was great! Brittany G Customer Comments: Awesome help. Adopted our first dog. Had all the answers to our questions. Would recommend to all. ssjgoku2140 Customer Comments: Look for Tim he was awesome helping us find a new member for our home Luis R Andrea M Customer Comments: The staff at Petland Novi was wonderful! Ashley was so knowledgeable and really made me feel comfortable as I got a new puppy! She was so nice and helped out a great deal! My experience was amazing! Kat S. Customer Comments: Very busy but the staff handles it beautifully! Very sweet dogs! Sarah C. Customer Comments: Came in to get sunglasses and bought a new baby with my husband!! Our hearts grew 4 paws larger today and our helper Gage rocked!! Betty S. Customer Comments: Just bought our first dog from there the service was excellent. Loved how Jen was patient with us. Samantha B. Nadine E. Customer Comments: Gage did a great job! very informative, patient, and helpful. Great Experience! Jenna G. Customer Comments: Emily was very helpful :) She explained all the products we get with moose well and answered all are questions. Kim S. Customer Comments: Gage is the best! My husband Mike & I are excited to get our baby (Blue) Ryan D. Customer Comments: Brittany was very helpful & knowledgable and helped us with our new puppy. It was a very pleasant experience. David M. & Shelby S. Customer Comments: Friendly staff and cute puppies Nicholas S. Customer Comments: Very super helpful and nice! Great customer service. Brittany was the best! Asianna W. Customer Comments: Petland is absolutely amazing, they help you with everything and provide great service, they also are very attentive and helpful. Noel G. Customer Comments: Kayla & Chris were amazing! Thank you so much for the help!!! Ben B. Customer Comments: Just bought our newest edition to the house. Thank you Amanda. JESSIE Customer Comments: Petland has healthy and beautiful puppies! Autumn V. Customer Comments: Love it here! Love the staff! Lori T. Customer Comments: Great place! Emirene M. Customer Comments: Great place and some adorable puppies ! Dakota N. Customer Comments: Always clean. Staff is friendly and informed. Allison S. Customer Comments: Matt was fantastic!! He was very informative and knowledgable. He helped us feel comfortable in my puppy purchase. Kevin & Angela F. Customer Comments: Very Knowledgable! Sierra & Eric S. Customer Comments: The service was incredible! Chris was very knowledgable and helped us with everything we needed to know to bring our new fur baby home. Mark S. Customer Comments: Very personal experience customer service excellent very detailed and thorough. Thanks Michael T. Customer Comments: Emily & Matt explained everything perfect and made this a purchase to remember. Emily M. Customer Comments: Fun contests to enter and super cute pups! Alexis M. Customer Comments: Love how we get to see the pups! Michael K. Customer Comments: Bought our Cocker Spaniel pup here. Great service. He came with tons of stuff. Noel G. Customer Comments: Kayla and Chris made the experience so much easier. Stressful at first but with their help I was able to bring home little Randy! Shelsea R. Customer Comments: Such a great place and the staff is very helpful and polite. I would definitely recommend a visit here. Deyaneira Customer Comments: The staff is amazingly helpful and so kind! EVERYTIME I go there everyone is always happy and has a positive attitude! I love the atmosphere of peatland!! Mounir B. Customer Comments: very helpful and polite staff. pets are well maintained. extremely satisfied. Annie G. Customer Comments: Love seeing pictures of their fur babies on my feed everyday! They are great at responding and helping out if you need it. Adam E. Customer Comments: All questions were answered professionally and we never felt pressured into our purchase. Arturo C. Customer Comments: Good Customer Care. Lawrence B. Customer Comments: Great Visit, Excellent customer service. Very informative Coudos to Jack!!! Did an outstanding job. Jillian C. Customer Comments: I got my puppy Jaxon here 3 months ago and it was such a great experience! Everyone there was so nice and helpful and really made sure the puppies were finding the right homes. They also give you everything you need to bring a puppy home. I love my baby and I'm so glad I got him from here! Kristen S. Customer Comments: Petland novi has been very helpful, and made buying a new puppy a breeze! Cristina M. Customer Comments: A friendly place ! Always a good place to stop on in just to visit. Judy V. Customer Comments: Petland in Novi is great! They have a wonderful selection of needs for my little Pi and the people are very helpful. Mary Schiewe Customer Comments: I love that your giving people this opportunity Bri Customer Comments: Great staff! Adorable dogs! Petland Customer Comments: excellent customer service Lexi M. Customer Comments: Cutest pups and great people Sarah B. Customer Comments: Good experience Undefined C. Customer Comments: Tim Really helped with me elkhound. They help me understand my breed of dog how to train and i would really recommend to adopt a dog from here!! Peyton F. Customer Comments: This place is awesome! SO clean and great customer service Amy R. Customer Comments: Great service and they take such great care of their puppies! Brandon B. Customer Comments: Awesome place! C Mcbeardy Customer Comments: Added a new member to our family from here and couldn’t be happier! Kristi B. Customer Comments: Employees are super nice and willing to help and such cute puppies!!! Alice Customer Comments: Very friendly and helpful associates. Dogs are very clean. Impressed. Heather P. Customer Comments: Chris and Ashley were very knowledgeable. They gave me the time and information my family and I needed to make an important decision about the right breed and dog for us. Lauren R. Customer Comments: I emailed about a puppy, and within 20 minutes an employee had called me and asked if I had any more questions! She was polite and knew what she was talking about! Nicole Customer Comments: Awesome place! All the puppies are so cute can’t wait to adopt one someday. Cathy D Customer Comments: If every employee helps their customers like Kayla then you have excellent customer service. I would recommend Kayla anytime. She was very pleasant and knew what she was talking about. She actually shows she cares. I thought your store was very clean and all employees seemed very nice Megan C Customer Comments: Lovely place to be! Joel C Matthew Duynslager Customer Comments: We just purchased a little morkie from Petland in Novi and Tim was awesome to work with! He was very informative and friendly! The store was clean and all their dogs appeared to be taken good care of. I would recommend this place to my family and friends! lexi m Customer Comments: Cutest pups and great people SarahB Customer Comments: Good experience Champale C. Essence B. Customer Comments: Both of my reps were helpful, knowledgable, and patient with all my questions. I couldn't ask for anyone better! I was very impressed. Both reps made my first time puppy purchase less stressful, and fun Thank you Both! Julisa F. Jacob B. Customer Comments: Came in looking for a puppy was helped right away. Walking out with a happy Shihpoo. Don B. Customer Comments: Great! They were very helpful and walked us through everything. Olivia Thompson Customer Comments: The staff here is super helpful. I went on a Saturday at noon, there were customers everywhere. The place was a mad house. But the employee who first started to help me never stopped helping. I now have a furry, 4 legged friend thanks to the amazing staff! lauren miller Customer Comments: Very clean facility. Employees are very knowledgeable and super helpful when in comes to all things related to any of the puppies there! Definitely a great experience and super friendly. Matt Hall Customer Comments: Great experience, thanks for helping us find our newest member of the family!! Meghan Michelon Customer Comments: Super cute puppies! Maddie Bandy Customer Comments: Got my first puppy here when I moved to my new house and have loved her ever since! Still have her and she’s such a cute loving dog! Also love how you can come play with any of the puppies of your choice when you come into the store! Such cute puppies I always end up leaving wanting all of them!!(: Makenze Howarth Customer Comments: Friendly staff and very clean! Always helpful when I come in and have nice looking dogs ! Thank you pet land of novi for everything! Abigail Skinner Customer Comments: Very good service Darby Byron Customer Comments: The cutest puppies ever!!! Hannah Kiggins Customer Comments: This place is perfect! It’s like a dog heaven! My dog loves the toys I get from here. The customer service is amazing! Everyone is so nice and helpful. I would 10/10 recommend it to a friend! jovonne t Customer Comments: Love this place, this is where i got my fur baby and will definitely recommend Cara Donahue Customer Comments: Petland Novi has great costumer service! Each employee is knowledgeable and really care about the puppies. They even check in on you after you purchase your puppy to make sure he or she is adjusting properly. Every product they sold me I used and needed. Unlike other stores that just try to sell you things. Petland Novi knows what you need for your furry friends. julisa f Customer Comments: The only place Where you can buy happiness 👍 Kimberly H. Customer Comments: Adorable puppies and great customer service! Sarah I Customer Comments: Awesome place!!!!!! They have the cutest animals up for adoption. I most certainly love the photos they are always posting of their lovely animals. Rebecca A Customer Comments: We bought a bearnese mountain dog back in August 2017, we had a really good experience. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. garrett a Customer Comments: Love the dogs here! Jess Chapp Customer Comments: Great place! Brooke D Customer Comments: Their puppies are adorable!!!!! Emily V Customer Comments: very nice place! Nina J Customer Comments: I would puy a puppy from then every week if I could! Wonderful store . Wonderful owners Taylor Boyer Customer Comments: The staff is very personable! They were very helpful as well! Cara Donahue Customer Comments: Petland Novi has the best costumer service! Each of their employees are knowledgeable and you can tell they really care about the puppies. Even after I went home, they called to check on how my puppy was doing and gave me advice for the care of my puppy at her new home. Also, each product the employee suggested I buy came in handy and I actually needed. Unlike other stores that might just try to sell you things. Petland knew what I would need to take care of my new furry friend. Hayley Norton Customer Comments: If you’re looking to own your dream dog, and you’ve been searching for what seems like forever, I’m CERTAIN you’ll find your new fur-baby at the Petland in Novi! And it’s AMAZING what all they include in their puppy starter packs! They’ll take care of you and your new baby, and will prepare you to welcome your new family member into your home! Hayley Norton Customer Comments: If you’re looking to own your dream dog, and you’ve been searching for what seems like forever, I’m CERTAIN you’ll find your new fur-baby at the Petland in Novi! And it’s AMAZING what all they include in their puppy starter packs! They’ll take care of you and your new baby, and will prepare you to welcome your new family member into your home! Megan Customer Comments: Hoping to get a puppy from you soon! Melanie B Customer Comments: They always have the cutest french bull dogs! Lauren G Customer Comments: Petland Novi has always showed me great customer service and has helped me with any questions I had not only regarding the dogs in store but questions with my dog! They are very clean and care for their animals. Amy G Customer Comments: The happiest place on Earth is an understatement! Every puppy and kitten looks so adorable, healthy, and happy when you come in and the staff is so helpful! I always tell people they need to go to the "puppy store" because it's not only fun, but a great way to meet a forever friend! Anastasia E. Customer Comments: I know people who have purchased dogs from Petland Novi and I have heard nothing but great feedback! Jennifer F Customer Comments: Petland Novi is fantastic! Brooke A Customer Comments: Very clean and high quality place! Samantha L Customer Comments: Great place to visit. Even if you aren't wanting to purchase a puppy, they allow you to visit for as long as u want! Alyssa Z Customer Comments: A great store, nice people! Lots of puppies :) jovonne t Customer Comments: Love this place, this is where i got my fur baby and will definitely recommend Samantha Pomranky Customer Comments: I haven’t bought a puppy from petland yet however I am very impressed with their response time whenever I am interested Monae Evan C. Customer Comments: Great selection of puppies to choose from. Staff is friendly and helpful! Evan C. Customer Comments: Great selection of puppies to choose from. Staff is very friendly and helpful! Shane Bednard Customer Comments: Great staff, very clean facility as well! Rhiannon P Customer Comments: We purchased our chocolate lab in Dec. 2016. We were very optimistic about making the 2 hr drive in the snow. The employees were extremely helpful and polite. The financing option was quick and easy. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Shane Bednard Customer Comments: Great staff, very clean facility as well! Masiey Customer Comments: Seems like a nice place, will be looking here in the future when we are ready to expand our family Jackie M Customer Comments: My sister bought her dog from here and the staff was great. Her dog Bailey is a bundle of joy Nicole Vandenk Customer Comments: Friendly Staff and great products! Katie Kulhawik Customer Comments: Amazing staff who seem to really care about the animals! Joshua S. Customer Comments: Excellent and extremely detailed associates. Thank you for the opportunity. Lisa D. Customer Comments: Thank you for my new Chihuahua. It was a great experience! Graciela T. Customer Comments: We enjoyed the variety of breeds and to be able to interact with the ones we liked before making a choice. Great Visit ! Barron R. Customer Comments: Very clean, loved the variety of pups offered and the detailed records of the puppy's background :) Justin P. Customer Comments: Gage was very helpful and informative, answered all our questions. Kids are thrilled to have a puppy coming home with them today! Shane B. Customer Comments: Awesome place to look for a dog. I love the fact you can actually play with the dogs and interact with just the dog that you want to see, in a small room. Very friendly employees as well. Our next dog will definitely be coming from here Christie B. Customer Comments: Respond quickly and are easy to contact with Facebook Rebecca D. Customer Comments: Such a great place with a good selection of puppies! Melanie B. Customer Comments: They always have the cutest french bull dogs! William G. Customer Comments: Very friendly! Matthew M Customer Comments: Great selection of puppies. Dogs are well cared for. Alexis Cleaver Customer Comments: I love petland. The staff is always so friendly and willing to work with me no matter what. The animals Look to be in good body condition and super playful. They provide paper work on where the dog was born at and everything. They are super helpful. Abigiail s Customer Comments: Wonderful staff and great costumer service! Aliaa Bahzad Customer Comments: Amazing! A+ Karianne P Customer Comments: Friendly staff and cute pups! Brooke sparks Customer Comments: I love the extremely friendly staff they really work together to find you the right pet. all of the pets are extremely cute and have reasonable pricing . I would recommend anybody looking for a pet out there to go with Petland they are awesome !!! Brooke S Customer Comments: Great staff very warm and friendly. The pets are all very healthy and cute. I wouldn’t recommend this place to everyone. Janessa H Customer Comments: Everyone here is super helpful and friendly. They are very knowledgeable about their pets as well. This is a very clean facility and all the dogs look very well taken care of. Erica C Scott H. Francisco L. Customer Comments: Great experience. Thank you. Gonzalo G. Customer Comments: So many lovely pets love it Diane E. Customer Comments: Incredibly helpful staff, and cutest puppy ever! Alexis C. Customer Comments: I love petland. The staff is always so friendly and willing to work with me no matter what. The animals Look to be in good body condition and super playful. They provide paper work on where the dog was born at and everything. They are super helpful. Jason S. Customer Comments: Friendly staff and they do a great job explaining everything you need to know. Morgan B. Josh J. Customer Comments: Amazing staff they went above and beyond to help us with our new puppy Lisa A. Customer Comments: Ashley was a pleasure to deal with! Simon S. Customer Comments: Tim, the gentleman who helped us was very easy to work with and was incredibly helpful! Plus they seem to really care about their dogs. Very satisfied! Kelly A. Customer Comments: This was a great experience. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Very helpful. Clean and healthy animals!! Jeffrey C. Customer Comments: Bree was fantastic and helped us pick out my first puppy! She’s the best Kjersten W. Customer Comments: Amazing. The staff was very helpful. The puppies OMG! You fall in love as soon as you walk through the door. Gage helped in every step of the way from the time I made the appointment until we walked out with our new baby! Skylar H. Customer Comments: Precious puppies and great customer service! Awesomeflash Customer Comments: BEst thing ever they gave me the chance to see the dog even thought the wait was 30mins love this place would get another dog from there in the future Angie E. Customer Comments: We had a wonderful experience with knowledgeable staff Mary B. Customer Comments: Halie was awsome, got my shepard pup finally Erin C Customer Comments: We had a wonderful experience and Haley was great with getting us our new family member! Thank you!!! Simon Customer Comments: Tim, the gentleman who helped us was very easy to work with and was incredibly helpful! Plus they seem to really care about their dogs. Very satisfied! Kelly A Customer Comments: This was a great experience. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Very helpful. Clean and healthy animals!! Jeffrey C Customer Comments: Bree was fantastic and helped us pick out my first puppy! She’s the best R.J. Customer Comments: Best place ever to get a dog Todd K. Customer Comments: Great experience, So much information about each puppy we looked at. So impressed with all the knowledge they had about each puppy. Would definatley recommend. Lucas R. Customer Comments: Everyone was really helpful and just wonderful. Everything was clean and all the puppies were super cute! I would definitely tell everyone to get a puppy from here!! Jennifer S. Customer Comments: Awsome service I love my French bulldog!!!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 Katherine E. Customer Comments: They have a thorough history of their dogs and the store is incredibly clean! Walked away with a new family member! Tracy Seabridge Joseph Wilson Darren Aliff Customer Comments: My Girlfriend and I purchased a puppy. We were a bit apprehensive about the cost, but the representatives here are very informative about everything. It made us feel more comfortable with our purchase. It was a very great experience. If you are looking for an easy process and a great puppy, come here. They will definitely take care you. Aidan Gammel Makala Sutherland Customer Comments: Steven was super helpful when we came in. He gave us all the information we needed and answered all of our questions. Excited to take care of our little dudes. Nick Berg Customer Comments: Great place to buy your puppy! Friendly staff and great pups. Robin Keller Customer Comments: Jennifer was wonderful! Very patient and even more knowledgable. Very cute puppies makes for a hard choice. Misty Marker Customer Comments: Staff was very courteous and explained all necessary information in detail. They checked on us throughout the visit with the puppy we had chosen and made sure we were comfortable. Cleanliness was excellent! We will be back for all of our puppy needs for sure. Thank you, Petland Novi! Stephanie B Customer Comments: Everyone was so friendly and helpful. Kayla came in on her day off to make sure the process went smoothly. Couldn't have asked for a better adoption experience! Emily M Customer Comments: Very helpful staff. Answers any questions you need to know. We have bought two dogs from here and love each of them, very perfect pups. Connie Customer Comments: Gage was tremendously helpful and his customer service was excellent. He was able to answer all of our questions and gave us advice on our new puppy. We are very happy that we choose this Petland location. Molly M. Customer Comments: Gage was awesome! The customer service was great and everything was explained in detail. Sherry Customer Comments: I felt the customer service was great. I left with a better understanding of puppy care. Michael & Larissa Customer Comments: It was fantastic! Even when they were busy they were attentive and made the process as quick as possible. Carmen Customer Comments: We had a wonderful experence! Robert was awesome and very informative. He really went above and beyond to help us with picking the perfect dog. Damian Rodrigo Olivera Bergallo Customer Comments: They have the cutest dogs and you can play with them, they have a great friendly staff that’s super educated and they can answer all your questions before you buy a new pet. They will help you choose which one is the best dog for you and this is a very important decision. Great place! Great store! Amazing dogs! Mike Customer Comments: My girlfriend and I purchased our 1 and a half year old Ori-pei duke a year ago. He has been 1 of the most greatest gifts in our lives. I remember the day like yesterday. My girlfriend had been itching to get a dog for a while however we live in an apartment so needless to say I was reluctant. my girlfriend usually just needed the sensation every once in a while to get it out of here system. not that day. We came into the store as a spur of the moment choice. and were looking at all the different puppies. in one of the cages all himself slay this tan one sleeping ignoring everything. the gf was instantly attracted to him so asked our helper Melissa if she could see him. they took us in to this small room. I was still quite standoff-ish. and that's when it happened. he licked me right across the face. I was done we had to take him home. the girlfriend and I agreed. and to this day we never regretted it. he was really easy to train. had him house broken in 2 days. he's the friendliest little guy ever. end to have that feeling of him at the door waiting for me to get home. is one of the greatest things in my daily life. Petland Novi Customer Customer Comments: My Teacup Chihuahua came from Petland,the best dog, I ever had, she passed away Saturday 1/6/18 at 12 years old, she was the best loving dog, my heart is broken without her my little Twinkerbell🐕😕 Camie K Customer Comments: Had an awesome experience today. We came in “thinking” about a dog and fell in love! Robert went above and