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If there is some danger to cleaning a cat's litter box while pregnant, I'm completely unaware of it. Anyone care to enlighten me?
Cats can carry Toxoplasmosis. While it's not extremely harmful to adults (Can make you feel like you have the flu), it can be deadly to babies/babies in the womb. It can cause death or severe birth defects.
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Our cat has made it to the porch twice...but I've never told dh about the almost-zero chance since he's so good at changing the litterbox, lol.
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Please ADD ME! Thanks :) I'm waiting to know. I think I'm about 9 DPO now... had an unusual moment of nausea yesterday morning, with moments of lightheadedness and weariness since then. My cycles have been anywhere from 24 to 31 days this past year. Today is Day 23... Waiting to see if AF arrives during this following week. Hoping for a sticky baby.
About the cat litter- for you and your baby to actually get it, you would have to ingest the egg, which is found in the poop. So as long as you don't lick our fingers after cleaning the litter box without washing your hands, you should be fine! I think the danger is just as much as if your cat has some on his paw from digging in the littler box and you pet him or something. But honestly, if you can get out of cleaning it during your pregnancy- go for it :)
I thought I read someplace that you can have your cat tested for it...
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Lisa: ROTFL at the thought of licking my fingers after changing the litter. I guess I'll just have to try and resist, eh? LOL!
Stevi: Yep, sure can! It's an easy blood test. There's no cure for it though... so just better safe than sorry.
Most people actually have an immunity to it anyway from some point in their life. You take more of a risk cooking dinner (unless you're a vegetarian, of course) or working in the garden than you do changing the kitty litter but again, I'm all about avoiding extra work and not taking any chances!
For some reason, I'm feeling pretty good about this cycle. Not really sure why... maybe it's the EXTREME amount of stress that has been lifted from my shoulders over the last week and a ton of good news that has come our way and that can do nothing but help my fertility, right? So, here's hoping! Today is CD 8 so hoping we have a nice, timely O in the next week or so!
You can get them tested for it, but blood tests are expensive (Around $100) so why waste the money when there's a perfectly capable DH that can take over? =p My DH literally counted down the days until I got litter box duty back, LOL.
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Thanks for the info on the cat litter dangers, ladies. We're actually planning on getting kittens in the next week or two and I'm sure my husband will be happy to do the cat box when we're pregnant. He took care of that with our last cat. :)
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Alright, off to the MD tomorrow to talk about my short LP. So far, based on what I knew before and what I have learned from all of you here, I am going to ask to have my thyroid levels checked and progesterone testing. As far as the progesterone testing goes, I have read that the most accurate test for LP defect is dpo 3,5,7,9 testing, but not sure if my MD will go for that, at least going to push for dpo 7 testing rather than cd 21, which for me will only be a few days post O. Anything else I should ask to get tested if I am concerned about short LP? I am in the process of looking for a new MD because mine hasn't been very open or proactive in the past but I don't want to wait to get things checked out so I want to go in ready to ask for what I need, otherwise I don't think I will get it. Would love a little advice, after 7 months I still feel like I am new to this!
I am 29, married to DH for 2 years with 2 crazy pups and, after what feels like a huge wait (shorter than many, longer than wanted!), we are expecting our first little one April 2013.
I guess I can start planning out my donors for my new cycle. AF has arrived, a mere 18 days since my last... Hmph!
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Stevi, sorry to hear that AF is here. Did you have an 18 day cycle, or is that the time between bleeding? My shortest cycle was like 21 days and I thought I was going crazy!
Please move me to waiting to know. Our BD marathon has come to an end. This has been a slightly stressful cycle, but anything is possible. It is the first month we tried every other day...
Thanks to those who participated in the cat pop discussion. I feel pretty good about washing my hands after I change the litter, and before I eat. I am having so much fun with my kitty cat. I am still having a hard time coming up with a name. I don't think I agonized this much when naming DD! LOL
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This is a discussion on What exactly is a backup gun? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by MadMac You forgot a couple scenarios to bolster your point: 1) Just as the BG s approach, you walk under one of ...
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Mine main gun is a Beretta 92FS my BUG is a Walther PPK/S.
Hitler once said, The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerers who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.
