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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:08 am
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I think this thread was in the pre-crash forum and I liked it, it's always fun to talk about dreams.
Last night I dreamt I was one of my own characters (a guy no less) but it wasn't his story. Somehow I had managed to anger the devil himself and he was coming to fight me. I was really nervous and I went into hiding with a few friends (who I don't know in real life and weren't characters.) That worked for a little bit but then the devil found me.
It's a little hazy after this, I think we either talked or fought but either way I won and felt really happy afterwards.
Its really very funny.
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Dream from yesterday. Believe it or not, I typed this all out on my ipod while at the dog park. I didn't realize how long it was til I look at it just now.
There's a peaceful desert society, where the rocks weep gold overnight. They scrape gold leaf off with their hands and take it to specialists to be made into jewelry and ornaments. One day their lands are invaded by massive red stone tanks and soldiers in red armor, vaguely Chinese. Some children and young women are captured. The rest of the society is left reeling, and rumors start to spread. These are barbarians! They kill children and dismember them, and eat them, and rape women! One young woman is scared, but she wasn't captured, so she's determined to go on with her life. She takes up her daily gold, plus a bit of the red gold they found on the battlefield, and joins the line at the jewelers. Word gets around - they want people to donate the red gold to weave a message and warning about these people. Most people do, and they're left with a sheet or two. They weave a sweater with two bands of red as a warning about the invaders.
But in the coming days strangers start to appear, strangers with beards and odd clothing. They wander around looking at everything, and inspecting, and people start to wonder if these are the barbarians who attacked before. One joins the young woman's family meal, and everyone is petrified, until someone mentions that the scary ones are all right-handed (then he uses his right hand to cut his food). They're only a danger to women and children, so as long as he only talks to the men you should be fine (then he looks directly at the young woman). No one knows what to do, so when he looks again significantly at the young woman and gets up to leave, she feels compelled to follow him back to his own territory. She's not the only one - it looks like this was a different kind of invasion, one searching for brides.
Once they're in the mountain territory, the maidens are petrified. The barbarians are sitting at long feasting tables, the children interspersed between, and the women are telling stories of the karranharak - the ritual where they sacrifice and dismember a child. They try to convince the maidens that it's a good thing, it's not actually what it sounds like, but it's not working. Finally, they drag the maidens forward to meet the children of the barbarians, and they all seem perfectly happy, if a bit subdued. Their own children are scattered among the ranks, dressed the same. The maidens look at each other, and decide the only course of action is to work within the system and use subterfuge to escape. They start to meet and interact with the barbarians. The young woman is introduced to the healer, who takes her on rounds. Surprisingly, it looks like they're using her to dispel myths among the children. She teaches them about social touching - a handshake, a casual hug - using her own tribal children to demonstrate.
Slowly they grow more comfortable with each other, learning about each other and finding a balance. The other society is very strict, and doesn't let it's women and children out of the mountain territory, but they have plenty of hidden influence. They think the desert dwellers are too permissive, perhaps even with loose morals. Eventually they come to a sort of trade alliance, an exchange of goods and ideas, but agreement that each culture is worthy in its own right. The young woman apprentices to the healer and one day she is permitted to attend the king's sickly son. He is given a cinnamon stick to suck on to lower his fever.
Then the real barbarians come - a mysterious tribe called the Koron Huroda.
They lurk around the fringes of their combined territory, not doing much but threateningly there. The mountain dwellers are preparing to migrate on in their vast nomadic circuit, and plan to leave their city - with it's better infrastructure and location - to the tribe. But on the day of the ceremonial leave-taking, the Koron Huroda sweep in from the desert and surround them. The peaceful tribe is frightened and nervous, but the mountain people try to calm them down. They won't do anything while we're still here, and by the time we leave you'll be installed in the mountain and well- defended. The desert tribe reluctantly agree, and line up to follow the mountainers into their stronghold.
But at the very moment the last of the mountainers enters, the Koron Huroda attack from both sides. They overwhelm the desert tribe and force them off to the side, collapsing part of the structure on top of them. Screaming "Hate! Hate! Hate!" at top of their lungs, they hack into the people, chopping at children and collaring women.
