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Is Obama the Gayest President Ever?
Original post made by Cindy Cross, Parkside, on May 15, 2012
President Obama put in his support for same sex marriage after having his hand forced by Vice President Joe Biden. Many republicans are claiming this was a calculated strategy to garner more support from moderates and younger voters whose views on social issues are more liberal. A May 2011 Gallup poll showed 53% of those polled supported same sex marriage, where 45% did not.
Obama was clear about being against gay marriage in 2008 when he was first elected. Obama flip-flopping on a major issue is music to Romney's ears.
In an interview with MTV in 2008, Obama said, "I've stated my opposition to this. I think it's unnecessary," Obama told MTV. "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them."
Why the change of heart in 2012? Is Obama attempting to force the republicans into a corner? A large segment of the population supports civil unions for same sex partners. If the republicans come out forceful against Obama's new view on same-sex marriage, it could alienate centrist republicans and libertarians.
Ron Paul co-founded the Marriage Protection Act that gives authority to individual states to regulate marriage. If a marriage license was issued to a same-sex couple in one state, it would not be forced to be recognized in another state where same-sex marriage was illegal. Paul personally believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but understands that each state should have the right to decide on the issue.
Mitt Romney has always been firmly against same-sex marriage throughout the years based on moral and religious grounds. "When I am President, I will preserve the defense of marriage act and I will fight for a federal amendment defining marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman."
Romney could have ammunition against Obama in future debates should the issue come up. With a reputation as a flip-flopper, Romney could shove this issue in Obama's face since he was clearly against same sex marriage when he was first elected.
Being the lame duck president, Obama has little to lose and much to gain. Same sex marriage can either be Obama's legacy or anchor. Rand Paul said that Obama "couldn't get any gayer."
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 16, 2012 at 7:05 am
"Paul personally believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but understands that each state should have the right to decide on the issue."
The problem with this is that same sex couples would not enjoy the legal benefits such as taxes, social security, at the federal level.
I personally think there should be civil unions but those unions need to be recognized in all states, with all the federal benefits and protections (taxes, social security, etc). Marriage would then be a religious thing, couples getting married in churches and having marriage be between a man and a woman.
I doubt that any individual will switch to the Romney camp because of Obama's sudden support of same sex marriage. But Romney has alienated many with his announcement because it reminds everyone that the GOP is all for limiting rights: anti-abortion, etc.
It is about choosing which extreme is better. For instance, I do not think third trimester abortion should be legal, but I also do not believe that someone should be forced to have a baby they did not ask for (case of rape). Neither extreme is good but if I had to choose, well, I'd rather have third trimester abortions be legal than having girls forced to carry their rapist's baby to term. Likewise,
if I have to choose here, I'd rather allow gays to marry than having Romney and his ultra conservative social ideas be implemented (because Romney is being influenced big time by the most backward segment of this nation, the extreme right).
I have a feeling that once Romney announces his VP running mate, it will be easy for everyone to run away from him (Imagine Huckabee as the choice, yikes, yikes, yikes!)
a resident of Parkside
on May 16, 2012 at 8:39 am
Resident, you're absolutely right about the civil union position you described, but the problem is that gay political lobbyists want more than that. The issue is not about benefits and legal standing any longer (actually it hasn't been for a while now).
They are like spoiled little brats stomping their feet until they get exactly what you have. While they think this approach will bring them happiness and greater clout in the political arena, in reality it further galvanizes the majority of people who will never condone their perverse lifestyle. Ever. If only this much effort were put forth in finding a cure to this genetic anomoly.....
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 16, 2012 at 8:45 am
" If only this much effort were put forth in finding a cure to this genetic anomoly....."
Actually, if this much effort were put forth in finding a cure to the anomally that afflicts people who still think this way.
a resident of another community
on May 16, 2012 at 11:17 am
Food for thought:
Isn't it interesting that a country founded to allow freedom from religious persecution is now using religion to persecute freedoms?
a resident of Hart Middle School
on May 16, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Neighborhood - The Gates - Why is this even an issue. As a country we should be beyond this. Cheney has a gay daughter. He is a family man. He would want what makes his child happy, including a gay marriage and supporting her gay marriage, despite his political and religious objection to it.
The USA was founded by a multiple of religions, most escaping religious persecution. It is our culture to put aside religion and do what is best for all US citizens.
For those of you who espouse that the purpose of marriage is to procreate, I ask; What do you do with marriages when the couple is infertile? Do you annul it, divorce it, ignore it, have an affair, expel the couple from their religion, and a fertile spouse to the marriage, stone the infertile spouse until death or what?
There will always be religious differences, but only one "United" States of America.
The issues should be the deficit, health care, bring the troops home, medicare, social security, homeless, job creation, Super Pacs, lobbyists, the super rich and the super poor and not much else in the middle, and the VA that sucks the taxpayer money from each of us, (as the court said about the VA - It is ridiculous unbridled incompetence) to which I add the VA top officials are mostly violating federal laws with impunity and with the complicity of Congress. 18 veterans commit suicide a day. DO YOU CARE??
These are issues that you should be acting upon.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 16, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Resident wrote: "I personally think there should be civil unions but those unions need to be recognized in all states, with all the federal benefits and protections (taxes, social security, etc)."
What's gained by such duplication? If a civil union confers all the same legal benefits that a marriage does, why call it something else? It's a waste to have two different institutions enshrined in law that do the same exact thing. Marriage _is_ a civil union. You need a marriage license from the government before you can receive the legal benefits.
"Marriage would then be a religious thing, couples getting married in churches and having marriage be between a man and a woman."
Our society already does this. Heterosexual couples don't need a church or any other religious institution to receive a marriage license today (it's a civil union!). If they want to get married in a church, they follow church law at that point, which may (or may not) say marriage is between one man and one woman.
The real problem is that government arbitrarily restricts the benefits of a marriage license to one particular religious doctrine to the exclusion of others. What public interest could government possibly have in regulating marriage in this way? It certainly isn't "for the children".
a resident of another community
on May 16, 2012 at 10:00 pm
All unions between two individuals should be a civil union, and managed by the legal system.
Therefore,if individuals wish to become "married" they choose to beside the legal system.
a resident of Del Prado
on May 17, 2012 at 12:11 am
'The real problem is that government arbitrarily restricts the benefits of a marriage license to one particular religious doctrine to the exclusion of others. What public interest could government possibly have in regulating marriage in this way? It certainly isn't "for the children".'
