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21:30 WI 85-1 (22 overs) STUMPS! — Smith cuts Swann to the boundary and that's pretty rapid progress from the hosts tonight underlining what a good pitch this is. England will have to work hard for wickets tomorrow - join me at 2pm to find out how they get on.
21:20 WI 78-1 (20 overs) — Sweetly timed four by Sarwan off Broad and he then he
carves Graeme Swann through the off-side. Just ten minutes left.
21:05 WI 67-1 (15 overs) — A real loosener from Broad, wide outside off and Sarwan plonks it in the gap square on the off-side for his second boundary. Another four next ball in the same area but this one is sliced over the top. In Broad's second over there is a swing and a miss after an attempted pull shot by Sarwan followed by a miscue from Smith that fortunately falls between the two cover fielders as he fails to read the slower cutter.
20:50 WI 51-1 (13 overs) — Another crackerjack cover drive by Smith who by reaching 27 and overtakes his Test average in the process. Time for Broad to come into the attack.
20:35 WI 41-1 (10 overs) — Ryan Sidebottom has been rather innocuous and it's Anderson who is asking all the questions. Sarwan is squared up and sees an outside edge fly wide of Kevin Pietersen at gully and to the boundary but he responds with a fine off-drive for three. Devon Smith meanwhile has flailed three boundaries through the off-side.
20:20 WI 22-1 (7 overs) — WICKET! Gayle departs in slightly controversial circumstances. A big appeal for lbw by Anderson is turned down by umpire Russell Tiffin but he is given out after a referral to TV umpire Daryl Harper — it was perilously close to being a no-ball, it was periously close to not pitching in line but according to the Aussie both were ok, just, and the ball was going on to knock over leg-stump.
20:05 WI 11-0 (4 overs) — Anderson has the ball on a string, beating Gayle's outside edge with some regularity with a subtle mix of out and in-swing. The home skipper does collect four with a thick outside edge down to third man.
19:50 — That was the first time England have made 600 in five and a half years. Jimmy Anderson is opening the bowling.
19:37 Eng 600-6 dec (153.2 overs) — A couple of lusty blows from Broad and Strauss calls them in with Ambrose unbeaten on 76. 24 overs for England to nip out a couple of top order batsmen tonight.
19:30 Eng 588-6 (152 overs) WICKET! — Bopara perishes for 104, chasing quick runs as he pulls Edwards straight down the throat of Taylor who this time makes the catch safely. A deserved second wicket for Fidel.
19:15 Eng 576-5 (150 overs) — Bopara is closing in on a maiden Test century and moves to 98 with an elegantly lofted drive wide of long-on off Taylor. He then pinches a single before Ambrose gives him the strike back. And there it is!! A paddled pull for a single and he reaches his century off only 140 balls with eight boundaries and a six in 232 minutes.
19:00 Jacques Kallis became the eighth batsman, and the first South African, to reach 10,000 Test runs today. He joined an illustrious list containing Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar of India, Australia trio Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting and Brian Lara of West Indies. Back in Barbados it's Sarwan to open up after tea.
18:40 — Eng 553-5 (146 overs) — Quality stuff now from Ambrose, a short arm jab over mid-on off Taylor is dismissive and he follows it up with a nice clip to the fence off his toes. He sweeps bowler #8 Ramnaresh Sarwan for a couple to bring up his third Test fifty off just 65 balls. Taylor is then pulled to the pickets once more by the stand-in keeper and England have scored nearly 150 in the session. TEA!
18:25 — Eng 528-5 (141 overs) - Ambrose cuts Hinds for four and then sweeps for another six. Bopara gives a Benn full toss what it deserves and that is the treatment through mid-wicket.
18:10 — Eng 499-5 (138 overs) — Bopara is playing for his century but Ambrose — already told he will be dropped for the next Test — is playing for now as he cracks Hinds and then Powell through the covers before sweeping Benn into the crowd for six. That's almost worth getting out of the paddling pool for. spoony10000 — the draw is odds-on because the bookies reckon the pitch is flatter than the M4.
17:55 — Eng 476-5 (134 overs) some_steam — I'm with you, England have no plan. All very stagnant, four runs in three overs ain't going to help to level this series. Ryan Hinds is on bowling left-arm darts, he's good for the over rate at least.
17:40 — Eng 472-5 (131 overs) WICKET! — Collingwood has given it away on 96. A wide delivery from Edwards and in attempting to plant him through the covers to bring up his ton in style he only manages to slice the ball to Nash, who running in from deep mid-wicket, takes the catch. That's the third time he has been dismissed on that figure in Test cricket. DROPPED! Tim Ambrose attempts to cut the third ball he receives from Benn but the top edge fails to stick in Denesh Ramdin's gloves.
17:25 — Eng 461-4 (128 overs) — England working in binary numbers now, milking the bowlers like one of my brothers in the dairy. It looks like a classic England plan is in place, get to 600 and then have 45 minutes at the hosts tonight.
17:10 — Eng 446-4 (123 overs) — Benn swaps ends to replace the ineffective, and by ineffective I mean useless, Powell. He immediately drops short however and is cut hard to the pickets by Collingwood. Bopara then brings up his maiden Test fifty off just 78 balls by tickling Benn off his pads. Colly begins to up the tempo by dispatching Nash twice over his head for boundaries and the West Indies look disinterested.
16:55 — Eng 420-4 (118 overs) — If Lionel Baker does not play in the fifth Test then my name isn't Monk D'Wally de Honk. Two long half volleys from Powell and Collingwood dispatches both to the cover fence to bring up the 100 partnership off 132 balls. Gayle turns to the military medium of Nash.
16:40 — Lunchtime news from the satchel swingers is that they have chalked up England's first innings total at 560-570. Big Benn to open up after the pies.
16:00 — Eng 405-4 (115 overs) — A sweet, sweet on-drive from Bopara off Powell and that's his fourth boundary before Collingwood brings up his 12th Test fifty off 104 balls. 104 runs in the session and jonathangrosskopf maybe we can have a chat about that declaration over LUNCH!
15:45 — Eng 387-4 (110 overs) — The over rate is not too clever today, I've seen continents shift faster than some of these WIndies quicks. Daren Powell is into the attack and Sulieman Benn at the other end is cut to the fence by Bopara who brings up his highest Test score — 37.
15:30 — Eng 373-4 (106 overs) — Some seriously quick stuff from Edwards this morning and a short delivery clatters into the chin of Bopara — rearranging a section of his helmet in the process. He needs a drink and the physio comes on to the field to make sure he can see straight. The blow fails to prevent this pair from bringing up the 50 partnership.
15:15 — Eng 365-4 (104 overs) — Bopara is proving a compulsive hooker and he firstly plants Edwards just over the head of the sub fielder Shamarh Brooks on the mid-wicket boundary for six and then plays a slightly more uncontrolled pull for two. ima_fat_tw — you certainly are. What makes a person want to comment on a forum they have no interest in? Maybe I should try it, now where's that Brazilian Mime Theatre message board.
15:00 — Eng 354-4 (102 overs) — Gayle is using a sweeper on the
mid-wicket boundary but Brendan Nash has no chance on two occasions
when Taylor offers rank long hops which Bopara pulls away confidently
to the fence. Drinks and I'm off to join alagerdrinker for a Tennents Super.
