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Stuff fanboys say, Android edition (video)
0. phoneArena 24 Oct 2012, 02:27 posted on
After the stuff that Apple fans say about their iDevices, now it is time for Android users to get parodied in a hilarious video. Talking points like widgets, standard ports, larger screens and pricing get bandied about as any self-respecting fanboy would know and use against the archenemy with the fruit logo on the back...
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1. pokharkarsaga (Posts: 384; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
"Even the magazine is twice the price." lol........because this is not an ordinary magazine,its more than a magazine.....lol.....
11. MeoCao (unregistered)
great proud Android fanboy LOL (will his GF dump him?)
20. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Hopefully. I feel bad for her. xD
31. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
It's because it was a "Retina" magazine!
2. adelta90 (Posts: 63; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
This fandroid is totally amused :D
24. CellularNinja (Posts: 306; Member since: 27 Sep 2011)
Yeah that was a good laugh. I say those things all the time :)
3. Seymur (unregistered)
This is how I see PA users.
25. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
so you are seeing yourself, too? you are in PA, right?
44. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
defintely agree. It's so interesting how everything they say is some way related to the iPhone. So whiny
4. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
Everything started looking true until Steve Jobs came up. The Android community doesn't see Steve Jobs in the way this guy shows it, it's more like "Steve Jobs? who's that?" or "Steve Jobs is a fagg*t."
27. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
Let me also add on to the fact that if you have an Android device and never bothered with anything from XDA, you're not a part of the Android community. You're in the same boat as the uneducated. You don't have the credentials to defend Android nor attack iOS.
36. Superpiff (Posts: 36; Member since: 29 Jul 2012)
Amen my friend
38. joey_sfb (Posts: 5754; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Comments are views. I don't think anyone need to defend his or her views.
48. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
Well, you got the defensive part "all figured out."
Yet didn't bother with the offensive part.
39. jroc74 (Posts: 6006; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
No thumbs down, but you dont have to even know what an xda is to be a part of the Android community.
Thats one of the problems within the Android community. Its either root/ROM or go home. Android isnt defined by rooting, custom ROMs, hacks. Its defined as a very customizable OS out the box. IMO...
I rarely visit xda anymore...and I consider other forums more a part of the Android community as a whole. XDA is a section of the Android community.
49. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
"Android isnt defined by rooting, custom ROMs, hacks. Its defined as a very customizable OS out the box."
And then there was guests and admins of PCs.
The guest moves the program.
The admin installs/removes the program.
Of course if you dig deeper, the developer creates the program.
Of course developers have their own community, but XDA is the biggest gateway of them all.
5. predator93 (Posts: 122; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
Android is the only mobile OS right now where there are fan wars within the environment (Sony vs Samsung vs HTC) I doubt whether windows phone 8 will have a similar situation (Maybe Nokia fans).
29. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
Maybe true but thats whats great about android :-) Not one phone is right,
Favorite phones
OG Droid
Samsung galaxy S2
LG Optimus G
We Choose whats best for us!
Not some company who claims their phone is perfect
40. jroc74 (Posts: 6006; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
This is so true. Android has OEM vs OEM, app vs app, custom ROM vs custom ROM, root/ROOM vs non root/ROM, etc with the fans, users.
6. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
lol'd :)))
"what are the specs?" TRULY AN ANDROID FAN WILL SAY THAT! :D
9. kartik4u98 (Posts: 511; Member since: 19 May 2012)
and Apple user will say- "Oh Where is the Logo? Is it clearly visible? "
33. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
idk what apple fanboys you hang out with. Although, when I owned a samsung I made sure to put it in an otterbox to hide the crapy build quality.
46. kartik4u98 (Posts: 511; Member since: 19 May 2012)
u reaally think that I as an Android liker would hang out with apple fanboys???
23. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
but the cameraphone part was a lie the samsung gsiii may be one of the best but not the best at that part
7. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
It's a good parody. It made me smile. Of course, it should be pointed out that the Fandroid is in a stable relationship already, whereas the iFanboy spent half of each of his videos trying to get into a girl's pants, and possibly putting her OS preference above his attraction to her, whereas the Fandroid at least limits himself to snarking about IOS while he lays in bed with his girl. It should also be noted that it would take him being otherwise awesome for the girl to put up with his annoying behavior in the video.
8. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
I love how that android fan boy was bashing apple! I think we can agree of mostly what he said.
10. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
hahaha it reminds me of that TROLL guy here on PA.
34. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
you just described 98% of PA users
12. someones4 (Posts: 625; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
this is so cool. I like the "bluhbluhbluhbluhbluhbluhbluhbluh" part.
" how much is your phone?"
"how big is the screen?"
"Does it have a micro sd slot?"
"does it have bluetooth?"
13. doubler86 (Posts: 320; Member since: 26 Jan 2011)
lol I agree with this up to 0.46 seconds. I have been guilty of more than one of those sayings. After that though he just sounds like a whiny douche, or in other words, an Apple user.
Oh ya and Rooting definitely qualifies as amazingly hot pillow talk.
35. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
oh beleive me, I work at Sprint and the VAST mayority of whiny douches are the Android crowd.
Whenever I activate an iPhone that customer never comes back complaining. Sell an Android and be ready to provide tech support for the entire 2 year contract.
Get a job at AT&T, Verizon Sprint... it will open your eyes to the real world ;)
43. quickweevil (Posts: 51; Member since: 21 Dec 2011)
Yes, yes, yes... a thousand times yes! I work at Verizon and very rarely do iPhone customers come back... Android phones are 50/50.
45. someones4 (Posts: 625; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
andorid fanboys have higher standards.
47. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
Higher standards? Umm i think you have it backwards. IPhone users are by far more picky. When I see a customer is picky I dont bother showing them android phones or they will be back in a few days complaining about "force close", battery life, pulling battery to reset when frozen. Only android fans can put up with that.
14. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
This one was okay, but not as fanny as the iPhone version. I got a few that should have made the list...
1. Where's my update?!?
2. The iPhone is boring.
3. I need an SD card slot"
4. iFail.
5. It's only slower because it's running Flash!
6. Damn it! Locked boot loader!
7. I hate bloatware!
And everyone's favorite...
15. jshan (Posts: 200; Member since: 25 Dec 2011)
So hillariouse !! LOL
16. enGet (Posts: 31; Member since: 19 Oct 2012)
I've owned three Android devices in the last two years and two of them were unable to connect to a WiFi connection without using a static IP address. That's pretty low-tech.
Google "Android device must have static IP address to connect to wifi" to see how many people have the same problem.
However, I hate Apple as much as anyone (maybe more, I used to work for them in the 90s), but at least their phones don't need to use static IPs...
I'll probably be lookign at Win 8 phones this fall for my next purchase... close my eyes, grit my teeth and shell out for th Nokia 920...
22. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
Can you mention the models of these three devices?
