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Town Square
Romney raises an Olympic Ruckus
Original post made by Rich Jeffries, Midtown, on Jul 26, 2012
Web Link
" "It's hard to know just how well it will turn out. There are a few things that were disconcerting. The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and Customs officials - that obviously is not something which is encouraging."
The remarks were greeted with anger, with many British supporters of the Games taking to Twitter to accuse Mr Romney of being graceless and rude. "
What followed was a very uncomfortable statement by the Prime Minister:
"Cameron had earlier expressed displeasure with Romney's public remarks that he found some of the events leading up to the games "disconcerting."
"We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world," Cameron said, according to The Telegraph. "Of course it's easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere.""
The PM spanks Mitt about his Utah games.
Slapped down by the PM, Mitt "No Apologies" Romney apologized. Overseas. To a foreign head of state.
" "This is an indication of a community that will share in the Olympic experience, be unified and uplifted by it and I am delighted my wife and I will be here at least for the beginning of this Olympic experience."
His words contrasted with an interview he gave to US television channel NBC News shortly before arriving in London, in which he played up the teething problems which have beset preparations for 2012, and appeared to suggest that Britons would not get behind the Games. "
Stay tuned. This is Governor Romney's first stop. Let's see what he says when he visits our troops in Afghanistan.
But first, the Romney's are going to watch their (taxpayer funded) dressage horse compete in the Olympics.
Mitt Romney rebuked by David Cameron in London Web Link
Comments (55)
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jul 26, 2012 at 10:13 am
Here's the BBC Web Link
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 26, 2012 at 11:18 am
Rich: Romney isn't going to visit the troops, he's going to Poland instead.
It's started so well for Mitt - at a press (!) conference, he declared he won't answer questions from Americans, only from foreigners.
"Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive."
They aren't impressed. Web Link
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 11:28 am
Romney is overseas raising money from the London bankers.
He's hiding behind Anne's skirts, and her prancing horse. The media is falling for it. Look! A shiny horse!!
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 26, 2012 at 11:50 am
Of course Romney is going to fly into Afghanistan. It's not announced, but it will be a surprise visit. This way Sharon can start up her MENA rants.
No way he flies around the world to just visit Poland and Netanyahu.
No politician would be so stupid as to not visit Kabul in time of war; even Romney's team isn't THAT stupid.
Israel will be interesting. Romney told the NYT he's best buddies with Netanyahu - "We [Mitt & Netanyahu] can almost speak in shorthand. We share common experiences and have a perspective and underpinning which is similar."
In the GOP Debate Mitt said: "I'd get on the phone to my friend Bibi Netanyahu and say, 'Would it help if I said this? What would you like me to do?'"
Mitt's so-called friend doesn't share the fantasy friendship.....
Bibi Netanyahu, July 2012 in Vanity Fair Interview, (middle of Page 4) "I remember him [Romney] for sure, but I don't think we had any particular connections, I knew him and he knew me, I suppose."
Mitt HAS to visit the troops. He's too gaffe prone to survive this trip without the patriotic cover a troop visit provides.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Romney spoke the truth! He has the experience with Olympics details (saved the Winter Olympics, when he came aboard). Makes me more favorable towards him.
The Brits should not be thin-skinned, when a foreign politician tells the truth about them. They should just buckle down, and prove him wrong. They could start by buying up all the tickets for the Opening Ceremonies (and showing up for them!). London has a lot to prove, given all the pre-Olympic screw ups, especially on the security front. I hope they prove Romney wrong, but I don't blame Romney for expressing the truth.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jul 26, 2012 at 1:13 pm
The unsold seats are going to be given to local children.
Romney should read how to win friends and influence people. Of course there are problems, but it doesn't mean that a visiting dignitary should use it to show how much better he is at arranging things. If I was him, I would keep my mouth closed before he puts his foot in it again!
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 1:33 pm
If Romney has pissed off enough Londoners/Brits, maybe they will actually show up for the games! And quit whining about putting missles batteries on their apartment buildings (security issue). Romeny might be just the extra push that the Brits need! Imagine all the (potential) Brits what will show up at events, just to boo Romney? It seems to me that Romney understands how to get the job done!
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jul 26, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Jimmy, if Romney didn't do anything wrong, why did he change his tune after apologizing to the Prime Minister?
Apologizing to foreigners?
Also, romney soaked taxpayers for Billions of Dollars in the Utah games. He bragged in his book about using Olympic money to hire lobbyistd to get EARMARKS FROM THE FEDS.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Romney has provoked the Brits, a hard thing to do. He then apologized (kinda) for provking them to get their act together, and prove him wrong (kinda). The main point is that he told the truth. Perhaps the Brits are pissed off enough to get the job done!? It is very hard to stir up the Brits...maybe Mitt will get it done! The Brits can show Mitt how ticked they are by actually buying out the Opening Ceremonies, AND actually attending them, instead of heading for the country estates and out-of-country vacations...givng away tickets to children and soldiers to fill the seats. Where is the British fighting spirit?
a resident of Menlo Park
on Jul 26, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Jimmy - I would like some of whatever it is that you are partaking!
Romney went over to insult the Brits 2 days before it opens, who have been preparing for this for years, and then apologizes but is now your hero for fixing the Olympics.
Romney apologized. Romney, whose book is No Apologies.
In his book: "England is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people in the rest of the world want to buy."
Will he apologize for that?
Romney is once again proving he is the new George W Bush: publicizing a secret agency, insulting his hosts, apologizing to the Prime Minister, forgetting Miliband's name, and on and on.
The mayor of London just mocked him in front of a huge crowd in Hyde Park. The tweets are telling it all:
"Serious dismay in Whitehall at Romney debut. 'Worse than Sarah Palin.' 'Total car crash'. Two of the kinder verdicts "
Keep spinning, Jimmy.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jul 26, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Romney: the new Bush
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jul 26, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Another BBC report Web Link
Romney is becoming a bit of a joke in London. Never liked the chap, but never liked Obama either. Shame you can't find a good couple of candidates for your top job!
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 3:27 pm
You need to calm down. Ronald Reagan was also mocked by the Brits, and the Europeans. Reagan won the cold war, despite the mocking. He won, they lost. Romney simply spoke the truth that we all know. If his speculation and concern forces the Brits to get their act together, good for him! It would also be good for the Brits.
Brits: NO children or soldiers in the empty seats! Buy up the seats, AND sit in them. Celebrate your country, don't escape!
a resident of Menlo Park
on Jul 26, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Jimmy - "He won, they lost." The Brits lost the Cold War? Again, sure would love to try some of what you're having!
Did Reagan insult the Brits and apologize as Mitt did?
Love the spin - if the Olympics are great - all hail Romney! He saved the Brits by insulting them!
If they suck dang, they should have listened to Mitt belittling them, those losers!
No matter what, Mitt shows up to fundraise from foreigners for a day and leaves having saved the Olympics. That is one great fantasy world you live in....