beyond answering our billion questions and was so honest, we felt like we were talking to a friend!! Mike Bonfiglio Customer Comments: Quick and easy and we were able to give a puppy a new home!! Timothy Kao Customer Comments: Gage was very helpful and helped us feel comfortable enough to bring our first puppy home. Highly recommend it to anyone especially if you are looking for your first puppy. Molly Meeks Customer Comments: Gage was AWESOME!!! Very helpful and informative. Halley Olszewski Customer Comments: Great customer service, clean, very helpfull. Becky W. Customer Comments: I am going to write this review because I think it is important that people know all about the dog and breeder world. I purchased my Scottish Terrier from Petland in early 2004, I fell in love with my little girl. She licked and kissed my face and that puppy breath was to die for. After she turned 1.5 years old I decided to purchase from a reputable breeder a male scottie and then a year later from a reputable breeder another female scottie. The last scottie I purchased from a reputable breeder had teeth alignment issues and I had to take her to Pontiac to a vet dentist for some teeth removal. No big deal a rouge gene he said. Great and I move on, well I lost my male scottie from a spleen issue, well sort of, he had his spleen removed and 14 month later had to be put down for lymphoma, and a year later the other little girl from the breeder also had a spleen issue had surgery, never recovered, had a stroke and we also put her down. Now those two beautiful wheaten colored scotties came from reputable breeders...needless to say my 13 year old girl who will be 14 in January is still with us! Thank you Petland, I have never been sorry for my purchase, nor was I sorry for the purchases with the breeders. Things happen, genetics etc, most people dont realize to actually not take their puppy anywhere for the first few months until all shots are done. Thank you and I thought you should know this. Becky Amanda Gladfelter Customer Comments: Petland Novi-I have bought both my dogs from Petland. The employees were great with both experiences. I had such a great experience and will be back there for another dog! Mike Sherman Customer Comments: Petland Novi has a fantastic staff that provides excellent customer service and answers any and all questions regarding their puppies and the background of the breeder that provided them with the puppy. They go above and beyond in the community, donating to several local charities, and set the bar when it comes to small businesses in the area. I am pleased with my experience every time I go there and will continue to go to them with all of my pet needs. emily mazany Customer Comments: he staff at pet land is very informative and very helpful, answers all questions you have and ask. the two dogs I’ve got from there are very sweet and perfect pups. Gage was so helpful and so patient with us! Meagan Bush Customer Comments: Loved our experience! Great Staff! richelle blanding Customer Comments: Great salesperson!!! Very knowledgeable. Love my daughters new pup! Lisa Parker Customer Comments: This place rocks! We got a buggle Maddy Lajiness Customer Comments: Ashley was very helpful and answered every question we asked with care! Such an awesome experience! Donna C. Customer Comments: My husband, and I purchased a Teddy Bear puppy named Cosmo the first week of December. He is the most adorable, loving fur baby we could have ever wished for. His vet visit went as well as we could have hoped for. He does get car sick when riding but that is common. Thank you Alex for your help, and the rest of the staff for being so friendly, and helpful as well. We will be back to purchase another puppy in the near future. Nicole Farren Customer Comments: We always come to petland when we are at the mall and everyone is so helpful. Today we adopted a daisy dog and all of our questions were answered by Sabrina. We love the new member of our family and petland! Faith Adams Customer Comments: Best experience! Gage was so helpful and made our decision so easy! We are so happy with our decision! So much is included with your new puppy the price was well worth it!! Rachel Customer Comments: Excellent customer service. Tina Wood Customer Comments: Everyone was so Friendly & helpful! TY! Jennifer Badrak Customer Comments: Great service! David Endler Customer Comments: Alex was helpful and knowledgeable. Tammy & Doug Messer Customer Comments: Kaleigh was extremely helpful and very courteous. We are very pleased about our experience at Petland Novi. Robert Naumann Customer Comments: Very professional staff and Knowledgeable too! Emily Cummings Customer Comments: Great staff and very helpful in choosing the perfect Puppy for your household needs. Davis Dixon Customer Comments: It was really Great! Jamie Zaborski & Paul Watson Customer Comments: Great Service, very knowledgeable, was willing to stay after hours for completion of purchase. Will be back in the future! Couldn't ask for a better Puppy Matchmaker. Jamie Frisbie Customer Comments: Gage was amazing with helping me pick out everything that my Schnauzer would need for a comfortable transition home. Jamie Downs Atamus Overleaf Christine Chesters Customer Comments: Better than 3 years ago Janissa Cameron Customer Comments: Its awesome! debbie n Customer Comments: I bought my Min Pin at the end of April of this year and everyone was very helpful . i asked all kinds of questions about the breeder and asked for any paperwork they had on his parents and they had all i asked for. My little Lazor is now 10 months old now and is very healthy and just a bundle of energy. Lazor has brought so much happiness to our family . Thanks to everyone at Petland and to ALL the breeders. Brandy Wooten Customer Comments: Wonderful experience and made a purchase on a wonderful little puppy Carson Customer Comments: Great place cool dogs! Charles Longstreet Customer Comments: Good place to get a dog for the dog owner novice. Pet purchase came with healthcare needs of the dog. Jennifer Badrak Customer Comments: Awesome staff! Very helpful! Jennifer Eubank Customer Comments: Clean, helpful and friendly store and staff. Would recommend them and shop there again. Zac Schueller Customer Comments: Been looking for a husky for awhile, came across one here and couldn't pass him up. Great service and went home with our dream dog Emily Cummings Customer Comments: Great, friendly staff!!! Super cute puppies!!! Erica Otto Customer Comments: Everyone was very helpful and we found the perfect little guy. In Love :) Jamie Belcher Customer Comments: Had an absolutely amazing experience and were blessed to bring home the sweetest little addition. Bree was awesome, she took the time to answer all questions and is incredibly knowledgeable! Thank you for everything! Jessica Omer Customer Comments: Picked up an Eskimo Husky mix with an amazing temperment and beautiful eyes. Everyone was extremely helpful with my endless questions. Very accommodating when I was having trouble with the purchase; they worked with me to make it work! Patrick Nichols Customer Comments: Second time going here and everytime they have helped me with financing and all. There financing comes with an awesome package that has everything you need. Renee Fitzgerald Customer Comments: Matt and Heather were great help and very accommodating Briana Martin Customer Comments: Could not be happier with our pup. He's about 5 months now and he's already such a good boy! Almost house broke and learning something new everyday! Everyone at petland was so helpful and nice. Thankful for everyone there for making the process of getting our new fur baby so easy and painless. Victoria Cook Customer Comments: This is my 2nd dog from Petland. They are so nice and helpful! My other dog lived to 17 years old! Both my dogs are very healthy and temperament wise very social from all the attention they get at the mall. I definitely recommend novi Petland if your looking for a great social/healthy pup!! Thank you petland we love our new puppy "Halo" 😁😁 Jillian Chauvin Customer Comments: Petland Novi-I got my puppy Jaxon here 3 months ago and it was such a great experience! Everyone there was so nice and helpful and really made sure the puppies were finding the right homes. They also give you everything you need to bring a puppy home. I love my baby and I'm so glad I got him from here! Samantha Kwak Customer Comments: adopted a Jack russell and everything went perfectly . she is perfect so glad i came here Sean Swindells Customer Comments: Lexi helped us find our puppy. She was extremely helpful, knowledgeable and very friendly. Davis Nixon Customer Comments: Awesome place Autumn Rowser Customer Comments: Chris was great very personable and informative. He helped us add to family today. We’re happy campers😃 Michelle Pohl Customer Comments: Very helpful workers, big selection of animals. Chantel Silvia Customer Comments: Melissa was very helpful and made the process easy and smooth for the transition of our new puppy! I would recommend this to anybody!! They are very helpful and include a lot! chloe hitts Customer Comments: We got our newest member of the family here! A miniature husky named "Novi"! Everyone was incredibly helpful and patient with us!!! Thanks for helping us with our new baby! aneesa huminski Christina Cosme Customer Comments: Such amazing customer service!!!! We get to bring home our baby mia!!! They have the best puppy packages!!! I highly recommend!!! Steve Salisbury Customer Comments: Very helpful and dog's are very cute Tim Chang Customer Comments: Awesome customers service! Cute puppies, they were really quick to get back to you. Didn't I mention cute puppies! :) Rob/Jan Laskos/Button Customer Comments: Kayla was absolutely Amazing! Ruth Bohler Customer Comments: Great and Friendly staff members. Very Knowledgable no pressure to buy-Very Helpful David & Lori Loeffler Customer Comments: Great customer service, very knowledgeable about dogs. Taken very good care of there puppies and there customers. We had gone last week Steve took care of us. We went back yesterday he had left for the day Gage helped us and Steve came back and yes we did buy a puppy a Golden Retriever. Awesome team of employees! Tanisha Monique Eason Customer Comments: Everyone is very friendly and helpful. The knowledge that the employees have about dogs lets me know that they actually care and are pet lovers. I LOVE ❤❤❤ my Shih-Poo (Onyx) Jennifer Narkun Customer Comments: So awesome! Not a puppymill, they go to the breeders and buy them personally! Great packages. They are wonderful! Larry Fisher Jack Hallauer Jenny Brenton Customer Comments: It took me about 2 months before I could properly give this place a review. I had bought my teddy bear puppy from this place and it has been the most helpful customer service I have ever seen. The young man Matt is an astounding worker and made the process of taking my first puppy home feel less scary PROS: -The puppies there are kept clean and their living kennels get cleaned up immediately. -The employee staff are nice. -My puppy is the healthiest little nugget <3 -You literally go home with everything you need -If your puppy gets sick, they have it all covered for you -If any problem occurs, the staff there are so nice in helping you and giving tips -Not from puppy mills. I contacted my puppies breeder and even was allowed to visit him down in Ohio while I visited my grandmother. Hobby breeder at its finest! CONS -The puppy was a bit pricey, but everything that comes home with him made it seem worth the bargain -The false lies people spread about this wonderful store! My angel is not from a puppy mill, she is about 6 months of age and is still bossing around my 9 year old Bichon. -I might get another puppy.... This store can be a bad habit All in all, I love this store and I would definitely come back to visit more of their gorgeous puppies! Thank you Petland and Matt for bringing this angel in my life! Keep being amazing you guys! william rivera Customer Comments: Second time getting a puppy here. So helpful. Even took the price down a couple hundred when I asked buying the second one. Both puppies are pure bred and from certified breeders. Checked all papers. Great job here. Kayleigh O’Malley Customer Comments: Amazing customer service from Bree!! Took home an 8 week old Puggle named Sampson! Thanks PetLand!! Juliana Gratz Customer Comments: Ashley was so amazing. This made the experience so much more comfortable and reassuring we were purchasing another family memeber. Dejon Leftwich Customer Comments: Heather went above and beyond with great customer service and friendly spirit she has made our pet experience great. William Todd Bohler Customer Comments: Great staff. Very accommodating. Did not pressure us to buy. We love our new family member (Kennedy). M Maddali Customer Comments: Very informative for new dog owners Paul Kimbro Customer Comments: We had a great experience selecting a puppy. Staff is very informed and helpful. They were patient as we made a decision. Darlene Scott Customer Comments: Customer service was awesome & Christopher was extremely helpful & it is a very nice & friendly environment. Denise Feetham Customer Comments: Great help, love our new pet! Kristen Siegfried Customer Comments: Petland novi has been very helpful, and made buying a new puppy a breeze! Heather Flannery Customer Comments: Love our new pup!!!❤️- Raegan Michael Waller Customer Comments: Haley was so helpful and kind, made the experience super fun and easy adopting my golden retriever puppy. Super knowledgeable and will definitely be back! Catherine Nowaczok Customer Comments: Love this store! So clean! So friendly! Me Me Thinn Customer Comments: Had a wonderful experience with our first ever puppy 🐶 💕😍 Style U Boutique Katie Shaver Barbara Wilson Customer Comments: I was really happy with the customer service and i would recommend any that wanted a puppy to come here to buy one. Nicholas Wellman Customer Comments: I loved this place!! Staff was very friendly and educated. Would recommend to anyone looking for a best friend. Angela Vanek Customer Comments: Calendar was awesome and very knowledable. They love the puppies here and were very attentive to them. We are super happy with our new fur babies. Jason Thomas Customer Comments: We love our services at Petland Novi . The staff members educated us on everything about the care of our dog. Our 6 and 7 year old daughters love our new family member. This was a great expirence for my family. Becki Herbolsheimer Customer Comments: The girl who helped us was Kaleigh and she was very helpful and informative. She helped us right away and really cared. She really knew what she was doing. Jesse Potter Chris Elias Eric Miller Customer Comments: This was a wonderful experience. We left with our dog and a ton of knowledge. Sandra Mulkeran Customer Comments: Fantastic store, fantastic pet counselors. I drove a very long way and it was worth it. I left with a Morkie today and I couldn't be happier. Kelly Collins Customer Comments: Great Service Victoria Corwin Customer Comments: They did a great job, very friendly and helped us get everything. We love Molly Melissa Reinhardt Customer Comments: Great experience!! Love our new little girl!! Jodie Demers Customer Comments: Caleb did such a great job getting us our new puppy Rissa Anne Customer Comments: Lexi and staff were great. Cute puppies! Kristen Easton Customer Comments: Friendly and helpful staff, cute puppies, and a great experience! Andrea Mendez Customer Comments: Our puppy buying experience was the so great. Knowledgable staff. Got to see several puppies before choosing ours. Wirh the puppy package we got to come home with everything we needed and more for our puppy. The vet visits were stress free since petland had that on the package. Our pooch is doing great and spoiled as can be. Shari Brown Customer Comments: We purchased our puggle, bull dog and our new bull dog from the Novi Petland. I love this location in Novi and Sabrina is awsome at this store! Thank you for helping us Kristen Easton Customer Comments: Friendly and helpful staff, cute puppies, and a great experience! Chantell Larys Customer Comments: Excellent service Melissa Reinhardt Customer Comments: Great experience!! Love our new little girl!! Jodie Demers Customer Comments: Caleb did such a great job getting us our new puppy Rissa Anne Customer Comments: Lexi and staff were great. Cute puppies! ANGELA Customer Comments: Calyn awesome was awesome aesome Sherif Shalan Customer Comments: Had a fantastic experience & time here. Great employees Bree was very patient and helped us find the dog for our family. Margo Moorehead Customer Comments: Mat was the greatest, patient salesman. He was knowledgeable of pet needs & care. Best personality ever! Jennifer McCraith Magdalena Inigo Caroline Jane Smith Customer Comments: I got my Fur Child and Gage was very helpful and knowledgeable. Dalida Ostrowski Customer Comments: Michelle was Awesome in educating me on which dog breed would make the right choice for our young daughter. She has patiently guided our child for the better part of 4 years, gently encouraging her not to fear all dogs. Today we are going home with Radium a Zuchon. We look forward to bonding with this little fellow! Billi Rae Slaff Customer Comments: Awesome customer service and great knowledge of dogs. Benjamin Sayraf Customer Comments: Today I saw my new dog with this company and knew right away this was good choice. The Staff here was great and explained everything to me I needed to know about my new dog. Harry Rule Customer Comments: We really enjoyed doing business with Gage. He was very professional and full of knowledge regarding mans best friend. Thank you, Harry, LaDell & Shakespeare Shariece Cooper Customer Comments: Excellent service, they helped me out ALOT and I got to take home my puppy same day! So go to Petland Novi for all your pets needs Debbie Kraus Customer Comments: Fast and courteous service Deseree Swarthout Customer Comments: Lexi was amazing and very informational. She needs a raise. Karen Nelson (2nd review) Customer Comments: Haley is Awesome..Great Customer Service-Great help with finding answers about toys, food and products... Karen Nelson Customer Comments: Clean, pleasant, you have always been good at Customer Service and super nice to boot. David Grieshaber Customer Comments: Gage was very informative. Went over everything & made sure we understood everything. Gage is doing a great job. Kimberly Milke Customer Comments: Tim was very helpful!! The Staff was super supportive. Lauren Lenter & Bernadette Foth Demitri Hudson Customer Comments: Service is super great. Store is very clean. Super satisfied with employees Wendy Russo Customer Comments: Just bought a bulldog. Very friendly staff. Gary Hunter Customer Comments: Zara did a great job with me and my daughter Susan Read Customer Comments: I worked with Michelle. She was wonderful. Took time to explain each Puppy we were interested in. Not high pressure. Very patient & helpful. I would highly recommend!! Kristina Flowers Customer Comments: Amanda was freakin awesome with assisting using our experience & purchase. She did EVERYTHING with a smile. ❤️ I highly recommend!!❤️😍 Kathy Nuttall Customer Comments: What a great experience!! Jen was so very helpful and never got tired of answering our questions. Nice clean, friendly place. Thank You!! Maxwell T. Stouse Customer Comments: It was great. Very happy with the service and the new Puppy! Krista Hullman Customer Comments: We loved our visit. Amanda was very helpful and Wonderful! Garrett Shaw Customer Comments: Gage took good care of us. Michaela Lopez Customer Comments: It was amazing. I went in only looking and ended up getting a beautiful Shih Tzu. Everyone was so helpful and kind to me. Would definitely recommend this place. Ryan Bertram Customer Comments: Very helpful, painless process. Very Happy! Nicole Hammer & Jordan Thomas Customer Comments: Gage helped us out today and was amazing. He is very knowledgeable about the packages. Insurances..Basically everything. I definitely will and feel like I can call him with any questions. 100% Satisfied. 