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Worried about dog aggression

Worried about dog aggression

Postby lovemyvino » Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:49 pm

Hi again! Okay, I need some advice. Quick explanation: I bought Scout, my 5 year old Am Staff from a BYB (oops!) in Alberta. Personally, don't think he is pure but they claimed he was. He was very well socialized as a youngster as I had a dog walking business for the first two years of his life. He showed signs of fear aggression from a very early age. He is a fabulous loving, loyal dog but has this issue. Anyway, he had many playmates out West and I also worked with a behaviorist/trainer for some time. Moved to Ontario where his social life has slowed immensely. He does have a girlfriend, though! Since the age of three, he has gotten really nasty with big males. He is great with smaller dogs and usually okay with females. He gets really freaked out if a big dog runs up to him. Thinking that they are going to beat him up so he gets really defensive. He is a big boy...90 pounds, so not fun to hold onto. He is very well trained, which helps. It makes our walks a little less fun, I must say. I have to always be on the lookout. I don't want to have to do the trainers again as it gets soooo expensive. Any suggestions out there?? Is he too old now and I just have to deal with it?? HELP!!

Postby oko pol » Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:58 pm

welcome again ;)
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Postby squirrel » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:00 am

Hi. Bump for you because Kato has similar problems, but it seems to be of a lesser extent. He'll allow small dogs to do whatever they want to him as long as he gets to smell their butts. He's usually fine with the larger dogs until they get too pushy (i.e. humping). He'll growl and once in a while make a snap (no contact though). He's only ever been in 2 scraps and these were started by the other dogs.

Is this normal? How can I correct this?

Postby satanscheerleader » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:17 am

I don't think a dog is ever too old for new tricks but the reality of male/male aggression is well...... a reality. I would suggest carrying a breaking stick just incase and since pits will now have to be muzzled in Ontario I guess you will have less worry about something actually happening. I have to muzzle my male, although he has come along way, he still has the potential to do some serious damage to another animal considering he is 95 pounds of intense prey drive. What I usually do when I am walking with Tank and I see another dog in the distance loose is I make a quick U turn and go the other way. No sense dealing with a dog with no owner to even grab the dog. If I run into a loose dog with an owner that I didn't have a chance to avoid and the dog is coming my way I demand, in no uncertain terms, that they grab their dog. See, the problem as I see it isn't necessarily with your dog..... it's with the other owner who is rudely letting their dog into your dogs space. Your dog is acting like a normal dog. Unless of coarse you go to a dog park then you are putting your dog in a situation it shouldn't be in. What I do if my dogs are having their space invaded by another dog is make them sit and look at me and I tell them nevermind. Not all dogs are going to like all other dogs. If I am going to socialize my dogs I do it with dogs belonging to like minded people and on my own private property so if something does happen it is between us and not the whole neighbourhood. I rarely will socialize my dogs with strange dogs on the street although some people don't leave you with much choice by letting their dogs run loose.
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Meanwhile, Valentine’s Day brings a gift from me to you, of macstl 0.2.1. It now compiles on Intel ICC 8.1 for Windows and IBM XLC 6.0 for Mac OS X, and fixes many a pernicious bug. Watch for the benchmarks that show macstl beating its first auto-vectorizing contender, Intel ICC, sometime this week!

Mon, 31 January 2005

macstl 0.2 is here!

For you macstl fans, check out the new integer division, trigonometric functions, complex number arithmetic and multiply-add optimizations. Newcomers, take a look at the portable SIMD toolkit, fast Mach vectors and adaptors for Core Foundation and Foundation classes. All 14,000+ lines of lean, mean C++ goodness!

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Fri, 21 January 2005

Just 3 more days, folks. But now for the latest benchmark results:

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Tue, 18 January 2005

Announcing the world’s first portable SIMD toolkit — macstl 0.2.

What’s SIMD, you say? Here’s a more complete explanation, but just to whet your appetite, consider the expression z = sin (x) * cos (y) + sin (y) + cos (x). Compiled with gcc 3.3 and macstl 0.2, running Mac OS X Panther, my dual 2.0GHz Power Mac G5 can do 39 million of those calculations in a single second — fully 11x faster than if you were to code it up manually with a scalar loop!

macstl 0.2 will be released into the wild on 24 January 2005. But check back in one or two days for the results on a Pentium 4, a Xeon and a Celeron!

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How you do make your Pentium 4 run 2x to 3x faster on the same code? No, it’s not overclocking…

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A minor bug fix release — sweet v16.

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We aim to please with two oft-requested features — v14 now lets you create a graph with the New menu command and choose your own text editor. Besides fixing that nasty UTF-8 bug, of course.

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Wed, 30 June 2004

“And the winner is… Graphviz for Best Mac OS X Open Source Product…” nope, it’s not the Oscars but the equally gala Apple Design Awards!

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Thanks too to Grace and the kids, for putting up with — and lifting up — an often distracted, sometimes despondent hubby and dad. I look at Liz and Sam and know they’re the best “products” I have ever worked on.

And final thanks to the One who amazes me still, my work here is merely an echo.

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Perfect 10. The previous application icon has been voted off the island, and a kick-ass new application and document icon flown in. Oh and did I mention — comprehensive help?

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Looks like the odder, the better. Here’s a v9 midnight special fixing the broken export and offering the gratuitous use of Aqua shadow. Not.

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And you thought Graphviz couldn't get any better? How about integrated font and color panels, hand cursor panning and remembered settings? Oh my... and the long-awaited one-click edit to boot!

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Anzac Day brings forth another release, featuring: a spiffy new application icon; a services menu that plays nice with the other apps on the block; and combo box replacement that’ll knock your socks off!

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We’ve released the Graphviz sources through the main development site. Download the latest .tar.gz or update through CVS, it’s time to check out the mess behind the wizardry of your favorite little app. You will need Mac OS X 10.3 and Xcode 1.1 to play.

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The number of bugs is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep a programmer gets. Which is the only excuse I offer for some of the show-stoppers on v5. Hopefully, v6 will be a more stable release — the most insomnia went toward an experimental libxml2-based implementation of the mainline’s clever HTML-like labels. Only on your Panther box, however.

Sun, 4 Apr 2004

Mac Graphviz is now sync’ed with the mainline 1.12 build and has a centered, fully reversible zoom — see it for yourself!

Bob opines that Graphviz is a great port of UNIX software to OS X, which makes me recall the turning point in the design of the Graphviz GUI.

I was going to create a giant dialog box, chockful of options, to call the command-line. I was then figuring out how to do the graph previews in my file dialogs, when it suddenly hit me, I got it exactly the other way around!

In the Macintosh world, data is the king and process is the slave. Thus I demoted the dialog box to a drawer that could be slid out of view, and made the temporary file dialog preview into a persistent document window.

Mon, 23 Feb 2004

You wanted it, you got it — Graphviz now re-renders when the underlying file changes, so you can edit the file in your favorite text editor and have it pick up the changes on saving. For those of you hardcore Darwinians, it uses the 100% fat-free kqueue implementation on Mac OS X 10.3.

