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Intel vs. AMD CPU in desktop: Does it matter?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 4/6/12 3:44 PM
Intel vs. AMD CPU in desktop: Does it matter?
I have to replace my 8-year-old Dell desktop soon, currently using
Windows XP SP3. In my research I found, among other things,
one thing that determines the price of a replacement machine is the
PC processor. It is the apparent difference in cost between the AMD
and the INTEL i3, i4,or i5. The price difference seems to be about
$100 or more if I look at Intel i4 or i5. (I hope I didn't goof on the Intel
product numbers). For my general household use with no gaming,
only light photo work, e-mail, Web surfing, and use of Microsoft
Office, will it matter much which I processor I buy? A computer with
the AMD processer is a lot cheaper. Will it be similar or would I
see a great difference between using AMD versus Intel. When
do processor brands and speed make a difference? Your
explanation and thoughts are appreciated.
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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To determine if you have a vitamin D deficiency; if you are receiving vitamin D supplementation, to determine if it is adequate
When to Get Tested?
When you have an abnormal calcium, phosphorus, and/or parathyroid hormone level; when you have evidence of bone disease or bone weakness; when you are at high risk of deciency or your doctor suspects that you might have a vitamin D deficiency; prior to starting drug treatment for osteoporosis; periodically to monitor treatment of vitamin D deficiency
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
Test Preparation Needed?
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Vitamin D is a family of compounds that is essential for the proper growth and formation of teeth and bones. This test measures the level of vitamin D in the blood.
Two forms of vitamin D can be measured in the blood, 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. The 25-hydroxyvitamin D is the major form found in the blood and is the relatively inactive precursor to the active hormone, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Because of its long half-life and higher concentration, 25-hydroxyvitamin D is commonly measured to assess and monitor vitamin D status in individuals.
Vitamin D comes from two sources: endogenous, which is produced in the skin on exposure to sunlight, and exogenous, which is ingested in foods and supplements. The chemical structures of the types of vitamin D are slightly different, and they are named vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol, which comes from plants) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol, which comes from animals). The D2 form is found in fortified foods and in most vitamin preparations and supplements. Vitamin D3 is the form produced in the body and is also used in some supplements. Vitamin D2 and D3 are equally effective when they are converted by the liver and the kidney into the active form, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.
Some tests do not distinguish D2 and D3 forms of the vitamin and report only the total result. Newer methods, however, may report levels of both D2 and D3 and then add them together for a total level.
The main role of vitamin D is to help regulate blood levels of calcium, phosphorus, and (to a lesser extent) magnesium. Vitamin D is vital for the growth and health of bone; without it, bones will be soft, malformed, and unable to repair themselves normally, resulting in diseases called rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Vitamin D has also been shown to influence the growth and differentiation of many other tissues and to help regulate the immune system. These other functions have implicated vitamin D in other disorders, such as autoimmunity and cancer.
Based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that two-thirds of U.S. population has sufficient vitamin D, while roughly one-quarter are at risk of inadequate vitamin D and 8% are at risk of deficiency, as defined by the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) set by the Institute of Medicine. People at higher risk of deficiency include the elderly, people living in institutions who don't get enough sun exposure, and people with darker skin.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A blood sample is obtained by inserting a needle into a vein in the arm.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
No test preparation is needed.
The Test
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Optical block . . .
by Coryphaeus - 9/7/09 5:24 AM
My KDS-55A2000 SXRD developed a yellow cast to all pictures. Purchased in 2006 I also purchased an extended warranty through Mac Camera. I contacted Mac Camera and described the problem. They sent me to Sony Support. After describing the problem they surmised it as an optical block problem. The tech also said that Sony had extended its warranty on this device.
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TA-OY, Laos — Maj. Derrell Jeffords bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. It was just before 7:30 a.m., on Christmas Eve 1965. The big camouflaged belly of his twin-prop AC-47 was easily visible against a blue sky as he banked west.
The cargo plane-turned-gunship was on its way to Laos; its mission was top secret.
Jeffords put the South China Sea at his back and the plane lumbered over a landscape mimicking the twists and folds of an unmade bed. The flight plan showed that he and his five-member crew would be returning to base in under six hours. Back in time for a late lunch.
But that was without complications, and this was the Vietnam War.
