Hello again! During our week in Paris, we were able to spend a morning in the region of Montmartre. This area is known for ART! (Not because there are a lot of museums, but because of all the famous artists who lived and worked there).
One morning is not enough to explore all Montmartre has to offer, but when you are only in Paris for a short time, it must do. At the heart of the region is the Sacré-Coeur Basilica, standing on the highest point in Paris, overlooking the rest of the city. There are a lot of stairs to climb to get up to the Basilica, so I recommend taking the Green Metro Line 12 to Abbesses and approaching it from the side! If you do take the stairs, beware of all the people trying to get you to play their games. It's all a con, so just ignore them. Once you get to Sacré-Coeur, climb up to the dome for an amazing view of Paris. It only costs 6 euros to go up, but there's no elevator, just 300 steps to the top!!
You can find the entrance to the towers to the left of the Basilica. The view is definitely worth the hike, and as a person who is afraid of heights, I didn't find the top of this to be bad for me. You can also go inside the Basilica for free.
Montmartre is an interesting area because in the late 1800's and early 1900's it began to grow as a hub for young artists. At the time, it was a cheaper area to live (not actually IN Paris, but close enough). Some of the artists who lived and worked in Montmartre were Claude Monet, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gough, Henri Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Ernest Hemingway wrote A Moveable Feast about his time living in Montmartre and the Latin Quarter. Other writers, like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein also spent a great deal of time there as well. It's amazing to think that all these incredible artistic minds were living in one place around the same time. (The more I am in Paris, the more I understand how these artists were so inspired)!
Montmartre wasn't officially considered part of Paris until the city made it the 18th arrondissement in 1995. Now, many artists display their work on the street for people to buy. Be careful, because many are roaming around, stopping people on the streets or in cafes, asking to draw your portrait then asking for money.
Art is definitely pumping through Montmartre and can be found on every street corner. It's a great place to wander and get lost. We also found some unique shops and bought most of our souvenirs / gifts in this area.
Towards the end of our time in Montmartre, we set out to find the famous Moulin Rogue. This was where the birth of Cabaret happened, and how the famous Can-Can dance spread throughout Europe. You can still see shows at Moulin Rogue today. It's marked by the red windmill on top!
I think that if I ever return to Paris, I will have to dedicate more time to this region. Montmartre is definitely fun area to spend some time exploring!
Check out this video blog of our time in Montmartre! If you're looking for day trip ideas from Paris, check out our posts about visiting Giverny and Versailles.


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It's not often that opportunity knocks twice. But when Venezuela coach Gustavo Marcano's team beat Puerto Rico's 14-2 in the Big League World Series at Floyd Hull Stadium on Sunday, he knew what stood before him.
The victory moved Venezuela into the semifinals of the international winners bracket game against Taiwan Tuesday night at 8.
"We are ready for Taiwan," said Marcano, who coached Venezuela in a Senior League World Series loss to Taiwan last year in Kissimmee. "We have a lot of confidence that we can get by this team and into the world series championship."
Venezuela put the game out of reach with four runs in the fourth inning and seven in the fifth. The game was stopped after five innings by the 10-run rule.
Danny Bravo, who hit a three-run home run in the first inning, added another homer in the fourth. Alejandro Marquez tripled in three runs in the inning to give Venezuela a 7-2 lead. Jessus Zuleta drove in two runs with a double in the fifth.
Taiwan struggled Sunday after a lopsided victory over Europe on Saturday.
Lin Ming-hsien's RBI single to left center with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning scored Chen Ching-hao to give Taiwan a 3-2 victory over Mexico in Sunday's first game.
Mexico had tied the game in their half of the inning when Joel Canales' squeeze bunt scored Guadalupe Castro from third. Mexico's loss put them in a losers bracket game against Canada today at 5 p.m.
"We just couldn't get the timely hit today," said Taiwan manager Hsu Chen-chieh, whose team scored 21 runs in the opening round against Europe on Saturday.
USA North 17, USA East 9: Tim Harts went 4 for 4 with a double and 4 RBI to lead the North. The loss eliminated the East. Kevin O'Donnell went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI and 4 runs.
Canada 14, Europe 1: Matt Kelly went 3 for 3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs to as Canada eliminated Europe. Canada scored nine runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to end the game in the fifth on the 10-run rule. Kelly Loat pitched a two-hitter.
NOTES: World Series officials dedicated Sunday's games in the memory of Mickey Mantle. Between games the scoreboard at-bat lights were lit with Mantle's No. 7. The flags was also flown at half-staff. ... When Alejandro Marquez tripled in Venezuela's victory over Puetro Rico, it was the first of the series in 336 at-bats. ... The Mexico-Taiwan game was the first in which neither team committed an error. Twenty-two errors had been made in the previous five.