The doors slam closed behind the moutainers and they can't get out to protect their allies. They try and force the doors and fail, until one child finds a weakened side door. They break it from the inside and pour out to defend their allies.
Were the Koron Huroda somehow once related to the mountainers? Is there some connection between the karranharak and the Koron Huroda, the false rumors about the mountainers and the true horror of the barbarians? I wasn't able to figure that out before I woke up. The desert people are vaguely middle eastern/Bedouin. The mountainers are vaguely Muslim in dress, Asian in looks, Moroccan in architecture. The Koron Huroda are vaguely Mongolian/standard barbarian.
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A couple that currently stand out, and I mourn the loss of the others in between:
- James Bond adventure! He comes to the school where I'm teaching and I become his female sidekick du jour. He takes me on a motoring tour of the countryside where he served in the military, and then to a mansion where he knows the family. There's an ugly block of a Colonial brick house off to the side, built for someone in the family who was paranoid, but the inside is breathtakingly gorgeous, and reminiscent of Morocco. My friend and I gush over it so much, the old woman leaves it to us in her will. James and I, and my friend and her husband, move in and we have a lovely time until James goes off to war, whereupon I try to find the best way to tell him I'm pregnant, he tries to hide his PTSD, and my friend's husband retreats to the cottage out back as the resident paranoid/guard.
- Wedding dress shopping! Started out great - my friends are all wedding-obsessed, since most of them are dating, engaged, or married, and we got a chance to visit a designer's factory. I'm not actually in need of a wedding dress at all, but I've always felt I would know it when I see it, so I went with my mom and tried on dozens of different styles. I remember each and every one, but you don't need to hear about them. Then I found It! It's gorgeous. Layers of chiffon and organza, A-line skirt, boat neck and 3/4 sleeves. I'm in the process of sketching it out, I'll try and remember to share it. Then it went steeply downhill. Overview: my parents divorced, my mom disappeared, my dad died, and the best I could do with my life was work the dawn shift at the local grocery store.
- this afternoon's dream: Journalism (heavily influenced by the Nora Roberts novel I finished today)! I'm the head of a small group of journalists. Someone's writing an article about goats. We just got a new intern named Ben. I'm pretty sure it's Benjamin Thomas, because we all call him BT. He's about ready for his first big byline, and someone suggests he write up on Sex Tips for the Inexperienced. He turns red, we all chortle, it's a done deal. In the meantime, my business reporter Spencer refuses an overseas posting so that he won't be separated from his junior reporter Ross, and I give it to Ashley Figg instead. I'm fighing off the amorous attentions of someone else, who is an old family friend. I keep saying, "No, I refuse to go there with someone who will report back to the family." He thinks, "Oh, that's a good sign! She's thinking family!" I say, "No, that's gross, I won't do that other activity." He thinks, "Oh, that's a good sign! She's thinking about touching!" While I'm in the bathroom, he sits outside the door and waits for me, sighing. It's aggravating. Then someone picks up an assignment for a children's broadcast for the weekend, and Ben turns red and says, "Well, then it will really be for the little ones, won't it?" Blank looks. "...The Inexperienced Sex issue...?" Uproarious laughter, then the meeting breaks up.
Why yes, I have been reading much and varied fanfiction lately. Why do you ask?
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If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
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I took a lot of photos of my blood orange San Pellegrino and it was absolutely delicious and then I Instagramed the photos and it tasted even better, because Instagram is weird like that, but the point is: none of that helped. Sadly, I am actually writing today to recall any advice I may have given yesterday. And I don't even have any new advice. (Which is kind of pathetic.) Why? Because I've come to a realization. A disappointing realization, but a realization all the same. Here it is:
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New AV hardware with built-in HDBaseT made a pretty big showing at InfoComm this year, and Panasonic was among those debuting the new gear. Scott Wellington, senior product manager for projectors, is here from Panasonic to tell us about what the company unveiled and why the company chose now to do it. That's coming right up on the SVC Podcast.
