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Monday, March 31, 2008
Are they for REAL??!!??!!??
"From zero to sixty" in two hours flat...
At the time of the in-person filing of our I-600A, our fingerprinting appointment was scheduled for USCIS. When he got home, Bill called the marriage officer in the Bahamas so see if he has in fact pulled our marriage register and is getting it where it needs to be for apostilling. The marriage officer confirmed that he has done so (for the second time, actually, since he'd already done it once and it was misplaced somewhere by someone on Grand Bahama) and also mentioned to Bill that he remembers exactly who we are and recalls our wedding well– no small feat for a marriage officer in the Bahamas, if you ask me! – but I supposed given the hub-bub that surrounded our wedding it stands to reason that it may stick out in many people's memories a little more than your run of the mill destination wedding…
Anyway, I had no more hung up the phone with Bill (who was giving me the run-down on the marriage certificate status) than I received a phone call from our social worker to schedule our home visit for the home study. How exciting! We set the appointment for next Tuesday as well, since I will already have the morning off from work and the kids are on Spring Break so I can have them home from camp with us in the morning and they won't miss school. Win-win!
It's pretty amazing, really. For a couple of weeks it felt as though all we could do is wait, wait, wait, wait; now it feels like there's a gazillion things to do and not nearly enough time to get it all done. It's a cycle - another of life's roller coasters, if you will. Whew! Guess it's time for another big breath and I'm diving back in. This paper-chasing thing is a LOT to do but I'm having quite a time of it!
In other news, we still have a bit of work to do for the home study in terms of questionnaires and papers and stuff, so I need to get another packet of information sent off to the social worker this week. We also need to get our physicals done. We just had VERY comprehensive insurance physicals a week or so ago so we are waiting for the lab reports from those tests to be sent to our doctor and I will check with the social worker and with our program director to see if we can use those results along with notes from our doctor for our required medical reports. Here's hoping we don't have to get ANOTHER needle stick! (I really dislike blood work; makes me woozy... but again, I digress...)
We did a quick tally over the weekend and determined that, since January 1, 2008, we have already paid out over $2100.00 in tiny bits for the adoption. Another great reason to hope we can use the labs from our insurance physicals with our medical reports. I don't know if insurance will pay for the testing or if it will be out of pocket but these "minor expenses" have a tendency to snowball. There's MUCH more to come, for sure, but I was actually very surprised at how quickly the little things are adding up...but at least we can see some progress!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Cue the puppies and rainbows!!
Sugar plum fairies standing by!
Just wanted to pop in to let you all know that we received in our post office box this morning the certified and apostilled birth certificate from Connecticut we were waiting for. Now when we file our I600A on Monday morning we will only have to note that our homestudy will be forwarded when completed and we won't be rolling the dice on whether they would accept the form for filing without both birth certificates.
Thank you so much for all your prayers - they worked! They always do, when He's decided it's time. I hate it that I am such a worry-wort sometimes; I know in my heart that God's got this all under control for us...it's my overanalytical, "yeah but what-if" brain that sends me in a spiral sometimes. But enough of all that - today's for thanksgiving! I'm off to put the final touches on our packet for USCIS. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Oh yeah! I got a response from Indiana today, too; seems they didn't particularly care for the nearly 20-year-old certified copy of my birth certificate I sent them, so they asked that I obtain a more recent certified copy before they apostille it. Fair enough. You know what, I didn't even bat an eye - you want it, you got it. I'll get on that this week. I'm just so thankful we got Bill's birth certificate back from CT in time to get the I600A filed that this little speed bump doesn't even affect my mood. The draw bridge has closed and we are again moving forward. The rest of the paperchase is important, yes, but an extra few days or weeks will not destroy our progress. Patience IS a virtue, you know...
Friday, March 28, 2008
How do you know your patience is being tested?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
JENN-THE-"BRILLIANT", International Dunce, the sequel…
Example #1: For a bit of background, please refer back to this post regarding the personal check debacle with our request for the apostilled copy of our marriage license. So as I mentioned in that post, instead of paying ONE international express postage for the initial request, we ended up paying TWO just to get the request to the proper authority and paid for. To add insult to injury, I got the bill for that first shipment Monday (a whopping $48.75 for one sheet of paper and a useless personal check!!!) and I cringe when I think that the preaddressed/paid return envelope I sent was from that provider instead of the USPS, which only cost me $37.00 AND delivered it precisely the next day instead of four days later! Research, people, research! A little looking-into-it could've saved me about close to $25 already, which doesn't sound like much but adds up fast…just keep reading, you'll see what I mean.
Example #2: Three weeks after our little oopsy-daisy, we are still waiting on the apostilled copy of our marriage certificate to be returned because the nice lady in the Registrar General's office in Nassau is waiting for the marriage officer in Freeport (totally different Bahamian island, by the way…in case you weren't aware, the Bahamas is a fabulous place that is made up of something like 700 islands!) to send a certified copy of the marriage certificate to her to apostille and send back to me. Sounds reasonable enough and three weeks isn't really all that long, so I could be patiently waiting if I didn't feel so stinkin' foolish...You see, it occurs to me that I have in my possession what I believe to be a certified copy of the marriage certificate – original signatures, raised seal, and all! – but, since this was my very first request sent out for apostille and I (obviously) didn't prepare myself very well for the process, I didn't think I could send them the document I needed apostilled because I assumed they would have to apostille a document they had in hand, not one I sent in. So I didn't send it with EITHER of the previously mentioned packages to the
Example #3: We are, of course, still waiting on Bill's birth certificate from CT and, when examined, we find there are many silly mistakes in this one scenario alone. One, I only requested the one copy, certified and apostilled, and decided we'd copy it ourselves as needed since everything else takes a photocopy. So-o-o-o, even though the certified copy was ready in like 24 hours we are still waiting for the Secretary of State to apostille the darn thing and send it back to us. Two, I only sent the requests and prepaid return envelopes priority mail instead of overnight (which actually worked out okay on the way up because they were mailed on Saturday at noon and delivered by 9:30a.m. the following Monday anyway) but now, as we are tick-tick-ticking our way to April 1 and the commencement of the Hague Convention, I need it back NOW and don't know where it is or when it will get here. Three (and quite probably the worst of them all in proving my dumb-dumb-headedness), despite the fact that I KNEW this is needed to get the I600A filed (and later learned how critical it is that it's filed by 3/31/08), and I KNEW of the nuttiness of our mail I still addressed the priority mailer to our home address instead of our Post Office Box. Hello? McFly??? Sometimes I really don't think…But even still all is not lost here (she says with extraordinary thankfulness). I received a confirmation letter from Vital Records in CT that our request is "in process" and made an appointment with our local USCIS branch office for Monday to file the I600A in person so, if I have to, I will submit the letter from vital records with our other documentation and let them know that we'll provide the actual birth certificate (and the completed home study) immediately upon receipt. In the meantime, I pray that will be good enough.