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"They are doing so well" Ighalo lauds Manchester United front three
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Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has praised the trio of Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood (RMG) ahead of their FACup semifinal encounter against Chelsea on Sunday evening at Wembley.
The strike force has scored a total of 60 goals between them in all competitions for the Red Devils.
Ighalo has the highest number of goals in the FA Cup for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer side even though he missed the first three matches.
"They are doing so well. Seeing them playing every week is a joy," Ighalo said to the official website of Manchester United.
"Rashford has come back from his injury and is doing well. Martial is scoring goals, Mason Greenwood is unbelievable, he is such a good finisher with both feet.
"The team is doing well and the three forwards are scoring goals and that's what we need – goals win games."
The former Watford striker was full of praises for Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes who has recorded 8 goals and 8 assists since he joined United in January this year.
"And I don't forget Bruno [Fernandes] with the assists and goals too. I think the mentality is getting stronger every time.
"As a professional, you have to be ready, you have to have that mental strength to be ready.
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A survey by the University of North Carolina's career services office found that 2006 UNC computer science graduates had the highest annual mean salary at $60,000. Graduates with a degree in business administration were second with an average salary of $47,534.
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Rashford out, Hudson-Odoi praised and Pickford content... and confirmed a starter on Friday.
There will be live text commentary and BBC Radio 5 Live commentary of Friday's match against the Czech Republic.
Southgate on potential call-ups: "We will have a look where we are after the game tomorrow. At the moment that is not our intention but if we lose anyone then we might consider it. It would probably be someone from the U21 group."
And more on Hudson-Odoi: "He doesn't look phased by it. That is young people today. They have great belief and confidence in their ability. It is also credit to the rest of the group. They make others feel settled. The beauty of St George's Park is that players don't feel it is a huge shift to come play with the senior team."
Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford: "Callum has been top drawer in training. He's come to the training side and been very good. I faced him on Sunday in the game just gone and kept a clean sheet.
"It's been four months since we've been with England. It's great to be with us. When it comes to game day we're ready to get the win."
Southgate on Jadon Sancho: "I don't see a lack of confidence in Jadon. He is another super talent. There are so many coming through our system. We have to give credit to our club academies. We have loads of creative players. There is real competition for places. If players miss games there is no guarantee they will get back in. It is a challenge for the group."
On Callum Hudson-Odoi and the criteria to play for England: "Ability and mentality. People have asked what's the selection policy. In the end the players have to have the quality to play in the shirt. Ideally they will have played a few games for the clubs. But what we see is people in different positions, and there is no hesitation we will play someone we think suitable.
"I have no hesitation to play him."
Southgate on Marcus Rashford: "He has been with our medical team all week. He did some running but it is clear to us he won't be ready for our matches. He is out of the two games.
"We knew from a couple of days ago he wouldn't be ready for tomorrow. It is a good opportunity for the others. We have lost a lot of players but it is an opportunity for others. We are looking forward to watching the team play."
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford: "It is great for me (getting picked). Apart from Newcastle game I have been in good form. I then put in a good game against Chelsea, which shows my mentality. I have been training well all week.
"As a squad we know how good we are. We need to focus on ourselves and get the three points."
Southgate: "When I've looked back over the two years over who scored the important goals and contributions, the squad has had to be involved. We've always had four, five, six players missing.
"There will be people who have not played often but all will be ready for England."
More from Southgate on Declan Rice: "Our messaging doesn't change. Declan's statement is consistent with that. We are against any of our supporters taking up that stance. I don't think anything changes from an England or FA point of view.
"I think people understand. Most people will have children of those kind of ages. They are still maturing. You can get giddy or say things you don't know much about. Our fans or our public will understand that fact."
Southgate: "Hes apologised. It's not representative of what he believes and what he feels. Outside of that it was when he was 15 or 16 and engaged in conversation with friends.
"We've probably said things, written things that would look different several years later."
Southgate says Marcus Rashford will not be involved in the matches against the Czech Republic and Montenegro.
It's been a pretty decent few months for Gareth Southgate's England and now they begin their quest for Euro 2020 qualification with a match at Wembley against Czech Republic on Friday.
Just when you thought that it might be another relatively tepid England presser somebody digs out a Declan Rice Instagram post from 2015, which the West Ham player has consequently apologised for. No doubt that will be discussed.
And what about the England injuries?!! Marcus Rashford could join the list of casualties in recent days.


What with all the trailer hoopla, I forgot to post a new illustration at the beginning of the month! So it's time for more Leviathan art!
You may have notices that the first three images were all from the Darwinist side of things. (That is, weird beasties.) This was an oversight on my part, because the Clanker side of the war (weird machines) is equally cool.
So I give you . . . the Cyklop Stormwalker!
One of the main reasons I chose Keith Thompson is his equal facility with strange creatures and fantastical machines. That's the whole point of the series, after all, to see two distinct technologies (or ideologies, or aesthetics, or world views) at war with each other—one biological, the other mechanical. So to make the contest fair, neither one can look better than the other. I think you'll agree, both are slathered with awesome sauce.
Again, this is only one of fifty pieces of interior art. Two percent!
Click here to see the other three images I've revealed.
And if none of this made sense to you, click here to see the Leviathan trailer, WICKED BIG-STYLE.
Update: Forgot to mention that Justine and I will be appearing at Teen Author Reading Night in NYC this Wednesday!
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The company noted that it is studying the issue of transferring one bus fleet to Singaporean companies.
Now in Tashkent there are 9 bus parks, which annually serve more than 200 million passengers. More than 1,120 buses daily carry 16,050 runs.


On October 5, owner of downtown Lewiston's Quiet City Books Courtney MacMunn Schlachter hosted our penultimate 2018 Local Writers Read event, a program of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry on the dual theme Fake / Real.
Josh, my organizing partner for these readings, brought the dark, introducing us to, and then swiftly dispatching, a bystander of the ugly political intrigue that weaves through his fantasy novella. I followed with some dark of my own, a reading of my flash "God Save Our Queen" about the fate of Anne Boleyn, published by Atticus Review.
After intermission, three friends of the reading series returned to present their own take on the dual theme. Lewiston's Darren Deth read a short story with a protagonist in a life-or-death fight with what is Fake and Real; Bangor's Sarah Twombly shared a chapter from her autobiographical novel (Fake spiked with Real or Real told more cleanly with a little Fake) that was two parts comedy, three parts heart-breaking; and the indomitable Lisa Mayer of Auburn took over the room, the building, the street, with another of her personal essays delivered in fine Rebbetzin form.
Many thanks to our fab host Courtney and all our guest readers. It was a terrific night.