14:45 — Eng 340-4 (99 overs) — Ravi Bopara is a very, very nervous starter, his last three Test innings offering 0, 0 and 0. He is put down on 4 and it's that man Taylor again who spilled Pietersen last night. A false pull shot off Edwards and the big quick, running in from deep square leg, puts down a diving catch in almost a replica of last night's drop. Taylor then sees Colly pull away another short wide delivery with great alacrity. bobo.spamble — you obviously no nowt about cricket but from your avatar I can see a fondness for the savage ballet that is pro pigskin so I'll let you off just this once.
14:30 — Eng 329-4 (96 overs) — Colly reaches 3000 Test runs by
slashing Edwards through backward point and he is the 37th Englishman
to reach that feat. Pietersen clips Fidel through mid-wicket for a
boundary and then departs. WICKET! He is playing all across a
straight one and his appeal to the TV umpire is a ridiculous one — it's
hitting middle halfway up and the most clear lbw you will ever see. Ray
Charles could have given that one and then Edwards bowls like Ray as he
conjures up five wides with a delivery way outside off before Colly
pulls Taylor to the fence. jonathangrosskopf asks: "If England get to 500 before tea time will Strauss declare?" Well let's get to 500 first.
14:15 — Eng 312-3 (93 overs) — Paul Collingwood off with a flourish as he cuts a wide Edwards delivery to the fence. Colly and Pietersen bring up the 50 partnership and then KP gets a beauty of a yorker from Taylor — almost a repeat of his dismissal in Jamaica but the batsman manages to just squeeze down on the ball. Cowers has decided that today he will take no mercy on idiots who don't understand this great game — mogomagic you're first on the hit list.
14:00 - Eng 301-3 (90 overs) — We have had a brief shower which has now stopped and
play will start on time. A few clouds hanging around and it's Fidel
Edwards to open the bowling and will probably offer a fair splattering
of chin music.
13:45 - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will fly home from the tour of West Indies tonight with a view to returning ahead of the one-day series. Flintoff, 31, is currently sidelined with a hip injury and has been ruled out of the final Test in Trinidad next week. He will continue his rehabilitation back in the UK and is scheduled to join up again with the squad here on the final day of the Test series fitness permitting.
13:30 - West Indies coach John Dyson: "The wicket is an exceptional batting wicket and I am sure our batsmen will be taking note of what a good surface it is in anticipation of batting on it themselves." Dyson's Australian compatriots are in action in the first Test in Johannesburg right now - South Africa v Australia LIVE with a century for a debutant.
13:15 - The West Indies were left to rue missed opportunities as captain Chris Gayle dropped Strauss, on 58, from a straightforward chance to slip and Jerome Taylor fluffed a catch in the deep offered by a Kevin Pietersen top-edge late on.
13:00 - Captain Andrew Strauss' 16th Test century has put England into a strong position in their quest to turn around the series against the West Indies. England will begin the second day on 301 for three after Strauss' fourth hundred in charge, a rollicking 142, made good of winning the toss at Kensington Oval.


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SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, Colo. - It was a close call for a nine-year old boy on his way to school. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says two men tried to kidnap him Monday morning.
It happened around 9:30 a.m. near Venetucci Elementary School in Security around Willis Street and Goret Street.
"It makes me a little bit nervous. My children walk home from school every day," said parent Kathy Brown.
Brown has a nine-year-old son at Venetucci. One of his classmates got too close to strangers.
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says the nine-year-old student was walking to school when the passenger tried to grab the boy through the window, but the boy ran away.
"His parents must have taught him something really well for him to be able to get away," said Brown.
Kate Scott's daughter also walks to school. She's shocked that something like this would happen in her neighborhood.
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The Sheriff's Office wants kids to be aware of their surroundings - and pay close attention.
"We see so many kids these days that walk around with their faces buried in their phones, wearing headphones. It's hard for us to say anything to them when the cars get very close to them," said Sgt. Gregory White.
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Everything about Sony's KD-84X9005 is big. Most obviously there's its screen: 84in from corner to corner, with a good inch of bezel wrapped around it. Less obvious - until you switch it on, at any rate - is the enormous number of pixels squeezed into that 84in screen: more than eight million. For yes, the 84X9005 is only the second TV we've ever tested to boast a '4k' native resolution of 3840 pixels across by 2160 pixels down.
Also remarkably big are the three-way speakers Sony ships with the 84X9005. These attach via angling brackets to the TV's sides, run the full height of the TV, and use every inch of that height to cram in a seriously potent 50W speaker system that includes 10 symmetrical drivers, a sound range of 60Hz to 200kHz, aluminium enclosures with five non-parallel walls to reduce standing wave interference; and silk dome tweeters renowned for their wide dispersion characteristics.
It's all a million - no, make that a trillion - miles away from the sort of flimsy speaker system usually crammed into flat TVs.
One more less welcome big thing about the 84X9005 is its price. At - gulp - £25,000 pounds it's clearly way beyond the reach of 'normal' folk, being strictly the reserve of the rich, the famous, and the Premier League footballer (i.e. both rich and famous - Ed.). Can its combination of raw screen size and 4k resolution really justify such a price?
Sony KD-84X9005 - Industrial style
Aesthetically the KD-84X9005 is slightly industrial, but still oddly stylish thanks to its slim bezel, two-poled metallic stand and unusual 'corrugated' finish. The speakers look a touch clumsy in the way they bolt on to the TV's extremities, perhaps, but overall this TV looks suitably high-end.
In any case, it's the 84X9005's innards that really count. For as well as that critical 4k pixel count, it's also equipped with a fearsome new image processing engine called 4k X-Reality Pro. Specially designed for the 84X9005, this chipset's most important job is to upscale normal full HD and even standard definition sources to the screen's 4k resolution. But intriguingly it also claims to be able to improve the appearance of even 4k material - no mean feat given how many pixels any 4k picture processing system is going to have to handle in real time.
Sony KD-84X9005 - 4K meets passive 3D
Another potentially brilliant feature of the 84X9005 is its combination of a 4k native resolution with passive 3D technology. The set is the first passive 3D TV from Sony, and the thinking is that the normal arguments against passive - visible horizontal line structure, jagged edges and reduced resolution when showing HD 3D sources - are all negated by the 4k resolution, thanks to its delivery of twice as many horizontal lines.
Two pairs of passive glasses are included with the TV - though given the set's price, we'd have hoped for at least twice as many. Just as well you can pick up more passive glasses for peanuts.
Exploring the 84X9005's picture adjustments reveals a few points of interest. For instance, there's an option for turning on 4k photo playback - which of course we set to on - and a Manual setting for the Reality Creation system that lets you adjust such niceties as noise filtering and resolution. More on this later.
Sony KD-84X9005 - Calibration tools could be better
Given the 84X9005's price and potential appeal to the custom installation market, though, it's a shame it doesn't sport a truly comprehensive calibration system. For while you get a simple gain and bias adjustment for the white balance's RGB elements there's no full colour management system.
