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LONDON: Jamaica's Usain Bolt has said he is considering switching sprinting for long jump before the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The world's fastest man, who claimed three gold medals at the London Olympics, dismissed rumours that he may retire before Rio but said he may compete in different events in four years' time.
"It's just about making different goals, there's a lot of things I can do in the sport," Bolt told Britain's Sky News television channel.
"My coach wants me to do 400 metres, I want to try long jump," said Bolt, who successfully defended his 2008 Beijing 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles in London this month.
"I could always try to aim for the records again, so there's different things – but after the season we'll decide what we want to do and work on that next season."
Bolt's flirtation with long jump comes a week after he claimed he was considering playing cricket in Australia's domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League.
He played junior cricket before turning to the track and has long voiced a love for the game.
The sprinter has also said he would happily play football for Manchester United, "if the money's right".
If Bolt does switch to long jump, he would be following in the footsteps of US sprinter Carl Lewis, who won the Olympic long jump title four times from 1984 to 1988 as well as four sprint golds.
Bolt also brushed off speculation that he was planning to quit ahead of the Rio Games.
"Yes, definitely I will be there (in Rio), as long as I'm fit and I'm ready," said the 26-year-old. "It'll be a little bit harder but I'm looking forward to it."


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People's Bank of Point Lookout
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Go to the bank, and use the password "xin tian weng". The software is configured to recognise only our voices.
"— Box 1207 - Spy's audio passwordPeople's Bank of Point Lookout is a small pre-War bank in Pilgrim's Landing. Its only current living inhabitants are a few radroaches.
Before the Great War, the bank was a subsidiary of Isla Negra Holdings, and recently had a new voice operated safe unlock system put in place. This did nothing, however, to prevent the bank from being robbed. There are many skeletons with blood splatter on the walls behind them, and a complete lack of cash in the vaults. Next to the door is the remains of a security guard, also with a pool of blood around it. Looking in the Homestead Motel room 1G reveals the most likely bank robbers remains and their cash.
At the corner with a sign above the door, near the Homestead Motel.
This is one of many abandoned places in Fallout 3 to be infested with radroaches, which can be easily dealt with. On the wall to the left of the entrance is one of many wanted posters in Point Lookout for a woman named Wan Yang, a secret agent involved in The Velvet Curtain quest. There are 2 safes in the main hall, 1 hard and 1 average, on the wall behind the desk.
A debris-filled staircase leads to a second floor, even though from the outside the bank is shown to have only one floor.
Notable lootEdit
- To access the safe deposit boxes, you need to find the corresponding holodisks and play them inside the room with the boxes. The holodisks are:
- Box 1191 - Password backup, found in the right desk from the main room. This safe contains buffout and pre-War money.
- Box 1207 - Spy's audio password, found in a locker on the boardwalk of Pilgrim's Landing. This is part of the quest The Velvet Curtain; the safe contains the Espionage debriefing as well as some pre-War money.
- Box 1213 - Bern's voice, found in the Grower's shack.
- There is a police hat near a skeleton on the floor in the main room.
- During The Velvet Curtain, outside on the wall is a Wanted poster for Wan Yang, reading it results in the Wanted Person: Yang, W. note added to the player's inventory.
Related questsEdit
In the far bottom left box there is a "toilet gnome". It is a mini intact garden gnome holding a mini plunger in its left hand standing next to a broken mini toilet.
People's Bank of Point Lookout appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.
Behind the scenesEdit
- A terminal declares the bank to be a subsidiary of Isla Negra Holdings. In English, "isla negra" means "black isle", making the name a reference to Black Isle Studios, creator of the first two Fallout games.
- A password for one of the safety deposit boxes is "Nevermore", a reference to the Edgar Allan Poe poem The Raven. Though the password is correct, the security system does not recognize the player's voice and the correct tape to open the box is found in the loan officers desk.

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It is helpful to remember that the Bible does not pretend to be a book that contains all knowledge - but it does provide us with everything that we need to be able to know and to relate to the true and living God. It has nothing of polar bears, the ancient Chinese empires or quantum physics, but it does introduce us to Christ as the one who is able to reconcile us to the God of all life. The purpose of the Bible is for making the reader wise for salvation and equipped for a life of trusting in Jesus. As the Apostle Paul told his friend Timothy:
"the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:15-17
To tackle the specific question you raised we need to consider two issues:
1) How are we supposed to understand the opening chapters of the Bible?
The Bible is a collection of books, written in different styles and genres (there is poetry, proverb, law, history, story, etc). The open chapters of Genesis, when talking about creation on seven days and Adam and Eve, are talking about real events in 'poetic' language. It is not concerned with simply making a record of what happened or exactly how long ago it occurred; instead it wants the reader to understand the significance of what happened for understanding our present situation. It wants us to understand that God made everything, and that he made this creation to be an ordered, good place; to be a place of life and blessing where humanity has a special role to play in God's creation. The author wants us to understand that Evil was not a part of God's purposes for his creation, but rather a secondary occurrence within God's good creation - part of creation gone wrong. We are to understand that all creation has been affected and 'fractured' by humanity's failure to trust God, when it trusted instead the voice of Evil.
These chapters set the stage for understanding what God is doing in the world to deal with this situation and what he is achieving through the saving work of the Lord Jesus.
To criticise the opening chapters of the Bible for not providing a scientific timetable would be similar to dismissing the poetry of Robert Burns because his description of his girlfriend, ("My love is like a red, red rose newly sprung in June"), lacks scientific accuracy (after all, girls don't have red petals, leaves and thorns!!) and suggests that she is only a few months old!
2) How are we to understand the human endeavour of doing science?
The Bible affirms that the world is an ordered place, open to investigation, and that we as humans are able (and indeed, encouraged) to observe the order of creation and grasp something of the nature of this universe and how it works. But the Bible also warns that there are limits to this pursuit because we are (1) human, not God - and so limited in our ability to grasp the mind of God from our observations of creation and (2) sinful humans and therefore inclined to turn away from the truths of God.
