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Nice to see you again. As promised, "Snooper" is going to tell you about some of the bucks he has taken over the years. Buck #11 was taken during the season of 1977. This was the time of pheasants. Besides hunting the gaudy birds with my English Setters, I could also scout for deer. By the time buck season rolled around, "Snooper" had picked out three good stands.
One - a pipeline crossing, - the second, what I called the hidden field, and - the third, a strip of sapplings next to an orchard with many trails and scrapes. The pipeline and hidden field were local and close to my house, while the sappling stand was several miles away, and I might use it for a quick hunt on the way to school. I decided to hunt the pipeline the first day. A little mound with a tree to hide behind was an easy set-up. Just in case, I went to the hidden field and cut some small branches for better shooting. The sappling stand I wouldn't trim until the middle weekend of the season - just in case I didn't have a buck.
The first day, as I walked up the pipeline, I see the flashlight of another hunter on the other side of the line, also going up the hill. Soon, the light goes out and I forget about the hunter. When I get to the pipeline stand, I ready things and wait. Light comes and so does the buck. At about 100 yards, I see the rack of a buck crossing the pipeline and heading my way. At 50 yards, he stops and goes back and across the pipeline.
Leaning against the tree, I line up the buck and fire. The buck jumps and runs across the line and into the woods -- Bang -- the other hunter! I was shocked as I had forgotten all about him. I walk across the line and there lays an 8 point buck with two bullet holes, and the hunter standing over him, with his knife out and yelling for his buddy -- his deer. You can imagine how I felt! I didn't hunt the rest of the day.
Several evenings later,I decided to go to the hidden field. I park my truck, walk through a little gully, and up the last hump to my cleared stand. Getting everything ready, I relax and wait - and wait. With it getting dark and about five minutes of shooting time left, a doe and two fawns come out. The fawns keep looking into the woods, and out steps a high rack buck - no time left to count points. In the prone poisition, I rest the rifle on a branch, find the buck in my scope, and fire -- after the flames die down, I see four deer run up the field and into the woods. Did I miss, or was the buck in his death run? After spending 15 minutes looking with a flashlight, I concluded I had missed. The next day after school, I spent an hour looking for the buck, but as an old timer used to say, "no find, no find. "
I went back to the stand and discovered my problem. When I cut the sapplings, I was on my knees, so I cut them high. When I laid down to shoot, some of the sapplings were not cut low enough. My bullet must have hit a higher sappling. Sure enough, there was a splintered bent over growth. Now I'm fit to be tied! The next day on the way home from school, I stop at my third stand and find the trails were being used, and the scrapes were really dug up. The next morning I dressed for school but wore insulated coveralls over my suit, with insulated boots. Parking at an old shed, I walk around the sapplings and find a good scrape and hide. Looking down the trail, I see the form of a deer walking my way. It stops,makes a scrape, and continues -- it's a buck! Resting my .270 against a tree, I find the buck in the scope, line up the cross hairs, and fire. The expected flame shoots out and I can see the buck collapse - a nice six pointer -- worth waiting for!
As I cleaned out the buck, something keeps getting in my way -- oh yea, it's my tie. In the excitement, I forgot I was dressed more for teaching than for hunting. I took the deer to school with the idea of showing it to my biology classes. Some people got excited, then I was told to take the deer home and someone would cover for me until I got back to school!
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The word "refuge" is defined by an Internet dictionary this way:
▸ noun: a shelter from danger or hardship
▸ noun: something or someone turned to for assistance or security ("Took refuge in lying")
▸ noun: a safe place
▸ noun: act of turning to for assistance
If I understand these descriptions accurately, a "refuge" is something anyone might rely on in times of uncertainty. Since I think anyone might feel uncertainty, it seems reasonable and human to seek out more reliable circumstances or surroundings.
Buddhism teaches that all things are impermanent. Most of us, given a little reflection, don't need Buddhism to tell us that, but Buddhism is a good reminder.
Buddhism also teaches people who are uncertain to take refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Sometimes people can be pretty insistent about it. Given the other things they are insistent about, insistence on Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is probably not a bad idea.
But I would be interested in how anyone balanced the refuge they might have sought -- in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha -- with the fact that everything changes and that if everything changes, there can be no enduring refuge.
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Politics | Outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney sat down in the West Wing Thursday for an extensive interview, reflecting on his eight years in office
AP: So let's start with the economy. Did you ever think that you'd be-that we'd be finishing a two-term Republican presidency with a federal budget deficit so high, with bailouts and government spending sort of run away?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: No, obviously, I wouldn't have predicted that. On the other hand I wouldn't have predicted 9/11, the global war on terror, the need to simultaneous run military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, or the near collapse of the financial system on a global basis, not just the U.S.
So it's not a-it's a difficult set of problems without question. And I wouldn't have predicted the things that caused it. It's not as though somebody went out and created a huge deficit because they like deficits. You've got the business of having to shore up the financial system, because the financial system is central to the whole, and because the government has a major responsibility for the nation's finances, in terms of the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Treasury, regulatory authority over the financial sector, the value of the dollar and so forth.
AP: People think that the administration didn't see it coming, and they want to know why?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, I don't know that anybody did.
AP: But why, why didn't you see such a huge downfall in the economy coming?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I suppose because nobody anywhere was smart enough to figure that out. There may have been a few people who figured it out. But when I look back on it, I think a lot of what happened financially had to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that those were programs that were put in place by the federal government, produced subprime mortgages and mortgage-backed securities, and were invested in on a global basis.
AP: I mean, I know you asked the Congress for reform on that and they didn't act.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: They did not.
AP: But I mean, we can't really blame the whole debacle on the fact that there was no Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: No, but I think you can with the whole concept with mortgage-backed securities that were developed, where the old relationship between borrower and lender broke down, and all of those mortgages were packaged, some good viable instruments, others were questionable in terms of their repayment.
And things happened in the financial community, and I'm not an expert on it, but I think things happened in the financial community that created a situation in which, for example, the five-major investment banks that existed a year ago were gone, or fundamentally transformed themselves. And it's not just a U.S. problem, this isn't something that happened only in Washington and New York, this is in fact, a global problem.
AP: No, but it started here. And I think-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Did you see it coming? (Laughter.)
AP: I wasn't responsible for seeing it coming.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Now, what my point is that I don't think anybody saw it coming.
AP: Who was?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: If they add-
AP: Was it the SEC? Or was it a lack of regulation like everybody is claiming? Or down the road will we see something completely different?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I don't know. I kind of don't want to get into the business of casting aspersions on anybody. I don't think we can be that precise about it. But I do think, in terms of when it happened, that we did respond very aggressively. And that's when we came up with the TARP program and the initial authority for the Secretary of Treasury, and work with the Federal Reserve to basically rescue the financial system and send it back on a proper course. And I think that it's been generally successful. The process isn't complete yet. Obviously, some of it has still got to be worked out.
Separate and apart from that, but related obviously, is the recession. We had many years of continued economic growth, periodically, we have recessions. I think the financial system contributed to that to some extent, but we find ourselves simultaneously with having had to deal with the financial crisis and a significant recession.
AP: Is there any reason why the administration didn't feel it owes any kind of apology at all to the American people? I mean, there's a lot of people who are-who their 401(k)s are a disaster. People are upside down in their mortgages. I know people who have lost their houses. And they're working people like me. I mean, it's affecting a lot of people-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: It is.
AP: And now they're saying unemployment could be up to ten percent. I mean, does the-does the President feel any need to apologize on that front, or do you think he needs to?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: No, I don't think he needs to apologize. I think what he needed to do was to take bold, aggressive action, and he has.
