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Listen to Jon's commentary:
Giffords has been a national model of courage during her recovery from near-fatal gunshot wounds suffered at the hand of a lunatic in Tucson just over a year ago.
You'll recall how that shooting spree touched off an ugly round of partisan finger-pointing about our political climate, which only subsided when it became clear that severe mental illness, not political rhetoric, was the likeliest cause.
But yesterday on the floor of the House, the outpouring of admiration and emotional support for Giffords was bi-partisan, because there are some things that transcend politics.
And thankfully for those who despair at times about the human condition, especially when we watch our political culture in action, empathy for victims – of violence, natural disaster, or disease – is one of those transcendent things.
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Gabrielle Giffords has given all of us a precious gift – the proof that with love and great courage, we, too, might be able to survive the worst.
Thanks, Congresswoman.
We needed that.
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Ron Paul remains in second place, but only by two points over Jon Huntsman.
Paul dropped from 20-percent to 18-percent, while Huntsman rose from 13-percent to 16-percent.
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From: "Steven Bird" <>
Subject: John Cummings of Jefferson Co., WI, 1850, b. Maine.
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:27:13 -0400
I have some information regarding the family of John Cummings of Jefferson
Co., WI., which was found in the township of Aztalan, WI in the 1850 U.S.
census. John's daughter, Caroline Cummings, married Charles Sheen Greenwood
on 16 Aug 1851 in Aztalan.
The 1850 census record is as follows:
U.S. Federal Census for 1850 (enumerated August 1850)
State of Wisconsin, County of Jefferson
Town of Aztalan, p. 47
Household 722, family 735
John Cummings, age 56 or 58 (?, writing faded and unclear), b. Maine,
occupation "Farmer"
Betsy, age 45, b. Connecticut
Caroline, age 23, b. New York
Nancy, age 20, b. New York
John E., age 15, b. New York
Emma, age 8, b. New York
This would appear to be the complete family, since Bets[e]y would have been
past child bearing age after 1850. Her youngest, Emma, was born when she
was 37. (However, it is likely that there were other children that did not
live to adulthood.)
In the "History of Jefferson County, WI" (1879) it is stated that Caroline
Cummings was born 17 July 1827, in Steuben Co., NY, and that she was the
eldest dau. of John Cummings. A Greenwood family genealogy states that she
was the eldest dau. of John Cummings "of Elmira, NY" (which is near, but not
actually in, Steuben Co., NY). A search of "10,000 Vital Records of Central
New York" has proved fruitless, unfortunately.
Betsey Cummings, John's spouse, died 24 Sep 1875, "age 72 years," and is
buried in the Aztalan-Milford Cemetery in Jefferson Co. She may have been
born in Bridgeport, CT. "Cummings, Betsey" is found in the 1870 census for
"Aztalan & Johnson Creek" living with her daughter, Caroline (age 44) and
son-in-law Charles Greenwood (age 42). Her age is given as 64, in close
agreement with the 1850 census. Both the 1850 and 1870 census yield a birth
date of approximately 1804-5. However, the age on her gravestone appears to
be in error; she would have actually been 70 when she died.
This family is distinct from the John Cummings famiy of Rock Co., WI (the
county just to the west of Jefferson Co.). This "other" John Cummings was
born in Chester, NY on 27 Nov 1808 and m. Sarah Chapin 4 May 1843. They had
two children, Harriet and Charles Edgar. He bought several parcels of land
in Rock Co., which are found on the GLO website.
I have more information that I could share with the list about this
Wisconsin branch of the Cummings family, if there is interest. My immediate
concern, however, is that even with the birth of John Cummings being
identified as in Maine, in 1792 approximately, I cannot establish which
family in Maine might have been his. I noted that the genealogy of Isaac
Cummings, posted to Rootsweb by the ICFA, lists a John Cummings, who was b.
14 Mar 1794, in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, and died in 1860 in Indiana (the
son of Eleazer Cummings and Anna Ward) who had several sons who fought in
the Civil War. However, John Cummings of Aztalan does not appear to have
several sons of the right age who could have fought in the Civil War,
according to the 1850 census. Likewise, John Cummings, b. 9 Mar 1792, the
son of Asa Cummings and Hannah Peabody, might be the right age, but does not
appear to have been born in Maine.
Any help is appreciated.