To put it simply, science does a good (but not perfect) job of describing what happens in this creation, but is unable to help us understand who God is and what his purposes are for this creation. For these we need God to reveal himself to us - which he has fully done in Jesus Christ.
You may also want to read the question on the site that deals with the question of evolution: http://www.christianity.net.au/questions/if_evolution_is_true_how_can_christianity_be_true


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mark while competing unattached at the Knoxville Invitational (April 27) ... Took
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He embezzled $825,000, but gets no prison time
But another who stole $557,000 gets 33 months
Don Bauder 5:30 p.m., March 27
Here is the best way to determine if following the Miami Heat/Dallas Mavericks championship series is a cultural necessity. All we need is the answer to one question, to wit: Who is sitting courtside?
Props go to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel for keeping track. After two games, both played in Miami, the celebrity courtside count is: Lil Wayne, Serena Williams, Julius Peppers (defensive end for the Chicago Bears), Gloria Estafan, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Gabrielle Union, and Queen Latifah.
Fine, upstanding, people all. Talented people all. Millionaires all. But, face it, not one is Celebrity A List material.
Is it too early to call this series a celebrity failure?
Probably, almost certainly, this is a celebrity failure series, I mean, if Miami is that celebrity poor, Dallas is, well. . . who would want to live it Dallas? Nobody. But, for charity's sake, let's hold off on final judgment until we see who Dallas draws to their first home game. Tip-Off is set for 5:00 p.m.
Gotta agree that the Dallas celeb count is startling low. Saw zippo during the first 25 minutes. Best the camera did was find a fan sign attempting cuteness.
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(HealthDay) -- Patients with celiac disease, particularly those presenting with malabsorption symptoms later in life, have a higher incidence of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs), according to research published in the August issue of the American Journal of Hematology.
Lori A. Leslie, M.D., of the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 1,285 adults with biopsy-proven celiac disease seen at a U.S. referral center from 1981 to 2010 to determine the incidence of LPD subtypes and survival according to LPD subtype.
The researchers identified 40 patients who developed LPD (standardized incidence ratio [SIR], 6.48), including 33 with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL; SIR, 6.91). Significantly elevated associations were see for the incidences of enteropathy-associated T-cell (EATL), non-EATL T-cell, diffuse large B-cell, mantle cell, and marginal zone lymphoma subtypes of NHL when only those diagnosed with celiac before LPD were considered. Patients with EATL had a shorter average survival compared with non-EATL patients. Patients who developed LPD were more likely to present with diarrhea, abdominal pain, and/or weight loss and were older at the time of celiac diagnosis (57.9 versus 42.5 years).
"In the future, the association between celiac disease and various LPD subtypes could be further analyzed to identify common molecules in the inflammatory and lymphoproliferative pathways as promising targets for drug design," the authors write. "These findings could then be studied to risk stratify patients with regard to lymphoma, devise surveillance protocols, and propose preventative strategies in celiac disease patients with increased risk of developing LPD."
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"And in those simple beautiful movements I remembered what was really important in training; that consistency trumps intensity; all the time. That intensity is born from consistency. That one cannot force it, one has to lay in wait for it, patiently, instinctively, calmly and be ready to grab it when Grace lays it down in front of you."
Saturday, June 03, 2006
6 comments:
- Royce said...
Not a training comment, You seem very in love with and proud of our wife.
I resent and almost hate comments a lot of married men make about the character of their wives.
Through no device of my own I am married to one of the most amazing humans alive.
I love being married to her, I sense some of the same pride and love in your comments.
Again no training comments, just a comment on life, a partner you love and respect is priceless.
My wife and children have enriched my life more than I can say.
Peace. Royce - 10:10 PM
- Royce said...
It is nice to see someone else brag about their wife!
- Mark Reifkind said...
absolutely.she is the love of my life!of course we are oil and water but regardless I am always so proud of her and would be lost without her.
I knew immediately she was for me. I moved in after three days and married her three months later. that was 19 years ago! - 5:37 AM
- Royce said...
Cool, we were talking about marriage on our second date.
Oil and Water here too, maybe we are on to something! LOL - 9:18 AM
- Joefitness said...
You two make a great team! Complimentary parts
- Pete Diaz, RKC said...
You could tell how proud you were of your wife at the RKC. It is always refreshing to meet men who are not afraid to say how much in love they are with their wife. I feel the same way about my wife. But, I am sure you could tell that by the way I wanted my wife to share part of the RKC experience with me by wanting her to come out to the meet and greet, training day 2, and dinner after day 2.
Royce, I agree with your statement about those married men who speak negatively about their wives. It almost speaks volumes about themselves. - 10:25 PM


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Look out for a cheeky upset in the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, says Sports Sangoma Sanele Tshabalala.
Mavo Solomon had a lucrative life as as an engineer, but decided to forego that to teach maths and science for free to rural and township pupils.
Thousands of young people have made their way to the Ballito Junction Mall where they were involved in a stand-off with security.
Tendai Mtawarira is now 31 and is a unique fixture in South African rugby in that he has not fallen for the Euro, pound or yen, writes Mike Greenaway.
Authorities are looking to wastewater as a potential solution to the impending global water crisis, as discussed at the World Water Day Summit.
Security has been beefed up in anticipation of thousands of people marching for "economic freedom" in the Ballito CBD today.
South Africa would need to do more to produce its own chicken if it was to overcome the "dumping" of cheap poultry imports from the EU.
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I-Team: CIA's Area 51 Roadrunners Hold Reunion in Las Vegas
The Central Intelligence Agency just celebrated its 60th anniversary and many of those who attended ceremonies in Washington last week were Las Vegas Thursday.
They're known as the Roadrunners, former CIA employees who worked on top secret spy planes out at the Area 51 military base. Unlike past years, the Roadrunners are now able to speak openly about the work they did to protect our country.
It might look like just another merchandise table at a convention, but a closer look reveals the logo of the CIA on everything from t-shirts to key chains. The women taking orders are both CIA employees and this marks the first time the CIA has allowed its official merchandise to be sold outside of its headquarters in Virginia.