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La Trobe University has unveiled an ambitious plan to create a national road trauma research hub at its Bendigo campus, in a bid to reduce Australia's regional road toll. The Rural Road Trauma Research Hub will combine a number of pre-existing expertise at the university – from paramedicine to law – with senior researchers to develop a greater understanding of how and why crashes occur in a regional setting. Head of La Trobe's Rural Health School Professor Pamela Snow said the as yet unfunded proposal, which would require "several millions" in federal and state government funding, aimed to be revolutionary in its approach. "A lot of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked; seat belts, blood alcohol legislation, breaking systems in vehicles, but drivers in rural and regional areas are still faring much more poorly than metropolitan drivers," she said. "Existing approaches seem to have stalled to the extent that we're not making any progress." The research hub aims to tackle the growing issue of regional drivers being over-represented in annual road toll statistics. Read more:  Transport Accident Commission statistics show over that over the past five years 144 people have died on regional roads on average each year, compared to 113 on metropolitan roads. On a per capita basis, regional areas have accounted for 56 per cent of annual deaths on the road across the state, despite having roughly a quarter of Victoria's population. Over the past year seven fatalities have occurred on roads in Greater Bendigo. Professor Snow said policy makers needed to understand rural road users were different to their metropolitan counterparts. "Many road safety interventions successfully adopted in cities have not been effective in rural areas," she said. "We think this is due, at least in part, to a lack of community-led design – something that La Trobe excels at. "We need to be creative, innovative and tap into the key strengths of our rural communities to bring about change."  Paramedicine, law, planning, engineering and psychology were all existing expertise the university hoped to combine in the research hub, providing a more holistic approach to understanding road trauma. "Crash scenes tend to get the media attention but for every fatality there's a very large number of serious injuries which casts a very large shadow over life and has a ripple effect on those close to them. It's that hidden toll that we want to also address," Professor Snow said. The research hub would require a "big injection" of funding to advance its cause, according to Professor Snow, who was not concerned with a recent federal government decision to reallocate research funding from Australian universities.  Federal education minister Dan Tehan last month announced a $134 million cash boost to regional campuses across Australia. However those funds will be redirected from the Research Support Program, which funds researchers' salaries, libraries and laboratories. La Trobe had an allocation of $13 million for research funding under the RSP, but it was currently unclear how much of that would be taken away under the changes. "This is not about business as usual - this is really about taking an innovative approach to solving a very complex place-based problem," Professor Snow said.  Examining and trying to change motorists' behaviour toward cyclists was an emerging area where the research hub could work, Professor Snow said. "Attitudes and behaviour are intrinsically linked. Cyclists and their relationship with motorists are a good example of a problem that needs to be better understood in context. What is it about the attitudes in regional and rural communities that might be impacting on the way drivers behave toward cyclists," she said. Driver inattention and the emerging use of mobile phones while behind the wheel were further areas a research hub could delve into, she said. A young driver was recently jailed for nine months after she fatally struck a cyclist in Macedon in 2017. Emma Kent, 24, was trying to connect her phone's Bluetooth to the car audio when she struck Gareth Davies on Black Forest Drive on December 10 last year. Read more: Bendigo cyclists issue call to arms Federal Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters supported La Trobe's proposal. She said the impacts of road trauma have been strongly felt by rural communities for too long. "Road safety and the ongoing cost of care as a result of road trauma is an issue that is often raised with me. Every fatality on our roads is someone's loved one," she said. Ms Chesters said the proposed trauma hub would provide important rural and regional based research to help reduce the road toll. Have you signed up to the Bendigo Advertiser's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in central Victoria.
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La Trobe University unveils ambitious plan to create a national road trauma research hub at its Bendigo campus
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HUB PLANS: La Trobe University plans to use existing expertise at its Bendigo campus, including paramedicine, to create a road trauma research hub. Paramedicine students are pictured during a mock emergency in 2017.
La Trobe University has unveiled an ambitious plan to create a national road trauma research hub at its Bendigo campus, in a bid to reduce Australia's regional road toll.
The Rural Road Trauma Research Hub will combine a number of pre-existing expertise at the university – from paramedicine to law – with senior researchers to develop a greater understanding of how and why crashes occur in a regional setting.
Head of La Trobe's Rural Health School Professor Pamela Snow said the as yet unfunded proposal, which would require "several millions" in federal and state government funding, aimed to be revolutionary in its approach.
"A lot of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked; seat belts, blood alcohol legislation, breaking systems in vehicles, but drivers in rural and regional areas are still faring much more poorly than metropolitan drivers," she said.
"Existing approaches seem to have stalled to the extent that we're not making any progress."
The research hub aims to tackle the growing issue of regional drivers being over-represented in annual road toll statistics.
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Transport Accident Commission statistics show over that over the past five years 144 people have died on regional roads on average each year, compared to 113 on metropolitan roads.
On a per capita basis, regional areas have accounted for 56 per cent of annual deaths on the road across the state, despite having roughly a quarter of Victoria's population.
Over the past year seven fatalities have occurred on roads in Greater Bendigo.
Professor Snow said policy makers needed to understand rural road users were different to their metropolitan counterparts.
"Many road safety interventions successfully adopted in cities have not been effective in rural areas," she said.
"We think this is due, at least in part, to a lack of community-led design – something that La Trobe excels at.
"We need to be creative, innovative and tap into the key strengths of our rural communities to bring about change."
Holistic approach to road trauma
Paramedicine, law, planning, engineering and psychology were all existing expertise the university hoped to combine in the research hub, providing a more holistic approach to understanding road trauma.
"Crash scenes tend to get the media attention but for every fatality there's a very large number of serious injuries which casts a very large shadow over life and has a ripple effect on those close to them. It's that hidden toll that we want to also address," Professor Snow said.
Professor Pamela Snow said the research hub aims to tackle the growing issue of regional drivers being over-represented in annual road toll statistics.
The research hub would require a "big injection" of funding to advance its cause, according to Professor Snow, who was not concerned with a recent federal government decision to reallocate research funding from Australian universities.
Federal education minister Dan Tehan last month announced a $134 million cash boost to regional campuses across Australia.
However those funds will be redirected from the Research Support Program, which funds researchers' salaries, libraries and laboratories.
La Trobe had an allocation of $13 million for research funding under the RSP, but it was currently unclear how much of that would be taken away under the changes.
"This is not about business as usual - this is really about taking an innovative approach to solving a very complex place-based problem," Professor Snow said.
Cyclists and motorists relationship under microscope
Examining and trying to change motorists' behaviour toward cyclists was an emerging area where the research hub could work, Professor Snow said.
"Attitudes and behaviour are intrinsically linked. Cyclists and their relationship with motorists are a good example of a problem that needs to be better understood in context. What is it about the attitudes in regional and rural communities that might be impacting on the way drivers behave toward cyclists," she said.
Driver inattention and the emerging use of mobile phones while behind the wheel were further areas a research hub could delve into, she said.
A young driver was recently jailed for nine months after she fatally struck a cyclist in Macedon in 2017.
Emma Kent, 24, was trying to connect her phone's Bluetooth to the car audio when she struck Gareth Davies on Black Forest Drive on December 10 last year.
Read more:Bendigo cyclists issue call to arms
Federal Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters supported La Trobe's proposal.
She said the impacts of road trauma have been strongly felt by rural communities for too long.
"Road safety and the ongoing cost of care as a result of road trauma is an issue that is often raised with me. Every fatality on our roads is someone's loved one," she said.
Ms Chesters said the proposed trauma hub would provide important rural and regional based research to help reduce the road toll.
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Timothée Chalamet x VMan [as interviewed by Frank Ocean].
7th February 2018 by Shahlin Graves
For the latest issue of men's fashion magazine, VMan, Timothée Chalamet is interviewed by one of his heroes, Frank Ocean, about their shared influences and other personal thoughts on artistry and acting.
Frank on Timothée: "I just finished Call Me By Your Name, the novel, yesterday, for more insight before we talked. It's a really special role and an opportune, appropriate time right now in popular culture. I think it's also good for you that this is your opening song. It's such a proper foundation, to do roles like these that have so much heart and vulnerability in the very beginning, completely boutique or small, but on the lips of so many. Congratulations for the work and its effect and how it's made people feel; it's tremendous."
Timothée on Frank: "Thank you so much for this. It's been such an experience, sharing personal thoughts about artistry and acting with someone that's influenced me in many ways. This means the world to me."
Click here to read the full interview.
[ Source: VMAN ]
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Miley Cyrus Opens Up About Liam Hemsworth in Candid Interview: How He Feels About It
By Jennifer Drysdale 8:47 PM PST, December 2, 2020
Miley Cyrus got candid about her marriage to Liam Hemsworth and the "conflict" they experienced in a new interview -- but a source tells ET the actor isn't bothered. According to ET's source, Hemsworth is focused on his new relationship with Gabriella Brooks.
"Liam Hemsworth isn't upset by the recent interview Miley did where she says there was too much conflict in their marriage. Liam was very hurt when they initially broke up, but he has moved on now and is happy with Gabriella," the source shares. "He's very traditional and Gabriella shares the same values as him and gets along with his family. Their relationship is easygoing and they have similar upbringings and backgrounds."
In her interview on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM radio on Wednesday, Cyrus reflected on the events that led to her December 2018 wedding to Hemsworth.
The pair were first engaged from May 2012 to September 2013. They split for three years, but rekindled their romance in 2016. Their marriage lasted less than a year, with the couple announcing their separation in August 2019, following photos of Cyrus kissing Kaitlynn Carter.
"We were together since 16," Cyrus said of her and Hemsworth. "Our house burned down. We had been like, engaged -- I don't know if we really ever thought we were actually going to get married, but when we lost our house in Malibu -- which if you listen to my voice pre- and post-fire, they're very different so that trauma really affected my voice. And I was actually in South Africa, so I couldn't come home, and like, my animals were tied to a post at the beach. I lost everything."
"I had so much and it was all gone, every song I had ever written was in that house," she continued. "Every photograph of me that my parents had given to me, all my scripts, I lost everything. And so in trying to put that back together, instead of going, 'Oh, nature kind of did something I couldn't do for myself; it forced me to let go,' I ran toward the fire."
Cyrus said she "clung to what I had left of that house, which was me and him." "And I really do and did love him very, very, very much and still do, always will," she shared.
As for what led to their breakup, the actress said "there was too much conflict" "When I come home, I want to be anchored by someone," she explained. "I don't get off on drama or fighting."
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Maria Creek () is a glacial meltwater stream  long, which flows from the snout of Canada Glacier in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It drains northeast, close to the glacier, entering the western end of Lake Fryxell to the west of Bowles Creek and Green Creek. The name was suggested by Diane McKnight, a United States Geological Survey hydrologist working in the Lake Fryxell basin, 1987–94, and alludes to the many aeolian deposits of fine sands along the creek, indicative of strong winds blowing around the south end of Canada Glacier during the winter. The name comes from the song They Call the Wind Maria from Paint Your Wagon, the American musical play by Lerner and Loewe.

