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While the Ramadi SEALs were learning about the conventional forces and making themselves useful, the Army and, to a lesser extent, the Marines were learning about SEALs. This was the first time in their history that SEALs had operated in direct and continuous support of conventional forces in combat. When Jack Williams went to Colonel John Gronski, and later to Colonel Sean MacFarland, and made his SEALs available for brigade-support duty, this put Navy SEAL–U.S. Army relations on a totally new footing—at least in Ramadi. The respect went both ways. The SEALs had nothing but admiration for the Soldiers and Marines. Lars Beamon said it this way: "In writing this book, Mister Couch, I want you to never lose sight of one thing. The bravest and noblest men in uniform are those Army specialists and Marine lance corporals. They're our most courageous and patriotic fighting men, and they're out there day in and day out. For many of them, it's becoming year in and year out. We SEALs are honored to call them brother warriors."
Over at Camp Corregidor, Lieutenant Sean Smith and the Delta Platoon SEALs were bonding with the1-506. At Corregidor they lived, ate, and worked in close proximity with the Army. At the daily battalion staff meetings, Sean or a platoon representative was present. The SEAL camouflage uniforms and battle dress differed from those worn by the Army. Smith found Army uniforms so that his SEALs would look like their Army counterparts. More important, during the battle of Ramadi, they went out into the streets and bled with them. "We asked the 1-506 if we could wear their battalion insignia on our battle dress," Smith said. The insignia of this storied battalion is the famous ace-of-spades patch. "We were honored that they allowed us to do this. We earned the right to call ourselves Soldiers."
But what did the Army think of these SEALs and the SEAL task unit in Ramadi? Many had experience with Army Special Forces and a few had worked with the classified special missions units. The majority of the Soldiers and Marines at Ramadi had never worked with SEALs, so I made it a point to ask them what they thought of these sailors in their battlespace. I started with Mike Bajema.
"My first impression of the SEALs was in meeting Jack Williams and his senior chief petty officer in the brigade operations center at Camp Ramadi. It was just a few days after we arrived. We shook hands and he nearly broke all the bones in my right hand. Simply put, Jack appeared as this massive, intense, fighting machine—very intimidating. But one thing that came across right away with Jack and the other SEALs I met that day was their honesty. They didn't care about a man's branch of service or rank or physical size. I found that the SEALs tended to judge a man on his character, his courage under fire, and his determination to kill the enemy. I was never treated as anything less than an equal and always given the respect of being a different type of warrior on the battlefield. My preconception
of the SEALs was solely based on my experience working with the Army Special Forces teams. Those experiences were not positive, as the Army SOF community, in my experience, is quick to assert their sense of importance in most situations. First meetings are always a 'tab check' of who has the most Army [shoulder] tabs and school identifiers—airborne, Ranger, Special Forces, sapper, et cetera. This never happened with the SEALs. They only cared how a man performs or reacts when in contact with the enemy—in a tank, as dismounted infantry, as a medic, or as an operations center communicator. They just wanted a man to do his job like his buddies' lives depended on it—and in Ramadi they often did.
"The Army SOF community I worked with previously was very reluctant to share their information with conventional forces. It seems like the information they had was too valuable or too secret to get passed on to others in the battlespace. The SEALs always followed the rules of disclosure, but they worked really hard on passing information down to the conventional guys on the ground. In return I passed all informants I came across to the SEALs to develop as sources, as I was restricted as to how I could task these informants in the gathering of intelligence. The SEALs had the specially trained folks that could task and even pay sources for information.
"After that first day, after we seized COP Falcon, the SEALs and Bulldogs were joined at the hip. It was a team atmosphere. There was no rivalry—just how each group could support the other in killing AQI fighters. When those SEALs first came back into COP Falcon, some of them had been out there 72 hours on sniper overwatch. They were nearly heat casualties—hungry and dead tired. Still, they would join a line of Bulldog soldiers to carry endless supplies of sandbags to the rooftop fighting positions before eating and resting. That's what really makes them special—they don't act special. We worked with the SEALs of Charlie Platoon of SEAL Team Three in Ramadi for those first three terrible months, and they were always there for us. And we'd go anywhere in Ramadi to help them out if they got in trouble. They were our brothers."
"Did you ever have any reservations about working with the SEALs?" I asked.
"My only reservation was on how the chain of command would work if the SEALs were operating in my battlespace. As the local battlefield commander and 'landowner,' it was my responsibility to command the activity in my area. The SEALs had a separate chain of command. Before we started to work together, I was concerned that the SEALs would be rogue operators. I thought that they might refuse to work within our parameters or just to leave me in the dark—go off on their own and do their own thing. After the first day on the battlefield, this concern was quickly erased. They always briefed me ahead of time, and they would send their after-action reports through their chain of command and keep my operations center in the loop. We did the same by including their TOC in our reporting. Basically, we traded all requests for clearance and all situation reports to fully sync our operations and theirs. This created one force out of two separate groups, and no one was confused by the other's actions. And we could support each other if the need arose.
