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Price paid: $ 70
Purchased from: Ebay
Features: Year: I don't know. Where it was made: probably in a sweatshop in Africa. 21 frets. Small frets. Made of the most horrible wood known to mankind. Bare finish. Strat. Butt-nasty tremolo. Super horrible pickups. 3-way selector. You get to select the different ways for your your guitar to sound like sh*t. Non-locking tuners, goes out of tune every time you strum. // 1
Sound: I don't think this guitar serves any music style. It doesn't matter what amps or effects you use, its gonna sound like sh*t. I would say the only sound it can make is that of sh*t coming out of a butt. // 1
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar looks fine.Would be great for a cheap prop. It doesn't matter if you adjust the pickups it sounds the same. The entire guitar is one huge flaw. // 1
Reliability & Durability: If you play this thing on stage, you will be booed off no matter what you do. Hardware is metal. I wouldn't use this thing on a gig period. // 1
Overall Impression: DO NOT BUY THIS CRAPPY GUITAR!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!. // 1
Purchased from: ebay
Features: This is a cheap beginners guitar I bought off of ebay about 6 months ago. It is a decent guitar, not grteat but playable. I would only suggest buying it if you want something cheap to carry around to friends houses etc... It has a 21 fret maple neck with a rosewood fretboard that is just like a Fender Strat. I have no idea about the body material but it can be bought in a variety of finishes. I bought mine with the transparent green finish. The body is modeled after the Stratocaster design with a few exceptions. Firstly the pick guard has a big curving cutaway where it would be on a normal strat. And secondly its input jack is located on the side of the body instead of the top. The bridge is cosmetically the same as a Strat but um sure the quality is a lot crappier. It has 3 single coil pups with no brand name on them. It has 1 volume knob and 2 tone knobs as well as a 5 way selector switch. The tuners are cheap but seem to work fine. The package cam with 2 allen wrenches, a gig bag, an extra high e string, an amp cable(CRAP), and a pick(THIN). // 3
Sound: I generally play a lot of heavy thrash metal, specifically Metallica. It works okay if I put enough distortion. It did not come properly intoned so I had to have that done. I am putting it through a Modtone Extreme Metal Pedal and a FAB metal distortion pedal and into a cheap Kona 10 watt amp. If you select any single pup it rtends to hum and buzz a lot, but if you select any 2 it reduces noise noticeably. It works reasonably well for harmonics and pinch harmonics but the sustain is virtually non existent. It generally dies off within 5-10 seconds. // 4
Action, Fit & Finish: The action was set up pretty well, no serious problems except there was no intonation done on it. I don't think the bridge hole was properly routed because the edge of the tremolo block is rubbing the side of the hole. I wouldn't suggest using the tremolo because it promptly goes way out of tune. // 3
Reliability & Durability: I would not suggest this for live playing unless you plan to upgrade everything on this guitar. The hardware is as good as you can expect with an ebay guitar. At the very least it would be a decent backup guitar. // 4
Overall Impression: If this was stolen or lost I would not buy it again I would definitely buy something better with a floyd and 24 frets. // 4
Price paid: $ 100
Purchased from: eBay
Features: I don't have any idea where this guitar was made, probably some cheap factory in Asia. It comes with a gigbag (which I soon replaced because it had the quality of a trashbag). The guitar features 3 single coil pickups (that don't sound THAT bad at all). I got mine in metallic blue with a white pickguard, rosewood fingerboard and maple neck. I can't tell what's the wood type on the body, but it is LIGHT (I mean a Fender Strat would be reuoally heavy compared to it). The finish is kinda cheap and the guitar already has a few dents (I bought it less then a year ago). The tuners actually stay in tune quite well. The tremolo is kinda bad, not so easy to control like other guitars (it can also be an advantage for those who don't use it often, like me).
Overall, what you pay for is what you get, a cheap beginner's guitar (which I'll keep, to modify someday and make it an AWESOME guitar). // 5
Sound: I play all kinds of music - rock n' roll, rock, funk, punk rock, hard rock and even metal, this guitar can pretty much do all of them. The pickups can get a lot of different sounds, and the guitar isn't that bad for it's price. I use a Line 6 Spider IV 15 amp on her, and it can go from funky clean and twanky overdrive, to powerful metal distortions. I mostly play either on 2nd position (neck and middle pickup) or 5th position (bridge pickup). It can be quite versatile, but it's still a starter's guitar which I'll replace soon. Still a great backup guitar. // 7
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar came in a great setup, the pickups were adjusted just right and gave a proper sound. The finish on the other hand is kinda cheap and dents are made easily (I've had her for less then a year and it already has more dents then my Ibanez bass, which is more then a year older then her), but it's really comfortable to play, the neck is smooth and has a nice finish, the tremolo is kinda bad but I've already talked about that. The wood is REALLY light and the guitar's easy to pick up, it has almost no weight what-so-ever, the controls are just fine and overall - it's not bad. // 5
Reliability & Durability: I haven't played her live yet, but the guitar is kinda fragile, it once fell off a chair on the input jack and I had to fix the wiring inside. Don't try to open her because the wiring is very poorly-made, and you'll find yourself with a soldering iron, trying to fix her up. I would have used her as a backup guitar, but probably not as a main guitar, but in these price rates it's a 50-50 shot, either a great guitar or a bad guitar. It's not that bad but it's kinda annoying to fix her every once in a while (luckily I have tools at home so It's free), but before I opened her up she was playing just fine. // 4
Overall Impression: I play a lot of different music, but mostly hard rock and thrash metal. I've been playing for something about a year and a half and I also own an acoustic guitar and a bass guitar. I could have researched more about her before I bought her, but I'm pretty happy with her for now (I'm planning on getting a Fender Mustang in a few months, and she'll become my backup guitar, but I'll still use her). I don't thing I'd buy another one because it's a starter's guitar and I'm past that level. I like her sound and neck, but I hate to fix her every once in a while, but that's what you get. My favorite feature would have to be the pickups, I just love their sound (you know, for the price). I also don't like the fact that her pickguard doesn't go all the way to the end of the short horn, unlike many strat-like guitars). I wish it had a different pickguard, and maybe a humbucker as a neck pickup. I chose her because I'm left handed, and the lefty guitars start at 300$ here in my country, so it's the only guitar I could afford then and I really wanted to play so I got her. // 6
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Hunslet Hawks 26 - YCK 12
Posted 28 April 2013 - 03:43 PM
Posted 28 April 2013 - 03:46 PM
Need to get this away form sorted.
Posted 28 April 2013 - 04:51 PM
Thought Hunslet played basic stuff vey very well today, forwards won their battle( although not hard against our pack today), backs closed Browny out of the game and scored off a couple of poor kicks and quite simply Hunlet wanted it more, defensively they simply stopped us playing and our kicking game was awful, they were also very unlucky to have a couple of great moves resulting in disallowed tries for forward passes otherwise we were in for a proper pasting.
Keinhorst, Yates, Haughey and Menzies were outstanding today, Marchy usual pain in the rear end, Grimmer non-existent, Hawks are a solid side but beatable if we had played anything like what we did vs Fev, Rams and parts of last week.
Pathetic tactics today GT, too many un-fit players out there and poor use of subs, next few weeks make or breaks if we get beat up t Catalans and come away with some heavy knocks our squad does not have enough depth to maintain current league position.
We are missing the two Jacks drastically.