It's because governments are bad, power craving, and want to regulate us all by increasing all kinds of taxes, especially for education in the state of California.
a resident of Del Prado
on May 17, 2012 at 8:02 am
Obama has passed himself off as a swishing metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln. Enough said.
a resident of Parkside
on May 17, 2012 at 8:28 am
Very true, Mr. Rational. I'm hoping the current incarnation of 'honest Abe' will be freeing the taxpaying slaves any day now.
'Hmmm...'.based on your response, we have to conclude you're not in favor of curing genetic defects. Sad. Why would you not want to help these people, or at the least, help prevent this problem for future generations? (of course, this assume procreation continues to occur....)
a resident of Dublin
on May 17, 2012 at 8:40 pm
dublinmike is a registered user.
Mr. Rational, by your comments "It's because governments are bad, power craving," makes me think you are an Anarchist. But, you follow by stating "especially for education in the state of California." suggests you are playing around, right? On the other hand, you along with steve, a resident of the Parkside, are a bunch of whiners.
Hard to tell.
All political leaders crave power at some point. Many start out with the best of intentions then that old adage kicks in "Absolute power corrupts absolutely"
a resident of Dublin
on May 17, 2012 at 8:51 pm
dublinmike is a registered user.
So, going back to a thread about marriage, I believe that a union between a man & woman should be "civil union" and licensed as such. Thereafter, if they would like a "marriage" then, by all means, go somewhere to have a ceremony and feel free to call it a marriage.
The government has absolutely no right to define a marriage. Government is just that, government. It is a system used to keep people in some sort of order thereby avoiding chaos. It's structure, it's an infrastructure. It's not a social or religious entity.
Along the way, the idea of government became corrupted when people decided it should govern the morals & religious beliefs of people in addition to creating and maintaining order. Don't believe me, look at Iran.
a resident of Livermore
on Sep 11, 2012 at 10:55 pm
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Jessica Alba has some explaining to do about the products she claims are natural.
Iggy Azalea is on a boat.
Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhaal at dinner together.
Jessica Simpson out shopping. Do the implants in the calves match the ones on the top?
Kate Beckinsale went to the premiere of a play and
Matt Bomer also stopped by.
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wow.... what a joke.
I'm thinking of selling a Yugo underfolder & wondered if this is the going rate?
NIB AK47 M70 M70AB2 Yugo AK 47 Underfolder : Semi Auto Rifles at GunBroker.com
I think mine is a more RARE version though !
" Save a tree...........Eat A Beaver!"
I seldom talk to liberals.............................. But when I do, I order fries............
wow.... what a joke.
I bought mine the sunday before the shooting. Found it at the lgs it was on consignment. wood furniture, 7 magazines, $650. I got a 10% discount then add in tax and it came out to 648 bucks. Not sure if thats reasonable or overpriced, but Ive always wanted one and Im happy with it. But if someone wanted it for 1500 bucks, I could probably be convinced to sell it. jim
Remember years back, the fight over if the Yugo was junk or not..
Want to check the price value? If "F too F" sales are legal in your state, show up at any fun show.
Make the buyer show his state I.D. proving he or she lives in your state and get a sales receipt which you both sign.. Name address, etc.
Down here in Florida. Hell you can not even make it in the door and guys are throwing cash in your face and fist fighting over the damn things.
The sky is the limit.. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
I see there were no bids on it so I guess the answer is no.wondered if this is the going rate?
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
I know someone bought one about two weeks ago and paid $1k, and have heard another sold for $1300.wondered if this is the going rate?
I just looked on GB and searched for "Yugo AK" and it seems they are getting bids in the $800-1100 range with a few Mitchell models in the 1300-1500 range.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
Yugos for sale.. Must have valid I.D.. Florida residents only..
God Bless you Coils..
I got Police, retired Police, honest citizens, my friggen phone is ringing off the hook..
"Please, sell me an AK."
Yes Sir, show me a valid Florida I.D..
Nooooooooooo. I have one gun left, that I will not part with..
With all due respect..
Thank you President Obama and your smiley face "Joe the drunk" Biden..
Keep smiling Joe.. People just got rich. $$$$$$$$$$$$$
Now check the records?
How many poor Black kids, Women and Children were killed in shitcago this weekend, where guns are illegal..
You friggen idiots. Your reading this Sarah. It is not us. It is the court system.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
Shoot, I seen wasr-10 rifles going for $1000! I told my gunners mate buddy who I ftf mine to that he could make a little off it. I sold it to him for $350 with red dot and two mags.


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Barbie patent found via @dolphins (with assists to @knoxyankee, @mehdirf)
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Photocopies of these papers were sent to filmmaker Todd Haynes after his Carpenters documentary utilized the toys instead of actors. Neatorama shared video footage of the film this week, speaking the search for Barbie's origins.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by blueadams, Apr 18, 2013.
Joe wouldn't view him as a threat to his job?
As long as Lindsey Hunter is being considered... Joe needs to rig-up this dude's agent and set up an interview. (showing BoT a proper defensive stance for the first time in his life) There isn't anyone who has been mentioned that I'm truly excited about other than BILL LAIMBEER. I "could live" with coach Nate but do you really want a guy you "can live with" to be coaching your favorite team?
Look, I've made it clear that I think Herb Brown is the man for the job. Whether we can lure Herb out of retirement remains to be seen. In other words, I want an experienced coach. I think Lindsey Hunter is getting a courtesy interview. Too young and inexperienced.
You meant AL Pacino willd be the next, didn't you ?
Have mercy.
Winners don't make excuses.
Nate & Lindsey the only ones?
Doesn't get much better than that...
So Nate McMillan will be our next coach then. No way JD goes with Hunter (buddy and inexperienced) due to his Curry fiasco.
Never underestimate the incompetence of Joe Dumars.
Perhaps another take. Never underestimate the ambiance of close association (economic, social, cultural, etc.). Gores is by-product. Forget origin. A coach may not be quickly chosen, since there might be other associations. Gores is not Gilbert and notice the latter's last association. In a higher association world, you bring along your made reality. You have to out-do your hired help (players-shareholders) and the only way to forcefully express this role playing is with wholesale agenda setting. Machiavelli would call it a clean cut.
So is Nate stalling, or are the Pistons?
This man is a champion.
Potential Pistons coach Nate McMillan brought old school discipline to Portland - Detroit Bad Boys
Routine and discipline are good. Maybe that's why he always ensured his players were at home with their families come May.
