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Today is Wednesday, March 20, the 79th day of 2013. There are 286 days left in the year. Spring arrives at 7:02 a.m. EDT.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 20, 1933, the state of Florida electrocuted Giuseppe Zangara for the shooting death of Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak at a Miami event attended by President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, the presumed target, the previous February.
On this date:
In 1413, England's King Henry IV died; he was succeeded by Henry V.
In 1727, physicist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton died in London.
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte returned to Paris after escaping his exile on Elba, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential novel about slavery, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," was first published in book form after being serialized.
In 1912, a coal mine explosion in McCurtain, Okla., claimed the lives of 73 workers.
In 1922, the decommissioned USS Jupiter, converted into the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, was recommissioned as the USS Langley.
In 1952, the U.S. Senate ratified, 66-10, the Treaty of Peace with Japan.
In 1969, John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.
In 1977, voters in Paris chose former French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac to be the French capital's first mayor in more than a century.
In 1985, Libby Riddles of Teller, Alaska, became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race.
In 1988, 8-year-old DeAndra Anrig found herself airborne when the string of her kite was snagged by an airplane flying over Shoreline Park in Mountain View, Calif. (DeAndra was lifted 10 feet off the ground and carried some 100 feet until she let go; she was not seriously hurt.)
In 1995, in Tokyo, 12 people were killed, more than 5,500 others sickened when packages containing the poisonous gas sarin were leaked on five separate subway trains by Aum Shinrikyo (ohm shin-ree-kyoh) cult members.
Ten years ago: On the first day of the Iraq War, a subdued Saddam Hussein appeared on state-run television after the initial American air strike on Baghdad, accusing the United States of a "shameful crime" and urging his people to "draw your sword" against the invaders. American combat units rumbled across the desert into Iraq from the south and U.S. and British forces bombed limited targets in Baghdad. The start of war in Iraq triggered one of the heaviest days of anti-government protesting in years, leading to thousands of arrests across the United States and prompting pro-war counter-demonstrations.
Five years ago: In a setback for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, a drive for a second Michigan presidential primary collapsed as the state Senate adjourned without taking up a measure calling for a do-over contest. (Michigan had held an early primary in January 2008 in violation of Democratic Party rules, and was stripped of its delegates as a result.) Mao Asada of Japan won the women's title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Goteborg, Sweden.
One year ago: Front-runner Mitt Romney won the Illinois Republican primary with ease, routing Rick Santorum for his third big-state win in a row. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Mexico damaged hundreds of homes and killed at least two people near the border between Guerrero and Oaxaca states. Army linebacker Andrew Rodriguez won the James E. Sullivan Award, given by the Amateur Athletic Union to the top amateur athlete in the United States.
Today's Birthdays: Singer Dame Vera Lynn is 96. Producer-director-comedian Carl Reiner is 91. Actor Hal Linden is 82. Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney (muhl-ROO'-nee) is 74. Country singer Don Edwards is 74. TV producer Paul Junger Witt is 70. Country singer-musician Ranger Doug (Riders in the Sky) is 67. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Bobby Orr is 65. Blues singer-musician Marcia Ball is 64. Actor William Hurt is 63. Rock musician Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 63. Rock musician Jimmie Vaughan is 62. Country musician Jimmy Seales (Shenandoah) is 59. Actress Amy Aquino (ah-KEE'-noh) is 56. Movie director Spike Lee is 56. Actress Theresa Russell is 56. Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway is 56. Actress Holly Hunter is 55. Rock musician Slim Jim Phantom (The Stray Cats) is 52. Actress-model-designer Kathy Ireland is 50. Actor David Thewlis is 50. Rock musician Adrian Oxaal (James) is 48. Actress Liza Snyder is 45. Actor Michael Rapaport is 43. Actor Alexander Chaplin is 42. Rock singer Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) is 37. Actor Michael Genadry is 35. Actress Bianca Lawson is 34. Rock musician Nick Wheeler (The All-American Rejects) is 31. Actress-singer Christy Carlson Romano is 29.
Thought for Today: "I am I plus my circumstances." — Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (1883-1955).
Today in History - Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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Browns' Josh Gordon faces uncertain future
BEREA, Ohio (AP) On any given day, Josh Gordon's size, speed and agility separates him from others on the field. He's that rare talent, the player everyone notices.
He's standing out for another reason.
Gordon is awaiting another possible NFL suspension for reportedly failing a drug test, a violation that could cost the Pro Bowl wide receiver a full season. But while his future remains cloudy, Cleveland's young star is doing all he can to improve his dazzling skills. After gliding over the middle on Tuesday, Gordon leaped to snag a pass before tucking the ball away and sprinting from a defender.
If he's burdened, Gordon's hiding it well.
''He's showing up every day as the No. 1 receiver, he's not showing up as a guy who's uncertain about his future,'' said wide receiver Nate Burleson. ''That's all he can do right now, is go to work as if he's our No. 1 because he is.''
Arguably Cleveland's best player, Gordon could be facing a lengthy suspension for marijuana use. The 23-year-old was suspended two games last season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy and still led the league in yards receiving.
The league has not commented on Gordon's status. He complicated his situation last week when he was ticketed for speeding and a passenger in his car was cited for marijuana possession. Gordon is scheduled to appear in Berea Municipal Court on Wednesday.
Browns first-year coach Mike Pettine believes the uncertainty is weighing on Gordon. It has to be.
''I can't imagine that it wouldn't,'' Pettine said. ''It would be human nature.''
Gordon politely declined an interview request.
He entered the league with a history of substance-abuse issues. Gordon is known to have failed at least three drug tests in college, but the Browns were willing to overlook his past when they selected him in the second round of the supplemental draft in 2012.
His risky behavior has jeopardized his career, but the Browns insist they will stick by him.
Pettine acknowledged some frustration in not knowing Gordon's status.
''Until we hear from the league, we're going to be business as usual,'' he said. ''At this point, there is nothing to act on. Everyone can sense the frustration, and it's a difficult thing. But until it happens, we have a plan in place for all eventualities but we're still in a holding pattern.''
While the Browns wait, Pettine said Gordon has not let the uncertainty affect his performance.
''He comes out and works hard, puts in a day's work, solid in the classroom,'' Pettine said. ''When he's in the building, he's been solid. It's not the first guy in the league to be like that where when he's in the building he's great and has some issues, for whatever reason due to circumstances, when he's out of the building. I'm not a stranger to situations like that.''
The Browns signed Burleson, a 12-year veteran, as a free agent to provide leadership to Cleveland's group of young receivers. Burleson hasn't spoken with Gordon specifically about his situation, but has been providing any support he can.