Posted 28 April 2013 - 05:06 PM
Posted 28 April 2013 - 05:19 PM
Well I've prob seen my last game away after that I'm seriously considering staying at home with my family instead of wasting my money on that
Im the same if the players cant be bothered to turn up at away games, why should I?
Posted 28 April 2013 - 05:31 PM
Well, our " team" certainly know how to spoil a good day out dont they, they really aren't worth the petrol money never mind a flight to France.
I would NEVER have believed that they could play as badly as that debacle at Keighley but today they came mighty close ( GT thought that at times we were worse). Once again, against an average side full of ex-Knights, our mediocre players were unable to plunder a bonus point.
Thanks for turning up Sully, your efforts were much appreciated, most of the rest should hang their heads in shame playing like that in front of a brilliant travelling support ( bearing in mind our away form).
If the players dont get their away act together by the time summer arrives I can see many fans ( especially those with families ) going to the coast etc instead. Who could blame them?
Posted 28 April 2013 - 05:35 PM
Posted 28 April 2013 - 05:40 PM
Posted 28 April 2013 - 05:46 PM
Who was your friend Andy, the one who was cracking all the jokes and had us all splitting our sides? lol
Posted 28 April 2013 - 05:55 PM
Who was your friend Andy, the one who was cracking all the jokes and had us all splitting our sides? lol
Think my 'friend' after the game was actually a relation of Lionel's, they say Hunslet's a village, well today I met their village idiot so there's the proof it really is a village !!
Posted 28 April 2013 - 06:51 PM
Posted 28 April 2013 - 07:11 PM
ive burnt me season ticket they can stuff the rugby now we are that cr2p away even im lost for words
You burned your season ticket because we can't play away? Thats genius even by your standards.


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Three-run homer keeps Zias rolling
CNJ staff DENTON, Texas — Second baseman Rebecca Quinones drove in four runs, hitting a go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the fifth, and junior pitcher Kristen Cruickshank made the lead stand up in Eastern New Mexico University's 5-4 Lone Star Conference South Division softball victory here Friday. The Zias (12-5, 1-0 South) extended […]
Hounds drop pair to Aggies
CNJ staff PORTALES — Cameron pitcher Brad Bichel didn't need much run support Friday, but got more than enough. When the Aggies pitching struggled in the second game, they turned to the long ball to pull away. Bichel pitched a seven-inning six-hitter in the opener as Cameron (13-4, 7-3 LSC) rolled to a 9-1 Lone […]
Law reducing paperwork approved
The New Mexican Days remaining in session: 21 Penalizing paperwork: The House has approved a measure (HB367) that would reduce the amount of paperwork that state agencies can send to lawmakers. It puts some teeth into a current law that puts a five-page limit on what agencies can send to lawmakers, with a few exceptions.
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Rib Crib hosting benefit
Freedom New Mexico Rib Crib Barbecue in Clovis is lending a helping hand to the family of 6-year-old Harley Pena, who is fighting a rare combination of two types of acute leukemia. On Wednesday, the restaurant will donate 15 percent of its profits made from 4-10 p.m. to the Pena family. Manager Tommy Cardonita said […]
Judge denies plea agreement change
Freedom New Mexico District Judge Teddy Hartley on Friday denied a request to change the terms of a recent plea agreement, District Attorney Matt Chandler said. Cody Banister, 28, of Roosevelt County, in January agreed to a 15-year prison sentence following allegations he manufactured methamphetamine. On Friday, Bannister asked to spend the last two years […]
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Dogged lawmaker changes his mind
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Cannon airmen deliver valentines to veterans
USAF photo: Airman 1st Class Evelyn Chavez Staff Sgt. Christopher Sanderfur, 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, righ, poses with a veteran for a photo during the Valentines for Veterans visit on Feb. 13. By Senior Airman Thomas Trower: 27th SOW Public Affairs Veterans of World War II through the Vietnam War were joined by […]
Prayer breakfast hosts AF Chief of Chaplains
USAF photo: Airman 1st Class James R. Bell Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Cecil Richardson, U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, speaks to Cannon personnel and community members at the Landing on Feb. 19. Chaplain Richardson stressed the importance of faith and prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast. By Airman 1st Class Elliott Sprehe: 27th SOW Public […]
Feb. 27 -Feb. 29 Movie Schedule
Friday 7 p.m. — Gran Torino, R Saturday 4 p.m. — My Bloody Valentine, R
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Cannon gets 'Deja Blue' experience
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Coffin photo issue matter of respect
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Partnership bill falls short in Senate
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by Anonymous / 01/23/2013 at 1:03pm / United States / Love
Today, I dragged my boyfriend to see Les Misérables with me. He now refuses to communicate with me through any medium other than singing. Apparently, this is his revenge. FML
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Today, as usual, my cat was sleeping on my stomach. I couldn't fall asleep so I delicately picked him up and put him down next to me. He got up, hopped back onto me, gave me a slap and then went back to sleep on my stomach. I didn't dare move all night. FML
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Today, I spontaneously poured my heart out for my boyfriend, telling him how much I love and adore him. He answered by leaning in close, saying "Jolly good" in an affected accent, and burping loud and clear in my ear. FML
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Life in the Surpassed Lane
- 30 March 2014
It's been almost a year and a half since the diagnosis that shook (but not took!) my life: the Stage IV variety.
The top question I'm asked is when my treatments will end. Another popular question? Am I considered in remission. Innocent questions like these abound because the public is well aware of the pink campaign that highlights earlier-stage breast cancer diagnoses, those in which treatment will end without talk of hospice care and in which remission IS possible. In my season of life, a season no one wants to enter, remission is not an option: "cancer being stable" and "no evidence of disease" are the operative phrases (pun intended) for those whose cancer has not progressed. A wonderful primer on this not-so-wonderful disease awaits the reader who really wants the scoop.
As to hair, I had been ambivalent about my new white locks, but have come to love them. Many people who know my history think they are fab–even glam–and encourage me to keep my hair gamine-cut and au naturel. At a dining establishment I frequent on my way to Stanford, the white hair has landed me a senior discount without my asking for it. But sometimes my silver-topped pate triggers discussions about how young a 79-year-old looks who still has some natural dark hair. The ensuing conversation is rife with justifications for coloring hair. We ladies are so protective of our looks, something ingrained in us since early childhood.
Regardless of what our culture thinks of premature silver locks, I'm grateful to have hair while on continuous chemo, and that it is coming back (now that taxol is finished) fuller than ever. The ability to keep my hair is due to new targeted biologics (Kadcyla and Perjeta). Wearing wigs or hats and scarves isn't something I would desire to do for the rest of my life. And dyeing my hair with chemicals seems harsh, when I don't know what caused my cancer in the first place.
A nice recent touch to my new-normal life? A bubble bath. In my former life I luxuriated in them. But up till a week ago I had not taken a bath since before diagnosis. But before I am judged as unhygienic, let me explain that I do take regular showers. What made baths so undesirable were regular infusions of chemo, particularly taxol. The drug made me shiver so profoundly that I didn't care to undress even long enough to go into a hot bath. I was that cold. It seemed a waste to turn the thermostat so high just to get me into a tub. Now, however, I'm able to withstand the cold in the amount of time it takes between undressing and entering the suds. I reveled in a book while peripherally watching real candles flicker. I didn't even feel guilty that perhaps this bathing would trigger another urinary tract infection (UTI), a frequent side-effect I've been battling due to the Kadcyla. I decided that taking a bath was worth the risk, and if I got the UTI, I would simply not take baths anymore.
