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Premeditated. This wasn't an impulsive act.
Premeditated. This wasn't an impulsive act.
Full body kevlar (as reported by the media, anyway, though I have my doubts) isn't something people put on as an impulse, either.
Full body kevlar (as reported by the media, anyway, though I have my doubts) isn't something people put on as an impulse, either.
Speak for yourself...
Some of us like to think that S.W.A.T. is a fashion statement, especially if you accessorize.
Talk about sexy on the catwalk..sporting kevlar and flashbangs!!!
Speak for yourself...
Some of us like to think that S.W.A.T. is a fashion statement, especially if you accessorize.
Talk about sexy on the catwalk..sporting kevlar and flashbangs!!!
Ah, I remember my gothic-industrial club days.
I was running late for work today and realized I forgot to do laundry over the weekend.
The only thing left to do was put my full body kevlar on over my "Venom" costume.
Fortunately, I work for a bunch of blind people.
I heard a psychologist on NPR last week saying that most massive shooting are long time premeditated actions. Almost no shooter just goes crazy take a gun and shoot everybody. They all spend weeks at it.
He didn't purchase any of the guns he used so a background check wouldn't matter. The purchaser and owner of all the weapons was his mother.
His behaviors match that of typical anonymous posters.
Over a hundred people die from firearms every day in America. Roughly about 1/3 accidents, 1/3 suicides, and 1/3 deliberate homicides. Dwelling on massacres like Sandy Hook is not really a good idea for many reasons. Most gun homicides are committed with handguns, by people with long records of violent crime, and are done more often than not in heated emotion. But these school massacres fit none of those patterns. They are usually done with rifles, by people that are "odd" and loners but without any record of violent crime, and they are usually meticulously planned. In many ways these make them the hardest violent acts to prevent. We should focus on preventing more on the everyday killings, many of which should be preventable, instead of focusing too much on the black swans where any plausible effort is unlikely to make much difference.
We should try to learn from history: On January 17th, 1989 Patrick Purdy [wikipedia.org] walked into a school yard in Stockton, California, and opened fire on the children playing there, killing five and wounding 29. In the months that followed, legislation was rushed through to outlaw rifles similar in appearance to the one he used. Back in those days, it was common for gun owners to support "common sense" gun control. But they watched gun control advocates, who often claimed that they wanted to restrict handguns and not hunting guns such as rifles and shotguns, use this tragedy to push through bans on rifles and only rifles, and do so on the basis of appearance (shape of the grip, bayonet stud, etc.) rather than functionality. The result had a negligible effect on crime, but resulted in a significant decline in support for gun control in America. There was also a strong political backlash. Many pro-gun-control politicians lost elections, and the urban-rural split between the two major political parties became more pronounced. I really hope that we do something more sensible this time.
I really hope that we do something more sensible this time.
So, what are you going to do?
Unless you outright ban guns....or possibly legislate it so that only single shot weapons are legal, you're not going to change or do anything.
Only law abiding people follow the laws...criminals, by definition, aren't going to abide by them.
And banning guns tomorrow, totally...would not affect gun crime in the US for decades, there are just too many guns and ammo to be had out there. If you did this...again, only the law abiding would suffer at the hands of criminals which would still be fully and heavily armed.
I'm sorry, shit happens. Crazy people are out there, and will pop up from time to time, and kill lots of people.
Hell, wasn't there recently a killing spree at a grade school in German or somewhere else in Europe where the killing and damage done was with a knife?
So, what are you going to do?
Doing nothing would be more sensible than what we did in 1989 in California. Not only was it pointless (banning weapons based on appearance rather than functionality) but was probably downright counter-productive by outlawing thousands of existing guns and pushing them onto the black market.
Right now there is a big push to "do something", and I hope we don't do something that stupid again. I am not an advocate of more gun control, but if we are going to "do something", than it should be aimed at cheap handguns that are used in killings everyday rather than a futile attempt to prevent the next Sandy Hook.
Over a hundred people die from firearms every day
[citation needed]
This should be a reminder to all of us to be that friend he probably didn't have. I'd have killed myself in college if it weren't for a few online friends. Skearrit and Zenobia, that's you. It's WoW now instead of MUDs, but people are the same.
Curse you Skearrit and Zenobia. AC is the most trollish poster on
I don't think you actually do this, at least have not in some years. I in fact do tear drives apart and melt the exterior aluminum casting for
Anyway I have the scar on my hand to prove that you don't do that kinda of stuff with modern glass platters, they are not safety glass they pretty much explode into shrapnel. Yes they do bend, in fact they bend pretty well before they shatter. Weird but true. I would hazard a guess that "most" drives bigger than 10 gigs are glass platter and very few below a gig are glass platter. Yes in the 90s they were all metal of various kinds, and made nice windchimes and targets.
One interesting observation is for decades all you need to completely disassemble a hard drive is about 4 torx size screws, like T5, T20 and a couple others. Also the color of platters follows no obvious pattern over the decades due to different chemistry.
But don't go telling kids now a days to smash up their platters, or there's gonna be sharper than razor glass shards everywhere and/or stitches.
I am often confused, and more than just a little alarmed at the polarization that stories like this cause.
On one side, there are the people that would rather live in an Aldus Huxley novel than suffer the slight against their perceptions of safety that allowing the general public access to firearms presents. (Seriously. If there are 100 shootings per day, out of 250 million persons in the USA, your chances of being so shot on any given day are 4 places to the right of the decimal point in terms of percentages-- (borrowed possibly false statistic from previous poster.) At that rate, you are more likely to die in an airline catastrophe. Contemplate that when you advocate stampeeding over peoples rights because kids were involved.)
Then, on the other, you have the people that feel we are already deep inside an aldus huxley novel, and have a "freedom fighter" complex. (The types who wear the tinfoil, you know whom it is of which I speak.)
Where are the people like me, who live in the middle? The people who deplore the senseless death, but who blame a faulted cultue that stigmatizes people with mental health issues, makes care for such insanely unaffordable, and tries to pretend the problem isn't serious? The ones who understand that guns are simply a tool, and the purpose they serve in the hands of the public is a preventative measure against corruption in high places, and nothing more?
The solution to deaths like these is NOT "gun control".
The solution to deaths like this is to get people the help they so desperately need, without any overtones of disparagment, or of belittling the people who need that help.
Outlawing guns does NOT help the mentally ill get the help the need, before they snap and take others with them. It simply sweeps the issue under the rug, because outlawing the tool used for the killing is simply easier. Nevermind that any sense of security the measure brings is false, and endagers more innocent people. (If not a gun, then perhaps a bomb, or poison, or any number of other methods.)
I am tired of these stories. I am tired of the shield rattling. I am tired of the "Ra Ra Rah!" And gung-ho idiocy of both sides.
In cases like these, there are *ONLY* victims. There are no bad guys, unless you care to look in the mirror. Our blind complacency to the sufferings of others is what CAUSES this shit. Everything about this story is tradgedy. Stop looking for a fucking scapegoat.
Seriously. It confuses the fuck out of my why it always must be so, that we all lose our minds over this, and dive headfirst from the frypan into the fire.
We like to pretend that we have sharp minds.
Right wingers believe that new laws will prevent people from getting abortions. Why don't they believe that new laws will prevent people from shooting guns at people?
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Thanks everyone. I have replied to his message saying:Hi,Thanks for your message. I think I should be honest with you. I had a great holiday and it was really nice to meet you, but I am not interested in you in that way. I thought we had more of a friend vibe, there was not a romantic spark for me. I was not aware of giving you any signals. I want to be upfront because you seemed to be looking for something meaningful and I respect that. I think you seem a really great guy and I hope you meet the right girl for you really soon.
Anyone know a polite way of saying I'm not interested? YES!! "I'm not interested."
Tell him the truth, that you see him as a friend. This stuff happens, if he has any maturity he will understand. We've all had crushes on people who didn't feel the same about us. It's part of life.
My dad told me it was ok to tell these kind of men "I am not interested" in a no nonsense tone, and not to add thank you because it makes it sound like you are flattered when you really aren't.
Just tell him outright - You're a nice guy but I'm not interested in you , or if you want to be nicer - I'm not interesting in dating anyone right now .
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2008 was the breakout year. Maybe the statistics do not blow away the reader, but Brady's move to midfield had a dramatic impact on our team. Now, opponents have to contend with this quick, shifty, exceptional feeder. His improved play earned him a spot on Man-Up as well, where he consistently made great decisions. Brady was also able to improve his shooting, including an effective low-to-high hammer. Brady again came back this fall in outstanding physical condition, prepared to put an exclamation point on his career...2008: Played in 13 games while earning starts vs. UMass, Vermont and Providence... Scored goals vs. Vermont, Yale and Penn...His nine assists ranked third on the Brown team...Had a goal and two assists vs. Yale...Picked-up seven ground balls...2007: Saw action in nine games for the Bears...2006: Played in seven games for Brown, scoring two goals and registering an assist, while taking just five shots...Also picked-up three ground balls...Secondary School Background: A graduate of Upper Arlington and Avon Old Farms where he lettered in lacrosse (4) and basketball (1)...Team captain at Upper Arlington...High School All-American and MSLA Player of the Year in 2004...Named MVP of the MSLA Tournament...First Team All-Ohio and All-MSLA...Played in the National Senior Showcase All-Star Game...Played in the Ohio Division I senior All-Star Game...All-Western New England selection at Avon Old Farms...Won journalism awards for several writing features...Dean's List student...Personal: The son of Scott and Kimberly Williams of Columbus...Has a brother, Cam, and a sister, Blair... Modern American history concentrator.