T.D. Barnes, Roadrunners president, said, "Oh yes, we've got quite a number of CIA here."
T.D. Barnes should know. He worked for the CIA himself for several years, as did most of the other attendees at this year's convention of Roadrunners Internationale, whose members all had a role in the development and testing of the greatest spy planes ever built, including the U-2, SR-71, A-12, and YF-12A, each of which was nurtured at Nevada's Groom Lake facility, better known as Area 51. Even though the attendees are all friends and former colleagues, they still carry secrets from back in the day.
T.D. Barnes said, "A bunch of us will get together, we'll all be talking and one guy will go, I never heard that before, because we just didn't talk about it back then."
They didn't tell co-workers, they didn't tell their spouses what they were doing, but there have been fundamental changes over the past few years. The CIA still won't sell anything that mentions Groom Lake or Area 51, but it has released reams of documents as well as photos of the base.
If someone had left a flight manual from the A-12 sitting on a table 40 years ago, that person would have gone to prison. Not anymore. In fact, CIA is interested in recording the oral histories of these intelligence veterans before more of them take their final flight. UNLV researchers are doing the same.
Roadrunner Harry Martin attended the CIA's anniversary ceremony back east several days ago and was proud to see the agency unveil an A-12 spy plane at headquarters. He was at Groom Lake for the very first flight of an A-12.
Chief Investigative Reporter George Knapp: "It wasn't supposed to be a test flight?"
Harry Martin, V.P. of Roadrunners Internationale: "No. It was supposed to be a high speed taxi, but it took off and flew for about a mile and a half or so. Then we got it back down."
The walls of the Roadrunner gathering are plastered with photos that once would have made the KGB drool, and although the gathering isn't open to the public, a lot of the information is now in the public domain, demonstrating that the work done by these men and women -- in total secrecy -- helped to keep our country safe for much of the Cold War and beyond.
Later this month, the Roadrunners will be honored in Carson City as part of Nevada Day celebrations. The theme of this year's parade is Area 51.
If you'd like to check out the photos and documents that have now been declassified, visit Roadrunners Internationale online.
E-mail your comments to Chief Investigative Reporter George Knapp.
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In one of the biggest Marmonte League games of the year, Oaks Christian's Richie Harrington will start at quarterback against Westlake on Friday because of a lingering shoulder injury sustained by Trevor Gretzky.
Oaks Christian (2-1, 2-0 in league) coach Bill Redell said Gretzky originally suffered the injury in the Lions' 20-17 loss in their season opener against Alemany on Sept. 3. Gretzky missed practice Monday and is being examined today.
Redell said Gretzky is listed as "questionable" for the Friday night showdown with Westlake (3-0, 2-0).
Gretzky and Harrington, both seniors, saw action in last week's 47-6 victory over Calabasas. Gretzky was 4 of 6 for 66 yards and a 52-yard touchdown pass. Harrington completed 9 of 14 passes for 114 yards and two touchdowns.


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How to Remove INetSpeak.eBoom from Your Computer
To completely purge INetSpeak.eBoom from your computer, you need to delete the files, folders, Windows registry keys and registry values associated with INetSpeak.eBoom. These files, folders and registry elements are respectively listed in the Files, Folders, Registry Keys and Registry Values sections on this page.
For instructions on deleting the INetSpeak.eBoom registry keys and registry values,
see How to Remove INetSpeak.eBoom from the Windows Registry.
For instructions on deleting the INetSpeak.eBoom files and folders,
see How to Delete INetSpeak.eBoom Files (.exe, .dll, etc.)
How to Delete INetSpeak.eBoom Files (.exe, .dll, etc.)^
The files and folders associated with INetSpeak.eBoom are listed in the Files and Folders sections on this page.
To delete the INetSpeak.eBoom files and folders:
- Using your file explorer, browse to each file and folder listed in the Folders and Files sections.
- Select the file or folder and press SHIFT+Delete on the keyboard.
- Click Yes in the confirm deletion dialog box.
How to Remove INetSpeak.eBoom from the Windows Registry^
The Windows registry stores important system information such as system preferences, user settings and installed programs details as well as the information about the applications that are automatically run at start-up. Because of this, spyware, malware and adware often store references to their own files in your Windows registry so that they can automatically launch every time you start up your computer.
To effectively remove INetSpeak.eBoom from your Windows registry, you must delete all the registry keys and values associated with INetSpeak.eBoom, which are listed in the Registry Keys and Registry Values sections on this page.
To remove the INetSpeak.eBoom registry keys and values:
- On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
- In the Open box, type regedit and click OK.
The Registry Editor window opens. This window consists of two panes. The left pane displays folders that represent the registry keys arranged in hierarchical order. The right one lists the registry values of the currently selected registry key. - To delete each registry key listed in the Registry Keys section, do the following:
- Locate the key in the left pane of the Registry Editor window by sequentially expanding the folders according to the path indicated in the Registry Keys section. For example, if the path of a registry key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\FolderA\FolderB\KeyName1sequentially expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, software, FolderA and FolderB folders.
- Select the key name indicated at the end of the path (KeyName1 in the example above).
- Right-click the key name and select Delete on the menu.
- Click Yes in the Confirm Key Delete dialog box.
- Locate the key in the left pane of the Registry Editor window by sequentially expanding the folders according to the path indicated in the Registry Keys section. For example, if the path of a registry key is
- To delete each registry value listed in the Registry Values section, do the following:
- Display the value in the right pane of the Registry Editor window by sequentially expanding the folders in the left pane according to the path indicated in the Registry Values section and selecting the specified key name. For example, if the path of a registry value is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\FolderA\FolderB\KeyName2,valueC=sequentially expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, software, FolderA and FolderB folders and select the KeyName2 key to display the valueC value in the right pane.
- In the right pane, select the value name indicated after a comma at the end of the path (valueC in the example above).
- Right-click the value name and select Delete on the menu.
- Click Yes in the Confirm Value Delete dialog box.