If nothing is risked, nothing is gained.
Life in the surpassed lane doesn't have to be shabby. Some days I'm content to watch as others rush past me in their eagerness and impatience to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, I can soak in my more relaxed lifestyle, cooking more meals at home without resorting to so many frozen entrees and take-out fare. These seem to be a scourge of the harried, two-income family. I can strum my ukulele without glancing at the time worrying about when the gym will close. I can take walks instead of runs; I can stop to watch a heron's nest or spot an owl in a tree near the lake where I live. I can even still bend over to yank a dandelion from my front yard or plant a pot of carnations.
Enjoying each sensory experience is magnified with a Stage IV diagnosis. It's one thing to say "I'll appreciate each new day now," once you've had a pre-Stage IV cancer diagnosis. It's another thing to say "I'll appreciate each moment of each day when I'm not in pain" when the clock is ticking on the Stage IV route. The horses pulling my coach prance at a more leisurely pace. My gratitude journal abounds with wonders happening all around me. And I'll continue to fill it as long as I can hold a pen or type on a keypad.
Such is the life of the idle, at least my idea of idle. It might not be ideal, but it surely beats the sharp turns of the overloaded road.
Which lane are you traveling in?
http://www.thebigcandme.blogspot.com/ Renn
Jan, you paint such lovely images with your words, even when you're discussing cancer! It always brightens my day when I see a new post from you! I'm glad you are enjoying the simple pleasures of life. So many times we rush and never pause long enough to experience the moments that truly matter.
http://janhasak.com jhasak
Thanks so much, Renn, for your encouraging words. They reach to my heart and gladden my spirit. We often do rush through our routines without those all-important breaks. XOX
http://www.tellingknots.com Knot Telling
Beautiful post, Jan. Thank you for writing it.
http://janhasak.com jhasak
Thank YOU for your kind comment. xo
http://www.facingcancer.ca Catherine
It sounds like you are taking the scenic road, for sure. Enjoy the meal, the baths, and the beautiful quiet moments. I wish you wellness and comfort, Jan, as well as some hearty laughs with friends and family. It's so good to read your updates. ~Catherine
http://janhasak.com jhasak
Thank you, Catherine, as always for your encouraging, warm words. They really touched my heart tonight. xox
http://none karen sutherland
oh, Jan, this is such a wonderful post! I love that you grab onto wonderful opportunities to bring joy and gratitude and the benefits of not having to pay so much attention to time frames as you luxuriate in the the simple and delightful moments of ordinary days. finding my way through recent widowhood and post cancer treatment means I am beginning to be able to savor lovely times just for me that feel healing and peaceful, and also allow my heart to overflow in gratitude. I am slowly building up reassurance that I will always have those gifts to fall back on during the times I struggle with grief and am trying to find myself all over again.
I wish you many more years to perfect the art of living well with even more delight and contentment wherever you can find it.
much love and light to you, Jan,
Karen xxoo
http://www.nancyspoint.com Nancy's Point
Oh, Jan, I do so admire your ongoing ability to find gratitude for life's simple pleasures. You do such a good job with the gentle reminders to slow down and savor the moment. Your point is well taken about those moments without pain being what you appreciate now each day. And I'm glad you decided to jump in your tub and take that bath. Well, I suppose you didn't jump in. I miss baths. Our present home is missing a decent tub… Much love to you. Nancy
http://beyondbreastcancer.wordpress.com/ Marie Ennis-O'Connor (@JBBC)
Oh Jan, what a joy to read your post today. I can imagine you in every scene you paint with your words. You end by calling your life a life of idleness, but Jan, you are not idle. You are teaching us how to truly live our lives – with attention to the smallest detail, a heart filled with gratitude; a life filled with faith and wonder and an awareness of the preciousness of living in the present moment. We have so much to learn from you – please keep teaching us xxxx
http://www.loishjelmstad.com Lois Hjelmstad
What a lovely post! Thank you, Jan. And keep putting one foot in front of another.
http://janhasak.com jhasak
Thanks so very much, Lois. I will do just that. xox
http://janhasak.com jhasak
Karen, thank you for your beautiful words. I wish you healing as you proceed down your road of grieving to a place of contentment and peace. Encouragement can never be overrated for what it does to the heart. You are a treasure. xox
http://janhasak.com jhasak
Thanks so much for your kind words, Nancy. Maybe you will get a decent tub down the road so you can savor baths as I did. If we take them every night, we miss the joy of making them special. So I'm glad I had to wait so long. I hope never to let life's simple pleasures go by without at least taking a sip of them from time to time. xox
http://janhasak.com jhasak
Marie, your compassionate words touched my heart in a special way. As much as I'm able I will keep on living in the moment and teaching you what I learn. It's a pleasure–and a privilege. Thank you ever so kindly. xox


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By Maj. Jennifer R. Johnson, Joint Multinational Training Command Public AffairsApril 27, 2011
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - In an environment of dwindling resources, the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command Organizational Maintenance Activity (OMA) works to assist training units as they prepare to deploy.
By demonstrating a willingness to help others and a strong work ethic, the Department of the Army (DA) selected the OMA as the 1st place winner of the DA Award for Maintenance Excellence for fiscal year 2010.
Established in 1982, the award recognizes exceptional accomplishment in maintenance. The OMA won in the medium category for Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) units for displaying expertise and professionalism in the performance of their tasks, maintaining Soldier competency, and displaying effective leadership.
After competing since 2007, for the Chief of OMA, the win is a matter of pride.
"It makes me feel great. I told the Chief of Staff I was going to keep competing until I won DA," said Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jose M. Agosto, Chief of the OMA.
With a myriad of training resources to choose from, U.S and multinational units come from all over Europe to train at the Grafenwoehr training area as they prepare to deploy to Afghanistan or other contingency operations. Combining maneuver and live-fire training areas, with simulations and communications, the JMTC provides realistic training, while supporting theater security cooperation initiatives. When units convoy to and from the area, they call the OMA.
"We provide area recovery all the way to Nuremberg for Europe," said Agosto. "When they [units] are convoying this way or leaving out of here, they call us and say I'm going to be on the road, and can you provide back-up support or recovery support."
Formerly a garrison asset, OMA realigned under the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, JMTC. The unit takes on a bigger support role in helping the JMTC train units for combat.
Whatever the requirement, the JMTC can project an expeditionary training package to support Soldiers training anywhere in the world. It is the OMA that ensures JMTC organizations have the tactical equipment they need to train.
"Our main mission is JMTC tactical equipment- to maintain it," said Agosto. "When TSAE [Theater Support Activity Europe] sends teams out to Romania or anywhere else, their equipment is here. We maintain it. So then we help to get the equipment ready and get it out of here."
According to Agosto, the OMA is part of the big training machine, without which, the JMTC could not operate.
"We do a number of different things to support the government, from fuel to recovery to radios," said SPC Michael J. Chickonoski, a construction equipment mechanic working at OMA.
The Grafenwoehr Training Area is comprised of 57,000 acres of ranges and training areas, with 44 modern, computerized live-fire ranges in its midst. Agosto says, without OMA, ranges would not function and units throughout Europe would have difficulty procuring certain training aids from their local training support center. Along with field maintenance support, OMA is responsible for ordering Class III (P) packaged petroleum products and Class IX repairs parts and supplies, which are needed in the maintenance or repair of all Army materiel-not including medical materiel- and in other operations for all organizations in the JMTC.
