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Discussion in 'February 2009' started by Dlev59, Feb 16, 2009.
And soon if Joe doesn't do anything, he will lose them too
A symbolic firing maybe needed to have a decent finish to this season. Never thought the Pistons could underachieve their talent level so much. The FA crop does not look great. Joe better work up a fantastic trade. That Darko pick is coming back to haunt us in spades.
After looking over the boxscore: You know, it may seem to some we got stomped from out the gate and it never quit. But its not actually true. We started the 2nd quarter down 22. Eight minutes later, Herrmann came in to replace Afflalo. We were still down 22 at that point. Of course, in no time, we were down 30. Why do I mention this? We did manage to gain 10 points on Cleveland in the 2nd half of the game with our starters still out there. Sure, you can count that as Cleveland sleep walking with such a big lead. But hey, just maybe, we could have made a game out of it. My point - Curry threw in the towel in the 2nd quarter of the game. No coach since I started watching back in the early 70's has such a tendency to throw in the towel as quick as Curry does. I have followed the Pistons thru thick and thin over the years. Sometimes, the team was really lousy. But they still fought like mad, trying to eke out a win here and there. There is no excuse at all for what Curry did tonight. The game was still winnable late in the 2nd quarter. If he played the right players from that point. Oh, and of course, it surprises me not one bit to see we actually had a long stretch of that 1st half where the lead did not change. Afflalo plays D. Of course, winning games seems something Curry has no interest in. He is apparently way off the deep end, and someone needs to toss him a preserver. Like firing him. He is lost. More embarrassment of him will serve nobody. Let the guy go already.
One word can sum that effort up: horrible. It's obvious that the players have given up on the coach, and Curry doesn't know what to do about it. The chemistry on this team is just horrible. The lack of leadership is killing us. Someone has to step up as a leader, but it seems like no one is going to do it.
I don't know - maybe he is trying to get fired. It would explain a lot.
Speaking of Stuckey, his D was horrible tonight. Because of his D he let in 13 points in the first quarter tonight. Three wide open 3s by West and two drives that he defended horriblely. I don't know what is wrong with him. He seems like a different player.
Cleveland only made 4 FG's in that extended garbage time. You know why? Because we had bench players who played hard and tried on defense. That is very rare in the NBA. Cleveland only made 4 baskets and was held to 11 points, which kept the crowd from getting free tacos and kept the Pistons from getting even more humiliated by having a 120 on the board. I believe Hermy was in for the entire 4th too, so great job by all our guys to really make up for his presence. By the way, what was up with the tech on Maxiell? Glad they didn't call one on Amir after that clean block. My only other comment: I really think Doris Burke is a good announcer. Every time I'm watching a game when she's announcing, I have that thought. Very insightful and she knows the teams. One of my pet peeves is when an announcer declares something that is completely wrong because they don't bother doing their homework.
If i remember right, rip and stuckey were on the floor and their starting lineup was on the bench entire 4th quarter.
It was Rip and Bynum... bench players. I'm not saying anything other than this: most garbage time events turn into the equivalent of the rookie sophomore game. Detroit's garbage time players tonight locked it down. It was good to see that they cared enough to bother doing that.
To bad Kwame didn't get a chance to get in there and show his skills on national TV
Re: CHANGE OF PLANS I think that it's cool that you're making a statement. Not as cool as a podshow, but i don't blame you one bit.
This post contains too much logic. Rescind this immediately.
Wow. No wonder guys don't usually give it their all in GT. If Detroit fans don't even respect it, Clippers fans sure won't.
This road trip may be the final straw for Curry. If he returns without a single win from this trip, he'll be fired. At this point, it is rude to not fire Curry.
GT has a new meaning in Detroit.
It's not that Amir doesn't play hard. That's never been the question about him. His athleticism has never been the question. His commitment to being a professional baller and his court sense are the issues. Everyone is happy he played hard in GT. But to take his + away from this game as meaning anything, well that is probably going to sum up his career. Footnote. Picture, in 2026, a cyborg George Blaha does the halftime trivia question on FoxSatelliteDetroit. "What 56th pick is Detroit's all time leader in garbage time hustle and +/-?" "If you answer the question correctly, you get 2 Buddy's Pizzas for the low price of 3,000 Ed Meeses, courtesy of Palace Sports and Galactic Entertainment!" Hyperinflation has devalued the dollar to the extent that trillion dollar bills — Ed Meeses — are nearly disregarded and the quadrillion dollar note — the Gipper — is the standard 'small' bill. Snow Crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ah, but that's what I'm talking about. Professionalism. Not just him, but all the lousy scrubs that were put in. You see the help defense being played out there when it didn't matter? Diving on the floor in a 22 point game. Not giving up a sure layup. Frankly, I'm not seeing professionalism from our starters. I'm not enjoying the 67 point first half that Cleveland (a defensive team) put up on us. You wanted no dumb fouls? Well you got it. Dyess had 0 fouls tonight and it showed. Our starting big men delivered 2 fouls total and had 1 free throw. Get involved guys. Quit loafing. Show some pride.