Nate will be offered more coaching gigs after the playoffs... He's waiting for a better offer....coaches here only last an average of 562 days..........
Interesting... 2013-14 Acquisitions / Renewals Splash | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE DETROIT PISTONS
Jackson to Advise on Coach Search | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE DETROIT PISTONS Looks like Phil Jackson will be picking our coach instead of becoming our coach....
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Martin Solveig (featuring Dragonette) - Hello (Dada Life Remix)
Mind bending face melter. And I needn't say much more.
Martin Solveig once again hooks up with Dragonette for the song, Hello, (the first being Boys & Girls last year) and sure enough, the results are aces. Like tennis, see...puns!
With a handful of big namers coming in on the remix tip, it's Dada Life who's hoisting the trophy here at center court in Beastonia, but if you want to hear the others, hit the following links to 'ear 'em all.
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"Henrique Neder" <email@example.com>
st: using pscore and pstest
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:01:56 -0300
Dear Statalists
I have a problem with the use of the pscore and pstest commands. My sample
is a cluster sample in that the sample observations are selected by the
followings steps:
1 - The survey is made in five States and in each State we selected some
number of projects (the primary sample units - PSUs) in all sub-regions of
this State.
2 - In each project we selected a fixed number of households.
The sample weights are of the form fweights calculated as the number of
households in each sub-region (universe) / the number of households
(observations) selected in the sample and inside that same sub-region.
Alternatively, we have a pweight, because the projects were selected with
PPS (with probability proportionate to the number of the households in each
project in the universe). This sample of projects were selected as a
sub-sample of the projects of a previous survey (that is, the second survey
was a subsample of the projects of the first survey).
We have in the survey two subsamples: a sub-sample of a program
beneficiaries and a control sub-sample.
I executed the commands pstest and pscore using a logit model with y = dummy
of participation program and yi (covariates) = variables that explain the
participation. In the first execution I executed the commands with
propensities scores obtained through weighted logits and some models are
balanced in the pstest and pscore commands. But when I use the weighted
logits the balancing tests are not satisfied (the pscore command stops and
in the pstest the covariates are unbalanced with small p-values and the
conjoint chi-square test with low p-value, too).
My questions are:
1 - It is necessary to execute the commands with propensities scores
obtained through weighed logits?
2 - It is adequate to test balance with pstest and pscore without weights
and estimate the atts with weights?
3 - I read that a sample proposal are to weight the treated observations
with the weight = 1 / propensity and the untreated with the weight = 1/(1 -
propensity). In my case is this solution appropriate? Does it correct the
estimates to consider the representation of the program effects in the
Best regards
Henrique Dantas Neder
Universidade Federal de Uberlandia - Minas Gerais - Brazil
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New on DVD: Captain America
This fast-paced origin story about the Marvel superhero pumps you up for The Avengers this spring.
Director: Joe Johnston Rating: PG-13 Studio: Paramount
Captain America: The First Avenger features the fifth Marvel Studios superhero to muscle his way onto the big screen and, against all odds, the movie is old-fashioned American escapist entertainment. Director Joe Johnston's fast-paced origin story about the World War II-era superhero was a critical and financial success and pumps us up to see Cap team up with Iron Man, Hulk and Thor next year in The Avengers.
Leading man Chris Evans—who has always been built like a superhero and who played one before in two Fantastic Four movies as Human Torch—is introduced in Captain America as 90-pound weakling Steve Rogers thanks to some digital downsizing. The asthmatic little guy has the spirit of soldiers three times his size and desperately wants to enlist in the army to serve during World War II but keeps getting declined due to a laundry list of health problems. He is eventually recruited into a secret super-soldier program and, thanks to a muscle-building serum, is transformed into a wall of red-white-and-blue hurt for the Nazis.
Not wanting to be a lab rat, the newly-ripped Steve does the rounds at fundraisers dressed as Captain America to raise money for the war. These cheesy musical numbers might at first seem out of place in a superhero flick, but they're actually cornball fun and help immerse us in 1940s America. While trying to rouse the troops overseas, Steve gets behind enemy lines with the assistance of British agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and frees many captured American soldiers. It is there that he meets the sinister Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), a Nazi officer named Johann Schmidt who broke away from serving as Hitler's head of advanced weaponry to serve his own needs for world domination as commander of the terrorist organization HYDRA.
Red Skull has taken the same strength-enhancing serum as Cap, so the two are equally matched as Cap tries to stop the crimson-headed Nazi madman from harnessing the power of a mystical tesseract and destroying key American cities. Steve takes down the Skull's airship over the Arctic and ends up frozen for almost 70 years until he is thawed out in present-day New York City and wakes up in a very different world.
Captain America was shown in 3D in theaters and is also available on Blu-ray 3D at home for those who want to replicate the experience—something definitely worth checking out if you have the setup. No matter what dimension you watch it in, Captain America is one of the better superhero movies to soar onto screens lately. Not only is Evans perfectly cast as Cap (he just won "Best Superhero" at the 2011 Scream Awards), but Matrix villain Weaving gets to be deliciously evil again as Red Skull, Atwell is tough but sweet as the other half of the blossoming Cap romance that is literally put on ice for seven decades, and Tommy Lee Jones steals scenes as wisecracking, crusty Col. Chester Phillips.
There are also the expected ties to the other Avengers with Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper)—the father of Iron Man's Tony Stark—playing a major part in outfitting Cap with his vibranium shield, and Samuel L. Jackson popping up at the end as the head of the Avengers, Nick Fury. Be sure to watch after the credits as Fury drops in on Cap during a boxing workout to convince him to join a mission that will—what else?—save the world.


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The built up urges most girls and some d00dz get to become attention whores, specifically in the context of harvesting compliments from the opposite sex. This behavior includes casual flirting, dressing a little more "risky" than par usual and out right flaunting and showing off in large groups of people. Usually a sign of insecurity, this behavior does not necessarily end in a blumpkin or a walk of shame as it is usually just a careless way to build up self confidence and feel sexy.
The girls have been busy with school and work all week, something tells me they will be getting attention horny to go out to the clubs and get noticed by men.
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We all have little bets with our good buddies that may be a fan of an opposing rival team. Some may dare them to wear an Eli jersey the next day to work, or fork over their mother's homemade casserole for lunch. This bet is more epic than that.
