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Free, easy and web based audio recording!

So, your on one of those locked down school computers, wishing you could install audacity so you could record some audio and publish it's mp3 to the Network, but you just cant seem to get the permission to install it, let alone the firewall open enough so you could upload the media to OurMedia.

Don't worry, Odeo has arrived. A free, web based, and god-darned-easy audio recorder that looks like it might be the Flickr of audio! Here's my trial of it.
I think audio blogging/podcasting just got a little more attractive to me...

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A reader writes:

I use Blogging and Wikispaces in my middle school social studies classes. It has been wonderful. The students seem to bite into the assignments and discussions with much less resistance.

Yes, and I think the key thing here is that they bite into the DISCUSSIONS. Many people harbor the idea that technology makes kids less likely to participate vocally in class; but my experience has been EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.

I think part of it has to do with the fact that they are able to quickly have facts and figures at their fingertips, so they don't have such a fear of being 'wrong'. Having an immediate connection to Wikipedia actually gives the students more confidence to speak their minds.

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Monday, December 04, 2006

A music video triumph

Courtesy of Andrew Sullivan, I found this Lionel Ritchie video. It features the most spectacularly awkward opening and closing transitions from scene-setting to music video ever. It also features a character whose name is "Tony Billy Boy."

Anonymous said...

That's pretty impressive. Not only awkward, but a good dose of creepy as well. I loved Lionel Richie back in the 80s; my favorite video was for "Dancing on the Ceiling" in which he, yes, danced on the ceiling.

teague said...

You're right, it is kinda creepy, too.

My parents have the vinyl for "Dancing on the Ceiling," and I remember he's on the ceiling on the cover. (That video is indeed pretty awesome. If only I got invited to all these rockin' parties that Lionel goes to.)

Anonymous said...

Wow - thank so much for posting the Dancing on the Ceiling video too (I was obviously too lazy to do the same). I can totally see why I was fascinated as a kid. I think there's a Fred Astaire movie where he does the same trick - is it just splicing together footage of different rooms with the ceiling as floor, wall as floor, etc? It looks pretty smooth, just like that keytar.

- Matt

teague said...

Heh heh, keytars are the definition of smooth.

I'm 99% sure that how they achieve that effect is by rotating the whole set (and rotating the camera with it). The transitions are pretty quick in the Lionel Ritchie video, they must have turned it quickly (and used green screen for the times when others are on the "floor"). It's more obvious how the effect was achieved when you look at the Fred Astaire movie you mentioned.

Needless to say, this is one effect that remains only accessible to those with oversized budgets...


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The HTC One - Magic!

A review by Peter Kerr for Scoop Techlab

Now, let it be known right from the get-go that I’m relatively uncool when it comes to smart phones and techy-type stuff.

It was only just over a year ago that I bought an Ideos X5 from 2Degrees after losing (and I still don’t know where it ended up) my relatively primitive Nokia (not a smartphone).

I was somewhat relieved to find it was the same phone that number one son had bought – and he’d gone through much more cost/value/benefit(s) calculations than me.

This was a Google Android phone as well – yippee, all my contacts were easily available and updateable.

It was a gradual introduction to what you could do with a smartphone – and its limitations.

So, when I received a HTC One to review, my first thought was wow – this is so much better looking than my present phone.

The number two son went, ‘heck dad, this is one of the top phones of the moment and you don’t even know what to do with it’.

True. In a world of Facebook and Twitter , gaming and watching Youtube, I merely scratch its surface.

But, I certainly look the part with this new phone.

And where it gets it right from the get-go is it looks gorgeous. According to HTC, (and appealing to my inner-craftsman) its rounded and bevelled aluminium back takes 200 minutes to make using CNC and diamond cutters. (link).

What HTC manage to achieve is a phone which though 9.3mmm thick, feels much thinner because it tapers to 4mm at its edges.

It is a phone that invites being touched, handled – like a good tool from that point of view.

I was also reminded (in fact told off), that I shouldn’t and didn’t need to use two hands/thumbs when using this HTC One.

“Look dad, you hold it in this hand, or this hand, and you just scroll,” which said ironically has a certain amusement.

Mind you, he’d also set up a few homescreen sites and apps  and what have you on scroll pages which are handy  - including a Flashlight.

The fifth scrolling screen has ‘Cut the Rope Time Travel’, Temple Run 2, Iron Man 3, RF13 (Real Football) and Hardest Game Ever 2 I also noticed.

Better have a look at these. Wow - fantastic graphics. Hell, I’d even be tempted to have a go if I can figure out how to pass and shoot. That’s due mostly to it being a 1920 x 1080 pixel screen (really high definition), across a 16:9 ratio. And given that its screen size is 138mm diagonal, compared to the X5’s 93mm, it makes reading emails and the like just that much easier as well.

It made my test of Youtube and U2, and ‘Whose going to ride your wild horses’ pretty special. HTC’s called their at-the-front stereo speakers BoomSound, (a bit too 1980s for me), but an impressively clear and vibrant sound from such a small set up.

It makes the thought of downloading and watching a feature film quite realistic – and something to try over the next couple of weeks.

So, how does it feel to have this HTC One?

Like a really good Christmas present that you forget you have, and then have the pleasure of reacquainting yourself with when it comes out of your pocket. Magic.

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Nokia’s Ovi Pushmail Banned In India

The Department of Telecom (DoT) in India has pulled the plug on Nokia’s Push e-mail service and has asked various telecom service providers to deny or disable user access to Nokia’s pushmail or the powermail Ovi service until Nokia comes up with a legal monitoring system for various defence and security agencies.

This decision comes amidst the Government’s decision to ban all Blackberry services in India. According to the Ministry of Home affairs’ communication to the Department of Telecom, the deptt. is requested to advice the Telecom Service Providers not to launch Nokia’s proposed pushmail/powermail service without putting in place monitoring facilities to the satisfaction of the LEAs.

This news definitely comes as a shock to Nokia as it may lose major user base given the fact that nearly 50 per cent of Nokia’s E Series business phones which are sold in India get activated primarily for e-mails. Nokia’s ovi Pushmail service allows mobile users to manage multiple email accounts on Yahoo!, Gmail, Rediff to Sify at once.

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TechFlashed : Guys do you wanna increase your productivity both online and offline? Here is google chrome app store bringing some more brilliant applications every day to help us get more organised.I can assure you one thing these apps will surely help you in getting organised . Have a quick look at these following apps and make your life easy .

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cyberbob1708d ago

Not a bad list but i missed graffiti,angry birds, music and more ...but still i appreciate the work

Marshal1708d ago

Above List is to get organized Not for entertainment or refreshment .

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google calendar's classic. been a long user of it before the introduction of chrome.

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I use Chrome and haven't touched the app store yet... Don't really see a point of it.

Marshal1707d ago

chrome apps are really awesome you will be amazed to see usefullness of these apps .


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Ghee and Indian cooking

I almost decided not to post this as the photos just don't make the mark. Well, I "QC" (Quality Control) myself...

But I wanted to know what you think of this ingredient as it remains controversial if this is "good" or "evil". While the article in SFGate is not the first one that says GHEE is not that bad after all, some of us do have a negative picture of it. It was the first time just six months ago when I have used GHEE. First time in my entire life, I have used ghee in my cooking (I am Asian and Ghee is seriously NOT something we find in a Chinese pantry)! And it was in my friend's kitchen where my Indian culinary skills improved by another baby step :D

The Making of Indian-Inspired Mashed Potatoes..

If butter was evil, then ghee's gotta be good. Do you agree?

Can ghee be our momentary glee?

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Qualifier Epshteyn-Losev Celebrates Birthday with Easter Bowl Win Over No. 2 Seed Wiersholm; Dolehide Ousts No. 3 Seed Renaud

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Indian Wells, California

Mark Epshteyn-Losev gave himself a birthday present on Tuesday, upsetting No. 2 seed Henrik Wiersholm 6-2, 6-1 on a scorchingly hot day at the ITF Grade B1 Asics Easter Bowl at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Epshteyn-Losev, now 17, qualified for the tournament, as he had done at the International Spring Championships last week in Carson, which he said was beneficial.

"In Carson, it was very windy there, so when I played the qualifying rounds I got used to the conditions," said Epshteyn-Losev, who went on to reach the round of 16 there. "And same here. I get used to the conditions, get used to the courts, used to the balls, I get used to everything."

Epshteyn-Losev said it was the best match of the nine he's played in California, and admitted Wiersholm was not up to his usual level.

"I was playing well and he committed much more errors than he usually does," said Epshteyn-Losev, who recently began training with Robert Gomez in Coral Gables, Florida. "I know Henrik, he's a very good friend and usually he doesn't do that many mistakes. The score seemed pretty big in my favor; usually the score would never be like this. He didn't play well today, and today I was really feeling it."
Epshteyn-Losev wasn't the only player celebrating a birthday with a first round victory.  No. 4 seed and International Spring Championship winner CiCi Bellis, who turned 15 today, defeated Caroline Turner 6-0, 6-1. Bellis is aiming for her second consecutive Easter Bowl title, having won the 16s last year.