Inevitably we couldn't resist kicking off our tests of the 84X9005 with the real McCoy: true 4k images, served up via a 10-minute looping video from a PC server attached via HDMI. This show reel was impressively varied in its content, taking in everything from shots around Spanish beaches, town squares and grand buildings to a football match, footage of the Beliner Philharmoniker playing The Ride Of The Valkyries, and a curious but visually amazing video of a girl paddling on a beach. And we watched it through three times before we managed to stop our jaws from hanging open with astonishment.
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1. Brady is pretty much a consensus top 5 QB all time but it's pretty bold to say it's just a fact. Manning has much better counting stats (yards, touchdowns, yards per attempt, completion percentage) while Brady has been arguably more efficent (less picks, higher QBR) while enjoying more postseason success. You could also argue Brady had better coaching and teammates during his career.
2. I compare two relatively immobile pocket passers with quick releases and the only similarities you see are that they are tall and white? Sounds like you've done some advanced scouting. And the Patriots don't just run a "similar" offense, it's pretty widely accepted that they are running a version of Chip Kelly's Oregon offense. Kelly is obviously going to have to make similar adjustments but it's still his system at heart.
And for the record I don't think Nick Foles is the long term answer, I'm just saying it's possible to use him in a modified version of Chip Kelly's offense.
A version of the offense is not the exact offense, so it is similar. I'm sure people could debate the talent of QBs all day long, which I really hate doing, I was basing my Brady comments purely off of his succes. It's virtually impossible to have his accomplishments without being one of the best QBs to ever play.
Yes, Foles and Brady are hardly similar. Come one now, one does not need advanced scouting to verify the minimal likeness between Brady/Foles.
I like Nick Foles. Don't know that he is the QB for the next decade, but he seems to be progressing nicely.
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Verify that the bracket is properly aligned and loosely install the bracket bolt, then loosely install the starter mounting bolts. It may be necessary to raise or lower the vehicle for access to both the upper and lower bolts, but do not tighten any bolts until all of the mounting bolts have been started.
Tighten both upper and lower starter assembly attachment bolts to 27 ft. lbs. (37 Nm).
Reconnect the electrical wires and install the nuts. Be careful not to overtighten the nuts and crack the solenoid end cap. Route the wiring cable so it will not contact any rough surfaces. Tighten the starter positive terminal nut to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm) and the solenoid terminal nut to 44 inch lbs. (5 Nm).
If equipped, install the starter shield and push pin, being careful that the pin is positioned for possible future removal.
Lower the vehicle.
Connect the negative battery cable and verify operation.
Fig. 2: Remove the starter motor dust shield retaining clip
Fig. 3: Lift off and remove the starter motor dust shield from beneath the vehicle
Fig. 4: Loosen the starter solenoid wiring terminal screws ...
Fig. 5: ... then label and disengage the wiring harnesses from the starter solenoid, carefully positioning them out of the way
Fig. 6: Loosen the lower starter motor mounting bolt ...
Fig. 7: ... then remove the bolt from the vehicle
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Fig. 9: Remove the rear mounting bracket bolt, then remove the starter from the vehicle
Fig. 10: If the starter is to be replaced, remove the bracket from the old starter


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You can contact them at 525-7329. Maganda yang church na yan.
If you're looking for a church in Makati, you may want to check Union Church or Manila. It's a great-looking church. It's a little expensive at 30k pero may kasama na AC. Here's their website:
You can contact Mr. Paul Bunag at his email address [email protected].
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For the last couple of weeks i have been getting random misfires that started with a bad camshaft adjustment valve (n205) I replaced this part but my misfires continued. Its always Cylinder 1 that misfires and it seems to happen at lower RPM or idle. Odd thing is I drive the car for a while or drive it hard and it disappears. Till it comes back 2 days later. I have tried moving coil packs around to see if it was a bad pack but that hasn't done anything, i don't think its a vacuum problem because there isn't any fluttering from my boost gauge and i get a consistent idle at -22.
I talked to my mechanic today he looked briefly at the car, I explained my problems and he came up with a very bizarre answer. He thought maybe when I originally had my camshaft (rev. A) replaced at 35000 Km. (i am at 95,000km right now) that maybe one of the lifters was damaged from the camshaft problem and they never noticed/replaced it. Looking at my service sheet from my dealer there is no mention of lifters. But to be honest i don't really think this is the case.
I would think if i had a damaged lifter i would have noticed something by now. Its been almost 4 years and 60,000 km since. Also wouldn't be causing misfires all the time? not just at idle/low rpm?
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Earn college credit by volunteering at a small claims court in Northern California
In December 2005, Empire College took on the advisory role for the Sonoma County Small Claims Court. The free service, mandated by the county for users of the court, is overseen by Professor Murray Cockerill and clinical director Dan Lanahan, Esq.
At Empire College, our second-, third- and fourth-year Juris Doctor students can volunteer their time or earn academic credits for 15 hours of telephone advice and five hours of in-person counseling each week at the Santa Rosa Small Claims Court. We cover a variety of California small claims court issues. Most common are landlord-tenant disputes, unfulfilled contracts, complaints about contractors and disputes among neighbors. About 50 percent of the people the student advisers talk to have already filed claims or received a summons. The rest are trying to determine whether they have a case.
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(Host) Scenes of Syrian civilians being bombed by their own government have reminded commentator and executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council Peter Gilbert of similar events that took place 75 years ago tomorrow – with far-reaching consequences for both civil society and the arts.
(Gilbert) On April 26, 1937, the Spanish Civil War was raging between the Spanish Republican government and the Nationalist forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Franco decided to try to demolish the government's forces with one massive show of military might. And so, for four hours that afternoon, seventy-five years ago tomorrow, German and Italian planes, at the behest of Franco's fascist forces, dropped explosive and incendiary bombs on the Basque city of Guernica, destroying the city. More than sixteen hundred people were killed. Europe hadn't seen anything like it before. It wasn't the first incidence of saturation bombing, but it was the first in Europe. We know the phenomenon now as "total war."
In this terrible event, Pablo Picasso, the world's most famous artist at the time, found the subject for one of the West's greatest paintings. Gijs van Hensbergen's history of the painting is entitled Guernica, the Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon. It's an appropriate title because the painting has come to symbolize the slaughter that characterized much of the century.
After the bombing, Picasso, a Spaniard living in Paris, worked at a feverish pace. In less than two months, he finished the enormous painting - 11 feet tall and 25 feet long. It's an oil painting the size of a mural.
Just a few weeks after it was finished, the painting was exhibited in the Spanish pavilion at the Paris International Exhibition at the 1937 World's Fair, and then in numerous European cities. It toured the United States to raise money for the Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign. It spent the war years at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where it inspired American Abstract Expressionist painters. Van Hensbergen argues that the painting's move to New York coincided with the center of gravity for Western art shifting from Europe to the U.S.
During the German occupation of Paris in World War II, the Gestapo visited Picasso's apartment frequently, looking for evidence of wrong-doing. Once, when a German officer saw a photo of the painting on the table, he asked Picasso, "Did you do that?"
"No, you did," Picasso replied.
Then Hensbergen points out that, although the painting is an icon of the carnage of twentieth-century warfare, after Franco's death in 1975 it became a symbol of reconciliation in an increasingly democratic Spain. It now hangs in a museum in Madrid, the painting arguably more famous than the historical incident that inspired it.


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some phones are not compatible.