AP: OK, one real quick question on oil. You've talked a lot about-the President has talked a lot about weaning ourselves from foreign-dependence on foreign oil. But over the past eight years, we know our dependence has gone up. Is that-why hasn't-why haven't we been able to pull back at all from that?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: We had a pretty good proposal. We put together a task force that I've chaired. In May, I think we published our recommendations, in May of '01. And we had great difficulty getting the Congress to approve it. But it would have expanded our production here in the U.S. It would have encouraged conservation. It would have supported new technologies. We've got bits and pieces of it enacted over the years. But when it got right down to it, Congress wasn't prepared to support tough action. In fact, we decreased our imports.
AP: Do you think the gas prices-gas prices obviously have fallen drastically.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: They have fallen dramatically. They went up-
AP: It doesn't cost me nearly as much to fill my tank. So is that going to reduce the pressure on politicians to change policies?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Perhaps.
AP: Are you worried about that?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: There were a lot of headlines when the gasoline price went up. I haven't seen that many headlines as it came down. That's not news.
To some extent, clearly, what drives our consumption and our development and production of energy, and especially our ability to move into alternative sources is the price level for petroleum products. It's so central to the economy. Then when the price goes up, then people obviously become more interested in and supportive of-and Congress does, of course-supporting alternative technologies. But when the price comes down, it sort of relieves the pressure, and everybody goes back to business as usual.
I think there's-the market works, and it does in fact function, and it affects people's vanguard.
AP: Let's move to Iran. Steve Hadley, just the other day, he said he thought that Iran was going to be Obama's biggest challenge in the Middle East. I was wondering if you shared that view?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: There's no question that it will be right at the top of the list. That-say it's number one, perhaps, but there are other concerns I think in the region too. But obviously, we are-we've been focused on Iran for a long time, continue to be focused on them. I'm sure to the extent that Obama pays any attention, he hopefully will, to the advice he gets from this administration on our way out, then Iran will be one of the things he'll focus on.
AP: Do you think the American people should be more-should fear more Iran's possible acquisition of a nuclear weapon, or do you think that they should more fear the-their backing of extremists?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, the thing I'm concerned about when we talk about Iran is a combination of things. The fact that they are one of the proudest sponsors of terror in the world. And they are the prime suppliers and supporters, creators of Hezbollah working out of Lebanon and was responsible among other things for blowing up the Marine barracks in Lebanon in '83 and killing 240 Marines.
They have been the prime supporters of Hamas, currently creating great difficulties obviously with respect to the Israelis and the peace process. They have continued to aggressively pursue nuclear weapons, in terms of their efforts to enrich uranium to produce fissile materials so they can build a bomb. One of the things I worry about most is that linkage between a government that supports terror and terrorists on the one hand, and on the other hand is developing a number of deadlier of weapons. And I think that's a combination that is a scary prospect, and ought to be.
AP: Do you think that more sanctions are needed, or do you guys-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Like sanctions-
AP: -think more sanctions are needed by the U.S. and other countries, maybe?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, we've done a lot, but we've not yet been successful at stopping their efforts to develop that capacity. We've worked through the United Nations-
AP: Is it just we haven't waited long enough for them to work, or do we need more?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, I think you need to stay ahead. And we're going to be here for, what, 10 more days? So we've done a lot, but clearly more is required.
AP: President Bush's axis of evil at the beginning, was Iran, Iraq-pre-war Iraq, and North Korea. So as we leave, what would you say it would be now?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, clearly I think we've made major progress in Iraq. I think if you were to sit down five years ago and look at our objectives in Iraq, you'd have to say today that we've come pretty close to achieving it. We've got-we've taken Saddam's regime, we have-
AP: We're going to get to Iraq.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, I'm on a roll now. If I stop, I'll forget.
AP: OK. (Laughter.)
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: We have facilitated the creation of a democracy there, they've written a constitution, held three national elections. They've become a fairly strong government, in terms of dealing with the basic responsibilities in Iraq. They've just entered into a Strategic Framework Agreement with the United States that will gradually reduce the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq over time. The level of violence is down, the lowest level, really, since '03. I mean, those are all things that I would look at and say, that looks like success to me, like in fact we've come close to achieving the objectives we had in Iraq.
AP: Obviously, the surge has been deemed a success in tamping down the violence. My question is, why did it take so long to change the gears of the strategy?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: You mean, in terms of deciding to go with the surge?
AP: Yes.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, the way I look at it is different, perhaps, than what some other people would look at it. I think the surge was important; it was a vital decision by the President, and it was a combination both of sending five additional brigades, which was about 30,000 troops-not hundreds of thousands or some-well, perhaps that would have solved the problem, but about 30,000 troops-and a new strategy, in terms of counterinsurgency efforts.
But I don't agree with those who say nothing good happened before the surge. I think if you go back and you look at what we were able to do in that period from '03 when we entered Iraq until, say, the end of '06, when we basically decided on the surge and we've got a lot done that had to be done, including-mentioned everything from taking down Saddam Hussein's regime, capturing and bringing him to justice and his sons, those constitution-writing exercises, three national elections. All of those things happened before '06. Getting rid of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, who's the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq; we killed him in June of '06. All of those things happened before the surge, and they were vital.
A fly. We've got a fly swatter over here. I've been trying to kill him before you came in.
Those were all important pieces of businesses to get done. Also, the question of creating and building and training Iraq-new Iraqi security forces. One of the roles that Dave Petraeus played before the surge was he, in fact, started the training program for the Iraq armed forces. That was his second tour in Iraq, and that was a very important piece of business. And when we did the surge into Baghdad during the course of '07, it wasn't just U.S. forces surging into Baghdad. There were a lot of Iraqi brigades that came in alongside to side with our forces. So there were a lot of important things that happened in that time frame before the surge that made the surge possible.
AP: But things were pretty bad before the surge, and I think that the question-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, there were problems, without question, because the level of violence had risen and so forth.
AP: So what was the delay, and do you think, was there too long of a delay between, you know, the surge and deciding about the surge, and the decline there, with all the violence? Was there a hang-up?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Too long a delay. I mean, should he have done it in the end of '06 instead of the end of '07? I can't say that should do it when you get to the point where you think it needs to be done. The President sat down in, as I recall, about the middle of '06, and ordered a strategic review of what we were doing in Iraq.
And one of the things that happened, frankly, I think-I think the debate here in the United States about leaving and the active and aggressive commitments of people like Harry Reid, the Democratic leader of the Senate, saying we lost in Iraq. If you look at it today, it doesn't look like we lost in Iraq. Harry was wrong.
But those kinds of statements, I think, had a big impact on the Iraqis. I think there was a belief in many quarters in Iraq that the United States wouldn't stay the course, that we were going to bail out. I think what the President's decision did, when he decided to commit to the surge, was send a very strong signal, a reassurance, if you will, to the Iraqis that among other things contributed to the Sunni Awakening when we had all those folks, Sunnis out in Anbar, many of whom would have been part of the insurgency, decided to turn on al-Qaeda to sign on with us, and, you know, dramatically changed circumstances on the ground in Iraq, in part because of their perception that the U.S. was committed to stay the course.
AP: Do you have any concerns that Iraq could slide back to where it was, say, in '06, when the troops are pulled out?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I think there's still a lot of work to be done there.
AP: But are you worried that it's going to backslide?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Depends in part upon what the United States does under the new administration.
AP: Well, let's-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I hear a lot of people among our critics who keep saying, Iraq's a mess, pull out. Well, that's not true. It's not a mess. We have had major progress. We have come close to achieving a significant portion of our objectives. And an irresponsible withdrawal now is exactly the wrong medicine.