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Incorrect. I'm saying that your argument against having TWO guns because they both can fail is flawed, because it is being based on a failed assassination from almost 200 years ago with obsolete technology. And if anything it would give somebody more reasons to carry two or three guns. Like you mentioned in your previous posts.
I personally don't carry a BUG only because I think my primary will fail. In fact I don't ever think my primary will fail since I carry a Glock.
I am sorry but Glocks do fail. Google Glock failures and how may hits you get.
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There are just so many reasons to carry a BUG.But one very big reason is to arm some one you are with if need be.Thats why my BUG never has any kind of safety or controls.You just never know.
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I don't get it. I'm not a cop, I have a "safe" office/consulting gig, don't buy or deal drugs, not in a gang, and live in a "safe" area. I carry most of the time in my area because it's simple to strap on my SuperTuck and Glock to do my errands and live my active lifestyle without much intereference. It's like carrying a walllet. No biggie.
If I felt I needed to worry about arming someone I'm with, a bullet striking my primary in a gunfight, having my Glock explode, or any other microscopic eventuality, I'd just use the gun to end my own pathetic, paranoid life. It's a small enough probabliity I'll ever need to clear leather to scare off some dirtbag. I'm not going down the road to nutty obsession.
Yeah, you just never know....anything could happen; even in "safe" neighborhoods, blah, blah, blah... yeah, I get it. I would still rather use that effort to manage my finances or go place tennis with my wife.
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The term "back up gun" comes from those of us who carry a firearm for a living mostly Police Officers specifically "Patrol Officers". It's a secondary gun we carry and it's main purpose is to save our lives when we are losing a ground or other type struggle in retaining our duty side arms or have already had our weapons taken from us. Anything from a little flip-top Beretta 21A loaded with CCI Stingers to a 380acp. My preference is a lightweight Jframe type revolver carried on the ankle or just within my shirt on my vest using the available velcro of my vest and natural folds of my body. We also tend to like neck knives or folding knives that can be opened with one hand especially the opposite hand of our gun side. When I was in the Marine Corps my back up weapon was my sidearm and my main weapon was either my M60 or the M2 50 caliber.
If you can read this thank a teacher. If it is written in English thank a Marine.
I always thought of a back-up as one that would go bang just like my primary.
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1. Re: Plugin2/JNLP availability by browser??793415 Mar 24, 2011 6:07 PM (in response to 802418)
Doctor Dad wrote:Please fix those sticky '?' & '!' keys.
..Unless all of JNLP is missing???!!!??? ..
I've found posts on other websites, none recent, saying that UnavailServiceException indicates plugin2 not installed. But, they don't say the exception's not found!!I have been playing with JNLP services in applets that must degrade gracefully for pre plug-in2 JREs. In order to handle both cases, I needed to jump through some peculiar hoops.

Configure a property in the JNLP file to determine whether to check for JNLP services.

As a wrapper for the JNLP service query try/catch, specify a catch for Throwable. This came up because if I got more specific and made it catch UnavailableServiceException, the code would throw a "NoClassDefFoundError javax.jnlp.UnavailableServiceException", even if that code block was never executed (because of the absence of the property). None of the other classes of the JNLP package seem to cause that problem. I am still puzzling over why it occurs.
2. Re: Plugin2/JNLP availability by browser??802418 Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM (in response to 793415)Andrew-
I now have no references to javax/jnlp in the applet's import list. But I'm still getting the no class def error.
My real question has become: Can I use JNLP to launch my applet? (jnlp_href) Or do I have to do all that junk by hand?
I've emptied the Java and the Safari cache's to no avail.
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So, then I rebooted and now I'm not getting the NoClassDef, but instead it's not downloading all my jars. The Java Control Panel isn't showing my JNLP file. The Resources tab of the CP is showing one of my three jar files, the main one. Which implies JNLP is working half heartedly. After all, it found my main jar file, which means it had to have parsed the .jnlp.
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And now I notice this in the console window:
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol:
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.liveconnect.SecureInvocation.checkLiveConnectCaller(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.liveconnect.SecureInvocation.access$000(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.liveconnect.SecureInvocation$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.plugin.liveconnect.SecureInvocation.CallMethod(Unknown Source)
There's none of my code on that dump, so I have no idea what it's trying to do. But I'm worried that I can't call JavaScript code from Safari.