SVC: Alright, Scott Wellington, senior product marketing manager for projectors with Panasonic here in part two of the SVC Podcast, talking about HDBaseT. This is really great because Panasonic has introduced some native HDBaseT products at InfoComm this year. Now, in the market dealing with a lot of rapidly changing technology obviously the timing is everything, so why did Panasonic decide to introduce a projector with built-in HDBaseT at this particular time?
Scott Wellington: Well, that's a really good question of course, and the first thing I want to preface my response with is that Panasonic is a solutions-driven company and what we're always looking to do is find a better way to introduce products to the market that will benefit the end-user. The benefits of HDBaseT? There's a lot. The transmission of high-resolution audio video through an Internet cable, just a lot of benefits that could reduce installation costs, whether it's recabling. It's very efficient. HDBaseT, by using LAN cable as opposed to HDMI, but equally important is the ability to transmit a signal over long distance without signal degradation by using Cat-5e/6 LAN cable. So it really is quite a good solution for the customers out there in business or education markets and really coming out of the consumer market into the B-to-B world this is the, I think, very opportune time for Panasonic to come to market as we see that there's, of course, a growing demand for a longer distance transmission of signals—particularly HDMI—and we see, as well, that a lot of our partners in the industry such as Crestron, AMX, and Extron are all seeing increasing amount of activity and business within this new technology. So as they are incorporating it into their systems we certainly thought it was the right time for Panasonic to incorporate HDBaseT into some of our new projectors coming out later this year. [Timestamp: 2:45]
And of course that's big in applications like digital signage for HDBaseT because of the ability to send power and video and sound and control all over the same twisted-pair cable. That's one thing. So how else is the installation of devices with HDBaseT different from working with more traditional equipment?
Well, you know, more traditional equipment that doesn't have embedded HDBaseT you really had to connect a PC to a projector, a Blu-ray player to a projector, so each device had to be separately run, which obviously includes a lot of cabling and a lot of expense. Or if they were using a switcher, let's say, they would only be transmitting with the analog signals and that would be carried over a long distance. So when we use HDBaseT switchers, and if we, let's say, didn't use an HDBaseT-compatible projector, you would be required to have another receiver to convert HDBaseT. So right now what we have is a new solution. We have a solution where we have a projector with HDBaseT built in and by using the ET-YFB optional box you can connect multiple video sources to the box—one cable to the projector. And this would be a very, very highly efficient and a very, very different way to address the issue of connectivity and at the same time address the issue of reducing costs with this new technology in Panasonic projectors. [Timestamp: 4:13]
Yeah, and I would thing that in the academic area where you have a big plant with lots of projectors running almost all the time, not needing a separate box with its own power supply up there in the ceiling near the projector, installation and maintenance would be a lot easier when you're talking about that kind of scale.
Yeah, for sure, and the thing to remember about HDBaseT and using LAN connectivity is the distance. And the distance is very efficient as it rated at 100 meter or about 328ft., so it's a very, very efficient way to run long distance cable without signal degradation and it's also not just a good way—with Panasonic what you can do is you could also operate all the video sources via the remote control from the projector by using the optional interface box. So again, the word "efficient" keeps coming back because it is. [Timestamp: 5:02]
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Fire hazard?
looks nice – but not very energy efficient.
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Very nice. Does it affect the heat flow at all?
No it is not a fire hazard – the radiator simply is not hot enough
trouble is, radiators work by creating an air flow, so there has to be an opening on top or enough space above the radiator to allow it (opening on top seems to be preferable). The picture doesn't allow to judge whether the shown setup works, but kudos for the nice look.
It's my radiator, and though it's difficult to see, there's another opening behind the radiator so that the bathroom is heated as well. The cover needed to allow airflow but not allow whoever was sitting on the sofa plain view of someone stepping out of the shower. lol
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well for all those who does not know.. radiator covers are traditional all over GB, where is cold.. they are good protector for sensitive hands of courious children or older people and also estetic solution for people who care..