- Display the value in the right pane of the Registry Editor window by sequentially expanding the folders in the left pane according to the path indicated in the Registry Values section and selecting the specified key name. For example, if the path of a registry value is
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{c4d99500-4c77-11d4-93b7-0040950570ba}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{c4d99500-4c77-11d4-93b7-0040950570ba}
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Software that is designed to launch advertisements, frequently pop-up ads, on a user's computer and/or to redirect search results to promotional Web sites. Adware programs are often built into freeware or shareware programs, where the adware creates an indirect 'charge' for using the free program. Sometimes a trojan can silently download an adware program from a Web site and install it onto a user's machine.
Hacker tools, or Browser Hijackers, can also download an adware program by exploiting a web browser's vulnerability. Browser Hijackers may tamper with the browser settings, redirect incorrect or incomplete URLs to unwanted Web sites, or change the default home page. They can also re-direct a user's searches to "pay-to-view" (often pornographic) Web sites.
Typically, many adware programs do not leave any marks of their presence in the system: they are not listed on Start | Programs; they add no icons to the system tray; and they don't show up on the task list. In addition, adware programs seldom provide an uninstallation procedure, and attempts at manually removing them frequently result in failure of the original carrier program.
Be Aware of the Following Adware Threats:
NCase, INetBar, SearchExplorerBar, FlashTrack.Ftapp, Search123.
Browser Helper Object, or BHO, is a dynamic link library (DLL) that runs whenever Internet Explorer is started. Generally, BHOs are included in installation of third-party programs where they are offered as enhancements of the browser functionality. For example, many Internet Explorer plug-ins are in essence BHOs.
BHOs can be installed silently or "legitimately" when a user fails to read the fine print included in the freeware program's EULA (End User License Agreement).
Because BHOs are small programs, they can do anything that other programs can do. It's not easy to detect the BHOs installed on the computer. This enables hackers and other malevolent users to employ the BHO functionality in their interests, for example, secretly install adware programs or gather various statistics on the user's browsing trends.
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The following are the most likely reasons why your computer got infected with INetSpeak.eBoom:
- Your operating system and Web browser's security settings are too lax.
- You are not following safe Internet surfing and PC practices.
Downloading and Installing Freeware or Shareware
Small-charge or free software applications may come bundled with spyware, adware, or programs like INetSpeak.eBoom. Sometimes adware is attached to free software to enable the developers to cover the overhead involved in created the software. Spyware frequently piggybacks on free software into your computer to damage it and steal valuable private information.
Using Peer-to-Peer Software
The use of peer-to-peer (P2P) programs or other applications using a shared network exposes your system to the risk of unwittingly downloading infected files, including malicious programs like INetSpeak.eBoom.
Visiting Questionable Web Sites
When you visit sites with dubious or objectionable content, trojans-including INetSpeak.eBoom, spyware and adware, may well be automatically downloaded and installed onto your computer.
Detecting INetSpeak.eBoom^
The following symptoms signal that your computer is very likely to be infected with INetSpeak.eBoom:
PC is working very slowly
INetSpeak.eBoom can seriously slow down your computer. If your PC takes a lot longer than normal to restart or your Internet connection is extremely slow, your computer may well be infected with INetSpeak.eBoom.
New desktop shortcuts have appeared or the home page has changed
INetSpeak.eBoom can tamper with your Internet settings or redirect your default home page to unwanted web sites. INetSpeak.eBoom may even add new shortcuts to your PC desktop.
Annoying popups keep appearing on your PC
INetSpeak.eBoom may swamp your computer with pestering popup ads, even when you're not connected to the Internet, while secretly tracking your browsing habits and gathering your personal information.
E-mails that you didn't write are being sent from your mailbox
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Resurgent following his television series: much parodic throwing of knickers.
The Pixies / Throwing Muses, 1988
Indie rock double-bill with both bands at the height of their popularity.
Was (Not Was), 1988
On peak form, with Are You OK?.
Eurythmics, 1989
Unusually low-key and intimate for a band of their stature.
Sly & Robbie, 1987
Sly & Robbie spent two nights working their way through a seemingly endless roster of guest vocalists.
Lenny Kravitz, 1990
Guitar hero, briefly touted as the future of rock. Possibly one of the loudest concerts the structure has sustained.
Wendy & Lisa, 1990
Wendy & Lisa were formerly part of Prince's backing band. Their diminutive former employer was in the audience on this occasion, barely visible in a throng of minders.
Hothouse Flowers, 1988
About to break and as good as they got.
The Neville Brothers, supported by Del Amitri, 1989
Few had heard of Del Amitri at this point: shortly afterwards, many would. The Neville Brothers brought along a surprise guest: the actor John Goodman, who played cowbell during the band's encores.
Hall & Oates, 1990
Perennial white soul favourites who moved in for a string of six dates.
Also rans: The Pogues, six nights including St Patrick's night; Simply Red; Bjorn Again's seven shows this year; Happy Mondays' sell-out gig; several shows by The Kinks; David Bowie pitching up to rough it with Tin Machine; INXS; Lionel Richie's 'secret' gig this year; Midnight Oil, who turned the stage into the Australian Outback, complete with fake dingoes; two nights with Robert Palmer; and this year's Nina Simone show, for which a downstairs office had to be converted into a dressing-room to accord with a clause in the singer's contract dictating that she should not be called upon to climb stairs.