Ok, so that's our update – going with the three strike rule tonight and signing off after my own personal three strikes. Hope you're enjoying following along with our misadventures in the paperchase. I will update you, hopefully with a post full of rainbows and puppies and sugar plum fairies, again really soon.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
See, this is what I am saying - this agency has the greatest people and has put me in touch with the greatest support network anyone could ask for. When I said early on that I expect this journey to be a roller coaster with a high emotional toll, I meant it. What I didn't anticipate is the amount of support that would be there to catch us when we lose our footing and our even-temperedness (which I seriously doubt is even a word!!!)
So, yes, I *heart* our agency and its employees, as well as all the people that this adoption process has brought into our lives so far (blogger friends and Yahoo sistas, that's you!), and I am looking so forward to all the new people it will bring to us in the future. Thanks for the prayers, I appreciate them greatly. (And if it's not to much to ask, I'd appreciate a few more...) xoxo
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
On the USPS and pre-emptive prayer
Last night in our prayer chat I prayed that God remind us that delays and obstacles we face on our road to adoption are just preparing His way for us, and that we remember that His promises never fail. Sounds good but not so easy to put in to practice. For example – what follows is the devolution of my mindset today in edited portions of emails with my sister:
Bright and early in the morning~
So I'm quite impressed with the USPS...spending $4.60 for a priority mailer on Saturday got our documents to
Now if the
Still impressed a little later, but still not realizing the urgency of the April 1st cutoff~
I really was quite impressed [with USPS]. Now I'm hoping they'll get his birth certificate back quick enough for us to get the 2 page "600" form filed with USCIS before 4/1 so we don't have to do the 9 page "800" form…
After receiving an email from our Agency regarding the USCIS forms~
Starting to panic just a bit here – look at the email I just got:
It is imperative that families who have not yet filed their I 600 A application with CIS do so immediately to avoid any problems when
If you have not yet filed your I 600 A form with immigration, please do so immediately! If you have not done so before the April 1st deadline, it will greatly impact your adoption process and you may not be able to continue with Children's Hope.
My sister in her wisdom reminded me that perhaps the documentation will still come in quickly enough to file the 600A in time, since we DID send return postage priority mailers with all the requests… And, I mean, after all, they did get the document to CT by 9:30 yesterday morning. Vital Records just called Bill for his mother's maiden name and said she has already processed the birth certificate and they are sending it to the Secretary of State today for apostilling. If it gets to them tomorrow, maybe they'll get it back out to us by Thursday and we will get it back by Monday. Can't hurt to pray! We need to get the I 600-A over-nighted to USCIS no later than next Thursday…
So I'm still pretty impressed by the USPS and I guess my "random" and impromptu prayer last night was actually pre-emptive and I just need to rest in the faith that this has all been accounted for in His plan. But that won't stop me from praying like crazy until I have the documents in hand! Join me?
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Quick Status Update --
As we're plugging away over here, my new blogger-friend, Beth, and all of the Hollis' just got the news they've been waiting SO LONG for - head on over there and check out the newest additions to their family and congratulate them while you're at it!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
In case you were curious...
In news OTHER than that surrounding our marriage certificate, Bill and I are currently working on the packet of papers for our homestudy. Said packet includes a "Life Story Questionnaire" comprised of 55 essay questions about our respective lives. Boy it's a good thing I like to write! Hope you're all enjoying your weekend. xo
Saturday, March 8, 2008
A Bit of Background Music.
POWER OF TWO – The Indigo Girls
Words and Music: Emily Saliers
Now the parking lot is empty
Everyone's gone someplace
I pick you up and in the trunk I've packed
A cooler and a two-day suitcase
Cause there's a place we like to drive
Way out in the country
Five miles out of the city limit we're singing
And your hand's upon my knee
So we're okay, we're fine
Baby I'm here to stop your crying
Chase all the ghosts from your head
I'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart
Adding up the total of a love that's true
Multiply life by the power of two
You know the things I'm afraid of
I'm not afraid to tell
And if we ever leave a legacy
It's that we loved each other well
Cause I've seen the shadows of so many people
Trying on the treasures of youth
But a road that's fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash
And I'm glad we got off to tell you the truth
Cause we're okay, we're fine
Baby I'm here to stop your crying
Chase all the ghosts from your head
I'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart
Adding up the total of a love that's true
Multiply life by the power of two
Emily:All the shiny little trinkets of temptation (Amy: Make new friends but)
Something new instead of something old (Keep the old)
All you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface (But remember)
And it's fool's gold (What is gold)
Fool's gold (What is gold)
Fool's gold (What is gold)
Now we're talking bout a difficult thing
And your eyes are getting wet
I took us for better and I took us for worse
Now don't you ever forget
Now the steel bars between me and a promise
Suddenly bend with ease
And the closer I'm bound in love to you
The closer I am to free
So we're okay, we're fine
Baby I'm here to stop your crying
Chase all the ghosts from your head
I'm stronger than a monster beneath your bed
I'm smarter than the tricks played on your heart
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart
Adding up the totals of a love that's true
Multiply life by the power of two...
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Shipment to the Bahamas - TAKE 2
Monday, March 3, 2008
"[It's] LEAVING on a jet plane..."
This little step, like much of the rest of the process thus far, was made possible by the help of a complete stranger who happens to be a friend of a new friend of mine. Search after search after search had come up empty for me and then one day my friend said "Oh, by the way...I know someone who may be able to help" and the rest is history! (Thanks again, Beth!) Sing with me, folks: "I get by with a little help from my friends..." Listen, just be glad that this is a written blog and that I am not techno-savvy enough to add music - or worse, my own voice recordings - to it!! For some reason I'm stuck on 1967 today and bouncing between John Denver and the Beatles (and noting the songwriters here, not necessarily the artists whose cover of the tune was most popular!)
Anyway, that's it. Our request for the elusive marriage certificate is on its way and we're still trying to come up with a creative to-do list for the "quick peekers" out there who just want to see where we are...it'll come to me eventually. In the meantime, thanks for checking in on us.


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It's an issue we grapple with a lot - and some of you may have noticed a recent backlash against many of the most common data visualisations online. Poor Wordle - it gets the brunt of it. MapGuide Project Home. D3 Workshop. Weave (Web-based Analysis and Visualization Environment) Weave Data Tutorial. Weave Data TutorialTutorial for Weave Magazine 03.10 about visualizing network data Client: Weave Magazine / Page publisher We all use twitter, write emails, skype and blog all day long.