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Sophomore throwers Alex Hill and Nick Zak have landed spots on the 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Men's Track/Cross Country Team in NCAA Division II, District 4, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
During 2017-18, Hill became the third-best men's weight thrower in NCAA Division II history with his toss of 22.49 meters/73-feet-9½ at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships. He won GLIAC titles indoors in the weight throw and outdoors in the discus, and was a three-time All-American – second in the weight throw indoors, and third in the hammer throw and fourth in the discus throw outdoors.
Hill, an Exercise Science major, sports a cumulative grade-point average of 3.33 through the spring 2018 semester.
As a sophomore, Zak won a conference championship in the hammer throw outdoors, and earned an outdoor All-American citation with a fourth-place finish in the hammer at nationals.
Zak, a Criminal Justice major, has a cumulative GPA of 3.48 through the spring 2018 semester.
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Different flavors of inhibition save the day
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During development, lack of sensory experience elicits powerful plasticity mechanisms that alter brain circuitry. Many inhibitory neuron subtypes are known to influence circuit dynamics, however, how they interact with plasticity is not yet fully understood. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt have investigated how synaptic plasticity in rodents, who were deprived of vision in one eye, affects network activity in a circuit model of the sensory cortex. Their findings point to the role of different inhibitory interneuron subtypes to explain the temporal pattern of firing rate change of excitatory and inhibitory neurons during sensory deprivation.
Multiple plasticity mechanisms interact and balance each other as they shape neural circuits during their development. A way to visualize the action of these mechanisms is to break the system and observe how it reacts. For decades, experimental neuroscientists have used monocular deprivation, a closure of one eye during specific periods in development. Regardless of its rich tradition in neuroscience, the effects of monocular deprivation still leave scientists with many unsolved riddles.
Only recently, experimentalists found that the firing rates of excitatory and inhibitory neurons are regulated in a distinct, cell-type specific manner by the plasticity induced by ongoing monocular deprivation. To investigate how the cell-type specific regulation is achieved, Julijana Gjorgjieva, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Professor at TU Munich and her graduate student Leonidas Richter developed a mechanistic model of the cortical circuit to study how the interactions of experimentally observed changes to synapses (the connections between neurons) regulate activity.
"We found that cell-type specific regulation is not easily achieved in a simple model of excitatory and a single type of inhibitory neurons as it is commonly used in modelling studies. We tied this result to the so-called paradoxical effect, which decreases inhibitory firing rates even when they are driven", explains Richter.
The scientists analyzed how this effect plays out with the more complex plasticity induced by monocular deprivation. This allowed them to investigate the conditions for modulating excitatory and inhibitory firing rates in opposite directions. "We discovered that the diversity of inhibitory interneurons in the cortex is key to capture the regulation of firing rates especially when neurons are strongly connected as is the case in the cortex."
"Diverse interneurons are known to play important specific roles in cortical computations. Our findings suggest that they also have a key role already in the development of the circuitry underlying these computations", says Gjorgjieva.
Julijana Gjorgjieva, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
gjorgjieva@brain.mpg.de
Professorship of Computational Neurosciences
School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
L.M.A. Richter and J. Gjorgjieva. A circuit mechanism for independent modulation of excitatory and inhibitory firing rates after sensory deprivation. PNAS (2022) e2116895119 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116895119
Synaptic plasticity regulates network activity in the sensory cortex of rodents who were deprived of ...
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Synaptic plasticity regulates network activity in the sensory cortex of rodents who were deprived of vision in one eye.