On the other hand, keeping Bob Gates at the Defense Department gives some of us-make some of us cautiously optimistic that the new administration is going to be more reasoned and responsible in terms of how they proceed, and not take action that would undermine the basic fundamental system that we put in place.
AP: OK, let's go back to this question about what would the axis of evil be today. Obviously Iraq is not in there anymore.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I'm going to pass on that, partly because I don't want the headline, Cheney announces new axis of evil. (Laughter.) I can talk about problem areas that need to be watched and addressed, and I'll try to be brief. But North Korea continues to be a problem partly because they haven't kept their commitment to give us a full and complete declaration, partly because it looks like they have a continuing, ongoing program to produce highly enriched uranium, in addition to what they were doing in Yongbyon at their plutonium reactor. They helped the Syrians build a nuclear reactor, which is a major problem.
AP: For sure?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I'm going to leave North Korea at that point. Move on to-
AP: You said they helped them build one?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: They did, yes.
AP: For sure?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Yes.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Yes, I'm confident of that statement.
AP: OK, can we move-go ahead.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Iran-we've talked about-is-continues to be a problem.
AP: Can we talk about Pakistan?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Pakistan would be on that list-not as part of the axis of evil-
AP: I understand.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Pakistan is not an evil state.
AP: I understand.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: We've got good relationships with that government. But Pakistan is of concern because of the fact that the central government has not been able to effectively control, for example, the northwest frontier province, because there are elements of al-Qaeda-they're kind of a safe haven in that part of Pakistan up and down the Afghan border; partly because the Taliban operates freely in and out of Pakistan, coming back into Afghanistan to-
AP: -do you think the ISI is tied to the insurgents?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I can't say that.
AP: OK. Let's-can we just run through a couple quick issues here?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Sure.
AP: You think that waterboarding, for example, was warranted in the three cases that it was used. Do you have any qualms about the reliability of that-of the information that comes out of a technique like that?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: No, I don't. I think your question is-I think that it's been used very-with great discrimination by people who know what they're doing and has produced a lot of valuable information and intelligence.
AP: OK. Is there any real contemplation being given to preemptively pardon any of the interrogators, or is that just something that's just been in blogs?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I think you see a lot of it on blogs, but I don't-I don't have any reason to believe that anybody in the agency did anything illegal.
AP: So the administration is not really-has not really been contemplating that or working on that idea? I mean, maybe they thought about it but-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I can't-you know, I can't speak for everybody in the administration, but my view would be that the people who carried out that program-intelligence surveillance program, the enhanced interrogation program, with respect to al-Qaeda captives-in fact were authorized to do what they did, and we had the legal opinions that-and in effect said what was appropriate and what wasn't. And I believe they followed those legal opinions and I don't have any reason to believe that they did anything wrong or inappropriate.
AP: Wouldn't need one, right? Do you think that we really did miss Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: I don't know.
AP: OK. Here's one more for you. Do you think that President Bush has changed over the eight years? Personally you see him every day or whenever you see him.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, we're both eight years older than we were.
AP: Well, yes. But, I mean, has it changed him?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: His hair is more gray. Mine is a little thinner than it used to be.
AP: Right, right. Do you think-have you seen anything that's changed about him or is he the same guy as you met when you-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Clearly-I'm sure we've all been affected by the experience; couldn't help but be.
AP: Yes.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: You know, I've been through that before, when I was Secretary of Defense or White House Chief of Staff. But I think, yes, we're more knowledgeable, more experienced today, have a broader understanding of events.
AP: Is he softer around the edges? Is he-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: No, I wouldn't say he's soft around the edges.
AP: -more confident?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: You know, this is a guy who has been willing to take on tough issues and make very tough decisions and then live with them and-in spite of public opinion or what the critics were saying, but that's the-that's a hard thing for most people to do.
AP: Most people have told me he's pretty much the same guy.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, that's basically-I would say that's a fair judgment.
AP: OK. And what river are you going to fish first?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: The South Fork or the Snake.
AP: Which is in?
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Right on the Wyoming/Idaho border.
AP: OK. All right. I'm OK.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: OK. All right.
AP: Thank you very much. There's plenty of other ones here-
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Good luck. I'm sure you do, but-
AP: -if you want to play a lightning round, we could do that. (Laughter.) Thanks for trying.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, thanks for coming in.
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A Day's Gift in Tonga
Paul Neville
I awoke, as I do every morning, by the natural alarm clock outside my window. Five months ago in preparation for the Peace Corps, I packed a battery-powered alarm clock, but its use is unjustified when I have roosters crowing, children laughing, church bells ringing, and, most importantly, the South Pacific sun, which I can rely on to shine every day. Still somewhat of a neophyte in this place, my initial reaction to consciousness is usually, "Where am I?" After a brief hesitation, I remember, "Oh, yeah, I'm in the Kingdom of Tonga!" This is followed by the thought, "And what amazing memory will today create?"
Still in awe of being recognized by every person I encounter while I only know the faces of a maybe a dozen people in my village, I paraded down the road destined for the primary school responding to each "Malo e lelei!" with a wave and a smile. Though my main work objective is increasing the productivity of the local youth in the village of Kolovai, I also teach English to children 10 and 11 years old every morning for an hour. On some days, like this one, it is these 60 minutes that are the most memorable.
As the old door of the classroom opened with a loud creak, I entered, looked at my students and said, "Hello, class." In quick response, the class of 30 bellowed, "Hello, Paul!" I knew that the initial quiescence following the greeting would not last long, so I quickly began my storytelling. I always start class this way, as I have come to realize that it is important for these students to simply hear a speaker of their second language. I also understand that active learning is effective and will increase if the story is engaging.
Today, my subject was skiing, a topic no doubt very foreign to children of a South Pacific tropical island nation. While the students seemed fascinated, they were noticeably perplexed at the concept of sliding on two long, flat shoes across some sort of cold, deep, white fluffy stuff (like the inside of a pillow, I explained) that buries the landscape. I drew pictures of chair-lifts dangling like Christmas lights, inching up a mountain.
Sonia smiled in wonder, Emalini squished her face in sheer confusion, Atapani's eyebrows reached the sky in intrigue, Tevita wore a confident grin since he had seen skiing in a movie, but Vahiti, a small boy for his age, stared blankly at his desk, apparently not even listening. I directed a comprehension question to him, "What do you think snow up to your waist would feel like?" His eager, but nervous eyes looked up. Straining with effort, his eyes darted back and forth, noticed the looks from his fellow classmates, and rested back on his desk. I reworded the question and gave him plenty of time, but still no response. I moved on with my story.
After several activities involving past tenses and synonyms, I introduced student participation through role-plays. Up to this point the class had never seen anyone other than a teacher stand in front of a class during a lesson. I brought my first two volunteers out of hearing range of the rest of class and gave them instructions. After we reentered the room, I asked them to begin and they started jumping around in circles, their smiles widening with every bounce. A few students raised their hands with answers describing their action in English. I rewarded the hoppers with stickers, otherwise known as children's gold.
I chose two new volunteers. One was Vahiti. I had hoped an easy opportunity to entertain fellow classmates and the lure of a sticker would inspire him to participate. Once the role-play started, however, Vahiti just stood there looking at me in desperation. I said to him, somewhat sternly, "Sit on the floor and act like you are eating something." I gently pushed down on his shoulders, but he did not budge. He remained motionless, looking as if he would do anything to make this moment go away. Though his partner was busily pretending to have a picnic on the floor, I ended the skit abruptly and handed out the stickers. Vahiti took his reluctantly.
I felt cruel. I had badly embarrassed a little boy who had otherwise immaculate behavior. I had, one, forced him to stand in front of the class; and two, asked him to perform acts difficult for children anywhere in the world to do, let alone Tonga where such practices are rare and unusual.