There isn't a single day we are not going to visit websites like google, youtube, the website of our favorite newspaper or social network and browse through the web. Despite that, or actually because of it, everybody tends to use the web in a different manner. Even if you are not using your computer at all, it is heavily communicating with the internet by sending and receiving so called IP-packets from all different kind of software that is installed on your PC. Data journalism and data visualization from the Datablog. 10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics. Who can resist a colourful, thoughtful venn diagram anyway?
In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. This means more eyeballs on your important information, more people rallying for your cause, more backlinks and more visits to your blog. In short, a quality infographic done well could be what your blog needs right now. Data/Information. OS OpenSpace, the quality mapping API from Ordnance Survey. Example of OS OpenSpace API displaying Ordnance Survey data The OS OpenSpace API is free to access and lets developers create amazing web applications and online projects with Ordnance Survey maps.
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So I was having an online discussion with my younger brother a little more than a week ago about abortion. Being a devout and pro-life Catholic he held the opinion that life starts at conception, that it a fertilized egg is human and should be treated as human because it is a unique life different than the host parent. I have also been reading bio-ethics and many different places on the debate and they all seem to revolve around trying to justify scientifically what I can best describe as trying to answer the question, "when is an embryo tantamount to a human being?"
Of course, that one question gave way to the larger question, "What makes us human?" Where do we define the limits of humanity? Is it strictly in a biological sense as in form, shape, and structure? Is it in potential in the case of infants? Is it in behavior; could someone act in a way that they are no longer considered, if even for a moment, a human? Is it in ability whether physical or mental? Is humanity a transitive property; in other words, is it a label that can be taken away or does it last regardless once it has been gained? Are their varying degrees of humanity where a person could be considered "more human" than someone else?
I am very curious to hear all of your thoughts and ideas!
Tags: humanity
Unfortunately, the one non-subjective answer is also the least enlightening. It is also the least pertinent to the original question at issue, namely the discussion of personhood, fetal rights, and abortion. This discussion is informed by biology, but it is decided by society: an amalgamation of culture, logic, law, and so on.
Okay. Then you are back to the many different answers, which means no single answer to the question which means no answer at all.
Sure, there's no simple answer. Many different answers means many different answers, not no answer. Society arrives at a consensus of sorts in the form of law, but that can shift as society does. It's not a factual question, IMO, it's a judgment. There are biological facts that are indisputable, obviously, but value-judgments are not factual issues.
Abortion as a form of birth control is wrong and should be illegal. If there is a valid medical reason for an abortion, thin it should be permitted. Also I think a woman should have a choice to carry a child which is the result of rape or incest.
Wrong based on what?
What even makes it your business, much less the state's?
Women already can choose to keep a child no matter how conceived. What made you think otherwise? The question is whether the government should be able to forbid her from terminating a pregnancy.
As far as I'm concerned, if a woman wants to have abortions as a form of entertainment, I don't give a flying sh**.
As far as I'm concerned, if a woman wants to have abortions as a form of entertainment, I don't give a flying sh**.
I just wanted to agree here.
One can hardly point to a single aspect and say, "There - THAT's the thing that makes us Human!" It's more like a mosaic, a jigsaw puzzle, from which sociopaths have a piece missing.
One of those pieces (see how nicely I segued into this, without facing accusation of hi-jacking the thread?), is that we tend to enjoy observing nudity, and the Religious Right, during Little GW's administration, used the FCC to levy heavy fines against TV networks that allow onscreen nudity, such as we may remember from such shows as "NYPD Blue," and while I'm no aficionado of Dennis Franz's butt, I resent any infringement on his right to show it - I can always close my eyes. Well, today, Big Johnny Roberts and the Supremes overturned the FCC reg banning brief TV nudity, so it looks like we just got back one of those pieces of the puzzle that makes us human, the right to glimpse a little boob and bum. Can I get a Hallelujah!?
I fear that this discussion is one of those best suited to long, lazy Sunday afternoons, with a lot of good weed available. I would not want to try to give an answer to this question without plenty of chemical stimulation and also social stimulation.
Not that this question is not worth asking, but, it is, in my opinion, almost impossible of useful answer. I, personally, do not believe there is any one or any set of characteristics, which taken in isolation, can be called the key to understanding humanity.
To contradict myself flagrantly, I think if there is anything which can be said to identify us as human, it may be our sense of humor.
To get back onto ground where I am more comfortable, sarcasm, " What is it which makes a ham sandwich a ham sandwich? Is it the rye bread? Is it the mustard? Is it the smithfield ham? Or, is it some hidden unknowable essence?"
Only the executive chef knows for sure.
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The GeoTools 8.x branch started out as 2.8.x with a quick proposal to change the project version number policy. The major technical direction is the addition of "live" documentation using sphinx.
Our initial research into the use of Sphinx has gone well; and was able to provide us a website for the 2.7.x series.
Jody Garnett has ported the wiki Developers Guide and User Guide over to this format.
Additional help is needed to capture more of the code examples in Java files so that we can always include code that compiles.
We missed a few opportunities for simplification in 2.7.x:
The work on Application Schema support by the AuScope team is wrapping up.
One thing this missed was the production of classes for us mere mortals working with Java code (rather than xml schema).
So the shopping list for java developers is:
We continue to have inquery into a data model for 3D Geometry, and more importantly geodetic geometry.
We looked at working with the deegree3 project on the java-collab list for 2.7.x and nothing came of it. As such I expect we will need to go it our own.
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Authorities say three people were arrested during a "tea party" rally, including a man allegedly intimidating people at the event.
The Department of Public Safety says 39-year-old Timothy R. Coomer was detained for trespassing on the Senate lawn Friday evening.
Officer Bob Bailey says that Coomer was allegedly bothering people in the front row of the rally held on the Senate and House lawns.
He says Coomer became belligerent when police and event organizers asked him to leave and was taken into custody.
The Arizona Republic says no details were immediately available on the other two arrest.
The rally was hosted by the Arizona chapter of Americans for Prosperity and allied tea party groups.


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Staff sweep water from the red carpet following torrential rain priior to the "Une Journee Particuliere" Premiere during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2012 in Cannes, France.
The judge ordered Lohan, 23, to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, to complete an alcohol-education program and submit to random drug tests every week in the Los Angeles area.
Lohan's attorney tried to explain the challenge of getting tested in Los Angeles weekly as the actress was set to begin filming a movie in Texas, but the judge was not sympathetic and suggested Lohan delay the project.
The actress, who stole some thunder at the Cannes Film Festival in France last week when she failed to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on the original hearing date Thursday, was on a flight that arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night. As a result of that missed court dat
Elizabeth Banks arrives for the screening of the film Poetry at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Wednesday.
The South Korean film is a melodrama about a woman who spends days attempting to write a poem for her poetry class while dealing with two serious crises.
Cannes Film Festival jury leader Isabelle Huppert, left, and panelist Robin Wright Penn surround Austrian director Michael Haneke as he shows off the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, for The White Ribbon on Sunday.
