So, I was looking for an ARL-44 kit for a while now, the only result on the 1st page of google relies to it is someone else asking the same question from 2005, so over 10 years ago.
I'm just wondering, why every companies, aside from some European companies, released at least 1 1/35 Tiger I/II kit during the last 10-15 years, but not a single ARL-44 or even an AMX-50? I know there are the AMX-13, the AMX-30 and the Leclerc, and some WW1 and inter Wars tank (Somua S35, the only new kit is from Tamiya in 2015), but these are only a few tanks compare to what the French line up had either eras.
Because French tanks are not iconic, popular and "historical" as other nations? Yes, indeed they are. Though, if one says that "they have no market", it's just an assumption. Does anyone really tried to get on that part of the market in the 1st place? With so many vehicles in 1/35 unproduced.
Lack of information is just an excuse. Saumur tank museum in France is open with many native vehicles and some of them have intact interior. People reached out for Bovington, but not Saumur .
Checking Armorama, I see that people, even if it's sarcastic, are tired of every Tiger and T-34 releases. Yet, many experts are still pointing out the same errors that existed for ages.
Girls und Panzer, like it or not, features French tanks quite recently. I thought it was a marketing opportunity for companies to launch some ww2/early cold war French tank. Yet, still 0 French kit til now. It is just frustrating for me.
There is also the AUF-1 (or whatever the correct designation is) 155mm howitzer on AMX-30 chassis.
There are also a few armoured cars, AMX-10RC, ERC-90 and a few different flavours of Panhard-VBL.
Heller did the VBCI a few years ago and they had the 4x4 and 6x6 VAB.
Tiger Model started off with a few french armoured kits but now they seem to be moving into modern Israeli and Russian and two Leopard-based prototypes.
I think the companies choose to do kits they think will sell, maybe they underestimate the potential market for French armour.
As a fan of French tanks, I feel your pain. With that said, things have improved since the days when the only tanks I could buy were those God awful Heller 1/35 kits 30 years ago. Tamiys have given us arguably the best of the WW2 tanks, the Char Bis and Somua S35. They also gave us the LeClerc and Meng tossed us an excellent AMX-30. WW1 French is very well covered. Also we do have a Hotchkiss H39 and Renault R35 in 1/35. We do need a plastic Renault D2 although at least Azimut and Commander's do provide resin kits. I confess to being a bit mystified why these aren't more popular, if people like WW2 panzers for the painting freedom and variety of camouflage patters they should love those French tanks!
Where we have real gaps is in the 1945-1955 range. I want an ARL44 so badly that I literally flew from the US to Saumur so I could climb over theirs and measure it for scratchbuilding. I suspect part of the problem is that they were in service fairly briefly, never went into combat, and were objectively failures. Which as a fan is no reason not to do those (and give me an AMX M4 while you're at it!) but I guess does explain it a bit.
With that said, God bless World of Tanks for making these types of tanks popular and potentially marketable. I would not be entirely surprised to see an ARL44, AMX-50, and British A43 Black Prince in the next 1-3 years simply because many manufacturers seem willing to tackle some pretty rare subjects for us. Time will tell!
Blitz Kit has released some late 30's French tanks in resin.
Also, Hobbybos makes the Schneider and St Chamond, and Takom the St Chamond, so there's actualy a lot out there.
Both Blast models and KMT make resin figures and upgrades for French vehicles.
I saw these AMX-30 kits stay the in stock of a local store for years, including the SPAA version. I tend to focus on tanks more than just any AFV.
I also visited Saumur in 2017 and I really admire ARL-44 and AMX-50. They are not considered successful, but even the US prototype T29/30/34 and T28/95 are all considered failure but they get covered thanks to World of Tanks. The French tanks are really underappreciated.
War Thunder from Gaijin, a competitor to World of Tanks, had send a team to Saumur to take measures of the French tanks to make the model for their game. People are also known to contact the Museum for information.
Thanks Henri-Pierre for the suggestion. However, I prefer plastic kits as they are easier to work with for me.
P/s: I apologise for the rant.
When I mentioned AMX-30 and the AUF I was thinking about the kits from Meng, I don't think Meng has done the SPAA version yet.
During the period 1940 - 1955 there wasn't all that many tanks Made in France.
To answer your question, I suggest you search any modeling forum or magazine for the phrase "Why don't they make". You will find the subject discussed hundreds of times.
The answer ultimately comes down to money, like everything else in the world.
We see something similar over on Large Scale Planes: WNW has released some weird-assed planes I've never heard of, but a state-of-the-art Spad? Thankfully Copper State Models has released two versions of the iconic Nieuport 17.
The parade of box art above shows there has been an upsurge in French AFVs, especially post-war. Maybe the humiliation of 1940 makes pre-WW2 and early WW2 vehicles commercial pariahs?
Maybe the humiliation of 1940 makes pre-WW2 and early WW2 vehicles commercial pariahs?
Don't ask people to do your work for you. We're all glad to help, but please make an effort yourself first.
Just for the amusement and a little bit of curiosity needing assuaging... I just did a quick Google around 1/35 French (armor, military, tank) kits and a little variation on those Q's.
I found over 120 1/35 kits covering about 30 general subjects from WWI, WWII period, and post-WWII. "General subjects" meaning a general model or type of vehicle, such as "AMX-13". There are quite a few variants on the AMX-13 chassis, as there are on the Lorraine 37/38L types, Renault R-35, etc. Many of the WWII-era tanks appear in both French original and German re-used / mod versions. My search only included tracked and wheeled armored vehicles - no moto's, no trucks and cars, figure sets, etc.
We should note when speaking of the French that many of the pre-WWII vehicles were adapted and modified by the Germans, and that the 1945 - 1955 period saw modest French vehicle production - and post-WWII French forces used a lot of ex-US, Brit, German vehicles in the first few years after WWII. My search excluded all of those seconded foreign things.
There's a pretty nice and currently expanding range of French stuff to build and modify. And yes, just like with all the other nation's military-in-models, there are gaps and seemingly common French vehicles not yet kitted. I think... Just Wait! They'll eventually appear.
One of the more interesting observations from my little search is that there is all of about one French plastic model company (Heller), and no current French manufacturing of "modern, state-of-art" French military kits.
GGEEEEZZZZZ; WHY AREN'T THERE ANY 1/35 RUSSIAN (SOVIET) ARMOR !!!!!!!!!!
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I know of the Leclerc from RoG, the 4x4 VAB by Heller Char Bis from Trumpeter and R-35 from S Model.
You can add the AMX 30/105, AMX 13/105 and the Somua S-35 from Heller.
It should be clear to all that there actually are a fairly rich diversity of French armor kits in 1/35th scale.... covering AT LEAST 30 FRENCH-BUILT types of tanks, armored-cars, and APC distributed over the WWI, WWII, and post-war-to-modern eras.
Many available kits reflect these originally-French vehicles in modified versions such as those used by the Germans in WWII.
While "rich", all can also see that the current list of original French types represented by 1/35 scale kits is LIMITED.... As are the lists of types rep'd by kits for about any country!
Now should come our usual "wish-lists" for French stuff that isn't well-represented yet. From where I sit, we have some good selections of R-35, S-35, H-37/38/39, Char B1, FT, St. Chamond, Schneider, AMX-13, AMX-30, LeClerk, VAB, AML, AMD, EBR, and Lorraine types available, among others. What are we really lacking? What types are not yet reasonably represented by 1/35th scale kits???
My "votes" for "more French armor in 1/35th" include: FCM tanks, Renault D, AMC and AMR types, Panhard and Laffly armored-cars and tractors, and Citroen-Kegresse half-tracks, for starters!
Maybe if enough folks clamor for "MORE French!", some kit-makers will eventually rise to the occasion and opportunity!
They even have a section called "French Section".
Right NOW, looking on the evilbay "newly listed" armor kits... There are 7 1/35 French vehicle kits, and 1 track set, out of the MOST RECENT 100 listings posted TODAY!
Maybe folks are watching this thread and making some sort of "statement"???


