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could it be low blood sugar? My mom had a poodle that acted like that
could it be low blood sugar? My mom had a poodle that acted like that
Have you had a color doppler done of her heart? EKG? Test for Diabetes?
Just suggestions.
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As posted on another thread...
Interestingly enough, last night I heard a tail of one FT dog that has never shown any sign of EIC testing as affected and yet another that has long shown signs testing clear. Granted I did not see the test results, but I did get it from a very reliable source. Just makes you wonder…
Might be worth the effort to see if the EIC results come out the same on a second test. This has got me very interested in the controls used to establish and do this test
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Corey Burke
I have no reason to question the accuracy of the tests done during the research phase. However, the process of gathering cheek swabs at a trial -- often testing all dogs on a trainer's truck -- has enough opportunities for mis-identification that I would definitely tend to retest using the official test. The process of vet-certified blood samples offers many fewer opportunities for errors.
Misidentification in any stage, research or official test, is a huge issue and one that is not at all acceptable under any circumstance. If mistakes are made at the very beginning of the process, it calls into question the entire process. Not to mention the affect a false positive or false negative can have on a dogs owner.
IF you call into question one aspect the rest must follow
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Corey Burke
I have had her tested for diabetes, thyroid was done...they tested her urine, but I am not sure if they used a dopler for her heart, just the stethescope. She is a perfectly retarded dog 99% of the time, but for some reason, she just gets herself so worked up and then this happens. This is the third time since the snow left. I do monitor her and make sure we aren't working in the middle of the afternoon, and I can tell when its going to happen and I just carry her off and make her rest. She comes around, but I don't work her for a couple of days after that. I let her do her own thing, but nothing more. She gets so jacked up just putting her leash on to go outside. Her breathing is so fast ALL of the time, I almost hyperventilate....thats how I explain it to the vet or anyone who asks. It has to make her dizzy....
thanks for the suggestions everyone. I am going to get her tested for CNM, as well as the new pup, but from what I read so far, I don't think its that, but who knows right??
take care, and if I get anything back, I'll keep ya posted.
I had a female that collapsed like you describe during a jump shoot for ducks. After the excitement of flushing a flock of woodies and dropping two of them (with two shots I might add no wonder she was excited!) She made the retrieves and we walked just a short way to the road and she started staggering and collapsed on the road. I carried her home but before I could get the 1/4 mile there she started struggling and came out of it. Vet checked her out and said it was blood sugar drop due to excitement. Said to carry caramels while hunting and give her one before and during the hunt and she would be OK. Did that and it never happened again.
Last edited by Hambone; 08-05-2008 at 05:25 PM.
I think they were all made to shoot because if they were not why did they give them that whirr of wings that moves you suddenly more than any love of country . . . I think that they were made to shoot and some of us were made to shoot them and if that is not so well, never say we did not tell you that we liked it.
E. Hemingway
We used to keep Karo syrup on hand
what is Karo syrup....is that human food, and if she is in the middle of her collaps, how do I give it to her. I tried letting an ice cube drip onto her tongue, but she wouldn't have any part of it.


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The tragic Deepwater Horizon oil spill hits close to home, literally. This ugly explosion not only claimed 11 lives, including a childhood friend, but the continued damage to the Gulf Coast is gutting. More than 125 marshy miles of Louisiana coastline—and parts of Alabama and Mississippi—have become mucked up in crude sludge. Regardless of what precautionary measures were or were not taken and where the blame lies, the chief concern is will and can this mess be cleaned, preferably before hurricanes tear through the South.
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Joint Plan
Summary of Understandings Related to the Implementation and Extension of the Joint Plan of Action, July 2014
Secretary Kerry's Update on P5+1 Negotiations With Iran, January 2014
P5+1 Joint Plan of Action on Iran's Nuclear Program, November 2013
Fact Sheet
White House Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Program
The P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China, facilitated by the European Union) met with Iran in Geneva to discuss a diplomatic resolution regarding Iran's nuclear program. They released an initial plan of action November 24, 2013. The State Department released updates on January 12, 2014, and on July 22, 2014. On April 2, 2015, the group released the P5+1 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran's Nuclear Program.
Iran would undertake the following voluntary measures:
- From the existing uranium enriched to 20%, retain half as working stock of 20% oxide for fabrication of fuel for the TRR. Dilute the remaining 20% UF6 to no more than 5%. No reconversion line.
- Iran announces that it will not enrich uranium over 5% for the duration of the 6 months.
- Iran announces that it will not make any further advances of its activities at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, Fordow, or the Arak reactor, designated by the IAEA as IR-40.
- Beginning when the line for conversion of UF6 enriched up to 5% to UO2 is ready, Iran has decided to convert to oxide UF6 newly enriched up to 5% during the 6 month period, as provided in the operational schedule of the conversion plant declared to the IAEA.
- No new locations for the enrichment.
- Iran will continue its safeguarded R&D practices, including its current enrichment R&D practices, which are not designed for accumulation of the enriched uranium.
- No reprocessing or construction of a facility capable of reprocessing.
- Enhanced monitoring:
- Provision of specified information to the IAEA, including information on Iran's plans for nuclear facilities, a description of each building on each nuclear site, a description of the scale of operations for each location engaged in specified nuclear activities, information on uranium mines and mills, and information on source material. This information would be provided within three months of the adoption of these measures.
- Submission of an updated DIQ for the reactor at Arak, designated by the IAEA as the IR-40, to the IAEA.
- Steps to agree with the IAEA on conclusion of the Safeguards Approach for the reactor at Arak, designated by the IAEA as the IR-40.
- Daily IAEA inspector access when inspectors are not present for the purpose of Design Information Verification, Interim Inventory Verification, Physical Inventory Verification, and unannounced inspections, for the purpose of access to offline surveillance records, at Fordow and Natanz.
- IAEA inspector managed access to: centrifuge assembly workshops; centrifuge rotor production workshops and storage facilities; and, uranium mines and mills.
In return, the E3/EU+3 would undertake the following voluntary measures:
- Pause efforts to further reduce Iran's crude oil sales, enabling Iran's current customers to purchase their current average amounts of crude oil. Enable the repatriation of an agreed amount of revenue held abroad. For such oil sales, suspend the EU and U.S. sanctions on associated insurance and transportation services.
- Suspend U.S. and EU sanctions on:
- Iran's petrochemical exports, as well as sanctions on associated services.
- Gold and precious metals, as well as sanctions on associated services.
- Suspend U.S. sanctions on Iran's auto industry, as well as sanctions on associated services.
- License the supply and installation in Iran of spare parts for safety of flight for Iranian civil aviation and associated services. License safety related inspections and repairs in Iran as well as associated services.
- No new nuclear-related UN Security Council sanctions.
- No new EU nuclear-related sanctions.
- The U.S. Administration, acting consistent with the respective roles of the President and the Congress, will refrain from imposing new nuclear-related sanctions.