Just over halfway through what had been up to that point an uneventful flight, at 10:56 a.m., two U.S. planes in the area picked up a UHF radio broadcast:
Mayday, Spooky 21. Mayday.
Then the plane disappeared, swallowed up in the dense green foliage of the Southeast Asian jungle.
This is a story of that flight, and the nearly half-century it took to find and bring home its six crew members. Guiding that effort through all those years was the pledge that those who go into battle make to each other: No matter what, we will come back for you. You will not be forgotten.
You will not be left behind.
It is also the story of how a six-hour combat mission at a time when America was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam would test the limits of forensic science, and the faith and patience of the grieving sons, daughters, wives and parents of the six lost airmen.
Besides Jeffords, a 40-year-old pilot from Florence, S.C., the Air Force crew was made up of the navigator, Maj. Joseph Christiano, 43, of Rochester, N.Y.; the co-pilot, 1st Lt. Dennis L. Eilers, 27, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and the weapons and ammo gang of Tech Sgt. William K. Colwell, 44, of Glen Cove, N.Y.; Staff Sgt. Arden K. Hassenger, 32, of Lebanon, Ore.; and Tech Sgt. Larry C. Thornton, 33, of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Two months before, 2-year-old Jeffrey Christiano had clung to the frame of his familys front door, crying, Daddy dont go! as he watched his father walk away.
As the crew members lifted off that morning, their families back home in the states were preparing for their first Christmas without them. They received the news that the plane had vanished that same day. Christmas Eve became one of the hardest days of the year.
This was what those who began the search for Spooky 21 knew: It had been headed for the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and its crew had never been seen again.
Case file 0222 notes that the initial actions included extensive searches in the immediate aftermath of the planes disappearance, near the strike location and in a fifty-mile-wide corridor on the route from Da Nang. But that brief description went on to state, Subsequent search efforts were terminated on 26 December 1965.
There was a war on, after all.
Spooky 21s mission was covert but vital to the war. It was part of a secret combat operation known as Tiger Hound, a search-and-destroy mission aimed at the trail, a series of dirt and stone paths hidden in the Laotian jungle that served as an enemy supply line. It connected the communist North Vietnamese military with its allies in the Viet Cong insurgency hiding in the south.
The winding, narrow, jungle-covered corridor through neighboring Laos enabled the fighters from the north to avoid the South Vietnamese army and its American allies digging in along the demilitarized zone 80 miles north of the airfield in Da Nang. But the trail, named for the North Vietnamese leader, was more like a network of capillaries than a set route. And it was keeping Vietnam from becoming a traditional war, fought along a single front.
Without the Ho Chi Minh Trail, said military historian James Willbanks, the war doesnt go on.
Along the Ho Chi Minh Trail
The morning it disappeared, Spooky 21 roared west toward Laos, passing peaks crowned by tall trees and valley floors cut by fast rivers, covered in rice paddies or choked with bamboo. Villagers moved up and down the knife-sharp slopes with ease. But the heavy tree cover made it a hell of a place to find and fight an enemy.
The plan was for the crew to find and destroy its target a way station hidden beneath the thick foliage, typically home to ammunition depots and anti-aircraft batteries. They were expected back at Da Nang about 1:30 p.m.
But on a clear morning, like that Christmas Eve day, gunners hidden beneath the jungle leaves could spot a big fat target like Spooky etched against the blue sky long before the crew could see them.
Most Laotian villagers had fled the region to escape the war. But they werent the problem. It was the North Vietnamese moving along the trail, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail had never been busier.
By 1965, the U.S. military resolved to do something about it. Bomb one path and the North Vietnamese armys Group 559 a military team strung along the trail like a version of Pony Express way stations, and tasked with keeping it open simply redirected traffic several hundred yards over to a similarly primitive route while it patched up the first one.
But the trail ran through Laos and Cambodia, and cutting it in half would have meant expanding the Vietnam War into a regional war. Closing it would have required an invading and occupying ground force, a prospect that had little appeal.
The U.S. was stepping on the gas, however, as far as expanding its presence in South Vietnam. The 23,000 troops stationed there in 1964 had risen to 185,000 by the end of 1965, when Spooky 21 left Da Nang. The number would continue to climb until it peaked in 1968 at more than half a million.