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Q: How to Write Binary (not UTF-8) to File I have an array of numbers, which I would like to write to a file using Node.JS.
If I have a number: 256
The file should contain the binary:
`00000001  00000000`

And not:
`00000010  00000101  00000110`

The reason for asking this question is that I have read that the binary string format for buffers is being deprecated1.

A: The Buffer class can handle arrays of numbers directly:
// Old style
var buffer = new Buffer([ 150 ]);

// New style
var buffer = Buffer.from([ 150 ]);

// Write the buffer to a file.
// Using `fs.writeFileSync()` just as an example here.
require('fs').writeFileSync('output.bin', buffer);

If you're dealing with larger numbers (not bytes), you need to use a typed array.
For instance, using 16-bit unsigned values:
var array    = [ 5000, 4000 ];
var u16array = Uint16Array.from(array);
var buffer   = new Buffer(u16array.buffer);

require('fs').writeFileSync('output.bin', buffer);

A: Please take a look at Buffer's documention: https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html
Buffer support read/write binary numbers:
buf.readDoubleBE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readDoubleLE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readFloatBE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readFloatLE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readInt8(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readInt16BE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readInt16LE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readInt32BE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readInt32LE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readIntBE(offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
buf.readIntLE(offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
buf.readUInt8(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readUInt16BE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readUInt16LE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readUInt32BE(offset[, noAssert])
buf.readUInt32LE(offset[, noAssert])
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Q: dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libswiftCore.dylib. Issue persist I know that this question have been answered several times, but I have not been able to find a proper solution to this error when I am coding a Swift application for IOS 8.1:

dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libswiftCore.dylib   Referenced from:
  /private/var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/LONGSERIALNUMBER/AppName.app/AppName
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
      /private/var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/LONGSERIALNUMBER/AppName.app/Frameworks/libswiftCore.dylib:
  mmap() error 1 at address=0x008A1000, size=0x001A4000 segment=__TEXT
  in Segment::map() mapping
  /private/var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/LONGSERIALNUMBER/APPLICATION_NAME/Frameworks/libswiftCore.dylib

As it said in this question
dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libswiftCore.dylib
I have tried all these actions:

*

*Restarting Xcode, iPhone, computer

*Cleaning & rebuilding

*Revoking and creating new certificate/provision profile

*Runpath Search Paths is '$(inherited) @executable_path/Frameworks'

*Embedded Content Contains Swift Code is 'Yes'

*Code Signing Identity is developer

but I have always got the same error...
I am using XCode 6.1 and OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 and I have an iPhone 4s for testing.
This evening I deployed my application in a friend's computer and everything was perfect. The point is that the OS X of my friend is Yosemite 10.10. So it seems that using Yosemite the problem disappears.
Any ideas will be appreciate. Thanks.
PS: for some complicated reasons I cannot update my operating system to Yosemite

A: Do you use cocoapods. There is a similar issue with using that. If so, try use a different version of cocoa pods.


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Nights with a Cat Volume 1 Review
Ian Wolf • 22nd August 2022
This short but charming comedy manga, partly based on real-life events, contains elements that any cat owner will immediately recognise, although the artwork may be a challenge for some readers.
Nights with a Cat has a simple premise. Fuuta has taken in his student sister P-chan as a roommate, who brings along with her a pet cat. At first Fuuta doesn't know how to react to the feline but after three days he becomes obsessed with him, filling his phone with cat photos.
Eventually the cat is named Kyuruga, meaning "QR Code", because when P-chan tries to take a photo of him, his head fur is displayed in such a way that her smartphone thinks the fur is a QR code.
The manga consists of several short chapters (one is just a single page), of Fuuta learning more about how to interact with Kyuruga and the trouble the cat sometimes causes.
In terms of story, there is not much to Nights with a Cat, given that it is just a collection of short comic strips. It does make for a nice manga to dip in and out of however, and there are several laughs along the way, such as when Fuuta sees Kyuruga curled up in several shapes, making him look like a roast turkey or a slug. The book's afterword says that the QR Code incident is one that happened to author Kyuryu Z and his own cat.
The most notable aspect of the manga however is the artwork, which I suspect is going to be a stumbling block for readers expecting something more traditional in the manga style. The character designs are the most noticeable thing, with Fuuta not being depicted with either a mouth or nose, his face consisting of just his hair and two large eyes with massive pupils. All three characters in the story have these eyes with huge pupils, which in my mind feel more reminiscent of the Moomins than anything you see in manga. Personally speaking, I have no major objection to this style, and the minimalist face of Fuuta can at times provide extra gags, with the exact details of his mood having to be written in little extra notes.
Nothing seems to be wrong with Stephen Paul's translation, while Lys Blakeslee adopts an interesting lettering style, ditching the normal comic sans style for a font that feels more organic and like someone's handwriting.
The series has been adapted into an anime which began airing in Japan earlier this month. It is not currently available on any English-language streaming websites, but you can watch the original Japanese episodes on the show's official YouTube channel. The second volume (of three so far) is due out in September from Yen Press.
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Ian works as an anime and manga critic for Anime UK News, and was also the manga critic for MyM Magazine. Outside of anime, he is data specialist for the British Comedy Guide, is QI's most pedantic viewer, has written questions for both The Wall and Richard Osman's House of Games, and has been a contestant on Mastermind.
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Feminism, consent, and some adult material discovered in a cliched location all make an appearance as this manga continues to educate and entertain.
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Why be the hero or the villain when you can be the shadowy mastermind in another world?
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After three years, a new volume of the manga concerning the excitable five-year-old appears, featuring pebble hunting, banana blending, and book making.
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Ghosts and a portion of hotpot are offered in the second volume of this feline harem series.
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The two first met when they were delinquents – now they're adult women and one has a romantic confession to make.
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Many homeowners flip through interior design magazines and covet the gorgeous natural stone found throughout the glossy pages. They can almost feel the smoothness of the marble kitchen counters or the rough texture of the fireplace surrounds. Going top to bottom in high-end natural stone may not be within reach for some, but that doesn't mean they can't add high-end touches to their designs and give their rooms a touch of luxe. Our experts share ways to add luxury natural stone touches into their designs and get the looks they desire without breaking their budgets.
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Susan Kathryn Toth, principal of Version International, Inc, a residential interior design firm based in Toronto, Ontario, recommends being strategic with placement of natural stone to get that luxury look without needing a lot of it. Small amounts can be very effective and dramatic if they're located in high-visibility areas. For example, incorporating a natural stone tile backsplash in a kitchen shows off that luxurious look a homeowner might be craving without it necessarily adding a lot to the overall cost of the project, Toth says. "You can also use stone baseboards on built ins instead of wood," she adds.
Details matter so focus on spending on highlighting those details. Rather than trying to encompass a large space, like an entire kitchen or bathroom, in nature stone, look for opportunities to call out special spots.
Example of a remnant yard.
The variety of natural stone that's available on the market today provides endless opportunities to create unique spaces that complement the owner's personal style.
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Remnants are pieces of natural stone left over from a full slab. For those considering incorporating natural stone into a project, can't afford larger slabs, or aren't ready to commit to large installations, remnants can be a starting point. Many fabrication shops have a great selection of remnants on hand and depending on the size, can be used on anything from small countertops or furniture tops such as coffee tables to fireplace surrounds.
"Art pieces on interior walls is one way to create an instant element of WOW without needing a lot of material," shares Graves.
Stone walls make a big impact in a small space.
For those who want to use a particular natural stone but are concerned about whether it will hold up and worth the investment, Graves recommends homeowners not rule out a type of material without exploring their options first. "There have been so many technological advancements with sealers out there that will allow you to accomplish the look you are going for with much less worry," she adds.
While some homeowners feel using natural stone in their projects might mean having to go all out in order to get the look they desire, it may not have to be all or nothing. In fact, careful consideration about your goals and opportunities to showcase natural stone as a focal point rather than the main material may end up being both cost-effective and achieve the desired look of a space. Being mindful of your space and choosing stone that resonates with your design goals may be more within reach that you originally thought.