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2011 Softball
Bluffton juniors to lead Beavers on diamond in 2011
February 8, 2011
By: Brandy Bidlack, sports information assistant
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University softball team will enter the 2011 season with confidence and renewed energy as the squad includes nine freshmen, a transfer and eight prominent returnees. In 2010 the Beavers finished second in the Heartland Conference, behind two-time HCAC defending champion Transylvania. Bluffton ended the season with an 18-22 record, including an 11-5 mark in the conference.
Head Coach Heather Bruder returns for her fifth season with the Beavers, entering the 2011 campaign with an overall record of 87-69 at Bluffton, including a 45-18 stamp on HCAC action. Bruder will be joined by 2010 Bluffton alum and softball sensation Brooke Babcock, who ended the 2010 season slugging .491 in addition to being the Beavers' top pitcher during her four years in the circle.
Bruder stated that one of their goals for the year is to secure a spot in the NCAA Regionals. Coach commented, "We have been so close the past few years. If we make improvement on the offensive side of the game, we can better our chances to win the conference tournament. Runs are what wins games and we need to hit over .320 as a team." The winner of the HCAC tournament receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Beavers fell just short last spring as they placed third while Transylvania captured the HCAC tournament title.
Coach Bruder looks to be improved this year. "Our goals all align with our team perspective. We must play the game, not the opponent." She explained that putting up a respectable ERA and cutting down on errors will improve Bluffton's chances for a conference title. "Most teams believe an error a game is acceptable. Not for us. We need to cut down on miscues if we want to be the best." Day in and day out, Coach Bruder expects each player to know what adjustments to make offensively and defensively. "My goal is to teach the game. Once I have done that, these girls will have everything they need to be the best," responded Bruder.
The Beavers lost two outstanding players from last year's team. Brooke Babcock added 10 wins for Bluffton while teammate Jayme Marbaugh was a phenomenal third baseman who could read the slap bunts and come up with the ball no matter what. In response to the loss, Bruder quipped, "There's no replacing these two ladies. We just have to find a pair of freshman who are aggressive both in the field and at the dish."
Bluffton will count on leadership from sophomore hurler Stevie Cuttitta (Columbiaville, Mich./Clio) who snapped Ohio Northern's 29 game-winning streak with a lockdown performance against the Polar Bears last season. Junior Kristin Agauas (Bloomfield, Mich./Andover) brings more experience to the circle, while freshman Kayla Owens (Cincinnati/McAuley) looks to complement the pitching rotation.
To complete the short game, Bruder turns to junior catcher MeAgan Price (Toledo/Springfield). "She does an excellent job blocking the ball, limiting stolen bases and managing our pitching staff. " Price also proved to be an offensive threat as she hit .274 with 14 walks and 10 stolen bases last year.
First Team All-HCAC performer Emily Manahan (Columbus/Bishop Watterson) led the team with a .343 batting average last season and has been considered among the top first basemen in the league. Fellow junior Chelsie Osborne (Chillicothe/Waverly) anchors the infield from her shortstop position and she crossed the plate 21 times while tallying 39 hits in 2010.
The Beavers will also be looking for solid contributions from several freshmen this season. Bruder believes Shelby Erford (Paulding) will secure an infield spot. "She puts in all the effort and is very coachable. She listens and tries to improve her game every day. Shelby is definitely one to watch this season." Coach Bruder also feels that offensive standout Natalie Nikitas (Jeffersonville, Ind.) will see playing time, saying, "Natalie is a solid player who could create a lot of offensive action for us." Transfer student Ashley Manusos (Spring Grove, Ill./McHenry Community East) could also see significant playing time for the Beavers in 2011.
When questioned which teams will be in the mix for a berth in the HCAC tournament this year, Bruder remarked, "Transylvania, who won the past two regular season titles as well as the tournament championship last year, basically returns its whole team, including HCAC Player of the Year Megan Mitchell. However, no one outside of Lexington wants a three-peat so everyone will be gunning for the Pioneers. Anderson and Manchester have the tools to compete and no one should overlook Defiance as a legitimate threat. I love this conference; on any given day, any team can beat any other team. There's nothing like the Heartland Conference softball programs." The Beavers were pegged to finish second in the pre-season HCAC Coaches' poll, behind Transylvania.
The Beavers will head to Florida once again for their annual spring break schedule of 10 challenging matchups. This year, Bluffton will face four Ohio schools and Thomas More, a PAC school in northern Kentucky. "Florida is always a lot of fun," states Bruder. "We get to play competitive teams that we wouldn't normally have the opportunity to see." The first game is slated for 1 p.m. on March 7 against Marietta College.
Bluffton will return from Florida and begin the northern portion of its season on March 16 when the Beavers travel to Alma for a 3:30 p.m. showdown with Bruder's alma mater. The softball team will host its first home game of the 2011 season on Thursday, March 31, against Adrian College. On April 2, Bluffton welcomes two-time defending HCAC-champion Transylvania for the first conference doubleheader of the year at 1 p.m.
Bluffton will return from Florida and begin the northern portion of its season on March 16 when the Beavers travel to Alma for a 3:30 p.m. showdown with Bruder's alma mater. The softball team will host its first home game of the 2011 season on Thursday, March 31, against Adrian College. On April 2, Bluffton welcomes two-time defending HCAC-champion Transylvania for the first conference doubleheader of the year at 1 p.m.


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boooo, there goes my hopes of one day having a child that would roam the wastelands and be the savior of all humanity.
Don't worry...there are still plenty of ways to create wastelands. The trinity of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical is still around. You can add robot and grey goo to the mix in a few decades/centuries.
China is also reducing its arsenal
Citation needed. China has not been very open or forthcoming at all with regards to their weapons programs, nuclear or conventional. In fact they are currently in the process of building new ballistic missile submarines and deploying road mobile ICBMs. How is this compatible with "reducing" their arsenal?
The DOD table followed a fact sheet published by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in April 2004, which stated: "Among the nuclear-weapon states, China...possesses the smallest nuclear arsenal." Since Britain has declared that it has less than 200 operationally available warheads, and the United States, Russia, and France have more, the Chinese statement could be interpreted to mean that Chinaâ(TM)s nuclear arsenal is smaller than Britainâ(TM)s.
Link [fas.org]
The indefinite combinations of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations. - Robert S. McNamara
Slightly offtopic but in high school I read a few books by Robert S McNamara who died yesterday [nytimes.com]. It's too bad he didn't get to see this agreement between old enemies. He was Secretary of Defense from 1961-1968. Although I did not agree with a lot of his views he shaped a lot of the nuclear buildup during the cold war. I believe he was responsible for abandoning Eisenhower's policy of massive retaliation in the event of a nuclear war. He was first tasked by Kennedy of explaining nuclear fallout [wikipedia.org]. McNamara favored non-nuclear power and one of the books I read "In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam" shed a lot of light on the Vietnam war for me.
If you haven't seen Erol Morris' "The Fog of War [wikipedia.org]" you should.
Rest in peace Robert Strange McNamara. You revealed to me the horrors that leadership must face during war.
Slightly offtopic but in high school I read a few books by Robert S McNamara who died yesterday [nytimes.com]. It's too bad he didn't get to see this agreement between old enemies
Don't feel too bad. He did get to see the far more important breakthrough agreements negotiated and signed by Presidents Reagan and Bush 41.
I've really got to love our society. A more than slightly crazy musician and probable child molester dies and it's all the news can talk about for three weeks as people cry in the streets and memorial concerts are held all over the country. A man who was partially responsible for guiding the world through the cold war without destroying modern civilization dies and no one even knows who he is.
A more than slightly crazy musician and probable child molester dies and it's all the news can talk about for three weeks as people cry in the streets and memorial concerts are held all over the country. A man who was partially responsible for guiding the world through the cold war without destroying modern civilization dies and no one even knows who he is.
You forgot the part where the crazy probable child molester pushed the coverage of the struggle in Iran off the front pages.......
Fourth estate indeed.
1. I am not and have never really been a fan of MJ but that fact that you must thrust him even into this shows you are part of the problem of which you speak. He is dead and I feel sorry for his family.