The class continued with a few more role-plays and other activities. As the bell ringer was preparing to strike the large metal pot that announced break, we reviewed multiple ways of saying goodbye: "See you later!" "Take it easy!" "See you next week!" "Adios, amigo!" and "Till later!" My students shouted these off as they gave me high-fives and rushed outside to play. While the day's class was complete, my usual feeling of satisfaction after giving a lesson wasn't there. I felt badly about how I had treated Vahiti. While I gathered my papers, I tried to convince myself that he was just a kid and he would get over it.
As I left the classroom, I was slightly startled by a small boy who was obviously waiting for me in the now silent hallway. I slowly advanced toward Vahiti wondering what he wanted to say. As I reached him and looked down, he said nothing, being just as silent as he had been in class. Just as I was about to ask him what was wrong, he tugged on the side of my shirt and quietly uttered in English, "Thanks for teaching me today." Then, after a dramatic pause, he tilted his head, smiled and said, with increased volume, "Adios, amigo!" Without waiting for a response, he darted down the hall to catch up with the rest of his classmates.
Later, as I walked toward my home, automatically responding to greetings directed toward me, I wondered if Vahiti knew I had been feeling guilty and, in his own way, was reassuring me that there were no hard feelings. I decided that this little boy, whom I had once thought barely understood or cared about anything I said was indeed a wise young person. This time he was the teacher.
My experience that morning was profound. I learned a little about teaching, about children, about the people of Tonga, and, most importantly, about myself. Nowadays, when the roosters, the children's laughter, the church bells, and the early morning South Pacific sun tell me it is time to get up for another Tongan day, I think not only about what new memories the day will bring, but what new insight I will gain.
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Let it never be said that Jon Hamm doesn't like to have a good time. The 'Mad Men' star might be known for his hard-nosed role on the uber-dramatic AMC series, but he likes to stir up mirth in his off-time, from 'SNL' hosting and pop-in appearances to helping 'Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon with some gags for his show. In keeping with the latter, Fallon and Hamm took to the Top of the Rock (on top of NBC's 30 Rock in NYC) over the weekend to photobomb innocent city gazers.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Supporters and opponents of gay marriage rallied in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices began the first of two days of arguments in gay marriage cases.
By the time the court began Tuesday the sidewalk outside the court was packed, and supporters spilled over to the other side of the roadway. "Gay, straight, black, white, marriage is a civil right," the crowd chanted at one point, followed by "we honor this moment with love." Many gay marriage supporters came with homemade signs including ones that read "a more perfect union," ''love is love," and "'I do!' want 2 B (equals)"
Opponents marched down the roadway in front of the court, many carrying signs including "Every child deserves a mom & dad" and "vote for holy matrimony."


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Produce has certainly earned its healthful reputation. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals, and fiber, while being low in calories and fat. All of these factors contribute to many health benefits, such as:
How much fruits and vegetables you need is based on your age, sex, and activity level. In general, adults should aim for these amounts every day:
Try to fill half your plate with fruits and veggies! Visit the MyPlate website (http://www.choosemyplate.gov/) for more information.
Focus on color when eating fruits and vegetables. Dark green, red, and orange vegetables are especially packed with good-for-you nutrients.
Also, within your daily servings, try fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin A or beta-carotene and vitamin C. Produce rich in vitamin A
and beta-carotene (which is converted to vitamin A in the body) includes:
Produce rich in
vitamin C
While it may be tempting to just pop a supplement instead of eating more produce, this is not the best way to go. The majority of the research has shown positive health effects from foods rich nutrients, not from isolated nutrients. Experts think it may be the package of nutrients in fruits and vegetables that delivers the biggest health benefits.
Additionally there are hundreds of phytochemicals in each bite of fruits and vegetables that are not available in pill form.
American Dietetic Association
Fruits and Veggies: More Matters
Dietitians of Canada
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Fabulous fruits...versatile vegetables. United States Department of Agriculture website. Available at: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/DietaryGuidelines/2000/2000DGBrochureFabulousFruits.pdf. Accessed June 27, 2012.
Food groups: fruits. United States Department of Agriculture, Choose MyPlate.gov website. Available at: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/fruits.html. Updated June 21, 2011. Accessed June 27, 2012.
Food groups: vegetables. United States Department of Agriculture, Choose MyPlate.gov website. Available at: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/vegetables.html. Updated June 21, 2011. Accessed June 27, 2012.
How many vegetables are needed daily or weekly? United States Department of Agriculture, Choose MyPlate.gov website. Available at: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/vegetables-amount.html. Updated June 21, 2011. Accessed June 27, 2012.
How much fruit is needed daily? United States Department of Agriculture, Choose MyPlate.gov website. Available at: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/fruits-amount.html. Updated June 21, 2011. Accessed June 27, 2012.
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|Colorado experiencing high levels of influenza activity
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Influenza activity continues to increase in the United States, and most of the country is now experiencing high levels of influenza, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest FluView report.
Dr. Chris Urbina, executive director and chief medical officer at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, continues to recommend influenza vaccination for people who have not yet been vaccinated this season and antiviral treatment as early as possible for people who get sick and are at high risk of flu complications.
Urbina said, "While the timing of influenza seasons is impossible to predict, based on past experience it's likely that flu activity will continue for some time."
As of Jan. 12, the state has reported a total of 674 cases, from 36 counties, of people hospitalized with the flu. Two additional pediatric deaths were confirmed (one each from Denver County and El Paso County), bringing the total of pediatric deaths from flu this season to four.
"Anyone who has not already been vaccinated should do so now," said Urbina. "It's important to remember that people who have severe influenza illness, or who are at high risk of serious influenza-related complications, should get treated with influenza antiviral medications if they get flu symptoms—regardless of whether or not they got vaccinated. People who are ill with the flu don't need to wait for a positive laboratory test to start taking antivirals."
So far this season, most (91 percent) of the influenza viruses that have been analyzed at CDC are like the viruses included in the 2012-2013 influenza vaccine. The match between the vaccine virus and circulating viruses is one factor that affects how well the vaccine works, but other factors are involved. Based on a vaccine effectiveness study just completed by CDC, this year's vaccine is estimated to prevent 62 percent of influenza requiring a doctor visit. While this isn't ideal, vaccination is still the best prevention measure available.
Dr. Lisa Miller, state epidemiologist, said, "There is still a supply of flu vaccine available in the state. You first should check to see if your doctor has vaccine available. This way, your doctor can document your vaccination. If your doctor is not offering vaccinations, they also are available at some grocery and drug stores."
It is important to note that retail pharmacies and clinics may not be able to offer influenza immunizations to young children. It's best to check with the retail outlet before making the trip to be immunized.
Lastly, local public health agencies may also have a limited supply of flu vaccine.
Priority groups recommended for vaccination are:
—children ages 6 months to 4 years.
—people with chronic health conditions (asthma, chronic pulmonary diseases, significant heart disease, sickle cell anemia, neurologic conditions that compromise respiratory function and people with a suppressed immune system).
—women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
—American Indians/Alaska Natives.
—people who are morbidly obese.
—residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities.
—health care professionals.
—household contacts and caregivers of children younger than 5 or adults 50 and older.
If children have the following symptoms, seek care immediately:
—fast breathing or trouble breathing.
—bluish skin color.
—not drinking enough fluids.
—not waking up or not interacting.
—being so irritable that the child does not want to be held.
—flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worsened cough.
—fever with a rash.
Symptoms alerting adults to seek care immediately include:
—difficulty breathing or shortness of breath.
—pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen.
—sudden dizziness.
—severe or persistent vomiting.