Bellis managed to avoid any letdown from the ISC in Carson, but finalist Raveena Kingsley, the No. 9 seed, did not.  Kingsley and 14-year-old wild card Kayla Day battled for nearly three hours, with Day winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.  Day trailed 4-2 in the first set, before the left-hander from Santa Barbara reeled off four straight games to take the first set.  Kingsley came back to take a 3-0 lead in the second set, but despite the suffocating heat, Day didn't concede that set, with Kingsley expending a great deal of energy to take it 6-4.  Kingsley fell behind 3-0 in the third, but got it back to 3-3, winning 11 of the 12 points contested from 3-0 down.  With Day serving at 3-3 there was a scoring dispute, with Kingsley believing the score was 15-40, and Day saying it was 30-30.

Kingsley asked for a roving official, who had been on the court previously, but was not there for that game, and according to Day, she said at 15-0 she called the ball Kingsley hit out.  Kingsley maintained she did not hear or see an out call, but the official ruled that he had to take Day's word for it.  Rather than replay that disputed second point, as is required by the rules, he announced the score as 30-30, and Day went on to win the game.

Although Kingsley showed no outward sign of anger or frustration, she lost her next service game at love, leaving Day to serve for the match at 5-3.  Day didn't get any first serves in play and Kingsley got the break she had to have with a forehand return winner.  Kingsley fell behind 15-40 serving at 4-5, then saved two match points with some big hitting. But on the third match point Kingsley netted a backhand, and Day had completed the upset.

Caroline Dolehide, the 16s Easter Bowl finalist last year, got her first attempt at an 18s title off to a good start, downing No. 3 seed Johnnise Renaud 6-3, 6-3.

The 15-year-old Dolehide is known for her big serve and ground strokes, but she felt she had to change her strategy against Renaud.

"I did a lot of rolling," said Dolehide, who hadn't played Renaud before. "She's a really flat, hard-hitting player, and I just needed to get every ball back, wait for her to miss. You gotta play to win here. If she's hitting flat, you have to make every ball, grind it out to do well."

The third seed to lose in first round play Tuesday was No. 13 seed Cassandra Vazquez, who lost to Nicole Kalhorn 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. Top seed Sofia Kenin defeated Ally McKenzie 6-3, 6-1 and No. 2 seed Usue Arconada advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Elysse Graci.

Boys top seed Francis Tiafoe cruised into the second round with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jesse Ruder-Hook.

In the first round of doubles Tuesday, girls top seeds Usue Arconada and Katie Swan lost to Francesca Di Lorenzo and Sofia Kenin 6-2, 7-6(2). No. 3 seeds Kingsley and Madison Bourguignon also fell, losing to 2013 16s champions Dolehide and Brienne Minor 6-4, 6-4.

Complete scores can be found at the TennisLink site.

For additional coverage of the tournament, see usta.com.

Martyn Collins said...

Colette could you direct me to the Friend At Court section regarding replay of disputed call? Thanks!

Does the USTA not realize how expensive this is for the parents? said...

The hotel availability is non existent.....
If you have a room, the price is exorbitant.
Why oh why would you have this tournament overlap one of the biggest weekends in Palm Desert.

Challenge said...

The sanctions and scheduling is done more than one year in advance. The Music Festival was also scheduled long ago. Someone in the USTA Staff starting with McEnroe could have made a command decision to reschedule. The Board could have asked for it. But no, nothing was done. Instead families are subject to spending thousands of dollars unnecessarily.

Yes, it is a free country and some have chosen not to play. Others, simply overload the credit card. It is the duty of the Association to protect the members from this kind of over expenditure. The least someone can do is apologize for not taking action. However, when was the last time the USTA apologized for anything. Never. Not bound to happen. Look at the Junior Comp mess. Great example.

sectional player said...

"Challenge" sounds like he/she is endorsing the new system created by the USTA of playing in the sections to save money. This tournament by the way does nothing to help a player get endorsed to national championships through the section.

Colette Lewis said...

@Martyn Collins:
This isn't the example that is in the 2013 FaC, but the basics are:
"count all points and games agreed upon by the players and replay only disputed points or games (If the players do not agree or recall the court in which the disputed point started, toss a coin to select the court.)"

Challenge said...

Not remotely. It is a matter of doing something and doing it right. Scheduling something at the right time is controllable - if you care. Another matter is offering chairs for every match. Roving umpires for the EB? Embarrassing. People would like to know why the TD didn't offer it for every round.


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Don't be so quick to judge someones attitude,Why!! Some are new users and some are people that never seem to get the hang of using their browser correctly,so don't know how to save websites. I'm sure that's what the poster meant by her remark. On the forums I help out with,I answer a lot of people by email if they request it. Nothing wrong with that. If it's something that may help someone else,I'll post it on the site,then copy it to an email to that person. No big deal.

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MVP Anderson steals All-Star show
07/16/2003 2:15 AM ET
CHICAGO -- That's it for the Garret Anderson Show from U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. We now return you to your regularly scheduled baseball season.

Anderson, the formerly semi-anonymous left fielder for the Angels, made the 2003 All-Star Game his own showcase, following up his Home Run Derby title by earning the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player honor in Tuesday's 7-6 American League victory over the National League.

The Angels standout, who went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, edged out the Rangers' Hank Blalock for the prestigious award, thanks to some help from online voters.

For the first time ever, fans had a say in the MVP balloting, and they made their vote count. Anderson was the fans' choice, giving him three of the five total votes in the balloting. The other four voting entities were The Baseball Writers Association of America, FOX Sports, ESPN Radio and MLB International.

After delivering a key eighth-inning double off the Dodgers' Eric Gagne, Anderson was replaced by pinch-runner Melvin Mora. Three batters later, Blalock capped an AL comeback with a game-winning, two-run homer off Gagne.

Anderson became the first Derby-MVP double winner since Cal Ripken Jr. in 1991. In Anderson's mind the two events were two different animals, although both days ended with him holding a trophy.

"Yesterday was more of an exhibition, to put on a show for the fans -- they want to see the long ball," Anderson said. "Today, it was going back to playing baseball and doing the things that I'm capable of doing."

Whatever the case, it was a two-day venture into some big numbers: 22 homers in the Home Run Derby to match his regular-season total thus far, 3-for-4 in the big game and 2-for-2 in the trophy department.

Maybe now the "never gets any attention" storyline for Anderson can be a part of history once and for all, and in the future his name will be on the lips of baseball fans everywhere -- like his name was on the fingertips of online voters Tuesday.

"All of Southern California has known about Garret for a long time, and the baseball community definitely has known about him for a long time," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia, who wound up looking good for leaving his own player in the game into the eighth inning.

Certainly, the players who have played against Anderson for years now were not surprised by the quiet man who carries a big stick.

"Garret had an unbelievable game," said Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi, who battled Anderson often when he was with the A's. "Hitting a homer, falling a triple short of the cycle. That's a lousy All-Star Game, huh?"

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Seattle's Bret Boone has seen this kind of thing before from Anderson as well.

"He's a great player, and he has been for a lot of years," Boone said. "The guy can just flat-out hit."

Angels hitting coach Mickey Hatcher sees Anderson every day, and he says this is just the kind of thing he's capable of doing.

"He's our hitter," Hatcher said. "He's the guy that carries the team or when the team struggles he's the guy who maintains that swing. He's very low-maintenance, and he just keeps getting better year in and year out."

Although Anderson carries a stoic demeanor on and off the field, Hatcher saw an example of his competitive fire during Monday's Home Run Derby, which Anderson won with a 9-8 win over the Cardinals' Albert Pujols in the finals.

"His quote to me was, 'I wish I would have gone second,' " Hatcher said. "He wanted the other guy to hit nine home runs and then be the guy who got to pass that up.

"He likes the pressure. He likes being the guy."

He certainly was the guy Tuesday night, just like he was Monday night.

It was obviously a big night as well for Blalock, the second-year third baseman, whose pinch-hit homer was the first in an All-Star Game since Jeff Conine hit one at Arlington in 1995 and the first homer in a first All-Star Game at-bat since Atlanta's Javy Lopez in '97.

The homer even garnered a pump of the fist from the normally stoic Anderson.

"When you're going against a tough pitcher and you see something like that happen, you just don't see that every day," Anderson said. "That's what's exciting about the game: Never knowing what's going to happen, because on paper we were not supposed to score any runs off Gagne."

Others who were in contention for MVP honors at one time or another during the game included Atlanta's Andruw Jones, who doubled and homered; Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki, who scored the game's first run and made a beautiful running and leaping catch in the fourth; and Colorado's Todd Helton, whose two-run homer gave the National League an early lead they didn't relinquish until Blalock's blast in the eighth.