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 26, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Mitt Romney has started off his foreign invasions by insulting his most important alley if he wants to go to war with Iran as he said he did. Now he'll probably have to go it alone against Iran. Are you ready for another war U.S.?
a resident of Atherton
on Jul 26, 2012 at 4:06 pm
All this to distract from his 12 years of tax returns for another week?
We need a floor fight and need a new candidate in Tampa. Romney is our worst nominee since Ford.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 4:07 pm
I find it refreshing that a potential U.S. President is willing to tell the truth. The Brits are having touble, and they prefer to not talk about it. Romney talked about it. Good for him!
The mockers of Reagan, including many Brits, lost; he won.
BTW, Utah is not "nowhere".
This is a dustup headed to nowhere.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Jul 26, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Gary's mancrush on Reagan shows through whenever he posts more than a couple times.
"is willing to tell the truth" If Mitt told the truth, why did he wimp out and apologize?
A Mitt flip flop or just Mitt being a weak-kneed, spineless politician?
Tough choice. Both?
Yup. With Mitt, it's always a two-fer!
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Mitt Romney would proudly accept the loan of the Winston Churchill bust in the Oval Office. Obama rejected the offer. Shame on Obama. Romney told the truth about the Olympics preperations (he should know). Good for him.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jul 26, 2012 at 4:48 pm
This is what the BBC's American correspondent says about the gaffe!
This journalist has a good sense of what is going on and unbiased ability to report what the American press won't mention.
Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park
on Jul 26, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Only Gary continually brings up Churchill.
"Romney told the truth about the Olympics preperations (he should know)"
Mitt knows!
- he was a registered lobbyist for the Salt Lake games
- in his book, Mitt tells how the Feds bailed out his, ummm, 'games' with over a billion in taxpayer subsidies; Mitt gave commissions on the Fed money to lobbyists
- Mitt did not Build It Himself, he also blackmailed local governments for another half a billion
- Mitt told Olympic athletes they didn't Build It Themselves, it takes a village (just as Obama said this week!)
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a resident of Menlo Park
on Jul 26, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Web Link
It was really difficult to find the Mitt "flip" pin.
When one does a search of the words 'mitt flip pin' it almost crashes the google - there are so many examples listing Mitt Flipflops.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 6:06 pm
The Brits do have something to complain about:
Web Link
Dissing Churchill is not popular in Britain. Even today. Is Obama tone deaf?
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 6:37 pm
At least Romney is not a stubborn idiot like W Bush who invaded Iraq knowing full well he would not find any WMDs there. Give Romney credit for admitting that he is a flip flopping idiot on the Olympics issue after getting slapped down by smarter people.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Jul 26, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Obama's a hero to the Brits, and anyone who believes in diplomatic niceties in the wake of Mitt's Very Bad Day.
* Mitt start by saying he met with the head of MI6, which you are not supposed to do, because MI6 is like Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is.....
* Mitt then proceeds to question, in London, to Londoners, whether London will be able to pull off the Olympic Games: "You know, it's hard to know just how well it will turn out," Romney said. "There are a few things that were disconcerting... that obviously is not something which is encouraging."
* This angers Prime Minister David Cameron, who responded by noting of the Romney-headed Salt Lake City games that it must have been "easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere."
* This ticks off the current mayor of Salt Lake City, who offered to send David Cameron a map of the place.
* So Mitt apologized, which is something he has said a president should never, ever do. Not bad, apologizing for a multitude of mistakes - the author of No Apologies!
* Mitt forgets the name of the leader of the opposition Labor Party that he met with, and has nice things to say about 10 Downing Street's backside, which in addition to being the usual awkward Romney framing is awkward for an entirely different reason:
"Firstly, in Britain, "backside" means "ass". As in the part of the body. Secondly, "10 Downing Street" is often used in political reporting as a synonym for a press spokesman for the prime minister, in the same way as "the White House" can say things or have opinions."
* The British reaction to Mitt's visit quickly went from tepid to mocking, with even stalwart British conservatives calling it a "total car crash" and "worse than Sarah Palin".
* The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, continued: "Can this get any worse for Romney? Boris is now mocking him in front of 60,000 people in Hyde Park #romneyshambles"
* the White House had weighed in, with spokesman Jay Carney noting: "In keeping with our special relationship, the President also made it clear that he has the utmost confidence in our close friend and ally, the United Kingdom, as they finalize preparations to host the London Olympics."
* Mitt found himself hammered for having a posh fundraiser with employees from Barclays, embroiled in scandal over manipulations of the critical LIBOR index.
Mitt: can't wait to see how the rest of your trip goes!
Jimmy/Gary: where did the GOP find this guy?????
He's the very BEST the GOP has to offer??????
That must really hurt.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jul 26, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Don't lose sight of the key issue -- Romney doesn't trust Americans to see his tax returns.
Mitts daddy released 12 years. Mitt gave MCain 23 years. Mitt will expect his veep to give at least a decade, or he isn't doing due diligence.
What is Mitt Romney hiding?
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 7:10 pm
Was Obama right, when he dissed the bust of Winston Churchill, in the Oval Office?
a resident of Menlo Park
on Jul 26, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Oh, Gary, was the day SO BAD that all you have is some dumb bust to moan about?
Here's Mittens from his book - No Apologies (written before he apologized to the Brit PM David Cameron today):
"England is just a small island, its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people want to buy"
Brits are loving Obama right now.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 26, 2012 at 7:51 pm
Romney and his wife has a great 1 hour interview with Morgan on CNN tonight.
Romney is an expert in economic turnarounds-
-the UK needs a turnaround- as does the US
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 26, 2012 at 9:48 pm
"Romney is an expert in economic turnarounds"
No. Romney is an expert at vulture capitalism (per Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry.) Vulture capitalism doesn't care if the company succeeds nor if jobs are created. Vulture capitalism is about making money, often using massive government largesse such a subsidies and bailouts.
Romney's economic plan is Bush/Cheney on steroids.
Last night he was asked by Brian Williams to explain the difference between his tax cuts/reduce regulation plan and the bush/Cheney plans.
He never answered the question.
Romney is a disaster for America. He will drive the deficit deeper much faster than Bush and Obama. look at his plans (as lacking in details as they are.)
Return to Clinton tax rates, Clinton spending, Clinton job creation (23 million new jobs,) Clinton prosperity. Clinton budget surpluses - largest in American history.
Romney is a disaster for the American economy.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 26, 2012 at 9:54 pm
back to the Romney debacle, or as the Brits called it in one of their London papers: "Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive."
Shall we end Day 1 of the Romney escapades with the Tweet of the Day?
"My sources in the Romney campaign tell me the remainder of his trip will consist of silent tributes to the countries he visits."
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Quote from Romney's book: "England is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people in the rest of the world want to buy. And if it hadn't been separated from the continent by water, it almost certainly would have been lost to Hitler's ambitions."
No Apologies. The UK is a lost cause and Americans shouldn't care what they think about anything.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 26, 2012 at 11:36 pm
If the UK isn't worth spit, why did Mitt go there in the middle of the most important 100 days of his life?