- Establish a financial channel to facilitate humanitarian trade for Iran's domestic needs using Iranian oil revenues held abroad. Humanitarian trade would be defined as transactions involving food and agricultural products, medicine, medical devices, and medical expenses incurred abroad. This channel would involve specified foreign banks and non-designated Iranian banks to be defined when establishing the channel.
- This channel could also enable: transactions required to pay Iran's UN obligations; and, direct tuition payments to universities and colleges for Iranian students studying abroad, up to an agreed amount for the six month period.
- Increase the EU authorisation thresholds for transactions for non-sanctioned trade to an agreed amount.
Elements of the final step of a comprehensive solution*
The final step of a comprehensive solution, which the parties aim to conclude negotiating and
commence implementing no more than one year after the adoption of this document, would:
- Have a specified long-term duration to be agreed upon.
- Reflect the rights and obligations of parties to the NPT and IAEA Safeguards Agreements.
- Comprehensively lift UN Security Council, multilateral and national nuclear-related sanctions, including steps on access in areas of trade, technology, finance, and energy, on a schedule to be agreed upon.
- Involve a mutually defined enrichment programme with mutually agreed parameters consistent with practical needs, with agreed limits on scope and level of enrichment activities, capacity, where it is carried out, and stocks of enriched uranium, for a period to be agreed upon.
- Fully resolve concerns related to the reactor at Arak, designated by the IAEA as the IR-40. No reprocessing or construction of a facility capable of reprocessing.
- Fully implement the agreed transparency measures and enhanced monitoring. Ratify and
implement the Additional Protocol, consistent with the respective roles of the President
and the Majlis (Iranian parliament).
- Include international civil nuclear cooperation, including among others, on acquiring modern light water power and research reactors and associated equipment, and the supply of modern nuclear fuel as well as agreed R&D practices.
Following successful implementation of the final step of the comprehensive solution for its full
duration, the Iranian nuclear programme will be treated in the same manner as that of any non-nuclear weapon state party to the NPT.


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March 13, 2011
Guest Post...From Roo (and Sue)!
Happy Belated Birthday! I had an extra treat to celebrate your special day. I know you're not "over the hill" but that's the only birthday hat I could find. :)
I'm learning lots at Fido Beta Kappa college. You will be so proud of me! Sending oodles and oodles of doggie kisses.
Love you...Woof,
As you can imagine, finding this in my inbox was the best birthday present ever. Many thanks to wonderful Sue. And the hat speaks the truth – I had to put on my brand new reading glasses to read Roo's letter! —Christine
P.S. On the last post, Miss Roo is on the right.
8 comments:
- ♥♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥♥ said...
What a very special gift from Roo!!! We can just picture you beaming so very brightly. Great photo.
Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara
- March 13, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- Clive said...
Fab photo of Roo!
Happy birthday wishes from us all too!
Clive & Co
- March 13, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- 1000 Goldens said...
Oh baby Roo-Roo. You do a heart good!
- March 14, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Thanks Sue, Roo and Roo's Mom for posting updates on our Roo. We are so proud. We love your birthday wishes to your Mom
- March 15, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Khyra And Sometimes Her Mom said...
Woo hoo fur Roo and Sue!
Great pikhs and pawings!
Thanks SO much fur sharing!
PeeEssWoo: We got our Roo khorrekht!!!
- March 15, 2011 at 6:21 PM
- Rudy - The dog with a blog said...
Love the picture, and that email is the best birthday gift!
- March 16, 2011 at 3:05 PM
- Susan Gallacher-Turner and Mike Turner said...
Oh, how wonderful...such a special birthday card...and such a cute Roo, too! (Then I'm not at all prejudiced about yellow labs, as you well know) :)
Happy Birthday to you, too!
- March 26, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- Jan's Funny Farm said...
That would be a great birthday present. But we doubt you're over the hill.
- March 26, 2011 at 6:50 PM


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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:33 PM GMT on February 19, 2010
The globe recorded its fourth warmest January since record keeping began in 1880, according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies rated January 2010 as the 2nd warmest January on record, behind January 2007. January 2010 global ocean temperatures were the 2nd warmest on record, next to 1998. Land temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere were the warmest on record, but in the Northern Hemisphere, they were the 18th warmest. The relatively cool Northern Hemisphere land temperatures may have been due to the well-above average amount of snow on the ground--January 2010 snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere was the 6th highest in the past 44 years. Global satellite-measured temperatures for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere were the warmest on record in January, according to both the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) and RSS data sets. This was the second time in the past three months that the UAH data set has shown a record high global atmospheric temperature.
Figure 1. Departure of surface temperature from average for January 2010. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center.
A few notable global weather highlights from January 2010:
According to the United Kingdom's Met Office, the U.K. as a whole had its coolest January since 1987 and the eighth coolest January since records began in 1914. Scotland had its coolest January since 1979. During the first two weeks of January, the Irish Republic experienced a spell of extreme cold weather that began in mid-December, resulting in the most extreme cold spell over Ireland since early 1963, according to the Irish Meteorological Service. Most places of the Irish Republic had its coolest January since 1985 and the coolest January since 1963 in the Dublin area.
A rare summer snowfall occurred on January 18th in the town of Bombala, New South Wales, Australia. The town received a light dusting of accumulation, marking the first summer snow in the high terrain of southeast Australia since records began in 1965. The town has an elevation of around 3,000 feet (900 meters) above sea-level. Forecasters said that snow at such low elevations is unusual at any time of year, especially summer. Six days before the snow, temperatures had hit 37°C (99°F) in Bombala.
Eleven inches (28 cm) of snow fell in Seoul, South Korea on the 3rd, marking the greatest snowfall amount for that city since records began in 1937 (Source: BBC).
Central Beijing, China received 3 inches (8 cm) of snow on the 2nd, the most for a single day since January 1951, while suburbs of the city reported 13 inches (33 cm). Over 90 percent of flights at Beijing.s International Airport were affected. On January 6th, temperatures in Beijing dropped to -16.7°C (1.9°F), the lowest minimum temperature in the first ten days of January since 1971.
Figure 2. An unusual sight: Virtually all of Britain was covered by snow on January 7, 2010. Image credit: NASA.
January 2010: near-average temperatures in the U.S.
For the contiguous U.S., the average January temperature was 0.3°F above average, making it the 55th coolest January in the 115-year record, according to the National Climatic Data Center. The U.S. has been on quite a roller coaster of temperatures over the past four months--the nation recorded its third coldest October on record, followed by its third warmest November, followed by its 14th coolest December, followed by an average January. The coolest January temperature anomalies were in Florida, which had its 10th coldest such month. The Pacific Northwest was very warm, with Oregon and Washington recording their 4th warmest January on record. Seattle experienced its warmest January since records began in 1891.
Figure 3. Ranking of temperatures by state for January 2010. Florida had its 10th coldest January on record, while Washington and Oregon had their 4th warmest. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center.