The great thing about this bet, is the Dallas fan came out and made the bet all on his own! I hope this gets a lot of attention. Probably one of the funniest things I will ever experience if the Giants happen to win the Superbowl.
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Best and worst YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS
Original post made by SportsMom, Danville, on Aug 1, 2012
We live in such a wonderful community rich with resources for a very rewarding sports career. We have seen several youth sports programs but are at a lost for which organizations to strive to get our children into and those to stay away from. Would you please share your opinions and experiences about the different sports leagues and clubs in the area? Thank you.
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Father Miranda preaches on being the difference
By Jessie Bazan, communication junior
Photo from Mission Week Mass by Dan Johnson
Father Miranda founded and runs a system of 450 one-room schools known as the Reach Education Action Programme located in India.
Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J., feels the hope alive on Marquette's campus.
The 2005 Opus Prize recipient and founder of the Reach Education Action Programme in India shared his sentiment during the homily of Wednesday's Mission Week Mass.
Gathered in the Church of the Gesu sanctuary with Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., members of the Jesuit community and fellow Opus Prize recipients, Father Miranda spoke eloquently about what it takes to really Be The Difference. He used the examples of Saint Paul Miki and companions 16th-century Japanese Jesuit martyrs who shared a common love for the Lord and whose feast we celebrated Wednesday. St. Paul and his companions were happy to die for Christ. Centuries later, we can still learn from their selflessness.
"Die to yourself, so others will live," he encouraged.
Throughout his homily, Father Miranda further implored the congregation to forget ourselves to be there for others. "Prepare to take a step back so others can come forward," he preached. That's what the martyrs did 400 years ago. That's what the Opus recipients do today. Being generous, humble and giving of one's self never goes out of style.
"The Opus recipients did not think of themselves or their securities. From Africa to Columbia to Ecuador … they strive zealously to bring justice and liberation to the poor. These men and women strive and struggle to make the world a better place," Father Miranda said.
Make the world a better place isn't that what we're all called to do? It's no doubt a difficult task. Father Miranda admitted that even he struggles to live up to the expectation of the Gospels and our mission at times. But those who passionately try are the ones the world remembers.
As Father Miranda said, "It is better to burn out then to rust out."
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Father Miranda is one of 10 Opus Prize recipients being honored during Mission Week, Marquette's annual examination of its Catholic and Jesuit identity. The recipients, or representatives of the organizations they built, have traveled to Marquette from all over the world and are speaking in a series of events on campus and in the community.
Other stories from Mission Week:
For Father Frechette, faith pays off in Haiti
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World Peace - Is It Possible?
Original post made by World Citizen, Menlo Park: Downtown, on Jan 2, 2013
The answer is, world peace is everybody's responsibility. You may say, isn't that somebody else's responsibility? I submit, we are all part of that elusive term, somebody else.
I would like to request that you consider,
1) Devoting at least one hour a year, or more, to this worthwhile goal, and
2) Spend at least 45c, or more, on postage to do something constructive in achieving this goal.
Why now? One reason may be that this time of year one hear's a lot about the historically and often times spoken goal of "Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men". This sounds wonderful, but as leaders of our community the question becomes, "what can I do about it?"
Embracing the concept, "Think Globally, Act Locally", I appeal to you to be a part of the solution.
Several years ago, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan spoke to the General Assembly about this very concept. Amongst his comments were these quotes, as follows:
"We try to picture all governments listening to -- and acting on -- the will of the people."
"We do this because progress in our world does not happen without someone first having a vision or a dream."
"On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence. And let us seize the opportunity for peace to take hold, day by day, year by year, until every day is a day of peace."
Yes, you have a lot on your plate already. Those activities are important. I'm not asking not to make those activities a priority. Instead, what I am asking for is for you to take a moment to lend a hand, in this special effort.
Humanity depends on it.
How you go about it, when you decide to do it, can be left to your best judgement. I do hope before year 2013 ends, you find the time and a way, large or small, to do your part to support the efforts of others in one way or another. If you do, many will think the world of you.
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Is World Peace achievable? Or in the alternative, are the consequences of continued confrontation, violence, war, strife, hatred, terrorism, slaughter and the toll on human life acceptable? I submit, that trying to turn this tide, making the effort and contributing to the solution is a far better choice.
There are many ways in which one can consider enhancing and contributing to the important topic of World Peace. Below are three programs that a citizen can consider, as follows:
1) Sister City program
Numerous cities, counties and individuals across the U.S., and especially in California, have committed to joining the Sister Cities International program, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower started in 1956. Since that time, nearly 600 communities in the U.S. have relationships in nearly 2,000 communities located in 136 countries on 6 continents. For more information, refer to their website, www.sister-cities.org.
2) Peace One Day program
Started in 1999, this non-profit organization establishes Sept. 21st each year as a day of non-violence, international unity and cooperation. In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution supporting this effort, which now involves countries around the world, allowing for medical staff to enter hostile areas for medical assistance and a focal point for world peace. The U.S. Senate passed a similar Resolution on Sept. 17, 2009. For more information, refer to their website, www.peaceoneday.org.
3) Mayors For Peace
You don't have to be a mayor to become a member. Established in 1982, this international organization is dedicated for the promotion of peace. It was nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. This organization promotes a way to transcend national borders and work together to press for nuclear abolition. As of January 1, 2013, membership stood at 5,524 cities in 156 countries and regions. For more information, refer to their website, www.mayorsforpeace.org.
As with many solutions to challenging problems, numbers count.
To personalize this email, allow me to share that I believe in community service. Dedicated to the public good by leaving a legacy of efforts and accomplishments is a very satisfying way of life. No amount of compensation or recognition can surpass the personal satisfaction of giving back to the community.


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Hero Pilot - Inauguration - these are exciting times!
Original post made by Dolores Ciardelli, editor of Danville Express, on Jan 17, 2009
It's a sunny if freezing Saturday morning but my adrenaline is still pumping from the work we did to cover the "Danville hero pilot" on Thursday night. I was talking to our ad rep Barbara yesterday and she told me about her days as a flight attendant on TWA. They trained for emergency water landings at a huge pool at their training facility and had to learn to exit the plane, inflate the rubber craft and then climb aboard. It was so difficult! she said. Then the instructor turned on the turbulence in the water and they had to accomplish the same thing in three-foot waves. Wow. It's good to know flight attendants are so well trained. Could there be any scarier words in the English language than: "Prepare for impact"?