But as the number of American troops increased, so did Soviet and Chinese support for the North Vietnamese. The American air campaign wasnt enough to stop the flow of weapons, ammo even food often stacked onto comically overloaded bikes or stuffed into baskets and lashed to donkeys, sometimes even to elephants.
Desperate for a more accurate and lasting way than bombing to hit and continue hitting a target, the old workhorse C-47 cargo plane had been outfitted with three electric miniguns, bolted to the floor and pointed out holes where windows had been.
After a year of tests, the plane was in its first month as a response to the increased activity on the trail. Spooky was its call signal, a homage to its ability to break Viet Cong night attacks on American bases.
But among the enemy, its nickname was Dragon. Tracer rounds, especially at night, made it look like the propeller-drive plane was spitting fire at the ground.
Jeffords controlled the aim of Spookys guns from the pilots seat. In the planes belly, Hassenger helped make sure the ammo didnt jam. The only blond in an otherwise brown-haired group of airmen, his was job simple: Once they started raining fire on the enemy, the fire didnt stop.
Hassenger had volunteered for the job because he thought it was the future. Also, his family could use the combat pay. His wife, Sherrie, said that her husband was a military man and made for his role.
Still, like the rest of his crew, he was new to this war, and he hadnt volunteered for an easy task. A three-second burst from Spooky could cover a football field-sized area with a bullet every couple of yards. The plane carried a lot of ammo, about 24,000 rounds. But if things got hairy, the guns could burn through that in less than three minutes.
Beyond the challenge, however, was the danger. Spooky was fearsome in fight, but vulnerable. These early missions, like the Christmas Eve 1965 sortie over Laos, were part of the learning curve.
Shortly after takeoff, Christiano the runt of the crew at 56, but stocky and packing as much weight onto his frame as his taller crewmates got instructions to redirect to different target coordinates. The original destination had been a patch of jungle about 100 miles straight west. The new one was another patch about 23 miles south of that, still about 100 miles from Da Nang.
Records indicate Spooky 21 turned west toward the target. Jeffords airborne chatter during the next couple of hours revealed nothing unusual. Everything appeared to be going according to plan.
Then came the mayday call.
Wrestling with loss
For years, only rumor surfaced about the plane or its crew. There were stories that the airmen were alive but captive. Some of the wives, not even certain if they were truly widows, quietly hoped their men had simply been captured, and had carved out new lives half a world away. Sherrie Hassenger figured her Arden would have been an asset in Laos, teaching villagers the finer points of woodworking and furniture making.
The U.S. military dutifully tracked down each rumor but could never substantiate any. Still, the resulting limbo was torture for the families.
By 1982, when Christianos son, Jeffrey, was an 18-year-old senior wrestling for his high school team in Rochester, N.Y., the crew had all been declared dead.
At that time, Jeffrey was hoping to get into the U.S. Air Force Academy, to follow in his fathers footsteps. In February of that year, on a date he had long ago circled on his calendar, he was focused on a wrestling match. Win it and hed qualify for the state championships. He was good, and he had figured hed be in a position to go for state.
Just as the match started, he quickly glanced up at the stands, as he always did, hoping somehow his dad would be there. He knew it was impossible. Still. . . .
His mom was in the stands, but she didnt really get wrestling.
The match didnt go well. Jeffrey still thinks the referee awarded a few points to his opponent too easily. After he lost, his mother approached him in the hallway.
Did you win? she asked, smiling.
Jeffrey loved his mom, but he recalls thinking, I could really use a dad today.
He thought about that a lot in those days.
Until theyre home"
Finally, after years of little progress, a possible break came on Jan. 19, 1993.
A joint U.S.-Lao Peoples Democratic Republic team went to a village in Xekong Province, near their target site, spoke to villagers about Spooky 21 and surveyed the ground. Still, the result was the same: no information, no wreckage.
A local village chief also stirred optimism at one point during a search for a different missing crew when he said that a two-propeller plane had gone down five to eight kilometers away, close to the Spooky 21 target area. But a subsequent search found nothing.
Case file 0222 recounts the fruitless chases. It was tucked away in a cabinet at Hawaiis Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. Its motto: Until theyre home. Like tens of thousands of other files, it outlines how the military hunts down the remains of missing troops. It also included records of the post-disappearance promotions of the crew members, as well as correspondence with surviving family members, like the letters from wives who disagreed with the ruling that their husbands were dead.