Mitt has idiots for a campaign team.
They cant staff him worth a hoot.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 9:05 am
@important stuff:
Yes, good call. Mitt's team is comprised of morons (they are all former Bushies, after all - must make the tea party proud!) It was insane to have Mitt's first stop be in Britain. He made a LOT of unforced errors that might have been ignored in other countries, but resulted in the Mayor of London leading a "Yes We Can" chorus of 60,000 in Hyde Park after mocking Romney mercilessly.
Stunningly bad candidate, stunningly bad team, stunningly bad day. A Republican nominee who failed a trip to London. A former Olympic CEO who should be reliving old glory, who know wishes his dressage horse was riding to just distract everyone from a self inflicted disaster.
Who would have thought?
Saw the interview. That was "great"?
This one stuck out, as does many of the Romneyisms (ie.. rhetoric and bloviation without substance, detail or fact)
"Our nation's leadership has been perhaps the greatest source of a national entity's good that you've seen on the world stage."
This is the "what's sauce for the goose" guy, isn't it?
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 27, 2012 at 10:01 am
Will Obama admit his mistake, and request the bust of Winston Chruchill back from England, to be proudly displayed in the Oval Office? Perhaps he can take a knee in front of the Queen, since he so used to kowtowing to foreign leaders.
Romney will be more than happy to accept the Churchill bust, if offered. He won't take a knee, though. He doesn't need to.
a resident of Mountain View
on Jul 27, 2012 at 10:49 am
Romney won't "bend a knee"? Funny! He groveled around outside 10 Downing after being rebuked by the Prime Minister! Would be VERY funny, if it wasn't VERY sad.
Why won't Mitt supposedly not bend a knee? Because he wasn't invited to see the Queen, and one imagines he won't on this trip given his disastrous performance thus far. Mitt is persona non grata in England, America's most important ally, at a very proud moment in their culture and history. What a dope.
What's with this Churchill bust you incessantly harp upon? Is this like a tea bag birth certificate issue? Another version of the college transcript dog whistle tea bagging conspiracy theory thing the fringe is always baying on about?
Romney's a disaster in Britain. Bringing up some conspiracy theory about the expired loan to the Bush/Cheney White House of a statue is quite preposterous!
It really does highlight just how crazed the fringe is!
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jul 27, 2012 at 11:00 am
Obama rejected the bust of Winston Chruchill, which was already proudly displayed in the Oval Office. Churchill was one of the great world leaders, perhaps the only one that should have a place of honor in the Oval Office. Obama made it a point of personal pride to diss the Brits, by sending back to England the bust of Churchill. No conspiracy here...just the facts.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jul 27, 2012 at 11:25 am
Jimmy's absurd conspiracy theory is actually hard to track down without going to the fringe side of the internet.
from the Uk, specifically, the DailyMail
The entire article is well worth a read, the whole thing. But just to help those of you who haven't a clue about "Jimmy" (gary) and his weird rant on a conspiracy theory of a statue which rivals the whole Birther movement for lunacy:
"Later on, Romney told donors at a fundraiser (tickets had been slashed from $25,000 to $10,000 during the day) that he was 'looking forward to the bust of Winston Churchill being in the Oval Office again'.
The problem with that applause line is that the Jacob Epstein bust was a personal loan from Britain to President George W. Bush made in July 2001 for the duration of his presidency.
When Obama took over from Bush, the loan expired and he apparently showed no interest in extending it. The bust was returned to the Government Art Collection.
The whole issue, which has been used to portray Obama as anti-British, is a sore point for British diplomats, who view it as presumptuous for Romney to assume the bust would be loaned to him.
And then the incorrigible Mayor Boris Johnson turned the day into what one American reporter on the trip aptly described as a 'Cat 4 manurestorm' when he mocked Romney before 60,000 people.
'I hear there's a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know whether we're ready,' Johnson shouted, in a performance more Viking than Anglo-Saxon. 'Are we ready? Yes we are!'
He then led the crowd in a chant of 'Yes We Can', Obama's famous campaign slogan from 2008."
Read more: Web Link
Romney's brilliant foreign policy trip summed up in very, very few words
A Category 4 'manurestorm'
"Jimmy" Who was your first choice for GOP nominee? It obviously wasn't Mitt Romney. You can't possibly be that far out of the mainstream.
a resident of Downtown North
on Jul 27, 2012 at 11:28 am
Why is Romney raising money from foreigners?
Isn't that illegal?
or are they just donating anonymously to Karl Rove's superpac, so they can buy the election with foreign money?
No wonder the fringe right is trying to distract with crazy Birther conspiracy theories, and loony Churchill bust stories.
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Jul 27, 2012 at 11:55 am
The poster "Jimmy" and his/her alter egos that have posted the LIES about the Churchill bust in numerous threads (do a search, the crazy lie pops up every so often like all the other far right fringe fantasies - Kenyan, Muslim, radical Cristian, socialist, fascist, etc..) is wrong.
Completely wrong.
And Jimmy, etc.. is either too lazy, too lacking in intellectual curiosity to verify, of insufficient mental ability to understand or perform a Google search,or just wants to smear the American President.
The Churchill bust is STILL IN THE WHITE HOUSE, to this day.
Barack Obama moved it and in it's place sits a statue of Abraham Lincoln. If Jimmy prefers a foreigner over Abraham Lincoln, perhaps he should reevaluate his perception of his patriotism.
Why do republicans hate Lincoln so much?
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 12:18 pm
This is just another pathetic attempt to change the topic from Jobs and the US Economy.
The fact that over the last few economic quarters our GDP has collapsed from 4.1% to 1.5%.
This election will be about Jobs and the US Economy.
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Jul 27, 2012 at 12:28 pm
The economy, Sharon?
Web Link
Look at the GDP growth under Obama, and what the GDP LOSSES were under Bush.
This election is about continued growth under the Democrats and returning to the Clinton economy of the 90's, or a return to the Bush/Cheney policies espoused by Mitt Romney.
Romney has declared he will follow the Bush/Cheney policies. He has hired a lot of former bush/Cheney staff and consultants.
Why aren't republicans up in arms about Romney and his return to the Bush disaster?
Why are republicans demanding a real conservative take over at the convention?
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 27, 2012 at 1:47 pm
American athletes are embarrassed by and apologizing for Romney. British press report about #romneyshambles: Web Link
On the other hand, British politicians love having Romney in town because he makes all of them look competent.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 5:47 pm
The desperate and pathetic attempt to change the topic from the dire state of the US Economy and the lack of Job creation in the last 3 and 3/4 years is not working.
Romney in his book describes how the UK went from the richest country in the world to a basket case because it adopted socialist policies.
" From owner to laborer, the British were eager to protect the status quo.
Industrialists secured subsidies for themselves and tariffs on foreigners rather than face foreign competition and technology head-on. When subsidies proved insufficient for the most unproductive businesses, the government took them over.