"Right now, all the ranges targets even the targets that come up, all that is Class IX. We order thousands of boxes," said Agosto. "[We also order] the batteries for the target mechanisms."
Agosto is a true believer in the better management of resources and he says he treats federal money likes it's his money. Before "efficiency" was the current catchphrase, in 2009, he was instrumental in reducing the cost of purchasing Class IX by streamlining the ordering process through OMA.
With twenty-seven years of Army service under his belt, Agosto remembers a time when the Army did not do such a good job managing their resources.
"I remember when I was coming up. You are a young Soldier, and you see a lot of waste," said Agosto. "You figure there is a better way to do this...I'm a taxpayer, so I'm not like the ones that say this is not my money."
As a secondary mission, OMA provides maintenance support to other tactical units who reside in the Grafenwoehr military community that do not have organizational maintenance assets.
"Everything else that is tactical- weapons, radios, night vision devices and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) equipment- that belongs over here, to any of the sections or units, from JMTC, in Grafenwoehr and Vilseck, we either maintain it or ensure it is properly maintained," said Agosto.
If a unit needs help, Agosto says his organization is there-a fact well-known by the 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade, one of four combat brigades in U.S. Army Europe, preparing to deploy to Afghanistan this year.
"We help because, bottom line, they are deploying and they need to be ready," said Agosto.
As the172nd SIB was preparing their equipment for deployment, the unit realized there was an issue with their brake test machines.
"They couldn't brake test anything bigger than a HMMWV, so they started calling us to, pretty much, brake test all their equipment, especially the equipment they're taking with them,." said Agosto.
Support requests are not relegated to U.S Army units, or to the normal work day. Chickonoski remembers getting a call while shopping, off-duty.
"I just got a call we have a rolled over Air Force HMMWV," said Chickonoski. "I was actually in the middle of the commissary shopping. I put the stuff back and I came down here to OMA and got the truck and went out there. "
If a unit needs to fuel up a tank, pull a vehicle out of the mud, or a forklift, they call the OMA.
"It's a good unit to be in," said Chickonoski. "We do all sorts of stuff for everybody."
For more information about JMTC, please visit our website at www.hqjmtc.army.mil. For additional questions, please call the Public Affairs Office at 09641-83-7776.


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Project ID: SD1381
Title: Lipid Geochemistry of Waters and Sediments in a Prairie Pothole Hydrologic System
Focus Categories: Groundwater, Hydrogeochemistry
Keywords: organic geochemistry, lipids, dissolved organic carbon, Big Sioux aquifer, Groundwater
Start Date: 05/01/2001
End Date: 04/30/2002
Federal Funds: $15,000
Non-Federal Matching Funds: $30,238
Congressional District: First
Principal Investigator:
James A. Rice
Professor, South Dakota State University
A study is proposed to describe the organic geochemistry of the lipid components of the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) of the Big Sioux Aquifer in eastern South Dakota. Previous studies have shown that selective sorption of DOC components to mineral surfaces as surface water percolates down into groundwater significantly alters the chemical characteristics of the DOC. The proposed study would identify qualitatively and quantitatively, the lipids components of the surface and ground water DOC using gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Experiments would be performed to assess the sorption behavior of lipids identified


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A sure-fire way to destroy your relationship is to diagnose your partner with a personality disorder or other character disease. Unfortunately, a cottage industry of self-help books exists to encourage you to do just that. Some are written by advocates or "survivors," who describe how you should react to your partner, using incendiary and contemptuous adjectives, such as "congenitally manipulative, opportunistic, cunning, exploitive, wolf in sheep's clothing, etc." Others are written by therapists who psychoanalyze your partner with various interpretations of why he/she makes you feel bad. Both types describe the insidious behavior of the PD, not so much to inform and enlighten as to appeal to the reader's victim-identity and self-righteousness. They typically supplement their superficial descriptions with general symptom checklists, without emphasizing that a preponderance of those - not just a few -- are necessary for a valid diagnosis and that a valid diagnosis must come after careful, objective examination.
These days a book has a good chance of making the best-seller list if it comes up with a new way for the reader to feel like a victim and justify the sense of entitlement that goes with victimhood. Such books allow readers to substitute easy pity for genuine compassion, only to be caught in an inevitable pity-contempt-guilt-pity pendulum of pain.
Unfortunately, it's not just self-help books that contribute to emotional pollution. The desire to hook clients into psychotherapy sometimes overrides the ethics of therapists who diagnose their clients' partners, based entirely on third-party descriptions. I have had more than two dozen couples referred to me in the past year alone who were each diagnosed by their partner's individual therapist with a personality disorder. The most common combination, of course, is a narcissistic man married to a borderline woman, though variations have come from more creative therapists with the temerity to diagnose without examination. In no case were these third-party diagnoses valid or helpful.
Complementary diagnoses have become common because the motivation to diagnose loved ones is neither to understand nor sympathize, but to blame from a position of moral superiority—a powerful driving force in the age of entitlement.
While self-help authors who encourage readers to diagnose their partners are out to sell books, I suspect that many therapists who diagnose without examination are trying to counter the propensity of some clients to blame themselves for the poor behavior of their partners—"It's not your fault!" is the mantra of the poorly trained. But there's little doubt that the utter powerlessness engendered by blaming will keep their hapless clients in treatment for quite some time, to the financial benefit of the therapist.
Personality disorders are extremely complex diagnoses that only a professional should make after thorough examination and testing of the subject, supplemented by interviews with the partner. The diagnosis cannot be made by a self-help book or advocate or by a therapist going exclusively on the highly subjective descriptions of a hurt, distressed, or resentful client.
If you have an urge to diagnose your partner, you cannot at the same time have genuine self-compassion, which would give you insight into your pain, along with motivation to heal and improve; blame neither heals nor improves. Neither can you experience the genuine compassion for your partner that would give you insight into his/her deeper experience, which is necessary to evaluate the possibility that he/she can heal and improve. The urge to diagnose makes you see yourself and other people too superficially to do anything but harm to your relationship.
If you truly believe you are married to a personality disorder, you should leave the relationship before your pity-contempt-guilt-pity pendulum swings make him/her angrier and still harder to live with. However, you would be better served to burn any self-help book and fire any therapist or advocate who diagnoses your partner unseen.
Instead of diagnosing, try to understand your partner's experience of you and of the world. The only way to judge the emotional reality of your relationship is to hold his/her perspective alongside your own. One perspective of your relationship, even when it is right, is incomplete. Relationships must have binocular vision to flourish.
You do not need a diagnosis to evaluate your relationship. All you need to determine whether it is viable and repairable is to feel as much compassion from your partner as you give and to know, through your binocular vision, that your partner sees your perspectives as equal to his/her own.


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RUSH: Tony in Denver, you're next. It's great to have you here, sir.
CALLER: Mega dittos, O great Maha. Thank you for taking my call. Hey, it's very clear to me from last night's debate that Romney supports an individual mandate as a condition of breathing that we must buy health insurance. Rush, what is gonna happen this summer when the Supreme Court decides if an individual mandate is constitutional, if Romney is the nominee, there's no way the court will rule against Obamacare. Our nominee has to be opposed to an individual mandate. Do you really believe that Romney would pressure the Supreme Court to rule against something he supports?