There is a document out on the forums somewhere and also on the Jeep owner's site that lists a bunch of phone models and their capabilities with the different systems.
I have RBZ and droid X and it streams bluetooth music (even though droid X is not listed on the above referenced doc).
I have found however that streaming pandora or rhapsody over 3G and bluetooth doesn't sound that great. but streaming lossless .wav sounds pretty good.
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ESPN has issued a statement in response to Rector's lawsuit: "The comments attributed to ESPN and our announcers were clearly not said in our telecast. The claims presented here are wholly without merit."
Yankees fan Andrew Rector fell asleep in his second-row seat during an April 13 game against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. What followed is now a matter for the Supreme Court of the State of New York in the Bronx.
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A fan who was shown sleeping during an ESPN broadcast of a recent New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game is suing the TV network and two of its announcers for allegedly disparaging him during the telecast, according to a lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages.
Andrew Rector, 26, nodded off during the fourth inning of an April 13 contest at Yankee Stadium, and was shown on TV with his head slumped to the side as he snoozed in his second-row seat in the ballpark's lower level.
ESPN announcer Dan Shulman referred to the sleeping fan as "oblivious," while John Kruk, the network's color commentator, noted that the ballpark was "not the place you come to sleep." Shulman also wondered whether the fan had slept through a third inning home run by Yankee Carlos Beltran (which, Shulman said, prompted the crowd of 45,000 to "stand up and cheer").
In his complaint, which was filed this month in State Supreme Court in the Bronx, Rector contends that he was subjected to an "unending verbal crusade" by the ESPN announcers. The comments caused Rector, seen at right, emotional distress, according to the July 3 lawsuit.
Rector is also suing the Yankees and Major League Baseball, the latter because it used the clip of Rector sleeping on that night's highlight package at MLB.com, where readers posted comments that allegedly were disparaging toward him.
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I just bought my 65 Mustang. When I got her, she was running great and I cruised all around. But I got up one morning to take her out and she wouldn't start. I replaced the starter and .... that wasn't it. Sooooo I jumped her like I should have in the first place and she kicked to life, only to stall out when I turned on the lights! Viola!!! Alternator problem. So I checked my wiring and I had the ground disconnected (came this way). I reconnected the ground and no help so I took out the alternator (which was fried) and got a new one!! Problem solved .... NOPE! I, being the genuise that I am and of course needing no help, wired the damn thing wrong. See I've never been much of an electrical man ... give me a math problem or mechanical issues and I'll fix her no prob with no manual, but not electrical. So I hooked my battery hookup on the alternator to (which I didn't know at the time) the positive side of the starter switch
So ..... I started her up and much to my surprise the starter wouldn't shut off (great right?) so I tried to disconnect the ground on the starter switch to shut it down (which worked twice) and smoke started coming out of the damn thing! Now is the time to mutter ******* under your breath while reading this! It's ok .... becuase I am in the situation. So.....we come to my question.
I'm assuming that I need a new starter switch, I should prolly get a new voltage regulator, rewire everything with new wiring, and get a new solenoid(that can't be spelled right). How would I go about checking to see if the solenoid and voltage regulator are fried? If I crank the engine and the starter jumps to life and them dies when I stop cranking do I need a new starter switch (the thing that smoke came out of)? Though I will prolly replace that lovely piece of electrical gagdritry anyway. I there anything else I should check/double check/triple check before hooking the battery back up and trying to fire my baby up. I don't want to screw up anything anymore than I already have ....
Thanks a ton in advance everyone ... and I am an idiot about electricity so go on ahead and tell me, I won't take any offense to it!
OH BTW ... the positive on the alternator does go to the positive on the solenoid ... RIGHT?
Help me get my baby running please ....
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Situated in Orange City, this motel is 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from Jaycee Park and within 3 mi (5 km) of Landsmeer Golf Club and Sioux Golf and Country Club. Winterfield Boat and Fish Area and Rock Valley Golf Club are also within 32 mi (52 km).
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Along with a fitness center, this motel has a business center and RV/bus/truck parking. Free continental breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided.
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8-22 The Cindy Sheehan Effect
By Cynthia Bogard
George Bush flew the coop this morning in his red presidential helicopter, off to deliver a speech to 15,000 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Utah, the reddest of red states.[He received 71% of the votes in Utah in 2004.] We were having our morning volunteer meeting at Camp Casey II just then and we raised our arms in unison to salute him with the peace sign as he flew across the prairie.
But a funny thing happened on the way to Bush's carefully scripted photo-op to hype the war, motivated, according to ABC's George Stephanopolos, by "the Cindy Sheehan effect." That's us, the 50 to over 1,000 people on site at any one time here in Crawford and the many thousands of supporters who have besieged the Crawford Peace house with gifts, words of support and donations. "Oddly," noted the New York Times, war protesters showed up in Salt Lake City. And more oddly still, the 1,000 person peaceful protest was organized by none other than Ross C. Anderson, the mayor * yes, the mayor, of Salt Lake. Well, okay, he is a Democrat. But still, that's what's happening today in Utah.
The spirit of Camp Casey haunted the president's appearance in the body of Celeste Zappala, who vowed that she and other Gold Star mothers will appear to remind the president of the costs of this war at every one of his attempts to pump up Americans about Iraq and assure them that our men and women in uniform as he likes to call them, are too, really, there for a good reason. "That's my mom!" said Zappala's younger son Dante, who remained here at Camp Casey while his mother reminded the president from her Salt Lake protest site that he still hasn't given Gold Star parents, or the nation, some reason to believe this war is a noble cause.
Senators and representatives on vacation in their home states are working their constituents and finding that even in the red states, Americans have a newfound voice and are asking questions about Iraq. And that voice has been motivated by Cindy Sheehan and now by the small but growing group of former soldiers and military family members that have vowed to continue spreading her message. Rhea Parker from Maryland, the mother of a young marine stationed in the Red Sea whose ship got fired on a few days ago, has committed herself to standing with Cindy. So has Michelle De Ford from Oregon who lost her oldest son David to this war. And then there's Adele Kubein, whose daughter was permanently crippled by an injury she suffered in a helicopter crash. She had to ask her Congressional Representative to intervene to get her daughter the physical and emotional rehabilitation she needed after "pulling the body parts of her best friend" out of a Hummer that had been decimated by a roadside bomb. "You see, she's a member of the National Guard and they only get 90 days of medical care after they've been wounded in battle." National Guard members who need longer term care are told that they would have to stay on bases far from home and are pressured to sign waivers relieving the federal government of responsibility for their health care "so that they can go home."
Many of these family members have been actively questioning the war for some time but others have come to this decision only after months of trying to believe that their loved ones are fighting and at times dying for a worthy cause. They are eager to share their stories. They make the most persuasive argument anyone can make against this war. "I'm doing this," admits Rhea Parker, "because I don't want my son to die in a war I can't justify."
Most former soldiers and military family members are supporters of America's armed forces. "I love the Marines," says former Marine Jeff Key, and "I think America should have the best military in the world." But with having a premier fighting force comes responsibilities, which just weren't met in the case of Iraq, continued Key. "We thought we were there to take out Saddam and liberate the Iraqi people," Key continues. But somewhere along the line, the mission changed and Key saw his fellow soldiers treating Iraqis as "the enemy." That was a crucial turning point in Key's feelings of support for the war.