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Саксонската правда () е правов кодекс, издаден като указ на Карл Велики, целящ да подчини саксите.

Първите му 2 части са издадени около 780 – 782 г. През 802 г. е добавена нова част и целия текст е преработен. В него са отразени социалните отношения, съществуващи при саксите, но са включени и драконовските мерки, целящи да парират съпротивата на саксите срещу франките завоеватели и християнството.

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 21 Който убие човек в църквата или открадне нещо от нея или счупи нещо, или съзнателно даде лъжлива клетва, заплаща с живота си.
 23 Който устрои засада и убие човек, отиващ на църква или идващ от църква в празничен ден, т.е. в неделя, Великден, Петдесятница, Рождество Христово, Богородица, Ивановден, Петровден и деня на св. Мартин, заплаща с живота си; ако не убит, а само устрои засада, плаща глоба.
 24 Който замисли да нанесе вреда на Франското кралство или замисли смърт на франкския крал или на неговите синове, плаща с живота си.

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Home MMA News Conor McGregor Conor McGregor ranks among social media's most valuable athletes
Conor McGregor ranks among social media's most valuable athletes
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Conor McGregor has a massive social media presence. In fact, according to Forbes SportsMoney, the Irish MMA superstar is one of the most valuable athletes on social media, with a whopping 159.7M interactions recorded.
Conor McGregor is the only non-soccer player among the top seven of social media's most valuable athletes https://t.co/vNKxYhYS7G pic.twitter.com/2JzdZZyBcd
— Forbes SportsMoney (@ForbesSports) August 6, 2019
"Conor McGregor is the only non-soccer player among the top seven athletes ranked by total interactions," Forbes SportsMoney's report explains. "He often uses his social channels to promote his Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey brand, which sold more than 200,000 cases since its launch last year."
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov also boasts impressive figures on social media, as do boxers Anthony Joshua, Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez.
"The top 5 athletes in total interactions involved in combat sports are McGregor (159.7 million), Khabib Nurmagomedov (111.1 million), Anthony Joshua (41.6 million), Floyd Mayweather (31.4 million) and [Canelo] Alvarez (26 million)."
While Conor McGregor is known to keep his Twitter fingers busy, it's been awhile since he actually fought.
His last bout occurred in the main event of UFC 229 last October, when he was submitted by Khabib Nurmagomedov. Prior to that, he competed in a lucrative boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, which he lost by 10th round TKO.
McGregor's last win inside the Octagon occurred in late 2016, when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez to capture the UFC lightweight belt. He still held the featherweight belt at the time, which made him the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes concurrently.
Are you surprised Conor McGregor has managed to maintain such high engagement on Twitter despite his infrequent fights?
This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 8/7/2019.


Although we can't physically sense them, vibrations in our homes cause some things to loosen up over time. Light bulb sockets can loosen because of the vibrations, and when it comes time to change that light bulb, the socket turns with the bulb and your bulb gets stuck in the socket. You can either let the old bulb sit in the socket or make an effort to remove the light bulb from the turning socket. It really isn't all that hard--it is just a frustrating situation because it should never take both hands and several tools just to change a light bulb.
Turn the electrical power off to the socket by turning off the breaker at the main electrical panel box.
Hold the socket with a pair of pliers on the exterior of the socket. If you don't have room for a regular pair of pliers, use a pair of needle-nose pliers and grasp the top edge of the socket.
Turn the light bulb counterclockwise while holding the socket stationary with the pliers. Remove the bulb.
Always turn off the electricity to the area your are working in to avoid electrical shock.


Much has been written about the flash floods that wreaked havouc through the entire length of Pakistan for the last three months. These floods destroyed some 2 million houses besides affecting some twenty million poor villagers and their families, including 600,000 children. They continue to live in makeshift tent villages, hoping to go back to nothing and start all over again, as the floods swept away everything that came its way including the fragile mud houses.
While the world community responded generously, there have been instances where individuals have contributed from their own to help the flood victims. A Chinese lad donated $ 200,000 while a nine old Turkish girl donated her entire year's pocket money and favourite doll. To add to the list of these beautiful and generous people is the nine-time world trial biking champion Kenny Belaely. Kenny is currently touring Pakistan to raise funds for the flood victims of Pakistan. He is touring various cities of Pakistan and with his awe inspiring biking skills is not only entertaining his audience, but also raising funds in the process. Impressed by the ordinary Pakistan, Kenny confides to a news reporter, ""Pakistanis are very nice, friendly, warm welcomers and kind hearted, and I would love to come a hundred times to this country." This impresses me and every Pakistani and we thank him for coming all the way from Belgium for a cause. He intends sending the fund money through the Belgian government and has named the project as Pakistan 1-2,1-2.
As for his biking performances, these are extraordinary and masterly. He can make a side hop from some twelve feet by jumping his bike from ground level and positioning it on a wooden table. He also demonstrates gap jumps over three meters gap beside many other interesting and challenging loops and skills. I saw it on the TV last night and was really impressed by this young man of barely 22. The best part came when he invited a young girl from the audience dressed in red to lie on ground with stretched legs and arms and then he hopped his bike over her body so masterly without his bike wheels ever touching her. The same way the magicians throw the dagger on the apple placed on the head of the volunteer. He intends sending the fund money through the Belgian government and has named the project as Pakistan 1-2,1-2.
His cause and the skills impress me and every Pakistani and we thank him for coming all the way from Belgium to be with us in this hour of distress.