''I just do the same thing I was doing before the news came out,'' Burleson said. ''Help motivate him, him and the other guys. I'm here as a guy who, one, can show young guys how to be a professional athlete on and off the field and two, try to motivate them in different ways.
''He's so gifted and so talented that it's hard to coach greatness. It's hard to motivate greatness.''
Burleson played with Randy Moss in Minnesota and Calvin Johnson in Detroit. He knows what a superstar wide receiver looks like and believes Gordon has what it takes to be one of the best. Like everyone associated with the Browns, Burleson is eager for a positive outcome for Gordon.
''That type of talent you want on the field, whether it's at practice or game day,'' Burleson. ''You only get so many guys every few years that redefine the position and he's one of those guys. He's not your traditional receiver. There's Calvin and there's Randy, these guys were hit with that special stick and God blessed them with attributes you can only create in video games.
''For him to miss any time, it's a loss for everybody in general, fans especially. The hope is that he's on the field.''
Pettine believes the Browns have a good support system in place to help Gordon, and the league has been proactive in helping troubled players.
However, there's a shared responsibility.
''There has to be a willingness on the other side,'' he said. ''Sometimes they get the message and it's too late. In all my time in the league, there's always going to be a handful of guys that just don't get it.''
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Programmers often confuse between Association, Composition and Aggregation in Object oriented design discussions, this confusion also makes the difference between Association, Composition and Aggregation one of the popular questions in Java Interviews, only after the difference between abstract class and interface .
Another example of Composition is Car and it's part e.g. engines, wheels etc. Individual parts of the car can not function when a car is destroyed. While in the case of Aggregation, including object can exists without being part of the main object like a Player which is part of a Team, can exist without a team and can become part of other teams as well.
Another example of Aggregation is Student in School class, when School closed, Student still exist and then can join another School or so. In UML notation, a composition is denoted by a filled diamond, while aggregation is denoted by an empty diamond, which shows their obvious difference in terms of strength of the relationship.
The composition is stronger than Aggregation. In Short, a relationship between two objects is referred as an association, and an association is known as composition when one object owns other while an association is known as aggregation when one object uses another object.
In this OOPS tutorial, we will see a couple of more examples to understand difference between Association, Composition and Aggregation better.
An Example of Association, Composition and Aggregation in JavaHere is an example of composition and aggregation, in terms of Java Code. By looking at this code, you can gauge differences between these two. By the way, Composition is also very much preferred in object oriented design over inheritance, even Joshua Bloch has stated its importance in the classic book, Effective Java.
Composition : Since Engine is-part-of Car, the relationship between them is Composition. Here is how they are implemented between Java classes.
public class Car {
//final will make sure engine is initialized private final Engine engine; public Car(){ engine = new Engine(); } } class Engine { private String type; }
Aggregation : Since Organization has Person as employees, the relationship between them is Aggregation. Here is how they look like in terms of Java classes
public class Organization {
private List employees;
public class Person {
private String name;
UML Diagram of Association, Composition and AggregationUML has different notations to denote aggregation, composition and association. Association is denoted by the simple arrow while aggregation is denoted by empty diamond-head arrow and composition is denoted by filled diamond-head arrow. When you draw UML diagram for two related class A and B, where A is associated with B then its denoted by A -> B. Similar way is used to show aggregation and composition between two classes. Here are UML notations for different kind of dependency between two classes.
As I said all three denotes relationship between object and only differ in their strength, you can also view them as below, where composition represents strongest form of relationship and association being the most general form.
Association vs Composition vs AggregationHere is the list of differences between Composition and Aggregation in point format, for quick review. As I said the key difference between them comes from the point that in the case of Composition, One object is OWNER of another object, while in the case of aggregation, one object is just a USER or another object.
1) If A and B two classes are related to each other such that, B ceased to exist, when A is destroyed, then the association between two objects is known as Composition. An example is Car and Engine. While if A and B are associated with each other, such that B can exist without being associated with A, then this association in known as Aggregation.
See Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design for more examples of Composition and Association in OOP.
2) In the case of Composition A owns B e.g. Person is the owner of his Hand, Mind and Heart, while in the case of Aggregation, A uses B e.g. Organization uses People as an employee.
3) In UML diagram Association is denoted by a normal arrow head, while Composition is represented by filled diamond arrow head, and Aggregation is represented by an empty diamond arrow head, As shown in below and attached diagram in the third paragraph.
Association A---->B
Composition A-----<filled>B
Aggregation A-----<>B
4) Aggregation is a lighter form of Composition, where a sub-part object can meaningfully exist without main objects.
5) In Java, you can use final keyword to represent Composition. Since in Composition, Owner object expects a part object to be available and functions, by making it final, your provide guarantee that, when Owner will be created, this part object will exist. This is actually a Java idiom to represent a strong form of association i.e. composition between two objects.
6) Another interesting word, which comes handy to understand difference between Composition and Aggregation in software design is "part-of" and "has". If one object is-part-of another object e.g. Engine is part of Car, then association or relationship between them is Composition. On the other hand, if one object just has another object e.g. Car has the driver then it's Aggregation.
That's all on the difference between Association, Composition and Aggregation in UML, Java and Object oriented design. Since object oriented analysis is more about defining the relationship between object, it's important to know what kind of relationship exists between them, composition and aggregation is a two way of representing relationship between two objects.
Further Learning
SOLID Principles of Object Oriented Design
Absolute Introduction to Object Oriented Programming in Java
Java - Object Oriented Programming [For Absolute Beginners]
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Top 10 Object Oriented Design Principles Java programmer Should Know
Why Prefer Composition over Inheritance in Java
Difference between overloading and overriding in Java
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Even though he was married when he had an affair with his band mate Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean is putting the "X-Factor" singer on blast by claiming she lied about the paternity of her child which caused the Fugees to breakup.
When the group broke up in 1997, front man Wyclef refused to discuss what caused the trio to split, but months after he broke his silence and admitted his fling with Hill was the catalyst. The affair also almost ended his marriage.
In his autobiography that's due out tomorrow, Wyclef claims Lauryn tricked him into believing her firstborn son was his, when, in fact, the father was Rohan Marley.
"In that moment something died between us. I was married and Lauryn and I were having an affair, but she led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn't forgive that," Jean writes in "Purpose," at which The Postgot a first look yesterday.
Lauryn Hill is not having a good year. She was hit with two tax liens and her ex-Rohan Marley put her on blast for cheating on him.


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NORMAL, Ill. (AP) Johnny Hill scored 18 points, Jackie Carmichael added 16 and Illinois State rode a late run to a 60-58 victory over Indiana State on Wednesday night.