and THAT analysis everyone is know as a STRETTTTTTTTTTTTTch! LOL "We started the 2nd qtr down 22" >>>>>stop it Ur killin mE!!
Re: CHANGE OF PLANS Curry seeks consistency | detnews.com | The Detroit News http://www.hoopsworld.com/TheWireStory.asp?id=16950 Curry seeking fighters | detnews.com | The Detroit News fire curry
"Curry seeks consistency". You get consistency by being consistent, Curry. Changing your mind every few games won't help players' confidence either.
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Dear team-Twiv,
Firstly, thanks for all the wonderful podcasts over the years! It's been great to regularly tune in to a more relaxed forum of academic discussion throughout my years of virology study.
I'm in the final year of my PhD at the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Zoology, and my PhD research has centred on the risk of viral zoonotic disease emerging from a fruit bat population in Ghana, West Africa.
I really enjoyed the most recent Twiv episode (183) that covered Jan Drexler's paper about bats as reservoirs of major mammalian paramyxoviruses. That said though, there were a number of comments made on the show about a number of 'firsts' in this paper (e.g. first specific study of paramyxoviruses in bats, first evidence of virus closely-related with mumps in an animal host, etc) that weren't correct.
I published an (admittedly much smaller) study in the Journal of General Virology earlier this year showing that bats host a large diversity of paramyxoviruses, including a virus closely related with Mumps.
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First off, let me say: great podcast. You gentlemen are truly doing a service to the field and to society.
Let me get right into it. I'm a graduate student in virology at the University of Rochester. I work with influenza, and I just saw a great seminar this morning about gathering information from clinical/epidemiological studies after they've already been completed. It got me thinking of an interesting set of data that may or may not exist out there as of yet.
Are the severe (hospitalized) cases of H5N1 (bird flu) at all correlative to previous vaccination? In other words, of the 600 or so reported cases, did those individuals ever receive a flu shot? Did those who died have a higher or lower incidence of previous vaccination?
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I am a Registered Nurse with nearly 20 years in the emergency department (ED) as well as a Army Reserve Nurse Corps officer and have been a loyal listener since your team began producing TWIV. Your podcast has been a vital resource for me in both my professional realms in better preparing me for front line ED nursing as well as my military duties in the Asia-Pacific region. Till now I have not felt the need to email a question to such an esteem group such as yours, that is until this week, and I hope you can answer these concerns.
As background,I current work as a civilian staff nurse in a large military medical center's emergency department and we were notified about a few cases of a "influenza" not covered by the current vaccine from troops returning from Japan. All reported cases have generally been mild, lasting less than a week and present with a febrile respiratory symptoms, not unlike any influenza like illness (ILI) that we see in the ED on a daily/nightly basis. The only difference is if the history includes recent travel from Japan and/or participation in the exercise in Japan over this last month. If the history does include the Japan travel and have ILI symptoms we are instructed by our infection control department to mask the patient and segregate from the general ED waiting population, especially infants, children, pregnant women, and elderly patients. These patients are to be evaluated as any other ILI patient, to include swabs for influenza virus screening and treated as would any other suspected influenza patient. Also, we were instructed that Tamiflu was to be used in "severe" cases. Our other duty in this area is to maintain a log of these patients that present to our ED and forward it to infection control office and the Command Suite as part of the daily report to the hospital commander. To date I am only personally aware of two cases.
My questions are: are any of you aware of a influenza virus from Japan that is not covered by the current seasonal vaccination and do you feel this represents a significant risk? Our measures are not different than what we did doing the H1N1 outbreak and seem reasonable. Most of our patients are active duty military and are reliable to follow instructions and comply with masking and segregation. My question here is are these measure sufficient? Since all staff are required to have been vaccinated with seasonal influenza vaccination on a annual basis as a condition of employment, how much risk does the staff have from potential infected patients and is there a number of cases seen before we raise our level of PPE use (N95 mask)? And one last question that I have always wanted to ask the TWIV Lords, after 20 years of ED nursing I have been hit with, splashed on, and exposed to more bugs than I can ever care to recall and yet I have not suffered any illness that I could remotely link to work exposure. I rarely even get a cold and I don't recall and ILI in years. Has my immune system developed to such a state from repeated exposure in the ED or is it just my nature?