Then on Jan. 13, 1995, three decades after the crew disappeared, a Laotian identified only as Mr. Thongkhoun in Savannakhet Province, about 70 miles northwest of the previous search, spoke to a different investigating team.
He said that hed seen a large propeller plane in December 1965 or January 1966 flying low, with heavy smoke pouring out. It hit a large tree and spun into a rice field.
Mr. Thongkhoun didnt see any parachutes or other aircraft in the area, nor did he hear anyone mention a surviving pilot or crew. But he hadnt actually poked around where the plane had hit until 10 years later.
His account put Spooky 21 far off course, outside what was thought to be the likely search area. But by expanding the area, records showed that three planes, including Spooky 21, had possibly crashed in that region of Laos, and two had been accounted for.
Mr. Thongkhoun sounded sure of the story. And the plane he described sounded like an AC-47.
The team began to wonder: Could this finally be Spooky 21?
This is Part One of a three-part series on the search for Spooky 21, an AC-47 gunship that disappeared with its six-man crew while on a secret mission over Laos during the Vietnam War. Reporter Matthew Schofield, who covers defense issues, spent months looking into the story behind the missing plane. He spoke with family members and military officials, and studied records and official histories, as well as traveling to Laos to see how searches were conducted.
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But im giving it up.. I promised to stop posting in the other thread and did and i will do the same for this thread. I cant stop loving this team regardless of the name.. I love the city of NO it is my 2nd home behind toronto and hopefully some of the fans on here become more accepting of outsiders because i know they dont represent the majority of NOLA residents
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I'm indifferent. I'm not hating it. I'm not loving it. If I had to choose I don't know if that would've been the first indigenous to the area name I would've came up with but I'm not going to throw a hissy fit over the name.
Oh I know. If I wanted a name indigenous to the area, I would've gone with the New Orleans Magnolias. There. State flower. Surely everyone would've liked that name right?
We can accomplish establishing our own identity with a name that the masses are ok with. You guys are acting like Pelican is the only name that fits it's not.
There's a reason why real, SCIENTIFIC polls ask questions like this. That stuff matters. It makes all the difference.
An internet poll on ESPN.com is about as worthless as nipples on a bull. A poll of all of your friends is even more worthless.
How about this: the majority of people I know with season tickets like it. I like it. Therefore you are wrong. See how I did that?
"The pelican is fearsome. Take a raven, for example: it's omnivorous. It eats bugs, and seeds, and fruit, and carrion. Compared to the well-rounded citizen that is the raven, the pelican is the serial killer of birds." - Barry Petchesky, Deadspin
How about The New Orleans Fightin' Whiners? Fitting.
The Dance team could be called The Crybabies.
The Mascot could be Eeyore (pending Disney approval)
People forget a rebrand is suppose to galvanize the fans. All this name has done is divide fans.
You can't quantify the amount of people who don't like it, or the type of people who don't like it. All you know is that YOU don't like it, and you found others that don't.
Again, your opinion doesn't really matter. Only Benson's does.
And it has been demonstrated time and time again that after a time, people get use to a name and stop caring.
I may not be able to "quantify" the people, but they are there and it appears that they are the majority. Until there's a better source that's all the info we have. Unofficial as it is that is what it is.
And we can talk about the fanbases that still don't care for the names. Why change a name to something and hope a large group of people come around? When we can choose a name the majority are at least ok with today.
What about the "large groups" that like it? Why should they move on?
You're fighting a losing battle man (as usual).
Benson will do what he wants cause he's DA BOSS.
You want to name the team well you should have bought it. You had your chance.
Last edited by WhoDatPelican; 12-07-2012 at 11:07 AM.
An opinion on a name is entirely subjective.
Virtually everyone I've seen that's complained about the name saw some of the fake mockups out there and started liking it once they saw those.
Opinions change.
Expanding on that, you could, you know, be a rational person and have an open mind about what is to come, about the name, and how they will market it (colors, logo, mascot, promotions, etc).
I certainly have an open mind about any name they choose.
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ORLEANS–A bright and beautiful Saturday morning that found the Northeast Kingdom awash in a sea of changing leaves served as the backdrop for a Division II-Division III soccer showdown between the Lake Region Lady Rangers and BFA Fairfax Bullets.