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Albatros D.IV
The Albatros D.IV was an unsuccessful entry in the series of Albatros biplane fighters that dominated over the Western Front during 1917, and was doomed by the failure of its engine.
The Albatros biplane fighters had been developed to help overcome the British D.H.2 and French Nieuport scouts, which had defeated the Fokker monoplanes. The Albatros D.I was a biplane with equal chord and almost equal span wings, and a semi-monocoque fuselage with a rounded nose and flat sides further back. The D.II saw the upper wing lowered to improve visibility. The D.III had new wings, with a small chord on the lower wing (distance from front to back) and raked wing tips, and suffered from a series of wing failures.
The D.IV used the equal chord wings of the D.I and D.II. It had a new fuselage, with an oval cross section all the way along its length. It was powered by a geared Mercedes engine which provided the same 160hp at the engine used in the earlier machines, but that could be entirely enclosed within the nose of the aircraft. This was an experimental design and suffered from a series of problems that eventually caused the cancellation of the D.IV. Albatros then moved on to the D.V, which used the same fuselage as the D.IV but with the wing structure of the D.III.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (21 June 2012), Albatros D.IV , http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_albatros_D_IV.html


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Huge Range of German Electric Heaters – Electric Heaters Scotland can supply and fit a range of German (both standard & Eco-Smart) available wall mounted, slim-line, vertical and more.
The aluminium used is incredibly lightweight and yet still very robust which means they are a perfect choice to mount on your wall. The radiators have injected polyamide panels with additional reinforced properties which helps create the robust element of these heaters than you won't find with many other electric heaters and radiators.
There is a range of colours and designs, the most popular is our true white which allows a neutral colour which blends in well with the majority of homes across Scotland. All of our electric heaters and radiators are fully LOT20 complaint, meeting all current legislation for optimum energy efficiency.
Most of our wall mounted heaters are lightweight, the slim-line model and vertical wall mounted electric radiators which we have a range of choices in terms of dimensions and styles. Should you require multiple heaters for your home or business you can browse our catalogue during your free heating survey. Along with having different design options take advantage of our up to £500 warmer winter reduction which is currently running up until the 31st of December 2018.
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Many of us are living in a world of extreme stress and frequent anxiety, but the truth is, that every single human being experiences, at one time or another, some sort or anxiety whether it be mild or excessive. As human beings, we are programmed to be alert to stress and then to react, hopefully proactively. But that is not always the case.
How can Hypnotherapy help Panic or Anxiety Attacks?
Hypnotherapy can be a very effective tool in helping someone with mild or even a severe case of stress, panic or anxiety.
In mild cases, gentle reprogramming can bring enormous relief. In more severe cases, it may be necessary to discover the initial source or cause in order to be really effective in the therapeutic process of hypnosis using the power of the subconscious. See The Subconscious Mind.
Hypnotherapy can dramatically slow down the heartbeat, it can bring about a sense of calmness and relaxation, it can create a sense of peace, balance and tranquility and in so doing introduce a new sense of awareness to eliminate unnecessary panic or anxiety.
If one truly wants to move forward and away from the debilitating effects of the experienced attacks, Hypnotherapy can be a very powerful tool. With a good Hypnotherapist, one can find that the process of therapeutic sessions with hypnosis can provide dramatic results and a gratifying freedom from needless, debilitating panic or anxiety attacks.
To experience a freedom from panic or anxiety simply call Sallie Albertina, without any obligations, other than to see how she may help you to become permanently free from this handicap. 760-327-5927.


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James Caan to Sign for SWAU!
SWAU is thrilled and honored to announce that the legendary James Caan, known for his work in The Godfather and The Gambler among other films, will be conducting a private signing with us! This will be Caan's first stateside, send-in signing opportunity in many years. It is also the first signing as part of the Autograph Universe Collection series, a new series of autographs branching outside the Star Wars galaxy.
Caan vaulted to Hollywood fame after his breakout role as Private Anthony Dugan in The Glory Guys (1965), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for New Star Actor of the Year. He returned to the Academy Award nominations in 1970 as the lead in Brian's Song (in which he worked with Billy Dee Williams), before producing his most famous role as Sonny Corleone in Coppola's The Godfather (1972).
After attaining superstardom in The Godfather, Caan continued to find success in the 1970s with roles in The Gambler, Funny Lady, and Rollerball. His other works in the last thirty years that draw acclaim include Honeymoon in Vegas (1992); Eraser with Arnold Schwarzenegger (1996), and the Christmas classic Elf with Will Ferrell (2003).
Caan also has had a successful career in television, appearing in five television films, as well as playing recurring roles in Las Vegas (2003-2007) Magic City (2013), and Back in the Game (2013).
Autographs for Caan will start at $80, with movie posters being more expensive. We are proud to be offering limited character names at a cost for each, however no quotes will be offered. We also will be offering a selection of photographs available for pre-order to be signed. Photo orders can be found HERE and send-ins can be ordered HERE.
Items for Caan will be completed by early November so fans can be sure to get their items back in time for the recently announced Al Pacino signing being completed by Fiterman Sports. The deadline for all orders and for send-in items to arrive is October 18th.
As mentioned at the start of this announcement, this signing is the first part of the Autograph Universe Collection, as SWAU continues to push the bounds of the autograph world. For fans and collectors who have interests and collections beyond Star Wars, including other movies and television shows, make sure you join our sister Facebook group Autograph Universe, where there is daily discussion, collection sharing, and community engagement for collectors all over the world.
Be sure to find and follow Autograph Universe as well as SWAU on social media to stay up to date on all the latest news coming out of the premier destination for Star Wars autographs, and now the premier destination in the Autograph Universe!
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package com.chilliworks.chillisource.networking;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;

import com.chilliworks.chillisource.core.ExceptionUtils;
import com.chilliworks.chillisource.core.Logging;
import com.google.android.vending.expansion.downloader.DownloaderClientMarshaller;

/**
 * An alarm receiver for the Apk Expansion Downloader.
 *
 * @author Ian Copland
 */
public final class ApkExpansionDownloadAlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{
    /**
     * @author Ian Copland
     *
     * @param in_context - The context
     * @param in_intent - The intent
     */
    @Override public void onReceive(Context in_context, Intent in_intent)
    {
        try
        {
            DownloaderClientMarshaller.startDownloadServiceIfRequired(in_context, in_intent, ApkExpansionDownloadService.class);
        }
        catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e)
        {
            Logging.logFatal(ExceptionUtils.convertToString(e));
        }
    }
}

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Q: Best way to migrate a huge SQL Server database with low downtime over network Problem definition
Our database server needs to be transferred to an other datacenter. It runs on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise (64-bit) and contains two databases of about 2TB and 1TB.
Having little to no downtime for this would be ideal.
Workload
Those databases are used for a .NET website and are constantly getting updated.
Having it not available over the weekend would be acceptable though. The currently in use DB would remain the only one in use until the switch over to the new one.
That switch would ideally be made just by changing DNS entries to point to the new DB server while making sure the DB is not being updated.
Also, time taken by this operation does not really matter as long as the switch from one server to the other (downtime) is kept low.
Approaches considered

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*Backup and restore
This has been done in the past but involved a high downtime even though it was done through an internal network, so more efficiently than through Internet

*Log shipping
As far as I understand, this approach would minimize downtime by configuring a master/slave and transferring  an exact copy of the master DB to its slave being read only. As mentioned above, no access to the slave would be necessary and we just need a way to have a replica of the master DB without data corruption.
It also seems to be quite efficient in terms of resources utilization and wouldn't impact to much the master performance.
I might be wrong about this approach so feel free to correct me.