Steven Bird, DMA
Conway, AR
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Volunteers make a difference
Last night at the Naches Ranger District T.W.I.G. meeting the Yakima/Kittitas ORV Trail Watch Association, the Shindig Wheelers, Region 4, All Wheelers and and many other groups received a Certificate Of Appreciation. It was great seeing there is a lot of volunteers efforts to keep places open.
I want to say, "Thank you to all the volunteers that are out there helping keep our public lands open".
It was great to see the FS recognizing all of the volunteers that work so hard to make our forests a great place to visit. On the other hand I came away somewhat disappointed.
Copper City. It sounds like we have the funding to complete some more work on the trail. However we will be lucky at best if we are able to get back on the ground until fall of next year and maybe not until 2012. This has been a decade long process that I would like to see finished before I die.:luke:
Seasonal closures. It sounds like the Naches district is going to keep the 4x4 trails closed until after Memorial day next year due to the damage caused by people that just don't care what they do to the trails.
Rimrock, The closed off area will remain closed for the rest of the year and wont be reopened until spring of 2011.
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Jim, I hear your frustration. Not much we can do but show up and speak our minds how we feel.
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Report 420: Annual Report 2009-10
On Thursday, 10 February 2011, the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit tabled its Annual Report 2009-10 - REPORT 420 - in the House of Representatives. The report was tabled in the Senate on Monday, 28 February 2011.
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I am EXHAUSTED. Had a mild anxiety attack at work. I think the stress of it all is hitting me now. I could sleep for a week straight.
My psychosomatic symptom was that I started sweating profusely while sleeping - that started a couple nights after D-Day. I still sweat, but not as much anymore.
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2 days until a mini vacation.
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Large-scale laboratory and in-situ field tests on cemented rubber chips (rubber-soil) as pavement sub-base
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|Rubber-soil is an innovative and environmental friendly geo-construction material, which incorporates rubber chips derived from scrap rubber tires with cementitious material into a lightweight geo-material. This innovative material displays very good geotechnical properties such as, high stiffness, high strength, free drainage, resiliency with excellent dynamic performance. Such properties could provide advantages for the material to use as sub-base layer for flexible pavement of highway road structure. In this study, a series of laboratory tests and in-situ field test were conducted to investigate the performance of Rubber Soil as flexible highway sub-base. A methodology for the construction of flexible highway pavement using Rubber-soil as sub-base layer was also proposed. This study will discuss the results obtained from the conventional small-scale laboratory tests and large-scale model experiment test, together with the results obtained from in-situ field test conducted on the trial test track site. From the conventional laboratory test results, it was found that Rubber-Soil can provide adequate stiffness with good material resiliency. It improves the load spreading mechanism of the flexible pavement and reduces the vertical stress at the sub-grade level and tensile strain developed at the asphalt concrete layer; hence the deformational problem on the sub-grade layer and the potential development for reflective cracks on asphalt layer can be reduced. By comparing the model panel test results of flexible pavement constructed with Rubber-soil sub-base with that using conventional Type I granular sub-base, it was found that Rubber-soil sub-base can reduce the maximum tensile strain developed at the asphalt layer of the pavement. Lower maximum tensile strain extends the fatigue life of the pavement material and restraint the fatigue cracking formation on the flexible pavement. From the in-situ field test, it was found that existing pavement construction equipment and methodology can handle the Rubber-Soil laying process efficiently. As a result of these findings, lower pavement maintenance cost is expected from the Rubber-Soil supported highway while the construction expenditure will not be increased with the use of the new material.
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For over 30 years we have traveled the globe walking mile, by mile, by mile. Through the most beautiful cities in the world we explored tiny streets and grand boulevards, passages, alleys, dead ends, the sublime and the gritty, the familiar and the unknown, all in the quest to make the best map possible.
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"Thank you to everyone who came out for Beach Cleanup 2012," Senator Johnson said. "We had a wonderful response again this year. Our volunteers gathered over 1200 pounds of garbage from the beach and helped raise awareness about the harmful effects of littering and dumping on our shores."
The data collected will be compiled by the American Littoral Society and sent to the Ocean conservancy in Washington, D.C., where it will be analyzed and compared with data from around the world. The information is used to develop national and international programs and policies to control debris so that our beaches will remain clean and safe. It is also used by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to evaluate the effectiveness of existing laws and programs to prevent debris from washing up in the first place.