Along the way, Anderson brought the AL back into the game, drawing them to within two runs with his two-run shot off the Cardinals' Woody Williams in the sixth and then starting the winning rally with a double in the eighth.

And now he's bringing home a couple of trophies, and a whole lot more notoriety after owning both days at the 2003 All-Star Game.

"Whether Garret likes it or not, he's on that stage now," Scioscia said.

This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Feedback for American Atheists

So I kept reading the transcript of the chat room during yesterday’s “Brave Hero” radio show. I know. I know. But that sort of thing is hard to look away from once you’ve looked, like any traffic disaster.

I found something I wasn’t expecting.

DaveMuscato: Hey folks, I just wanted to mention that I’m here (Public Relations Director for American Atheists). I did not catch Dave on the air but I caught some of the calls at  the end. I’m happy to do what I can do listen to your feedback if you

DaveMuscato: have something you want me or Dave to know

Color me impressed.

So what did Dave and Dave get for feedback? It’s a bit hard to tell, because PZ was also in the chat room at the time having all sort of accusations thrown at him. Here are the bits I think were probably meant for American Atheists.

Metalogic420: Dave Muscato, SIlverman acted extremely unprofessionally on the show tonight.

Xochipilli2012: It was a great show – emotions ran a bit high, but understandable

DaveMuscato: I am going to go back and listen to it here shortly. I would like to hear your opinions though

ReapSowRadio: im pissed

Karla Porter: That’s great DaveMuscato – I would be interested if you would please listen to the archive when it’s available and provide feedback on Dave’s delivery of his message.

AnaRuiz: Muscato: Tell Dave that when I look into his eyes, I can see a soft refrain ooooooo yeaeaaaa

SubMan USN: Dave, Mr. Silverman actually used the phrase”Good News” to Justin. Everyone who is former Jehovah’s Witness cringed.

Parody Accountant: Dave, know that PZ Myers public washed his hands of the current and former Military Director’s for American Atheists last year, after PZ defended Greg Laden’s violent threats against Justin Griffith

Karla Porter: You know, as the leader of your organization

Pitchguest: I didn’t listen to the first part of the show, but apparently Dave compared the people on the Slymepit to the Klu Klux Klan.

PzMyers: DaveMuscato: Dave Silvermn did fine. He laid down the law, represented American Atheists well as an organization that demands professionalism from its activists.

GaryBuseysComeback: I’d say you may just be seeing ‘***’ where there is none.

James Galore: Silverman is too imprtant to talk to us peasants. He sent his secretary. lol

DaveMuscato: Thanks, PZ. I appreciate hearing your feedback.

Pitchguest: Translation: Professionalism equals calling people you disagree with the equivalent to the Klu Klux Klan.

Skeptic Canary Show: DaveMuscato, my respect for David Silverman dropped like a stone tonight. His appearane on this show was nothing but a 30 minute profanity-laden character attack on Justin Vacula. He felt no need to back up what he was saying with

SubMan USN: Dave used “the sh it” in a manner exactly comparable to “sin”. [The chat room site appears to automatically replace some swearing with asterisks.]

NeilTerry: It’s a shame that so mnay have bought the narrative….that criticizing feminism or feminists in any way is “hatred of women”.  Seems that includes AA now.  Solverman couldn;t make a single concession that vacula has been treated

Parody Accountant: Dave…  <— thats a direct attack against Paul Loebe your current Military Director

NeilTerry: unfairly

Metalogic420: Mr. Silverman also acted unskeptically, even saying “I don’t need to provide examples”.

Skeptic Canary Show: evidence, he kept employing the “guilt by association” fallacy and displayed zero skepticism

Xochipilli2012: It seemed as if Dave had to “lay into” JV, or he’d be getting the Ron Lindsay treatment next

DaveMuscato: Parody Accountant, I’m getting a 404 on that link

Parody Accountant:

Parody Accountant: then scroll to comment 243 for the attack against paul loebe

Parody Accountant: the body of the post is about Justin Griffith

PzMyers: I just checked that link to my “attack” on Paul Loebe. Again with the lies. No attack at all there.

Parody Accountant: “This guy just doesn’t get it:

Parody Accountant: PZ on Paul: “I am not nice to people I don’t like”

David Leech: DaveMuscato, Don’t you see the eye rolling of us europeons when we see all these added extras to atheism. I’m being nice here when I normally tell you yanks to go and *** yourselves. Only probably last year you were on your knees to jeb

Plusgood: dave silverman’s voice vibrated with rage.

curriejean: It did. Preachy rage.

David Leech: Jebus and now you are a authjority on atheism please *** off.

Then another seven pages of, “Hey, PZ, look at me!”

And this is the crowd people say I should be in dialogue with. Thanks, folks.

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    Wait, SERIOUSLY–that’s what they’re calling an “attack” on Loebe? That PZ said he wasn’t nice to people he didn’t like in the context of agreeing with Paul who also said he doesn’t want to be nice to people he doesn’t like?!

    Holy shit–if you’re going to be perpetuating false equivalence THAT badly…at least don’t link to it!

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    ReapSowRadio: im pissed

    I’m going to have to go with the British meaning of that word given I live in the UK and have to defer to my local dictionary. It would also explain a lot about Reaps writing style…

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    I’ll grant you, Stephanie, that there are plenty of people that you shouldn’t want to be in talks with but from what you posted here, all I see are people upset at how Justin got treated.

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    Really EllenBeth? That’s all you see? You didn’t see anything else on the top half of the post? You didn’t see any other topic at all in the rest of the transcript?

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    “all I see…” “No, that wasn’t all that I saw…”

    EllenBeth, stop. Go away. I’m not giving you one more place to claim today that pointing out that you’re saying inaccurate things is you being mistreated somehow. Just go.

    Everyone else, if you want your comments to stay in this post, ignore EllenBeth.

  6. Pen

    David Leech: DaveMuscato, Don’t you see the eye rolling of us europeons when we see all these added extras to atheism. I’m being nice here when I normally tell you yanks to go and *** yourselves.

    Xenophobia’s not OK either. Given that I’ve sometimes tried to make points connected to Euro/American differences I’m completely embarrassed to see it expressed like this. So… they don’t just trash talk women, huh? I want to believe this isn’t the David Leech I think it might be… does anyone know who he is? I wouldn’t mind letting him know what I think.

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    Re: Pen

    I saw Pitchguest in there make a comment or two about being in Sweden that treated women so well. Not that I figured out what his point was with that. He can’t be a misogynist because he’s in Sweden?

    I do know here in the middle of the U.S. I don’t see a lot about the differences in views and problems between what goes on here and in various European nations and regions.

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    No problem

    David Leech: DaveMuscato, Don’t you see the eye rolling of us europeons when we see all these added extras to atheism. I’m being nice here when I normally tell you yanks to go and *** yourselves.

    Yeah, I’ve heard this a few times.
    From European men.
    Who apparently assume that everybody involved in these discussions is ‘Mericun.
    Thank goodness that such debates never ever happen in Europe…

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    I’m hoping against hope that American Atheists joins Secular Woman in standing up for women who have been bullied and harassed by people like Justin Vacula and other slime pit supporters. I”m planning to go see Silverman in a couple weeks when he speaks at the Florida Atheist monument dedication. I hope I get to tell him thanks for standing up against hate.

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    Paul, as far as I can tell, because someone is trying to set up a let’s-you-and-him-fight situation. I think Dave is the target, and you appear to be the least plausible lever I’ve ever seen.

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    Well, this tidbit is extra-charming:

    David Leech [speaking to]: DaveMuscato, Don’t you see the eye rolling of us europeons when we see all these added extras to atheism. I’m being nice here when I normally tell you yanks to go and *** yourselves. Only probably last year you were on your knees to jeb…

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    I’ll grant you, Stephanie, that there are plenty of people that you shouldn’t want to be in talks with but from what you posted here, all I see are people upset at how Justin got treated.

    You know, I’m not really sure what the point of this is, but I’m going to take it as an opportunity to freak out about something that has been stewing inside of me for a couple of days. Apologies if I’m missing the point entirely.

    I was sexually abused as a child by my father. It was awful. By the end of it, he didn’t even have to do anything to violate me. He was standing in the same room as I was? OMFG I needed to run away! The house creaked as if he was upstairs even though he’d been kicked out months ago? Waaah, it made me jump! He touched me on the shoulder? Noooo, I couldn’t take it! People recognized me as his daughter from our (unusual) last name and innocently asked questions with no clue as to what as going on? I got my last name legally changed.

    I don’t know the whole story of what Stephanie is going through, but I have seen some hardcore shit rain down on her head. So when I see this crap, I am reminded of the fact that when my father showed up at my college graduation, even though I hadn’t even told him I was going to that school at all, and yelled my name at me from the crowd, it was not some kind of “meh” situation even though most of the students very much wanted their father’s there. To me it was jarring and potentially ruinous. I spent the time after my graduation hiding in a group of my friends because he was too cowardly to approach me if I wasn’t alone.