BFA would strike first, but a late surge by the Lady Rangers would see the blue and white tie the game in the final ten minutes of regulation and eventually win the contest in overtime, as Brooke Morley set up Tyrah Urie for the deciding goal in the extra session.
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EAST BURKE–The Craftsbury girls soccer team was in action against the Burke Burkies on Saturday.
The Lady Chargers knew from the opening kickoff that this was going to be a very fast paced match. In the opening minutes, both Craftsbury players and fans were taken aback by a bullet of a shot that rattled off the near post off the foot of a Burke striker. Despite being targeted for 13 shots in the first half, Charger goalkeeper Paige Coolbeth kept her cool and defended her net, allowing the team to be knotted in a 0-0 draw at halftime.
BURKE–After the first game of the girls/boys Alumni Day soccer doubleheader, fans, parents and alumni alike once again gathered on top of the hill to witness the Craftsbury Charger and the Burke Burkie boys do battle.
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ORLEANS- In a bruising contest that saw both coaches get yellow cards, the Bullets defeated the Lake Region Rangers 3-1.
BFA went up two to nothing in the first half before Austin Roberge cut the deficit by one with a goal in the second.
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NEWPORT–If it seems like the North Country field hockey team has been strangely absent from these pages you would not be the only one.
It has been a long time since the Falcons have last played a game, and when they finally resume their schedule this Saturday against Spaulding it will be exactly two weeks to the day since their last game on September 13th when they defeated the Montpelier Solons 2-0 to get to 4-0 on the season.
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ORLEANS–On Wednesday afternoon it was the Lake Region girls soccer team's turn to square off against Danville, just one day after the boys had won convincingly over the Indians.
The score would not be as high, but the result was the same, as Lake Region shut out Danville to earn their sixth win of the year.
ORLEANS–The Lake Region boys soccer team was in action on Tuesday afternoon, hosting the Danville Indians.
After a slow start the Ranger offense started to click and the team went on to score four goals in each half to come away with the 8-0 victory.
"The score is what is," said LR coach Tom Evans. "Danville is a young team and I thought they had some players that had some nice feet and did well with the ball. They did some good stuff, but they were just out-manned today. Hats off to them and we'll move on to Fairfax."
For the full story, see the Express on 9-24-14.
NEWPORT–The UCA Lady Crusaders were in action on a chilly afternoon at Gardner Park, squaring off against the Concord Wildcats in Division IV high school soccer action.
It was another hard fought game for UCA, but Concord was the better team on this date, coming away with a 6-1 win to improve to 3-4 on the year.
EAST MONTPELIER-There were 4 races run on Saturday at the U-32 Invitational – girls JV, boys JV, girls varsity & boys varsity – all of them raced a 5K on the same course.
The Girls' JV race went off 1st and leading the way for the Lady Falcons was Jillian Fortunati in 11th overall (26:03) followed by Emma Decelles (26:07 – 13th). Next in were Gabby Fort (16th – 26:33) and Delaney Smith (17th – 26:37) with Desiree Bowen rounding out the scoring (31st – 29:13) to lead the JV girls off to a team 3rd place showing.
To find out how the rest of the races went, see the Express on 9-23-14.
CRAFTSBURY–The Craftsbury Academy Lady Chargers brought the offense early and often and they defeated the UCA Lady Crusaders 9-0 on a windy Saturday afternoon.
"I think in a game like this it good to see players taking on different roles," said first year Craftsbury coach Casey McGill. "Our leaders can talk, communicate and get the younger players involved and playing."


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Seceding not a patriotic move
Yessir. In the adjacent Potato Kingdom, white supremacist central, plans are being made for a heavily-guarded, multi-walled "citadel," complete with neighborhoods, a farmers' market, an amphitheater (for patriotic speeches!), a weapons factory, and a gun museum, to be built aside a reflecting pool. I assume they won't be doing much reflecting on how idiotic it is. They will, however, each be equipped with an "AR-15 variant rifle and 1000 rounds of ammunition," and a requirement to demonstrate proficiency, along with handguns, annually.