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"Pro-choice" is a euphemism used by promoters of abortion to describe their views, even when they insist on taxpayer funding for abortion and/or even when they oppose laws requiring full disclosure by abortion clinics to patients of harms caused by the procedure. In most cases, pro-abortion would be a more accurate term.
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7-Eleven Makes $500 Donation to Santa Barbara Boys and Girls Club
Part of a grand opening kick off at new Milpas St. location
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The new 7-Eleven in Santa Barbara has donated $500 to the local Boys and Girls Club as part of a grand opening at 402 N. Milpas St.
The store is also offering all day specials including $5.00 large pizzas, along with .50 hot dogs or Slurpees.
The family run store is making the event a meet and greet with the residents and business owners.
Ranj Thiara says his family also owns the Isla Vista 7-Eleven and several in Los Angeles County with a "good neighbor policy" in cooperation with local residents, police, schools, and community organizations.
"We are a family operation. My dad has been in the business for 30 years and this is something we do at all of our stores," said Thiara. "We really like to get plugged into the community. It's so much more fun to be engaged with the local neighborhood."
Three beat officers from Santa Barbara Police were on hand and said they hope to have one of their informal "coffee with a cop" gatherings at the site in the weeks ahead to talk about community issues with those who live in the area.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind.—Celebrate Science Indiana will engage participants of all ages in interactive STEM-related activities at a special event September 7 at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). This inaugural event will demonstrate the importance of studying science, the joy of discovery, the economic value of science, and its significance to society.
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Manitowoc Tumbles: Are Cranes a 2015 Story?
Manitowoc (MTW) has been the top-performing U.S. machinery stocks this year. Today, it's one of the worst after a Jefferies downgrade today.
Shares of Manitowoc have gained 33% so far in 2014, easily besting Caterpillar's (CAT) 6.6% rise, Deere's (DE) 3.1% drop, Joy Global's (JOY) 3.1% fall and Terex's (TEX) 2.3% advance.
So why the Manitowoc downgrade? It comes down to valuation. Jefferies' Stephen Volkmann and team explain:
Following the 37% increase in shares since the start of the year we believe that the valuation has become stretched. While [Manitowoc] is managing the downturn well, our channel checks and conversations with industry participants continue to support our belief that cranes will be a 2015 story. The shares of [Manitowoc] currently trade at an EV/Sales multiple of 137% and an EV/EBITDA multiple of 11.1x on our 2014 estimates, significant premiums to the closest competitor [Terex] (80% EV/Sales, 8.0x EV/EBITDA). [Manitowoc] is now trading in line with our SoP valuation.
Shares of Manitowoc have dropped 4.9% to $30.97 at 3:26 p.m. today, while Caterpillar has fallen 0.6% to $96.81, Deere has declined 1.4% to $88.55, Terex is off 1.7% at $42.97 and Joy Global has gained 0.3% to $56.67.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Thanks, Grant.
Once I can get the use of both hands, I'll give that a try. Last year I had to soak the bobbin winder from my 127 in fluid film to get it moving... it was rusted together. I don't think this one will be as difficult. I'm still not sure what to do about that hard tire.
I'm planning on giving it a try tomorrow. With the hand therapy today I didn't get to it. But I feel like I might be able to get back to my former self now that I can start getting the movement back in my hand. I'll be sure to let you know how the cleanup goes. Thanks, Glen.
Wishing a Happy Hanukkah to those that celebrate! May your home be bright with happiness.
Hi, Is there a post here about adjusting the timing on an oscillating bobbin machine...It's a vintage Bamberger deluxe zig zag and has internal cams for some other stitches....I would like to try doing it myself If possible...
I doubt that you will find a manual or any repair info on this particular machine. It is similar to a lot of other badged Japanese machines. Timing is a tricky thing to do yourself too, if it is indeed off. Most machines are not out of time. Especially one that robust. If you are set on doing it yourself, you should learn as much about timing as you can on a machine similar to yours. Most are similar but if you learn a lot about similar machines they should apply to your machine too. What you are looking for is the hook to pass the needle JUST as the needle starts to retract upwards. I hope this helps.
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AOL Celebrates Our 28th Birthday With the Fourth Monster Help Day
May 16, 2013
Beverly Hills office, Operation Gratitude
Monster Help Day is back! Today, AOL is embarking on its fourth Monster Help Day whereby over 2,000 employees will be supporting 54 volunteer projects across 21 offices worldwide. Monster Help Day, which started in honor of AOL's 25th birthday, (we are now 28!) enables employees to step away from their busy working lives and give back to the communities around them.
Employees will engage in a variety of different service activities including Hurricane Sandy Disaster response cleanup, painting wall-sized canvases for hospitals and even reading to elementary school children in underserved schools to promote early literacy. The day of service AOLers are doing will total roughly 10,000 hours of community service.
One of our core values at AOL is that we are in the business of helping people, period. And although AOL employees demonstrate this value each and every day, they take it one step further on Monster Help Day.
The charities are in the communities in which our offices are located, as well as near and dear to our employees' hearts. Visit the Monster Help Day website to learn more about AOL's Monster Help Day and the charities we are working with.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has recruited a brigade of women to staff checkpoints and carry out security operations as he attempts to free up soldiers in his beleaguered army to fight the rebels.
Dressed in fatigues and armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, the female recruits, the "Lionesses for National Defence", are part of a new paramilitary force.
They have already been deployed in Homs, where they have been spotted guarding areas where residents still largely support the regime. Videos from both opposition and pro-government sites purport to show members of the all-female unit in action.
The women are part of the recently formed National Defence Force (NDF), which appears to be a key component of the Syrian state's counter insurgency strategy.
The regime is struggling to gain the upper hand in the street battles that have devastated large areas of the country's cities and killed thousands of its soldiers.
Rebels are holed up in several neighbourhoods of Homs and the capital's southern suburbs.
Abu Rami, a spokesman for the Syrian Revolution General Commission in Homs, first saw the female recruits about five days ago at Tadmour Circle on the outskirts of an Alawite area, before another activist returned to film them. The shaky video shows about half a dozen armed women guarding a major intersection.
"I was very surprised, it's the first time we have seen this," he said.
"I think it's an excuse to make the FSA [Free Syrian Army] kill women and then show the world as propaganda, but anyone with a weapon is a legitimate target."
He said the women were also seen in the Wadi al-Dahab area, where about 500 recruits are reported to be receiving training at a military base.
