IN a world already full of road hogs this is perhaps the last thing you want to see in the rear view mirror. Animal experts are teaching dogs how to drive.
Astonishingly, it took three mutts just eight weeks to master the basics in wooden carts. They then graduated to a modified Mini in which they sat on their haunches in the driver’s seat with their paws on the steering wheel.
Their feet go on extension levers which are attached to the accelerator and the brake while their paw rests on the gearstick.
The experiment was set up by an animal welfare group in New Zealand which wanted to show the public how intelligent dogs are.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will put Porter, a ten-month old beardie cross, Monty, an 18-month-old schnauzer cross, and Ginny, a one-year-old beardie whippet cross to the test in a live broadcast next Monday.
Mark Vette, who is schooling the dogs, said: ‘”We train them to do different actions, touch is the first thing and then we teach them to touch the different objects with the right paw and left paw. They’ve all come through at this point and they’re all going really well”.
Short, positive training sessions will serve best when you teach your dog to obey various commands. Some examples of commands are “sit,” “stay” and “speak.” The “speak” command teaches a dog to bark once or twice in response to your verbal cue. Training not only provides mental stimulation for your dog but gives you more control over his behavior. You can combine commands to teach more complicated tricks or tasks, such as “quiet” or “hush” for noisy dogs, after they first understand the command to speak. Use reward-based clicker-training techniques to train your dog to vocalize on your command.
Step 1
Train your dog to associate the sound of a clicker to a reward, using a dog treat. In short, 5- to 10-minute sessions each day, click a training device and give your dog a treat. Wait a minute or so between each click and treat. Continue this training until your dog expects a reward after hearing a click.
Step 2
Say the verbal cue, “speak,” then trigger your dog to bark by waving a favorite toy in front of the dog’s face but not allowing him to obtain it. Other ways to trigger your dog to bark is by knocking on a wall or door, or by withholding a treat from the dog. Once the dog barks, click the device and give your dog a treat.
Step 3
Train your dog for five to 10 minutes with the clicker and treats each day until he responds to the verbal command to speak by giving you at least one bark without your having to provoke him to bark with anything other than the verbal “speak” command.
Step 4
Teach your dog the “quiet” command to limit the amount of time your dog barks after being given the “speak” command. This further specifies the “speak” command to just a couple barks instead of constant barking for a longer amount of time. Give the dog the command to “speak” triggering him to bark, but don’t treat him. Say “quiet” and wait until he is quiet for a few seconds before clicking and treating him. Continue this training giving the commands “speak” and “quiet” during each training session.
Ingredients4 loin chops, lean
1 medium onion, sliced
1 teaspoon butter
salt and pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
1 cup chicken broth
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
parsley, garnish
Instructions:
In a large bowl melt butter and whisk together the broth and seasoning. Pour mixture into slow cooker.
Place onions and garlic in slow cooker and place the pork chops on top of them.
Place a slice of butter on top if you’d like and cook on low heat for 6 to 8 hours, or until chops are tender and onions are done. When done, serve with your favorite vegetables and sprinkle on fresh or dry parsley.
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By 2001, business continued to grow at a very rapid pace and we responded to the needs of our more distant customers, to provide a more convenient online catalog to serve repeat ordering needs.
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New Wave, New Wave Bossa Nova: three words in their respective languages mean exactly the same thing.Three passions that Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux endeavor since 2004, married together in the collective Nouvelle Vague, or, swaying elegance of Bossa Nova, writing melancholy of the New Wave and distanced view movies New Wave.
The group’s approach is as follows: transpose standard directory punk / new wave and (re) discover obscure titles more or less 80 years, offering an original rereading rooted in modernity.
The cover art is tricky … but 3 albums (“New Wave” – 2004, “Bande à Part” – 2006, “3” – 2009), reinterpretations of Nouvelle Vague toured the world. 700,000 albums sold hundreds of complete concerts around the globe, the respect of many original artists (Martin Gore, Terry Hall, Ian McCulloch … also on the album “3”).
The female performers contribute significantly to the success of Nouvelle Vague, the originality of Camille, the elegance of Mélanie Pain, the sensuality of Phoebe Killdeer, madness scenic Nadeah Miranda had flipped the international public. A chic aesthetic extended by Helena Noguerra or Mareva Galanter, who accompanied the band on stage today.
If the three previous games clung directory new wave and post punk Anglo-Saxon “Colors of Paris’ 4th album but the first group on the Barclay label, revisits this” New Wave “that swept the French late 70 and extended over most of the next decade. This spontaneous generation – the Current magazine named “Young people modern”-extended the Anglo-Saxon heritage in France. More than current musical set (new wave, post punk, pop, cold wave, Novo …), this scene – which was the heyday of the Palace – is illustrated by a line of thought rejecting the values and sixty-eighters aesthetics, which in taming synths and drum machines, overthrew the 80s.
Kas Product / Marc Seberg or Lio / Indochina? Black and white or colorful? Rage punk dandy aesthetic? Or underground hit singles? many differences but a movement with complex ramifications and incestuous.
To celebrate the new wave “made in France” , it is no longer only the New Wave singers are invited. Each title is revisited by an artist of the contemporary French scene, which grew out of the ashes of this movement and assumes inheritance.
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The combination of musical energy between brothers and Hayley’s bold charisma earned them instant attention, particularly from Florida indie Fueled by Ramen, who signed the band and put them to work recording their debut. Says Hayley, “Some of our favorite bands are on Fueled by Ramen. We knew that they would know exactly how to carry out the vision for our band and music.” Paramore went into the studio with producers James Wisner (Dashboard Confessional, Further Seems Forever, Underoath) and Mike Green (Yellowcard, The Black Maria) and blew them away with their sincerity and enthusiasm.