Edited by: Doctor Dad on Mar 24, 2011 2:11 PM
3. Re: Plugin2/JNLP availability by browser??802418 Mar 25, 2011 6:24 PM (in response to 802418)I got my applet to run on Safari (on Windows) by removing all reliance on JNLP, including the jnlp_pref attribute in the applet tag (as generated by deployJava.js). I should point out this was done on Windows. I don't know if there's support for JNLP in Safari on Mac's (which would have been the only sensible test.)


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There's simply no shortage of epic motorcycle events for any of us to choose from. If anything, it's a hell of a challenge determining which roads to travel and this was high on our agenda for 2013.
This past week began with five fellas, squeezed, almost embarrassingly, into a Chevy extended cab for 25 hours on the open road; wrestling with the weight of our own necks as they nodded off in the upright position while processing one dudes love for 80's hair metal and coming to terms with the movements, sounds and feelings of being trapped in what smelled like old hockey bag for the entire duration. Pitstops to convenience stores for bad food and fuel fill-ups provided extreme relief. But not as much as dropping vintage motorcycles out of our truck bed for runs of a hundred miles at a time through the Smoky Mountains at a perfect 75 degrees. We had hit the open road to head south once again from New England to the year end event that anyone who has even the slightest appreciation for vintage motorcycles understands - Ace Corner 2013 and the Barber Vintage Festival.
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A year has passed and our sophomore effort inside Ace Corner at Turn 17, had begun. Cafe racers, brats, bobbers, desert sleds, vintage performance exotics, and classically restored machines surrounded friends new and old for a weekend long celebration of custom motorcycling unlike any other. This years event easily topped last years through the hard work and commitment from repeat and new supporters - our partners, sponsors, builders, friends, family and motorcycle community. It was simply great to see you all and enjoy the bikes, the beers, the music and the friendship.
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As I understand it, employees who transfer will not be treated as being retrenched and, thus, will receive any partial entitlements when they leave at a higher tax rate. This ostensibly lousy deal includes some employees who have been with NAB for 15 years and longer.
According to the discarded NAB employees, there are many more issues that they have raised with the bank and are awaiting responses on before they consider signing their lives away for the good of NAB shareholders. In fact, they're so peeved that they've put the matter into the hands of the Financial Sector Union (FSU) to do their negotiating.
I put in a call to the FSU but, despite repeated attempts, could not get through to the responsible employees' advocate. Hopefully the union makes an effort to keep in better touch with its members.
These outsourced NAB computer boffins feel that they deserve a little better treatment from the bank, which claims it will save $110 million over five years through this outsourcing deal. They make the point that the deal depends on highly skilled staff agreeing to transfer and continuing to do a great job for their new employer.
For its part, the NAB insists that it is meeting all its obligations to the employees. "All staff have been offered a position with Telstra and all transfer arrangements are in compliance with the RRR (retrenchment, redundancy and redeployment) agreement," says Jacqui White, NAB spokeswoman for the outsourcing project.
However, White admits that there are unresolved issues with the 71 staff. "There are issues and we are working through them with the staff and the union," she says.
Working through issues is one thing, resolving them to the satisfaction of formerly loyal staff is another.
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Never one to deny fair comment from our elected representatives, I am compelled to follow up on yet another story of mine.
You may recall that on two occasions I have written stories about alleged cuts to the Federal Government's Comet (commercialisation of emerging technologies) program. Last time, I put some questions to the office of the Minister for Industry, Tourism and
Resources, Senator Ian Macfarlane, about reports of cuts to the number of business advisers employed by the program and the amount of funding to be allocated.
For the record, the following is word for word the response I received: "From 1999 to July, 2002, 618 customers supported $23.2 million in funding; 44 received maximum $100,000; 340 received $50,000 or more.
"There are no plans to decrease the original number of Business Advisers. The program started with 10 in 1999, that was lifted to 17 last year with the announcement of Backing Australia's Ability, and will be restored to the original level in the latter half of next year as the program has been extended for an extra three years.