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Well fine, one last comment. Regarding your first point, I can't agree or disagree with that. I've never heard of Robert Draper or his assertions, but I have a high degree of skepticism about what you mentioned since I haven't seen it plastered on MSNBC or CNN, which I assume it would have been if true. Note, I'm not saying it didn't happen, just that I'll have to do some reading into that before I would want to comment. It sounds a little conspiracy theory-ish... Even if it were true, I'm 100% sure both sides fuck each other over as sport. I'm not giving either side a pass on being douches.
Well I'm 100% sure Republicans are NOT out to make it so no one can sue when they are maimed by a careless provider nor "want virtually no consumer protection". I think both those comments border on if not qualify for hyperbole. I do think they want to stop frivolous lawsuits as well as the current national pastime of lawsuits that is the United States. But taking it to say they don't want ANY lawsuits is not true.
And trust me, malpractice reform has immense impact on the current healthcare system and is largely not understood by those outside the field. I'm not saying you should take my word for it, but you shouldn't discount how much we do worrying about the 1/million case. Not how much we pay for malpractice and how it translates to higher bills for you. Nor how much we get pestered by attorneys with frivolous claims just to see if we will settle. Nor how broken the actual trial system is. And its broken on BOTH sides, for the injured patient and the innocent doctor.
But hey, we can agree on few things after all this. That's cool. Too bad our leaders can't find some common ground and do whats best of us all instead of whats best for the votes needed to extend their political careers--and thats a smack at ALL of them.
Separately, I'm gonna ask you a question (probably later 2nite or tomorrow when i get time) on your Cobra review forum. It won't be political...lol
Didn't think you were attacking but since your join date is Sep 2012, it was easy to assume that you have not truly been around on this particular forum long enough to get a feel for the personalities here and made a judgement call on the vitriol that is not entirely accurate.
I am not feeling dissed or attacked and my vitriolic nature is not based on emotional reaction so no worries and no need to boycott the thread ( although I am pleased you like my reviews). My tone here is more rhetoric than bite.
As for your questions, yes I did read the outline and I will agree with you that this thing was crammed through hastily. My feeling about that are this was a result of obstructionism by Republicans. Remember, Mitch McConnell did in fact hold that January 20, 2009 meeting where all of the House Republicans met and pledged to do every thing disruptive possible to "defeat Obama on everything" That is hardly bipartisan or even playing fair on the interest of serving the American people. I think the President rammed this through just to get "a foot in the door", something to tweak and improve later because he knew time was running short to get anything done. I blame the Republicans as much for this as I do him.
I do not really doubt the facts that you present here but doctors are like everyone else and they are also divided on the issues. I have friends in the medical profession and my back country splitboarding client is an ER doctor and he feels strongly that Obamacare is a step in the right direction.
Like I said, I really am a strong supporter of full single payer health care and thought that the logical path to this better system was to use the existing Medicare system and expand it to include all Americans....
At any rate, I am and was not offended or feeling attacked. I just wanted to address your points and assure you that my passion and vitriol are not even remotely the result of blind allegiance to any political party. On this we pretty much all agree on; they are both severely fucked up!! Until we end lobbying and get the obscene amounts of money out of politics, nothing good is ever going to come out of Washington.
I assume that since you are for a single payer system, then you therefore must be for malpractice reform. One cannot exist without the other. You can't have a system where a payor dictates how medicine is practiced, and then when it doesn't go we'll, allow the provider who was just following the rules to get sued. Because that is happening now, and that's going to get worse as the government issues more mandates that directly affect medical practice.
A good case in point is the new "pay for satisfaction" initiative by the government. They will be restricting certain percentages of pay to hospitals and providers if they don't reach a certain high level of patient satisfaction. While this sounds good when you first hear of it, it isn't turning out so well. There was a large study that came out recently that looked at this very issue. What they found was that patients with extremely high levels of satisfaction with their healthcare, had a great number of unnecessary procedures and the complications that go with them, higher radiation exposure causing more cancer, and many more medication interactions/reactions. In other words, less satisfied patients had more appropriate treatment and did better. Why, because people are happier when you do what they want you to do, regardless of whether they need it or not. I believe it's called letting the tail wag the dog.