41. jroc74 (Posts: 6006; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Seeing as how I had a Droid 1, Droid X1, G Nex, Rezound, RAZR, and now RAZR Maxx HD and never had this problem....
I will assume it was the phones you had.
42. jroc74 (Posts: 6006; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
What I do see, is Sony Android phones have alot of these complaints. I believe it seeing as how my 360 hasnt had any internet issues over the past 4 years, and my PS3 has been messing up for the past 2 years. Granted its the 80GB Metal Gear system but still...
17. ogy_dogy (Posts: 453; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
As a wp user i have been a victim of many such comments, have some simpathy lol, cool video, the iphone one was better though :-P
18. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
let me root your phone. lol, that's me. xD
funny stuff, funny stuff.
19. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
This is awesome! xD
I personally don't have as many "hater-isms" as the guy in the video, but I used to be almost as bad as this.
However, I do always ask to see the Android phones that my friends have so I can do a bunch of tweaking. They are reluctant at first, but they end up loving it, haha.
21. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
Sad part is the people who made this video are Apple lovers.
Every single video they've uploaded revolves around Apple. Nice try fagg*ts.
32. nwright94 (unregistered)
Get over yourself, they made one for android fans to bash on, they're just made for humor. And just because someone doesn't use android doesn't make them a faggot, stop being so elitist. You're just like the apple fans "it's not an apple so it sucks therefore you suck" except replace apple with android.
26. JunitoNH (Posts: 1801; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
Lol that was too funny. Honestly, most geeks look like the guy, minus the girlfriend.
28. Fuego84 (Posts: 344; Member since: 13 May 2012)
The imagine video was funnier this didn't make me laugh once.
30. shnibz (Posts: 301; Member since: 18 Sep 2011)
This dude comes across as annoying as some of the brainless purely "fan" based comments that go up on PA. Well done


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• A prospective study of the epidemiology of nosocomial infections was undertaken in a large pediatric hospital. Infections were identified during a 12-month period with the use of medical record audits, indices identifying high-risk patients, and analysis of positive cultures and rapid diagnostic tests for viruses, fungi, and bacteria. The attack rate of the entire hospital population surveyed was 4.1 nosocomial infections per 100 patients discharged. In contrast with studies of patients in general hospitals that included comparatively few children, the most common sites of nosocomial infections were the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. Staphylococcus aureus was the most commonly isolated pathogen. However, rotavirus was identified more frequently than Escherichia coli, and documented viral infections were more common than infections caused by gram-negative bacilli.
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text: Ekatherine- I apologize my comments weren't very clear. He is discussing the 'traditional' Korean diet specifically for the sick which is basically just 죽 and 밥양식 or various rice gruels. Which is what I must consume while in hospital, however I can barely get it down and I don't feel like its terribly nutritious. Unlike my intravenous food this is food I can choose not to consume but I am struggling with what is the right decision. Zach- it was mostly small intestine as the strangulation occurred around the meeting point of both intestines but on the small intestine side. My doctor said they took 60 cm, but he may have meant 16? I will clear these facts up as soon as I've got the hang of walking again: one step at a time aye!


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Discus Has Some Fungus Please Help!
Posted 17 March 2009 - 08:03 PM
Ive been dosing API Melafix for 2 days now and it doesnt seem to help at all, exept there was this white fungus looking thing on his tal which seems to be gone now.
Posted 17 March 2009 - 08:41 PM
Whats the stats of water and what heat is it??
Knowing this will help some of the ones who know them best to help you, with out this it could be hard to actually know. Plus looks like a fungal issue but I am not sure at all.
Malefix is only for fin damage not for fighting off parasites!(Promotes healing)
Wrong product for the Wrong application!
Is it on the gills, or is it on the fins can't really tell from the picture?
Posted 17 March 2009 - 08:55 PM
Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:04 PM
The fungus looks like its not on the gills but behind them on the skin there use to be one of those white fungus on the tail right before tail starts but its gone now. All that i have with them is 2 Cardinals 2 glow tetra and one common small plec and its a 70 gal tank.
If they are stressed i have no idea from what. Maybe thats because i only have 2 of them and 3 more comming this week (i wouldnt like to place 5 of them as same time because of benefisial bacteria needs to settle down for them which is now done)
Ive added Melafix to help them out and thinking of adding abit of salt and maybe even get stress coat to keep them smyling. But still i need to help with that fungus!
Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:26 PM
The water temp is 82/83 (28/29) The water stats are OK for discus as far as i know, i do 2 water changes every week of about 25-20% PH is 6.7-7.0 Nitrate is 10 and Nitrite 0
You missed the ammo test, that is the most important part especially with discus! Any signs even .1 ammo in the tank I have notice with mine that they lose there colour that is when i do a water change and boom they are fine. Usually caused from overfeeding(I test my water for PH, Ammo, Nitrite, Nitrate, CO2 every day)<- Been through that so I actually know that. I have seen tanks with high ammounts of ammo, 0 Nitrites and 10 Nitrates, How long has this tank been setup for 6 months????
The fungus looks like its not on the gills but behind them on the skin there use to be one of those white fungus on the tail right before tail starts but its gone now. All that i have with them is 2 Cardinals 2 glow tetra and one common small plec and its a 70 gal tank.
Is this tank cycled??? I won't go into anything about keeping just 2 together lol, cause I only keep 3 and people say should have 5 or more, and well they are right they should be in a scoal of 5 to create what is known as a pecking order.
If they are stressed i have no idea from what. Maybe thats because i only have 2 of them and 3 more comming this week (i wouldnt like to place 5 of them as same time because of benefisial bacteria needs to settle down for them which is now done)
Never add salt stop right now STOP! Get the advice first, you are sapose to do salt water baths but I have never done it with discuss and won't advice you to do it!
Ive added Melafix to help them out and thinking of adding abit of salt and maybe even get stress coat to keep them smyling. But still i need to help with that fungus!
Go to your local library or your local book store and pick up a book about discuss on taking care of them etc. Right now you need to help these dudes out and get educated like you never have before!
I am going to do some looking up to see what this is but will take me a little bit to try and figure it out just hold tight!
Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:41 PM
What colour is it pure white or grey???
Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:02 PM
Its pure white not really grey colour it might look like cotton ball but its too small to tell.
Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:16 PM
Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:20 PM
Its sound like columnaris so take a look her to make sure.
lol was going to say its eaither Flexobacter (Chondrococcus) Columnaris which is the white one or Saprolegnia which is the grey one.
I guess known as cotton ball to most, you beat me to the punch
Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:04 PM
I hope my discus till get well and hope they will be ok to cope with 24 C temperature for 10 days
Thanks again to all for help if discus survives then you saved it!
Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:06 PM
Myxazin by waterlife and pimafix for columnaris in the uk.
Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:21 PM
I guess this is it guys! ive lowered temperature to 75-76ºF (24ºC) and increased airetion tomorrow morning will have to go and get INTERPET ANTI FUNGUS AND FINROT NO 8.