I spotted a couple of honorable mentions recently. Gordon dreams of the cool things you can do with Graphviz, and Rui thinks our port is one of the “most original Mac OS X application he’s seen in a while” — he likes the dynamic zoom in particular.

Sun, 25 Jan 2004

The Australia Day long weekend brings us a new version of Graphviz, thanks to tremendous feedback from macosx-dev and cocoa-dev mailing lists: Stephané Sudre, Jonathan Jackel and mmalcolm crawford among others.

Meanwhile, macstl tempts the good doctor to switch to C++. Don’t worry, John, I’ve got the Xcode bug licked... bleh, insects are not very tasty.

Sun, 18 Jan 2004

Yes, we’re still alive and kicking. Our latest product is a new port of the automated graph layout software, Graphviz. Of course, fortified with the Mac OS X goodness you expect: an Aqua GUI, Quartz rendering and Quicktime exporting. Like I always say, why draw a graph when you can get the machine to figure it out?

Come and be a part of our beta test!

Mon, 3 Nov 2003

Thanks to Chris Behm, his spanking new Power Macintosh G5 and some after-hours detective work, we have a new macstl version! 0.1.5 reaches for the future with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Xcode compatibility, and bridges the past with bug fixes for the older gcc 3.1 and 3.3 compilers.

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Discuss the intracacies of the macstl implementation at comp.lang.c++.moderated or discover why macstl may lead the next performance revolution at the Ars Technica OpenForum.

Thu, 2 Oct 2003

Just for a lark, macstl thought he’d try jumping the fence and tackling that other OS/CPU — Windows XP, Pentium 4 and a veritable alphabet soup of MMX, SSE and SSE2. And got a 19.1x speed-up over Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003! Check back soon for a macstl running SIMD on an Intel chip — and the inevitable dust-up with my trusty PowerPC G4.

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A weekend to remember. A bug fix version of macstl, new prices for the budget-conscious programmer, and a report on the three-way fight between Mac compilers and libraries. And kudos from a master of Altivec.

Fri, 26 Sep 2003

macstl and the Codewarrior have hit it off! The new version now also has 65,566 generated Altivec constants and all the Altivec operators given the royal C++ treatment. And you asked for documentation and unit tests? You got it! I’ll also post blow-by-blow benchmarks of Codewarrior MSL vs. gcc libstdc++ vs. macstl 0.1.3 over the weekend. But for now, time to sleep...

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So many compilers, so little time. macstl is now wining and dining Metrowerk's excellent new CodeWarrior Development Studio v9, and we should have CodeWarrior compatibility added to our list soon. Stay tuned, folks!

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What a tease a new compiler can be! We got them talking, macstl and IBM’s XL C/C++ 6.0 for Mac OS X (Beta). mac was even straightening out his act, all those errant typenames and template templates. Alas, on their third date, she dropped this bomb: she’s not yet ready to commit to Altivec.

Mon, 25 Aug 2003

For those you lucky enough to own a new Power Macintosh G5, I have some tips to suck out that extra ounce of juice for valarray. Meanwhile, your friendly neighborhood programmer is hard at work doxygenating his code.

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A refactored and retuned macstl is ready for your use and abuse. And there’s the long-awaited rematch between macstl and gcc, version 3.3.

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Hot off the presses: a new version of macstl.

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    Cleveland Browns' banged-up secondary likely to face third-string Steelers QB Charlie Batch Mary Kay Cabot, The Plain Dealer 11/19/2012

    BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns' banged-up secondary will catch a break Sunday against the Steelers, as nemesis Ben Roethlisberger and replacement Byron Leftwich are both sidelined with rib injuries.

    The Steelers are now down to bare bones, with 37-year-old Charlie Batch set to start at QB against the Browns, according to NFL Network. They're also scrambling to sign another quarterback after Leftwich left with broken ribs during Sunday's 13-10 loss to the Ravens.

    The Steelers are so battered at receiver, with an injury to Jerricho Cotchery Sunday night and Antonio Brown out two games with an ankle injury, that they're bringing in Plaxico Burress for a workout on Tuesday, according to numerous reports.

    But the Steelers, who've won 16 of the last 17 meetings with Cleveland, will get no sympathy from the Browns, who were without starting cornerback Joe Haden (oblique) and backup Dimitri Patterson (ankle) in Dallas, where the Browns lost, 23-20, in overtime. Haden's replacement, Buster Skrine, left with a concussion in the fourth quarter, which forced rookie Johnson Bademosi into the lineup. Bademosi, a special-teams phenom, had never played a down from scrimmage.

    Overall, the Browns played five defensive backs in their first or second year, including three rookies. Of the five, three played 69 percent of the snaps or more, including rookie safety Tashaun Gipson and rookie cornerback Trevin Wade. Heading into Sunday, the status of Haden, Patterson and Skrine is uncertain.

    "No doubt about it, there were some guys that were forced in to play," said Patterson, who's missed five games with a torn ligament in his ankle. "At some point in time, somebody's going to see what you've got. You can't hide your whole career.

    "If your role is to play special teams, you can't just live in that role, because someone's going to go down and you're going to have to play. Do you want it? Are you going to step up and play? That's how it is. This is the NFL."

    Patterson, who will test his ankle Tuesday to see if he can practice Wednesday, acknowledged that Roethlisberger being out is a huge break. He's 14-1 against the Browns.

    "No doubt about it, banged up or healthy, it don't matter -- the guy just extends plays," said Patterson. "You go from playing a game where you're covering from three to four seconds to six to seven seconds and it's a totally different animal. You have to be in it to know what that feels like. It's very tough to do. He's a very good player."

    But the Browns aren't taking anything for granted. The Steelers roll into town with the league's No. 1 defense, including the top-ranked pass defense.

    "Of course it affects them, but if Charlie's playing, he's been there," said Patterson. "He's a seasoned guy. I still see them as a good team because of how they play. They're a team that's going to run the ball well, they're going to play good defense, and they're going to pass when they need to. They can still be there with Charlie Batch or Byron Leftwich. They almost beat Baltimore. Any quarterback that plays, it's going to be a tough game."

    Gipson, who played extensively Sunday in part because Ray Ventrone was out with a hand injury, acknowledged the magnitude of losing Roethlisberger, whose dislocated rib posed risks because of its proximity to his aorta.

    "Big Ben is probably one of the better veteran quarterbacks in the NFL, so you lose a guy like that, that's gonna be a huge blow to the team," said Gipson. "But they're very capable of coming down here and doing whatever they have to do to get a win, and it's our job to get on a roll here in these last six weeks."

    Gipson, who played at Wyoming, admitted he doesn't know much about Batch. But by Wednesday, he'll know more than he ever expected to. Batch is 24-29 as a starter, with 60 TDs and 48 INTs. His career rating is 77.8.

