text:
male gamers who create female characters, explain yourselves Pages PREV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 . . . 17 NEXT | |
I enjoy looking at the female form. Seriously, THAT'S IT. I've thought about this and... you can have fun customizing male characters, you can enjoy RPing as a male character, etc, etc. The only difference is that it's a female form. | |
I like to dress up girls up in sexy outfits... | |
If it comes to single player games ie Obvlion, Morrowind ect ect, I'll first create a male char, on once done, create a female just for differnt play. My males are usually Hunters/Warriors Females are usually casters/mages/rogues. Online games (See: WoW) I always get a male to lvl 65 before I roll a female one. Like now I have a lvl 70+ Dwarf Male Shaman, and a level 28 Draenei Female Priest.. | |
Usually, if I play a girl character, its so that the backside I will be watching sway back and forth for 60 hours is at least slightly attractive...but more recently, playing MH3, Ive been playing a girl character because it seems to make people more willing to help you :p | |
most will say cause many guys prefer staring at a woman's behind than another guys. this doesn't really apply to me as i tend to alternate between male and female protagonists and i generally make the character as hideous and mutated as i can. it really amuses me when your romance choice gets all sweet and loving towards my freak of nature. i also choose the female on occasion as the game can be a bit different from that context which adds replay value. | |
Female body certainly factors in for certain games, character image for others. Not to mention the option isn't often provided, so i take it whenever i can get it just for something different. Every so often, however, voice actor (looking at you, Mass Effect 2). | |
I like to see the voice acting and usually my characters are nearly polar opposites so what better way to differentiate them. Sometimes I just make a female character to watch a nice ass. | |
I like seeing the differences, if any, between the male & female characters, plus I liek boobies! :P | |
Honestly it's not the norm and I feel that with a female character there is a greater sense of accomplishment because you are playing something that very few people ever play as. Also with characters like Terra from Final Fantasy VI, Shepard obviously, and a slew of others you get a really great character to play as. If I were to create an original character that was female, well it's mostly because I feel I can do more with the character. I don't know why but I feel the limitations of what men do in games and mediums lifted if I play as a female. It's rather weird and I certainly don't have gender issues. It's just something that happens instinctively. I feel that I can do more with the female characters for some reason. Also I am a dude so I guess it's just nice to see a different perspective and everything than what I'm used to playing as. In most cases, I play D&D and someone laughed at me when I created a female character and yet said nothing when I said a female friend plays a male character. | |
Two reasons one for whatever type of game it is, if it's third person I choose female for the same reason many do, if I'm gonna match an ass for the next few days might as well be a nice one. Second for a first person game, such as Fallout 3 and NV, It just seems to up the whole role-playing bit. | |
If you are going to be watching a characters backside for 60+ hours then the female form has advantages, though, I must admit, I do like looking at the back musculature and triceps of orcs in WoW. Anyway... I've leveled a female toon only once to cap and that was a cyber cat girl in Champions Online. She looked pretty fine, and different outfits I chose made her look even better, and since a lot of people roleplay and try to find dates for real life encounters in these sorts of games, it led to no end of mirth convincing strangers I was woman in real life. Women must have a lot of fun toying with men. | |
Well the last time I did that was when I was making my character for Fallout New Vegas and I decided to make the most evil character possible but unfortunately my damned conscience (and NPCs) always nag me having so much fun whenever I kill a defenseless homeless guy (I guess the game can be at leastt congratulated for being immersive), especially when the game punishes me for it and stops giving me all the good stuff. Therefore, I just have a character who I can't relate to so well so I can go about my business guilt-free and obviously I can relate to a man more than a woman. | |
im a guy and i always play female characters if i have a choice , because i like seeing my female shepard take names and kick ass , when the aliens are all like " look at the weak little scrawny human " i hear " look at the weak little girl " and then i later have them beging for their lives , it's awsome . I also play females in games like wow , my guild thought i was weird because i was a guy playing a blood elf female priest , and i was like why does it matter? My girlfriend told me this also , shes like "why do you play a female toon ? Guys are suppose to play male and Girls are suppose to play females "( my gf is 30 and i'm 22 ) i facepalmed. | |
I like to fantasize about women that I have something in common with. I know it's sad, but I figure it's better to use a video game character as a substitute until the real thing comes along than to sleep around with the various teen-age sluts in my immediate vicinity. | |
Only one reason. It doesn't matter whether a character is male or female. The aesthetic changes don't 'matter'. I choose both. | |
Most people play a female because it looks sexy and (I've heard this a billion times).."it's better to look at a female's ass than a male ones if I'm gonna waste hours and hours on end of my time". I usually play female characters after finishing the single player campaign if the game has replay value(i.e Mass Effect,Dragon Age origins etc). Regarding MMO's,I will always play a male char.It's just feels "normal" to me I guess,even though it is a fantasy/sci fi universe. | |
Sorry, I just can't resist. | |
I usually don't pick females, but F:NV I did. I made an asian assassin chick that was evil. It just seemed like a good idea too me. | |
Haha same here! Can't help what you like. I also find it often leads to some other interesting ways the story can unfold. I mean, you play a guy protaganist enough and most others will have some sort of tendency to follow the same cliches. Plus there's often enough differences to make me want to see how it would've happened as a girl. | |
1 more for the '50 hours looking at a but' case. Also in mmos usually the men look stupid and the women look better. (except draeni where its the other way round, and tauren women are just.. how about no.) | |
Because the female form is awesome... haven't you heard? | |
1:Because I like playing a character that seems 'cool', and I find the idea of a female breaking gender expectations and kicking ass to be 'cool' That being said, I play male characters more often than female. | |
Lots of reasons. Being attracted to women, not having to play a man, preferring somewhat smaller characters, enjoying the different mindset if roleplaying, preferring to hear the female voice rather than the male voice, having a thing for strong female characters (in both games and literature), so on and so forth. Lots and lots and lots of reasons. | |
Female leads are more interesting because they're not the norm. I wouldn't describe myself as a feminist but many of my friends are. Some of those issues they raise are quite interesting and I like having a chance to explore them while gaming. Yes, I tend to make characters that I find attractive but if I get to customise the appearance of a male character, I'll make him attractive too. That's for single player games. I don't play multiplayer a lot but I don't think I've ever even thought about creating a female character for an MMO. In a single player game I'm playing a role and it's generally more interesting if that role is something I'm not used to. In a multiplayer game I may have an avatar but I'm playing me, and I'm a dude. | |
I do it when the males are too ugly... | |
This, pretty much. Games that have no gender choice almost always have you play as a male. Therefore, gender choice games I pick female because outside of those games they're almost never heroes. | |
Female characters generally take up less of my screen so I can enjoy the designed environment for the game. | |
If it's 3rd person then it's because it's nicer to look at a girls ass for the duration of the gameplay than a guys. | |
Overall I do it because I find it far easier to make a visually appealing female character then a visually appealing male character. | |
Personally, I never see my character as me. They're just a character in a story that I'm controlling. Thus, it's just as easy for me to control a female character as a male one. More interesting too, since most set protagonists in games are male. | |
Everyday people gamers who create space marine characters: Explain. Come on, seriously. The reality gap between male gamers' personas and their character personas, is just as wide, whether they play a woman, space marine, jedi or hardened special forces veteran. It's all escapism and needs no explanation. Funny: Want to play the opposite gender? OOOhhh, raised eyebrows! | |
Yeah, pretty much the same reason for me. I'd rather spend several hours looking at a woman's body than a male one. | |
Because, I honestly swear that video game companies make female characters better for customisation. Every time I make a male character (especially in Bioware games :S) he either looks too much like a default model or really strange (misshapen eyes etc.) I don't have this problem with female characters unless I really try to make a stupid looking character. I was one of the people who enjoyed Champions Online, if only for its customisation :P. Also, some games have slight differences in dialogue etc. for female characters so you get a slightly different experience if you play as female instead of male. | |
I make females often and will echo this. 1. Distancing yourself from your avatar makes many games gain a little more individualization. If you put yourself into your avatar, you aren't having to put much thought into "What would my character do?" Because you are your character and the answer you prefer will probably jump out at you without much thought usually. I know it does for me. I think playing yourself takes roleplay out in a sense that "roleplaying yourself" isn't really roleplay as much as roleplaying a character other than yourself. 2. Making your avatar have a nice ass isn't so you can jerk off to it as you play. It is just about having something "better" to look at during slow moments of gameplay. Most of what you will see of your avatar is their ass. It's just the way it is. Now, do you want to look at a males ass, or a females ass? | |
Male characters tend to look ridiculous to me. Huge hulking manly men that have more in line with gorilla physiology than human. I tend to like my characters to be quick and agile and the female characters have a greater tendency to be suited to that. And yeah, I like the female body more than the male one. I usually play male characters because I like to get in character, but in cases where I don't expect a particularly in-depth story or am on my second play through (except in the case of Mass Effect. ManShep's voice acting bores me to skip-through status), I'll go and play a female character for visual appeal and game experience (if it changes all that much). | |
Pages PREV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 . . . 17 NEXT |