Stop don't do it, you will lose them for sure I would say they like it hot no matter what not only that, you will make them parasite magnets gaurenteed! Its hard to treat discuss, well atleast I have found its hard to treat mine they like temps of 82-83 and thats it, if 85 they turn black on me and if lower than 82 the same. You have to remember to kill off any parasites they hate heat!
Give me some time to look up a few different treatments this will be advance and something not normally seen, but a few are good and a few actually will dump the fish and kill of the bacterial supply in your filtration. I recommend get yourself a hospital tank a farly big one if possible something like 20gal should be okay for 2 discuss if you run into issues later on. And don't add new discus to the tank! At least not for now.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 12:00 AM
Edited by s007, 18 March 2009 - 12:00 AM.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 12:40 AM
First Thing
A prolonged bath in potassium permanganate solution, daily in a 1:5000 dilution by weight remember by weight. This is very important. Its about 75mg/gallon 3.8l remember everyone's gallons is different so 75mg meds/ 3.8Litres of tank water. Remember to have the bowl clean very clean this is an oxidizer med and the bowl needs to be very clean I can't stress this hard enough. You are going to do this daily although what a poor book this is, it don't tell you how long to do the treatment for. Read the bottle it says that they are given out in different dosages for differnt animals. Follow what it says for time, lol I just read that now. Want to make sure I give all info to you that is really important.
Next thing
Sodium Chloride(Salt) ~ 1tsp for 3.8l of water, this will cure the fungus in 2-3 days if it is a mild case of it. Discus can handle the added salt for the time being, but remember the only way to get rid of the salt is by dilution, water changes. Okay now you have a planted tank, this will kill every snail and plants in your tank. So where i reco you have a hospital tank this is the reason why. And yes you have guessed it put the salt right in the aquarium. We do know what we are dealing with so this method is recommended only if its a mild case if its not a mild case it won't work. Just remember that salt don't cure everything. And to be honest with you, this fish should be taken away from this tank and put in qaurtine cause your other discus and prone to catching this, I am thinking you should treat them both just to be safe. Time is ticking on this matter and the life span is becoming shorter and you need to act quick.
Definitly last resort!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If all else fails, treating with oxytetracycline will kill off this infection. However, this med will also kill off your bio-filter and all bacteria in your system. It's also been known to adversely affect the digestive systems of some fish species through damaging intestinal flora.
Keep your water at the same temp about 30C will do the trick for ya just remember to watch the behaviour of the fish.
Another question are they eating okay??
Hopefully this helps for you and does the trick, remember 1 thing you want to actually treat this as it is a spreadable issue. Hope this helps, like I said I have never tried this with discus I have done salt treatments to babie fry before and also adults with success as far as some of these products go I can't warrent anything but its a really good book called Discus Fish, its an owners manul and its up to date kinda lol. Well main thing is it works.
Just remember discus are hard to adapt to a place but once they do they are usually okay and you will be able to tell signs when water changes are needed etc. Watch for the colours it will tell you alot that is going on in the water.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 07:31 AM
I def got some salt and shuld have potassium permanganate. Wll follow that steps and see how it goes but as i said the both discus look much happier this morning.
Cheers! Will update how it goes.
Edited by s007, 18 March 2009 - 07:52 AM.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 08:24 AM
Ive transfered 2 discus to other hospital tank and will add salt as directed by you above.
Edited by s007, 18 March 2009 - 08:47 AM.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 09:59 AM
PP is nothing to mess with if you don't have a bit of experience with it. It is a strong oxidizing agent, easily capable of removing the slime coat & burning gills.
Pick up the dry PP at a pond supplier, or supplier of water softening chemicals. You want to dose at 2mg per liter at first. Take a quart of water, add 10 teaspoons. Use 2 drops per gallon of tank water to give you 2mg/l.
Hydrogen peroxide will neutralize PP, 2ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per gallon.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 10:07 AM
Im still not so sure about potassium permanganate as said if its just started the cotton wool the sault shuld get rid of it as its only about 3-4mm in size. Ill keep close eye on them and see how it goes. Im going to work now might get online from there im just afraid when i come back home they will be dead as this is the first time i used salt to threat fish (hope they can handle it)
Posted 18 March 2009 - 05:37 PM
The 2 disus at the moment are in 25 liter hospital tank, ive aded 6 and a half tea spoons of salt 25liter/3.8 liters =6.5, the stress bars cam up on the ill discus and now gone. Trying to keep temp constant at 28C. Ive aded lots of airation and will try to keep solarity of water at 3% will do water change every day of about 70%
Im still not so sure about potassium permanganate as said if its just started the cotton wool the sault shuld get rid of it as its only about 3-4mm in size. Ill keep close eye on them and see how it goes. Im going to work now might get online from there im just afraid when i come back home they will be dead as this is the first time i used salt to threat fish (hope they can handle it)
If its a mild case of it, then salt will get rid of it for you. <-- It only applies if its a minor case give it a few days but you should also be using the oxidizing method to help
potassium permanganate is an oxidizing med and really works good, problem that is here you don't have experience with using it and unfortunitly I don't neither, but I do know about the product and how good it is. They should be blue crystals if I remember correctly. But doing this with the salt bath will definitly help get rid of it. The bath time won't be that long, it should say the times on the package somewhere, it can range from 1min bath to 5min bath reason why is it comes in different dosages from our lfs here not sure about London England. Its a process that usually has to be done quick, reason why is that the oxidizing of the agent will run out in a hurry. Can always do it for 1min then remove the fish and usually safer especially if its the first time you have ever used the med to use a lower dosage like stated above. And I repeat I have never used the Oxidizing med before just heard of it and read about it in a book and seen the product in our lfs.
and 1 tsp = 2670mg remember that the statement above is wrong for how much is in a tsp, really you are using very little of the product. To measure 75mg its best to have a scale when talking mg if you do EI dosing you should know how much 75mg is its not alot. 250mg of powder is pretty darn small, and 75mg is even smaller you are looking at somthing like 1/16 of a tsp may be in the area but still best to weigh it.
Stick with the salt and since its in a hospital tank with salt you could always dose with oxytetracycline, only thing to remember is that it will actually kill of all bacteria even the good stuff. There is also an Ammo bath you can do for this but I have no experience with it. Heard it works sometimes but not all the time this is another thing you could try if you are scared of using the PP method. Ammo bath I am not sure about the mesurements. Its something I would have to look up but I am heading out and will be near a lfs I will have a look at what we have here and what you could do. But sounds like the salt solution is actually working for you
Posted 18 March 2009 - 05:39 PM
Edited by Wilder, 18 March 2009 - 05:40 PM.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 06:33 PM
How long do you think i shuld keep it in salt water for? Say if tomorrow morning it disappears fully?
But not sure if its suppose to be real colour of the red snakeskin discut but from time to time he really turns pale red.
Thanks again for all ur help boys!