    The Steelers originally drafted Burress, 35, with the eighth pick in 2000. In five seasons in Pittsburgh, he caught 261 passes and 22 touchdowns. He caught 33 TD passes for the Giants before sitting out 2009 and 2010 while imprisoned for possessing an illegal firearm. He returned with the Jets last year to catch 45 passes, including eight TDs.

    Last month, he told USA Today, "You put me out there right now, and I go out there and dominate, have a couple of touchdowns or a hundred-yard game, then you just got to shake your head and smile and laugh."

    The Browns are hoping to have some of their injured DBs back for this game, but Patterson, for one, made no promises.

    "[Skrine's concussion is] not going to speed up my injury anymore," he said. "I have to be smart and say 'am I going to be a liability on Sunday, or am I going to be an asset?' I'm listening to my ankle. That's it."

    Patterson admitted he won't risk a major setback.

    "At the end of the day, everybody's [got] independent contracts and you all have to put good stuff on film at the end of the day," he said. "No one's going to step in for me and say 'I forgot he had an ankle.' No, they're going to be, 'he just got beat for three touchdowns.' That's the reality of the situation."

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    this is an absolute must-win game for the Steelers but it's not going to be easy.

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    Fear the Batch.

    Last week's best pass defense was Byron's right arm. As bad as he was throwing, he was really hurt in that game and being forced to play through it. I wonder how much of that decision was based on the Steelers trying to keep Batch healthy for the Browns and give us some time to sign a backup for Batch before we put him in.

    In fact, I wonder if it would make sense to bring in 2 backup QBs this week and stick one on the PS so he's a little ready for the following week just in case?

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08-17-2012 02:33 AM
Diana Here is another drawing, concentrating on some waterfall concepts.
08-17-2012 02:29 AM
Diana OK, I am on my other computer, the one with all the drawings. Lets see if I can find some I did about my pond-stream-bog set up...
First one is a cross section of the bog, does not include the lower pond.
1) Upper falls, 3 boulders with colored concrete to hide the pipe.
2) The (sort of) square is the upper pond.
3) Water from the upper pond falls into the head of the stream, first hitting a head sized rock, and splashing a bit.
4) Underlayment (carpet)
5) Pond liner. Just a big ol' rectangle.
6) Slightly deeper where the stream is, but this picture does not show it. There is a special kind of weed mat (shown in green, it is really black) to keep the peat moss in the bog areas.
7) Cobbled stream, using rounded river rocks up to 8" diameter.
8) Peat moss bog area.
08-16-2012 01:11 PM
xenxes Ok got it Diana, thanks so much for taking the time to explain it to me! I love the multiple pools idea. Pump in skimmer to feed waterfall, not in waterfall itself.

Lol it won't be a while till I set this up, before the end of the year though.
08-16-2012 10:46 AM
SpecGrrl I'm looking fwd to seeing this, even if it means xenxes will never play ukulele again!
08-15-2012 11:38 PM
Diana Sorry for any confusion. My pond and stream has 2 waterfalls, and I may not have been clear about the plumbing details. The upper waterfall would be in the box shown in that link. Then the stream. The stream ends above the pond, and there is another drop into the pond.
1) Both pumps can be in the skimmer, or just the main pump. The secondary pump can be in the pond near the base of the lower water fall, or in some other part of the pond that has less than ideal water movement. If you have a pond with curving edges or a dense area with lots of plants perhaps in pots, hide the smaller pump in this area. It could be placed in a planting basket with just a little bit of thin sponge.
2) A vinyl tube carries the water from the smaller pump to a spot near the top of the lower waterfall so it looks more impressive. Hide the tubing in the rocks if it is anywhere near the water fall. Take it outside the pond only if necessary. Plants and rocks are good at hiding some tubing.
3) Often the skimmer would be on the opposite side of the pond from the lower waterfall. The pipe will exit the skimmer from the main pump, go outside the pond and feed the waterfall up at the top of the stream. Almost all the pipe is buried, just enough is exposed to include a ball valve and union, and these might fit in the sump with the pump. If you also place the smaller pump in here it also could go in the same trench until it gets slightly above the lower falls, then it has to go into the stream to add to that lower falls.
4) The smaller pump does not need to run all the time. It is more for show. It will have just enough sponge around it to keep the pump free of debris, but is not the main filtration.
08-15-2012 05:12 PM
xenxes Haha my drawing sucks.

Yes I was thinking of using one of those boxes for the waterfall. I'm not sure what the skimmer does, I know it collects debris floating in the water. But if I also use a skimmer I would have two pumps? So instead of a circular flow (down the stream, loop back through PVC) I would have two opposing flows no? Or do you mean the intake of the waterfall pump would be inside the skimmer box?
08-15-2012 04:53 PM
Diana Had to run to work for a bit...
OK, in your drawing above you have a brown hatched area like a steep water-fall/white water stream.
That can work, but is very tricky for a first time pond builder to do it right.

Much easier:
Design a small pool at the top. Water from the pump enters through this. It can be a preformed filter/pool/overflow such as the box on the left in this link:
This spills into the top of the stream.

See the box (same link) on the right? That is a skimmer box, and acts like a swimming pool skimmer. Floating debris is picked up, and your pump can hide in there. You can build this into your lower pond.
I do not do it that way, I just have the pump in the pond itself.

And yes, I did a different sort of write up at APC. More details on how I made my pond and stream.
08-15-2012 02:31 PM
Diana Mag drive is one step better than the older pumps, Hybrid is even better.

Mag drives can usually pump the water to higher levels, so a chart showing head loss might look better on the mag drive, but you are not wanting to pump the water 10-20' up! A chart for a hybrid pump will not look so impressive after a fairly low cut off point. They are great at the lower head heights, though, which is exactly the height of most pond and stream set ups.
Look at the head loss at just a bit higher than your waterfall. Perhaps 50% higher, maybe not even that much. Pressure loss in the pipes can be minimized by going with larger diameter pipe, and Hybrid drive pumps benefit a lot from this.
When in doubt, a larger pump is better, because you can add a ball valve to reduce the flow, if you need to. In all the ponds I have built, pumps never seem to put out as many gph as they are rated for. If you wanted 2 pumps you might make them add up to about 2000 gph. This is a very good way to save electricity. 1000-1500 gph is very good circulation for fish and filter, but may not be quite as impressive a water fall. Adding a pump that discharges just above the water fall would make the water fall sound better.

Another filter option, look into a 55 gallon drum. This can be hidden somewhere near the pond, or even buried near the top of the water fall (perhaps in the hill you are building to make the water fall). Just make sure you can drain it through the bottom to flush it out once in a while.

Best waterfall:
Make the water shoot out into the air then fall into the pond. The hollow behind the falling water makes an echo chamber that intensifies the sound. Makes a much more impressive melody that just a rippling stream.
08-15-2012 02:18 PM
xenxes Hi Diana I think you helped me over on my post in APC. Thanks so much, I didn't even think about how I would do the turns. I'm going to Home Depot / Lowes this weekend to look at some supplies.