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Army, City and JNF Officials Suspected in Tree-trimming Cartel Case
Material on case has been delivered to antitrust Authority, which has to recommend whether to pursue charges, and to State Prosecutor's Office for same reason.
Police suspect that a plant-pruning cartel fixed prices and bribed officials at the Jewish National Fund, the Israel Electric Corporation, the Israel Defense Forces and several municipalities to promote their interests.
The material has been delivered to the antitrust Authority, which has to recommend whether or not to pursue charges, and to the State Prosecutor's Office for the same reason.
A number of landscaping companies are suspected of taking in hundreds of millions of shekels, charging inflated prices for pruning services incurred as a result of the price-fixing.
In addition, various city officials have been questioned on suspicion of taking bribes or providing insider information to the tree trimmers.
This is how the system worked: When one of the public bodies - the electric company, for instance - published a large tender for landscaping or pruning (under high-tension lines, let's say ), the companies would coordinate their bids, thus setting the bar artificially high.
The landscaping companies' owners are suspected of coordinating in advance who would win each tender and how they would split the work and the income. They allegedly raised their prices sharply over the years, at the expense of the general public and, in some cases, are believed to have bribed officials for inside information that helped them prepare their bids.
The investigation began in December, led by the National Fraud Squad and assisted by the investigative division of the Israel Antitrust Authority and the military police. They called their investigation "Weeds in the Underbrush" and found evidence indicating that the landscaping companies had formed a cartel.
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The 21st annual Zoo To Do Gala, "Go Big or Go Home," raised $838,876 for the Dallas Zoological Society. The event earlier this month was chaired by Shelly and Tom Codd, and the Edgar A. Robinson family served as honorary chairs. Tom Codd is the North Texas market managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Honorary chefs Jim "Sevy" Severson of Sevy's Grill and Dan Landsberg of Hotel Zaza's Dragonfly and a team of 26 Dallas chefs prepared food, and Neiman Marcus hosted the cocktail hour. Gala chef chairs were Brett Krafft and Lynn Duncan of the Hilton Anatole.
"Funds generated through Zoo To Do help us operate the Dallas Zoo in a first-class manner, and we are proud of the many improvements to our exhibits, facilities and programs that have been made possible through this support," Dallas Zoological Society president and CEO Michael Meadows said.
Major donors included:
$50,000: Diane and Hal Brierley, PricewaterhouseCoopers/Tom and Shelly Codd, The Eugene McDermott Foundation, Ruth O. Mutch and Weber Shandwick.
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$20,000: FD Luxe and Carol and John Levy.
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Flash plugin is in Mozilla's plugin directory: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so while Flock's plugin directory is either /usr/lib/flock/plugins/ or /home/username/.flock/plugins/. That means you have to create a symbolic link that points to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so in one --or both-- of the Flock's plugin directory. To do that, open up a Terminal and enter this command:
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Dave Houseknecht Named Chief Financial Officer of Little League Baseball and Softball
Mr. Houseknecht replaces longtime Little League CFO James P. Stopper, who will retire at the end of this year. Several significant projects were recently completed during Mr. Stopper's tenure, including the construction of Little League Volunteer Stadium in Williamsport, the construction of the Little League European Leadership Training Center in Kutno, Poland, and the construction of the Southwestern Region Headquarters in Waco, Texas. Mr. Stopper, who will continue as a member of the Little League International Board of Directors, worked at Little League International for 32 years.
"Jim Stopper has faithfully served Little League in a vital role, and we wish him all the best in his retirement," Mr. Keener said. "And now we are pleased to welcome to the Little League family a distinguished member of our community in Dave Houseknecht. As Little League moves forward to confront new challenges and opportunities, we look forward to benefiting from Dave's experience."
Before coming to Little League, Mr. Houseknecht was senior director of finance and operations for Geisinger Diversified Services, a division of the Geisinger Health System. Over the past 18 years, he served in various capacities with Geisinger, including vice president, associate vice president, account manager, and staff auditor. Before that, he was internal auditor at Marathon Oil Company of Findlay, Ohio. He is a certified public accountant, holds a degree in accounting from Penn State University, and is a graduate of Leadership Lycoming.
"Being a part of the Lycoming County community has given me an appreciation of the Little League program over the years," Mr. Houseknecht said. "As a federally chartered corporation, Little League has a responsibility to the United States Congress, as well as to its millions of participants and volunteers. As chief financial officer, I welcome the challenge of helping the program achieve even greater success."