Posted 18 March 2009 - 07:45 PM
Salt is an iffy one with Discus. All the litriture says they don't tollerate it, but IME they are fine with 5ppt baths (That's 1 tea spoon per gallon) and it's works a treat for fungus. Let the salt do it's job, once clear, give it a couple of days and waterchange it out. Common table salt isn't any good usualy though, as it has anti-caking agents...
Ideally, you'd have used Myxazin as Wilder advised however
All the best
Posted 18 March 2009 - 08:26 PM
Well so far so good 9 hours in the hospital tank (25 liters tank) with 6.5 tsp salt and now the cotton wool is barely visible. The discus seems to feel better now, They both eating now especially since ive given them a treat live brine shrimps
How long do you think i shuld keep it in salt water for? Say if tomorrow morning it disappears fully?
But not sure if its suppose to be real colour of the red snakeskin discut but from time to time he really turns pale red.
Thanks again for all ur help boys!
Sounds more like just a mild case then if salt is working, and definitly a prepiared discus owner with a hospital tank. Id say overnight see what is going on then waterchange and start diluting the water 50% water change
then just small ones like 10% everyday till the end of the week and should be good to move them back, in the planted tank I would raise the temp to 86F if possible till the time you are ready to put the discus back in and when you do lower the temp a day before to your desired temp like 82F, raising the temp will kill of the parasites in the planted tank really there is not much more you can do for the planted tank but this unless you want to lose the plants. Its a trick I used when the pygmys i got from lfs came with fungus and was spreading around the tank I just raised the temp and moved the discus out and monitored. After all this wait a little bit before you get new discus and qaurtine the new fellows! Also get some reading done and understand about the fish in its wild form the waters it comes from etc, you will be amazed on how much stuff on the internet actually colide with the actual facts!
So to do list forgot to ask if there are any other fish in planted tank
Raise temp in planted tank 86f leave till dicus go back day before they do turn back down
If it looks like it is gone means you can't see it at all means do 50% water change they should probably stay in it tomrrow and what would be day 3 of the process 50% water change After day 3 it should be gone, if not then its not a minor case.
After day 3 50% water change
every day after that 10% water change when you replace water no salt added to it lol don't forget that and if you are doing water changes right now you should be adding salt to the water you add back to the tank, to keep the solution of salt in the water the same
Test water everyday, Any ammo present do a waterchange and the water you add back in must have salt in it before the 3rd day <- many people forget this and end up losing fish due to not adding salt to the water for the treatment, the treatment takes time and the time should be 3 days with this treatment
Example(Hospital Tank)
Day 1 Fish in and being treated in salt solution
Day 2 Ammo tested high or 1ppm okay water change, when adding the water back to the tank remember to add the salt to the new water before the water change any evaporated water in the tank needs to be topped up first before the water change
Day 3 ammo and nitrite spike, okay water change lets say 50% add the water in and remember to add the salt.
Day3 near the end of the time period do 50% water change and add freshwater no salt at all
Day 4 Water change 10% add only freshwater back in
etc. etc. etc.
Just remember the treatment is only for 2-3 days after that you need to get it diluted even a 80% water change is good on day 3 but its easier for a 50% and the fish won't stress big time when you dilute it 50% when diluting 80% they might.
its a guide to help you with the hospital tank, doing a PP dip(bath) is where it will help it quicker in the getting rid of it process and you would probably see it gone in 1-2 days with salt treatment probably gaurenteed with them mixed together to treat it.
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Posted 18 March 2009 - 08:52 PM
Said a Bath, and depends on the dosage for how long you keep it in! the stuff don't last long, so the PP won't kill the bio filter cause you are doing a bath not putting it into the tank!
You don't want to be using PP in a tank IMO. 1g in a pond of 500g is the difference between it working and it killing all the fish. If you are using it at an effective dose, it will nuke the bio-filter also. Seriously bud, don't try it, unless you realy know what you are doing, and are taking all nessisary precautions.
Last resort mentioned was treating the tank with oxytetracycline and I also typed down that it will kill everything and the filter system! Is why a hospital tank is reco very highly! oxytetracycline won't kill the fish its the effect from the bio filter dying and ammo nitrite spike that kills the fish! As long as you don't overdose the tank! 1tsp of PP will do 38.5 gals of water! Figuring that 1 gal = 3.8L <- Totally safe for a prolonged bath in it!
Salt is not iffy for what is wrong and what the problem is at all! All water last I checked especially where discuss are from the water is fead salt from the ocean! the waters don't have alot of it but they definitly have traces of salt
Salt is an iffy one with Discus. All the litriture says they don't tollerate it, but IME they are fine with 5ppt baths (That's 1 tea spoon per gallon) and it's works a treat for fungus. Let the salt do it's job, once clear, give it a couple of days and waterchange it out. Common table salt isn't any good usualy though, as it has anti-caking agents...
And about the part for the table salt you have to be freakin kidding me, defintly never use table salt a main product known as Iodine will kill fish! Only ever use sea, aquarium, or kolsher salt cause its all natural dried from the sea! What does anit caking agents have to do with anything when table salt has iodine in it! Hope you don't use table salt with your fish!
those arnt available at my lfs, and never heard of them till this post! And are they safe for plants I highly doubt it! Myxazin I have never read up on or know what it contains in it that scares me away from it! What is it made from what are they chemicals in it?
Ideally, you'd have used Myxazin as Wilder advised however
Posted 18 March 2009 - 09:06 PM
Does teh fish have parasites as the poster never mentioned anything about parasites.
Don't have to say its a parasite for it to be in the tank. Flexobacter (Chondrococcus) Columnaris is a fungal disease, Most fungas infections are connected to water moulds from the class Oomycetes. Fungus is a parasite, if you need me to dig information up on it for you cause you are interested to learn more or why I would do so just PM me if you are interested, most of it has to do with plant matter and is difficult to explain, but this one falls under the class that its a parasitic fungas. Is why I said parasit Always better to be safe then sorry. Treating the main tank by raising the heat is effective and won't lead to losing plants.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 09:09 PM
Columnaris is bacterial.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 09:16 PM
I know that most of the times table salt like in uk we use SAXA company has Potassium iodide not pure iodine and they add Glucose (dextrose) to salt to prevent the potassium iodide from breaking down into iodine, which evaporates away (sublimes). Tho i did use pure sea slat.
As mentioned above one of the helthier discus became pale red from time to time is this because of the stress (no stress bars on him) and the ill one seems fine? ive done about 2 hours ago PP bath accoring to the manual posted before.
Posted 18 March 2009 - 09:18 PM
Good Luck.
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The move represents an opportunity for Butler and partner Karlos Dansby, the Miami Dolphins linebacker. If successful, Butler's, as the shop is known, will have a chance to open in other Saks stores across the country, according to Butler, who was a teammate of Dansby's at Auburn University. The Summit salon should open in June, the third anniversary of the debut of the downtown Butler's.