Jeff Key has written a masterful one-man performance piece, a journal of his 14 months in Iraq, which he enthralled a late-night crowd with last night here at Camp Casey. Other soldiers and military family members just stand up and tell their story, at Camp Casey and wherever they find an audience at home. Together, they have given the anti-war movement an honesty and credibility that can't be dismissed by either the mainstream media or by the American public. Americans are finally beginning to hear what many of us have been saying for several years now. But it took parents becoming "Gold Star Parents" for that message to spread.
Joan Baez, who played her classic anti-war repertoire for a jubilant crowd Sunday night decided to stay on for another day. Tonight she's giving a lecture (though knowing Baez's style, it will be infused with song) on 40 years in the peace movement. Baez's extended presence has drawn some mainstream media, CNN, NBC and AP reporters were all spotted on site today. It was a quiet day today after the crowds of the weekend, when over 2,000 people visited the big revival style tent perched on the hot Texas prairie. Ann Wright, Camp Casey's coordinator said that 8,000-9,000 people have stopped by since Cindy Sheehan set up in the ditch sixteen days ago.
Yesterday, Frank Rich writing his Sunday column in the New York Times, may have named our three enclaves, the original Camp Casey, which is still a growing concern, the new site with its high-tech equipment and crowds and the welcome center at the Crawford Peace House. He said Crawford constituted "an insurgency at home."
We are a peaceful insurgency, given to carrying signs and making impassioned speeches. But without a doubt, there is a rumble of angry Americans that George Bush must now take seriously. The insurgency, Mr. President, has literally come to your backyard. And it's spreading across the country, finally, faster perhaps than even the Bush Administration can control. We fight with only words and persistence. But the president would be wise not to underestimate what motivated and grieving parents can accomplish.
Call it the Gold Star Insurgency.
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All i have to say is that Cindy Sheehan is not honoring her son's memory. She is dishonoring his bravery. He joined a volunteer military to fight for what he believed in and i dare say that he would be ashamed of what his mother is doing. How can i say this? After all, i am not his mother. I am however, a wife and mother who has spent 14 years in the military community and who has been around the veterans who are appalled at whay is going on right now. Her son would be appalled. she would not be outraged if he were alive. counseling maybe, but stop dividing the country. Will it take another 9/11 for everyone to realize that we as Americans must stick together during all times not just tragedy. Think about this Cindy. Your son did not die in vain. He died defending your right to cry and whine to the media and put on a "look at me" show for the public.
I think Casey would most certainly be appalled by those who smear his mother's good name as you -- and many others-- have been doing. Of course we'll never know what Casey thinks on anything, ever again.
I totally disagree with you, but I respect your right to your opinion. Cindy is the mother and has a right to disagree with a war started on lies by President Bush and his administration...causing the deaths of thousands of soldiers, horrible injuries, and countless citizen deaths. The illegal war has furthered the cause of Islamic terrorists from around the planet to take pot shots at our fighting men and women. As long as the ones who feel like you do do all of the fighting and feel it is justified, then OK. But, will your perspective change if you lose loved ones, God forbid? We would mourn your loss, too. So sad...We were attacked by Saudi's if we must strike back, but Bush & his buddies like that oil....So, someone else is the patsy, and you are offering up your soldiers to make those old rich man richer...
The disgusting, politically motivated smear campaign being conducted against Cindy Sheehan only proves that our fraudulent president and his fool's chorus of defenders are running scared. The undeniable truth is about to destroy their house of cards, and their desperation has reduced them to the new low of trashing the mother of a dead soldier who dares to publicly ask George W. Bush a very simple question:
"What is the 'noble cause' that you claim my son and all the others have died for, Mr. President?"
Claims by Bush, his subordinates and his blind followers that Cindy Sheehan's anti-war crusade shows a lack of support for the troops, hurts their morale, and dishonors the memory of those that have paid the ultimate price is nothing more than pathetically disingenuous political spin.
There can actually be no greater show of support for our troops than streets filled with fellow citizens demanding that they be brought home and not made to fight a war waged on the lies of a corrupt administration.
Every ounce of blood spilled in Iraq is on George W. Bush's hands. His lips know no public truth about this unnecessary disaster. He and his war mongering minions are the ones showing no respect for the troops, damaging their morale and dishonoring the memory of every single dead soldier.
You would think that if the war criminal in chief were trying to sell America a fraudulent military conflict he would at least try to make sure the troops had everything they needed. Instead we have families spending their own money on essential communication equipment for the troops that the military has failed to provide.
We can only speculate about how many of the dead would be alive today if the people responsible for sending them into battle had seen to it that they were properly equipped.
More than two years into the Iraq disaster, troops are still forced to add plywood and sand bags to their unarmored Humvees for extra protection. The problem with this improvisation and the bolt on armor kits that have been provided in some cases is that the underside of the vehicle is left unprotected from roadside bombs, which of course are the cause of most troop deaths.
But no expense is spared, of course, to make sure that Pentagon and State Department employees and Congressional delegations are riding in nothing but the best armored vehicles when they visit Iraq.
All the flowery presidential rhetoric in the world cannot overcome the glaring evidence that the people on the front lines are considered to be nothing more than pawns of war by the fascist Bush administration.
His completely dishonest recruiter aside, Casey Sheehan did indeed make his own choice, as an adult, to join the military, and it is reasonable to assume that he was aware of the risks. This does not, however, give his commander in chief cart blanche to put his life at risk for nothing more than the advancement of his own political agenda.
This is why Cindy Sheehan and other parents of troops who took their last breath in the Bush-created hellhole that is Iraq are so angry and speaking out so forcefully. They are not anti-America. They are not against the troops. They are actually better patriots than George W. Bush or any of his blind supporters could ever hope to be, because they have the nerve to live up to their responsibility as citizens of this great country by demanding accountability of their president. Unlike so many misguided Bush supporters, they have not forgotten that it's the president that works for the people, and not the other way around.
To suggest that the anger of Cindy and her supporters and fellow military families is somehow not justified is to close one's eyes to the unavoidable truth. Their loved ones died not for freedom or democracy or to ensure the safety of their fellow countrymen. They died for a pile of blatantly obvious lies told by the president of the United States of America.
If you are a parent or loved one of a soldier killed in Iraq that still supports George W. Bush, I am doubly sorry for you.
John Perry
Very well said!
And lurking in the background,serving to cheapen the value of a human life for the benefit of our war-criminal-in-chief: the specter of conscription.
---The Bikemessenger
Let's not forget that Bush isn't doing this all by himself:
It's the responsibility of Congress to stop a corrupt president who's hurting the country for the benefit of the wealthy. The Republicans are supporting every corrupt measure of this administration, from the war, to tax cuts for the wealthy, to trade agreements that send our jobs to low-wage countries.
The Republicans are to blame. They're selling us out for more profits for the wealthy interests that finance their campaigns. Make them pay next election!
If Bush would not have lied to start this war...he might get more sympathy ....and i might agree with you.....
however, before you or anyone attempt to judge this lady, you should look to see how and why this war was started. there is much documentation ..if only you cared enough to read it. Casey THOUGHT he was defending his country, much as the rest of us thought.
