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By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
Washington lawmakers are entering the state of testiness.
And that's a good thing.
Increased incidents of finger-wagging and verbal jabbing between House and Senate members are signs they are edgy and want out of Olympia.
Unfortunately, it may not come next week when the 2013 session is supposed to conclude.
You will be hard-pressed to find a representative, senator or lobbyist not expecting or preparing for a special session when this one concludes April 28.
Even rookie Gov. Jay Inslee seems to be of this mindset.
On Tuesday, he told reporters it would take "a thousand conversations over the next several weeks to come up with a budget" which accommodates the costs and policies in his proposal for combating drunken driving.
He laughed when asked if that meant a special session is coming. "Strike that last comment. The calendar is getting ahead of me. Until the end of the first session. How's that?"
Lawmakers must reach agreement on several significant matters in order to wrap up on time. Here are some of the largest issues.
The budget: The Republicans controlling the Senate and the Democrats running the House have been engaged in a stare down rather than negotiations since passing their respective budgets days ago.
Senators want to see the House approve $1.2 billion in tax measures it needs to pay for its spending plan. Representatives want to see senators to pass bills which cut social service programs and provide savings counted on in the Senate plan.
Tuesday night, the House approved two measures generating $270 million a biennium.
If the Senate acts on policy bills soon, serious negotiations should follow.
Taxes, tax breaks: House Democrats and Inslee are pushing a laundry list of tax-related measures, all of which the Senate majority has publicly dissed.
But those few Democratic senators who voted for the Senate budget did so convinced that their GOP colleagues would eventually agree to include revenue from a few of the sources on the list. Which ones are anyone's guess, though those two measures passed by the House are good candidates.
Early on, odds favored making permanent a tax hike on professional services including those of lawyers, accountants, beauticians and janitors rather than let it expire in June. This could gross $534 million. Heavy lobbying may be turning the tide on this one.
School reforms and revenue: Lawmakers in both parties and the governor agree on putting an additional $1 billion into public schools for basic education programs. They disagree on the exact distribution of those dollars.
Republicans want a big chunk invested in remediation and learning assistance programs. Democrats and Inslee prefer gobs to shrink the size of classes in kindergarten through third grade, and expanding full-day kindergarten to more schools.
Meanwhile, several GOP school reform bills are creeping along in a compromised state and could reach the governor's desk with bipartisan support if Democrats bend where some of the billion dollars go.
Roads and bridges: Time to fish or cut bait on a Democrat-hatched proposal to raise billions of dollars for maintaining state highways and building new roads, ferries and bridges.
Predictably, there is bickering on what projects taken off the list. The real fight is on where the money will come from — higher gas tax and car tab fees — and the inclusion of $450 million for constructing a new bridge on I-5 over the Columbia River connecting Washington and Oregon.
Senate Republicans are likely to block the effort if the bridge is part of the deal. Take it out and it might advance. An alliance of business, labor and environmental groups badly want lawmakers to pass some sort of transportation package and may need to choose sides in the Columbia River Crossing debate before all is done.
Drunken drivers: Dealing with this issue was not on the must-do list until the governor put it there this week. Inslee's heartfelt appeal and an 80-page bill combining tougher punishment and broader state-funded treatment may catalyze lawmakers to act at an uncomfortably fast speed for them.
It's either that or the governor's gaffe may prove true and lawmakers will need "several weeks" of conversations to finish.
At that point, testy will be a nice way for describing their mood.
Political reporter Jerry Cornfield's blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:09 pm
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miles58 wrote:
My point is that unless we understand what the DNR did to us, how they did it and why they did it, there is no point in starting any action or plan to create any new proposal because we are walking into the same contest without understanding the rules again. That will buy us nothing and take a long time to get it. Precisely what we got this time around
So what makes you think that by having an internal discussion among people that don't agree with a policy that:
1. You can understand what the DNR did to us.
2. How they did it?
3. Why they did it?
All of your discussion is supposition. Maybe some good based upon previous experience. But your just guessing as to the answers.
Their policy didn't do anything to us. It established a policy for the parks staff to follow based upon a type of outdoor recreational sport. You can argue the freedom of speach issues and such. But only if they actually tried to enforce the no posting rules. If anything, I do view it as a step foward, because now the Park Rangers in our local areas have the authority to discuss geocaching with us as individual cachers. Before it was simply NO. The rules say NO caching period. At least now we can open dialog with the locals and discuss the sport.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:43 pm
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So what makes you think that by having an internal discussion among people that don't agree with a policy that:
1. You can understand what the DNR did to us.
2. How they did it?
3. Why they did it?
This did not occur in a vacuum. Someone had discussion with MNDNR. Who discussed what with whom at the DNR is not supposition it is very important information. It is no less important for us to know before hand if in fact no one from MNGCA was involved in any way shpe or form.
Finding out the who and the content of the discussions that initiated this gives us the key to how and why.
The new reg most certainly did do something to us. It subjected us to regulation for activity that non-geocaching.com citizens are exempt from, and imposes sanctions should we fail to comply, sanctions that it cannot by definition impose upon everyone else. The act of lawfully visiting a site and observing the feature of the site while recording it's coordinates is wholly unrestricted for anyone but us. What anyone else may do with that lawfully gathered information is similarly beyond MNDNR's control. They can publish it anywhere they choose and/or for profit if they can.
If MNDNR published a reg with the intent of never being trying to enforce it (if that's what you were implying) such an action would when placed in this context would be nothing more or less than blatant intentional discrimination intended to inhibit lawful behavior.
I don't know about you, but I for damn sure didn't make sure I had my affairs in order when they sent my ship to go get the Pueblo back for any portion of my government to pull a stunt like that.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:05 am
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On one hand, simple proof of the obvious flaws with this policy is to go out, and get "arrested" for it, all while your wife films it.
(This is called bringing attention to a problem with our governement)
*poof* the email / FedX guy has got the goods and the Fox9 investigation crew is low on material. CirclyJerlkily roundyboutsy "policy", enforced on Only 1 person in a crowd of say 5 people.... Hmm...Interviews with cachers, on TV, Full explanation by the story editor (We get input here) so the "issue" goes out. Wanna talk now MnDnr?
Forget plastering mngca all over it. Its the Minnesota Cachers who should be concerned, not the mngca members, or board registrants. Really, its the users of the parks, as a Whole, isnt it?
I believe most people think Fair is Fair. This isnt Fiar to us. Is it?
Afterall, it all seems to be leg work for JOD, isnt it?
If posting the cache to a seemingly monopolistic listing service is the sole purpose if this whole action, then I'd rather sit on my couch.
For me, its Not about making a 'score' caching- its about watching out for my interests. I (used to)visit the parks. I dont want to jump thru the hoops this "policy" supposes - just so I can carry my stinking Gps'r to mark a rock formation I might want to, for example - send to Dave to go see. WTH?
I already paid for my sticker, got in the long registration months ahead of time for the good sites, waited in line to get in/out - paid for things at the store, cleaned my site better than 99% of people, and so on.
Meanwhile, Mr J Doe next to me can litter, burn plastics and uses a taped on sticker he and his large family all share AND stand Right next to me as I mark this rock formation.,
I dont intend to DO anything. But I must agree something needs to be done more in the near future to address the public usage of public lands.
The media can move things.A topic should be covered. Action is available, but should be used wisely.
The Run Away bride is proof of that.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:48 am
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Their policy didn't do anything to us. It established a policy for the parks staff to follow based upon a type of outdoor recreational sport. You can argue the freedom of speach issues and such. But only if they actually tried to enforce the no posting rules.
This is not accurate. If the regulation goes into effect, those with posted virtuals in State Parks could have standing to press for an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the rule. There are also declaratory judgment avenues that can be pursued.
I am amazed by how many people harp on the need to speak and write English in this country while exhibiting a fundamental lack of skills in the areas of spelling and sentence composition. Would this be irony, hypocrisy, or both?
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:39 am
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Please read the policy again.
While it still flatly denies physical caches, it contains NOTHING about restricting an individuals rights to marking waypoints etc. Why is there so much angst about this "prohibition" when nothing like that is contained in the policy?
The proposition that IF the few virtuals that currently exist are declared null and void by the State that the "owners" of these virtuals would be damaged and would have a cause for some action is about as close to any harm that this proposed policy might cause. I don't believe that any finding of damage would be attainable since nothing is owned by the cache "owner", he has just had something published by a third party - at the third party's discretion.
We basically submit requests to GC.com to publish something on THEIR website. They either choose to do so or they don't. It's THEIR website. No free speech issues for us exist - all we are doing is asking them to publish.