"The funding for this and other AusIndustry business assistance programs is appropriated entirely separately from the costs of running the Department as such. The allocation for COMET in this financial year is $11.65 million."
All right then, the government is on the record as saying that $11.65 million has been allocated for the current financial year. It will be interesting to see how much of this allocation actually gets spent on helping local technology get into the marketplace.
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Andrew Marmara, founding managing director of bespoke call-centre applications developer Visual Software Innovations (VSI), has merged his company with local front-office automation vendor e-Wise. Under the agreement, which involved no cash changing hands, Marmara will continue as the head of VSI, which is now a majority-owned subsidiary of e-Wise. Before starting VSI in 1992, Marmara worked primarily in contract project management and systems analyst roles for organisations such as Bankers Trust, Midland Bank in London, and Logica.
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These are hidden throughout the world, granting you bonus 'Badass Points' if you find all of them in a single area. Don't waste your time looking for them on your own. Instead, use the guide below.
There are too many enemies to be killed and loot to be found to spend your time on anything else.
Arid Nexus - Boneyard (2)
Bloodshot Ramparts (1)
Caustic Caverns (2)
End of the Line (1)
Eridium Blight (3)
Fink's Slaughter House (1)
- #1: Head to the top of the platform in the slaughterhouse. Notice some stairs just to the right of Fink's Slaughterhouse. Go up these stairs, head left, and find the symbol on the back of the column here.
Friendship Gulag (1)
- #1: This one is simple. There's a crate next to two ammo boxes in the middle of everything. It's on the other side of this crate.
Frostburn Canyon (2)
- #1: This is found right before you find First Hawk. There's a tunnel leading to two Badass psychos (through the hole in the wall next to the skull and teeth). Find the ladder here, jump down, and you'll see the symbol on the wall.
- #2: Find the start of the cave entrance here look left and head to the tunnel here. Follow this path until you see a burning barrel. The symbol is next to this symbol.
Hero's Pass (2)
Lynchwood (2)
Opportunity (2)
Sanctuary (5)
- #1: On the way to Marcus' shop, look for a small alley to the left. You'll need to head to the fence here and find the dumpster. The symbol is behind this dumpster.
- #2: Now that you've found the dumpster symbol, head to the right and look for a small bench. You'll need to use the bench to jump up to the overhang. Now get on the roof, head to the opposite side, and notice the mattress. Jump to this mattress, onto the roof, through the next room and onto the balcony. The symbol is on the door here.
- #3: Go in Moxxi's bar and head through the doorway opposite of her. You'll see the symbol on the wall here (it's up high, use the top step to get a good view).
- #4: This one is found behind some tires in Scooter's garage. Easy peezy lemon squeezy.
- #5: Look for a newsstand that reads 'This Just In' located in the middle of Sanctuary. You'll see the symbol on the roof in front of this building but it's not that easy to get to. Instead, head through the command center and use the stairs here to get to the roof.
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- #1: Head up the stairs following your first wave of enemies. At the top, notice the exploding tank in front of the door (slightly left). Head behind the stairs you see here, around the concrete wall, and you'll find the symbol.
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- #1: During 'Shielded Favors', you'll find it by taking an elevator to the small store. Go outside, jump on the angled platform and head to the top. Now notice the balcony on the other side and you'll see the symbol on the floor. Can't miss it.
- #2: In Flynt's village you'll eventually use a lift to bring Claptrap up. Head up the ramp here and jump to the sleeping room (it's a huge opening). Head past the loot and jump the end to find the symbol on the ground here.
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- #1: Head to the southern portion of the map until you find a submerged boat. Go around this boat and you will see the symbol on its side.
- #2 - You'll notice a large building on top of two massive columns in the village. Simply go around to its backside.
- #3 - This is found in Windbreak camp while you are searching for the Power Core in 'Road to Sanctuary'. It's on the rear side of a small hut.
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- #1: Head down the ladder in the first room where you fight some baddies. It's directly across from the entrance door. Head down, turn around at the bottom, and look left of the ladder to find the symbol on the wall.
- #2: After you kill Wot and Ony, head left from their original spawn point. There's a fan that emits sunlight on top of some stairs. The symbol is above this fan, up the right on top of a bunch of stuff. You'll have to jump up to find it.