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i am thinking about getting either a 2000 ls400 or newer ls430 i live in manhattan. wondering how the rear wheel drive system works. i know it has stability control, and i think has a slid control thing as well. anyone live in a cold snowy place and know personally how the car behaves?
aggie76 Posts: 265It performs fine with dedicated snow tires in place on my '04 LS430. I live in the far north of Minnesota on Lake of the Woods and just moved here after having my LS in NW Illinois past several years. Since arriving here in a new job transition the end of November the roads its either been snowing or the roads have snow/ice cover every day. I run the Dunlop M3's on dedicated wheels and they work terrific moving around the area now and did the for the past three winters on the Illinois roads which I imagine have similar periods of snow that you will see around Manhattan. I spent many days in and around Chicago with similar success in large city driving too.
We've had low temps in the 25 below range so the roads just don't get a chance to thaw one bit and the tires work fine. For instance, it was 15 below this morning and about 2 inches of fresh snow and I had no problems getting to a restaurant and church early today. I'll may switch to the Nokian tires when these wear out next year since I hear we've got snow and ice from October to May up here.
The various systems, like VSC and antilock brakes, work fine to assist me and I do run the transmission in SNOW mode to help in moving away from a stop.
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wwest Posts: 10,706Driving any RWD in adverse conditions is more of a matter of the driver "mastering" driving techniques in those conditions than otherwise. Once mastered, RWD & R/AWD vehicles are much safer overall in those conditions than FWD & F/AWD.
Like a 4WD/4X4 vehicle, FWD & F/AWD is virtually perfect for initially getting up and going in adverse roadbed conditions, but patently UNSAFE once underway with the diff'l remaining locked.
On an adverse roadbed it is best to have the rear wheels driving and reserve the fronts for directional control. -
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aggie76 Posts: 265If you do a search I think you will find that there are numerous topics concerning this fact. I've had both fwd and rwd and find that using snow tires makes all the difference. I'm up in N. MN now as I've said before and find it no problem to drive my LS430 in any conditions. Icy roads are a whole different game, as they are for fwd as well.
Don't the rwd overly influence your decision, dry weather its the way to go over fwd for driving dynamics and again, do a search across all the different forums. Lots of conversations and whole forums devoted just to fwd vs. rwd vs. awd. -
wwest Posts: 10,706A mixed "bag", a VERY mixed bag.
Since the engine/transaxle weigh is mostly carried by the front wheels FWD will almost always have better traction for getting you up and going, moving, initially on the slippery stuff.
But once you're moving the rules change just a bit. Any 4WD/4X4 owner will tell you that it is not wise to have the 4 wheel drive system engaged once you are in roadway or hwy cruise mode. Not only is there little or no need for "drive" to those front wheels that "drive" can quickly lead to loss of directional control.
An ideal drive system would be to engage the drive to all four wheels, or even biased toward the front, just as long as there are small or no lateral forces on those front wheels. Once you need to turn, or use the front wheels to correct the direction of the vehicle, it is unwise to have engine torque, leading or lagging (compression braking) coupled to them.
For what I consider an ideal AWD "compromise" study the Honda/Acura SH-AWD system. -
lexx2 Posts: 5I had the same concerns when I purchased my 2002 LS 430. I spoke to other owners at the dealership. All said the same thing, "don"t worry about it".
I live in Cleveland where it is snow on top of ice on top of chuck holes.
I run the tires it came with, summer tires, push the "snow" button on occasion, and drive off. The LS handles better than my wife's Honda CR-V, but not as good as my 2003 ES 300. In any event, don't worry about it. -
ls96 Posts: 1I have a 96 LS400, 154,400. 2nd owner, purchased at 98,000 miles. Have not had to do any major maintenance only oil changes. Was recommended last oil change that I needed a transmission flush due to dark fluid. I have been getting mixed opinions..most friends say don't???? Any opinions/recommendations. I'm confused? thanks.
wwest Posts: 10,706'92 LS400 with 155,000 miles. Runs perfect, just passed WA state emissions test with flying colors. driving along at ~40MPH there is a rare "tug" feeling, and sound, as if the brake were applied just for an instant. Cannot readily duplicate. Sometimes "tug....tug...tug" and it seems anything I do, change, (a little less throttle or a little more, etc, etc) and it goes away
Car pulls STRONG, transmission seems to be fine, shifting okay, etc. ATF okay.