The nation spent national resources to keep sick companies alive rather than inventing new ones and investing in those that were strong.
Britain's economic missteps were compounded when it was forced to fight and endure the cost of two world wars.
By the end of World War II, its national debt had tripled.
Massive loans were required to shore up the ailing economy; they came from its former colony."{USA}
The out of context squib with snark: "Its roads and houses are small?
The trees probably aren't the right height either."
Romneys point is about the British decline into socialism.
What do you say we take that seriously?
Socialism/capitalism — that's how campaign 2012 has been framed. Let's stare that issue in the face.
Sorry if the Brits' feelings are hurt, but this is about us.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Jul 27, 2012 at 7:01 pm
Sharon, what on earth are you talking about? If you want focus on the economy start an economy thread or post on Levy's threads.
This thread is about Mitts charm offensive and foreigb policy chops.
Or lack of them.
No one forced Mitt to stop talking about the economy.com Mitt decided to go to the Olympics and look like a buffoon.
Worst. Field. Trip. Ever.
a resident of Professorville
on Jul 27, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Gov Romney could have stayed home aand talked economy, after all, we all want to see his specifc plans.
Or he could have skipped the UK and gone to visit Merkel.
Romney has no one to blame except his team.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Romney told the truth to the Brits-their preparation was a shambles-the private company they hired for security failed big time.
Romney turned around the Winter Olympics to success and he turned around many failing US companies--he is a straight shooter and tells the truth.
The UK had to bring in the Brit military at the last moment to provide security
-good decision.
The Angloshere is Americas main ally-but they need to shape up.
At the Olympics we see that some ethnic/religious groups will never get along with each other-particularly those from the Levant.
The US should stay out of these disputes and follow our own fundamental interests.
The Anglosphere-UK, Canada, AUS and NZ are Americas only trusted allies-thus our mutual ECHELON security and intelligence pact.
Web Link
Lets keep politics out of the Olympics in our reporting on them and just enjoy the sports.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 9:35 pm
"Romney told the truth" - Romney misspoke and then apologized. Check it out, Sharon, it's been in all the papers.
Sharon wants politics out of the Olympics, yet won't chastise Romney for his visit - to see and insult the PM, to meet with and insult the leader of the opposition party, to insult Londoners, to brag about meeting with MI6, the list goes on.
Mitt brought the politics to London.
He could have gone anywhere else - like suggested above: Germany, Afghanistan, etc..
Instead, he went to London to hold a fundraiser. Took money from scandal plagued Barclays Bank.
What was supposed to be a great week for Mitt got real ugly, real fast.
On to Israel.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Best tweet:
#romneyshambles: "Mitt Romney isn't even qualified to represent the U.S. as a tourist. #Americanborat"
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 27, 2012 at 11:58 pm
Romney also told MI6 and the UK military that they - and the rest of NATO-have to start paying their fair share
No more handouts
Romney also told the UK defense/intelligence groups that America will pursue our own fundamental interests moving forward.
He has the same message for Israel-
-get with the program or you are on your own.
Enough is enough-
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 28, 2012 at 7:17 am
So, did the Brits intentionally insult Romney by having long segments of the Olympics opening ceremony about nationalized health care and public transit? Those are two programs that Romney and his cronies are violently opposed to.
And did you hear that jab about how putting on the Olympics in one of the world's great cities is a lot different from Romney's Olympics in the middle of nowhere?
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 28, 2012 at 7:49 am
Is it true that when Romney was in charge of the Olympics, he issued a series of Olympic pins with his own face on them? Of course, he had them made in China. Did he use Olympics money for these or did he pay for them himself? Photos of the pins: Web Link
a resident of Professorville
on Jul 28, 2012 at 9:22 am
Gov Romney could have stayed home and talked economy, after all, we all want to see his specifc plans.
Or he could have skipped the UK and gone to visit Merkel.
Romney has no one to blame except his team.
a resident of Stanford
on Jul 28, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Wow, interesting pins. The only Olympic CEO to put himself on pins. Someone posted this above Web Link
You have to click to the 2nd image.
A little less than holy for an LDS Bishop, don't ya think?
Sharon, why are you suggesting this thread only be about the games? If you are that interested, I suggest you post appropriate material here -- a great, great sports blog, SB Nation Web Link
How do you know what Mitt "told" MI6? That's quite silly of you. After all, Mitt had quite the faux pas when he crowed about even meeting with MI6. The Brits were shocked he was that naive.
The Israelis have to be quite concerned about a blabbermouth, tone-deaf political candidate is coming to town, just to try to score some points with his base. Romney's already getting trounced with the Jewish vote.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 28, 2012 at 2:49 pm
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I just traded out my inert gravel for Floramax this weekend. My advice would be to wash the new stuff pretty thoroughly first. I think Floramax and Ecocomplete are pretty comparable as far as water clouding goes.
I emptied the 12 pound bag into a 5 gal bucket and ran water over it constantly in my basement sink for about 30 minutes, mixing it up with my hands intermittently, dumping and refilling and that seemed to get most of the cloudiness out.
I ended up keeping about 1/3 of my old gravel in the tank and just mixed in the new stuff. Cloudiness was still present but it cleared 2-3 hours after running the filter and using the clearing agents that came with the Floramax.
I had my fish and plants in buckets for about 6 hours (being bubbled with an airstone) during all of this changeout and they were fine - I don't have experience with shrimp.
I'm really happy with the change - the plants are already looking perkier and I don't have to think about adding root tabs any more.
Good Luck!
|What's your current PH? I'm not going to say CRS won't survive/breed in high PH because there are successful cases, but I'll tell you my eco-complete raises my PH from 7.6 (tap) to 8.0+, even after 10 months. Not everyone has this issue so it might be different depending on the batch you get. Perfect for my PFRs though, they keep breeding in the tank.
Switching substrates?
My Petco finally ordered the Eco-complete and
I'm deciding on if I should start fresh by blasting my
gravel, so all the previous Turtle waste will be completely
be removed. (siphon'd 6 times, never got all of it out)
I'll let my new CRS settle in for about 1-2 more weeks since
I've already killed 2 through my mistakes. If I do this,
I'll lose a lot of beneficial bacteria, but I'll keep
the filter running the whole time. The shrimp will be
in a bucket for about 1-3 hours max.
If I do this, would this process be ok?
1. Blast/ clean tank
2. Add substrate (by cups, do I take the water in the bag too?)
3. Add water from bucket
4. Add shrimp?
If I do this, will there be any pH or spikes
that might kill the shrimp?