😍 Henry Theil Customer Comments: Gage was awesome and thoroughly explained everything. He took his time and was very knowledgeable and courteous. I believe he is an asset to your Company. Rachel Rose Mikulski Customer Comments: Gage was amazing throughout the entire experience. Went above and beyond. Highly recommend him to anyone. Jayson Zebari Customer Comments: Great Experience. Great Team. Gage was awesome made our day! Jennifer Reed Customer Comments: We bought a Mini Goldendoodle. We had plenty of time to make the decision. Thank You! Alissa Ellsworth Customer Comments: Chris was thoroughly wonderful. Very pleasant and informative. Easy walk through & understanding of the process. Very pleased. Kaleigh was pleasant, helpful and thorough. Wonderful Experience! Maureen Lafontaine Customer Comments: Manager is Awesome & Staff. Love all the help and all the support. Our new Puppy will be loved and Loved. Jessica last Customer Comments: Amazing staff. Very friendly and knowledgeable about puppies. Genuine care and knowledge about each individual puppy. Great deals on supplies Christine Taylor & Evelyn Kaai Customer Comments: Wonderful! Di Huang Customer Comments: Great ❤️😍❤️😍 Deseree Swarthout Customer Comments: Lexi was amazing very informational her knowledge of the animals sells itself Haley Mosser Customer Comments: Every time I've been to a petland they've always tried to help with what I was looking for. Plus they always have adorable and cute puppies! Sandra Braman Customer Comments: We got our puppy from Petland and he's been an absolute blessing! Petland gets you all the items you could ever need for bringing a puppy home and helping them grow! Adriana j. Customer Comments: We have had our puppy for a year , and we love him so much, he's the most loving dog! And the staff at Petland were very helpful in educating us on how to care for a puppy! MICHELE SPALSBURY Jamie M. Customer Comments: Petland Novi-We have to wonderful dogs that we got from your store!!!!!! A mini bulldog who is now 4 years old and a Shiba Inu who is now 2 years old!!!!!! They are such mom's boys!!!! We love them soooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Erin Miller Customer Comments: Petland Novi: The staff are very friendly. Lots of puppies to choose from and they send you home with EVERYTHING you need!!! Great experience and we love our adorable puppy!! Crystal Mikulka Customer Comments: I LOVE this store! I got my dog here and I couldn't be happier! Steven was super helpful and gave me all the information I needed! Thank you for helping me find my best friend 😃 Karen Roberson Customer Comments: Petland Novi-We got our Havachon at Petland a little over a year ago and had a great experience. I financed him which was also a great experience. Our dog Oso is amazing, he is so handsome and he is healthy and happy. Andrea Mendez Customer Comments: Great staff. We got to take our time hanging out with the pups that we were intersted in. the great package that we purchased with our pup allowed us to come home with everything we needed. Petland was definitely there to answer any questions we had after we brought our puppy home as well. Nicole Farrell Customer Comments: My recent experience with Petland Novi was a great one. All of the employees were extremely helpful, tending to the puppies and making sure customers were waited on as well. We were given an exceptional amount of information on the puppies and it seemed like the employee should really did care about them! Vaibhav Bhagat Customer Comments: Petland Novi..Gage & Tim were very helpful and they helped us get the puppy & provided all the information needed. We love it. Sydney Lannon Customer Comments: I've been to Petland Novi a few times, they are really nice and very clean! Jade Fowler Customer Comments: Love visiting with all the fur babies ❤️ Joelle Marcus Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Sydni Greenhoe Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Dawnel Antrup Customer Comments: After reviewing your website a future visit is for sure on our list! We own a Red Fox Lab named Stella Clare (11 months) and she's would love to visit:) cierra comfort Customer Comments: Some of the cutest puppies are there and a nice store to get dog toys and accessories! Staff is more than willing to answer any questions! Autumn Coisineau Customer Comments: The staff is amazing. Very knowledgeable and friendly Elizabeth Klein Customer Comments: Great store with lots of cute puppies! James Montalvo Customer Comments: Awesome staff Autumn Van Kirk Customer Comments: i love it!! Chandler Gray Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Aarika Ashley Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Taylor Tope Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Crystal Carlson Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Brian Hofer Customer Comments: This store is pretty cool!!!! Jess S Customer Comments: Petland has been very kind! They respond quickly on Facebook whenever you have questions or even just comment on one of their pictures. My boyfriend and I are thinking about getting a dog and Petland has a wide variety of different breeds that are easy to choose from! Melissa E Customer Comments: The puppy pictures are adorable and always put a smile on my face Kayla Brunson Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Cady Sandel Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Breanna Leeuw Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Lauren Newell Customer Comments: Great page! The pictures of pets always make my day! Kimberly Barsheff Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Heavin King Customer Comments: Great experience!! Kara Rogers Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Kelsey Farthing Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Julia Johnson Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Taylor Lowery Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Smantha Kollar Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Joesph Buckland Customer Comments: All puppies were healthy, playful, and alert. The customer service was ideal as well even allowing us to stay after hours in a Sunday to play with a Husky puppy. Noel Moser Customer Comments: Went here while visiting family in Michigan the staff was very friend loved the store so much selection just wonderful experience now I do my shopping here a lot always great service!!! Whoop whoop Petland Novi! Dogs are also well cared for! Anna Lowe Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Marcie Meyerhoff Customer Comments: Petland Novi..It's amazing Ashley Burns Customer Comments: Petland Novi..So many happy and healthy puppies to choose from 😊 McKenzie Barrett Customer Comments: Petland Novi..I love it that you's post pictures of the cute puppies on Facebook and I like how super nice you are and understanding. Thank you! Keesa Stamper Rhian Wylie Customer Comments: Petland Novi-I haven't had a personal experience with you guys yet but I adore your posts and commentary from followers that have recently adopted pets! Madison Johnston Customer Comments: I went with a friend to pick out a puppy and they are taken care of very well and are all super friendly (the puppies and workers). Ryan Kendall Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Cheyenne Johnson Customer Comments: I love these puppies. The website is very helpful and I plan on buying in the near future! Lilly Schuerman Customer Comments: Petland Novi has great service and are very friendly. It seems like they take great care of the pets in their facility. Cheyenne Quinn Customer Comments: Petland Novi Love the people and the work place, they always know how much our animals mean to us and of course to them! The animals are well taken care of and would recommend this place to just about everyone!!! Brianna Seymour Customer Comments: Petland Novi-I love seeing their posts and pictures everyday. As well as their enthusiasm for the love of pets. patricia mcdonald Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Sandra Nedrow Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Katelyn swartz Customer Comments: ❤️😍❤️ Mindy S Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Amanda Fitchett Customer Comments: Petland Novi-Best place to adopt all you precious little fur babies and to purchase high quality supplies for them! Anna Hilberg Customer Comments: Petland Novi-Favorite page ever Katie Ciaramitaro Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Sarah Meyers Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Katelyn Rouhman Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Bondy’s Construction Co. Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Sarah Lantz Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Melissa McKillop Customer Comments: Petland Novi-Petland Novi is a wonderful and reliable place to adopt your very own puppy. They care for every single one of these dogs as best as they can and are always sure to give them up to the right home! I highly recommend them to anyone looking to adopt new family friend. Alex Wray Customer Comments: Petland Novi-Great place to go if you are looking for anything to buy or looking for a fury friend to buy!! Erin Binienda Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Elizabeth Tubbergen Customer Comments: Petland Novi-Staff is very friendly and informative and it is a clean place! The puppies are adorable too 😃 laura quinting Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Rebecca Paul Customer Comments: Petland Novi-Great place to get stuff wonderful staff Rene DiPaola Customer Comments: Petland Novi-Visited here for the first time a few weeks ago..staff was very friendly and the store was immaculate!!! All the puppies were sweet and well cared for. Arissa Howard Customer Comments: Petland Novi-Wonderful place!! Jarica Palmer Customer Comments: Petland Novi They are amazing and I love seeing all the pictures of the dogs they put up. Autum Ramon Customer Comments: Petland Novi ★★★★★ Alex Therrien Customer Comments: Petland Novi Great 😃 ★★★★★ Melyssa B Customer Comments: Breeding done right. Beth Wilson Customer Comments: Petland Novi Very cute and well taken care of dogs here. Charlie and Mason Customer Comments: Petland Novi We got our first puppy here, a sweet golden named Ramsey. We love visiting when we're in the area to see the dogs. jen brault Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Tiffany Payne Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Jordan Zang Customer Comments: Petland Novi Staff is alway friendly and the pups are so cute it melts my heart. Dana Cameron Customer Comments: Petland Novi..I love coming to the mall with my friends to play with the cute little dogs! Tracy Sittaro Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Jill Scoggins Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 😃 ★★★★★ Emily Killvers Customer Comments: Petland Novi...They have all the cutest pups!!!! Tony Huggett Customer Comments: Petland Novi..Santana is a very loving puppy! She loves to chew on toys and play fetch. She loves to cuddle and get back rubs and behind her ears!!! Katie Sippl Customer Comments: Petland Novi..Love them!! Such a great experience and they have so many things for our pets! Lauren Gore Trisha Bennett Danielle lopez Emalee DeWitt Customer Comments: Petland Novi..Always have the cutest puppies for a fair price. Kim Somsel Customer Comments: Love petland all thier products. Don't say you can't find it they will always help you Alexandra Borkowski Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. Haley Morgan Customer Comments: Petland Novi.. 👍 Chyna Knowles Customer Comments: Petland Novi: Great place to shop Brittany Parker Customer Comments: Petland Novi: We got our Akita from here and he is the BEST dog ever!!! Wenlin Zhang Customer Comments: Petland Novi Very Pleasant Madison Allor Customer Comments: Petland Novi Love Novi Petland Kevin Lagos Customer Comments: Petland Novi..Amazing.. Great Service..Very Clean..Very explanatory.. Overall good place to buy a Dog. Tiffany Hacker Customer Comments: Petland Novi...I have looked at a few of their dogs on Facebook & they are always right on getting you the application to fill out. Josh B. Customer Comments: Great company! Very friendly! Leeza Emery Customer Comments: I am so pleased with how clean it is there, and how amazing my puppy is. She is a perfect, healthy little Shiba Inu 😃 BREANNA LAWLESS Customer Comments: Petland Novi is a great place to go. The employees are welcoming and very knowledgeable! Carie Jacobs Customer Comments: A little pricey but it's worth it, if you're looking for specific colors/markings in a breed for your new fur-baby! Brittany Spencer Customer Comments: Worth the drive for me, staff is great and I like the wide range of products they have for their animals Arron Ostrander Customer Comments: Great place Morgan Heinzmann Customer Comments: Employees are always very nice Bridgette Anderson Customer Comments: Great Jessica Seppo Customer Comments: Petland Novi is wonderful! Not only do I love it but everyone I know at work goes to this location regularly. The staff is great and they always have everything I need! Dominic Lombardo Customer Comments: Store was clean with a knowledgeable staff! alyssa miller Customer Comments: Absolutely love the page! Couldn't make me any happier to see posts of some of the cutest pups and dogs I've ever seen! faith brady Customer Comments: I've never met people with such passion for animals and people who care about the safety and health of these animals. Definitely a good choice for your next furry friend!! Kaitlin Hahn Customer Comments: I absolutely love this place and page great puppies as well! Erica Zukowski Customer Comments: This place is great, filled with great people and cute puppies! Stop by to adopt a new furfriend Rebekah Customer Comments: Great store, friendly environment! Misty Watkins Customer Comments: Friendly, knowledgeable staff, great puppies. Heather Kinnunen Customer Comments: Great passion for what they do - very active/engaged on social media. Kirsten Seidl Customer Comments: Great pet store! Steph Jewell Customer Comments: Far away drive for me, but worth it!! Great store Olivia Mickevicius Customer Comments: Employees are so helpful and the puppies are so happy and cheerful! Nicole Olson Customer Comments: Great for buying toys and food!! 🐶 Brittany Spurgeon Customer Comments: Awesome place Rudi Andrea Customer Comments: I bought my sweet mini Australian shepherd, Paisley from here almost 2 years ago and I'm so glad I did! I know a lot of people are against pet stores but Petland is very professional and friendly. All the more reason to adopt from here to get the cute little puppies out of those tiny little cages. My dog is the best thing that's ever happened to me and as soon as I saw her puppy picture on petlands website I went and got her the very next day. I knew I had to have her :) thanks petland! Taylor Munroe Customer Comments: The staff here are amazing and always have an answer for any questions you may have! Ashley Shea Customer Comments: This place is great for both great quality of supplies and finding your next best furry friend! Highly recommend! Devan Bianco Customer Comments: The workers are always helpful when I come in. They treat their animals great and have a very clean facility! Brooke April Tina Heppel PamandMike Syacsure Nicole Chapman Customer Comments: We got Regulator from Petland and had a great experience. We were in and out quickly with all the essentials. We just love our dog to pieces! Brittaney Myrick Customer Comments: I have heard great things and heard wonderful reviews about Petland Novi. I have heard serveral amazing stories from others who have adopted pets from here. I would recommend Petland Novi to anyone who is looking to adopt a new furry friend into their home. Madeline Marie Customer Comments: Wonderful people, and wonderful service!! Thank you for everything you do! Kim Servis Customer Comments: Friendly people!! Danielle lopez Customer Comments: Amazing place! Kelvin Page Customer Comments: Great! Everyone is very knowledgable and helpful! Zachary & Ryley Holt & Salva Customer Comments: Friendly staff.Highly Satisfied with our visit. Giovani Molinaro Customer Comments: Amazing! Gage was great!! He was full on information. He was very patient & worked with us through the whole process. Carmen Gaddis Customer Comments: Matt...He was amazing! Jacquelyn Stockwell Customer Comments: Gage-Super knowledgable & helpful. Great & patient with all my questions. -Thorough,lots go information, but easily explained. PATIENT while I narrowed down the pups & made the life & financial decision. Carly & Rijad McGill & Dzaferagic Customer Comments: Very patient..Willing to help. Great Experience..the staff is great. Amber poma Customer Comments: Great place and they have great pets and take care of the animals wonderfully! Nicely located in the mall! Erica Prested Customer Comments: Awesome place Kayla Ely Customer Comments: Everyone that works here are super friendly and helpful! Bmae091 Customer Comments: The puppies are always so cute and playful! jordyn r Customer Comments: beautiful puppies, wonderful service 😊 Josh Valdes Customer Comments: Ever since we moved to Lincoln park Michigan I found this place online and have loved the gorgeous selection they have. Definitely will purchase my next dog from them. I already have the "homeward bound" trio if anyone remembers that movie. Haha. But 4 isn't too much right? Ha. Anyways the staff is super friendly there as well. amanda creasey Customer Comments: friendly staff and great place to shop for your pets needs! Danielle Sifford Customer Comments: Great experience getting our pup from Petland. Very nice and helpful employees. Brought her home in Feb and she has been healthy and happy ever since. Amber Aytes Customer Comments: I love my dog so much. I'm thankful for petland novi because their staff was kind enough for helping us get an affordable deal so I can get my pup. Cherie Farley Customer Comments: Amazing what you all do 💖 Carol Herbert Customer Comments: It was our first ever visit to Petland, we were just going to look at puppies. Until we saw the Teddy Bear, she was 9 weeks old. Her name is Ellie Mae and such a big baby" Kindra M Customer Comments: Friendly staff that are very helpful, good variety of dogs Trish Orr Customer Comments: I love Petland Novi. They have just about any dog you want all at one place. They even help get kitty's get homes as well. 🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶 Cady Carter Customer Comments: Love it here! And I love how they post all their pups on Facebook so I can see them before I even leave my house! Kaela Scott Customer Comments: Love it here!! Krysta Smith Customer Comments: Pet land in a Novi is amazing! They have such a great cause going and all their puppies I've ever had experience with are happy, healthy pups! I would recommend them always if you're looking for a pup! :) Paige Hallenbeck Customer Comments: Everyone working was very friendly and helpful with any questions I had on being a first time dog owner! Ashley Schmidt Customer Comments: Has really great dogs here would definitely suggest it to anyone Kylie Domschot Customer Comments: Great experience, staff was friendly and knowledgeable. Stayed late to help us get out puppy home !! Lauren Rumbles Customer Comments: Great Facebook page to follow if you enjoy seeing doggos on your news feed! Charity Ward Customer Comments: We got our Siberian husky back in march and everyone was cery nice and worked with us to get the Financing to bring her home and she is a wonderful perfect addition th our family Eryn Dye Customer Comments: Wonderful business, and VERY professional! Brittany Minix Customer Comments: Although I have not personally adopted a pet from Petland Novi, I have heard great things and heard wonderful reviews about them. They seem to care so much about their animals and want them to go to safe, caring, forever homes. I would recommend Petland Novi to anyone who is looking for a best furry friend to take home. LeeAnn Stipek Customer Comments: I bought my puppy here 3 weeks ago and when i made the phone call for the reservation they were so helpful in giving us all the information that we needed. We were stuck between our wheaten and a male mini hippo and they gave us all the time we needed, they even switched them out back and forth so we could see how each of them were. Once we made our decision the woman helping us did an amazing job with explaining and picking out everything we needed. Especially since we've always had dogs but this is the first time my boyfriend and I got a dog together, so i really appreciated that. Madison Job Customer Comments: Friendly service Bryanna Mater Customer Comments: Would recommend! Sierra Zuniga Customer Comments: Very cute puppies!! Great location! LILIA PATRICIA VAZQUEZ MARTELLO Customer Comments: Love the store, excellent attention Taylor Burs Customer Comments: Is a fun and inviting place to be , lovely employees, very helpful . Annie Ophoff Customer Comments: Such cute pups! Great place! Marissa Wheatley Customer Comments: They have the best toy, treat, and accessory collection! Definitely my favorite place to shop for my fur baby! Michaelynn Pakizer Customer Comments: Such a fun and caring place!! Love seeing how active they are with keeping everyone updated via Facebook!! Alexis Werth Customer Comments: I've never purchased a dog here but go here frequently to play with the puppies and the staff is always very helpful with getting the puppies and giving us information on them Kiersten Bak Customer Comments: Friendly staff and adorable pups! Lana Cutter Sehl Customer Comments: Love this store, staff is always so nice and informative!! We are currently looking for an addition to our family and they have been so helpful and patient with all my questions! Britney Husted Customer Comments: Friendly staff and shows love for dogs Roxana Campean Customer Comments: Friendly staff,great place Keli Rymill Erin Nichols Customer Comments: Fast responders, awesome animals and a great place Anon Anon Customer Comments: Got my Shiba Inu puppy from here. They were very helpful during the process, and were able to work with me and my partner in order to take out a small loan to pay the puppy off. My puppy has been such a joy and I wouldn't change her for the world. Thanks Petland for giving my baby a forever home with me! Jordin Woodard Customer Comments: Some of the cutest dogs I've ever seen!! Ashley Kaiser Customer Comments: I recently got the newest addition to my family from here, my Siberian Husky Blaze! The staff was so nice, I called and they set me up a date to see him. I loved that the staff went through everything with me and made it easy for me. They also checked in two weeks later to see how he was doing with us! I couldn't be happier. Lakelynn Holsworth Customer Comments: I love this page and its love for dogs! Always brightens up my day! Keep be amazing 😃 Rosa Clara Customer Comments: I had a great experience at Petland Novi, and continue to have great coverage for all my pet's needs. I purchased a male, black, 5 lb, 8 week old American Cocker Spaniel in March of 2017. He is now 6 months old, 20 lbs, funny, lively and healthy! I'm glad I chose Petland Novi because I was a first time pet owner and the package that comes with your dog has EVERYTHING you could possibly need. I would have been lost without this. The package includes food (dry and wet), toys, blanket, crate, pre-paid vet visits, pre-paid 30 day insurance, collar and leash with tags, microchip, and so much more. I highly recommend Petland Novi ESPECIALLY for first time pet owners. Heather Hunter Customer Comments: We love looking at your puppies hoping one day we will be able to adopt another dog. It will be from here. Amber Weston Customer Comments: We love our Australian Shepherd we purchased from Petland Novi last year. She has a great temperament and the associates were very helpful in our selection. Jamie Customer Comments: We got our mini bulldog 4 years ago and our shiba inu 2 years ago from Petland Novi. The girls that work there still know what dogs we got and ask how they are every time we go into the store!! They are so sweet!!! And our dogs are the best dogs ever!!!!!!! Keep up the great job Petland Novi!!!!!!! Ellyn Marmaduke Customer Comments: Very knowledgeable staff and quick to call when a certain breed comes in...we were searching for an Italian greyhound and they remembered to call to let us know within the hour that she arrived! We loved our puppy immediately! Carolyn Long Customer Comments: Our third dog from petland novi :) Shelby Szymanski Customer Comments: Amazing! Service was awesome! Can't wait to take home our new baby Oscar! Kurt George & Jeff Weiner Customer Comments: Overall we had a great experience. Gage did a very thorough job explaining things to us. Mingduo Zhao & Yawen Tan Customer Comments: Fantastic! The counselor is very helpful! Very detailed instructions. Good suggestions to raise a dog. Sarah McCroskey Customer Comments: Gage was awesome!! I couldn't have asked for a better sales associate. He made the adoption very easy. Thank you again Amanda Jackson Customer Comments: Very informative & friendly. Thank You! Matthew Woods Customer Comments: Perfect! Great service always nice and smiling. Joseph Thompson Customer Comments: It was a great visit. Leonard Treman Customer Comments: Great place to play with puppies. Carlos Sausedo Customer Comments: The staff was amazing and wonderful. Very helpful and informative. Timmothy Flores II Customer Comments: Very friendly staff. Lots of great information was given to us. Katelyn Moore Customer Comments: We fell in love with our upper right away! Alex was super helpful getting us financed and able to take our Bernedoodle home! We will be back! Karunvir Badwal Customer Comments: Very helpful and answered all our questions. Cynthia Thompson Customer Comments: Found my forever girl. Very Helpful staff. Glenn and Lisa Diaz Customer Comments: Gage was a perfect Salesman and made sure we completely understood everything that had to do with the purchase os our new puppy. Karriss Merritt Customer Comments: Love the Staff. Thanks for the help getting Hazel. Thanks Madi! Tiant Hollister Customer Comments: One stop shopping. No inbreeding. A little pricey, but worth it. Richard and Teresa Howe Customer Comments: Excellent experience. Love our Puppy! Chad & Jennifer Heckmann Customer Comments: We came in to purchase a Bulldog. Britney was extremely helpful and very thorough on explaining everything. Ashanti Taylor Customer Comments: I was very surprised at how smooth the process was and how affordable everything was especially as a fist time owner and college student. I was very informed and all questions and concerns were answered in detail. Guadalupe & Luis