"I think what made us a big fan of the SEALs," Bajema continued, "was the respect they showed us. Here we were a company of dogface Army soldiers, and here they were, these BTFs—big tough frogmen. I think they secretly liked it when we called them that. Right from the start, they treated us as equals, and they'd been in the battlespace longer than we had. They had tremendous intelligence assets and resources, and they went out of their way to share information with us.
"They had this one officer fresh out of the Naval Academy—looked like he was a teenager, but he was really sharp. His name was Hedberg—Ensign Hedberg. Jack Williams always introduced him as the smartest ensign in the United States Navy. Lars Beamon called him the King of Imagery. He was a genius at downloading web-based imagery and could tap into any government or military database and find things. Whenever we were planning an operation, he or one of the SEALs would turn up with an armload of reconnaissance photos and satellite imagery—everything from MapQuest-type stuff to NSA data. The kid was incredible. It wasn't long before he became the go-to guy for the other Army and Marine battalions for imagery. So it wasn't just the SEALs; all the people in their support package were very helpful and willing to share information."
Lieutenant Lars Beamon had equally good things to say about Mike Bajema and his Bulldog soldiers. "We felt a little more comfortable when we were operating near COP Falcon. If we needed a QRF [quick-reaction force] or a CASEVAC [casualty evacuation], we knew Mike and his guys would come for us. And they did. The Army patrols out of COP Falcon often operated under a SEAL sniper blanket. And a great many SEAL operations were conducted from COP Falcon. As the battle of Ramadi ground on, this relationship evolved on a personal and professional basis. A great deal of the SEAL success in Iraq has been credited to our ops–intel fusion. In Ramadi much of it was due to the SEAL–Army fusion."
I asked Colonel MacFarland about the interface of the SEAL task unit and his requirements at the brigade level.
"I didn't know what to expect—I had never worked with SEALs before. My most recent experience in Tall 'Afar with Army Special Forces had not been very good. It seemed to me that they were intent on pursuing an independent agenda. I was hoping that it would be different in Ramadi. As it turned out, the SEALs were exactly what I had hoped for—and, in some ways, even more. They were very interested in working as a part of a team, as well as being incredibly good at what they do. I won't say that their competence surprised me, but I wasn't sure just how
adept Sailors with guns would be in a counterinsurgency fight. It quickly became evident to me that they were tremendously effective and versatile warriors who were highly motivated and thoroughly professional."
I asked him about any reservations he may have had.
"Again, I was new to working with SEALs," the colonel said, "but I can honestly say that with the exception of Delta operators, who are the crème de la crème of our Army SOF components, I had never worked with warriors of such high caliber. I think that opinion was shared at all echelons, from colonel to private. My Soldiers and junior leaders came to respect the big tough frogmen and would do anything for them. The losses that the SEALs suffered in Ramadi cemented that relationship in my mind. Anyone who shed blood, sweat, and tears in Ramadi with us will always be a part of our band of brothers. The names of those SEALs lost in action were inscribed on our [division] memorial plaque in Germany when we got home. We like to think that this respect was mutual."
Since Jack Williams and his task unit specifically asked to be involved in the brigade battle plans to retake Ramadi, I asked Colonel MacFarland just what he asked of "his SEALs."
"I gave them a wide range of missions, all of which they accepted without complaint and executed superbly. They helped us establish our COPs by sending in small kill teams to help seize the buildings we wanted; then they moved out to positions outside the perimeter in order to disrupt any enemy counterattack. At COP Falcon alone, they killed some two dozen enemy fighters in those first twenty-four hours as they attempted to disrupt our COP construction. We also employed SEALs as part of our counterfire fight—inserting them near historic enemy mortar points of origin. The enemy feared snipers above all else, and for good reason. Our sniper teams were incredibly lethal. Of all our sniper teams, the SEAL teams were the best. But all of our snipers benefited from their presence, because they were also great instructors. Operationally, I tried to put them in the seams of the battlespace—places where they could go because of the small size of their patrol elements and the places where we couldn't go.
"Another function that they performed for me was training the Iraqi security forces. They worked with the Iraqi Army scout platoons. They also helped us to provide rudimentary training to tribesmen who 'flipped' to our side and established neighborhood watch positions to defend against AQI. They also helped us to train new Iraqi Army and Iraqi police recruits at Camp Ramadi after they returned from their basic training, raising the competence level of the soldiers and policemen in Ramadi to well above their peers elsewhere.
"Finally, the SEALs conducted targeted raids on individuals on whom they had developed target folders. They shared their intel with us at intel–fusion and targeting meetings, and were happy to pass over targets best suited to conventional forces."