text:
Playstation 3 Outsells Wii in Japan for Second Week Straight
by Patrick Steen on November 21, 2007
The latest sales are in from Japan for the week starting 12/11 and ending 18/11, and surprisingly the PS3 is holding on in there with its new 40GB model, fighting off Nintendos Wii for another week. The Xbox360 also sees a rise, and Super Mario Galaxy and Heavenly Sword also having respectable sales. Find out the numbers after the jump.
DSLite: 81000
Wii: 36000
Xbox360: 5700
1. Mario Party (DS) 115000 (Total: 357000)
2. REUC (Wii) 105000
3. Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS3) 73000 (Total: 250000)
4. Game Center CX (DS) 46000
5. Famista (DS) 45000
6. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 43000 (Total: 378000)
7. Heavenly Sword (PS3) 16000 (Total: 23000)
8. Wii Sports (Wii) 15000 (Total: 2106000)
9. Wii Play (Wii) 15000 (Total: 1662000)
10. FFTA2 (DS) 14000 (Total: 249000)
11. Nishimura Kyoutarou suspense (DS) 11000 (Total: 123000)
12. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (DS) 11000 (Total:1.05m )
13. Dynasty Warriors 6 (360) 10000 (Total: 37000)
14. Complete Literature Works (DS) 8800 (Total: 100000)
15. My Household Budget Diary (DS) 8700 (Total: 286000)
16. Ratchet & Clank: Future (PS3) 8500 (Total: 19000)
17. Ghost Scad (Wii) 7500 (Total: 38000)
18. Mario Party 8 (Wii) 5500 (Total: 890000)
19. Cooking Mama 2 (DS) 4700
Source: Famitsu
And finally beats PS2! lol
...Why is PS2 so low?
I guess everyone got one by now lol
This is the first time I didn't *sigh* after looking at sales.
Now let me clarify that I don't really care, it's just that I was brought into gaming when PS owned the market and I'm just so used to seeing that brand on top so it's always very odd and striking for me to see PS3 sell so bad week after week but now it's looking like status-quo for me.
Two weeks, one week, hell, even one hour, I don't care, seeing PS on top (between consoles) is a good feeling.
And I guess we can tie this in with Wii shortages?
Dynasty Warriors 7 in the making
PSN ID: VGAficionado
PSN ID: VGAficionado
Japanese Wii allocations have been diverted to the US and Europe. They are also holding back many units for the launch of Wii Fit on Dec 1.
PS3 hardware in Japan has been doing much better with the new SKU. Software, not so much. PS2 in Japan did the same thing. Hardware sold like crazy since it was the cheapest DVD player in Japan and DVD software spiked but PS2 software was weak. I recently saw that BR movies have increased in sales in Japan lately while PS3 software still falters (though DW 6 is doing damn good).
Call me after 4 continuous weeks, then I'll get excited
PSN: Sephiroth_VII
Dynasty Warriors haha.
I love you, I hate you. Will you marry me? I just want to kill you.
2nd Week. Keep it up, Sony.
Insert extremem fanboy quote here.
Call me if Sony dominates in the US over the holiday season...
It's good to see Sony is picking up on their home court, but if they plan to make up ground they need to dominate in the UK & US; the UK is looking positive, but the US not so much...
If Sony can make up ground with their current lineup they should really start to make this a race in 2008 with all the well known IPs...
So THAAAT'S how Koei stays in business. Motherfuckers LOVE the Musou games.
Japanese people are a crazy bunch.
Common Capcom, release DMC4 already so that the PS3 can retain this momentum against the Wii.
^ So that Nintendo can release Super Smash Bros Brawl? For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction my friend.
I love you, I hate you. Will you marry me? I just want to kill you.
DMC4 = multiplat now, so people like me who have both systems can see compare which one is better before buying it too, which could also hurt Sony. DMC was never a system seller in the first place (RE is probably more notable). But w/e, I still have faith Capcom will still make it a great game.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Contact Us
• The Staff • at the Knicely Conference Center is here to serve you and your conferencing needs. Please ask us your questions! Fill out the form below and submit it to our staff or call us at 270-745-1908 for any information you need in planning your upcoming events. Thanks for your interest in our facility and we look forward to hearing from and working with you. If applicable, an online comment card is also available.
Knicely Conference Center
WKU South Campus
654 Campbell Lane **For Internet and GPS mapping services, use 2355 Nashville Road**
Bowling Green, KY 42101


text:
IWOOT - The new name of IWantOneOfThose.com
(0 Items)
Page 1 of 1
10% off all experience days with discount code 10OFFEXP
Ultimate Single Seater Driving at Silverstone - Weekends
Save 15%
Supercar Driving Thrill with Passenger Ride
Save 44%
Triple Supercar Driving Blast
Save 17%
Triple Supercar Driving Blast with Passenger Ride and Photo
Save 35%
Supercar Driving Thrill at Top UK Race Circuits Choice Voucher
Save 34%
Five Supercar Driving Blast
Save 24%
Supercar Driving Blast
Single Seater Driving Thrill at Silverstone
Four Supercar Driving Blast
Save 13%
Tour of Silverstone for Two
Save 33%
Triple Supercar Driving Thrill with Passenger Ride and In-Car Film
Save 36%
Tank Driving Experience
Aston Martin vs Ferrari Driving Thrill at Silverstone
Double Supercar Driving Thrill at Top UK Race Circuits
Triple Supercar Driving Blast with Passenger Ride
Silverstone Choice Voucher
Five Supercar Driving Blast with Passenger Ride
Save 22%
Single Seater and BMW M3 Driving Experience at Brands Hatch
Ferrari and Aston Martin Driving Thrill at Brands Hatch
Ferrari Driving Experience
Save 23%
Aston Martin Driving Experience
Zombie Battle - Abandoned Shopping Mall Experience
Audi R8 Thrill
Ferrari vs Lamborghini Thrill with Passenger Ride or Photo
Double Supercar Driving Thrill at Top UK Race Circuits - Weekends
Unusual Escapes Gift Voucher
Rally Driving Thrill at Silverstone
Quad Bike Thrill for Two
Save 2%
Truck Driving Experience
Save 21%
Driving Race Simulator Experience for One
Quad Biking Experience
Lotus Exige Driving Thrill at Silverstone
Ultimate Triple Aston Martin Driving Experience
Ultimate Triple Ferrari Driving Experience
Rally Driving Experience (UK Wide)
Tank Battle Paintballing
Junior Ferrari Driving
Triple Supercar Driving Thrill
Fantastic Four Driving Thrill with Passenger Ride
Spa Day for Two with Lunch at Rowhill Grange
One Hour Hovercraft Flying Experience for One
Double Supercar Driving Thrill (Week-Round)
Ultimate Single Seater Driving at Silverstone
Save 9%
If you fancy yourself as a professional driver IWOOT have the best selection of UK driving experience days and track days. Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button may well have to watch their backs once you get behind the wheel of our racetrack, off road and luxury vehicles. We guarantee you won't find such a diverse and varied range of driving experience days anywhere else. We have it all from our Truck Driving Experience to the Audi R8 Thrill .


text:
Two hikers admiring the views (Picture BC photo)
The staggering coastal and rainforest beauty of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve ensures Tofino's place as one of BC's most deeply rewarding hiking destinations.
From the sandy arc of Chesterman Beach to the Big Trail through Meares Island rainforest, bring good hiking boots, a camera and a billowing sense of wonder.
Easy Hiking
Easily one of Tofino's most beautiful beaches, Chesterman Beach is a 2.7km/1.7mi delight to walk or hike. If the pace slows down, it's because visitors are transfixed counting clam holes, discovering marine life, picking up sand dollars and watching legions of surfers braving the waves. Beach access is at both ends of the beach. The Wickaninnish Inn sits on a promontory at the north end; the espresso is excellent.
Read More
With an amazing 10km/6.2mi of golden beach, Long Beach is the single greatest stretch of sand on Vancouver Island and a natural magnet for swimmers, surfers, hikers, beachcombers and photographers. Two pay parking lots, changing facilities, flush toilets and picnic areas complete the profile of an impeccable beachside destination.
At low tide, on Long Beach, Cox Beach and smaller inlets, the coast's tidal pools invite curious newcomers to a world of marine wonders. Sea stars in brilliant orange and purple hues, mussels, barnacles and anemones reveal the intricacies of life and survival on the edge of the ocean. Often the beach is afloat in Pacific mist. Then it's most beautiful to behold and to photograph.
The cruise to Meares Island by water taxi is more than justified by this knockout 3km/1.9mi hiking trail through old-growth rainforest and ancient cedars. At the end stands the Hanging Garden Tree, more than 2,000 years old and 18m/60ft in diameter.
Intermediate Hiking
Formerly the Wickaninnish Trail, the 5km/3.1mi trail runs between the north end of Long Beach and Florencia Bay. It starts just south of the Wickaninnish Interpretive Centre. Hikers negotiate boardwalk, forest, bog and the "corduroy" road used in the early days of European settlement. Be on the lookout for intriguing flora, from sunny yellow skunk cabbages to Labrador tea plants. On wet days, remember the hiking boots.
Two boardwalk trails with excellent signage lead to the secrets of Pacific Rim National Park. Route B is a 1km/0.6mi loop that leads explorers through dense, mysterious forest. Some say it reminds them of the marching forest in Lord of the Rings. It descends to the floor of the valley, the heart of the rainforest, to reveal 100 varieties of epiphytes – plants growing atop other plants, drawing their nutrients from rain, wind and fog. Hikers realize they're passing through the birth of a rainforest.
For more information, on hiking in and around Tofino, drop by the Visitor Centre at 455 Campbell Street.
Read Less
2 Hiking in Tofino
Discover the story behind Vancouver Island's ancient rainforests of giant trees, alpine flower meadows & turquoise mountain lakes; ocean tide pools; marine & other wildlife; salmon & bird watching areas. Year-round personal nature tours with a biologist trained by Interpretation Canada. Get to the right place in less time so you can spend more time exploring, learning, exercising & experiencing. Find secret places & special moments off the beaten path & discover the hidden creatures others don't know about. Have an authentic vacation that tells the story behind the scenery through thought-provoking & interactive programs. Snowshoeing & hiking tours.
More Details
We provide inspiring & authentic outdoor holiday tours of Canada for the leisure traveller. If you have dreamed of exploring natural settings in Canada apart from mainstream tourism, then Midnight Sun Adventure Travel's vacations of the Rocky Mountains, Vancouver Island & Haida Gwaii will capture your heart and imagination.
New for 2013 is our 28 day Canada West Safari composed of four separate legs with optional city breaks in between - a great tool for customizing your vacation to western Canada.
Activities & tour themes include easy hiking, wildlife viewing, train travel, family travel, marine explorations, kayaking and sightseeing.


text:
My Community
CNSC licensees are found across Canada
Our best-known licensees are those who operate nuclear power plants, but most of our licensees deal with nuclear substances and are found in several communities across Canada.
Find out more about Nuclear Facilities in Canadian Communities.
Find out what's happening in your community
If you live in a community where a CNSC licensee operates, information about environmental assessments taking place in your community or upcoming hearings and meetings is available.
Participate and be heard
Find out how you can get involved with opportunities for you to participate and be heard at CNSC.
Find out more about the licensees in your neighbourhood
Visit licensee Web sites for more details about them in Key Links
Learn more about nuclear energy in our Reading Room and About Nuclear Safety for other nuclear-related information.