- #3: Just outside of the spot that Reeth shows up is this symbol. Face where he came out and look left. It's on top of some machinery up there.
The Bunker (1)
- #1: Run around the outer ring here to find this symbol. You'll find some pipes, along with the symbol behind these.
The Dust (3)
The Fridge (2)
The Highlands (1)
The Holy Spirits (1)
Thousand Cuts (2)
Three Horns - Divide (1)
Three Horns Valley (3)
Tundra Express (1)
Vault of the Warrior (1)
- #1: This one is found on the right side of the elevator. Simply take it down and you'll find it.
Wildlife Exploitation Preserve (2)
- #1: This one is found in the southern corner of this area. You need to stand on the yellow Hyperion sign and get on the crane here. Ride it to the top of this building and you'll see the symbol on the side of the building.
- #2: Once you get to the large bridge outside you'll see this one on said bridge.
Windshear Waste (1)
- #1: There's a fire in Claptrap's place. Next to this fire is a closet with the symbol hidden inside.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Every day, the world moves a little closer to Wittenberg, and Wittenberg moves a little closer to the world.
In the latest example, award-winning Peruvian artist Dante Guevara Bendezú is making the first international trip of his life thanks to the efforts of several Wittenberg University professors and a host of Springfield community partners. Bendezú is on campus for a series of special exhibits and activities, part of a campus- and community-wide celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. His work went on display in Wittenberg's Ann Miller Gallery in Koch Hall and in Thomas Library on Monday, Oct. 3, with the official opening of the exhibit scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12.
The official opening event will take place in the Ann Miller Gallery and will feature South American music and foods and brief introductions from John Cantrell, adjunct professor of languages at Wittenberg, and University President Mark Erickson. Cantrell spearheaded the effort to bring Bendezú to campus after meeting the young artist in 2002 while studying near his hometown of Ica, Peru.
Bendezú has been painting since he was 13 years old, and in recent years his artwork has won several national awards and has drawn the interest of tourists from as far away as Japan. The inspiration for many of his works, some of which are currently on display in a gallery in Okinawa, Japan, is from the Nazca culture, dating 300 years B.C. and even pre-dating the Inca domination of Peru. Bendezú will be speaking to Spanish classes during his month-long visit, and he is scheduled to participate in student organization meetings and share his expertise with drawing classes as well.
"This has taken quite a few months, but I believe it is beneficial for the Wittenberg and Springfield communities to gain this kind of cultural experience during Hispanic Heritage Month," Cantrell said.
Six different "Meet the Artist" events are scheduled, beginning on Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Coffee Expressions. Bendezú also will appear from 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Framecraft; from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at La Llama Place in Yellow Springs; from 9:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, Oct. 20 at Home City Federal Savings Bank; from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at Cecil & Lime Café, and during Wittenberg's Homecoming and Reunion weekend from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, in the Benham-Pence Student Center.
In addition, Bendezú will be featured in a colloquium scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in Ness Family Auditorium, Hollenbeck Hall, and his exhibit will conclude with a farewell event at Los Mariachis Restaurant at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. All of these events are free and open to the public.
The entire event is sponsored by the departments of foreign languages and literatures, Africana studies, American studies, art, education and global studies, the offices of international education and multicultural student programs, the Wittenberg University Alumni Association, the Hispanic Culture Club and Student Senate. In addition, Cantrell noted the contributions of Build A Better Wittenberg, a campus campaign designed to increase both awareness and tolerance of diversity and multiculturalism at the university.
Community sponsors include all aforementioned businesses, as well as Joe's Route 40 Grill. In addition to the displays on campus, selected works can be viewed in Framecraft and Home City Federal Savings Bank throughout the month.
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September 6, 2016
Seven months ago, President Obama requested $1.9 billion in emergency funding to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the United States. Since then, despite a growing number of cases reported in the U.S. and its territories, Republicans have refused to take action to address the Zika virus.
July 13, 2016
This week, Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer delivered a speech on how Congress can renew the American people's faith in government, indentifying four major proposals to renew trust and confidence in government: campaign finance reform, voting rights, redistricting reform, and government technology.