In general, flu symptoms can include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills, fatigue and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting.
To help protect from flu:
—Cover nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
—Wash hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.
—Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth. Germs spread this way.
—Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
—If sick with flu-like illness, stay home for at least 24 hours after fever is gone, except to get medical care or for other necessities. (The fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.)
—While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from infecting them.
Visit http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDPHE-DCEED/CBON/1251607766255 for more information about influenza and to view the weekly Colorado flu surveillance report. Influenza information is also available through the COHELP line, statewide 877-462-2911.
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Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - The Red Sox rallied from an early four-run
deficit and Daniel Nava capped the comeback by knocking in the go-ahead run in
the 10th inning, as Boston defeated the Seattle Mariners, 8-7, on Thursday.
The Red Sox fell behind, 5-1, after three innings but scored three apiece in
the fourth and fifth frames to even the score at 7-7.
Jackie Bradley Jr. scored what proved to be the winning run after pinch-
running for Ryan Lavarnway, who worked out a walk to start the 10th.
Brock Holt bunted him over with a sacrifice and Nava sent a shot through the
middle off Tim Wilhelmsen (0-3) to give the Red Sox their first lead since the
opening inning.
Steven Wright (1-0) saved the Red Sox bullpen with 5 2/3 scoreless frames
after Ryan Dempster was lit up for seven runs -- four earned -- in the start
for Boston.
Koji Uehara secured his seventh save with a flawless effort in the bottom of
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Ten years ago I was still on the other side of the camera, a reporter for WTVD in Durham and covering news from their Wilson newsroom. But my memories of Hurricane Floyd actually begin the night before.
Wednesday night, September 15th, 1999 we were assigned to do coverage in Goldsboro, along the Neuse River. After Hurricane Dennis, there was considerable flooding around Goldsboro and it was felt the Neuse would likely flood again. After completing live shots that night around midnight, we were told to go home and be ready to do more the following morning around 8:00. But when I got back in Wilson, streets were already starting to flood from the rains that preceded the hurricane. It took me more than an hour to find a way home, as I was determined not to spend the night in a shelter.
Catching just a few hours of sleep, I woke up around 5:30 a.m. Thursday as the storm passed over Wilson. Fortunately there was no damage in my neighborhood. My photographer lived nearby, so we were able to pair up and start covering the story. Eventually we made it to our newsroom in Wilson, which had no power. Through a little improvising, we were able to get power to the necessary equipment so we could send raw video back to Durham. Those were the first pictures of damage in the East that people of the Triangle saw from Floyd.
Unfortunately, the satellite truck that we worked with the night before in Goldsboro had spent the night at a hotel along I-95 in Wilson. It took them from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to find a way to where we were. The next day, that path--coming up on Highway 117 from Goldsboro--was cut off from rising waters.
Thursday and Friday we were "trapped" in Wilson, doing what stories we could on the flooding and damage in the area. By Saturday we found a back way to Rocky Mount. The flooding in Rocky Mount was a real eye-opener as we were lucky to get someone with a boat to take us through the worst hit areas. Complete neighborhoods there were under water.
By Sunday my photographer and myself found a way to Tarboro and witnessed most of their downtown flooded. Businesses tried in vain with sandbags and anything else to keep the rising waters from getting inside. Across the Tar River was Princeville and at that point no one could get there.
On Monday, President Clinton was coming to visit Tarboro and another crew was covering that, but we thought we had a better story. Through a friend, we had arranged for N.C. Wildlife officers to take us in their boat through Princeville. As far as we knew, no other news organization had seen the town. What we saw was complete devastation. Every home in the town was under water, at least to the first floor. In the boat we had to dodge an overhead traffic signal at one of Princeville's busiest intersections. The most startling sight was seeing people's dogs clinging to roofs of homes. As the flood waters rose, the animals looked for anything to hold on to. At one point, the wildlife officers came across a dog swimming down a street. We all tried to get the animal in the boat, but he was probably too scared and swam off. Luckily, we saw the dog make its way to a nearby roof. As we went through the area, officers would stop and dish out dog food to those animals still trapped. Amazingly, everyone made it out of Princeville alive.
For the next month we were on hurricane recovery duty. We were there when they opened up Princeville back to residents. Though there was nothing left for them to go back to, people still wanted to see for themselves what had happened. We helped one store owner "break in" to his corner market. Coolers had shifted inside, blocking the doors, but we got in. Once inside, the owner knew exactly where he kept some hidden cash. He found the muddy cash, and felt he had won a small victory against Floyd.
The images that I will never forget about Floyd are seeing the red X's spray painted on all the homes and the holes in roofs and gables. The X's signified homes that had been checked for victims, and the holes told us that people were rescued from those attics and crawl spaces.
A year after Floyd, I moved away from Eastern Carolina for a time, but I never forgot those lasting memories of living through North Carolina's worst natural disaster.


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Pats will definitely looking at free agent safties - all of them. If Reed is available, yes he is short term but he would be a great addition to the team even if he has lost a step. He would help in the DB meeting room and on the field, and could help all the young DBs.
I think probably the top of anyones list is Byrd if Buffalo doesn't franchise him. After that ... who knows. A lot depends on how much money is being thrown around by teams at the safety position and how much it ends up costing to sign or replace Aqib.
I do think they would look at Landry as well though I suspect his pro bowl nod is going to price him out of the value the Pats would place on him.


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Jan. Club Meeting: Wed 11th Paul Huddle, Roch Frey, Heather Fuhr & Paula Newby-Frazer!
TCSD, OK, this just keeps getting better by the day!! We are SUPER STOKED to present an evening with FOUR multisport LEGENDS! Please join TCSD as we welcome Paul Huddle, Roch Frey, Heather Fuhr & Paula Newby-Frazer!! A once in a lifetime club meeting is on tap. A combined 49 Ironman titles, 9 Ironman World Championships and too many other titles in multiple sports to begin counting.. ALL in one room on one VERY SPECIAL night!
Date: Wednesday January 11th
5P Food/ Social / Vendor Expo
6P Announcements & Raffle
7P Paul Huddle, Roch Frey, Heather Fuhr & Paula Newby-Frazer
7:45P Pics/Autographs
8:00P Breakdown / Clean-Up (Volunteers Needed)
University City Physical Therapy (Gino's place)
10803 Vista Sorrento Parkway, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92121
Office: (858) 452-0282
Athlete Background:
Paula Newby-Frazer: At the age of 23-year-old Paula moved from Durban, South Africa to San Diego to pursue a dream of doing triathlon. In just her second Ironman at age 24 she was the first woman to go under 10 hours with her 9:49:14 winning time at Kona in 1986. She shocked the world of endurance sport when she took 11th overall including the men and smashed the course record by 34 minutes when she won with an amazing 9:01:01 time in 1988.
In 1992, she won her 5th Ironman Hawaii with a course record time of 8:55:28 -- a record which stood for 17 years until Chrissie Wellington broke it in 2009. After a spectacular collapse in the final mile at Kona in 1995, Newby-Fraser came back in 1996 with her smartest race ever to win an unmatched 8th Kona title - two more than Dave Scott, Mark Allen and Natascha Badmann. Her grand total of 24 Ironman victories is nearly twice as many as the 15 wins earned by her closest challenger and good friend Heather Fuhr.
Heather Fuhr: Heather has won 25 Ironman titles around the world and the 1997 Ironman World Championship. So what does she do for fun nowadays? She 'dabbles' in trail running… and she's a helluva dabbler. She won the Catalina Marathon back in March and broke the women's course record, in December she finished second overall at the Ridgecrest 50K and broke the course record that was set by the legendary Ann Trason. On January 15th 2011 she stepped up to the Catalina 50 Miler and once again finished second overall and shattered the course record.