SEAL vs. SPECIAL FORCES MISSIONS
In light of Captain Bajema's and Colonel MacFarland's comments and praise for the Ramadi task unit, I'm going take a moment here for a brief editorial comment regarding the mission set of Navy SEALs as compared with Army Special Forces. Having spent a great deal of time with both SEALs and Special Forces, I think I understand the issues of both regarding their integration with conventional forces. First of all, high praise goes to SEAL leaders like Jack Williams who took the initiative to engage and work with the Army and the Marines. That kind of outreach and user-friendly approach is not that common with Special Forces units. Special Forces are primarily trainers, and while they have a broad range of talents, they seem to be most effective working with tribesmen and indigenous forces in remote areas. They do better when they're operating independently, away from conventional forces, and can be a tremendous force multiplier when employed in this manner. Given their training and cross-cultural skills, they have the ability to live and work with the locals, and this kind of venue is usually found in more rural areas where theirs is the only presence on the battlefield. Not everyone can meld in and live with indigenous populations. Special Forces can and do.
SEALs, on the other hand, are direct-action animals. While they can be very capable trainers, their training and their historical preference are to engage the enemy in combat. Sean MacFarland gave them the opportunity to do just that, and they were all over it.
The comments of Colonel MacFarland and Captain Bajema also reflect the long-standing competition between conventional Army and Army SOF. The Special Forces, as a career Army branch, draw away a good number of promising and proven officers, and capable sergeants, from the conventional units. This has led to a natural rivalry and, inevitably, some resentment. The SEALs have no such issues with the blue-water Navy—the fleet. Since 9/11 the SEALs have done most of their work on deployment in Army and Marine battlespace. As a result they've become quite good at finding their niche in that battlespace, and developing good relations with those conventional commanders.
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Archive for the 'Shandon' tag
Prudential Palmetto Realtors, 2717 Devine Street: 2011 1 comment
I noticed the sale signs up on this Devine Street building a few weeks ago. Apparently Prudential Palmetto Realtors was not the only tenant (I'm getting a google hit for Internet Services Conterra and a lawyer's office as well), but as their name was on the building, I'd say they were the main one, and I'd guess this to be another casualty of the bottom dropping out of the real estate market.
The LoopNet listing suggests that the building has been on offer since at least late August 2011, and that it is a little bigger than it looks as it has a basement.
Bank of America, 3336 Millwood Avenue: 8 April 2011 3 comments
The sign on this former Bank of America branch dates the closing to 8 April 2011, but if I hadn't seen that, I could have almost sworn I used this ATM several months after that. At any rate, I certainly didn't notice that the place was gone until this week. (And it has been gone long enough that the grass is unkempt, and the building starting to deteriorate [though someone is still tending the flowers in the sidewalk patch]). The building is on an odd triangular shaped lot at the sharply angled corner where Millwood Avenue hits Devine Street, and as I recall, it could be a chore to get in and out of, depending on where you were coming from and trying to get to.
I'm not sure why the branch was closed, but from what I can tell of the news, Bank of America in general continues to be in a pickle due both to bad luck and bad practices during the run-up and aftermath of the housing boom. Anyway, it will be interesting to see what goes in here. It might be a nice place for a restaurant as this stretch of Devine doesn't really have any.
UPDATE 13 March 2014 -- It's to be a Dunkin' Donuts, the sign was going up today:
Half-Moon Outfitters, 2630 Devine Street: 8 June 2011 (moved) 1 comment
Half-Moon Outfitters has moved from its location by Momo's, Tabouli and Za's up to 2912 Devine Street, the former location of Columbia Photo Supply and Rogers Brothers Fabrics.
Along with renovating the the 2912 building, they've also built a very prominent 5KWH solar array mounted on a "tree" in the parking lot. (For some reason, the linked article gives the address as 2920 despite the very clear 2912 plaque on the building wall).
It appears they somehow resisted my suggestion to re-brand as Full-Moon Outfitters when they moved into a larger space..
Athena Technologies, 3700 Rosewood Drive: May 2011 (demolition / moved) no comments
Commenter Dennis reported this demolition on Rosewood at South Prospect. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the original building, a sharply peaked older brick house, but there is still one in Google Streetview, which you will be able to see below if embedding works correctly and you have flash turned on (I ususally don't):
Google also thinks that this is the web site for the Athena Technologies with an office in the razed building. It's certainly an Athena Technologies, a "geological consulting" firm that does "vibracore sediment sampling", and as the listed address is in South Carolina, I'm inclined to think it is the right one.
(Hat tip to commenter Dennis)
Kentucky Fried Chicken / El Taco Casa / Sarullo#39;s / Birds On A Wire / Yo Burrito, 2631 Devine Street: Early June 2011 16 comments
Well, this is already getting talked on on Have Your Say, so I may as well go ahead and post early today..