I will raise the waterfall chamber sufficiently to stack in a layer of sponge and bioballs!

I'm not sure what the difference of a hybrid pump is?

I was looking at this magnetic drive pump (mainly cause it was shiny)...

Here is a hybrid one for about the same price, more energy efficient?
08-15-2012 01:52 PM
Diana You could do a 2 pump set up, if you want. One pump (1000 gph min) for the full system, and perhaps another 500 gph to discharge right above the water fall to make it more impressive.
Use a hybrid pump. They are the most efficient for gallons moved per watt. That style of pump works better with somewhat larger pipe. For 1000 gph pump perhaps 1-1/2" PVC. 2000 gph, perhaps 2" pipe? When in doubt, over size it, anyway.
And if you need to make 90 degree turns get sweep 90s or use a couple of 45 degree fittings. The extra cost of the fittings is more than made up for with the reduced pressure loss of the gentler turn.

Rigid PVC or flex PVC are the most commonly used tubing/pipe in that size. These are completely fish safe when the PVC cement has cured.

Bio media can go wherever you want, but with plants, pots, soil and so on there are so many lodging sites that unless you are planning to way overstock the pond I would not go crazy about bio media. However, why not add perhaps about 50 gallons of volume at the very top? This would be a chamber for all the media you want, sponge, bio and anything else. Then the water falls into the stream and so on.
08-12-2012 04:14 AM
Pond + Stream Setup?

Sorry for the Paint schematic.. I want to do something like:

It's a small setup, but I'd like to do a rather long stream... maybe 10 feet or so.

- What kind of pump would provide enough suction for that length; could I maybe do a 2 pump setup?
- What return tubing to use? PVC piping or plastic hose?
- I want to use some dirt in the stream capped with gravel and sand, thinking of burying the return tube/pipe. SS mesh or sponge on the return intake?
- Anyway I can fit some biomedia in this setup? I'm thinking some biomax on the top of the waterfall area.

Good idea / bad idea? Improvements?

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It is a nice little tank but needs the RCS for entertainment value, I'll go along with the substrate and it could cause problems, but I like the tank and a little Fe will green it right up.
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I am sure someone has pointed out that the rili and the yellows will mix breed, right?

Other than that - nice looking shrimp.

Pretty good quality yellows and that single rili, especially for coming from a LFS.
Yep I am aware of them mixing .

I have moved all my yellow (except the berried) over to my 10g tank (which is currently housing a few Cardinal Tetras, and so far, they haven't touched the Yellows)

Sometime this week/end. I will be buying a breeder box to put the lone berried yellow away. I believe she still has 2-3 weeks to go prior to babies.

The Rili, I believe is the LFS owners own stock, an he brings them into the store so spread to local hobbyists.
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If that question is posed at me...then yes! I have explored those fixtures. They are looking to be the top choice.

I'm struggling on plant growth with my t5ho and the depth of the 40b poses a challenge.

i just want my plants to grow! lol
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Ive finally managed to get some new looking shrimps in my hybrids tank .
at least for now they looks very cool I hope colors will not fade when they grow. .

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Discussing the development of the PS3 version of Dragon Age: Origins, Destructoid pressed BioWare's Greg Zeschuk about the company's plans for Mass Effect on PS3 and his reply was less than convincing.

Zeschuk confirmed future iterations of the Dragon Age series will appear on PS3, but it was his response regarding a multi-platform Mass Effect that got our attention.

"We're not saying anything about Mass Effect for PS3. I don't know anything about that!" As if that wasn't enough of a dodge, Zeschuk rails, "That's crazy talk."

BioWare and parent company EA have yet to announce a release for Mass Effect 2 on platforms other than Xbox 360 and PC, but the recent boost in sales for PS3 make it an attractive proposition. Zeschuk's lukewarm rebuke of a PS3 version could be indicative of a potential Mass Effect debut on the console.

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Teasing that “stuff is about to go down…” at gamescom 2014, Resogun developer Housemarque sent out the above video today, with Mikael Haveri saying:

Housemarque, the studio behind such great games as Dead Nation and Resogun, will be announcing something out of this world at gamescom 2014.

It’s possible Housemarque will show the next piece of DLC for Resogun at gamescom, or they might be showing “the biggest project we have been working on so far.” Whatever they end up revealing, we’ll let you know all about it.


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Results: As a leader in innovative and energy-saving solutions, the United States is influencing world advancements through multilateral initiatives on energy efficiency and renewable energy. This market has grown substantially in recent years, so staying current with this ever-developing information is a challenge.

Now, the world-wide energy-efficiency community has an online resource. The International Building Energy eXchange (IBEX) online database was developed by researchers at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in Maryland and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State. IBEX provides access to a storehouse of global information related to building technologies, technology advances, and activities in building energy efficiency.

Why It Matters: In a world that's exploding in population and demands for first-world living standards, clean and secure energy supplies have become a top challenge not only for the United States, but across the globe as well. As a leader in developing new technologies to meet those demands, the United States is working to collaborate and share those advancements, spreading the benefits worldwide.

Energy-efficiency technologies in buildings are a major area where collaboration and communication can have a large effect. In the United States alone, building energy use accounts for over 70 percent of the electrical use. Energy-saving practices such as "cool roofs" are estimated by the U.S. Department of Energy to save up to 15 percent of air conditioning costs for a single-story building.

The IBEX is a tool that will collect and communicate such advancements, technologies, and future energy-efficiency developments to facilitate sharing knowledge and foster collaboration among nations, international groups, researchers and private entities.

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Methods: Available online beginning in early August 2012, the IBEX database stores information related to energy efficiency and renewable energy in buildings. For instance, information about projects related to the building envelope— windows, insulation, roofs and other materials—is available, by year, funding agency, and/or country. Information includes international projects and communication activities, both funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and other U.S. federal agencies, development banks, and selected foundations and non-governmental organizations. IBEX also contains information on projects that address building appliances.

The database allows users to search for activities based on country, building technology or technical area, such as building design and retrofits. Users can refine their search by efficiency activity type, such as R&D or deployment, and other project characteristics. The usefulness of the database format allows users to mix and match their search criteria to refine their ability to locate the precise information. Users will find the database valuable in discovering the scope and opportunities in international activities promoting energy efficiency.