This bundle includes the full GameDev Handbook collection: A hardcover copy of the The GameDev Business Handbook, a digital copy of The GameDev Business Handbook, and a digital copy of The GameDev Budgeting Handbook.
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Falls Area Community Television reserves the right to reschedule any program or equipment use when an emergency message or broadcast requires it. Although Falls Area Community Television makes every effort to cable cast all programs
that are scheduled, in the event of technical difficulties or emergency, Falls Area Community Television will reschedule the program at the next available time slot.
Eligible producers may schedule equipment use time by submitting an APPLICATION FOR CABLECASTING OF AN ACCESS PROGRAM to the station manager. Such forms will not be accepted or scheduled more than six months in advance of the time requested. Use of Falls Area Community Television equipment will be scheduled on a first-come-first-served basis. Producers requesting to transport Falls Area Community Television equipment are required to show proof of a valid driver's license and insurance.
One of the functions of Falls Area Community Television is to offer regular workshops open to cable subscribers and other community members, instructing participants in the operation and use of Falls Area Community Television's equipment. These workshops will be conducted for a minimal charge (or small) to the participants.
Periodically, training workshops for certification will be held on the following subjects:
* BASIC CAMERA OPERATION: covers the
fundamentals of camera setup, operation and care of camera equipment.
* VIDEO EDITING: planning and operation of video editing and title
insertion equipment.
Other workshops maybe held as the need arises. Video production workshops may require a fee. Participants who complete a training workshop will be certified by the station and registered to operate and use the equipment of Falls Area Community Television. The station manager will maintain a registration list of certified individuals.
USE OF STATION EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
Equipment purchased by Falls Area Community Television may be used by cable subscribers to originate and produce programming for use on Falls Area Community Television's public access channels.
Cable subscribers who have successfully completed the training course through Falls Area Community Television are eligible to use the station's equipment at no cost. Users under the age of eighteen (18) must have an advisor/producer who will supervise and be responsible for equipment and program content.
The producer is solely financially responsible to ensure that Falls Area Community Television equipment is not left in any vehicle overnight, and will be transported in a lockable, secure, weatherproof vehicle, and that the equipment will not be exposed to an avoidable risk of theft, extreme temperatures, or damage. Falls Area Community Television may decline to authorize equipment use in cases, which represent an unreasonable risk to the equipment.
REPAIR/MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT
Falls Area Community Television will provide maintenance and repair of all station equipment. Producers are requested to immediately report any equipment failure or difficulty of operation to the station manager for repair or replacement. IN NO EVENT IS A PRODUCER TO ATTEMPT TO ALLOW OTHERS TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR OR MODIFY STATION EQUIPMENT. PRODUCERS WHO VIOLATE OR PERMIT OTHERS TO VIOLATE THIS REGULATION WILL BE DENIED FUTURE USE OF STATION EQUIPMENT.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Falls Area Community Television's equipment and channels may be used during regularly scheduled times at no cost to the towns of Bellows Falls, Grafton, Saxtons River, Athens Westminster or public access users.
Producers are responsible for financial and legal arrangements involved in the production of their shows, including release forms, licenses, permits, and contracted and incurred costs.
Falls Area Community Television is a non-profit public access entity and is not operated for the profit of any person or corporation. Commercial or "for profit" use of Falls Area Community Television equipment is strictly prohibited and will result in denial of access privileges.
In the event that any producer, photographer or other person should realize income from a project produced using Falls Area Community Television facilities, Falls Area Community Television is entitled to 20% of such income. Commercial or "for profit" use of Falls Area Community Television's equipment of facilities is strictly prohibited and will result in denial of access privileges.
PRODUCERS RESPONSIBILITIES
Falls Area Community Television actively solicits and encourages volunteers from the towns served to develop and produce programming of local appeal for use on Falls Area Community Television. All programming produced using station facilities are intended for use on Falls Area Community Television channels.
With the exception of live studio productions, FACT's employees shall not be used to shoot, edit, or otherwise produce your programs during their paid work time. FACT employees may agree to assist producers as a volunteer before of after their working hours.
PROGRAM CONTENT
All programs submitted for use by Falls Area Community Television must contain the following information and meet the following technical standards:
All completed programs should be submitted be on one or more of the following media: VHS, DVD or Mini-DV. Each program shall have a label containing: program title, producers name, program length, and production date. Falls Area Community Television may refuse to use any media, which is damaged or contains video and signal information, which does not meet technical quality standards.
While Falls Area Community Television does not exercise any editorial control over the programs, FACT reserves the right to add a disclaimer indemnifying and FACT's association to the program. Programs submitted to FACT may, at the discretion of management, be scheduled at a time of day that is deemed appropriate, relevant to the program's content, for instance, when children are not likely to be watching, This includes, but is not limited to programming which contains nudity, explicit language and/or violence.
PROGRAM COMPLIANCE
Presentation of the following on Falls Area Community Television channels is strictly prohibited:
1. Material designed to promote a product or service, trade, business or person, with the single exception of FACT sponsors.
2. Material that identifies any product, service, trademark or brand name in a manner that is related to the commercial use of such a product, service, trademark, or brand name with the exception of FACT sponsors.
Material which is intended to defraud the viewer or obtain private information, or which contains false or fraudulent representations, promises or pretenses.
Direct or indirect solicitation of funds, with the exception of FACT fundraising.
Any and all forms of political advertising. What IS PERMITTED are candidate or issue forums to which all parties concerned have been invited, or public meetings open to any and all candidates.
Material which constitutes libel, slander, pornography, violation of trademark or copyright, or which violates local, state, or federal law, including Federal Communication Commission regulations.
COPYRIGHT LIABILITY
It is the sole responsibility of producers to abide by all applicable state and federal policies regarding copyright law for both visual and audible programming. Falls Area Community Television assumes no liability relative to copyright clearance or expense.
PRODUCER PRIVILEGES
All producers should identify themselves as "Community Producers", and in no event as representatives of Comcast or its successors, or representatives of Falls Area Community Television, unless they are covering a special event specifically for Falls Area Community Television. Producers are solely responsible for their programs and are to comply with all Falls Area Community Television Policies and Procedures, local, state and federal laws and regulations.
Falls Area Community Television reserves the right to suspend or revoke access and/or equipment and facility use privileges for any producer who:
Misuses equipment, and/or abuses equipment,
Fails to return equipment on time.
In any way abuses employees, interns or volunteers, either verbally or physically.
If any staff member believes that any person is determining to be physically threatening to another person while in the Falls Area Community Television, Falls Area Community Television's management, Board and staff reserve the right to have the offending person removed and reported to the proper authorities. Any person who interferes with the orderly conduct of business will be asked to leave immediately.
Any individual found tampering with station equipment, especially if programming is interrupted, will have their privileges revoked.
Any user of Falls Area Community Television channels, facilities and equipment must indemnify and hold harmless Falls Area Community Television, its staff, volunteers, subcontractors, Greater Rockingham Area Services, and the board of Directors of Falls Area Community Television against and all liability arising out of such use or for any breach of operating policies.
General: In short, Public Access Television is the availability of a television station to the general public. Falls Area Community Television (referred to as FACT) is a non-profit Access Management Organization (AMO) dedicated to serving the Public, Educational, and Government (PEG) sectors of the Greater Bellows Falls Region.
The mission of Falls Area Community Television is to provide all community members the opportunity to produce local programming on the PEG access channels. We are committed to serving the Public, Educational, and Government sectors of the community on a first-come, first-serve, nondiscriminatory basis, by ensuring that people have access to the studio, equipment and staff that will enable them to produce quality programming that is of interest and value to the members, viewers, and subscribers of the cable systems in the local communities served by Comcast Cable Corporation or its successors.
Equipment and facilities of FACT are used in a manner that is consistent with all applicable state and federal policies, regulations, and licenses. FACT makes every effort to ensure fair and equal access of equipment and facilities for all community members.
Problem Resolution: Part of FACT's commitment to the community is to encourage an open and frank atmosphere in which members, viewers, and subscribers may voice any problem, complaint, suggestion, or question; and that concerns receive a timely response from FACT management.
FACT strives to ensure fair and honest treatment to all members, viewers, and subscribers. Members, viewers, subscribers, and FACT management are expected to treat each other with mutual respect. Members, viewers, and subscribers are encouraged to offer positive and constructive criticism.
As members, viewers, and subscribers, you have the opportunity to contribute to the success and growth of FACT by voicing your concerns. The management of FACT welcomes and encourages all positive and constructive suggestions. Quality communication and solutions benefit both FACT and it's members, viewers, and subscribers.
If a member, viewer, or subscriber disagrees with established rules, policies, or practices of FACT, they can express their concerns through the problem resolution procedure by making use of the following steps set forth by the Board of Directors:
1. Member, viewer, or subscriber presents the problem to the Executive Director. The Executive Director responds to the problem during discussion with the member, viewer, or subscriber.
2. If the Executive Director is unavailable, or the member, viewer, or subscriber believes it would be inappropriate to contact that person, the problem may be presented by the member, viewer, or subscriber at a regularly scheduled board of directors meeting. The problem may also be presented to the President of the Board of Directors or any member of the board (call FACT for contact information). A problem presented to the President of the Board or other member of the board will be placed on the agenda of the regularly scheduled board of directors meeting for discussion with the Executive Director.
3. The Executive Director responds to the problem after consulting with the Board of Directors, as appropriate. Executive Director documents and files the problem resolution.
Not every problem can be resolved to everyone's total satisfaction, but only through understanding and discussion of problems can members, viewers, subscribers, and FACT develop confidence in each other and the service provided to the community. This confidence and understanding is important to the operation of FACT and it's quality service to the members, viewers, and subscribers.
B/O/D 12-3-09
Subcontractor Policies/Agreement
Falls Area Community Television (referred to as FACT) is a non-profit Access Management Organization (AMO) dedicated to serving the Public, Educational, and Government (PEG) sectors of the Greater Bellows Falls Region.
Members, viewers, subscribers of the cable systems services, as well as volunteers are encouraged to film public, educational, and governmental meetings and events to ensure quality programming in the Greater Bellows Falls Region.
Compensation is provided for filming some public, educational, and governmental meetings and events. Members, viewers, subscribers of the cable systems services, as well as volunteers may be contracted as subcontractors at a flat fee to conduct filming.
When being considered for a subcontracting assignment, the individual must fit the profile of an independent contractor and not an employee. It is understood and agreed between the subcontractor and FACT that the agreement for services rendered does not create an employment contract, nor does it create a joint relationship or partnership between the parties.
Either the subcontractor or FACT can terminate the relationship with or without cause at any time.
At the end of a subcontractors relationship with FACT, the subcontractor shall return any materials, property, or equipment to FACT.
Business Ethics, Confidentiality, and Conduct:
The successful business operation and reputation of FACT is largely built upon the principals of fair dealing and ethical conduct of FACT management, employees, and our subcontractors. Our reputation for integrity and excellence requires trust and a scrupulous regard for the highest standards of conduct and personal integrity. FACT is dedicated to preserving the trust and confidence of the public. Subcontractors must exercise good judgment and care at all times to avoid unauthorized or improper disclosure of confidential information. Good judgment, based on high ethical principals, will guide subcontractors with respect to lines of acceptable conduct. If a situation arises where it is difficult to determine the proper course of action, the subcontractor should discuss the matter openly with the Executive Director of FACT to determine the proper course of action. Compliance with fair dealing and ethical conduct is the responsibility of every subcontractor.
It is the responsibility of the subcontractor to communicate with FACT management to set up the equipment for filming; to film the event; and to arrange to take down and return the equipment to the studio.
All personal expenses related to services rendered including, but not limited to, travel and meals are borne by the subcontractor.
Equipment is provided by FACT for the filming of public, educational, and governmental meetings and events. It is the responsibility of the subcontractor to care for the equipment in a responsible manner, and to report any technical problems, defects, or damage to the equipment. Prompt reporting of damage or defects could prevent possible injury to others, and deterioration and excessive cost for repairs of equipment. Negligent or improper conduct leading to damage of FACT equipment, and theft or inappropriate removal or possession of FACT property and equipment is prohibited. Any recordings produced by the subcontractor are the property of FACT. Equipment and facilities of FACT are used in a manner that is consistent with all applicable state and federal policies, regulations, and licenses.
Payment for Services:
NOTE: Compensation to subcontractors for services are limited to those set forth by the Board of Directors of FACT.
At completion of services rendered, the subcontractor will submit the invoice/job sheet to the Executive Director within 30 business days for review. Upon approval, the invoice will be submitted to the Office Manager with instructions for payment as requested by the Executive Director (not to exceed 15 business days).
The subcontractor may receive compensation by: 1.) Coming to the office and receiving the check directly, 2.) Certified mail, 3.) Other individuals may pick up a subcontractor's check only upon prior signed, written notice from the subcontractor naming the specific individual picking up the check.
Acknowledgement:
In order to retain necessary flexibility in the administration of procedures, FACT reserves the right to change, revise, or eliminate policies. The only recognized deviations from the stated policies are those authorized and signed by the Board of Directors of FACT
FACT TV ORIGINATED PROGRAMMING
FACT originates programs for civic meetings and other events. FACT employees, volunteers, subcontractors and or board members shall not under any circumstance attempt to participate in a meeting while operating equipment during such meetings or events. To participate in a civic meeting, FACT's employees, volunteers, subcontractors or board members must sit in the public seating area and clearly state that they are speaking for themselves as an individual and not as a representative of FACT.
AVAILABILITY OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Upon request, a full copy of this document will be provided to anyone who intends to use the facilities. A full copy of the current policies and regulations procedures will be placed at the municipal offices to the communities served by Falls Area Community Television.
The Board of Directors of Falls Area Community Television reserves the right to make necessary amendments to these Policies and Procedures.
FALLS AREA COMMUNITY TELEVISION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
(with dates of policy approval)
5/10/97 - Sponsorship rates established=$50. @month
6/17/98 - Board established requirement for monthly financial report, as well as detailed quarterly reports
7/22/98 - President and secretary/treasurer authorized to sign checks and money orders for the station.
8/14/98 - Expenditures (excluding salaries) over $200. shall not be made unless approved by the full board.
11/4/99 - Sponsors who are three months in arrears will be eliminated after being notified by letter.
7/6/00 - By-laws changed to authorize 9 directors.
11/1/00 - Board voted not to show any political material in the final 48 hours before an election.
3/7/01 - All future purchases of equipment will be done by station employees with the approval of the Board
5/11/07 - Board voted to support Nancy Stefanick's proposal for a radio station under the aegis of Fall Area Community Television. Also, Board voted to contribute no funds or labor of employees or Directors to project.
4/2/03 - Board voted to produce coverage of school and municipal board meetings in Bellows Falls area whenever feasible and financially possible.
11/1/03 - Board voted to establish $40.00 per meeting as the standard rate of compensation for producers of public meetings.
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Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101, USA
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Sports Engineering, Inc. holds the exclusive worldwide rights to the load mitigating "sole" technology that was invented, incubated and patented at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).