2. McNamara sucked. No really he was a walking talking disaster area. The complete re writing of history around JFK drives me nuts. McNamara and JFK over saw the largest increase in the nuclear stock pile in history. He made no agreements involving arms control except the Nuclear Test Band Treaty which
In case you did not know, the massive nuclear buildup by the US in the 1950's and 1960's was largely based on incomplete intelligence and a great deal of incompetence by the Eisenhower and (much less so) the Kennedy administrations. Although McNamara recognized that the US had a large advantage in both nuclear warheads and delivery systems, he still continued the massive buildup in nuclear weapons started by Eisenhower and pushed the idea of mutually assured destruction. It led to the greatest period of nuclear tension we ever had, and almost led us to nuclear war.
In the 1950's the US thought the Soviets were greatly increasing their nuclear arsenal in order to gain first strike capabilities. This was false and not supported by strong intelligence, and many in the Eisenhower administration did not take proper precautions to ensure this was correct. The US initiated a period of nuclear proliferation that was understandably viewed by the Soviets as an attempt to gain first strike capability, and they quickly followed suit with their own nuclear buildup.
Mr. McNamara did not abandon the idea of massive retaliation, he actually advanced it. He said himself said (paraphrasing) that it was pure luck that we did not end up in a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. He also continued the ludicrous notion of the domino theory [wikipedia.org] which led to the escalation of the Vietnam War under his command.
Also, (taken from the NY Times book review [nytimes.com] of his autobiography) he realized relatively early in the Vietnam war that it could not be won by military force, but did not fight for his opinion and didn't take a public stance on that position until the 1990's. He and the Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon administrations destroyed the common trust and confidence in our government, which still has far-reaching consequences today. He oversaw one of the largest expansions of the US military in history, which can be directly traced to our ridiculous defense policy and budget today.
Mr. McNamara was a brilliant man, but he is a symbol of how arrogance and loyalty to authority dragged our country to the brink of destruction. Combined with his (and the rest of the government's) mismanagement of the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara is certainly not a politician that will be missed by me.
This could mean even more cheap launch vehicles for satellites, since launching missiles is a good way of reducing their numbers...
BBC radio is reporting this will bring the USA and Russia down to owning a mere 95% of the world's nuclear weapons. Go USA! Go Russia!
Seriously, good work both countries for making a step in the right direction. But keep going, you've got a long way to go before you can start preaching to countries with a dozen or nuclear weapons about the need for restraint.
As one of the Rand Corporation's stone cold game theorists said, those would be "tragic, but distinguishable, outcomes".
General Turgidson: Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching a moment of truth both for ourselves as human beings and for the life of our nation. Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing. But it is necessary now to make a choice, to choose between two admittedly regrettable, but nevertheless *distinguishable*, postwar environments: one where you got 20 million people killed, and the other where you got a 150 million people killed.
President Muffley: You're talking about mass murder, General, not war!
General Turgidson: Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.
Forget game theory. Consider the consequences of agency theory - a 5% reduction in arms is a 5% budget cut to the department responsible for the nukes. It benefits nations to reduce arms significantly (through multilateral treaties) to the point where they are only left with a reasonable deterrent, and enough ground troops to respond to disasters. But no defense department would recommend it, or push for the treaties.
I recognize your argument concerning modern societies' dependence on logistics and organization, but modern societies are also interdependent. If the US would be hit in a way which would kill of the know-how of how to run things, competence from other countries would likely compensate to an extent.
Take for example your issue with spare parts for cars. For many cars on US roads, spare parts are produced and stored in Japan and Europe. The companies with the logistical capacity are multinational and the exper
What? No "killah cockroaches"?! This post-nuclear-holocaust world is sounding less and less appealing every day.
Besides, I'm not so sure a dozen nukes wouldn't cripple the U.S. Those flatworms in Congress and the White House are doing their best to cripple to U.S. over global warming, the bad economy or the fact that a small percentage of the country doesn't have proper health coverage.
p.s. Apologies to flatworms.
What? No "killah cockroaches"?! This post-nuclear-holocaust world is sounding less and less appealing every day.
cockroaches surviving radiation is bullshit anyway.
I tested the theory in a microwave and it died pretty good.
Depends on which cities you hit I suspect:
Washington DC (mostly because that'd take out the politicians)
New York
Los Angeles
San Antonio
San Diego
San Jose
These are the 11 largest cities in the US [infoplease.com] plus DC. If that killed everyone in those cities (unlikely) it'd cost 26.4 million lives in the US.
The economic outcome would be horrible, but taking out New York takes out all the Wall Street brokers and most of the bankers, so it'll probably come out as a wash
Is there really that much difference in having a thousand or having a dozen? Could the country with a dozen warheads not fuck any other country beyond repair or redemption just as well as one with a thousand nukes?
In addition to the factors others have mentioned there is this - when the number of warheads is reduced, each remaining one becomes proportionally more valuable.
The practical effect of this is that it increases the pressure on the 'trigger'. Back during the Cold War, losing a single SSBN
But keep going, you've got a long way to go before you can start preaching to countries with a dozen or nuclear weapons about the need for restraint.
I don't buy that. One madman with a nuke is worse than a peaceful leader with a thousand nukes.
It's not our number of nukes that allows us to preach to Iran and N. Korea, it's the fact that our leaders are held to certain standards. Our presidents get in trouble for misspeaking or forgetting to bow or not dispensing enough foreign aid; the leaders of the aforementioned countries give speeches advocating genocide... to thunderous applause.
One madman with a nuke is worse than a peaceful leader with a thousand nukes.
One nuke in American hands justifies the arsenal of every madman out there. As long as America holds a single nuke, any dictator can point to it and argue that he has a sovereign right to self-defense against American aggression. Do as I say, not as I do never works. It's far more dangerous to have these things than to not have them. We need a clear, unambiguous policy that nukes are absolutely forbidden for every state with no double standards. Only then will anyone take disarmament seriously.
They don't think about the need to defend against American nukes because they know that the US refrains from using nukes except when attacked by nukes.
The US has a clear nuclear first-strike policy. Nuclear weapons (specifically bunker-busters) were definitely considered for both Afghanistan and Iraq, but they were (fortunately, IMHO) ultimately not used.
We need a clear, unambiguous policy that nukes are absolutely forbidden for every state with no double standards.
Oh, well, that's ok because the US has tons of double-standards. (Or maybe I parsed that sentence wrong...)
"We need a clear, unambiguous policy that alcohol is absolutely forbidden for every state with no double standards. Only then will anyone take Prohibition seriously."
Or substitute marijuana, tobacco, fast food, etc.
Cat's out of the bag, friend. Pretending that it's possible to simply ban nuclear weapons by fiat is catastrophically naive. Deal with the world as it is, not how you would pretend it to be.
You're selling them short. In two and a half decades, the two nations have dismantled most of the world's entire nuclear stockpile. Compared to the Cold War era it's some kind of miracle. There's a hell of a lot left to do - if the US would ratify the CTBT* it would be an even bigger step in preventing nuclear warfare - but there's a hell of a lot that's been done.
* (They're the most prominent annex II state that has not yet ratified the CTBT, and conversely their ratifying the treaty would be a big politic
A member of the bipartisan Congressional Strategic Posture Commission -- headed by former secretaries of defense William J. Perry and James R. Schlesinger -- warns that the preliminary agreement signed by Barack Obama guts part of the American nuclear arsenal but does not demand significant gutting of the Russian nuclear arsenal. Two points of serious note are (1) nuclear launchers and (2) tactical nuclear weap
you've got a long way to go before you can start preaching to countries with a dozen or nuclear weapons about the need for restraint.
If we have little or no nukes left, why would the listen?
I find it odd that people have a problem with the United States having weapons of mass destruction. Given that we have been in the Korean war, the Vietnam War, two Gulf wars and countless military operations without using them.
The fact that we were willing to settle on a stalemate in Korea and actually lost Vietnam, yet had enough restraint to not use our arsenal demonstrates we have control and restraint (Hence we have earned the right to pre
Basically the United States gave Russia a billion or so and tactical/technical/administrative support every year to reduce their weapons stock pile.
So even when Bush and Putin had their panties bunched up, great work was being done cooperatively by both sides. [nytimes.com] The program considered pretty successful by government standards.
I know, I know, the idea of good news from government is a scary one!
The program considered pretty successful by government standards.
Meaning what, a lot of rich fucks got richer, and almost nothing actually got done?
Russia and the US have already done this before...
Well yeah. Anyone ever here of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Treaty/ [wikipedia.org]? Let me quote the Wikipedia article: START negotiated the largest and most complex arms control treaty in history, and its final implementation in late 2001 resulted in the removal of about 80% of all strategic nuclear weapons then in existence. Proposed by United States' President Ronald Reagan, it was renamed START I after negotiations began on the second START treaty, which bec
I think not! These weapons are with us for good.
You just have to invent a smaller, cheaper, more mobile weapon which is capable of wider-scale destruction to replace those nukes. Do your part for nuclear disarmament, study physics.
There are two historical examples.
The first is Ukraine, which inherited some fraction of the Soviet stockpile, which they turned over to Russia in exchange
(IIRC) for Russia assuming Ukraine's portion of the Soviet Union's international debt and various treaty obligations.