RUSH: No, there's no president that's gonna pressure a Supreme Court.
CALLER: I mean -- Romney -- you know, pressure the Supreme Court, to rule against something he supports, the individual mandate? And one more thing --
RUSH: Wait, hold it. I'm losing you on this. Maybe it's the language you're using. I'm not following. Romney pressures the Supreme Court to rule against something that he supports, the individual mandate.
CALLER: Yeah, he's not gonna pressure the court to rule against an individual mandate because he supports an individual mandate, just like Santorum brought out of him last night. What's gonna happen, the Supreme Court is gonna have --
RUSH: Well, if the Supreme Court rules that the mandate's constitutional, it doesn't matter. Your fear is that Romney will cave if that happens?
CALLER: No, he's gonna be on Obama's side when it comes to ruling on the individual mandate. That's my fear. He supports it. And, Rush, can I please ask you another question? In a few days you have to vote. Sarah Palin was brave and told us who she would vote for. Are you gonna show courage and tell us who you're voting for?
RUSH: (laughing) See, my way out of that is, is to say that's not how I define courage. Now, I'm still trying to figure out the other thing you said. I want to understand this. The Supreme Court could rule. I don't think it's automatic. Now, I have a lot of friends in the legal community who think that it is automatic. I have a lot of friends in the legal community who think the Supreme Court wouldn't dare declare it unconstitutional. Separation of powers and all that, that they wouldn't dare. That they sometimes read the election results, they don't want the hassle, the problem. It's something that the elected representatives of the people passed and it's just gonna happen. A lot of people on the legal side do not see the court rendering a decision that says Obamacare is unconstitutional. I'm more of an optimist. If the court renders it unconstitutional, then Obamacare -- that's the fundamental element of it, and it breaks apart, falls apart, breaks down. Now, I don't understand your question about Romney. (interruption) But he didn't say "embarrass" to me. So Tony, try this one more time. I'm not sure what you're asking me about Romney and the Supreme Court.
CALLER: Well, if Romney is our nominee --
RUSH: Okay -- hold, hold, hold -- I need to go very slow. If Romney is our nominee. That will be in September.
CALLER: If he's our nominee, and he does not pressure the Supreme Court to rule against an individual mandate and Obama does not pressure the court to rule against it --
RUSH: Okay, the court's decision is going to come in June, long before we have a nominee. Well, we might know who the nominee is, but he won't be coronated 'til the convention.
CALLER: Yeah, our nominee is gonna be chosen by you down in Florida this coming Tuesday.
RUSH: Okay. (laughing) Okay, I think we are two ships passing in the night, is your term, if Romney does not pressure the court. Presidents don't pressure the Supreme Court. I think you know that. So you might be asking is the court gonna be influenced by the Republican nominee? Are you asking me if the Republicans nominate Romney, then the Republicans are saying, hey, they like an individual mandate, Romney --
CALLER: That's right. Exactly right.
RUSH: Okay. So the court will then have the freedom to rule in favor of it since the Republican nominee is for a mandate, Obama's for a mandate, the court can say, "The people have spoken."
CALLER: You've got it, Rush. What's gonna happen then? We're gonna lose for sure. 'Cause Romney's our guy and he supports what Obama supports, an individual mandate.
RUSH: Okay, and then in your scenario, once the court declares it constitutional because both party nominees are for it, then Romney can say, "Well, look, there's nothing I can do now," and he will drop the issue altogether. Is that what you're afraid of?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: Yeah. And that's why this next week and the Florida primary and my endorsement is so important.
RUSH: Now, as to our last caller, who says that once the Supreme Court sees that our nominee is Romney and finds Obamacare constitutional, it's over. So we don't want to have Romney as the nominee. Romney, just to be factually correct out there, Romney says he opposes a federal mandate. He says he's all in favor of the states, like he did when he was governor, mandating stuff. But the federal government, no way. So if he tried to opt out based on that, people could zero back and say, "Wait a minute, Governor, you said you oppose a federal mandate."
Have you noticed how many people are angry with me for not endorsing a candidate in these primaries? And two things about that. People are angry at me for not endorsing yet. Meanwhile, a lot of the same people are furious at the media and the Republican elites for telling them who to vote for. It's apparently required of me to endorse, but when the Republican elites tell you who to vote for, as in Romney, they get mad about it.
The second thing is, look at just what has happened this week. I wonder how many of the people yesterday, before some of the truth got out, who had endorsed Newt, like Fred Thompson last week endorsed Newt. It was full-throated, it was great, made a lot of sense. How do you think Fred Thompson felt when that stuff happened yesterday? These guys -- by that, I mean candidates -- they've got so much hidden stuff that can come out and embarrass endorsers and cause questions to bounce back to the endorsers.
RUSH: Rhonda in Twin Falls, Idaho. Let's pick up the phone here. Great to have you with us. Thanks very much for waiting, by the way. Hi.
CALLER: Thank you for having me, Rush.
RUSH: You bet.
CALLER: I have a question. Well, I have a statement, actually. I've never voted in my life (chuckles), so you can't blame me for this mess, but I feel that this year...
RUSH: Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
CALLER: (giggling)
RUSH: Not necessarily so.
CALLER: (laughing) Well, I know it's a crucial time, and I'm very serious about this. I've written notes, taken notes. I don't have a computer at home, but I go on the Internet when I'm at work, just don't tell my boss. But if I could tell the candidates one thing or ask them one question, my question would be -- because I don't know who to vote for. (laughs) But my question would be, "Would you be willing to die for your country?" (laughs) If they can answer that truthfully and state that they could do that, that would mean they would have the character that I was looking for, the honor that I was looking for, putting the people first instead of their pocketbook. (sigh) And I'm just... I'm just really serious about this. I'm very bothered about the way and where this country is going. This is the first time I've ever called in (chuckles) so I'm kind of nervous.
RUSH: Yeah, I understand. I've been where you are. I have called talk shows when I was much younger. I've been waiting on hold and I've had the screener come and up and say, "Okay, be about ten minutes," and it's always longer. And then finally you're sitting there and there's been no noise on the phone 20 minutes or so, and then "click" on the phone and the screener says, "Okay! Stand by! You're next!"
CALLER: (giggling)
RUSH: "Oh, no! Oh, no! What did I call about? Oh, gosh, I don't even remember what I called about!"
CALLER: (giggling)
RUSH: You're sitting out there --
CALLER: (giggling)
RUSH: -- Then the host says, "Aaaand hello, Rhonda, in Twin Falls," and you are in utter panic trying to remember.
CALLER: (giggling)
RUSH: And so then you tell the host you've never voted but you want to know who's willing to die for the country.
CALLER: Yep. And if that's a good candidate, 'cause I just don't know who to vote for but I'm going to vote this year.
RUSH: I just don't know that anybody's gonna ask 'em that question.
CALLER: They should.
RUSH: You might have to come up with an alternative way to judge, 'cause I don't know who's gonna ask 'em, "Are you willing to die for your country?" A lot of people think just joining the campaign is a slow death.
CALLER: (giggling) Yeah.
RUSH: You know, just running is a slow death.
CALLER: Right.
RUSH: What is it that's...? I mean, you've never voted; now you're gonna vote. Why? What's changed?
CALLER: Because I don't want Obama in there. I think he's run it down to the ground. I mean, we're going to hell in a handbasket real quick, and I'm just very --
RUSH: Yeah, and we've got a shortage of handbaskets.