I realize this will get pushback from a lot of folks (sorry Jonathan!), but I never really found the food at Yo Burrito to be as good as the chain burrito stores. In particular I thought it didn't come close to my favorite, Moe's. The burritos always seemed on the dry side to me (particularly the rice), and while they had a lot of different types of salsa, they managed to do that without hitting on one I really liked (and they served it in ridiculously small cups). What I did like about the place was that the service was always friendly, and that they had a nice semi-patio area where you could sit and watch the passers by on Devine Street while sometimes a bird would hop in through the window -- I would do that for Sunday lunch from time to time. That may be possible again later -- note the "Thanks for 9 Years" door sign that says a new restaurant is coming this fall.
I'm pretty sure Yo Burrito started in Charleston, and that's where I first encountered them, at their original location near the College of Charleston Campus. There were famously evicted from there when the college took over the building, but were able to relocate in the same area. As far as I know they are still open in Charleston, but I have not checked..
Interestingly, I "learned" of this closing though my daily perusal of Google Analytics -- software that tells me what keywords people are searching for when they come to the site from search engines. Yesterday I got several hits on variations of "Yo Burrito closed", then commenter south mauldin confirmed it earlier today.
(Hat tip to commenter south mauldin).
Elegante Wig Gallery, 3223 Devine Street: March 2011 1 comment
It looks like Elegante Wig Gallery, in the old Electrolux location on Devine Street has closed. I'm the wrong gender (and still have my hair so far..) so there's not much more I can say about it, other than it was not there too long as seemingly it started around 2008.
Conrad's, 2865 Devine Street: March 2011 11 comments
Here's another quick turn-around story (like Al-Amir). I had only just heard that Conrad's was closed, but when I got around to driving by, it was already open again as Henry's.
I wish them luck, but this building has been ill-starred lately. We've had Tiffany's Bakery, Granville's and now Conrad's in just the space of a few years. Maybe it's the apostrophe.
(Hat tip to someone in the comments -- I can't find the name right now..)
Weathers of Columbia, 2710 Devine Street: Late Feb 2011 no comments
I'm not much of a clothes shopper, so I've never made it to Weathers of Columbia on Devine Street at Woodrow Street, but it looks as if you want to do so, you should do so soon.
Of course, I thought that in 2008 too, and in fact almost did a closing on them then..
This year's sign is a bit more definitively worded, though their web site doesn't have any mention of it.
Palmetto Flooring, 2515 Devine Street: fall 2010 (Moved) 3 comments
Here's another floor store that's moved, this one apparently to 610 Beltline Boulevard.
There's been a good bit of turnover on this general stretch of Devine in the last year or so. And it looks like Weathers across the street will be next.
Art Shack Gallery Cafe: 2701-A Rosewood Drive: October 2010 1 comment
According to the still extant web site, Art Shack Gallery Cafe started out as a gallery-only in 2005 and added a cafe in 2007. I'm afraid I was pretty much completely unaware that it existed (until I went to take the second picture above in conjunction with the closing for The Daily Grind) and so never ate there.
According to commenter Mike D it was closed as of 19 October 2010, giving it a five year run. Not bad in today's restaurant climate.
(Hat tip to commenter Mike D)


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This locality is known for large hollow epimorphs of muscovite after adularia.
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Blog Entry August 2013
FTC files data security complaint against LabMD
If your clients are focused on data security — and they should be — here's a development they'll want to know about. The FTC just filed an administrative complaint against Atlanta-based LabMD. The company does lab work for people across the country when their local doctors send in samples for testing. The primary allegation: that the company failed to reasonably protect the security of consumers' personal data, including medical information.
FTC's Jamster case: 5 tips for mobile marketers
So people were taking a few minutes to play the free version of Angry Birds on their Android device. At some point between the Giant Slingshot and the Mighty Eagle, they got a "Virus Detected" warning. But according to an FTC lawsuit, that scary-looking security alert was phony and just a way for Jamster (the court papers use the corporate name Jesta Digital) to place charges on people's cell phone bills without
Surely you Jesta: Jamster jammed for mobile cramming
You thought Angry Birds get peeved at those annoying green pigs? That's nothing compared to consumers' reaction when they found unauthorized charges "crammed" onto their cell phone bills for phony virus scans that showed up when they played Angry Birds on their Android devices. To settle an FTC lawsuit, Jesta Digital LLC — you may know them as Jamster — will give refunds to a significant number of consumers, pay an additional $1.2 million, and change the way they do business.
Welcome back, COPPA
Rerun watchers will remember "Welcome Back, Kotter," a schoolroom sitcom featuring a hummable theme by folk rocker John Sebastian and a cast of smart-alecky students. The character of Juan Epstein was famous for forging excuse notes and permission slips and claiming they were from his mother. What tipped off Mr. Kotter was that the letters always ended with "Signed, Juan Epstein's Mother." OK, it's a stretch, but there's a connection between that 70s sitcom and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule.