Lakeview Terrace star Kerry Washington reacts to burlesque performer Dita von Teese at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit during the Cannes Film Festival Thursday in Antibes, France.
Lenny Kravitz watches as Mariah Carey vamps at the Cannes Film Festival news conference for Precious on Friday.
Cannes Film Festival jury member Natalie Portman and Brazilan writer Paolo Coelho dance for a good cause at the amfAR benefit.
Brad Pitt paid a visit to the barber before escorting partner Angelina Jolie to the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Kung Fu Panda on Thursday.
The couple announced this week that they're expecting the fifth and six members of their family in just a couple of months.
With Desperate Housewives wrapped for the season, Eva Longoria Parker is able to enjoy all the glamour of the Cannes Film Festival.
Here, the actress (who married NBA star Tony Parker in France last July) arrives for the Panda premiere.
Cannes Film Festival jury president Sean Penn considers his answer to a question during a news conference on Wednesday.


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Panelists: Jim Campbell (SUNY-Buffalo), Robert Erikson (Columbia University), and Drew Linzer (Emory University).
Dr. Campbell assessed the performance of some of the prominent forecasting models – including his own – of the 2012 presidential election. Dr. Campbell's Trial-Heat and Economy model (developed in 1990) uses the trial-heat poll at Labor Day and second-quarter growth rate in the real GDP. His revised Convention Bump and Economy model (developed in 2004) substitutes the two pieces of information – the pre-convention trial-heat poll and the change produced by the party conventions – for the Labor Day trial-heat poll, and keeps the economic measure (real GDP growth rate) from the earlier model. This revised model has proven more accurate:
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The idea is that the fundamentals of the campaign are captured in these two measures in the following way:
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Dr. Campbell's 2008 forecast (based on the Convention Bump and Economy model) called for Obama to win 51.3% of the two-party vote. This model is preferable, in his view, because it accounts for the fact that Obama had a more successful convention (received a larger bump) than did Romney. Campbell's model tied for second-closest to the actual outcome (51.8% of the two-party vote for Obama) among thirteen 2012 presidential vote forecasts included in the forthcoming PS Symposium (note that DBE stands for "days before the election"):
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In Dr. Campbell's view, what separated successful from unsuccessful forecasts of the 2012 presidential election was whether they included a public opinion indicator. Those that did tended to fare better, and those that did not seem to be omitting a major component of the election.
Next, Dr. Erikson discusses how economic conditions (specifically, income growth [objective] and economic perceptions [subjective]) have both generally grown more predictive of vote choice later in past presidential campaigns:
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However, according to Dr. Erikson, 2012 was one election in which objective indicators and subjective evaluations did not match. Objective indicators tended to predict a Romney victory, while subjective evaluations favored Obama:
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One of the most satisfying O'Reilly Factor episodes ever aired Monday night (1/6/14) when, through some terrible miscalculation, someone who knew what he was talking about managed to get on the show.
It happened as O'Reilly was explaining his latest crackpot theory about why young people are so horrible. According to the Fox News host, texting, marijuana use and videogames are leading the young down an escapist path to destruction. O'Reilly repeated his theory through several iterations:
- "A perfect storm of increasing marijuana use, video games and texting [is] creating major social problems in America."
- "I see a coming storm here, a tsunami building with the drugs, the soft drugs, the pot and the high-tech abuse. I think it's abuse. I think that kids texting 100 times a day, that's abuse."
- "Here's a kicker, a study by the University of Winnipeg in Canada says students who text more than 100 times a day are 30 percent less likely to be ethical or principled in life. Are we getting all this? Young people in America are combining drugs, alcohol, and high-tech to build false lives to run away from reality."
The Fox News host also quoted a tweet from Daily Beast editor Tina Brown (1/3/14): "Legal weed contributes to us being a fatter, dumber, sleepier nation even less able to compete with the Chinese." He presented this as evidence that even liberals were starting to come around to his anti-marijuana views. Then he expanded on Brown's theme:
In China, young people are encouraged to compete, be disciplined, to live in the real world. Not here. And, again, there are very few voices speaking out against drug and tech abuse. This is an epidemic that will lead to a weaker nation. And anybody who tells you differently is lying to you.
In another segment on the same show, O'Reilly told Fox News liberal Juan Williams there was not a large number of people arrested for using marijuana: "Juan, there's no mass arrests of users."
In the US, there's a marijuana arrest every 42 seconds, totaling 750,000 in 2011, 87 percent of which were for simple possession.
But O'Reilly's mess of a theory hit a snag during a segment featuring–in addition to cranky Fox News psychiatrist Keith Ablow–Columbia University neuroscientist Carl Hart, who told the host that his key premise, that marijuana use was trending upward among the young, just wasn't true:
O'REILLY: And the prevalence of this is overwhelming now, so you're going to have a lot of casualties on the battlefield.
HART: That's not true. Let's talk about the statistic, let's talk about the data. In 1978, the recent number of marijuana smokers in the 12th grade, it was 37 percent of the 12th graders said that they smoked marijuana recently. Today that number is down to 22 percent.
O'REILLY: Not the number I just gave.
HART: Well, your number is wrong. Your number is wrong.
O'REILLY: Take it up with the National Institutes of Health. All right? They're the one that–
HART: No, look, I am a council member on the National Institute of Health. Your number is wrong. I'm telling you, it's 22 percent of seniors who smoke marijuana in the past month. That's a fact.
O'REILLY: Well, I doubt it's a fact, because we don't get this wrong, these researchers.
HART: That's wrong.
O'REILLY: All right, we'll call them again and tomorrow I will say yes or no. Go ahead, Dr. Ablow.
If O'Reilly had any hope Fox News' Ablow would save his argument, that quickly went up in smoke when the bizarre psychiatrist's remarks made O'Reilly's look cogent:
Yes, look, the doctor has it wrong. The bottom line is this is not 1978; 1978 people weren't carrying cell phones. They weren't using Facebook. They weren't depositing themselves on YouTube and being surprised by being arrested after beating somebody up on YouTube. They're like: "Wait, this is the real world, I can get arrested for this? I thought it was all fun and games." We are weakening our young people because we are suggesting to them that it's OK to be high all the time.
That was perhaps too kooky even for O'Reilly, who backed away from Ablow: "I don't know if we're suggesting that. I don't know if we're suggesting that."
In case there were any doubt, Carl Hart's numbers were right. And O'Reilly did not keep his promise to check and tell us "yes or no" the next night (1/7/14), though he did rail against marijuana some more.
Still, seeing reality intervene on the O'Reilly Factor, even for just a brief moment, was satisfying. Of course, it likely resulted in an urgent meeting of O'Reilly's producers to make sure that it never happens again.


