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Guitarist Rob Caggiano, who announced his departure from trash giants Anthrax just weeks ago has found a new band. When Caggiano left Anthrax he said he would focus on producing instead. His first project was producing Danish rockers Volbeat. Work must have been going quite well for Caggiano because it lead to him being invited to become a permanent member of Volbeat. "I have to say I'm completely blown away by the turn of events over the last few weeks here in Denmark," said Caggiano in a statement on Volbeat's website.
Caggiano goes on to say "Michael [Poulsen, Volbeat singer] had asked me on the phone before I got out here if I would play some guest solos on the new album in addition to my other duties and of course I was thrilled about that and agreed to do so. When I actually got to Denmark and started going through the material, this turned out to be so much more than that. After weeks of collaboration between Michael and I it became quite clear that we had an amazing creative chemistry together and a huge mutual respect for one another."
Poulsen says about the new lineup: "The band is very proud and happy to announce that he will also be the new guitar player in Volbeat. The collaboration with Rob in the studio was so inspiring and in good spirit that we the decided to keep him. Basically we went into the studio as a three piece and came out as a whole band!"
Volbeat's 5th album, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, is scheduled to be released on April 8.


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Losers in gaudy, ragamuffin clothes, camera hogs and hangers-on.
Poor Anna Nicole, a trashy life, and a sleazy death, and in the end a horrible, tasteless funeral. All of it awful, but somehow fitting.
Is the commentary on bad taste in bad taste?
The casket remained closed - draped with a satin, feather-fringed quilt.
Rhinestones spelled out her signature and the trademark smiley face she used when giving autographs.
Even though the coffin was closed, no one was left in any doubt what Anna Nicole was wearing - what would have been an eye-catching, Oscar-worthy gown: pink and white, embroidered with a heart across the bodice - and revealed in all its glory on "Entertainment Tonight." And a tiara.
Are they just making stuff up?

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|2006-10-24, 07:37
|Link #181
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
I have an request about "General Discussion" sub-forum for Haruhi,
I also posted this request on Kanon since both of they are my favor anime.
I want admin to open an "General Discussion" sub-forum under Haruhi.
In this sub-forum, we can create any thread we want.
I understand that "requests for new threads" can avoid noob threads,
but hey, sometime we just wanna talk about anything for what we want.
And that "General Discussion" thread doesn't help much since it's a mess up
because ALL the posts are in an single thread.
With "General Discussion" sub-forum, you can just stay out of it if you want to
discuss something meaningful and avoid ANY noob threads.
When you just wanna being an noob and open any thread about this show,
"General Discussion" sub-forum always welcome you to mess it up with brainless threads.
Oh, and belive me, admin, when the sub-forum open, you will soon find out that
it become the most popular place.
People just want freedom you know.
|2006-10-24, 11:26
|Link #182
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
You've given all the reasons why the answer will be no. The brainless threads and posts are exactly the reason why new forums are limited.
If there is a topic worthy of discussion then please suggest it so we can consider making a new thread. And I'm sure there are plenty of potential topics but allowing a whole sub-forum whos primary objective is to allow pointless and "brainless" threads will not be considered.
Same reply as before. And there's no real need to create duplicate requests, it's not as if we would allow one and not the other
|2006-12-04, 11:44
|Link #183
Sky Warrior
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Jedi Temple, Coruscant
Age: 37
Suzumiya Haruhi Character Marriage Prospect Thread Request
The following two threads have enjoyed some mild, moderate success on the Mai-Hime/Mai Otome forums; It is basically a mini-forum discussing the qualities of your favourite character of a particular series/franchise as your ideal (fantasy) life partner (or the qualities against):
Since the girls (and the occasional bloke) Suzumiya Haruhi universe have quite a loyal and adoring following (particularly Mikuru-Chan and Tsuruya-Oneesan), wouldn't a thread discussing the particular qualities you find your girl (or bloke) of choice appealing be a fun idea?
Please consider.
Sincerely Ronin Aquila
|2006-12-22, 14:47
|Link #184
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: middle of nowhere, Virginia
Age: 31
What about a thread dedicated to the Licensing of Suzumiya Haruhi?
Right now all the related discussion is converging in the General Discussion thread, as a continuation of the (former) speculation over the asosbrigade site. Move posts?
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|2006-12-22, 15:01
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Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
|2006-12-22, 15:04
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: middle of nowhere, Virginia
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I don't know where you'd cut off the posts from the General Discussion, since asosbrigade speculation seems to start around post #2070 but is mixed up with the Gaza strip pic, among other things. ^^
|2006-12-22, 15:21
|Link #187
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
Yes, I was just looking at the area. 2070 seems the obvious point but the problem is sorting out the posts after that. The Gaza topic should be easy to filter out, the problem I'm having is the posts from 2065 to 2069. There are a number of replies to those and they eventually turn into the Licensing topic so I'm not sure how to split those replies. The problem for me is that since I can't read Japanese, I'm not sure just how much relevance www.haruhi.tv (post 2065) site has on the license issue. After a while the two topics (www.haruhi.tv and the license) sort of intertwine together.
|2006-12-22, 15:26
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Discussion is filling up in the General thread, what with all the gags the asosbrigade is pulling (like the recent VA 'auditions')...
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|2006-12-29, 17:53
|Link #190
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
I did look at trying to extract the relevant posts last week but it was too difficult so I gave up What I'll do instead is just move the initial posts and create a new Licensed thread and then ask posters if they want their posts moved into the new thread (that way I'll only move those posts that the original poster wants moving). That might be easier than me trying to guess what belongs where.
Edit: Scratch that, created two new threads
The Licensing of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Dubbing of Haruhi Suzumiya
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|2007-01-05, 11:17
|Link #191
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: middle of nowhere, Virginia
Age: 31
How about Second Season thread to discuss the possible existence of the 2nd season, and what parts of the novel it would use? There was a bit of talk about this in the General Discussion thread before this latest business with the asosbrigade, and now it's being discussed in the Novel thread. I would expect the relevant posts to be much easier to extract, at least from the General thread, than the Licensing posts were.
Starting with post #1992 (the link to moonphase 'confirming' the 2nd season).
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|2007-01-07, 15:58
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 30
I just wanted to suggest that too. I remember there was even something mentioned in the New Announced Anime thread about some insider who in the past shared reliable information and who leaked information about haruhi2 and zeronotsukaima2 being in planning or being worked on currently. Shortly after that zero no tsukaima 2 has been announced and then officially announced.
|2007-01-07, 17:04
|Link #194
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
I've split some of the posts from the The General Discussion of Haruhi Suzumiya thread and created a new thread for discussion of the possibility of a second season.
The Second Season Speculation of Haruhi Suzumiya
Please PM me if there are any posts that still require moving from the The General Discussion of Haruhi Suzumiya thread to the new The Second Season Speculation of Haruhi Suzumiya thread
|2007-03-15, 10:14
|Link #195
Kanon Fotter!
Join Date: Mar 2007
May i request a tred be made called "Help Imouto-chan!'
it about a popularity contest that Kyon's little sister is a part of but she's up against the character that knocked out Yuki. I'd like to to be up quickly because the voting ends at 6:00 today!
|2007-03-15, 10:52
|Link #196
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
|2007-04-13, 00:28
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Requesting a thread for 'The Recollection of Suzumiya Haruhi'
I will recollect all images from the image thread and upload them to make it easier for others to download, since at 200+ pages the image thread is almost impossible to navigate.
Here's what it'll look like:
|2007-04-14, 16:10
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One PUNCH!
Join Date: Dec 2005
The Ontology of Suzumiya Haruhi
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By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information Coordinator
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Just one year after returning to
his alma mater as the Director of Basketball Operations for the
Tennessee Tech men's basketball team, Frank Davis will enter the
2013-14 season in a new role, as a full-time assistant coach.
"I'm beyond excited for the opportunity to come back to where I played and spent so much time," said Davis. "I'm just extremely grateful for Coach Payne, Dr. Oldham, Mark Wilson, and everyone who helped to give me the opportunity to coach here at Tech. These opportunities are hard to come by and I'm just thankful. I'm really excited for the upcoming season and can't wait to get on the court."
A graduate of the class of 2010 with a degree in Exercise Science and Physical Wellness, Davis began his transition from player to coach at Piedmont College during the 2010-11 season, before taking a graduate assistantship in coaching at Lee University during 2011-12.
"Well, any time you can hire a former player," said head coach Steve Payne, "especially one that represented the program like Frank Davis did as a both a student and an athlete, you get excited for what we he can do for the program."
Davis finished out his career at Tech at the top of the all-time three-point shooting list, having netted 251 buckets from downtown from 2006-2010. He logged two seasons with a three-point shooting accuracy of over 40 percent (42.9 percent in 2008-09 and 44.4 percent in 2009-10) and is No. 2 on the list of career games played with 125.
A standout in the classroom as well, Davis was four times named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll and earned a spot in Tech's 1,000-point club with 1,118 career points.
"The same things he brought to the table as both a student and an athlete," added Payne, "he brings as a coach: intelligence, hard work, and a great relationship with the people around him. I'm looking forward to watching him grow. He is a young guy that's ready. I'm excited about Frank Davis' future in coaching and what he's got to offer here at Tennessee Tech."
Davis is a native of Gainesville, Ga., and completed his master's degree in education at Tech this past August.