A video uploaded on to a pro-regime YouTube channel at the beginning of the month shows about a hundred women marching in front of a portrait of the President. The NDF, which includes male recruits, is expected to have 10,000 members.
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|2011-01-19, 08:57
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Only cards with a "shield" value that's listed on the left side of the card can guard, and the value is that shield value. However the total defensive power is that shield plus the attack value of the card that is being attacked.
So, there's a hybrid system. Base defense is the attack number, but additional called "guard"'s defense is different, and they add.
|2011-01-19, 11:56
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To put it simply, the defense value of the guard card will reduce the attack power of the attacking monster. Afterwards, both attacker and attack target ATK value will be compared.
|2011-01-19, 11:58
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|2011-01-19, 12:24
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Ok then, thanks. Another question. Using the damage cards as mana, do they get unused the next turn, or once they are used, they remain face down for the whole fight?
Another one, we use the term fight, right? Since the name of the show is Cardfight, and not Card Duel.
In a response to the person who said card games turn into luck draws, VG started out with a luck draw, something Yugioh, the main competitor, has not done in the first episode.
|2011-01-19, 14:34
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That would imply you only have a maximum of 5 the entire game, except that heal triggers allow you to be take units off the damage zone. That way you can continuously heal, get damaged again, and have more points available to spend on special abilities. The game seems designed to be played pretty quickly (call as many units as you want each turn, only 6 damage limit, etc), so I can't imagine fights going much more than 10 turns each. That would let you use an ability on 3-4 of those turns if they cost 1-2.
|2011-01-19, 18:21
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Yugioh:DM has him top decking exodia in episode 1.
|2011-01-19, 18:27
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Any of these games are dependant on luck, YGO abused the 'heart of the cards' thing which clearly allowed for some really lucky draws. The point is, however, at the times YGO would use a device like this, some big strategy was already being put to work by the player, and he'd usually be missing one card to complete it. It worked because no matter how cheesy it might have been, it made for exciting climaxes and all.
Vanguad's luck, on the other hand, works the same way towards basically any attacking monster. Attack something and hope for a drive trigger. There's hardly any strategy here, it's simply a free power-up you may or may not get. I must add that personally, it ended up making the conclusion to the first game on the show feel very anticlimactic, although I can see different opinions on the matter.
In the end, however, it all boils down to what bayoab said a few pages ago here.
|2011-01-20, 08:11
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As for season 0, there was no card game involved, Yugi simply got Ushio to cheat.
I am still waiting for this anime to get interesting. I hope it does, or most of my free trial at CR will have been wasted when I could have started it in April when Zexal starts (if it will be join streamed)
I think the best case of this, other than Exodia, was when Yugi used Brain Control to take over Regenerating Slime in his duel against Strings. He drew that card, but the strategy was already in place for it to work. He could have used any method to take that monster too. I don't see VG offering alternatives that much, while in YGO there are alternatives, in case you don't draw the right card.
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The episode was better, but it really didn't accomplish all that much. It was really slow, and really was just to show Aichi's sister learning about VG, and how Aichi has gained courage thanks to the card game (heard that one before). He also owns that kid with the V shaped hair, who is your typical "I'm gonna use 10 lv 6 monsters thinking I can win" type of guy. It was obvious Aichi would win, but it did have some purpose, if it shows later on that his younger sister has importance to the plot.
I enjoyed it, much better than the first two episodes at least.
I don't have a good outlook for this however. It really just feels like this will set up to a big tournament arc, there is little set up for later on. It really just feels like your typical anime with a card game thrown in for kicks.
|2011-01-21, 20:23
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Okay, the show finally made it clear. They are aiming for a younger audience than Yugioh and Magic and the like. They actually had an introduction to a card shop. Which is well, absolutely boring and a waste of time for anyone who has entered one or is over the age of ~13. But that makes sense for a younger crowd. Card shops are kinda scary for kids and outsiders. And the battle was just to teach the kids the lesson "strongest cards don't matter if you can't get them out."
But that was some amazingly cheap animation and amazing amount of filler they needed. The next episode actually looks interesting just because it's the silent shopkeeper.
|2011-01-21, 20:37
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To be fair, Yugioh in America aims for the same 6-11 crowd, while the original in Japan goes for the 13 and lower crowd. The card game is everyone however for Yugioh, it makes you wonder who they expect to buy this game.
I can totally see 4kids picking this up, there is nothing too edgy about it, it is tamer than Yugioh ever was, even with Zexal.
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Spoiler for Episode 3:
Oh well, guess having Hara working on some Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes truly is a blessing.
|2011-01-21, 21:47
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Screw Hara, there is Kagami and Kuzunori Takahashi working for the Yugioh movie, and Kuz on 5Ds, they are much better aniamtion wise than Hara.
I thought VG had Akira Ito, I guess if you guys see it as cheap, it must be due to him not being used to animation, and his studio being slow to the concept. Any idea who the animation directors were for each episode? For Yugioh, we get that info in V-Jumps.
I must say the subs look much better in red than they did in Blue. A question about the subs, is that the most accurate translation, noob? Or was it just added in for the lulz?
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Lastly, regarding the information about the animation directors, I don't know whether or not that's avaible, but it would be quite nice to know, indeed.
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Okay, I just read over the basic rule sheets in looking for a clarification of whether it was equal level or only less. There is a lot more that they have only glossed over and haven't really explained. Like half of these things are actually variable symbols on the cards and they are treating them as "always true". It appears most of the actual strategy is in deck construction and playing ends up coming down to luck more often than smart playing.
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Re: st: looping with geodist
Austin Nichols <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: looping with geodist
Fri, 7 May 2010 11:23:45 -0400
Frederick Guy <email@example.com> :
There are numerous examples addressing your need in the Archives, e.g.:
Note also the calculation of distance (using an approximation that
assumes the Earth is a sphere; see -vincenty- on SSC for an
alternative) between two points on Earth measured in decimal degrees
lat/lon occupies a large fraction of msg00473's code, but need not;
all the calculations could be telescoped into one line (it's just
easier to break it up), and the local macros are mostly unnecessary.
Plus, the formula in that message is the weakest of many alternatives
for great-circle distance; see e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance (but downloading a
package for any of those spherical approximate computations seems like
As far as I know, the unmatched merge approach was first promulgated
in January 2007 (see e.g.