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But i must admit i keep my feet on the ground regarding amazing rookies.
Being old (!) i remember Rick Mirer from Seattle, rookie of the year, went all the way downhill. Cam Newton was stunning his rookie year, now due to his 'attitude' and the way hes been (acting a prima donna at the pro bowl etc) people arent talking about him anymore. RGIII, it'll be a huge shame if hes not the same player when he comes back, these operations are obviously bad. Even when he comes back players will be looking for a hit to take him out of the game. I'm not a Denver fan at all but seeing someone like Peyton in the playoffs is great, its like the 80's and appreciating Marino/Montana games. At the end of the day John Fox took you guys to the Superbowl which were you were very unlucky not to win. Hes not your worst ever coach, George Siefert ? See this is where fans go OTT. I wish i had a coach who took me to the playoffs and a SB appearance ! You try having 8 constant losing seasons as a Raiders fan. Then i hear a rival fan moan about a coach being so bad (Who took them to the superbowl !). You dont know how lucky you are ! But its interesting seeing the careers of players. Over the years specially with NFL preview mags they gush over so many players, you look back 5 years to any NFL mag and see the way they rave about a young player who then turns out to be rubbish. Matt Leinart gets drafted, has a few good rookie games for the Cards, everyone raves about him, look at him now, 3rd NFL team and a total bust. |
Well here's how I see it.
Top 5 rookie Quarterbacks at the moment: 1. Wilson 2. Kaepernick 3. Newton (very, very, questionable first place but first half of season was rough, and even though its the teams and coaches fault as much and more than his, his success forces him here) 4. RG3 5. Luck Those Top 5 Quarterbacks given time: 1. Cam 2. Wilson 3. Kaepernick 4. Luck 5. RG3 (he's last cuz he won't be good, he'll be dead) Quote:
1. His attitude is not why he's not talked about 2. He is talked about. In fact, he's talked about as much as anyone. But my problem is, it's all negative. His celebrating, everything he does, justified or not, is criticized without hesitation. That's why I don't like rg3 or luck. Everyone wants them to succeed, while they're pulling for Cam to screw it all up. Yeah, he's had his monents with attitude. Slumping on the sidelines etc. But here's something I notice. Aaron Rodgers was losing yesterday, and he was poutin on the bench the whole second half. Eventually he got pretty pissed, and you could see it in the ball he threw. That's completely justified, but you won't hear anything about it. Wilson did the same. Kaepernick spiked the ball on an opponent, and did a really arrogant TD celebration, reminded me of Cam's superman, and despite the penalty he got doing it, you wont hear anything about It. J.J. Watt went to the center of Gillette stadium and spit on the logo. Won't hear anything. Only time this season you DIDN'T hear anything about Cam was when he had a really good game. Both times. I could justify every little pouting face cam makes because of idiot coaching system that cam obviously didnt agree with, for good reason. Look at the last 5 games of the season, when they actually ran a pro offense. Cam was happy, cam was the #1 QB in league, and they won 4 out of 5 of those games, same as last year. Too little too late, both times and that's why im happy stubborn ass Chudznksi is gone. Quote:
I wasn't around for the 80's but yes. Agreed. Lol Quote:
Yeah we went to the Super Bowl in 2003. But that's not an excuse anymore, it's 2013. Not good enough. Now we're stuck with Rivera. Damnit now I'm depressed again. At least Chudzinksi, the real problem, is gone. I pity the Browns, having Chud as a head coach.. You all better be glad Norv Turner is your OC, or you'd never win again (not that they ever won) Quote:
That Super Bowl was 2003. I'm glad that's in our history. But that's all it is right now. History. He failed in the later seasons, and now Rivera is following in his footsteps. Although he doesn't have any playoffs to piss away. I really don't take it for granted like you think. I know what it's like to lose as well. Delhommes final few seasons, then Moore, then freaking Jimmy Clausen fighting for that epic 2 season wins.. Now we've got Cam, who's talen is wasted so we still go 6-10 and 7-9 Quote:
Luck, for two years, was expected to be the greatest draft out there. Panthers were going to draft him. But then, he went back to school (didn't wanna play for Rivera. Smart choice...). I did the happy dance for weeks straight until Cam was drafted. Then, when he was, I did it for another week. I didn't want freakin Andrew luck. Cam, who the same people riding Lucks back, said Cam couldn't play in NFL. All the hate, same as now. I'm like fug that, the guy ran a simple, spread offense. He'll learn. And then, he didn't. Because they didn't allow him to. They put him in a bullshit spread offense, running the read option on 3rd and 7... And y'all wonder why Cam didn't buy into the program. I'm so so so so so so so Happy that Chud is gone. Im so happy gettlemen was hired (GM) Now Cam can develop. Except Rivera will piss it all away and Cam will be on another team, but still. Quote:
I used Luck as the new example because I think he'll be the next Leinart, and the next Romo. Russel is another good example. No one wanted him. For three years.. Now look at him. Wow that was a long post |
Thats all very good and you raise some good points.
BUT if Cam Newton played for the Falcons you would be the complete opposite, talk about fickle ! I'm sure you would say how bad Cam is and its not just the media, how you would say hes overated. How hes never taken a team to the playoffs yet etc etc. Dont get me wrong I think Newton is very good, until this year he had one of the greatest rookie seasons ever. But after a slow start this year (granted they finished strong) hes getting 'forgotton' as in all the hype/news due to this years rookies and Kap. Again if Newton was drafted by the Saints/Falcons etc you would be totally the opposite ! Every fan out there praises their young players, they see a rookie catch one pass in preseason and rave on about their potential. They see a 3rd string QB throw for two late td's against a 3rd string defense in preseason and rave about how much potential they have. They lose a star player in free agency and hate them, they however gain a star player from another team and then love them ! Sure Vikes fans hated Favre, the second he joined them and had an all pro year and one game away from the Superbowl they loved him, one year later, hated him. When i was an NFL fan in my teenage years i hated rival teams/players. Now i get to appreciate other teams and players. Being a Raiders fan i should hate Denver, i dont want them to win but i'm kinda glad in a weird way Peyton Manning had a brilliant year as hes an NFL star, 5 months ago people were saying his career was over, look how good hes done now. I remember how biased Falcons fans were towards their dog killing QB Vick, they didnt care as long as he threw td's, shameful. So your love for your QB is well and good but to a non-Panthers fan like myself it looks very very biased !! I've seen it many years with Raider fans. Always crying for the backup, Billy Joe Hobert/Marinovich/Gradkowski/Hollas come in, do well in their first appearance or two, 2 games later when they show had bad they are the fans turn. Armchair coaches who play Madden a few years and think they know it all ! Newtons a very good QB, needs to get to the playoffs soon or i think he'll start to get more forgotton. I would love a 3rd year QB like you have who is a talent, but again as youre a Panthers fan you do seem a 'bit' biased to say the least We need this chat in 10 years time ! We'll see how he does then. |
The Ravens beat the Patriots in the regular season, so I don't think it's so certain that the Ravens will lose. Of course I'm a Ravens fan so that is coloring my opinion. But still, they beat them in the regular season. That has to count for something.