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Most elected officials in eastern New Mexico say they want to learn more, but they support proposed legislation that calls for voluntary drug testing for all elected officials in the state.
Sen. Steve Komadina, R-Corrales, introduced the legislation on Wednesday and said results from the voluntary drug tests would be sent to the Secretary of State and be posted on its Web site. The proposal will be addressed during next year’s legislative session in Santa Fe.
“I want a chance to prove that I am clean,” Komadina said. “Government has the responsibility to prove that it is not being run by a bunch of druggies.”
Roosevelt County Commissioner Chad Davis said he liked the idea of drug testing elected officials, but thought it should be mandatory.
“If you’re an elected official, the people who elected you don’t want someone who is a drug user representing them,” he said. “I think if you are going to be enacting laws to imprison people you should be in a position to make sure that you are within those laws yourself.”
The proposed legislation surfaced because of the arrest of high-profile Albuquerque Chief District Judge W. John Brennan who was arrested for cocaine possession on May 29.
Komadina said throughout the year voluntary drug tests would be sent to elected officials and those who decide to take the tests would have 24 hours to do so. The tests would be sent by a drug-testing facility to the Secretary of State’s office. He said elected officials would pay for the testing, not taxpayers. It’s not known how much the drug tests would cost.
Rep. Brian Moore, R-Clayton, said he’s all for the program.
“It would be fine with me,” he said. “I just don’t think it would be a bad thing.”
Moore said he would “probably” vote for the voluntary drug-testing bill.
“I would need to see all of the details and it will be interesting to see the bill go through the process,” he said.
Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, said he wouldn’t have a problem being drug tested, but did question the interference that government would be creating if the legislation were approved.
“It seems like everyone wants to be involved in everything that we do,” he said. “I just wonder how far we go with the intrusion that government has into everyone’s life. It’s just amazing.”
Newly elected 9th Judicial District Attorney Matt Chandler said because state employees’ salaries are paid with taxpayer money, it’s only right that state workers be subject to drug tests.
“If you are being paid by the people, they have a right to know what you’re doing,” he said. “As long as you are working for the government, the people should have an interest in who they are employing. The people have a right.”
Clovis City Commissioner Juan Garza said he would take a drug test if asked.
“If we are working for the public, we should be held accountable for our actions,” he said. “Once you become a public official you have no privacy. Since I don’t drink or smoke, the test wouldn’t matter to me. I think it’s a good thing.”
Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, who earlier this month retained her District 42 seat, said she doesn’t have a problem being drug tested.
“We ask that our kids who participate in school activities go through the process of random drug testing. If I was asked to be drug tested, I would do it,” she said.
However, Kernan said she wasn’t sure if she would vote for the measure. She said she needed to learn more about the specifics of the legislation.
Asking elected officials to take voluntary drug tests will hopefully restore some of the public’s trust with officials, Komadina said.
“If government officials make the laws, enforce the laws, we ourselves must uphold the laws,” he said. “The public deserves to know whether we do indeed abide by our own laws. Drug testing will allow elected officials to prove they hold themselves to the same standards they hold members of the public. We need to restore confidence and stop the mistrust.”
Some lawmakers aren’t convinced that drug testing will restore the public’s trust though.
“Much more than this legislation needs to be done to restore the public’s trust in elected officials, but this is a start,” Moore said.
Campos said he doesn’t think the public distrusts elected official as much as Komadina is indicating.
“I think it is few and far between,” he said. “It was his (Brennan’s) personal desire to do what he did and I don’t think we should be judging everyone because of one person’s fault.”
If people don’t trust their officials, Campos said, they can vote them out of office.


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Ever since "selfie" was revealed as the "word of 2013" by Oxford Dictionaries we can't move for them. In no small part thanks to front-facing cameras on smartphones, the world has gone mad for self-shot photos.

They fill our Twitter and Instagram queues and Facebook walls, and even if you can't stand them, you can't help but look.

Celebrities too have got into the act in a big way, sometimes after being delivered huge bags of cash around the back of Hollywood Boulevard's McDonald's bins, but also just because they can. It is a trend that we can no longer escape from and, as they say, if you can't beat them...

So here's some of our favourites or, at the very least, most talked about selfies we've spied around the wonderful world wide web. We'll also be updating as we find new ones that tickle or anger us. Enjoy.

READ: Best selfie iPhone apps: Apple suggests apps to use

Perhaps the most controversial selfie of the moment is that taken by baseball player David Ortiz, who captured a moment (on his Samsung Galaxy Note 3) when he met and handed Barack Obama a Boston Red Sox jersey.

Many believe that, like with the most famous selfie in the world ever (to be discussed below), it was a set-up selfie, purposely done to promote Samsung's phone. Certainly the White House is none too amused, saying that the President of the United States' image should not be used for commercial gain and is now threatening legal action. Ortiz denies that Samsung paid him to take the picture, but that hasn't stopped Samsung from retweeting images of the event itself.

We'll leave it up to you (and the American justice system) to decide whether its sincere or sponsored. We will say, however, that the Galaxy Note 3 takes a mean selfie it seems (can we have our cash now Mr Samsung?).

Academy Awards host DeGeneres was also primed by Samsung to use a Galaxy Note 3 during the ceremony as the Korean company was a major sponsor. However, the actual selfie taken and subsequent impact came as much of a shock to the company as it did to everybody else.

The selfie features DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper (who took the shot), Jared Leto, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey and 12 Years a Slave's Lupita Nyong'o. And it holds the current record for retweets of the original posting, which currently stands (at time of writing) at over 3.4 million. It even took Twitter down for a brief period on the night. Impressive stuff.

Some might think it was the night the "selfie" died, but even your mum now uses the word. If only we had a time machine and a map to the trademark office.

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To launch the official Star Wars Instagram account, Lucasfilm/Disney posted an image of Darth Vader taking a selfie.

What's more impressive, however, is that he's done it old school, using the rear-mounted camera of what looks like a knock-off Chinese iPhone. And he's managed to frame himself perfectly. That's the dark side of the force for you.

What we'd like to know though is who's taking the picture of the Dark Lord of the Sith taking a picture of the Dark Lord of the Sith? And did they survive the experience? "I find your lack of faith in modern filter techniques disturbing..."

A couple of days after the Oscars selfie broke records, the official The Simpsons Twitter feed posted its version of events - as drawn by creator of the characters and animated series, Matt Groening.

Apparently, we only got to see part of the picture on DeGeneres' selfie tweet. In actuality, Homer Simpson had been kicked out of shot by Bradley Cooper.

While not strictly a selfie, it still made us - and many others - chuckle.

If you were asked what the most inappropriate occasion to take a grinning selfie would be, it's doubtful you could think of much worse than a funeral. And the funeral of one of the most respected world leaders there has ever been, to boot.

However, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning did just that. They took their selfie, in seeming high spirits, during the funeral of Nelson Mandela. And the world's press, of course, was watching.

It made just about every front page around the globe, including best-selling tabloid The Sun in the UK which damned the trio with the headline, "No selfie respect". You'd have thought they'd have learnt from the experience. "Hang on Mr President, can I get a pic with you, a baseball shirt and on my shiny new Samsung Galaxy Note 3?" "Why, sure son, what could possibly go wrong?"

mileycyrus (Instagram)

Miley Cyrus is no stranger to the controversial selfie, having used them to help make her transition from teenage pop sensation to mad-as-a-bag-of-spanners sex pixie complete.