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I use .025 on Sheet Metal-I like the Lincoln Wire, although there are those here who like the Harris Twenty Gauge- http://www.harrisproductsgroup.com/ |
.35 would work on most all jobs. i assume you are using a one pound spool. gas in bottle should be 75% argon, 25% ox. pure argon for stainless wire. brass tip in gun should be next larger size. this helps with burnback, or you'll just be wasting tips. not familiar with .25 size as it use only .32,.35. never have patience to change for each job. spot weld by just holding horizontal to material. 3/8 inch up and hit trigger for split second. may have this shield in kit, but never used it. see above. take a scrap piece of metal, clean, no rust. mig and rust a no no...hold gun to ear and press trigger slightly. you should hear the gas but not enough to acutally feel it.. (this should bring out the joksters) this purges the air in line and now working with the argon tank. hold gun about 22 degrees and PUSH the weld holding the tip about an inch from the metal. NOW...with the free hand, turn your feed per inch knob up and down. you will notice you are now welding by EAR. you will go from sputter to a high pitch, smooth sound. you are there. you can usually weld up to about 3/8 metal, with .35. above that switch to a regular buz box and stick weld it. spools at harbor freight are ok. some marked SHIELDED. this is a NO gas wire and usually heavier. leaves slag to clean. u will find the limits to the size machine you purchased. guaranteed in three months, as in cycles, V8s, and hand guns, you will wish you got a larger one... Pluses on mig: monkeys can do it, but the fur is a fire hazard. clean and pretty impresses your brother in law Minuses: use only in no draft areas, gas blows away not much good in overhead welding heat and burn capabilities are HIGHER than stick welding... trust me...these guys on tv welding with no gloves or helmet are ok just for tacking stuff..... weld something with a mig of any size for about four minutes and forget to cover your.... neck...that little indent above your t shirt at throut legs....that space between your socks and bottom of pants when kneeling dog.....yes, they just sit and watch..eyes get flashed just like like your brother in law, but the dog doesn't know better.. ok I'm done...good luck and it ya got the bucks...buy a self darking style helmet...great for mig, lousy for stick... MAC |
I use mostly 0.25. great for light tubing and sheet. Good for exhaust also. I use 0.35 on one of my larger machines for frame and chassis work. I think you will find it easier to run 0.25 to start. It works in well even if you are not really tunned in on wire speed and amps. The welding supply truck stops by here every week, and the delivery guy says that me and the exhaust shop are the only ones using 0.25. One of the welders who used to work for me was dead set against 0.25 until he tried it.
If you go by the chart inside the door for setting up your machine you will well ahead of the curve..I have owned one of those welders for over 10 years and it has served me well for what I do at home..
I keep some 0.25 and I also have a roll of flux core for some of the heavier kinds of jobs.. Each size and type of wire as well as the process chosen for a particular task has a place in welding.. Sam
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No Biggie ,, but I think it is 0.23, and 0.30, and 0.35,,,I use the 23 for thin sheet and the 30 for up to 3/8" don't use much of the 35,,,, I had one of those weldpack welders,, and it works great for sheetmetal,, is it a 120 volt or 230 volt?
You can also get aluminum in the spool , need to use 100% argon with aluminum also |
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The Bell Tower in May
I'm actually happier with my shots of the Bell Tower. Although I didn't get my normal looking up shot.
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My little Canon snapper is no longer up to the task. The flash does no justice to larger, or dark valves like the two I added recently. I suspect it's time to build a light box.
Author: valvecollector
Software Defined Radio fiddling
I had some time these past few days to have a reasonable fiddle with a new SDR I acquired – the Watson W-SDRX1 mark 3. This is essentially one of the RTL style SDRs with a switchable HF front end and two aerial inputs, one for HF and below, and one for VHF and above. Coverage is 100kHz to 2GHz.
VHF-wise it works just the same as the RTL-SDR dongle from eBay. Gqrx plays well and with the wide screen on my Linux desktop it shows a good bandwidth.
But it took me a while to figure out how to get the HF side working. The paperwork suggests the cutoff between HF and VHF operation is 40MHz but gqrx out of the box only understands the coverage of the RTL-SDR, so 27MHz to 1700MHz or so. The trick is either to tune 40MHz up, or set an LNB Offset of -40MHz, the latter resulting in the correct frequency being displayed. One does need to remember to set the LNB Offset back to zero when changing to VHF, but hey.
So now I need to have a play in Gnu Radio and see if I can fiddle up a few decent receivers. However it does need a decent aerial. The wideband scanner whip I have sat by the PC does little other than pick up QRM. Unfortunately my 'active' aerial is in the workshop and the Linux desktop isn't, well not yet anyway.
CPU load is not excessive with gqrx on my i5 based desktop, the 4 cores average 20% overall with the waterfall and FFT displays running.
It will be interesting to see how well gqrx and this SDR plays on a Raspberry Pi Mk3. More on that when I find a spare HDMI TV to plug the Pi into…
Haltron CV8067
I just added a CV8067 to the site. This is one of a number of Haltron valves I have noticed recently on eBay where the valve just carries the CV number. All those I have noticed are in the CV8xxx range.
Now K1001 does permit this but specifically when it is "impractical, on account of physical limitations" – see here (pdf) section 4.1.4. It is hard to see how a valve such as this example could not carry the full CV information. On on a subminiature valve, but not here.
The valve came in a Haltron box with no markings, and a label attached giving the CV and NSN numbers.
Looking at the valve the printing is slightly different too, as if the original Haltron marking is the original and the CV number added later. There is no obvious evidence of the civilian part number being removed, but of course it may just have been cleaned off sufficiently well as to leave no trace.
Another little sequence completed – I now have all four magnetrons from CV1475 to CV1478. These are four frequency variants and successors to CV69A-D.
I have CV69A and D too, so now need CV69B and CV69C to complete that set.
There are two other sets of four – CV1479-82 which I have already and are CV76A-D (I have CV76B and C, so need A and D, and CV1483 to 87 which are CV99A-D. I am missing CV1483, and CV99B and D.
Gnu radio
Not really valve related (ok, not in the least valve related!) but after a lot of messing about I finally got Gnu radio to work last night on Ubuntu 16.04. I say finally because it was the end of a lot of messing about off and on, and in no way the fault of Gnu radio.
First, some background. I've been using Ubuntu since version 7 I think. I settled on it because it was easy to install on the old and dodgy hardware I had at the time – other distro's would not even install. My current PC had 12.02 LTS – I use the LTS versions as they have, well, Long Term Support. I had an older Gnu radio package set up and working but it later broke and I'd no idea why. Anyway, I had no time to fix thing back then.
I got back to it later but never fixed it, so I installed the then latest Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. No matter what I did I could not get the software to work. As it was nearly time for the 16.04 release I left it.