"Having two locations in Birmingham will allow us to expand our brand and attract new clientele," Butler said.
Dennis Trammell, general manager of the Saks Fifth Avenue at The Summit, said Butler's services fit in well with the store's clientele. The shop offers traditional barber services but also manicures and pedicures, massages, waxing and other services. Special touches include hot towel treatments, shoe shines and scalp massages.
"We are always looking for ways to enhance the luxury experience for our customers and provide them with exceptional service," Trammel said. "We know that Chris and Karlos feel the same way about their clients and look forward to a great partnership."
The 1,700-square-foot Saks location will feature a billiards table in the lounge area, a private treatment room and a VIP suite, among other details.
Butler said the demand for gentlemen's grooming services has been steadily rising across the country because men are increasingly wanting more amenities and services.
"The biggest appeal, we hear from our clients, is the experience," he said. "Men are seeking a place where they can relax and rejuvenate."
The downtown shop at 2025 Second Avenue North, which launched as Butler's Executive Grooming Lounge, attracts a clientele that includes bankers and lawyers drawn by a relaxed atmosphere featuring the latest in jazz music and complimentary beverages and premium spirits. Butler's downtown facility is available for private functions and events.
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Butler says the Saks deal came about as he and Dansby began contemplating an expansion in the Birmingham market.
"Saks is a perfect partner for us because we share a dedication to customer service and attention to detail, which we discovered after partnering with them on several successful events," Butler said. "This partnership combines the best in shopping with the best in grooming services."
Saks Fifth Avenue opened at The Summit in 2001. The New York-based retailer today operates 46 stores in 22 states, plus two licensed stores each in the Middle East and Mexico City. It was once part of Saks Inc., a Birmingham-based retail company that also included department store chains such as Parisian.
Butler said the Saks location will be the only men's salon in a Saks store outside of New York.
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Dansby said it will be a place where a man can unwind and relax.
"We are a place where men receive great services like haircuts and styles, skin care, massage, nail care, and more ..." he said. "(O)ur team offers an experience that is quickly becoming part of a gentleman's lifestyle."
Butler said he has received a positive response from clients who have heard about the plans for the Saks Fifth Avenue location. Construction work by Murray Building Co. of Birmingham began this month, and Lisa Sheppard of LCS Designs is serving as interior designer.
He said Butler's will benefit from the convenience of having two locations -- for members and clients who work downtown and live, eat and shop near The Summit. The Saks location will be open seven days a week.
"Having a Butler's at the Summit will allow guys to use either locations, while waiting on a table at a restaurant or escape rush hour traffic," Butler said.
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Last June, Frank Giustra made an astonishing public announcement: he was donating $100 million and half of his future mining earnings to a radical global initiative to battle poverty.
Last June, Frank Giustra made an astonishing public announcement: he was donating $100 million and half of his future mining earnings to a radical global initiative to battle poverty. The event ushered in a new era of giving in B.C., one that thrives on publicity and competition. In other words, it's all about business. Only this time it's all about who gives, not gets, the most. Frank Giustra is a changed man. The mining magnate has emerged from a reclusive life in his chateau-like West Vancouver waterfront home with a new sense of purpose, pledging to devote his life and a considerable chunk of his fortune to an initiative that aims to eradicate poverty in the developing world. Basing the global initiative here in B.C., he has partnered with former U.S. president Bill Clinton to trumpet the endeavour as a way of spurring the world's natural resource companies to financially back the plan, called the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (CGSGI).
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It all began two years ago over a bottle of wine with his wife, the persuasive human-rights activist Alison Lawton, who suggested that the mining financier use his influence to improve living conditions in developing countries. Today Giustra is tackling the biggest challenge of his 50-year lifetime: saving lives and feeding the hungry in the world's poorest countries. No small task, even for one of B.C.'s most successful businessmen. As part of a jet-setting team, he and power-pal Clinton have become an unstoppable force for good works. This deal is huge news for B.C. and for philanthropy as a whole. It elevates Giustra to a new elite level of givers, paves the way for more sustainable mining practices and – perhaps most significantly – creates a whole new model for giving: be loud and proud, thus pressuring your worthy competitors in business to do the same, or be noticeably absent. Vancouver is the perfect base for this project, considering its mining muscle and, of course, the fact that Giustra lives here. The commodities boom has created a great deal of wealth right here on home soil and has given rise to a new burst in philanthropy tipping the hundreds of millions. "Vancouver happens to be one of the global capitals for mining and mining finance. The roots of this project are in Canada, but this is a global effort," stresses Giustra, who close sources say is worth several hundred millions, but is not a billionaire. But more on the man later. His impressive plan is to bind the global extraction sector's wealth and give it away to countries in need. Giustra has personally donated US$100 million plus half of his future earnings from the mining industry, and his contribution is being matched by Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim, who recently toppled Bill Gates from top spot on the list of the world's richest people. Around 20 mining companies – most of them Canadian – have signed up as supporters so far. A dollar figure hasn't been attached to the commitments, but Giustra says it could raise hundreds of millions, if not billions, over the coming years. Clinton will even be sending out one of his strategists to Vancouver to oversee the project.
- The top five countries that give a percentage of their gross national income to overseas aid are Norway, followed by Sweden, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Denmark. Canada is 14th on the list. (Source: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
- In the U.S., those with incomes of more than $200,000 or assets in excess of $1 million represent 3.1 per cent of total households, but they are responsible for approximately 66 per cent of all household charity in the country. Their top motivations include: meeting critical needs (86.3 per cent), giving back to society (82.6 per cent), and social reciprocity – the feeling that those who have more should help those with less (81.5 per cent). Ways of donating include: 41.2 per cent have a provision in their will, 19.5 per cent established a foundation and 15.9 per cent use donor-advised funds. (Source: Bank of America Study of High Net-Worth Philanthropy [2006])
- Canadians contributed $7.9 billion to charity in 2005, compared to $3.6 billion in 1995. (Source: Statistics Canada)
- Fifty-one per cent of British Columbians make donations regularly and 43 per cent give occasionally (once or twice a year). British Columbians who are most likely to make a financial donation are those with household incomes of $75,000 or more. (Source: Ipsos Reid [2005])
Giustra, an immaculately dressed man with closely shaved, greying hair, speaks passionately about the initiative, calling it the most "fulfilling" thing he's ever done. "This is the most important thing in my life so far," he reflects. "It gives me a sense of purpose. I believe it will be a lifelong project where I can put my talents and influence to their best use. I feel like I have been presented an honour." Giustra has been an active philanthropist for the past 15 years, starting out with a private foundation to support the health and well-being of children. His wife has been a tremendous influence over the years. The documentary producer, whose most recent work is Uganda Rising, has a particular desire to end the humanitarian crisis of war-torn northern Uganda. Giustra credits Lawton for "planting the seed" of his latest initiative in his mind over that fateful bottle of wine at their West Vancouver home. When asked what else motivates him to devote such time and money to philanthropy, Giustra, an avid book collector, cites philosopher Andrew Carnegie, author of The Gospel of Wealth, as a source of inspiration. "[Carnegie] spoke about the duties of a wealthy man," he explains, "and what he said was: once he has cared for his own needs and the needs of his family, everything else is surplus capital. It is the duty of that person to deploy that surplus capital for the betterment of society. What I would encourage others to do is to think about this." Duty? Certainly that's part of it. But it may also be the razor-sharp businessman in Giustra that saw an opportunity to apply the same rules and strategies to philanthropy that led to his spectacular financial success in business.