A. Barrera & Calderon Customer Comments: Amazing! Nicole Buckbee Customer Comments: Michelle was so helpful and sincerely nice over the phone. She was helpful in the store. She was completely knowledgable and showed great concern in her job. I would take her home with me if I could. Thank you Michelle for everything. Amy Christina Adock Customer Comments: Excellent help + Listening..Appreciating seeing and holding the dogs with no limit. Lovely and helpful Staff Michael Ruggero Customer Comments: Awesome very helpful Laura H. Customer Comments: Staff was helpful and knowledgeable! We had an appointment to view a puppy, and we just didn't click. Saw another puppy we liked, but he was asleep. Staff told us that he was a baby and needed his sleep. While we were talking he woke up, and was able to visit with us. We clicked! And he is now part of our family. I loved that his well being and sleep were more important than a potential sale. Cody R. Customer Comments: Just adopted our second Husky from Petland and my boyfriend and I couldn't be more happy with our experience. They are so helpful, friendly, and passionate which makes the experience a lot of fun. Habib Obeid Angela Conde Donna Crechiolo Customer Comments: Great Staff, very informative and knowledgeable. They take great care of the pets, the kennel area is watched over and clean! Love this store! Teneesha Fields Customer Comments: I had the best puppy buying experience ever. The staff was very knowledgeable and very patient with me during the process. I'm so excited that I decided to purchase my Teddy Bear from Petland Novi. frankieb Customer Comments: Chris was awesome! I would recommend him to anyone when getting a pet Christina Costa Customer Comments: We got our bulldog from here one year ago. SHE IS AN ANGEL and we are so happy with her. Lynda Madouse Customer Comments: We got a puppy from here and he lasted 16 years and was never sick until the end. Deanna Acosta Customer Comments: We bought our Weimaraner Lady GREY from Petland in Novi. We are so Thank you for her she will be a year old on Thursday. She's in perfect health and very active. I can not wait for them to get another Weimaraner in cause I will be getting another one from there... Thank you again Petland of Novi for our precious Lady!! tom m. Customer Comments: Chris was very informative, pleasant and very helpful. His patience with us during this time was phenomenal. Store is very clean, associates are really friendly and enjoy their jobs. Thank you for such a wonderful time. howie b. Customer Comments: Brittany helped me find the perfect toys for my puppy and sold me and my family a beautiful puppy that fits in our family perfect!! She was very professional and very nice. Because of her I will come back to the store for anything I need. mario g. Customer Comments: Katelyn was very helpful. We appreciated all of the help and knowledge you provided to us. We really needed it. Thank you. Customer Comments: Very nice staff. I purchased a very healthy happy dog at this store. I am very pleased with my little one. Thank you. Mike R. Customer Comments: I've had great experiences with everyone here at Petland. I'm very happy with the service and above all I got the loves of my life. Thanks. Customer Comments: This was my second visit with in the past few weeks. The staff was very knowledgeable and helpful. I would recommend Petland Novi to everyone! I am so excited to be adding a beautiful baby boy to our family. Customer Comments: My visit to Petland was very good. I bought the most wonderful puppy. She is healthy, very sweet and I love her to pieces! Customer Comments: Very helpful and patiently answered our questions. We had plenty of time to spend with the puppies before deciding to purchase. Thanks. jairus c. Customer Comments: Sasha is knowledgeable about leashes harnesses and the pros and cons of using a chain collar "choke chain" to teach a young dog not to put on a leash. Thank you Sasha. natalia f. Customer Comments: They were all very helpful and knowledgeable about everything I asked. I'm so happy with the customer service I received. Customer Comments: Mandy was very helpful and she knows her stuff. Thank you Mandy for all the help you have given me during my visit. Customer Comments: Mandy is a great employee, and was very helpful during the purchase of my new family member. I will be forever grateful of her service. Customer Comments: I love how all of the staff at Petland know so much about the animals there, and know exactly what it takes to own each pet. They are full of information, and they were able to answer all of my questions. Great Job! Customer Comments: Service was wonderful. My visit was very good and I got to see the dog in good timing. The sales associate was very good and knew a lot about the dog. She went over everything we needed to know! mark45815 5. Customer Comments: Very pleasant. Mandy was very knowledgeable and kind. She spent a lot of time with us an we took home our puppy Princess. Customer Comments: Every staff member is super friendly, willing to answer any questions you may have. I feel very comfortable walking out the door with my very own first pet- As a "big girl" =) Amari i. Customer Comments: Laura was exceptional! Very helpful and knowledgeable. First time in the store & I loved it! Pace e. Customer Comments: Our pet counselor, Kim, was amazing!We had a number of questions and she made sure to answer each and every one of them Customer Comments: Great service. Ashley was very good support, had great knowledge & patience. DFS4556 4. Customer Comments: Excellent service- Ashley was very knowledgeable & took her time. dane i. Customer Comments: Great customer service, everything was smooth and easy. Very informative! Will recommend to friends and family. NATHAEL l. Customer Comments: Got our new puppy! Was treated with respect and professionalism and would recommend Petland, Novi to anyone. Mandy was very informative and went out of her way to help with our adoption. Customer Comments: Thank you for being so nice and helping me pick out my new puppy! :) medwinn935 5. Customer Comments: Our experience at Petland was wonderful & our sales person Mandy was very helpful and friendly. Would recommend her and the store to others. Thank you! Customer Comments: I had a wonderful experience getting a dog. All of my questions were answered. I felt very assured. daniel l. Customer Comments: The girls were very helpful and sweet and really want to help customers. We are thrilled to get our puppy so thank you very much for your attention. Customer Comments: Very friendly and helpful. Made the adoption process a breeze! Thanks! arach843 a. Customer Comments: Very friendly staff. Great information given to make the right adoption decision. racioppia861 a. Customer Comments: Extremely informative and a wonderful help! It was a pleasure working with Shawna! Customer Comments: Awesome! Very helpful and explained everything great. Thank you so much! Davids s. Customer Comments: Found an amaazing puppy and had great help from Mandi. Customer Comments: It was great, everyone was very glad to help and answered all questions I had. James s. Customer Comments: I enjoyed my service. It was fast and easy. Customer Comments: Kate & Mandy were both GREAT! Very efficient, intellegent and thourough. They both answered all our questions and were also very personable. This was a great and informative first visit! Mathew w. Customer Comments: Mandy did an outstanding job! She listened to our pet needs and suggested a wonderful dog. She did not pressure us at all! Thanks Mandy! Customer Comments: Very enjoyable. Loved the selection, the service and the friendlyness. Would highly recommend this place! Customer Comments: Very clean. Matterius was very helpful, went the extra mile for us! Customer Comments: She did everything possible to get us to home wiht a dog! Amazing job! Very thorough and enjoyable process! Customer Comments: Everyone was very helpful and nice. Would definitely recommend to others Customer Comments: Brittany was really sweet and helpful. It made the experience easy. Customer Comments: It's really clean and playful. You guys have the best conditions. Great customer service. So great that the kids can come interact with the animals. Keep up the good work. Customer Comments: Staff took the time to tell me all I need to know to keep my new pet safe, happy and healthy. The staff is great. Customer Comments: Great experience, the whole staff was amazing! There is no other place I would go for a pet! This was great and I will definitely be back for my next dog! Rielle J. Customer Comments: I was very pleased with the service and information given! Customer Comments: Always the best and I will tell everyone I know abotu Petland Novi! marilynn J. Customer Comments: I am very thanksful for all the info and time shared...thank you guys! Ava A. Customer Comments: Awesome visit, got a puppy! Customer Comments: Great job. Walked out with a dog. Very knowledgeable and was able to answer all the questions we had. Customer Comments: Very informative and nice. So helpful, explains and answers questions very well. Knowledgeable staff.Laura was very kind and extremely professional. I would recommend her to any new dog owner! Customer Comments: Ashley was very informative and professional. I will be coming back here for any items I may need for Lexi. LAWRENCE E. jeromee545 e. Customer Comments: Everything went perfectly and everyone is very helping and nice. Customer Comments: We found just what were looking for! Great people and good service. Customer Comments: Laura was a fantastic help today. I came in unsure of what to get and she steered us in the right direction. Very friendly. Customer Comments: Excellent customer service and knowledge of pets. Very informative and nice. Customer Comments: Brittany was super helpful and answered all questions we had :) Thank you! Kate C Customer Comments: Thank you for my new dog. You were very helpful. We enjoyed our visit. Walked out happy! :) Customer Comments: Everyone was very friendly. Terri was helpful and knowledgeable. I will recommend this store to anyone looking for a puppy melvillee208 8. Customer Comments: Ashley was very helpful she went above and beyond to get us our new puppy. I would recommned Petland to everyone and I will be coming here for all my puppies needs. maliss558 8. Customer Comments: Found the puppy we wanted right away. All employees were extremely helpful and we are very excited to take Bailey home :) Anna A Customer Comments: Employees were very helpful. They explained everything quickly and very well; made sure we understood. Customer Comments: Staff were really helpful and had lots of useful information to share. You can tell how much they love the dogs, but were happy to see my puppy come with me :) Customer Comments: Courtney is the best! She stayed to give us extra information & help! Customer Comments: Very nice and helpful! I love my puppy! Customer Comments: Wonderful, Erica was very kind & very helpful. I will refer you to anyone interested in purchasing a puppy! colin48jones Customer Comments: Very friendly staff and very helpful & informative. Wonderful experience. Ashley was very knowledgeable and helpful through the whole process. All employees were very nic and had smiles for everyone Customer Comments: Thank you for taking your time with us and our new family members! Love you guys and are truly appreciative! Customer Comments: Alex was wonderful, patient and very helpful! :) Thank you Customer Comments: Very friendly, very knowledgeable, great experience with Mandy and other staff. Customer Comments: Chris was very informative, pleasant and very helpful. His patience with us during this time was phenomenal. Store is very clean, associates are really friendly and enjoy their jobs. Thank you for such a wonderful time.r Customer Comments: Gage was very knowledgeable of the puppy. Helped make the process very easy and enjoyable. LESLIE e. Customer Comments: Our visit today was wonderfull. Received fast service and fell in love with our new family member. I will definately recommend petland novi to friends & family.r Customer Comments: Everything was explained in detail so we were able to understand how to raise our new puppy correctly! This made our purchase enjoyable for our family. Cole C Customer Comments: Absolutely 100% satisfied! There was no pressure. Alex was super knowledgeable and I felt very comfortable with my purchase. Friendly staff. Haley was also very nice and had a lot of info on all the dogs and made it easy to transition the puppy from here to home. Great visit and experience. Customer Comments: Very informative and thorough! Thank you :) Very pleasant, very helpful, helped me pick out the right dog and answered all of my questions. Frank K Customer Comments: The staff here were wonderful and friendly and I will definitely be recommending them to friends and family. John F Customer Comments: Everyone was great! Haily took care of us from the time we walked in. Thank you for helping us find out baby! Wonderful experience, wonderful employee... David D Customer Comments: Very helpful and I was well informed with all of my questions answered. :) Allie Armstrong Jason Budzinski Sarah Weese Jenna Brown Customer Comments: This place is awesome! Megan Frazier Customer Comments: I love this place! Jake Howell Customer Comments: Very helpful, informative, and friendly. Had a very good experience while searching for my puppy. Found a sweet baby. Jennifer was the best person to work with. She did sooo much to help us get the puppies we wanted! Michelle Avasian Customer Comments: We had a wonderful experience. We were given lots of time to play with our new puppy. They answered all of our questions and were very helpful in every way. Tara Kehring Customer Comments: Best one around :) Kellie Szewczyk Customer Comments: Adorable puppies & great service Andrew Cawley Customer Comments: Awesome staff very helpful and knowledgeable. One stop shop for all your pets needs. Joe Bickham Customer Comments: Excellent experience with Petland Novi.. Bo has been an excellent addition to our family for the last 2 years Tommy Vann Customer Comments: Mandy was wonderful and taught us (my aunt & I) a lot before we took Buddy home. We were informed one everything about and for her puppy! Very satisfied with the service and Buddy. Michelle Stelmach Jennifer Harvey Customer Comments: Great customer service. Elizabeth Kidston Customer Comments: We come to the store whenever we go to the mall and the employees have always been nice even know we are just looking and not intending to buy. I am hoping to soon buy my new puppy here! David Olvera Customer Comments: Great programs , and a good organization. Monica Chambers Customer Comments: Petland of Novi has the best pets, deals, and staff!!! Payge Rushing Customer Comments: What a great place, worth the drive Kathy Hampton Customer Comments: Our experience at Petland was wonderful. Kim was very helpful with all of the information when we purchased our miniature Bulldog from her. Very knowledgeable with all of our questions. Very friendly. Everyone was very pleasant and helpful. Desiree Watt Customer Comments: I love petland novi. I purchase my pappion oliver from here and he's the love of my life. They were very acknowledgeable and gave me plenty of time to choose a pet to take home without being pushy or in your face. very professional. I would definitely recommend petland to friends and family. Jaelynn Hoenicke Customer Comments: This place is awesome. Lori Kowalewski Customer Comments: Employees are very nice. Charlotte Darr Customer Comments: What a warm and friendly environment! The dogs are adorable and the staff is so welcoming!! Jami Baran Customer Comments: Petland Novi always has a great selection! Erin Gersbach Customer Comments: Ada and Petland Novi made the purchase of our dog extremely efficient and easy. The presentation on available services was informative, even to us veteran dog owners. Thank you for your professional attention and care--for both your pets and pet owners. Mark Spencer Customer Comments: Alaina you were wonderful. Thank you for helping my wife and I find our new puppy. Dougie is perfect and doing great. He gets his last round of shots tomorrow. Thanks again for all your help and for answering all our rookie questions. Julia Lopp Customer Comments: Awesome people and nice staff?? Kristal Minchue Customer Comments: 100% completely amazing! Bridget Elezovic Customer Comments: Sophie my now 2 year old Great Pyrenees came from Petland Novi and I couldn't imagine my life without her. She is by far the sweetest dog i've ever met and i'm glad to call her mine. I definitely recommend purchasing from here! - Bridget Elezovic Emilia.walczak Walczak Customer Comments: Great store and great products ! Ashlee McDonald Customer Comments: Love love love everything about this place :) Cynthia Huisman Customer Comments: Best people and animals ever! Kristin Reid Customer Comments: Great dogs and great people! Mark Solomon Customer Comments: We loved spending time with the goldendoodle- alex was very patient and fun to talk to. Also, Melissa was very patient & kind explaining everything to us and allaying any anxiety/ fears we had. Thank you! Amanda Bruhnsen Customer Comments: Staff is very nice and helpful. They always have the cutest puppies! Connie Wendt Melissa Hill Hasna Iwas Customer Comments: Thanks Linda! You were so helpful and great with everything. They are lucky to have a great employee like you. This store is very clean, the employees are very helpful- felt like they went the extra mile for us. Linda spend a great deal of time with us and was very informative. Thank you :) Kaitlin Moore Customer Comments: Staff are friendly and the animals are soo cute Samantha Ruel Customer Comments: Amazing!! Enough said ???????? Adrianna Viviano Customer Comments: We LOVE petland Novi. Friendly staff, cute puppies, and an overall great experience. We could tell they take very good care of the animals, and they all were very happy. Will take another trip there soon. Love it! hayley mcnees Customer Comments: Petland Novi is amazing! They are super friendly and have the cutest dogs! They are a dog-loving organization that puts their all in their work, which is nothing short of amazing! Marc Makowski Customer Comments: This is Tiffany Makowski writing a review to the wonderful staff at Petland Novi. I often stop in to visit and check out the new animals and I must say that everytime I visit the staff is so helpful and so tentative to the animals. I love this place and Intend on bringing home a little pup from here very shortly!! I know my cat Simon will greatly appreciate a new friend! Kaitlin Jackson Customer Comments: Petland cares about your pets, always so kind! Brian Korpi Customer Comments: I have been to Petland in Novi many time.Such a great pet store! Always have the best dogs and the best workers that are always so pleasant and are a big help when it comes to any questions. Christopher Lawson Alyssa Conlin Jon Brohl Marie Dornfeld Customer Comments: They seem to take really care of the dogs and to find the furever homes! :) diamond vaughn Customer Comments: Great place, great people, great dogs ! Nothing but the best !!!! Janae Forbes Customer Comments: Stella is my now 8 month old golden retriever puppy. She has the most loving personality a dog owner could ask for. Just looking into her big beautiful brown eyes can change a bad day into a good day. She is the best dog I could of asked for, and I can't imagine my life without her! Krista Mashak Customer Comments: Always a great place to shop for my pets! Shelley Elmer Customer Comments: Petand Novi is the best! They have everything you need and more for your pet. Can't wait to get my own puppy from them!! Baleigh Szabo Customer Comments: Love love love! amazing facility and they take such good care of these cute pups!, always a great selection! Elillian Newsome Customer Comments: I've always had a great experience when I visited Petland Novi Michael Cribbs Customer Comments: Very fast with messaging you back and very helpful Paige Castile Customer Comments: I really enjoy Petland Novi. There are so many aspects of it that make it such a great business and such a happy place to visit. All of their dogs appear to be extremely healthy and happy here. The employees are a joy to work with and are very understanding and will go out of their way to work with you. I also love how they share photos of their dogs on Facebook! It allows for many people to see what they have to offer and it is a great way to get people to come in and play with dogs they are interested in! I know I definitely took advantage of this. My dog, Luna, should win the cutest puppy contest because, without a doubt, she is a gem and is the most beautiful Pembroke Welsh Corgi (and I got her from Petland! :) ) She is a tri-color and she is the most amazing companion I could ask for. She enjoys playing with her toys, snuggling up in bed and she loves, loves, loves people. She has to approach every human that she encounters because she wants to let everyone know just how sweet she is. She loves the snow and is the perfect puppy for me! Danielle Herman Susie Christiansen Customer Comments: Love shopping here and when it's time for us to add a new puppy to our family this is where we are going!! jalen jarrett Customer Comments: Love! Love! Love! Chris Reaves Customer Comments: We bought our english bulldog puppy Lilo in January and she has been the cutest and best puppy ever. She is such a loving family dog who loves cuddling sleeping and playing...every face she has is cute and it was really hard to pic just one pic of her Jenelle Customer Comments: This is a great way to find your forever furbaby!!!! Kendel VanSteelandt Customer Comments: I got my puppy Tucker from here and he is a Shiba Inu and he has turned into the love of my life. I've never seen such a little guy hold so much love for his owner it's unbelievable. I also haven't seen a dog smile before until I met him. He's such a joy to come home to because he is always happy to see me. For me this puppy was the definition of love at first sight. And the girl who helped me out with buying him was amazing. She showed me exactly what I would need in order to make my little pride and joy happy. (: Larissa Petitt Customer Comments: Very good place to go for your dog needs! Angela Goble Customer Comments: Always fun visiting Petland Novi! Nancy Messer Customer Comments: Great store! pets are clean and well taken care of, I would highly recommend Patricia P Customer Comments: I've been going to Petland in Novi for the last few years, even though it's about an hour drive for me, just so I can come see their puppies and stock up on supplies for my Pomeranian. (There's no Petland by my house anymore)Their customer service is great and the employees are so friendly and always willing to help. My dog Teddy loves their treats and cute toys, I've even purchased a couple outfits for him there which he only wears for photos (he hates clothes) haha :) Taylor Henning Customer Comments: Very friendly workers and our puppy from there is great ?? allison hawley Rebecca Rowe Brittany Minix Customer Comments: Although I have not personally adopted a pet from Petland Novi, I have heard great things and heard wonderful reviews about them. They seem to care so much about their animals and want them to go to safe, caring, forever homes. I would recommend Petland Novi to anyone who is looking for a best furry