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Donato and his players are looking to put together a post-exams winning streak (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
Game Notes (PDF) | ECAC Hockey Live Scoreboard
In the News
Monarchs Ink Tom Cavanagh '05
Game On
The Harvard men's hockey visits Minnesota Friday and Saturday in the first games against the Golden Gophers for Crimson head coach Ted Donato '91 since he led the Crimson to a win against Minnesota to claim the 1989 NCAA title as a player. Both games begin at 7 p.m. Central (8 Eastern) at Mariucci Arena as Harvard looks to build on last week's win against No. 8 Quinnipiac.
Follow From Home
Both games will be televised by Fox Sports North, with Friday's game airing live and Saturday's contest airing on tape delay. Friday's game is also scheduled to re-air at 1 a.m. Eastern on Fox College Sports Atlantic as well as Jan. 11 and 13 on Fox College Sports Central. Both of those channels are available on cable sports packages throughout the United States.
WHRB-FM 95.3 and WHRB.org will provide live audio of both weekend games, while live statistics can be found here.
Behind the Bench
Former Crimson captain, NCAA Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player and 13-year National Hockey League veteran Ted Donato is in his sixth season as The Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey. He owns an 84???76???19 record, three ECAC title-game appearances and two NCAA tournament bids.
Last Time Out
Three freshmen scored and Kyle Richter (Calgary, Alta.) made 36 saves as Harvard knocked off No. 8 Quinnipiac, 3-1, Dec. 29 at Bright Hockey Center. Luke Greiner (Faribault, Minn.) and Louis Leblanc (Kirkland, Que.) scored in the first and second periods, respectively, before Richter's 16 third-period saves and an empty-net goal by David Valek (Zagreb, Croatia) sealed the win. The Crimson improved to 7-1 all-time at home against Quinnipiac.
Following Finals
Tuesday's win marked the third straight season and fourth in the last five that Harvard has won its first game following the first-semester exam break.
History Lesson
Ted Donato's last meeting with the Gophers came April 1, 1989, when as a sophomore forward he scored twice to lead the Crimson to a 4-3 overtime win in the final of the NCAA Championship in St. Paul, Minn. Donato totaled three goals and two assists in the tournament and was named its Most Outstanding Player.
Following a 13-season National Hockey League career, he took over behind the Harvard bench prior to the 2004-05 season. Donato coached two games, a 0-0 tie against Northern Michigan and a 6-4 loss to Merrimack, in the 2004 Dodge Holiday Classic at Mariucci Arena.
Series History
Minnesota holds a 20-6 all-time series edge and has won all four meetings since the Crimson's title-clinching win in 1989. The Gophers swept a two-game series from Harvard, minus an injured Ted Donato, the next season and won meetings in the Mariucci Classic in 1995 and '99.
Minnesota is 16-2 in series home games, with the Crimson's only road wins coming in the form of back-to-back overtime victories Dec. 29-30, 1950. Harvard won the first clash between the programs, 7-6, Jan. 14, 1932 at Boston Garden.
Scouting the Golden Gophers
A 4-2 loss to Northern Michigan in Sunday's championship game of the Dodge Holiday Classic snapped a four-game win streak that had gotten Minnesota to the .500 mark. The Golden Gophers own wins against highly ranked foes Bemidji State and Michigan State but have suffered a pair of four-game winless skids.
Mike Hoeffel and Tony Lucia share the team lead with 15 points each and pace the Gophers with 10 goals and 11 assists, respectively. Alex Kangas has an 8-7-1 record in goal with a .910 save percentage and 2.63 goals-against average. Minnesota has converted 14.5 percent of its power plays (12 for 83) and killed 81.2 percent of its opponents' man-advantage chances (78 for 96).
To be the Best …
Harvard's opponents have won a combined 17 NCAA titles, including four of the last eight. Minnesota has won five national titles, most recently back-to-back crowns in 2002 and '03.
The last two NCAA champions were among the Crimson's last five opponents. 2008 winner Boston College edged the Crimson, 3-2, Dec. 9, and Harvard lost to defending champ Boston University, 6-5 in overtime, Nov. 24. Harvard has played the eventual champ in each of the last three years and has played a team from the preceding Frozen Four every season since 1993-94.
Minnesota Connections
There are two Minnesota natives on the Harvard roster, Marshall Everson (Edina, Minn.) and Luke Greiner. Everson leads the Crimson with three power-play goals but has not played since suffering an injury in the Nov. 29 game against Dartmouth. He and Gophers freshman forward Zach Budish were teammates at Edina High School.
Greiner and Alex Fallstrom (Stockholm, Sweden) helped lead Shattuck-St. Mary's School to a 2008 USA Hockey national title. Greiner also helped SSM win a 2007 national title, and Fallstrom was the team's captain and top scorer last season. Fallstrom was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the 2009 National Hockey League Entry Draft but subsequently had his rights traded to the Boston Bruins.
Wild minority owner Philip Falcone '74 played for Harvard, and general manager Chuck Fletcher '90 skated for the Crimson junior varsity.
Fresh (and Balanced) Scoring
Two Harvard freshman forwards, Luke Greiner and David Valek, scored goals to account for the first points of their career in the win against Quinnipiac. Another rookie, defenseman Danny Biega (Montreal, Que.) recorded an assist for his first career point. Overall, nine players registered one point each in the victory.
Who's Hot?
Daniel Moriarty (Bienfait, Sask.) had a four-game point streak snapped by Quinnipiac but has six points (3-3-6) in the last five games.
Power Source
The Crimson ranks 11th nationally with a 22.9-percent efficiency on the power play (11 for 48). Harvard has scored twice on the power play in four of its 12 games.
The Killers
Harvard has killed its opponents' last seven power plays and is 13 for 14 on the penalty kill (92.9 percent) since allowing three power-play goals Nov. 24 against Boston University. Harvard is the nation's 17th-least-penalized team, averaging just 12.5 penalty minutes per game.
Pacing the Crimson
Michael Biega (Montreal, Que.) is Harvard's top scorer with 12 points, and he shares the team assists lead with Chris Huxley (Weymouth, Mass.). Conor Morrison (London, Ont.) leads Harvard with six goals, while Louis Leblanc owns a team-high +6 plus/minus rating. Alex Killorn (Montreal, Que.) has logged a team-leading 53 shots on goal, one more than Biega.
Alex Fallstrom paces the squad with a 57.1-percent faceoff win rate, while Doug Rogers (Watertown, Mass.) has won a team-high 131 draws.
Young Gun
Conor Morrison ranks second nationally among freshmen with 0.50 goals per game.
Click here to view full Harvard men's hockey game notes in PDF format.


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Quick thoughts on Giants newcomer Jose Guillen:
* Guillen still has a pretty quick bat and a very good right-fielder's throwing arm.
* He is 34 but runs like a 40-year-old, which could hurt the Giants on defense, especially in the large right-center outfields at San Francisco, San Diego, Denver and Phoenix.
* Talk about Guillen being a cancer is overstated.
* Guillen will respect Giants manager Bruce Bochy. Guillen did not respect Royals manager Trey Hillman, who'd never played in the majors and was new to the majors as a manager. (Hillman was fired this season.) Bochy is a former major leaguer. Further, as Carlos Hernandez told FanHouse last week, Bochy is well-liked by Latino players on the Giants. Guillen will get a favorable report on Bochy from them.
* Guillen will swing very hard. He is streaky and likely rusty but has all-fields home run power, even in the NL West parks.
* In Kansas City, where the talent was both thin and young, Guillen tried too hard to become a leader and his look-at-me approach did not play well. He now is on a veteran team that doesn't need him to try to lead.
* Here's what a Royals source told me today: "Jose wants to win. He'll get along with everybody who wants to work hard."
* Padres manager Bud Black should know a lot about Guillen and how to pitch to him. Guillen was on the Angels when Black was the team's hitting coach. Guillen's behavior became a chronic headache for Angels manager Mike Scioscia and other field personnel.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Padres' new rival
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I think the comments on Guillen are right now, I wouldn't imagine he'll cause Bochy any issues up there since it is only 6 weeks and all the games are going to count for something. That being said, with Burrell and Guillen in their outfield, that's an ugly defense for a fly ball staff.ReplyDelete
What's wrong with Lincecum? Did all those years of high pitch counts first in college and then with the Giants start catching up? I remember him sitting around 95 with his fastball in the past few years, now it's only 91 and guys don't seem bothered any more.
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By Ben Levisohn
It was a bad day for Yum! Brands (YUM), as its shares dropped 3.9% today to $63.87 at 3:32 pm.
The Yum! Brands selloff may have been driven by reports of bad chicken in China. Heard on the Street's Tom Orlick highlighted the issues in an article on Dec. 19, and today ShanghaiDaily.com reported that an antiviral medicine called amantadine was found in one of 32 batches of raw chicken tested by Chinese authorities. Amantadine can affect the central nervous system.
The stock has now plummeted 14% since trading $74.47 on Nov. 29, when the company reported slower sales in China–and this news certainly won't help perceptions in that market.