Hill was 6 of 9 from the floor. Carmichael grabbed nine rebounds for the Redbirds (11-9, 2-6 Missouri Valley), who avenged a 77-75 loss to Indiana State in Terre Haute, Ind., on Dec. 30.
Manny Arop led the Sycamores (12-7, 5-3) with 13 points. R.J. Mahurin added nine points and eight rebounds but missed a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Jake Odum put Indiana State ahead 53-51 on a jumper with 3:53 left, but that was the Sycamores' last lead. Illinois State scored the next seven points on a Hill layup, a John Wilkins tip-in and three free throws. Odum's two free throws with 6 seconds left pulled Indiana State within 59-58, but the Sycamores could get no closer.


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Like his idea for a ride based on Aliens.
Seems it was designed for a Korean theme park in the late 90s, and both the park and rights-holders Fox were totally serious about it. Sadly, the Asian market crash of 1997 put a stop to the plans. It would have been a sit-down experience similar to, say, the Terminator ride at Universal, or Star Tours at Disneyland.
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Q Read your column about your wishes for the new year, and would like to chime in on one.
Not only should they increase the fine to $500 for using a handheld cellphone while driving, they should make it a moving violation as well. That way, in addition to the fine, it would be points against the driver's record, hopefully adding incentive for habitual offenders to cease and desist this flagrantly dangerous practice.
Jeff Torr
A My suggestion to more than triple the fine for using a handheld cellphone while driving hit a nerve — a popular nerve.
Q A $500 fine for a first offense would be a nice start, but how about a point or two on one's record also? At $500 only, quite a few, like with the carpool lane violation fine, will just keep driving while phoning or texting, figuring getting caught every year or so is still worth the 500 bucks. I agree 100 percent that fines for using a handheld cellphone should be increased to at least $500. These scofflaws have been one of my pet peeves for years — more so now that I drive a Toyota Tacoma and am able to see even more violators than before.
William Ortendahl and others
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Q You asked whether a $500 fine "would do the trick." No, placing a $500 value on the lives of victims won't make any more difference than previous proposed fines. Until there is a real impact to violators, such as allowing police to confiscate their devices, cellphone use and texting will continue unabated. Everything enacted so far has made no difference or impact. My estimate is no less than 6 out of 10 people driving are "using."
John Williams
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A That would seem low to many.
Q Instead of a fine for texting or cellphone use while driving, they should suspend their license for six months for a first offense, one year for a second offense and loss of license after a third.
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Many people are accustomed to making this U-turn, which is at a very important spot. They did not mark the turn as no U-turn, either.
Was this a mistake?
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Day care employees are coping with the sudden loss of a 4-year-old boy who died after collapsing at the Gastonia center on Monday.
Fond memories of a sociable Devin Dwayne Elliott are consoling his caregivers and buddies at Smart Kids� Child Development Center on Cox Road, said the day care�s president Kevin Campbell.
�It�s been a challenging day but it�s been a bonding experience for all of us,� he said Tuesday. �He was a very inclusive child with all the other children. He was warm and friendly.�
The atmosphere in the day care was somber, with parents of children offering support to the staff.
Police say Devin�s death was likely the result of a medical issue. They have no information to suggest otherwise.
The Gaston County medical examiners� office is investigating.
A staff member told police Devin was playing with other children and began walking strangely before collapsing. A call to 911 dispatchers reported someone having difficulty breathing. Devin was transported to Gaston Memorial Hospital and reportedly died soon after arriving.
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�Some parents have brought cards and flowers. They�re here in the office in memory of Devin and in support of the staff,� Campbell said. �He was a great kid and all the staff loved him. He had many friends here.�
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If it is true that no one is smart enough to know how to live his own life and if it is true that no one else knows how to live your life either, then you are in a real fix unless there is a God who does know and is available to give you direction.
Putting it personally, I have concluded that I will never know how to live my own life, and that is exactly why I need God! As I think about it in terms of the most important learning of my life, I put it in this way "No one is smart enough to know how to live his own life and that is exactly why you need God!"
---Strengths-Based Advising: MY MOST IMPORTANT LEARNINGS: Edward C. Anderson
No one is smart enough to be able to live his own life? What are they talking about, babies? That's why we have parental instincts. If God made all the creatures of the world, he decided that some animals don't need the tutoring of parents, most do, and the ones that look the most like us seem to need the most parental instruction. A few thousand years ago, we didn't seem to need as much as we do now. A few thousand years ago, we were considered elderly at 18.
I'm not altogether certain that is what they mean, though. Help me out: how smart do we have to be to "live our own lives?" Isn't that a meaningless question, since they already admitted that no one else can live your life for you? No matter how much of a failure you are, you are still "living your own life," aren't you? If you look around, there are plenty of people who could be considered "failures." They are still living their own lives, but most of them are theists. There are also many people living successful lives as atheists. So it doesn't matter how stupid you are: a life is a life, no matter what, and it belongs only to the one living it.
If this is one of Edward's "Most Important Learnings," he probably needs a lot of help with living.
I need God. I need God to help me be the person that I know is inside me. I need God to give me a reason to clear away the cobwebs and fog, and to touch the bright space of my soul, the goodness that can't be corrupted, can't decay. I need God because I am afraid I am in danger of never seeing that goodness again. I do not want to be one of those icy, bitter people who no longer believe in anything, whether it's God or love or themselves.--Right Thinking Girl
Another example of a giant ego. I talked about this in my post about The Soul. Where does the belief that there is a perfect person, a magical potential inside all of us, just screaming to get out? It's not in the bible. We are all imperfect in the eyes of God, and it's only through God's graciousness that such dirty people are allowed in. And those dirty people are, ostensibly, our souls. Our dirty, soiled souls. Not the gleaming, shining Goodness that RTG fancies herself. The "icy, bitter people" part? Meh. Heard it all before. Seen it, wrote about it, ranted about it. All of us atheists are dark chocolate. I like dark chocolate. Good for the heart. Of course, you know I am incapable of goodness, don't you?


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Denzel Washington was given the Golden Globe lifetime achievement award on Sunday, with his "Philadelphia" co-star Tom Hanks saluting him as an actor with the "mysterious power not just to hold our attention, but demand it."
Hanks recited a list of legendary actors — Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and the like — that command the most respect in the industry.
"The list is finite," Hanks said. "The club is exclusive. But it includes the actor who is being given the Cecil B. DeMille Award tonight," said Hanks, who said he was fighting a cold.