Paul Huddle: has been coaching triathletes since 1994. He competed as a top level pro for 11 years, from 1983 to 1994, and combines that comprehensive experience with an umatched combination of technical knowledge and intuition to successfully guide both professionals and age groupers of all levels toward their goals.
Paul holds a BS in food science from the University of Arizona (Go Cats!). He was closely involved in the early development of the USAT triathlon coaching certification program and is also a USA Cycling Elite Coach. His longtime partner Paula Newby-Fraser is a 24 time Ironman winner, and although Paul is rather modest about his influence over that success ("Paula listen to me? Are you kidding?"), he can't help but have learned a little something along the way.
Roch Frey: has been involved with the sport of triathlon for the past twenty years and has been bringing this valuable experience for the past ten years into his personal coaching. With a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education, majoring in Coaching, Roch has a wealth of information to share with his personal clients.
A former professional triathlete from Canada who's coaching expertise has becoming world renown among the very best in the sport. Having won the Canadian Long Course National Championships in 1993, Roch turned to full-time coaching the following year. The founder of the UCSD Master's Triathlon Training Club in 1996, and past head coach, Roch is now building a triathlon training program in San Diego's north county and works with 15-20 triathletes each year on a one-to-one basis.


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this is great!
So I'm really pleased with this one. I don't do a lot of city maps, but this year has had a couple and I'm really pleased with this one. This map shows the dwarven city of Redwall:
The city is tiered into Wards, with all non-dwarves restricted to the outer (and lower) wards. The dwarves are technologically superior in the region, and have cannon towers that make the city an almost impregnable fortress. The railways (remember, this is stormpunk ) provide the transport links to the outside world. It was fun to add some more decorative elements, including an elevation sketch. I really like how that turned out, and I think those touches are something we'll be seeing more of in the next few Rhune city maps.
This work is a commission and so is rights reserved. You can read a bit more about it on my blog. The other Rhune maps are here:
The world map of Rhune
The city states of Vallinor
The cosmology and world tree of Rhune
Love it man, and the coloring is superb! cheers, DJ
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Work posted by me can be used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licence, unless stated otherwise.
That's super-duper nice. Have some rep!
This is why I come to this site. Maps like this are just inspiring. Awesome job!
Lovely jubbly is that map.
Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.
My Cartographer's Guild maps: Finished Maps
More maps viewable at my DeviantArt page: Ramah-Palmer DeviantArt
Awesome as usual.
I am the breath of Dragons...The Song of Mountains...The Stories of Rivers....The Heart of Cities.... I am A Cartographer....
Finished Maps
Kingdom Of Shendenflar Campaign Setting (WIP)
Everything I post is free for use and redistribution under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licence, except where noted otherwise in the thread.
If I hadn't just repped you for the Rhune map I would have done so for this one. It want right into my Inspiration folder. You have every reason to be pleased with this one, it is spectacular!
That's so cool torstan! I really want to jump in and explore what lies inside the mountains. Hope to see more of this city!


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Malibu, CA (Sports Network) - Jordan Baker scored a game-high 13 points off
the bench as the Pepperdine Waves captured a convincing 62-40 win over the UC
Riverside Highlanders in non-conference action at Firestone Fieldhouse.
Also scoring in double figures for the Waves (5-3), as they logged their fifth
win in the last six outings, were Nikolas Skouen and Lorne Jackson with 11
points apiece.
The Highlanders (2-7) failed to have a single player score in double figures,
with Josh Fox and Chris Patton coming close with eight points each in the
team's fourth loss in the last five games.
UCR led by as many as eight points in the first half, but the team ended up
converting a total of just seven field goals in the period, en route to a
25-19 deficit at the break.
In the second half the Highlanders continued to struggle from the floor,
hitting only 9-of-33 opportunities, as Pepperdine pulled away for the 22-point
In addition to shooting only 28.6 percent from the floor, UCR made just two
free throws and turned the ball over 15 times.
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Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher
killed himself Saturday morning at the team's facility, moments after
allegedly killing his girlfriend.
Belcher was 25 years old.
According to Kansas City police, Belcher shot his girlfriend multiple times
after the two had been engaged in an argument at home. She was taken to a
hospital and pronounced dead.
Minutes after the first shooting, police said, Belcher drove to the Chiefs'
training facility at Arrowhead Stadium and spoke with team personnel,
including head coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli, before
taking his own life with a gunshot.
"When officers arrived (at Arrowhead Stadium), they observed a black male who
had a gun to his head and he was talking to a couple of coaches out in the
parking lot," police spokesman Darrin Snapp told reporters outside Arrowhead
Stadium. "As officers pulled up and began to park, that's when they heard the
gunshot and it appears the individual took his own life."
A report from the Kansas City Star said Belcher and his girlfriend had a
daughter, who was only a few months old.
"The entire Chiefs family is deeply saddened by today's events, and our
collective hearts are heavy with sympathy, thoughts and prayers for the
families and friends affected by this unthinkable tragedy," said Chiefs owner
Clark Hunt in a statement. "We sincerely appreciate the expressions of
sympathy and support we have received from so many in the Kansas City and NFL
communities, and ask for continued prayers for the loved ones of those
Belcher was in his fourth year with the Chiefs after signing as an undrafted
free agent out of Maine. He started 10 of the 11 games he had played this
season, registered 38 tackles.
The Chiefs are scheduled to play Carolina on Sunday, but there has been no
official word from the team or the NFL about the status of the game.
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If this advice came from ProFantasy, use your money back guarantee and get something that works like it should. If the advice came from somewhere else, contact ProFantasy support.So I was directed to use PDF Creator but as my files come out as PDF files
There are a lot of high quality textures available for free downloading. However, CC3 uses different resolutions some other programs. You may have to resize those you download from other sites. Unfortunately, I got rid of CC3 too long ago to be able to tell you how. Maybe someone else who's a CC3 user will step in here and give you the answer. If not, Ralf Schemmann at ProFantasy explained that on the CC mailing list a while back. You could ask Ralf at:I've seen plenty of maps made around the forums and most of them (I think) Seem to be mae in the CC3 program. However, many of the textures etc, is nothing that has been included in my versions. Are they buyable addons or do people import their own textures, if so, can one get a hold of similar ones?
Here are some places where you can find good single resolution textures free and open for use:
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Pertronix Flamethrower Distributor For A Chevy Engine - Timing Is EverythingWritten by on November 10, 2008 Chevy Timing Woes And Lighting The Fire With Pertronix
To some, the intricacies of setting the ignition timing on an engine or changing a distributor may as well be black magic, while to others it's a procedure they know by heart, and as we took the opportunity to replace the cheapo distributor and coil in my '46 roadster pickup with Pertronix Flamethrower versions before I drove it to Bonneville, it offered the chance to delve into a subject that might be of interest, if the number of times I've seen people confused by timing markers and the subsequent inability to set their timing is anything to go by.
The following is specific to the small-block Chevy but is more common than you'd think, given the number of late engines stuffed into small engine compartments on the average hot rod. See, oftentimes to gain those precious few extra inches of room, the long water pump on 1969 and newer small-blocks is swapped for the earlier, shorter version. Not a problem you may think, but this means the new pump is now hard up against the timing cover, and the timing tab is now impossible to see, or may even have to be removed for clearance. Also, if an aftermarket cover is used it'll more often than not have no marker on it.
The answer is generally purchasing a bolt-on timing tab from a supplier such as GM, Mr. Gasket, Speedway Motors, or Summit Racing. Sounds simple huh? Well, yes, two bolts and it's attached to the timing cover, but it's not in the right place to correspond with the timing mark on the harmonic balancer, and you'll never set the timing correctly unless the mark is moved to correspond with the new tab. Forgive me if this isn't news to you, but it happens time and time again and must be the number one problem when trying to set the timing on a new engine.