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Production of the Ducati Paul Smart 1000 Limited Edition will begin in September, the company announced recently.
Created as a tribute to Paul Smart's legendary 1972 victory at the Imola 200 Miglia, only 2,000 examples of the Paul Smart 1000 Limited Edition will be produced. The Paul Smart 1000 features Classic Silver bodywork and a Sea Green frame, which calls to mind the then-newly released 750 V-twin motorcycle Smart rode to victory in 1972.
A second SportClassic, the Sport 1000, is also ready for production and will be available in three different colors. Most recognizable is the evocative burnt yellow with black racing stripe, reminiscent of the 750 Sport of 1973. The Sport 1000 will also be available in Ducati Red or black with a white stripe.
No word yet on whether Ducati plans to produce the third SportClassic model it has displayed at motorcycle shows around the country. The GT had a less enthusiastic reaction when it was shown around the U.S.
(This post originally appeared in the August 18, 2005, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)


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Lance Bass Tackles NSYNC VMA Reunion Rumors
Lance Bass tried to throw us a bone (get your mind out of the gutter!) after rumors of NSYNC reuniting at MTV's Video Music Awards this weekend swirled the Internet on Tuesday.
"I have to address the rumors," Lance said on his Sirius/XM radio show. "This morning I woke up to a lot of rumors flying [around] that the 'NSYNC reunion is happening after eleven years at the VMAs this Sunday. Well, let me tell you how this all came about. Justin Timberlake is getting the Michael Jackson [Video] Vanguard Award this Sunday at the awards, so of course people are automatically going to think we're going to be there performing, but this is exactly how it happened and I knew these rumors were going to fly. We all came down here [to Miami] except for J.C. [Chasez]—J.C. stayed in California, he had to work…Joey [Fatone], Chris [Kirkpatrick] and myself went to go see Justin's last show with Jay Z at the [Sun Life] Stadium last Friday, and I even took a picture of it, it's on my Instagram…[it was] really fun and…I think that's what started the rumor that there's going to be this big reunion with 'NSYNC…it's amazing to see the reaction out there on Twitter and social media…[and] how many people are supporting 'NSYNC. It's so nice to see because when we ended things [over] ten years ago, there was no social media, there was no Twitter [fan base], but it's so cute to see how many people are supporting [us] and 'NSYNC was even trending…"
Well, he didn't deny it!
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Property owners must qualify on income level and they must reside at the address for which assistance is being requested. Commercial properties or rental units are not eligible.
To qualify for the program, homeowners must make a written application to the city of Sterling Department of Parks, Library and Recreation before the tree is removed. All trees will be inspected by the city and approval will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Financial assistance is not available for tree trimming or for the removal of healthy trees or stump removal. The program is designed to assist homeowners with the removal of trees that pose a threat of Dutch elm disease to the urban forest or a hazard to the public.
To receive an application and full details about the program, contact the city PLR department at (970) 522-9700, or 421 N. Fourth St., Sterling.