*Database mirroring
I'm not too aware of that approach but it seems like a valid option. No need to have real time sync and performance of the master is quite important so asynchronous would be the way to go if this approach were to be chosen.

*Other options?
That server runs directly on bare metal hardware so lower level solutions are unfortunately not an option. Maybe there is a better way to get this done?
Constraints
As described, those databases are quite big to the point they are hard to maintain but that's an other problem.
The versions of SQL Server will be the same (Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise 64-bit).
It will have to be transferred over network between two datacenters so most probably over Internet. Having disks sent from one site to the other for an initial sync is unfortunately not an option. Having some sort of security for the transfer would be ideal but we will do the best of this situation.
That should give a quite good overview of our needs for this task and hopefully some of you had to face that situation before.

A: Straight backup and restore is obviously out. I also wouldn't consider replication of any kind.
Database mirroring is relatively simple to set up, but requires real-time connectivity between the two servers, setting up of partners and endpoints, etc. Availability Groups could be an option, but on top of the networking complications you also have to have both servers as members of the same WSFC - which means they must both be in the same domain. This is not a typical setup (or could even be made to work temporarily) for a data center move.
My vote would be for log shipping. The nice thing about this is that you can use the backups and log backups you're already taking (right?) and don't necessarily have to have real-time connectivity between the two databases - they don't need to know about each other, you don't need to set up endpoints for mirroring, partners, security, etc. You just need a way to get files from the old server to a place where they can be restored on the new server. You can take a full backup well in advance, get it over to the new server, restore it, then apply (possibly diffs and) incremental log backups from that point right up to the moment of cut-over. The process is actually quite simple, and there are many tutorials on log shipping available online if you come across any difficulties.
If the web app is moving with the database, since DNS can take a while to propagate, you might want to make a switch in the connection strings of the old app to make them point at the IP of the new database server once it is writable, since - even after the switch, and even if your TTL settings are tight - clients may continue to hit the old web servers. It all depends on how much respect their providers give your TTLs.

A: I recently migrated 15tb across 6 databases using mirroring. Very simple and worked perfectly with just a couple seconds of failover time.
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I had two new virtualized SQL Servers. The databases were coming from 3 servers that they had just plain outgrown, and were impacting performance on the smaller databases hosted on them.
The process was very simple.

*

*Wait for weekend full backups to complete

*Restore with no recovery to new servers

*When those restores complete, pause backups

*Run one additional restore up to the latest log backup from originals, leaving in no recovery

*Start mirroring across all six

*Resume backups

I chose to leave them in asynchronous mode until we were ready to fail them over to reduce load on the network, etc. Mirroring has some reputation for causing latency during maintenance (index/statistics) and other high volume activities, but I didn't find that to be true. They do have to be switched to synchronous mode before manual failover.
During the next maintenance window, I manually failed over each database, and after some smoke testing, turned mirroring off, and eventually removed the old data files from the originating servers. One quirk in this process is that failing a mirrored database over leaves the former primary in a recovering state, so unless you're comfortable just dropping them, you need to bring them back online and then detach, or whatever your preferred method of removal is. Also, I did not configure a witness for any of this because I did not want automatic failover. This was a controlled event.
Please let me know if you'd like any further specifics. I've left out server and network specs but can provide if you'd like.
Thanks