"Check" out the $3.5 million penalty in the latest FCRA case
Here's a newsflash: There's a troubling amount of inaccurate information in people's credit reports that can result in the denial of a job, a place to live, and even necessities like groceries and medicine. That's why the Fair Credit Reporting Act requires consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) to "follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy." The FTC's settlement with Certegy Check Services — which includes the second-largest civil penalty ever in an
Banned of Sterling?
It's not often we can draw a connection between Motown recording artist Freda Payne and an FTC law enforcement action, but here goes: Ms. Payne topped the charts in the 70s with "Band of Gold" and the FTC recently announced a "Banned of Sterling" — a settlement with business opportunity pitchman Christopher Andrew Sterling that will ban him for life from marketing work-at-home promotions.


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by tiranë June 20, 2011
A tirana is a very outgoing type of person. It is a adjective. When calling someone a tirana you are giving them a compliment. Usually it is someone with long black hair. That person also is very beautiful. They have a great sense of humor. When calling someone a tirana, you are saying they are extremely artistic.
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Former militants replace police in southern Egypt
By MAMDOUH THABIT Associated Press March 8, 2013 11:40AM
An Egyptian army soldier helps another soldier with a mask as troops take control of the state security building after several days of clashes between protesters and riot police in Port Said, Egypt, Friday, March 8, 2013. With the country in chaos from weeks of protests against the Islamist president, the police have now joined the fray, launching their own protests. Some security forces in Port Said have refused to leave their barracks to move against protesters in the street amid clashes raging for days. Others have refused orders to deploy to Port Said from elsewhere to help in the fight. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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ASSUIT, Egypt (AP) — A former Islamic militant group says it is sending its members out to police streets in a southern Egypt province because protesting security forces are on strike.
The Gamaa Islamiya group said Friday it is taking "full responsibility" of security in Assiut province, an Islamist stronghold. It said it was assembling volunteer members to act as police in the streets.
Assiut security chief, Gen. Aboul-Kassem Deif, said the group's move was illegal but acknowledged, "I don't know what to do."
Many of Assiut's police have joined a nationwide wave of strikes by security forces amid the country's unrest.
Gamaa Islamiya waged an Islamic militant insurgency against the state in the 1990s. It forswore violence but maintains a hard-line ideology.


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Can't decode his behavior - is he losing interest? Or being really busy?
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|Tue, 03-25-2014 - 6:15am
Here's the story - sorry it's a bit long:
I met this guy at a common friend's birthday party about 3 months ago. There was great chemistry and common interests (darts, movies) between us so I've decided to go with the flow and enjoyed the time with him (frequent texting and hanging out several times a week). Sex was involved since the 3rd week but it didn't ruin things. We still hanged out for darts and movies and things got even better. By the way, I'm 27 and he's 29.
We never made things official but common friends / our friends more or less knew about us, and I happened to meet his best friends since he asked me to join their gatherings (happy hour, darts) for a few times. However, the good times only lasted till last month.
There were various reasons - we were busy for work so we texted less, and there were many gatherings with own friends this month (friends coming in town, banquets, birthdays). We could only meet once a week (Sunday) or even less now - sometimes it wasn't even a proper date... like 2 weeks prior: his schedule was full all weekend so I've made plans on Fri and Sat nights for myself. He suddenly called on Friday 3/14 11pm (after his gathering with friends) saying he missed me and wanted to come over in the midway of my gathering with our common friends. So it was a "drinking with common friends and sleepover Friday night". We didn't meet again till now.
We texted less and we started to run out of topics - we only texted every 2 or 3 days during the week and ask what each others are up to and trying to make plans for the next meeting.
I'm feeling more and more distanced from him during this month. My exes were clingy guys which demanded daily communication and meeting at least 2 days a week. I couldn't figure if this guy's losing interest on me or really being busy. He replies to all my texts and tells me what he's up to on the weekends even if he's got plans and not being able to meet up. This is nothing official yet and I didn't want to make things awkward by confronting him about where we stand.
We've cancelled the past Sunday's movie date again since he caught serious cold since Saturday and had to stay home to take a rest. I texted him daily to see if he was getting better. He's almost recovered now, but we haven't been talking about when and where we're going this week yet.
It was usually me to ask what he's up to on the weekend and to suggest what to do when we meet (our dates usually takes up half of the day). I suddenly don't feel like to initiate anything with all these coldness accumulated during the month. Am I not being understanding/ caring enough or did I totally get it wrong, that he was distancing himself from me?