I installed 16.04 LTS a couple of days ago but again Gnu radio failed. The software would install via apt-get but gave errors when running. The script (below) failed to complete. Again, no time to fiddle.
Last night I wiped the PC and installed a clean Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and this fixed things. The excellent script (below) ran and set everything up. I had to fiddle with the USB settings and blacklist a kernel module but this is all documented. Finally, I got a basic FM radio working to prove the installation is ok.
So, although upgrading Ubuntu is generally OK for mundane stuff, it is clearly a tad off for actually getting the system up to grade. A clean install is a far better option, and indeed is recommended. Having more than one physical disk makes this a lot easier as one can copy anything needed to the other disk, or have home volumes on that other disk, and trash the o/s disk for each clean upgrade.
This script (http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGRFromSource#Using-the-build-gnuradio-script) is really useful and does all thew work for you.
The morale – don't be lazy! Now for the interesting stuff…
CV1931 update
For some time I had a CV1931 on the website, the example being a 6H6 metal double diode, though not 6H6 marked. Today I got a glass CV1931, also marked 6H6GT. I never checked before but the metal one is clearly incorrectly marked.
The CV Register has three CVs in a series: CV1929 / 6H6G, CV1930 / 6H6 and CV1931 / 6H6GT. This makes sense.
For now I've left the page as-was but added the glass valve.
Removed valves
I have been trimming the collection for some time now and disposing of valves which helps maintain this virtual museum and also reduces the amount of storage space needed. It also helped me finally focus on what I want to collect, rather than just anything and everything.
But someone mentioned to me a whole back that people may still want to see these. As the main pages only display what I actually own, once removed a valve's web page is removed too.
So I have been making PDFs of the more unusual valves as I remove them and these are now held at http://vacuumtube.info/oldvalves/ – it is simply an automatically generated list of PDF documents, each one of which is basically the valve page saved as a PDF via Safari.
CV5403 TWT update
The CV5403 page has been updated because the TWT came with a test results sheet with more data that I had available from the EEV catalogue.
Update – about this WordPress
I have been using WordPress recently to drive parts of the website and also to record new exhibits and so on. However, this has the drawback that every time the home page was called it would also call WordPress. Although this is common practice there is really no need for the simple text entries involved. I have now written scripts and modified the database to handle this without needing WordPress.
The content in here remains valid for now but will be removed once I am sure it has all been copied across correctly. After that, I will probably keep this here as a general blog, which is, after all what WordPress is good at.
The German collection
My thinning of the German collection is under way with some having gone onto my disposals page and others onto eBay or into a crate ready for the next local sale in November. This section of the collection can be seen here. Not all of the valves will go, the two Gema valves and the RD4Ma for example will most likely be staying here.


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ALCHEMY, THE venture capital group, yesterday agreed a cash bid with Scottish Highland Hotels, in a deal that values the four-star hotel chain at pounds 38m. Paramount Hotels Investments, a subsidiary of Paramount Hotels chain, which is majority-owned by Alchemy, will pay 130p in cash for each Highland share. SSH shares closed up 4.5p at 128p yesterday. The Scottish Highland chain has five hotels in Scotland and two in north England. Phillips and Drew, the fund management group, ended takeover talks with SHH in July. Hanover International was also touted as a rival bidder.
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HELLENIC BOTTLING and Coca-Cola Beverages have issued a statement that confirms the previously reported terms of their drawn-out merger.
Neville Isdell, the CCB chief executive who will head the enlarged group, said he was "very happy" with the final deal, despite Hellenic reducing its partial cash offer from 150p to 140p a CCB share.
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KVAERNER, THE engineer, yesterday announced plans to axe 185 staff at two loss-making metals businesses.
The company said it would cut 95 employees at its Kvaerner Metals Manufacturing operation in Sheffield and 90 at Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge, a manufacturer of bridges in Darlington, County Durham.
Kvaerner said both plants were trying to cut costs and increase their operating performances.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
He's Here, He's Keir
If you've ever watched United States of Tara you already know that 17 year old Keir Gilchrist is adorable as gay teen Marshall. This week he gave us a good look and skinny boy fans nationwide rejoiced.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Bromance In The Air
We've already seen Gregg "Dimples" Sulkin and David "Abs" Henrie hot-tubbing together, but what could be sweeter than best bros competing against each other in Dance Dance Revolution? Later they posed for the paparazzi, Abs looking poised and handsome in head to toe black, and Dimples modeling yet another in his patented (by jaymcfly) line of self-tightening t-shirts, this one with a very cool assymetric henley collar. The bros even found time to hold hands, using cosmetics mogul Ava Anderson as a shield against prying eyes. Ah, young love! Platonic, I'm sure.
In completely unrelated news: Hi Ricky Martin! We were all shocked, SHOCKED, by the news.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Callum Revisited
Skinny little Callum Wilson, who I featured on the Big Gay Blog almost a year ago, has a look that I think of as particularly British. He started modeling when he was 16, his 18th birthday is (or was) sometime this year. I think he's great looking, even when he appears to be clothed by Lady Gaga.
Callum Wilson,
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Alex Strips For Astrid
This interesting photo of an almost naked Alex Pettyfer just popped up on photographer Astrid Munoz's website. That's not the only thing that popped up.
Alex Pettyfer,
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
They Don't Have These Where I Buy Groceries
Male Models,
Samuel Baio,
Monday, March 22, 2010
Hidden Treasure
A few nights ago I watched this movie I got from Netflix called Rock The Paint, a low budget indie from 2005 which I thought was well intentioned but amateurish, preachy, and dramatically flaccid. I mention it here for one reason only. Douglas Smith. He is a pleasure to watch in this and everything else in which I've seen him.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
I just watched 10 Things I Hate About You for the first time in years and I cried a little because Heath Ledger at age 19 was so beautiful and perfect.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Latest Dispatches From Planet Pettyfer
Two days ago Alex was in Las Vegas to promote Beastly, which is still four months from it's domestic theatrical release, to take in the Cirque Du Soleil show "O" at The Bellagio, and to be honored as ShoWest's Male Star of Tomorrow.