I hate no one more than Matt Ryan. But I won't say he sucks. I might be quicker to point out his flaws, but he's a good QB. Won't deny it. I mean hell, here's an example. I love Tony G. I hate the redskins but loved Rg3.. if it weren't for the Cam vs Rg3 media, I still would. Drew Brees is close to being hated by me, but for a few years of hating the saints, I stilled liked him a lot. I guess it's easier to like rg3 when I have Cam, so.. You're partly right, but it wouldn't change everything. Quote:
But who knows.. I mean, I've spent 2 years analyzing every play by Cam. I'm not just biased, I know him quite well. Obviously I wouldn't if he wasn't a panther, but still, it's not just me being biased. For instance, I HAAATE the redskins. My cousins are huge fans and I've hated them for years, I don't even know why. I hate them, but I don't let it cloud my judgement of RG3. Yeah, Cams better than rg3, but in certain throwing departments, rg3 is better. I don't think I would think differently if Cam was a skin, and rg3 a panther. Especially considering Cam would be in the playoffs behind Shanahan, and rg3 would be 4-12 Not a huge Seahawks fan cuz of the coach, but as I said, Wilson is probably the best rookie of the year. He's a lot more matured than Cam, and a lot smarter as a QB. (He also had 4 years of college as opposed to Cams 1, but whatever) Quote:
That's not biased. It's just true. My defensive nature, and love for the players is, but my saying they're great isn't necessarily. Kuechly should have and DROY. Not because he's a panther, but because he led the league in tackles, and didnt even play in the first 5 games of the season. Quote:
I don't just hate those teams cuz they're panthers rivals. In fact, I LOVED the saints a few years ago. Quote:
Wilson and Kap are better players this year. However, they have much better teams and coaches. That's fact. Nothing more. Here's another: Cam will become more then will. That's just an observation. I biased one, but an honest one. I can say right now, that Sam Bradford is better, despite his stats, than Andy Dalton (playoffs). I can say that RG3 will not have the career that Wilson will. Kap will not be the golden shiznit it seems. He's simply not as good as he seems yet. Brady and Rodgers are better than Peyton, but Peyton is a better football mind. Etc. Quote:
But yes I'm very biased. Very. Very biased. I think my point is, every fan is biased. But every fan also knows their QB better than anyone. I'm biased to cam, but I also know him quite well, and cam say these things honestly from an observant point, because I'm a panthers fan, and I do know my QB Quote:
And Panthers or not, I'll always be a Cam Newton fan. Last edited by k1lljoy_89; 01-14-2013 at 11:21 AM.. |
See thats the problem, you admit you're biased so its difficult to take what you say seriously about Newton. Its similar to some young girl who thinks her boyband is the best band ever, whatever they release is the best song ever, they're the best singers, they can do no wrong !
Unless you are his brother or related i cant see how you know him better than anyone apart from his coach etc ! The problem is every biased fan in the NFL thinks their QB is the best. Also nowadays you can see all the preseason games, training camp, you start to pretend to 'think' like a coach as you see so much more. I look back to some past great QB's and for whatever reason (Take Dan Marino, no good rushing attack for years, had a bad defense earlier in his career) and its a shame he didnt have more talent around him. John Elway took some very weak teams to the Superbowl, finally won two once he had a great defense/rushing attack. To be fair to Brady he doesnt have a 'big name' running back, most of his career he didnt, even Corey Dillon was near the end of his career but did well at NE. But Brady gets it done. 'Some' players take their team to the next level, RGIII got on that great winning streak this year but did have a great running back (The Skins didnt the year before). Newton however the other year had a great rushing attack, when you have two RB's who gain over 700 yards each (And the QB does) you 'should' do far better than the 6-10 record he had last year. Looking at Newtons stats he has done well, and hell, hes a 23 year old young QB coming off a near 4000 yard season with 19 td's. Not bad stats at all. BUT for the top overall pick, specially now with young QB's doing so well, i feel year 3 is a huge year for him. He'll have a new coach, if Newton doesnt improve this year and get to the playoffs there'll be some big question marks around him. Hes a very good QB but at the end of the day the fans want wins not excuses. I would say Newton has to get to the playoffs in 2013 or there might be major problems. |
No one called my biased when I said ALL these same things about him when he was in Auburn. And he does do wrong. I could write a book on his flaws. Ive gone on rants just like this about how bad he is in some departments after losses. Quote:
To say that the panthers don't have that is not biased. It's fact. Quote:
You can't fully understand how bad the coaching and play calling was this year for the panthers. You just can't. Quote:
Newtons got such a kick ass backfield but they never got a single yard until week 11, and even then it was bad Might as well have had jimmy Clausen back there, because it wouldn't make a difference, they weren't used!! AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE GOD DAMN OFFENSIVE LINES. Look at every decent or good QB. Look at Kap. Look at rg3. badass lines make them great Quote:
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There's already major problems. Cam will not be a panther in 2 years if Rivera is still the head coach. Period. Rivera fired = Wins. Rivera not fired = no wins and no Cam. Last edited by k1lljoy_89; 01-14-2013 at 12:47 PM.. |
Lmao who in their right mind puts Wilson above Kaepernick...
Someone who knows football. I love Kap, and if I had the choice between the two I'd pick Kap. But Wilson as a QB is just better. Smarter. For now at least.
That will likely change but for now Wilson is a more solid player as a QB. Not as a football player but as a QB But we'll see. Kap has more to prove I think. The next game will help that lol It's actually a really tough choice, and it's impossible to really tell. Last edited by k1lljoy_89; 01-14-2013 at 12:53 PM.. |
And there's only one opinion for people who "know football" lol
For u Wilson is better, for me Kap is. It's not objective truth and that's what many people fail to realize when comparing players and teams. Stats don't even equate to objective truth. Look at the Giants last year, going into the playoffs, objectively most people wouldn't think they'd make it out the first round. There isn't a measure for the underdog mentality. |
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Team Rainbo_ Originally Posted by VikesFan4Ever28 You have almost 5 crap tons.
Yes, stupid people like that are ruining the anthem. Sing the damn song the way it's supposed to be, it isn't about you.
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Back when I played HS baseball (and still today at I-Cubs games) me and the rest of my infield would bet money on how long the national anthem would be that game. None of us would've been close here.
It's Levi-O-sa, not LeviosAR
Carl Lewis begs to differ. But what I heard from this was pretty bad. I turned it off after "what so proudly we hailed"
They say country music speaks to the heart. Unfortunately, it has to go through your ears to get there.