friend to take home. Siarra Lopez Customer Comments: Such an awesome organization who really care about the wellbeing of the animals! Jennifer Staser Customer Comments: Petland of Novi is always so helpful with answering questions and helping you find the right friend to take home. They have a great selection of different breeds to choose from and if they don't have the animal your looking for they are willing to try and find one for you. Will never get an animal anywhere else. Jenae Palmer Customer Comments: Such a great variety and seriously has the cutest puppies ever! Kiana Henry Customer Comments: Greatest pet store ever, all of the dogs are so cute and there's everything you could need for your puppy! staceym55 Customer Comments: I love how all of the staff at Petland know so much about the animals there, and know exactly what it takes to own each pet. They are full of information, and they were able to answer all of my questions. Great Job! LESLIE e. Customer Comments: "This place really deserves its 5 star rating; the staff is friendly and super helpful in navigating the full spectrum of toys, food brands, etc. I wandered in today looking for a new toy or two for my ever-hyper kitten and so far after coming home, under the recommendations of the girl who helped me out, Honey looks handsome in his new collar and totally happy with his new playthings! Consider me a satisfied customer." teresa r. Customer Comments: Emily was wonderful, very helpful and answered all our questions. She made the process simple & fun. Thanks Petland! nathaell499 Customer Comments: Got our new puppy! Was treated with respect and professionalism and would recommend Petland, Novi to anyone. Mandy was very informative and went out of her way to help with our adoption. mattheww205 Customer Comments: Kim was very helpful with all of the information when we purchased our miniature Bulldog from her. Very knowledgeable with all of our questions. Very friendly. Everyone was very pleasant and helpful. rolandd566 Customer Comments: I am a return customer and have been pleased with the service and dog I have. christoo866, Customer Comments: Did a great job explaining all about our dog, care and after care. Helped with shopping for all the needs of our girl. Thank you :) Our doggie rocks! Best experience ever. yemily221 Customer Comments: Excellent customer service and knowledge of pets. Very informative and nice. carrjosh003 Customer Comments: Excellent service very friendly and knowledgeable. This is our 3rd dog from Petland because of their temperment. t000m31 Customer Comments: Chris was very informative, pleasant and very helpful. His patience with us during this time was phenomenal. Store is very clean, associates are really friendly and enjoy their jobs. Thank you for such a wonderful time. eleslie159, Customer Comments: Our visit today was wonderfull. Received fast service and fell in love with our new family member. I will definately recommend petland novi to friends & family. Customer Comments: We got a lot of help from almost everyone available. We was fortunate to run into Mandy who helped us get our very first dog. You guys are very friendly, and polite. We always appreciate your service here at Petland. Thank you guys!! Anonymous Customer Comments: We love Petland, and we have purchased two other dogs here in the past. All three of our dogs have been wonderful angels, and we've always enjoyed our time at this store. Thank you. Customer Comments: Got our new puppy! Was treated with respect and professionalism and would recommend Petland, Novi to anyone. Mandy was very informative and went out of her way to help with our adoption. Customer Comments: Kim was very helpful with all of the information when we purchased our miniature Bulldog from her. Very knowledgeable with all of our questions. Very friendly. Everyone was very pleasant and helpful. Customer Comments: I have gotten two puppies from your store and they are healthy and wonderful additions to our family! 2 of my family members have also bought dogs from there and are extremely happy, I have heard nothing but wonderful things about your store and have referred many dog lovers to you! Customer Comments: Did a great job explaining all about our dog, care and after care. Helped with shopping for all the needs of our girl. Thank you :) Our doggie rocks! Best experience ever. Customer Comments: Ashley was very helpful she went above and beyond to get us our new puppy. I would recommned Petland to everyone and I will be coming here for all my puppies needs. Customer Comments: Michelle was excellent. She was very helpful and informative. She helped us very much and explained everything. She was very patient. In addition, she guided us through the process of buying our dog in Spanish. She was great!! Customer Comments: Very helpful and a great experience! Very helpful with everything and did a great job explaining everything to me. Very friendly and bubbley. Would definitely recommend Amanda to others for help! She answered all the questions as best she could. Just an awesome all around great experience :) Perfect, friendly staff! JD Customer Comments: Great people with alot of knowledge. Would def. go back to get another health happy puppy! If you have any questions about breeds or how to train a puppy then they are for you. Staff has love for animals and animals are taken care of even after you leave the store. Thats shown in everything that I rec'd with my new baby. The vet care you rec from them after is top notch to with friendly staff & wonderful vets. Customer Comments: Cassie was fabulous, knowledgeable and informative! It was a wonderful experience. I am so excited. Customer Comments: Very informative and helpful for a first time dog owner. Our visit was so great. We truly appreciate all of the hospitality and great information. We are so thankful to be getting our puppy from here! Thank you!! You are great Gage! Mandy srobert99 Customer Comments: Jen was very helpful and was capable of answering any question we had. We left with a new puppy and were very happy with her service. TinaGarcia Customer Comments: We are so happy to have our new dog! We come here all the time now. Thank you so much for your help. Getting our new dog made our day! pass448 Jake Howell Customer Comments: Very helpful, informative, and friendly. Had a very good experience while searching for my puppy. Found a sweet baby. Jennifer was the best person to work with. She did sooo much to help us get the puppies we wanted! Elms R Customer Comments: Very impressed with Petland Novi! Alex and Chris H were extremely knowledgeable and helpful! Very patient with my indecisiveness!! Michelle was also amazing. I had a lot of questions and Michelle always had the right answer. Bella and I are very grateful to Petland Novi. John F. Customer Comments: The visit was great! Amazing help, kind people, very helpful and nice. 100% coming back here! Michelle is really great! We are a large family and kind of a pain but she was very helpful and patient with all of us. David D Customer Comments: I was extremely happy with my experience at petland Novi. They did an awesome, thorough job explaining all their answers for our puppy. They answered all of my questions! I appreciated not being hurried along. I feel very confident going home wiht my 8 week old puppy! calspirit70 Customer Comments: The girls were very helpful and sweet and really want to help customers. We are thrilled to get our puppy so thank you very much for your attention. sandysports1 Customer Comments: Brittany was really sweet and helpful. It made the experience easy. houstonjoe33 Customer Comments: Thank you for taking your time with us and our new family members! Love you guys and are truly appreciative! aabyy382 Customer Comments: Brittany was super helpful and answered all questions we had :) Thank you! marilynjohnson21 Customer Comments: I am very thanksful for all the info and time shared...thank you guys! amberose099 Customer Comments: Never has a better experience, I was a difficult customer because of emotional issues and they made my purchase and life so much easier I couldn't thank everyone enough. caseyy843 Customer Comments: Found an amaazing puppy and had great help from Mandi. upaartalu Customer Comments: Great service! Great representative- Ashley A++. She helped us with the adoption, very knowledgeable & patient. Thank you. bhowie50 Customer Comments: Brittany helped me find the perfect toys for my puppy and sold me and my family a beautiful puppy that fits in our family perfect!! She was very professional and very nice. Because of her I will come back to the store for anything I need. coopersuper iomari265 Customer Comments: Awesome! Very helpful and explained everything great. Thank you so much! nnathan947 Customer Comments: No pressure. Tons of help. Time to look with our pressure. Ali S. Customer Comments: Steven was very helpful! Made my purchase of my new puppy a pleasant one! I was taken care of! Pleasant to deal with. Loreen B. Eva Y. Alaina T. Customer Comments: I have bought 4 dogs from Petland novi and they are all perfectly healthy. I've even researched the breeders of each of them and everything checks out. The staff is very knowledgable and helpful. They spend a lot of time making sure you are well informed on how to train and take care of your new puppy. I will recommend this place to everyone! Shay B. Customer Comments: We got our family dog, Cujo, from Petland Novi and we couldn't be happier with him! He is a Bernese Mountain Dog and when we saw him at the store we knew he would be perfect for our family. We had been in the store many times and I grew up going to Petland every time we would go to the mall. The staff is always friendly and they are always willing to answer questions about the dogs. I recommend Petland to all of my friends and everyone that is looking for a dog. Cujo has been a perfect family pet since we got him in June and we thank Petland for brining him to our home! Jana J. Customer Comments: Love Petland Sam B. Customer Comments: This place is the best! I love it so much. I have never personally bought a pet from here but I visit often and they treat all pets with the best care!! Such a loving place. Looking to buy a dog here soon:) Kelly Z. Customer Comments: I've always enjoyed visiting Petland and I look forward to getting a puppy from there. The staff there is always so helpful and seems to be very knowledgeable. I went to look at a puppy there last week and they were able to give me so much information. Elizabeth W. Private U. Customer Comments: The moment we walked in, we were just browsing. Our Kota Bear (a purebred Chocolate Lab) went directly up to the window as soon as we walked by and placed his paw onto the glass. He picked us and I am glad he did. I held him in my arms after he stopped flopping around. He snuggled against me. He is my baby boy and our best friend. We love him more than anything and don't know what we would do without him. He is by far the cutest puppy. He is a crazy pup with many quirks and has a heart of gold. Lara J. Customer Comments: Love Them Tommy F. Mark S. Customer Comments: It' s been over three years now and our pup is still doing great! She brings so much joy into our lives. Thanks again Petland! Lien L. Customer Comments: I love this place, provide very great service, Chris was the person that worked with me there, I would totally recommend him, he explained everything that I needed to know for being the first time dog owner. Thank you so much, I go home to happiness everyday. Crystal G. Customer Comments: My visit was on 8/12/15. I came in, fully expecting to adopt a Doberman puppy after months of research. The staff was extremely helpful and let me take him into a room right away. After just a few minutes, I could tell that this dog was not the one for us. Out of the corner of my eye, a Shiba inu/American eskimo mix caught my eye, so again I asked the staff if I could take a look. After playing with the shiba for a while, we absolutely fell in love with him and decided to take him home. The staff was super helpful in explaining everything and I did not ever feel pressured to buy anything extra that I didn't need. The staff genuinely cares about the animals and the families that they are going home with. After we took our puppy home, we scheduled a vet visit with our own vet and he came home with a clean bill of health. That's right; no kennel cough, no giardia, no coccidia, no worms or parasites of any kind. Our puppy was 100% healthy, so please don't let these other reviews scare you away. Yes, pricing is pretty steep, but if you truly fall in love with a puppy then that seems minor in comparison. He has been such a great addition to our family and I am thankful for all of the friendly and knowledgeable staff. Monica P. Customer Comments: We had an awesome visit at Petland Novi we adopted our puppy Bailey. Thanks for all the love Kate F. Tommy V. Customer Comments: If you do not support pet stores that is fine, you are entitled to your own opinion and you do not need to shop there. How dare you make assumptions with out the correct information. Rescue animals are great, and no one at any Petland would ever say other wise. Some people want a puppy plan and simple. Everyone at Novi Petland has a great heart and is dedicated to what they do and love the puppies.I encourage all of you to stop in and see for yourselves. I promise you will not be disappointed! kailey koth Customer Comments: awesome place ! great people! highly recommended! Hillary Bracht Customer Comments: Cutest pets and very nice staff. I enjoy stopping by this store whenever I visit the mall. Thanks for helping pups find loving homes. Stefanie Pellegrom Customer Comments: Pet land Novi always has the cutest dogs and best pet supplies! amymstirz Customer Comments: Petland at Novi is one of the best petstores I have been to. I will take trips out of my way to go to their pet store. I would say anyone who goes there will find what they need with a friendly staff. Clare Porter Customer Comments: My name is Clare Porter. I really enjoyed my experience at Petland Novi! I went in looking for a toy for my 7 year old Yorkie, Cami, and experienced great customer service. They have such a friendly staff and so many cute pups!! Cami loved her toy :) Jessica Lowman Customer Comments: I went to Petland Novi about two and a half years ago and met my best friend. Her name is CoCo and she is a beautiful dainty German Shepherd. She is so loving and sweet and always makes my day. My experience with Petland has been great. I will definitely go there again when I plan to expand my fur family. Jerrid Fuller Customer Comments: Very knowledgable employees, thorough with their explanations and answers to questions. Heather J Customer Comments: a fun place to shop. :0) the staff is friendly Jakylia Johnson Customer Comments: Cutest Puppy Contest <3 I just got my husky puppy a couple weeks ago and he is the love of my life. I cannot describe how much joy my puppy has brought to me. I am so excited to raise him. Ashile Lynn Customer Comments: Best store for any and all pet supplies!! Highly recommended!! Michelle S Customer Comments: We got our family dog, Maggie, a Shih Tzu mix from Petland almost nine years ago. We love her so much! We are entering our newest member of the family, Lucy, into the cutest puppy contest. Lucy is about 1-2 lbs and is a toy poodle-chihuahua mix. She is a big ball of black fur. Absolutely adorable! And she has a great personality to match! gina bessolo Customer Comments: Great experience! Super friendly staff! Rebecca Kuretich Customer Comments: Great place! Great dogs! Great people! Keely Chaikin Customer Comments: Awesome place. Love playing with the puppies. Samantha Stacey Customer Comments: I have only been to Petland in Novi a handful of times.. but every time I go I have the best experience. The service is always friendly and I always find what I am looking for. I would recommend this store for pet needs to anyone! Hopefully I will purchase my first puppy from there soon! Thank you Petland! Lauren Scott Customer Comments: Love petland! Always nice and helpful! Morgan Miller Customer Comments: This place is so wonderful! They deserve an award??! Michelle MacKinnon Jenna Rourke Customer Comments: I always love coming into visit and check out all the cute little puppies and kittens! I entered my cat into the look-a-like contest and cant wait for the picture to be added to Facebook. What a cool idea! Also 3 years ago we bought our German Shepard Ranger from here WHAT AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE! we love both him and our kitten so much, I hope we win the contest :) Alex Kirkpatrick Customer Comments: This place is amazing I wouldn't ask for anything better! Chase Gildersleeve Customer Comments: Brendan was FANTASTIC to work with, extremely knowledgeable, friendly and energetic. Couldn't have asked for a better experience! Deborah Aponte Customer Comments: I love Petland in Twelve Oaks Mall! Customer service is amazing and the staff is so friendly and helpful and knowledgeable. I can't wait to go get my Puppy this weekend! I recommend this pet store to all my family and friends, all the time! Super excited for this weekend, as I get ready to get my puppy! Thanks Petland! :-) Amanda St.Martin Customer Comments: They understand that even though these animals are our "pets" they are also family. ?? Chelsea Hudspeth Customer Comments: Great company, friendly staff :) I would recommend them to anyone looking for a fur-friend. ?? Destiny Heacock Customer Comments: Love this place! I have not purchased and dogs from here yet, but definitely plan to in the future! McKinsey Nazal Customer Comments: LOVE Petland. Only place I ever get my pups from! Taylor Barnard Customer Comments: I got my dogs best friend here and my best friend too! She came with everything a new puppy needs and wants, something most places don't offer. Everyone was very friendly and worked to accommodate our needs and situation. Thank you for giving me my best friend and for the contests you offer! kayla lewis Customer Comments: They have the cutest puppies! Love the Facebook page. Heidi Adrian Customer Comments: Great place and great service would recommend to others. Emma Lemke Customer Comments: Very clean, friendly staff, great dogs!! Never disappointed denise montgomery Customer Comments: Here is my baby girl Sassy. I received her a few years ago from your store on Christmas and she is the sweetest dog ever! Recently I have been very ill and she has been somewhat a therapy dog for me, staying bed side and barks for my mom to come assist whenever I need help with anything and I pray we win! Thank you and Happy Holidays Sassy Riley Garrett Customer Comments: Super friendly all the time and good prices! Krysten Slade Customer Comments: We had a great experience in your store tonight and fell in love with a little cockalier! Thanks to Haley who helped us make a decision and was very knowledgeable in the breed! We have found a new family member! Laura Finn Customer Comments: No I Petland always has everything I need for all my pets! They also have very helpful staff with big smiles!! kenzi Horsfall Customer Comments: Petland novi is the best, the staff is super caring. Everyone should bring their business to them. Jackie Carroll Customer Comments: Every time I enter Novi's Petland, I am greeted by smiling and enthusiastic employees. They are always willing to go out of their way to help with questions or anything an interested customer may need. The store is always neat and the cages clean and well kept. They also have a very generous giving spirit that has helped many Greyhounds. Thank you, Jackie Angelo Duran Customer Comments: Pet friendly and gracious staf. If you're looking to add a furry family member to your family, Petland Novi is the place to go Anthony Wrenn Customer Comments: I have herd nothing but excellent and great things about this place. Ive never adopted from here but they have great service and i would recommend this place to anyone to get the best pet care from. Erica Dugas Customer Comments: I don't know where to even begin...Petland has been amazing to our family. I truly believe they are heroes in disguise. My son was battling two devastating disease, mitochondrial disease and HLH. He wanted so much to have a little dog, one that he could take with him in his wheelchair and to his hospital appointments as well as inpatient stays. We went to Petland in hopes of finding that perfect little dog. How lucky we were to find that perfect dog too!! However, I wasn't able to make it happen, the cost was more then we could afford at the time. I asked Petland to hold Jewels (that is the name Matthew, my son, ended up giving her), so that I could find a way to get the money. Matthew and I had just got back from Nationwide children's hospital were he spent a month fighting for his life, so I wanted nothing more then to be able to give him Jewels. Later that evening Petland called me and told me to bring Matthew with me to get his new princess, Jewels. They told me they wanted to surprise Matthew and give him Jewels FREE of charge. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. As tears filled my eyes, if they only knew how happy they would be making him!! When we arrived I was so happy, it took everything for me not to tell Matthew what was about to happen. When we walked in the whole staff was there to greet us!! They handed Matthew Jewels and told him they wanted to give her to him! Matthew was at a loss for words and fighting to hold back his tears of pure happiness! But, that wasn't all! The staff took Matthew around the store and told him anything and everything he wanted was his!! They took Matthew around the store and helped him fill a cart full!!! Matthew got clothing for Jewels, collars, toys, treats, puppy pads, cages, dishes, life jacket, car seat carrier, car transporter, shampoo, flee collar, vitamins, brushes, leashes, the list kept going too! Our receipt was taller then 6 foot!! Again, this was all FREE!! Then they went on to tell us they would supply Jewels FREE food for life!! Wait, that's not all!! They also gave us all her shots and vet visits FREE!!! I couldn't help but to break! Their hearts were so loving! The whole staff had huge smiles on their faces as they talked with Matthew the whole time!! They even walked us to our car and helped us load everything up! Their love and kindness didn't stop there either. Sadly, 6 months later Matthew passed away ??. He fought hard for two months in the PICU, but his diseases wouldn't let up. Matthew passed away two weeks passed his 10th birthday (April 20, 2015). We decided to have a celebration of life for Matthew. We asked everyone to wear Superheros or Star Wars clothing in honor of Matthew. We also started raising money (Matthew's wish) for the team at Mott children's hospital for research, treatment, and hopefully a cure! The day of Matthew's celebration of life Petlands entire staff wore superhero shirts!! They also asked their customers to wear Superhero shirts that day when they came in, all in honor of Matthew. They collected money for Matthew's wish too! Making a large donation! We since have made shirts that we are selling to not only raise awareness but also help with funding for Matthew's wish as well. Petland bought shirts plus made another generous donation! Petland continues again and again to reach out to our family with such kindness, generosity, and pure love! They have time and time again went above and beyond to keep Matthew's memory alive, to help a mom with a broken heart, and to help change the future for all whom are suffering from these horrible disease. Petland has touched my heart so very deeply. They didn't just give us a dog and move on, they stood by us and they have support us...they are a true blessing to our family and our hearts. They will FOREVER be apart of our life's and I'll NEVER forget all they have done and continue to do for our family and Matthew's memory! Petland you guys change life's for the better and you do make a difference. Thank you for being our angels in disguise ???????? Jessica Lewis Customer Comments: Petland of Novi loves and cares for all pets as if each per were their own!!! They have everything needed to care for your pet and more. Dan Hart Customer Comments: Great place!! I highly recommend them to all of my friends! Ashelynn Norris Customer Comments: They are always helping people and animals. They are always having contest to win things. Great people!! Sydney Noble Customer Comments: here are cute and well kept puppies that go quickly into warm and responsible homes. DARIA PARKER Customer Comments: My family and I arrived at the store at around 4p, we were greeted by Brenden. We were initially just looking, with a specific breed in mine that we wanted. Several caught our eye, each puppy we inquired about we were given thorough information. Payment options were explained in detail & also puppy packages were explained. With the great customer service shown to us our family has decided to add to our family & we will be going to pick up our puppy shortly. This is a great family orientated store. Cassidy Woodward Customer Comments: I love Petland! The people there are great people! I love the contest you do, entering the cutest puppy contest with Rudy my Cavi?? I get compliments ALL THE TIME that Rudy is the cutest little dog ever! So glad I adopted him through Petland! Paige Jaworowski Customer Comments: I love visiting petland novi, the animals are so cute and the staff is so helpful and friendly Shuna Nance Customer Comments: They were very kind and courteous!!!..the customer service was A1..and brought home a precious little fur baby?? Samantha Marino Customer Comments: When I called about information on a dog they were really nice,and explained everything in detail.very helpful, nice,and friendly. Morgan Banks Customer Comments: Everybody is so nice and helpful! They have the cutest puppies! Jessica Drogemuller Customer Comments: Almost two years ago, my family brought Cali home from Novi. We had just moved to Michigan after living in California (hence the name) for almost 20 years. She was just what we needed to truly make our house a home. The price may have been a little up there, but she was worth every penny. The workers were so friendly and welcoming. We are very happy with our experience there and could potentially be coming back for another bundle of happiness to bring into our home within the next few months. Phyllis Welch Customer Comments: hird awesome pup! Excellent service! Kate was very helpful in helping us get our new baby. My daughters fell madly in love with our new baby. Great experience & very knowledgeable. Thank you!Also~ Chris was outstanding too. Couldn't be happier. Kaiten Kirk Customer Comments: Workings are very helpful and store is nice and clean , great place to get your forever friend Caylie Hudson Customer Comments: Absolutely amazing! Best place to go to for all of your pets needs. Tina Mallo Customer Comments: Petland Novi, is a great family owned est. located in Twelve Oaks Mall, with an amazing selection of puppies to choose from. Find your forever canine today! MK sonamy fan Customer Comments: They're always so nice and helpful. Really a great store! Megan Wuerfel Customer Comments: My husband and I got our english bulldog/basset hound from this petland and it was a great experience. Not only were the employees very knowledgable about the puppies and the purchasing process, but they also gave us the right amount of time and privacy to decide which puppy suited us best. Marco Ramirez Customer Comments: I have been looking for a goldendoodle for months and 2 months ago I seen on Facebook that this place had one. Meant Kiana and took her home that same day! The ppl are awesome, and great service! Hilary a Customer Comments: I read all about you guys and I like the website! There's so many good reviews Lisa Rypma Customer Comments: They are so helpful with any questions you have and they are very actively involved in their Facebook page! mike flynn Customer Comments: I always have a great shopping experience when I stop by. I'm really proud to be supporting a local business! april ludden Customer Comments: We love the puppy that we got from Petland Novi. The staff made adopting our new pet very easy. They were knowledgeable, and very friendly. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a new pet. Carly Schaefer Customer Comments: Great place and the cutest puppies! Definitely a reputable place and would recommend others to check it out! Bonnie Lee Customer Comments: I have never adopted a furry friend from here but I have called on a few...okay maybe more than a few furbabies. Everytime they were friendly and knowledgeable and really cared. Lacey Watson Customer Comments: I think the work they do is amazing and will definitely be contacting Petland Novi for our next pet family member! Ana Gonzalez Customer Comments: Very friendly service , very organized and Clean love ther dogs. Just makes me wanna get them all lol :) Shy Woltman Nicole VanLoon Customer Comments: Workers are extremely friendly and care very much about the puppies! Definitely a 5 star puppy place!! Carly Vivio Customer Comments: Great experience shopping in the store for pet supplies. Jessica Reyes Customer Comments: The staff is extremely people friendly, absolutely love going in and purchasing new things for my baby. Krysta James Customer Comments: Called to set up an appointment and they were super polite and helpful! They also have the cutest puppies around!!! Cathy Tulock Customer Comments: My daughter wanted a dog all throughout her child hood and never was able to have one due to her father's allergic. My husband became allergic to dog dander when he was a child and becomes very asthmatic. When shopping one day at 12 oaks mall in Novi in 2015 daughter now an adult we popped into pet land Novi to see puppies. We met a little Morkie and was given details from the staff that morkies are hyper allergenic and have hair not fur. We (she) adopted Bently that night and we knew we were taking a risk of dad's allergies. Bentley has been part of our family for a year now and no symptoms from dad accept love and a special bond. Our daughter is 20 now and we know it won't be long for her and Bentley to move out and on with their own life. But until then we get to spoil him rotten. Nicole Meteer Customer Comments: we bought Leia from petland and would buy another dog from their again! Karestyn LaRoque Customer Comments: I love Pet land my friend got a dog from there over a year ago and shes the cutest dog ever and so well behaved and was already potty trained when she got her. I ended up getting a bany pug this December that passed and hes my son and daughters bestfriend. Quavontae Smith Customer Comments: Great people! Very nice and caring to make sure the puppy you leave with is the best choice for you. Mallory Schwartz Customer Comments: Always extremely helpful and informative in choosing the right puppy for my family. They've also helped pick out food and medicines for our doggies! Micki Wickenhiser Customer Comments: Healthy and well cared for fur babies. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Good experience with Petland Novi Jessica Dean Customer Comments: The Saturday I went the employees were outstanding especially with being so busy!!! Loved every minute of the store and everyThing going on :) Marissa Mueller Customer Comments: Although I have never been into this shop, I am always finding that they have awesome reviews and are always posting and communicating with people like myself through Facebook that cannot make it in. Meg H Customer Comments: The people there were so helpful and friendly and it is one of the best pet stores I've shopped at. 10/10 Taylor Campbell Customer Comments: I have not personally been here but my friend bought a German Shepherd puppy from you guys and he is doing great and loves his new family. Erika Shreeve Customer Comments: I have been here a few times and love how clean the facility is! Everyone is so nice and friendly i would highly recommend them!! John Byrd Customer Comments: Got our golden doodle, Lacey from here and we absolutely love her ?????? We love that her first 3 vet visits were included in her cost! Misty Clark Customer Comments: Pet land is a great place to go for everything I need for my dog. The staff is always friendly and they always have what I'm looking for. savannah marie Customer Comments: Love this place! If you are looking for a pup it's the perfect place to go! And the people are great to work with! Danielle Shorkey Cheyenne Quinn Customer Comments: Love the people and the work place, they always know how much our animals mean to us and of course to them! The animals are well taken care of and would recommend this place to just about everyone!!! Heather Hazlewood Customer Comments: I LOVE this place :) we recently just adopted our sweet boy from there and we couldn't be happier. The gentleman who helped us, as well as everyone else there, was super helpful and informative about everything. Our sweet little German Shepherd, Stark, is doing so well and is adjusting perfectly. He came with everything he could need to be brought up well. I love this place! Andre Ameye Customer Comments: My puppy's name is Parker he is a boxer and is about 17 weeks now it makes me want to cry because he is growing up so fast! He's definitely the most cutest puppy ever he is very loving playful cuddly precious and gets along with just anybody he is excited to meet anybody and everybody! He's is the sweetest boy ever so please pick him I know everyone will love him too! Amanda Henry Customer Comments: Petland Novi has the cutest dogs and looks like they take a lot of pride into helping these pets find homes! When the time comes for me to adopt again, I will be sure to come to petland! Heide Novack Customer Comments: Our whole family loves to visit the Novi Petland. The puppies are always sooooo cute and ready to interact with us (playing through the glass) The staff here loves the animals they care for. - The staff is always very nice and helpful.Our puppy Cupcake is the cutest - she is super playful and just the right amount of naughty. She loves to cuddle and give kisses. Stephanie gillies Customer Comments: We go here all the time to look at the puppies! The staff is very caring and wants to make sure each puppy has a good home! I love petland! Abby Avery Customer Comments: Personally haven't adopted from here but a few of my friends have and they were absolutely impressed! Keep up the amazing work. Carly Ginzinger Customer Comments: The animals were well kept and the staff was very nice! They give you a lot of cool stuff upon the purchase of your puppy! Jennifer Kuretich Customer Comments: My husband & I got out first pup from petland novi! Buying a new puppy can be scary, but all the staff was amazing & informed us with all we needed to know. Our little guy just turned one years old & we are so half with him! Great place & we always recommend them to our friends & family! :) Ashley Bessette Amy Russell Customer Comments: I've only heard great things about this place! I've met a few puppies from their store and they all turned out so well.. Friendly, cuddly, and just all around great dogs! They're all soo cute too! I entered into a cutest puppy contest that they have. They always have,any opportunities to win stuff to help care for your animals. It's an amazing place! Amber Kropp Customer Comments: Mari is the cutest puppy because she is funny, she plays the cutest little games with our family, her ears are bigger than her head right now, and she has the head tilt down to a T! She's growing so fast, she is totally potty trained. She has many nicknames, and she lives up to them all! She's the total adorable diva! and our family is so lucky to have such a loving and energetic puppy around to bring our spirits up. She's like a comedian in the dog world!!! Mari has a personality of her own and she fits perfectly into our family :) Karen Roberson Customer Comments: We got our Havachon at Petland a little over a year ago and had a great experience. I financed him which was also a great experience. Our dog Oso is amazing, he is so handsome and he is healthy and happy. Kalee Sue Customer Comments: I actually just learned about Petland Novi a couple weeks ago. When I went there I had an awesome time. Staff cares about your fur baby just as much as you do! Wonderful experience. Ashley peacock Customer Comments: I have visited Petland-Novi numerous times and have reviewed such wonderful service. The staff is very educated on the health and wellness of each breed. J Houghto Customer Comments: Alyson honestly made my visit while my family was with Chris. Both were friendly and open to conversation about other things other then animals if I need a reason I would come back for the friendliness of the staff Dana Cunningham Customer Comments: All these pups are absolutely adorable! They all look well maintained and it's so relieving to see people out there properly taking care of these beautiful animals! Way to go Petland of Novi!! Holly Beard Customer Comments: Got my bear (french bulldog) from here and they made buying a breeze. Its coming up on one year since we brought him home and he is the light of my life Gabriella Scarpelli Customer Comments: Great location! Everyone very helpful. You can tell they truly care for the animals there. Teresa Reder Customer Comments: Everyone was very helpful and nice. Kayla was very thorough and made me very comfortable with my purchase. nicole Caruso Customer Comments: I haven't adopted a dog from here, but every time I go in I am SO tempted. I would love to take a furry friend home from here. Its a great place with great customer service! l saam Customer Comments: My name is Shelby Morris, every time that I'm in town visiting home from school I also go to this pet store. The people who work here a very caring and love the animals. I can see their passion for these animals. My favorite part is playing with the puppies! Marissa Knox Customer Comments: Petland in Novi has an extremely helpful staff. They provided us with the information and supplies we needed to start the journey as puppy owners. I couldn't be more pleased with the service I recieved there. We have one happy puppy! :) sophia schumacher Customer Comments: Love coming to this store, every time I visit the Novi Mall Petland is the highlight of my trip. (That's saying a lot because I love shopping!!!) A lot of pet stores are dirty and the staff can be unfriendly, but this store is always clean and someone always welcomes you into the store no matter how busy they. Samantha Robinson Customer Comments: I have been inside of Petland Novi a couple of times now and had a great experience each time. The dogs are very well cared for and it is exceptionally sanitary inside. If you are thinking of investing in a new puppy, Petland Novi is the place to go! Bianca Rodwell Customer Comments: I couldn't have asked for better service in selecting the perfect dog for me. Born on the day I lost my grandfather Bear as been the perfect pet since we first met in the store. A huge thank you to Steven. You were amazing. All the staff were completely nice and very helpful. I can't express how thankful I am of PetLand Novi. anthony decker Customer Comments: We have not purchased a pet from Petland Novi yet; that where be when we go to purchase our next dog. We have seen hundreds of posts of discussing care for their adorable dogs and they look as though they have every possible dog supply in stock! I cannot wait to adopt our next little fur baby from them! Kylie Swanson Customer Comments: I haven't adopted a dog from Petland but I LOVE seeing the puppy pictures on my Facebook feed. After browsing their website it seems like they really care for their animals. Definitely would consider adopting from Petland Novi in the future! Kassie Herbst Customer Comments: Love Petland Novi! The quality of care they deliver to their animals is excellent. Plus they donate to animal shelters! Wonderful staff, top-notch pet treats and toys. They're the best! Brittany Tanke Customer Comments: They always have super cute photos of puppies and adoptions! Makes my day seeing puppies finding new homes. Definitely know where I'm going to get my next pooch! Kayla Kaminski Customer Comments: Animal care is obviously #1 here, such great people involved in this place! Casandra Osborn Customer Comments: They always have really cute dogs for sale and the employees are always very helpful and kind Sharon Garrett Customer Comments: I love this store. I didn't get my puppy from them, but I shop there quite often. Everyone is very helpful and offer all types of advice. You can tell they love what they do and the pets. Tiffany Holland Customer Comments: Petland Novi knows that our pets are our family. Their caring and thoughtfulness extends to all those who love and care dearly for their fur babies. What a fun and sweet way to allow the people of Michigan to share in a bit of their happiness of life. I love getting to see all the wonderful pictures. They make me smile. Amy Gilliam Customer Comments: The happiest place on Earth is an understatement! Every puppy and kitten looks so adorable, healthy, and happy when you come in and the staff is so helpful! I always tell people they need to go to the "puppy store" because it's not only fun, but a great way to meet a forever friend! Alexis Rau Customer Comments: Best store in the world. Tons of the cutest puppies and you can even have sessions to play with any of them! Also a super friendly staff! Always my very first stop when I go to the Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi! Andrea Fignar Customer Comments: Went here to search for new puppy and staff was extremely knowledgeable friendly and helpful! Chelsea Morris Customer Comments: I haven't adopted a dog from here, but every time I go in and on their website I am very tempted to just get one. I would love to take a furry friend home from here. Maybe sometime soon I will. Its a great place with great customer service and great people! Keith Risch Customer Comments: Adopted my puppy here in March and it was a great experience!, the staff was amazing and the puppy's are super cute! erin shaheen Customer Comments: We got our puppy in October 2016. He was I at 10 week old Fruggle. He is the happiest puppy that anyone will ever see. We didn't have any problems or complications, the staff was great. The process in which you adopt a puppy is amazing. They set you up with everything you're going to need in training, bedding, food. The experience was overall awesome. I can't begin to say how happy we are with this store. Many people have problems with pet stores because they think they're puppy mills but little do those people know that not all places who sell puppies are puppy mills. All these puppies were well fed, well groomed, and well socialized. Our puppy came already registered, and was up-to-date with all of his shots. I would recommend this pet store to anyone who wants to get a puppy to bring into their family. I can't begin to think enough Petland Novi for helping us with this addition to our loving family. Julie Howell Customer Comments: Very helpful and attentive employees. Love this place! Sarah Kappele Susie Carr Customer Comments: Good experience. We got our Doxie from there and everyone is helpful and knowledgeable. It was clean and we got alot with our puppy package. Lexi Payne Customer Comments: Great store, always has a great selection of dogs. Have always had great experiences there when visiting. Haley Kopis Customer Comments: We purchased our cocker spaniel from Petland in Novi. I seen her picture on their facebook page and instantly fell in love with her. That day we went to the store and walked out with the most amazing puppy ever! Lisa Drouillard Customer Comments: Love coming to Petland Novi! Every time I have been out here has been a wonderful experience. The store is always nice and clean, and the staff is always very friendly and attentive! They always have all the products I'm looking for, and they want only the best for all of our little fur friends. I have only great things to say of Petland Novi! Katy Campbell Customer Comments: I've always had such a positive experience at Pet land. They have such a wide variety of dogs and then even after I got my dog they have everything you need to take care of him or her Calvin Ateek Customer Comments: last november i purchased my yorkshire terrior, he became beyond my expectations. Lucky, is the most energetic lovable creature i have ever came upon. I couldn't thank Petland enough for taking care of my pet as well as they did. Thanks to Petland for taking upmost care of Lucky I appreciate all that you guys did. Ja Mi Customer Comments: Awesome place to go to! Found everything and the staff were very helpful. Planning to come back soon! Andrea Krug Customer Comments: We love stopping in here and looking at all of the sweet puppies! Definitely will be returning when we are ready for puppy #2! Sue Raccosta Customer Comments: he staff is very attentive and knowledgeable Not to mention the pupppies are the cutest in Michigan! Clean, healthy and absolutely adorable! Hands down, my favorite place to visit in the mall! Nicole Chapman Customer Comments: We got Regulator from Petland and had a great experience. We were in and out quickly with all the essentials. We just love our dog to pieces! Heather Chapman Customer Comments: My sisters bullet dog came from this location and she is the cutest happiest puppy ever. I also love all the pictures of al the dogs dressed up, I just wish I could adopt them all!! Great store!! Vanessa G Customer Comments: I bought my dog from here a few yrs ago and couldn't be happier. He has added so much happiness to our family. I never thought we would own a dog due to my son's issues with asperger's... Dogs in general would shy away due to his loud nature...but our Groot not only warmed righted up to him, he Cry's when he sees my son. Defiantly would recommend this place if you're looking for a puppy. Olivia Thompson Customer Comments: The staff here is super helpful. I went on a Saturday at noon, there were customers everywhere. The place was a mad house. But the employee who first started to help me never stopped helping. I now have a furry, 4 legged friend thanks to the amazing staff! Chosen Generation Band Customer Comments: We got our dog Peaches here 13 years ago, through all the moves and everything she's still alive and one of the best dogs I've met. Happy I could grow up with her. David Dann Customer Comments: Holley was amazing and very helpful for a new dog owner. She was very thorough with everything, she was awesome. When we fist came in, and just as helpful when we came back to pick up our new puppy. Jennifer Olejnik Customer Comments: We visit this store anytime we are at the mall and enjoy seeing the dogs. Every time we visit we see several dogs we would love to take home.As a result we have purchased three dogs from this store. We would probably have gotten more if we didn't already have several dogs at home. Each time we got a dog here we had a wonderful experience. All three of our dogs from Petland are extremely happy and healthy.I would recommend Petland Novi to anyone looking for a family pet.