July 12, 2016
This week, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer delivered a speech on how Congress can renew the American people's faith in government.
July 6, 2016
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June 21, 2016
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June 13, 2016
Six years ago, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and House Democrats created the Make It In America plan to encourage private sector job creation here in the U.S. Today, Whip Hoyer is unveiling an updated Make It In America plan to address today's economic challenges and opportunities.
June 13, 2016
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June 7, 2016
This week, Speaker Ryan and House Republicans are beginning to unveil piece of their policy platform, which they call "A Better Way." The first plank of Speaker Ryan's agenda is supposed to address poverty, but the plan is just another attempt to rebrand policies that House Republicans have put forward in the past and that we know won't lift Americans out of poverty.
May 24, 2016
Last week, House Republicans voted twice to allow discrimination against LGBT Americans.
May 18, 2016
Three months ago, President Obama requested $1.9 billion in an emergency supplemental appropriation to prepare for and contain the spread of the Zika virus. Instead of responding quickly and working with the Obama Administration, House Republicans have ignored this growing public health crisis for months.
May 17, 2016
This week, the House of Representatives will consider the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017.
May 10, 2016
For months, House Republican leadership has struggled with deep divisions and dysfunction within their Conference, preventing Congress from acting on a number of serious public health crises.
April 27, 2016
Since taking the Speaker's gavel last fall, Speaker Paul Ryan has discussed the need to build a more "Confident America." Yet six months into his Speakership, Speaker Ryan continues to struggle with deep divisions and dysfunction within his Conference, preventing the House from getting anything done for the American people, including passing a budget.
April 26, 2016
Earlier this month, Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer introduced H.R. 4897, the Information Technology Modernization Act. The bill will create an Information Technology Modernization Fund, an innovative way to upgrade and modernize government IT systems while strengthening cybersecurity.
April 19, 2016
Puerto Rico, home to 3.5 million Americans, will default on $422 million worth of debt on May 1 unless Congress acts to allow the territory to restructure its debt.
April 12, 2016
On Monday, Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer introduced H.R. 4897, the Information Technology Modernization Act, legislation that was sent to Congress by the White House on Friday, April 8.
March 22, 2016
Last week, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Despite being well-qualified and highly regarded within the legal community, Senate Republicans have refused to hold a confirmation hearing or an up-or-down vote on Judge Garland. In fact, they won't even meet with him.
March 15, 2016
Last month, Speaker Paul Ryan announced the formation of the House Republican Task Force on Poverty, three years after Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and Congresswoman Barbara Lee formed the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity.
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This week, Speaker Ryan continues to struggle with deep divisions in his party over a path forward on a budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2017.
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TEMPE, Ariz. – The Northern Arizona women's tennis team could not extend its winning streak to three on Monday as they fell to No. 72 Oregon, 6-1, at the Whiteman Tennis Center on the Arizona State campus. Preceded by two conference wins over the weekend, the Lumberjacks still finished with a 2-1 record over the last four days of competition and are now 7-10 this spring.
The Lumberjacks dropped the doubles point to begin the match as the Ducks swept through all three doubles matches. The nationally-ranked Ducks then proceeded to win the first four singles matches at No. 2, 3, 1 and 5 to clinch the victory.
Junior Alice Pacaut got the Lumberjacks on the scoreboard for the team's lone point on the day courtesy of her three-set win at No. 6. Pacaut and Oregon's Lana Buttner split the first two sets, with Pacaut taking the first and Buttner taking the second, before Pacaut pulled off the win with a super tiebreaker victory in the third set, 10-3. The Ducks would then wrap up the day with a win at No. 4 despite freshman Johanna Vang forcing a tiebreak situation in the second set.
Pacaut won her second consecutive singles match after earning a win at No. 6 on Saturday against Montana State and now has eight singles victories, putting her in a tie with Vang for the team-lead.
The Lumberjacks have this week off and will play three matches in three days in the state of Washington beginning April 6 at No. 38 Washington State, before taking on Gonzaga and Big Sky foe Eastern Washington.