Mr. Houseknecht also is active in the community. He is a life member of the Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department, is a forest fire warden with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, and was an umpire in the East Lycoming Little League.
Mr. Houseknecht and his wife Rená have three children: Christopher (age 7), Jarrod (6) and Marissa (3).
Little League, founded in Williamsport in 1939, is the world's largest organized youth sports program, with nearly 2.7 million participants and 1 million volunteers in all 50 U.S. states and scores of other countries.


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LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Quick made 41 saves, Dustin Brown scored on a long rebound with 13:30 to play and the Los Angeles Kings pushed the top-seeded Vancouver Canucks to the brink of elimination with a 1-0 victory in Game 3 Sunday night.
The Kings lead the Canucks 3-0 in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series, which continues with Game 4 Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
The Kings haven't won a playoff series since 2001.
Quick posted his second career playoff shutout after setting a franchise record with 10 in the regular season. The Kings snapped a five-game Staples Center playoff losing streak.
Cory Schneider started in goal in place of Roberto Luongo, who played the first two games — both 4-2 home losses — for Vancouver. Schneider made 19 saves.
Vancouver won the Presidents' Trophy for having the most points in the regular season for the second consecutive year, but the Canucks have lost seven of their last eight playoff games, including last year's Stanley Cup Final setback against the Boston Bruins.
Brown delivered perhaps the biggest hit of Game 3 when he flattened Canucks captain Henrik Sedin near the Vancouver bench in the second period. Sedin was practically crawling to the bench but returned to play after a brief trip to the locker room.
Other games
At Flyers 8, Penguins 4
Danny Briere, Matt Read and Max Talbot each scored twice for Philadelphia in a brawl-filled game. The Flyers lead the East first-round series 3-0.
The Penguins were assessed 89 penalty minutes, compared with 69 for Philadelphia. Fights included a scrap between Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby and Flyers standout Claude Giroux.
Predators 3, at Red Wings 2
Shea Weber, Kevin Klein and Sergei Kostitsyn scored and Pekka Rinne made 41 saves to help Nashville beat Detroit.
The Predators lead the West first-round series 2-1.
At Panthers 4, Devils 2
Stephen Weiss scored the first two playoff goals of his 10-year league career and Florida won a postseason game for the first time in nearly 15 years, beating New Jersey to even their East first-round series at a game apiece.
• Carl Hagelin of the New York Rangers was suspended three games by the league for elbowing Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson in the head Saturday during Game 2 of their East series.
Alfredsson has a possible concussion.
Senators defenseman Matt Carkner, 31, was suspended for Monday's Game 3 for his actions in a one-sided fight with Rangers forward Brian Boyle, 27.
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LA QUINTA, Calif. - Bubba Watson, Alex Prugh and Joe Ogilvie all had late chances to create a little separation atop the Bob Hope Classic field Sunday. All three made mistakes better suited to their amateur playing partners.
And that left a leaderboard crowded with low-profile pros seeking their first career victories in the finale today.
Watson, a former Georgia standout, double-bogeyed the final hole in the fourth round, dropping him back into a tie with PGA Tour rookie Prugh at 23-under 265. Prugh missed a 3-foot putt to bogey his own final hole, while Ogilvie sat two strokes back after a double bogey on his 17th.
Actually, you probably can this year. The famed tournament features none of the PGA Tour's top 35 players, creating golden opportunities for the top four players heading into the final round at the Arnold Palmer Private course at PGA West.
After knocking his second shot into the water and then missing a 6-foot putt on the par-4 18th, Watson finished with 3-under 69 to match Prugh (70) at 23-under 265. Bill Haas and Tim Clark were a stroke back after 66s, Ogilvie (68) followed at 21 under, and Mike Weir was in a group another stroke behind after his fourth straight 67.
Watson, Prugh, Haas and South Africa's Clark have never won on the PGA Tour, while Ogilvie has just one win.
"The emotions, they're flowing, they're going up and down out there," said Haas, whose father, Jay, won the Hope Classic in 1988. "If there's good weather (today), it's going to take a 66 to have a chance. I don't even know if that will win tomorrow."
Watson was among the last off the courses, and the long-driving pro could have put himself in prime position for the $900,000 winner's share of the $5 million purse at this four-course event, which was pushed back a day after rain washed out play Thursday.
Instead, he failed to overpower the relatively easy Nicklaus Private course. Watson, whose wife played in the pro-am event, still made six birdies before his disappointing finish.