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Washington brought his family onstage for a speech that appeared to be cut short by a failure to bring his glasses with him. His wife reminded him twice that he needed them — and the second time, he agreed.
Washington won Oscars for roles in "Glory" and "Training Day," and has a long list of credits including "Malcolm X," ''The Hurricane," ''Flight," ''The Manchurian Candidate" and "Mo' Better Blues."
In his speech, he thanked his mother for convincing his father that the family needed light bulbs more powerful than 25 watts.
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November 27, 2010 – New York Rangers 2, Nashville Predators 1 SO (Game No. 25, Away No. 13)
* The Rangers defeated the Nashville Predators, 2-1, in the shootout tonight at Bridgestone Arena to improve to 14-10-1 overall, including a 9-4-0 mark on the road. New York has now won four of their last five games. Tonight's contest marks the first time this season the Blueshirts participated in a shootout.
* Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves through regulation and overtime, and stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout to improve to 9-8-1 overall with a 7-4-0 mark on the road. Lundqvist has now posted a career record of 31-21 with a .753 save percentage in the shootout.
* The Rangers are now 6-0-0 in the second game of back-to-backs this season having out-scored their opponent, 18-6, and are 5-0-0 when the second game is on the road. Over the last two seasons, New York is 15-2-2 in the back-end of back-to-back sets, including a 10-1- 1 mark away from MSG over the span.
* Ryan Callahan notched the game-tying goal with 6:56 remaining in the third period, and was credited with three blocked shots in 23:09 of ice time. Callahan has now tallied two goals in as many nights, having registered a power play goal in last night's 3-0 win at Florida.
* Erik Christensen recorded the game-deciding goal in the first round of the shootout, and has now registered 19 goals in 36 career shootout attempts (52.8%) with nine game-deciding goals. His nine game-deciders are now tied for sixth most in the NHL all-time, and his 52.8 shooting percentage ranks ninth in the league all-time.
* Michael Del Zotto registered the primary assist on Callahan's game-tying goal and was credited with three blocked shots in 18:31 of ice time. Del Zotto has now recorded three points (one goal, two assists) in the last five games.
* Brandon Dubinsky tallied one assist and led all forwards with 25:44 of ice time. He leads the team and is tied for 13th in the NHL in road points, having registered 12 of his 20 points this year away from MSG.
* The Rangers held the Predators scoreless in three power play opportunities (6:00), and have now registered a 91.1% success rate (41-45) in their last 13 games.
* Dan Girardi led all skaters with five blocked shots in the contest, and Sean Avery and Brandon Prust tied for the game-high with four hits apiece. Marc Staal logged a team-high, 27:47 of ice time.
* After an off-day tomorrow, the Rangers will return home to face-off against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, Nov. 29, at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.), in their fourth game in six nights.
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Heart of Detroit: By lifting up the needy Pastor Robert Smith lifts up the heart of Detroit
DETROIT – Pastor Robert Smith came to Detroit 30 years ago.
"As I drove towards the church a voice came to me saying a city on the hill can't be hid and it made me want to come and try too revitalize Linwood," Smith said.
Since then, as the pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church, Robert Smith has spread himself all over the community.
Smith walks the streets. He helps with food, clothing and housing.
Pastor Smith often doesn't tell people he is a clergyman.
"This one guy said I never met a pastor, a man that I wanted to be my pastor or a church that I wanted to be a part of. And, I said just like I am now, why don't you meet me at that church across the street, I will be in the lobby on Sunday which I am in the lobby anyway. He said OK. And, he came in and of course he was shocked when it came time for the sermon, I came up to do the sermon."
Pastor Smith runs multiple business and housing for the needy.
He operates an apartment building for income adjusted tenants across from the church.
"Well the blessing is that it was a tax credit project and at the time people were making good money and they were looking to lose some money," Smith said."The bad news is it runs out December 31th. So, when you ask how are we going to operate from now, I don't know."
Smith believes some metro Detroiters can have the wrong idea about the needy.
"I think that the perception is that they put themselves there and that is where they ought to be," Smith said.
Smith does not agree.
It is not always easy, ministering to the city on the hill, as Smith calls it.
But, 30 years later Pastor Robert Smith is still at it.
"Deeds of mercy and compassion upon those who are in distress, those who are hungry and those who are in need. Doing that is what my ministry has always been about," Smith said.
By lifting up those in need around him, Pastor Robert Smith is also lifting up the hear of Detroit.
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What better way to get to know the Alliance side of Mists of Pandaria's Asian-themed capital city than through the eyes of a delightful Serbian guide? The Blizzard Serbian Community walks us through the expansion pack's unique answer to a sanctuary city.
Previous World of Warcraft expansion packs have all included some sort of dual-faction hub city, where Horde and Alliance players can both gather to collect quests, work on their trade skills, and socialize — though not with each other.
Mists of Pandaria, however, is about the slow build up to all-out war between the Alliance and Horde, so the main city in this expansion pack has been built to encourage world player-versus-player combat and, in the words of the bard, keep 'em separated.
Of course unless you're on a PVP server you'll have to flag yourself to partake in the inevitable hostilities, but that just makes your horrible death at the hands of the enemy that much sweeter.
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BOSTON – In its inaugural year, I Lost It at the Club!, a fitness industry weight loss initiative coordinated by the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) and sponsored by equipment manufacturer Life Fitness, helped more than 6,500 participating health club members lose 12 tons (25,587 pounds) of excess weight. Six hundred and fifty IHRSA member health clubs participated in the eight-week program, which began on Jan. 10, 2005.
"This initiative was established to support both current and prospective health club members to fulfill their New Year's resolutions to lose weight and get in shape," said John McCarthy, executive director of IHRSA. "The program's overwhelmingly positive results are a testament to the creativity and commitment of fitness professionals who work tirelessly to assist club members to achieve their fitness goals."
IHRSA estimates that 1 million Americans joined health clubs in the month of January alone. A recent study that measured American attitudes about exercise indicated that 79 percent of current health club members joined a health club to get in better shape and 54 percent joined to lose weight. In addition, health club exercise proved more effective than any other weight loss method, according to the IHRSA/ASD Obesity-Weight Loss Trend Report. Comparing weight loss methods, 30 percent of health club exercisers reported being "very/extremely" successful in their weight loss attempt, while only 26 percent of formal dieters, 21 percent of outdoor exercisers and 19 percent of home exercisers reported the same.
Participating health clubs were encouraged to use I Lost It at the Club! to reinvigorate their existing programs, to introduce new programs and to hold special educational seminars. Participants were also encouraged to use the program to foster a sense of community in the club, bringing members together in the same weight-loss program. IHRSA provided additional program ideas and tools, including activity cards, member newsletters and weight loss tracking sheets.