More than one source has informed me that Beastly made a big hit at ShoWest, which is the world's largest trade convention for film exhibitors. This is from After Elton: "CBS Films showed a few pieces at ShoWest, and everyone yawned. Then they showed the upcoming Beastly, with Alex Pettyfer, Neil Patrick Harris, and Vanessa Hudgens, and the crowd of seen-it-all executives went nuts."
In other news, rumors are swirling that the very people who made Shia LaBeouf a movie star have decided to get into the Alex Pettyfer business. Reports say that Alex is in negotiations to star in I Am Number Four, a science fiction extravaganza based on a not-yet-published novel by Oprah's least favorite author James Frey, to be produced by my least favorite director Michael Bay and directed by D.J. Caruso (Disurbia, Eagle Eye). Not sure how I feel about this, especially if it keeps him from fulfilling his destiny of playing Jace in the film version of The Mortal Instruments novels, but if it's good for Alex it's good for me.
Believe it or not, this is an actual character sketch made for the forthcoming Mortal Instruments graphic novels. Who does he remind you of?
Back in the real world, Alex was
And last but not least are these year-old photos by Ram Shergill. Other pictures in the set were in Drama magazine, but these just surfaced here this week. Alex is just one step away from the full monty in one of these and I am just one step away from cardiac arrest. Enjoy!
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/05/us-usa-shooting-colorado-idUSBRE90408W20130105 Jesus...Aurora again?
Time to blame movies/video games/music/books/lepers/the ice age/the Harlem Globetrotters/[insert whatever offends you here]. Anything but the gun. See, he would've done this anyway with a knife/car/hands/book/knife I mention knives twice because they're extra-lethal. No. Let's not blame the tools for these mindless rampages. Let's blame everything but the tool which gave them the means with which to carry out their plan. Or they were crazy. Yeah, well there's tons of people that have mental disorders as well and they don't all go on bloody rampages.
Come on... couldn't they at least wait until the JLA film came out? WE CAN ONLY MAKE BATMAN MOVIES SO FAST, PEOPLE.
KK, I don't think anyone has suggested you/others weigh the lives of others over yours. What some have said is weighing your property rights over the lives of others seems skewed *if* your own life is *not* in danger.
And where have I weighed my property rights over someone else's life? The closest you could claim is when I said that I would be willing to use lethal force in the event someone was trying to steal food, fuel, etc from my family in an emergency situation (on the level of the Katrina or Sandy aftermath), and that is a situation where my life would potentially be in danger. As for the Aurora situation, the police are still trying to determine a lot of key facts (such as whether the shooter killed himself or whether the police shot him). I strongly recommend jumping to any conclusions until there are some verified facts available. Remember, in the first day or so after any major news event, there's very little accurate information available. After the Oklahoma City bombing, many people were blaming the bombing on Islamic extremists. With the DC snipers, people were looking for a white van. Until we actually know anything, jumping to conclusions can cause a lot more harm than good.
KK, here (what I was responding to) You weren't (apparently) referring to "food/fuel" in that response.
Kimball, based on your strong recommendation I'm concluding the shooters were Apple fanboys who experienced a rare moment of self-awareness. I was under the impression you were a British common law country to a point, i.e. where it stopped being compatible with US law? If so, then the UK statutes imposing limits on gun ownership would have some relevance. Not what I'm saying. And let's politely and discreetly not address how precisely you would be able to differentiate an intent to menace you through scowls vs an intent to actually kill you in a fight-or-flight scenario...
Dude, you don't like fido... we get it. You don't have to snipe at his every word, though... take the high road, or something. sheesh. Plus, he's already said he's got you on ignore, so you're wasting your breath, etc.
I haven't commented on anything he's said in like... pages, Harps. thanks, though, for your contribution. I think I speak for everyone, including people in remote parts of Burma, when I say that. EDIT: Though, to be fair, I'd forgotten he'd put me on ignore and every time he's posted something that's idiotic I've called him on it. Which, as it's 100% of the time he posts here, would make it seem like he is being sniped at. If he could stop the faux edgy posts (if you eat the chip on your shoulder, it's obvious there's no anger anymore) and try thinking about something then posting, it would be nice for all and sundry Harps. Like we get that he thinks he's irreverent and tries so hard to cultivate that image, but nobody believes he is so could he just try and post something that shows he has thought about it first? It wouldn't kill him.
Look, of course it's ridiculous to think that someone is going to play one violent video game, or listen to one violent song, or watch one violent movie, and then go shoot up a school. But that's not what we're talking about. It's not an individual effect - it's cumulative and collective. We're talking about young people who are surrounded by, who are bathed in, a culture that ceaselessly bombards them with messages that show extreme violence being a workable solution to people's problems, and often even a salubrious one. This does have an effect, and on some people who were already close to the edge for whatever reason, it can give them a shove them in some very bad directions. I'm not saying that the government should come in and start banning things. But maybe it's time we had a national conversation about what we watch, listen to, and play; and to think about whether it's time to tone it down a little. There's a popular atheist argument that says that they're terrified of Christians and their belief in Heaven and Hell because it implies that the only thing restraining Christians from rape, murder, robbery, theft, and arson is the belief that Invisible Sky Man will throw them into a mythical lake of fire after they die if they do do those things. Related: Gun-grabbers terrify me - especially ones from countries that claim they they're "civilized" because they've banned guns - because their assertion implies that the only thing keeping them from having sky-high crime rates and frequent school massacres is that their governments no longer trust them with guns. Doesn't sound too "civilized" to me. The thing is, blaming guns is the easy thing to do because they're an inanimate object, and blaming an inanimate object means taking no personal blame upon ourselves. It's easy - but like most easy answers to persistent problems, it's bullcrap. I've lived in a culture that is markedly less violent than America. You could parachute-drop a crate of AK-47s onto every streetcorner in Japan, and the Japanese wouldn't shoot each other at appreciably greater rates than they do now, because their culture simply isn't one that glorifies violence and presents it as a suitable solution to people's problems at the scale that American culture does. And yes, yes, I know - there are violent Japanese movies and anime programs and video games - but again, I'm talking about scale, about context, and about place in the larger culture. I'm talking about taking a drink of something rather than taking a bath in it. Again, I'm not talking about having a bunch of guys in jackboots raid Gamestop and start burning discs. I'm talking about us having a national conversation on whether we ought to walk all this back a little. Or maybe even a lot.
