Gavin’s Journal

First of all, private ownership of handguns is legal in Canada. I am properly licensed to do so and am currently in the market for a pistol.

Second, I think that body armour is legal for civilian ownership and wear. However, wearing the stuff for a living, take my word for it, it’s a pain.

The Canadian Forces Fragmentation Vest is a good design. Without the plates (ceramic, not steel or titanium; ceramic is just a better material for the job), it will stop a pistol round. However against knives or rifles, you’d be SOL.

But they make good impact protection. Were it not for my frag vest, I would have broken a few ribs during an exercise when my vehicle hit some really nasty bumps and I slammed against the inside of the hatch. Repeatedly.

But it’s not the most comfortable thing to wear. It’s hot, it’s sweaty, doesn’t breathe well and it’s heavy. It makes a great windbreaker in its own right, and it does stop rain pretty well. However it does restrict your movement (that’s why most people I know remove the shoulder pads) and whenever you peel it off, you feel much, much lighter.

Windows Movie Maker: How to use
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

Mac: Create an iMovie Project
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/graphics/imovie/1create.html

You probably have one or the other already on your computer.

In Movie Maker:
Just import your images and your audio (you can just drag the files into the collections window) and then after they’re imported drag them down to the storyboard/timeline.
Add video effects and transitions as you like, play it in the preview window to make sure. Click on the edge of an image or audio in the timeline and drag it to make it longer or shorter and right click on the audio bar in the timeline to adjust the volume or add fade in or out etc.
Then, when you think you’re done ’save’ or ‘publish’ it (depending on which version you have) to a wmv (or avi too in Vista) file.

“Save your movie to your computer” (XP)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/savetopc.mspx
(or see “To publish a movie to your computer” in Vista)
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/4ea4b6cd-0cfe-4d02-8122-16c28828cdf21033.mspx

Shaving should help, but it will not stop it completely. Hair stays wet for a period of time. If you are sweating and your armpit hair gets soaked, it is going to stay soaked for a while. When the wet hair rubs against your shirt, it soaks your shirt. Sweat dries from smooth skin much faster and there is no hair to rub against your shirt so it definitely helps. I shave my armpits because I am play sports. From my experience it makes a huge difference in sweating. I don’t know why all guys don’t shave. They must be afraid that it will take away their manhood if they do.

Shaving doesn’t make hair grow thicker. It is a common miss-thought that people have. Hair is thicker at the bottom and thinner at the top. Shaving cuts the hair at the thicker point near the root right under the skin. So the first part of the hair to reappear is thick right where it was cut off. As it grows out, it thins back near the top and will look completely the same after about 4 weeks. It doesn’t make more hairs or hair thicker.

Yes there are differences although small. First, toasting will begin to breakdown and burn the carbohydrate content of the bread. If the toast is well done then some of that carbohydrate has been converted to carbon and there will have been a release of energy as part of the burning process. That means a piece of toast has less calories to release to the body when consumed. Secondly, some of the vitamin content of the bread can be destroyed by toasting and this would reduce the nutritional value.

On some practical issues: It could be argued that if you eat the toast when it is very hot then the heat energy will be absorbed into the body. However, I suspect that this would be less than the energy lost by the toasting process and such heat energy is not captured as chemical energy by the body.

Also, I wonder if we put more butter or spread on a piece of hot toast than we do a piece of bread? The calorific value of fat is very high so we could well be consuming more calories if we put more on hot toast.

Finally, and this is not a biochemical argument, toast is moreish! Have you ever noticed how people will ‘just have another piece of toast’ at breakfast but they tend not to with bread?

The recall process. If you feel your Representatives are not reflecting your views, you can start the process and see if you have enough people who agree with your views. Just look at what happened in California. People were upset with Gov. Gray Davis that they held a new election in the middle of his term of office.

Candidates usually have to declare how they feel about key issues like abortion and the war on terror. So there is no surprises later on.

A few recalls every now and again is enough to remind Congress and the Senate who they are representing.

Term limits is a horrid idea. We have term limits already in place-they are called elections. If you feel your elected officials are not doing their job, then vote them out and replace them with people you like. The majority of people who complain never do anything to correct the problem.