Here's what the State Parks says their action will be if they determine that a virtual needs to go.
2.5 Termination Clause
If the conditions of the virtual caching permit are not met,
the state may make the webpage for the virtual cache
unavailable without prior notice.
Now THAT clause oversteps their authority considerably. About the closest they can get to enforcing that is ASKING GC.com to make the webpage unavailable. GC.com CHOOSES to follow the policies of local authorities in order to avoid conflict that may set back the growth of the "sport".
Any of you who are outraged (you still own your own feelings) have the right to publish your own cache listings. You'd be the mosquito on the elephant - IF they became aware of it, it's unlikely they'd care since the probablility of developing a wide audience is low - possible, but low probability. I personally don't particularly enjoy visiting or owning virtuals (beyond getting the icon), so nothing short of a policy that allows physicals in some way generates much interest from me.
Their own new policy requires that they seek out input from geocachers to further develop and review policy. That's better than ignoring us and leaving a total ban in force indefinitely.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:05 am
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Please read the policy again.
While it still flatly denies physical caches, it contains NOTHING about restricting an individuals rights to marking waypoints etc. Why is there so much angst about this "prohibition" when nothing like that is contained in the policy?
It requires a geocacher to get permission, register it with the park and then restricts the number of such caches.
If Paklid decided to publish somewhere other than geocaching.com, like say in a magazine for Airstreamers, then by definition he is not geocaching and the self same activity is unrestricted and unregulated by MNDNR. You can log and publish as many such locations as you choose and their clause about penalty for failure to register and comly with the limit cannot be applied or enforced on you.
The only way the reg applies is if you create a virtual geocache or earth cache and publish it on geocaching.com. As sui posted, his cache not being a geocache virtual falls outside the reg and is not affected.
We were better off without the reg. They have to either outright proscribe a specific activity (like a virt or ec) or classify it as something they have already proscribed.
The very act of singling us out because we publish a specific location to a specific website is discrimination in the simplest sense of the word. If you take a picture of it and publish the picture and description, there is no difference whatsoever in net result. Someone else is encouraged to visit and maybe a lot of someone elses.
Singling us out was done not as a means to assist us in our sport. This is a simple offensive action taken to block us by people well trained to do just that. This was done by people with degrees in public management, and by lawyers. Note the use of the plural. Lawyers from more than one department at MNDNR reviewed this before it was signed. If I am not mistaken, Merriam is a lawyer too. I did some work with him while he was a senator and ISTR he was.
This reg is not an attempt to accomodate us! This reg is an attempt to limit geocaching as much as they think they can get away with and still pretend they are trying to accomodate us. They know well how to find any or all of us to help them craft a policy to accomodate geocaching if that's what they want to do. They are competent well trained professionals.
You have a choice: believe they are borderline too stupid to live and couldn't write a decent policy to do what they want, and thus made a simple mistake which they should be eager to rectify if we just speak up, or, they are competent and know exactly what they are about. It's that simple.
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:36 am
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I agree with Miles58 on this matter. Specifically, I agree that
1. It would be very helpful to know what if any contacts MnDNR has had with geocachers before they developed their "trojan horse" policy. The more we know about who made the decision to ban by regulation normal geocaching and why they made it would help us target our responses.
2. While I will try to help develop a new proposal for MnDNR regarding traditional caches in state parks, and recently posted a draft attempt on another thread, I have very very little confidence that they will be adopted because MnDNR has made it clear they simply don't want traditional caches in state parks and don't intend to budge. The same individuals will very likely make the same decision in a year, and unless we get creative, we will have lost the one year mandatory review offered in the current policy.
3. It would be very helpful we did have a discussion as to how to effect change at MnDNR as I do not believe begging will have any effect whatsoever. However, I do believe there are things we can do if we flex a bit of muscle.
4. The current policy is worse than no policy in most respects. It was drafted to shut us up and was not meant to do us any favors.
5. MnGCA administrators need to be more transparant as to why they choose to ban a thread or pursue a state park geocaching policy in a certain way. (I do think this is starting to happen.)
6. You cannot successfully sue a state agency for making an administrative decision like this and many of the suggestions in this and prior threads regarding legal recourse do not apply to administrative law. We have very little legal recourse once a final administrative decision is made as long as they allow us to have our say and their rulemaking is not arbitrary and capricious. No court will overturn their policy decision once finalized and so this year is make or break. Their current policy will absolutely hold up in state court. Waiting to go all out for a policy change until the final administrative decision is reached (after the one year review period that has now begun) is a very bad idea, as that final decision will be written in stone and virtually unreviewable.
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My Signs were recited to you and you turned round on your heels, (Surat al-Muminun, 66)
He says the verses of the Qur'an were read to them. Who will turn round? Bigots. Those who reject the Qur'an and espouse nonsense. They speak nonsense for hours, and some people listen to that nonsense with their mouths wide open. Even if they say: "Tell us of the Qur'an. Tell us the truth, tell us of the al-Qutub as- Sitta," they still do not say, "Tell us of the works of Sunni scholars," and they keep listening to nonsense right to the end.
If the truth were to follow their whims and desires… (Surat al-Muminun, 71)
In other words, if there were a situation outside the Qur'an.
the heavens and the earth and everyone in them would have been brought to ruin. (Surat al-Muminun, 71)
Now, what has happened to the world. Has that happened? Yes, it has. Even the skies and the ozone layer have been ruined. The sky and the earth have been ruined. The soil has been ruined. Lands have turned into desert. Erosion began. Everyone and everything went wrong. People went wrong. Animals went wrong and everything.
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Those Who Do Not Sacrifice Are Losers
The Qur'an informs us that the hypocrites rejoiced when they avoided our Prophet's (saas) call for them to sacrifice and struggle in the way of Allah: "Those who were left behind were glad to stay behind the messenger of Allah. They did not want to strive with their wealth and their selves in the way of Allah. They said: 'Do not go out to fight in the heat.' Say: 'The Fire of Hell is much hotter, if they only understood'" (Surat at-Tawba: 81).
They were delighted, thinking that they had avoided this responsibility that would bring them no reward. Such people ignore the fact that Allah bestows whatever they possess and can withdraw it whenever He wills. Allah says that those who set traps will never win: "When the unbelievers were planning to imprison, kill, or expel you: they were planning, and Allah was planning. However, Allah is the Best Planner" (Surat al-Anfal: 30).
Indeed, this example provides a good lesson for those who take the Qur'an as their guide. Those who believe and live according to it never think that shirking their responsibility will give anyone an advantage, for the Qur'an states that those who think only of their own gain and thus avoid any sacrifice and opportunity to win Allah's approval will find their "reward" to be extremely limited and short-lived:
Flight will not benefit you if you try to run away from death or being killed. Then you will only enjoy a short respite. (Surat al-Ahzab: 16)
Such people may never have the opportunity to enjoy all of their possessions, or may lose all of them through a natural disaster, an illness, an accident, or some other disaster. This clear truth should cause them to wonder what reward they will receive in the Hereafter for their moral character. Moreover, Allah can turn all of their worldly possessions into sources of misery and heartache, if He so wills. And, on the Day of Judgment, He will not allow them to make excuses:
This is the Day on which they will not say a single word, nor will they be allowed to offer any excuses. (Surat al-Mursalat: 35-36)
Given this reality, all people must do everything they can to live a moral life pleasing to Allah. Postponing the decision to do so or not recognizing its importance will only result in eternal sorrow. In the Qur'an, we can read His promise to reward and support, with His mercy in both worlds, everyone who uses their possessions to win His approval:
Whatever good you give away is to your own benefit, when you give desiring only the Face of Allah. Whatever good you give away will be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged. (Surat al-Baqara: 272)
Age: 125 million years old
Size: salamander: 11 centimeters (4.3 in) by 6 centimeters (2.4 in) long; matrix: 29.6 centimeters (11.7 in)
Location: Huludao City, Liaoning Province
Formation: Jiufotang Formation
Period: Lower Cretaceous
This fossil salamander uncovered in China is the world's oldest known salamander. As a result of some sudden volcanic eruption, fossil remains are often very well preserved under a layer of ash, so well that it is even possible to detect some of their soft tissues and the last food they ate.
These fossil salamanders are no different from those alive in our day. Amphibians that remain unchanged for hundreds of millions of years once again demonstrate that evolutionists are wrong.