"Tomorrow is going to be a tough day no matter if I had the lead, was tied for the lead, or one back, or five back," said Watson, who plans to buy a replica of the General Lee car from "The Dukes of Hazzard" television series if he wins. "Tomorrow is going to be a fun day. This is what we live for. The more chances I get to win, maybe I'll get one to luckily fall in and win one."
Prugh, the 25-year-old former University of Washington star making his third PGA Tour start, missed an easy putt to bogey his final hole on the SilverRock course, finishing another self-described unremarkable round. He still claims the Hope Classic doesn't feel much more stressful than events on the Nationwide Tour, where he won the New Zealand Open last year.
"The way things were going the first three days, where the scores were going, I definitely didn't think 2 under would keep me in it," said Prugh, who opened the Hope Classic with a 64-66-65 start. "It's definitely what I expected to feel. I feel like I've been in this situation before."
Ogilvie appeared the angriest at himself after he double-bogeyed the 17th at La Quinta. Ogilvie, whose only PGA Tour victory came in Milwaukee in 2007, paid the price for guessing at a yardage distance.
"My caddie was about 30 yards off," said Ogilvie, who hadn't made a bogey since early in the second round. "I had uncertainty on the tee, and it's a mistake to hit driver when you're not confident standing there."
Watson held a lead going into the final round twice before, but failed to win the 2007 Houston Open and 2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The cut claimed several of the tournament's bigger names, including Justin Leonard, Rocco Mediate, David Duval, Jesper Parnevik, Chad Campbell and highly touted 21-year-old rookie Rickie Fowler, whose first two tournaments of 2010 have been nothing special. Fowler missed the cut last week in Hawaii, and he didn't crack 70 in his four rounds in the Palm Springs desert.
The Hope Classic had its second straight day of postcard-perfect Palm Springs scoring weather, with no real breeze and ideal temperatures. The beautiful conditions even brought out a family of eight bighorn sheep, which moseyed out of the craggy cliffs and onto the 16th hole on the Palmer course to chew on some grass.
The sheep ambled back up into the rocks before the group containing Parnevik, long-hitting former Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde and "Burn Notice" actor Jeffrey Donovan reached the hole.
DIVOTS: Mike and Jay Haas could become the eighth father-son combo to win on the PGA Tour. ... All but a handful of amateurs and celebrities stuck around to play the fourth rounds Sunday. ... Jeff Maggert withdrew after eight holes with flulike symptoms.
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Enhanced understanding of the syllabus
The majority of Independent Institutions follow the NSC (National Senior Certificate) as part of their further education years although a number also take the International Baccalaureate and Cambridge examinations (A-levels) from the United Kingdom. Life Science (N12LISC) is required for entry to a University Science based degree and taken by many students: a significant amount of what is being learnt can be experienced first-hand whilst on an expedition and the Opwall office can show you which topics are covered in an OpWall expedition. Students will experience these topics when they become involved in collecting data, observing scientists at work and following a series of activity lectures and an appropriate course specific to each country.
As part of the Life Science course students are required to undertake a Research task
and the Research task for NSC (National Senior Certificate) – non-investigative Practical would be appropriate.
The following (edited for conciseness) is taken from NSC handbook (Jan 2011):
Research task/ Non-investigative Practical (20 marks out of 100)
'This component of the portfolio is designed to replace the Investigation from the previous portfolio requirements. Many teachers struggled with this component previously as the requirements were particularly narrow and prescriptive. This item is now a similar task to the Research Project used in History and Geography. The emphasis must be on giving the candidates an opportunity to get involved in research of some kind and then to write a comprehensive report on their research findings. This task may involve a number of different research methodologies. It may simply involve Library (books) and Internet based literature review in order to solve a problem/ research question set by the teacher or it may involve an initial library/ internet based review followed by an actual data collection (investigation) which is performed at home, in the school laboratory or in the field. The final outcome of this activity is a written report detailing the results of the research findings. It is assessed using memoranda, checklists or rubrics or a combination of the three. The research should relate to a question, problem or case study/ scenario.'
Additional research related qualifications:
A number of South African schools offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) and within this award are the Extended Essay (EE) and Creativity, Action and Service components (CAS). Experience with other schools has shown that a student can contribute confidently towards these important components whilst taking part in an expedition.
Follow the links to EE and CAS for more detail on how it might work.