The second is much more interesting, and less widely known -- South Africa. The Apartheid South African government developed a nuclear capability in the 1970s, primarily as a deterrent (they only ever had a few bombs), and made it known th
The new limit works out to roughly one warhead per seventeen thousand square miles of the Earth's land-mass. That's an area a bit larger than the Netherlands. While I'm glad that we'll be spending less in the long run on maintaining and securing the decommissioned armaments, this doesn't really change the picture should the shit really hit the fan someday.
But John R. Bolton, who was ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush, said Mr. Obama was going too far. "The number they are proposing for delivery vehicles is shockingly low," he said.
Really? They're aiming for 500 launch vehicles. Are there even that many targets to nuke or does Bolton just want us to do it a few times over for the refried beans effect? Also, this is 500 launch vehicles and 1,500 warheads so I assume there are some MIRVs in there. I was under the impression that the whole defense aspect of nukes was to make retaliation too expensive for the other side to shoot first. If that's the case, 500 launch vehicles and 1,500 warheads would be enough to make anyone regret it. France, China, and the UK seem to be pretty secure with even less.
Although this treaty does seem to limit launch vehicles, reducing them may not be as detrimental as you fear to conventional vehicles. For the F-16 for example, can launch a nuke but it's main purpose was as an air-superiority fighter. The new F-22 and F-35 does not have launch capability as far as I know. So the F-22 and F-35 probably do not count towards the 500 vehicle total.
Also bear in mind, the aircraft you listed are being replaced anyway with newer aircraft/weaponry. B-2 is replacing the B-1.
I really doubt they meant that in this context. START-I, START-II, and the Treaty of Moscow define launch vehicles as ICBM missiles, SLBM subs, and nuclear bombers. Each of these has a particular limit under those treaties. Currently, less than 100 bombers are permitted, and the Treaty of Moscow would make that even less, so it obviously can't be including F-16s. The current number of B-52s, B-1s, and B-2s only just barely makes it under there. A total limit of 500 wouldn't be very strict either: the Treaty
Those limits numbers are probably off by the way, I'm trying to remember them. I may have confused them with figures for the actual deployed hardware, which is probably close to the limits anyway.
Sort of. That figure does include MIRVs, but those are also trying to be reduce/removed as well. Launch vehicles means missiles, but missile is not the only method by which to deliver a nuclear device. Remember in the 1950s when we have B-50s with nukes on board flying in the air for hours, periodically being refueled? Aside from being a show of force, it was a nuclear arsenal that couldn't be touched by a Soviet nuclear strike. Anyway, we still have aircraft delivered nuclear warheads, and the plane that c
Aircraft do not count as launch vehicles. A launch vehicle is a rocket based delivery system. Both missiles and aircraft count as delivery vehicles. The devil is in the details, unless they're using some abnormal definition of launch vehicle. STARTI had separate provisions regarding the number of aircraft each side could deploy.
Really? They're aiming for 500 launch vehicles. Are there even that many targets to nuke or does Bolton just want us to do it a few times over for the refried beans effect? Also, this is 500 launch vehicles and 1,500 warheads so I assume there are some MIRVs in there. I was under the impression that the whole defense aspect of nukes was to make retaliation too expensive for the other side to shoot first. If that's the case, 500 launch vehicles and 1,500 warheads would be enough to make anyone regret it.
Also, this is 500 launch vehicles and 1,500 warheads so I assume there are some MIRVs in there.
A few are probably armed with Death's Heads too.
Really? They're aiming for 500 launch vehicles. Are there even that many targets to nuke or does Bolton just want us to do it a few times over for the refried beans effect?
Start w/ 500 theoretical vehicles. 25% are non operational due to regular scheduled maintenance, waiting on spare parts, reconstruction/rebuilding, waiting on trained personnel to do a simple repair, paperwork screwed up, whatever.
Of the remaining 375, we could attack with, we'd like to split into four distinct missions. Immediate counterattack/attack. Delayed counterattack, as in stop this foolishness or we pound you just as hard in a half hour. Deterrence against other "enemies" (so, we're fighting th
Exactly what the difference between 1500 and 2200 nukes is?
Seven hundred nukes.
700 each. If you can't see that 1400 fewer 100kT+ nuclear weapons is a significant reduction, then you're being blinded by something and need to think about it a bit more. You'd be naive to think that the number will ever go to 0. It's not going to happen. You're also not going to get a single massive reduction to a small (100's) number. It's going to happen in steps, like this.
We've dropped from a peak of > 21,000 nuclear weapons, nearly evenly distributed between the U.S. and the old U.S.S.R. K
If you can't see that 1400 fewer 100kT+ nuclear weapons is a significant reduction, then you're being blinded by something and need to think about it a bit more
I don't think he's being blinded by anything. Without knowing how much damage each nuke can cause, or how many nukes it would take to wipe out the earth's population, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that 700 nukes may not be a "significant" reduction. It's a step in a good direction, sure, but I think the OP wanted details about how much destru
START requires only that the weapons be deactivated, not destroyed. The US currently has over 4,000 "deactivated" nuclear weapons. Believe someone who used to shove them up a Buff's (B-52) belly, they can be reactivated in short order.
Also, START is 'Strategic' Arms Reduction Treaty. It says nothing about tacticals, either battlefield or ship based weapons, or EMP devices.
Both sides are developing SDI/anti-missile defenses. This makes many of these weapons obsolete, as they no longer have a guaranteed first-strike capability.
The old arms race was big missiles and bombers; the new arms race is drones and micro-cruise missiles.
But it was a nice press opportunity for both men to come out smelling like roses while they quietly plan each other's destruction.
We have been told that because others in the West - and their advocates are here tonight - carry the fearful burden of a defence which terrorises as much as the threat it counters, we too must carry that burden. We are actually told that New Zealanders cannot decide for themselves how to defend New Zealand, but are obliged to adopt the methods which others use to defend themselves.
Lord Carrington [the Secretary-General of NATO] made a case in Copenhagen recently against the creation of nuclear weapon free zones. He argued that if the people of the United States - as advocated by my friend over there - found themselves bearing the burden alone, they would tire of bearing it. Now that is exactly the point. Genuine agreement[s] about the control of nuclear weapons do not cede the advantage to one side or the other: they enhance security, they do not diminish it. And if such arrangements can be made, and such agreements reached, then those who remain outside those arrangements might well and truly tire of their insecurity. They will reject the logic of the weapon and they will assert their essential humanity. They will look for arms control agreements which are real and verifiable.
DAVID LANGE, Oxford Union debate, 1985 [publicaddress.net]
The only winning move is not to play
How about a nice game of chess?
Would they be able to use up the dismantled nuclear materials to make another reactor with without having to pay for mining of the stuff...(plutonium, uranium, etc..), or is the materials wasted in the making of the warhead to begin with?
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By Michael Aneiro
Citi muni strategists point out that recent discussion about the fiscal cliff has failed to address the extent to which it could impact a small corner of the muni market known as AMT paper, which is subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax. (The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, known as SIFMA, offers a handy primer on AMT paper here). From Citi:
Each year Congress has limited the amount of taxpayers who pay the AMT rather than the regular tax by indexing the exemption from the AMT calculation, a mechanism known as the "AMT Patch." This mechanism has kept the number of investors who pay the Alternative Minimum Tax at around 4 million. If the patch is not extended, that number is expected to go over 30 million. If this were to happen, at least some investors who own private activity bonds that are subject to the AMT would be better off selling them and replacing them with non AMT munis.
Citi says that spreads between munis that are subject to the AMT and those that are not are about 152 basis points for bonds with 20-year maturities, down from 162 bp as recently as a month ago with AMT paper benefiting from the reach for yield that has tightened nearly all yield spreads. If the AMT patch were not extended, however, Citi says it would expect to see that spread widen out again. More from Citi:
The good news is that, in the view of our economists, the problems associated with not dealing with the fiscal cliff are probably so onerous as to induce a divided Congress to deal with this problem. Nevertheless, holders of AMT paper, in particular, need to be aware of the potential risks, should a comprehensive solution to the Fiscal Cliff not be enacted.


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Blizzard Reportedly Planning A Linux Game For 2013 353
It looks like the recent success of Linux gaming has caught Blizzard's eye. According to "a reliable source at the company" 2013 will be the year that "at least one of their very popular titles will see a release for Ubuntu Linux." From the article: "It's been a poorly-kept secret that Blizzard has a native Linux client of World of Warcraft. As recently as 2011, the World of Warcraft Linux client was still being maintained internally. The client has been around for years and done by their own developers as a form of testing for the popular MMORPG currently offered on Windows and Mac OS X. As for why they haven't released the client, it's come down to "targeting a specific version of the platform" with Linux being "unstandardized" due to the many different distributions. There's still some fundamental problems with gaming on Linux. With World of Warcraft working generally fine under Wine as well, the company is further unmotivated to officially support a Linux build of the game."