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text: I have for sale my 2005 Chevy Silverado. It has 154,000 miles on it which are mostly high way miles very well taken care of and maintaned. It has the 5.3 liter v8 engine in it. It has the z71 off road package and towing package also push button 4wd which works very well. I had the oil changed every 4,000 miles it still runs and sounds perfect. It is also rust free and there are no leaks anywhere. I also put a k&n air filter in it and dual Magna flow exhaust. It has normal wear and tear for being 7 years old it has a few dings and scratches front bumper is sagging a little and interior has pretty much normal wear however nothing mechanicaly wrong with the truck still has a tone of power and torque and tranny shifts very smooth it's a one owner truck and has never been used for hauling or any type of towing with a little tlc it can look just like the day it was bought. I love this truck it's just time to get something else. I also just recently put new brakes and rotors on it. I just installed a new water pump in it. The battery is only a couple of months old. It has power doors and power locks and a bed liner.It was very well cared for i actually hardley ever took it over 50 mph on the parkway so engine and tranny were really never beat on. Tranny fluid changed every 65,000 miles never any issues with it or the engine and new spark plugs and wires. The kelly blue book value is $11,109 I am asking $7,800. My phone number is 412-512-0574 you can call or text anytime but please only call if your a serious buyer.


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In separate polls conducted at Pulaski Technical College, faculty and students expressed their approval of establishing an intercollegiate athletic program at the college.
James Short, Pulaski Tech Student Government Association president, said 421 students--or 77 percent of those participating in the poll, voted in support of a proposal presented by the Arkansas Junior College Athletic Foundation, which calls for establishing a men's football program in 2004 and a women's volleyball program the following year.
Eighty-four students (15 percent of those responding) voted against the proposal and 46 students (8 percent) took a neutral stance, Short said. A total of 551 students participated in the poll.
Jason Bass, Pulaski Tech Faculty Council President, said 61 faculty members--or 80 percent of those responding to a faculty poll, expressed approval of the proposal. Fifteen faculty members (20 percent of those responding to the poll) expressed disapproval.
The athletic foundation presented the plan at the July 7 meeting of the Pulaski Tech Board of Trustees. John E. Barnes, chair of the board's athletic committee, said the trustees decided to delay a decision on the proposal until a special meeting Sept. 15 in order to garner faculty, staff and student input into the decision-making process.
By state law, no college or state funds can be used to fund two-year college athletic programs. All funds must be raised from the private sector.
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Driving a 2008 Porsche Boxster RS 60 Spyder Limited Edition is an exercise in ridiculous, indulgent impracticality. But it's fun — and it might get your name written on the inside of teenage girls' pants.
Through no effort of my own, a man I had never met drove that car — number 296 out of 1960 ever made — into the office parking lot last week, and handed me the key. When he had called out of the blue offering the car as part of a Porsche marketing and promotion effort, all I'd done was tell him I'd drive it and return it in one piece. I made no promise to write about it, and only a vague verbal assurance that I could drive a stick-shift car. (For the record, my regular car, a 1995 Subaru Impreza wagon, is a stick-shift. So I wasn't lying.)
On the very first night, it failed utterly as a utilitarian object. My wife and I were slated to pick up a friend (who was in town on business) at her hotel and take her to a restaurant for dinner. But the Boxster has just two seats, so within hours of receiving the key to a $65,000 car, one of just 800 in North America, I had to leave it parked in the garage while we picked up our friend in my wife's 2000 Subaru Impreza Outback wagon.
That was the first of a few downers. Other low points were general paranoia about police officers — my uncle, a genuine "car guy" — had reminded me, when I called to gloat, that "a ticket is wasted money." And then there was the horrific downturn the nation's economy took, almost from the moment I received the Porsche's key. At various points I drove past the panhandlers near the Deering Oaks Park I-295 on-ramp, and along the social-services end of Congress Street, in a car I did not own, could not afford, and could never imagine myself ever actually owning, even if one day I do have that kind of money just sitting in the bank. Don't ask me what they thought of me — I was studiously avoiding their eyes.
Let's move on to the high points.
Some of the people I took for rides surprised me, and even themselves. A freelancer who normally bums around in a 1980s-era Volvo with more than 300,000 miles on it turned out to also own an ancient sports car he keeps in good repair. And an utterly grounded, down-to-earth college friend became totally flighty upon sitting in the passenger seat, and spent much of the ride extolling the just-discovered virtues of expensive cars (except when she was feeling guilty for being so materialistic).
Better than enacting my high-school fantasy of driving the coolest, fastest car on the block was giving someone else that feeling — a guy in a Pontiac Firebird spotted me in Cape Elizabeth and tailgated me for a while, hoping to race. Eventually he gave up and roared past me, earning the right to truthfully tell his friends how he totally dusted a Porsche.
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Within a short walk of Midway Park, Sandcastle Oceanfront Resort South Beach is within a mile (2 km) of Art Museum of Myrtle Beach. This 218-room resort welcomes guests with a bar/lounge and conveniences like an outdoor pool and an indoor pool. It's in central Myrtle Beach and also close to Splashes Oceanfront Water Park and Family Kingdom Amusement Park.
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With the news that Will Hill was blazing yet again, I feel I need to adjust my mock draft.
Round 1: Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, FS, Alabama
I haven't ever mocked this guy to us except as a joke in an April Fools mock. Truth be told, he is a great talent and is guaranteed to be there at 12 without being a reach. Only reason nobody ever mocked him to us is because we had a logjam at the safety position with Hill, Stevie, and Rolle. Obviously, that is no longer the case. I don't want to roll the dice on Stevie being in 2012 form until I see him in action and how his knee holds up, and I have about Marvin Austin levels of faith in Taylor to develop into more than just a career special teamer.
Alternate: Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
Round 2: ASJ, TE, Washington
His stock might have fallen a tiny bit recently, but I still think he's a good pickup in the 2nd round. Amaro (the other TE projected to the 2nd round) is a purely receiving TE. He's also shown that while he has made mistakes in the past (DUI charge in 2013), he is also holding himself much more accountable to both himself and his team, working heavily in this past season on his blocking skills. CBS quotes: "Displayed humility and accountability by serving one-day sentence in jail and speaking to youth (along with the arresting officer, and a mother of a high school-aged student killed in a DUI-related accident) about the dangers of alcohol after pleading guilty to a DUI rather than pleading out and taking a lesser sentence." Sounds like the kind of guy I'd rather have on my team, someone who knows they did something wrong, owns up to it, and works hard to improve himself because of it.
Alternate: Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame
Round 3: Marcus Martin, C, USC
Still a bit raw as a player, but plays with absolute determination to the whistle (and much of the time, after). Might take a year to develop him into a full-time starter, but after that would become a good solid anchor for us going forward.
Alternate: Dakota Dozier, G, Furman
Round 4: Shayne Skov, ILB, Stanford
As much as I love Beason, he's not going to last forever. Skov nominally projects more as an inside linebacker in the 3-4. However, what intrigues me is that he's an inside linebacker who is equally at home defending the run and the pass. He was more over-aggressive earlier in his college career, but is working hard to break that habit. Had a torn ACL in 2011, but by 2013 had recovered almost all of his prior explosiveness. Also was voted a team captain, and could develop into the same down the road for the Giants.
Alternate: Charles Sims, RB, West Virginia
Round 5: Khairi Fortt, OLB, California
The former Penn State transfer has shown remarkable patience and discipline in allowing a play to develop and keeping his eye on the ball carrier, as well as doing well when asked to drop into coverage. Main issue right now is working on his tackling form.