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-01/msg00082.html but the
name came later; the approach was developed in 2003 for a paper
published 2009 in the JHE--see also Appendix A of
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13246 if you are interested in inverse
distance weights) as a way to have two datasets in memory at once;
another way is to repeatedly merge or append a second dataset onto a
single observation from the first, but this is understandably less
efficient. The crucial detail to remember with an unmatched merge
strategy (merging on _n rather than any variables) is that all the
variable names must be distinct across the two datasets.
Suppose your location variables are xi,yi,xj,yj and you have Ni obs of
type i and Nj obs of type j. If you want distances to each location
of type j stored on the type i obs, you will need Nj new variables to
store distances; if you only want summary stats across locations of
type j, you should not create that many new variables at once, to
conserve memory. Suppose you want the weighted sum of inverse
distances (assuming none are zero); then you could just:
use type_i, clear
local Ni=_N
merge using type_j
g w=.
qui forv i=1/`Ni' {
g double L=(yj-yi[`i'])*_pi/180
replace L=(yj-yi[`i']-360)*_pi/180 if L<. & L>_pi
replace L=(yj-yi[`i']+360)*_pi/180 if L<-_pi
local t1 acos(sin(xj*_pi/180)*sin(xi[`i']*_pi/180)
g i=1/(`t1'+cos(xj*_pi/180)*cos(xi[`i']*_pi/180)*cos(L))*6367.44)
su i, meanonly
replace w=r(min) in `i'
drop L i
la var w "Sum of Inverse (Approx) Distances"
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Frederick Guy <email@example.com> wrote:
> Robert Picard sent the code below, which works as advertised - many thanks, Robert! Now I have a slightly different problem: I have two kinds of locations in the data, i and j. For each location of type i, I need to compute the distances to every location of type j. If I just stack observations type i on top of observations type j, geodist doesn't like the missing values (observations type i have missing values for type j, and vice versa). Can anybody suggest a solution?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Robert Picard
> Sent: 30 April 2010 17:09
> To: firstname.lastname@example.com
> Subject: Re: st: RE: RE: RE: AW: Creating index relative to other observations
> Perhaps the following example is close to what you are trying to do.
> It loops through all observations. Each time, it calculates the
> distance from observation `i' to all others (distance will be missing
> for the observation `i'). Values for variable x1 are adjusted
> according to the distance to `i' and summed. The observation `i' of x3
> is then updated with the value of the sum plus the value of x2 for
> observation `i'.
> Hope this helps,
> Robert
> http://robertpicard.com/
> *--------------------------- begin example -----------------------
> version 11
> * This example require my -geodist- program available on SSC
> * To install: ssc install geodist
> clear all
> set obs 5
> set seed 1234
> gen lat = 37 + (41 - 37) * uniform()
> gen lon = -109 + (109 - 102) * uniform()
> gen x1 = round(uniform()*100)
> gen x2 = round(uniform()*100)
> gen x3 = .
> forvalues i = 1/`c(N)' {
> geodist lat lon `=lat[`i']' `=lon[`i']' if _n != `i', gen(d)
> gen xtemp = x1 / d
> sum xtemp, meanonly
> qui replace x3 = r(sum) + x2 in `i'
> list
> drop d xtemp
> }
> *--------------------- end example --------------------------
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Frederick Guy <email@example.com> wrote:
>> Many thanks. Now for a crash-course in MATA...
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: firstname.lastname@example.com
>> [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
>> Sent: 29 April 2010 19:22
>> To: firstname.lastname@example.com
>> Subject: st: RE: RE: AW: Creating index relative to other observations
>> I'd do this in Mata. Mata has a -for- loop.
>> Nick
>> email@example.com
>> Frederick Guy
>> Thanks, I guess I was unclear on this aspect of the problem. For each
>> observation, the sum I'm talking about is of measurements made relative
>> to all other observations (or more generally, to some set of other
>> observations) in the sample.
>> Martin Weiss
>> ".. sum up the results of these computations,".
>> Creating sums can mean different things in Stata. It may sound trite,
>> but
>> the easiest is simply to -generate- a sum by adding values with a "+"
>> sign.
>> If you want the total of a variable, look at -egen, total()-. If you
>> want a
>> running sum, take a look at -help sum()-.
>> Frederick Guy
>> I have need to use information from all observations (about 1800 of
>> them) to create a new variable.
>> The variable created is a weighted sum of the inverse of geographical
>> distances between observation i and all j n.e. i. I have longitude and
>> latitude for each observation, and computation of the distance from any
>> i to any j is straightforward. What I don't know is how to get Stata to
>> loop over all observation and sum up the results.
>> For every observation i, I think I need to
>> (a) loop through all j n.e. I, doing computations involving variables
>> x1, x2(i) and x1, x2(j), and then
>> (b) sum up the results of these computations, returning a value which
>> becomes variable x3 for that i.
>> I expect there's a straightforward way to do this. Any suggestions?
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|The plants aren't very green, but the picture makes it look a lot worse than it is. The crypt on the left melted, btw, and now the ram is dead, but I 'think' I can make the plants green up a bit more with more light. Which is one of my many projects that I need to do. Nonetheless, since the ram is gone, I think I'm going to try a bunch of fire red cherry shrimp. That should give it some really good contrast, I think.
|The tank definitely looks a lot better with the natural look. I am not sure if its the photographs or the plants, but what could you do to get your plants to brighten their greens? or are those plants simply that color? Really need that green to sparkle to give the slate some constrast I think!
|Marselea Minuta doesn't grow very thick or very fast in low-light... might grow algae on it. I think HC would do much better.
|I'm sorry to hear about your Ram. They were a very pretty fish. There's nothing worse than coming home to a casualty.
Not really intending to bring this thread back from the dead, but I wanted to do a little bit of whining... My german blue ram, Moe, was dead when I got home today. Somehow she swam sideways and jammed herself between two of the pieces of slate in my stone wall... Not really sure how she did it... certainly don't know why! I guess she got spooked about something during the day. We do have some minor construction going on. Also, she had gotten a little aggressive about owning the entire front half of the tank, and maybe she was chasing one of the other fish away? Don't know... But she was certainly my favorite fish.
Also, thought I'd say thanks to everyone who helped with this thread again. I REALLY can't wait to get my SLR back from my parents so I can take a picture of the tank that doesn't suck. The pics truly do NOT give it justice. Even if I am missing my centerpiece ram now...
Ammonia zero, nitrite zero, and I personally think the tank looks a LOT better. Even if my photography skills suck more than a hungry SAE!