This program is extremely simple and you really did not need to use PHP to create a page like this. All it does is display: Hello World using the PHP echo statement.... This is it – the stuff you signed up for! In this chapter, you'll learn how to take information stored in a MySQL database and display it on a web page for all to see.
The appearance of all the pages and the posts which are created on a WordPress website is handled by a template file named page.php. Creating a Custom Page in WordPress The very first thing, open a plain text editor like Notepad.... In this tutorial, we are going to create pagination with PHP and MySql. It is probably possible that your SQL SELECT query may return result into thousand and millions of records. And it is obviously not a good idea to display all those results on one page. So we can split this result into multiple pages.
This program is extremely simple and you really did not need to use PHP to create a page like this. All it does is display: Hello World using the PHP echo statement.
The appearance of all the pages and the posts which are created on a WordPress website is handled by a template file named page.php. Creating a Custom Page in WordPress The very first thing, open a plain text editor like Notepad.
You can display the value in a PHP variable on a web page by using any of the following statements: echo, print, print_r, or var_dump. Variables in echo and print statements You can display the value in a variable on a web page with an echo or print statement.


Combine eggs, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves in a large bowl. Add coconut oil and honey and blend until well-combined. Stir in coconut flour, zucchini, and raisins until well mixed. Line a muffin tin with liners. Bake at 325 for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.