Alternate: Taylor Hart, DE, Oregon
Round 6: Ethan Westbrooks, DE, West Texas A&M
A bit of a raw prospect that relies on his athleticism more than technique to get to the QB, much like JPP did in 2011. Also would need to spend a year adding some muscle, but his frame should be able to handle that no problem.
Round 6 comp: Cornelius Lucas, OT, Kansas State
Lucas is the kind of player who rises to the call. Possesses good skills (especially for what can be had in the back of the 6th round), but needs motivation to help him work on said skills. If he ends up being called upon to relieve a starter, he may very well surprise us. He could also be used in jumbo packages, given that CBS reports that his blocking is more akin to a TE style.


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The progression of the program generates exciting opportunities for the 2012 summer. Building off the foundation of the first two years, the 2012 summer will offer exciting new opportunities for participants and community members. In coordination with natural evolution and structural needs, GELT has made several adjustments to once again lead the country in green economy training.
Industry Training Tracks: In 2012, participants will opt into specific training tracks that are geared to provide the most comprehensive experience, specific to a green industry. Tracks of Renewable Energy, Urban Agriculture, Energy Efficiency and Resource Management will offer individuals tailored curriculum, projects and experience, providing the necessary time and relevant sites to prepare them for financial success in the industry of their choosing.
Architectural Salvage Training: includes both deconstruction and skimming. Deconstruction is the dissassembly of buildings to their foundation to preserve up to 85% of the materials that otherwise would be sent to a landfill. Skimming is a less intensive method where easy-to-remove materials are salvaged.
WeSource Management Training: Water and Waste will be focus of this training to identify solutions, projects and businesses grounded in the capture and re-purposing of these vital assets. Greywater/Blackwater systems, along with rain water harvesting trainings will combine with innovative recycling programs(such as food waste, used vegetable oil and discarded community materials) to provide the necessary skills to become leaders in creating financial solutions to these resources.
Business Integration: Experiencing green industries on the front-lines, participants will work directly with local businesses to understand the complexities of starting, operating and growing a green business. From accounting, to sales, to manufacturing, businesses in new, emerging arenas must be able to compete(against large, corporate business) to stay solvent, providing the critical opportunity for program participants to be apart of the challenges facing these new industries.
Nutritional Health Series: All food has distinct qualities and energetic properties that affect your body depending on where, when and how it's grown and prepared. This series will educate on different foods and how growing conditions affect the way you feel, think and act. Teachings on bio-individuality and superfoods will provide direct, personalize solutions for every lifestyle
Infrastructure Projects
Infrastructure Projects
A critical component to GELT, is the deployment of resilient projects that not only serve immediate functions for community members, but also provide the experience of project development and application. There will be 4 main program installations, specific to Industry Training Tracks, that participants will design, develop and deploy in Highland Park. Additionally, participants will assist in developing, expanding or designing 2 city-scale projects that GELT, in collaboration with the city and sister-organizations, are currently engaged in.
Renewable Energy Track Project: In collaboration with community, regional partners, RE participants will design, resource and install a solar PV system on the apartment building at 116 Candler. Expanding on the research performed in 2011, procuring funding sources as well as designing, with an aim at install, will be the goal of this ground-breaking project; the first multi-family residential structure solar pv system in Highland Park
Additionally, individuals in this Track will begin to design the first-of its kind, city scale solar street light system. Through partnership with the City of Highland Park, the mayor and the HP Sustainability Task Force, participants will have the opportunity to revolutionize the way cities look at lighting.
Energy Efficiency Track Project: Partnered with several local businesses, participants in this track will perform over 100 residential weatherizations, saving residents over $150 annually, on their utility bill. Additionally, individuals will conduct 5 comprehensive energy audits, preparing owners to seal their building and install renewable energy. Two audits will be performed on city-owned buildings; the Administration building and the Recreation Center. Another Audit on the Administration building for the Highland Park School District, with the remaining two audits coming from local churches
Urban Agriculture Track Project: Transformation of a vacant lot into a full-scale agriculture production, a hoop house, a CSA or Perennial Fruiting Orchard, will be the project for individuals in this track. Working on land owned by GELT sister organization, Distributed Power, participants will design, develop and install an accessible, functional growing space that drives revenue, feeds local residents, and teaches urban agriculture. Long-term viability of the development will be the foundation for what is designed, ensuring success and evolution of the space.
Resource Management Track Project: Participants in this track will get a sampling of effective, practical solutions to managing and using vital resources. First, building off the 2011 Garbage Kingdom project, individuals will use a Kaboom grant to revamp the aesthetics and functionality of the playground. Next, participants will design and install a composting toilet for a bathroom inside of the apartment building at 116 Candler. Finally, this team will be tasked with designing and installing a water catchment system for the 116 Candler building, and the existing Hoop House on the adjacent lot.
Additionally, this team will work with directly with the City of Highland Park and the HP Sustainability Task Force to expand on the Resource Recovery Project, a city-wide project to relcaim, repurpose and reuse all discarded materials in the city. A unique opportunity to leave a mark on how a city addresses waste and unwanted materials.


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Normal people > people who overuse meme's
Steaming pile of poop > Mitt Romney
Mood: WOOF!
Russian roulette with six bullets > the two politicians running against each other for office/re-election
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Snickers > Milky way
Just had milky way AGAIN today. Keep falling for that trap, it's utter garbage.
Giving birth to a 500 pound baby elephant > Voting for Mitt Romney.
Mood: WOOF!
Watching Hocus Pocus > English Paper
Mood: WOOF!


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I think i only played the first one, but it WAS a good series. </P>
Diablo III release is tomorrow so I'll probably play that for awhile, cuz like 10 ppl I know are getting it. And the beta was EXCELLENT!!!! alot of fun</P>[/quote] how much horse power you need to run that game ? my 2.4 core won't runmost of the new games....ahhh your probably using a game console...


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RE: st: RE: pattern-fills in stacked bar graph
"Nick Cox" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
RE: st: RE: pattern-fills in stacked bar graph
Wed, 26 May 2010 18:43:47 +0100
I see. Well, until and unless Sergiy explains how to apply pattern fills to your problem -- in this thread and previously I've signalled my personal dislike of such fills but so be it -- and presuming that colour is out of the question for some reason, then try different gray scales.
Natalie Doss
Ah, thank your clarifying. Yes, I was aware that I am stacking means,
and that is what I want to do. The gaps I am stacking are the
contributions of background variables to the mean total income gap.
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
> Sorry, but that's not my point. -graph bar- by default plots means, so you are stacking means on top of each other. The question is whether that matches the science of what you are doing.
> In essence, I see a case logically for stacking whatever can be combined additively, so sums and frequencies are cases in point. That could apply to means too, but it seems less common. As you're new to Stata, I wanted to check that you understood that -graph bar- does that by default. I know a bit about Stata but I don't know what income gaps are precisely, so that's what you have to spell out.