It was to Afganistan we were to go and get Bin Laden, because ?? {supposedly,} he did the 9/11 at NYC. As you nor anyone can deny...we don't have Bin Laden. Why did we go to Iraq? WMD. Well, we don't have them either.So, we blow off 9/11 and Bin Laden? That's what GWB has done. Now ,that should make ANYONE wonder.
Is this lady wrong in wondering WHY her son was sent to Iraq ,along with so many others, to die? I'd be asking why too....IF Casey was your son, wouldn't you want to find his murderer and ask why?
Even in a court of law, the families get to ask the murderers why? and, SOMETIMES, they even get to watch the killers exucation.
Why should Cindy be treated any differently?
Do not defend those who attack Cindy Sheehan. If you want to defend something, defend the war in Iraq! Your defense can and should boil down to one thing: namely, the 'noble cause' for which soldiers are being killed. What is that cause, Ms. Marine wife and mother of 2?
I have family in Iraq -- military family, fighting for the elusive 'noble cause'. My experience is that many military families feel as if they are being questioned by Cindy Sheehan and the thousands of others who are demanding answers from Bush. The truth is that nobody -- at least not the (rather sane and reasonable) majority -- is questioning the soldiers or, in particular, their families. The soldiers, including my family members, are doing their jobs. Experienced military presidents (those who actually did service) are the last -- the very, very last -- to lead the country into war. Experience tells them why. Bush, of course, is not like that, nor is Cheney.
Nobody is questioning you, your family, or your children's plans (which may well be to join the military when they're older). (I assume that they're not old enough, or you'd probably encourage them to go to Iraq immediately.) What is being questioned is the alleged 'noble cause' for which soldiers are dying -- and for which our nation has paid such a high international (and soon to be domestic) price.
If you want to defend something, do not waste your energy defending those who attack Cindy Sheehan. Instead, as above, do everyone -- and I do mean everyone -- a favor: defend the Iraq war by giving an answer to the question of 'noble cause'. Bush can't do it, as you know. Perhaps you can.
(Incidentally, for those of us who lost friends and family members in the 9/11 horror, we would appreciate it if you wouldn't continue the ignorant, evil pretense of some connection with Iraq. Thank you.)
Please remember that the root cause of the anti-war anger and subsequent movement are the lies and hypocricy. (DSM, Karl Rove Niger yellow cake, WMD, MUSHROOM CLOUDS in America etc Etc ETC)Cindy Sheehan has somehow galvanized the nations frustration, but she is only a catalyst of a rising tide of righteous indignation, at not being truly represented in the Congress or the media. And please dont forget to ask every single war pundit: "Who in YOUR family is helping with this 'noble' cause?"
It's implied when a person joins the military for the honorable purpose of defending their country, that their commander-in-chief will make well informed, well considered decisions about deploying them.Obligations cut both ways; their commitment does not give him carte blanche.
Casey Sheehan may have gone off to war believeing,as Jeff Key,that he was put at risk for a just cause and if he died believeing that, he deserves any postumous honor as those who gave their lives for a truly just cause.The individual, by nature, owns himself,ergo it is their perspective that is the criteria.
To doubt that cause in the presence of overwhelming evidence against it is rather the ONLY honorable thing to to do.
Where do you find the monumental arrogance, regardless of what parallel experience you may have had,to speak on behalf of a deceased stranger?To claim to know his mind better than his own mother?Is there any action possible that the president could send the military out on that could possibly meet with your disapproval?Have you no moral considerations at all? Is it all just mindless "hurray for our side"?
How dare you accuse her of "dividing" the country.It is you who are divisive; but only as a secondary effect of your treasonous unwillingness to question authority."...Governments are instituted among Men,deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed,that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends,it is the Right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government..." true patriots need not be told the source of these words. For your benefit: The Declaration of Independence.
How in the world could the people ever exercise this right from the mindlessly obedient, unquestioning state where you dwell?The objective facts are that while Casey Sheehan may not have died in vain;BUT HE WAS LOST TO HIS LOVED ONES IN VAIN.
And that is the crux of the issue.Just a couple of facts for you to consider: Journalists Mickey Herskowitz,the senior President Bush's biographer,and Osama Silbani, publisher of the leading Arabic/English bilingual newspaper in the country, have both quoted George W. Bush to the effect that he was determined to "get" Saddam Hussein before he was ever nominated for president.And as to the "...fixing of the intelligence and the facts around the policy..."; Col. Karen Kwaitkowski(USAF, ret.)describes the process from first hand observation in the Pentagon.
This very website has plenty more,if you have the courage and maturity to consider them.
There's an objective reality out there. And there's a limit on how long you and your president's path can continue to diverge from it.
Robert...Beautiful admonishment. we should all take a lesson from your wisdom and truth.
Thank you for the compliment. Strating today, you can catch my libertarian rants at www.smallgov.org
"...vs. The Mindless Warmongering Sheep Effect"
Submitted by Robert(overthetoplib)Noval (not verified) on Mon, 2005-08-22 21:38.
It's implied when a person joins the military for the honorable purpose of defending their country, that their commander-in-chief will make well informed, well considered decisions about deploying them.Obligations cut both ways; their commitment does not give him carte blanche.
Casey Sheehan may have gone off to war believeing,as Jeff Key,that he was put at risk for a just cause and if he died believeing that, he deserves any postumous honor as those who gave their lives for a truly just cause.The individual, by nature, owns himself,ergo it is their perspective that is the criteria.
To doubt that cause in the presence of overwhelming evidence against it is rather the ONLY honorable thing to to do.
Where do you find the monumental arrogance, regardless of what parallel experience you may have had,to speak on behalf of a deceased stranger?To claim to know his mind better than his own mother?Is there any action possible that the president could send the military out on that could possibly meet with your disapproval?Have you no moral considerations at all? Is it all just mindless "hurray for our side"?
How dare you accuse her of "dividing" the country.It is you who are divisive; but only as a secondary effect of your treasonous unwillingness to question authority."...Governments are instituted among Men,deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed,that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends,it is the Right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government..." true patriots need not be told the source of these words. For your benefit: The Declaration of Independence.
How in the world could the people ever exercise this right from the mindlessly obedient, unquestioning state where you dwell?The objective facts are that while Casey Sheehan may not have died in vain;BUT HE WAS LOST TO HIS LOVED ONES IN VAIN.
And that is the crux of the issue.Just a couple of facts for you to consider: Journalists Mickey Herskowitz,the senior President Bush's biographer,and Osama Silbani, publisher of the leading Arabic/English bilingual newspaper in the country, have both quoted George W. Bush to the effect that he was determined to "get" Saddam Hussein before he was ever nominated for president.And as to the "...fixing of the intelligence and the facts around the policy..."; Col. Karen Kwaitkowski(USAF, ret.)describes the process from first hand observation in the Pentagon.
This very website has plenty more,if you have the courage and maturity to consider them.
There's an objective reality out there. And there's a limit on how long you and your president's path can continue to diverge from it.
so your saying cause he volunteered to be in the army that gives bush or anybody the right to send them off to be killed for lies killed cause bush just wanted to take Iraq their is no reason for us the united states to be there but for a bunch of lies so he volunteered or anybody volunteer's there just meat to be slaughtered
so hey FUCK THEM THEY VOLUNTEERED KILL THEM WHO CARES they volunteered we can do what we want with cause they volunteered lie to them fuck'em they volunteered they are just meat to be killed for NO REASON fuck'em they volunteered
Another ignorant comment made by a "brainwashed" military Mom.