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WTTW Kids Readers Are Leaders Winter Tour
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Join us at the Zion Benton Public Library in Zion for a FREE, fun-filled WTTW Kids Readers Are Leaders performance, featuring special guest appearance by members of Miss Lori's CAMPUS. Shows will include singing, fun activities, and free children's books for the first 200 children who attend. Families and school groups are welcome!
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And yet the climate change deniers will CLING to that 1% and continue to stick their ignorant heads in the sand and pretend that we aren't messing up our climate.
Yeah? What's your solution? We absolutely, positively need petroleum right now in order to exist. Without it, we'd have to fall back to an 1800's agrarian existence, farming with horses and oxen, and OBTW we couldn't produce enough food for the vast majority of people to survive. We need modern farming methods for that, and that requires petroleum to fertilize it, petroleum to work the land, petroleum to move the food, and petroleum to heat homes and so forth.
The only way to NOT use petroleum RIGHT NOW is to kill about 90% of the population, world-wide. Simply making things more efficient isn't going to work, we're already too close to our capabilities for that.
The solution in the short term is to use the best methods to obtain petroleum based products, fracking, to keep costs down so we have enough research money to throw into things like geothermal electricity, battery technology, and geo-engineering solutions to removing CO2 from the atmosphere. That might have a chance. But simply complaining about those who are going about the business of making things better for us NOW is of absolutely no use whatsoever.
The confidence levels in the data are 99%, not in the conclusion.
PS - I believe in man driven global warming, I just hate sensationalized headlines.
If you want to find the modern culprits of greenhouse gases, look to India and China, not the US. We've cut our emissions drastically over the past 20 years.
Which of course excuses Americans from changing anything, amirite?
The US has seen a minor decrease in carbon emissions [nytimes.com] over the last 5 years or so, but this likely at least in part due to the financial crisis. There has been no long-term decrease over the "last 20 years", as you state, so the US isn't setting an example in cutting emissions. What matters, then, is total current emissions [wikipedia.org], where the US second only to China. The US emitted 5.4 million tonnes in 2010. By comparison, India (one of the countries you single out) and the EU have combined emissions of 5.7 million tonnes. India and China have very much larger populations. The US emissions per capita for 2012 are 16.4 tonnes, whereas China's are 7.1 and India's a paltry 1.6. Clearly the US has a lot of work to do.
It's become a political litmus test. Just look at the names attributed to anyone who doesn't agree with you: denier, alarmist.
There's no room for real science.
"There's no room for real science."
Ummm the real science has been done and it's overwhelmingly in the favor of climate change. The idea that "two sides" are equal is bullshit, the same way you wouldn't treat a creationist who believed the earth and life was 6000 years old on an equal level with evolution of life on earth.
The idea that "both sides" deserve consideration is just fucking nonsense.
Because thinking that human activity can affect the environment is rubbish. And God. Also because the government is evil, taxes are evil and we are all controlled by the reptiloids behind the UN!
"I don't get it, after reading the comments here, why is there so much resistance accept that man is causing climate change?"
See the science on human reasoning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Because the debate has been politized by people with money on the line. They have a vested interest in claiming that global warming is not caused by humans, which is, as you point out, patently retarded. But there is another problem in addition to that: because the debate has been so politicized, sometimes the science gets sucked into the shit-slinging as well, and when that happens it leads to bad science, which is a legitimate concern. The problem with bad science is that it can be attacked by legitimate scientists, which the Oil Barons can then use to say "look! look! the science isn't settled! We're right!" even though the science very clearly is settled and they're not right at all.
Basically the global warming 'debate' is such a clusterfuck because the pro-oil lobby can spin it any way they want because the public in general doesn't understand how the scientific process works. That's what leads to situations where there are 10,000 studies claiming anthropogenic global warming is real for every 2 studies that claim it isn't on the one hand, and the public at large thinking the debate isn't settled on the other.
Because embracing anthropic climate change involves drastic controls on emissions, manufacturing, and energy generation (specifically coal) as well as being an excuse to raise a variety of taxes on an already strained economy. If something's going to hit them in the pocket people are going to want a lot of good reasons to pay up.
Personally I reckon that human activity probably does play a reasonably large part in accelerating climate change that was happening anyway (although 99% sets off my bullshit meter given that we're in an interglacial period), or pushing it over the point where we won't return to the next ie age, but in order to address it we'd have to get developing titans like India and China to play along, and good luck with that.
The best policy for the forward thinking nation is perhaps to simply prepare for flooding and adverse weather conditions.
This. It's less about the existence of global warming than the use of the existence of global warming as a cudgel for all manner of environmental regulations. That's what's controversial.
Personally I reckon that human activity probably does play a reasonably large part in accelerating climate change that was happening anyway (although 99% sets off my bullshit meter given that we're in an interglacial period)
It doesn't say that 99+% of the warming is anthropogenic, it says that there's 99+% certainty that the warming is less than X percent natural or something like that (with X being...what? 100%? 95%?).
Well, just imagine how strained the economy will be when the results of global warming hit.
Your answer reminds me of that guy who was caught trying to smuggle some radioactive isotope in his pants.
The REALLY funny thing is humans have already altered the environment so drastically you'd think it would be gospel to think we are responsible for our own environment.
Europe, for instance, used to be covered in old growth forest, with lots of animals, etc. We cut it all down, went to the new world and repeated. Just look at old paintings of America (like the hudson school) from the 1700s to see how it's changed.
And we've done some pretty gnarly things. The romans, to discourage people from fighting them
Temperature goes up more or less linearly, and CO2 goes up more or less linearly. Thus they are well-correlated. There's not a lot of power to that correlation, as the article demonstrates itself by trying it with different lags (from 0 to 20 years -- would have been interesting if he'd tried negative lags); the data is too featureless to show anything interesting.
I've never understood the controversy...does anyone think that pollution isn't harmful?
Our modern industrial society makes by-products of type and/or scale that **hurt nature**
No one, absolutely no one, even the climate change "deniers" can contradict this fact.
It's about government regulation...that's the only thing that keeps companies from unscrupulously disposing of their waste.
Companies do not want regulation...that pretty much explains the entire "climate debate"
Folks, there is no doubt that man causes some degree of global warming. It may even be significant.
But putting forward a very questionable "study" with little practical "science" and having almost nothing that can be repeated or validated does not help the cause of proving global warming. It harms it! With each one of these "studies" it makes me wonder why there isn't some expert who has proven the thesis, with so many interested "scientists".
These news stories might be adequate for the masses, but definite
On the other hand the media consultants employed by the billionaire owners of coal, oil, petroleum companies and investments in forestry products have absolutely no conflict of interest and they speak the original unvarnished truth.
I mean, who would you trust? Some one who is smart enough to make millions of dollars working for billionaires? Or the fools who spend so much of time studying and ending up working for a pittance? If these so called scientists are so smart why aren't they billionaires and millionaires? Shows who is smart and who you should listen to.
I wonder why this topic is so much discussed in the USA. In every other country climate change and the fact that we, humans, are causing it is accepted as a scientific fact. However, in the US, there is still a large fraction who doubt it or ignore it. And I am wondering why is that so?
A political religious right, and a faux news channel that has no interest in reporting actual news, and a "democracy" in which politicians cannot be elected without bribes from big business (colloquially known as "donations".)
It was a 7 degree rise for ages:
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matte... [mnn.com]
Now that's the high end of the "prediction".
In 2010 NASA said this:
"8th December 2010 13:24 GMT - A group of top NASA and NOAA scientists say that current climate models predicting global warming are far too gloomy, and have failed to properly account for an important cooling factor which will come into play as CO2 levels rise."
And "New NASA model: Doubled CO2 means just 1.64C warming
'Important to get these things right', says scientist"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2... [theregister.co.uk]
In 2011 it was "Discovered" trees eat CO2:
Originally found at: http://www.google.com/hostedne... [google.com]
Forests soak up third of fossil fuel emissions: study
By Marlowe Hood (AFP) – 5 days ago
PARIS — Forests play a larger role in Earth's climate system than previously suspected for both the risks from deforestation and the potential gains from regrowth, a benchmark study released Thursday has shown.
The study, published in Science, provides the most accurate measure so far of the amount of greenhouse gases absorbed from the atmosphere by tropical, temperate and boreal forests, researchers said.
"This is the first complete and global evidence of the overwhelming role of forests in removing anthropogenic carbon dioxide," said co-author Josep Canadell, a scientist at CSIRO, Australia's national climate research centre in Canberra.
"If you were to stop deforestation tomorrow, the world's established and regrowing forests would remove half of fossil fuel emissions," he told AFP, describing the findings as both "incredible" and "unexpected".
Also odd how this guy in 2007 was able to predict this winter's 100-year record breaking cold from things the IPCC have nothing to do with climate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... [youtube.com]
Do the alarmists have an explanation for these?
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In his 12 years at the helm of the Mariners' football program, Pravata directed his teams to an overall record of 66-47-2, en route to becoming the Academy's all-time winningest football coach. Pravata's teams made five post-season appearances and, in 1994, the Mariners were invited to the NCAA Division III Championship for the first time in the program's history after compiling a 7-2 regular season record and a share of the Freedom Football Conference Title (5-0 record). In his final season at the helm in 2002, the Mariners went 8-3 and appeared in the ECAC South Atlantic Championship. Pravata started at USMMA on a part-time basis as a head scout in 1982 and 1983. He was also the Head Baseball Coach at Kings Point for two seasons.
Pravata earned an Associate of Liberal Arts Degree in 1969 at Taft Junior College in California. While attending Taft, he started for two seasons at fullback for the Cougars. He then enrolled at Adelphi University where he started for two years at linebacker. Pravata earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education in 1972 from Adelphi and a Master's Degree in Physical Education from Brooklyn College in 1976.
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Mountain Savvy, a course aimed at giving teenagers the mountain travel skills to ski off groomed ski runs as safely as possible, is gearing up for its second season at Eaglecrest Ski Area.
The course, which focuses on "terrain recognition and good travel practices," is taught by ski patrollers and mountain guides, all of whom work as avalanche professionals.
Last year, according to ski patroller, heliguide and class teacher Chris Eckel, 29 students completed the class. This year, he hopes to increase that number to around 60, though there's room for more if the need arises. Each one-day class is four hours long.
Teachers spend the first 20 minutes of each class evaluating where each student should start and adjusting the class accordingly.
"It's pretty easy (to adjust) when you're trying to fit a lifetime's worth of skills into four hours," Eckel said.
Eckel said the class doesn't attempt to address the terminology "side country," used to indicate back country that can be accessed with a ski lift, but that the class exists because of the myth that "side country" is easier to ski than back country.
"It's as different 200 yards from the (Eaglecrest) boundary as it is five miles," he said. "It's just as cold and lonely in the mountains tonight outside the Eaglecrest boundary as it was 1,000 years ago. No one should ski alone."
The first class aimed at the general public is today, Jan. 3. The second is Monday, Jan. 20, the third is Monday, Feb. 17, and the fourth and final class is Friday, March 21.
All classes are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., cost is $25, and each aims to engage kids in the 12-16 age range.
Local stores are offering discounts on avalanche gear to those who complete the class. There's also a raffle of rescue gear donated by Juneau Mountain Rescue at the end of the season.
It's because of the support of Eaglecrest Ski Patrol, Alaska Powder Descents, Juneau Mountain Rescue and "almost all" of the ski retailers in Juneau that the classes are offered for an affordable price, Eckel said, adding that similar classes in the Lower 48 are priced at around $150 a class.
"It's a community effort to pull this class off," he said.
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Starting tomorrow (Wednesday), fishing will open for hatchery steelhead on the mainstem upper Columbia, Wenatchee, Icicle, Methow and Okanogan rivers until further notice.
In addition, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced that the Similkameen River will open to hatchery steelhead retention beginning Friday, Nov. 1.
Jeff Korth, regional fish manager for WDFW, said approximately 14,000 adult steelhead are expected to return to the upper Columbia River this year – enough to allow the department to open area steelhead fishing seasons.
He noted, however, that fishing will be more tightly regulated than last year because fewer hatchery steelhead are projected to return this year and wild steelhead are expected to make up a higher proportion of the run.
"Careful management is required to protect naturally spawning steelhead listed under the federal Endangered Species Act," Korth said. "While these fisheries traditionally remain open through the winter, we may have to close fishing early due to the higher number of encounters with wild steelhead expected this year."
Korth said anglers should check WDFW's website (http://wdfw.wa.gov/) throughout the season for possible changes in the fishing regulations.
On all rivers, anglers will have a daily limit of two hatchery steelhead, marked with clipped adipose fins and measuring at least 20 inches in length. Anglers are required to immediately release any steelhead with an intact adipose fin without removing the fish from the water. All steelhead fitted with a floy (anchor) tag and those with one or more round quarter-inch holes punched in their caudal (tail) fin must also be released.
Anglers fishing tributaries to the upper Columbia River are also required to retain any legal-size hatchery steelhead they catch until the daily limit of two fish is reached. Once they have retained two fish, anglers must stop fishing for steelhead.
Selective gear rules apply to all areas where steelhead seasons are open, although bait may be used on the mainstem Columbia River. All anglers are required to follow selective gear rules and restrictions described in WDFW's Sport Fishing Rules.
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They could be pigmentation spots. I'll try to post a picture. I know that when she use to have itchy feet in the summer she would lick her feet and they would turn a red/brown color. This type of color seems to be around her privates from licking but the belly spots are light brown. I had read about soy milk helping another dog so thought I would give it a try in the form of the eden organic black soy beans and flax seed since these are high in phytoestrogen. Timber has never had a food in the past that contained soy so didn't think she would react to it but who knows. I'll just stop giving it for now. At the time the vet gave me the estrogen pills, her urine was checked and no infection was found but the vet never said anything about yeast. As far as I can tell she doesn't have any signs of a yeast infection otherwise, although I don't know how it manifests itself in dogs. Just remember hearing to watch for belly spots.
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Kathy Reichs, the writer and scientist behind the TV show Bones, is back with a new novel for young adults. Code: A Virals Novel stars Tory Brennan, great-niece of Reich's famed crime-solving heroine Tempe Brennan. Reichs discusses the book, co-written with Brendan Reichs.