> Nick
> firstname.lastname@example.com
> Natalie Doss
> Yes, the variables should be called mean_gap_ed, etc..I used shortened
> names to simplify.
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> So, you are stacking _means_ ? Actually, that's not a question.
>> You are stacking means. Is that what you want to do?
> Natalie Doss
>> Thank you. Here is an example similar to my data, but simpler:
>> x-variable: gender, taking values 0 and 1.
>> y-variables: income gap, divided into 3 components:
>> gap_ed, gap_exp, gap_unknown
>> I am using Stata 10.0. Without trying to use pattern fills, this is
>> very easy to do using the "bar graph" command. As in:
>> graph bar gap_ed gap_exp gap_unknown, over(gender) stack
>> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Martin Weiss <firstname.lastname@example.com>
>> wrote:
>>> It is difficult to advise you on this, as we do not have your data.
>> Maybe
>>> give an excerpt. Also, you should say that -tw parea- is user-written
>> by
>>> Sergiy.
>> Natalie Doss
>>> I am trying to do a stacked bar graph with different pattern fills. I
>> have 4
>>> outcomes and 7 components to each outcome. I am confused about how to
>> use
>>> twoway
>>> parea to make a bar graph. I believe I have to reorganize my data a
>> fair
>>> amount, but am unsure of what exactly I need. An earlier thread on
>> this said
>>> that the collapse and contract commands would be most useful, but I'm
>> pretty
>>> new to stata and am wondering if anyone has more specific ideas.
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Beverly says:
Sandra ROCKS!
Kim says:
What did Sandra Bullock say about Tiger Woods? Was it on the awards show tonight? I just tuned in. Thanks to anyone that answers!
Kristi says:
I love her! So glad she won! And she can act in any situation All About Steve, The Proposal, and Blind Side were all totally different roles. She is so talented!
Steve says:
Sandra is a total phony and can't act…..
ScripTip says:
Lol, what? 70% of people there for Twilight so everything involved with Twilight should win? Please, people who seriously enjoy Twilight shouldn't be considered people. Sandra is a beautiful and talented actress. She could entertain us in three minutes, more than what Twilight could do in three hours.
Cary says:
What Sandra said about Tiger was wrong and very rude. I love her as a actress but what she said was unprofessional. (Side note….. How in the heck could they put Keith Urban and Eminem in the same Genre??????) This she is RIGGED!
Leigh says:
Sandra is one of the few celebrities that never lost who she is.. This is a job for her.. and she does her job well.. But it's not who she is.. You feel like you could invite her to just hang out.. She's close to her family… Hasn't got caught up in the "stardom" that she's earned…She's just a down to earth person…..I will see any movie she's in.. because I know it's going to be a good movie with her in it.
Nuwantha says:
Sandra Bullock truly deserves the award!
Twilight saga has brought way more revenue than Blind Side but People don't seem to like Kristen. that's all.
Michelle says:
This show is rigged. 70% of people watching this show are here for Twilight. I would rather have had Kristen Stewart win. The Twilight Saga has brought in WAY more revenue in two weeks than what The Blind Side has made in a M0NTH. What a joke.
Leigh says:
I love Sandra! She is a rich woman with a down to earth perspective.
pca1 says:
Sandra is such a class act. I wish more people in hollywood were as classy as she is.
Sunniflutterby says:
Sandra is sooo talented! I love how real she is!
Robyn says:
You go, Sandra!
Pam says:
my favorite all time actress. I love her work sooooo much.


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Looks good! Got it feeding yet?
Yes it feeds & chambers (manually) but still having some ejection problems. Believe I need a thicker ejector tip, deeper into the bolt / deeper slot for smaller dia cartridge base. A '74 bolt would've come in handy. I had to sleeve this bolt cup down to the smaller dia
Progress on the MG47EC. Hopefully ready for testfire sometime this weekend, time permitting
Straight blowback with gas piston assist. Weighs 9 lbs 4 oz which is lightweight for a beltfed. OAL is 37", barrel is 18", and may get shortened if the pressure duration is adequate to feed reliably
Here's a short vid of hand-cycling / feeding:
MG47EC Feed Test 762x25 - Putfile.com
Still need to sculpt the lower with epoxy and add a 'filet' to the rear, and a folding bipod to double as a lower HG. Also need to create a link guide to support/suspend empty links (up front) on the way out. As empty links exit, I get the occasional hang-up (regular RPD's have a link guide/track) Links are the "U" type, loaded and fed backwards, which hold 7.62x25 perfectly. This was not a quick build but each MG47-type project gets much easier, just like building AK's does
Wish me luck on the testfire. I bought half a ton of this ammo and intend to shoot all I want, with no cost concerns. The "EC" designation stands for "El Cheapo"
Steve in EL Paso
Looks good. Good luck on your test firing. Keep us posted.
The ES tutorial is progressing but a tutorial for something as involved as a MG47ES is a lot of work. I had to make a second complete extra receiver, fcg tray, gas piston extension, gas tube and gripstick tray to get enough pictures of the fabrication steps to make the tutorial make sence.
Tom H.
Thanks Tom -
It turned into another all-nighter; just can't stop. Anyone else have that problem?
It has stops to keep it centered / secure when folded. Will look better after it's blasted
Slot in front of the HG slips into the bayo lug. Back snaps in place over the trunnion screws (6)
Filet on the back is done; epoxy gets shaped sanded & painted to match. The $1.97 El Cheapo stuff from Walmart works great
Here's where she's at for now. Still have a ways to go. Will blast & paint it IF it works
All nighters! Your a sick man, your need some therapy. Must be a fly all night pilot thing. No wait, forget that last stuff I said. I'm in the same category. Good thing Marty is understanding.
(more than my wife is).
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Great job Trailrider! I might try this one if I can find an RPD cover and feed tray.
Thanks Guys -
Here's the guts. Single M11 spring, fully self-contained, 5.5" stroke. Butt-stock is removable from the back plate by flipping the buttonheads around and using nuts on the inside. Pardon the welding - had to re-locate the feed stud a couple times, and the rails, well......next one will be better. But it cycles super smooth.


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Quick explanation of the electronic components, a self contained voice amp/modulator made from a radio shack amp board, a 1 1/2" speaker attached behind the dental node, a headset mic cut apart and wired into a power box with on/off switch. Working range finder lights, two flashing red and one solid green wired to a mercury tilt switch and button cell battery box. Finally a Hyperdyne servo control board and Hi-Tec 4.8v servo with a power switch and two momentary switch activation system. Enough detail ****, on with the video!
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SULPHUR — Look past the aircraft that arrive at Saturday's Chennault Fly-In and Open House, and you'll find a group of aviation enthusiasts who are big fans — on a small scale.
They're the members of the Lake Area Radio Kontrol Society, the Sulphur-based hobby club dedicated to the advancement of model aviation and the flying of radio controlled model aircraft.