text:
Login / Logout / Resources for Consumers / Create a FREE Online Account / Contact Us |
Membership | Issues | Events | Professional Development | Who We Are | Contact |
Direct Marketing Association Announces Finalists for New DMA Future Innovators AwardsHonors to be Presented During DMA09 in San Diego New York, NY, October 16, 2009 The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) today announced finalists for the inaugural DMA Future Innovators Awards (FIA), which recognize the innovative advances being made in the field of marketing. Honors will be presented at a special presentation on Sunday, October 18, at 5 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall near booth 1147, during the DMA09 Conference & Exhibition, the Global Event for Integrated Marketing, taking place October 17-22 in San Diego. The awards will be presented each year to suppliers of new products or services exhibiting at DMAs annual conference that are deemed the most influential and having improved the global marketing community in the previous year. In these difficult economic times, the need for creativity and innovation is great, and DMA is honored to provide the appropriate recognition as the marketing community continues to make strides. Judges, comprised of the marketing communitys best and brightest, will review the submissions based on three main criteria: how innovative the product or service is, whether it is completely new or an advancement; the impact the product or service has on an end user (quantified with data); and whether or not the product or service made a difference to the global marketing community. 2009 DMA Future Innovators Awards Finalists · AmazingMail.com Inc. · BLI messaging · City Twist · Epsilon Sonar · Experian Marketing Services · FirstData and Visant Marketing Services · Fresh Address · Global-Z Real Time · Harte-Hanks Marketing Intelligence · Neustar · NextMark Mailing List · Portrait Software · Unica Interactive Marketing About DMA09 Conference & Exhibition The DMA09 Annual Conference & Exhibition, the Global Event for Integrated Marketing, is the worlds largest gathering of multichannel marketing professionals. DMA09, which will be held October 17-22 in San Diego, will feature keynote presentations, educational sessions, roundtables, case studies, white papers, and research reports. DMA09s exhibit hall will feature hundreds of exhibiting companies. For additional information, or to register for the six-day multichannel marketing event of the year, please visit www.dma09.org. For information about DMA09 exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, please contact DMA provides complimentary registrations for editorial staff of media outlets covering multichannel direct marketing. To request press registration, please email DMA at firstname.lastname@example.com. For information about DMAs requirements for press credentials, please click here. About Direct Marketing Association (DMA) The Direct Marketing Association (www.the-dma.org) is the leading global trade association of businesses and nonprofit organizations using and supporting multichannel direct marketing tools and techniques. DMA advocates standards for responsible marketing, promotes relevance as the key to reaching consumers with desirable offers, and provides cutting-edge research, education, and networking opportunities to improve results throughout the end-to-end direct marketing process. Founded in 1917, DMA today represents more than 3,100 companies from dozens of vertical industries in the US and 48 other nations, including half of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as nonprofit organizations. In 2008, marketers commercial and nonprofit spent $176.9 billion on direct marketing, which accounted for 52.1 percent of all ad expenditures in the United States. Measured against total US sales, these advertising expenditures generated approximately $2.057 trillion in incremental sales. Last year, direct marketing accounted for approximately 10 percent of total US gross domestic product. Also, there are today 1.6 million direct marketing employees in the US. Their collective sales efforts directly support 9.3 million other jobs, accounting for a total of 10.9 million US jobs. The Power of Direct: Relevance. Responsibility. Results. # # # |


text:
Fire departments from the Town of Easton, Town of Hewitt, Birnamwood and the Langlade County Rural Fire Department are at the scene of a fire at 4868 Bear Lake in Aniwa, which is just west of the Langlade County line.
Crews were paged to the scene around noon Monday for the report of a structure fire.
Our reporter on scene says the backside of the home is destroyed, but firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to the attached garage.
No one was home when the fire started. It was called in a person driving by who saw smoke from the road.
A cause is still under investigation.
Enter Zip Code for Custom Weather


text:
August 19, 2010
Josh Bennett UteZone.com
As the Utes shift their focus in practices to in-depth preparation for the September 2 matchup with Pitt, the defense continues to improve and the depth charts are becoming more defined. How did the defense fare in Wednesday afternoon's practice? Click to read more. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now for a FREE Trial
Already a member? Click here to sign in


text:
You can share this video by copying this HTML to your clipboard and pasting into your blog or web page.
You either have JavaScript turned off or have an old version of the Adobe Flash Player. To view this rating widget you
need to get the latest Flash player.
Got an idea, question, or debate inspired by this talk? Start a TED Conversation.
Nate Silver has data that answers big questions about race in politics. For instance, in the 2008 presidential race, did Obama's skin color actually keep him from getting votes in some parts of the country? Stats and myths collide in this fascinating talk that ends with a remarkable insight.
Math whiz and baseball fan Nate Silver was mainly known for predicting outcomes in fantasy ballgames -- until his technique hit a home run calling the outcome of the 2008 election primaries. Full bio »
Just follow the guidelines outlined under our Creative Commons license.


text:
Honey Hoisin Tofu |
I love that there are pictures of every dish in the book. |
Broiled Miso Cod Fingers (left) Lemon Chicken (right) |
The highest compliment a meal can receive in my family is when the diners proclaim, "Good Cook Doris". I enjoy cooking and coming up with fun new meals. Inspired by the great cooks in my family, great meals out, and my travels, I love to experiment in the kitchen and cook up new ideas. My ingredient list is usually filled with local, seasonal goodies picked up from the farmers markets.


text:
skip navigation
Updates to the Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection were released on Thursday, November 1, 2012. Please send your comments to firstname.lastname@example.com by November 15, 2012.
Corrections were made to the guideline. For a description of the changes, please see the correction notice.
(Last updated:11/5/2012; last reviewed:11/1/2012)
Drug Interactions (see also the Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents):
Major Toxicities:
Resistance: The International AIDS Society-USA (IAS-USA) maintains a list of updated resistance mutations (see http://www.iasusa.org/resistance_mutations/index.html) and the Stanford University HIV Drug Resistance Database offers a discussion of each mutation (see http://hivdb.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/INIResiNote.cgi).
Pediatric Use: Raltegravir is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in children aged ≥2 years. Raltegravir has been studied in 126 antiretroviral (ARV) treatment-experienced HIV-1-infected children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years in combination with an optimized background ARV regimen in IMPAACT P1066. Additional experience from the French expanded access program in treatment-experienced adolescents support the good virologic and immunologic results observed in P1066.1,2
IMPAACT P1066 is a Phase I/II open label multicenter study to evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile, safety, tolerability, and efficacy of various formulations of raltegravir in HIV-infected children. Subjects received either the 400-mg film-coated tablet formulation twice daily (patients aged 6–18 years and weighing at least 25 kg) or the chewable tablet formulation at a dose of 6 mg/kg twice daily (aged 2 to <12 years). Current pediatric approval and dosing recommendations are based upon these evaluations in 96 patients.3-7
In IMPAACT P1066, the initial dose-finding stage includes intensive PK evaluation in various age cohorts: (aged 12 to <19 years, 6 to <12 years, 2 to <6 years). Dose selection was based upon achieving target PK parameters similar to those seen in adults: PK targets are geometric mean (GM) area under the curve of 14-25 µMxh and GM 12 h concentration >33 nM. Additional subjects were then enrolled in each age cohort to evaluate long-term efficacy, tolerability, and safety. Ninety-three (97%) subjects completed 24 weeks of treatment with 54% achieving HIV RNA <50 copies/mL with a mean CD4 T lymphocyte count (percent [%]) increase of 119 cells/mm3 (3.8%). The frequency, type, and severity of drug-related adverse reactions through week 24 were comparable to those observed in adult studies. Observed adverse reactions considered drug-related included one patient with grade 3 psychomotor hyperactivity, abnormal behavior, and insomnia; one patient with a grade 2 allergic rash; and one patient with grade 3 ALT and grade 4 AST laboratory elevations.
The investigational raltegravir oral granules for suspension formulation are currently under study in P1066 in children aged 4 weeks to <2 years. Recent data, obtained from 9 children aged 6 months to <2 years, suggest that the oral granules are well tolerated with favorable preliminary efficacy. PK data obtained in 8 of the 9 young children achieved targets similar to those observed in the 2- to 11-year-olds receiving the chewable tablets.8 A dosage of 6 mg/kg every 12 hours was chosen for continued study in this age group.
The raltegravir chewable tablet has higher oral bioavailability than the film-coated tablet based on a comparative study in healthy adult volunteers.9 In the PK of raltegravir, interpatient and intrapatient variability is considerable.10


text:
3 Meetup Groups match "Lightroom" near McKinney, TX
This Meetup page is an extension of the official DFWAUG website: http://www.dfwaug.net and will mirror meeting notices. Your User Group Manager is Gene McCullagh. **Please be sure to register on the official site for your membership discounts** The DFWAUG was established to help fellow Adobe devotees within the Dallas/Fort Worth TX area have a greater understanding of current and forthcoming happenings within the graphic design and web development worlds today. We will be concentrating on produc …
There are no upcoming Meetups.
** WE TEACH PHOTOGRAPHERS AT ANY SKILL LEVELS, HOW TO USE THEIR CAMERA SYSTEMS BETTER AND LEARN DIGITAL EDITING TECHNIQUES. ** Do you struggle with understanding your camera settings? Do you want to learn how to use your digital camera properly and take better pictures? Are your interested in learning Digital Imaging & Editing techniques with software like Photoshop, Elements, and/or Lightroom? If you answered "Yes!", then we are just the right group for you to learn all about photography and di …
Calling all photographers in the Arlington area! Are you new to the world of photography and want some pointers or are you a seasoned pro who would like to network with fellow photographers and share your expertise? We want to gather together photographers of all experience levels to create a community of learning and sharing.
Get an alert email when new Meetup Groups like this start near you.
You'll get advice, help finding members, and tools to make running a Meetup Group easier.