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A highlight of Danish art
Joakim Skovgaard's painting The Great Supper is not just regarded as Skovgaard's masterpiece, but as one of the main masterpieces within Danish art as a whole.
The simplicity of the composition, the movement and expression of the figures, and the way the figures are arranged in The Great Supper are all traits that characterise all the art for the Viborg Cathedral; a commission that fell to Joakim Skovgaard.
Architectural sentiments
Skovgaard refers to his "architectural sentiments" on several occasions, and these sentiments served him well in his work for Viborg Domkirke; a task that lasted from the mid-1890s to the end of 1913.
The church is built in the Roman style and Skovgaard worked within the same style in his art, for as he said: "…A cathedral is more demanding that a piece of canvas in a frame as regards attitude and style. A painting on a easel need not concern itself much with anything other than itself, while a mural must take into account the room which it will adorn."
Popular appeal, simplicity, decorative colours, and monumental forms
The Great Supper encapsulates the essence of Joakim Skovgaard's endeavours and ambitions as an artist. Only few other works of art can claim to so compellingly and successfully present biblical narratives carried by popular appeal, simplicity, decorative colours, and a keen sense of the monumental.


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As we wind down Mixers, Elixirs, & IMAX in 2008 I'm finding it hard to believe that three months have all but flown by! Before it's over we've got two amazing Houston groups coming your way: Yvonne Washington & the Mix and Grupo Ka-Che.
This Friday, Yvonne Washington & The Mix will be gracing the stage at Mixers, Elixirs, & IMAX. The sultry vocals of Ms. Washington are frequently compared to Aretha Franklin's and in my honest opinion, that comparison is dead on. Neither can you ignore the fact that Ms. Washington has sung with Stevie Wonder and Calvin Owens, two of the most notable musicians in contemporary history.
On Aug. 29, Grupo Ka-Che is going to be the crown on the Mixers 2008 season. Believe it or not, the last Mixer of the season in 2007 brought over 1,700 Houstonians together! When was the last time you went to a club with a party that big? Mixers, Elixirs, & IMAX is one of the most unusual parties in Houston – and one of the most popular. And I want to hear about what you are thinking!
What did you like this season? What did you not? What do you want to see next year? Take this opportunity to tell me – how would you plan this party? As we begin planning the 2009 season (yup, we're going to planning for next year as soon as the last band rolls out) I want to incorporate your suggestions – so leave a comment and let me know what we can do to make Mixers even more of a blast next year.


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A fast-track foreclosure law will shorten the length a homeowner has to fight a bank. Governor Scott signed the Republican-driven bill and it is now the law in Florida.
"It's going to help make sure we have a timely foreclosure process. So our families make sure they can keep their homes," said Governor Rick Scott.
Scott says the bill will help put abandoned homes back on the market. The Florida Bankers Association says it will help rejuvenate the economy.
"Our members do not want to foreclose. But, when we have to get to that point, we need to do it as quickly and efficiently as possible," said Anthony DiMarco.
Homeowner advocates say the bill is unconstitutional, making it difficult for a person to save their home if they have difficulties paying their mortgage.
"In the long run, it's going to limit homeowners rights when they try to defend a foreclosure on their home," said Edward Grunewald.
But Bankers counter that homeowners have plenty of time before banks start foreclosing.
"We don't start a foreclosure until 4, 5, 6 months after you've missed your first payment. So, we've tried to work with the borrower so they've had the opportunity for several months," said DiMarco.
Florida courts have dealt with extreme numbers of foreclosures due to the housing bust. Earlier this year there was a little less than 400,000 cases in the system.
Advocates say with a shorter time frame, banks may file inaccurate papers against a homeowner.
"If the homeowner doesn't have the time to get adequate defense or legal help then the bank will never have to prove they are the proper party to be suing in foreclosure," said Grunewald.
Governor Rick Scott has also signed a bill which allows landlords to evict tenants more quickly after accepting a partial rent payment.
At the end of May, 52% of people who called on the bill supported the foreclosure bill, while 48% opposed it.


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Perhaps, in entering battle with a defending champion of the Oscar bet, I should have been more on my guard. But what's a competition without a little healthy swaggering? I went to some pains to prepare an appropriate banner image for my crushing victory.
Nonetheless, a quiet voice inside me also urged preparation for defeat. Having been soundly whipped in a fair fight, I am glad that a little part of my soul had already braced itself.
Congratulations to Julia Rhodes for her excellent Oscar picks, which leveled my own, 15 to 9. Perhaps I was unable to keep my mind on what would win awards, instead of what should. Occasionally they were the same, but not consistently enough to save me. I made a few too many votes from the heart, and in the grim light of day I admire and aspire to Julia's apparently heartless intellect. Can she also pick horses or roulette numbers, one has to wonder? Either way she has a prosperous career ahead.
I keep this address brief because I must take up my quill again soon. Unfortunately, this means paying my penalty at Julia's whim, for her amusement and hopefully yours as well.
I wish you all a wonderful year full of excellent movies. Start writing down your favorites now, because I am already planning my revenge. Be well, my loves.