    Certainly people would mock me. What had he done, after all? He hadn’t touched me. I wasn’t in any danger; I was an adult who could rebuff his advances and was in a crowd of people who would have stopped him if he’d tried anything. And, apart from that unexpected shout, he didn’t try anything. So then what’s the big deal?

    The big deal is that sexually abused me from my earliest memories to when I cut off all contact with him, when I was about 16 years old. The big deal was that when someone does that to you, seemingly insignificant situations become monumentally horrible.

    So, here we are with a bunch of people freaking out at Silverman for daring to defend people who are being harassed, and yet it’s somehow shocking that the people who are being harassed might be upset by this? It shouldn’t be. When people have defended my father (and oh did they ever), I could never be a neutral party. They are defending his abuse of me, minimizing what I suffered, and all in all being absolute shitheads. It is not necessary for me to say, “Oh, well, they’re just upset that someone stood up for you! It’s no big deal.” Yes it is a fucking big deal! Gaaaaaah!

    So for the love of whatever is important to you, don’t. If it doesn’t seem like a big deal to you, fine. I’m glad you weren’t somehow injured by any of this. But that doesn’t mean you should run off and tell the injured parties that they shouldn’t think it was a big deal, either. You aren’t the one who has to deal with this. They are.

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    Why is my name getting dropped?

    Because the slymepitters are trying to spread a lie that I hate atheists in the military and you specifically.

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    @ Eristae:

    I’m absolutely, completely, and so-not the judge of this, but your story seemed extremely relevant to me, in light of all I’ve seen on this network, and elsewhere.

    Three cheers for you! First for being a wonderful commenter here (I’ve learned a great deal from you here on this network), and second for being willing to share such intimate details publicly (which you’ve done before, if my memory doesn’t completely fail me!). As to that second point, I have no comparable experience to judge from, but I can not imagine that’s easy.

    Salud, salute, and cheers!

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    Request for mild typo cleanup, if possible. The dash between “so” and “not” shouldn’t be there, as it implies that I am indeed absolutely and completely the judge of this.

    NOT what I intended. 🙂

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    This is kind of an offshoot of what Eristae said (thank you for adding to the conversation) so I apologize in advance if this derails too much. Even seemingly irrelevant interactions can be detrimental after years of consistent conditioning to anything ranging from negative stigma to abuse. The idea that all people inherently toughen up in response to prolonged exposure baffles me to no end.

    Wouldn’t the fact that people are speaking up about the harm caused point to that notion, at least, not applying to everyone? And then comes the seemingly inevitable group of people who have never had to deal with such problems at all, peers who refuse to acknowledge the harm caused, or those who have been able to cope just fine and think anyone who can’t cope is just plain broken, trying to shout ‘opponents’ down with things like “you’re just too sensitive!”

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God and Cigarettes

I don’t believe that God exists, but I did for a while. We weren’t overly religious when I was growing up, but I knew then that God existed. Leaving behind all supreme beings was a conscious decision, the rational end result of intellectual consideration of the matter. God does not exist.

But sometimes I forget that I don’t believe in God, and I’ll catch myself starting to ask a question or throwing a request up to the omnipresent, kindly, guiding, father figure of my youth*. Then I stop and remember…oh yeah. And for a moment it makes me sad that the God I once looked up to isn’t there.

But then I remember all of the bad shit that the idea of God is responsible for and I’m relieved that there isn’t one. Because as atheists like to say: s/he would have some serious explaining to do.

I remember God the way I remember cigarettes. They were enjoyable and a comfort for a while, they were hard to put down**, and even though both are a blight on this earth, every so often I find myself craving one or the other.

God isn’t welcome at my deathbed, but I sure hope I get a few last puffs off of a cigarette before I go.

*I blame fucking C.S. Lewis’s Aslan for my mental image of God. His fictional character helped solidify the way I thought of the imaginary character I was raised to believe in. Jerk.

**Smoking was a lot harder to quit than God. Quitting smoking affected me physically, emotionally, behaviorally, and socially. For me, quitting God was only a matter of quitting a thought pattern.

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    Long time, no see, Brianne!

    This question is coming from someone who continually questions faith and searches for answers: Is it possible that people are responsible for “all of the bad shit”…and not necessarily God (or the idea of God)? Coming from a scientific position myself, I find it difficult to reconcile that the beauty and order of this world is a result of evolution…especially when everything around us is subject to the Law of Atrophy. Evolution and atrophy don’t seem like logical scientific complements. So, in my mind, there has to be something more; something driving all of this forward, making it grow and expand. I’m stuck because I’ve always felt that aspects of the Big Bang Theory are just as fragile as many of the Bible-based theologies.

    As for humans, groupthink has historically been the cause of our demise as a progressive society…not the overarching messages of peace, charity or love found in most of the world’s religions. Although I would agree that groupthink is often the result of social and/or religious indoctrination, it is humans who subvert what is intended to be good. For example, even the Christian Bible suggests, “When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” (Matthew 6:6, NIV, 1984.) Although these instructions were written by men, I believe the intention was to stress that one’s relationship with God (or concept of God) was an intimate experience and private consideration…not the public, bigoted, cluster-fuck spectacle we see from so many obstinate religionists these days.

    Anyway, I’ve been enjoying your blog. I just wanted to spar with you more than anything :^)

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      When I see the public, bigoted, cluster-fuck spectacle we see from so many obstinate religionists these days, I find that difficult to reconcile with the existence of any kind of a god worth worshipping. Surely she could do better than a world which contains such.

      I find NO problem reconciling that with a world shaped by evolution, which contains both objects of beauty and hideous evil, both being valid routes to survival–if not equally desirable.

      1. I argue people and their tendency toward groupthink are to blame for distorting otherwise benevolent ideals and beliefs. That is to say, I can not find reason to blame God or a concept of God.

        I think my argument works both ways. Science can certainly advance our civilization AND generate great good in this world. However, people have the capacity to twist science/evolution on its head, too. For example, at Auschwitz, doctor Josef Mengele and doctor Sigmund Rascher performed scientifically credible experiments on unwilling human guinea pigs. They called it “research”. (Randomfactor, you can look up their gruesome experiments in your spare time.) These experiments were used to establish racial superiority and racial inferiority…all in the name of science and evolution. Ultimately, I hope you can see how their acts of “hideous evil” were not valid routes to survival.

        We are humans who have the ability to discern right from wrong whether we are theists or atheists or somewhere in between. In my opinion, it’s when we find power in a group that discourages individual responsibility that we find ourselves jeopardizing our innate and individual understanding of right and wrong.

        1. “all in the name of science and evolution”
          I’ve seen this argument made and it’s been quite thoroughly debunked already. Ills committed -using- science(a tool, a method of pursuing knowledge) just don’t compare to ills -instructed- by religion(with religious texts that also instruct their followers to believe it all, to follow it all, even the instructions that are obviously, by modern standards, immoral and divisive).
          A lot of Christians cherry pick around the bad stuff, which is great, it means their natural sense of empathy is stronger than their faith so the religion is generalised as being all about love. A lot of them don’t though, maybe they should be considered more Christian for adhering to their bibles more closely, strange world.

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      Is it possible that people are responsible for “all of the bad shit”…and not necessarily God (or the idea of God)?

      Yes, people are responsible for “all of the bad shit”. There is no God, so it’s all on us. The excuse “God” is used to justify a lot of that bad shit, but the onus ultimately falls on us. If we didn’t use God as an excuse, bad shit would still happen, but at least we could eliminate the religion-justified crimes against humanity.

      I’m finishing a book right now called “Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence”. The author, Eller, focuses on this subject of where violence comes from, and the part that religion can play. Pretty interesting read, akshully.

      I find it difficult to reconcile that the beauty and order of this world is a result of evolution…especially when everything around us is subject to the Law of Atrophy.

      Different argument for god altogether from your first sentence. All I can say to this is…I’m sorry you feel that way. I look around at the beauty and order of the world, realize that it is a result of evolution and am humbled and amazed that we exist.

      You don’t think evolution and atrophy are compatible (they are. PZ Myers takes apart this well-known creationist argument here: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/11/10/entropy-and-evolution/), and there must be something more, so the answer is God? That’s a big leap.

      I’ll answer more later, Cris. You have about nine more different arguments in the rest of this message that I could respond to, but right now I have to run.

      1. First, let me make this clear: I wasn’t trying to convert you. I was trying to find new angles in my own journey. I am a woman married to a woman in California and we have kids on the way….don’t you think I’m on the receiving end of a lot of religious BS? At one point, my in-laws even suggested they’d go to hell if I asked them to celebrate our marriage…it was religion that fucked up what could’ve been a great family situation.

        I’ve been reading “The End of Faith” by Sam Harris. And have worked through many other atheistic and religious books. So far, religion or science don’t answer the questions for me…and I simply thought you could open my mind to some new ways of thinking (kindof’ like you did in college.)