U.S. drought
Precipitation across the U.S. was near average in January. Notably, Arizona had its 5th wettest January and New Mexico its 7th wettest. The only state much drier than average was Michigan, which had its 8th driest January. At the end of January, 3% of the contiguous United States was in severe-to-exceptional drought, a decrease of 4% from the previous month. This is the lowest drought footprint for the country since detailed drought statistics began in 1999.
U.S. records
A few notable records set in the U.S. during January 2010, courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center::
All-time low pressure records were set across most of California, Arizona, Nevada, and southern Oregon on January 20 - 21. This was approximately 10 - 15% of the area of the U.S.
Arizona set its all-time 24-hour state snowfall record: 48" at Sunrise Mountain Jan. 21 - 22.
The 50.7 inches (129 cm) that fell in Flagstaff, AZ Jan. 16 - 23 was the third highest five-day total ever recorded there.
Yuma, Arizona's total of 2.44 inches of rain (62 mm) was their 2nd greatest January total ever, narrowly missing the record of 2.49 (63 mm) set in 1949. Their daily total of 1.95 (50 mm) inches on the 21st was the greatest one-day January total ever.
Near Wikieup, AZ, the Big Sandy River crested at 17.9 feet, washing away numerous roads and setting a new all-time record crest, breaking the previous record of 16.4 feet set back in March 1978.
Burlington, VT had its largest single snowstorm on record, 33.1" on Jan. 1 - 3.
Sioux City, IA tied its all-time max snow depth record (28" on Jan. 7).
Beckley, WV had its snowiest January on record (40.9"; old record 37.3" in 1996)
Bellingham, Washington tied its record highest January temperature of 65°F on January 11.
Hondo, Texas tied its record coldest January temperature of 12°F on January 9.
Cotulla la Salle, Texas tied its record coldest January temperature of 16°F on January 9.
Records were broken or tied at Daytona Beach, Orlando, Melbourne, and Vero Beach Florida for the greatest number of consecutive days in which the daily high temperature remained below 60 degrees F (15.5 C). Daytona Beach's string was twelve days.
Jackson, KY and London, KY tied their record for longest streak of consecutive days falling below 32°F (11 days). Pensacola, FL had its 2nd longest such streak (10 days), and Mobile, AL its 3rd longest (10 days).
Key West, FL had its 2nd coldest temperature ever measured, 42°F. The record is 41°F, set in 1981 and 1886.
Moderate El Niño conditions continue
Moderate El Niño conditions continue over the tropical Eastern Pacific. Ocean temperatures in the area 5°N - 5°S, 120°W - 170°W, also called the "Niña 3.4 region", were at 1.2°C above average on February 10, in the middle of the 1.0°C - 1.5°C range for a moderate El Niño, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The strength of El Niño has been roughly constant for the first two weeks of February. A burst of westerly winds that developed near the Date Line in January has pushed eastwards towards South America over the past month, and this should keep the current El Niño at moderate strength well into March. All of the El Niño models forecast that El Niño has peaked and will weaken by summer. Most of the models predict that El Niño conditions will last into early summer, but cross the threshold into neutral territory by the height of hurricane season.
January sea ice extent in the Arctic 4th lowest on record
January 2010 Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent was the 4th lowest since satellite measurements began in 1979. Ice extent was lower than in 2009 and 2008, but greater than in 2005, 2006, and 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The weather pattern over the Arctic in the first half of January 2010 featured a strongly negative Arctic Oscillation (AO). This pattern tends to slow the winds that typically flush large amounts of sea ice out of the Arctic between Greenland and Iceland. In this way, a negative AO could help retain some the second- and third-year ice through the winter, and potentially rebuild some of the older, multi-year ice that has been lost over the past few years. However, the ice pack is the thinnest on record for this time of year, and much above average temperatures this summer would likely cause a new record summertime sea ice loss.
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Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Norse Audio Norn LCD-2 Cable
Pros: absolutely natural, engaging, beautifully made
Cons: not much
Thanks to WNBC for his review, I am in complete agreement with most of the points he makes, however I will put my experience in my own words. Trevor, who runs Norse is completely professional to deal with, as well as clearly dedicated to creating some of the most natural and transparent and beautifully crafted cables that can be found at any price. He is generous with his time and willing to tailor his creations in any way possible to your aesthetic preferences. I cannot possibly forsee an experience as a customer which would surpass commissioning a cable from Norse Audio.
The cable is beautifully crafted, the finish on the wood splitter is excellent, and the cable looks and feels fantastic to use. Norse Audio has sourced carribean rosewood to match that on the LCD-2, which it definitely does. This cable looks like it belongs with the headphone.
What you can expect from the sonics is some of the most natural, balanced and transparent sound possible from the LCD-2. Once you hear this cable, you will start to notice how lifelike and just plain right acoustic instruments sound. In direct comparison most other cables I have tried start to sound artificial and coloured by comparison.
This cable has an incredible ability to sound both natural and engaging at the same time, while also maintaining a very good headstage. Other cables may provide a sense of larger soundstage, but this usually is also accompanied by a distancing from the musicians. With this cable the presence of every musician is palpable and natural, full of nuance and natural tone&timber. You get a real sense that the sound waves are travelling directly from the musicians and reaching you without passing through any recording equipment, more than with any other cable I have tried. Much of this can be attributed to the aforementioned First Person perspective this cable provides - you ARE the conductor, you are IN the recording studio.
This cable is as detailed as any other I have tried, but not in a high definition/etched manner as can often be the case. The bass is full of texture and dynamism, yet still very balanced, moreso any of the stock cables I have tried. Bass is tight and impactful and full of definition, yet not vague and overbearing as it can be with the stock cable. it does not bleed into the mids. The midramge is palpable and natural, vocal transients are clearly and naturally reproduced, woodwinds, brass and strings all benefit from the natural upper midrange presentation and sound more realistic than ever. I would not classify this as brightness - it is more a lack of coloration of this frequency which other cables seem to exhibit, save for the Nucleotide wire cable I have been testing.
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Under current Medicare law, when your friend or other Medicare patient is admitted to the hospital, they must be asked about their preferences for treatment in the event that they are no longer able to direct their care. The unanswered question is where do patients find out what choices they have, which necessarily includes having someone explain that in terms that the patient can understand.
To do that well costs more than the 6-12 minutes paid for by standard visit rates under Medicare and private insurance plans. For the physician to be paid more, there must be a specific reimbursable service that they provided and that may be billed. That was the reason for including this item in HR 3200. The specific language actually began its life as a proposed amendment to Medicare authored by a Georgia Republican.
You raise the question of whether or not this counseling should be done by the physician. That's a fair question. I think the answer is that it is a service that should be provided at the moment and in the context where it is most relevant for the patient. If a physician is providing a general physical exam, or delivering bad news, or discussing an impending hpospitalization with a patient, the timing and context are likely to be right. The physician may provide the information directly or the physician may have a nurse or counselor in his office provide the information. However, without reimbursement, it is unlikely that the service will receive the time it deserves. I don't think anyone is prepared to have Medicare establish a special reimbursement program to pay an attorney to help with this, although it would be an interesting service.