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After watching some of tonight's game, maybe Orton knew he had a better chance to start in Dallas....just wondering. Romo is not very good, but they'll (pundits) somehow come up with an excuse for the cowgirls and their woes. Makes you wonder if spending a bunch of money is the answer. Perhaps if you had half a brain... J.Jones has taken over for Al
It's the cowgirls, so I completely enjoyed that!!!
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Self-driving cars preparing to hit the road, and I'm feeling nervous.
Even though it came out slightly after my childhood, as a teenager I enjoyed watching "The Jetsons" TV cartoon series.
It opened with the futuristic family going to school and work in a self-driving flying saucer that folded up into a briefcase after landing.
The show dates to the 1960s. Back then, we all thought a lot of that self-driving stuff was fanciful. Yet, now there is a serious movement to develop and produce "autonomous cars" that would leave the driving to them.
It began with the highly publicized experimental Google self-driving cars that have logged more than 300,000 allegedly safe miles on public roads in California and Nevada.
Of course, each Google car contains more than $500,000 in advanced technology that takes up all of the trunk space. There's also a big and ugly apparatus on the roof.
The more commercially practical research on autonomous car technology mostly comes from German auto makers and suppliers. We began seeing glimmers of it a few years ago with high-end self-parking vehicles.
Now, we have lane monitoring, blind-spot detection, adaptive cruise control and drowsy-driver alerts. All of this collectively hints at moving toward technology totally taking control of driving.
Mercedes-Benz has announced limited production of cars that will drive themselves for brief stretches if drivers take their hands off of the wheel.
The concept is scary enough to begin with. Allowing a car to drive itself would feel like skydiving for the very first time. Even when someone else is driving, it unsettles me not to be in control. I find myself continually saying, "Whoa, watch out!" I am a white-knuckled passenger.
Imagine what it would be like to completely trust the technology with cars and circumstances all around you, especially when the other cars might still be driven manually by totally unpredictable real drivers.
The Society of Automotive Engineers says the biggest obstacle to autonomous cars is public trust and acceptance. I am waiting to see how the liability issues will wash out.
The main challenge is to program complex algorithms and situational responses identifying road hazards and split-second emergency reaction. The systems would react to millions of pre-programmed situational incidents, making it potentially more capable than human drivers.
California and Nevada, the two states that sanction autonomous test driving on public roads, still require a licensed driver at the controls and the ability of the driver to retake control immediately.
What will all of this mean if it becomes an everyday reality?
Will there be a time when driver's licenses are obsolete and you insure the car and not the person? Maybe Granny and Gramps won't have to tie up traffic driving 30 mph in the fast lane anymore. Could you send the kids to school in the car without going with them?
The imagination runs wild. Cross-country trips while you sleep or use your iPad are part of the promise. No traffic lights or speed limits? Would traffic cops and radar detectors become obsolete?
We're nearing the tipping point of distracted driving. I'm not just talking about texting and driving, but rather operating the complicated technology installed in even the most basic cars today.
It practically requires a master's degree in technology just to drive a BMW off of the dealers' lot these days. It takes sales professionals 45 minutes to tell buyers how to operate the car.
Ford has taken criticism for the complexity of its infotainment system. Some consumers are complaining about the new General Motors programs. If today's technology leads to drivers taking their eyes off the road, tomorrow's technology may make that entirely possible without fearful driver-distraction consequences.
Personally, I would miss yelling at other people for their bonehead driving. Oh well, time marches on.
Keep those emails and calls coming.
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Friends Together
Joyce, George, Lynn and I were all in the same motel room bed together. This was our second time together, but our first time in the same bed.
The first time we had done separate room with no intercourse in the mix, but blowjobs were on the table. George has nine inches and Lynn was going to blow George and was very nervous at the time.
Joyce was going to blow me and I was ready and not nervous at all. I had been friends with them both for many years and had lusted over Joyce for a long time. Lynn and George stayed in the living room while Joyce and I went up to their bedroom.
Joyce started with kisses and I had my hands all over her. I could hear what was going on downstairs and heard George grunt and knew he had cum for Lynn. I was hard and Joyce was giving me a hand job as I lay on my back. I watched her hand moving up and down on my cock faster and faster.
She made eye contact and I could see the lust in her eyes as she jerked up and down on me. I grunted and came in her hand and she gasped as she watched my cum shoot up and some landed on her leg as she continued to jerk on me. She said, good, you cum good and licked her lips as my cum ran down her leg.
Lynn told me later she had first jerked George off and than after he recovered went down on him and he had cum in her mouth and on her face. Joyce went down on me and she liked deep throat and I had exploded in her mouth and down her throat and she had swallowed it all.
So now we were all in bed together for the first time and it would be different this time, as the two girls had decided they wanted to play, with each other. Joyce had one Bi experience several years ago and Lynn had watched women in xxx movies getting it on and had become curious about what it might be like to have sex with another woman.
Joyce and Lynn really liked each other and both wanted to get real close for the first time. They were both excited. The other difference was that George and I were going to trade wives for the night with no limits, but that would be later.
The two ladies were in the middle of the bed with us two guys lying behind them on the outside edge. I had Joyce in front of me and George was behind Lynn. There were also some ladies toys for the girls to use. Joyce had never used one, but Lynn had on several occasions with me. One was a vibrating dildo style and the other was a plug in type with a vibrating ball at the end. Both girls were very oral and so their intentions was to go down on each other as they had watched it done in videos and were anxious to see what it was like.
The first thing was to see each other naked for the first time. They were both on their knees in the middle of the bed facing each other and had their first real kiss. By the third kiss tongues were being used and both their faces became flushed as they became aroused. Joyce has big boobs and Lynn unbuttoned her top and she had no bra on and her boob fell out.
Joyce unbuttoned her top and so it went. They undressed each other and at the same time explored each other.
Their hands moved all over each other until they hand fingers inside wet pussies. They continued wet kisses and we could hear the sound of fingers moving in and out of wet pussies. They were both very hot and moaning as they fingered each other.
Joyce pushed Lynn down and began to lick her boobs and moved down to her tummy. Lynn stretched out and spread her legs wide apart knowing what was coming next.
Joyce paused for a moment looking down at her pussy and than lowered her head and tasted pussy for the first time. Lynn gasped and shuttered as Joyce licked her and grunted and climaxed on her face. Joyce looked up and her face was all wet. Lynn said me too and the girls moved into a 69 and Lynn got her first taste of pussy herself.
The two ladies were locked together were their faces buried in each other.
They became completely lost in each other for a time. George and I were both lying their watching our wives eating each other. What a scene. I was as hard as a rock and sure George was as well.
Joyce moaned and with a muffled yes shuttered and thrusting climaxed. Lynn had her hands around her butt holding her and licking her through her cum. I could see the lust going on between them. The girls parted both with wet faces and panting.
They finished by kissing until they both came down from the high.
George and I were ready to play. The girls turned over and faced us. We had agreed that we were going to fuck each others wives. This was a big step forward for all of us. It would be a first.
I had told George that doggie was what Lynn liked best and he said Joyce too.
I kissed Joyce and it started. We were all naked and Joyce went down on me, and all I can say is she is the best. Joyce finally released my cock and I moved down her body licking as I went. We moved into a 69 and were lost in each other.
I looked over at Lynn and she was down on George and he was fingering her.
I moved and slipped my cock inside Joyce. She gasped and George looked over for a moment and watched me fucking Joyce. He looked down at Lynn and slipped into her and went as deep as she could handle. Lynn gasped you are so big you fill me up and climaxed on his cock grunting and shaking all over. George is bigger than me. Lynn through her legs up in the air and George plowed her.
I turned Joyce over she got on her hands and knees with her face close to Lynn. I slammed into her riding her hard and fast. She was sucking in Lynn first one boob than the other and than they were kissing. I felt her pussy clamp down on my cock and she grunted and while kissing Lynn had her cum. George was giving it to Lynn hard and fast and heard him grunt and he came inside Lynn and pulled out still squirting and squirted all over her pussy and tummy. Lynn watched him cum and gasped and climaxed again.
I went as deep as I could inside Joyce and groaned and exploded in her pussy.
We were all lying there together panting. We were all in shock I think. We were all quiet for a time coming down from our shared lust. Finally I said that was wild and they all agreed.


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The Schedule
Match No. 5
Friday, September 8, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. University of Wisconsin Badgers
at UCSB's Harder Stadium
Match No. 6
Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 1:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane
at UCSB's Harder Stadium
The Gaucho Record
UC Santa Barbara enters its home-opener on Friday with a record of 1-1-2. The Gauchos, ranked 15th in the West by Soccer Buzz Magazine, opened the year with four consecutive road games, including two against ranked teams (USC and San Diego State) and two against teams from the powerful West Coast Conference (San Diego and Loyola Marymount). After tying USC and dropping a 2-0 decision to San Diego in the opening weekend, UCSB recorded a 2-0 win over 29th-ranked San Diego State on Sept. 3 and a 1-1 tie at Loyola Marymount on Sept. 5.