One of my favorite trees is the Japanese Maple. We have 4 of them in our yard. When they are trimmed up properly, they are beautiful with their long and far reaching branches… ….but when I don't get around to trimming them….their branches become heavy….and they droop….and they don't look right…. ….and if the trimming is neglected long enough….the weight of the limbs becomes a burden to the tree….and wounds form….and scars form… The process of trimming takes effort and time….if you want to grow big and strong. The process requires you to step back and look….look for the places that are heavy laden. And the process actually begins underneath the tree….in the places that aren't visible at first glance….you have to trim from the inside out. The burdensome, heavier limbs have to be unloaded….so that instead of drooping, the branches can rise towards the sunshine. Because without the proper Light you can't grow to be strong….and without the proper trimming you can't reach the destiny God has for you….
Psalms 38:4….For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Psalms 55:22….Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 1:1-3….Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
Hosea 14:4-9…."I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him. I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like Lebanon. His branches shall spread; His beauty shall be like an olive tree, And his fragrance like Lebanon. Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; They shall be revived like grain, And grow like a vine. Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon. "Ephraim shall say, 'What have I to do anymore with idols?' I have heard and observed him. I am like a green cypress tree; Your fruit is found in Me." Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them.
Matthew 11:28…Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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BEIJING (AP) — Two Chinese astronauts began the country's longest crewed space mission yet on Monday, blasting off on a spacecraft for a 30-day stay on an experimental space station as China steadfastly navigates its way to becoming a space superpower.
Ahead of the launch, one astronaut shouted: "We are ready! Please give instructions!" in front of dozens of people dressed in colorful dress representing China's ethnic minorities, in footage shown prominently on Chinese TV. The commander-in-chief of the manned space program, Gen. Zhang Youxia, replied: "Proceed!" followed by blaring marching music as the astronauts boarded a bus to take them to the launch pad.
China, Russia and the United States are the only countries that have independently launched humans into space, and while the others have more experience in manned space travel, China's military-backed program has made methodical progress in comparatively short time.
The launch is China's sixth manned mission, the previous longest being about two weeks.
For this mission, the astronauts will dock their spacecraft with the Tiangong 2 station within two days, conduct experiments in medicine and space-related technologies, and test systems and processes in preparation for the launching of the station's core module in 2018. A fully functioning space station is on course to begin operating six years from now and slated to run for at least a decade.
The Shenzhou 11 space capsule blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northern China at 7:30 a.m. (2330 GMT) aboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket.
Since China conducted its first crewed space mission in 2003, it has staged a spacewalk and landed its Yutu rover on the moon. The Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace," space stations are considered stepping stones to a mission to send a rover to Mars by the end of the decade. Administrators suggest a crewed landing on the moon may also be in the program's future.
The Shenzhou 11 astronauts are Jing Haipeng, who is flying his third mission, and 37-year-old Chen Dong.
"It is any astronaut's dream and pursuit to be able to perform many space missions," Jing, who turns 50 during his time in space, told a briefing Sunday.
China was excluded from the International Space Station mainly due to U.S. concerns over the Chinese space program's strongly military character. Chinese officials are now looking to internationalize their own program by offering to help finance other countries' missions to Tiangong 2, which, at 60 tons when completed, would still be considerably smaller than the 420-ton ISS.
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Tillerson and Mattis on North Korea
North Korea's bellicose actions have escalated tensions between North Korea and the United States in recent months to levels not experienced since the Korean War.
In response, the Trump administration, with the support of the international community, is applying diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a dismantling of the regime's ballistic-missile programs.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, June 5, 2017.
"We are replacing the failed policy of 'strategic patience,' which expedited the North Korean threat, with a new policy of strategic accountability," said U.S. Secretary of Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis in a recent opinion editorial.
"Our diplomatic approach is shared by many nations supporting our goals, including China, which has dominant economic leverage over Pyongyang," wrote Secretaries Tillerson and Mattis. "If China wishes to play a more active role in securing regional peace and stability. . .it must make the decision to exercise its decisive diplomatic and economic leverage over North Korea," said Tillerson and Mattis.
The United States urges all nations to honor their commitments to enforce U.N. Security Council sanctions against North Korea and to increase diplomatic, economic and political pressure on the regime, specifically through the abandonment of trade, which finances the development of ballistic missile and nuclear weapons.
While diplomacy is the preferred means of changing North Korea's course of action, it is backed by military options. Any attack will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons will be met with an effective and overwhelming response, wrote Tillerson and Mattis.
In the meantime, South Korea's new government is moving forward with the deployment of U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense against the threat – a move the U.S. commends.
China's Security Council vote was a step in the right direction. But the region and world need and expect China to do more, said Secretaries Tillerson and Mattis.
The U.S. is willing to negotiate with Pyongyang. But only if it immediately ceases its provocative threats, nuclear tests, missile launches and other weapons tests.
North Korea now faces a choice. Take a new path toward peace, prosperity and international acceptance, or continue further down the dead alley of belligerence, poverty and isolation. The U.S. will aspire and work for the former, and will remain vigilant against the latter.
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It's sound advice given frequently: Supervise your dogs and kids while they are together. Breeders warn parents, "Don't leave the dog alone with children, no matter how friendly the breed." Veterinarians advise, "Never leave a dog and a child in the same room together." Dog trainers explain, "All dogs can bite so supervise your dog when you have children over." Everyone knows the drill. So why doesn't it work? Why are there an estimated 800,000 Americans seeking medical attention for dog bites each year, with over half of these injuries to children ages 5-9?
Note the good intentions of the kids.
Note the closed mouth and half-moon eye of the dog.
The bites are not a result of negligent parents leaving Fido to care for the baby while mom does household chores, oblivious to the needs of her children. In fact, I've consulted on hundreds of dog bite cases and 95% of the time the parent was standing within 3 feet of the child watching both child and dog when the child was bitten. Parents are supervising. The problem is not lack of supervision. The problem is no one has taught parents what they should be watching.
Parents generally have not received any education on what constitutes good dog body language and what constitutes an emergency between the dog and the child. Parents generally have no understanding of the predictable series of canine body cues that would indicate a dog might bite. And complicating matters further, most parents get confused by the good intentions of the child and fail to see when a dog is exhibiting signs of stress. The good new is all of this is easy to learn! We can all get better at this.
Watch for loose canine body language. Good dog body language is loose, relaxed, and wiggly. Look for curves in your dog's body when he is around a child. Stiffening and freezing in a dog are not good. If you see your dog tighten his body, or if he moves from panting to holding his breath (he stops panting), you should intervene. These are early signs that your dog is not comfortable.
Watch for inappropriate human behavior. Intervene if your child climbs on or attempts to ride your dog. Intervene if your child pulls the ears, yanks the tail, lifts the jowls or otherwise pokes and prods the dog. Don't marvel that your dog has the patience of Job if he is willing to tolerate these antics. And please don't videotape it for YouTube! Be thankful your dog has good bite inhibition and intervene before it's too late.
Half-moon eye – this means you can see the whites on the outer edges of your dog's eyes.
Watch for avoidance behaviors. If your dog moves away from a child, intervene to prevent the child from following the dog. A dog that chooses to move away is making a great choice. He's saying, "I don't really want to be bothered, so I'll go away." However, when you fail to support his great choice and allow your child to continue to follow him, it's likely the dog's next choice will be, "Since I can't get away, I'll growl or snap at this kid to get the child to move away." Please don't cause your dog to make that choice.
Listen for growling. I can't believe how many times I've heard parents say, "Oh, he growled all the time but we never thought he would bite." Dog behavior, including aggression, is on a continuum. For dogs, growling is an early warning sign of aggression. Heed it. If growling doesn't work, the dog may escalate to snapping or biting. Growling is a clue that you should intervene between the dog and the child.
To pet owners, particularly those who also have children, thank you for supervising your dog! As a dog trainer and mother of two, I know that juggling kids and dogs is no easy feat. It takes patience, understanding, and a great deal of supervision. I hope these tips will help you get better at supervising.
You're out shopping when you turn the corner to find a cute dog browsing the merchandise. Your first instinct tells you it's someone's service dog, but then something doesn't seem right. People posing their pets as fake service dogs has become a widespread problem. Real service dogs can be any breed, their owners don't always have visible disabilities, and they're not required to carry any kind of identifying paperwork or distinguishing badge. This makes spotting the fakes exceptionally difficult, but if the dog is showing any of these behaviors, it's most likely an impostor.
Service dogs are trained in countless different kinds of jobs, but no matter what their specialty is, they always need to be alert and ready to work. If the dog is being toted around in a purse or getting a free ride in a shopping cart, they're unable to perform their duty. There are exceptions, however, if a small dog is being held close to person's chest. Some small dogs are trained to monitor certain bodily functions and need to be kept close to their owners.