CALLER: Yeah, and I just think my vote needs to be counted this time. I just don't know who to pick. (chuckles)
RUSH: Well, given what you've said, the answer's easy: Vote for whoever is not Obama.
You're not gonna get your question asked because nobody's gonna say... Well, you never know. The Drive-Bys listen to this program, they do, and there are some debates left. Not in Florida, but there are some debates left. So it'd be easy to get a Drive By to say, "You know, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh," or, "I was listening to a radio talk show the other day. A very, very bright woman from Idaho wanted to know which of you will die for your country. Congressman Paul, would you like to take that question first?" I just don't see it. (laughing)
(Paul impression) "Weeeeell, we're all gonna diiiie if we keep on mongering with these waaaaaars," would be his answer." Romney would say, "Of course I'll die for my country. I've died for my country many times before. I saved the Olympics. I want to repeal Obamacare, and I worked in the private sector. Of course I'd die for my country." Newt would say, "Let me give you the facts. The fact of the matter is it's an extraordinary question. Extraordinary. 'Do we want to die for our country?' What a great philosophical question. George Washington was willing to, and I'm the modern equivalent of George Washington. So maybe you could say I might."
Santorum would say, "Listen to these phonies. Die for their country? They wouldn't die for their wives! I'm the only guy up here who has died for my country by being part of this process." And then they'd go ask Obama: "What did you think of the Republican answers to the question, 'Would you die for the country?'" (impression) "Well, you know, it's an interesting question, but that's fine with me if all of them did. Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha!" That's probably what would happen, Rhonda, if the question were asked.
Mary in Montgomery, Illinois, great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Well, thank you. The last time I spoke with you was in 1992, I believe. I was very upset because we were talking about Ross Perot. Were talking about when Ronald Reagan -- what I thought -- took away my credit card interest deduction, and I thought it was a tax increase, and you set me straight on that. I loved Ronald Reagan. I was one of those conservative Democrats, Democrats for Reagan, but I was upset with them and I went with Ross Perot in '92.
RUSH: I remember that '86 tax reform.
CALLER: You remember that?
RUSH: When they took away from credit card deduction --
CALLER: But, you know, I gotta tell you the rest of the story.
RUSH: Okay.
CALLER: Because you saved my life. You saved my whole family. I listened to what you said. You ended up talking about it for a couple days. I got involved. I stayed with Ross Perot's organization, United We Stand. We got involved with Newt Gingrich and Contract with America, and we were part of that
Republican revolution, and we have been with Newt ever since. He's been so right on so many issues, and so was Ronald Reagan. It totally changed my life. I just wanted to share that with you, because my granddaughter -- who was born January 2nd of this year -- my daughter, who was a baby at the time, named her Reagan Rose. Because without you and without Ronald Reagan and without Newt Gingrich, our family would not have been the same. And we just wanted to thank you for that. And I hope, as Florida's most influential voter, you will at least tell us who you're going to vote for on Tuesday because this election is too important to let it go back to somebody who's not a conservative.
RUSH: That's the second mention of this. I will be voting next Tuesday, and you want to know who I'm voting for; is that right?
CALLER: Yes, or else I know you have a brother who's very conservative as well. Sarah Palin didn't endorse, but her husband did. Maybe your brother, David, would like to endorse and you could announce that on your program, but we have to make it clear.
RUSH: (laughing) My brother goes rogue! (laughing)
CALLER: We gotta get this done!
RUSH: That would be a good way of passing the buck. I remember, Mary, that whole 1986 tax reform that took away credit card interest as deductibility. That didn't go on for two days. That went on for years. People were livid about that for years. It was an exchange for a lower overall tax rate, and I remember the lesson: Why do you want to incur debt to think you're screwing the government? What is the...? You go out and spend money you don't have and get into debt to be able to deduct 28% of it or whatever your tax rate is? It was big, and people didn't like me -- coupled with they thought I was on the wrong side of Perot issue. I'll never forget that. She's absolutely right.
RUSH: A caller a moment ago wanted to know who my brother would vote for next Tuesday here in Florida if he lived here, and he just tweeted. My brother, David, he's tweeting out there that he would vote for Santorum if he could. He's tweeting it so I can tell you.


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Rueger, Jan (2011) S'amuser en guerre. Histoire Urbaine 31 (2), pp. 115-128. ISSN 1628-0482.Full text not available from this repository.
This paper reconstructs key aspects of the debate about amusement in Berlin during the First World War. In August 1914, the Berlin authorities pronounced a taboo on public amusement: all activity that stood in contradiction to 'the seriousness of the times' was to be stopped. How did this position change with the course of the war and what were the political implications ? The paper argues that the reaction of public amusement in Berlin to the war did not simply anticipate or mirror the government-led mobilization for war. Rather, it could challenge official attitudes and official attitudes could change in response - at a time when questions about sovereignty and entitlement were becoming more urgent than ever before.
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FVPSA State and Territory Formula Grant Program Fact Sheet
History and Purpose
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) provides the primary federal funding stream dedicated to the support of emergency shelter and supportive services for victims of domestic violence and their dependents. FVPSA is located in the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), a division of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families in the Administration for Children and Families. FYSB administers FVPSA formula grants to States, Territories and Tribes, State domestic violence coalitions, a hotline and national and special-issue resource centers.
FVPSA celebrates its 30th anniversary in October of 2014. First authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98–457), FVPSA has been amended eight times. It was most recently reauthorized in December 2010 for five years by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. §§ 10401 – 10414).
The statute specifies how most of appropriated funds will be allocated, including three formula grants, the National Domestic Violence Hotline and competitive national resource center grants. In 2013, the appropriation level was $121,225,000. The remaining discretionary funds are used for competitive grants, technical assistance and special projects that respond to critical or otherwise unaddressed issues.
The Need for Services
- 40% of American Indian or Alaska Native women have experienced rape, physical violence or stalking.1
- 10% of FVPSA grants are dedicated to Tribes and distributed based on population.
- Approximately 12.6 million people in the United States experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend.2
- Nearly 30% of women and 10% of men in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner and reported at least one impact related to experiencing these or other forms of violent behavior in the relationship (e.g., being fearful, concerned for safety, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, need for health care, injury, contacting a crisis hotline, need for housing services, need for victim's advocate services, need for legal services, missed at least one day of work or school).2
- Almost 10% of children witnessed family violence in the past year.3
- Men exposed to physical abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence as children were almost four times more likely than other men to have perpetrated domestic violence as adults.4
Serving Families in Crisis
FVPSA formula grants are awarded to every State and Territory and over 200 Tribes. These funds reach almost 1,600 domestic violence shelters and over 1,100 non-residential service sites, providing both a safe haven and an array of supportive services to intervene in and prevent abuse. Each year, FVPSA-funded programs served over 1.3 million victims and their children and respond to 2.7 million crisis calls. FVPSA-funded programs do not just serve victims, they reach their communities; in 2013, programs provided almost 166,000 presentations reaching 4.7 million people, of which over half were youth.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides a compassionate and caring response to thousands of victims and survivors of domestic violence, their families and friends and concerned others. Each month, the Hotline answers about 17,500 calls. The Hotline provides crisis intervention, counseling and safety planning and can directly connect the caller to a seamless referral system of over 4,500 community programs across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is available in 170 languages. It also provides services to deaf and hard of hearing callers.