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April 15, 2013 April 15, 2013 Michael S. Moore
Review: Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Starring Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Xing Yu, Chi Ling Chiu, Fung Hak-on, Leung Siu-Lung
Fight Choreography by Sammo Hung
Directed by Stephen Chow
Hot off of Shaolin Soccer, funnyman Stephen Chow was just getting warmed up for what may be the crowning achievement of his career, a film that pays homage to cinema in general and kung fu movies in particular. Part kung-fu, part cartoon, Kung Fu Hustle raises the kung fu comedy bar to new heights.
Stephen Chow stars as Sing, a complete loser who, with his oafish friend Bone attempt to pull off scams on any sucker they can find. They make the mistake of going to Pig Sty Alley and trying to screw a barber out of paying for a haircut, pretending to be Axe Gang members. After being "attacked" by the people living in the complex Sing aligns himself with the real Axe Gang, who just happened to arrived. Sing unknowingly sets off a chain of events that finds the Axe Gang leader killed and replaced by his even worse second in command Brother Sum, who vows to destroy the inhabitants of the building. As it turns out the building is home to some of the greatest martial arts heroes of all time, and The Axe gang suffers defeat after defeat, but with Sing's help they are able to find help from the greatest kung fu killer of all time. Sing believes that only the bad guys ever win, but can his eyes open to the truth about himself in time to save the people of Pig Sty?
There isn't a comedy stone left unturned here, and it all starts with Stephen Chow the actor, who does a great job as the hapless Sing. In many ways he plays a straight man to some of the most ridiculous moments of the film, and that's a good thing. And, and as always, Yuen Wah brings his A-game to this part as the lecherous landlord, and Yuen Qiu stole the show as the tough as nails landlady. Seeing so many greats of the Shaw Brothers and early Sammo Hung era kung fu fighters was simply a treat. The story itself is well told, and the more out-there moments, like the chase between Landlady and Sing are just laugh-out-loud funny, even if it makes no real sense, and the slapstick comedy, such as the knife throwing scene (one of my favs) are just hilarious.
Sammo Hung did a fantastic job choreographing the fights here (when isn't Sammo great at this?) and it all escalates exactly as it should. The first fight in the courtyard is great, and Sammo lets the featured martial artists look great. My favorite fight, from every compositional standpoint, is the fight versus the Harpist assassins. Their harp served the dual purpose of being both a deadly weapon and providing the music for the fight scene, which is brilliant. The wire work was well done, and is used to very good effect and doesn't shadow the actual martial arts being done. The final fight is great and Stephen Chow gets to show off what he can do, and Leung Sui-Lung (Gallants) gives Chow a run for his money here. The fight at the Axe Gang's casino also deserves a mention, a fantastic blend of martial arts, wirework and special effects that allows Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu the chance to show they've still got it!
Kiai-Kick's Grade: 10
Stephen Chow made what may very well be the best kung fu comedy of all time! A brilliant mix of kung fu, comedy and special effects. Rarely does it mesh so well, but Chow pulls if off with gusto!
Fung Hak-On
Sammo Hung
Sui-Lung Leung
Xing Yu
Yuen Qiu
Yuen Wah
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Dangerous Meredith says:
Your review sums up this movie perfectly. The first time I saw that knife throwing scene I laughed so hard it hurt.
actionmoviefanatix says:
Great review, man. I have long contemplated picking this up but feared it might be too silly. Your review has convinced me otherwise. Thank you.
kunderemp says:
I also love the knife-throwing scene. It was hillarious.
The harp assasins was really good.
For a lover of wuxia and Hongkong comics, we got more treat. The landlord and land lady name was Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nu. The last attack came from Manhua Buddha's Palm by Tony Wong.
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Handgun Review: Guncrafter CCO
The match barrel and trigger of the CCO delivered tight, accurate groups. Dan Daessite photo.
The Guncrafter CCO is a thoroughbred 1911 for everyday carry.
The Guncrafter CCO has an unadorned matte stainless finish that lends it a no-nonsense workhorse aesthetic.
As a reviewer of guns, it's my responsibility to be fair and impartial and come to every review with an open mind. Having said this, I know it's not possible for a fallible human being to accomplish true impartiality. As a result, I give every effort to approach every review as open minded as possible.
On the same day I received the Guncrafter's CCO described in this review, I participated in another gun test with another writer. We tested several 1911s designed for concealed carry use. All of them were relatively expensive guns, all were accurate enough for a defensive carry gun and every one of these guns malfunctioned, in spite of the fact that they were built by what I consider to be premium makers. To say the least, I was disappointed.
Having run several hundred rounds through lightweight 1911s the previous day, I wasn't that excited about doing the same thing the next but a gun writer's work is gun writer's work. I had to visit my gunsmith, Mike Byrd of B&B Precision Machine, though, and Mike loves to shoot, especially when someone else is furnishing the ammo. Mike rebuilds almost every gun he gets, and he's a perfectionist. So when Mike is impressed, so am I.
The CCO is a beautiful gun. I don't normally wax poetic about 1911s. They're workhorse guns, and I don't care for fancy inlays, engraving or ivory grips. I love functional 1911s, and the CCO is functional and beautiful. While the front and back grip straps are checkered, all the corners are gently rounded. There's a substantial beavertail on the grip safety and a generous bump at the bottom to allow thin hands to engage it.
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The officer-sized bottom end has a rounded butt for comfort and concealment, and the magazine well is beveled. The grips are slim, but provide excellent purchase without being abrasive. The medium-sized safety and magazine release are nicely grooved, and the slide release outer surface is checkered for a better feel.
The top of the slide is milled flat with longitudinal grooves. My test gun was the matt stainless version, and the finish was uniform and unadorned, with the only branding being in small letters on the right side, almost under the lower edge of the slide.
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Of course, pretty is as pretty does, or something like that, and the CCO shoots pretty darn good. My first session impressed Mike and me with how good the trigger is, how accurate it is and how easy it is to manage in spite of being a concealed carry 1911.
It's also very reliable, and that's a premium quality in a defensive firearm. We both ran plates at 10 and 15 yards and stayed well under the standard time of six and seven seconds respectively. In fact, Mike ran the plates in five seconds and change from 15 yards. Recoil with hardball .45 was there, but it was manageable and not uncomfortable. As a matter of curiosity, we even tried some light 650-fps plate loads with 230-grain bullets.
I didn't think a standard defensive gun would run loads that light, but the CCO ran them without a hiccup. We didn't check the spring weight, but both felt it was a standard spring. I think the gun is just so slick it can run those light loads.
At $3,299, this isn't a gun that will be purchased on price point. It's a gun that will be purchased on quality point. If there's a thoroughbred 1911 carry gun, this is probably it. I've mentioned the aesthetics, but the CCO isn't just about looks, it's about everything being as good as it can get. The frame, slide and stainless match barrel are all forged.
The skeleton hammer, sear and disconnector are machined from high-grade tool steel. The slide stop is machined from bar stock and there's an extra heavy-duty barrel bushing with an extra thick flange. There's a match trigger, and the Tritium sights are extra sturdy to allow for one-handed slide racking using the rear.
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The 1911 design is probably the most successful firearm design in history and may be the most successful ever. It's still at the top of the heap after 104 years, and I see no signs of that popularity fading. Model 1911s dominate almost every pistol-shooting venue shot across the country, from precision shooting at Camp Perry to USPSA, IDPA and even the famed Bianchi Cup. There's a whole industry formed around the 1911.
Having said this, a 1911 works best in its original configuration, and shortening and lightening it can create potential issues.
The four compact 1911s I tested the day I received the CCO illustrate this perfectly. All those companies can build a perfectly adequate full-sized 1911. I recently tested a compact 1911 that ran flawlessly, but it was a top-of-the-line gun for the maker. It's possible to downsize for concealed carry, but it's harder to build a reliable, smaller 1911 handgun.
The CCO represents an effort by Guncrafter to build a quality concealable version of John Browning's finest achievement. They didn't cut corners anywhere in the process. They built the best gun they could, and then they figured up the price. I can assure you there are guns that cost this much that aren't reliable, accurate and well-prepped for daily carry use. I can also assure you that the Guncrafter CCO I tested was all of those things, and the best doesn't come cheap.\
Guncrafter CCO
Caliber: .45 ACP
Capacity: 7 + 1
Magazines: Two stainless steel
Barrel: 4 ¼ in. match stainless
Sights: GI extra heavy, tritium vertical inserts
Frame: Forged stainless or aluminum, black Melonite or matt stainless finish
Slide: Forged stainless, black Melonite or matt stainless finish
Length: 7 7/8 in.
Height: 5 in. w/o magazine
Weight: 33 oz. in stainless,
27 oz. in aluminum frame
Options: Stainless or aluminum frame, stainless or duo-tone finish, ambidextrous safety
SRP: $3,299
Website: guncrafterindustries.com
This article appeared in the July 1, 2014 Special Concealed Carry Issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.
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Dick Jones is a freelance outdoor writer and author whose interest in guns and shooting has encompassed his lifetime. He's a Distinguished Rifleman, and former High Master, who captained and coached a High Power rifle team on a national level, winning six Dogs of War medals. His interests in shooting span from classic double shotguns to AR-15s, sniper rifles and competitive pistol shooting. He's also a shooting instructor and runs Lewis Creek Shooting School in High Point, N.C.
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