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17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Wednesday, May 29, 1912: We teased her about her anniversary, as it was just twenty eight years ago that she was wed. Miss Carrie was over this evening and we did some planning.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
May 29 was Grandma's mother's 28th wedding anniversary. The previous year, Grandma had written in the diary on May 29, 1911:
My mother's wedding anniversary. 27 years ago. . .
I recently found an old newspaper clipping from the Watsontown Star and Record for 1909 that included a mention of the wedding in its 25 Years Ago column. It was one of the clippings in the small group of photos and clippings that were found in Grandma's house after she died. It's kind of cool that the clipping has survived all of these years.
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Hi, I've read in a few places this is supposed to be free, but not at all. I get prompted for a serial number, basically it doesn't let me export , when I do this I get:
"Don't worry, you can unlock all your express options for FREE by activating."
"Click here to activate"
Clicking here now brings up a dialog "Hitfilm 4 Express" Activate & Unlock which - after logging in - now expects a serial to continue.
So I back out of this and choose the next option down "Get a free license" - sounds reasonable - except this is a link to your homepage. Was this deliberate and did you never intend to let people use it for free?
Did you check your email?
Yes, nothing there so far as I can see, only email I have from hitfilm.com is:
|Welcome to the HitFilm community. You've taken your first step into a larger world.
|We need to confirm your email address so that we can finish setting up your account. Click the link below to start exploring the community:
|We never share your details with third parties and we'll only send you HitFilm newsletters if you asked for them!
Which I have already clicked to activate.
Anything else I should check?
After going through the documentation I've found where the problems is - it could be that emails are simply not being sent out, can someone check this?
According to this help here: http://hitfilm.com/reference/hitfilm-4-express/index.html?installation_activation.htm
It says:
As Express is free to use, the first thing to do is activate your serial code, which you should have received when you signed up.
No serial code has been received, what do?
Go to the Menu box, top right of this page and select "Account." That takes you to a page showing your current software activations and serial numbers.
Also, check the Spam folders of your email.
I believe activating with the serial is only available offline? For online it should just prompt you to login when you launch the application.
Hi Roger,
Sorry, the messaging isn't clear in our emails here, will sort that out.
Most people don't actually need a serial code, because when you activate with your username and password "online", we just look up the serial code from your account. Hence we stopped showing the serial code up front, as it only seemed to confuse people.
The unfortunate side-effect is that if you do need a serial code, we've never told you where it is. As Triem23 says, you can find those in your Account.
Please ensure that you are logged into the same account (same email address) as you used when initially claiming Express.
I hope this helps.
If it's a big issue behind the scenes, then woudln't it be possible to have a notifaction forced on the user when launching the application, perhaps it's slightly bugged? When I launched 4 Express I was prompted to login if I wanted to activate the product, as it should be.
@KevinTheFilmmaker no, that's how it should work - everything is optimised for activating online using your login details (and no serial). We just need to adjust the system slightly so it makes it simpler to find your serial if you actually do need it.
Most welcome Kevin.
We find with activation (as well as most things actually) that users often have clearer insights than we do in terms of what is easy to use and makes sense. As we're developing and testing these things all the time, we get a little blind to the obvious, or have learned too many shortcuts for doing things. So what I'm saying is, always keep the feedback coming and ask questions!
@DanielGWood at one time the Quicktime warning popped up every boot of Hitfilm. Perhaps you just need to make the registration pop-up every boot as long as the software is in Demo mode.
That will certainly make it easy to find.
Another suggestion is replacing the main home page with "Demo Mode, click here to activate." This basically blocks web content while in Demo mode, but, again, it's easy to find.
@Triem23 the activation dialog should already be popping up every time you open HitFilm (if it isn't activated that is!).
Some kind of additional obvious message on the home screen is an interesting idea, have made a note of that.
I still can't activate my software, i've looked at my acconut and it said that i've not registered any software yet, by when i go to activate it requires a serial code.
Someone help please
Same here. No serial for activation.. Checked the Account section and e-mail (also in spam) but no serial activation found. I tried offline activation and there's a link to open in web browser and there's some kind of a code below the " enter serial code" then name of the computer but still no serial code activation found.
Are you guys sure you didn't download HitFilm 4 Pro Demo?
You want HitFilm 4 Express, then you'll be able to activate it.
That's the only thing I can think of, unless Staff says that the pop up is bugged, which doesn't appear to be the case.
Your software is tied to the email account used to download it. Did you use the same email to download as to create your forum profile?
yes. as you can see my profile icon is attached to my e-mail that I used every forum. It also appeared in Hitfilmexpress 4 software activation.
Press the Activate Now button you see, and it should prompt you to login, and it should activate.
Ignore above.
Well that's strange.
Delete HitFilm from your computer entirely, save projects if you have any, and reinstall it.
It says please enter serial code.
Where did you get the installer from? If you go through the process at hitfilm.com/express you'll have a license registered to your account.
From menu and then hitfilm 4 express and then there's a link below " Get hitfilm 4 express for free" then once I clicked it then there's no link on where to download it. So I go to Support ->clicked the hitfilm 4 express ->install -> then download windows 64 bit installer. That's where I got the installer.
Does it say "hitfilms" - or is that a compression artefact?
Just download Hitfilm from this page, it's a lot faster way. Do not waste your time to find where are download links and for situations which are not important.
It's the same file name. This is where I got the installer. But still it needs a serial code to activate.
The name for your current account and your account shown in the image above, are different. How?
It's the same I just put the computer name necrofujitsu.
Oh I see. Well I'm out of Ideas. I don't know the process better than FXHome.
This is your offline activation but still need a serial activation. That's where I named my computer there. I hope I got a serial code soon. Thank you very much for your replies. Maybe there's a bug that's why it's not activating.
To copy my response from a similar discussion, it looks like you've got an AdBlocker in your browser, which removed some of the key functionality of the main Express web page and therefore made the process considerably more confusing! Unfortunately we don't have any control over what 3rd party plugins do to webpages, and if they remove some parts it's difficult to then provide a smooth experience.


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"It was horrible," recalled Daniel Jensen of Pinellas Park, Florida. "I was laying in a puddle of water being electrocuted here by the people that are supposed to protect us. I'm trying to protect my family, my neighbor, and they bring harm to me. I don't understand."
Jensen's bewilderment is easy to understand. Around 6 p.m. on November 8, Jensen was awakened from a nap by his wife, who informed him that their neighbor's house was on fire. Seeing the flames approaching his own abode, Jensen grabbed a garden hose and began spraying down his own house. Within minutes, he found himself — with no warning — on the receiving end of a Pinellas Park Police taser. Burn marks from the incident remained on his body for days; the painful memories will last a lifetime.