Giustra says today's entrepreneurs don't just write cheques and hope the money's being spent appropriately. They want to see where their money is going and take a hands-on approach to ensure their investment is getting results. "Around the world today, you've got a growing trend of philanthropists who are looking at [giving] in a very business-like manner," he explains. "They want to tackle issues that will give them measurable results. When you can measure the results, you get things done. Philanthropists are now looking at specific issues in the same way." Barney Ellis-Perry, chair of Volunteer Canada and director of professional affairs at UBC Alumni Affairs, has also noticed that today's givers are demanding a lot more accountability. They're also more willing to go public with their causes, in the hopes of spurring others to do the same. These people tend to be baby boomers who are just coming into money, either through an inheritance or through a business deal, and want to give it away, Ellis-Perry explains. Unlike their parents, however, they want to know exactly where the money's going. Of course, you don't have to be rich to make a difference, Giustra stresses, adding that whatever you choose to do, the matter must be meaningful to you. "You have to have a passion for the cause," he says. What's his passion? "My motivation lies in the fact that, as President Clinton often says himself, he has led an improbable life, coming from very humble beginnings to president of the U.S. and is now in a position to help so many in need all over the world," Giustra replies. "I too feel I have led an improbable life. As a child, I would never have imagined I would have such an exciting and fulfilling life. I am privileged. And with privilege comes responsibility. I am now in a position to carry out that responsibility and feel honoured to do so." Giustra won't elaborate on his childhood, although it's been reported that he was born in Sudbury, Ontario, and lived in Italy and Argentina as a child. He doesn't speak about his personal life or how and when he met Lawton, but their matched interest in improving lives in Africa was what led them to later cross paths with Clinton. Giustra and Lawton held an exclusive fundraiser at their home in 2004 to raise money for tsunami cleanup efforts, and they asked the former president if he would provide a videotaped message as a thank-you to the guests. The event generated a reported $1.7 million and a bond was formed. Today Giustra say he and Clinton are "good friends," often travelling around the world together in Giustra's private jet. "I became a financial supporter and got to see first-hand how he got things done around the world," Giustra says, further commenting on his admiration of Clinton's work. "He finds creative solutions to complex problems." Giustra is treating his latest initiative as he would any business deal. He's after maximum results. A proven success rate has elevated the mining financier to an elite league of global financial leaders. Giustra left Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in the early '80s to join an upstart firm called Yorkton Securities, where he helped raise $3 billion in equity for the resource sector. He left Yorkton at the end of 1996 and entered the entertainment sector, founding Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. in 1997. In 2001 he began buying gold mines as chair of Vancouver-based Endeavour Financial Corp. He bought a $20-million shell company called Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. and built it into a $2.4-billion operation, which later merged with Goldcorp Inc. Today he is the chair of Endeavour Financial, a merchant-banking firm that finances mining companies.


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2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 tablespoon FINELY minced ginger
1 tablespoon FINELY minced garlic
1/4 cup minced green onions
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2/3 cup rice wine
1 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons brown sugar *
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"What Is Painting?" is a summer show at the Museum of Modern Art, a discrete sampling of the museum's vaults that has hung 50 paintings in a series of 12 open galleries, sort of like a party held in a hotel hallway. A really expensive party, of course.
Though the selections begin in the 1960s with the eponymous piece by John Baldessari ("What Is Painting," 1968, a short paragraph painted on a blank canvas asking things like have you noticed that "ALL THE PARTS OF A GOOD PICTURE ARE INVOLVED WITH EACH OTHER, NOT JUST PLACED SIDE BY SIDE?"), most of the works are from the 1990s to the present.
So the feeling is like a contemporary group show in its utter stylistic chaos, juxtaposing artists who made their names 40 years ago with those we are just getting to know today. Like the Baldessari, many of the pieces on display are quite conceptual, while others luxuriate in paint, like Robert Colescott's "Emergency Room" (1989), which reads almost like an editorial cartoon about gun violence in black neighborhoods. The open arrangement of mini-"galleries" is meant to allow the visitor to make visual correspondences across time and styles, but it also suggests a certain continuity of cultural confusion that arcs across the entire post-modernist era.
In fact, the only thing that seems to unite the show is its presentation of each individual work as the product of an oracular genius -- the faith lost in style is now invested heavily in celebrity.
Every painting is given its own wall, and each wall shouts its individuality at the passing viewer.
Cindy Sherman masquerades as a Renaissance Virgin baring her breast of its brocade in "Untitled #216" (1989), while fellow '80s star Barbara Kruger crops the Sistine Adam and adds the phrase "You Invest in the Divinity of the Masterpiece." Everywhere there are references to how and why people buy art, as well as how and why its value is established.
If a surprising number of these paintings refers to formal art history and the vagaries of the modern market -- like German painter A.R. Penck's "Eau de Cologne" (1975), with its reverent caricature of early performance artist Joseph Beuys, or Richard Pettibone's tiny 1968 copies of Frank Stella's "Protractor" series done from art magazines and exactly reproducing the scale of their photos -- that's because making it in the art world has become the chief theme among contemporary painters.
Once upon a time the common theme was perceiving the natural world, or Jesus, or the divinity of the ruling class, but today it is getting yourself known, making a splash. These paintings are market makers, and the show a smorgasbord of strategies for hitting the big time.
The biggest of the big time in painting is all in Europe, where the Western tradition of figure painting started. Stylists like the German painter Gerhard Richter (who runs a squeegee over his realistic paintings while they are still wet, making them look like poorly exposed photographs) make ironic comments on the domination of photography in contemporary art, a little payback parody from the Old School. But no one is more Old School than Marlene Dumas, the South African who works in Holland and is the hottest painter of our day. Her "Jen" is one of a series done in the morgue at Amsterdam, dead meat on a table. Just like Theodore Gericault preparing for "The Raft of the Medusa" in 1818.
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I can't believe that the city would require residents to clean out around the fire hydrants in the city....
Seems to me the piece of ground from the street side of a sidewalk to the curb is considered city property, and, therefore, only the city has the responsibility to keep hydrants free of snow and ice.
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I don't think the city expects 80 yr olds to shovel them out, but there are alot of non working able bodied younger people who could roll out of bed before the crack of noon and do it. If it's left to city workers/fire personnel you know taxes will be raised to cover the cost.