First of all, Casey enlisted BEFORE 9/11. I doubt he would be appalled, and ashamed by his moms actions as you say. Casey didn't die defending his mothers rights, or any of our rights for that matter. This war has nothing to do with protecting America. There has been no evidence whatsoever linking Iraq with the events of 9/11, and there hasn't ever been any threats to the U.S coming from Iraq. God forbid this country ever experiences another terrorist attack; but if it does it will come from a terrorist group that is building strength right now as we spend all our focus and money on Iraq. My guess is that in your 14 years in the military community, you have never lost the life of your husband, a daughter or son. That being said, you have absolutely no concept of how Cindy is feeling, and therefore no right to criticize her actions. How about you sit down and close your eyes. Now picture this: your son comes to you and says " Hi mom, I'm going out right now and am going to stand in front of someone we don't know and let him blow my head off because Bush asked me to. See you in the next life. Bye!" Would that make you all proud and happy in your heart?
Casey was an Eagle Scout and altar boy and we'd have to surmise would never have enlisted if he thought the war was based on deceiving the American people and the world. His immediate family agrees with Cindy's anti-false war stance as representing Casey.
Casey joined before it was clear we were going to invade Iraq. Remember, Bush promised to go to war only as a last resort. He was, of course lying, because he intended to invade Iraq before he even stole the election of 2000. Casey, was in fact opposed to the invasion because he knew it was wrong. He went, he said, because he felt it was his duty, which according to his contract, it was, and also because his buddies were going. he was quite loyal and courageous. He was actually killed while on a mission to rescue fellow wounded soldiers that he had volunteered. Thus, this was a young man who embodied highly laudable personal qualities and opposed this illegal and immoral neocolonial war. Bush betrayed him and thousands of others by waging unnecessary war. The founders of our great nation would find him to be a despicable example of the corruption of our government and would probably call on all loyal Americans to join together to overthrow his evil fascist regime.
I want everyone to know. I've joined an Army. I am a "soldier for Cindy."
Casey is proud of his mom, and so am I.
To Robert Noval,
Your comments were beautifully written, and I agree 100 percent (I voted with all of my heart last year, and I was bitterly dissapointed with the results).
When will we as a collective group understand that violence does not bring true peace? It never has, and it never will. As Ghandi said "An eye for an eye leaves the world blind".
What happened to "turn the other cheek"? "Love thy neighbor like thyself"? What we did in Iraq, (and have done in the past to bring about this extreme hatred of America from other nations and their people) is far from "Christian" or "Democratic". Our hypocritical policies towards foreign governments and religions are what "fuel" the terrorists.... not anti war demonstrations from people who exercise their rights (and I feel, obligations).
When you lose your family member due to your government's extreme arrogance, ignorance, and violent nature, then you have EVERY right to oppose that government, to question the reasons for war, to demand answers. THAT IS WHAT OUR SOLDIERS DIE FOR. They die to defend the PEOPLE, and the PEOPLES RIGHTS, as defined by our Constitution and Declaration of Independance, NOT the "Commander in Chiefs" mistaken belief that he is the bringer of Democracy to the entire world, as chosen by God, which, scarily enough, sounds exactly like the rhetoric of the most violent of extremists.
If and when the country is directly attacked, by an invading army, and as a LAST RESORT, the Commander in Chief should be on the front lines defending HIS people, HIS soldiers, not having a hoedown and BBQ on his private ranch on yet ANOTHER vacation while soldiers and civilians are dying by the thousands.
I lived in NYC at the time of 9/11, and remember all to well the horror, but in no way did it justify the Iraq war. To use the memory of 9/11 to justify, promote and continue a tragically misguided, immoral, and illegal war that continues to kill innocents is beyond blasphemy.
I think that Bush has an obligation to meet with EVERY PARENT OF EVERY SOLDIER THAT DIED. He owes the country a real explanation, he deserves impeachment, but most of all, he should beg forgiveness from the families whose children he took in vain.
Thank you very much for the compliment.You may appreciate my anti-Robertson diatribe (along with some of my other libertarian rantings) at http:// www.smallgov.org
I would suggest that you make a common metaphysical error:( "When will we as a collective group understand that violence does not bring true peace? It never has, and it never will. As Ghandi said "An eye for an eye leaves the world blind".)Understanding is by nature an exclusively individual process, notice how you and I understand, but the President would at least appear not to,but we each do so individually.
Unfortunately, he is the one with all the power.Like understanding, it is impertinent to view it as appropriate for one individual to hold so much power, that is what makes all these calamities possible.But unlike understanding,power can be cumulative.
The deadly conundrum is manifest when all that power that rightly and naturally should be dispersed amongst the multitude who initially produce it,is inappropriately vested in the hands of the few.That's why the Founding Fathers tryed to bequeath us LIMITED GOVERNMENT!
It is the grand, fundamental illusion as to the nature of reality as it refers to human society,which the GOVERNMENT OWNED AND OPPERATED SCHOOL SYSTEM exists to inculcate.
Oh, but contrary to what you are taught the problem is not the dictator, the problem is dictatorship!
There is no solution in ousting the Republicans and installing the Democrats in their place. The only solution is the dissolution of the power they covet.
My favorite quote form Ghandi is:"You must be the change you wish to see in the world".It reminds me to always treat my fellow man as the autonomous entity it is his nature to be.
As an atheist, I'm not qualified to expound on the implications of agressive warmongering for Christian morality.But I strongly urge you to read the work of my friend, Lawrence Vance, who writes eloquently and scathingly on the subject http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance-arch.html
Mr. Noval,
Thank you for your comments. I am afraid, however, that I cannot agree with your assessment of my hope for our "collective group" ability to be peaceful as a "metaphysical error". Nor do I agree with most of your friend, Mr. Vance's, opinions concerning religion, as I find them narrow and extreme.
However, that is the wonderful thing about free speech. You and I, and all of our friends, have the right to say what we think, and to think for ourselves. Some call it "free thinking", some call it "education", but whatever you call it, it is a very powerful and important right; one that should be highly valued.
In my opinion, "Limited government" sounds great in theory, like many government models, but in practise, it hinges on the fact that everyone must think basically in the same way for it to work. In fact, and in practise, you require a collective agreement from the masses of the governed on issues regarding core values, priorites, etc, for there to be harmony. Otherwise, you simply have individual chaos, and a constant fight between the differing opinions. "Limited government", unfortunately, is not the magic pill that will solve everything that is wrong in the US.
The reasons listed above are why Iraq is destined to dissolve into civil war, with or without us along for the ride, as there are FUNDAMENTAL differences in opinion, and an inability to compromise, that have existed long before the US formally occupied the country and announced that Democracy was the ideal model for the new government.