The reality is that the legalities are not that complex (other than the fact that they are different in every state), but part of what is included must be specific instructions for each type of medical service, whether that be medications and other treatment procedures, pain killers, IV nutrition, or even IV hydration. My father's instructions, which he thought about extensively, explicitly prohibited any IV hydration if his condition were deemed by his designated representative (me) to be terminal. That was his way of guaranteeing that he would not linger for long. In the end, that was not what killed him since he actually awakened lbriefly the evening before his death and in his 15 minutes of lucidity ate some eggs and drank some juice. However, throughout his final days he was receiving extensive morphine to eliminate all pain and no IV's were attached to him at any time other than for the administration of morphine.


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Story written by Aaron Smith of the Pew Internet and American Life Project
African-Americans and English-speaking Latinos continue to be among the most active users of the mobile web. Cell phone ownership is higher among African-Americans and Latinos than among whites (87% vs. 80%) and minority cell phone owners take advantage of a much greater range of their phones' features compared with white mobile phone users. In total, 64% of African-Americans access the internet from a laptop or mobile phone, a seven-point increase from the 57% who did so at a similar point in 2009.
Young adults (those ages 18-29) are also avid users of mobile data applications, but older adults are gaining fast. Compared with 2009, cell phone owners ages 30-49 are significantly more likely to use their mobile device to send text messages, access the internet, take pictures, record videos, use email or instant messaging, and play music.
This report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans' use of the Internet. The results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International between April 29 and May 30, 2010, among a sample of 2,252 adults, age 18 and older. Interviews were conducted in English. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 2.4 percentage points. For results based Internet users (n=1,756), the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.7 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting telephone surveys may introduce some error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.
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RE:Correspondence RE: Protecting the Peninsula Native Runs
Thats the same e-mail I got from them. I was very dissapointed with it. It is very similiar to the answers they gave us here in Southwest Washington in the early 80's. Now the rivers here are almost viod of wild steelhead. I know i am preaching to the chior here but noone needs to kill a wild steelhead for ANY reason even the rare mortally hooked fish. WDFW can't seem to understand that 3001 wild steelhead spawning is better than 3000 In my mind every single fish is extremely important and worth the closure of a harvest fishery.
RE:Correspondence RE: Protecting the Peninsula Native Runs
There seems to be some very faulty logic going on, or maybe it's simple denial, when the agency claims to be managing for sustainability and erring on the side of conservation, yet frequently fails to meet their own escapement goals. The MSY philosophy WDFW uses to set harvest rates simply does not allow for the big swings in productivity that are always going to come with year-to-year changes in snowpack, streamflows, and ocean
conditions. Yet they manage for the "average" year until there's a crash. Then they close it down hoping that enough fish remain and the environment improves to get back to that only-sometimes-sustainable MSY run-size.
This kind of management has already allowed for a number of lasting fishery crashes ... I hope we're not witnessing one right now.
Hell, the North Sound fish have just shown them that even in the presence of catch and release seasons in March-April the populations can plummet. Yet there's still room for harvest on the Peninsula? Huh?
RE:Correspondence RE: Protecting the Peninsula Native Runs
I agree 100% with your point.
There are, i would argue, a percentage (you, me, the rest of this board's readers, the WSC members) that would release wild fish on the OP rivers based on our own beliefs about wild steelhead conservation. Hell, just ask any long-time guide about how the fishing was in the 70's in the Hoh and I guarantee you'll get some outrageous stories! The fishing over there isn't near what it could be. The populations may be sustainable at this level, but not with any safe margin of error.
But to many what we're doing is like still driving at 55 MPH after the limit has been raised to 65! They (the Fish Police) told us it's OK - so what's your problem???
They (Curt & Co) talked about planning for the Worst Case Scenario in many aspects of their fisheries management, but they sure don't seem to be doing it on the Peninsula!
RE:Correspondence RE: Protecting the Peninsula Native Runs
Hey Juro--
Very interesting correspondence--I agree with your points, and share your disappointment in the response, which basically seems to make the assumption that "everything's gonna be fine." A familiar attitude with results we have all seen. One other point I would like to make is that when the state says it's okay to kill wild fish, I think a lot of anglers then think, "well, it must be a healthy run out there, so it must be fine to kill a fish or two." Even law abiding, well-meaning Sound area anglers who obey the C & R where it's instituted are then given the wrong idea, and will mistakenly feel fine about harvesting a few. I guess that's one of the faults I see in the assumptions Lew made in his response. Do you guys think this is a good point? I mean that the state is not only condoning, but encouraging people who don't usually take fish to do so? What are your thoughts?
RE:Correspondence RE: Protecting the Peninsula Native Runs
I received the same response from WDFW. Kind of funny actually in that we are personalizing our letters to them but getting a form letter back.
Correspondence RE: Protecting the Peninsula Native Runs
I am not sure about the netiquette of posting the response I received from WA F&W but I thought I should share the exchange here for the purpose of raising awareness and soliciting discussion on the topic...
Lew -
Thank you for your response.
I wish I could agree with the assumptions that the majority of the fishing on the peninsula is C&R or wild release. I have fished the region for nearly 20 years and have directly witnessed the extensive harvest of native steelhead on the Peninsula throughout those years - as recent as last spring. I have photographic journals of these trips as well. From the gravel bars at the mouth of the Hoh all the way to Nelson Creek and up into the park, native steelhead are fished for without gear restrictions and kept for consumption. I won't mention the Indian harvest of these magnificent fish that end up on crushed ice at Pike's Place.
It may be true that a portion of the incremental pressure will consist partly of C&R anglers like me - but the issue is not just the pressure shift - it's the fact that the current harvest policies for native fish on the peninsula need to be revised to protect our national treasure, the native steelhead.
In fact the assumption that people will not harvest native fish when they visit the peninsula is faulty. People will stay in the Puget Sound area to enjoy convenient fishing even while C&R and restricted gear regulations are in place - but if they drive out to the Peninsula and are allowed to harvest a prime brood native adult steelhead they will quickly bonk it. Gasoline is expensive nowadays and people will take whatever they are allowed to take. I contend that the majority of anglers who will visit this season are only C&R anglers where and when they are forced to do so. Therein lies my point - we need strict regulation in these areas.
With all due respect, your reply can be summarized as "do nothing, things are fine as they are". It is my strong belief that this is untrue - and failure to act is to defy your apppointment as stewards of this resource.
Juro Mukai
Boston, MA
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March 8, 2001
Dear Mr. Mukai:
hank you for your e-mail to the Fish and Wildlife Commission advocating more conservative fisheries on Olympic Peninsula rivers. The Commission has forwarded your letter to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WDFW) Fish Program for direct response.