Her most famous mirror selfie shot is likely to be the Instagram posting of her standing in her skimpies. But to follow up from that she later, for Halloween last year, posted a picture without even a bra to hide her modesty, simply a glittering flower.

That said, she's clearly having fun. Which is more than we had throughout the early 90s when her dad's Achy Breaky Heart made our ears bleed. We still associate it with line-dancing. And not in a good way.

We can forgive, but we'll never, ever forget.

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Another headline-making American woman who's a sucker for a selfie is Mrs West, Kim Kardashian. She's often appeared in shots taken on smartphones, some of which she probably doesn't even know about, but the most famous of all was her selfie posted on Instagram showing her post-pregnancy body (and bottom).

It even coined a new buzzword: "belfie" - a bum-selfie that the British press in particular have latched onto even more than a Royal baby.

Personally, we don't really get the fuss made around KK, but then, we're not Grazia magazine.

READ: Selfies: Love them or hate them, here's why we've all taken them

While meeting Pope Francis in the Vatican last year, teenager Riccardo Aguiari and his friends managed to snap a cheeky selfie with the Pontiff. It then went viral and is a sure sign that the latest Pope is more au fait with the demands of social media.

A Papal Twitter account (@pontifex) is also going strong since its debut in December 2012. He's also a keen Flappy Bird fan. Probably.

The Duke of York was the first member of the British royal family to jump on board the selfie wagon.

Taken during the Pitch@Palace event in St James's Palace - an incentive to help students in the country start up their own companies - the tweeted picture was accompanied by the message, "Welcome to #pitchatpalace I wish you all a great event, both entrepreneurs and audience."

Of course, we say that Prince Andrew was the first royal to post a selfie, but head shots of the Queen have been posted many many times. On every letter, parcel or postcard sent in the UK. Brrrrap Badum. We're here all week.

Another Prince to get in on the selfie act was the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince.

Snapped by James Cordon during the Brits music awards in London in February, it pre-dated the Oscars selfie by a month, proving that the idea of awards-based front-camera action is hardly original. In fact, UK presenting duo Ant and Dec took theirs on stage at the National TV Awards several weeks before that, after they won the Landmark Award.

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Alone - Poem by Tim Holmes Jr

Alone... how I was born
Alone... when I learned to crawl
Alone... then I started to speak
Alone... is how a grew
Alone... is how you meet me
Alone... is a comfortable feeling
Alone... In my own mind
Alone... with compassionless people all around me
Alone... with no one to understand me
Alone... cause I can't be accepted to how I am
Alone... my insecurities never let me feel safe
Alone... with no where to run no where to hide
Alone... is how you make me feel, but you claim to love me
Alone... in a house full of things that don't feel like home
Alone... like an island all I see is water and a reflection of self
Alone... is best in the end I guess
Alone... is how we die and there is nothing else

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Love - Poem by Star Dust

Searching, Searching… pause,
Oh, wait- I’ve missed it.

It was in the valley of destiny,
Pass the fields of greed,
Lost within memory,
Concoctions of audacity,

It was covered in persistence,
Sprinkled with pleasure,
Written in history as the one and only light,
Many, but not me, passed it for I know of its good deeds,

It was freedom to all,
Long, long ago hidden to life,
Drifting with the winds of hope,
Breaking down the barriers of racism,

It had once filled radiance,
Left none to fall to selfishness or hate,
Lifting those in need,
Not laughing at those with disability,

It’s long gone,
I know of that,
But we can bring it back,
Our drastically cruel world mocks those who try, don’t let it hold you back, fly, higher than the shadows that block your anticipation,
And help me bring back the love that our world so desperately needs.

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Oracle Of Delphi…0902-2k12 - Poem by saadat tahir

From sibyl rock*, Delphi* churns
fire breaths as the world burns

Muppets tap that oracle* spins
or who at Olympia* finally wins

Marble black or sandstone pits
Gladiators pitch to end of wits

Pangaea* floated to many shapes
Flung to mounts, craggy capes

At every Tholos*; columns remain
Python* rots like efforts in vain

Resounding claps in atrial halls
the seat of Pythia* at UN calls

Endless lies at the wailing walls*
Weary haulers trudge bearing palls

Soiled in smirks are dooms untold
Sad the world as fates unfold

Helping hands are cut to shreds
also those just raised for breads

Bodies at sea in loaded weights
As dots have gelled to nation states

Behind Seville suits are wolverines
Fecund they grin to march marines

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    thunder n lightning! ! ! an ear-deafening voice of the pale-mouthed prophet comes n asks you...who art thou, o mortal...that talk'st of delphic obscurities in thy obscure diction? ? ? :) (Report) Reply

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A Day Vs. A Lifetime

A day in love with my very best friend:
That's all I was given.
Straight out of Heaven,
God sent me an angel instead.
He sent me a lifetime of love til the end.
Thank you for that day.
Thanks for going away.
Now, I can smile and say,
"Thank you, God, for a day of pain,
And for the love of a lifetime that followed."

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    Smile ~ I like the depth of this poe; the thoughts & images it brings about along with, the happy ending which it paints towards the preciousness of, a beautiful heart I am sure; "Lovely" ~ "Much Love & Warmth to 'You & Yours,'" John! ~ Smile, "Have A Very 'Blessed & Beautiful' Day;" Bye!:) ~


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I shouldn't have to rhyme these words For you to know its a poem For your eyes are blank like you drank Alcohol straight from a jeroboam Your hearts are curled Like the fists of a newborn Your ears are closed shut Your mind a distant storm For man fails to recognize The words between the lines We fail to find our purpous Cause our lives are so unjust We take in too much pride Of our own lives Pride in our breasts And our heads held high But like little children Our humility will suffer We shall wipe the weary feet of Our fellow sisters and brothers So consider this a warning And a reassurance too Soon I hope you'll recognize The humble spirit in you.

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    I feel you! Excellent!

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                                                                        Shades Of Grey

A peril of sort left my job moved up North

In islands in the stream some apparent evil scheme
Shades of grey by its means something don't actually turn out to what they mean
Shades of grey silver smile walk the old river Nile
A plate of fries evil pass getting to know the midnight pass

Shades of grey all torn up inside we will hide
Souts of joy then applause some may insist on it being a lost cause
Sadly we put up with the chill running down the spine evil swine
In deepened peril outside twilight Christmas Carol

Shades of grey how they swoon to its nightly visible tune.