Age: 242 million years old
Size: 53 millimeters (2 in) by 16 millimeters(0.6 in); matrix: 53 millimeters (2 in) by 76 millimeters (3 in)
Location: Guanglin, Guizhou Province
Formation: Huxia Formation
Period: Lower Triassic
Darwinists claim that reptiles, such as lizards, turtles and crocodiles, evolved from amphibians. But they have no evidence to prove that assertion. Scientific findings show that reptiles emerged on Earth quite suddenly, with no ancestors - and not gradually, as the theory of evolution asserts. Hundreds of thousands of fossils reveal that amphibians have always remained amphibians and reptiles have always been reptiles.
In the entire universe, all power belongs to Allah, the only One Who can remove a person's troubles and difficulties, and meet his needs. Sometimes people forget our Lord and take other guardians for themselves, who they believe can provide them with power, honor, and help. But this is a delusion, for there is no other deity other than Allah. Unless He wills otherwise, no one can help or harm anyone else. This fact is related in the Qur'an, as follows:
Do those who take the hypocrites as protectors, rather than the believers, hope to find power and strength with them? Power and strength belong entirely to Allah. (Surat an-Nisa', 4:139)
Our only refuge from distress is Allah, the Lord of power and honor, for He answers all of His servants' prayers and eases, or fully removes, what is causing them hardship. Allah describes this, as follows:
He Who responds to the oppressed when they call upon Him and removes their distress, and has appointed you as inheritors of the land. Is there another deity besides Allah? How little you pay heed! (Surat an-Naml, 27:62)
This verse states that some people fail to recognize or forget Allah's compassion and mercy and become ungrateful. However, as Allah states in "Say: 'Allah rescues you from it, and from every plight'…" (Surat al-An'am, 6:64), only He saves us from every distress. In return, He expects us to notice this answer, ponder over its importance, submit to Him, and become His grateful servant.
The Prophet (saas) advises believers to take refuge only in Allah:
Around 4 billion years ago, according to the evolutionist scenario, various inanimate chemical substances entered into a reaction, combining under the effects of lightning or earthquakes, and thus gave rise to the first cell. In fact, however, scientists describe the cell as having as complex a structure as that of a city like Paris or London. A great number of structures inside the cell, from energy-producing plants to protein factories, from transport systems carrying raw materials to decoders that interpret DNA, and communications systems, are all in a constant state of activity in a flawless organization. Believing the evolutionist claim that the cell came into being by chance is as illogical as claiming that all the buildings, roads, transport systems, water and electricity grids in New York City emerged spontaneously thanks to the effects of random natural phenomena such as storms and earthquakes.
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In our cells, the energy plants known as "mitochondria," only 1/100 millimeters in size, are more complex than any oil refinery or hydroelectric station. Our cells, which possess no consciousness or knowledge and are made up of combinations of specific numbers of molecules, produce energy in a manner that is far more economical and practical than that devised by a combination of engineers, technical experts, workers and designers employing the most advanced technology.
Every detail in the energy plants in our cells has been flawlessly created, from energy conservation to the recycling of waste products. The theory of evolution is unable to account for the formation of even one of these features in the cell.
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A great many insects - moths and butterflies, for example - produce silk, although there are considerable differences between these substances and spider silk.
According to scientists, spider thread is one of the strongest materials known. If we set down all of a spider web's characteristics, the resulting list will be a very long one. Yet even just a few examples of the properties of spider silk are enough to make the point: ( J. M. Gosline, M. E. DeMont & M. W. Denny, "The Structure and Properties of Spider Silk," Endeavour, Volume 10, Issue 1, 1986, p. 42.)
.-The silk thread spun by spiders, measuring just one-thousandth of a millimeter across, is five times stronger than steel of the same thickness.
- It can stretch up to four times its own length.
- It is also so light that enough thread to stretch clear around the planet would weigh only 320 grams.
These individual characteristics may be found in various other materials, but it is a most exceptional situation for them all to come together at once. It's not easy to find a material that's both strong and elastic. Strong steel cable, for instance, is not as elastic as rubber and can deform over time. And while rubber cables don't easily deform, they aren't strong enough to bear heavy loads.
How can the thread spun by such a tiny creature have properties vastly superior to rubber and steel, product of centuries of accumulated human knowledge?
Spider silk's superiority is hidden in its chemical structure. Its raw material is a protein called keratin, which consists of helical chains of amino acids cross-linked to one another. Keratin is the building block for such widely different natural substances as hair, nails, feathers and skin. In all the substances it comprises, its protective property is especially important. Furthermore, that keratin consists of amino acids bound by loose hydrogen links makes it very elastic, as described in the American magazine Science News: "On the human scale, a web resembling a fishing net could catch a passenger plane." ( "Learning From Designs in Nature", Life A product of Design; http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2000/1/22/article_02.htm)
On the underside of the tip of the spider's abdomen are three pairs of spinnerets. Each of these spinnerets is studded with many hair-like tubes called spigots. The spigots lead to silk glands inside the abdomen, each of which produces a different type of silk. As a result of the harmony between them, a variety of silk threads are produced. Inside the spider's body, pumps, valves and pressure systems with exceptionally developed properties are employed during the production of the raw silk, which is then drawn out through the spigots. ("Spider (arthropod)," Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2005)
Most importantly, the spider can alter the pressure in the spigots at will, which also changes the structure of molecules making up the liquid keratin. The valves' control mechanism, the diameter, resistance and elasticity of the thread can all be altered, thus making the thread assume desired characteristics without altering its chemical structure. If deeper changes in the silk are desired, then another gland must be brought into operation. And finally, thanks to the perfect use of its back legs, the spider can put the thread on the desired track.
Once the spider's chemical miracle can be replicated fully, then a great many useful materials can be produced: safety belts with the requisite elasticity, very strong surgical sutures that leave no scars, and bulletproof fabrics. Moreover, no harmful or poisonous substances need to be used in their production.
As a result, much more energy needs to be expended in order to break a piece of spider silk of the same size as a nylon thread.
What The Quran Says About Liars And Their Methods
Even though most people know that lying is a bad moral characteristic, some people merely pay lip service to this knowledge because so many people have turned this serious character defect into a habit.
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Psssst….between us, we received over 100 submissions when we posted our open call for speakers for the second Vida Vegan Con, in May 2013. The decision-making was SUCH hard work and an ongoing process for several weeks after the deadline closed (this was May 1, 2012—over a year in advance!) We wanted a smaller pool of speakers vs. our 2012 conference, to open more opportunities for our wonderful speakers to share their thoughts, and we now have an utterly amazing list of talented individuals we are stoked to reveal soon.
With that, we thought it was time to more-than-officially leak a few names, because if you're like us organizers, any whisper of Vida Vegan news is always exciting.
Reflecting the grand list (which will be posted on its own page later this summer, we promise), these folks are passionate individuals who you may recognize as authors, speakers, community leaders, witty writers, bloggers, activists, hosts, 2011 speakers, new folks we're thrilled to add, and delightful combinations of all and any of the above.
Vida Vegan presents the following speakers for our second conference (in no particular order):
And this is just a sneak peak at the full lineup. More to come! With handy links & all. Tickets (and scholarships!) are still available over here.
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(Yahoo!) - Just days after Justin Bieber tweeted a photo of the twosome cozied up (sparking rumors that they may have gotten back together), new images of Selena Gomez hit the Internet — from her new Adidas NEO campaign, that is. From the looks of the shoot, one thing is certain: whether she's single or not, this girl is all grow'd up.
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It might appear as though someone performed an act of vandalism on the back of this insect, but there's no need to worry – it is most definitely not Sharpie!
Today, Daily Mail featured this beetle bearing a striking resemblance to Sesame Street's Bert. The insect was spotted by amateur photographer, Winston Jansen in a Signapore forect. Careful to not scare the beetle away, Jansen snapped a few photos, which once online, quickly stirred up conversation.
"I was just captivated by the bright colours. Then on closer inspection it just hit me there is actually a face on its back."
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By Cas
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I'm a beginner, 5'3"/135 lbs. I bought the 146 cm skis and they were perfect for my skill level and height/weight. My ski instructor was impressed with them, too! Also, I would order from Evo again. Shipping was relatively fast and all items arrived well-packaged and undamaged.
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Amazing K2's at a fantastic price
By "Chinese downhill"
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I got these K2's for my daughter and she loves them. She is tearing it up now and I have a skiing companion for life! Great price and perfect for the female skier that wants to have fun but isn't going off drop off's yet :)
Love K2 SuperSmooth Skis
By Mom Kate
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These skis are excellent in all conditions, but we just skied five days of east coast powder and really put them to the test. Couldn't be happier with the performance.