        Part of your reply read, “Different argument for god altogether from your first sentence. All I can say to this is…I’m sorry you feel that way”. I don’t need your pity, Brianne. I was excited to have a conversation about this…that is all. The response I received from Randomfactor, you and Steerpike is no different than the responses I get from religious zealots when I ask them to discuss the same damn things. I was clearly a fool to assume atheists would be a little more intellectual and less insulting than the obstinate religionists.

        So, no need to reply any more…it was my mistake for walking into this gated community. I don’t have time for needless backlash. I’ll look for others who actually want to have an substance-based discussion without resulting to pity and insults.

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    The looneys rank the chronicles of narnia only second to the bible, and more of them have read it than have read the bible, I’m pretty sure if they had their choice they’d do a swap.

    Working on that premise, and witnessing the goo light on their faces when you refer to anything narnia related, I have taken to talking to Christians about narnia, the conversations are great, until they realise I don’t think it is fiction, and that Alan actually exists, is a lion, and takes people to the other world through wardrobes. I’ve had quite a few people desperately try to explain to me that it isn’t real, and usually leave me with the opinion that I’ve went nuts.

    On the more important point stopping smoking is fucking hard, once that poison gets its claws into your bio chemistry you’re fucked for life, like alcohol addiction, the “just one won’t hurt” gremlin is a little bastard that needs smacked down when it pops up its ugly head.

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    I don’t think that it’s surprising that you find yourself doing this, even if you were raised completely atheist. We are completely surrounded by religion. Our culture is so rife with it, you can’t possible avoid exposing yourself and accidentally parroting it.

    How many times have you heard, read, or seen somebody say “Thank God,” “Oh for the love of God, “Christs sake,” etc… Most people aren’t actually referencing God when they say these things, they are just parroting other people they’ve heard say them in similar situations.

    The truly appalling thing about this, is that some religionists (I’ll use that, since I saw it today) claim that when they hear an atheist talk like that they’ll point to it and say, “see, they actually believe in god subconsciously.”

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      Benjamen, they’re right – we all do actually believe in god subconciously. Well at least all Americans do. I have proof: We all carry money that says “In God We Trust” on them. HA! Definitive proof! If we really didn’t believe in God we’d stop using God’s money! Mwahaha! *retreats to gloat over her unassailable logic*

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    I need a ruling from the judges: Is it possible that “Cris” meant “Law of Entropy”, rather than “Law of atrophy” above? If so, I believe I have a diagonal on my believer’s bingo card!

    OTOH, I kind of like the idea of a low of atrophy. This makes my current physical condition totes not my fault; I’m just obeying the law!

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      I stand corrected; “Law of Entrophy” (or the second law of thermodynamics) would have been more appropriate…and yet you knew what I was talking about.

      In your infinite wisdom, you have me completely figured out. I wanted to take into consideration a scientist’s thoughts and have a discussion with her because I wanted you to win “believer’s bingo”…not because I wanted to learn anything or pick up any new ideas.

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    Quitting smoking is about the hardest shit ever. Every cell of your body cries out with its little mouth asking for nicotine. Dizziness, rage over every little slight, inability to eat without gagging, inability to sleep…I finally found that stuff went away after about five days. But then you still have that hole in your life where your smokes were your buddy. That takes a couple of months to go away.

    Wasn’t raised religious, so never had to quit God. But I did have to go through that combo extended-adolescence/early-midlife crisis where you have to come to terms with the fact you’re never going to be a rock star. Tommy Womack’s album There, I said it! really helped with that.

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    I like the way you combine the pair. You have to be irrational to smoke cigarettes considering the health risks. When I quit, I thought about “who am I?”, “am I a smoker?”. No. I will define myself. I will not be a slave to cigarettes; I will not pray to cigarettes.

    I haven’t heard of other would be ex-smokers talk of using this methodology, but I really think it helped me in quitting.

    I still pray to beer though…

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    I think most Christians would say they believe God does not like anything that harms your body, however, in this day and age, thats pretty much everything.

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Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008

McClain praises ousted regent

By Loren Moreno
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University of Hawai'i President David McClain spoke Monday in support of Kitty Lagareta, saying she has been an "exemplary" member of the UH Board of Regents.

McClain, during an editorial board meeting at The Honolulu Advertiser, praised Lagareta's leadership, citing various successes in the UH system including the future UH-West O'ahu campus, the Centennial Scholarship program and the Second Century Scholarship program.

The state Senate voted 16-9 on May 1 to reject the communications executive for another five-year term as a regent. Her current term is set to expire next month.

His remarks also come as Gov. Linda Lingle considers keeping Lagareta on the board as a "holdover" as she continues to nominate people to fill vacancies.

McClain said he wanted the public to know that Lagareta is respected nationally by leaders in higher education.

"I think it's important for everyone to know that (national higher-education leaders) consider Kitty Lagareta to be a remarkably effective regent," he said.

Accompanying McClain during Monday morning's meeting was Richard Novak, vice president of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Novak said Lagareta has gained the respect of his organization as well as other higher-education leaders

In a letter dated May 9 to president McClain, Novak wrote: "We believe that her continued service on the regents would ensure continuity and the kind of leadership the system requires as it continues to grow and serve the needs of Hawai'i and its citizens."

If Lagareta is kept as a holdover, she could stay on the board until the governor nominates and the Senate confirms a replacement or until the close of the 2010 legislative session.

Senators who voted against Lagareta's second term on the board said Lagareta, who served in leadership roles on the board, should be held responsible for various problems in the university system.

Senators criticized UH's recent management and financial problems, including the firing of Evan Dobelle as president, the growing backlog of repair and maintenance on many campuses, and the departures of June Jones as football coach and Herman Frazier as athletic director.

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Video: Nat Geo Photographer Captures the Wildlife of the Arctic

Think the Arctic is lifeless? Think again. In this video, we travel north with National Geographic photographer Vincent Munier, who visits the frozen landscapes of our planet to shoot the amazing wildlife that is found there. He captures great photos of wolves, foxes, arctic hares, owls, and of course polar bears. Munier has compiled many of these images in his book Arctique.

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High-Speed Train Plan in California Derailing?

This story was reprinted with permission from Government Technology.

A report released Tuesday, Jan. 3, by the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group threatens to permanently derail plans for a network of 200 mph trains in the Golden State.

The group, which exists by state law and was directed by the California State Legislature to conduct the report, concluded that “moving ahead on the [High-Speed Rail] project without credible sources of adequate funding, without a definitive business model, without a strategy to maximize the independent utility and value to the state, and without appropriate management resources, represents an immense financial risk on the part of the state of California.” [Read the HSRA Peer Review Report here.]

Presently the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) intends to use $9 billion in voter-approved bonds — as well as $3.5 billion in promised federal funding — to construct an initial 130-mile segment of the railway between the cities of Chowchilla and Bakersfield in the state’s Central Valley. However, with that 2008 bond vote came the requirement for the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group to green-light the feasibility of CHSRA’s plan prior to the State Legislature issuing bonds.

The group, headed by former CalTrans director and current Orange County Transportation Authority chief Will Kempton, advised via the report that the state Legislature shouldn’t fund the increasingly-criticized project.

The CHSRA authority immediately responded, saying that “while some of the recommendations in the Peer Review Group report merit consideration, by and large this report is deeply flawed, in some areas misleading and its conclusions are unfounded.”

The CHSRA contends the report includes “egregious errors and unsupported assertions” that “would have been avoided with even minimal consultation with the CHSRA.” [Read the CHSRA response to the report here.]

The report nonetheless likely deals a serious blow to Gov. Jerry Brown’s support of high-speed rail in California. Brown said as recently as late December he intends to ask the state Legislature to issue bonds. Yet the governor’s spokesman, Gil Duran, waved off suggestions that the reports put a stop to the rail plan.

“The peer review report will be evaluated by the Legislature, but it does not appear to add any arguments that are new or compelling enough to suggest a change in course,” Duran said, according the San Francisco Chronicle.

In his 2012-13 budget proposal released Thursday, Brown proposed a new state agency – The Transportation Agency — which would include the High-Speed Rail Authority, the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Highway Patrol, the California Transportation Commission, and the Board of Pilot Commissioners.

Read details of Brown’s proposed 2012-13 California Budget plan here. View video of Brown introducing his 2012-13 budget proposal at Thursday’s press conference here.

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    January 6, 2012 at 10:50 am

    A new state agency for all those transportation modes? Oh, brother. I’m sure that with an all-day in-service the current separate agencies could learn how to effectively communicate with each other.

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There’s this great episode of NCIS, titled Seek, from March 2013.

Wrapped in a plot, it is basically a tribute to service dogs – to their training, loyalty, and dedication – and to their handlers. At the end, Jethro Gibbs, the main character, observes,

“He’s not a dog … He’s a Marine.”

Since I could never top that line, well, I stole it for this article. Gibbs summed it up well. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coasties or Policemen – regardless of their branch of service, in real life, these dogs save lives every day.