Thanks to everyone for their advice. I really appreciate it. I hope my plants do well with the MTS and all the substitutions I made. I capped everything off with some white play sand. It washes out my ram quite a bit, but for the overall look of the tank, it brightens it up a bit against the grey slate background.
Once again, thanks y'all!
|72 hours. Been doing daily water changes. Ammonia is way down, nitrite is at zero. All fish are still alive and active. Just as the dirt settled down, I put in the white sand topping, so the tank is all cloudy with sand particulates now. Hopefully I'll get some pics up by sunday.
Thanks for the input, Goodwill. I tried calling the manufacturer about the stuff, and they read to me word for word what was written on the back of the bag. When I told the guy that, he sounded pretty embarrassed. Nonetheless, what you say both makes sense, and does clarify things a little bit. If the only problem with a critter eating this stuff, is that it might impact their digestive tract, then it obviously doesn't have any chemicals in it that are too terrible to life, otherwise the reptiles would die of some sort of poisoning.
Update thus far: it's been about 36 hours since the new substrate went in. Since there was still about 4 inches of water in the tank (couldn't drain all of it, because the khuli loaches under the wall would die) I didn't put the NoSalt and calcium carbonate layered on the bottom, as per recommendations. I just mixed a couple table spoons of each, with the dirt, after I took it off the stove. I also poured in the nasty rust water from the steel wool, as the mud was boiling. I'm sure the substrate now has plenty high iron content! Well, I planted one crypt spiralis, two crypt parvas, some sort of grass that I picked up from petco about 6 months ago (sort of a long story about that stuff) the anubias, and a single strand of my unknown grass from the chesapeake.
Ammonia spike.
Nitrite spike.
I did a 30% water change, threw in an ammonia neutralizing alka seltzer tablet thing, along with some extra bacteria culture I had from when I cycled the tank. I also put some metafix (tea trea oil) and solazyme (alo vera extract) in, just in an attempt to keep the fish a little healthier. Once the water is all cleared up, I'll take another pic.
Originally Posted by lauraleellbp View Post
I remember hearing some bad stuff about using that stuff in reptile tanks... Can't remember exactly what the issue was and if it would transfer to an aquarium, though?
I know that may not clarify things in this scenario as far as water quality goes, but thought I would just throw that out there.
Well, the tank is full of mud today! Once the water clears (tomorrow, or the next day probably) I'll plant the crypt parva I just picked up, along with the crypt spiralis going up along the left side, and the anubias is jammed between the stone wall, and the glass, on the right side. I'm still trying to find some marselia minuta, but if nothing else, I'm wondering if I might be able to make a carpet out of the parva?
Quick update on the clay and steel wool: Don't bother. The clay melts within about 24 hours. But, I suppose the steel wool will just rust away under the substrate anyway.
|Budget aquarist
|first, if you have such low light wattage, i recommend taking out the duckweed, then, i would get driftwood, eco-complete black gravel, and a few low light plants. ( anubias, java moss, java fern, bacopa, and spiranulis crypt)
Here's a couple pics of the planter I did on the top of the wall
Also, some pics of the substrate science experiment that's taking over my kitchen counter, lol!
There's the steel wool, the encapsulated steel wool, the small amount of substrate I made for the HC, and a pot of boiling dirt. I threw the duckweed in there because DEATH TO DUCKWEED! hehe... I figured boiling it for 15 minutes would make me feel better. And it did.
Oh, and Seadreamer, I just wish there were a book entitled "Crypts, sizes, and needs" It would make things a bit easier, that's for sure!
Originally Posted by moonshinetheslacker View Post
Seadreamer: You know, as soon as I read your post I said DUH! Yeah, I certainly can leave just a little bit under the wall. In fact, do you by chance know of any aquarium safe clay I could put under there? If not, it's really no big deal, I can certainly leave the ugly blue gravel, and just cover it with something else.
You might consider crypts for some low-light plantings. Lots to choose from.
As for growing moss near the surface, I've done it and had no problem. I think it was java moss. I had it tied to a piece of wood and hung from the top of the tank. It made a moss overhang, which was my intent. Anyway, it was about 2 inches from my lights (had a glass top) and thrived.
|I remember hearing some bad stuff about using that stuff in reptile tanks... Can't remember exactly what the issue was and if it would transfer to an aquarium, though?
|I stopped by petsmart today, as I had a little bit of time on my hands (very rare) and saw some stuff in the reptile section called "calcium sand" made of calcium carbonate. Anyone know about this stuff? I called the manufacturer to ask them a question, and the guy read to me exactly what was on the back of the bag, and said that's all the info he had.
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Honey lemonade
1 cup honey
1 cup hot water
3/4 cup lemon juice
8 cups cold water
stir honey and hot water over low heat until blended let cool.
Add lemon juice and cold water .
There is a note that some members like it better with a little vodka:d
either way its great. Always a party favorite
1 tblspoon of raw apple cider vinegar
enough water to fill the glass
sweeten with honey
You could put other things in too but this tastes great!
I drink this daily.
I mix mine in a blender, which heats the water and honey up plenty.
10 oz water
1 tbls honey of choice
1 tbls maple syrup
1/4 cup raw and unfiltered apple cider vinegar
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HART walk is Saturday in Nisswa
Heartland Animal Rescue Team's (HART) annual walk on Saturday, May 4, at the Nisswa Community Center will have a Spanish flair, contributing to its new title — "Cinco De Bow-Wow."
Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the walk at 10:30 a.m.
In addition to the walk, there will be a morning of fun with a "Cinco De Bow-Wow" theme, including a free "kids" corner where "Club YAH" students will entertain the youngsters with games, coloring and other activities.
There will be a "Sombrero" silent auction where people can bid on a sombrero filled with goodies. HART apparel plus other vendor items will be sold.
A "Walking Taco" lunch and other concessions will be available for purchase.
At noon the "Chihuahua and Wannabe Chihuahua" parade will feature owners and their canines dressed in colorful Spanish style costumes. A prize will be awarded to the best costumed pair.
Pet photos with a Mexican backdrop will be taken throughout the event for a $10 donation for a 5x7 photo plus a CD with three photos.
Lakeland Veterinary Hospital will be doing complimentary nail trims for dogs at the end of the walk, and each dog will receive a festive bandanna at the 1.5-mile mark.
All walk money will be used for direct animal care. The goal is to raise $30,000. People can pledge online at www.hartpets.org. Printable pledge forms are also on the website and at the shelter.