The practical scheme of work (PSOW) is the practical course planned by the science teacher and acts as a summary of all the investigations carried out by the candidate. Students whilst on expedition will take part in practical work and these could contribute significantly towards their IB Internal Assessment for IB Biology. The appropriate expedition booklet outlines the practicals that they will be involved with.
University applications and interviews
One of the best uses of the expeditions is to enhance your application for university entry.
In South Africa successful entry to University requires good passes in NSC. Some Universities also require a personal statement of achievement and the experience gained from an expedition will allow you to stand out from other similarly qualified students.
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Opwall's research expeditions provide an ideal opportunity for students to meet university academics and also, depending on the expedition, to work alongside university students doing degree courses of potential interest to them. These expedition provide an excellent way of making contacts and many of the students that have joined previous Opwall expeditions have then completed degrees in relevant subjects and gone on to careers in wildlife conservation or field research.


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Analysis: Few sparks, little drama
By Philippa Thomas in Boston
Al Gore won on points - but narrowly.
He seemed to me better briefed, more articulate, more assertive. You could say he appeared the more presidential candidate.
The vice-president's critics could well describe him as arrogant, aggressive, and just a little too ready to show off his knowledge of intricate policy details.
To begin with, Vice-President Gore and Governor Bush appeared the perfect match.
As they strode stage, both men were in Debate Uniform: the sober black suit, the deep red power tie, that "Oval Office" look. Both were tense. The handshake was perfunctory.
Key themes
Both had ample chance to get their key themes across. For the Texas governor, the theme was giving government - and government money - back to the American people.
He's offering the bigger tax cut by far, cash which he says shouldn't be hoarded by government but go back to the hardworking people.
As he put it, it's money "to build and save and dream for your families".
Governor Bush also hit out frequently at big government, "exploding" bureaucracy, and what he called time and again "Washington fuzzy math". His was a simple, classic Republican appeal.
But time and again, Al Gore threw it back in his face. The vice-president's line - "I want to enrich not just the few but all of our families."
The Bush tax cut, he charged, would enrich only the wealthiest one per cent.
So the Democrat also stayed firmly on message - painting himself as populist crusader, man of the people, against the candidate of wealth, special interests, and big oil.
On the biggest policy difference of all - as far as presentation goes - I think I'd call it a draw.
Different experiences
Where the balance began to shift was - predictably - in the field of foreign policy.
George W Bush has background of course - his own father in the White House - but his experience of government is limited to Texas.
When both were asked about Yugoslavia - how would they push Milosevic to relinquish office - Gore answered with more detailed analysis of the situation. Bush began more simply, saying "It's time for the man to go".
And when both were asked how they'd dealt as leaders with unexpected situations, Gore spoke about his efforts to bring resolution to the conflict in Kosovo.
Bush referred to floods back home in Texas. Both answers seemed telling, symbolic of the candidates' different levels of experience.
As for a sense of drama, well, I'll be honest. There wasn't very much. No killer lines. No great jokes.
Of course, there were sparks. There is little love lost between the two men. Governor Bush derided Al Gore for what he called "the old style Washington politics - trying to scare people into the voting booth".
Vice-President Gore made his impatience all too clear with theatrical sighs, head shaking, interventions and protestations.
The order of the day was tight-lipped tension. But given the opportunity to hit the vice-president over the issue of character, and the Clinton scandals, Governor Bush was if anything restrained.
Those who expected an evening of political mud-wrestling will have switched off from this event sorely disappointed.
To be positive, watching the debate, I felt that this is pure democracy in action.
It can be boring, even mind-numbing. It can be hard to get to the truth through a thicket of statistics and spin.
But this was the first chance America's voters have had to see the candidates under pressure, side by side, to hear their proposals without interruption, and to judge them on their merits.
As for overall impressions, I don't want to detract from the seriousness of this event - which could prove critical to the direction of election 2000.
But it did remind me rather of two school boys facing a dreaded test in the first week back after the long summer holidays.
Both were there, clean and eager, perched behind their desks - only whenever he got the chance, it wasn't George but Al who got there first, and it wasn't George but Al who seemed to shoot up his hand just that little bit higher.
It was an arena much more to his liking, and it showed.
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Multiplex EasyStar Thread 13 - Epic Adventure
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ESC and Battery Connectors for Newbies
Hi there Newbies
Dont make same mistake I did.