The WDFW has tried to address the potential increase in fishing pressure on the Olympic Peninsula due to the closures in Puget Sound. We expect to see the greatest increase of fishing pressure during the months of March and April time period.
In recent years, steelhead fishing in Puget Sound during the months of March and April was managed for wild release or catch and release opportunity only, with few exceptions. Most anglers interested in harvesting a wild steelhead began making the trip to the coast during these months several years ago. Thus, we believe that the majority of new anglers moving to the coast will be individuals who are interested in wild release opportunities.
Many miles of rivers are open to steelhead fishing on the coast and many sections of rivers open to only wild steelhead release. In most cases, we think the amount of open area and strength of the run sizes on the coast will accommodate an increase in fishing pressure, especially when the majority of the anglers will likely be interested in releasing wild steelhead.
Thank you for your interest in conservation of the steelhead fishery resources.
Lew Atkins
Assistant Director
Fish Program
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Yay for NASA! Coolest thing I've seen in years! I watched the NEAR mission in one window all day, and the work on the space station in another. I just alternated between the two. And yes, I was actually working in a set of ssh terms in between :-)
God forbid, but I MAY have gotten my scripts reading the SNMP MIB's from a test Cisco router working. Now I should be able to monitor any interface I want and send an email page on CRC errors. Handy thing. I'm wondering if I can't tie some kind of web snatch-and-grab interface into this, to grab and mirror any stats off the interface. I couldn't find anything to do it as a simple module; it's all "Write it yourself". Seems there's a need for a plugin to let you just say "community@router", click a link for an interface, and see EVERYTHING it knows about :-) We use cricket and friends here, but it's a buttload of config work for the simple stuff I'm trying to do. Might be the start of a new toy. Not sure if I should start w/ PHP for this, as a way to get into it.


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Another bright and beautiful week is about to unfold here in San Diego, the rains have cleared out, leaving clean crisp skies in its wake. The air is so fresh, and still a bit brisk in the early morning hours, that's for So-Cal standards. And best of all, this time of year makes for the perfect opportunity for my son and I to reconnect, hello Spring Break.
It's great to have my son home; spending part of his spring-break with me and the Mrs. and getting the oppportunity to share some fabulous wines from the great folks at Hahn Family Wines; with the newly minted 21 year old. As I sampled their wines, checked out their website, and even just looking at the bottle, the word family is emphazied; I totally get that, because these are the styles of wine which I'm proud to share with my own family and friends and recommend to you my readers.
While I unfortunatley had other previous commitments which kept me away from particpating fully in last week's Central Coast Wine day, I wanted to once more highlight this fantastic GSM, from Hahn family wines; the same wine which won the San Diego International Wine Competition for "Best of Class Rhone Blend". I was sent a sample for Central Coast Wine Day, and just had the occasion the other night to share it with my family; giving it a swirl once more, I am still very impressed with a wine that retails for just $14 can be such a rock-star of finesse. While visiting their website; I found that they have an incredibly useful tool, it's wine finder, you pick the wine you want from the drop-down list, enter a zip-code and botta-bing, botta-boom it locates where you can make a purchase from a local brick-n-mortar [San Diego readers take note]. Of course you could just purchase said wine directly via their easy to use web-store.
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After I won a CD six pack of new music, I began to think of other things that I had won during my 40 years here on Earth. Like I mentioned I won a CD six pack of new music which included Seether, the Offspring, Static X, Disturbed, and two others. Other things I have won that I can remember:
Radio Station call in contests:
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text: I just had to say to all the members on this forum how much I enjoy it. There is a lot of knowledge and good opinions on here, even though we don't always agree. I mention this because I tried getting involved in the Deer & Deer Hunting forum and was dissapointed. I couldn't believe the rude and disrespectful comments on there. If you don't agree with someone, fine, that is what makes the world go round. But on there people just degrade and put people down if they don't agree with there comments. Just sad that people that have a common interest can't even respectfully disagree. I noticed most of it is between the hardcore bow hunters and the gun hunters. I guess on here we are just all TURKEY hunters. Thank you all for making this a daily thing to check out the forum, and keep up the good stuff.


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By Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal Jackson Bureau
JACKSON – Normally governors ask legislators to make changes to the law to accomplish their policy initiatives.
But in at least one instance, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is asking legislators not to change the law during the upcoming 2013 session.
In his budget recommendation to the 2013 session, Bryant is asking legislators to leave in place a 2007 law that would result in most Mississippi businesses – those with a monthly state tax liability of less than $50,000 – not having to pay accelerated taxes every June.
"This move will help our job creators better manage their cash flows and resources, and will help Mississippi establish a more secure environment for further private investment and job creation," Bryant said in his budget proposal.
It also will mean $35 million less will be available to budget during the 2013 session.
During the 2002 session – in the midst of another state budget crunch – legislators passed a law to require businesses with a monthly tax liability of at least $20,000 to pay 75 percent of the taxes they owe in July a month earlier.
That way the taxes were available to appropriate during the 2002 legislative session.
The 2002 law required the accelerated tax collection to occur each June.
But many small businesses complained the practice harmed them because it created "an annual cash-flow nightmare" for them. Some said they had to borrow funds in June to pay the taxes that normally would not be owed until a month later in July.
In 2007, responding to business concerns, the Legislature – without a dissenting vote in the two chambers – changed the law to require businesses with tax liabilities of $50,000 – as opposed to $20,000 – to pay the accelerated tax liability in June.
That, according to Bryant, would mean the number of businesses impacted by the accelerated tax would drop from more than 2,700 to about 900.
After the Legislature made the change in 2007, though, the recession hit, accompanied with an unprecedented drop in state tax collections. Because of that, legislators have changed the law each year since 2007 to delay the enactment of the change in the accelerated tax liability from $20,000 to $50,000.
Ron Aldridge, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, said, "By no longer delaying the increased threshold for paying the accelerated tax that the Legislature approved in 2007 and then delayed beginning in 2008, the Legislature would greatly ease the financial pressure on small businesses."


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Apparently, it's all about 'the consumer' these days, and the consumer wants summat for naffink, as a great man once named a single he was trying to sell. Not being ones to buck the trend, we've teamed up with spiffing (free) music magazine FACT, to give away something that would have been nicked anyway. Thavius Beck's excellent 'Go!' has been remixed by rising wonk-hop star Offshore, to quite startling effect. It's the best thing we've heard by the young Scottish renaissance man to date, and since we're going whole hog here, you can even have it at 320kpbs.
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you won't find that many people that wouldn't wish for the languages said bits were taken from. I mean, if people actually liked the language, would we find things like Coffeescript and objective-J out there?
The existence of alternatives like Coffeescript and Objective-J doesn't mean everybody (or even a sizable majority) hates JavaScript. It just means that at least one person hates it or even that someone decided to reinvent the wheel. That's why we have a million languages that are essentially acting as CGI replacements on the server-side: Perl, Java, ASP, Ruby, PHP, C,
They ran models of Nelson's subscription-based theater idea, showing that to break even they would need 3,000 people, or 15% of the mountain communities, to sign up
For them this is a good deal and saves them a lot of driving. For other people $16 for a day pass is also a good deal
Actually it's more like "all the money we were spending on R&D was producing technology that China was stealing anyway"
Copyright infringement is not stealing.