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Aim of the Study The aim of this study was to report incidence and clinical outcomes of recurrent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).Methods Review of infants treated for recurrent episode(s) of NEC at a tertiary Neonatal Surgical Intensive Care Unit over 8 years (January 2002 to February 2011). Demographic, clinical, radiological, and operative data were analyzed and compared using Mann-Whitney or Fisher's exact tests. Data are reported as median (range).Results A total of 212 consecutive infants were referred for surgical evaluation and treatment of NEC (Bell stage II or III). Of these patients, 22 (10%) had suspected recurrent NEC: in 11 of these the primary episode was Bell stage I successfully treated before coming to our institution (suspected recurrent NEC); in the remaining 11, the primary episode was confirmed (Bell stage II or III) NEC successfully treated in our hospital. Birth weight, gestational age at birth, corrected gestational age, weight on admission, gender, need for surgery, stricture, and mortality rates were similar between infants with recurrent NEC and those with a single episode. Long-term parenteral nutrition (PN) dependency (>28 days) was significantly more common following recurrent NEC compared with a single episode. Among the infants with recurrent NEC, medical therapy alone was not successful in the majority (82%) of cases during the first episode and all required surgery during the recurrent episode.Conclusion Infants (10%) referred for surgical treatment of NEC develop recurrence of the disease. Surprisingly, these infants have similar mortality and stricture rates to those with a single episode. However, the incidence of long-term PN dependency was significantly increased in those with recurrent episodes of NEC.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The government is tripling the size of the work force assigned to handle the applications. In many cases, the administration says incomplete forms or errors in the information submitted by dealers are slowing the process. Workers have reviewed about 40 percent of the applications filed, and many have been rejected and then returned to the dealer for possible resubmission. Laura Sodano, a sales manager at Curry Chevrolet in Scarsdale, N.Y., said dealers were not told why their applications had not been approved and were having to review the entire form to determine what went wrong. The New York Times doesn't say it so Jakob has to: The 13-page form(!) is too complicated and many people fill it in wrong, leading to double work in both car dealerships and the government agency processing the applications. Think of how much hassle and work they could have saved if they had spent a few days on usability and iterative design before inflicting this form on the public. The same user-testing methods can be used for paper forms as for online forms, and the error rate could have been cut to half of the current numbers by a day's worth of iterative design and testing. (It's often possible to cut errors to one-fifth through a few weeks' work.) Jakob also points to another New York Times piece which reminds about one of the oft-forgotten basics for usable forms, plain English. John Aloysius Cogan Jr, the executive counsel for the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner, talks about the need for forms (and policy documents) to match an eight-grade reading level. The health care reform bill now under consideration in the House of Representatives includes a proposal that certain disclosures in insurance policies be made in “plain language.” Another piece of legislation now being considered by both houses of Congress would likewise require uniform and simplified coverage information, much like what’s required on nutritional labels. These are excellent proposals, but they do not go far enough. Plain-language disclosures of some policy information and consumer-friendly labels are no substitutes for making an entire policy readable. Cogan Jr. says that the state of Rhode Island now requires health insurance documents to be written at the 8th-grade reading level: Says Nielsen: We have long recommended writing Web content at this level for sites that target a broad consumer audience: Some designers complain about this guideline, claiming that it leads to overly simplistic sites. But check out the before/after writing samples in the RI article: you'll probably agree that the 8th-grade writing represents the material just fine and is much easier to understand (even if you personally have the skills to read university-level content). 5 comments: If you want to build a stunning statement, the dragonfly design of the Coach Purses constructs the correct alternative for you. It is obtainable in a variety of alternatives, such as the Coach Legacy Optic with dragonfly and the Coach Luggage . You belong to the 21st century and if you want to make heads revolve, you have to buy dragonfly Coach Madison . It is not anymore the perception that Hogan functions is more important than Hogan uomo style when you are looking for Hogan scarpe donna . So, what are you waiting for when you can enjoy both the performance and stylishness? Hogan scarpe uomo is the most popular among young generation that blends fashion with sportsTHE COSBY SHOW are good prices but you can get lower prices for in-demand THE COSBY SHOW DVD COLLECTION . That can be achieved by getting a reliable and profitable THE COSBY SHOW DVD wholesale distributor.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Wood A Tree Grows in Ontario Farrow Partnership Architects created an indoor forest before digital fabrication came of age. The idea for the grove of timber trees flourishing in the atrium of Credit Valley Hospital’s Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre, in Mississauga, Ontario, grew out of visits by Toronto-based architect Tye Farrow, Intl. Assoc. AIA, to 30 cancer centers in North America and Europe. Patients told him they wanted fewer hotel-like amenities and more reasons to feel hopeful. “We decided to create an environment that appeared to be alive and growing,” says Farrow, a senior partner at Farrow Partnership Architects. He made a few sketches and foam core models for the 11,500-square-foot space before creating a triangular floor plan centered on four sprawling columns comprising Douglas fir glulam members. The massive engineered timbers curve 44 feet 6 inches up to the beams that support the atrium roof. Like trees, the structural columns sprout almost seamlessly into glulam branches that further support the roof frame. Designed in 2003, the project precedes today’s advanced 3D modeling software and fabrication technologies. Early in the design process, Farrow and his team began a steady dialogue with manufacturing and installation partner Timber Systems Limited, based in Markham, Ontario, to detail the complex geometry. Timber Systems modeled and mapped hundreds of joints using Dietrich’s 3D-CAD/CAM software for wood construction. Even with a tight budget, Gary Williams and Tye Farrow developed an innovative system to conceal the connection plates. Instead of two exposed plates, they inserted a single, 3/8-inch steel plate into a slot mortised into the center of each glulam member. Credit: Timber Systems The original drawings called for external steel connectors. But Timber Systems president Gary Williams felt that the metal would disrupt the aesthetic—“Trees,” he notes, “don’t have sideplates”—so the Timber Systems team spent hours devising a system of concealed connectors. Farrow says the center had the most intricate wood structure in North America when it opened in 2004. Ten years later, Williams says there has been no need for any maintenance or refinishing of glulam components. This May, Farrow dropped by to judge for himself. “It looks as good as it did when it opened,” the architect says. “Maybe even better, thanks to the patina it has picked up.” Even now, Farrow still hears from patients and their families, who call the space “uplifting” and “natural.” A Geoffrey James photograph of a tree in Prospect Park, in New York, served as Farrow’s early design inspiration. “Trees symbolize strength and comfort,” Farrow says. Because the unconventional design looked astronomically expensive, the project’s funder, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, required a cost analysis during the final design phase. Farrow’s concept proved less expensive than standard steel construction, prompting one hospital board member to call the design “beauty on a budget.” Credit: Tom Arban The glulam timbers total more than 25,000 cubic feet of Douglas fir, the equivalent of 60,000 residential studs. Six different jig settings were used to construct the glulam arches. Credit: Courtesy Farrow Partnership Architects Though the reduced amount of steel helped offset the additional design costs, the timber system still required more than 60,000 pounds of steel brackets and rods. The plates were predrilled with holes that aligned with predrilled holes in the glulam faces. One-inch-diameter steel rods, ranging in length from 4-5/16 inches to 10-13/16 inches, were hammered into the holes, which were then plugged with wood. Though CAD software was essential for designing the complicated system, Timber Systems had no CNC cutting machines in 2004. Instead, workers mortised the slots and mitered the ends manually, using a bench-mounted chainsaw in the factory. Credit: Courtesy Farrow Partnership Architects Timber Systems fabricated the glulam members in eight weeks and installed them in two eight-week phases alongside the steel fabricator. Credit: Courtesy Farrow Partnership Architects Note: This article has been updated since first publication to clarify the full name of Timber Systems Limited and its location in Markham, Ontario.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
This isn’t any ordinary party. Come March 30th, Pysbient Soiree will be presided over by some of the biggest names in the psychedelic underground, and the fun won’t stop until the first of April! Over the course of the 3-day event, musical acts will include LessThan3 favorites Simon Posford and Phutureprimative, amongst a slew of other [...]	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Tag: Best Game Bar 25% of Kung Fu Saloon’s December 29th drink sales will be donated directly to those affected by the recent Dallas-area tornadoes. Kung Fu Saloon, Texans go-to spot for vintage arcade games and pickle shots, will donate 25% of their statewide December 29th drink sales directly to relief efforts of the recent Texas tornadoes. The Dallas location will also be holding a supply drive this week. Items can be dropped off at Kung Fu Saloon Dallas, located in Uptown at 2911 Routh St. Staff members will be personally delivering supplies and aid later this afternoon. This is a part of the Texas-based company’s monthly ‘Drink 4 a Cause’ event, which began with their first location in Austin. They continued that spirit with their Dallas and Houston locations. Each month, the three locations partner with a local nonprofit for a specified evening, donating 15% of that day’s drink sales to their cause. Through these monthly events, Kung Fu Saloon has donated over $30,000 this year alone to the American Red Cross in support of their Central Texas Flood relief efforts. Since the opening of their first Austin location in 2009, Kung Fu Saloon has donated over $250,000 to recipients like the West Texas Fire Department who received $25,500 in 2013 directly from one of these statewide Drink 4 a Cause benefits. “We are hoping to do our part to help all of those affected in these recent storms,” said general manager of Kung Fu Saloon Dallas, Josh Heater. “Part of what makes Texas so great is the camaraderie. We wouldn’t be able to do anything like this without the support of our community.” Additional beneficiaries have included Texas 4000, Habitat for Humanity, the Austin Sunshine Camps, Houston Rescue & Restore, the Human Rights Campaign, Austin Pets Alive, the Children’s Miracle Network, Houston’s Be a Resource for Kids, and the Dallas Cotillion Club to name a few. To nominate an organization for consideration please contact [email protected]. Voted ‘Best Game Bar’, Kung Fu Saloon is Texas’s most unique watering hole with vintage arcade games, giant board games and a full bar to quench your thirst. Kung Fu Saloon has been bringing the kid in all of us to life since 2009 with the first location in Austin. Since then, they have expanded to Dallas and Houston with pickle shots, karaoke rooms and Kung Food. The Texas-based company is currently expanding further with their 4th location opening in the Austin Domain area in 2015 and a 5th location in Nashville.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Graeme Le Saux has suggested Chelsea youngster Charly Musonda should join Tottenham if he is frustrated with his lack of chances at Stamford Bridge. Musonda, a 21-year-old attacking midfielder, recently criticised his current employers for failing to reward his hard work with a chance in the firs... Mauricio Pochettino has suggested Pep Guardiola’s “Harry Kane team” comment was inappropriate. Following Manchester City’s win at Chelsea a fortnight ago, Guardiola was speaking about the title race when he referred to Tottenham as “the Harry Kane team.” Some thought the Spaniard was implying Spu...	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Pedro still backing coach despite City sinking Sarri's sorry Blues Chelsea were crushed 6-0 by Manchester City last time out, but Pedro is convinced the team is still behind coach Maurizio Sarri. Shares Pedro is adamant he and his Chelsea team-mates have not lost belief in coach Maurizio Sarri's philosophy following troubling recent results. Chelsea return to action on Thursday away to Swedish club Malmo in the Europa League, and it will be their first game since a chastening 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Manchester City on Sunday. Sarri's side were torn apart by the defending champions at the Etihad Stadium, and the coach accepted afterwards that his job could be at risk. That defeat resulted in debate about whether or not Sarri was the right man for Chelsea, with the Blues also losing 4-0 to Bournemouth in their previous away league game, but Pedro is convinced the players still believe in him. "No, for the team it's clear, the idea of Maurizio," the Spaniard told reporters on Wednesday. "It's true that, in the last games, we've not been in a good condition for us, not focused. "It's difficult for us: when you play City, Tottenham, Arsenal or [Manchester] United, they're a good level in our league, but the most important thing now is to be focused and ready because this is an opportunity for us to do well in this [Europa League] competition. "All the team follows the idea of Maurizio: press really high, stay compact, and to create chances, with good possession, a lot of the ball. "We can do this as a team, but sometimes it's so difficult to play in this way. It depends upon the opponents. "City played very well, so it was so difficult to press, to create between the lines, and to defend, but it's Maurizio's idea, and I prefer to press high when we recover the ball to create chances, not to wait for 90 minutes to recover the ball and run 60 metres to score the goal. "It's difficult, the last week for us. It [the defeat to City] is probably the worst of the season, but the most important thing now is [Thursday's] game."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
COVID-19 Canada \| CTV News \| Coronavirus Bettman raises chance of NHL not completing regular season John Wawrow and Stephen Whyno The Associated Press Published Tuesday, April 7, 2020 6:16PM EDT SHARE For the first time since halting play four weeks ago, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman raised the possibility Tuesday of not completing the regular season in order to squeeze in time to award the Stanley Cup. Bettman also acknowledged during an interview with NBCSN the league is considering having games played at neutral sites in the event not all teams will be allowed into their home rinks. Bettman, however, stressed these are among myriad options being considered with nothing determined because it will take at least two more weeks to gain a clearer picture on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the league's 31 markets. "We're looking at all options. Nothing's been ruled in. Nothing's been ruled out," Bettman said during the interview broadcast on the league's U.S. broadcast partner. "The best thing and the easiest thing would be if at some point we could complete the regular season and then go into the playoffs as we normally do," he said. "We understand that may not be possible. And that's why we're considering every conceivable alternative to deal with whatever the eventuality is." Bettman had not previously raised the possibility of shortening the regular season, which was halted on March 12 with 189 games remaining. The 16-team playoffs were scheduled to open Wednesday, though they likely won't begin until late June -- at the earliest -- and could stretch into August and potentially September. NHL players have been asked to self-quarantine through April 15, a date that has been pushed back twice already and is expected to be moved once again. The number of NHL players testing positive for COVID-19 rose to eight Tuesday as the league announced a third Colorado Avalanche player tested positive, joining five members of the Ottawa Senators. The season was put on hold with teams having played an uneven amount of games and with tightly contested races taking place in each of the two conferences. The NHL has not placed a firm deadline on the latest when the playoffs could start. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, however, acknowledged in an email to The Associated Press the league will eventually have to establish "some last possible day" so not to cut into the start of the following season. "It's nothing that we are even close to setting at this point in time," he wrote. Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky said it would be unfair for the NHL to dump what remains of the regular season. "There's a lot of games (left) and we're right in the mix, and we have the opportunity to be in there," Bobrovsky said. "The season is 82 games and then the playoffs. So you can't just cut of where we are and jump right into the playoffs." The possibility of playing at neutral sites is being considered because the pandemic is affecting regions at different times. North Dakota, among a handful of states without stay-at-home orders, was mentioned as a potential site because the state isn't densely populated and the University of North Dakota features an NHL-calibre facility. Buffalo has also been discussed because the Sabres, who are out of contention, have a two-rink practice facility connected to their downtown arena and a 200-plus room hotel. Boston defenceman Torey Krug urged the NHL to take a patient approach. "Look, we all want to get back to playing," Krug said. "If we do have the opportunity to get back to playing, let's be safe about it and be smart," he added. "No one wants to jump back into a situation where we put a bunch of people in one area, and all of a sudden this thing takes off again." Bettman sees the potential of games being played into the summer and doesn't expect the ability to maintain NHL-calibre ice sheets to be an issue because of the league's modern and air-conditioned facilities.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Monkey See 7:02 am Sat March 1, 2014 Nine Best Picture Nominees, Many Funny Faces, And A Couple Of Bonus Features Well, the Oscars are Sunday night, and that means it's time to look back at our video series in which the wonderful Claire O'Neill and Kainaz Amaria of NPR Visuals put together some comments left about each Best Picture nominee on Rotten Tomatoes, and Bob Mondello and I read whatever they told us to and had a tremendous amount of fun. But we wouldn't just leave you with the mega-super-roundup of all nine videos. No, no. We also, quite obviously, felt it was necessary to expand upon Bob's growing love of emoticons, so Claire put together the Great Emoticon Roundup. Furthermore, we felt it only fair to embrace the comments about what we ourselves were doing, so we took a few comments that have been left either here at NPR or on YouTube and gave those our best effort as well. (Whether your comment was positive or negative, let me say, we are thrilled you watched, and thrilled you talked back, and you should take my funny-face-making solely as the personal tic that it is. I have been an unmitigated ham since infancy.) And now, in order, we present a retrospective several weeks in the making: Bob And Linda Read Internet Reviews Of Oscar-Nominated Movies. We hope that you will join us on Oscar night as we live-tweet at the hashtag #NPROscars. I'm at @nprmonkeysee, and Bob is at @Bob_Mondello, and I encourage you to follow him and imagine that he puts an emoticon at the end of everything.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