It seems ironic, but you'll never see a highly trained service dog out in public and not on a leash. They're more than capable of staying by their owner, but leashes are used to protect the dog. Always using a leash is a basic part of being a responsible dog owner.
Because they're always leashed while they're working, service dogs have impeccable leash manners. They never pull and always stick close to their owner's side. Dogs used for mobility and support assistance may lean into their harnesses as part of their job, but they don't yank their person in different directions as they feel like it.
Some dogs are trained to bark or whine as an alert to warn their owner of an impending medical emergency, like a stroke or panic attack. But besides these infrequent sounds, a service dog would never bark at another dog or whine out of impatience.
All dogs rely on smell more than any other sense, and taking your pet on a walk usually involves a whole lot of sniffing. When a dog has a job to do, those scents are a distraction. Service dogs are trained to stay focused, and they won't be careening down aisles sniffing everything on the lower shelves.
A dog that isn't fully house trained should never be taken into an indoor public area. For male dogs especially, indoor accidents are not always accidental, and instead, it's the dog's way of marking a new territory. Whether they did it on purpose or not, urinating or defecating indoors is an unacceptable behavior for service dogs.
Stealing food—whether it's off a table, out of someone's hand, or something they found on the ground—is a hard habit for pets to break, but resisting temptations is one of the first lessons a service dog learns.
Socialization is a major part of service dog training, and if the dog in question is the real deal, they'll seem calm and confident no matter what's going on around them. They won't be spooked by loud noises or big crowds, and they won't cower or tuck their tails between their legs.
Service dogs know they have a job to do, and they only have eyes for the person on the other end of their leash. They don't put their noses into other people's space seeking head pats or belly rubs.
Some service dogs are trained in protection, but that doesn't mean they lash out at other people or animals without being explicitly told to. A dog that is growling, lunging, or showing other signs of unprovoked aggression is not a real service dog.
Fake service dogs put unfair scrutiny on the people who actually need their animals for medical or emotional purposes, and they're an insult to the dogs that go through months of intense training to be good at their jobs. The service dog reputation is at stake, and it's because some pet owners think "no pet" policies shouldn't apply to them. If you decide to approach someone about their dog, remember to do so politely and realize they have no legal obligation to answer a long list of questions.
I'm a big fan of crate training and recommend it to every dog parent, especially those who need to housetrain a puppy. Whether your canine companion is a puppy or a senior, a new member of your family or an old hand, providing him with his very own cozy space has a number of advantages for both of you. A crate can help not only with housetraining, but also car or plane travel, and overnight stays with friends, family or at a pet-friendly hotel.
Many people equate a crate with a jail cell, but if you understand a little about the nature of dogs, you know this isn't true. If you don't believe me, I encourage you to talk to some dog-loving friends who've crate trained their pups. Chances are they'll tell you their dog seeks out her crate on her own for naps, at bedtime and whenever she just wants a little me time.
A crate allows you to work with your pet's natural desire to be a den dweller. Dogs in the wild seek out small, dark, safe spots to inhabit. In fact, if you bring a new dog into your home and you don't have a crate ready for her, chances are she'll find a spot, such as under a table or chair or even behind the toilet in the bathroom, which answers her need for a secure, out-of-the-way "den" of her own.
If you leave her in her makeshift den, you'll notice that she won't relieve herself there. That's because dogs are programmed by nature not to soil their dens. In the wild, nursing wolves and coyotes teach their pups to relieve themselves outside their dens. This keeps predators from investigating inside their little homes, and keeps messes outside the sleeping area.
And that is exactly why crates are so useful for dogs who haven't yet been housetrained. A dog with her own den will not want to soil it, so by providing a crate for her, you're working in harmony with her natural instinct to keep her little space clean. As long as your dog is getting consistent and frequent trips outside to relieve herself, nature will prompt her not to soil her den space in between potty trips.
Another benefit of crate training is that a dog accustomed to spending time alone in her own den even when you are home is much less likely to develop separation anxiety or other phobias/panic disorders.
Putting a puppy in her crate for a nap or some quiet time also helps her learn not to expect constant attention from human family members. This strategy coupled with basic obedience training will set the stage for a secure, balanced adult dog who is pleasant to be around.
When you're purchasing a new crate for your dog, size is important. You want a space that is not too small, but also not too big. Your dog should be able to stand up, lie down and turn around in his crate. It should be large enough for him to move around in comfortably, but not so large that he can easily use one end as his bathroom and the other end for sleeping and snacking. If you need to housetrain your dog, a crate that large can actually slow down the process.
If you're unsure what size crate you need, talk to a store employee about the size of your dog and what you want to accomplish, and he or she should be able to help you pick the right size enclosure. You can also talk to a breeder, your vet or another knowledgeable person about what size crate to buy. If you're crate training a puppy, especially a medium to large breed dog, keep in mind you'll most likely need to graduate to a bigger crate as your pup matures.
When you bring the new crate home, place it in an area where your family spends time — not in an isolated spot, or outdoors, or in a high traffic location, or where your dog will experience temperature extremes.
Make sure there's nothing inside the crate that could cause him harm, including anything around his neck that could get tangled or hung up on a part of the enclosure. As necessary, clean the crate with hot water and a mild soap, or a vinegar/baking soda solution. Rinse and dry thoroughly.
If you've purchased a crate ahead of time and it's there when your puppy or dog comes home, as long as she hasn't had a bad experience with confinement in the past, it will be a snap in most cases to get her acclimated to his little den.
The first rule of crate training is to never, ever force your dog into his crate. You never want to introduce a crate, shove your confused pup into it, close the door and leave her. That's how you wind up with a dog with an unmanageable case of separation anxiety or a pathological aversion to enclosed or small spaces.
It's also important to try never to pull your dog out of her crate, either. The crate should represent a safe zone for your dog, so you never want to make her safe zone feel unsafe by forcing her into it or out of it.
The second rule of crate training is called "It's All Good." In other words, everything about the crate must be a good thing from your dog's perspective. While you're getting her used to her crate, everything she loves goes in there, including treats, treat release and food puzzle toys, chew toys, raw bones — basically anything she loves.
The goal is to have your dog voluntarily go into her crate. What I do with my dogs is drape a blanket over the back half of their crates to create a quiet, dark, den-like environment. My dogs use their crates as bedrooms — they go into them to sleep.
If your pup has had no bad experiences with a crate and you create a safe, dark little den for her inside, she might just go right in voluntarily as soon as you present her new space to her. But even if she takes to her crate right away, you still want to stick with the "it's all good" rule and put treats, toys and other goodies in there for encouragement.
If your dog is nervous about his new little space or is fearful of it due to a bad past experience, you'll have to take things slower. A dog who has been crated as a form of punishment or has been locked in a crate for inappropriately long periods will need to be gently and patiently reintroduced to his crate.
Obviously you want him to be in there comfortably with the door closed as soon as possible, especially if you're in the process of potty training. But until he gets the "it's all good" message about his crate, you'll need to be extra vigilant about getting him outside to potty at frequent, regular intervals.
Make sure to leave the door to the crate open for a nervous dog. Put food rewards around the outside of the crate and inside as well so he can get comfortable going in and out of the crate without worrying about being "trapped" inside. Move his food and water bowlscloser to the crate as another way to associate good things with the crate.
Once you sense your dog is comfortable inside the crate at mealtime, try closing the door as soon as he starts to eat. Do it casually, without fanfare. Praise him in a calm, soothing tone and then get busy with something. Chances are he'll finish his meal and then realize the door is closed and he's not free to leave the crate.
He may look at you with an expectant or confused expression as if to say, "What's the deal with the closed door?" You don't need to ignore him completely, but you should keep doing what you're doing and stay very calm as though there's nothing out of the ordinary going on. Your dog may whine or cry a bit, but he should pretty quickly decide to lie down.
I recommend when you first start closing the crate door that you close it only for short periods of time. You'll also want to leave a toy or treat inside the crate to keep him entertained. After a few minutes, when your dog has relaxed inside the crate, that's your signal the crate has gone from being a bad thing to a neutral thing for your dog. Open the door so he can once again come and go as he likes.
Once your dog is associating only good things with the crate and feels comfortable inside it, you can close the door for longer periods of time. Don't try leaving your house for short periods until he's completely comfortable in the locked crate while you're home.
You can gradually extend the amount of time you leave him in the crate, providing he's getting consistent, frequent trips outside to potty. If you need to leave your dog for longer than four hours, I recommend you use a dog sitter or a doggy daycare facility rather than crating him for long stretches. You want him to view his crate as a safe place to rest and be calm, so when he's in there and you're home, resist the urge to energetically interact with him.
When you let your dog out of his crate, give him a sit command and plenty of calm praise when he follows the command. Make entry and exit from the crate a calm, neutral experience and unassociated with any of your dog's behaviors.
Jen McCormick and Moana are sure to bring smiles on their visits!
Moana came to a high kill shelter with a mangled leg. She was unable to use the leg, but the shelter could not spend the money to remove it. Save Some Bunny Rabbit Rescue took her in and arranged for amputation surgery.
bed! Because she has had some health issues, she is a good example for children and adults who are struggling with their health. She has a very calm, loving demeanor and her fur is so velvety soft that you will not want to stop petting her.