Great beginner ski
By Keckers
from Minneapolis MN
Great carving ski. Lightweight
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I'm a beginner and am now using these skis. I'm not sure I would know what bad skis are, but these feel comfortable, I can turn easily on them, I can brake, you know... all the essential things you learn how to do in the very beginning.I really like them and feel like I can be a little more adventurous on my skiing.
Great Ski! Great Price!
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The K2 SuperSmooth is a great ski. Makes learning to parallel turn much easier. I'm very happy with my set-up.
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This is only my third season on the slopes, and these are the first skis I have purchased. They are very light, responsive, and attractive. I would definitely recommend these, they are an excellent product at a great price.
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Barry Morrison reflects on the anti-hate programs he established, the bigoted people he helped reform and his very public role in defusing conflicts over 35 years at the Anti-Defamation League.
Barry Morrison's grandfather did more than just fit customers' deformed feet for orthopedic shoes — he took time to size up their personalities. His approach to people came from his experience growing up during the pogroms in Russia and facing opposition to Jews in pre-state Palestine.
When encountering adversaries, he tried to show them "a better way, as opposed to putting them on the defensive or obliterating them" with withering attacks, said Morrison, who got to know his grandfather while growing up in New York City.
This diplomatic approach influenced Morrison, who went on to spend 35 years working for the Anti-Defamation League, a job that requires a cool head.
The 65-year-old married father of three grown children retired as director of the organization's Philadelphia regional office at the end of the year, though he will continue working there in a part-time consulting role. Associate regional director Nancy Baron-Baer is serving as acting director while a search for his replacement continues.
As his grandfather taught him, Morrison has mostly avoided pushing the panic button in directing the response when public figures made bigoted statements, or hate groups came to town or when buildings were vandalized with swastikas.
"My style has always been to say, 'This is what appears to be the case. Would you please tell us how you see the situation and what you intended by your actions?' " Morrison said during a recent interview in his Center City office.
Hate takes different forms today compared to when Morrison started more than three decades ago at an ADL office in New Jersey. Then, Princeton University was still dealing with the end of quotas on Jewish students; now Rutgers is grappling with the aftermath of a student's suicide driven by cyberbullying. But Morrison said he doesn't think there is any less hate or anti-Semitism.
That does not mean he views the ADL's efforts as fruitless. Morrison said he's proud of the anti-hate programs he established, the bigoted people he helped reform and the conflicts he worked to defuse.
One such incident that stands out for him happened on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1989 while he was directing the ADL's Chicago office. An episode on satanic killings featured two Jewish guests, one described as suffering from multiple personality disorder, who said she had witnessed infanticide practiced ritualistically in Jewish homes. The other, a counselor, mentioned a Passover seder in the context of satanic rituals, which alarmed viewers about associations of Jews with blood libel.
Facing significant outrage, Winfrey's representatives asked Morrison to organize a meeting with leaders of Jewish organizations. During the gathering, the talk show host said she had made a terrible mistake.
Some of the leaders — including ADL board members — wanted Winfrey to offer an on-air apology. But Morrison said he and others thought that might feed conspiracy theories about Jewish control of the media. Instead, Winfrey and the organizations issued a joint statement.
"I asked people to trust me and to trust our judgment since she hadn't acted maliciously or meant to harm anyone," he said.
That tactic helped start a relationship between ADL and the show that continued even when Morrison moved to Philadelphia two decades ago. He helped arrange for Tom Martinez, a former neo-Nazi from Kensington, to appear on an episode with other ex-members of hate groups.
Martinez had been part of The Order, one of the most violent hate groups in the '80s that was responsible for killing Jewish radio host Alan Berg. Morrison similarly helped former skinhead Frank Meeink, who reformed after being released from prison and teamed with the ADL director to start Harmony through Hockey, an organization that brings the sport to children who otherwise couldn't afford it.
"I try to help people who have done harm, who are convicted of crimes, to make them whole people, make them good human beings and productive citizens," said Morrison.
Despite his deliberate approach, Morrison has put his name and reputation on the line at times. The ADL once had to cancel a set of speaking engagements with Meeink because he brought a firearm with him to the airport. Another time the organization received a $500 bill for liquor from the minibar of Meeink's hotel room. But Morrison has remained Meeink's friend and advocate.
While Morrison has tried to resolve problems diplomatically, he has also gone on the offensive. In 1997, after a series of violent crimes allegedly committed by whites against blacks in the Grays Ferry section of the city, then-Mayor Ed Rendell tried to pre-empt a Nation of Islam march by organizing an ecumenical service and inviting Louis Farrakhan, an Islamic leader with a history of making anti-Semitic statements.
When Jewish public figures, including Morrison, declined to attend, Rendell, who is also Jewish, described them as "so-called Jewish leaders" and said, "If everyone cares, they should have been here" to talk and to listen.
Morrison said he understood Rendell's reason for holding the event— President Bill Clinton was coming to town and he wanted to avoid a race riot — but the ADL, with Morrison's name, still took out a full page advertisement in the Philadelphia Inquirer "to chide the mayor for what he did and to say that it was as if he stood with a member of the Ku Klux Klan."
"It shows you how people in political life have to make difficult decisions. You can respect what they do or you can be cynical about what they do. Also, when it comes to these types of highly visible, controversial issues and you're thrust into the limelight, there are lessons about leadership and what people do in times of crisis," Morrison continued. "When the charge of 'so-called Jewish leaders' was leveled at us, we said, 'OK, we're going to turn to the most prominent Jews and others we know in town and ask them to communicate with Rendell that we, too, are upset by this."
After tensions cooled, Rendell and Morrison worked together again, as they had in the past. In the early '80s, the two had collaborated to push for the passage of Pennsylvania's Ethnic Intimidation Act, making it one of the first states to pass hate-crime legislation. Morrison also started "No Place for Hate" in Philadelphia. The program, now national, works with schools to reduce bullying, name-calling and intolerance.
As he steps away from the helm of the agency, Morrison said, one of the things that bothers him most is widespread apathy.
"The world has changed in that it is in some ways much more enlightened, much more progressive, much more inclined towards helping others," he said.
"But there is an apathy that I see, an insularity and disinterest and fear and ignorance and incivility."


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My Wan is on 10.1.20.0/8 - Do you I change my lan or wan range, if so what do I make it?
From: Holger Bauer [mailto:Holger dot Bauer at citec dash ag dot de]
Sent: Wednesday, 22 June 2005 21:46
To: Jared Patterson (DSL AK); m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: AW: [m0n0wall] Using m0n0 with an external dsl router
Your WAN-Range and LAN-Range has a conflict. /8 means that every IP starting with 10.X.X.X is
assumed at the interface with that subnetmask. Your WAN-Range is inside your LAN-Range this way. Try
a /16 on LAN or change that adressrange completely (for example 172.16.1.1 /16). What is the
subnetrange on your WAN?
I don't think this config has worked with smoothwall either this way.
Holger Bauer
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Von: Jared Patterson (DSL AK) [mailto:JaredP at datacom dot co dot nz]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2005 11:14
An: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Betreff: [m0n0wall] Using m0n0 with an external dsl router
Hi All,
I Have setup another little lan trying to get m0n0 to work in my current setup. All hardware in
this setup is relatively the same other than the dsl router is the model below, Dynalink RTA 220.
Heres the current setup;
Internal Lan - 10.1.1.0/8
M0n0 Lan - 10.1.1.201
M0n0 Wan - 10.1.20.1
DSL Router - 10.1.20.200
DSL Router currently running DHCP which assigned 10.1.20.1 to Wan.
PC in Internal Lan is currently on a static setup with 10.1.1.201 set as the gateway. Dont know
what is going wrong as just before this setup, I installed Smoothwall which was setup exactly the
same, and ran with no errors. Although smoothwall kinda sucks, would be wicked to get m0n0 running.
Attached is the status.php as im out of ideas. Any help would be greatly appricated.
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Michelle Williams and Jason Segel Are Maybe Dating, and That's Awesome
Are Michelle Williams and Jason Segel an item? Maybe—and we think that's terrific!
-Lucia Peters
Do these pictures make anyone else go "Awwwwww!"? Because I'm "Awwwwww!"-ing like crazy right now. Awwwwww!
Yesterday, Us Weekly published three adorable photos of Michelle Williams, Jason Segel, and Michelle's 6-year-old daughter Matilda Rose hanging out recently—and since Michelle and Jason look oh so very cozy together, the accompanying article naturally declared that the two are now a couple. Apparently they've been friends for years, having first been introduced through Michelle's "BFF" and Segel's Freaks and Geeks costar Busy Philipps; the relationship, however, only recently turned tomantic. "They are smitten and very serious," a source told the mag.