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I don't know a number, but there has to be thousands of fire hydrants in the city. It could take weeks for city firemen to dig them out. While one shouldn't expect the elderly or disabled to shovel out a fire hydrant, you would also think that residents would want the hydrant accessible if there was a fire at their house. It only takes a couple minutes to shovel it out while you are there.
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No one expects the elderly to shovel snow period. Hopefully they have kind neighbors or relatives who shovel for them. When they do, they should take a few minutes to clear around the hydrant. This would save precious time should the firefighters have to use that hydrant to save your home or even possibly save your life. I shoveled my hydrant several times this past week, I didn't think of it as a bother...I thought of my property and others around me.
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That 80 year old person must have sidewalks to shovel too. How do they get that done? The hydrant is done when the walks are shoveled by whomever is doing the shoveling. Was it that hard to figure out?
Apparently very little thought was put into this letter by the author.
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To VicKnauf - A Snowblower
More importantly, people should be getting cited for being too lazy to shovel their sidewalks; When we got snow, the elderly couple to the left of me had a snow blower, they did their own walks, however the elderly couple two houses down from me; next to them did help with the shoveling of their walks also. I shoveled my own walks and the walks of the neighbor on the otherside who is an elderly woman. However, ONE house chose not to shovel their walks as that snow turned to ice. Ever heard of common courtesy and respect? Probably not is my guess. As far as the fire hydrants..really? Are you really whining because you've got to take an extra 20 seconds to shovel out something that in all is about 3 feet around? The one thing I wish the city would change is how often they plow. During and after that storm initial the city streets were really bad and covered in icy, slippery snow. The city clearly hadn't plowed or salted, reaction time was slow.
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If you don't want to have to shovel snow from your fire hydrant, move south.
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Agree Texas, move south. When I grew up in Williamsport there was a hydrant on the corner, it was a given to clean around it.
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Even in the south you are responsible to remove grass or weeds around hydrants.
Our city codes requires that residents are responsible for keeping fire hydrants and storm sewer drains cleared at all times and the city is responsible for maintaining the hydrants and drains for any damage.
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"Even in the south you are responsible to remove grass or weeds around hydrants.
Our city codes requires that residents are responsible for keeping fire hydrants and storm sewer drains cleared at all times and the city is responsible for maintaining the hydrants and drains for any damage."
I admit, I didn't actually know that the citizens were responsible for clearing the weeds, I'm not actually sure that there is even a hydrant all that close to my house, can't say I've looked. But I still don't see it as an issue. The people complaining about this 'issue' are probably the type of neighbors none of the rest of us would really want to live next to. They kinda strike me as lazy, disrespectful *******es. But then again I don't know any of you personally.
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Does it take alot of time to dig out the fire hydrant? No,but the fireman could go out and dig them out also. I give them credit for the job that they do, but come on. Instead of sitting at the fire house when there are no calls get out there and earn your pay.
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The one thing I will say about this however in a negative regard is that as far as raising taxes, what would the justification be? The snow is free of charge and they should already have the necessary tools to shovel it. The weeds, that just requires their hands. So IF the fire company was handling these issues, there would be no purpose or justification for raising taxes. However, regardless of a need for them to 'earn their pay' I'd rather them be in or at the fire house running drills, getting prepared, training, etc. I think that is a more valuable way to the city for them to earn their money. I'd rather have a prepared, well trained fireman than one who is tired from shoveling snow and pulling weeds.
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wwhickok..I really don't pull any weeds, I spend less than 30 seconds using a spray bottle full of vinegar, it's so much easier than shoveling.
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Hope your house does not becomes engulf in a fire and you have to wait for the fire department to shovel out the hydrant.
Not only are you required to keep the snow clear around the hydrant but you have to keep the grates for the runoff clear also.
You also have to keep your sidewalks clear of snow.
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"wwhickok..I really don't pull any weeds, I spend less than 30 seconds using a spray bottle full of vinegar, it's so much easier than shoveling" same difference, and yes me too. But I'd love to hear from the people who clicked all those disagrees and hear WHY you disagree. I'd love to hear you explain why you think it's NOT better for them to be training and drilling and keeping themselves 'alert and prepared' for fires. I get that until the real thing happens you can't truly prepare for the real thing but the fact is they should be prepared and their 'skills' should be the best possible. When your house burns down...are you going to blame the fire company for not shoveling the walks or the hydrants out? or are you going to say to yourself "dang I should've taken the 5 minutes.."
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Therick I assure you the firemen were out several days and nights digging out hydrants. Due to manpower cuts in the last decade I believe the Chief was asking young able bodied men to take some extra swipes at the hydrant while shoveling walks. There are a lot of hydrants in the city and very few firemen.
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Do people not live in neighborhoods where everyone has a snow blower (or nearly)? All the men on my street do the sidewalks, if you get out first, you do your neighbors. Is clearing hydrants really this difficult?
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When i did live in East End, the corner hydrant was a 'given' to be cleared out when we shoveled..and that included the street area in front of it as well.. clear down to the asphalt and curb.. what is the matter with doing it?
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No, Spike it isn't that tough. Too many soft whiny lazy people that always want someone else to do the work or pay. When I lived in the city we just did it and didn't even think about it. But that was 20 years ago. Things change.
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Shoveling out a fire hydrant near one's home requires two qualities in a person: common sense and a little ambition. Americans are losing these qualities more and more each day.
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Ritty I agree. But there's mainly two reasons for that.
1) No ambition/no job/no life (pretty much the same thing all around)
2) All people wanna do know is sit at home and*****up welfare and complain that they aren't getting enough tax payers to pay for their lazy arses.
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Heck, I bet 40% of the city is jobless and collects welfare. (I'd say 50%, but the other 10% is people who've gotten laid off and have no other choice). The rest of them do it by choice. Hate to say it but a lot of them live between 5th Ave and Hepburn St too.
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There are people who can't get their noses out of their social media gadgets, are you including them among the lazy?
You know if you next to an elderly person help out with the shoveling. If there is a hydrant in the neighborhood shovel it out even if it is not on your property. The fire hydrant is located on the property next door I shovel it out for mny protection. What happen to taking intiative? Intiative has nothing to do with economic level, political party or laziness.
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The U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) will award up to $1 million to each of six teams around the country with the most innovative ideas to drive technology, commercialization and entrepreneurship in support of a green innovation economy.
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South Jersey Economic Development District Executive Director Gordon Dahl said their application will center around underwater turbines.
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The Salem River area where the research would be conducted is tidal and connects the Delaware River with Mannington Meadows and flows underneath The Veterans of Salem County Memorial Bridge.
Students from Rowan University's Engineering Department will be the major force behind the grant.
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The Genie IntelliG 1200, as one example, is a 3/4 HP DC garage door opener that can be fitted with either a chain drive or belt drive lifting mechanism. Among others, Genie also sells the TriloG 1500, a top-of-the-line DC powered model with the equivalent of 1 HP.