The episode was so touching that I decided to find out more about these dogs, and to see how realistic their portrayal was. For this, I realized, I knew just who to turn to – my friend John C. Steffens and his Military Working Dog named Abby. John graciously agreed to be interviewed, to tell me as much as he is allowed about his experience with Abby.

John is a Staff Sergeant Military Police Officer in the U.S. Army.  On his second tour, the Provost Master came to John seeking a Kennel Master for the brigade’s dog program. John volunteered. But when the unit was down-sized, so was John’s new position. John told them, “I still want to have a dog.”

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Six busted on drug charges

Members of the Fayette County Tactical Response Team (TNT) on Dec. 3 and 4 made six arrests related to the sale of both illegal and prescription drugs and firearms charges.

Fayette County Sheriff’s spokesman Josh Shelton said TNT agents on Dec. 3 arrested Perry Walker, Christopher Walker, Rashad Green and Christopher Squire on charges of possession of MDMA (Ecstasy), possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. Perry Walker was also charged with sale of marijuana, Shelton added. The ages and city of residence of these individuals was not immediately known.

Shelton said TNT agents purchased a quantity of marijuana from the four, finding them in possession of a loaded handgun when the buy-bust occurred at Corinth Road and Ga. Highway 54.

TNT agents on Dec. 3 also arrested Tony Wright (age and address unknown) on Ga. Highway 138 for the sale of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, Shelton said.

And on Dec. 5, TNT agents arrested David Boggs (age and address unknown) at the Fayette Pavilion on charges of selling a quantity of prescription drugs, said Shelton.

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Which 2014 rookie quarterback has the best chance to become a star?

Unlike a season ago, this draft has serious depth at the most important position in football – quarterback. Still, that doesn’t mean there are any homeruns sitting among the pile of prospects like there was two years ago when Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were both considered sure-fire future Hall of Famers likely to deliver ten or fifteen Super Bowl championships apiece (note the sarcasm). With that in mind, which quarterback coming out of the 2014 draft has the best chance to become an established franchise quarterback?

When quarterback prospects are discussed, former Texas A&M signal caller Johnny Manziel is almost always front and center, and with good reason. He brings with him an overt confidence that can breed success at football’s top level. Even so, he’s not without his problems. Manziel can be drastically inconsistent, and there’s concern that he lacks the scholarly ability to properly operate an NFL offense.

Teddy Bridgewater is another top candidate at the position. He brings athleticism to the position, but unlike other athletic quarterbacks currently in the NFL, Bridgewater is a throw-first player, meaning his eyes stay downfield before he decides to take off down the field. That should allow him to stay healthy compared to some of his counterparts on other teams around the league.

Blake Bortles is the other top-tier quarterback prospect in the draft. Like Bridgewater, he brings a big arm to the pocket. He’s less athletic than both Manziel and Bridgewater, but that’s not without its upside. Because he can’t rely on his own scrambling ability to bail himself out of a collapsing pocket, meaning he’s more likely to rely on and develop his own passing skills. That’s not to say that Bortles is a statue in the backfield, but don’t expect him to be escaping too often against NFL speed rushers.

There are, of course, other quarterbacks in the draft worth taking a long look at. Derek Carr and A.J. McCarron will likely be hot names in the second round of the draft, and as Russell Wilson has shown us since entering the league, franchise quarterbacks don’t have to come from the first round of the draft by any means.

Still, of the top quarterbacks, it appears that Teddy Bridgewater is best equipped to immediately lead his future team to success. His talent is more refined than Bortles and Manziel, and he has enough athleticism to allow him to be effective on the ground and through the air.

That doesn’t mean Bortles and Manziel are dead in the water. For them, success may take a big longer, but if they’re drafted by a team that can allow them to sit while they adjust to the NFL, they have the potential to be blockbuster players as well.

Looking at quarterbacks in the draft is always a crapshoot. As important as natural talent is, a player’s work ethic is equally as important, especially at this position. Quarterbacks have to be able to devote more time to study than other players on their teams, and that’s why they’re paid the big money. If we’re betting on which prospect will become a top quarterback in the league, Bridgewater’s where the money will be, but there’s no reason someone else can’t rise to an elite level in the NFL.

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About Shane Clemons

Shane Clemons came from humble beginnings creating his own Jaguars blog before moving on to SBNation as a featured writer for the Jaguars. He then moved to Bloguin where he briefly covered the AFC South before taking over Bloguin's Jaguars blog. Since the inception of This Given Sunday, Shane has served as an editor for the site, doing his best not to mess up a good thing.


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Terror Suspects Die After Kenyan Shootout

A pair of terror suspects have been shot dead by police in Kenya after attempting to use a baby as a human shield.

Investigators were tipped off about the couple's location and raided an apartment in Nairobi, ordering the two to come out.

Boniface Mwaniki, head of the anti-terroism police unit, said they had refused to surrender and started throwing grenades.


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great vancouver collaborative

The fashion article in this month's issue of Infamous Magazine about "5 BC Fashion Designers on the Rise" is a pretty wonderful thing. Its a collaboration between some of the most inspiring people in Vancouver, above and beyond the designers mentioned.

First, the article is written by Maeve Doyle, who is in my opinion, an important figure in Vancouver's fashion industry. Whether its her production and publicity company, her foray into journalism, or the classes she instructs at John Casablancas, she's always up to something to help inspire and promote.

Next, we have photography by Fiona Garden. Fiona Garden's photography is pretty much a staple in all Vancouver's important fashion publications. If you keep up with these magazines, then you've probably seen her work countless times and thought, "Wow. What an incredible photograph!" without even realizing it was her each time.

Vancouver is no Paris or New York, I'm willing to admit. But every now and then I come across an editorial spread and forget that for a second. Why? Because stylist Shiva Shabani has masterfully created ensembles with resources you didn't even know existed in this city. This time, she worked with Maeve's Top 5 picks to create yet another stunning collection.

Maeve's Top 5:

Kulpa by Joanna Kulpa
Lily+Jae by Judith Feller
Mandula by Hajnalka Mandula
Bloodline by Malcolm Norman
Jason Matlo

triciabelle said...

always loved kulpa and matlo, hadn't heard much of the other three though... i'll have to snag this copy. usually when i flip through infamous i'm a little less than impressed, but i must admit you have me intrigued :)

Anonymous said...

lily+jae, yay! and Mandula-la-la!
yes, infamous sucks balls.

Anonymous said...

fiona is one of the all time greats

Anonymous said...

haters, let this be a challenge.

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I simply love Kulpa designs! She's a force to be reckoned with.


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World’s biggest-ever cyber attacks uncovered – and it’s only the beginning

At least 72 major organisations were hacked in “Operation Shady Rat”. Gilderic (Recovering)

World’s biggest-ever cyber attacks uncovered – and it’s only the beginning

At least 72 major organisations were hacked in “Operation Shady Rat”. Gilderic (Recovering)

It’s official: we have entered a brave new world.

On Tuesday (US time), IT Security company McAfee announced the discovery of the most extensive hack-attacks ever seen, which the company referred to as “Operation Shady RAT”.

The unprecedented series of attacks was conducted over a five-year period against at least 72 major organisations, including:

  • The governments of the United States, Taiwan, India, South Korea, Vietnam and Canada
  • The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN);
  • The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  • The World Anti-Doping Agency

In many ways, these attacks shadow the recent cyber attacks against Sony and others by groups such as LulzSec and Anonymous.

We are only just starting to see the scale that networked effects can create. Beneficially, network effects have created great new means of connecting people across the globe and in opening new markets.

At the same time, espionage groups have also used this model extremely successfully to infiltrate countless systems and to steal immeasurable quantities of extremely valuable information.

Trade secrets, business processes, early unpatented research – all this and more have been stolen. Although we are unlikely to ever really know, all fingers, it would seem, point squarely at China.

James Lewis, a cyber expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in America, was briefed on the discovery by McAfee.

He said some of the targets of the concerted cyber campaign had information that would be of particular interest to Beijing.

“It could be the Russians, but there is more that points to China than Russia,” he said.

America and Britain have capabilities to pull off this kind of campaign, he added, but: “We wouldn’t spy on ourselves and the Brits wouldn’t spy on us.”

We are entering a new stage in history. Just as Web 2.0 and the surge of social media have created new paradigms, distributed attacks based on networks of compromised computers will create new headaches – migraines even – for organisations globally.

The question we have to ask is: was Operation Shady RAT something out of the blue, or is this just a sample of what we can expect to occur more and more in the future?

The simple answer is that we can expect these attacks to not only continue, but to keep growing in scale and intensity.

This is only the beginning. Security governance expert and instructor at IT security organisation SANS, Benjamin Wright, said:

“Cyber security has become bigger than a risk/reward or return on investment analysis can convey. It’s now mission critical.

"From the perspective of a board of directors, achieving genuine security is like hiring a top executive. Do it right and the company thrives; do it wrong and the company suffers dearly.”