Read Precious Gems and Shiny Things: 10 Fabulous Celebrity Engagement Rings
Now, bear in mind that this IS Us Weekly we're talking about here, and that generally anything announced by Us Weekly should be taken with a very large grain of salt; but you know what? I really hope that they're right this time.
There are a lot of reasons why it would be awesome if it's true, the biggest of which is that not only are Michelle and Jason both terrifically talented, they're also just fabulous people.
In spite of their enormously successful careers, success doesn't necessarily bring happiness, and they've both had a rough couple of years. Jason's 2007 breakup with Linda Cardellini ended a six-year relationship; although he turned his heartache into something productive—that is, Forgetting Sarah Marshall—six years is a long time, and something like that can be pretty tough to get over. And Michelle? Well, we all know what she's been through; after her split from Heath Ledger and his subsequent death, she was hounded by the Paparazzi even as she struggled to process her grief.
But despite all that, both of them have continued to do brilliant work, whether it's about Marilyn Monroe or the Muppets—and even better? They've both maintained an extremely admirable level of positivity. They're both long overdue for some happy, giggly, goofy, wonderful romance, and I really hope they've found it.
Even if it means that Jason Segel will never belong to this girl. Sorry, Chelsea. At least you'll always have the Chicago Film Critics Awards.
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor


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Japan's Stimulus Generates Ripples
The Japanese yen slid to its lowest level since April 2009, reeling from the stimulus measures unleashed by the country's central bank.
Global investors have been storming out of the yen for months in anticipation of last week's move by the Bank of Japan, bringing the currency's decline to 29% against the dollar since late September.
Now, another pressure point for the yen is emerging: Some Japanese investors are retreating...


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March 22, 2012 at 07:46:42 Mar 22, 2012 @ 07:46
I'm pretty sure it is part of the Golf Wang line. That's what I've heard, along with that they are 100 and are at the pop up shops. Not 100% sure.id check on thebe's shirt
Anyways my stuff came in and I had no problems with my hex's logo.


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As you move throughout your professional career and experience those memorable moments. You will learn the art of story telling, it will become a major component of your career. It is an Art form that has the ability to disturb, raise awareness, and/or motivate an audience's involvement. Mastering this craft can elevate one's leadership, by strengthening his/her rhetorical delivery. Also story telling can develop you as a better writer, subsequently, making you a foe and/or a friend who will be l … [Read more...]
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September 10, 2010
Families of September 11 recognizes that there are many different sensibilities and views of its members about the locations, particularly in New York City, of places of association and worship of Muslims and more generally about Islam and those who follow its tenants as variously interpreted by them. Families of September 11 has not claimed to speak as if its members are of one mind on such matters and will not do so. No one, but each of them speaking for themselves, rightly can. However, five persons who are on the Board of Directors did decide to speak for themselves. See the statement set forth below made by Donald Goodrich on August 26th.
Donald W. Goodrich1330 Mass MoCA WayNorth Adams, MA 01247413-663-3200
Statement on the Islamic Community Center at 45-51 Park Place
August 26, 2010—Many of those who have launched attacks on the Islamic Community Center proposed for 45-51 Park Place in lower Manhattan have said they are doing so to protect the sensibilities of the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As the father of Peter Goodrich, who was killed on United 175, and as the chairman of Families of September 11, I write to affirm that no one has the right to speak on behalf of those who lost family members and friends on that terrible day. The sensibilities of family members are varied and are known only to the family members themselves. Politicians, pundits and media personalities who generalize about how family members feel or what offends them, especially in order to gain public attention and political advantage, speak with no authority and are themselves the offenders. I and the other board members of Families of September 11 realize that we cannot speak for our entire membership, which is not of a single mind on the issues raised by the location of the Center. So we do not. We speak only for ourselves and we do so because of our deep and abiding belief that, in our confrontation with terrorists, we need to be ever mindful of what is fundamental to our national character and show the rest of the world, including the terrorists themselves, that we will never allow demagogues or popular hysteria to break our commitment to the values that have made our nation great. These principles are embodied in the writings of our founders, our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, our statutes, the decisions of our judges and the treatises of our scholars. Read together, they make clear that freedoms of religion, thought, belief, and assembly are essential to who we are as a people. The responsibility for protecting these freedoms rests ultimately not with the government but with the citizens of this nation, who must have the moral courage to protect them when they are under assault. The duties each of us owes the community of Muslims who want to develop the Islamic Community Center on Park Place are not legal ones. They are citizen obligations to protect the fundamental freedoms of religion, thought, belief and assembly embedded in our founding documents; they are moral obligations to respect the human dignity of our neighbors, derived from the best tenets of all of the religions of the world, including Islam; and they are civic obligations to practice restraint in rhetoric and to be willing ourselves to listen to our neighbors, even when we disagree with them. Those who oppose the Center's location have had and continue to have legal rights to hold their opinions, associate with one another and speak out about the Center and its location. But in the exercise of their rights, many have discriminated and incited segments of our population to discriminate against Islam and the dignity of those who follow its teachings. In doing so, they have diminished the reputation of our country and dimmed the hope that oppressed people the world over associate with our nation and our commitment to freedom. We currently have nearly two hundred thousand men and women in uniform serving in countries with overwhelming Muslim populations. In Afghanistan, our primary mission is to train and partner with the Afghan people so that they can govern themselves with the strength necessary to exclude from their midst the terrorists who were responsible for the attacks on September 11th and would do us more harm. What are our Muslim partners in that conflict to think of this debate? And what are our soldiers to think of it? Its hyperbole of hate and mistrust can only weaken their efforts and strengthen the propaganda and resolve of our terrorist adversaries. Finally, there is little hope of peace without a greater understanding of the different cultures, religions and beliefs of the people who share our ever shrinking planet. Rather than condemning the efforts of those who wish to reach out to their neighbors, we should be encouraging the exchange of knowledge that peaceful coexistence requires. And the closer we come, and the more we listen to and share with those who see the world differently than we do, the better are our chances of finding common ground with them – which is precisely what those responsible for the September 11 attacks want to discourage. Osama bin Laden and his ilk were and are picking what they characterize as a religious fight with us, and those who present all sorts of shrill and hysterical reasons for opposing the location of the Islamic Community Center are playing their game and giving them exactly what they want. The mission of the Cordoba Initiative is one of reaching out and building bridges. For our part, the board members of Families of September 11 hold out our hands to the leaders of the Cordoba Initiative and ask that they join with us in the search for the common elements of our diverse cultures on which to defend peace in the face of terrorist violence. We ask you to help us make this happen. Not just at some as yet unnamed, alternative location in New York City, but specifically at 45-51 Park Place. The Islamic Community Center belongs in the vicinity of the former World Trade Center. That would be an important and substantial tribute to our family members and friends who lost their lives in lower Manhattan nine years ago.
_______________________Donald Goodrich, ChairmanOn behalf of himself and Board MembersNancy Aronson, Timothy Barr, Paul Bea, and David Edwards
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I build in New York City where fire codes mean that metal framing is the only game in town. And because my company does so much light-commercial work (office and retail build-outs) my jobs are loaded with uni-strut, Chicago bar (also called furring channel), steel pipe, threaded rod, and even structural steel, all of which need to be cut to length like any other building material. The problem, of course, is that the same characteristics that make steel a great building material–durability, hardness, and strength–are the same things that make cutting it basically torture.
You can't flip open a window in a skyscraper, so we usually end up working in enclosed spaces where using cut-off saws with abrasive wheels will fill the air with acrid smoke and airborne filings. And if that's not bad enough, hogging through a bundle of metal studs in a closed room is eardrum-blasting at best. So, despite the fact that we're building out high-end spaces for A-list clients city-wide, we trim our studs to length with aviator snips. It's a slow and imperfect process, but it has been status quo for this town. Until now. I tested six metal-cutting circular saws for a month-and-a-half and my production went up so much during the test, there's no turning back.
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I evaluated four cordless models–the 15.6-volt Panasonic EY3530NQMKW and the 18-volt DeWalt DW934K-2, Makita 5046DWDE, and Milwaukee 6320-22–and the corded Milwaukee 6370-21 and Porter-Cable 440. I used them to cut all the metal building stock we encounter every day: mountains of metal studs, uni-strut, Chicago bar, copper and steel pipe, angle iron, sheet metal, and electrical conduit. I tested how power and blade diameters matched up with the various materials we use. I looked for effective blade guards, and then focused on balance, feel, and clear sight lines during operation. Finally, I evaluated the tools according to their specific–and different–designs and capabilities, then based my conclusions on my jobsite requirements. While I looked for the same details in each tool, I evaluated the corded and cordless models in separate groups.