Domestic Violence Resource Network
FVPSA supports two national resource centers on domestic violence, along with special issue and culturally specific resource centers. These organizations ensure that victims of domestic violence, advocates, community-based programs, educators, legal assistance providers, justice personnel, health care providers, policy makers, and government leaders at the local, state, tribal and federal levels have access to up-to-date information on best practices, policies, research and victim resources.
Additional Projects
In 2013, FVPSA began a new grant program focused on building the capacity of culturally specific, community based organizations to offer evidence-informed domestic violence and trauma services. The DV Evidence Project is a comprehensive evidence review of services to victims and an online resource center at www.dvevidenceproject.org. A companion site called Promising Futures: Best Practices for Serving Children, Youth and Parents Experiencing Domestic Violence is at www.PromisingFuturesWithoutViolence.org. FVPSA continues its grant to expand leadership opportunities in the domestic violence field for people from underrepresented groups.
1 The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2 Black MC, Basile KC, Breiding MJ, et al. (2011). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3 Finkelhor, D., Turner, H. A., Ormrod, R., Hamby, S., & Kracke, K. (2009) Children's exposure to violence: A comprehensive national survey. U.S. Department of Justice.
4 Whitfield, C.L., Anda, R.F., Dube, S.R., & Felitti, V.J. (2003) Violent childhood experiences and the risk of intimate partner violence in adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18, 166-185.


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Dale Jr. is quite the fan of barbecue
Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes his barbecue almost as seriously as his Sprint Cup race... almost.
ROANOKE, Texas -- There's no doubt Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes his Sprint Cup career seriously.
But there's something that may be almost as near and dear to the sport's most popular driver – barbecue.
It's not just a fad either.
Earnhardt didn't mind starting his day in Kansas for testing and ending it at a promotional event for the November Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway. The reasons were simple. Testing in Kansas is close to Oklahoma Joe's, a must-stop barbecue spot in Kansas City, Kan. And the TMS promotional event was at Hard Eight BBQ, where the aspiring smoker got some tips from the restaurant's owner and got to participate in a grilling demonstration.
"There can be worse places to do appearances at," Earnhardt joked.
Earnhardt is serious about his barbecue. He knows what he likes – the ribs at Memphis' famed Rendezvous - and what he's not a big fan of – the Carolina-style barbecue even though he lives in North Carolina. His rib preference is wet but he likes the dry ribs Rendezvous.
Earnhardt, who said he's not much of a cook, has picked up a flair for barbecuing.
"I've enjoyed trial and error for sure," he said. "There have been some good results and bad results. You have an idea of what works and what doesn't work. The results will tell you the truth. I've enjoyed it."
Earnhardt said he's already been asked to cook a brisket for Thanksgiving. He said he enjoys cooking and finds it rewarding when he's praised for cooking.
He said the entire process reminds him of racing.
"It's kind of similar to preparing a car during the week," he said. "You get the trailer ready, you get everything on the truck. You get the car ready and grease the bearings. You put the motor and tranny in. It's all real similar to the process you make it work. I enjoy that process. I enjoy the mechanical process of doing something like that. You can do it with your friends and it reminds me of when we used to go Late Model racing down at Myrtle Beach and it was all volunteers, friends."
Earnhardt said he takes notes when he's cooking so he knows what is and isn't working for him.
Earnhardt said his girlfriend got him hooked watching cooking shows on television. He likes "Man vs. Food", "Diners Drive-Ins and Dives" and "Restaurant Impossible." He's also made an appearance on "BBQ Pitmasters."


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Imagine that I will go back to New York again because my cousine invited me!
I am really grateful for him because at first time it was quite a shock for me. As I wrote you earlier I really love this amazing city and I truly believe there are many things what I have not seen.
So during my second visit I would like to visit many places! My cousine said that he has many free times nowadays so I hope he will show many many interesting places like he did at the time of my first visit.
Besides this cool news the reason why I write this post is that when he said that he would like to invite me again I remembered that I really missed a good backpack during my last trip. Due to I had many stuff to carry on my messenger bag was too heavy so my shoulders always hurt at the end of the day.
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10 reasons why India can't be a superpower: Ramchandra Guha says in Netherland University
| September 29,2010 03:27 pm IST
On 23 June, during a lunch lecture organized by Nyenrode, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael and the Ministery of Foreign Affairs, the renowned Indian historian Ramachandra Guha talked about his book 'India after Gandhi'. He claimed that there are ten reasons why India, despite its enormous economic growth, will not become a superpower.
It is unfortunate to see that people of the stature of Ramchandra Guha will use sensationalism and indulge in India bashing in a foreign country rather than providing direction and leadership to the country which is at the cusp of a new dawn. By deriding India, Guha has done nothing but joined the league of Naysayers who thrive on criticizing India on foreign shores and talk what the audience wish to hear.
India, as an emerging economy, has undergone extraordinary levels of economic expansion, along with countries like China, Russia, Mexico and Brazil. The cost effectiveness and labor intensiveness has benefited India immensely from outsourcing of work from developed countries, and a strong manufacturing and export oriented industrial framework. With the economic pace picking up, global trade has also seen considerable growth over the years.
Despite all these facts, even a single comment by people of such seniority can seriously ruin India's position it has achieved during the past years as this negative bashing very soon acquire colors of wisdom and used by Investors / Companies to make important decisions where as China, the world's fastest growing major economy, has no such back stabbers at least at an International forum.
According to Guha the remarkable economic growth that the country has experienced in recent years hides a "multitude of sins" that are exposed when dissecting a nation that he calls "a unique political experiment" that "was not designed to survive as a nation".
The ten reasons he lists are:
1. Nepotism determines opportunities and success
2. Unchecked degradation of the environment
3. Religious extremism
4. Left wing extremism
5. Right wing extremism
6. The gap between rich and poor
7. Lack of objective criticism in the media
8. No long-term government policy
9. Internal disharmony between regions
10. Difficult border relations
Guha says, "The Indian state is not built on unified nationalism, but on the embrace of pluralism. And 60 years after the efforts of Gandhi, a revival of India's internal threats seems a reality. There are too many fault-lines in the Indian society to be a superpower. As a historian, I say 'we are not prepared' and as an Indian citizen I say 'we should not even attempt it'. India should adhere to its constitutional ideals, fight national fires and try to heal and harmonize." Whether Guha's ramblings will be a gospel truth or meandering of publicity seeking author only the time will tell but then a nation is what its citizen do for it. On this record India might have failed us or not but Ramchandra Ghuha has definitely failed his motherland for few cents and some press footage.
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Well, i totally agree with Guha as the totality of any country's growth depends on all the internals factors along with what Guha has already mentioned. Indian are selfish, greedy, self centered, Prudish, stubborn, arrogance which people of india need to get rid off, only then can think of becoming a super power.
Indian are excessively religious and are bound by caste and family which reduces the time and effectiveness spend towards work and growth of he country. Un necessary relgious practices. Idol worships should be abolished from India.
Especially the rich in india are highly demanding and rude towards others in there behavours
What Mr. Guha has said I agree with that. But Mr. Guest you are giving a generic statement. I find whatever you have said about the drawbacks in north Indians especially is same for all Indians. There is nothing special about people from the other parts of India that they don't have these super qualities, they have equally.
People like these (Ramchandra Guha and this guy who's posted the comment) are the very reason of our tarnished image in front of world.