Turning to the East, local expatriate Glenn Beck is raising money (when is he not?) to build a utopian community, along the lines, it appears, of the hippie communes of yore, or collective farms in the former Soviet Union (no fancy shops!) He calls it a libertarian paradise, though. The differences are elusive, except that he plans to allow commerce with the outside world (it's a theme park!), taking advantage of the non-libertarian, regulated capitalism the rest of us enjoy. In selling his vision, Mr. Beck hasn't yet gone down the path of militaristic paranoia that our neighbors have.
As to them, well, I'm no military strategist, but it seems if you're expecting an attack by the most powerful military in this corner of the cosmos (far as we know), gathering up all your people into one spot doesn't seem all that wise. (They claim it's preparation for "grid failure." I'm unconvinced: it's Idaho.) Maybe they haven't gotten it under their three-cornered hats that whereas in 1776 it was "one if by land, two if by sea," nowadays there's also "three if by air."
When I was a flying doc in Vietnam, like every other flier I was issued a survival vest. Along with items that included a hacksaw blade encased in rubber for, uh, insertion in, well, you know, in case of capture, we were issued a .38 pistol and 12 rounds of ammo. Pilots being pilots, some added bandoleers with a couple hundred extra rounds. Me, I figured if I was on the ground, alone, in a situation where 200 rounds were called for, all I really needed was one. I'd propose the same paradigm to a passel of paranoid patriots peering in peril at professional pilots plotting the paths of prodigiously powerful plummeting projectiles. But then I'm mostly a pragmatist.
On the other hand, since there's no chance in hell that anyone is actually coming after them, I find it comforting to know that these people will be safely stashed somewhere else. Less grandiose than Glenn Beck, who seeks two billion bucks for his project (I assume there'll be management fees), the guys next door claim to eschew the profit motive. Liberals, though, will be "unwelcome," as will "establishment Republicans." Like Beck, they plan a libertarian lifestyle, where "neighbors keep their noses out of other neighbors' business." Good luck with that.
If states, as some have said, are laboratories of democracy, then enclaves such as these might well be, at least, beakers. On that level, it could be interesting. After all, who could object to gatherings of people who differ from the norm? (Oh, yeah. Them.) So, best wishes. It'll be a fine experiment: how long can thousands of paranoid people packing heat ("3,500 to 7,000 families") live together in harmony, without rules, before they start shooting each other? We may get a chance to find out.
Meanwhile, let's be clear about one thing: whatever these people choose to call themselves, they're not patriots. Their beliefs differ fundamentally from those of the country for the love of which they claim sole possession. Like those demanding it after the last election, they are, in effect, seceding, rejecting the essence of living in a democracy, which is that you don't always get your way. They abhor diversity, especially of thought. They prefer to ignore what citizenship in this country has done for them, and the fact that it's one of a very few that would allow them to do what they're doing. They repudiate America, and are, in effect, moving out. Just not too far away.
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i'll try to be there for awhile at one point or another... i have a big animation to work on.
i'll try to be there for awhile at one point or another... i have a big animation to work on.
Just got the Jetta back from Walter -- running great (as it should, for $282!), but also diagnosed as needing a new engine mount and bearings for one rear wheel.... Whaddya expect for buying a car that cheap, I guess. At least it's back up and running!
Anyway, I'd love to drop by later on in the evening -- probably more like 7:30 or 8:00-ish. I'll bring the car -- and some modest/responsible amount of German beer as thanks for the warm welcome into the local Dub-Club. Cheers, and see you all there.
Hey -- I think I found the right places (limestone and shingles?), but didn't see any VWs or anything.... Change of plans?
yea, right place, but I didn't check the thread, so by 7:00, I was gone. No one showed so u didn't miss anything.
I am begining to feel that starting this club is a waste of time if no one is going to show.. I know heysuperman was waiting to see if enough people were going to response before he came out. it would be great to have more the three people interested in this
Things like this can be pretty hard to coordinate, especially with time-delayed communication like these posts. Want to start planning for something TWO, count 'em, TWO weekends from now to make sure people can check calendars, etc.? Given that much notice, I think I can make my place look presentable enough that I could host.... (This coming weekend's out; I'll be at a wedding in way-eastern Ohio....)
What say you all -- two weekends from now? (I think I'd slightly prefer a Friday night over a Saturday night, but I could probably do either one....)
thats sounds like a really coordinated way to go about things. i like it, and fridays are better too. sorry this weekend was such a bust. [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
So we are talking about Friday, November 1st? are you saying that it is going to be at your place OstTrefftWest? IF we set a time now, we can have it all set up.
that would be great. how many VW people do you think we have here? how many people can you host?
"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken..." T-Durden
I can think of 10, but there might be more than that.
Yeah, my place would be fine -- I can probably seat about ten. I think there might be enough square footage for twelve, but a couple people might need to bring their own place to sit! For those who are into XBos/PS2/whatever, I don't have any of them, but I've got front A/V inputs on my receiver to make 'em an easy connection.
That's the long-winded way to say Nov. 1 at my place sounds fine; BYO game system (and something to grill if the weather's still warm enough). And if you want, bring a copy of "Fast & Furious" to heckle!
[Modified by OstTrefftWest, 12:25 AM 10-21-2002 -- because I'm anal retentive about typos and punctuation!]
[Modified by OstTrefftWest, 12:30 AM 10-21-2002]
i am heading to psu that weekend so i wont be able to attend...sorry about this weekend i worked all weekend and hadn't checked the post i hope we can find a better way to get together, because i have this weird feeling that all of us are connected through our aquaintences and friends, but we just cant bring the whole thing together. are their any shows coming up soon that we could head to...this would be an easy way to get alot of us together?
I'm far too new to have any idea about regional shows, etc. -- other than anything that might pop up in the regional forum. These are hard to coordinate, though.
Anybody want to suggest a different date to see if we can get more people available, or should we stick with Nov. 1 and just catch ozweego0o the next time around?
it is highly unlikey that we will get everyone together at the same time every time we meet , we all have very different schedules.
How about we say that we are going to "officially" meet on the First Firday of every month, like our meeting next week, and keep it like that. we can still set up little gtg inbetween that also. Everyone wont be able to make it all the time, but eventually everyone will get to meet and know each other.
How does that sound? [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
[Modified by dalasdhn, 10:00 AM 10-23-2002]
nov 1st [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken..." T-Durden
Good plan -- let's aim for the first Friday of every month, including Nov. 1 at my place. I'll provide directions as the time gets closer (but suffice to say that if you can find Union St., you'll be able to find my place!)....
The Jetta's visiting Walter again, for a second round of stuff (engine mount, wheel bearing, and assorted stuff) that he noticed last time the car was in. At this rate, looks like my $1,000 car will be a $2,000 car by next week (including the CD deck and tires I bought right off the bat), but she oughta run like a top!
nov 1st sounds good to me... OstTrefftWest... my 89 jetta cost me $950, and when i was done spending it must have been a $2500 car. drove the 800+ miles from my house here straight no problems [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
Just to confirm that I'm still planning on hosting a Lafayette-area GTG Friday evening. Looks like the weather's gonna bite, so probably no grilling, but it's still an excuse to congregate with Dub-heads. My place is on Wellington Court, and if all goes according to schedule (Walter's on vacation this week, so it's just Andy), you'll be able to look for the driveway with a Stratos Blue Jetta in it. Further directions as the time approaches, so...
sweet, let us know what we can bring [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
count me in [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken..." T-Durden
I am in also, what time?
i got Fast and the Furious on DVD, I'll bring that. I also got a PS2 but no games dunno how much that would help.
that's great cuz i have some PS2 games but no PS2
"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken..." T-Durden
Everyone can bring sympathy cards for my wallet. Besides the wheel bearing and motor mount (and blue coolant temp sensor, which is no biggie), I also needed:
- a new tie rod (old one was about to fall off),
- a SECOND new motor mount, and
- a new CV joint.
I'd better be able to drive to the North Pole now, because between purchase price, repairs, new tires, and a modest stereo, my $1,000 car has now cost me about $2,750. Then I'll need to redo the A/C and cooling fan in the spring.
So, sympathy cards for my credit card would be appropriate.
I'll post directions, etc., this evening when I'm home from work. (Hint: look for the Jetta with blue paint that's slowly morphing into U.S. Currency Green!)
Okay, easy directions to my place for tomorrow's GTG: I'm on Wellington Court, which comes off the south side of Union Street between 28th and 30th. (In other words, if Wellington were a through street, it'd be 29th.)