The Gaucho Record
Following a run of four straight games on the road, the Gauchos return home for longest home stretch of the season, three games. On Friday, UCSB will take-on Wisconsin in the first meeting between the schools since 1991. The Gauchos are 2-1-2 against the Badgers, including a victory in the first round of the 1989 NCAA Tournament. The last time the teams met, in Santa Barbara at the end of the 1991 season, Wisconsin posted a 1-0 win. The Badgers are currently 1-1-1 on the season. Sunday will mark the first meeting between UCSB and Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane is 3-2 on the year.
On The Stumpf
Paul Stumpf is in his eighth season as the head coach at UC Santa Barbara. He enters this week's action with a record of 75-53-13. His total of 74 wins ranks second on UCSB's all-time list. Prior to last season, he had led the Gauchos to four consecutive seasons of double-figures in wins, the first time the program had accomplished the feat since 1988-91. Last season, he guided a young and injury-riddled UCSB team to a 9-10-0 record. Prior to the 2005 campaign, Stumpf had coached the Gauchos to five straight seasons of .500 or better, a feat that had last been accomplished more than a decade ago. In 1999, Stumpf's first season as the head coach at UCSB, he took a team that was selected to finish last in the conference, but instead posted an 8-9-1 overall record and a 5-4 mark in the Big West. Following the season, he was chosen as the Big West's Coach of the Year. Before arriving in Santa Barbara as an assistant coach in 1998, Stumpf spent two seasons as an assistant at Humboldt State. In addition, the San Diego native spent several years coaching club teams in the Santa Rosa area.
Defense Keys Road Success
A difficult four-game road trip to open the 2006 season could have ended in any number of ways, most of them negative. Instead, UCSB will open the home portion of its schedule on Friday with a 1-1-2 record, not bad considering the first four opponents of the season. The primary reason for the Gauchos' survival on the road has been the team's outstanding defense. Through four contests this season, two of which have gone to overtime, UCSB has allowed just three goals. With the overtime minutes factored in, the Gauchos are sporting a goals against average of 0.68. They have allowed 58 shots in the four matches, 33 of which have been on goal.
Minding The Goal
Junior Katie Wright and freshman Tammy Lenham have given UCSB an outstanding one-two punch at the goalkeeper position. Wright started the first three matches of the season and in 290 minutes she allowed just two goals, both at the University of San Diego. She posted a pair of shutouts as well, blanking 17th-ranked USC in a scoreless tie and then 29th-ranked San Diego State 2-0. The win over the Aztecs was the Gauchos' first of the season. In the win over USC, Wright had eight saves and in the win over San Diego State she was even better, recording a career-high 12 saves. Lenham made her first start of the year on Sept. 5 at Loyola Marymount. In her 110 minute overtime appearance, Lenham had eight saves and allowed just one goal. Combined, the Wright-Lenham duo has posted 30 saves and a glistening save percentage of .857.
Worthy Goals
UCSB struggled to find offense in the first two matches of the year. In fact, the Gauchos not only struggled, they didn't find any, going scoreless through the first 200 minutes. In the last two contests, however, Santa Barbara was credited with three goals, two of which it scored and one that its opponent, Loyola Marymount, scored for them. Thus, if you subtract the own goal by the Lions, UCSB has two goals in its four matches, an average of 0.5 goals per outing. The Gauchos have attempted 38 shots in their four matches, an average of 9.5 per game. Of the 38 shots, 20 (52.6%) have been shots on goal. Their opponents have taken 58 shots, an average of 14.5 per game, and 33 (56.9%) have been on goal. UCSB has been outshot in three of its four matches this season. Ironically, the one game in which the Gauchos outshot their opponent they lost. UCSB had 11 shots to San Diego's nine in an Aug. 27 loss.
The Bickford Files
Senior forward Chandi Bickford suffered through an injury-plagued 2005 season. A knee injury limited her to just seven appearances. As a sophomore in 2004, Bickford had three goals and a team-leading 10 assists for 16 points. Last season she had one and no goals. assist. In Sunday's win at San Diego State, the Maui native scored her first goal since the 2004 season and then she assisted on a goal by Genelle Ives. Through four matches, Bickford's three points and seven shots lead the Gauchos and her reemergence is a key to the team's success in 2006.


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Several years ago, when our nieces were in junior high or thereabouts, we met up with them at a park that had a lovely creek going through it. The creek had an improved wading area (steps leading to it, cobblestone bottom) that was about ankle deep, and where the wading area ended there was a "swimming hole" that was about three feet deep. I recommended that the nieces stay off of the rocks near the swimming hole, because they were damp and algae-covered, and therefore slippery. One of them said, "What happens if we go there anyway?" I shrugged and said, "You don't have swimsuits or changes of clothes with you, so you're the one who has to walk around in wet underwear for the rest of the day."As I'm sure you can predict, they all went and played on the slippery rocks. The one who asked the question did in fact fall in, and was breathlessly waiting to be yelled at. Nobody said a word. About two hours later, she quietly said to me, "You're right. I regret that."
Why is it that kids know exactly how to push you? It astounds me sometimes how they know how to play adults against each other. And most of the time it's in a non-malicious way.They can also have a strong sense of injustice when they see something or someone is being unfairly dealt with by an adult at just refuses to listen.Sorry, that was a bit off topic. But I guess I kind of learned from my parents the hard way of being even handed.
My oldest son was working for a fastfood place. He was asked to go for management, if he cut his waist length hair. His hair was clean and held back and he wore a net. But the condition for the job was a buzz cut. He turned down the position and instead went into the army?! yeah confusing.
I guess this why people put the caveat in their will for sums that large to be paid when the receiver is 25.Pissing away 500,000...
Quote from: Katana_Geldar on March 04, 2013, 01:11:39 AMI guess this why people put the caveat in their will for sums that large to be paid when the receiver is 25.Pissing away 500,000...Definitely true. Two of my cousins blew through an appalling amount each on meth and cars. I'm a fan of making the trustee live off of the interest until a certain age, like 25 or 30, before they get the principle. (If they ever do.)
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Shreffler:JAX Tcell studies
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This is a protocol designed for T-regulatory assay for Mouse allergen (Mus m1) study.
- On average, 18mL of whole heparinized blood/patient will be given.
- 8 x 106 (8 million) cells for 7 day culture (for measurement of frequency of PBMC-derived, Mus M1-specific CD4+ CD25+ FoxP3+ T cells)
- Sterile 5mL polystyrene round-bottom tubes.
- Phosphate buffered saline (PBS)
- Ficoll Paque Plus [Endotoxin tested], room temperature.
- CFSE (5mM aliquots).
- Staining buffer (PBS + 5g BSA/L + 2mM EDTA)
- Sterile phosphate buffered saline (PBS), room temperature
- AIM V Media (w/HSA). Invitrogen # 0870112DK (Expires 1 month after opening)
- Cluster tubes or Cryovial tubes and racks.
- Turk Blood Diluting Fluid (RICCA # 8850-16).
- IL-2 (approximately 20 units/μL; 1 μg = 2.4x103 units) [To make a 10 μg vial of IL-2, reconstitute in 1mL sterile PBS + 1% human AB serum to get a final concentration of 10 μg/mL. Place in aliquots of 50 μL and freeze at -80°].
- mAb cocktail including: CD25-PCy5 (10uL), CD4-PC7 (5uL), CD3-APC7 (5uL), Aqua live/ dead (2μL), CD127-PE (1uL)
- Sterile conical tubes (15mL, 50mL)
- CD3, CD28 expander beads (Invitrogen 111-61D)
- 1X Facs Lysing Solution
- Sterile, graduated transfer pipettes.
- Mus M1 (50µl) aliquot tube.
- A solution of 20% DMSO + PBS.
- Hemocytometer or disposable slides for the automated counter or manual counter
- Tetanus Toxoid (stock 2 mg/mL).
- 50 mL Accuspin tubes, radiation sterilized. (Sigma #A-2055)
- 24 well tissue culture plates.
- Sterile 5mL polypropylene round-bottom tubes
Isolation of Mononuclear Cells
(Sterile Technique)
This is a sterile procedure and all steps should be performed in a hood.
- Turn on the hood. Bring Ficoll and PBS to 20°C in the hood.
- Obtain whole blood specimens collected in sodium heparin (green top) collection tubes and record subject information, i.e. ID #, date collected, date received.
- If performing Basophil Activation assay on this sample, set aside 3mL of whole blood.
- Place 15 mL of Ficoll in a 50 mL accuspin conical tube. Centrifuge at 800 g for 1 minute.
- Dilute remaining blood at 1:1 with PBS in 50 mL conical tubes.
- Add up to 30mL of diluted blood to the accuspin tube.
- Centrifuge at 500 g for 30 minutes at room temperature (slow acceleration, deceleration off to ensure no disruption of the density gradient).