If you strain a little, I think there might be a good voice hiding in there somewhere. She needs someone to give her lessons and tell her to cut out the theatrics. To answer the question, Rosanne's version was worse because it was intentionally bad. This girl at least seems to be sincere.
I don't think she is a terrible singer - I think she has "potential" if she works on it. However, the song shouldn't have been nearly 3 minutes and her voice cracked a few times. Can't hit those high or low notes. "So will she be going to Hollywood?" Sorry, Harper, I'm going to have to say no. "Ok, that is one no, she needs these two yes's to advance, CF, what's your call?"
Ugh, whoever let her sing that should be shot.
I've tried, but I can't bear listening to the whole thing. Three times now after screwing up my courage to listen again, I've clicked the stop button each time.
I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord, You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. During the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me? Because, says the Lord, Sandpeople always ride single-file, to hide their numbers.
The guy from Marlins opening day........just as bad
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Singer Of Worst National Anthem Performance Ever Blames Vuvuzelas For Making Her Sing Off-KeyIt was the vuvuzelas!!
When I opened the thread I thought to myself.. it can't be that bad. I stand corrected
Is this the girl that's 11? I won't rip on a kid. Whoever trained her to sing that song however . . . .
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You're all making a difference! Now until February 19th is the best time to meet with your MLA and ask for new parks – Albertan's #1 priority – instead of the proposed new parks legislaiton (Bill 29, Alberta Parks Act). Those outside Alberta - likewise the best time to ask the same of Alberta's Premier. Build the momentum: action checklist below.
The best solution is to stop Bill 29 altogether and get the Alberta Premier and Minister to focus on more parks instead of passing Bill 29. The Bill would open all parks up to more private development and set up the privatization of trails within them. In November, your prompt action through Save Alberta Parks Now! (also on Facebook) pulled parks back from the brink of disaster. The Minister suspended Bill 29 from immediate passage; undertaking to consult with Albertans before bringing it back again to be passed into law (See her website). The Legislature resumes its work February 22nd and Bill 29 can be back any time after that for passage into law.
- Ask to meet with your MLA. Best to ask for a meeting before Feb. 19 when it's easier for MLAs to set up a meeting time. Find your MLA here. Phone/email their constituency office & ask for a meeting. Ask him/her to raise your concerns in the Legislature. (Tips for points / letters listed after this action list.) If NOT already done in November, write letter as per third item in this action check-list.
- Watch for the Cabinet tour (AB Government Ministers) in your area (e.g. check Progressive Conservative MLA websites, local news, Chambers of Commerce) attend and paste meeting date & location on Facebook, Save Alberta Parks NOW so others know too.
- Send a letter to Premier Stelmach. Copies will also automatically go to the Minister's address for feedback and to the opposition MLAs: Harry Chase, Liberal; Paul Hinman, Wild Rose; and Rachel Notley, NDP (who are likewise working to stop Bill 29). See tips for letters below
- Think of one of your favourite parks in Alberta or what should be a park & write a letter to the editor or post comments on the blog of local Alberta news papers.
- Ask friends & family to join the action and send them the link to this action alert.
- Stay in the action loop (events, action worksops & information); Parks Action Center at Seirra Club Canada - Prairie Chaper On Facebook, "like" Save Alberta's Parks Now! If not on Facebook, you can still see the Facebook site.
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- Mention your favorite Alberta parks or proposed park.
- Give short reasons why Bill 29 should be dropped (reasons listed at end) & new parks estalbished instead.
- Ask for a nomination process for new parks, as promised in Alberta's Plan for Parks. Parks = only land-use in Alberta with no application form. The government websites have forms to buy public land, to develop, but not to protect as parks.
- Ask that your concerns be presented in the Legislature.
- Ask for a reply.
Albertan's top three priorities regarding parks (as per government surveys):
1. New parks. Set aside more natural areas as parks.
2. Improve maintenance of existing park facilities. (Plus, more electric sites & showers at campgrounds.)
3. Increase enforcement of rules protecting environment and of rules related to visitor disturbance in parks.
- Lowest level of public support – Land & infrastructure for OHV use.
- Not viewed as a priority – Providing small-scale roofed accommodation.
- Didn't come up at all – doing away with existing parks legislation, as proposed by Bill 29.
Top reasons to shelve Bill 29 altogether and what needs to be kept instead:
- Protection isn't specified as priority inside parks. Ask that preservation of the natural environment (i.e. protection from harm or degradation) and protection of the ecological integrity within parks be specified as the primary purpose of parks amongst the other uses of outdoor recreation, tourism, education, and natural and cultural heritage appreciation.
- Resource development (e.g. oil & gas, logging, tarsands) can continue inside all new parks. Ask that the current laws requiring termination of resource development in Wilder-ness Areas & Ecological Reserves continue & that resource development be required to be phased out within all other types of parks as recommeded by the MLA Committee (2000).
- Minister of the day can approve any type of tourism development (e.g. hotels, condos) in any park & location the Minister chooses. Ask that Minister be limited to approvals that fall within the overall priority of protection and the purpose of the type of park.
- Dismantles Alberta's network of different types of parks (Natural Areas, Wilderness Areas, Wildland Parks, Ecological Reserves, Provincial Recreation Areas, Provincial Parks), making them all one type of park where the level of protection is at the complete discretion of the Minister and Cabinet through future zoning, including what's open for private development (resorts, condos, hotels) and OHV trails. Ask that the current types of parks & their purposes be retained & strengthened. Also that Wildland Parks be given as stong a set of protections as Willmore Wilderness Park (unaffected by Bill 29), with the exception of designated OHV trials where OHV use is a tradition and the overall priority of environmental protection (including protecting wildlife habitat), can be retained.
- Privitization of trails within parks through delegated authorities. Rather than prvitization, the location, development and management of trails should remain the primary responsibility of the public service (as in national parks), which should receive adequate budgets. (Public service is directly accountable to Albertans. Private bodies or groups aren't.) According to government figures, Alberta's parks (not counting national parks) provide roughly half of the economic activity attributed to the whole of the tourism industry. Parks are a valuable asset the government can afford to maintain.
- Current types of parks & their purposes, which Bill 29 would dismantle.
- Government 's survey of general public & visitors to provincial class of parks in lead-up to developing Alberta's Plan for Parks.
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Dana 80 brake conversion to disc instead of drum.
Have a Dana 80 out of a Ram 2500 M/T... Been researching up and down to convert the Dana 80 to rear disc instead of keeping it drums... I pretty much have all the parts on the shelve to do the kit but I can't find just the bracket to mount to the 80... I can find the 70 bracket by itself no problem... But the 80 I have to buy in a kit which I don't need cause I have the parts on the shelve... Been trying to find the bolt hole measurements on the axle flange for the 70 and 80 to compare the two but can't find anything... Anyone have the measurements or a link I can study? I will put rear disc setup on the 80... Just need help on this one part...