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It's no different when buying an automatic garage door opener. One light or two? One remote control or two with one button or three? Exterior keyless entry pad? More options generally equate to a higher price, but not always.
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The Chicago Cubs made a splash this month by hiring Theo Epstein, general manager of the Boston Red Sox, winners of two World Series titles in the last decade. Epstein is bringing with him to Chicago a veritable dream team of young, talented front office personnel, capable of turning around the dismal Cubs, who have not reached baseball's promised land in more than a century.
What Epstein has been tasked with, and is more than capable of doing as president of baseball operations with the Cubs, is re-working the Cubs' farm system and their methods of evaluating talent.
While the NFL doesn't employ an extensive youth development system like baseball does, the development of talent is vital to teams sustaining success.
The Bears' current general manager, Jerry Angelo, has been an obvious disappointment in the area of recognizing talent, both through the draft and free agency. His draft failures have been evident by the myriad released high-round draft picks, and continued sub-par performances by other picks, and these failures have forced the Bears to continually look to high-priced free agents.
With an aging defense already struggling for most of 2011, can Angelo be counted on to revamp this team through the NFL draft in years to come? His supposed specialty in spotting defensive talent has not produced any all-pros since Angelo drafted Lance Briggs in 2003.
In 2012, the McCaskey's and the Bears organization will be forced to spend more money under the new rules of the collective bargaining agreement. While the notoriously stingy McCaskeys are shelling out more money, it might be in their best interests to have the best football people spending their money on a new draft class, as well as in free agency.
The NFL has a number of top franchises who have built their teams from the ground up, while plugging in bargain free agents to keep them competitive every year. These teams have been playoff mainstays who are constantly reinventing themselves.
With the recent baseball front office hires in Chicago, one has to wonder if the Bears would have the vision to re-work their current front office model with Ted Phillips as president and Jerry Angelo as general manager. As long as the Bears are good enough to make the playoffs, things will probably remain the same, despite the revenue opportunities the Bears' brand is capable of in the Chicago market.
Here are some talented general managers, who along with their current staffs, would make Bears fans dream about potential NFC championships and Super Bowl berths every year. While it seems highly unlikely that these men would ever be available to the Bears, baseball fans would never have thought an executive the caliber of Theo Epstein would ever leave Boston for Chicago.


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Owner Gary Perez said that if would-be purchaser Marc Gelman and Local 54 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union did not reach an agreement, he would try to sell the property to a developer.
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One of the hardest parts of investing is that it requires us to be the one thing many of us are not: patient. As I say in my book, Money Rules, "It's sad, but true: human psychology works against the behaviors that have historically led to good long-term returns." When we want something, we want it now; when the market is volatile, we want to protect our money right then and there. However, irrational decisions can often lose us money in the long run.
To that end, the Wall Street Journal recently published a handy guide of tips to use to prevent yourself from making irrational decisions with your investments. I like many of their tips, because they help to override our human impulses that may undermine our long-term goals. Among my favorites:
- Divide your money into "buckets." Money for your kids' college tuition goes in one "bucket" (a 529 account, perhaps), while savings for a new car goes into a different "bucket" (a regular savings account or a short-term bond account). Separating your money into categories will help you focus on each goal you have and help prevent you from raiding one account for something it's not intended to be used for.
- Avoid volatility. If you're easily scared by a volatile market, there are two things you should do: (1) step away from the scary headlines and (2) pick funds that include in a broad mix of investments. These broader funds tend to be less volatile, even when the market is yoyo-ing faster than an amusement park ride.
- Manage your expectations. If there's a "rockstar" fund that has been performing magnificently and it suddenly takes a dip, don't bail out immediately. The Journal reports that industry data shows that the top funds can slip for three out of every ten years, so give your fund about two years to recover.
We here at SavvyMoney know that investing can be tough. If you follow these tips, it can be just a little bit easier.


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Marist High School's boys varsity team was 16-5 heading into last night's regular season finale against Hudson Catholic and was preparing to face North Bergen tomorrow night in the Hudson County Tournament semifinals, but head coach Tony Romano knew it would be a tough game.
"This is a rivalry," said Romano. "Any time we play Hudson the games are very physical. This will be a good test before we play North Bergen."
The game was as advertised: Physical, nasty and close right to the end, as Hudson Catholic pulled away with a 63-57 victory at Marist High School to improve to 12-12 on the season.
"After last night's loss to a team in New York City, and to play two high energy games back to back, I am really proud of our guys tonight," said Hudson Catholic coach Nick Mariniello.
After Marist built a 16-7 lead, Hudson went on an 8-0 run to end the quarter, thanks in part to Marist fouls. First Rakwan Kelly sunk a basket as he was fouled to make it 16-9. Later, Kelly was fouled and drained both free throws to cut the deficit to 16-13. Finally Shalique Boyd hit the jumper to make it 16-15.
Hudson Catholic jumped out to the 18-16 lead after Danny Liming converted on the basket and free throw shot early in the second quarter. With 4:06 left before halftime, Tavis Flagg lit it up with a huge three pointer to give Hudson a 26-20 lead. Flagg had a huge day, going 8-for-8 at the line, and had 15 points.
The third quarter didn't get any better for Marist. Marc Wilson opened things up with a overhand basket underneath the hoop to make it 32-25. Later, Flagg drew another foul and sank both free throws to extend the lead to 35-29.
Through it all, Marist kept fighting. Marvin Williams drained a three to cut the deficit to three, 45-42.
Then, Justin Rosa drained another three, and later, stole a pass and took it to the hoop to cut the deficit to one point, 49-48. Rosa attempted another long distance two, but the ball bounced off the rim; Jarryd Horsely rebounded and scored the basket to give the Royal Knights a 50-49 lead.
Hudson regained the lead when Kelly hit a long range two to make it 51-50. But, Rosa made that point mute with a basket and a foul to give Marist the 53-51 advantage.
Hudson put this away when Wilson tied the game at 55 with a jumper, and Boyd put Hudson in front with a layup with 2:35 to go. Allford connected on two free throws to make it 61-57, and Flagg capped it off with two more free throws.
"We were resilient," said Mariniello. "We spread the ball around and the players made the big play when they had to."
Hudson Catholic 63: Flagg 2-1-8-15, Kelly 7-0-4-18, Wilson 3-0-2-8, Liming 1-0-3-4, Lavelle 1-0-2-4, Allford 2-1-0-7, Gapstul 1-0-1-3, Boyd 4-0-0-8. Totals: 21-2-17-63.
Marist 57: Treadwell 1-3-0-11, Williams 5-2-1-15, Horsely 3-0-1-7, Wilson 5-0-0-11, Rosa 2-0-4-8, Waslsh 2-0-1-5. TOTALS: 18-5-7-57.
Hudson Catholic (12-12) 15 16 14 18 -- 63
Marist (16-6)16 9 18 14 -- 57