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Posted 04 March 2007 - 01:44 PM
make into a more powerful Offroad Machine.
istheir any difficulty involved?
Posted 04 March 2007 - 01:48 PM
Posted 04 March 2007 - 01:50 PM
Yeah. At least one of our members has done it in the loyale body. Another has one in a 78-79 Brat. Biggest problem is the length difference and where to mount the radiator. But it has been done.
hmm possible extension on face of loyale work?. loayle will look funcky with longer nose. lol. will the engine bay support the extra weight?
Posted 04 March 2007 - 01:55 PM
Posted 04 March 2007 - 02:03 PM
It shouldn't be a problem with the weight at all. You may also want to look into the ej22 conversion. But since you are getting the other xt6 you should have all you'd need minus a couple here and there.
thats the plan the other xt6 is the donor vehicle probablyu use xt rims and struts ect.. should i? on a offroad machine?
Posted 04 March 2007 - 02:09 PM
Also Loyale 2.7 Turbo here on the board is the one I know of who has put that motor in a loyale wagon.
Also in the Classified's Vendor section there are a couple really good companies making lifts for the ea82 cars.
Posted 04 March 2007 - 03:11 PM
... Biggest problem is the length difference and where to mount the radiator. But it has been done.
Yes, it is; and Weight is a Problem, but not in the way you Think: suspension. The Problem is with the Brakes Handling... Now it has Poor Brakin´ under Higher Speeds, or Emergency Brakin´
Well, I have two Loyale Wagons, the White one is with the Stock EA82 but Weberized, and the Yellow one has the ER27 Engine from a Crashed XT6.
The project to Swap the ER27 on a loyale took too much work... Effort... Patience... and Inventive, you need to modify some of things...
Our project started in Early 2002... dad Purchased the second Loyale wagon, first with the Idea of use it as a "Parts Car" for the White one, but then the Project to Swap the ER27 engine Begun with the Crash of a Friend´s Xt6. The Project is still in progress. Let me Explain:
Some things are still Waitin´ to be Solved -or Completely Solved- as the Radiator, the Standard one doesn`t fit, so we first made some sort of a small pair of radiators interconnected each other, with an electric fan, located at one side of the engine, but it overheats easily...
Then the extra weight is a problem with brakes...
I have the project of upgrade brakes with some bigger ones, and to ad a turbo (For more info about it, search in: www.xt6.net ) but I don`t believe the turbo can be fitted yet, due to the engine`s overheatin` trouble... unless I solve it.
If I can solve it, maybe puttin` a Radiator "Under" the engine as other member suggested, I will install a turbo on the ER27, for it I need to put in the Pistons of the EA82T, and other "minorities" (As the intake Manyfold... etc) ...
But that part of the Project cost too much money, and I don`t have enough... ...for now. I begun grabbin´ some of the Things I´ll need for that, as the EA82T Pistons, and other things, it Still Remains as an unfinished Project.
So, unfinished yet but it Runs!, My Dad uses it at our Home for Short Trips. Since now I´m Workin´ far away home, I bring with me the EA82 wagon, and I use it as my Daily Driver, so the yellow one as my "Weekend Warrior"
You can see mages of ´em at my Photo Gallery, or my Website.
... You may also want to look into the ej22 conversion. ...
I think a EJ Conversion is a Good Idea too... Lightweight and Powerfull... I Think to buy -maybe Someday- a Brat, and Swap in it an EJ Engine! ... but that, is Another Story...
Good Luck!
Posted 04 March 2007 - 03:28 PM
hmm possible extension on face of loyale work?. loayle will look funcky with longer nose. lol. will the engine bay support the extra weight?
I was thinkin on Swap the Entire Face of the XT6 to the Wagon too... but I think that will Look Funky Rare...
Posted 25 September 2007 - 07:25 PM
Been seriously thinking of this very same swap! With 16 years of autobody, I am sure I can hang the XT6 nose on the '90 loyale and have it look good. Not sure how DMV will like it, having two different serial #'s/bodies. The tranny is shaky on the XT6 (AWD) so I want to use the manual fron the loyale (pushbutton 4WD) and swap all brake hardwares.
I was thinkin on Swap the Entire Face of the XT6 to the Wagon too... but I think that will Look Funky Rare...
Anyone know about putting a manual behing the ER27. I need to get a definite answer to what trans will work with the ER27 before I start this (soon) lol
Both cars are MPFI's so it should be a quick hookup.
Posted 25 September 2007 - 09:51 PM
Posted 25 September 2007 - 10:35 PM
...Yes the 5 speed will bolt up to the er-27 also.
Yes, Mine Got the 5 Speed FWD Trans.
Posted 25 September 2007 - 10:45 PM
I appreciate any comments/suggestions in doing this swap
Posted 26 September 2007 - 04:25 AM
Thanks for the info! I'm sort of new to these Subie mods and was wondering if there is any way to use the 3.7 ratio components from the auto trans and put them to use in the manual setup. I guess I'm not sure how the cases are configured. Are they like a tranny/transfer case setup, or are they all or none case configurations? The 3.9 final drive would be OK, but it would be nicer to have 3.7 for economy since the 2.7L would have plenty of power already by itself. Everything in the XT6 works great, except the tranny which has foul smelling fluid, though it seems to shift fine. Also when I push the "low hold" button it locks the tranny as if I put full pressure on the brake pedal. Not sure what thats all about? It only has 135,000 on it. Unfortunately the underside spent too many WI. winters to be worth putting back on the road. Too bad.
I appreciate any comments/suggestions in doing this swap
if you want the 3.7 ratio gears, you can swap the internals of the tranny and rear diff, or use the tranny and rear diff out of a manual turbo car (any EA82T cars will do, turbo XT's are also fine)
Posted 26 September 2007 - 11:06 AM
(that's not an intercooler...it's his radiator)
and the other one hasn't been mounted yet, he used a ron davis custom radiator. and they messed up the first one (it looks awesome, but the put the inlet in the wrong place:
"2 & 1/2 inch core, 13 by 22 with 1 and 1/2 inch tanks"
now, about the ER27. keep in mind that this will be virtually the same project as an EJ22 swap, with more modification (same wiring project, won't need an adapter plate, but an EJ22 will at least fit in the engine bay), and it's still just a bigger EA82. you've still got 2 timing belts, still got a distributer, etc.
and you've still got zero aftermarket/upgrade uptions.
if you've got an ER27 donor car, and you have the time, patience, and skills to do this swap, I say go for it. but you sounded a little weary about wiring the EJ22 swap.....and this isn't any easier, and there isn't a writeup telling you exactly how to do it.
Posted 26 September 2007 - 03:12 PM
Posted 26 September 2007 - 07:46 PM
Thanks again for the helps!
Posted 16 November 2007 - 03:10 AM
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well, i did it, and it is way too long and way too heavy. it doesnt have very good horsepower for how big and long it is. The timing belts/tensioners/pullys are wussy. the motor hangs way too far forward, and I had to make a front motor mount on my bumper to keep it from pulling the transmission up!
putting an xt front end on it wont help much, because youd have to cut the unibody off at the firewall, and run the whole front clip. theres a motor mount on the front rad support, which also acts like a x member.
theres no room for a radiator, and guys who have done it successfully(4?)and ran it for more than a couple hundred miles (like me putting on 12k) rebuilt the whole front of the car, or had a big lift so they had room above the motor, under the hood, or in the bed of a brat...
Hindsight has shown me i shoulda went ej in the first place, theres a reason subaru only made the er27 for a couple years.
an ej plate is cheap now, use the xt6 for the flywheel and clutch parts, and run a 2.2.
now im back to the ea81 motor, so my radiator is way overkill, i have about 2 feet of space between my motor and rad, and my frame rails are clearanced for no reason at all =]
hell, my front lift kit was even overbuilt with less camber to handle the weight of the big six... or Japanese Big Block as i used to call it.
Posted 18 November 2007 - 02:32 PM
Hindsight has shown me i shoulda went ej in the first place, theres a reason subaru only made the er27 for a couple years.
Well... I have to Agree
Posted 23 November 2007 - 05:17 PM
Try the EZ30 from a legacy/outback.
It has a timing chain so it is not much longer than an EJ20/22/25 (which have timing belts)
But for practicality, go the EJ22. Bulletproof and proven power.
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Oh Cassie - I LOVE this!!! I can't wait to show it to everyone at Cat Court tomorrow! I'd be very happy to help this kitty out with renegotiating his contract, he deserves treats too. His hoomins need to understand just who is in charge and it sure isn't the dog! As you and I both know, it's hard work being cute all the time.
Meowmie and I are happy to hear that your Meowmie likes her new wurk and is over her nasty cold. Please give her some purrs and headbumpies from me? :love: :love:
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Women's Basketball
- This week's games:
- Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. (A) – Queens
- Saturday at 2:00 p.m. (H) – Lees-McRae
- Last week's games:
- Barton (L) – 78-51
- Limestone (L) – 64-60
- The Cobra women's basketball will be looking to rebound this week with two Conference Carolinas games. The first on Wednesday at Queens, followed by a home game against Lees-McRae on Saturday.
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- Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (A) – Queens
- Saturday at 4:00 p.m. (H) – Lees-McRae
- Last week's games:
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- Limestone (L) – 62-60
- The Coker men will take on two tough Conference Carolinas opponents this week. They will start with Queens on Wednesday, followed by Lees-McRae at home on Saturday.