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Two's Magic Nose

Such a nose had Ol’ Blue.
Best in south Missouri... everybody knew.
Could smell a pheasant across the plain.
Could point a covey in a hurricane.
That’s the way the legend goes.
Ol’ Blue had a “magic nose.”
As Blue got older, his master’s mind would drift away
To a place where he and young Blue used to play.
In the mornings, sitting over his coffee cup
He found it sad there were no pups.
He thought it would be such a shame
If the only memory was Ol’ Blue’s name.
So, Jim was compelled and full of pride;
He made a search, far and wide,
To find Ol’ Blue a suitable mate.
No doubt, his offspring would be great.
It seemed likely, he supposed,
At least one pup would have his “magic nose.”
She was a Champion Miss from New Orleans,
A beautiful “red” named Cajun Queen.
But Blue suddenly passed away, before the pups were born.
Jim was broken hearted.  He and “Queenie” mourned.
Then came the litter, but there was only one.
Jim struggled for hope; after all, he was Ol’ Blue’s son.
Dappled and lanky, a handsome little cuss,
He looked just like Blue.  Jim made such a fuss.
Naming this pup would require no ado.
It was obvious.  Officially, he would be “Blue Two.”
Oh yes, these were mighty large tracks to fill.
“Can he?”, folks asked.  Jim would say, “Heck yes he will!”

So his nickname became “Two” and he seemed to be smart.
Soon it was time for his training to start.
The basics went well, but Jim’s outlook grew very dim
When, instead of pointing, Two would wag and jump and bark at him.
Oh, Two seemed to be trying; but try as he might,
He just could not seem to ever get it right.

“Blue’s son or not, he’s got to go!”
Jim found Two a “pet home” far away, in Tupelo.
On his way back, he stopped in Texarkana.
Been too long a time since he’d seen his sister Hannah.
Six days and six pounds later, he was back on his way.
Work at the farm was callin’ and he’d be drivin’ all day.
He thought about Ol’ Blue and wondered if and when
He’d ever have a birddog as good as Blue again.
Oh, he knew another “magic nose” was just a far off dream;
After all, it wasn’t something any man could scheme.
A “magic nose” was a gift from God, only given to a few;
And he was proud and very lucky just to have known Ol’ Blue.
As he turned into his drive, he broke into a smile.
“Why… I can’t believe it!  It…It must be 300 miles!”
Two was on the porch, thin and dirty; but he struck a handsome pose.
Jim ran and hugged Two hard.  “How’d you get back?  Lord only knows!”
Suddenly Jim realized; and struck with awe, he slowly rose.
A tear trickled to his smile.  “Why Two… you have a “magic nose!”
Two and Jim are best of friends, together everywhere.
From milkin’ cows to bedtime, Two is always there.
Jim doesn’t hunt much anymore, now Two’s a rescue dog.
Just last month, he saved a little girl lost in Cooley’s Bog.
Jim struts and tells proud, heroic stories;
While Two wags and jumps and barks, and shares his glory.
Jim boasts, “Like father, like son!”, then speaks fondly of Blue;
But all know the largest tracks to fill are those of Two.
His deeds are known far and wide,
And fill Jim’s heart with love and pride.
For with every rescue, the legend grows;
About a dog named Two, and his “magic nose.”

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Inevitable Bear

Oh lonely Inevitable Bear,
Padding claws, death in white
Sorrow in recurring nightmare
Instinct’s test; fight or flight?

Camouflage against the fence,
A challenge; my subconscious fear
Ominous slowly moving silence,
“Let me in, there’s a bear out here!”

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I Just Can Not Win

There was a day, oh so clear… I took my newly trained dog for a walk.
Just as I left the house… a rabbit came by, and yes, we were off.
My dog took off quite fast… as he ran the rabbit under a car.
Yep, you guessed… I just can’t win… but I’m still alive, so far…

Then a squirrel crossed the street… for in a tree, to hide.
Clearly we had to follow… as cars swerved to miss us in their ride
I was very grateful that day… to find every thing still intact.
Yep, you guessed… I just can’t win…as a friend, helped us from a limb, well cracked.

Next the mailman rounded the bend… in his small-motorized truck
I sure am glad he got away… but again, me… not so much.
I can attest to my dog’s health… As we ran a mile in record time…
Yep, you guessed… I just can’t win… as a fire truck came roaring by.

Now don’t you worry so very much… we survived, yet, again?
And as all settled down, I was so glad… till the rain came rumbling in.
Since lightening and thunder scare him so… we made it home, in record time.
Yep, you guessed… I just can’t win… as from under the door I climbed.

The dinner table had been set… as I hurried from the door.
Dinner will be late; I have to explain… as I now cleared it from the floor.
A walk always develops an appetite… I mused, as I began to explain doggy house laws.
Yep, you guessed it… I just can’t win…  as the turkey lay between his paws.

The trainer assured me my dog’s well trained… though with a small attention span
Training’s gone well, he said, again… though he looked like a crazed stuntman.
Yep, you guessed it… He couldn’t win…as he gave me, my money back
A little chagrinned… he sent me on my way, with several tons of luck.

There’ll probably be another moment or two… with my beloved Great Dane.
But that’s to be expected… from a 100 lb puppy that’s almost potty trained
Yep, you guessed… I just can’t win... But Don’t Worry, we’re doing well…
OOOPS, the doorbell rang… here we go again, for another time…

But know, eventually he will grow up… and by then we’ll be just fine…

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EYE Don't See -Part 3-

My eyes
Witness your departure
My eyes
Are dripping with hopelessness…
My eyes start to blur…
Melancholy put me under pressure…
Is there a cure to my disease?

You don’t see
The shards of hope that once brought us back together
Just let me search for safety
I’m strong enough to realize that I’m no longer
The weakest prey out there…

And I’m left in my solitude…
Do you hear me whimpering like a distraught puppy left on the train tracks?

I’m close to my demise…save me and take me home

Nourish me…and be my beloved friend

Will this friendship last forever?

Hopefully it has no end

Will this cheerful moment help us get along with each other?

Because of you…I feel the need to run
I keep an eye on you – I worry that you’ll hurt yourself again
Because of you…My freedom is nearly gone
I don’t wanna be caught off guard again
Because of you…EYE can’t picture a solution for our vexing dilemma
Because of you…eye can’t focus on my long-term goal

And I’m left in my solitude…
Do you sense that I’m giving in to failure?
And I’m close to my demise…
Only to find myself disappear…I can’t endure
The hardships that you place upon me…
Could you boost up my confidence to overcome
My atrocious anxiety?

I’m just waiting for some sun
To keep me in good hands…
To strengthen me with perseverance …
I’m just waiting until His son
Leads the world outtah Egypt and reveals to us…
His radiance…His dazzling Kingdom –
Vibrant with glee

Your undying sympathy dawns upon us
I’m overflowing with indescribable joy
You’re a candle in the night…
We meet eye to eye…
What a sight…what a precious sight

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Wigging Me Out

Early one morning my Hubby was sleepily shuffling around and about.
Dawn was almost breaking and we were becoming late no doubt.
Toiletries were a waiting, as he shuffled near the morning throne.
Opening the lid, you’ll never guess what exited as a rocket blown.
EEEWWW …Poor little thing… Oh Who, you will never guess…
Out popped a little tree frog jumping at mach 2 in his quest…
Yes, he was wet and doing his very best as he stuck to the vanity.
For who can say how long he’d been trapped in there, you see?
It puzzled me to wonder… How he’d got to the second floor?
Poor little guy… I doubt he could have withstood very much more.
Now here we were to scare him… Yes, another time, I confide…
We had to get him past 3 dogs awaiting for food and to go outside.
It wouldn’t have been so bad if 3 squirrels weren’t watching from the tree.
None might have been so eager, if they’d known he came from our potty.
My jammied hubby ran for the mulch pile where sticks and leaves abound…
As I entertained the squirrels and doggies with tempting morsels all around.