text:
Begin New Search
Refine Last Search
Cemetery Lookup
Add Burial Records
Help with Find A Grave
Top Contributors
Success Stories
Discussion Forums
Find A Grave Store
Log In
John J. McKeon, Jr.
member for 10 years, 11 months, 6 days
Add to MyFriends
Bio and Links
I'm married with two lovely daughters who are now 22 and 20 yrs old. They are both in college now. I don't know where the time has gone. I'm an Occupational Therapist and live in the Reading PA area. I'm also a history buff and enjoy old cemeteries. This is a great site, even though folks think I'm a little weird because I enjoy it.
Thank you to all those who place something on my father, grandfather and grandmother's memorials. A special thank you to Reilly for sponsoring my father's memorial page, to Jane Eubanks for sponsoring my grandfather's memorial page, and Dorothy Varnell for sponsoring my grandmother's memorial page.
Leave Public Message
Contributions to
Find A Grave
2 Memorials Added
3 Memorials Managed
9 Photos
2,288 Virtual Flowers
369 Fame Ratings
Messages left for John J. McKeon,...
Leave Message
Accuracy Disclaimer and Terms of Use


text: Drafts has become an InBox for my iPad and iPhone. It lives in my Dock. When I open Drafts it has a blank note and the keyboard is active. I can very quickly type in some text then from within Drafts I can send it to Reminders or if I type in multiple lines I can send them all as an entire list to Reminders. There is a long list of apps it works with, including OmniFocus.


text:
Thursday, April 2, 2009
How to Condition Your Cricut Mat
To combat this, after opening the mats up, I usually press the mat against a clean T-shirt (or the one I'm wearing, ha ha!) and this removes the excessive stickiness.
But, Cricut Dan has an even more interesting idea and people on the yahoo group say this prevents those little paper stickies from clinging to your mat!
Look HERE to see Cricut Dan's video about this!
10 comments:
Wow! All this time I thought we shouldn't touch the mat because the oils from our hands would make it less sticky and that would mean the paper wouldn't stick to the mat and thus make our mats last less time! I guess I'm still finding it hard to believe that we should want to oil-up the mat before we use it the first time!
But he seems to know of what he speaks. And I am a baby cricuteer.I've been doing it since I saw this and the reason it helps is that the paper doesn't stick and tear on the mat and little pieces and fibers don't build up as bad. Also amazing is when your mat starts feeling less sticky take a baby wipe to it to get dirt and particles off of it and it is sticky again for a while.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousMarch 22, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Oh, I just experienced the tooo sticky new mat syndrome and was sooo frustrated, Thank you for eliminating the taboo of touching the mat! And now I'll try the marker outline and cut shape element. Thank you for sharing tips. MaMaK at firstname.lastname@example.com
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 9:46 AM
I watched the video, but couldn't hear what repostional glue to use & how to use it? Can anyone help?
ReplyDelete Thanks!!! This is awesome. My DH just bought me new mats and I used the first one but got frustrated because it was tearing my paper. So I didn't even use the second one yet. I will be pulling that puppy out tonight and testing this.
Would like to know more about making my mat sticky again. I felt like my mat didn't stick very good after using a baby wipe on it.- AnonymousDecember 18, 2010 at 6:24 AM
Before i resort to throwing old mats out, i will lightly spray the back of whatever paper i am using with light adhesive. This works great with heavier paper, but an extremely light mist is needed with regular paper.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousNovember 2, 2013 at 6:29 PM
What kind of glue did he say to use?? I could not hear what he recommended????


text:
I was testing it out an old TV I have tonight and saw that it has RGB inputs on back. It has RGB(sp), Monitor In, and two RGB Multi Connector slots (20-pin). Isn't that pretty rare? I was going to junk it or give it away before I noticed that.
I was testing it out an old TV I have tonight and saw that it has RGB inputs on back. It has RGB(sp), Monitor In, and two RGB Multi Connector slots (20-pin). Isn't that pretty rare? I was going to junk it or give it away before I noticed that.
eBay: Japan-Games
Sounds like an old monitor more than a TV. Does it have RF?
Sure they're not 21-pin RGB? What's the size? Why not take a picture? Probably not too valuable in Japan while the CRT Wega models are still around. Large sizes with very good analogue RGB. If you don't have one, you should jab a stick up your ass or some other form of harsh punishment.
Last edited by GaijinPunch; 04-13-2007 at 03:40 PM.
Well I'll be....it is a monitor. It'a a huge 36 inch puppy that's the spitting image of a TV.
(idiom quota reached)
eBay: Japan-Games
Pics.... You're right, it's 21-pin. I'm woefully ignorant about technical things...
eBay: Japan-Games
the lower left port is the same my old RGB/TV monitor has. Although it's a much smaller screen
is that EUROSCART on a JPN tv set? O_o
Last edited by Barc0de; 04-14-2007 at 03:13 AM.
You can ask for any old woman
You can ask for an army of ants
You can ask for a pillar of poison
You can ask for sheep and shavers
And you can die for
Be careful what you wish for
Old school TV.
If you need a newer "TV" you can get a pro monitor they use in tv production, those are nice.
No. In the UK there are two scarts. One is RGB (21pin RGB) which is what old Japanese TVs had and in my opinion still should have, idiots:nod: The other one on UK or Euro TVs is not RGB but looks like it is. This is what is known as a scart or the French version if I remember rightly.Originally Posted by Barc0de
PS: Nice monitor Eric. I'll have it if you're goingto dump it. Would go great with my older consoles.
yeah. nice item there. also checking the hard offs time by time for such TVs, but wasn't that lucky up to now :/
the home of your individual PC Engine collection!!
PCE Games coundown: 686/735 (49 to go)
PCE Shmups countdown: 111/111 (all clear!!)
UK/Europe has SCART. Japan has 21-pin RGB. Connectors & plugs look EXACTLY the same, but they are wired differently. Don't know what that green one is. My Sony PVM had it.No. In the UK there are two scarts. One is RGB (21pin RGB) which is what old Japanese TVs had and in my opinion still should have, idiots The other one on UK or Euro TVs is not RGB but looks like it is.
Is that a Sony by any chance? If it is, it looks like the JPN equivalent of the PVM. I only remember it having ONE RGB connection though, and not two. I forgot the name of it... Pro Feel Pro I think. Something like that. The slots on the side look like speakers can be attached to them is why I ask.
Does it have a tuner? If not, it's a monitor. Connecting the speakers directly to it w/ speaker wire as well pretty much give it away that it was never intended for consumer use.Old school TV.
And not easy to find. In Japan, by far the easiest Analogue RGB solution is the Wega. They TATE well, too! The PVM (and I assume the Japanese equivalent) do not. They also have no service menu, which makes tweaking them extremely cumbersome. They have to be pulled from the casing. Fun...electrocution.If you need a newer "TV" you can get a pro monitor they use in tv production, those are nice.
JG.com -- Is that your kitchen? You are not married, are you?
Last edited by GaijinPunch; 04-14-2007 at 05:30 AM.
Not entirely true. I had a Surround sound Toshiba 10 years ago when I lived in the UK. That had two plugs. One was real RGB while the other was scart. It was easy to tell as well since a PAL SNES would only work in socket 2 while the Saturn (J-NTSC) with a real RGB 21 pin plug worked the 1st socket. The picture alignment was also slightly to the left when using the RGB socket. Quite a few of the high end TVs has real RGB and a Euro scart on them.Originally Posted by GaijinPunch
What do you mean by "real RGB"? There really is no real RGB connection. Scart isn't, 21-pin isn't... they just happen to carry RGB signals. I think it's safe to say the most common form of RGB in Europe is SCART though.Originally Posted by Yakumo
That seems odd though since the TV also has 2 S-video inputs. This is what it had on the backOriginally Posted by the_steadster
4 sets of coposite with stereo inputs
2 S-video inputs
1 RGB 21pin (shiffted the picture to the left a little)
1 Scart (The Saturn would look back & white through this)
RF input
On the front it had another S-Video and a set of composite inputs. The two inputs on the back that looked like Scarts were nott he same type of input because if they were all my Japanese NTSC stuff that I used 21 pin connectors for would run perfectly in both inputs but they didn't. They'd only work in 1 while running black & white in the other. The TV was fully NTSC compatable as well as PAL.
Ah, what I mean is that it was a 21pin wired to give RGB. In Europe there's also a cable that looks like a 21 pin scart but when you onpen it up only a few pins are connected to anything. These give a composite style image. Nintendo used to have this box which at one end had composite inputs while the other fitted in to the Scart on your TV. These were very common but the quality was turd.Originally Posted by GaijinPunch
Scart in Europe can output RGB, but only some consoles and DVD players do in reality. Most Scart cables (and TVs) only accept the composite video pin, so all that RGB goodness is lost. There is s-video as well, but it's rarely used. Those boxes Yakumo mentions just pass through the composite. Some of the connectors on those boxes only have 3 or 4 pins, to cut costs even more.
October 8th 2010: Just logged in here for the first time in several years, and wow was I an immature little ass :P apologies if any previous posts (such as this one?) do not reflect well on the person I am, was or possibly will be.
SCART Can carry true RGB. Most Euro TVs have the ability to switch modes between RGB or S-Video depending on the signal recieved over the SCART cable.
So it is true that SCART itself cannot carry both signals at once, but a TV can have a SCART socket that operates as either RGB or Composite or S-Video.
I can vouch for this, as both my TVs have RGB Enabled Scart sockets, but also accept S-Video over SCART and Composite over SCART.
Info on SCART can be found here, to back it up.
The confusion stems from the JPN 21-PIN RGB, that is also an RGB format, but totally different wiring.
See here for details to compare.
Last edited by TheDeathcoaster; 04-14-2007 at 06:53 PM.
I agree to all auction Guidlines. Still.
I have two Scart cables for my PS1 - a composite and an RGB one. Both work on the same Scart port and both give different results. The RGB one is definitely RGB output. As deathcoaster states, some Televisions can switch between the two on scart, either automatically or through a menu option.
Anthaemia.: Anyway, that's enough crazy ranting and wild speculation for now...
ASSEMbler: Please don't invite him here, there's no room for crazies here we're full up.
Barc0de: I m biased for Nintendo
Question is, why wasn't rgb supported in the U.S. like it was in japan and europe?
RGB was supported in the USA, just not for home systems i think. FCC standards to avoid confusion with YPrPb devices?
You can ask for any old woman
You can ask for an army of ants
You can ask for a pillar of poison
You can ask for sheep and shavers
And you can die for
Be careful what you wish for