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Turmeric and Green Tea Share a Special Property
*For information about this wonderful organization (especially if you know someone who is legally blind), see www.GuideDogs.com, which even has downloadable videos of romping puppies that will grow up to be canine miracle workers. They accept contributions (the organization, not the puppies).
To those who can see the novice dogs being trained by their patient handlers—or the graduate dogs with their new owners, being trained in how to work with them—it's a sight both heartwarming and inspiring. The bond between man and beast is almost supernatural.
Wet AMD Is the Worst
In last month's issue of Life Enhancement, we wrote about age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an incurable eye disease that robs people of their central vision—the type of vision required to see fine details, such as the letters in these words or the features of a child's face. (See
"Can Age-Related Macular Degeneration Be Prevented?" – March 2007.) Although they typically retain their peripheral vision, many victims of AMD are sufficiently impaired in functional mobility to be declared legally blind.
About 90% of such cases are due to the "wet" form of AMD, in which the retina in the area of the macula (a small, yellowish spot near its center) is irreparably damaged by a process called neovascularization, which is the growth of new blood vessels where they don't belong. The vessels are fragile and leak fluid, which damages or kills retinal cells. Neovascularization is a special case of angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels. In wet AMD, it occurs in a thin layer of tissue called the choroid, which lies just beneath the retina.
Dry AMD Is Bad Enough—And There's No Magic Bullet
The other, less severe, type of AMD is the "dry" form, which entails the formation of drusen beneath the retina. Drusen are small, fatty deposits that gradually degrade retinal function, causing visual impairment and, sometimes, legal blindness. About 85–90% of all cases of AMD are of the dry type. Overall, AMD is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50 in the developed world; its incidence in the United States is expected to increase by 50% by 2030.1
The thought of blindness is a nightmare, and it's worth every effort to prevent it. The message of last month's article was that it's probably best to use a supplement containing all the natural chemical agents that are known to benefit our eyes in one way or another. A cynic might say that this is the "throw everything but the kitchen sink at it" approach, and there is merit in that charge. More importantly, however, there is merit in the approach itself (provided, of course, that there's a valid scientific basis for each of the agents being used). When we can't point to one agent and say, "This is the magic bullet that will help prevent AMD," we must try everything plausible and hope that some of it helps.
With Antioxidants, the More Variety, the Better
So instead of a single-bullet medicinal rifle shot, we use buckshot, hoping that the additive (and perhaps synergistic) effects of all the individual chemical "pellets" will do the trick. And what are those pellets? Well, many of them are antioxidants, because oxidative stress—the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species, including free radicals—is implicated in AMD, as it is in most age-related diseases, and in the aging process itself. And here the "kitchen sink" strategy is justified by scientific evidence. According to Dr. Julie Mares of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School,2
Overall, there is a clear trajectory of lower risk for AMD that is associated with diets higher in several antioxidants. … A combination of antioxidants seems to be more consistently associated with lower risk for early or late AMD than single nutrients. … it makes sense that optimal functioning requires the availability of numerous antioxidants. Foods provide an even greater array of antioxidants than supplements. … Thus, antioxidant-rich diets are also likely to be nutritionally varied and provide a wide array of other known and unknown nutrients and nonnutritive food components that might protect against AMD. [Italics ours]
Although her emphasis was on food, Dr. Mares also discussed the value of antioxidant supplements, which is well established, especially for vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene (a vitamin A precursor), and zinc.3,4 Her comments (which would probably apply as well with regard to all the other chronic diseases for which antioxidants reduce risk) drove home the point that supplements are just that: supplements, not substitutes for a healthy diet, which undoubtedly contains many valuable nutrients we haven't even discovered yet.
Let's now look at a few nutrients we do know about, beginning with two that have an exceptionally important property in terms of potential action against AMD: they inhibit angiogenesis, which, as we saw above, underlies wet AMD.
Turmeric Inhibits Angiogenesis
The Indian spice turmeric (Curcuma longa), often called "the spice of life," has long been known for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antitumor properties, which are attributed mainly to the polyphenolic compound curcumin and a group of related compounds called curcuminoids. In mouse studies, curcumin has been effective primarily against skin and colon cancers, perhaps because it works best by direct contact (it's poorly absorbed into the circulation, and once there, it's rapidly metabolized). It has also shown promise against human cancers, primarily of the gastrointestinal tract.5
In a laboratory study with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), curcumin blocked the cell proliferation that could contribute to angiogenesis and tumor growth.6 In a study with mouse corneas, curcumin and some curcuminoids were found to inhibit artificially induced neovascularization.7 Similar results were obtained in a study with rabbit corneas.8 Finally, oral administration of curcumin (1125 mg/day) was found in a human clinical trial to be helpful for chronic anterior uveitis (an inflammation of the front part of the eye), indicating that enough of it can reach the eye to do some good there.9 The main advantage of curcumin was that it acted like a corticosteroid, but without any of the side effects of those powerful drugs.
Green Tea Also Inhibits Angiogenesis
Another potentially beneficial product for AMD is green tea (Camellia sinensis), which contains a class of polyphenolic antioxidants called catechins, the most important of which is epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG. The documented health benefits—including cancer prevention—of green tea are too numerous to recite here. One of the more recently discovered ones comes from a study, using HUVECs, that sought to elucidate the (or a) mechanism of green tea's anticancer activity.10 The researchers found that the catechin-rich extract inhibited angiogenesis, a process upon which the growth of tumors critically depends. Similar results were obtained in another study, in which pure catechins were used instead of a green tea extract, and bovine aortic endothelial cells instead of HUVECs.11
Zinc Is Vital for Our Eyes
Finally (although there's much more we could write about, such as the extremely important antioxidant carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin), let's take a quick look at the trace element zinc. This mineral is found in high concentrations in our eyes, particularly in the retina and the choroid. Zinc plays an integral role in maintaining normal ocular function via several mechanisms, including an antioxidant effect. A deficiency or even suboptimal levels of zinc may influence the development and progression of several chronic eye diseases.12
The role of zinc in preventing AMD is still unclear, but in a major study of antioxidants and eye disease, it was found that those patients who were randomly assigned to receive zinc had a significantly reduced mortality rate compared with those who did not take zinc.13
At the risk of belaboring the obvious, your eyesight is precious. Not quite as obvious, but true, according to experts in the field, is that the value of antioxidants (whether from food or supplements) in preventing AMD depends on the stage of the disease. They're far more effective in slowing or halting its progress in the early stages than later on, when they're fighting a decidedly uphill battle. The same could probably be said of just about any preventive measure for any disease—it's common sense.
As Benjamin Franklin said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Think about that the next time you see a guide dog. As much as we love and admire those sweet, noble creatures, we would never want to have to own one.
Remember litmus paper, a staple of high school chemistry labs? It had a nineteenth-century predecessor, turmeric paper, which was used worldwide to test solutions for alkalinity. (If litmus hadn't come along, we might today be talking about political "turmeric tests.") Turmeric had long served as an orange-yellow textile dye in East Asia, and it imparts the characteristic yellow color to curries and many mustards.
Turmeric is featured in many ancient Indian ceremonies and Malaysian myths. According to legend, it has the power to repel crocodiles. There are, however, no actual data on how many lives have been saved in this way, so we remain a tad skeptical. (What a pity that Steve Irwin is no longer with us to give an authoritative answer. Not that he ever wanted to repel crocodiles—quite the contrary!) In any case, modern science has confirmed the validity of several of turmeric's traditional medicinal uses, especially as an anti-inflammatory.
Tea too has an ancient history of medicinal use throughout the Orient. Most potent are white tea and green tea, which are made without the partial fermentation process that produces oolong tea, or the full fermentation that produces black tea. Fermentation destroys most of the leaves' natural catechins, the antioxidant polyphenols to which most of tea's healing properties are ascribed (the "rock star" here is EGCG). There is a tradeoff, however: some of the catechins are polymerized to new compounds called theaflavins and thearubigins, and they too have significant therapeutic value.
Legend has it that tea was discovered in
2737 B.C., when some tea leaves fell from a tree into a cup of hot water held by a fellow named Shen Nung, who just happened to be the emperor of China. (Nothing like that could have happened to a mere peasant, right?) He was so pleased with the aroma and taste that he believed the tea had come from heaven. Thus was born the world's second most consumed beverage (after plain old water), not to mention a vast historical and cultural legacy associated with the wondrous brew. The virtues of tea are embodied in the Chinese proverb, "The wisdom of ten thousand universes can be found in a cup of tea." Wow.
Until about three centuries ago, by the way, tea was pronounced "tay," which explains why it doesn't seem to rhyme properly in some old English poetry (it did then, though). The word comes from the Dutch thee, from the Malay teh, from the Chinese (Amoy) te, all of which are pronounced (more or less) … tay.


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Workshops for sale with leaseback offer.
An aircraft maintenance, repair and refurbishment company is selling, with a long-term leaseback offer, its large hangar and industrial workshops alongside the runway at Hamilton Airport.
The property at 3 Boyd Rd, Rukuhia has been developed and expanded by Hamilton Aero Maintenance, which will take back a 10-year lease from December once the property is sold, with two-yearly rent reviews and four rights of renewal of five years each.
The company will also continue to pay the ground rent on the property, which will initially produce net annual rental income of $141,000 for its new owner.
The property, which is being sold to fund the firm's expansion plans, will be auctioned at Bayleys' Hamilton offices on November 29, and is being marketed by Andrew Shaw and Mike Swanson of Bayleys Waikato.
The buildings on the 1.0952ha airport leasehold site all have runway access and total of 2588sq m of workshop, warehousing and office space in three separate buildings.
The first building, a two-level office/workshop, was completed in the mid-1980s. The main hangar was built in 1987, with additions in 1996 giving it a current size of 1274sq m.
It has a concrete floor, steel portal frame and Coloursteel cladding, with a stud height of 5m. The third building, of similar construction materials to the hangar, was completed in 2003, providing backup hangar space.
Shaw says Hamilton Aero Maintenance was established in 1984 by airline-trained engineers and has grown to a point where it is planning to expand into offshore markets. He says it has a long and successful history of providing a comprehensive range of aviation services and aircraft maintenance and refurbishment, handling everything from small planes up to larger passenger jets from its Rukuhia base.
The company has full New Zealand Civil Aviation Part 145 accreditation, and carried out pre-service checks and defect rectification on Boeing 737-200 aircraft overnighting in Hamilton from 1985 until their withdrawal in September 2000. It continues to service A320s at Rotorua Airport, as well as providing a range of ground-support services for planes arriving at Hamilton Airport.
Its clients include private, commercial and airline customers throughout New Zealand and overseas, from individuals to major airlines and governments. Maintenance work is also undertaken on a number of the country's air ambulance service aircraft.
Services include component and electrical overhauls, avionics and instrument testing for both fixed-wing planes and helicopters, as well as aircraft maintenance and testing. Shaw says Hamilton Aero Maintenance has a worldwide reputation for its aircraft refurbishment work which includes custom painting, interior refurbishment and modifications for private and business aircraft.
The high-stud, multipurpose property is easily accessible from both State Highway 3 and SH1, and is about 15km from Hamilton's CBD.
Total package
On offer: Aircraft maintenance buildings.
Where: By Hamilton Airport's runway.
Attraction: Long-term leaseback.
Earning: $141,000 per annum.
Auction: Thursday, November 29, Bayleys Hamilton.