This thread isn't about downloading the latest pop album. I was talking about Chinese companies stealing hardware and software technologies in order to resell them or to use them to outcompete the original developer in the market. Most people (even on Slashdot) would regard that as stealing
1) If an operable, but safety related issue is detected, restrict the driving destinations to either the repair shop or the hospital (you know, the repair shop for those organic units) and drive with the hazard lights on.
My GPS doesn't know about entire streets. Apple Maps doesn't know about entire cities. What if I pick a destination that is a hospital or repair shop that it doesn't know about? What if the only one it does know about is closed or is tens of miles further away? You're adding new liability in order to guard yourself against liability
2) Not the manufacturer's fault... hardware failures happen; if it's that critical then call a taxi (budgeting enough time is YOUR responsibility).
I'm not sure a judge is going to listen to that argument if he believes that the only reason the detector that failed was added to the car is because the manufacturer didn't want to potentially lose a court case over a broken taillight.
3) Legally disallow tickets for equipment violations on the way to the repair shop.
Step back and look at the big picture here. We're making a lot of changes here (paying for broken taillight detectors and hundreds of other detectors to be installed, adding other laws that have their own wrinkles) in order to save on a few court appearances where a car owner tries to pass on the blame for his ticket. Cases that the car owner may lose anyway and therefore would have solved themselves fairly
4) The car would get authorization from you before setting off. If you are home alone and need to go to the hospital ASAP, call 911.
Then my medical insurance company is probably going to take the car company to court for the ambulance bill, which can be pretty steep
The original post played Devil's Advocate and said essentially "shouldn't a car manufacturer make a car that can't get repair tickets", and I'm just saying that sometimes even a reasonable person would use a technically ticketable car in an emergency. And if a reasonable person would do that *ever*, then blocking someone from using a technically ticketable car is a potential new liability. If we're playing Devil's Advocate, then you can't just play it on one side.
So right now in the current system, if you had to go to the hospital and you were alone you wouldn't drive there if your taillight was broken? You wouldn't assume that people can see your other taillights or brake lights, or maybe it's even daytime? Cops can give tickets for broken taillights even if you have other working lights and even if it's daytime. Usually they'd give a warning or an order to show proof of maintenance at a later date, but they *can* ticket because technically that's not "100% safety compliance" as the original poster mentioned.
There would be cases where the car's owner would deserve the ticket - busted lights, missing first aid kits, no winter tires,.... So give the ticket to the car's owner, then have the manufacturer reimburse the owner if it was the fault of the 'driver'
Devil's advocate here. For insurance/liability reasons shouldn't the car refuse to operate unless it's operating with 100% safety compliance? If it does, than it would be a manufacturer that would be liable. A car should sense when maintenence is required and, if it's prudent to, drive itself to the repair shop.
That's just introducing new liability:
I needed to go to the hospital, but the car wouldn't drive because it said I had a broken brake light
I missed my flight and lost my job, because the broken brake light detector was faulty
My car drove itself to the repair shop, and got a ticket for a broken brake light on the way
My car drove itself to the repair shop while I was indoors, and I came out to drive to the hospital and had no car
Do humans "understand"?
I guess this is anecdotal, but I'm human and I stopped understanding about halfway through your otherwise high-quality explanation
the very notion that a party or group is getting used to something does not mean they like it or want it
Exactly. It just means they're past the Bargaining and Depression stages and are into Acceptance...
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Quarterback Bo Wallace overcame three first-half turnovers by completing 15 of 22 pass attempts for nearly 300 yards against a highly regarded MSU secondary.
Wide receiver Donte Moncrief won the 1-on-1 battles almost every time.
The Rebels blocked the Bulldogs and rushed for 233 yards, and Ole Miss controlled the line of scrimmage on defense too, sacking Tyler Russell three times, hurrying him many others, and posting eight tackles for loss.
Thumbs Down
Wallace threw two interceptions and fumbled, all in the first half, to keep the game close. Coverage busts in the secondary helped MSU achieve big plays.
Keys To Victory
Evaluating the keys to victory in Saturday's GameDay section:
1.Play hard, coach harder: Clearly the Rebels were the more motivated team. Hugh Freeze and his staff coached hard too, getting the Rebels ready after a string of close, emotional losses that could have solved the bowl-eligibility issue much earlier in the season.
Freeze found a way to revive a previously sagging run game and to get pressure on Russell with base defensive calls.
2. Get to Russell: Defensive line coach Chris Kiffin and coordinator Dave Wommack seemed confident they could apply pressure to Russell, who had been sacked just 1.18 times a game, second in the SEC. The Rebels sacked him three times and got the pressure they wanted.
3. Make the play: Had the Rebels made "the" play, any single play, against Texas A&M, Vanderbilt or LSU, they would have achieved six wins and bowl-eligibility earlier in the season.
Against their in-state rival they made the biggest plays, like pass break-ups to get off the field or forced MSU to kick a field goal, second-half touchdown passes to Moncrief to extend the lead and finally the 16-yarder to Vince Sanders to put the game away.
Donte Moncrief. Clearly the best receiver on the field, he had a career-high for the second straight week with 173 yards and 3 TDs on seven catches.
Bottom Line
The Rebels wanted the game more. You still have to execute, and first-half mistakes had the game in a position to swing either way at halftime. Over the last two quarters, the Rebels were able to combine effort and execution.


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Koa Misi looked good to me after the switch to the 4-3. I think he's still undervalued around here.
We're paying Carpenter quite a bit but his effortless distance, initial height, and great mechanics are a terrific combo in a kicker. He's not appreciated enough. I got sick watching so many college kickers line up poorly in bowl games. You can tell immediately if it's going to err right right of center or left of center, simply by the lousy alignment, like amateur golfers who invariably aim too far right. College hash marks are wider and countless kickers don't step it off properly from severe angles. They wander back there and merely guess. I can't believe none of the announcers point it out. Several of us play a game in Las Vegas sportsbooks, betting tourists on whether the kick will err left of center or right of center. You can watch him line up and set the price in your head immediately. Then the tourist will believe he's getting a bargain if you give him 6/5 on what looks like 50/50, but you know damn well it's easily 2/1 likelihood or greater. The only problem is sometimes when it's virtually smack in the middle and there are arguments over whether it was slightly left or slightly right.
Historically, Bill Stanfill is one of the best players in franchise history but you'd never know it based on how little recognition he receives.