As soon as his wife told him there was a fire, Jensen said he ran outside, grabbed a fire extinguisher, and sprayed it until it was empty. Then he went for the garden hose.
"I was calling for my daughter and getting no response. I came out, grabbed the hose and sprayed her room until I heard she was out. I was always taught to help when you can; help is what I tried to do," Jensen told WTSP-TV.
After his daughter had safely exited, Jensen proceeded to hose down his fence and the back corner of his roof, hoping to keep the fire from spreading to his property.
"He was basically just protecting his property," neighbor Luis Rosa told WTSP. "He was hosing the fence down making sure the fire didn't jump to the other side, and he was doing a good job."
The police, however, did not see it that way. Rosa told the station that officers pulled Jensen away from the fire "several times."
"They kept telling me, 'Let it go, that's what insurance is for,'" Jensen said. "That's not acceptable to me."
His insurer undoubtedly would agree. And, of course, some things are truly irreplaceable, insurance or no.
Firefighters, meanwhile, had yet to appear on the scene. Officials told the Tampa Bay Times firefighters responded in six minutes — probably not an unreasonable amount of time, assuming that is an accurate accounting. But six minutes can seem like an eternity when flames are licking one's house.
Jensen saw the fire leap onto his back roof and was determined to prevent it from damaging his house. He picked up the hose, which police had taken from him earlier, and headed back to battle the blaze. That's when the cops decided they'd had enough of this upstart who'd dared to protect his own property rather than waiting for the government to get around to doing it for him.
Jensen told WTSP: "As I went to grab the hose, I hear an officer on this side. There was a boat here; he was just behind it. He said, 'Hit him, hit him! Take him down, tase him!' I didn't know they were talking to me, or about me. I was concerned about putting water on the fire, and the next thing you know I'm being tased."
"[Electricity] was all over me," he told the Times. "Crawling all over me."
Afterward, reports WTSP, "several officers picked him up, carried him to the front yard, threw him on the ground and handcuffed him." Then he was put into a police cruiser.
Needless to say, Jensen is far from pleased with the whole series of events. While police argue that Jensen was endangering himself and officers and could have been charged with obstruction for failing to heed their orders, Jensen told WTSP, "I wasn't doing that. What I was doing was what any home owner would do to protect a family and home." He called the actions of the police "brutal" and said they had "no compassion."
Rosa agreed, saying, "I thought it was totally abusive, and they did not have to do it. You get emotional when these things happen; he reacted the way he's suppose[d] to react — rather than handle the situation they said here [is] this short cut." He said that the officers spent most of the time chatting with each other rather than trying to defuse the situation by talking to Jensen.
If Jensen's actions really did pose any danger to the officers, tasering him certainly was to their benefit. Jensen himself, however, was arguably put in greater danger from being shot full of electricity while standing in a pool of water than he would have been from fighting the fire. (Even without the presence of water, tasers are hardly risk-free for those subject to them; the United Nations has gone so far as to declare that tasers are "a form of torture" that "can even cause death.")
Moreover, even if the officers' actions were justified, Pinellas Park Police policy requires an officer to warn a subject before tasering him — something that Jensen says never happened.
"He was trying to protect his home, protect his neighbor's home," Jensen's attorney, Heidi Imhof, told WTSP. "He was tazered while standing in a puddle of water. This is clearly an excessive use of force case."
Jensen and Imhof are considering legal action against the police department.
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"It was horrible," recalled Daniel Jensen of Pinellas Park, Florida. "I was laying in a puddle of water being electrocuted here by the people that are supposed to protect us. I'm trying to protect my family, my neighbor, and they bring harm to me. I don't understand."


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"Exciting. . . . A tale of heroism, camaraderie and glory. The authors vividly re-create the airmen's daily bouts with death and nights of partying, their lost lives and loves." —The Washington Post Book World
"An impassioned, riveting account of Poland's betrayal by Britain and the United States, which quickly forgot the Poles' heroism in their rush to appease the Soviet Union." —Newsweek
"Exciting and compelling, a fine story too rarely told, a tribute to the Polish fighting spirit, and a well-written war history about a distant but very good neighbor." —Alan Furst


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Hi there Documentary Club. Today we're discussing The Marinovich Project, which chronicles the dramatic ascent and rapid decline of Todd Marinovich, popularly known as Robo QB. If you haven't seen it yet, drop what you're doing and watch it here.
"How well could a kid develop if you provide the proper environment?" Todd's father, Marv Marinovich, asks in the film. The best case scenario is, of course, extraordinarily. The worst case scenario is something more like Frankenstein's monster — a science experiment gone terribly awry. The documentary tells a story that is a bit of both: while there is no doubt that Marinovich's strength and childhood conditioning turned him into a high-caliber athlete, it came at a price.
So what triggered Todd Marinovich's downfall? And can a person be developed into a "perfect athlete?"
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1. Todd poses this question throughout the film: "if you're good at something, does that mean you're meant to do it?" What do you think?
2. Would you consider Marv Marinovich a "Tiger Dad?" Did his strict parenting and coaching cause, or at least contribute to, Todd's struggles with addiction?
3. Do you think anyone could become a successful football player if they were conditioned since birth? Or does there have to be some special gift or ability on top of a prime physique?
4. Although it's not really mentioned in the documentary, do you think Todd Marinovich's training lacked a mental and emotional strength component? How damaging might this oversight have been?
5. Todd Marinovich and Larry Smith's feud seemed to go deeper than just football. What do you think was its true root?
6. Where would you rank Marinovich in the tier of pro-football draft busts?
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Argument preview: What showing is required for declaratory relief and attorney's fees?
On Tuesday, in Los Angeles County v. Humphries, the Court will hear oral argument regarding whether a plaintiff who seeks declaratory relief for the violation of his rights by a local government entity must show that the violation resulted from a government policy, and whether the plaintiff can be a "prevailing party" for purposes of receiving attorney's fees under federal civil rights laws if he cannot make such a showing. Steven D. Schwinn of the John Marshall Law School previews the case for the American Bar Association's PREVIEW of U.S. Supreme Court Cases; the ABA has generously agreed to share some of its previews "" which are authored by practitioners and scholars in the field "" with SCOTUSblog. You can read Professor Schwinn's preview here; PREVIEW's website is here.


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We'll offer a grudging tip of the $22.90 designer baseball cap to Abercrombie & Fitch for reaping oodles of free publicity by offering to pay The Situation to stop wearing its clothes on "Jersey Shore."