LARKS members have their own miniature airport, four-acre Hinch Field in Carlyss. This weekend, however, they'll have a static display at much larger Chennault International Airport — sharing space with the real-life bigger planes.
The Fly-In and Open House is scheduled for 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Chennault, 3620 Sen. J. Bennett Johnston Ave.
Admission to the public is free.
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A privately owned Douglas A-26 Invader is among the vintage aircraft scheduled to fly in for the event.
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The Volterra Chronicles: The Life and Times of an Extraordinary Mathematician, 1860-1940. Judith R. Goodstein. xxvi + 310 pp. American Mathematical Society, 2007. $59.
The name Volterra is widely known today as half of the eponym Lotka-Volterra. The Lotka-Volterra equations describe the dynamics of predator-prey relations, explaining, for example, why populations of hares and lynxes tend to oscillate, never settling down to a stable equilibrium. The model is a keystone of modern ecology, but for Vito Volterra the development of those equations came as a late and almost casual digression in a long and varied career. Mathematicians may know certain other aspects of Volterra's work—and other eponyms, such as Volterra functionals and Volterra integro-differential equations. The life of the man behind these terms is not so well known, at least outside his native Italy. Judith R. Goodstein, the chief archivist of Caltech, now brings us the first full-length biography in English.
Volterra's career followed a stately parabolic trajectory. He was born into a family of very limited means, and his prospects were further dimmed by the early death of his father. But with the grudging support of an uncle, he attended university, began publishing original work while still an undergraduate, earned a degree in physics and was appointed to a full professorship at the age of 23. He taught in Pisa, then in Turin, and in 1900 moved to Rome, where he took a prominent role not only in scientific and academic affairs but also in national politics. In 1905 he was named a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy, a lifetime appointment to the upper house of parliament. He was also elected president of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the prestigious academy that traces its history back to Galileo.
All of those accomplishments constitute the upward arc of the parabola. Then came the regime of Benito Mussolini. Volterra was Jewish, and that fact alone would have been enough to ensure his eventual expulsion from the inner circle, but he hastened his ostracism by steadfast and outspoken antifascism. The final crisis came in 1931, when all professors in Italian universities were compelled to sign an oath of allegiance to the fascist government. Out of 1,250 professors, Volterra was one of only 12 who refused. His fate was not quite as grim as it might have been elsewhere in Europe—he died in his own bed, in 1940, at age 80—but he was stripped of all his academic positions and drummed out of the Lincei. In his last years he continued working, but mostly with colleagues abroad.
Goodstein gives a careful and detailed account of the events that led up to this extraordinary act of defiance and renunciation. Volterra was no radical firebrand; he might have been even more appalled if the leftist opposition to Mussolini had come to power. He was a lifelong royalist and nationalist. Although he opposed an Italian colonial adventure in Libya in 1911, just a few years later he campaigned ardently for Italian intervention in World War I, and he accepted a commission in the army at age 55. In the end, it remains a puzzle of human nature why Volterra stood firm against Mussolini while so many others (including all his closest friends) made their accommodation with the regime. Perhaps he saw more clearly than the rest what was coming. Or perhaps he just found the oath too much of an insult to the dignity of a professor and a senator.
Politics on a smaller scale—the intense bickering and negotiations of academic life—also get plenty of attention in Goodstein's account. Volterra did not glide effortlessly from one distinguished chair to the next. He had to fight or at least bargain for all of his appointments. In one case he was in the awkward predicament of competing against an older mathematician who had earlier been a mentor and benefactor.
Goodstein also offers an interesting portrait of family life. Volterra lived with his mother until he was 40, when she undertook to arrange his marriage to a second cousin in a much wealthier branch of the family. After the wedding, his mother moved in with the couple and remained a part of the household until her death in 1916.
The subtitle of this volume promises us "the life and times of an extraordinary mathematician," and the book delivers fully on the life-and-times part of the promise. Unfortunately, we learn less about what made the mathematician extraordinary, and at times this gives Volterra's figure a certain disturbing hollowness. As he climbs the academic ranks and delivers lectures in Paris and Berlin, we have to take it on faith that his work merits this recognition, because most of the mathematics goes unexplained. On a few occasions, Goodstein does undertake to present mathematical ideas, and she does a splendid job of it. For example, there's a two-page discourse on the concept of a functional, which puts Volterra's ideas in their historical context and offers at least a glimmer of understanding: Whereas an ordinary function relates one number to another number, a functional relates one function to another function. More passages of this kind would have been welcome. (An appendix reprints an essay by Sir Edmund Whittaker from the Obituary Notices of the Royal Society of London, which gives a good account of Volterra's mathematical work, although it is perhaps too technical for many readers who would be attracted to this book. Other appendices give English translations of two talks by Volterra.)
Allow me a final comment on the Lotka-Volterra equations. Volterra's interest in population dynamics was inspired by the work of his son-in-law, Umberto D'Ancona, a marine biologist who observed unusual fluctuations in species abundance when commercial fisheries were interrupted by World War I. Volterra was in his sixties at the time. What about Lotka? Alfred J. Lotka was not Volterra's colleague or collaborator; as far as I know, the two men never met. Lotka discovered the same model about a year earlier than Volterra. Lotka is also an interesting figure, whose life trajectory was not a parabola but something like a random walk. At various times he worked as a chemist, a patent examiner, an editor of Scientific American and a statistician at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Perhaps someone will see fit to tell his story as well.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/a-mathematicians-trajectory
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


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(Sept. 28, 2007)--The UTSA Academy for Teacher Excellence will host children's writer Gary Soto, reading from his new collection of poetry for adults, "A Simple Plan" at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 4 in the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02), 1604 Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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The renowned poet, essayist and novelist also will read from his earlier works including "Junior College" and a one-act play, "Nerdlandia." Soto will be available after the reading to sign books.
In "A Simple Plan", the poet returns to his favorite themes of place, childhood and kinship with the down-and-out. Soto's most recent works include "Petty Crimes," "The Afterlife" and "Jesse."
Soto was born and raised in Fresno, Calif., and now lives in Berkeley. Unlike many authors, he never thought about becoming a writer when he was a child. Instead, he wanted to be a priest or a paleontologist -- a scientist who studies fossils and bones. But when he was in college, he came across a book of poetry, liked it, started writing poems and has been a writer ever since.
He is the author of 10 poetry collections for adults, most notably "New and Selected Poems," a 1995 finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the National Book Award. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, including The Nation, Plouqhshares, The Iowa Review, Ontario Review and most frequently, Poetry, which honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award and featured him in Poets in Person. He is one of the youngest poets to appear in "The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry."
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Concerning Don Bye's recent column, "Our corporate conscience, or lack thereof," I have two questions I would like Mr. Bye to answer:
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2. Did you bother to call any one or more of the city of Jackson's mayor, chamber of commerce, city planner or school superintendent to ferret out the facts?
Well, I did, and it took all of 10 minutes. Good reporting necessitates asking questions instead of basing one's opinion, let alone conclusions, on one's emotions and bias.
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