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We caught this diesel flattie from Montana out on the trail in Nevada during Trail Tour 2012. Andy Burleson built it for the same reason any of us would -- he loves flatfenders and happened to have the engine laying around. At the time he was working in the timber industry and knew the Cummins 4BT engines inside and out. That diesel clatter coming from under the hood was unmistakable, and the Jeep got out of its own way with no problems, so we knew something most definitely non-stock-spec Cummins was afoot under the hood. It wasn't until we realized it was stretched and found out he'd been wheeling it for over 10 years that we started talking nuts and bolts and got hooked.
It all starts underneath with an AFW (Advanced Frame Works) frame that was stretched 12 inches. Andy knew right off the bat that he wanted more space inside than a regular flatfender and that the added wheelbase wouldn't hurt off-road. It also allowed him to slide the engine back in the frame to fit a monster intercooler under the hood in front of the radiator, but more on that later. AFW was a company building aftermarket Jeep frames in the '90s and '00s, and among the options available were a built-in bumper/tire carrier, front bumper, and tubular T-case crossmember. Andy told us that he opted for the rear tire carrier and bumpers, but didn't mention the tubular crossmember, although it does look like the AFW-built part. Andy did some really nice finish work on the frame stretch, so until he showed us where it was stretched, we weren't able to tell.
The front suspension uses a three-link setup with Sway-A-Way coilovers for elevation and damping while out back is a triangulated four-link suspended with some 2-inch-lift TJ coils and plain-Jane NAPA shocks. Both front and rear setups use very long control arms held to the frame in double shear with the frame-side brackets having plenty of weld surface at the frame. Some tube was bent and welded to the frame for simple, yet effective, rocker protection that has obviously seen some action. The chain limiting straps are, ahem, interesting, but Andy tells us that he isn't planning on jumping the Jeep. They are just for crawling, and they do work.
Up front, between the grille and the winch, what looks like a YJ swaybar keeps the Jeep stable on sidehills with some custom rod-end'd links. Just ahead of that but still behind the bumper is an integrated solenoid Warn winch with synthetic line and an aluminum Master Pull hawse fairlead. Just behind the grille, a piece of tube was bent up to stiffen the frame and protect the intercooler and radiator in case of a rollover. Then behind them is another tube with flanges (so that it can be removed for engine access) that provides the upper mount for the Sway-A-Ways.
As we mentioned, under the hood is a 3.9L four-cylinder Cummins 4BT diesel engine with the stock internals. Modifications include 50hp injectors with the pump turned up as far as it will go. Feeding the air to burn all that cetane is a compound turbo setup with a smaller Holset turbo feeding the Borg Warner turbo you can see in the engine photo. It is all good for 203hp and 512 ft-lbs of torque, which is harnessed by a dual-friction clutch that feeds power into an NV4500 with 6.34:1 First gear. The adapter to get from the Cummins 4BT to the Chevy NV4500 is actually a factory Dodge part. Behind that is another Chevy-sourced part in the form of an NP241 with a slip yoke eliminator. From there power goes out to the axles through 1350 driveshafts.
The front Dana 60 came from a '77 Ford, and while it is a low-pinion axle, it still got some loving in the form of a Detroit Soflocker, Moser 35-spline inner shafts, 35-spline outer shafts, 4.10 gears, and Dynatrac lockout hubs. Out back is a 14-bolt that was chosen for the width with a "normal" Detroit Locker and a 3⁄4-ton Chevy-sourced disc brake conversion. Power is put to the ground through a set of 365/75R16 BFG KM2s wrapped around Raceline Rock Monster beadlocks.
Those of you who know diesels might be wondering how Andy is able to steer those big tires. Well, the answer includes the expected PSC parts in the form of a steering box and ram, but the heart of the system is a Vickers hydraulic pump and oil reservoir. The aluminum radiator and intercooler are custom-spec'd Griffin units and do a great job of keeping the little mill and the intake air charge cool.
Body and Interior
Let's start with the body and explain some of the mods. The tub is an aftermarket M38 piece that has been stretched 12 inches. The hood is a custom aluminum job that is 4 inches longer than stock, and the front fenders have been stretched to match. Inside, the 'cage is also an AFW unit that has the A- B- and C-pillars tied into the frame. The MasterCraft seats are mounted to the 'cage with a heater between the seats for those super cold days when the built-in seat heaters can't get the job done. The Cobra CB, stereo, and speakers are all mounted overhead to the 'cage to keep them out of harm's way. Behind the front seats you can find a Hi-Lift jack and a couple of totes with spare parts and tools.
In the dash between the steering column and M38-spec glovebox (or gun box?) is the normal array of five gauges. These Isspro gauges include speedometer, fuel level, oil pressure, water temperature, and voltage. To the left of the steering column resides a pair of diesel-specific Isspro gauges in the form of a pyrometer and turbo boost gauge. A Signal Stat turn signal head is attached to the steering column and hidden below a Grant steering wheel. We must admit, we didn't nail Andy down as to where the hanging pedal assemblies came from, but hey, at least we mentioned they are there. The brake pedal assembly pushes on a pair of Wilwood manual master cylinders (one per end), and the clutch pedal pushes on a Wilwood clutch master cylinder.
Good, Bad, and What It's For
Some would way that the diesel engine is the wrong choice for a trail Jeep, which this Jeep most certainly is, but we love the smell and noise of it. And who wouldn't like 500 ft-lbs of torque on tap practically off-idle? Frankly, we didn't find much wrong at all with this Jeep. That might be because Andy has gone through it two times since he originally built it. Sure, we'd like to see more travel out back, and if it were us, we'd try to add some kind of skidplate under the transmission. But really these are all minor things.
Why I Wrote This Feature
I've mentioned it before. I'm a diesel fan. Stick a Cummins 4BT diesel in a flatfender that gets rid of all the clown-car aspects of a big guy like me actually driving a flatfender, and I'm on board. I called it "Electric" because the name of the '06 Jeep green that Andy painted his flattie is called "Electric Lime Green." I'm still kicking myself for not buying an Electric Lime Green LJ back in '06, so the color catches my eye and the sound and smell of the diesel mill grab the other two senses that matter.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '47 CJ-2A
Engine: 3.9L Cummins 4BT
Transmission: NV4500
Transfer Case: NP241
Suspension: Three-link with panhard bar (front); triangulated four-link (rear)
Axles: Dana 60 (front); Corporate 14-bolt (rear)
Wheels: Raceline Beadlocks
Tires: 365/75R16 BFG KM2
Built For: Love of flatfenders and wheeling


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Actor's one-man show launches quest for personal discoveryFebruary 3, 2014 10:26 PM
Randy Kovitz likes to mix it up, and not just as a fighter. Perhaps best known for his fight choreography, he's a Point Park University adjunct professor and an actor on stage and screen, from George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" to a guest appearance on "Parks & Recreation" in 2012.
He takes to the stage this month in a one-man show of the Glen Berger mystery "Underneath the Lintel," a 12 Peers Theater production and a Pittsburgh premiere.