Bush did not get into office alone. We do NOT live under dictatorship. The fact of the matter is that a 51% majority voted to keep him in office, and that our democracy did (in fact) work, according the the values that are generally accepted as "American" by "Americans". Now we are reaping what we sowed, and although I certainly do hold Bush responsible for the Iraq war specifically, I also know that he did not do this alone. Support from the 51% majority was largely built based on fear, manipulation, and greed, in my opinion, but whose fault is it that? The manipulator, or the manipulatee?? The fact is, under our current system (and quite frankly, under many systems), we have the ability to say NO, as a collective group, to our government.
That is what I intend to do now, by supporting the anti-war movement, and joining like-minded Americans who perhaps knew in advance(like myself), or are just now realizing, what chaos and destruction this war would/will bring.
In any case, it was nice discussing these concepts with you. I thank you for challenging my thinking and beliefs on certain issues. That is never a bad thing, for either of us ;)


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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) filed a proposal with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this month to remove 12 wolves from the Bitterroot's West Fork population. The agency backed its request by citing a dramatic decline in elk numbers in its West Fork Elk Management Unit, stating that wolf kills are "needed to restore [calf] recruitment rates."
Low calf recruitment was the same argument FWP made this July in support of a costly three-year study to determine why the elk population in the Bitterroot Valley has dropped 21 percent in four years. However, at the time FWP said it wasn't sure how much—or even if—wolves had contributed to the decline.
The sudden blame placed on wolves in the agency's most recent proposal contradicts much of what FWP has stated in the past. Kelly Proffitt, the biologist heading the elk study, told the Indy in July that the decline may be due to habitat and body condition issues. FWP Wildlife Biologist Craig Jourdonnais pointed to extensive wildfires and increased subdivisions on winter range as potential factors. Wolves are certainly part of the puzzle, he said, but he was "not convinced."
"It's not at all saying wolves are the problem," Jourdonnais says of the proposed wolf kill. "It's saying wolves are part of the predation issue that we feel is happening there, and we definitely want to get some management authority over wolves in the West Fork."
Derek Goldman, an Endangered Species Coalition field representative in Missoula, is as dubious of the wolf question now as FWP seemed to be this summer. The elk population in the West Fork reached similar lows even before the reintroduction of wolves, he says, referencing data from FWP's proposal. In light of the study—which has yet to even begin—Goldman believes FWP could be putting "the cart before the horse."
"I don't know that 12 wolves are eating 700 elk," he says.
Even the U.S. Forest Service has noted FWP's doubt over the impacts of wolf predation on elk, as shown in the August 2009 environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Bitterroot National Forest's draft travel plan.
"FWP feels that the decline in elk numbers in the Bitterroot is likely primarily due to increased antlerless harvests achieving a planned management reduction," the EIS states, "and that there is no evidence that wolves or combined predator numbers have much to do with the decline of elk counted through 2008."


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Tablets vs. Phones: Which Activities Are Better?Kevin C. Tofel
There's not only a large amount of overlap in activities between smartphones and tablets, but owners of both device types also agree they want a faster mobile Web experience. The data come from Keynote's Mobile User Survey (PDF), which the company published on Monday after surveying 5,388 people who owned either, or both, a smartphone and a tablet. The top "mobile frustration" is that slow mobile page load time, even though 27 percent of respondents use their device on a 4G network.
The results may not surprise, as Keynote Systems is a San Mateo (Calif.)-based mobile Web monitoring company. But in speaking to many mobile users on my own, most do cite slow page load times as a challenge, particularly over mobile broadband. So I dug a little deeper into the survey results to see what other interesting insights might surface. It turns out that when looking at which activities both devices are used for, some of the data address my idea of tablets potentially replacing smartphones.
Last week I said there were very few activities that were actually better on a phone than on a tablet and Keynote's survey results indicate what some of those might be. Social networking is one such activity—46 percent of smartphone users update their networks while only 31 percent do so on a tablet. These updates are small chunks of content, so I could see why one might reach for a phone first.
Maps was another such activity, which I find semi-surprising. Half of the respondents prefer to access navigation and maps from a phone while only 30 percent prefer doing so on a tablet. Map experiences are far richer on a larger display, but not all tablets have the constant connectivity and GPS functionality found in phones. And if you want navigation and directions, a handheld device works just fine.
As I noted prior, digital media content consumption on a tablet often provides a better experience and the Keynote survey data echo that thought: 76 percent of tablet owners watch videos, while 59 percent do so on their smartphones. Other activities where a tablet is used more? Reading news or entertainment; product and services research; reading or posting to blogs; and online purchases, to name a few.
One other interesting note came from the Keynote survey in this regard: Tablet users are skewed toward spending longer amounts of time browsing the Web with their device than smartphone owners do with theirs. According to the data, a whopping 60 percent do so for an hour or less per day on a smartphone, compared with 45 percent on a tablet. For one to two hours of Web browsing, 29 percent do so on a phone while 37 percent do on a tablet. And the percentage of tablet owners browsing for two to three hours is nearly double that of smartphone owners: 12 percent vs 7 percent.
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But now, I see it listed at gamecon, but only for PC, the cryptic website also only lists it as an PC game.
Now this is what I hear.
360 lost the chance to have upcoming mmorpgs like CHAMPIONS ONLINE on their system because of MS's strict online rules and policies. even Cryptic said they wanted to make their mmorpg for the system, but MS's rules didn't allow it even though FFXI and PSU were exceptions. They aren't budging this time.
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Location: Plant Science ResearchTitle: Strategies for using molecular markers to simultaneously improve maize grain yield and stover quality for ethanol production Author
|Bernardo, Rex
|Jung, Hans Joachim
|Massman, Jon
|Lewis, Magan
|Lorenzana, Robenzon
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/1/2011
Publication Date: 6/19/2011
Citation: Bernardo, R., Jung, H.G., Massman, J.M., Lewis, M.F., Lorenzana, R.E. 2011. Strategies for using molecular markers to simultaneously improve maize grain yield and stover quality for ethanol production [abstract]. 22nd European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA) Maize and Sorghum Conference, June 19-22, 2011, Opatija, Croatia. p. 62. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Maize stover represents the most abundant source of lignocellulosic biomass that can be converted to ethanol biofuel in the U.S. Our objective was to optimize the use of SNP markers to simultaneously breed for high grain yield (for non-energy and energy uses) and high stover quality for ethanol production. We measured three stover-quality traits in testcrosses of the intermated B73 x Mo17 population: concentration of cell wall glucose in dry stover (Glucose); cell wall glucose released from the stover by thermochemical pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification (Glucose Release); and concentration of lignin on a cell-wall basis (Lignin). Genetic variances were significant for grain yield, moisture, stalk and root lodging, plant height, and all three stover-quality traits. Heritabilities were 0.57 for Glucose, 0.63 for Glucose Release, and 0.68 for Lignin. Genetic and phenotypic correlations among traits were generally favorable but also reflected the complexity of stover cell wall composition. We found 152 QTL, mostly with small effects, for Glucose Release and cell wall components. Responses to three cycles of selection for Glucose, Glucose Release, and Lignin were higher with genomewide selection (which utilized all markers rather than only those with significant effects) than with selection based only on significant markers. To our knowledge, this work represents the first report of an empirical breeding experiment on genomewide selection in plants. Given the absence of major QTL and the complexity of the traits, we recommend genomewide selection for the improvement of stover-quality traits for cellulosic ethanol in maize.