I made my ESC have a Female connector as that seemed like the right thing to do, looked neater and safer that way. However that means I had to put male connectors on my battery packs. Big mistake.
Basically if the ESC doesnt have a power touching the positive and negative together should have no impact. However touching a fully charged battery packs positive and negatives together are bad news. It happened to me, I was carrying an extra battery pack and my car keys together and the car keys made contact with the connectors and I saw a big spark fly.
The battery pack got slightly warm, and I did fly the pack and charge it twice, there appears to be no damage and flying time is the same.
Can somebody confirm that my NICAD pack could still be ok? or will it be damaged and should I replace it for sure?
ps. WOW thread 13
What the .......
You mean that my Grandson's picture got left behind in thread 12 ???
Oh, well, He'll understand!!
Paddy, don't forget to log on here .... We'll miss you ... (AGAIN)!!
Russ and ALL
SuperBoss ... I like that "EPIC ADVENTURE" Line !!!
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I Crash Often
Have any of you ever tried to put together a Cargo??
Is it just me or does nothing fit together right?
I would like to sell it if someone wants it.
$150 plus shipping.
I havent glued anything together yet.
Got my EZ* on monday and started planning how to work the extra wire engine mod that was presented to me in thread #12. Got that figured out. I put a Deans Ultra on the back of the wire in the engine pod, widened out the groove (putting one on the opposite half as well) and putting connectors for the ESC on the front of the wire in the cockpit compartment. Now I just have to pull the wire out, connect the motor, and pull it back from the other side and it snugs right into a recess in the pod that I melted in with a soldering iron. It seems to be a good mod. I don't have a ton of spare wire in the pod now and airflow isn't restricted to the motor to maximize that top scoop.
The Super 400 Cobalt fits in perfectly, and I only melted flat some of the 'lands' over the air inlet section of the motor to maximize the air through the motor. I also put 3 little tabs of velcro (only the loop side) on the motor to block the grooves, which forces the air through the motor. All in all, it turned out pretty well. I secured the motor with 4 tabs of hot melt glue. The motor doesn't move a bit. The 6x3 Master Airscrew BARELY clears the rear boom so I'm probably going to melt a little area there and put in a small plate of thin lexan to protect it from any potential prop strikes. Lexan is about the toughest lightweight stuff I know of.
I've got the reciever mounted, now to do the servos tomorrow and finish up the empennage. I'm thinking of holding the wings together with 2 small cobalt magnets that came from a dead Super 400 Cobalt that I have. I see some people using velcro but in a horrific cartwheel style wreck I think I want the wings to fly off to save them and that likely won't happen with velcro. I'm just concerned that the magnetic field might interfere with the reciever. The magnets would be about halfway between the motor and receiver but I don't know if they are powerful enough to really bother either. Anyone venture a guess here?
Other than that, she's looking really good. I'm thinking of trying a 3p setup of Multiplex 1500 7.4v Li-Poly batteries. The front is so roomy that it almost begs for a 3 parallel setup! Could probably fly for nearly 40 minutes at WOT on that!
I'm getting excited but I'm trying to be really patient and build this slowly. I've already made one mistake I'll have to compensate for. When gluing the halves together I let the CA harden so fast at the rear that the halves weren't perfect left to right and the tail is about 3/16th out of true longetudnial 'straight' in the back. I think I can bring it back to true using the elevator sleeve cover. It will be a little bit of a challenge to get it right.
Thanks to all in this thread on pointing me to what promises to be a fun plane!
Paddy..... what is this ?????
thanks for the drawing and photo..
Dumb Questions are not stupid... Just earier to answer
It's a "Prop Prop", made from a stir stick or a piece of scrap plastic. It stops the folding prop blades from folding back past the centreline.
On a plane with the prop in the front the fuselage does that. But when the prop is configured as a pusher there is nothing to stop one of the blades from folding over centre, from where centrifugal force holds it folded on startup, with dire out of balance consequences!!!!!
You can see it here. Hope this helps. Paddy.
That sloping site is called Kilcunda Ridge. It is about a 90 minute drive from home and is a high ridge parallel with the coast on a small peninsular dividing Bass Strait from Westernport Bay. The water in the previous photo is Westernport Bay.
This photo was taken on a Southerly so it is looking south over Bass Strait towards Tasmania, about 100 km away. The other photo is of "The Usual Suspects", hanging out, sloping and generally being cool!