Hi there! Here’s a very nice pattern with pictures:

http://www.crochetgarden.com/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=66&products_id=194

Here’s one that has a cabled border:
http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/soft%20ladies%20hat.html

Check out THESE cables!!!!
http://members.aol.com/JSchlossma/bskc.html

This one doesn’t have cables, but it’s interesting:
http://members.aol.com/JSchlossma/ridgedc.html

No cables nor ridges, but it’s retro and funky!
http://members.aol.com/JSchlossma/skcap.html

Lion Brand has many many hats:
http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/patternFinder.fcgi?search=Search&searchText=crochet+hat&x=0&y=0

Finally, Crochet Me has a Simple Cabled Hat:
http://crochetme.com/patterns/simple-cable-hat

Hope this helps!

Why do people come in and answer a question like this with reasons FOR spanking? Lol! Anyway, the main reason I choose not to smack children is because I think it is less effective than many other punishments-certainly less effective than a lot of people seem to think-and I don’t want to use any sort of violence or agression, however minor or appropriate, to ‘force’ children to do what they’re told. Personally I don’t want to send the message that you hit to get what you want, and to be honest I really don’t understand the argument that it’s done to teach them a lesson or when they really deserve it. What about murderers, rapists? Don’t they deserve it? Doesn’t mean we can do it! Basically I am a firm believer in discipline for children, which means teaching them right from wrong, and helping them learn what the consequences to their own actions are. I believe that smacking is more about punishment and control through fear than teaching right from wrong, and the reasons that we should do the right thing. And I know there is the age old argument that our parents did it, and their parents did it, and their parents did it…..but that’s ok, our parents and generations before us did many things that we might no do now. It’s not saying they were wrong, just that some people have different ideas! Hope that helps.

ok…pretty good, but not perfect. theres room for inprovement. you can add skarmory, dragonite, starmie, jinx, arcanine, steelix, and many others to make it better, but stick with the ones that are listed. a sample would be

tyrantiar-rock slide, earthquake, brick break, and any move of your choice

alakazam-psychic, ice beam, thunderbolt, and maybe flamethrower or shadow ball

blastoise/starmie-surf, ice beam, psychic, and shadow ball (starmie), or rain dance and skull bash (blastoise)

dragonite (my fave)- brickbreak, dragon dance (if u wanna breed for your moves), dragon claw, and any move of your choice

skarmory (another fave)- air cutter/arial ace, spikes, roar(to go in tandem with spikes) and maybe toxic

arcanine or steelix-your choice!

arcanine-flamethrower, extremespeed, body slam, and something of your choice

steelix- earthquake, double edge(to use with the ability rock head) rock slide (if not used) and toxic (if not used)

some other options are gyrados, machamp, heracross, snorlax, blissey, gengar, metagross, and slowbro

im sorry if im a bit torward the defensive side with pokemon….

Don’t worry. Your plans sound just fine.

I just went on a Carnival Cruise this past summer to Alaska. For a balcony room, it sounds like you got a good price. You could call around and see if anyone can beat that price. Do not cancel with Carnival before finding a better offer. Carnival may be willing to price match too if you find a better offer. They also do a military discount if either on of you are military. Ask them about other discounts.

Also good to know:
Once you are on board, fill out the guest survey cards at the end of the cruise. This will put you in their repeat customer listing and they will mail, phone and e-mail you with all kinds of deals for future cruises, not only with them, but other cruise lines as well. If you do not wish to be phoned, then give them a cell # (solicitors cannot phone cell numbers) or leave it blank. You will still receive offers via mail and email.

Enjoy your Honeymoon and Congratulations!

I knew him personally, but I haven’t spoke to him in a few years. If it was indeed suicide I think it was because his problems finally overwhelmed him. I think most of his depression came from his brother passing away 6-7 years ago. He was a good person and had a good heart, he just had a lot of problems that he couldn’t escape unfortunately. A lot of people choose to judge him by what they read and I have even seen in some forums people saying he deserved what happened, no one deserves that especially not him he was a good person that was just misunderstood. Depression and other mental illnesses are hard things to deal with and its easy for someone to pass judgment when they don’t know what that person was really going through on the inside.