Suspecious of trac system triggering briefly and haven't had a chance yet to run with it turned off. Will also try running with OD off.
There is only one U-joint in the drive/line, shaft, anyone had one fail in this manner..? -
wwest Posts: 10,706Problem turned out to electrical. The ignition timing sensor wiring from the driver's side engine bank was just barely "touching" the accessory drive belt. Shield braid was worn through as was one of the two sensor wires. Don't now understand why the engine ran at all. Especially don't understand why, as much as I drove the car in the TDCL check mode, no sensor error was recorded.
Looks as if the mechanic who replaced the timing belt missed putting the sensor cable back into the restraining clip.
If it ain't broke don't FIX it....
The nice aspect of all this is I inadvertently discovered a way to "fix" the traction control system. The major complaint I have had in the past is how long it takes to "unwind" the dethrottling aspects of the TC system and regain control of the engine RPM.
There are two screws that hold the (separate) TC throttle plate in place and I simply backed them out and removed the TC throttle plate. Now when/if teh TC activates the engine will no longer get dethrottled at all.
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On 8-9 February the 23th ITF Taekwon-Do seminar took place in Kabul Olympic City. Around 120 participants took part from different clubs with support of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee and ITF federation. The purpose of the seminar was to train and to show the update techniques of ITF Taekwon-Do to our members and the seminar was successfully. The seminar was opened officialy by the Afghanistan Olympic President.


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LAPORTE, Ind. — A 20-year-old Chicago man accused of throwing a punch that killed a 17-year-old boy from Chicago's Beverly community at a party on an Indiana beach is facing a June trial.
The South Bend Tribune reported that a LaPorte Circuit Court judge on Monday set James Malecek's trial for June 3 after prosecutors and the defense asked for the original April 1 trial date to be rescheduled.
Malecek is charged with felony aggravated battery and involuntary manslaughter in the July 2011 death of Kevin Kennelly, 17, of the 9900 block of South Damen Avenue.
Malecek is accused of punching Kennelly during a beach party in Long Beach along Lake Michigan, about 30 miles southeast of Chicago.
An autopsy found Kennelly was struck in the head during a July 4 party, and he died of blunt force trauma to the head. Police say Kennelly might have been trying to break up a fight.
Kennelly was a student at Mount Carmel High School.


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Vegetarian Chinese food to ring in Lunar New Year in Vancouver
In the Chinese tradition, the Lunar New Year is all about positive new beginnings. Starting this Sunday (February 10) and for the two weeks that follow, we will greet the Year of the Snake—and each other—with wishes of prosperity, good health, long life, and not least the fulfillment of one's wishes and desires.
On New Year's Day (Sunday, February 10) in particular, this bounty of goodwill is supposed to extend to all creatures on earth. Many will observe a Buddhist-inspired custom of amnesty and abstain from eating meat in honour of the animals that give themselves for our food. The more devout may even take part in the age-old ritual of animal release, or fang sheng, which means "to liberate a life".
During the ritual, birds, fish, and other critters often otherwise destined for the wok are released. The celebrants get to experience the pure joy of virtuous compassion and accrue merit points for lives after and beyond, and the animals get a free pass. It's win-win—except that in this modern world of global food systems, animal release can mean introducing invasive species into local ecosystems, with disastrous results. Also, ironically, this well-intentioned gesture has been known to lead to acts of cruelty. In Thailand, I saw birds caught up in the vicious circle of being peddled in cages for release at a temple, than trapped again in a nearby rice field to be resold.
So for my money and health, I'm going vegetarian for the day.