Power & Performance
I must admit that I was nervous the first time I watched a gleaming silver carbide-tipped blade ready to bite into a 2-inch steel pipe. The former stick-builder in me expected the blade teeth to hook the steel and rip the saw out of my hand. Instead, the saws easily sliced the steel and sailed through with a low-pitched, totally bearable scream ("bearable" assumes you wear suitable ear protection, which is standard issue on my sites). After the effortless cut, the pipe end was clean, cool to the touch, and ready to install.
Structural Material. When we do use cut-off saws with abrasive wheels, we cut our stock in bundles. Metal studs and Chicago bar come 10 to a bundle and we lop them to length, so I tried that with all the saws in the test group. Each tool in the group performed great, and they glided through the stock faster than I had hoped. All the cordless saws cut bundles of 2x2 and smaller bundles of Chicago bar in one nearly effortless pass. The larger-diameter corded saw blades sailed through as well. Larger stock, like 2x3 and 2x4 studs, required two passes from all the saws. This means that we can cut 10 studs in about 10 seconds, instead of the four-minute job it used to be with snips. The 3-5/8-inch studs also required two passes from the corded and cordless saws. Next, I cut into bundles of Chicago bar and uni-strut and all the tools delivered the same great performance. The tools made unbelievably quick work of all this material.
When I put the saws to work cutting heavy-walled pipe like black iron gas pipe and galvanized pipe, the 15.6-volt Panasonic bogged down and stopped a couple of times; the 18-volt DeWalt, Makita, and Milwaukee cordless tools had to work hard to get through, but handled it pretty well.
Both corded saws, which are expectedly larger and less nimble than the cordless tools, flew though framing and pipe without even slowing down, which makes them perfect for use at a cut-station for gang-cutting. And, if you need to cut the big stuff like 1/4-inch angle iron or 1/4-inch steel C-channel, grab an extension cord because plugging in is the way to go. While the cordless cutters can do it, it's asking a lot, sort of like expecting your cordless drill to work like your hole hawg.
Thin-Walled Pipe and Conduit. It didn't take the plumbers and electricians on the job long to catch wind of what I was doing. It took even less time for them to pick up the tools I put down and walk over to their own projects installing pipe and conduit. Typically, my subs show up with portable band saws and hack saws for fitting their runs. That's over. Each saw in the test group flew right through conduit, leaving a burr-free end, cool to the touch and ready for joining. Even thin-walled copper and steel pipe were cut easily. And, when using a speed-square as a guide, the copper is ready for fitting in a matter of seconds. Hands down, these guys wanted the cordless tools, because they are so light and portable.
Cut Capacity
Cut Capacity, Cordless. Cut capacities vary widely among the tools. Panasonic has the smallest at 11-3/16 inches, and DeWalt's has the largest at 2-3/8 inches. In between you have Makita at 2-1/16 inches and Milwaukee at 2-1/8 inches. For the work we do, all these saws got through our 2-by stock when we cut it on the flat. They also got through individual lengths of copper pipe, uni-strut, and black iron pipe. The light Panasonic stood out again here in lighter-gauge materials because it is so light and well-balanced.
Cut Capacity, Corded. Milwaukee's corded 8-inch saw has a 2-9/16-inch cut depth, enabling framers to cut 2-1/2-inch framing bundles in one pass–a smart design strategy. Porter-Cable's 7-1/4-inch blade with a 2-1/2-inch cut depth left the cutoff hanging by a hair and required a second pass. Both saws required two passes for knocking down 2-by framing bundles.
Feel, Chip Collection, & Sight Lines
Feel. Because this is a relatively new tool category, designers haven't settled on an industry standard or an optimum size for these saws, which means not only different blade diameters and cutting capacities among the tools, but also that each unit has a markedly different feel–fortunately, they're all good. If I had to choose (and I do) I'd say the DeWalt and Milwaukee cordless were a bit more comfortable to use than the other two cordless units were. Both have comfortable grips and their switches are easy to reach and engage. That said, the Panasonic and Makita are nicely balanced, too, and their switches are well-placed and easy to use. Check out these features for yourself and see which tool feels best in your hands.
Among the corded tools, I liked the Milwaukee best. The balance is right-on. The Porter-Cable feels good, too, but the ergonomics seem to be a step behind.


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BMW Motorcycles (aka Beemers) and the Competition
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Out of all the bike(s) you've ridden....
....which one(s) have left an impression on you?
I'd have to say two bikes for me:
(1) My first bike. It was a Honda XR200R. I bought it from my commanding officer while stationed in Ft. Campbell, KY, and knew just the basics of how to shift. When I took it out for a test ride, I remember stalling it and my C.O. saying, "Are you SURE you know how to ride this??" But I was determined to take that bike around a few blocks, which I did with uneventful results.
It was on this bike that I learned to ride in about an hour, but only because I already knew how to drive a manual tranny-equipped car. Plus, it really helped that my other more experienced dirt-riding buddies were with me. I remember taking overnight camping trips with them in Land Between The Lakes in the rural mountains of Kentucky and just having a blast. With miles and miles of riding trails, one could easily get lost, but you know what they say, "safety in numbers". My buddies all rode Red: XL250, XR500, and XR600; but one had a Kawi KDX200.
I remember this bike fondly (sold it for a street bike) because it was my "first" and I truly learned how to ride by sliding the rear. (In fact, a lot of roadracers like Kenny Roberts keep their skills up by riding little XR100s around the dirt). The other thing I remember about this bike was its invulnerability; it was short of being bulletproof !
(2) My first experience on a suicide shifter. Here's the story:
My g/f and I visited her parents living in Strasburg, ND (Birthplace of Lawrence Welk). Her dad is building a bike that I plan on purchasing in the future. Off the top of my head, it's a rigid (of course) with Pan motor, a 4-speed transmission "off of an old side hack", foot-clutch/suicide shift, springer front end, dual-front brakes (thank goodness), kick-start (ugh), complete with some engine noises we just can't quite figure out.
Needless to say, and in military parlance, it's not FMC or Fully Mission Capable.
So as he was trying to wrench on that bike some more, he gave me the keys to an old rigid he built many years ago.
That particular scoot has an old 1947(?) air-cooled Harley motor called a 4-5 (45 cubic inches, I believe) mated to 3-speed transmission, foot clutch/suicide shift, springer, Z-bars, no front brakes, sissy-bars....well, you get the picture. It's basically an old-school "rat bike".
When I told him if I could watch him shift the bike as he rode up and down the street (I've never ridden such a set-up), he replies, "What? How the hell are you going to learn that way? Just get on and I'll show you !"
Spoken like a tried and true biker, eh?
To make a long story short, it's really not that hard. The only thing that took a bit of getting used to is the foot clutch. It works the opposite of a car clutch in that to make it disengage you have to PRESS DOWN . (Old biker saying: "heel-toe, away you go").
That, and the........uh.........no front brake thing. But lucky for me, Strasburg is sleepy little town with little to no traffic.
[Edit: The Panhead custom is complete. But he's not really ready to part with it....yet....].
2016 Toyota Sienna SE - hers
2002 BMW 325i - his
1994 Chevrolet Silverado K1500 Sportside Z71 - whoevers vehicle is in the shop
2009 Harley-Davidson Sportster XL883 Low (Vivid Black) - his
2007 Harley-Davidson Sportster XL883 Low (Pearl White) - hers
2011 Tao Tao 50 - whoevers bike is in the shop
2007 Reinell 186 FNS - Aly's and Susi's (our two Miniature Schnauzers)
1995 Fleetwood Flair 27R - EVERYBODY'S
I have ridden a couple of dirt bikes. I wont be able to tell you which specific ones and i loved the torque on them.
I have ridden different year GSXR600s and a 2003 Honda 954. The last bike i took out for a spin was a 2009 R1.
Now before ever getting on a sport bike other than a 600 i thought that they were extreamly fast and they are. Then I took my buddys 954 out and noticed the difference. It was a hell of a ride except that the bike had a few problems and you could really experience its full potential. I was not too impressed with it.
Now last was the R1, and WOW what a bike.
That bike is awesome. It sounds like a beast, rides like a beast and looks like one as well.