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When the decision was made to award Brazil the right to host the 2014 World Cup, it was a time to rejoice as the tournament headed to the competition's most successful team for the first time in 64 years.
Not since 1950 have teams from across the globe travelled to Brazil, in which time A Seleção have been crowned world champions on five occasions.
Such is the vastness of the country, organising the World Cup was always going to prove to be a logistical nightmare, but the initial proposals were enough to satisfy FIFA.
However, with a little over two years left until the tournament begins, serious concerns have been raised over the likelihood of construction being completed on schedule.
FIFA's secretary general Jerome Valcke has expressed his dismay at the minimal progress being shown, and says some elements are an astonishing five years off the pace.
"I don't understand why things are not moving," he said, according to the Daily Mail.
"The stadiums are not any more on schedule and why are a lot of things late?
"In 2014 we will have a World Cup. The concern is nothing is made or prepared to receive so many people because the world wants to go to Brazil.
"I am sorry to say but things are not working in Brazil. You expect more support - there are these endless discussions about the World Cup bill. We should have received these documents signed by 2007 and we are in 2012.
"You have to push yourself, kick your a*** and just deliver this World Cup and that is what we will do."
Valcke also added that, if Brazil were unable to meet the hosting requirements in full, FIFA have 'no plan B' and fans travelling to the tournament would suffer.
But the fact that FIFA are beginning to display public concern about the deliverance of this World Cup raises questions as to why no contingency plan is in place.
The World Cup is the jewel in FIFA's crown and the failure to have any alternative arrangements when it comes to hosting the competition is, quite frankly, baffling.
The bidding process in itself is already highly criticised, particularly after Qatar defied expectation and were awarded the right to host the World Cup in 2022.
Brazil's current failings threaten to make a further mockery of the system currently in place, during a time in which faith in the competence of world football's governing body is at an all-time low.
FIFA has frequently been shrouded by accusations of corruption, while Sepp Blatter's comments following the race row between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra were those of a man ignorant to the game's most important issues.
As far as Brazil 2014 is concerned, one can only hope they organising committee are able to deliver the tournament promised, as it has the potential to be one of the most joyous occasions in the history of the sport.
However, the failure by FIFA to implement a 'plan B' reeks of complacency and will do nothing to dispel the accusations of incompetence directed towards Blatter.
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BATON ROUGE — While Congress already has legislation for Hurricane Isaac relief pending in both chambers, a measure expected to be introduced soon for an unrelated recovery on the East Coast could offer more funding opportunities for those still struggling along the Gulf Coast.
BATON ROUGE — While Congress already has legislation for Hurricane Isaac relief pending in both chambers, a measure expected to be introduced soon for an unrelated recovery on the East Coast could offer more funding opportunities for those still struggling along the Gulf Coast.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are anticipating a relief bill for Hurricane Sandy, which battered New York, New Jersey and several other states in late October.
With the bill for Isaac still in legislative limbo during this lame duck session of Congress, Louisiana lawmakers are eager to see what happens next.
"If there is going to be Sandy-related legislation, then we're all going to be working hard to make sure we look for opportunities to represent Louisiana's needs as well," said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Metairie.
Not long after Hurricane Isaac made landfall over southeastern Louisiana in late August, Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, introduced the Investment Saving Access After Catastrophe Act, or ISAAC Act.
It would essentially provide additional tax relief to those affected by Isaac, which blew into Louisiana with sustained 80 mph winds and flooding rains.
John Cummins, Cassidy's press secretary, said there are already efforts underway to expand the proposed act to include provisions for Sandy.
"He is currently in discussions with Congressional leadership about how to push this critical legislation forward before the end of the year," Cummins said. "He is hopeful that we can move forward quickly to bring relief to victims of both storms."
As originally proposed under the ISAAC Act, families and individuals would be able to deduct more of their losses that were not reimbursed.
They would also be allowed to withdraw money from their individual retirement accounts and other retirement accounts. The money would be tax free and not subject to contribution limits if paid back within three years.
Additionally, small businesses could deduct more of their profit losses on their tax returns.
If more than one relief bill comes into play, that shouldn't be a problem, said Sen. David Vitter, a Republican from Metairie who is co-sponsoring Cassidy's bill in the upper chamber.
"It's probably better that there's not just one bill," Vitter said. "There are a lot of different categories of need."
For example, Vitter said he's aware that Louisiana's commercial fishermen are still seeking recovery assistance in the wake of Isaac, and many view a Hurricane Sandy relief bill as an avenue to make it happen.
"There will likely be some Sandy relief bill, and we should use the opportunity for Isaac and other needs along the Gulf Coast," Vitter said. "I don't want to take anything away from Hurricane Sandy or from Hurricane Isaac, though. But we're working on it."
That sense of encroachment is a concern for everyone, said Mike Voisin of Houma, a member of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.
Hurricane Sandy made landfall roughly south of Atlantic City in New Jersey as the largest Atlantic tropical system on record, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.
"No one wants to undermine what's happening with Hurricane Sandy," Vitter said. "We understand all too well what they're going through."
After years of receiving help from other states for hurricanes in her own state, Sen. Mary Landrieu, a New Orleans Democrat, said she's looking forward to relief for both groups of hurricane-stricken areas.
In addition to co-sponsoring Cassidy's legislation, she said she's working on disaster supplemental legislation that would address Sandy and Isaac, as well as other disasters around the nation.
"We owe it to all those affected by all disasters to work together to fully fund a recovery," she said.
Landrieu added that Congress should be looking at recovery from an administrative standpoint as well, not just money.
While the Federal Emergency Management Agency is probably the most well-known response entity, Landrieu said a virtual alphabet soup of federal agencies can be found on the ground following a hurricane, including but not limited to Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration, as well as the Economic Development Administration and the Corps of Engineers.
"I will also be pushing for reforms to federal policies governing disaster recovery," she said. "I have witnessed numerous systemic failures, misguided policies and squandered opportunities in the way we facilitate recoveries."
Landrieu has legislation already filed that would reform the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
The Stafford Act authorizes various forms of federal assistance to state and local governments, certain nonprofit organizations and individuals in the event of a presidentially declared emergency or disaster.
Landrieu said her bill would accomplish reform by doing the following, among other mechanisms:
n Re-authorizing two expired pilot programs for rental housing and debris removal that were determined by federal officials to save taxpayers money and expedite recovery.
n Providing incentives for state and local governments to adopt and enforce building codes, develop pre-incident recovery plans and pre-negotiate contracts.
n Allowing local governments to keep proceeds from recycled debris and encouraging energy-efficient rebuilding designs.
n Making the application process for public assistance more user-friendly for state and local governments with the help of a catalog of disaster programs and a consolidated application for federal recovery assistance.
n Streamlining regulations by consolidating requirements for environmental, historic and benefit-cost reviews across different federal agencies for recovery projects.
n Improving training, certification, delivery models and information-sharing for case management and crisis counseling.
n Establishing credentialing, training and evaluation requirements for FEMA employees; strengthening contractor oversight; requiring staffing plans for catastrophes; establishing project transfer procedures for rotating personnel; and encouraging the use of local hires in recovery field offices.
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Learning from the Past
I really hope that you're not getting sick of Singapore stories, but this one is really close to my heart. When I first found out that I was going over for work, my grandfather wanted me to go to one place – Fort Canning. You see, he was in the Second World War and fought for Australia in that conflict. Even though I learned about the conflict in school and from his stories, this was the first time that he'd ever mentioned Singapore.
So, on Friday I trekked off to the Fort Canning Park and got to experience an audio-visual recount of the days when Singapore was taken. I didn't expect to be as moved as I was. When I was in there, I could imagine how my grandfather must have felt when he was in Papua New Guinea and fighting in the war. I ended up crying during one presentation as they showed us a conference where they decided to surrender; knowing that they would become POWs in camps that were designed to make them suffer. It just brought home, in ways no classroom lesson ever could, how unbelievably difficult life was at that time and how sometimes there isn't a win/win outcome at all.
Now, what does this have to do with the BTD? To me, this was a big lesson about learning from the past. Learning from the lessons that the past can teach us and taking them with us on our journey through life; whether about food on the BTD (based on the learnings of Dr D and others) or how stress is bad for your health or that you need to get enough sleep. I guess it just made me wonder why we need to repeat the mistakes of the past all the time – eating foods that we know will make us sick, forgoing sleep, putting off health checks – when we live in relatively lucky times. OK, they're not perfect, but you know what, most of us aren't living in a situation where there's no water left, there's an army surrounding us and there's nowhere to flee. To me, that gives us a responsibility to try and make the future better; not to repeat the mistakes of the past.
I won't comment on the mistakes that our leaders may or may not make.
And, for all the Aussies - Happy Anzac Day for Friday. I hope that you're able to attend a service if you choose to.
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