text:
How To Replace a Shower Head
Brent Holland shows you how to easily replace a shower head
Michael Berman 12" Raincan Shower Head
Renowned designer Michael Berman has lent his expert eye to help create Rohl's Michael Berman collection. This family of bathroom faucets and fixtures fits squarely in Rohl's Transitional suite, emphasizing European style and celebrating the American style of the 1920s and 1930s. The sleek aesthetic can be appreciated throughout the Rohl Michael Berman collection, with beautiful, bold spouts and elegant cross handles. This collection features brass construction and is comes in five finish options.
Rohl 1045/8 Features:
- All brass housing, swivel, and faceplate construction – weight: 6 lbs.
- Hand-machined from solid brass stock
- Superior finishing process – chemical, scratch, and stain resistant
- Single function rain shower head
- Serviceable faceplate
- Swivel ball assembly – 360 degree shower head rotation
- 1/2" female supply connection
- Flow rate: 2-1/2 gallons-per-minute
- Shower head diameter: 12"W
- Designed for use with standard 1/2" U.S. plumbing connections
- All necessary mounting hardware included
- Two year warranty on manufacturer defects
- Manufactured in New Zealand, Western Europe, and/or North America
- Note: Shower arm is not included, must order separately
Excellence, durability, and beauty. Family values, integrity, and innovation. These are all terms which aptly describe Rohl and its remarkable selection of kitchen and bathroom faucets and fixtures. Since 1983, Rohl has maintained a commitment to providing high-quality plumbing products for residential and commercial applications, while assuring these fixtures would make a difference in the overall décor in the living space. With a dedication to excellence throughout the home, Rohl has been satisfying homes, schools, hospitality venues, and restaurants all around the world. Rohl specializes in providing timeless designs for every type of theme, including traditional, transitional, and modern. When Rohl suggests its products reflect the feel of a certain area outside the United States, it's more than just that. Rohl products are authentically crafted in towns in New Zealand, Western Europe, and North America.
Additional Rohl Links
- View Manufacturer Warranty
- Shop All Rohl Products
- Shop All Rohl Michael Berman Collection Products
Our SKU: Rohl 1045/8
This product is listed under the following manufacturer number(s):
- Rohl 1045/8AB
Antico Brass - Rohl 1045/8IB*
Inca Brass - Rohl 1045/8APC*
Polished Chrome - Rohl 1045/8PN
Polished Nickel - Rohl 1045/8STN
Satin Nickel - Rohl 1045/8TCB
Tuscan Brass
*Denotes a finish or option that has been discontinued
Product Specifications
Specification Sheet | |
Flow Rate (GPM) | 2.5 |
Height | 5.25 |
Material | Brass |
Product Weight | 6 |
Showerhead | Rainshower |
Showerhead Height | 5.25 |
Showerhead Width | 12 |
Spray Pattern | Rain |
Theme | Traditional |
Width | 12 |


text:
Neti Pot & Ear Pressure!
View Single Post
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 3
Neti Pot & Ear Pressure!
I've had a severe cold for a month. Doctor suggested trying neti pot. I got one and tried it... It wasn't working at all because I'm so congested. No water would come out either nostril. I kept trying maybe 5 - 10 times on each side, no luck. This is my first time using one.
Next morning I wake up with a blocked ear on the right side. As time goes by it becomes very very painful. I go to an Urgent Care and he says I have full blown ear infection and throat infection and prescribes antibiotics which I'm now taking.
I think the main test will be to see if this goes away once I complete the antibiotics. What I fear though is that my use of the neti pot has caused water to be lodged in my middle ear. Since I started the antibiotics, only taken one so far, it feels better... the pain has decreased, but the fullness blocked feeling is still there.
Should I assume that my eustachian tube has water stuck? I'm really scared based on the stories I've been reading. My intuition tells me I do have water in there, and I would really like to know what I should do.
Note: Prior to this incident, I popped my ears by closing my mouth/nose and that side (the right side) would barely pop, and when it did I got real dizzy. I thought, oh I better go get my ears cleaned. I went to the doctor last week and she said they looked fine minus a little fluid (this was Wed.). I did the neti pot that Friday, then had to go to Urgent Care on Saturday.
Do you think I could have developed this "full blown" ear infection in one night? Or based on what I'm saying was my ear already acting up?
I've been sick with a cold for over a month now... so I know my sinuses are probably suffering. Urgent Care told me I have strep throat and an ear infection.
The Following User Says Thank You to lisakatd For This Useful Post:
View Public Profile
Find More Posts by lisakatd


text:
And it seems to be transferable between people and cows:
A new form of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been found in dairy cows and humans in the U.K. and Denmark, providing more evidence that animals could be passing this superbug on to people—not just the other way around.
[...] Even as hospital-acquired MRSA cases have been declining in many countries, including the U.S., cases picked up outside health care settings are on the rise. Some of these cases are likely transmitted from people who have been in contact with a medical setting and then passed MRSA along through a chain of others through a sneeze or skin contact.
And the new findings indicate to Smith "that there's probably more movement of Staph aureus between people and animals than we've realized."
[...] Could this strain also be lurking in the U.S.? "I would guess that it is," Smith says. "If we turn over some rocks, I would guess that we would find it." In Denmark, samples from each case of MRSA are collected, providing researchers with a comprehensive view of the disease landscape, but in the U.S. testing is more sporadic.
The new find highlights the need for more widespread testing and a detective hunt to find out where and when this strain emerged, Smith says. And the revelation that dairy herds can carry MRSA also underscores the importance of proper hygiene and animal care, Holmes noted. Full story…
And the very serious GOP wants to cut funding to the USDA and the FDA. The invisible hand will take care of the need for testing — certainly corporate farms and dairy and meat processing plants don't need MORE regulations when they're testing as often as sporadically.
This situation actually would be like a Circle of Win for the GOP:
- Sporadic testing + funding cuts to regulatory agencies = even LESS testing and regulation
- Therefore, more people may contract the new Staph infection + many without medical insurance = deaths
- Dead people who couldn't afford medical care probably weren't working anyway, so + less federal / state spending on UI benefits and food stamps = more money for extending tax cuts to the corporate farms and processing plants!
- oh, and JOBS! Somehow.


text:
Do you have a question about part # NR-101?
With thousands of product installations and troubleshoots, we don't just sell this stuff, we know how to install and use it.
Please include the year, make, and model of your vehicle, being as specific as possible, if you have a question about a custom fit product.
What our customers are saying:
I really appreciated the prompt responses that I received. The responses answered all my questions and concerns. Thank you all.
Questions Asked About Part Number NR-101
Questions About Other Grille Guards


text:
By John Green - The Hutchinson News - firstname.lastname@example.com
Between 500 and 600 people attended a day-long conference at the Kansas State Fairgrounds Tuesday to learn about potential opportunities in connection with the "Mississippian Lime Play," a geologic zone nearly a mile underground in south central Kansas that's full of trapped oil and gas now being freed through hydraulic fracturing.A panel made up of representatives from several major U.S. oil companies and a couple of independent regional ones that have been drilling in the area the past 18 months conveyed their excitement about what they're finding - and some of the challenges they're facing.
Gov. Sam Brownback introduced the event and moderated the panel discussion.
That discussion and several brief presentations were then followed by a "business to business" networking opportunity for small businesses around the state to make contact with the oil and gas producers.
Growing numbers
Some figures offered Tuesday give a hint at the importance and potential for the zone, which in Kansas has seen concentrated production primarily in six counties along the Oklahoma border, but which is now moving northward.
From Jan. 1 through Tuesday, the state has received 6,901 "intent to drill" notices, including 252 permits for horizontally drilled wells. For all of last year, the state received 4,604 notices of intent, including just 42 horizontal wells.
Traditionally, oil wells are drilled vertically. In Mississippian Lime, a geologic zone created some 330 million years ago, producers use a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing - breaking up the rock zone underground with a pressurized, chemically treated sand and water mixture - to tap the zone.
While tremendously more expensive to drill and operate - averaging about $3.25 million per well - the wells are exponentially more productive.
From 1915 to 2000, the Mississippian zone has accounted for 17 percent of the state's total historical oil and gas production, Rex Buchanan, of the Kansas Geological Survey, informed the audience. In just the last year, the number of producing MLP wells went from 18 to 75, and production from MLP accounted for 4 percent of the state's total.
"We do know this thing is real," said David Todd, vice president of production for Shell Exploration.
Big investment, returns
All of the panelists emphasized that there's "a learning curve" for production from the zone, and a price level oil must remain above to keep the development profitable.
Mississippian rock formations are different throughout the state, said Wayne Woolsey, CEO of Woolsey Energy Corp. in Kansas, and producers have to learn about the specific rock in an area and how to drill and fracture before the operation can become profitable.
"Eighty-four percent of the state has Mississippian rock, but you have to learn the rock. I've horizontally drilled 10 of these," Woolsey said. "The first three (wells) never paid out. The fourth one will pay out this month - and the fifth one will pay for the first three."
With a submersible pump in that well, it produced 30 barrels of oil an hour and 6 million cubic feet of gas, Woolsey said.
"But we don't have the infrastructure to run the pump from the surface."
So, using the pump occasionally to "stir up" production instead, the well is producing 350 to 425 barrels of oil per day, Woolsey said.
In contrast, some 94 percent of Kansas oil wells are considered marginal and produce less than 10 barrels per day. Yet the industry supports 67,000 jobs and $2.7 billion in annual payroll.
Woolsey's company, which has been producing in Comanche, Barber and Harper counties since the 1970s, at one time had some 280,000 acres of mineral rights in the area leased. He's since sold the rights to all but 80,000 acres.
Major players
Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy has leases on about 800,000 acres in Kansas, company president and COO Matt Grubb advised the audience. Prior to developing in the MLP last year, all its investments were in vertical wells in the Permian basin.
"Now we have 507 wells in Mississippian Lime Play, 45 percent of all the wells drilled in the entire play," he said. "We have about 100 producing now in Kansas. In 2013, we plan to drill 180 to 200 wells in the state. In all, we're probably talking about $700 million gross investment in Kansas."
"It's a big commitment and we've had varied success, but we like the Mississippian Lime Play so much we're putting all our Permian assets up for sale."
The company hopes to use proceeds from that sale to pay for its Kansas production in 2014.
Shell Exploration and Production has between 600,000 and 700,000 acres leased in nine counties in Kansas, Todd said, and the dozen wells drilled so far have had "mixed results."
"Of all the places we've got operations, not many are as industry-friendly as Kansas," Todd said. "We're active in unconventional resources in six or seven states and provinces, as well as emerging growth in China, the Ukraine, South America and South Africa. All are based on what we're learning in North America."
Every single horizontal well they drill is difficult, Todd said, but with the learning curve, they become more economical. And compared to production in the Bakken formation in North Dakota, Todd noted, the cost to drill in Kansas is about one third.
"The first well traditionally takes about 60 days," he said. "Some wells we can drill today in 13 or 14 days."
Tug Hill Operating, a year-old company formed by several major producers including BP, has some 850,000 acres under lease in MLP and has two rigs operating in Kansas, said Michael Radler, president and CEO.
"We like what we see," Radler said. "It's a great opportunity for the industry and for stakeholders, landowners and mineral rights owners."
He believes the investments necessary for production will build up "multigenerational" infrastructure for communities in the region, but also "people infrastructure," Radler said, with additional training and opportunities.
Also on the panel was Robert Murdock of Hutchinson, CEO of Osage Resources.
"We have 20,000 acres in Barber County (where) we're developing our assets," he said. "We have seven horizontal wells in process. Our average 30 days (production) rate is 100 barrels a day or 60,000 cubic feet of gas."
His company plans to keep one rig operating in the state, with plans to drill 12 wells in the next year.
Big challenges
Potential "bottlenecks" to production in Kansas which the CEOs identified during Tuesday's panel were issues of water, wastewater, electricity and trained manpower.
Issues identified by members of the audience also included housing, though the panelists indicated solutions often quickly follow the need.
Production through hydraulic fracturing requires immense amounts of water, and the waste water resulting from the operation - potentially 3,000 to 4,000 barrels of water per day - must then be disposed of either by hauling it off or injecting it deep into the ground.
Large amounts of electricity are also needed for a fracturing operation, but rural sites often must rely on gas-powered generators.
Murdock said "serious issues" facing his company's drilling schedule were electricity at remote sites, the availability of sufficient water "over the next 10 years," and developing ways to handle waste water from production.
"We're developing new ways to handle water so it can be reused in fracking," he said. "We're able to conserve freshwater by reusing and recycling the water we're using."
Another audience member raised a concern about the amount of water the companies are allowed to use without regulation, threatening municipal water sources in areas that have suffered multiple years of drought.
Potential new regulations are being drafted that would require an "offset" from a water appropriation area if water is threatened with being over-appropriated, a Kansas Water Resources officials advised.
As far as manpower, the skilled needs will be in welding for pipeline construction, electricians, heavy equipment operators, truck drivers and management.