1. Sofia Hager/Patricia Skowronski (UO) def. Ghizelene Doballah/Malia Wahinepio (NAU), 8-3
2. Trudie du Toit/Julia Metzger (UO) def. Hannah Stone/Johanna Vang (NAU), 8-1*
3. Pascale Neubert/Rabea Stueckemann (UO) def. Alice Pacaut/Nicole Perez (NAU), 8-3
*Clinched Doubles Point
Order of Finish: (3, 2, 1)
1. Metzger (UO) def. Doballah (NAU), 6-2, 6-3**
2. Skowronski (UO) def. Stone (NAU), 6-1, 6-2
3. du Toit (UO) def. Wahinepio (NAU), 6-2, 6-4
4. Hager (UO) def. Vang (NAU), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Neubert (UO) def. Perez (NAU), 6-2, 6-2
6. Pacaut (NAU) def. Lana Buttner (UO), 6-1, 4-6, 10-3
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Order of Finish: (2, 3, 1, 5, 6, 4)


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I guess they don't stand behind their own. Its funny how failing to act exactly as they want gets an F.
This tells me they really have no criteria at all for their grading scale.
This is a discussion on Gun Control Group Gives Obama an F within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I don't care what party... I just want common sense (yeah, I know) politics in allowing us to keep our 2A rights. If Obama keeps ...
I don't care what party... I just want common sense (yeah, I know) politics in allowing us to keep our 2A rights. If Obama keeps his business out of our gun laws, that's at least one less thing to worry about from the Liberal party.
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I guess they don't stand behind their own. Its funny how failing to act exactly as they want gets an F.
This tells me they really have no criteria at all for their grading scale.
Hehehe, the madder the Brady's get, the bigger the smile on my face grows.
"Stand your ground, don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here!" - John Parker April 19th, 1775 Lexington, MA
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We need to get the rest of the antis out of office. Any one know how Kennedys replacement views are on 2A
I suppose this didn't help his rating:
"The flock sleep peaceably in their pasture at night because Sheepdogs stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
"F" as in FANTASTIC
THIS issue is the ONLY area where Obama has shelved(at least for now)his left-wing agenda. Maybe even he realized a fight with the NRA was not in his best interest!
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"no kidding,gun slinging,spurs hitting the floor"
A fight with over 40 Million+ pro-gun folks is not in his cards either. Not if he wants to try and run for the next election either. Ok, those figures are not exact, it's my estimates there if you take not just gun owners, but those who support gun owners and family who can vote and so on.
Probably a large group of folks you would rather not want to pis_ off actually.
"I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger" Mencius"
He still hates the 2A - the only reason he hasn't done anything is because he can't. He is still anti-gun... he just isn't willing to risk the political capital to go after it.
Be careful,you might think he's not doing anything,hes working very dilingently and being sneaky about it,but he's working hard and when he lets the cat out of the bag it will be fast and hard!
I'd be very leary of this U.N. Gun Ban Treaty he sent Hilary too if you read into it,it's scary what he could do to us!
I agree, a second term? ...He has nothing to lose and can do as he pleases to try and make the worst happen. Geeze, he's from Illinois, the second worst state on CCW. No wonder he's an anti! I personally feel he has plenty of time to continue to make more and more mistakes and that's if he does anything about anything for these next 3 years. We can all hope though, and help us all if the masses say "hey, why not. give him 4 more." Then let the scary part become scarier!
What's this button do?
They should at least give him a B. He hasn't banned guns but his presence has made shooting prohibitive in the form of unavailable and expensive ammo.
Desperate people do desperate things in desperate situations.
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Funny. The far left hates him because he didn't justify their support, and the far right hates him because he didn't justify their opposition!


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Earlier this week I talked about the "Tan Mom" (Nutley, NJ native Patricia Krentcil) and how she took her 5 year old daughter to a tanning salon.
Well, yesterday Snooki called the woman a 'crazy bitch!'
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Welcome. The 'Read Me' thread at the beginning of this section has a lot of good info for new members including a recommendation to not post questions here, rather post them in the proper forum. You will get a lot more traffic on this one if it were posted in the 'General Rodding Tech' forum.