This day Loopy's Eraser 48", the middle, red and yellow one in the Burning Rubbers photo, flew 6 hours without landing, and that was its maiden flight!!! Fantastic lift on a southerly because there is nothing to disturb the wind for 100 km!
This site works on a Southerly, Northerly and Northwesterly. We have others that work on different winds.
Your pack should be OK, just keep an eye on it and make sure it takes a fulkl charge. DON'T do this with LiPo's, they really, really don't like it! Your pocket might explode! Not a good place to have an explosion, especially if you are wearing the pocket at the time!!!!!
I'm not trying to dampen your enthusiam but a 2S3P 1500 Li Poly (4500mah), is a bit heavy for the EZ* and you will find your performance quite uninspiring.
To start with you never fly around at WOT all the time. In fact the EZ* flys best at 3/4 throttle on a 2S2P 1200 and will fly for 35 mins with throttle management. As a rule of thumb, it has been shown in these threads that the heaviest battery you can use should not weigh more than 180gm without degrading the performance. I am using a Tanic 2S1P 2500 now as it gives pretty much the same power as an E-tec 2S2P1200 (2400mah), but is lighter, and the gliding and thermalling performance shows it.
With a super 400 Cobalt you can handle a 3S battery for better performance, but you may need a 12-15 amp ESC.
Just my thoughts. Cheers. Paddy.
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Jerusalem in Darkness
Alison Prager
In this land where no-one sees the other, Palestinians are separated from Israelis and only see them as oppressors. Whilst Israelis don't want to see Palestinians at all and so they don't.
The tawdry 'Light in Jerusalem' festival thankfully concluded last night. Staged for a domestic audience its publicity states that it 'joins a short and prestigious list of Light Festivals in the world.' It promises the potential visitor: 'an extraordinary sensorial experience will be discovered by those visiting the Old City of Jerusalem and the blend of cutting edge technology with light illuminations, plastic arts, music, movement and performances will create unforgettable magical moments.'
Plastic lanterns and neon lights adorned the outer city wall, street lamps were covered in coloured cloth inside the city wall to mark the 'four trails' that visitors could follow. God forbid anyone should take a stroll on their own. There were thousands upon thousands of Jewish Jerusalemites frantically rushing to see the plastic lights, lamps and 'light sculptures' hanging from walls and buildings.
This is significant because it is the only time Jews will visit the non-Jewish areas of the city. They will only come in their thousands, or with the army or military police. It was like a 'reclaiming the night ' dressed up as entertainment. No Palestinians were to be seen, in the 'festival areas.' A heavy military presence ensured they stayed in their homes. As the publicity for the light festival refers to the 'reunification' of Jerusalem there would be no need to invite the non-Jewish residents of the Old City to participate, because the Jerusalem Municipality who co-sponsored the festival, automatically assume what they do represents all interests.
If it was a genuine Old City festival, all the different groups: Armenian, Christian and Muslim would have put on their own cultural activities. Instead it was a Jewish imposition. It wasn't necessarily a conscious act of defiance by many of the visitors. It was meant to be a night out enjoyed by observant and secular alike. The unifying element was that they were Jews walking through areas they were normally too frightened, or had no desire, to walk through.
This supposedly 'artistic' festival, with Jewish-only artists, was a nationalistic show of Jewish strength. Instead of calling it a festival of light it could have been called a Festival of Jewish Non-Seeing, as they were literally going to experience the absence of Arabs for an evening. This was the real entertainment.
What also struck me is that apparently the Jerusalem establishment are dissatisfied with the appearance of one of the, if not the, most historically important cities in the world. Is there a translation of 'gilding the lily' in Hebrew? Going against all current archaeological and preservation trends to say nothing of aesthetic sensibility, the municipal authorities thought the Old City could be improved by red and yellow plastic lights on the outside of the city walls. What do they think it's only old stones that could be improved with a bit of colour? It is the colour of the stone that makes Jerusalem universally famous and historically has brought travellers to see it. But this show was not for tourists.
Israelis seem afraid that the history evidenced in the Old City will show Arabic influence. They are incapable of integrating this into a rich and inclusive Jewish history and want to eradicate anything pertaining to a synthesis of cultural influences, including the population. This is why they have to tear down and then artificially adorn the remaining authentic beauty of Jerusalem; it tells a story they don't want to be told: Israel is part of the Middle East and Jerusalem was and still is an Arab city.


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