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Nineteen children among 46 dead in China landslide
Published Saturday, January 12, 2013
A desperate search for three people missing in a landslide in southwestern China ended on Saturday when their bodies were pulled from the mud, taking the final death toll to 46 -- many of them children.
Authorities in Yunnan province said that the last three bodies were recovered on Saturday morning after a night of frantic efforts by more than 1,000 rescue workers to locate the final missing residents of the remote village of Gaopo.
Xinhua said those buried included 27 adults and 19 children. Authorities said families will receive 20,000 yuan ($3,200) in compensation for each victim.
Two other people were hospitalised after the landslide struck on Friday morning, engulfing 16 homes, bringing a thunderous crash and throwing up thick clouds of dust, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Rescuers toiled into the night, braving bitter wind and freezing temperatures, using lamps and specialised detection devices in the hope of locating the missing, Xinhua said.
Soldiers, police, firefighters and mine rescue workers joined the search operation, using 20 excavators and trucks, it added.
Li Yongju, 50, said she heard the crash of the landslide while cleaning her yard and rushed with other villagers to the disaster site with shovels and hoes.
"We pulled out several people, one of whom was breathing weakly. But after a while, he died," Xinhua quoted Li as saying.
Zhou Benju, wept as she recounted hearing the rumble of the landslide.
"Several relatives of my parents -- my grandma, brother, uncle and my aunt's family members, died," she told the agency.
The landslide was caused by 10 days of heavy rain and snow, steep slopes, unstable soil, and earthquakes that jolted the area in September, according to local geological experts, Xinhua reported.
The area may also have been weakened by the presence of a nearby coalmine, the daily Chongqing Chenbao said, although this was denied by a local official at a press conference broadcast on national television.
The area has experienced unusually low temperatures in recent weeks during what authorities have called China's coldest winter in 28 years.
The landslide spread over an area 120 metres (yards) long, 110 metres wide and 16 metres deep, according to authorities.
Hundreds of thousands of messages of support have been posted on microblogging site Sina Weibo.
"Pray for those who remain missing in the debris. Life is too fragile. We only wish miracles can happen!" read one post.
"It is a tragedy, a real tragedy!" wrote another on Sohu.com.
Photos on Yunnan Web, run by the Yunnan provincial government, showed rescuers in orange uniforms digging into wide swathes of mud against a backdrop of snow-covered, terraced hills.
A video posted on a Chinese social networking site appeared to show a group of villagers digging through thick mud and debris to uncover a body, which was carried away on a stretcher.
The Communist Party's top leaders Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, along with Premier Wen Jiabao, ordered "all-out efforts to rescue victims", Xinhua said.
Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, is a relatively poor part of China where rural houses are often cheaply constructed.
Gaopo is in Zhenxiong county, in the northeast of Yunnan, a temperate province known for its tobacco industry and for being the home of Pu'er tea.
But its mountainous areas are prone to landslides and earthquakes. Two quakes in September -- one of magnitude 5.7 -- left 81 dead and hundreds injured.
A neighbouring county was hit by a landslide in October that killed 18 children, after one that killed 216 people in 1991, according to the United States Geological Survey.
An earthquake in neighbouring Sichuan province in 2008 claimed around 70,000 lives -- the worst natural disaster to hit China in three decades, with shoddy buildings blamed for the high toll.