I live in the left side of the third home on the left -- there'll be a red Steve Knecht for Judge sign in the yard, and a blue A2 Jetta on my side of the driveway. Everyone can just park at the curb (just not on the other half of my driveway, which belongs to my neighbor).
I don't have a DVD player, so any DVD-watching will require someone's PS2 or other player -- but it'll be easy to hook up stuff like that for the evening. Aside from that, bring anything you want so long as it's legal, though I'll plan to have some in the fridge.
All Dubheads welcome! [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
[Modified by OstTrefftWest, 2:45 PM 10-31-2002]
what time is the gig starting?
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Say 8:00?
sounds good to me! [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
Lemme get this right: we go down union street and turn right or left on wellington
can i bring anything? i'll be there!! [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
hey, my wipers are busted... heres my thread: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=567729
anyone got spare parts to sell, or want to help me work on them?
If you're heading west on Union (i.e., towards the river), Wellington's a left. If you're heading east on Union (i.e., towards 52), it'll be a right.
Bring anything you think would make for a good time -- and maybe a few bucks for calling in a couple pizzas, since it's gonna be a little cold for grilling....
Oh -- I don't have any spare wiper parts to sell -- but if the gang's so inclined, I'd offer use of my garage (so that we can stand around the car scratching our heads and wondering indoors instead of out )....
[Modified by OstTrefftWest, 1:09 PM 11-1-2002]
I can prolly stop by for a little bit, I'll be the one in the ghetto white GTI with mismatched wheels that used to say farfromugen on the back...
oh yeah, and do we need anyone to bring some beer? or should we just do a beer run if its needed?
[Modified by farfromugen, 5:44 PM 11-1-2002]
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You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.-HST
Hey -- now that the forums are back up (at least for now, knock on wood), thanks to everyone who made it out on Friday night. It was good to meet at least a few members of the local crowd.
Anyone else care to host next month's GTG, or should I plan on it? (I'm fine with hosting, but I don't want to monopolize it if anyone else wants to.)
I got brave Saturday night and used the Dub for a round-trip to Valpo. Made it there and back, but there's still something screwy -- it's not happy at or near freezing, and feels kind of like it's lean-surging or something. I'll check my Haynes manual tonight, and will probably pop for a Bentley before another visit to Walter. Either way, let's hope third time's charm.
Again, good to meet the local Dub gang! Next one's set for 12/6, right?
good to finally meet everyone else. now that everyone can see how many we got together friday, maybe everyone else will show. i dont like my haynes manual, i'll be needing a bently someday... i have two for my bug [IMG]http://**********************/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
same here, it was cool to put faces with everyones name. i finally broke down and purchased a bently a few weeks back. amazon.com had it for the best price i could find. for my car it was $42 shipped, came in like 2 days regular ups ground!!!
Instagram: @farfromugen
You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.-HST
YO peep...
Jus dropping a line to say was sup.
If you all need any help or advise on club stuff... hit me up. I have a lil experience in that.
Was sup lil bro!
hey yall, likewise i had a good time friday. that is my older bro George if anyone was wondering. yea, he started a club back at home a few years ago, you can check out there page @
and he started his own car show, u can check that out @
but yea, i know the next meeting time is the weekend before finals
(for those still in school), but lets hang out and get out minds off the books before finals and everyone heads home.
Jay, i would invest in a bently book for your car, they are great, especially for dummies like me when it comes to cars.


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Destiny Travel Service understand your needs, not as the traveller, but as a friend. We would offer you not only the joyfulness and happiness, but also the impressive feelings from the essences of ... More info
Keng Tung has been a neighbouring town and had long relationship with Chiang Mai and Lanna empirebefore being colonized by England and governed by Burmese government later on. Since Keng Tung had been... More info
"Elephant Special Tours" is a tour operator based in Mae Win, about one hour from Chiang Mai. On our tours, guest learn how to ride and to control Elephants. The guest will learn the command to contro... More info
We are a travel agency and tour operater, located in Chiang Mai. More info
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INSIGHT THAILAND We are a specialists of Thailand excursions Bangkok Chaing Mai Phuket a day tour Sightseeing and Private tours Group tours we offer on of the most incredible tours experince of Thaila... More info
Named after the Lisu hill tribe village that is found near the lodge, Lisu Lodge is part of a community-based project that aims to conserve the natural heritage of the hill tribes of northern Thailand... More info