With that tip out of the way, we'll move on to installing the new distributor, now that piston number one is guaranteed to be at TDC. Again, it's probably not rocket science to most, but worth repeating. The Pertronix Plug 'n' Play billet distributor has a factory set performance curve but is supplied with additional springs to customize the advance curve for specific engine requirements. We used it as it came out the box. It can be used with a multi-spark CD ignition box, the electronics acting as a trigger, but as my truck is hardly a performance vehicle, we opted to combine the Flamethrower distributor with one of Pertronix's 0.6-ohm 45,000-volt Flamethrower II low resistance coils, which doesn't require a ballast resistor.
The Ignitor II module in the distributor is similar to the Ignitor that has been available for around 30 years as a replacement for points in regular distributors, and senses the current levels in the coil, adjusting the dwell period for the best possible spark over the RPM range. I can report the engine ran much more smoothly with the Pertronix distributor compared to my old stock distributor and performed faultlessly for the 2,200+ mile trip to Utah and back without missing a beat, unlike some of the other components on the truck, but that's another story!
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Here's the stock timing tab on an early 307ci motor, attached to the timing cover. The groove in the balancer lines up with the zero degree mark on the tab when number one piston is at top dead center (TDC).The red cover is an original 327 cover and has a tab attached, but the aftermarket chrome version does not, necessitating the new tab.Here's a post-'69 350 from a Caprice, and again the stock timing tab (ARROW) works great but a swap to a short water pump necessitates using that aftermarket tab, and here's the problem. The timing groove is way off. The solution? Set number one to TDC using the original tab, then mark another line on the balancer to correspond with zero degrees on the new tab, and you'll have no problems setting the timing. It seems obvious but is a common mistake.The engine in my '46 is a long water pump motor with the stock pump, so the above didn't apply, and although it was a freshly rebuilt motor, it had been fitted with a cheap points type distributor and unknown quality coil to enable me to fire it up and move the car around. Given the long road trip I planned for the car's debut, I played it safe and installed Pertronix's coil, wires and billet distributor. The Flamethrower II coil (which does not require a ballast resistor) was installed on the firewall. The old points and condenser distributor was pulled and put on the "probably-never-get-used-again-but-I'll-keep-it-in-case shelf." I can put those super long plug wires in the same place too.Here's a tip from my pal Kiwi Steve. Toss that nasty chrome blister pack distributor hold-down clamp in the trash and install a substantially beefier GM version (shown on the right) to prevent the distributor from moving. The inferior clamps bend and refuse to stay tight while the GM versions are made from sprung steel.Don't forget to install the gasket before dropping in the distributor. The Pertronix billet distributor really is a Plug 'n' Play design, offering quick and easy installation and a two wire hook-up.With number one cylinder set at TDC on the compression stroke, the distributor should be positioned with the rotor at about this angle if you have a non-HEI distributor. The most important thing to get right is to get the number one plug wire on the corresponding terminal on the cap where the rotor is pointed.
A cross shaft inside the bottom of the distributor shaft locates in the oil pump (the old distributor is shown here) and if it won't drop straight into place, the distributor can be held in the correct position as shown to the left. A couple of clicks of the ignition key to turn the engine over will usually see the distributor drop firmly into place. Once it drops, rotate the engine back around to TDC on number one's compression stroke and check the rotor.The clamp should be tightened with this special wrench, but most will use a regular box-end wrench for the job. Don't tighten it all the way yet, as the timing still has to be set. Note the old plug wires are still connected to the old cap, making it easier to change them over one by one.The 8mm Flamethrower plug wires are supplied with two sets of end caps, depending on whether your distributor has a male or female cap. The spark plug ends are fitted to the wires from the factory.Installation is easy. With the wires attached to the spark plugs, they are run through whatever wire looms or clamps you have, up to the distributor. Once the length of each new wire is determined, they can be trimmed and the new caps installed. This is done by first sliding the rubber boot onto the wire (a little silicone lubricant will help), then stripping back 1/2 inch of insulation to expose the conductor core. This is folded back along the wire as shown, and a spark plug wire crimp tool used to crimp the terminal in place. The boot can then be pulled back over the terminal. Once all the leads are installed, you can set the timing as required for your engine, and you're back on the road.


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Posted 11 April 2010 - 05:04 AM
Been lurking here for a while and try to absorb as many info as i can.
Ive been flying powerkite for 4 yrs. Its my truly passion.
At this moment im down with knee fractured due to jumping accident with my powerkite.
So I wanted to slow down on my powerkite and thought of getting REV.
Im flying inland and the wind at this moment, hit 1-5mph gusty.
After read alot of u guys posts and comments on this forum, and sleepless nights too, at last i bought B-series over SUL.
I understand, B-series will not perform well as SUL in low wind. (correct me if im wrong)
So I would like to set my Rev as lighter as possible. My setting now is 2 wrap spars and lines of 90# x 85'..
If I intend to get another lines specially for flying at above wind speed, what specs of line do u suggest?
- 90# x 50'
- 50# x 85' or
- 50# x 50'
I also understand that Race rods will help bring the Rev weight down, but unfortunately, i dont have budget for it. Maybe next time ard.. or maybe I should forget about buying another lines and go straight for race rods. Your thoughts pls..
If you have any other suggestion, pls shoot.
Thanks in advance.
Posted 11 April 2010 - 07:45 AM
I fly an unmodded full sail B-Series (with Race Rods) in anything from street kiting to around 9mph before I switch to a full-vent. A big part of what keeps me flying in low/no wind days is my 90# x 30' line set. A 50' line set will work great as well. I wouldn't recommend using 50# line though. The 50# can get itself into knots a bit easier than the 90# line. Plus, if you were to go with the 90# not only can you use it in light wind, but whenever you are short on space.
The largest contributer to light wind flying is practice. It takes quite a bit of technique, and that is what will make the difference. If you are a subscriber to kitelife.com, John B. has a great light-wind tutorial showing some light-wind techniques to get you started.
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 12:22 AM
Hi eishei,
I fly an unmodded full sail B-Series (with Race Rods) in anything from street kiting to around 9mph before I switch to a full-vent. A big part of what keeps me flying in low/no wind days is my 90# x 30' line set. A 50' line set will work great as well. I wouldn't recommend using 50# line though. The 50# can get itself into knots a bit easier than the 90# line. Plus, if you were to go with the 90# not only can you use it in light wind, but whenever you are short on space.
The largest contributer to light wind flying is practice. It takes quite a bit of technique, and that is what will make the difference. If you are a subscriber to kitelife.com, John B. has a great light-wind tutorial showing some light-wind techniques to get you started.
Watty.. million thx for the advice.. will get the race rods first before the lines then..
My kid of 16yrs seem like enjoying the REV too.. he's ok with forward reverse brake and basic stuff. Our only problem is, we fly REV like we fly powerkite.. thus alot of crashes... we need to be be gentle on the hands movement with the handles..
So I would like to buy a REV EXP for him at later date.
Question.. Does the spars from EXP interchangeable with B-series?
I intend to fit 2 wrap spar on EXP and RR for my B-series. Will the EXP flyable in lower wind?
TIA again..
Posted 12 April 2010 - 01:06 AM
If you are going for the ultimate in light wind flying maybe you could consider the 1.5 Zen leading edge, however it might be too fragile for repeated crashes, I am not sure.
My suggestion at the moment would be to persevere with the set up you have now, practice as much as you can, ask, watch and learn.