More Mo. Town Prepares For Protest Over Teen Sex Case MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri community where large, energized crowds are more commonplace on college football weekends was bracing Tuesday for an Internet-organized rally on behalf of a girl who says she was sexually assaulted nearly two years ago when she was 14. Daisy Coleman’s story generated new attention and an outpouring of responses on social media following a Kansas City Star investigation. The family also spoke out earlier this summer to Kansas City radio station KCUR. She claims that a popular 17-year-old plied her with alcohol, sexually assaulted her and then dumped her off near her home in sub-freezing temperatures in January 2012. The story struck a nerve when Nodaway County prosecutor Robert Rice dropped felony charges against the alleged assailant and a second 17-year-old who recorded the incident on his cellphone. Rice has said the family stopped cooperating, which the family denies, and that there was not enough evidence to move forward with the case. The Star story sparked a social media storm that included threats against Nodaway County and Maryville officials by the Internet hacking group Anonymous, which also promoted Tuesday night’s protest. Participants were encouraged to bring daisies as a symbolic gesture of support for Coleman. The Associated Press generally does not name alleged victims of sexual assault but is naming the Daisy because she and her mother have been granting public interviews about the case. The AP is not naming the two who had been accused in the case because there are no active charges against them. Courtney Cole, a women’s rights activist from Kansas City, said she came up with the idea for the protest after reading The Star’s account. After she announced the event on social media, Anonymous contacted her and got permission to help promote it, which she said made it go viral. After Rice announced last week that he was asking for a special prosecutor to take a new look at the case, Cole changed the tenor of the event and move it back to 6 p.m. so more people could attend. “Because the situation has changed and Rice has done the right thing, there is no reason to protest,” Cole said. “We would look like bullies. So we changed it to a rally to provide support for victims and families and create an awareness of the rape culture society we live in.” Nodaway County commissioners decided last week to close the county’s administration building and courthouse Tuesday because of the event. Sheriff Darren White said the city would be setting up portable toilets and podiums on the square to accommodate the protesters. White said he has heard rumblings there would be a counterprotest but didn’t have any details. Everybody has the right to come out and speak their minds, he said, as long as they respect the rights of people who disagree to speak theirs too. Melinda Coleman, Daisy’s mother, issued a statement Monday night praising Maryville, the school district and even coaches of the two who had been accused in case for supporting her family. Coleman, who has indicated she did not plan to attend Tuesday’s event, asked that participants remain peaceful. “I do not condone violence in our defense,” Coleman wrote. “I don’t want others terrorized as we have been.” (Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The University Magazine RIT launches Environmental Management Leadership Initiative Corporations around the world employ environmental managers to help them develop and realize their environmental policy goals. While there are a variety of associations that help environmental managers do their jobs better, no organization focuses on what the profession ultimately wants to achieve – until now. John Morelli, the Russell C. McCarthy chair in RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology, is spearheading an effort to launch the Environmental Management Leadership Initiative. The initiative is designed to create a philosophical home for the profession and a forum for professional environmental managers to collaboratively engage in research and discussion, in an effort to better define the profession. “Our goal is to elevate and enhance the environmental management profession,” Morelli says. “We want to take a step back from our daily tasks and take a look at the big picture of where our profession is and where we want to end up.” The initiative has two main components: the Environmental Management Leadership Symposia series and a Web site, www.environmentalmanager.org. The leadership symposia will be held in the United States, European Union and Asia over the next two years. These events will consist of workshops that will examine specified issues with a long-term goal of developing consensus documents representing the position of environmental managers on a variety of topics and issues. Attendance at each symposium will be by invitation and limited to approximately 60 people. The first took place May 5-6, 2008, at RIT.Future symposia are scheduled into 2009. EnvironmentalManager.org is intended to serve as an international research collaboratory for environmental management professionals, faculty and students to develop topics and issues for discussion at the symposia, and to provide continuity between events. It will also host published position papers and other working documents. Morelli believes this initiative takes on added importance as the global community works to develop a more sustainable environment. “Sustainability has to be a multidisciplinary effort. Each profession should examine where it can contribute,” Morelli says. “We want to determine what role environmental managers should play in the sustainability effort. All environmental professionals are invited to visit www.environmentalmanager.org and get involved in the discussion.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Order On The Go Canele A small French pastry flavored with rum and vanilla with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust. Ingredients Nutrition Per Serving1.0 Per Container Calories 170 Total Fat 5.0g Saturated Fat 2.0g Trans Fat 0.0g Cholesterol 90.0mg Sodium 50.0mg Total Carbs 26.0g Dietary Fiber 0.0g Sugars 20.0g Protein 3.0g Vitamin A 200.0IU Vitamin C 0.0mg Calcium 60.0mg Iron 1.0mg Our nutrition data includes all sauces, dressings, condiments, and garnishes included with a dish. If you have specific concerns about sodium, fat, or overall calories, know that we often serve these items on the side so you can add them to taste or leave them out, if you like. What People Are Saying 1 Stars Inedible.... 3 Stars Texture 3 Stars Not quite eggy enough. 3 Stars Texture? 3 Stars It’s like a bread pudding without the raisin 3 Stars Not my kind of style. 3 Stars Tiny, but tasty! 4 Stars This is literally one bite. Small is an understatement 5 Stars Sweetness in a perfect size 1 Stars It was dry. Not much flavor. 3 Stars Bottom a little well done 5 Stars Pure heaven 2 Stars Too much egg. Very custard-like & almost gelatinous. 5 Stars Small(as it’s supposed to be) & delicious. 5 Stars Terrific and tasty. Wish I could just keep in the house for everyday, but the family eats them too fast! 5 Stars Ok...I ordered it again....now that's saying something. :) 5 Stars Reconstituted surprisingly well in the air fryer. Really just like the bakery!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
California Governor Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg Launch 07/13/2017 California Governor Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg launched America's Pledge on climate change, a new initiative to compile and quantify the actions of states, cities and businesses in the United States to drive down their greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement. "Today we're sending a clear message to the world that America's states, cities and businesses are moving forward with our country's commitments under the Paris Agreement - with or without Washington," said Governor Jerry Brown, who was recently named Special Advisor for States and Regions ahead of the United Nations' 23rd Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23). Since the White House announcement of its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, an unprecedented number of U.S. states, cities, businesses, and colleges and universities have reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement through collaborations including the "We Are Still In" declaration, the Climate Mayors coalition of cities, the U.S. Climate Alliance group of states, and others. Building on this positive momentum, the America's Pledge initiative will for the first time aggregate the commitments of these and other "non-Party actors" in a report on the full range of climate-related activities across the whole of U.S. society. The process of developing America's Pledge will also provide a roadmap for increased climate ambition from U.S. states, cities, businesses and others, and will transparently demonstrate to the international community how and in which ways these entities can help the U.S. deliver on its pledge under the Paris Agreement. "In the U.S., emission levels are determined far more by cities, states, and businesses than they are by our federal government - and each of these groups is taking action because it's in their own best interest," said Michael Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change. "Reducing emissions is good for the economy and good for public health. The American government may have pulled out of the Paris Agreement, but American society remains committed to it - and we will redouble our efforts to achieve its goals. We're already halfway there." In 2015, during the lead-up to the Paris conference on climate change, the U.S. submitted its "Nationally Determined Contribution" committing to reduce emissions 26-28% against 2005 levels by 2025. Last weekend, the G20 Leaders' Declaration took note of the Trump Administration's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, confirming that "it will immediately cease the implementation of its current nationally-determined contribution" while underscoring that "the Leaders of the other G20 members state that the Paris Agreement is irreversible." Through the America's Pledge initiative, Brown and Bloomberg will work to demonstrate continued climate leadership across U.S. society, and that subnational action can significantly reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at a time of limited federal leadership. Commissioned by Brown and Bloomberg, the Rocky Mountain Institute and the World Resources Institute will jointly lead an inclusive analytical effort supporting America's Pledge, with involvement by a broad set of stakeholders to be announced later this year. In November, Brown and Bloomberg, along with other U.S. governors, mayors, and business leaders, will compile and showcase existing climate commitments of U.S. subnational and non-state actors at COP23, to be hosted by the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany. In addition, the America's Pledge initiative will work to quantify the aggregate impact of these commitments on projected future emissions, comparing against both a business-as-usual (BAU) trajectory of projected greenhouse gas emissions under likely Trump Administration policies, and the U.S. Nationally Determined Contribution of 26-28% reductions against a 2005 baseline by 2025. Finally, the America's Pledge initiative will present a game plan for raising the bar and expanding the map when it comes to non-Party actors driving down U.S. emissions. This set of options, which will highlight the significant levers available to states, cities, and businesses to further reduce U.S. emissions, will serve as a playbook for enhanced ambition among U.S. climate leaders who are committed to meeting America's commitments under the Paris Agreement. "I am convinced that to be effective, action to address climate change must be taken at all levels of society, including by mayors, governors, local leaders, chief executive officers and others," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. "This is demonstrably not an issue that can be addressed by national governments alone. The effort to aggregate and quantify the actions of subnational authorities and non-Party stakeholders in the United States via 'America's Pledge' is welcome." Last week, on the eve of the G20 Summit, Governor Brown announced that the State of California will convene the world's climate leaders in San Francisco in September 2018 for the Global Climate Action Summit, where representatives from subnational governments, businesses, investors and civil society will gather with the direct goal of supporting the Paris Agreement. Last month, Governor Brown was named Special Advisor for States and Regions ahead of this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23) by the Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama - incoming president of COP 23. This followed meetings with Germany's top environmental official, Minister Barbara Hendricks, in San Francisco, and with China's President Xi Jinping during the Governor's week-long trip to China. 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Men are from Mars, women are from Venus … no more Men are from Mars, women are from Venus … no more Dawn, The Review, sometime in April, 1997 “Jane behaved like a man.” Consider this sentence carefully. What does it mean? I put this question in my workshops, and the answer I usually get is: “Jane behaved wisely, bravely, rashly, firmly, boldly, confidently or she became self-reliant or she dressed up in a man’s attire.” If you agree with this interpretation (like most of the people I come across), you would perhaps see that the word ‘man’ in our minds not only means a person of the male sex; it probably carries all these other connotations as well. If you do not agree with this interpretation you would still probably agree that these are the meanings an average reader is most likely to associate with this sentence. Now, let’s consider another sentence, “Jack behaved like a woman.” This time, the usual interpretations are: ‘Jack did something foolishly, cowardly, timidly, nervously, hesitantly or he became slavish or he dressed up in a woman’s attire.’ The fact that being called a ‘man’ is a privilege to a woman under most circumstances and being called a woman a derogatory remark to a man under almost all circumstances clearly shows how man-made language works against women. There is no denying the fact that language is a tool, perhaps the sharpest one, of oppression. When you hear of a chairwoman, your mind is likely to bring out all derogatory connotations (consciously or unconsciously) with a tendency to assume that the person in that position would be either less than wise or timid and nervous, and so on. It usually needs a strong qualifier to set the right impression – for instance, a wise chairwoman or a brave chairwoman, etc. This is true because human beings tend to generalize. And in case of gender-marked language, the generalization takes place according to this rule: woman is synonymous to many derogatory adjectives while man to many compliments. Here is for instance an excerpt from page 175 of A Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms by Joseph Devlin (1982). The entry on ‘manly’ reads, “brave, courageous, undaunted, fearless, firm, staunch, dignified, stately, noble, valiant, valorous, high-spirited, plucky, lion-hearted, intrepid, gallant, resolute, bold, audacious, stout-hearted, confident, self-reliant.” There is no separate entry on ‘womanly’ but the list of antonyms for ‘manly’ includes the word ‘womanish’ along with other equivalents such as cowardly, faint-hearted, bashful, senile, servile, and so on. You can be sure that other dictionaries won’t be too different on this issue. (Although a modern dictionary is likely to include a word of caution on political correctness of the usage). This, and other incongruities of language were high-lighted in the 1960s by such second-wave feminists as Mary Daly and Dale Spender. Of course, the most common retort was the one you can very well imagine – “If you want to change the position of women in language you should change their position in the society first. Language only reflects the reality.” Word follows thought? Not quite so, and not always. Back in the 1940s, two North American linguists (Sapir and Whorf) had proposed the hypothesis that language frames the reality. Whorf, for instance, was of the opinion that speakers of European languages envisaged concepts of space and time differently from speakers of Hopi (an American-Indian language of Arizona). “Formulation of ideas is not an independent process,” Whorf wrote in 1940, “but is part of a particular grammar… We dissect nature along the lines laid down by our native languages.” Consider this experiment: several people are shown examples of three colours within the range blue-green, and asked to pick the two which are closest together. English-speakers do it better than the speakers of Tarahumara, a Mexican language – because that language has just one word ‘Siyoname’ to cover both ‘blue’ and ‘green’. (More on this can be found in The Oxford Companion to the English Language, ed. Tom MacArthur). The speakers of Tarahumara find it difficult to distinguish between blue and green in their rural life just because their language has got the same word for these two colours. What do you expect from the speakers of all those languages which have a common word for the female sex, the fool, the coward, the traitor? (Rasheed / Rasheeda example works the same way in urdu as well, and I believe it would be the same in most, if not all, other languages). We bring up our young ones (both boys and girls) while suggesting through our language that ‘woman’ is a derogatory word and ‘man’ is a compliment, with the result that cruel generalizations against women prevail. This is just one category of sexism in language. It is called lexical asymmetry. More examples of lexical asymmetry follow. Categories of sexism in language ‘Governor’ refers to the ruler of a province, while ‘governess’ means a sort of household servant; being a ‘master’ is one thing, being a ‘mistress’ another; ‘wizard’ is a compliment, ‘witch’ an insult. Also, you would perhaps agree that the chivalrous ‘ladies and gentleman’ and the informal ‘mom and dad’ are the only rare exceptions of binomial phrases where the female noun precedes the male. In almost all other cases it is usual to give primary status to male, such as ‘he or she’, ‘man and wife’, ‘male or female’, ‘boys and girls’, and so on. Two of the best feminist works on language remain The Handbook of Nonsexist Language by Casey Miller & Kate Swift (1980-8) and The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader, ed. Deborah Cameron (1990). Among the remedies suggested for lexical asymmetry are the following : Do not use woman/womanly/womanish in derogatory meaning. And don’t use man/manly as a compliment. Remember this: whenever you are not using the word ‘human’, you are actually comparing one sex with the other. If you cannot say ‘brave like a real human being’ then you should not say ‘brave like a real man’ either, because that will naturally imply that women are not brave. Keep a balance in the binomial phrases you use. For instance, if you have written ‘boys and girls’ on one page then you can shift to ‘hostess and host’, (or whatever may be the case) in the next instance. Some feminists are even trying to designate positive meanings to words like ‘witch’ and ‘spinster’. This usage is, however, comparatively less widespread and may not be relevant to all types of everyday communications. Other feminists have raised objections to the use of female names only for major tropical storms, such as ‘Hurricane Hazel’ – so that now we also have ‘Hurricane Harry’. Likewise, the use of the feminine pronoun ‘she’ for objects like ships, boats and cars imply that anything that is irrational, cranky or dominated by men has to be female. Hence stop referring to these objects as ‘she’. ‘He-man language’ or generic male usage is another category of sexism in language. If you have a grammar book which says that such generics as ‘man’ and ‘he’ include ‘woman’ and ‘she’ then you should perhaps make corrections with a pencil. The ‘he-man’ language is on its way out, by and large. The first problem with this language is that it gives primary emphasis to men. Why can’t ‘woman’ and ‘she’ include ‘man’ and ‘he’? The second is that it leads to biased interpretations. For instance, consider the following sentence: ‘Wheel was the greatest invention of man in the stone age.’ While some readers will think that the writer has referred to human beings living in the stone age, others might understand that the wheel was exclusively an invention of the stone age males (while we don’t know for certain whether the inventor was a man or a woman. Tips on non-sexist usage Consider this example: You are a teacher, standing before a mixed class of students, and you say, ‘Anyone can ask me a question and I’ll answer him’, either your class will be left wondering whether the offer is exclusively for the male students, in which case you have been ambiguous or, which is more likely, your pupils will understand that even if a female student gets up with a question you’ll also answer ‘her’, but you’ve just chosen to say ‘him’ in the generic sense – again, this is an unconscious perpetuation of the attitude that men are important, women are not. Remedies: (a) Don’t use ‘man’ when you mean to say ‘human being’. Two very useful non-sexist substitutes for the word ‘man’ are ‘person’ and ‘one’. Hence, it is alright to say ‘every man living on this planet does not hate women,’ because in this case you are actually referring to the male human beings. But ‘every man living on this planet must do something to save it’ can be re-worded with ‘every human being…” or ‘every person…’ or simply ‘every one…’. Don’t use ‘he’ when you mean ‘she or he’. Hence the sentence spoken by the teacher in the above example can be modified in this way: ‘Anyone can ask a question and I’ll answer her or him.’ Or you can change it to the plural: ‘Everyone can ask a question and I’ll answer them’. If you think it becomes too clumsy this way, then you can try the singular they, which is becoming more common day by day. All modern dictionaries tell us that it is alright to say: ‘Anyone can ask … and I’ll answer them.’ Of course, the problem in the written language can also be solved by using the fashionable ‘s/he or ‘(s) he. Some people are also using ‘she’ as a generic pronounce. Hence the teacher, if belonging to this group, would say, ‘Anyone … and I’ll answer her,’ and the audience should understand that the offer is extended to all ‘him’ and ‘her’ together. Unqualified gender-marking refers to expressions like chair-man, chairwoman, headmaster, headmistress, and so on. All these are sexist expression. The problem is this: it does not make a difference whether the person in position is a male or a female as far as the nature or quality of work is concerned. However, partially due to all the undue connotations of the masculine and female nouns (which we discussed under the category of ‘lexical asymmetry’), a chairwoman or a headmistress gets an undue setback even before she has any chance to prove her worth. Even if that is not likely in a particular case, why classify professionals on the basis of their sex at all? Another way of making this unqualified gender-marking is by adding the suffixes ‘-ess’, ‘-ette’, ‘-trix’, or ‘-ine’ to such words a poet, major, aviator and hero. ‘Such usages mark females in these roles as unusual’ (The Oxford Companion to the English Language). Removing unqualified gender-marking is the most difficult area in the creation of a non-sexist language, and an area where most experimentation is still going on. The suffixes ‘-man’ or ‘-woman’ are replaced by the neutral ‘-person’ in most cases, eg. Chairperson (which means either a man or a woman), businessperson, and so on. Words and suffixes which add femaleness to an otherwise neutral word are removed. Hence doctor (instead of lady doctor) now also refers to the females in this profession. Likewise, words like poetess, authoress, sculptress, waitress and many others are also on their way out. Poet, author, sculptor, waiter, etc., are now generally accepted in generic terms. Actress is still in wide use although ‘actor’ is also being used for both male and female artists (especially in theatre). Many modern writers on film have also begun using the neutral word ‘talent’ instead of ‘actor’ and / or ‘actress’. Miss or Mrs, why should a woman be forced to reveal her marital status every time her name is called or written in public? Many feminists see these titles as invasions on their privacy and the non-sexist abbreviation ‘Ms’ (coined in the US around 1970) is becoming more popular, as it refers to married and unmarried women alike. Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! Khurram Ali Shafique is the author of several books on Iqbal, including “Iqbal: an Illustrated Biography”, for which he received Presidential Iqbal Award, and the recently published “Iqbal: His Life and Our Times”. He has vast experience as an educationist. He is the founder of Marghdeen Learning Centre, the pioneer of online courses in Iqbal Studies, conducted since May 2011.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }

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