Now I can’t say it was traumatic to save a little wayward froggy…
But I won’t be opening that lid without a light, especially, if I am groggy.
And I’ll move back out of range as I lift the lid… I thank you all the same.
And next time I won’t forget to clean the toilet in a timely way, to my shame.
And I won’t ask my hubby to wash his hands 10 times daily… come next May.
Now I know you may not believe me… but I'll take an oath on this… I say.

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Dogs and Puppies

Mans best friend,
fluffy and sweet,
and come on,
who doesn't toss'em a treat?

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Here I go to catch em all
I'll prove myself to be the best
If I only thow my pokeball
I know that I will pass the test

150 is where it all began
though now it's gone astray
so 150 is my only plan
This I've decided is my fray

Twisting my cap backwards
I'll toss out my need to battle
Maybe I will fall forwards
My resolve you cannot rattle

To train them has been my cause
and I will travel across the lands
There is no time for me to pause
I only need some helping hands

Here I go to catch em all
I'll prove myself to be the best
If I only throw my pokeball
I know that I will pass the test

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A Bee's Love Sting

Mystical Queen Bee,
Navigates Her Territory....
...Savaging To Protect
Her Innocence Inside The
Sweet Nector Of A
Bloomed Flower.
Where She'll Explore Natures
Beast Among A Love:
As She's Bound To Love You;
Or Sting You.... So Watch
Your Back, No I gotcha ya back
Lover... NO WORRIES!!!! It won't hurt...

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Nap Time For Kitty

As the kids sat around undecided and blaize…
A summer project was needed ever so badly today…
My crew wavered and together finally exclaimed…
They wanted a video and to make it spectacular this time…
Anything less than U Tube quality would be a crime…
So the kids ask for a poem about their favorite fare,
They wanted it full of a large quantity of action and flair.
And the topic they wanted, that warmed their hearts…
Were the antics of Dandylion the cat of our house.
So cat chasing and spying became a spectacular game…
As they watched the kitty pounce upon his little rag mouse.
Then he slid and he jumped as he ran through the house.
He attacked the dogs tails as he snuck up behind…
And he climbed to the window to count birds passing by…
Then he tried to jump on the counter as I made everyone’s lunch.
He had to eat first… there was no other way, than first…
Then later I put the baby down for a nap…
And surprise, surprise!
I found the Kitty next to baby with 4 paws to the sky.

The video, music, and poetry would eventually come to be…
With the older kids stringing it together for me.
It was finally good for a lot of laughs…
As the kids all got copies for dear Mom and Dad…

But now let me instruct and suggest as all videos must:
Though many a one was happily surprised and beset…
No Animals were hurt in the making of “Nap Time for Kitty”...
Of that, you can bet...

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The Rumble from Below

They heard the rumble from below
Drinks were spilled; they stopped the show.
The scream was heard, the tension rose
The crowd was still, the music froze.

The lights flickered, a roar was heard
Wild lion appears, then massacred
All the zebras, flailing around
So their stripes were safe and sound

This lion though, was smarter than that
2 weeks he’d been a hungry cat
Such silly follies were no match
To save lives on this grassland patch.


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  1. Date: 1/5/2010 1:42:00 PM
    Mary, its like a little nursery rhyme, just lovely >> James

  1. Date: 1/3/2010 7:03:00 PM
    Great poem Mary .. and we had the right mph winds today to ride upon as they blew everything out of sight here in N.J. .. wicked weather ..artic blast ... cold.. brrrrrrrrr... enjoyed reading these elegant lines from u .. blessings... luv... Linda-Marie

  1. Date: 1/1/2010 1:12:00 PM
    Romantic, imaginative, hopeful and positive. It's a beauty, Mary. Gotl to keep this pearl in my treasury of favs. ..................................-by the way thank you lfor your comments on the challenge! I appreciate it, for sure.....but you don't have to make it any more intriguing than it was! I give! :) -Robert

  1. Date: 1/1/2010 11:41:00 AM
    And thanks so much, you, for reading my long Cupid poem! I am in a rush, so I had to just choose this little poem, but it's really great! Happy New Year, Andrea


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Conservatory Theatre brings 'Camino Real' to Playhouse

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Student cast uses experimental techniques for Tennessee Williams' phantasmagorical play

A scene from Conservatory Theatre's production of
A scene from Conservatory Theatre Company's production of Camino Real.

Camino Real is a lesser known work by playwright Tennessee Williams, and his most experimental work. This phantasmagorical play unites a cadre of literary figures in a purgatory-like waiting room that is both a nightmare and an inescapable condition.  Point Park University’s Conservatory Theatre Company takes the journey as part of its 2010 – 2011 season at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

"Camino Real is the last stop," said director George Ferencz.

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Ferencz has been the resident director of La Mama, an experimental theatre in New York City, for the last 30 years in addition to having previously taught undergraduate and graduate-level theatre at Colombia, Yale and other institutions. After meeting Tennessee Williams and developing a desire to present a new interpretation of Camino Real, he decided to stage the play at Point Park.

"Most of the characters in the play are old," said Ferencz. "I was very interested in emphasizing people who are heroes and have lost their relevancy."

But that wasn't the only thing Ferencz was interested in. He also wanted to apply his techniques and approach to a production that had not been well-received under traditional approaches.

"I wanted to apply experimental techniques to an experimental play," he said.

For the production, that means having the staging be as larger-than-life as the plot. Basing the interpretation on Mexico's Day of the Dead, the play includes ghouls, zombies and the like to exaggerate the theme of death.

“It’s a playground,” said David Berry, a sophomore musical theatre student playing the role of Kilroy. “I love working in a Conservatory where we’re brave enough to take a show like this on.”

The students have their fair share of work adapting to experimental technique as well. Instead of traditional method acting and focusing on the internal, the students are focusing on the external as a way to portray their characters.

"It gives it more of a sense of the fantastic," said Ferencz.

But this approach doesn't just enhance the performance; it has expanded the students' educational experience as well.

"It enhances everything we're learning," said Berry. "You need to perform to understand the craft and the art."

Although this is a challenging work for them, the students seem to be rising to the occasion.

"They seem open to anything I throw at them," said Ferencz. "It's very exciting."

"The work forces the actors to play without inhibitions. It has truly challenged me to think outside the box," said Berry.

Without a doubt, the Camino Real's unique plot and direction has generated enthusiasm and high expectations from all parties involved.

"Come expecting a surprise," said Berry. "It's an experience every theatre-goer needs to have."

Camino Real runs at Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse Dec. 2-12.

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