I would really want some advice since I've never been in such a situation before. Thanks...
|Tue, 03-25-2014 - 10:31am
There were 2 things that stuck out for me in your post. First you said that you were running out of things to talk about. Do you feel like that when you are together or only when texting? I think texting is a bad way to get to know someone--it's good for short communications like what time are we meeting on Sat. but if you really want your relationship to develop, if you can't see each other, at least you should be talking on the phone. You don't get emotions on text, you can't hear the other person's voice, hear them laughing, hear how they react to what you are saying. So if you find that you get along well in person but then feel disconnected when you aren't together, I'd suggest an old fashioned phone call to keep up.
2nd, you say that you are the one making all the plans. I would step back from this one and see if he reaches out to you. If he is not asking you when you are free and making plans for things to do, then I would say that he's not that into you. The beginning of dating is when you are getting to know someone, so you might have enough in common to be friends and casual dating, but maybe there is not enough of a connection there to be more.
|Tue, 03-25-2014 - 11:24am
I agree with MusicLover. You need to take a step back, stop texting, and see what happens. Three months is about the time that people step back and think about what's happening......and maybe it's not what he wanted to happen. Some people know the first time they meet, other's THINK there's something happening, but after a while, they realize this isn't what they wanted. People pull back quietly, hoping that the other person will get the hint, so they don't have to be the "bad guy" and step up and say something.
There is a big difference between "confronting" and "talking" to someone. Confrontations are harsh, accusatory, angry, and you don't gain anything by that. Meeting with him, and discussing things in a calm way is what you want to do.........OR......as I said, just stop texting and see what happens. If he's truly busy, he'll realize you're not contacting him and he'll contact you. Maybe since you usually initiate things, he feels you're pushing too hard. The only way to know exactly what's going on without getting in his face is to just stand back, and see what happens. It's only three months, and unless he's declared a mad passionate love for you, it might just be him stepping back and trying to "cool" things down a bit, or even a lot. Good Luck, I hope it works out for you.
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Thank you Musiclover12 & Fissatore! I've stopped texting him since I posted. Luckily, he texted first in the evening telling me he's recovered and asked if I wanted to join his friends for darts (which I met before) at night. I had a nice night out with them. It's been almost 2 weeks since the last time we hanged out. I guess there was a nice sign since he was more open to body language like squeezing my arm, touching my hair or rubbing my shoulder when his friends were around (he used to stay a distance before)?
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I guess you got your answer, as soon as you backed off he texted and you got together. As the other poster saidm you don't need to "confront" him about your status. Its your right to find out where things stand by having a discussion. At this point I guess nearly 4 months in, you could classify yourselves as friends with benefits. If thats cool with you, then you have notbing to sweat. If you want more then do not be afraid to make your demands known and if he doesn't agree to them then move on.
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Keynes vs. Hayek: Late Economists Hip-Hop Legacy | PBS NewsHour | Dec. 16, 2009 | PBS.
A major theme of both the AP and IB Economics courses is the long-running debate between the Keynesian, demand-side theories of macroeconomic policy and those of the Classical, supply-side school. Today's "Great Recession" has revived this debate, which itself dates back to the Great Depression of the 1930's, when an Englishman and an Austrian could be found at the ideological centers of two different philosophies of the role government should play in the macroeconomy.
John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek were close friends whose views on government's role differed greatly. Hayek was a classical, laissez faire libertarian who believed that any intervention by government in a nation's economy disrupted the efficient functioning of the free market and threatened to stifle private enterprise. Keynes, the father, of course, of modern Keynesian economics, believed that free markets left unchecked were vulnerable to the volotile animal spirits of investors and speculators whose often irrational behaviors could create externalities such as unemployment and credit crunches, thereby harming society as a whole.
Paul Solman of PBS (who I recently met at an Economics teachers conference in Washington DC) interviews a modern Keynesian, Robert Skidelsky (Keynes' biographer) and a neo-classical economist, Russ Roberts (who I also recently met in Richmond, VA).
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# Bjorn Kvaaleon 21 Jan 2010 at 10:15 pm
The rap video was very intriguing and reflected upon the major Keynsian and Classical views. During our "great recessions", the Keynsian ideals have been used a great deal in order to push ourselves out of the recession. According to Keynes, in the long run we're all dead anyway. Although the Classical view may be correct and the market will self-correct itself, it might take much longer than it will with the extreme stimulus packages implemented by many governments. By increasing the government spending, the aggregate should be increased in theory. Take the USA for example. If the US had let the major car brands go bankrupt, it would have created a ripple effect that would have effected all of the suppliers of the major car brands in America. That way, many more people would have lost their jobs and made the recession even worse than it is now.