The no-brainer of a PR stunt, built to capitalize on the hoopla surrounding a mindless show, actually got us thinking. Our modest proposal: Let's take A & F's gimmick to the next step and chip in to pay the cast, crew and MTV to stop making "Jersey Shore."
Pay The Situation and his fist-pumping buddies to stay out of clubs. Pay Snooki not to "write" any more books. (And while we're at it, let's start a fund to pay Kim Kardashian to elope).
The "Jersey Shore" fund would need to raise big bucks. The Hollywood Reporter estimates The Situation made $5 million last year by effectively exploiting his pseudo celebrity. Viacom, the parent company of MTV, just had a great quarter, making $583 million without the benefit of fresh "Jersey Shore" installments.
Whatever price the "Jersey Shore" crew demands to cease and desist, it would be a small one to pay to end what's mutated into a sur-reality show celebrating foolishness via an offensive ethnic stereotype.
Many of us believed (or at least hoped) the novelty would have worn off by now. But the walking, grunting and whining human cartoons' popularity is only growing (the recent Season 4 premiere drew 8.8 million viewers). They're also turning up seemingly everywhere – even in The Wall Street Journal, where Snooki offered some apocalypse-tinged economic prognostication. "The economy is really scary because 2012 is coming," she said. "I feel like the first thing that's going to happen… is a blackout and then everyone freaks out and the world goes crazy."
In as much as the huge success of "Jersey Shore" is a sign of a world gone mad (if not necessarily the Apocalypse), we'll hand it to Snooki for extolling the value of saving for a rainy non-beach day: "I haven't really spent on anything yet. I'm saving up it up for when this is all over, with 'Jersey Shore' and the spin-off, I have enough money to just take care of my family," she told The Journal.
Sounds like a gal who, for the right money, might be willing to leave a show that costs viewers their dignity.
Sadly, there would be a long line of others eager to replace Snooki and friends – including some unlikely suspects. Check out these secret audition tapes recently unearthed by Conan O'Brien as you mull the price of life on the "Jersey Shore":
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With over 3,500 newspapers on GenealogyBank it might be difficult to be familiar with all of them.
GenealogyBank is packed with obituaries, birth records and marriage announcements – but here are some quick facts you might not know about some of our historical newspapers.
Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Maryland)
Although this prominent paper published some of Edgar Allen Poe's earliest poetry, Poe was unable to secure a job on its staff as he had hoped. Includes 3,619 issues published between 1826 and 1838.
Blackfoot Register (Idaho)
The Register covers the Idaho mining boom and the run up to statehood. Publisher William Wheeler used his persuasive writing skills to bolster the population of the then-struggling Idaho Territory. Includes 255 issues published between 1880 and 1886.
Boston Journal (Massachusetts)
One of the first newspapers to conduct a census of its readers, the well-known Journal offered a balance of businessnews and general interest stories, especially those that focused on life in New England. Includes 14,438 issues published between 1870 and 1917.
Daily Alaska Dispatch (Juneau)
The Dispatch offers detailed coverage of shipwrecks, volcano eruptions and other dangers that settlers faced in the harsh northern lands. Includes 5,724 issues published between 1900 and 1919.
Frankfort Argus (Kentucky)
One of the first newspapers west of the Appalachians. Includes 283 issues published between 1808 and 1821. Alternate Title: Argus of the Western World.
Frederick Douglass' Paper (Rochester, New York)
Including its predecessor the North Star, this powerful anti-slavery newspaper had a circulation of 4,000 readers worldwide. Includes 136 issues published between 1847 and 1860.
Hobart Republican (Oklahoma)
Founded the year Oklahoma achieved statehood, the Republican reflects conservative middle-American views on World War I and the Russian Revolution. Includes 7,438 issues published between 1907 and 1920.
Hokubei Jiji or The North American Times (Seattle, Washington)
This was the first Japanese newspaper in the Pacific Northwest. Includes 57 issues published between 1916 and 1918.
Jeffersonian (Thomson, Georgia)
The Jeffersonian was the official mouthpiece of Georgia's controversial fire-brand Populist and former presidential candidate, Thomas E. Watson. Will include issues published between 1909 and 1914.
Milwaukee Sentinel (Wisconsin)
The Sentinel provides national and international coverage as well as a glimpse into the northern fur trade. Includes 5,929 issues published between 1837 and 1866.
New-Bedford Courier (Massachusetts)
This important weekly newspaper from the U.S. whaling capital covers the industry at its height. Includes 181 issues published between 1827 and 1833.
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How does he achieve this abstinence?"I treat unexplained illnesses that doctors cannot explain or cure such as period or menstrual issues or excessive behaviours such as gambling, drugs or alcohol.
Read all about it.The ceremony was one of thousands carried out every year in the UK where imams rid men and women of evil spirits or "jinn" which they believe live inside them.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Vincent Gray plans to sign a bill that would ban the use of plastic foam food containers in the District of Columbia.
The ban on Styrofoam and similar materials is part of a larger environmental cleanup bill approved by the D.C. Council.
Gray plans to sign the bill on Tuesday. The District would join cities, including Seattle and San Francisco, that have banned plastic foam for environmental reasons. The ban will take effect starting in 2016. Meat trays in grocery stores will be exempt.
Four years ago, the District imposed a 5-cent fee on plastic bags, which advocates credit for reducing the number of discarded bags that end up in the Anacostia River.
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In honor of Gay #Pride day
I saw my first Gay Pride parade in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I found it revolting, insofar as it reaffirmed my long-held belief that the people most likely to get naked are the ones other people least want to see.
Other than that, I found the whole thing just kind of silly. Having grown up in San Francisco where, starting in the 1970s, gay life took to the street in the Castro, Polk, and Folsom areas, I thought the parade was gilding the lily.
Moreover, to the extent I found myself sitting by a pair of lesbians heavily accoutred in whips, chains, and strategically placed leather, and nothing else, only to hear them discuss such pressing issues as which of them was responsible for grocery shopping and doing laundry, I kept hearing a variant of Hannah Arendt's famous "banality of evil" phrase in my head. These young women most certainly weren't evil, but they were trying their darndest to look perverted and perverse, only to end up being banal.
I also kept thinking, "Oh, my goodness. What if a nice Midwestern family with a couple of young children came to San Francisco on vacation and found themselves suddenly staring at topless lesbians on motorcycles, or couples walking down the street, partially clothed, with one person wearing a dog collar and leash, and the other person wielding a whip. Would this make them more or less sympathetic to gay issues?"