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Bertarelli's new America's Cup Vision
Alinghi's head, Ernesto Bertarelli, expresses his views on how the next America's Cup could be shaped
Since BMW Oracle and the Golden Gate Yacht Club won their case against Alinghi and the Societe Nautique Geneve, there has been little if any dialogue between the two sides, despite attempts by the American team to begin negotiations with Alinghi. Since the court ruling, the 33rd America's Cup has stalled, leaving all the current Challengers high and dry, uncertain as to what happens next.
But now, a few days after BMW Oracle made yet another request for the Swiss team to talk, Ernesto Bertarelli has issued a statement.
The blame game seems to have calmed down, could this be a step towards the next Cup?
Bertarelli's open letter – as released Fri 7 December:
Since Alinghi's successful defence of the America's Cup in July, much has been said by many and I wish to explain my personal passion for bringing my vision of the America's Cup to life.
When I founded Alinghi it was all about creating a team to share the passion of sailing through every channel available to as wide an audience as possible. We tried to adopt a fresh and open way of doing things and making part of our base accessible to the public was only one example of the many innovations Alinghi brought to the America's Cup. I believe this approach was a contributing factor to our success in 2003.
With the Defence of the Cup, we got the opportunity to share this spirit with the whole event. When we began, we set out a clear and innovative strategy focusing on the choice of venue, the set up of a purpose built port, the America's Cup Park and the Acts as part of our vision of opening the event to as large an audience as possible.
Over six million people attended the event, which for the first time saw the participation of syndicates from five continents. The television coverage extended the reach to over four billion viewers.
The critics who opposed the Acts, the choice of venue, the television production, etc. were numerous and vociferous but the facts proved that the 32nd America's Cup was a positive turning point for this historical event.
At the same time as realising some of the fascinating aspects of the America's Cup I also became aware of its weaknesses. The uncertain format of the event meant that teams – and the entire America's Cup Community – had no future beyond the next Cup. This leads to teams only surviving one cycle and the whole event needing to recreate itself every three to five years. This results in a substantial increase in costs and difficulty in securing long term sponsors.
For the 33rd edition, the concept was to empower the organisers to implement further innovations without unnecessary disruptions. The proposal to create the new AC90 class with the one boat sailing rule in a two year cycle is a major measure towards managing the costs while creating further excitement and by using the existing facilities of Valencia we had the ideal platform to maintain momentum. This would have enabled the event to prosper and generate greater revenue for the organisers to share with the teams.
The recent events in the New York courts, with the Judge ruling the CNEV invalid because it had not held its regatta at the right time, show the Achilles' heel of the event and the possibility of its destabilisation through individual actions. Again, as in 2003, our vision has received criticism from those reluctant to change. I stand by one of the principles of the Cup: the Trustee, with the Defender, has the responsibility for the governance of the event and to implement changes which will allow it to prosper.
With a view towards the future and having studied the rules of the Cup I observed that the Deed does not actively promote parity for the teams and a long term future of the event.
In October of this year I went to New York to start a dialogue with the New York Yacht Club to examine what enthusiasm there was to make the event more relevant to today's sporting landscape. The Deed of Gift was, after all, written over 150 years ago at the NYYC and could not anticipate the changes that the world has undergone. I was not expecting the discussions to be completed swiftly but I was thrilled when Charles Townsend, Commodore of the NYYC and George W. Carmany III, Chairman of NYYC America's Cup Committee, expressed the same feelings.
It is fair to say that the 33rd America's Cup has been ill-fated and I have a desire to make it right. The fastest way to achieve this objective would be for the Golden Gate Yacht Club and the Société Nautique de Genève to work with the New York Yacht Club on revising the Deed of Gift to make it appropriate for today without losing what makes the America's Cup special. As part of this process I am happy to compromise on some of the Defender's rights to achieve what is best for the event.
In effect, I raise the following questions:
· Should the Defender automatically be qualified for the final AC Match or should all teams start on equal footings?
· Should the schedule of venues and content of regulations be announced several cycles in advance allowing planning and funding?
· Should the governance of the Cup become permanent and be managed by entities representing past and current trustees as well as competing teams?
Over the weekend I spoke at length with Larry Ellison explaining our proposal and I was pleased that he was very supportive of the principles in the proposed changes.
Based on these principles it is my intention to work towards a renovated America's Cup to take place in Valencia and to be raced with the certainty that the event cannot be disrupted to meet individual requirements to the detriment of those willing and able to compete.
If this revision of the governing documents of the America's Cup cannot be achieved, we will have to accept the GGYC challenge under the Deed of Gift.


Can we stop climate change in time?
The science is clear. 'Business as usual' will increase global temperatures by at least four degrees – possibly much more. This will have catastrophic impacts on many parts of the world – and especially on the poorest people.
That's why one of our leading climate scientists, Prof Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre, convened a Radical Emissions Reduction conference at the Royal Society. This was not a climate science conference, the speakers included economists, sociologists, anthropologists, NGO experts, politicians, a French philosopher and an Irish fireman! The conference brought a variety of perspectives to bear on the technical, social and political feasibility of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avoid catastrophe.
"We are [energy] addicts … [and] shale gas is our methadone." Kevin Anderson.
It is technically feasible, though it will be very hard, to reduce emissions fast enough.
To do so will require the citizens of developed countries to make significant sacrifices.
Neither the people nor the leaders of these countries have the will to make the changes needed.
The political radicalism of the conference surprised me. The keynote speaker was Naomi Klein and Green MP Caroline Lucas was on the final panel. In her speech on the first day Naomi said, roughly, 'I thought I might stir you up by calling for revolution but that's already happened six times!' Many speakers stressed the need for major change in politics and behaviour and emphasised the political and ideological roadblocks.
The unexpected star of the second day was Neil McCabe, a fireman from Dublin. Six years ago he started a process of general improvement and emissions reduction at his fire station. In six years he has done 300 actions and created 20 start-ups. He has extended his approach first to the rest of the Dublin Fire Service and then to the whole Council. Inspiring stuff!
Some speakers discussed technologies. Brenda Boardman, for instance, told us that using LED lights would significantly reduce peak electricity demand. Lighting, she said, is about 22% of peak demand (much more than I'd have guessed). Wed may already have reached 'peak light bulb'. Other speakers discussed low energy technologies for homes and shipping.
Other speakers presented scenarios for the transition to a low-emissions energy system and Dan Staniaszek told us that stopping climate change will have many societal benefits, especially for health.
The necessary changes are technically possible, economically affordable and offer many benefits.
Though we've known about the threat of climate change for over twenty years nothing effective has been done. Global emissions continue to rise. "Global recession," John Barrett told us, "is the only thing shown to reduce global emissions – and that only briefly." The impacts are serious and increasing precisely known. According to Tyndall Director Corrine Le Quere "Of the one metre Hurricane Sandy storm surge, 20cm was due to global warming".
Vested interests in fossil fuel and growth oppose effective action. The worst are fuel producers, both corporate and national, energy supply companies and automobile and aerospace firms. But they also include manufacturers, retailers, media and governments who benefit from growth, ie. almost all of them.
The dominance of neoliberal ideology. Since 1979 this has conquered the parties of the Left as well as the Right. Neoliberals believe in the magic of the market and that government intervention must make things worse. Naomi Klein criticised North American environmental organisations for using neoliberal arguments, thus strengthening their enemies. Even at this conference, several speakers proposed solutions, such as tradeable quotas, that rely on new markets, yet Clive Spash and Steffen Bohm told the conference that carbon markets had failed.
The near absence of convincing role models for low-carbon living requiring acts of imagination too difficult for most of us.
The general shape of the needed policies is clear. We need more R&D funding for renewables, energy storage, insulation, energy efficiency and low-carbon farming. We also need much tougher standards for energy efficiency, carbon taxes and selective subsidies, eg for house insulation.
But how, politically, can we get them when government is doing the opposite? The necessary actions follow from the reasons for inaction: We need political reform to reduce corporate power, and we need, as Naomi Klein said, "to shred the neoliberal ideology". Everyone agreed that the necessary action would not happen without strong public pressure so we need a political movement.
All this is hard but our future requires no less.
David Flint is a retired management consultant, visiting fellow at the Cass Business School, Practical Action supporter and active member of the Green Party.
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Batwoman returns in this wave of Vinimates vinyl figures based on the DC Comics universe! Wearing her red and black costume, Batwoman stands about 4-inches tall and is sculpted in the block-figure style, striking a pose inspired by the comics. The DC Comics Batwoman Vinimate Vinyl Figure comes packaged in a full-color window box.
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Avenged Sevenfold Guitarist: New Material is 'Pretty Much Completely Aggro'
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Avenged Sevenfold are hard at work on their seventh studio album, which will serve as the follow-up to 2013's chart-topping Hail to the King and the debut of former Bad Religion stickman Brooks Wackerman. So far, the guys have been relatively quiet about their progress, but guitarist Zacky Vengeance has broken the silence with an update on the sound of the new material.
Offering some insight to their work, Vengeance told Kerrang!, "It's pretty much completely aggro. It goes in all sorts of aggressive directions and melodic directions. It has a lot of metal elements that we grew up loving. And tons of melody. It's hard to say. At this point the only word that would describe it is 'aggro'."
The melodic leanings have always been a linchpin of the Avenged Sevenfold sound, exchanging guitar and vocal hooks that helped the band gain staggering popularity on their early ascent to metal stardom.
Wackerman served up his thoughts, simply adding, "We're just focusing on writing right now and trying to put together a new record. That's the focal point. There's no set timescale, we just want to make sure we all feel confident with it. It is moving right along."
Avenged Sevenfold revealed Wackerman as their new drummer in early November on Chris Jericho's podcast, Talk is Jericho. The band was mum on who would man the drum throne after dismissing Arin Ilejay who had been with them since 2011.
While fans rabidly wait for another album, which could be their third consecutive No.1 release, they were recently treated to some new music in the form of the "Jade Helm" score for the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The game itself is certainly aggro, which means Avenged Sevenfold were the perfect band for the job.
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