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Bjorn, I agree with what you said. Whilst I also understand that helping the banks does not punish them for having taken too many risks, I think it would be even worse to let these banks fall. Not only will we have thousands of jobless bank employees, but thousands of people would loose their hard earned money. Many people suggest that smaller healthy comanies, who simpy have an issue with cash flow (and cant get loans), could use this fiscal stimulus much more efficiently. Sadly however, the government has to turn us into statistics, and decide by judging which method will save the largest amount of jobs.
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I just moved from Alaska 2 months ago. My husband and I were both real estate agents,I as a fulltime job and my husband did it as a second job. In Alaska you only have to attend a 20 hour course and take a state test to become an agent. Therefore, there are way too many agents. We ended up going bankrupt, we both worked for remax and paid them $3200 a month in fees. The market is bad, with alot of foreclouses taking place.
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I appreciated the fish, however I didnt feel as the hunting was worth a crap. I live in Idaho where there is bear,deer,elk and Moose. All i ever seen in ALaska was moose. Then theres the fact that 80% of the trees were leaf trees. I suppose I expected more.
My husband was Active duty Air force,he got out so we could move from Alaska. Best of luck.
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so what the average temperature there in the spring. and if your visiting there for a week, out of 7 days, how often would you wear snow pants? well probably sometime in early may
Spring in Fairbanks is defined just like anywhere else: when it is warm enough for the plants to start (or resume) growth. Ergo, no snow. Thus, the days you would wear snow pants would be ZERO.
Do you have some particular dates in mind? Did you mean during YOUR spring, rather than spring in interior Alaska?
just wondering does anyone know when it usually snows in anchorage, alaska...or when it usually snows anywhere......and what is snow like i just came from miami....
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My engine is street driven,92 octane tuned
Its 434 cube,10.75:1 cr,227 cnc darts with additional work,vic jr, 950 hp,jere stahl 1 7/8 step headers.dart little m block,6 inch rods,msd 6-al with rev limiter,light weight steel flywheel,tko 600 trans,3.5 gears,27.5 tall tires
camshaft,,,,, 256/264 at 50 with 420 lobe liftX 1.5/1.6 shaft mount offset rockers,comp cam, 108 icl and 108 lda
If those assumptions are good, I certainly wouldn't use hypereutectic pistons and rebuilt stock rods. This kind of usage drives on a better rod and a forged piston, however it doesn't need to be a 2618 alloy take me racing piston; the high silicon types of VMS 75 or 4032 alloy offer high strength, though not as much as 2618, but with better in-bore dimensional stability. Given your climate I think that the high silicon alloy will be better as it can be run with a tighter skirt clearance when cold, where the 2618 has to be warmed up to get the proper clearance and if shock loaded before that happens they risk cracking a skirt especially with piston that have no pin offset as these allow the piston to snap over hard as the thrust loading changes direction. The high silcon alloy's tighter fit and especially if combined with an offset pin keeps you out of this area of potential damage to the piston and provides a more stable ring alignment which is better for oil control and power output. I'd run a gapless second ring set on this like the Total Seal or Childs and Albert.
For a rod that perfoms way up scale from what it costs the SCAT 6 inch (also in 5.7), floating pin part number SCR6A7 is one tough customer. It has several features I really like in a high RPM engine in that it uses cap screws to retain the cap, 7/16ths ARP in this case and it has a centered strap section on the cap to beef it up so it doesn't distort from the jerk loads at high RPM when the piston is pulled down on the intake stroke. In addition, toward reinforcing this problem the cap locates into the shank with dowel pins which help react the resulting pinch loads from the jerk down, also, the interface boss is extended outboard of the fastener which enlarges the pinch load reaction platform to also help keep the cap from both side loading the capscrews and from bending the cap to where it pinches the rod bearing inward at the cap to shank interface. This is the sequence that is the start of the most common rod failure. As the piston is jerked down the bore at high RPM, the cap wants to stretch in the center. This causes the interface at the shank to bend open on the bearing side and close outboard of the bolt. This wants to bend the bolt and push the bearing edge into the rod journal. When this happens, the oil wedge is wiped out, the bearing overheats grabbing the journal then it spins in the rod's big end bore. When all this finally seizes the rod gets ripped apart just above the big end. The design of this SCAT rod provides as much resistance to this initiating event as you can put into a rod. you've got to look upscale to Crower and Lunati rods to find a comprable design. For some close up pictures of this thing follow the link White Performance Detail Description This is a lot of rod for the money.
Thank you for your answer Bogie. As you may not have noticed i'we decided that this engine is just going back to my strip car, but with some modifications. Last time it was together it had stock bottom end with aprox 9:1 compression ratio, the comp cams street roller cam #12-769. Heads are and will be 235cc RHS with 2.08"/1.6" valves, the intake was regular Edelbrock Performer. It has 850 cfm holley hp carb and pro billet msd dissy with 6al ignition box. So as you answered my question really well for offroading. Does a drag race engine take the same abuse as you mentioned above or is the abuse different regarding pistons and rods ?