The EXP is a great kite, you will find LOADS of folks on here who started off with one. Just not quite as great as some of the newer versions.
Dont forget there is always the Rev 1 (I would go for a Sedgwick) or even the Zen for light weight work. However all at a price.
My fave set of lines at the moment is 50ft of 90lb LPG. Lets me have instant contact with the kite, still reasonable window to fly in.
Hope you get better soon, and enjoy flying your Rev.
Posted 12 April 2010 - 03:31 AM
you could order some "blemished" tapered tubes in a lighter weight configuration for the down spars from another manufacturer
you could fly without a bridle or modify one for a more direct response
you could go to longer handles for increased throw length and sensitivity
you should certain stay on 90# LPG regardless of length, even indoors (except having one team-set of 50# - 120's)
practice the "archer move", get used to the kite being laid-out flat with the leading edge approaching "parallel with the ground" and pointed towards the horizon
learn how to pump the handles for a short burst of sudden power, (don't pull it out of the sky though, a smooth transition of energy application yields the maximum effect)
use your feet, arms and the kite's own mass to create momentum, mastering the leading edge down from the top of the window position, to recover your field, for example
grip light, (don't squeeze an angry cobra)
add more "DOWN" in your tuning than you think is appropriate, . . . so you're "squared-up with the wind" (that old plywood sheet, remember?)
watch (or better yet ~ get yourself a coach!~), so you can witness the proper techniques, that will save years of learning time!
I know a little bit about no wind and the swirls, having moved from Chicago to Ft Lauderdale. Then, when I arrived in DC ('93), I found out none of my kites would even fly 1/2 of the year here! I have since made no-wind flying a speciality and preferred set of conditions. Most of my kites are tuned or even highly modified for these conditions, it is the most common, so why not?
Your skills will grow faster when you have to add some of the energy instead of relying on the kite/wind combination entirely. I laugh every year at Richmond's annual sport kite competition. Someone arrives in from a home-place that ALWAYS has wind, 30 seconds into their routine they are backed-up into a corner, dead. The locals on the other hand, have a home-court advantage if you will, i guess that could be said everywhere truthfully.
My ideal no wind set-up is 65 or 70 feet in length (for practice), but to show-off at a festival I'll drop to 50 feet. I almost always use a full sail, SUL leading edge, 1.5 size format with different bridles. My lightest weight one has "Breeze" down-spars and micro-carbon magic sticks with a Race leading edge tube, spectra only bridle. It's the original B-Series sail, an old one, before the pro was released. It was quite possibly dipped in magic dust, it simply outflies all other kites I own, maybe it's the stretched-out panels? I have a ZEN which I'm still learning, that kite is a hoot in no wind (SLOW though by comparison). All these kites could take a steady 6 mph breeze safely plus being worthy of flight in a dead calm, practice is the difference few want to consider. Almost anyone could fly a kite for a couple of minutes in tough conditions if they had to. But when your desire is to do it all day long, every Sunday minimum, you eventually either quit flying entirely or embrace the no-wind dark side. I'm a busted-up old guy besides, I don't run anymore. I have kites that will float on a fart in church, . . . don't make me risk Ashworth's 1.6 Orcon outside please.
Frame too lightly, you'll have zero mass and no durability either! Every significant modification is compromise, how far off into deep-end do you want to leap? (just so you can fly one-footed <LOL!>
Posted 13 April 2010 - 12:14 AM
Baloo.. Im thinking of EXP (coz of price wise) for my kid, so we can fly together.. I do understand that EXP's sail is heavier than B-series..
but if with 2 wraps, it can fly in lower wind range, i would like to get it.
Thx for the wishes... my leg's cast were removed last month and my knee still stiff.. but heck, still enjoying flying the REV.
REVflyer.. Its an eye-opener reading ur post..
I hope i will able to execute all the moves u mentioned, in the future..
SUL/B-series/Zen is out of my reach..
Posted 13 April 2010 - 09:36 AM
Along comes a young lad with a battered and faded EXP and just strated flying rings rond most folks.
Just go's to show a good flyer can fly anything. I am seriously limited to the kit I fly (hence the order for a Zen) Still not able to fly well, I can always blame the kit NOT.
If you are prepared to buy second hand do keep an eye on Ebay, and other Kite type places. You even see them offered on here on occasions.
If you do have a chance to fly with anyone else who has Revs I am sure they will let you try whatever they have, I know I would, bit of a trip for you though
You look after that Knee. I always used to believe folks when they said it hurt when I was a Paramedic, was never tempted to test it out for myself.
Posted 13 April 2010 - 05:16 PM
We r not serious flyer.. only fly on weekends for ard 2hrs..
so 2nd hand's kite should do good enough for us.. will have a look out
hope we will enjoying flying the rev as we are always enjoying flying the powerkite..
Will try to meetup with some guys flying the rev soon.. Now, we r having wet weather.. and the air is so still..
As for my knee.. still doing some stretching and stuff, coz my knee could not bend much.. thx bro
Posted 13 April 2010 - 09:54 PM
An I only have, well lets say more than 10 Revs. Just in case anyone important is watching.
Posted 14 April 2010 - 04:56 AM
An I only have, well lets say more than 10 Revs. Just in case anyone important is watching.
i like ur statement.. hahaha
Posted 14 April 2010 - 11:15 AM
Edited by kitefantex, 14 April 2010 - 11:16 AM.
Kitefantex aka Gumby
Posted 14 April 2010 - 11:29 AM
Has anyone flown an indoor Rev with two or three wrap rods in light linds. I found you don't fly outside with indoor rods.
Well, the 1.5 rods don't generally fit very well into the Rev Indoor. The difference in length is not a large problem on the vertical spars, but on the leading edge, the length difference adds up, so the normal rev Indoor leading edge is a good four inches longer than that of the Rev 1.5. Because of this, I have never flown the Rev Indoor on anything but normal indoor rods. I also never fly my rev indoor outdoors. Because of the design of the sail and rods, a slight breeze makes the kite very twitchy.
Posted 14 April 2010 - 04:18 PM
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Posted 15 April 2010 - 05:07 PM
Thanks Watty, I was just wonderingas I have one and never flew it inside. May have to get rid of it. Getting to old to be doing indoor anymore.
what is too old?!?!! at 44 I don't like backing up much but I think that is the titanium rod in my leg...
Posted 16 April 2010 - 02:19 PM
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Posted 17 April 2010 - 01:44 PM
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Posted 17 April 2010 - 02:11 PM
Bill will you be at Grand Haven next month, Look for a flier wearing a US flag cap.
HA......US flag cap......he'll find BRAD W!!!!!!!!!
Posted 17 April 2010 - 06:50 PM
Bill will you be at Grand Haven next month, Look for a flier wearing a US flag cap.
When is it?? I was not planing on it.. my May is looking full of adventure. I should be at Milwaukee at the end of May
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The State Health Department says there are now five human cases of the West Nile virus in Illinois. And this may just be the beginning of people in the state getting infected with the virus.
The Health Department announced today that there are three new cases of the disease in the Chicago area.
A 70-year-old man from southern cook county is in critical condition. The other two victims are a 49-year-old woman from Will County and a 41-year-old woman from Chicago. They both suffered from encephalitis but have recovered and are out of the hospital.
Health Department officials are urging people to remain calm and optimistic.
Try to stay away from standing water and stay inside from dusk until dawn. And if you have to be outside in the evening hours, make sure you have long pants on and wear mosquito repellant.
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West Nile in Illinois
States With Birds Testing Positive in 2002:
Source: http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/wnv.htm (Illinois Department of Health Web site), and http://westnilevirus.nbii.gov/ (National Biological Information Infrastructure Web site) contributed to this report.