In honor of that last thought, I present you with a good poster that Caped Crusader sent me:


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Hardly a month goes by without some story about a child or elderly person being mauled by a pitbull. If it were alligators or ostriches, there's be laws passed banning them and everything would be done to exclude them from contact with people.
It wouldn't be "It's not the alligator (or ostrich) that's the problem, it's the owner."
But when a pitbull kills someone's toddler, dog lovers will say "It's not the pitbull, it's the owner that is the problem."
Well gee, that mental bumpersticker sounds great but it's something you say after a dog has done something horrific.
The dog owners who say that never really follow the platitude up with a proposed solution. Why? Because none of the obvious solutions are possible as long as people will blindly defend a breed that has the instincts and hair trigger reactions this breed has.
What would be the negative consequence of this breed disappearing from the face of the earth? And, please, let's remember it's only a breed—a very recent and artificial one—not a species. If every pitbull were replaced with an Irish Setter or Yorkie, even if they bit, a lot less damage would be done.
Another problem is that all too often, the worst elements of society seem attracted to this and some of the other large, aggressive breeds.
If you're willing to admit that we have a problem here, what is your solution?
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Suppose there were no more "breeds." Who would benefit? Well, the dogs for one thing. All of this breeding involves a whole lotta inbreeding. And so, in order to get a desired ear or nose or coat color, in exchange dogs get hip dysplasia, deafness, blindness, hips too narrow to birth (necessitating caesarean births). Yes, breeds are wonderful, aren't they. For US, NOT for the dogs.
If we were to turn all dogs loose and allow them to interbreed on their own, gradually—but quicker than you might imagine—you'd have a generation of dogs resembling in many ways the Australian dingo.
And you know what? On the whole it would have a far healthier physique, suited more to the life of an actual dog rather than a being designed to be pleasing to human eyes and adapted to human ways.
Dog breeders don't really care about dogs. They care about MAKING dogs.
Sorry. It is the owners that are the problem.. Just like sometimes bad parenting causes bad children.
Oh yeah By the way... http://historylist.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/human-deaths-in-the-us-...
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Pet attacks
Pet dogs account for 31 deaths per year in the U.S. The Pit Bull is not a recognized breed of dog. There are many mutts that resemble the pit bull that kill people, so classification is difficult.The Pit bull variety is by far the largest killer of humans, followed by Rottweiler's and Husky's. Dozens of different breeds can kill people. Basset Hounds, Beagle's, Dauschund's, Labradors, and even Golden retrievers have killed humans.
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The most dangerous mammal in North America is...Bambi. The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that white-tailed deer kill around 130 Americans each year simply by causing car accidents. In 1994, these predator deer had a banner year, causing 211 human deaths in car wrecks.
Hi Unseen,
There is certainly a problem here....children are dying! I understand what the dog owners are talking about when they say "it's not the dog, it's the owner". You said yourself that "the worst elements of society seem attracted to this...", so maybe it really is the owner and not the dog.
My view is that if you own a dog, it MUST be under your control at all times, whether that is via a leash or a fence or anything else. With that in mind, if a dog attacks a human, it is really like the owner attacking a human.... or at least allowing harm to come to a human through some level of negligence. This is apparently how the city of Melbourne, Australia feel about the issue too. As part of a legal crackdown on various "dangerous" breeds, dog owners will now be charged with manslaughter if their dog kills someone (and lesser, negligence based, charges for bites, maiming, whatever else).
OK, I'm going to go read some of the other comments now...
If Manslaughter charges could be brought against negligent owners, I think the dog related death numbers would dry up very quickly.
It's not enough for owners to be "Nice" to their dogs. Dogs need to feel they are part of the pack. They need to feel they have responsibilities, or they will think the pack is mismanaged, and try to take over the alpha spot. That's why teaching dogs tricks, and working with them, and rewarding them for obedience is so crucial. I can understand why Unseen thinks that "It's the ownder, not the Dog" is an unproved maxim. Irresponsible dog owners are often nice people. They just don't know what they are doing.
Let's be completely honest. Any breed ban results in dogs being put down. Unseen simply wants to kill dogs, because he thinks they can't be trained. He's wrong.
I would be more for phasing big aggressive breeds out of existence through not breeding any more of them. Breeding to type is generally not good for the dog's health anyway. Mutts tend, on the whole, to be healthier animals.
Requiring bonds on the one hand and creating huge penalties for the owners of dogs that attack, even if the attack is by a dog with a "perfect record" beforehand, will discourage the responsible owners from owning big aggressive dogs, although for the worst owners, who don't give a sh*t, even that probably won't work. It may also work like "When you outlaw guns, only outlaws will own guns." The Law of Unintended Consequences.
"The truth is that when treated like any other dog, they are as harmless as any other dog."
There are ample examples of previously well-behaved pitbulls (as well as other types of dog) reacting for reasons known or unknown to something, resulting in a disastrous and/or tragic attack. Often on children, who tend to be very trusting and unwary and naive in their behavior with dogs. The question is, what is the cost/benefit ratio when it comes to the benefits of dogs vs the fact that they are responsible for more large animal attacks than any other species (other than man himself)? Here is a typical list of animal-caused deaths in a recent year (note that while horse-related deaths seem high, many of those deaths are riding-related accidents, not a horse attacking a human):
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@Michael Appleman "You need to prove that the dogs are the problem,a nd not the owners. If you get rid of pitbulls and the owners get different dogs, and the fatalities do not decrease, you have killed millions of animals for nothing."
Actually, I'm not suggesting a pogrom against dogs. Just phasing them out. And if it were me, I'd apply it to all large aggressive breeds. Will that put an absolute end to all dog attacks? Of course not, but it'll cut way back on the killing and maiming.
What's so important about having big, aggressive dogs that it's worth the death and injury anyway?
As I've pointed out, the maxim that "It's not the dog that's the problem; it's the owner" is just something people SAY after the damage is done. How about some PREVENTION?
Will people STOP please with the old "It's not the dog, it's the owner" saw and instead offer a plan for ending the attacks. The fact is, people have legal rights, dogs don't, so attacking the problem by controlling the owners (rather than controlling the dogs) is a rather lame approach offering little hope of success.
Uh Require owners to be licensed or certified to own these dogs as pets? Just because you want to ignore that people are the problem in this doesn't mean it isn't true get a grip..
well atleast you seem to got it out of your head that dogs are parasites.
But let me ask you the same question i am asking the other guy. What is your view on swimming pools. swimming pools kill orders of magnitude more people than pitbulls do. banning them wont cause any harm as they are only used for fun. so then should we ban private swimming pool ownership?