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Hi, this is Peggy
Chevy rotors and calipers?
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Hi, this is Peggy
A&A mfg might be able to help otherwise too.
Reason I asked about disc brake swap was the general discontent with the upgrade from individuals with a 3/4 ton Chevy disc upgrade
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keep your chain saw running
I'm hoping to have to cut a lot of firewood. One thing is I'll have to take a chain saw with me.
How do you keep a chain saw running?
I know starting 'em can be done with mfrs instruction.
Question is: what do you do to keep 'em running?
Add something to the fuel?
Do you want to leave your tank empty when you stop it for some time?
I'd like to stay away from shooting them with starter fluid. I don't like to do that. Sometimes, you have to, but I'd rather not.
Sure would appreciate any thoughts on what you do with your chain saw to keep it running.
1. Perform manufacturer's recommended upkeep/maintenance.
2. Run it out of gas each time you're through with it; if quite a bit of fuel in tank, turn it upside down over a funnel in gas can to get excess fuel out, then re-start it and let it run until it dies.
3. Use good quality oil, mixed at the specified ratio.
4. Keep exterior clean; I find that a few good shots of compressed air takes care of most dirt.
5. Don't let engine idle for extended periods; this can lead to build-up around the muffler.
6. Use fuel stabilizer every time; I use the marine grade.
7. Note that some 2-cycle engines call for higher octane than "regular" gasoline.
This works pretty well for me, but I admit that I'm not an expert; been running the same Husqvarna saw for 5 - 6 years with only normal maintenance and the steps listed above.
Good points offered by TG . Just a few additinal comments if I may . Item #6 . I would recommend Star*tron Product available via Walmart , or any Napa Dealer within Continental US. This product is even better than previous products that I have used including Stabil and Lucas Top End etc. Also ensure to check all fuel line connections for condition and leakage along with your Fuel filter and Air filter evry 3rd to 4th usage . Normally Regular 89 octane is sufficient within saw usage but if warranted 93 can be used . Don' use premium it can damage some saws. Also unless your in inrence heat areas such as Texas use a winter grade bar oil which prevents premature plugging of the bar oil circuits. Also ensure to keep your chain properly adjusted and sharpened . Misadjusted over tight or loose and improperly shapened can damage a chain or bar very quickly .
All excellent points! Follow those and if you have a reasonable saw you and it will be happy.
Something I read on another forum had to do with the gas we are now forced to buy. Assuming you're going to be doing your lawn and garden work (small engine) over a weekend, buy gas friday night on the way home. Add a good treatment for gasahol fuels. Come sunday night, run everything dry, do not save fuel, put it in vehicle (even two cycle mix). If circumstances preclude doing this put fuel stabilizer in can, then add fuel.
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Dedicated to the poet Gabriele d'Annunzio, the Restaurant Il Vate is a refined environment where to taste a variegate and delicate cuisine.
A prestigious selection of wines is collected inside the suggestive wine cellar, visible trough the window glasses on the restaurant floor.
The restaurant can be entirely reserved for convivial launches and dinners.
It is also possible to personalize the menu, choosing special wine and food routes, and to require the exclusive use of the whole hotel, as well as of the wellness centre.
SPA and Beauty Gransasso
The wellness centre, on the basement, is divided into 3 spaces connected one to the other and occupying a whole area of 1200 mq; its wide windows look at the garden and at the horizon, opened on the sea. The entrance is both from the inside of the hotel and from the outside, trough a panoramic path.
The Beauty Farm area, led by the Intégrée Group, includes spaces organized for the following aesthetic treatments: Biocheck, Massage, Antiaging, Thermoaromatherapy, Hydroaromatherapy, Mudaromatherapy, Silhouwell, Idrorelax for two, Massage for two, Criosystem, Biowave, Draintherapy, Sweet therapy, Stone Massage.
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The Resort proposes various activities, such as excursions, nordic walking, mountain biking, trekking, taji and yoga.
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So I just set up a fresh WordPress install and right away I realized that I need to remove that pesky toolbar at the top of the page, you know which one I mean, this bloody thing:
Every time I install a fresh WordPress installation I completely forget that I hate this darn thing. It's like Groundhog Day, mostly because I tend to have the memory of a goldfish.* Every time I have to Google "hook to remove admin bar WordPress" and then go through all of the results which are mostly not what I am looking for, etc.
Solution? Well now that I have a personal blog, I should use it as a resource for myself, since nobody probably will read it any time soon. That being said, I drafted my own 2 line solution to add to my theme's functions.php and know that I can just go to my blog next time I perform a fresh install of WordPress.
The code is as follows:
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A quick explanation of the code, I created a function (remove_the_darn_admin_bar()) that returns false and hooked it into the filter "show_admin_bar." In short, without getting into a detailed explanation about action vs. filter, that "passes data through" (hat tip to the WordPress codex). Essentially since I return "false" it puts in place of the show_admin_bar hook nothing, thus, no admin bar! Yay!


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I was asked to do a speech at TED in 2006. It's an amazing conference I go to every year.
It's not a typical gaming conference, they want to hear and see stuff you don't normally see at a video game conference. It's an audience of big thinkers, business people and scientists, very few gamers.
I was a sick as a dog this day, but you don't miss out the opportunity to speak at TED. (People like Al Gore are sitting in the audience.)
So I gave the talk, then went back to my room and died. :)
I found a handmade video by a student called Michael Highland and was really impressed by him expressing his feelings visually. Turns out Chris Anderson was impressed with the video too and so (after I was done), he told me to give Michael a FREE pass to TED 2007 (worth over $5,000.) So I hooked that up and below is an image of me at TED 2007 with Michael (in the middle) and Louis Castle from EA (on the left.)
It was pretty exciting to get to speak at TED.
the video by michael is impressing. especially when you are seeing the games industry not from the inside everyday... great speech, david!
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The Fixx's show with with Naked Eyes at the Summit on Saturday, August 6 has been canceled. The outfit had to cancel seven dates on the tour between July 23 and August 6, including Denver. While there's no official word on why the shows were canceled, there were reports that frontman Cy Curnin came down with pneumonia. From theFixx.com: "We apologize to all for any inconvenience this may have caused, and hopefully we will have rescheduled dates for you soon."
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Age: 21 | Height: 172 cm | Aries
Before the Shoot :
Well, i'm back for yet another shoot. Having fun sitting here with the other models having a chat about life and what not. Looking forward to what today's shoot has in store.
After the Shoot :
So much fun ... the shoot went smoothly and everyone was super awesome. All the poses came so naturally today. It was all just on.
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