One option is to head for a Buddhist vegetarian restaurant. My current haunt is Bodhi Choi Heung (3932 Fraser Street). It's one of the older of its kind in Vancouver (read: the décor is a bit dated), but it serves some of the best Cantonese vegetarian fare. As at other "Buddhist vegetarian" restaurants, the menu is dotted with mock meats ranging from chicken to duck to lamb, as well as shrimp and oyster, all ingeniously crafted from gluten and soybean products to resemble the original version in texture and flavour.
These curious references are meant to attract, appease, and possibly convert wary meat lovers, and they succeed because they lend scope and variety to the menu. Think of a familiar dish you like to have at a Cantonese restaurant and you're likely to find its meatless doppelgänger here. For example, try the taro and vegetarian lamb in coconut curry hot pot, or the salted fish, diced chicken, and tofu hot pot with eggplant. You'll find them as tasty and comforting as the meaty versions, although the "lamb" is actually braised fried gluten and the "chicken" pressed tofu.
Po Kong (1334 Kingsway)—the transplanted, renamed reincarnation of former Main Street favourite Bo Kong—is another top pick. Go there with a few like-minded friends and order the dinner for eight, which includes an elegant bamboo mushroom and faux shark fin soup, a sizzling black pepper "beef", and an auspicious fried rice with pine nuts.
For something less traditional, 3G Vegetarian Restaurant (3424 Cambie Street) offers an interesting mix of pan-Pacific dishes that hail from Japan (tempura, udon), Indonesia (a soup noodle with veggies), Thailand (tom yum soup), and even California (a salad). They also offer all-day dim sum and small plates between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. So if you don't want to commit to dinner this New Year's Day, go for lunch and be sure to try the intriguingly textured vegetarian chicken drumsticks fried with salt and pepper, the excellent steamed glutinous rice with "chicken" (packets wrapped in bamboo leaves), and the abalone mushroom with vegetables. Call ahead and ask about their set banquet menu, which promises to be more traditional in style.
Vegetarian options are also abundant at many Chinese restaurants that don't focus exclusively on vegetarian fare. At the Jade Seafood Restaurant (8511 Alexandra Road, Richmond), more than a dozen vegetarian appetizers are available. Highlights include eggplant in sweet-and sour sauce, sautéed lotus root, and Buddha's Feast with bamboo mushrooms. You can also select a mushroom dumpling scented with truffle oil from the dim sum menu or a mixed mushroom chow mein from the "tapas" menu. For a sweet finish, I recommend the almond milk with sesame glutinous-rice dumplings. (The above dishes are vegetarian but not vegan; they will make them vegan upon request.)
For more posh presentations, chef Sam Leung of Dynasty Seafood Restaurant (108–777 West Broadway) has been working on a dish of deep-fried bean curd stuffed with vegetables that's shaped like a bracelet of Buddhist prayer beads; it comes with a tomato and cucumber salsa. He's also created a stewed tomato stuffed with wild rice served in a thickened mushroom consommé, and a toothsome, stir-fried luo han zhai (braised mixed vegetables) that departs from the usually mushy renditions of this iconic Buddhist dish.
So go forth with compassion in your heart and eat your vegetables. May the Year of the Snake bring you good health.
David Chung, who owns the Jade Seafood Restaurant and is the head of the B.C. Asian Restaurant and Cafe Owners Association, plans on petitioning, protesting, and suing the municipal government if a shark-fin ban in Vancouver, Richmond, and Burnaby is brought in.
Sharks are becoming extinct!
8 reasons for banning the SHARK FIN TRADE Canada wide:
1. The practice of shark-finning, where live sharks have their fins cut off and dumped back into the ocean, is cruel, uncivilized and barbaric.
2. Many shark species are critically endangered, e.g. The scalloped Hammerhead and the Great Hammerhead, which have been 99% wiped out.
3. Upwards of 75 million sharks - a recent study concluding upon over 100 million - are finned around the world every year.
4. Sharks, being slow reproducers - many with only a handful of offspring per year- and some not reaching sexual maturity until ages 10-20 years of age, simply cannot withstand this scale of carnage. If we delay for one year, it may mean losing one or more species.