- Using a sterile transfer pipette, aspirate the buffy coat (peripheral blood mononuclear cells [PBMCs]) into a new 50 mL conical tube. (Avoid aspirating the Ficoll.) Add PBS to bring to a minimum of 2x the volume, inverting up and down to mix.
- Centrifuge at 500 g for 20 minutes at room temperature (maximum acceleration and deceleration).
- Aspirate and discard the supernatant. Resuspend the cell pellet first by tapping the tube until no clumps are visible, then adding PBS for a total volume of 1 mL. Set aside a 10 µL aliquot of cells for counting as follows: place the 10 µL of cells into 90 µL of PBS, and add 100 µL of Turk's Solution. Mix well, and let it sit for 1 minute before counting.
- Add 19 mL of PBS to the cells in 990 µL to make a total volume of ~20 mL and centrifuge at 300 g for 15 minutes at room temperature (maximum acceleration and deceleration).
- In order to determine the volume to use for resuspending the PBMCs after the wash, the total number of cells in the sample must be determined.
- Carefully introduce 10 µL of the stained cells into the notch of a hemocytometer and record cell counts using a hand-held counter. Calculate the number of cells, taking into account the dilution factors and sample volume used. Or place 20 µL of the stained cells onto a disposable slide and count using the automated cell counter.
- After centrifugation is completed, aspirate and discard the supernatant. Resuspend the cell pellet by tapping the tube until no clumps are visible. Suspend PBMCs with PBS at 10 x 106/ml in 15 ml PP conical tube.
PBMC Stimulation
(Sterile Technique)
- Remove stimulants from the freezer and thaw.
- Label 24 well plate with specimen ID and date (this is for the 7 days cell culture). Label each well with the appropriate stimulant condition, ordered by priority (for cases where there are insufficient cells to test all stimulants).
- Musm1 (allergen): @ 200 μg/mL purified Musm1 protein in Aim-V.
- AIM-V/IL2 (negative control): AIM-V + IL-2 medium alone.
- Beads (positive control): 1μg/mL anti-CD3/CD28 beads.
- Tetanus: 200 μg/mL tetanus in AIM-V.
- Make 5 mL of PBS + CFSE (2x solution): add 10 μL of stock CFSE (5 mM) into 5 mL of PBS.
- Add an equal volume (1:1 dilution) of freshly prepared 10 μM CFSE (in PBS) to the tube of cells.
- Incubate in 37°C water bath for 10 minutes.
- After incubation, wash the CFSE stained cells in 10 mL of AIM-V @ 300g for 10 minutes at RT. Aspirate supernatant after centrifugation.
- Resuspend CFSE stained cells in AIM-V medium @ 4 x 106 cells/mL (cell suspension). For plating, each well should contain 2 x 106 cells.
- Prepare AIM-V + 2X IL-2 solution (AIM-V/IL2) by adding 10 μL of IL-2 to 5 mL of medium in a 15 mL conical tube. Vortex gently.
- Prepare solutions for each stimulant condition as follows:
- 200 μg/mL MusM1 in AIM-V/IL-2: place 450 μL of AIM-V/IL-2 in the appropriately labeled tube and add 50 μL of allergen (MusM1). Then add 500 μL of cell suspension. Pipette up and down, and plate.
- AIM-V/IL-2 medium alone: place 500 μL of AIM-V/IL-2 in the appropriately labeled tube and add 500 μL of cell suspension. Pipette up and down and plate.
- 1 μg/mL anti-CD3, anti-CD28 beads in AIM-V/IL-2: place 500 μL of AIM-V in the appropriately labeled tube and add 2.5 μL of CD3, CD28 expander beads. Then add 500 μL of cell suspension. Pipette up and down and plate.
- 200 μg/mL tetanus in AIM-V/IL-2: place 475 μL of AIM-V/IL-2 in the appropriately labeled tube and add 25 μL of tetanus. Then add 500 μL of cell suspension. Pipette up and down and plate.
- Place the tissue culture plate in the 37°C CO2 incubator for 7 days.
Collection of Supernatants
(non-sterile technique)
- Cell culture supernatants will be collected for cytokine measurement for 7 day cultures.
- At day 7, collect cells carefully by pipetting up and down to resuspend cells in the well, and transfer the total volume in each well into separate 5ml polystyrene tubes. Rinse each well with 200μl of staining buffer and add to corresponding PS tubes. Tap gently to mix.
- Centrifuge tubes at 300g for 5 minutes at 25°C temperature.
- Obtain a cluster tube rack for the storage of supernatants.
- Label cluster tubes as follows:
- Specimen ID
- Date
- Supernatants - 7 day
- Stimulant condition 1-4
- Stimulant 1 = MusM1
- Stimulant 2 = AIM-V
- Stimulant 3 = Beads
- Stimulant 4 = Tetanus Toxoid
- For each stimulant, using a 1000μL pipette tip, transfer 800μL of supernatant from the PS culture tube into each corresponding cluster tube in the cluster rack. Be careful not to disturb the cell pellets.
- Cap the cluster tubes and store in the –80°C freezer (by the freight elevators).
T regulatory cell surface staining
(non-sterile technique)
- Add 1mL of staining buffer to each tube and vortex.
- Centrifuge cells at 300 g for 10 minutes at 4°C. Decant supernatant.
- Prepare 200 μL mAb cocktail in eppendorf tube:
- CD25-PCy5 (40 μL)
- CD4-PC7 (20 μL)
- CD3-APC7 (20 μL)
- Aqua live/ dead (8 μL)
- CD127-PE (4 μL)
- 110 μL staining buffer
- Vortex. Store in fridge (light-sensitive) until ready for use]
- Add 45 μL of the cocktail to each tube.
- Incubate @ 4°C for 20-30 minutes.
- Add ~3mL of staining buffer to each tube and vortex.
- Centrifuge at 300 g for 10 minutes at 4°C. Decant supernatant. Resuspend cells.
- To fix/freeze the cells, pipette 500μl of 1X Facs Lysis Buffer into each tube and incubate @ 25°C in the dark for 15 minutes.
- Prepare a solution of 20% DMSO in PBS
- Add 440 μL DMSO to 1.8 mL PBS. Vortex.
- After the incubation, gradually pipette 500μl of the 20% DMSO + PBS solution into each tube.
- Transfer the 1ml of cells + 1X Facs Lysis Buffer + 20% DMSO/PBS solution into an appropriately labeled cluster tubes, and freeze at -80°C for shipment to MGH.
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But several large resorts also are part of this eat-local movement, including Cascade American Bistro at the Orlando's Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. Under the leadership of executive chef Kenneth Juran, travelers can get a taste of local flavor without leaving the tourist corridor.
The restaurant is in the hotel's two-story atrium that overlooks Lake Windsong. Diners enter from stairs off the hotel's main lobby. The staircase has an elegant swirl that gives guests views of the impressive 35-foot-tall fountain — a focal point of the room.
The decor is distinctly beige with dark wood tones. During the day that serves the space well, as the large windows showcase the resort's lush landscaping and illuminate the room with natural light. In the evening the room feels a bit drab, something easily corrected with attention to lighting.
At lunch the pressed Cuban pork torta ($14) sandwich is created with sliced loin and shaved ham. Swiss cheese and arugula temper the sweetness of the meats and a restrained garlic aioli moistens the ciabatta bread without overwhelming. It's a winner.
The Caesar salad ($12) has a good balance of flavors from the sweet Romaine hearts, the mellow shaved Parmesan and the piquant housemade dressing that has the signature pop of tang on the palate. I added an indulgent lump crab cake ($9). The thick shellfish patty was lightly compacted with negligible filler.
At dinner we chose the sweet corn ravioli with shrimp ($25). The entree was a homage to one of Zellwood's most popular harvests, growers Long & Scott Farms, and Seafood Connections, a Titusville company that sources wild-caught fish and shellfish. The shrimp were plump and full-flavored and married well with the corn. The pasta pillows were densely packed with a ground mixture that needed a flavor boost.
The pork trio ($29) was inspired by Palmetto Creek Farms in Avon Park. The plate showcased a sizable chop, pieces of pork belly and ribs that were lacquered with barbecue sauce. The pork belly lacked the usual richness because of the way the pieces were trimmed and the chop was slightly overcooked.
For dessert we shared a brandied peach and blueberry crisp ($8). The fruit had well-honed notes of citrus on the finish.
Hotel chefs have been building relationships with farmers for years. But it was Melissa Kelly, the chef at Primo restaurant at Orlando's JW Marriott Grande Lakes Primo restaurant, who cast a national spotlight on the local efforts. Today the Walt Disney World resort and the Loews hotels at Universal Orlando are also leaders in the drive to source more small harvest foods on a grand scale.
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 09:57 AM
next time i am going to spend the money to have a shop switch the springs. i was using a cheap spring compressor and they didn't work very good after a few hours of cussing i got the assembly's back together and in my car i can hardly wait to try them out.
Posted 29 July 2012 - 07:47 AM
Thanks for sharing all the info for us.