When Hayley Williams began writing lyrics for the songs that appear on Paramore’s self-titled new album, she found herself feeling more optimistic than ever before about the future of the band she has fronted since she was 15. “I had this kind of Tony-in-West-Side-Story-moment when he sings about how something is coming. He doesn’t know what it is, but it’s going to be great,” she says with a laugh. “A lot of the new songs came out of that. They’re about needing to find whatever’s next.”
Lead-off single “Now” — with lyrics like “if there’s a future, we want it now” — sets the urgent tone ofParamore, the Nashville, Tennessee-bred band’s fourth album. Given the choice of packing it in or reinventing themselves as a trio, Williams, guitarist Taylor York, and bassist Jeremy Davis chose the latter and made a positive, uplifting album that reflects who they are in the present. “I’m really proud of the fact that this is not an angry Paramore album,” Williams says. Adds Davis: “It’s a lot happier and brighter album than people might expect given what’s happened. We’ve wanted to write songs like this for so long, but weren’t there emotionally. Now we are.”
The band members holed up to write over the past year and a half and emerged with a collection of songs that retains Paramore’s youthful spirit, but clearly shows their evolution. It’s the most musically adventurous set they’ve released to date. Which isn’t to say the album won’t thrill longtime fans. Still present is a ferocious, churning energy (a hallmark of Paramore’s sound) on “Now,” “Fast In My Car,” “Proof,” “Anklebiters,” and “Be Alone.” But the album should also earn Paramore new listeners, thanks to the trio’s willingness to explore uncharted sonic territory, like the funky, high-stepping “Ain’t It Fun” (featuring soulful vocals from Williams, slap-bass from Davis, and the soaring sound of a gospel choir), the doo wop-inflected “(One of Those) Crazy Girls,” and the lilting, string-filled “Hate To See Your Heart Break.” “People obviously give Hayley credit for being an amazing singer, but I don’t think they really understand how versatile she is and how much her voice can do,” York says. “You really hear different sides of her on this album.”
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Best known for his stint fronting the popular Australian rock band Powderfinger, singer/songwriter Bernard Fanning was born August 15, 1969, in Brisbane. He joined Powderfinger at the behest of St. Joseph’s College economics classmate Ian Haug, who co-founded the group in 1989.
Originally slated as a guitarist, Fanning was soon awarded lead vocalist duties, charting the group’s evolution from covers to original material. After a pair of independent EPs, Powderfinger (so named in honour of the classic Rust Never Sleeps track by Neil Young, a seminal influence) signed to Polydor in 1994 and issued their debut LP, Parables for Wooden Ears.
With the 1996 follow-up, Double Allergic, the band went double-platinum at home, subsequently notching a series of Australian chart-topping LPs including 1998’s Internationalist, 2000’s Odyssey Number Five, and 2003’s Vulture Street. Also in 2003, Fanning made his feature film debut in Ned Kelly, contributing a solo performance to the movie soundtrack. Despite success in the U.K. and Europe, Powderfinger remained virtual unknowns in the U.S. market, and in 2005 the band went on hiatus. In October of that year, Fanning issued his debut solo effort, Tea & Sympathy, scoring hits with the singles “Wish You Well” and “Songbird.”
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Founded in 1995, The Working Person’s Store rapidly grew to become a major destination for quality, name brand work apparel and footwear, while serving a wide spectrum of working people throughout the country.
By 2001, business continued to grow at a very rapid pace and we responded to the needs of our more distant customers, to provide a more convenient online catalog to serve repeat ordering needs.
After the opening of WorkingPerson.com, we were very pleased to begin serving an even wider array of customers on both a national and international basis, with ever increasing demand for our goods and services.
Then, in 2005, we continued our expansion with the acquisition of our new Technology Center, as well as a dramatic increase in the size and scope of our team.
Since that time, the WorkingPerson.com site has become the number one, world-wide destination for work clothing, work footwear and safety gear, serving customers on five continents daily.
We’re dedicated to the needs of working people everywhere, based on the proposition that quality isn’t a luxury, it’s an absolute necessity. Why?
Because we’ve learned from experience that buying quality may cost a little more to start with, but it’s a bargain in the long-run.
Thus, our customers shop with confidence knowing the brands and products found at WorkingPerson.com have passed stringent requirements for quality, durability, comfort and outstanding value.
Founded in 1995, The Working Person’s Store rapidly grew to become a major destination for quality, name brand work apparel and footwear, while serving a wide spectrum of working people throughout the country.
By 2001, business continued to grow at a very rapid pace and we responded to the needs of our more distant customers, to provide a more convenient online catalog to serve repeat ordering needs.
After the opening of WorkingPerson.com, we were very pleased to begin serving an even wider array of customers on both a national and international basis, with ever increasing demand for our goods and services.
Then, in 2005, we continued our expansion with the acquisition of our new Technology Center, as well as a dramatic increase in the size and scope of our team.
Since that time, the WorkingPerson.com site has become the number one, world-wide destination for work clothing, work footwear and safety gear, serving customers on five continents daily.
We’re dedicated to the needs of working people everywhere, based on the proposition that quality isn’t a luxury, it’s an absolute necessity. Why?
Because we’ve learned from experience that buying quality may cost a little more to start with, but it’s a bargain in the long-run.
Thus, our customers shop with confidence knowing the brands and products found at WorkingPerson.com have passed stringent requirements for quality, durability, comfort and outstanding value.