I had never riden a 1000cc bike before and i was in complete aw! When i first took off i didnt realize how much power it had. Needless to say it felt like if i had to grip on to the bike a little extra because it seemed as if i was just going to fly off of the bike. The power difference between a 1000cc and a 600cc bike is VERY different and very noticable. I have to say that after riding that bike around then getting on my 600, it just felt like something was missing. Of course i am only talking about straight line here. My 600 feels SO much better handling wise though.
I think my favorite bike so far was my friends GSXR 750: he has a power commander, high flow filter, aftermarket exhaust, and the 520 sprocket conversion, that thing hauls balls when you get on the throttle! The only time I've ever been really scared was when my cousin let me take his Hayabusa around the block. I'm not talking about a city block either, one of our nice 5 mile-out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-Wisconsin blocks I was actually scared to give it gas, the front end wants to come up in 1-5 gear it feels like, and the seating position makes you feel like you're in a street legal rocket ship.
Out of all of them, my first Harley (Sportster 1200). It was my DD and it was perfect. Not too large to have fun with and not too small that the highway was a pain.
I still miss it once in a while.
May we be blessed by His noodly appendage and His almighty sauciness.
I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.- Marilyn Monroe
I may have another one to add to my previous list: Honda CBR Repsol. That's my dream bike, my cousin just picked one up for $7000, and I'm so fricken jealous! I asked him if I could take it for a spin, and he said as long as I avoid the twisty roads until the rain clears all the gravel out.
Kawasaki H-1B 500 Mach III bought new in late '71 at the Navy Exchange on base in the Philippines. Drove it in the Philippines, then shipped it to Okinawa and drove it there. Shipped it back to the States after Okinawa and my brother bought it.
Two-stroke triple; It had plenty of power, but not much else. Quite a beast for the day.
'14 X3 35i M sport
I'm not so sure I could list them all I've owned or even ridden.
Past favs incl:
1. '82 Honda XR80. I drove that thing who knows how many miles in dirt/woods/trails and it performed perfectly for 30+ years with only oil changes and basic maintenance.
Tires and oil, kick, keep thrashing in the woods. I just sold it a few years ago to a buddy who still uses it as a pit-bike.
2. '61 BMW R50S, 1 of 1634 produced. High-reving (for the time) hot 500cc motor and 100+ mph
6v lighting and drum brakes, not impressive LOL.
3. '98 R1100R Sporty, fast, good riding position - totaled when a 100 lb dog and I try to share the same space in time.
Not sure I'll ever sell my '67 BMW + '52 Steib (BMW Spezial) sidecar.
They are just getting too rare, the sidecar that is - the bike is not anything special ('butterhead' era).
I'm loving my HD Nightster (1200 Sportster), first bike a month in I feel like keeping forever.
It's great, no plastic, easy to work on, and could just be restored ad-infinitum.
My parents ride his and her Softails (my dad is eyeing a new bagger) but to me the Sportster is the quintessential Harley Davidson.
Since 1957.
'09 MINI S: 'Ronin' '09 H-D Nightster '67 R60/2+'52 Steib sidecar
previous '95 318i '00 540i6 '61 R50S '69 R69US '98 R1100R '65 R50/2 '64 R50/2 '07 BMW 530i6 ED
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Update: I think this bike may be my favorite so far: my new-to-me F4i. This thing is amazingly quick for a 600, got the wheel up in second unintentionally while bringing it home! i didn't get to take any of my friend's or cousin's bikes on any twisty roads, but the F4i has already logged over 400 miles since I brought it home two days ago! At least 30 of them have been through crazy twisty roads, and it was a complete blast.
A Honda 50cc gave me many years of yoyful rides. A Honda XL 175 to explore the mountainous roads in Asia. A BMW K100 RS enabled me to join Three Flags Classic (ride from Los Angeles-Texas-Mexico-Canada-Los Angeles) and back to work the next day. Two R100RS to commute to work and weekend rides. And now a 2008 K1200S that gives me the youthful energy to an old man's body. Riding motorcycles I thought would end when I am close to retirement. Instead it became my inspiration to keep my body in better shape to enable me to ride for many more years to come. While my friend's health and lifestyle are suffering, they normally ask how I do it. My answer is my passion - MOTORCYCLE...unfortunately they cannot understand.
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Kawasaki H-1B 500 Mach III
That is the other one. Talk about a crouch rocket.
The one I rode wasn't in prefect shape and I was pretty new to riding.
I think this bike was actually overpowered given the brake, tire and chassis technology of the day.
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'14 X3 35i M sport
Good thing I didn't have more opportunities to ride it.
Given my ridding experience and age back then, I had no business being on that beast.
Last edited by bmwKbiker; 09-03-2009 at 09:02 PM.
Came to bimmerfest after car info, and found motorcycles too!
Been riding 15 years starting with an '87 Virago 750 that wasn't keeping up with the sportbikes. that lasted about two weeks (dog-o-matic). Then got an '89 race prepped Katana, took it to the track and got hooked on racing (was the only girl out there of 225 racers), meanwhile bought a '95 Electroglide Classic to ride with my Harley pals (loved it! Best Harley EVER and I rode a lot of different models) and a CR125 to ride with my dirt pals (not enough low end torque for steep hills even for my 118 pounds, but after I broke my back on it, that was enough of 3D riding, sorry Jeremy McG), got a used HD Heritage I made $4K on, then started into the F's: F2, F3 (RIP), and F4i, then the Gixxers: Papa Bear 03 GXSR 1000 (great bike, best sportbike seat ever, but a little far reach) , then the famous Mamma Bear 04 GSXR 750 (tall and felt limited in speed) and finally, the bike I still have a 2005 GSXR1000 = the perfect sportbike (Baby Bear, its juuust right) 160hp, light on its feet, low to the ground and you feel like you can go faster and faster. Love it! My favorite of all of them. Didn't have a need to get any other since, especially since they added pork and pipe. Oh, and I have my grandpa's '63 Honda C-102 waiting for a magic ignition key to show up.
My first ride was a mini-bike when I was very young. I crashed pretty quickly...and that was what my parents thought was the end of my riding days. I got into racing motocross. My first bike...a YZ-80...that probably left the biggest impression.
Over the years, I had 3 YZ-80s, a YZ-125 and a YZ-250. Loved them all to death...
My favorite is my current - 2003 K1200RS. But the one that I had the most passion about (love / hate) was my Honda VTR1000 "Superhawk". It was my first "sport" bike after years of heavier, bigger bikes, and it was all kinds of fun in the twisty roads of Northern California. But I never could quite cleanup the fuel delivery - handicapped by my Two Brothers full system and the California's unique CARB requirements and my own mechanical limitations when it came to adjusting and shimming needles in those cars.
I sold it when I moved to the long straight road of Texas. Better for it to stay in the terrain which best suited it.
E90 335i 6 Speed MT
Alpine White, Terra, Aluminum trim
Premium, Sport
Wow, this is tough......
Fastest & smoothest = 99 Honda CBR1100XX (Blackbird)
Most flickable = 2006 Kawi ZX-6R (current)
Best tourer = 2006 Harley Road Glide (sold when Harley brought back the FLSTC)
Best bar hopper = 2007 Harley Softail Custom (current) slammed with 16" apes and other goodies
Best standard = 1983 Yamaha Maxim (had that YICS (Yamaha Ignition Control system) that screamed once you went past 5000 RPM)
Saepius Exertus, Semper Fidelis, Frater Infinitas
Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever
Better to live one day as a Lion than a hundred years as a Sheep
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'Kaleta got the game-winner by driving to the net. Lundquist made one stop, but Kaleta circled the goal and banked the puck off Lundquist's right pad for his ninth of the season. Three of Kaleta's goals this season, a third of his total, are at MSG. So what gives?'
Kaleta comes through for Sabres
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Department of Secondary Education & Professional Programs
Teachers in middle and high schools provide guidance to teenagers at a critical point in their lives, when they are testing their wings and on the verge of becoming adults. Teachers often serve as educators not only in academics but in life lessons as well.
The programs in this department prepare Bridgewater students to be educators and professionals in related fields – teaching, leading and serving in a diverse and evolving global society.
Anne Hird coordinates and teaches in the Instructional Technology program. Dr. Hird, author of Learning from Cyber-Savvy Students: How Internet-Age Kids Impact Classroom Teaching, describes herself as living with one foot on the ground and one foot in "cyberspace." She has worked with computer technology in schools since 1982. Her experience ranges from teaching in the Providence Public Schools to directing the $1.1 million Library Power grant across 27 elementary and middle schools. Most recently, she has spearheaded the effort to move the Instructional Technology MEd to a fully Web-based degree program.