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Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:27 AM
yep they fit perfect but just so you know when i ordered the mounting kits from rock auto they were in worse shape than my old mounts were and they didn't fit anyway so be careful if you are buying new mounts and bearings.
Thinking of just reusing the old ones. I didn't even consider replacements as far as mounts and bearings go.
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Posted 05 August 2012 - 09:11 AM
FYI to anyone else on the Monroe 4915 and gen 1 brats.
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Posted 16 August 2012 - 11:23 AM
Did that portion get moved over to the new KYB struts you bought?
Posted 16 August 2012 - 12:28 PM
If you were to buy new struts for an EA81 car, you will be getting ones that are not adjustable but are pre adjusted to sit at the factory max hight.
So no, KYBs will not have those bolts.
This is what they look like before and after adjustment.
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Posted 16 August 2012 - 02:02 PM
Thanks for the info TheLoyale. I should have looked more intently.
Seems like the KYB's will work then.
So really if one wanted to lower their front with the KYB's they could lower the spring bucket... hmmmmmm
Posted 16 August 2012 - 02:06 PM
You might be able to retro fit different model Subaru struts in there to lower the front, I want to say 2WD struts might lower it (Don't quote me on that)
The rear torsion tube is also adjustable, there is one large bolt (17mm) on top of the center of the tube.
PB Blaster is your friend!
Posted 16 August 2012 - 02:48 PM
Looks like the KYB's in this thread are not going to work for the gen 1 brat as they are to dis-similar. The spring perch is too wide for the gen 1 Brat spring and apparently that nut on the top of the strut shaft is the wrong dimension for them.
But Mikelada, on your wagon it worked.
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sealed it with old school roofing tar that stays flexible
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Find something else to sell. You will regret losing this car!!!
Ditto that. What a neat car! Don't sell it. You'll pull thru.
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The 2006 Georgia peanut crop could have the dubious distinction of being the most expensive crop in the state's history, says John Beasley, University of Georgia Extension agronomist.
"In my opinion, this is going down as the most expensive peanut crop in Georgia's history," says Beasley. "In talking with our economist, we figured it cost about $12-plus per acre inch to irrigate this crop. In 2004, that same cost was $5.25, so it has more than doubled in two years.
"A lot of growers — those who irrigated five to seven times — reached a point of diminishing returns, where there was no way they were going to make back the money they were putting into the crop."
In 2004, most producers irrigated only once or twice, he says. In 2006, however, many farmers irrigated six to eight times at 1.5 to 2 inches per application. Those producers invested as much as $150 to $200 per acre in irrigation costs alone, he adds.
In addition, says Beasley, the cost of controlling insects was much higher than usual this year. "A lot of our growers are accustomed to putting out a single thrips treatment early in the year. But this year, they've had to make anywhere from four to six insect treatments," he says.
Cold weather in mid- to late-October forced growers to dig peanuts before the crop was ready, says Beasley. "That will hurt us in both yield and grade. We were in the position of encouraging our growers to get the crop out around rain showers and cold snaps. We saw low temperatures pushing the freezing mark in mid-October, and there was frost in a lot of places. We were not able to allow this crop to mature as we had hoped."
Dry, hot conditions during the spring and summer shut down many fields, he says, and prevented the peanuts from blooming and pegging.
In 2005 the major insect pest for Georgia peanut growers was the three-cornered alfalfa hopper, he says.
"We were prepared for another heavy infestation in 2006. However, this year we saw an unprecedented outbreak of cutworms, an insect that feeds on the lower branches and on developing pegs and pods. They are difficult to control because they stay just below the soil surface during the day and move up into the plant late in the day and in the evening," says Beasley.
In some fields, the cutworm population reached 12 or more per foot of row, he says. Numerous fields were treated twice for cutworms. "In the past 25 years, there have probably not been more than 10 fields treated for cutworm whereas this year, most fields across the state received at least one insecticide application," he says.
The lesser cornstalk borer continued to be another difficult pest to control in 2006, notes Beasley. "We always expect an outbreak of lesser cornstalk borers when we have hot, dry conditions. The trouble this year is that once the outbreak occurred, it was extremely difficult to get the insect under control. They are a soil-inhabiting insect pest that will burrow into the lower lateral branches or feed directly on the developing pegs and pods. "The insecticide used for controlling lesser cornstalk borers is Lorsban granules, which requires moisture to activate the chemical. Unfortunately, the non-irrigated fields infested with the pests could not be treated until there was adequate moisture to release the insecticide in the granules. Until that moisture occurred, they just kept on feeding."
Early in the season, Georgia growers saw significant damage from thrips, he says. "Thrips also transmit tomato spotted wilt virus, which led us to expect another major problem with the virus. However, the drought conditions appeared to have overshadowed those problems, and it was later in the year before we began seeing significant levels of the virus in some fields."
As for weeds, Beasley says Palmer amaranth was the predominant problem in many fields, with Florida beggarweed also coming on strong during the latter part of the season.
"The official yield estimate from the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service had our average yield at 2,500 pound per acre as of Oct. 1, but I think that's still too high," he says. "At this point, we'd be fortunate to see 2,200 pounds per acre. I've walked a 60-acre field where, in late September, yield potential was practically zero — at 135 days, there were no peanuts in the field. But I've had some county Extension agents tell me that they have growers who will average more than 5,000 pounds per acre, so that's the range we're seeing."
Peanut grades, for the most part, are averaging in the upper 60s as compared to the mid-70s, says Beasley. "At a loss of $5 per percentage point, that's a total loss of $30 to $35 per ton. Many of these peanuts were just not able to reach maturity this season. These peanuts usually have an SMK of about 75, but that hasn't been the case this year."
It's too early to tell what affect this year's peanut crop will have on acreage in 2007, he says. "Even when we knew yields would be lower, contracts stayed at around the $355 range. I believe next year's acreage will be dictated by the contract offers that are made in late winter and early spring. If contracts stay at about $355, growers may decide they'll be better off growing cotton or corn."


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Judge Wont Block Wisconsin Gay Marriage Ban
MADISON, Wis.-A federal judge says she won't block Wisconsin's gay marriage ban while a lawsuit challenging it moves forward.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb said Tuesday that she won't issue a preliminary injunction in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. Crabb says an injunction would be immediately challenged, likely leading to a stay of the order. She has advised the ACLU to withdraw its motion for the injunction.
The State Journal reports Crabb says the plaintiffs should instead consider pursuing a "swift final determination" in federal court rather than litigating the case in stages with no immediate clear benefits.
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have laws supporting same gender marriage.
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I think the reason for the celebration is not so much that graduating high school is a great accomplishment but, that it's milestone and right of passage. Plus, in my family, we turn everything into a celebration.
High school graduation does confer a diploma on the graduates. Any "graduation" ceremonies prior to that really just mark a transition stage between the various stages of elementary and secondary education. As Kareng57 says, they are really leaving celebrations. "Graduation" by definition is a ceremony where a degree is conferred. Kindergarten "graduation" ceremonies have been around for a long time, because it's cute to see little kids with construction paper caps on their heads. The other graduation ceremonies--6th grade or 8th grade--are relatively new. When I was in those grades back in the 1970s, graduations were unheard of, at least in my area, until high school. Over the past 20 years or so, there has been an increase in the number of "graduations" for grades below 12th grade. These are more ceremonies to mark a rite of passage, from jr. high or middle school to high school, than a ceremony that bestows a degree on the participants.
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Sun Jan 22, 2012, 08:24 AM
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Will the Civil war be back?
If Newt wins it is truly the Civil war again. Newt winning is SC is firing the first shot again. The heat and hateful rhetoric was on display at the debates. First, he basically called Juan a n****r and then we get the women the next day complimenting him that he put Juan in his place. Then he bashes the news(North and Washington) in the second debate.
It was pugilistic and brought back the feelings that embody the south(I live here and can't wait to leave). (Please, buy a bus ticket and leave...)
In other words "You can't tell us we can't own people".
It's been brewing for a long time and electing the black man brought it out.
Same old pathetic hate filled shit we've come to expect and it will get way worse...
Newt elected as POTUS might cause some of these scum to actually leave the USA for real. :D


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August 19, 2013
MACOMB, IL – The fifth annual Gene Kozlowski Memorial Four Ball Scramble golf tournament will be held Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Harry Mussatto Golf Course in Macomb.
The tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. and the registration fee is $50 per golfer.
Kozlowski, who passed away in 2008, was chair of WIU's Department of Theatre. He retired from the University in 2005, after 32 years of service.
While at Western, Kozlowski directed more than 50 productions and he served as head of Western's acting program, guest director of the State of Illinois Repatory Theatre and artistic and managing directors of WIU's Regional Touring Theatre Company. He also wrote nine plays that were produced at local and regional theatres, as well as writing one screenplay, three industrial films and a children's television show.
Proceeds from the golf tournament benefit the Gene Kozlowski New Playwright Fund.
To register for the event, contact the Harry Mussatto Golf Course Club House at (309) 298-3676.
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