As the engine was above it ran 118 mp/h in the 1/4 mile at nearly 3000 lbs. But now i want more compression along with maybe bigger camshaft. Also i'm going to put a single plane Victor intake on the engine now.
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Just sayin...
Pistons and rods for sbc 350 ?
With more compression (12.5:1) it will have more cylinder pressure to make more power. Then going with a larger camshaft (mechanical roller) is addition power. The Super Victor will be ideal for your race engine. Don't skimp it's time to play.
I like this plan, except that this engine must run on 93 oct pump fuel so i belive 12.5:1 compression is out of the question. I also would like to use flat top piston in this engine, or at least with as small dome as possible. Camshaft will ofcourse be solid roller. Just haven't decided if i should go with wilder one then this i have now... Everything else is pretty much sorted out though !
Best regards.
So it would be a strong combo with 10.25-10.5:1 compression ratio and the #12-769 cam with the Victor intake. Where should this engine make it's peak power ? Just thinking if my 4.10 gears are good enough for this moderate combo!
As stated above this particular engine with a Performer dual plane intake and only 8.75:1 compression ratio ran 118 mp/h in the 1/4. But now i like to go faster !!!
Last edited by Icejeep; 10-13-2012 at 09:56 AM.
You are all over the map with this motor.
Post your complete combo and purpose.
The big heads are fine. (you don;t need to dummy this down) But you need a race cam for a race motor.
The lil street roller you got is way too small for power.
Here is a nice example of a 355cid SB with big heads that makes great power on pump gas.
And amazing power on nitrous.
Yes big heads work on 350's. The tunnel ram is simple, powerfull and way cool.
(do not use small CFM carbs) use 650+ holleys or 750 edelbrocks
Substitute the Lunati solid cam in the article for a similar duration solid roller cam and you are there.
(260in 268 ex @.050" 108LSA) will run very well on and off nitrous.
10:1 to 10.5:1 is just right.
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Ok here it goes the complete run down..
Block -GM 4bolt mains #3970010
Crankshaft - GM cast #3932-442 3.48" stroke
Connecting Rods - GM x-type with ARP bolts and polished beams.
Pistons - Probe flat top -4cc VMS75 forged 10.5:1 compression
Heads - 235cc pro topline, 2.08"/1.6" valves 64cc cnc chambers
Intake - Edelbrock Super Victor #2925
Carburetor - Holley HP 950 cfm
Headers - 1.5/8" long tube w. 18" collector extensions (thought they were 1.3/4" but I'm wrong)
Ignition - MSD Pro Billet distributor with locked timing and 6AL
Car weight is 2900 lbs race ready and has following parts.
Th350 (now w. T-brake) and 5500 stall 8" converter.
GM 12 bolt with 4.10 gears and spool.
Tires are 29.5"x13.5"x15" slicks.
I'm also thinking about running a small nitrous kit next season, 150-200 HP nos cheater kit
Hell you can drive this to work and back its so simple.
Looks fine. Consider the street tunnel ram intake .
A example of the base line roller cam for this would be
a Comp #12-911-9 (but could be ground on a 108LSA)
I want you to :
Call Comp Cams or your favorite camshaft grinder to get set up.
The 4.10's are fine for getting a base line and a good compromise for Nitrous.
if the exhaust headers are dinky street headers (the outside diameter is 1-5/8" and the inside diameter is less)
You can step that up.
Last edited by F-BIRD'88; 10-13-2012 at 12:48 PM.
Thanks for your advice sir. I do have a couple of questions though !
What do you think about my gear ratio ? Should i lower them gears or just try it out as is ?
This cam seem's huge for my compression atleast bigger than what i had in mind,, but i take your advice on it sir !
As well as i like the looks of a Tunnel Ram i think i will stick to the Victor intake for now. Because this time the money goes into rebuild this engine and purchase a nitrous system and bigger fuel system along with the new transmission and converter.
Thanks again !
Degree the cam in and start on a 100 to 103 intake C/L. Move it as required. The car will show you what it likes best. You can play with the lash too.
There are lots of these street tunnel rams floating around used. Even in Icyland.
Most people don;t know what to do with them.
Edelbrock 750's are dirt cheap too. Agains lots around used. $100-$150 each.
Your big headed motor will really like this intake w a pair of eddy 750's.
They are not fussy to tune. (set it and forget it dirt simple to tune)
More power and torque than a single plane and 950hp
You probabily won't even need the nitrous.
Cause you will now have areal motor under the hood.
The comp cam I showed as a example is none too big.
(its a "small cam" for this combo.
The Edelbrock Dual carb Performer RPM nitrous kit is just right for this
motor w/ street tunnel ram. The price is right too.
The whole Edelbrock system I just outlined will make more power, go faster and cost less.
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