BA, Brown University
MS, Simmons College
PhD, University of Rhode Island
Benedicta "Bennie" Agbarha's professional areas of interest include educational leadership, educational research and evaluation, equity in education, and conflict management. Dr. Agbarha is a full-time faculty member at Bridgewater State University and teaches: Systems Planning for Educational Leaders, Curriculum Design and Improvement, Legal and Ethical Issues in Educational Leadership, and Communication between and among stakeholders.
BSc, MSc, University of Benin
EdD, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, School Administration Planning and Policy
Dr. Bodi is an active researcher and successful teacher in the fields of history and philosophy of education as well as assessment and evaluation of learning. After almost twenty years in public and private schools as a classroom teacher and school principal "JM" earned his doctorate at the University of Texas in Austin. Since that time he's been active in educational politics as teaching in higher education.
BFA, Ohio State University
MEd, University of Houston
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Phyllis Gimbel has enjoyed a lengthy career in the public education system, serving as middle school principal, foreign language department chair, and central office superintendent intern and French and Spanish teacher. For the past four years, she has served as Coordinator of a multi university-school collaborative. Dr. Gimbel has published a book entitled, "Solutions for Promoting Principal-Teacher Trust," Rowman and Littlefield, 2003, which is based on the topic of her dissertation.
BA, Hood College
MA, Columbia University, French
EdM, Harvard University
EdD, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, 2001, School Leadership
Stephen Krajeski earned his doctorate in Curriculum Instruction with a focus on Science Education from Pennsylvania State University after teaching high school physics for three years. He joins Bridgewater State University's Department of Secondary Education and Professional Programs and will teach Introduction to Education (EDHM 210) and Strategies for Teaching in the High School-Integrated Science (HSED 465). His research focuses on supporting pre-service science teachers in developing culturally relevant pedagogy. He will also serve as an adviser to science and mathematics majors with a secondary education minor as well as a committee member for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. His favorite hobbies include playing team trivia and board games.
Dr. Chris Mattocks arrived at Bridgewater State University in 2008 after 43 years in public education as a high school teacher/coach, superintendent, and college professor. His career has included work in Montana, Idaho, and Massachusetts. While serving as superintendent of the Bellingham (MA) school district from 2002-2008, he was also a part-time faculty for Bridgewater in the areas of school law, the superintendency, and public relations. Chris teaches courses in beginning and advanced law, school finance, personnel, and the superintendency, and serves as coordinator of the LEAD Program.
BS, MEd, Montana State University
EdD, Montana State University, 1987, Educational Leadership
Dr. Robert A. McManus has been employed at Bridgewater State University since the fall of 2011. As a part-time faculty in the Master's Core, he served as the full-time administrator for the Bridge Partnership Program. In the fall of 2012, he was appointed Pre-Practicum Coordinator and temporary full-time Assistant Professor in Secondary Education and Professional Programs. He was recently appointed to a permanent position in the Educational Leadership Program and will continue to serve as Pre-Practicum Coordinator for the College of Education and Allied Studies.
A former middle school principal and special education director in the District of Columbia Public School System, Dr. McManus has held teaching positions at several other universities. As a member of the US Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, he served as a full-time teacher of Aerospace Education to students in grades 7-12 in Fort Washington, Maryland and, in 2012, helped establish the Bridgewater State University Squadron of Civil Air Patrol that is currently in operation through our Department of Aviation Science in the Ricciardi College of Business.
Stephen J. Nelson is a Professor of Educational Leadership at Bridgewater State University and a Senior Scholar in the Leadership Alliance at Brown University. Professor Nelson teaches in the Educational Leadership Program in the Department of Secondary Education and Professional Programs concentrating on questions and issues of leadership, organizational culture, behavior and dynamics, and educational research. He guides the development and implementation of CAGS student research projects and collaborates with Graduate Research Assistants on student-initiated research studies, articles, publications, and professional presentations.
Professor Nelson's most recent major book is The Shape and Shaping of the College and University in America: A Lively Experiment (2016). He is also the author of five books about the college presidency: College Presidents Reflect: Life in and out of the Ivory Tower (2013), Decades of Chaos and Revolution: Showdowns for College Presidents (2012), Leaders in the Crossroads: Success and Failure in the College Presidency (2009), Leaders in the Labyrinth: College Presidents and the Battleground of Creeds and Convictions (2007), Leaders in the Crucible: The Moral Voice of College Presidents (2000), as well as numerous scholarly articles. Prior to his career as a professor, he was a college student affairs administrator at Wellesley, Dartmouth and Bard Colleges where he was the Dean of Students. Professor Nelson's work focuses on the history of the college and university in America and on the college presidency. He further maintains broad interests in the field of educational leadership, especially in higher education, in organizational culture and theory, and in general issues of leadership in the public and private sector.
BA, Gettysburg College, History
MARS, Hartford Seminary
MDiv, Andover Newton Theological School
PhD, University of Connecticut, Professional Higher Education Administration
Before coming to the Bridgewater State University, Dr. Nguyen served as Associate Vice President of the Society for Technology Information and Teacher Education (SITE) Information Technology Council, Technology Leader for the Great Cities Universities (GCU), Urban Educator Corps Partnership Institute, Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3), Lecturer, University Supervisor and Chairwoman of the Technology in Education Committee at UMass Boston Graduate College of Education, online trainer for the WIDE World's Harvard University online courses, and Instructional Leadership Team Consultant, Boston-Harvard Leadership Development Initiative for the Whole School Change, Harvard School Partnerships. Currently, her research interests involve designing curriculum for Information Age learners. In the transformation from Industrial Age to Information Age, Dr. Nguyen encourages teachers to rethink and redesign curriculum for active learning with the use of digital information and global communication environments. Teachers need to redefine the requirements and skills for the global community and its marketplace in the twenty-first century.
BA, University of Massachusetts at Boston
EdM, EdD, Harvard University
Prior to accepting the position at Bridgewater State University, Sarah taught English in public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. Her research interests include international education, technology in education and mentoring. She is the advisor to English majors with a secondary education minor and the liaison to the College of Education and Allied Studies for undergraduate secondary education minors. Sarah also serves on the board of greenlight for girls, an international NGO dedicated to inspire girls to pursue STEM subjects.
The department offers a minor in secondary education for undergraduates in conjunction with a wide range of majors offered at the university. Our programs also include an Accelerated Post Baccalaureate Program for secondary education licensure, an MA program in teaching, M.Ed programs in Educational Leadership and Instructional Technology, and a CAGS in Educational Leadership.
Overall, we encourage our students to take an active role in their education, to develop strong values and cultural sensitivity, and to build the skills and knowledge they need for leadership in their field. Our graduates pursue advanced study and/or licensure and teaching careers in a variety of subjects.
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May 2014 – May 2015
Race your bike on the beautiful Peterson Ridge Trail in Sisters, Oregon. The Sisters Stampede, now in its fifth year, became the largest cross country mountain bike race in Oregon in 2011, and continues every Memorial day weekend. There is something for everyone with 23 different race categories, and a party at the finish line!
The Relay For Life of Crook County is an incredible and inspiring opportunity to unite together to honor cancer survivors, raise awareness about what we can do to reduce our cancer risk, and raise money to help the American Cancer Society fight the disease.
Sale starts at 7:00am for Members & 8:00am for guests.
It's the day fashionistas have been waiting for all year. Here at The Ranch, score big with the best brands and skip the lines! Need the finest golf attire in the business? Visit the Golf Shop. Looking for some tasty treats, luxurious bath products, or handmade local crafts? Stop by The Ranch House or Spa Brasada. How about some fashionable resort and athletic wear? Stop by the Athletic Center.
This year, the OSU Beavers will take on the UO Ducks at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, and we will watch all the action on a giant movie screen. Wear your colors and root for your favorite team. Gameday eats, beer, wine and cocktails will be available for purchase. Cornhole, giant Jenga and ladder golf lawn games will, be provided as well.
Members of Brasada Ranch are invited to the Range Member Room for a fun afternoon of hosted beverages and festive holiday sweaters. Complimentary for Members only. For reservations, call 541.526.6870.
Whether skiing, boarding, showshoeing or dog sledding, allow Brasada Adventures to take care of all of the details. Members and Member Guests receive complimentary shuttle service all day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Be sure to dress accordingly, the weather surrounding Mt. Bachelor is much colder than the mild temperatures we enjoy at The Ranch.
Shuttle reservations required at least 48 hours in advance