text:
Applications being taken for second round of Commissioner's £1m Innovation Fund (From This Is Wiltshire)
Latest News RSS Feed
Applications being taken for second round of Commissioner's £1m Innovation Fund
1:28pm Monday 7th October 2013 in Latest News
Applications are now being taken for the second round of the Police and Crime Commissioner's £1 million Innovation Fund.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon Angus Macpherson is looking to commission community and voluntary projects which aim to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and schemes supporting victims and vulnerable people in innovative ways.
The deadline for applications for the second funding tranche of £315,000 is 15 November 2013. It follows 12 projects being commissioned in July under the first funding round.
Mr Macpherson said: "I was delighted to commission a range of exciting projects through the first funding round and now seeing them progress. By funding those 12 projects we also helped to unlock £163,000 in match funding and I'm hoping a similar sum will be unlocked again during this round.
"I am now looking forward to receiving the next set of applications and supporting projects that help achieve my six main priorities and make a lasting difference in our communities."
The Commissioner's six main priorities are working with communities and partners to: reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, protect the most vulnerable in society, put victims and witnesses first, reduce offending and re-offending, drive up standards of customer service and ensure unfailing and timely response to calls for assistance.
Mr Macpherson is also particularly looking for innovative new ideas that help to break cycles of crime and anti-social behaviour.
The £1 million Innovation Fund has been divided into three tranches as follows: £400,000 by 31 July 2013 in respect of applications received by 15 July 2013, £300,000 by 30 November 2013 in respect of applications received by 15 November 2013, £300,000 by 31 March 2014 in respect of applications received by 15 March 2014.
£15,000 was not allocated in the first funding round, so this will be rolled-over making £315,000 available in this second funding round.
The Commissioner will consult with an advisory panel, made up of Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Pat Geenty, Swindon Borough Council Leader David Renard, Wiltshire Council Leader Jane Scott and The Community Foundation for Wiltshire and Swindon, before deciding which applications to fund. A youth representative is also going to be invited to join the panel.
More information about the Innovation Fund, including a downloadable leaflet, application form, template grant agreement and details of successful first round applicants, is on the Police and Crime Commissioner's website at www.wiltshire-pcc.gov.uk
Comments (3)
Please log in to enable comment sorting
7:45am Tue 8 Oct 13
Mrs Donnyfly says...
9:42am Wed 9 Oct 13
Tacho says...
10:29pm Thu 10 Oct 13
underdogs says...
Comments are closed on this article.


text:
Read our Riga city guide for information about eating out, things to do and much more.
View Riga Guide »Voted No.1 hostel in Latvia 2012, 2011, 2010 & 2009. Aussie owned backpackers in the heart of the old town. Only... More Info »
Dome Pearl Hostel building is the pearl of the Old Riga. It is an amazing Jugendstyle building just near the Dome... More Info »
Voted best hostel Riga 2008. Mostly Private Rooms. Top notch kitchen. Large Lounge area Free Internet.Quiet sleeping... More Info »
Your Riga home, cosy & cute. Good for safe play, very good for happy nap. Superbly located in the very heart of Old... More Info »
Located in Riga city center, Central Hostel offers relaxed ambient, free breakfast till midday, free shisha, book... More Info »
Ideally located in the historical and most beautiful area of Old Town Riga that even Bus 22 will take you all the way... More Info »
Fun, cheap comfortable! Right in a middle of old town, great staff and free breakfast for good start of your day.... More Info »
The recently opened Riga Style Hostel is located in the very city centre close to the Railway station/Central Bus... More Info »
Ala Hostel offers accommodation in central location in the Riga's Old Town, only some minutes walk from the main... More Info »
Julia Brown in Lacplesa is located in a beautiful Art-Nouveau building originated in 1906. Pur spacious apartment... More Info »
The budget hotel Westa with the two-star standards offers young, low-cost accommodation with modern comfort. Equally... More Info »
Grizins hotel situated in the picturesque district of Riga, Grizinkalns just 5 minutes away from the Old Town. An... More Info »
A small and comfortable private hotel in the center of the city offers light and clean rooms of nice interior and the... More Info »
The spacious rooms at the 4-star Gertrude Hotel have a desk and flat-screen TV with satellite channels. All... More Info »
City Hotel Teater is an elegant 3* hotel in a classic 1905 Art Nouveau building on the outskirts of Riga centre.... More Info »
The BEST LOCATION - in the center of 13th century Riga Old Town. Clean and comfy beds, free WiFi & fully equipped... More Info »
Welcome to Lilit House apartment in Riga! More Info »
We offer guests of Riga daily rent 3-room apartment of economy class, located in the old center - Old Town. Located... More Info »
The four-star Motel Autosole in Riga offers its guests a selection of exclusive modern rooms, which are designed... More Info »
Riga is the capital of Latvia. The perfect place for both leisure and business trips. The new hostel "AltA HosteL"... More Info »
Video guides, travel podcasts, city maps & free city guides. What to eat, where to stay and things to do and see - our travel guides have it all.
Find a guide »Whether you plan everything months beforehand or just plan to take things as they come, there are a few things that you can do before you leave to help your trip go smoothly. Once you've covered the basics, like having your passport handy and packing your toothbrush, here are a few things you may not have thought of...
Read more »We offer the most comprehensive selection of hostels on the internet with over 35,000 great places to stay in 180 countries. The ultimate online resource for hostels everywhere.
Find great value hostels »


text:
- Musician's Friend Best Selection, Price & Service. Guaranteed.
Need Help? Ask our Experts or call 800-449-9128
Asistencia en Español 866-226-2919
Need Help? Ask our Experts or call 800-449-9128
Warm and well-balanced tone.
The DiMarzio Air Norton S is the Strat replacement version of the full-size Air Norton. It's warm sounding, very well balanced, and has the same unique tonal characteristics as the original. The original Air Norton wasn't designed for a specific position or type of guitar, but it's become most popular in the neck position of trem-equipped guitars for progressive music. The S version is also a very good bridge pickup for all types of rock. Its combination of medium output and harmonic bite are very effective for single-note soloing as well as chords.
The DP180 pickup is recommended for all positions.
Tech Talk: The original Airbuckers have an air gap between the magnet and the pole pieces. The Air Norton S doesn't have this feature, but the sound, output and feel are so similar to the original that DiMarzio couldn't call it anything else. It's very good in the neck position with a Tone Zone S or Super Distortion S in the bridge, or in the bridge position with a Pro Track or Chopper in the neck. DiMarzio likes the Cruiser or Fast Track 1 in the middle with either setup for brighter sounds in the 2, 3 and 4 positions.
Heat up your sound. Order today.
Our product catalog varies by country due to manufacturer restrictions. If you change the Ship-To country, some or all of the items in your cart may not ship to the new destination.


text:
SAFE | State Agencies | Online Services | ODE Website Archive
Find more...
The materials for Ohio's 2013 Special Education Leadership Conference (Oct 1, 2013 – Oct 2, 2013) can be found on the conference website.
The CCIP will be open for Straight A Fund application entry starting on October 14, 2013 at 8 a.m. and will close on October 25, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.
This year, hundreds of Ohio's disadvantaged children will attend preschool who otherwise would not have, thanks to additional funding for high-quality preschool programs from the state of Ohio.
Training opens for facilitators assisting with Resident Educator Summative Assessment (RESA); Please remember to register RESA candidates, and remind them to verify email addresses within SAFE.


text:
Group Buys & Hot Deals! This section is the place you'll find Hot Deals and Special Vendor Discounts offered by our Authorized Vendors and Approved Group Buys.
Topic Review (Newest First) |
PerformanceHookup | Today and tomorrow are the last day for the GReddy sale. |
PerformanceHookup | Take advantage of this while you can. It is extended till the 15th. |
PerformanceHookup |
LAST CALL Order gets put in at 2:30 EST. So about 15 more minutes to get the deal. |
PerformanceHookup | Only a couple more days to get signed up. If anyone else is interested please let me know ASAP. |
PerformanceHookup | One of my dealer accounts is taking 3 of them. So that is 4 signed up now. We have made it to the 2nd price break. Now we need 4 more people to commit to get to the next price break. |
PerformanceHookup | Bump to top. We can use this Groupbuy to buy any Greddy item. As long as it is an item that is at least as much as the emanage then we can add it to the groupbuy. Just let me know which part you are interested in and we can add it to the sale. |
PerformanceHookup |
GReddy Electronics SALE eManage, Ultimate, V-Mangage - SALE GREDDY ELECTRONICS SALE CONTINUED UNTIL 9/15/09 We got a good response on this groupbuy so I am continuing it as a sale until 9/15/09. We had 6 people complete the sale so I will hold the price. We carry all GReddy parts also so if you want something that is not listed just let me know. PM, IM, or email me with the needed info if you want to sign up for the groupbuy. We accept all major Credit/Debit cards, PayPal, electronic check, money order, and western union. Ground shipping is FREE in the US 48 states. AK, HI, PR, and International please contact us for a shipping quote. We can ship anything worldwide. If you have any questions just post or contact us. Prices are subject to change without notice. GReddy e-MANAGE #15500500 most JAPANESE MAKES piggy-back engine management unit - some or all functions may not be compatible with all applications Retail Price - $379.00 SALE - $309 shipped until 9/15/09 e-MANAGE ACCESSORIES All prices are only if you are buying a unit in the groupbuy EMANAGE INJ. HARNESS for main and sub. 2x inj. control #15900901 - $31 shipped EMANAGE IGN. HARNESS for ignition timing control #15900902 - $34 shipped PRESSURE SENSOR 3.0kg/cm2, secondary MAP sensor #16401301 - $99 shipped PRESSURE SENSOR HARNESS for use with above sensor - #16401406 - $29 shipped E-01/EMANAGE PRESSURE HARNESS emanage reads e-01 press sensor #15900543 - $16.50 shipped KNOCK SENSOR ADAPTER 1 prevents premature knock signal #15900903 - $16.50 shipped RPM SIGNAL ADAPTER 6 cylinder RPM adapter #15900904 - $16.50 shipped RPM SIGNAL ADAPTER 2 4 cylinder RPM adapter#15900905 - $16.50 shipped RPM SIGNAL ADAPTER 3 RX-8 RPM adapter #15900909 - $22 shipped IGN. SIGNAL ADAPTER 1 6 cyl. Ign. adapter #15900906 - $16.50 shipped IGN SIGNAL ADAPTER 2 4 cylinder IGN. adapter #15900907 - $16.50 shipped O2 SENSOR ADAPTER 1 resist O2 feedback for WOT #15900908 - $24 shipped NVCS ADAPTER used to control Nissan NVCS valve timing #15900910 - $25 shipped EMANAGE SUPPORT TOOL - program CD w/ special cable #15901001 - $105 shipped E-01 PRESSURE SENSOR HARNESS #15900543 - $16.50 shipped E-01 EXT SIGNAL HARNESS 2 pulse in, 2 linear in, 1 linear out #15900544 - $16 shipped Greddy e-MANAGE Ultimate #15500501 ONLY VEHICLES SUPPORTED BY SOFTWARE advance piggy-back engine management, datalogger w/ Ultimate PC Support Tool CD - requires harness kit, functions vary per application Retail Price - $680.00 SALE - $545 shipped until 9/15/09 e-MANAGE ULTIMATE ACCESSORIES ULTIMATE COMPLETE HARNESS KIT - 1.2m Cable, w/ 12, 18 & 14 pin connectors #15901500 - $98 shipped SUPPLEMENT HARNESS KIT (2.5m) - 14 pin (used if upgrading from e-manage) #15901502 - $43 shipped SUPPLEMENT HARNESS KIT - 14 pin (used if upgrading from emanage) #15901501 - $36 shipped A/F OPTION PORT HARNESS - for A/F target option (W-sig, G-grd.) #15900912 - $20 shipped MSS OPTION PORT HARNESS - for multi switch options #15900911 - $23 shipped WATER TEMP ADAPTER 1 - for temp compensation option #15900913 - $20 shipped ULTIMATE INJ. ADAPTER 1 - elim. check light INJ use: EVO VIII CT9A, GDB, BE5, BH5 #15901505 - $43 shipped ULTIMATE INJ. ADAPTER 2 - prevents overly rich condition for 6 cylinder vehicles #15901504 - $20 shipped ULTIMATE INJ. ADAPTER 3 - elim. check light for INJ use: EVO VII (CT9A) - 4 cylinder - #15901506 - $45 shipped ULTIMATE INJ. ADAPTER 4 - elim. check light for INJ use: GTO - 6 cylinder #15901507 - $45 shipped ULTIMATE IGN. SIGNAL ADAPTER 1 - elim. check light for IGN use: NEO ER34 #15921500 - $15 shipped ULTIMATE IGN SIGNAL ADAPTER 2 - elim. check light for IGN use: K6A, CT9A, RX-8 #15931500 - $15 shipped ULTIMATE IGN. SIGNAL ADAPTER 3 - revents auto check for IGN use: NSX (NA1) #15951500 - $15 shipped GReddy V-Manage Variable Valve Timing Controller 2006-up MITSUBISHI EVOLUTION (4G63 MIVEC) - Pre-programmed, Plug-in V-manage Kit, with CD, Plug-in Harness, w/adapter #15931600 2002 -2004 ACURA RSX Type-S (K20A iVTEC) Pre-programmed, Plug-in V-manage Kit, with CD, Plug-in Harness, w/adapter #15991600 Retail Price - $649.00 SALE - $514 shipped until 9/15/09 2004 - 2006 SUBARU STi (EJ25 AVCS) - Pre-programmed, Plug-in V-manage Kit, with CD, Plug-in Harness, w/adapter #15961600 Retail Price - $629.00 SALE - $504 shipped until 9/15/09 MANUFACTURERS SITES Greddy - Founded and Driven by Racers ORDERING INFORMATION You can order with any Credit / Debit card or eCheck by calling us at 1-434-470-4469. We can take Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover cards. We can only ship to the US billing address on the account. If you want to use PayPal you can send to email@example.com as long as you have a confirmed address from USA, UK, or Canada. Please note that a verified address does not mean that it is confirmed. We cannot accept PayPal if you dont have a confirmed address. You can pay with money order or certified bank check @ http://www.importcarpartsplus.com/mailorder.htm Payment must clear before shipping. We do not accept paper checks. If you have any questions or need anything else for your ride just let us know. We have access to over 1800 brands of aftermarket performance parts, styling, wheels/tires, audio/video, & accessories. Thanks Justin DeMatteo Import Car Parts Plus - Online http://www.importcarpartsplus.com Performance Hookup - Online http://www.performancehookup.com The Shop - Storefront 1096 Huell Matthews Hwy. South Boston, VA 24592 AOL Messenger - SmoothGalant2 Yahoo Messenger - importcarpartsplus MSN Messenger email@example.com Google Talk firstname.lastname@example.com Phone 1-434-470-4469 Shop 1-804-365-6968 |


text:
Users like you have given feedback on this thread:
To give your opinion, vote using the thumbs above.
To give your opinion, vote using the thumbs above.
Share this thread on the web:
Share this thread by Email:
Click here
del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Bookmarks Technorati reddit | Yahoo! My Web Facebook AOL IM |
Share this thread by Email:
Click here
Popular Frontpage Deals
You may have noticed that a bunch of frontpage deals have a tag next to the headlines. The purpose of the tag is to highlight the deals that have a lot of user activity.
We have analyzed all the deals that have been posted throughout the year and found that deals with significant chatter tend to be hotter than normal. From the data mining, we came up with a "secret" formula to determine the popularity of a deal. Every action you take on the deal: thumbs up/down, comment, view, time since posting, etc will affect whether the deal is tagged as popular. We believe that these deals are the cream of the crop but we'll let you decide.


text:
Quote:Transhumanism in a fortune cookie: the familiar human world is just one point along a continuum of evolution, and we have an unprecedented capacity to participate in that process. And yet, the future being as slippery as it is, there are as many visions for how this might occur as there are visionaries to guess at it. Computer scientists tend to have one transhumanism, genetic engineers another. However, coherent themes emerge for those who have taken it upon themselves to make a sweeping survey of human inquiry, integrating a keen reading of the vectors of our technology with postmodern insight into the nature of mind. Some of these thinkers have been catalyzed by the psychedelic experience -- in a way, the most informative window into a world beyond the human that we have yet discovered. They understand the message of psychedelics and the message of technology to converge on the horizon of a deeper reading of reality that recognizes mind and matter as dimensions of the same truth -- a truth for which language has ill-prepared us. The ranks of these "psychedelic transhumanists" include legendary rebels like Timothy Leary, wise fools like Terence McKenna, cultural commentators like Erik Davis and Mark Pesce, and avant-psychopharmacologists like David Pearce. Hailing from disparate knowledge domains, they nonetheless share hyperliterate and uniquely discerning intellect. As unusual as their arguments may be to anyone trained in more conventional models of reality, they nonetheless obey a rigorous scientific discipline in their own way, augmenting empirical knowledge with the established insights of 20th-century psychology and philosophy. Their common vision shares much with the rest of the transhuman community, including an embrace of technology and science as both potent and inevitable; an evolutionary model of the universe and humanity; a sense of the human organism as something that can be tinkered with and expanded; a recognition of drugs as a technology that can dramatically reinvent identity; and a playful challenging of fixed boundaries. In many ways they demonstrate the seed of transhumanism in this moment by exemplifying self-revision and the reevaluation of assumptions as an open-ended and ongoing process. And along the way, they tatter the mechanistic control fantasies we have held onto in spite of our most sophisticated inquiries. Among these visionaries, we find a general agreement on the emergence of emotional machines, but from a more non-dual perspective of the human as both emotional and machine-like, and a recognition of both inner and outer realities. They tend to critique philosophies that consider mind a mere epiphenomenon, or that fail to recognize the role of the speculator in speculation. They see technology as ideas, and ideas as technology. They question our fanaticism for control in light of progress's runaway complexity, and remind us of the stubborn persistence of the unconscious, the body, and the other. They insistently remind us to see the evolution of humanity and beyond as much in terms of qualia as quanta, and paint the portrait of a future sensitive to psychological, spiritual, ethical, and biological concerns. The distinctions between this vision and the more common idea of a technological singularity are easily distilled. In their own words, presented as a "virtual conversation" of transcripts and correspondences, here are the core messages of a transhumanist vision informed by the psychedelic experience... Medium is message, and information is psychoactive. Information is a more fundamental substrate of reality, an implicate order. "Pattern" replaces "matter." Timothy Leary: I'm a great follower of a man named Marshall MacLuhan who wrote those wonderful books about communication. He said that if you want to change a culture, if you want to change yourself, if you want to change religion, then change the medium, the mode of communication. He said that Gutenberg created Protestantism where he had the mass-assembled book, where everybody can read. And now the new form of communication is electronic... Keep Reading: http://beforeitsnews.com/story/2060/632/...nists.html
I do wonder what kind of world this would be if LSD, Shrooms, Mescaline and Weed were legal and sold at the corner store. I imagine it would be far more peaceful and less materialistic. People would be far less willing to fall for official bull shit. The CIA thought they had a mind control agent in LSD. The moment they saw it opened people minds and lade them harder to control was the moment it became illegal.


text:
You're watching...
Why are we just hearing about Iran attack on US drone?
Fox News national security analyst KT McFarland reacts
Nov 9, 2012
You're watching...
Fox News national security analyst KT McFarland reacts
Nov 9, 2012
Also in this playlist...
Auto-advance: ON
Auto-advanceThis transcript is automatically generated
Remember the administration try being the Republicans for a so called politicizing.
Foreign affairs over -- -- Well here we have an instant -- -- of them alone in an election five days later.
We hear nothing about until two days after the election.
So either our intelligence agencies in which we spend sixty.
Billion dollars a year to take a week to ascertain of one of -- -- has been shot at or this is an obvious attempt to manipulate information.
And I -- into -- in the election.
That was Charles Krauthammer on special report raising new questions about our breaking story yesterday.
Who make the call to keep a lid on Iran's attempt to take down one of America's drones for political expediency.
-- -- points out the Obama administration wasted no time in leaking details about the navy seal operation that took out bin Laden.
Details that many say should never have been released but serve the administration well.
He can McFarland -- news and national security analyst joins us with some great insights that -- great to -- askew.
Is it fair though to say the Pentagon said yesterday we did release this information before because this was a classified mission.
That sound like a legitimate excuse on its face.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- That you know -- -- attack in the US -- in international waters typically an act of war that should've let us now right in the beginning.
How ever you know are we really surprised politicians covering things -- that they don't want you now about.
Politician's brain about things they do want you -- -- about.
You're always surprised this is the politicians are not honorable man actually not a -- and there's a reason and -- good reason.
Why politicians come up as the least favorite and respected people in American.
You know I mean -- there's America's for an -- at all surprised.
This information was purposely withheld from the American public just a couple of days before the election.
What was the -- age that the administration would have been trying to hide that Iran doesn't respect us that they're willing to go after us that we appear weak in the world is that.
Is that the conversation we're talking about.
Yeah I think so but I think it's even if it's a different conversation in addition to that yes Iran is trying to -- a bloody nose.
Just assess our flex our muscle right -- for an American election.
But what they're really trying to do is this is the opening statement.
And what Iran I think perceives any about administration perceives as a -- to be had with Iran.
There's been all chatter in the national security world about is -- -- negotiation at the United States would have with Iran after Obama's reelected.
Is there a deal to be had that would Iran would stop just short.
-- developing nuclear weapons in exchange for normalizing relations with the United States.
A lot of people think about the deal that's going to be have soon the problem with that deal is it leaves Israel out of the equation.
And even though the United States in Iran an Obama administration might come to that kind of a deal forget about the consequences of that deal might have.
Israel isn't gonna necessarily like that deal and if Israel perceives.
That it's been isolated -- it's on -- sound and stopping Iran's nuclear weapons program.
They may do something preemptive strike against Iran.
And while Israel can start that war it can't finish it and that's why -- -- did what it did it wanted to show the United States.
That whatever happens between -- -- and Iran.
Don't -- don't realize you're don't forget the fact that the United States will be drawn into it too I think it was a warning shot from Iran.
Now something the White House has categorically denied is that there's any kind of secret talks going on involving Valerie -- -- very close advisor to the -- president and First Lady.
-- -- -- say it's absolutely not happening and happening this isn't the first time we've heard a report along these lines and what's what's your sense.
I says is we probably are yeah maybe not directly negotiating with Iran.
But there are there have been suggestions that the United States and Iraq are looking into.
Some kind of diplomacy.
Of the things President Obama did when he was elected the first time.
One of his first statements as.
We reach out the hand of friendship to Iran.
If they would only on clinch their fifth the Obama administration has from the very begin in four years ago so they want to diplomatic solution to.
The situation with Iran look nobody wants a war with Iran Iran doesn't want war we're past we don't want a war with Iran.
The question is is there a way of stopping Iran's nuclear program.
-- -- short of a war and I think that's the big question not just for the United States but for Israel.
Well and you mention Israel would be possibly willing to engage in a preemptive strike it's something that we have to talk about and consider all the time.
Do you think the president Obama's reelection makes than any closer to that war of further away.
Well I think this is a problem they might get out -- support relationship that President Obama hasn't a second term.
Is going to be with Israel.
You know the United States in this -- may not have -- -- Iran has the same threat Israel looks at Iran.
And Iran which is about to get nuclear weapons and Iran which says with -- nuclear weapons they would destroy Israel.
Israel as the sons and daughters and grandchildren of holocaust -- writers.
They cannot ignore that threat so they -- it very differently than we might do it and if there is daylight between the United States and Iran if Iran is -- organized business -- -- successful.
And driving a wedge between the two.
Then I think it makes what's in the Middle East more likely what President Obama should be doing.
It's going to Israel saying we are going to be with you on as we are gonna work together to make sure Iran doesn't threaten Israel or the United States but not particularly -- -- -- T McFarland always great to see you thank you so much thank you.
Filter by section


text:
NewsApril 18 2012
GLF benefits from Spring Fundraiser
Posted by Lucy
Ron McManus, left, was the recipient of a JD Mean Green Machine poster during the GLF Spring Fundraiser Saturday, April 14 at the Legion Hall in Reliance. Dennis Gale, center, a member of Mogen's Heroes, and Jim Woster, on the right, share in the humor created by Ron's enthusiasm for Allis Chalmer tractors verses his friend Merle Aamot's John Deere green. Table decorations at the dinner show were Allis Chalmer tractors of all sizes from Ron's collection.
- A colorful mountain of milo greets travelers
- Raiders win Class B Consolation trophy
- Raiders to play for 5th place
- Raiders return to state
- Lyman Raiders earn a return trip to STATE!
- Veterans Day Program
- Veterans day events
- New tower to start broadcast KPLO signal
- Volleyball District Play starts Tuesday at Kadoka
- New clinic opens in Kennebec


text:
You do not have permission to post in these forums. Join Now or Sign In to post.
VA Home Loan Advice, Please, VA IRRRL or?
I have a VA home loan with a current balance of $130.889.57 with an interest rate of 6% I last refinanced in Feb of 03 and my current payoff is in March of 2033.
I also have a equity line with a balance of $55,190.91 this is broken up into 2 rates. $26,552.17 was locked at 6.99% in June of 2006 the balance of $28,446.83 is currently at the variable rate of 2.99%
I was a Regional Manager & Business Coach for over 7 years with a great income however I lost my job in late April of 2012, this was due to some complications to a auto accident I had about a year ago. I am currently on Unemployment but that will run out in mid Oct. My wife has a good job and has been there for about 10 years.
I got out of the military in 1984 as a Disabled Vet with a 10% service connected disability. At the moment I'm current on all of my bills with the exception of 4 or 5 items that show up on my credit but they are all medical in nature and they should have been paid by my auto insurance its well within the limits but that hasn't happened as of yet. But these bills are not a big number but they should not be there.
So my question is this, my Mortgage as well as all other debit is only in my name with the exception of 2 credit cards my wife is listed as an authorized user so they show up on her credit report but she has never once charged anything on them. In addition my wife has never had a home loan in her name.
I personally have an auto loan and credit cards that is a fairly large number. BUT as I said at the moment I show no lates etc. with the exception of those few bills from the accident. I still have issues from the auto accident that aren't great!
So what are my options? I need to reduce my bills as best as possible, and reducing my mortgage rate would be huge,
Thanks for any advice in advance, I have been searching everywhere and there is lots of programs for FHA loans but as a Vet / DV I have had no luck finding help could anyone here provide help / advice I would be very appreciative. Thanks in advance!
I can help you save money with a VA streamline. Please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or call me at 347-903-5626.
Ed GroussmanFirst National Bank
It is possible to do the VA IRRRL but that will only take care of the first mortgage. you can not roll in the second and would still have those payments. The IRRRL goes off last appraisal done and usually has no credit or income qualifiers.
Depending on where you live will depen on the rate available for that state and area. if you get a 4% rate and finance roughly $135k you would see a principal and interest payment of $645 plus tax/ins escrow.
i would be happy to discuss with you if you like.
I read this and you should go a expert agent. May be it helps.
Thanks,Short Sale Specialist in Utah
You are more than welcome to contact me at 510.541.1615 to discuss your options.
Best regards,