We have been complacent. We look at security theatre and add bells and whistles while forgetting the basics and fundamentals.

We look to compliance regimes that allow managers to say they have done a good job when the holes in their systems allow criminals, intelligence agents and others into their networks and secrets.

Operation Shady RAT has exceeded Operation Aurora – a cyber security discovery by McAfee in early 2010 – in size and scope, but it is not going to be the biggest espionage-based network of this decade.

State-based espionage brings cyber attacks into everybody’s living room and makes us all complicit.

We fail to care in the ill-conceived belief that we are small enough not to matter. We are forgetting that we have access to work email accounts, portals and more.

Each computer, be it home, corporate or government-based, adds to these networks and increases the network effect they deliver.

Each attack provides the relevant cyber crime organisation with a competitive advantage they did not earn and damages the economy of the country these secrets have been stolen from.

We have already seen botnets estimated to have more than 10 million computers. But this will pale into insignificance compared to what we can expect in this coming decade.

As SCADA and other critical information control systems come online, it will not only be our secrets that are at risk, but even lives.

Last year’s notorious super-virus Stuxnet started a new trend in SCADA-based malware.

This was used to attack nuclear control systems in Iran, but we can expect this to be the first of many.

In time, we can expect to see water, power and even rail systems targeted and with this the general population will be at risk as critical infrastructure fails.

Maybe this attack is the wake-up call we’ve all been waiting for.


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Except to school kids, are snowstorms ever convenient? And that our prevailing thought about them is their inconvenience—that’s telling. When a storm system barreled northeast out of the Rockies early last December, ravaging the Great Plains, then sucking up Lake Michigan’s surface water and belching it on the far shore in an explosion of thundersnow—jagged bolts of lightning splitting the continually falling white curtain—did we stand at our windows gaping and silent before the awful force and terrible beauty of it all? No, we moaned that our calendars had been upended.

December, for parents and school administrators, is a careful puzzle of holiday-themed events pieced together well before Thanksgiving. The storm’s forced cancellations suddenly meant pieces, like our middle school choir’s Christmas concert, far out-numbered spaces in which to fit them.

So the choir directors thought they were doing everyone a  favor when they rescheduled the concert for a post-holiday evening, January 6. Objections, immediate and loud, ricocheted around the walls of the principal’s office. A fierce college basketball rivalry was to be played out on a court in town that night; they, I—the parent-alumni—had bought tickets months in advance. The music department, however, would not countenance Christmas anthems put off even further into January. The date had been chosen.

On the evening of January 6, dutiful families filled the auditorium of our Protestant school. At exactly tip-off time, a hundred or so seventh and eighth graders began, left to right, to file onto the concert stage. I found my son among the first twenty and watched to see where he would stand, who stood by him, whether, against the other boys, he still measured small. A flutter at the stage’s far left tugged at the corner of my eye: among the last processing in, a girl in black pants and shiny black top, who, every second or third step, thrust out a skinny arm or jerked up a skinny leg, as if an invisible puppeteer on a whim pulled strings. When the children stood quietly in their assigned places, massed on the risers, she, front row (floor level), twitched and jerked. The others looked forward into a cool, indeterminate distance, awaiting the director. She cranked her head toward the girl on her left, toward the girl on her right, grinning. Seeing the director emerge from the wings, the crowd hushed—and heard the girl’s gleeful, indecipherable monosyllables.

My son had warned me that there was one song on the concert bill that would be “crappy,” but he had mentioned nothing of this. Throughout each song the slight girl in black moved to quixotic cues and sang in her own key. Or didn’t sing. She seemed to know only some of the words, accented words at the end of the melodic line. These words she grabbed and cast out into the auditorium’s vault where they burst like flares:

What can I GIVE him,
poor as I AM?
If I were a SHEP-herd
I would bring a LAMB,
If I were a WISE man
I would do my PART,
Yet what can I GIVE him,
Give my HEART.

People in the seats around me rustled. Their choristers hadn’t prepared them, either, for this disturbance of our peace: the carefully harmonized Christmas sentiments we counted on to calm us interrupted continually—every line a punched line—by an embarrassingly urgent voice: GIVE, LAMB, WISE, HEART. That last word especially, last in a last line repeated at song’s end: Give my HEART. HEART.  Through the stuffy air of a full auditorium it insisted—she insisted, holding up her note, her word, after the director had rounded the choir into silence. HEART.

Christina Rossetti chose it as the last word of her poem, “In the Bleak Midwinter,” a poem Gustav Holst set to music for The English Hymnal of 1906. Our choir chose to sing only its last verse. The full song and poem begin:

In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter,
Long ago.

And not so long ago. In the school’s parking lot plows had piled the snow on snow of the fifth snowiest December ever recorded in our town. More snow was falling that night, and in the hours following the concert temperatures were forecast to dip into the single digits. It was the numbing week following another expensively disappointing holiday season, and we arrived tired after another day of slogging along under low gray skies in a state where one in seven of us is unemployed. We wanted spectacle that night, strong bodies pitted against each other in a rivalry generations long; we wanted sparks struck in our January hearts of iron and stone.

Coerced, instead, by parental duty into a middle school choir concert, we were settling for something less fiery but still, in its way, warming. Our itchy, jumpy, moody thirteen and fourteen year olds, washed and combed, in clean, pressed clothes, arranged in orderly rows would not, for a brief hour, paw each other and push and shove to mug in the spotlight, or mutter snide remarks about the stupidity of parents, but would, instead, meld into a seamless, synchronized instrument from which would emanate music to soothe our bleak midwinter-weary souls.

There was no spinning that cozy emotional cocoon in the auditorium this January 6, thanks to the slight girl in black in the front row. She tore open each melodic line, thrusting her treasured word out beyond the stage lights to our dark faces. Startled each time, we sat alert: What would her next word be?

The rest of the choir, our often rude and vituperative middle schoolers, behaved as if her part were written into the score, a descant line given to her and her alone to sing. Her smile said she believed this to be true.

January 6 in the Western Christian Church is designated Epiphany. It’s the day for remembering the Magi, wisest and most alert human beings in the Near East in the year 3 or 4 ad, who set out in their bleak midwinter to search for One who wouldn’t disappoint. They were stopped in their tracks before a child vulnerable in the way of all children, but more, because poor, esteemed by no one but his mother and the man assigned to be his father. Their expectations—about what would be a satisfying outcome for their efforts, about whom the Esteemed One would be—dissolved in a divine coup de grace.

Epiphany is a word the Greeks gave us to describe a certain kind of time. Unlike the moment of krisis, when time, like a thread, gets entangled, when the way forward is confused and contradictory, at the moment of epiphanei time suddenly opens to reveal in luminous clarity the heart of a thing.

Nothing about us or our scrubbed and polished children that night said Poor as I am. We slumped in the auditorium’s plush seats tired and generally disillusioned, true, but not without schemes for propping ourselves up—like a win at The Game. An hour or so of our time given to the Christmas story in song offered us little, except some meager evidence that we were adequate parents. We did our part, we showed up, with to-do lists and self-promotion of one kind or another streaming through our heads. Then, abruptly, we were interrupted, our expectations dissolved. Time opened, and even the most preoccupied among us were riveted to a wispy girl semaphoring and calling into our dark:  HEART. GIVE, HEART.

Gayle Boss is a freelance writer from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her poetry has appeared in The Cresset.

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Lazy Kiwi's can rejoice! Domino's Pizza has chosen Auckland, New Zealand as the first place they are going to test out drone pizza delivery!

The DRU drone, by maker Flirtey looks pretty good for the task, and we're hoping it will carry a heated bag so we don't get our pie's tepid at our door.

Because nothing's worse than limp pizza.

Read more about Domino's autonomous delivery vehicle innovations here.

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The Marion Country Sheriff's department in Oregon shared this story on their Facebook about how the delivery drivers at a local Domino's saved the life of a loyal customer:

On Sunday, May 8th an alert Domino’s delivery driver called the Sheriff’s Office after a regular customer failed to order a pizza from the Salem area company. Tracey Hamblen, an employee at Domino’s on Silverton Road NE, called the Sheriff’s Office after not speaking with the customer in 11 days. Mr. Hamblen had formed a relationship with the victim because of the regular orders and knew he suffered form severe health issues.

When the Sheriff’s Office arrived at the residence in the 4100 block of Penticton Circle NE, they could hear a man calling for help from inside the residence. Deputies forced entry and found Kirk Alexander, age 48, of Salem down and in need of immediate medical attention.

Thanks to the quick actions of Mr. Hamblen, Mr. Alexander is in stable condition at the Salem Hospital. The Sheriff’s Office would like to personally thank Mr. Hamblen for his quick actions and willingness to take time out of his day to care for others.
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So far, it seems like this new "pizza robot" is only being introduced in New Zealand. According to a Facebook post by Domino's, the new delivery system, that they call DRU, isn't out in full force but it's getting there:

DRU has a passion for delivering piping hot meals and a nice warm smile to customers. While he won't be taking to the streets tomorrow, he is enjoying his early progress as a prototype and giving customers a glimpse into the future of what is possible.