5. The opposition says that sharks are predators, so if they are removed, there would be more fish for humans. This is an over-simplistic, patently erroneous, and likely deliberately delusional view. Marine ecology has it that there are not two, but five or six Trophic Levels of predators and prey - phytoplankton, zooplankton, small fish, medium-small fish, medium-large fish, large fish and marine mammals. Sharks being top predators prey mainly on medium fish, which in turn prey on small fish. If the sharks are exterminated, the medium fish will temporarily overpopulate and over-prey on the small fish, causing the entire marine ecosystem to collapse.
6. Almost all nations with a coastline engage in shark-finning, though on paper it is often illegal. Thus, shark-finning is by and large a poaching activity. Poachers care not an iota for endangered species, and keep no records. In other words, there is no way of telling which fin in Chinatown has come from what species short of a fin-by-fin DNA analysis, which obviously is a financial and technical impossibility.
7. DNA surveys of shark fins have consistently turned up similar results - that the majority of randomly collected samples belong to endangered and threatened species. Two years back, the Vancouver Sun and the World Wildlife Fund
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Since you are personally acquainted with all the posters, you are undoubtedly aware of this.
I was merely acknowledging what she had already stated in a previous post.
To my way of thinking, finning should not occur on any shark - not just the endagered ones. People who engage in finning are brutally destroying an animal that is vital to the food chain. The animal suffers a slow painful death by eventually drowing. Also, the majority of the animal is wasted - which cannot be said for the beef industry, for example (regardless of how many issues there may be in that industry, the majority of the animals are utilized).
The argument that animals (any animal) is eating up the food stocks is Preposterous! It is the human animal that is killing off the food stocks. Animals do not tend to waste/animals do not tend to kill everything that moves.
Finning has got to stop before it is too late. No culture has the right to torture animals for their own culinary pleasure. It is sick, it is archaic, it is elitist, and it is plain WRONG.


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Last weekend's hackNY Hackathon at NYU's Courant Institute culled some of the best young engineering minds from the East Coast to compete in a 24-hour code battle to the DEATH (okay, not really). But still–intense! The main project criteria for this hackathon? "Awesomeness," obviously.
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Yesterday is one of those days I wish I could do over. I was too nervous, too anxious and thus too drunk to enjoy it like I should have. I was a mess of emotions that could barely even concentrate. I'm not even sure I talked to anyone throughout the entire game. (Sorry about that Tyler.) Despite being in the stadium I just wanted to watch it on TV. I don't really know why. It was just too much. None of this matters now.
What matters is the Brewers won the biggest game they've played in twenty years. The Brewers won the biggest game of my lifetime in exciting fashion. The Brewers are now four wins away from the World Series. Holy shit, the Brewers... the Brewers!
The new series will start tomorrow and this insanely good feeling we have right now will be gone. In it's place will be more angst, more nervousness and tons of Cardinals hate. We can talk about that stuff later, but for right now I am just going to enjoy this. The Brewers are 8 wins away. That is not many. This is happening. Read the rest of this entry »


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The U.S. Department of Education believes nearly 2 million children are being home-schooled nationwide — a 74 percent jump since 1999, the year of the Columbine High School massacre.
According to the Education Department, 36 percent of parents take their child out of school for religious reasons. Another 38 percent either don't like the school environment or the way the teacher is teaching. Other reasons included safety concerns, dissatisfaction with the school system, caring for special-needs kids and the chance to spend more time with their children.
The latest national numbers on home-schooling from 2006-07, estimated by government surveys conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, says 1.5 million students are home-schooled.
But Brian D. Ray, head of the nonprofit National Home Education Research Institute, says the actual number of home-schoolers in America is between 1.9 and 2.5 million. Ray obtained data from private home-school organizations and co-ops to supplement statistics from state departments of education, finding that "a notable number of home-schoolers might not show up on government records."