P.S. Culture does matter. And ours at best trivializes violence and the tragedy it creates (at worst it downright glorifies and celebrates it). Don't think so? I took this at my local grocery store 20 minutes ago: And there it is - titillating us on the front page of the National Enquirer, right up there with the latest celebrity gossip about Tom Cruise. We are a nation with a sick culture, and yet we are surprised when the symptoms of this sickness show up, like a five-pack-a-day smoker wondering why he coughs for five minutes every time he tries to climb a flight of stairs.
But by your reasoning, aren't games merely a symptom of the disease? There was a chart posted earlier that compared video game "consumption" (for want of a better word) to violent crime. Although it's more suggestive than definitive, there's a strong case to be made in favour of games being utterly irrelevant to violent crime and I appreciate you're suggesting that - I'm just not sure about your last points where you say you're not suggesting burning discs from gaming store, but rather having a conversation about scaling the violent culture back (i.e. are you suggesting games, films etc be included in that?)
Looking at that reminds me why I stopped reading that trash years ago. Look, yes, reforming our culture is important and, much like mental health reform, there's no easy or short - term answers, however, I state again, I do not see any rational reason in the short term why people absolutely need relatively easy access to assault weapons that can tear a person to pieces (like in Aurora and Sandy Hook). Especially not average civilians. I don't see why we can't restrict access to those types of weapons, who's only function is to kill as many people as possible, while we struggle to find answers to our other societal problems.
He whines about what happened in the past like a little child. 'Wah my reputation on an online forum took a hit.' I explained my side of it and that's that. If he continues to be a child about the whole thing then that's on him. /again, still on ignore. To the cultural aspects: I think that while some people may be influenced by it that blaming any sort of entertainment is just silly. Or at least bannings of it and whatnot. Yes, we have incredibly violent entertainment, but there's also the erection most Americans have for guns--an unhealthy obsession. If you limit the tools to commit the crimes then you may reduce the impact of such atrocities. As it is anyone can get a gun so long as there's no criminal record. Most of these crimes are done with legally owned firearms. Sooo...don't blame the availability of guns? Mental health is one thing and it needs to be fixed in this country starting by adding more funding to mental health programs, but you also need to limit the availability of firearms. As it stands now all you need is a pulse and a clean record and you're good.
It's something of a feedback loop. A more violent society becomes more inured to violence in media, which further presents violence as a solution to our problems, which contributes to making us more violent, and so on... Related to this is the reason why pornography continually gets more graphic, and involves acts that are more taboo, humiliating, or even painful. In another thread I posted an example of the kind of pornography which got Irving Klaw thrown in prison on obscenity charges in the 1950s - which mostly were of Bettie Page in a bra and granny panties bigger than what many women wear to the gym as outergarments. As we got desensitized to that, we wanted more, and more, and more, and the cycle continued, until we're where we are today. Correlation and causation are difficult there. You have to figure in the fact that people who spend a lot of time gaming are also going to be people who tend to be a little better off economically, and thus who will be less inclined to commit common street crime. So cultural stuff gets mixed up with socioeconomic stuff, and it all becomes more than a little muddled. I'm in the middle of reading the nonfiction book on the history of Atlantic City on which Boardwalk Empire was based. There was a quote in it from one of the people in AC's vice industry back in the early 20th century: "If the people who came to town had wanted Bible readings, we'd have given 'em that. But nobody ever asked for Bible readings. They wanted booze, broads, and gambling, so that's what we gave 'em." So what am I suggesting? What if we all, or at least some large portion of us, stopped buying the hyperviolent stuff that Hollywood/New York puts on the table for us. If we stop buying it, sooner or later they'll stop serving it. And if we don't, well, then who do we really have to blame but ourselves? Don't count on that though - we are not a people given to blaming our failures on our own faults.
Although I posted that chart, I do believe there's a correlation between American culture and the excessive violence. But the 2nd Amendment remains the key. The 2nd Amendment is the forge, the vigilante fixation is the gunpowder. I have the sneaking suspicion that many an American gun enthusiast likes to imagine himself with a Superman suit under his shirt.
If the vigilante fixation were the cause wouldn't these killers be more likely to go after drug dealers? I think it's more that we tend to make celebrities out of murderers. In which case you could blame the news media more than any sort of comic book, video game, or movie.
@Narutakikun; you raise some really interesting points but I think the main issue I have is that I think you might have it backwards? In that, I don't think if we stopped buying violence society would change (though I appreciate your point is more to break the loop) but rather, if society changed then the media would reflect that. I don't want to quote a Christian scholar if I can avoid it, but: "Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision" - GK Chesterton.
There are a few answers to that, but here's one of them, and it's honest. In a sense, liberals have no one but themselves to blame for this. It's a symptom of an extremely successful strategy they've pursued for decades; one of incrementalism. Instead of having one big revolution (either of the violent of nonviolent variety), they've pushed a large number of sweeping social and legislative changes through largely slowly and in pieces over the course of years - from feminism and gay rights to the secularization of society to all manner of regulations on who you can't or must hire, what you can't or must offer your employees in compensation, and, of course, via Political Correctness, what you can't or must say to whom. The problem is that if every time you give someone an inch they end up taking a mile, they shouldn't be surprised if sooner or later you aren't very inclined to give them an inch anymore. Slippery slope is not always a fallacy, and one is often wise to not allow a foot in the door. One of the unintended consequences of incrementalism is absolutism; when the other party no longer believes that you're negotiating in good faith or that you plan to stop only at the arguably-reasonable things you're asking for - and worse, when you've given them good reason not to trust you - then if they slam the door in your face, draw a line in the sand, and say "We aren't giving a single inch of ground", really it's your own damn fault.


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