This idea seems very similar to an April Fools day campaign that Domino's UK ran last year. Could that be what started this project?

Totally Necessary Invention of The Day: Domino's Creates an "Easy Order" Button For Your House
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Looking to shave a few seconds off your pizza order? Well, you're in luck.

Domino's is testing out a new "Easy Order" button in the UK. And if you're really, really into pizza—this might do the trick for you.

From Engadget:

The Easy Order actually comes in two forms: a physical and a virtual button. The physical option is provided by Flic and is a tiny magnetic button that can be programmed to do a number of different things. We've seen it used to control various phone functions, like snoozing an alarm or taking a photo, in the past, but Domino's will pair it with an app over Bluetooth in order for it to become your pizza delivery companion. Simply save your address and payment details on the Domino's website or app and select your favourite order -- the rest takes care of itself.

We're one useless invention away from Smart House.

Nostalgia of The Day: You Can Order The Pizza From 'Home Alone' Today Only
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"Keep the change, ya filthy animal."

The month marks the 25 anniversary of Home alone. To commemorate the fact that the '90s were, yes, really THAT long ago—UberEATS is selling pizza from the Christmas classic.

Starting at 11 a.m., fans can order the classic cheese pizza that Kevin orders before scaring away the pizza guy.

Uber drivers bearing the Little Nero's hats and car logo will bring the pies in their appropriate Little Nero's Pizza boxes. The pizza will actually be local restaurants such as Numero 28 Pizzeria in New York, The Doughroom in Los Angeles, Big G's Pizza in Chicago or Patxi's Pizza in San Francisco.

If you order the pizza pie, you'll also get a digital code to watch Home Alone.

Social Media Fail of The Day: Hillary Clinton's Campaign is Powered by Pizza and Anal
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Fun fact: Hillary Clinton's campaign is powered by pizza and anal.

At least that is what some Twitter users saw when they logged onto the platform via the mobile app yesterday and saw her campaign's unfortunate tweet.

The original tweet, viewed on desktop, is harmless enough.

But when viewed on mobile, things get rather saucy.

People noticed immediately. And they wouldn't let Hillz forget about it.

Hey, girl. Wanna come over for some pizza and anal?

Pizza pouch answers the question no one asked.
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Have you ever been just hanging out and had an immediate urge for a cold, stale slice of pizza that you have to remove from a plastic pouch?

Have you ever wanted an edible necklace of old pizza?

Have you ever wanted other people to know that you have an uncontrollable need for pizza and absolutely no patience?

No. The answer to all of these questions is 'no'.

But still, if you want to buy a pizza pouch, you have that option as a free, individual human.

As described on the website:

No one should ever be without pizza. Sadly, (often tragically) pizza is not always available for immediate hand-to-mouth consumption. Prepare yourself. Keep and carry a backup slice with this specially designed Pizza Pouch. A durable zip-lock sealing neck-strap pie slice device. Always fresh and ready. BONUS: Just wearing this Pizza Pouch will instantly make you more popular and attractive. It's a bold (and delicious) fashion statement. Portable pizza. The best invention since delivery. * Please Note: Due to the sudden (understandable) popularity and limited stock on hand, these may not ship until October 18. Be patient. Be strong. They will come.

Seriously though, if you put a slice of pizza in that thing and it's even just a little bit warm, won't all the cheese and toppings pull off of it when you shove your greasy, greedy hand into it to dig it out?

I'm buying three.

One for me. One for a Christmas present. One as a spare for me.

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Signature Breakers Restaurant To Evolve Into Something New

By M.M. Cloutier

L’Escalier, the signature contemporary French haute-cuisine restaurant at The Breakers, will not re-open in the fall.

A new concept, to be unveiled in 2012, will take its place.

Visually stunning L’Escalier, with its tables set with Versace china, Christofle silver and Reidel crystal, has been a consistent AAA Five Diamond Award-winner and recipient of Wine Spectator’s Grand Award.

Between 2007 and 2009, it shared billing as part of a dual-concept restaurant that included less formal and less expensive Brasserie L’Escalier.

For the last three years, Chef de Cuisine Greg Vassos has captured attention for his reinterpretation—including the employ of molecular gastronomy—of the grand traditions of the French kitchen.

According to Paul Leone, president of The Breakers, “We are extremely proud of the accolades and stellar reviews earned by the entire team over the past few years. Now we look forward to the next chapter, when their talents and hard work will be showcased in an engaging, multifaceted food-and-beverage experience of equal quality.”

For more information, call The Breakers at 655-6611.


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November 26, 2009, 11:12 PM
i have a remington 700,senduro 11,,,,has anyone ever shortened the stock on one of these guns or is it even possible..i have a real problem with eye relief and lenth of pull,,i know its a synthetic stock but i am not sure if it is solid or hollow..i dont want to mess the gun up..i have used several diferent scopes and still dont have good eye relief and the gun dont feel comfortable..if the stock where an inch or maybe even an inch and a quarter shorter it would be perfect..i love the gun and it is very accurate so i dont want to get rid of it..any help or suggestions would be appreciated..thanks

November 26, 2009, 11:38 PM
Call up and talk to the folks at H&S Precision. They made the stock. The stock is hollow. Perhaps a new recoil pad would do? I believe the Sendero recoil pads are quite thick.

- Ivan.

LongRifles, Inc.
November 27, 2009, 10:13 AM
I am a full time, full service gun shop.

If the stock is hollow, it's no big deal, just a little extra work. Most are not however. They use bowling ball filler so that the shell has some internal support.

I don't use a saw to cut for LOP. I've made fixtures for stock work that go into milling machines. Doing it this way and climb cutting around the periphery ensures a clean edge free of chips and splits.

Good luck.

November 27, 2009, 11:39 AM
The stock is definitely hollow. I have handled a gun in which something was broken off and rattling inside.

- Ivan.

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The "Militia" was never Federal in those days. The Army was not militia, though many Army members probably had militia experience.

So it's a long reach to argue that they meant Federal regulation of state militia, Hook686.
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Have you fired both? If you can, do that first. Everyone will have their own opinion, and brand loyalists will tell you one is better than the other. The honest truth is, you can't really go wrong with either brand. I carry a Glock 19. My father-in-law carries a Sig 229 .40 (but has a G26 backup). He's completely happy with his choice, I'm completely happy with my choice. If price is a factor, the 229 is going to cost you a couple hundred more than a Glock. That's practice ammo money, and you have to decide if the 229 is that much better to justify it. If price isn't a factor, both guns are open game.

Again, if you can, try firing both. Only after that will you be able to decide. When I was picking out my carry gun, without firing, I was deadset on the 229, honestly. After firing 100 rounds out of both, I just couldn't get used to the 229 trigger, and that sold me on the G19. Sorry I couldn't give you a definitive answer, but it really comes down to what you're comfortable with.
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Suppressor Maintenance

Hi All,

I am strongly considering purchasing a KAC NT4 suppressor in the near to distant future and with this being my first can, I was wondering if the maintenance would inhibit any fun it would bring me? This will go on a KAC SR-15 and perhaps would be shared with a MK 18 CQBR upper in the future. I have heard from owners of suppressed pistols that shooting suppressed adds more fouling to their guns, but didn't know if that held true of rifles too.

I know Knight's Armament has a new line of 5.56 and 7.62 suppressors out, and didn't know if it would be worth the wait and extra money for the new ones.

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I have always been told that a suppressor takes noise and turns in in to heat and carbon .

From what I know yes every gun is more dirty when short with a suppressor.

p.s. I am not an expert I am still waiting for my first suppressor (45/70 rifle)
Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.

all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...
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Yes, the rifle will have more fouling in it when you use a suppressor. If it is an AR type, you may get gas blow back around the charging handle.
"9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens
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Thanks for the input. That's about what I was counting on. Yes, this will be for an AR-type rifle.
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Commentary, sarcasm and snide remarks from a Florida resident of over thirty years. Being a glutton for punishment is a requirement for residency here. Who am I? I've been called a moonbat by Michelle Malkin, a Right Wing Nut by Daily Kos, and middle of the road by Florida blog State of Sunshine. Tell me what you think.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Florida the rules are different here Chapter CLXIX

Tug of war Florida style.

This is the story of the one that got away.

Which is fortunate for the group of Harbordale kids who decided to play tug-of-war with a 10-foot alligator Tuesday.

The kids, who had been fishing for crabs, tied a raw chicken to a rope to lure a gator that was swimming in a canal. The idea worked almost too well: The gator chomped down on the chicken, then got its toothy snout ensnared in the rope.

Not wanting to lose their rope, the kids hung on. The ensuing back-and-forth drew a large crowd, then the police, to their block.
Children versu a 10-foot alligator. Don't you just love the Sunshine State?

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