They dont care even if are the largest democracy in the world ... and inspite of having so many religions and languages .. we have survived all these years .. and still going strong ...
If we would have been a communist country like China ... these guys didn't even existed on the planet to express ... bloody hypocrites
Truth is always biter, u fool. And, hypocrites are the people who do the idol worships, scream out in the name of Ram and Allah but do no good to the society or human being. Being a indian i can feel the country india undergoing the pain through. That's y all idol worship should be abolished from the country. And pave way to modern and untied india.
You are an idiot. You affirm his point that there can never be constructive criticism in this country. I totally agree with him. I hope someone agrees with me that you are an absolute idiot!
10 good reasons. I agree Mr Guha. But let us see how China , now a proven Superpower fares on all your 10 poitns
The ten reasons he lists are:
1. Nepotism determines opportunities and success : In China, your survival depends upon your relationship with Communist party. India and China equally bad.
2. Unchecked degradation of the environment : Hongkong air and quality of air in China is not a hidden secret. Its much worse than India. India scores better
3. Religious extremism : Given communist rule, its not allowed but there have been various incidents of violence between han chienese and others i.e Muslims, Ughgirs, tibet
4. Left wing extremism : China is all Left and always work in extreme.
5. Right wing extremism : all are dead. China better compared to India.
6. The gap between rich and poor : In china gap is much worse. The condition of workers working in factory is very bad. In fact one of apple supplier is famous for number of suicides by factory workers.
7. Lack of objective criticism in the media: every thing is state controlled so there is no criticisms , forget about objective criticism.
8. No long-term government policy : China scores better in this regard and have a long term policy.
9. Internal disharmony between regions : Very high but with high degree of state driven terror, they have been able to silence it. Remember what happened in Tibet and other provinces.
10. Difficult border relations : with issues with japan, thailand, taiwan, India, burma, what is there to say? China is an aggressive beast who has little time for niceties and coutsey.
So what do you say about China, Mr Guha?
Guha is looking like Steve Jobs .. :)
Please don't compare China and India together.
The only similarities is a rich and vibrant old civilization and large population.
China is vastly different and is on whole different level compared to India.
In China, poorer are getting richer, richer are getting richer. Society together is getting richer.
In India, the poorer are getting poorer, and the richer are getting richer.
So while the income gap is increasing in China, China's overall poverty situation has drop significantly (unprecedented poverty reduction in human history, 300 million peasants lifted out of poverty in just 20 years)
India? Let's not even talk about it. How many billionaires does India have? How is that something to be proud of when majority of Indians cannot get adequate intake of food?
hi all,
ur assumption abt china is wrong that poorer are getting richer.......i hv been in china for so many years. further to add about mr. guha he must be promoting himself the way indian do here..by crticizing... moreover in ur view if india is in worst condition it must have been not progressed at all till the date.....
What u have done for india & its growth MR. Guha?
U have become rich n touring all countries n getting good name n fame & money. What else for ur home land? except criticism.


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When arguing against a specific scientific claim it is always desirable to be able to say that the claim violates an established law of science. Creationists attempt this with their argument that evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics (it doesn't). The temptation is that such arguments are short and pithy, they seem conclusive, and they avoid the need to wade through a dense and complex set of scientific evidence and theories.
In the "diet wars" the first law of thermodynamics has been thrown around a lot. Up to now I have been aware of two camps defending their position with thermodynamic arguments. The first (and the one that I find most compelling) is the calorie in vs calorie out camp, that argues that the laws of thermodynamics apply to people too. This means that weight management must be a function of calories in (the total calories consumed by a person) – calories out (the total caloric expenditure, including metabolic processes, waste heat, exercise, and others). Thermodynamics must be obeyed and so if one wishes to lose weight they must burn more calories than they consume.
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Two years ago, when the economy began to sour, Jimmy Yancy lost money he'd invested in the stock market, mutual funds and CDs. But not the money he'd sunk in fine antiques.
"I didn't lose a dime I invested in antique furniture," said Jimmy, who owns Old Taylor Antiques along with his wife, Jennifer. "They only get more valuable as they get older. If we buy a piece and we can mark it up 10 percent and sell it, that's more than the stock market can do – more than what most investments will return."
But the Yancys didn't get into the antique furniture business to make money. They actually stumbled into it accidentally in 2002, while building a new home in Taylor, just outside Oxford.
"It was a new house and we knew we wanted some antiques incorporated into it," Jennifer said. "Everything we had was new stuff. And we went from 'Let's get a few pieces' to 'Let's change everything out.'"
The couple knew next to nothing about fine antique furniture. Both came from modest homes in Mississippi.
"My mother's family were sharecroppers," Jennifer said. "They didn't have anything to pass down. They used stuff till it wore out."
So the Yancys began visiting antiques shops to see what was out there and what items were worth. From there, they moved onto estate sales and auctions, looking for pieces for the new home they share with their 4-year-old son, Whitt.
The first item they bought was a double-hall tree made of oak from Bea's Antiques. Jennifer put it on layaway and paid on it for two years.
Next came two chests.
"We were only looking for one, but we couldn't decide," Jimmy said. "They were both so beautiful."
As the house construction progressed, so did the number of antiques the couple amassed and put into storage.
"People found out we had things in storage and asked to see them," Jimmy said. "We went from that to getting a booth in an antiques mall. Then we had spots in three antiques malls."
At this point, Jimmy and Jennifer saw the writing on the wall and decided to take the plunge.
They would build a second home to showcase and sell their timeless treasures.
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Old Taylor Antiques opened in September 2009. The eight-room Victorian-style home may be brand new, but the couple had it built to look old. In fact, the one stipulation they gave the man who designed the home was that no old trees on the property could be destroyed in the building process.
"So we have the best of both worlds," Jennifer said. "Old trees and a new house."
The antiques the couple has collected for their business are mainly classic and period American and European pieces and accessories, most of which are unique.
"We don't want something you can go across town and buy," Jennifer said. "We go anywhere there are good-quality, one-of-a-kind pieces. So much is reproduction, especially in small things. You have to be careful. I buy by my gut."
Sometimes, estate dealers will call the Yancys and tip them off to rare pieces coming on the auction block.
"We really want to lay eyes on those pieces ourselves," Jimmy said. "Because you can really get jacked up if you don't. Most of our stuff is pre-1900. We're looking for investment pieces. We're by no means experts. You can never learn all you need to know about this stuff."
When Jennifer's doing the buying, she's looking for pieces that speak to her.
"There's not a piece we have in our home or in this shop that I don't admire when I walk past it," Jennifer said. "Every piece in this shop I would have in my home. Occasionally, a piece we buy doesn't ever make it in here. It goes straight to the house. There are pieces you fall in love with and don't want to sell."
When Jimmy's doing the buying, he's looking at history.
"When you look at the detail and the age and what pieces have been through, it makes you appreciate it more," he said. "Look at the history that piece has seen, the good times, the bad times. How many little kids have looked in that mirror? If a piece is from 1840, it saw the Civil War."
The rooms in Old Taylor Antiques are filled with chests, armoires, highboys, rugs, secretaries, side tables, china cabinets, dining room tables, mirrors, paintings, clocks, beds, lamps, books and accessories.
"We put everything in a home setting, so you have a better idea of how it will look in your home and work in your life," Jennifer said. "We price things well, because we want to sell them. I ask a fair price. I don't overcharge. What's the old expression? Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered."