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Faces of the Flood: Quick action after flood saves Barnum home
Quick action after flood saves Barnum homeBy: Jolynne Denman, Pine Journal
After spending the majority of the first night of the June flood awake and pumping out water from the basement of his mother's home, Jerry Shank said they were fortunate the house was not more severely damaged. The Moose Horn River – which runs about 50 feet away from the house – came four to six inches high onto the first floor June 21 for five or six hours, Shank said.
It helped that Shank was very proactive. As the water was rising closer to the house, he took precautions and moved all the furniture and belongs onto the counters.
"Water was rushing in through two of the basement windows, while I was down there," he said. "I rushed out of there as soon as I could."
To stay ahead of the water from rising up further into the house, Shank went to look for a back-up pump in case the sump pump in the basement shut down.
"I wasn't going to leave my mother standing on her deck while water is rising up from the basement and around her," he said, noting that his mom, Josie Shank, 83, had never had any flooding in the home before.
"When I came back with an industrial pump, the ride back home was unbelievable. I saw propane tanks bobbing up and down in the water, and oil barrels, and even flower pots went sailing by," Shank recalled. "I barely made it back; the water was up to the bottom of the headlights of my Ford Explorer and it almost stalled out."
After the water was pumped out, Shank immediately went to work before any black mold could settle into the house foundations. He took out all of the basement flooring and the walls. He also replaced the breaker, the furnace and the water heater. To substitute the sheet rock on the walls, Shank temporarily used chip board for walls.
"It came to about $25,000 in damages, and I did all the work in the house. I put two dehumidifiers in the basement, and took out stuff to dry out in the sun," he said. "My mom stayed with my sister while I worked on the house."
Looking back on his experience on the flood, Jerry Shank is better prepared for what the future will bring.
"I hope it never happens again. It can't be a new experience every year," he said. "I know we're definitely getting flood insurance this year."
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Hi all,
I have been trying with increasing frustration to create some scrolling images with hyperlinks on them!! I would ideally like it if they scrolled from right to left and stopped when you hover the mouse on them. I am looking to put them in a text box. I have tried marquee codes and also flash but must be doing something wrong!!?
Please, please, please can someone help me! It would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance
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Ps. I have three jpg images at the moment but will obviously use more in the future as this will be used for local advertising.
Are you talking about like this?
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I have managed to create a code now, but I want the images to stop when I hover the mouse over them and also need the hyperlinks to open in a new window!! Below you will find my marquee code, any help would be greatly appreciated!!

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Harold and Phyllis Smith met in Victor, where she grew up the daughter of a gold miner in Winfield Scott Stratton's Independence and Cresson mines.
They married in 19445 and moved to Colorado Springs where he worked as a mortician and then laying wood floors. She worked at Penrose Hospital for years.
In the mid-1950s, they built a house on the north edge of town on Parker Street and raised two daughters. Harold and Phyllis lived there 50-plus years until his death in 2010.
The tidy little house is full of memories. But Phyllis is ready to sell it to the city and let it be torn down rather than suffer through what city engineers have planned for her.
Engineers want to re-route Chestnut Street to bypass a dangerous intersection at Fillmore Street and Interstate 25.
The plan, as outlined by city engineers at a recent neighborhood meeting, calls for five houses to be bought and removed on the east side of Parker to allow Chestnut to swing west. It will cross Fillmore at a new traffic signal and jog back to the east to reconnect with its original alignment.
Parker, meanwhile, will become a long dead end — a cul de sac in fancy terms.
That's bad enough.
Even worse is what the plan would do to Mrs. Smith and her next-door neighbors, Ruth and Joe Wagner.
Both houses will sit beyond the end of Parker. To reach their driveway, the Wagners will drive past Mrs. Smith's home on a tiny access road.
"The drawings were rough and schematic. We're going to make sure people have adequate access."
Adequate for an 81-year-old with a bad hip, by gosh!
- The five houses in the box on the right would be bought by the city and demolished while the two on the left would be left beyond the end of Parker Street, accessible by a narrow road and the alley.


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Indonesian DBA grad believed to be first Fulbright Foreign Scholar to attend St. Ambrose
Michael Hager will serve at the University of Northern Iowa.
Faculty member and author Dan Ebener receives an award from the Catholic Press Association.
By most standards, Dick Kleine should have been ready to take it easy. Now retired, he had worked 38 years at Deere & Co. and had already earned a master's degree. But Kleine wasn't done learning yet.
DBA graduate and SAU faculty member Dan Ebener publishes a new book. The genesis of the book came from a conversation he had with retired Bishop William Franklin, the former leader of the Diocese of Davenport.
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Relive Hempfest 2008
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We went to Hempfest 2008! Now's your chance to relive the experience! The crew took a road trip to Seattle Washington and had a splendid time. There were hundreds of thousands of people. We met up with High Times' Bobby Black. We also met up with Steve Bloom from CelebStoner.com. Ponyboy from Los Marijuanos was there and alas, relive the experience through us now!
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What is Made by Survivors?
Made by Survivors is an international nonprofit and social enterprise which employs and educates survivors of slavery and people at extreme risk, including many women and children living in extreme poverty.
Our programs provide training in highly respected professions and wages high enough to pull people out of poverty and support themselves independently. Beautiful jewelry and gifts made by our survivor-artisans are sold on this site and in retail stores across America, with 100% of profits going to support rescue and aftercare. Womens empowerment and Fair Trade with fashion and style.
The four women from our jewelry program that recently moved out on their own are doing great and learning some good lessons. At first they were super excited to get out of the shelter home but now they are realizing they have to buy and cook their own food, wash their own clothes and pay their own bills and the shelter home is looking pretty good now! It actually warms our hearts to see them dealing with these normal, everyday problems. It means they are truly on their way!! Please leave a comment to offer them a few words of encouragement and advice. We will show the girls your responses! Thanks!


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Some Up, Some Down
The world is full of good and bad. Sometimes it's perception that shapes our point of view, sometimes it's reality. I know, a deep way to start out an article isn't it? I'm not going to break down Aristotle or Euripides today, that would be something though. Instead, I'll talk about a handful of fellas that did something of note Monday night that led me to want to toss their names out to you all today.
Everyone is talking about Zach Wheeler, Dan Straily, Tyler Skaggs, Kyle Gibson etc., but little attention seems to be paid to Jose Fernandez who has flat out killed it this year. Fernandez has a better ERA than Shelby Miller (2.72 to 2.79), a better WHIP (1.06) than Matt Cain (1.07) and Shelby Miller (1.07), and he's struck out 94 batters in 92.2 innings. He might have an innings pitched cap this season of 160 or so, but the guy has been the nuts. More people should be talking about him. For more see this report from ESPN Stats Info.
Juan Francisco has gone deep four times in his last six outings and he now has 10 homers in 177 at-bats. He's also hitting just .232 in that time. Nothing new though for Francisco who has a nice power bat but struggles for consistency, partly because of his poor approach at the dish. Juan has 538 at-bats in his career and he's gone deep 24 times with 88 RBIs. He's hitting just .249 with a .298 OBP thanks in no small part to 35 walks and 184 strikeouts.
Todd Frazier had four RBIs against the Giants Monday. Through 78 games of action he's hitting a paltry .243 with a decent .748 OPS, but he has gone deep 10 times with 41 RBIs for the Reds. Pretty much what should have been expected.
Yovani Gallardo is as frustrating an own as there is in baseball. Gallardo is a terrible 6-8 with a 4.78 ERA after getting lit up for eight runs against the Nationals. Gallardo is also sporting a 7.26 K/9 mark which is a career worst. Oh, and so is his 1.46 WHIP. Still, I have some faith (I know, I'm totally lame). Gallardo has a 1.79 GB/FB ratio. That would be the best mark of his career. Second, there's no way that batters will finish the year with a 25.5 percent line drive rate against him. Third, his xFIP is only three tenths above his career rate, unlike his ERA that is up a full run. Fourth before his most recent beating, Gallardo had allowed three earned runs in his previous four starts.
I went to Hawaii a couple of weeks ago for my first extended vacation in seven years. I've been there six times (including one time for 11 weeks as I attended summer school while in college – thanks Mom and Dad), and I have to tell you each time I go I get the itch to move out there. Question – would life be better if you were living there sipping fruity drinks on the beach as you watch the sunset each night or would you become used to it and lose the feeling of magic it brings when you're there? If I knew it would be the first and not the second outcome I'd move, by the end of the year. Something about that place just feels like home to me, know what I mean?
Curtis Granderson averaged 42 HRs last two years. Mark Teixeira averaged 31 homers the past two years (his season is over by the way as he had surgery on his injured wrist). Alex Rodriguez, who starts game action today in his return from hip surgery, averaged 17 homers the last two years. That means the trio averaged 90 homers the past two years. This season they've hit a combined total of four: Tex has three while Granderson has one.
Jason Marquis is 9-4 with a 3.74 ERA, not bad for a guy who went 8-11 with a 5.22 ERA last season. It is amazing that he's had that much success given that he's walking more batter than at any point before – his 5.35 BB/9 mark is straight pitiful. Because he doesn't strike anyone out, he has six more whiffs than walks, his K/BB ratio is 1.10. And you thought that Yovani Gallardo was in trouble. The bottom is going to fall out on Marquis, quickly, if this keeps up.
Cody Ross has four homers in 216 at-bats this season. With an effort like that he very easily could lose a lot of playing time once Adam Eaton is ready to go. Gerardo Parra hurt himself last night when he banged his noggin on the ground when he tried to make a diving catch. He doesn't have a concussion. He's been impressive this year hitting .301 with a .360 OBP and 47 runs scored, but with only seven homers and six steals he's still more of a depth option in mixed leagues.
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(RNN) - While AAA says nearly 35 million Americans will travel for Memorial Day, many more will stay at home. Whether due to financial constraints or simply a lack of plans, millions will forgo holiday travel altogether.
So how can you make the most of your Memorial Day staycation?
"Adjust your attitude. Remember that it was not so many years ago when a common question was, 'Are you going anywhere during your vacation?' It was not simply assumed," said Kevin Gallegos with the Freedom Financial Network. "Remember that a main point of vacationing is to relax, rejuvenate and have fun. That doesn't need to cost a bundle or require travel."
That said, there are plenty of things you can do in your own backyard between the barbecue at lunch and the Memorial Day fireworks after dark.
If you're out of ideas, Gallegos and April Masini of AskApril.com have some suggestions.
Rent a convertible
How about throwing a picnic lunch together and renting a convertible for a spin to the beach, the mountains or a park?
Movie Marathon
While everyone's at the beach, make your own film festival by seeing four movies in a row at the local multiplex.
Neighborhood garage sale
If your spring cleaning didn't happen, this is a great weekend to pool your resources with your neighbors and have a neighborhood garage sale. Feeling resourceful? Have a bake sale, too. Donate the proceeds to your local Veteran's Administration Hospital or some other organization that benefits veterans.
Spend the day volunteering at the VA Hospital. Remember what the holiday is all about and give back your Memorial Day to those who gave so much for you.
Local Concerts
Indoors or out, cities across the country will hold Memorial Day music festivals, street festivals or even a free concert at a local park. Go take in some live music.
Explore your town
Every town has touristy attractions. And most locals never take the time to see them. Contact your local tourism bureau to identify tourist sites in your hometown that you have never seen.
The local pool, the lake, the beach, it doesn't matter. Just break out the swim suit and kick off the summer right.
Finish a Project
If you've been looking for time to finish a cross-stitch project or some landscaping, this is the time to go for it. Involve the kids in painting their rooms or helping get the garden ready for spring planting.
Spend an evening at a local bookstore or library. Or just read a book you want to read.
Above all else, disconnect, zone out, and have fun.
"Turn off the phone and ignore email, turn on automated 'away on vacation' messages," Gallegos said.
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I would like to know what your favourite natural/organic product is and why. How does it work, smell, feel, what's it's main difference to "normal" products, and so on.
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I haven't tried many of the products yet BUT I have tried the WELEDA SANDDORN-HANDCREME and it's definitely the best I have ever used!!! It doesn't get your hands all oily and slippery for ages and on top of that, which comes, at least in my opinion really handy, it smells heaps nice!!!
So if anyone's after healthy and soft hands, I can only definetely, totally recommend it ;-))
I love Farfalla cosmetics. My personal best are Uomo natural perfume and Sandalwood shower gel. I also use daily Sandalwood aftershave balsam. From other brands I love also Weleda - I use shaving foam. Our children have sensitive and dry skin and we use Weleda Baby&Kind face creme. It helps every time!
I like Farfalla cosmetics because of their natural smell, you can feel plant essences and their vitality bursting out - can't even compare with conventional cosmetics!
Anyway natural perfumes are like new planet discovered. At first it took me a few days for my senses to adjust and after this is no turning back ever! Beautiful thing about natural scents is that wonderful scent is only one great aspect of all the benefits it have. Aromatherapeuthical benefits of essential oils in natural perfumes (and other natural cosmetics) are great and I just like to explore this "new world".
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The Neighbor is the Nuisance
After the Good Friday tornado last year, a friend down the street cut up a bunch of his fallen trees and stacked the split firewood along his fence. For some strange reason, his next-door neighbor did not like the woodpile, complained about it constantly, and eventually persuaded the city council to pass an ordinance regulating woodpiles. Never one to pass up an opportunity for a good prank, I drafted the following notice, printed it with the city logo at top, and posted it on my friend's property.
City Ordinance Wood Pile Investigation & Enforcement
Dear Homeowner:
In response to a recent complaint, the wood pile on your property has been inspected by the City Ordinance Wood Pile Investigation & Enforcement (COWPIE) authority.
Wood piles are rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 representing a superior wood pile meeting and/or exceeding the aesthetic standards of adjacent homeowners. It is rare for a wood pile to receive the coveted 10 status. Most fall somewhere in the 5-9 range.
Any wood pile scoring under 5 is considered unacceptable and requires immediate remediation.
We regret to inform you that your wood pile has been rated -5 (minus five). This is beyond unacceptable and is considered scandalous outside of West Virginia and propinquitous portions of Ohio.
A wood pile receiving a negative score indicates a willful and malicious intent to stack wood in an unneighborly manner.
Please be advised that we have also received complaints from outside the city, state, and nation from concerned citizens and foreign nationals randomly viewing Google Maps street views.
Such complaints may lead to inquiries from state and federal authorities, as well as representatives of the International Criminal Court.
It is imperative that you respond to this letter as soon as possible. Penalties begin accruing upon receipt of the initial complaint and double daily.
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By far, most factories in China are in no way sophisticated enough to do business with overseas buyers. Remember, this is coming to you from someone who has visited literally thousands of factories in China. Most factories here have little English-speaking staff, don't understand the intricacies of shipping and working with overseas companies, and most importantly, don't understand the quality requirements and expectations that you probably are expecting. Such factors, if not clearly recognized in the beginning of your relationship, will only multiply and compound other issues involved in sourcing as you go forward. China inspection [www.china-inspections.com] Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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9:36 a.m. Today9:36 a.m. Dec. 11, 2013Investors are guilty of a bullish bias in December. But the historical evidence does not support that bias.
8:30 a.m. Today8:30 a.m. Dec. 11, 2013Consumers will have to wait for a la carte TV and lower prices
7:36 a.m. Today7:36 a.m. Dec. 11, 2013In my house, it's all about the English Premier League. And even shrinking the cord has a catch.
7:36 a.m. Today7:36 a.m. Dec. 11, 2013There's no reason to believe that Netflix will ever be more than what it currently is: a place to watch things a second time. It won't take over the world, writes Andre Mouton.
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6:15 a.m. Today6:15 a.m. Dec. 11, 2013People over 50 could be the biggest beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act. But they'll need to do some careful calculations before they choose a health-insurance plan—and the Dec. 23 sign-up deadline is fast approaching.
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Yet a policeman will find a crime anywhere if he decides to look hard enough, and it's not long before a body is discovered, and Sam—out of his jurisdiction, out of his element, and out of bacon sandwiches (thanks to his well-meaning wife)—must rely on his instincts, guile, and street smarts to see justice done. As he sets off on the chase, though, he must remember to watch where he steps. . . . This is the countryside, after all, and the streets most definitely are not paved with gold. About the AuthorTerry Pratchett is one of the world's most popular authors. His acclaimed novels have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide and have been translated into nearly forty languages. In 2009 Queen Elizabeth II knighted Pratchett in recognition of his "services to literature." Sir Terry lives in England.
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On this website you will see a sign that says that we are Open or Closed. This is reading from a twitter feed that is updated via a button near the front door of NSL. This is your best bet for quickly knowing if we are open. Having said that, it is always a good idea to hop into the IRC channel (Efnet #NSL) and do a sanity check. You never know how many people are at the space or how soon they will be leaving if you don't ask!
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A very big report came out last month with very little fanfare. It concluded what we in nuclear science have been saying for decades – radiation doses less than about 10 rem (0.1 Sv) are no big deal. The linear no-threshold dose hypothesis (LNT) does not apply to doses less than 10 rem (0.1 Sv), which is the region encompassing background levels around the world, and is the region of most importance to nuclear energy, most medical procedures and most areas affected by accidents like Fukushima.
The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) (UNSCEAR 2012) submitted the report that, among other things, states that uncertainties at low doses are such that UNSCEAR "does not recommend multiplying low doses by large numbers of individuals to estimate numbers of radiation-induced health effects within a population exposed to incremental doses at levels equivalent to or below natural background levels." (UNDOC/V1255385)
You know, like everyone's been doing since Chernobyl. Like everyone's still doing with Fukushima.
Finally, the world may come to its senses and not waste time on the things that aren't hurting us and spend time on the things that are. And on the people that are in real need. Like the infrastructure and economic destruction wrought by the tsunami, like cleaning up the actual hot spots around Fukushima, like caring for the tens of thousands of Japanese living in fear of radiation levels so low that the fear itself is the only thing that is hurting them, like seriously preparing to restart their nuclear fleet and listening to the IAEA and the U.S. when we suggest improvements.
The advice on radiation in this report will clarify what can, and cannot, be said about low dose radiation health effects on individuals and large populations. Background doses going from 250 mrem (2.5 mSv) to 350 mrem (3.5 mSv) will not raise cancer rates or have any discernable effects on public health. Likewise, background doses going from 250 mrem (2.5 mSv) to 100 mrem (1 mSv) will not decrease cancer rates or effect any other public health issue.
Note – although most discussions are for acute doses (all at once) the same amount as a chronic dose (metered out over a longer time period like a year) is even less effecting. So 10 rem (0.1 Sv) per year, either as acute or chronic, has no observable effect, while 10 rem per month might.
UNSCEAR also found no observable health effects from last year's nuclear accident in Fukushima. No effects.
The Japanese people can start eating their own food again, and moving back into areas only lightly contaminated with radiation levels that are similar to background in many areas of the world like Colorado and Brazil.
The huge waste of money that is passing for clean-up now by just moving around dirt and leaves (NYTimes) can be focused on clean-up of real contamination near Fukushima using modern technologies. The economic and psychological harm wrought by the wrong-headed adoption of linear no-threshold dose effects for doses less than 0.1 Sv (10 rem) has been extremely harmful to the already stressed population of Japan, and to continue it would be criminal.
To recap LNT, the Linear No-Threshold Dose hypothesis is a supposition that all radiation is deadly and there is no dose below which harmful effects will not occur. Double the dose, double the cancers. First put forward after WWII by Hermann Muller, and adopted by the world body, including UNSCEAR, its primary use was as a Cold War bargaining chip to force cessation of nuclear weapons testing. The fear of radiation that took over the worldview was a side-effect (Did Muller Lie?).
Of course, doubling the dose doesn't double the cancers below 10 rem/yr (0.1 Sv/yr). It has no effect at all. The millions of nuclear workers that have been monitored closely for 50 years have no higher cancer mortality than the general population but have had several to ten times the average dose. People living in New Mexico and Wyoming have twice the annual dose as those in Los Angeles, but have lower cancer rates. These cannot occur if LNT were true, because LNT states this could not occur.
There are no observable effects in any population group around the planet that suggest LNT is true below 10 rem/yr (0.1 Sv/yr) even in areas of the Middle East, Brazil and France where natural background doses exceed 10 rem/yr (0.1 Sv/yr).
Although rarely discussed, LNT does not take into account the organisms immune system, biological recovery time between doses or other relevant mechanisms that operate at low doses on an actual organism versus cells in a petri dish.
UNSCEAR is an independent body of international experts that has met regularly since 1955 and helped establish radiation as the best understood, though weakest, carcinogenic agent in the world through its studies of atomic bomb survivors, the effects of the Chernobyl accident, industrial radiological accidents, and medical radiation treatment.
Many of us have been at them for years to stop procrastinating and prevaricating on something so important that the inaction itself is harmful. This report is a welcome change. The report, approved by the United Nations General Assembly, will now serve to guide all countries of the world in setting their own national radiation safety policies.
This is incredibly important to Japan where national guideline changes have been horribly over-reactive in response to Fukushima, especially for food, using LNT in a way it should not be used.
Regulatory Limits On Radioactivity In Foods (in Bq/kg)*
Country Water Milk Foodstuffs Babyfoods
Japan 10 200 100 50
*Japan's new limits for radiation in food
Accepted global limits on radioactivity levels in foods is 1000 Bq/kg (1,200 Bq/kg in the U.S.). Dominated by cesium-137 and Sr-90, these levels were set by organizations like the IAEA and UNSCEAR after decades of study. Because of public radiation fears broadcast in the press after the Fukushima accident, Japan cut the limit in half hoping it would have a calming influence. But the level of fear remained high, so Tokyo lowered the limits to one-tenth of the international standards.
This was supposed to induce calm? Telling the public that radiation is even more deadly than they thought? That their food is toxic? Were they nuts?
This has had the unintended consequence of making people even more afraid of what they are eating, moving safe foods into the scary category and limiting food exports, causing even further economic and social damage.
Suddenly, all sorts of normally safe foods are now banned. Wild mushrooms from Aomori Prefecture are now banned because they have cesium levels of about 120 Bq/kg. This cesium has nothing to do with Fukushima, it's the same type as is in everyone's food around the world, and it wouldn't have rated a second look before the accident (Japan's Contamination Limits Way Too Low).
The Japanese people should not be punished for nothing. But these new results and the UNSCEAR reports demonstrate that they are being punished. There was no reason to lower the rad limits on food, especially after the short-lived nuclides have long decayed away. One of the incorrect assumptions was that people in Japan would be eating only contaminated food, which is quite wrong. The international limits were set for very good reasons, lowering them makes no sense except to further hurt farmers and consumers in Japan.
UNSCEAR's chair Wolfgang Weiss stated that no radiation health effects had been observed in Japan among the public, workers or children in the area of the damaged nuclear power plants, in keeping with studies already published by the World Health Organization and Tokyo University. Doses of radiation received by people near the damaged power plant were so low that no discernible health effect could be expected.
The Japanese government, for all its failures, did the right thing in evacuating Fukushima Prefecture quickly and by preventing contaminated food and water from being consumed. This was in stark contrast to Chernobyl where the Soviets intentionally kept the public in the dark.
Ingestion of the short-lived isotope iodine-131, with its well-known risk of thyroid cancer when absorbed in the thyroid glands of children and young people, was the only major radiation-related health effect of the Chernobyl accident on the public. And the Soviets could have prevented that by acting quickly and openly. Of course, the Soviets didn't much care about the public.
This will not happen in Japan. Iodine-131, with a half-life of only 8 days, decayed away in a few months following the accident and no one was found to have ingested any significant amount.
According to the reports, six Fukushima workers received total doses of over 0.25 Sv (25 rem) during their time fighting the emergency, while 170 workers received doses between 0.1 and 0.25 Sv (10 to 25 rem). None have shown ill effects and most likely never will. Radiation played no role in the coincidental deaths of six Fukushima workers in the time since the accident, who died from accidents, e.g., being crushed by debris or being swept out to sea.
Yes, there are health effects of radiation above 0.1 Sv (10 rem) that statistically increase up to 1 Sv (100 rem) but even in this higher range it's hard to see them without a big enough population. The only radiation events on this scale, where large populations received 0.1 Sv (10 rem) to 1 Sv (100 rem) have been the atomic bomb blasts from World War II.
The effects of radiation only start to become clear at high acute absorbed doses of over 1 Sv (100 rem), and even then it is necessary to eliminate other potential causes before radiation can be unequivocally said to be the cause, advised UNSCEAR.
What this means for nuclear waste disposal is even more dramatic, but more on that later!
In the end, if we don't reorient ourselves on what is true about radiation and not on the fear, we will fail the citizens of Japan, Belarus and the Ukraine, and we will continue to spend time and money on the wrong things. I'm sure the anti-nuke ideologues and conspiracy theorists will not accept these U.N. reports, but then…they don't like the United Nations anyway.
James Conca, there is really no point in arguing with these anti-20th century onward types. You will never persuade them, ever, not even on a single point. oregonstu's rants about corporate evil and conspiracies are the same thing in another realm and just as irrational.
I personally only blog on this kind of stuff occasionally because the response, regardless of topic, is angry personal attacks, flat declaration that I couldn't have learned anything (how else do you keep your closed mind and fanaticism when confronted with real credentials?) etc., etc., etc.
Also it's interesting that no one has mentioned new nukes, which burn old nuke waste and render it far less radioactive and much less long lived. They are a godsend, basically ending the problems of proliferation, safety and waste. But I'm sure the anti types will not have any different reaction even to that. Clinging to the currently unworkable notions of solar or wind is not only absurd, it immorally consigns the third world to a far lower standard of living. Not that this matters to those who hate technology and capitalism, the two essentials to the civilized lives we live in the west.
Don't waste your time with them. Fanatics don't change in emotional makeup or in what they mistake for rational beliefs, but are the liturgy of the green religion.
Hope for humanity, ok, but these 'anti' enviros don't ever change, correct or back down -or learn. You aren't seeing reasoned debate – you are seeing recycled rhetoric, which usually ends on some falsehood that requires some technical depth to debunk. But that also makes it suitable for conning the ignorant, so it takes on a new life.
The intense emotional investment in bogus scientific theories indicates that 'green' is a religion, based on emotional belief (faith) and not reasoning about evidence. The green religion mirrors western religions vividly – the garden (pre-human earth), sin ( human environmental impact), damnation (global eco-catastrophe), piety (shiver-in-the-dark Savogranolas), an anthropomorphic god-head (Mother Nature) and so forth. It is not a scientific debate and can't even be addressed with the tools of science.
I completely agree with you and as a journalist ( see www.richel.org/resume ) I would very much to continue writing about this, however…. You mention a 'very big report' in the beginning of this piece, and then you link to a non Unscear-site where nothing can be found. Neither do I find anything on the Unsear site itself. I have found the quotes you use in a comment by nuclear scientist Wolfgang Weis, but that doesnt qualify as a 'very big report'. Where is that?
Why is it that this comment (below) directed to me an hour and a half ago, as well as others are not visible in this forum?
(CHP1 posted a new comment on Like We've Been Saying — Radiation Is Not A Big Deal
" cathy: According to a draft report of the Fukushima Health Management Survey Group, which is canvassing the prefecture's 2m residents on their… "
Clearly, this forum is in need of the data on health effects coming out NOW from Fukushima, Japan. Just like our mainstream media, owned and by extension, gagged by the nuclear industry….James Conca has the nerve to tell us that there is "
no significant public health worry".
James still has not answered my question as to if he has been to Japan in the last year and 9 months. Not one person has addressed my comments or questions, here. So much for credentials.
We would all do well to educate ourselves at every opportunity on this issue. I lived with a geiger counter testing food and ambient background readings for a year in Wakayama, Japan….some 380 miles southwest of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. As early as August of 2011, I measured large skipjack tuna, our favorite sashimi to be over twice my background readings. What does that tell you? Do you still prefer to trust UNSCEAR's claims that "these are not dangerous levels."….?!
Are you comfortable knowing that this very tuna is migrating to your west coast in the US? How do you REALLY feel when James Conca tells you that the levels of Cs 134, Cs137, I 131, and Strontium 90 present in northern California milk, southern California kelp and tuna….is "negligable" and 'harmless'? It doesn't give me any confidence AT ALL. Your CHILDREN ingesting radioactive food (signed, sealed and delivered with a Fukushima signature). Don't tell me that bananas are radioactive. You know darn well that isotopes spewing from fission out of 3 reactors in Fukushima are entirely different.
Are you aware that the NRC today, at its headquarters in Maryland, is hearing testimony regarding the faulty reactor #2 at San Onofre in southern California? Can you believe that the owners of those reactors, Southern Cal Edison, by engineering mistake and escaping NRC procedure for checks of faulty steam generators….now propose running the reactor #2 at 70% as it is…with busted steam generators? On Jan. 31 of 2012, these busted steam generators caused radioactive leaks into the atmosphere, prompting shut down of reactor #2 and #3….since then, the ratepayers have forked out 60 million dollars A MONTH to San Onofre via our energy bills. 60 million a month for nothing…no energy as it sits, still, idling….since January. All this while Southern California Edison shareholders rake in record profits.
Don't you see something wrong with this picture? We would not have nuclear if it weren't for gov't subsidies. Why? Because it's cold war, antiquated, expensive, risky, nuclear waste producing technology. Why do we choose to burden ourselves with this dinosaur? Because we drink the cool aid that James Conca is selling! Are you able to support the argument for more and more spent fuel and nuclear waste which we, by default and pure selfishness, bequeath to our great-grandchildren and their children and so on and so on….the dangerous job of babysitting?
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andrewgbrown wrote:Sling does a REALLY good job of trying to hide the desktop client. Here's the link for the Windows application, so you don't have to fool around trying to log into their website every time you want to stream from your device: http://support.slingbox.com/go/windows-download-desktop-us
I don't log in or fool around... I click one button... "Sling" on my bookmarks bar and I'm watching TV. Super simple. But I'm on a Mac. ; )
[quote postid="4951055" user="andrewgbrown"]Sling does a REALLY good job of trying to hide the desktop client. I will say this about the desktop client, it works well even on slower computers. It works fine on my Asus EEE 900HA (Intel atom), and we have were able to get it running on a 900HD (celeron)
I'm in for one! I already own the AV and the Solo and I have had no problems with either one. Knock on wood. I am aware of the capacitor problems but I guess I am one of the lucky ones who hasn't had an issue. This HD version should be a nice upgrade while I am streamin around the house. I doubt I will see much of an upgrade while on the go since I rarely have a connection speed high enouh to support HD while on the go. Regardless the HD version will still be an upgrade when I do have the bandwith to support it. I imagine this will be sold out by the morning. I could be wrong of course but this hasn't been this cheap since Slingbox offered it over six months ago.
Here's a video showing the setup. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESohaFL89N8&noredirect=1
qwiktune wrote:Could someone enlighten me on the difference between this unit and the Solo, because I have the Solo but I can't think of justifying on upgrading to this one. I understand the quality is better (though the quality on the solo is fine for me as im not in to many situation where i'd be watching long enough for the quality of the solo to bother me. Also on my cell phone I always wondered if the service was good enough to even run high definition without any glitches (Verizon 3G). So what else do I benefit by this unit besides higher quality?
Better quality because it can actually stream at 1080i and a coaxial port that supports ATSC or ClearQAM. Streaming at higher resolution is a lot better on 4G LTE, so I'd say it isn't worth the upgrade for you.
In my opinion, you are on the right track in all your thinking. I likely wouldn't upgrade to the HD. When on my phone (also Verison 3G), my connection often downgrades the quality to play smooth.My HD has three input options.. I think the Solo has one. I only have one device connected, so that's not huge for me either. I have fast internet at my house, so I'm going with the HD for my parent's house in another state (read between lines on that one..) My opinion is unless you are watching Slinged content ON another TV with high speed connection, the Solo is just fine..
NewMaster wrote:It doesn't need HDMI. This is not like other devices where you are playing internet content on your TV. This is for playing TV content on your computer; you hook it up to your antenna or cable box.
Unless your cable or satellite box has component out (which many don't anymore), the "HD" part is pretty useless. The lack of HDMI is because of the inherent lack of HDCP, due to the nature of the device.
beekermartin wrote:I'm in for one! I already own the AV and the Solo and I have had no problems with either one. Knock on wood. I am aware of the capacitor problems but I guess I am one of the lucky ones who hasn't had an issue.
I also have not had the capacitor problem on the Slingbox HD I currently own. My thinking is on this refurb is that these are most likely units with FIXED capacitors, so I feel quite good buying this for my parents.
The difference between this one and the SOLO is that this one has a tuner, so you don't need to plug it to your cable box, and supposedly you can switch channels faster. Watch out if you buy this and expect to watch tv on your iphone/android, the client costs $30. And if you have both types of devices, you'll need to buy twice.
Sling box Pro-HD I own this gem & it is a gem.... We travel too much especially with the job & if you've ever been in another part of our beloved USA but, the hotel only has the local cable.....well, you take out your laptop, go to the www.slingbox.com website & watch YOUR TV AT HOME! It is great when visiting family, especially when you prefer to watch TCM & the adults in the room would rather watch, "Two tadpoles From Slime Land". Just an example, of course. It does work & if you have HD at home buy the HD slingbox to get the best from your HD channels! The solo & the pro are very different compare @ www.Slingbox.com. Love my Slingbox... Gr8tone99 aka Teresa
This product has been out for over 3 years. Consider Sling's lack of support/updates for their older products, I wonder how long this will continue to be supported.
I woke up early this morning with the strong gut feeling that today would be a Woot-Off... sadly no
Sure I travel a lot and I record so much on my DVR it would fill up in no time, even with the external DVR extender drive. This is great for catching up on all my shows while away and keeping the DVR from filling up (not to mention a wonderful way to fill the down time while traveling or waiting for the wife and kids to get ready). Got the HD model several months ago and so far not one issue. But it's not just for travel. Right now I'm on my desktop in my basement catching up on The Biggest Loser from last night while I do my morning internet ritual of reading news/forums etc. There's no TV convenient to where I'm sitting and keeping an "always on top" window in the corner of the screen allows me to multitask easily. Keep in mind the slingbox "takes over" the TV you are watching and anyone watching the TV the slingbox is connected to is subject to watching what you have on (or they could change what you're watching). The included internal tuner is standard cable only so you are limited in the channels you could watch on that tuner depending on your service. I just have mine set up on the TV nobody uses much so it won't interfere with anyone while I'm away. FIOS allows access to any DVR (I have two) from any set top box so it didn't matter which TV I connected the slingbox to.
DISH customomers can get one for their HOPPA for $30. (722 model recvrs also)free support, free mobile App (thru dish.com)
Does anyone know if a remote control interface for Roku devices is provided?
Could you view the video stream on a netbook (Asus EEE w/Atom 450n CPU)?
Just making sure, but because this model has the tuner, all I need to do to get my beloved Seahawks out here in New England is send this to the family, have them plug in the Coax and plug in the internet, do a little setup and I'm good to go? Also, does the Coax (internal tuner) get HD channels or is that only possible using the component inputs?
Ok - I've heard of slingbox, but can someone say in plain and concise language what exactly this thing does? I have a roku...
I bought a slingbox classic many moons ago on woot. About a year and a half ago, I bought this model new and I have not had problems with any of them. I tend to use it a couple hours a night when I am working night shift. I usually view mine on my android tablet.
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I have this box, for about 2 years now. I got it right when Slingbox was having their massacre of server issues. I had all kinds of problems. These days, things just "work" - so I would recommend it for those who want to stream content from one place to another. If you want to send near-HD content, you need a fast internet connection. So make sure you have good upload bandwidth!
I own one and use it a lot. I agree with a previous poster that there is some lag with the remote. it can be annoying but isn't a big deal. Streaming over WiFi is pretty good. 3G can be painful at times and the client will eat your phone battery. I've used my Sling while on travel in the middle east and had no lag issues. Just make sure you have a decent upload speed to your ISP and you should be fine. I had a Solo that had the dreaded capacitor issue. Tried to fix it but didn't work, so I upgraded to the Pro-HD. Very happy with my decision to do so.
I bought this a few years ago and it's still going strong. I believe the mobile apps available (for iPad at least) only work with the Solo and the Pro models. A note if you have a Scientific Atlanta 8300HD box connected to your TV via HDMI, plugging component cables from your cable box to the Slingbox will result in audio only and a "no video detected message on your laptop/mobile device. Seems that particular cable box is designed to lock out simultaneous use of both connections. Not sure if that's the case with all HD cable boxes as this is the only model I've ever had. The workaround is to use component cables from the cable box to the Slingbox In ports and then another cable from the Out port of the Sling to the TV. Either that or you have to remember to unplug the HDMI cable from the back of the 8300 before you leave the house every day (been there, done that, forgot too many times). I love this box. Sling used to be a cool company that was very responsive until they were swallowed up by a large company. Then support and responsiveness took something of a nosedive and there was a huge uproar when they offered no upgrade pricing when the iPad version of the app came out, resulting in dropping another $30. In addition to that, the iPad app was programmed in such a way that older sling boxes didn't work with it but they offered a $50 coupon to upgrade to a newer (much more expensive) model. That caused another mini riot. I've watched on my iPhone and despite hiccups occasionally, have been pleased with the performance. I primarily use this on my balcony with an iPad. The person that wrote about lag was spot on. Also, forwarding through commercials when watching the DVR is something of a challenge. Well worth it though. I LOVE this box.
Does anyone know if the desktop client or the browser plug-ins require administrator rights on win7? I would like to use this while at work but they control our application installation rather strictly.
Read amazon 1-star reviews. I will not buy a product from a company that has such bad customer service. And it's really bad!
How does this do with sports? I bought a cheaper model back in 2009 and the picture quality for sports is pretty bad, especially on basketball and football. Will this do better? Not sure how fast my Internet is but other streaming (ie Roku) works pretty well
ndesloge wrote: A couple of things to keep in mind: 1) This is 1080i, NOT full HD, but still very good.
That's because you're dealing (primarily) with broadcast TV. I suppose you could connect it to a Blu-ray player for 1080p, but broadcast doesn't go higher than 1080i.
FierceDeityLink1 wrote:Analog loophole, so no HDMI, but most devices (DVRs and whatnot) have HDMI and component and often output both simultaneously.
Not most new devices. Most new devices only have HDMI for HD. One simple, MUCH smaller interface. New Rokus don't have component video out. I have a Dish Network DVR - only HDMI, and no ability to pass the source coax to the Slingbox since it's a satellite feed. Fortunately, I have the option for Dish-provided Sling, whether embedded or inexpensive add-on. My current DVR (the ViP922) has embedded Sling, and (as mx023 said) the current HD DVRs can take a cheap add-on to get it.
I have 4 Slingbox's and all have had problems. They have low end Chinese capacitors that fail and cause the unit to freeze up. The only good solution is to replace the capacitors yourself with better quality' then they work great.
I had the slingbox solo, it bit the dust after a year. The whole bad capacitor thing is all over the forums regarding this. I don't know if this is any better, but I refuse to give my money back to a company that knew they had a defect in their product and did not do anything to change it for several years. Just google slingbox solo capacitor failure. I also found this about the PRO-HD: http://placeshiftingenthusiasts.com/forum/slingbox-hardware/slingbox-pro-hd-has-bad-capacitors-too/ So I jumped boat and went to Vulkano: http://www.amazon.com/Vulkano-Flow-Mobile-Device-Viewing/dp/B004M189OM This device offers more options at a cheaper price. This is the cheapest one, but they offer different levels also. Comparing the streaming quality of the Slingbox (when it was working) to the Vulkano, the Vulkano streams better. The interface for the Vulkano is a little clumsier, but has potential to be better. The only thing I miss about the slingbox is that the software had some type of crossover with a mediacenter remote where I could use the physical mediacenter remote to do some rudimentary things like channel up/down and channel input (vs using the on screen remote)- most people probably would not miss this functionality though.
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Nell4620 wrote:Ok - I've heard of slingbox, but can someone say in plain and concise language what exactly this thing does? I have a roku...
This is a placeshifter- this will tell you about them: http://dvr.about.com/od/tvcapturemethods/f/placeshifter_fq.htm The difference between between this and the pro-HD for the most part is the HD will send the signal at a better resolution, assuming the device it is connected to is a higher resolution device.
I can also attest to the crappy capictors and crappy customer service. it was 35$ just to get support outside of warranty if i remember correctly. disappointing. but when it worked it was AWESOME.
OK, I'm a complete novice here. With this device would I be able to switch my satellite TV account to a single connection (living room) and then stream the feed to my bedroom? I understand that would mean whatever is on the living room TV would be the content on the bedroom TV, but that isn't much of an issue. If so, it would eventually pay for itself, right? Thinking...
The software for PC or laptop remote use is a free download.
I enjoyed the slingbox while i needed it, but alas, i hit the problems with the capacitors, and the terrible support after about 2 years. Its a GREAT product... if you can keep it alive. But if you have any issues, be prepared to pay for below-average support to try to find a problem.
We purchased one of these so our son overseas in London and Hong Kong could watch American Tv. It has been great! We have it hooked up to a dvr and he schedules his own programming. Much easier that Syping during a football game with the camera on our TV. The only issues we have had have to do with the cable company outages and having to sometimes reset it.
rguggenmos wrote:Just making sure, but because this model has the tuner, all I need to do to get my beloved Seahawks out here in New England is send this to the family, have them plug in the Coax and plug in the internet, do a little setup and I'm good to go? Also, does the Coax (internal tuner) get HD channels or is that only possible using the component inputs?
The tuner will get all the "Clear QAM" services from your provider. Clear QAM means unencrypted. Most provider have their local broadcasters as clear QAM and not much else. So... The tuner would let you get the local broadcasters remotely; super for distant sports.
Sling support is a drag and don't always use the best quality parts. If your unit stops working check out this site: http://placeshiftingenthusiasts.com/solo-bulging-capcitors-repaired-with-images/ My Slingbox busted just under a year of ownership and customer service was basically "You're SOL". (My Slingbox would connect then lose drop after a minute.) A search found me to the above website. About $2 and 15 minutes later my Slingbox was up and running better than ever. It's been about two years since I did the repair.
blindrivalx wrote:Does anyone know if the desktop client or the browser plug-ins require administrator rights on win7? I would like to use this while at work but they control our application installation rather strictly.
Yes it requires admin to install
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Youngsters aged between four and 25 years with a talent for singing are invited to compete in "Thailand Vocalist Awards 2013".
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As he placed finishing touches on his clock in lab, Meira explained his nautical vision. The body will be enclosed in glass with shelves inside to display his cherished collection of mini sailboats and trophies he won while sailing competitively throughout Europe.
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Morrisville State gears up for Mustang Weekend
MORRISVILLE, NY—Reunions, a car cruise-in and a carnival will be among the events during Mustang Weekend at Morrisville State Sept. 20-22.
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AURORA, N.Y. – The Morrisville State College field hockey team battled to a 1-1 tie after regulation and was unable to hold on as a costly foul within the circle in the extra period led to the game winning tally by Wells Saturday afternoon in Aurora.
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Morrisville State women runners 7th at SUNYIT Invite
MARCY, N.Y. – The Morrisville State College women's cross country team recorded a 7th place finish overall Saturday morning, compiling 180 scoring points at the SUNYIT Invite in Marcy.
Senior Billie Jo Hinds (Oriskany, N.Y.) led Morrisville State with a seventh place individual finish, crossing the 5K race line with a time of 21:16, out of 143 runners.
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OSWEGO, N.Y. – An unlucky bounce gave the Morrisville State College men's soccer team a 2-1 loss Saturday afternoon to Houghton College at the Oswego Tournament in Oswego.
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I just can say the same as for german! hahaOriginally Posted by JavierSoto
I learned French for 1 year, english for 5 years now and spanish for 1 year! I hate french, I love english and spanish is.. hard. lol
It's a beautiful language but I don't think I will learn it someday (again).
I voted for russian, cause.. I don't know. I think russian is cool. XD


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Salford City Reds have bolstered their squad with two more signings in time for Friday's Super League opener against Wigan Warriors.
The City Reds, whose takeover by millionaire racehorse owner Marwan Koukash is set to be confirmed at a press conference tomorrow, have snapped up former Castleford Tigers utility back Ryan McGoldrick and taken Warrington Wolves winger Rhys Williams on a month's loan.
McGoldrick, 32, had a brief spell at Hull FC towards the end of last season after being released by Castleford but was not offered a new contract and joins Salford as a free agent.
"He'll be very useful for the youngsters at our club," said coach Phil Veivers. "He's a quality player who can fill a number of positions."
Wales international Williams, 23, spent two months on loan to Castleford last season before returning to the Wolves, for whom he recently signed a new two-year contract.
McGoldrick and Williams have been named in Veivers' initial 19-man squad, along with 20-year-old full-back Jack Murphy, who has joined the City Reds on a month's loan from Wigan, and former St Helens second rower Andrew Dixon, who will also make his Reds debut.
But former Wigan centre Martin Gleeson, who has agreed a two-year contract with Salford, will miss out on a reunion with his old club after picking up a calf injury in training.
"He'll be missing for three or four weeks," said Veivers. "It's a massive blow.
"He has been training the house down and I was really looking forward to his first game for us."
The Warriors will give competitive debuts to Blake Green and Scott Taylor, their new signings from Hull KR, while young stand-off Sam Powell, who Veivers also wanted to recruit on loan, is set to make his second Super League appearance.
Second rowers Chris Tuson and Harrison Hansen, as well as prop Epalahame Lauaki, are all ruled out through injury.
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Wee Man and Preston Lacy joined Rob Drydek on the set of his MTV show, Ridiculousness Monday night. Rick Kosick tweeted this pic and Wee Man had this to say about the experience:
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With three categories of products to evaluate, we had a lot of work to do. We first compared the traditional jerry jug to newer jugs with additional spill and pollution prevention features. In a separate category we called Pumps, we assessed portable fueling containers that included integrated siphons or gravity pumps designed to help ease the transfer of fuel and relieve the stress on your back. Finally, we evaluated a few larger, wheeled devices called gas caddies that can make the transport of larger quantities (14 - 29 gallons) easier.
We searched boating stores, auto parts vendors, specialty shops and the Internet to gather our test products and ended up with seven jerry jugs, two pumps, and three gas caddies. Five of the jerry jugs were CARB compliant and two were the traditional non-CARB design. One of these non-CARB jugs served as our control in flow rate tests - it had a separate vent and had no cut-off devices to restrict or regulate flow.
We anticipated spills so we used only water, not fuel, for all of our flow-rate testing. For our first round of testing, we constructed a mock-up of a boats fuel fill and recorded the length of time it took to empty the entire contents of each jug, and then measured the flow for one minute of pouring For the next round of tests we used our 22 center console power boat with horizontally mounted deck fill on the gunwale. After disconnecting the fuel line and capping it off to avoid getting water in our fuel tank, we again measured the total fill time and one-minute flow rates. This first round of testing on the boat took place on dry land with the boat on a trailer.
To add another realistic variable to our testing, we conducted our second round of testing at a marina, filling both from the fixed dock and from inside the boat as it rocked with the passing waves. This also provided us with a realistic scenario for lifting a full jerry jug from the dock and over the gunwale to a passenger in the boat. By the end of the day, we were all sore from repeatedly hoisting jugs that weighed over 30 pounds. But we learned a great deal about the pouring characteristics of each product and how the design affects the likelihood of spills.
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Traverse Classics: I met Bill Moser when he was 4 years old. I was 4 years old too. We lived three houses apart in a Livonia subdivision, a new one—most of the lawns were still dirt when we met. If it's possible for a place to be extreme middle class, Livonia was it back then. No visible poor people. No visible rich people. No visible ethnic people. Even today, Livonia has the highest percentage of Caucasians of any city with more than 100,000 residents in the United States.
Sometimes I wonder if the homogeneous nature of our town, the monoculture, inspired Bill's curiosity about other people, his desire to look into other worlds and understand and adopt the good that was there. Don't know, but here's something I remember. Bill was the first person I knew who was really into soul music. Not in a fake "trying to be a brother" sort of way, but just in a natural "I'm really into this sound" sort of way.
One time, when we were 16, he bought us tickets to a Marvin Gaye concert at Olympia Stadium. We each took dates. This was 1974; the Detroit race riots were just seven years behind us. The racial divide was perhaps greater than ever, and people in Livonia were afraid to go downtown. But Bill loved the music, and he intuitively understood that people getting together for a Marvin Gaye concert—"How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" and "Let's Get It On"—were looking to make love not problems. And his 16-year-old's instinct proved right. I remember seeing about 10 white people in the sold-out arena of 15,000, and everybody went out of their way to make us feel welcome.
Now follow along as we fast-forward. Bill goes to University of Detroit to study architecture. He graduates. Bill marries Tricia, the Catholic girl he went to the Marvin Gaye concert with. She, by now, is an occupational therapist, having graduated from Wayne State University. I am the best man in the wedding. When my wife and I get married a few years later, Bill is best man in our wedding; Tricia is a bridesmaid.
Now five years further, Bill and Tricia are living in Grosse Pointe Park. Bill has a lead role in designing a building in downtown Birmingham. Soon, he starts his own construction-design company. The couple is becoming increasingly religious, and they join an evangelical church. My wife and I have moved to Minneapolis. We do not become increasingly religious. Due to place and lifestyle, we drift apart from the Mosers.
Skip ahead to 1999. My family has by now moved back to Traverse City. I get a call from Tricia inviting us to visit their small farm near Ovid, east of St. Johns. It turns out I am heading to Detroit Metropolitan Airport in a few days to pick up my kids, who are returning from Minneapolis. It is height of summer, crazy busy, but their house is on the way. I pull off the highway, steer down dirt roads and pull up in the driveway. I see not a car, but instead a black buggy, as in horse and buggy. I get out of my car. I stand for a moment in the lush July dusk. A horse grazes in a small paddock. Chest-high grasses with seed-tops tinged in purple twilight fill a low swale. The orangey glow of propane lamps illuminates the house
windows. I hear quiet. I feel peace.
How ironic that two people, both so well-educated, would freely choose a life that rejects formal education past eighth grade. I respect *their* choice, but by depriving their children of even a high-school diploma, they've effectively chosen for them. The Amish I knew in Indiana and Ohio, while certainly religious, were also prone to the sorts of pitfalls ignorance brings with it -- quack medicine and virulent racism among them. We'll see how the Mosers feel when their grandchildren climb on their knee and ask about their wicked former life among the n-----s in Detroit. (Yes, that's a word I heard often among the Plain people.)
Your comment recalls Bill Moser's quote in the story, "the Amish are a people like any other, with the same struggles." For what it's worth, the Moser family seeks modern medical treatment, and I'm sure would never use the "n" word. But I do not doubt what you describe. Certainly the education situation is something that many mainstream Americans would disagree with. Bill told me the Amish are a remarkably well read culture and that learning continues lifelong, but within a more limited scope, I'd imagine. Yes there are inconsistencies in the Amish culture, but most mainstream Americans have inconsistencies in their own lives, as well.--Jeff Smith
The Moser's are faux Amish. In five, ten years they will be onto something else. In particular, the Moser's blow like a feather in the wind to the next Christian religious group that will tickle their fancy. In general, I highly respect the Amish but they choose to live in America and Canada where others fight for their rights and freedoms. I too was at the service they spoke of at their old church. The fact is I have relatives and friends, Christians, who fight for and serve their country. The fact is we live in a fallen world, due to Adam, and in fact we have to occasionally stand up and fight for what is right, to fight evil, here and around the world. I too disagree with some of the issues but recognize that overall if we do not stand up, who will? Certainly not Bill and Trish. The Moser's hide behind the Amish way of life and appear to be simple people but will let others do their bidding. I don't find their choice admirable but cowardly and personally convenient.
Like the author and some who left comments before me, I too know these people.
There is nothing noble about the choices the Moser's are making or have made in the past. I chuckled at the description of "faux Amish" given to them. In fact, they are "faux Americans". No wait: they are just plain old "faux". Like so many people in our country today, they are aimlessly searching for some kind of validation that they hope a lifestyle choice or a religious community can give them.
The writer asserts that Bill demonstrated early-on his understanding of the need to reach out to other cultures and socio-economic groups when he attended a Marvin Gaye concert in Detroit. Give me a break, please. The only reason they can afford to chase their proverbial spiritual tails is because they were born white, are both college graduates, are healthy well-fed aimless elitists who have figured out how to make the system work for them and their spineless empty pursuits. If they had any real working knowlege of the plight and the daily miseries of the sick, deprived, depraved, hungry, homeless, outcast and unloved urban poor in the City of Detroit, they would never ever be so thoughtless as to assert that they were drawn in kinship to them. The church they left is in Harrison Township MI. It is located very near the Selfridge ANG Base. Many fine, unselfish service personnel attend this church. Yes, a color guard did participate in a service during the Gulf War...no, that same guard did not lead the congregation in singing during worship. It is for people like myself, like the urban poor in Detroit, like the Moser's......it is for all people in the USA that these brave and sacrificial people stand in the gap, and in harms' way.
The Moser's thought nothing of taking serious amounts of financial and material aid from this dear church that they left.I ache for their beautiful children who are growing up with a chronically distorted view of authority, the view clearly described in God's Word. Bill and Tricia Moser are misfits who have gone into a strange underground called Amish Seekerdom, to avoid the patterns of irresponsibility and financial indiscretion that caused a number of kindly people to lose money and worse.
Praise God "it is by grace we have been saved through faith and not because of anything we have known or done. It is the gift of God, period, and not something that we can boast in or take credit for ourselves". That is a paraphrase of Ephesians 2:8
It is time for Bill and Tricia Moser to "man-up" and follow the example of the God/Man/Savior Jesus Christ.
The caustic remarks on here are very surprising to me. Apparently actually LIVING OUT what you believe is seriously offensive to some people. Perhaps the offense is taken because it shows us for what we are as Americans unserious, unthinking, undisciplined people.
America is caught in the throws of idolatry. One faction favors government as god the other tradition and culture as god. The thinking and repentant Christian belongs in neither category. We have labored to build a false Eden where we can have it all and the effects of the fall will be not felt. However, this has done nothing but increase our sinfulness.
The Amish have taken a radical view, that technology most often separates us from family and community. I would venture to say they believe like I that failing to learn mature relating skills in family and commmunity seriously impedes our relationship with God.
Therefore they choose to live in a way that experiences the full force of the effects of the fall. This is a simple concept. Applying it is not so simple. To accuse someone who has worked so hard to apply it of being "faux" is gross and heartless.
I discovered during hurricane IKE that this belief of the Amish is very truthful. As neighbors gathered to help each other, cooking for each other sharing generators and there was no television so for two weeks we talked in driveways while handwashing laundry and actually GOT TO KNOW each other. That did more to create bonds between the many cultures of Houston than any stupid lecture on diversity will ever do. People are now bonded who once shared NOTHING in common. That is all due to facing hardship and no one-eyed timewasting brainsucker.
I realized what we need to do is leave this false Eden we have created, because it is unsustainable and is doomed. We must renounce our idols and stop trying to fashion God into an image we prefer. HOW each person chooses to do this is likely going to be very different, but I know of several movements underway that are quite close to Amish philosophy.
To do this will ultimately cause those who worship big government or patriotism or capitalism or whatever aspect of American or global culture to virulently reject us. So be it.
While I am not as eloquent as some of those who have commented, I would just like to say that from what I have learnt about the Amish culture, I have a deep respect and admiration for them.
I was brought up in an all-Catholic community and I can very much respect the Amish ways of truly practising what is preached in the bible. The hypocrisies I saw within a supposedly god-fearing community – hypocrisies which were an integral part of the community's culture, not a small diversion from a path which can be easily repented – made me cynical of the Christian faith. The materialism we see within western culture is destroying communities all over the world for the profit of the few. Rejecting this culture to lead a life more close to that which God dictated could surely only be admirable. It certainly couldn't be an easy decision to make, given the reactions it has provoked within their own previous – and Christian! – community. At the very least, I would certainly not call it cowardly.
I feel very sad and frustrated to read that some see nothing wrong with relating in any way the worshipping of God to the practising of war, and the idolisation of a governments decisions. You may think that those young people were protecting the people of America from harm, but even ignoring the fact that is debatable - what about the rights of others to be free from harm? Did God instruct those young people to go harm innocents in other countries, to destroy cultures they know nothing about? If God spoke to you tomorrow would he tell you to kill others in order to find peace or to follow his word to the best of your ability?
The Mosers are protecting the USA in another way, and one which to my mind is very obvious. Global warming and the resulting changes in weather patterns has already begun to hugely affect the world in both poor and rich countries, but particularly the most vulnerable in all. It is also causing huge proportions of God's creatures to die. Their chosen lifestyle is HUGELY reducing their impact on their environment and retaining some of the world's resources for future generations. It is following the seasonal patterns, living as a community and as a family, helping one another to live in a way which does not go against moral codes and does not damage others or the earth. This to me is a very noble and Godly way to live.
Their chosen lifestyle has many similarities to the permaculture principles which may be one of the 'several movements' which the above comment alludes to. Permaculture as a concept has only been around for a few decades, but already has a huge following. It is an approach to agriculture and to living that aims to create stable, productive systems that provide for human needs, harmoniously integrating the land with its inhabitants. Core values are caring for the earth, caring for people and ensuring a fair share among those today and in the future. Many of those following permaculture practises are choosing to live in communities which they see as healthy, ecologically sustainable, self-sufficient, ethically robust and peaceful – much like the Mosers.
Whether or not you agree with the Amish or permaculture ethics, if current ways of living are not promoting this positive type of community, we must reassess what is wrong with our society and treat those who are seeking a better one with a bit of respect.
I met Bill this past weekend when I stayed with my friends who are also Amish and neighbors of the Mosers. For those of you who doubt their commitment to the Amish faith, go visit first hand and see for yourselves.
They raised their children in the faith and are living their lives as best as they can like anyone else, just in a different way. If they left the community for something more "progressive" it would be their own mistake
The Mosers have done the most they could do as far as a favorite liberal "issue" is concerned: almost completely reduced carbon footprint. They have also done the most they could do as far as conservative issues: they do not rely on government funded social services and do not practice/condone abortion. Yet they are being skewered by these comments on here by BOTH groups! Shame on all of you who condemn them in the name of your liberal and conservative agendas. Hypocrites, all.