Mr. Kovitz uses his skills with accents to portray The Librarian, who is confounded and inspired by a book that is returned after 113 years. The Librarian begins an obsessive search for what may be the Wandering Jew of legend. The quest takes him out of his orderly, insular world and leads to adventures and revelations about the world and himself.
When it arrived off-Broadway, Variety praised the play as "a theatrical miracle ... a cosmic puzzle that makes 'The Da Vinci Code' seem like a game of hide-and-seek." Oscar nominee David Strathairn played the role in November for American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
"It's a fantastic piece of writing, and it's about things that are very universal, like the ephemeral nature of life and the decisions that people make that go on to affect them forever," said Mr. Kovitz, who sports a Dutch accent for the role. He thinks audiences will be hooked by the detective story inherent in The Librarian's search.
The journey of self discovery was part of the attraction when Mr. Kovitz saw playwright Berger (co-writer of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark") perform a reading in New York a few years back.
"There's the metaphor of 'Underneath the Lintel,' that characters make decisions while standing in a doorway between their old life and their new life and regret them later," he said. "And the challenge of it as an actor attracted me, the idea of holding a stage for 80 minutes."
You can see Mr. Kovitz's work on two stages when "Underneath the Lintel" opens at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Downtown. He also choreographed the scene in Pittsburgh Public Theater's "Company" in which a couple try their karate moves on each other.
In Mr. Kovitz's solo show, he has had to bring out The Librarian's inner struggles.
"The fight in 'Company,' it's not a super-complicated fight, but the whole idea of it is to bring out character," he said. "So [as The Librarian] I move differently, I have a different center of energy ... the idea of transforming, of inhabiting a totally different person falls right in with all the other movement work I do."
Mr. Kovitz doesn't sit still for long. Besides teaching, he will next be on stage in "Pantagleize" for Quantum Theatre and can be seen on screen as Dr. Simmons in the Pittsburgh-shot "The Fault in Our Stars."
He is also a filmmaker. His "Lightweight" -- about a woman coming to Pittsburgh for a family funeral just after she's dumped by her boyfriend -- won best short at the Worldfest-Houston Film Festival last spring.
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[Still learning not enough]
Reading people talk about
sucks; StarOffice to be free send my emotions
quite high. Tey try to make Unix something different.
The idea behind Unix are small, specialized
Programms which integrate well. If your code is longer
than a few thousand lines, throw it away. If you can't
communicate via pipes, make your data structures
more simple.
Complex things aren't build by constructing them complex but by integrating a lot of simple things togethte something more complex. Thats how nature works and thats how Unix works. If you want something different, use something different. gnarf.
ddns was proceeding a bit the last days. I have declared it now alpha2 and build rpms and a FreeBSD Port of it. It was interesting to learn the different packaging systems end even more interesting to find out that a static linux binary is about 5 larger than the same on FreeBSD. I'll try to get an account on an AXP machine to test if my code is 64 bit clean.
The client of ddnsd is now in a state to be usable by
end-users (if they are Unix hackers ;-). I wanted to build
a GUI client for my Mac and decided to go
cross-plattform. My first try was Python but tkinter looks
ugly and there was no rijndael Implementation in
python and I wasn't in the mode to write one on my
Next try: java. It sucks. Why have they mix up programming language, library and virtual machine under the same name? But I was able to mock up a prototype in just a few hours. Rijndael is in cryptix so there should be a java-client for ddns at the end of this summer.
Then there will be the real thing (tm): a Unix console version and there will be a java version for the GUI people on all platforms.
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Chapter 14: Beyond the Solar System
To infinity and beyond!
The same tools that are used to study the solar system can be used to study the great beyond. Tools like the Hubble Space Telescope show astronomers the most amazing things. Even one century ago, no one knew that there was anything out there beyond our galaxy. Now we can see fantastic images of other galaxies. And supernovae and stars and even evidence of black holes. In this concept we will explore a tiny bit of what is out there...beyond our solar system...even beyond our galaxy! This Hubble Space Telescope image is of one of the universe's most photogenic galaxies, Messier 104.
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Star Constellations
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Star Power
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Star Classification
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Star Formation
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Main Sequence Star Lives
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Red Giants and White Dwarfs
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Supergiants and Supernovas
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Neutron Stars and Black Holes
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Star Clusters
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Milky Way
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Expansion of the Universe
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Big Bang
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Dark Matter
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Like humans, stars have a life cycle. Stars are born, go through middle age and then end in some sort of death. Exactly what happens depends on the size of the star. We can see different types of stars in the sky. Some stars are brighter than others. Some are colored and some are white. Stars are classified by their size and brightness. Stars cluster in galaxies. There are some fantastic galaxies to see! We are located on an arm of a spiral galaxy. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way. There are many other galaxies of different types. Scientists use observations, measurements, and mathematical calculations to hypothesize an origin for the universe. The theory that fits the data is called the Big Bang. Scientists continue to learn new things about the universe. For example, dark matter and dark energy have only recently been discovered. In fact, dark energy may not even exist!


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WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. contribution to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been completed on budget and ahead of schedule, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) said today. The LHC, located near Geneva, Switzerland at the CERN laboratory, is the largest international scientific facility ever built. The U.S. contribution, a $531 million investment, consists of several key components of the particle accelerator and the ATLAS and CMS particle detectors.
"The success of the U.S. LHC project is based on the quality of the U.S. teams, and national and international collaboration," DOE Under Secretary for Science, Dr. Raymond L. Orbach said. "The U.S. groups, from universities and national laboratories, worked extraordinarily well together. We celebrate their accomplishments and, together with them, look forward to extremely exciting science coming from the LHC."
Scientists predict that the LHC's very-high-energy proton collisions will yield extraordinary discoveries about the nature of the physical universe. The LHC is currently undergoing final assembly and first particle collisions are expected later this year. When the LHC experiments begin scientific operations, U.S. physicists will make up the largest group of scientists from any single nation.
"We are proud to have partnered with the DOE in supporting the U.S. LHC collaborations in this historic international effort," said Joseph Dehmer, physics division director of the National Science Foundation. "We also note with pride the excellent performance of the construction project, and we look forward to the period of scientific discovery that will result."
CMS and ATLAS are two LHC experiments designed to explore the physics of the Terascale, the energy region where physicists believe they will find answers to some of the central questions at the heart of 21st-century particle physics: Are there undiscovered principles of nature? How can we solve the mystery of dark energy? Are there extra dimensions of space? What is dark matter? How did the universe come to be?
Many universities and laboratories contributed to the decade-long project—which was completed ahead of the planned September 30, 2008 milestone—to design, fabricate, install, integrate and commission the U.S. components. DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory led the effort to supply the LHC accelerator and the CMS detectors components, while DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University managed the contribution to the ATLAS detector. DOE's Argonne and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories also contributed to the project. The U.S. LHC project efforts were overseen by DOE's Office of High Energy Physics and the NSF Elementary Particle Physics program, with significant assistance from DOE's Office of Project Assessment.
For more information on the project, visit the Large Hadron Collider website.
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