Explaining why the exact numbers are so hard to pin down, Professor Milton Gaither, author of "Homeschool: An American History," stated, "Historically, many home-schoolers were suspicious of the government in the first place; they are not the type to like to be studied and many want to remain as private as possible."
Gaither said another challenge is that regulations vary widely from state to state.
"There are 50 different laws in 50 different states, and because of this diversity, it's impossible to have a national blanket statement about the status of home-schoolers," he said.
Whatever the actual numbers are, it is clear that a trend toward home schooling is inching its way up the American education system, and proponents are citing the benefits.
Kathleen Carper, president of the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools, said, "Most studies show a tutorial approach to education is the best approach, and that's what you have with home-schooling."
The South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools estimates some 19,000 children are home-schooled statewide — a 131 percent increase from 1999.
In listing the pros and cons of home schooling, familyeducation.com cited educational, emotional, religious and physical freedom as special considerations, including closer family relationships, more stability during difficult times and more well-rested kids. Other sites list reduced physical and emotional harm from bullies, less exposure to peer pressure and temptations as well as reduced exposure to corrupt ideologies.
Among the disadvantages to home schooling were the potential of socially underdeveloped children, weaknesses in the education received, a heavier financial burden than expected (purchasing the curriculum needed, computer software and other resources to teach lessons) and the exhaustion of parent and child balancing their roles as teacher and student as being mentally, emotionally and physically draining. Without question, discipline, organization, structure and advance preparation are all included in successful home schooling.
There are clearly risks in both and advantages to both. Such is life. Each family has to decide what is best for their children and provide them with the best education possible. They may differ in their views of the social, spiritual and safety measures taken to protect their children, but many parents are aware that they must answer to a Higher power for how they care for their offspring.
As Psalm 127:3 says, "Children are an inheritance from the LORD. They are a reward from him." — GOD'S WORD Translation. Would you agree that any inheritance from God should be treated with extra care and given priority in our lives?
For many parents, it is no burden to home school their children. In fact, they consider it a privilege. Children being a "reward" from God also suggests that everything we invest in them academically, socially and spiritually will be repaid in ways we may not be able to imagine.
It seems the first form of child education in the Bible was closer to home schooling than public schooling, according to Deuteronomy 6:6-8. It included educating one's children whenever and wherever the parents could instill instructions into their child's heart.
Personally, I was educated in the public school system and I have never regretted it. I made new friends, learned new things — yes, got into a few fights, coped with peer pressure and defended my faith in high school. True, the level of violence in schools today was not there when I attended, but neither was the need for more youths to be exposed to the truth found in God's Word and the hope it offers for our future.
There are pros and cons to public, private and home schooling. Each family must decide what is best for their child, for their future and the best way that they can show their Maker that they view their children as a gift and inheritance from God.
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My dietary weakness is sweets. I love 'em all - candy, chocolate, cookies, brownies ... you name it, I love it! But we all know that eating too much sugar is just no good, so I sample in moderation and look for brands that have good sugar free varieties. I came across Sugar Free Lifesavers at Wal-Mart for $2.29 and I knew that I had to try them.
Right after I bought them at that self checkout counter, I was already trying to decide which flavor to try first - Cherry, Watermelon, Raspberry, Pineapple and Orange flavors come individually wrapped in the bag. I just wanted to try them all, all at once! But my first pick was the Pineapple. When I put it in my mouth it wasn't exactly what I expect at all ... it was a lot better! The flavor of the pineapple was quite strong and I could even taste a little coconut in it, almost like a pina colada. I almost couldn't even tell it was sugar free. I usually love to crunch my candy, but since the flavor was so strong, my mouth would almost feel a little sore (like the feeling when you have too much pineapple). Otherwise these candies are perfect.
All the flavors were really good and each serving of 4 piecesonly has 30 calories and 14 grams of carbohydrates which includes13 grams of sugar alcohols. That's a lot of sugar alcohols per serving, so heed the warning of "a laxative effect" if you consume too many. Luckily for me, I read the label and that didn't happen.
This is totally worth buying and stocking up on. They are also available online at Amazon.com ($18.22 for a 12 pack)


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