The main spec for a wheel standing vehicle, assuming there is adequate horse power which your 351 should have, is to get the center of gravity waaaaay back in the vehicle. People use sever engine set back, moving the rear axle forward, aluminum, fiberglass, etc., light weight materials, all of which are $$ and a lot of work. Also, traction bars are a good idea so there isn't any axle wrap as the car launches. There is a lot of material on all of these topics on this site.
well now, i guess i must apologize for posting a question in the wrong forum...sorry. My intro did sorta turn into a question but then again that is the reason i am here so its not irrelevant. i am still trying to find my way around this site and will now try to find and post my query in the "general rodding tech" forum. thank you for your reply.
Hey Man,
Welcome to Hotrodders. I have a '78 Bronco as well, its got a built 429 and runs like a scalded dog. Pics of mine can be found here.
Go check out www.ProjectBronco.com, a site dedicated specifically to the '78/'79 Broncos. There's also www.FullSizeBronco.com that's for all big Broncos, but most of the tech is geared towards wheeling.
There's a fella with a '78 that has a 521 stroker motor that he drag races and it runs low 11's in the 1/4. His registry page with all his engine specs and racing videos can be found here.
I would imagine getting it to tote the tires would take quite a bit of horsepower and a lot of suspension work, along the lines of converting the Bronco to 2WD to get the weight off the front end. If you're just working with $6,000 I think you would be a lot happier putting that money into the 429/460 swap - which is quite easy as the 351M/400 shares the same bellhousing bolt pattern on the C6 as the 429/460 - and just make a bad ***** street cruiser with enough power to walk it sideways. I know mine will and with the lopey cam, it gives me perma-grin every time I fire it up.
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Spread out your blanket, settle in and get ready for the 30th annual Brandon Folk, Music and Art Festival to fill the Keystone Centre grounds with music.
Headliners Martin Sexton, Cold Specks and Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers will be in Brandon from Friday through Sunday evenings, along with many other big and emerging names in the folk community.
"I haven't shown Manitoba as much love yet as I want to," Caplan said. "I actually didn't even know I had been booked as a headliner until I read an article a few weeks ago."
This will be the first time he gets the chance to play in Brandon.
Local musician Zachary Lancaster is a huge fan of Caplan's and is excited to be playing with him during Saturday afternoon's showcase.
"Everyone should go and see his set. Ben Caplan is going to be the next big thing," Lancaster said. "It will definitely be a highlight of my weekend."
Lancaster played at last year's folk festival as part of the emerging artists program, along with another Brandon local, Katie MacDonald.
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A report late last week in the Wall Street Journal says IBM's chip manufacturing business may be the next piece of the company to be sold. The story was covered fairly far and wide, including by us, but in looking at some of the online chatter and a few headlines, some people are misunderstanding exactly what Big Blue is up to.
The plan is for IBM to sell its chip manufacturing business, but IBM would still continue to design chips. Some discussions and headlines have incorrectly said IBM wants to sell its "chip business," when it only wants to sell its fabrication facilities.
Selling its chip business would be ludicrous. If it sold its chips business, it might as well dump the whole hardware segment. IBM is the last man standing in the RISC market with its Power processor, using in System P servers, which includes the Watson supercomputer, as well as its mainframes. IBM showed off the Power 8 processor, likely due out this year, at last year's Hot Chips semiconductor conference.
The Financial Times reported that IBM hired Goldman Sachs to search for possible buyers for the business and that IBM "is not wedded to the idea of selling and could also seek a partner with which to create a joint venture for its semiconductor operations." Potential buyers mentioned include GlobalFoundries, Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC).
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IBM is clearly the alpha dog in this trio, and if it bails on fabrication design, the alliance could fall apart and hurt Samsung's and GF's abilities to maintain cutting edge semiconductor design. The partnership licensed a 20nm manufacturing technology to UMC, another Taiwan chip maker, which helped it stay competitive with TSMC.
There is also the concern that with IBM out of the business, there would be no one left to champion silicon-on-insulator technology as an alternative to the CMOS design used by Intel and TSMC. This is all inside baseball, but it does leave the question of whether chip design will continue to be innovative with all the foundries using just one type of design.
Then there's the question of whether any of these partners, even the mighty Samsung, can fund and finance the former IBM chip business at the same level as Big Blue and maintain that level of innovation that IBM brings. It leads the tech field in patents every year.
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