Yes and like your your doctor client, I am an ER doctor too, and initially thought this was a step in the right direction. Lately as more things are coming to light, it doesn't appear to be the case.
Nevertheless, I will be stepping out of this thread though no, I'm not boycotting it. It just personally would be pointless for me to get involved in discussing politics and health care issues in the very place that I come to get away from these things. So I will let you guys hack it out here, and I will step over to snowboard reviews and topics.
Please do us all a favor and DO NOT engage Burton Avenger until you take time to understand who the guy is and learn to take him in context; you aren't ready for that yet.....
Unless you also admit that tax cuts are also a form of spending, I disagree. Other than the bailouts which were approved before Obama took office, this President has been fiscally frugal.
Modern comic theory basically falls into two schools of thought. On one side we have kinsey Economics which subscribes to trickle down supply side theory that we have dabled with for 30 years and it is an utter failure that has put us in this mess. On the other side we have the Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize winning economist's theories. Stated over simply, it is this theory that states that an economy is grown from the middle outward. By putting more money into the hands of the middle class, you stimulate the economy far more effectively through consumer spending. You could almost call this "Demand Side Economics".
The other (major) school of thought is not based on "trickle down" but rather the function of the price mechanism in the free markets and the free allocation of resources in those markets by the price mechanism which is dictated by supply and demand. This would fall under what is most often referred to as the Austrian Economics, which was developed and emphasized by Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Henry Hazlitt, Frederic Bastiat among others.
This increased spending and demand fuels production and creates job and massive economic activity.far more than redistribution of wealth to the ultra rich who typically offshore this wealth to places like the Caymen Islands...cough... Romney...cough! The theory of course is that when you subsidize the ultra rich they will reinvest in this country and stimulate economic growth. That money then "trickles down" through all socioeconomic levels to the benefit of all. Like Communism, it's a great theory that utterly falls apart in the real world.
The Federal Reserve is a private banking organization controlled by FOREIGN PRIVATE AND CENTRAL BANKS. I believe private currency COULD work, in theory. I believe a government issued currency could work. Both types of currencies should be SOUND MONEY, they should be tied to some commodity like petroleum (probably not since exclusively that means OPEC could manipulate it too much), precious metals, other sound currencies like the Swiss franc etc.
The problem with this is it's not truly a private currency or a government issued currency. It's a government enforced monopoly of a single private currency. This is obviously vulnerable to being rift with corruption. In fact, I think the people who believe it is NOT corrupt are the ones wearing tinfoil hats.
I'm not going to address the rest of what is being discussed because it would be counter-productive. If you believe spending and consumption are the keys to how an economy works, then we are simply going to disagree.
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What do you have against wealthy people who have never labored a day in their life? Why should they pay more taxes? Why shouldn't they pay a lower tax rate? The taxes they pay in one year are more than you or I pay in 10.
I hear the argument for the extremely wealthy not paying taxes a lot. Everyone wants to throw out the "why should the be punished with higher taxes because they're more successful". To that I say, middle class Americans are more successful than lower class, and yet they are burdened with a higher tax rate. Why does the argument work for on behalf of the rich, but not for the middle class.
I wish they'd just go to a flat tax regardless of marital status on all income and do away with an annual tax. No more deductions, no more lower/middle/rich class. Just a flat 10% a year per household.
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And another thing while we're talking taxes.... why are elderly on social security paying taxes on money they've already been taxed on? Death tax? What the fuck is that all about?? It's my money, I paid my taxes on it... why do I now have to be taxed again?
Before I respond to this, I want you all to know that I ride with this guy and consider him a friend. I say this to show that my political beliefs do not interfere with my snowboarding relationships with anyone on this board.....
That's why we get along brother.... because we can agree to disagree and not let it effect us like little babies.
Now it is my turn to say, "I can`t believe what I am reading". This statement is way beneath your intelligence level and not in character of what I know about you. This to me smacks of empty rhetorical nationalism. Whether we as Americans agree on issues or not, dissent is fundamentally American and the highest form of patriotism. People like myself who are passionate about what we feel is a bad direction our country is headed have a patriotic duty to voice our concerns and do everything in our power to try to change it. I would say the exact same thing about you guys on the right when you do the same. I may disagree with your agenda, but it is very American for you to pursue it and would NEVER suggest ANYONE leave the country they love because they disagree with my point of view.
The statement I made about go to Europe might have sounded harsh and I should have been clearer. Here's why I said it. We are very divided as country right now, not right or left, but big government take care of me, protect me or government get out of my way I can take care of myself, and if I CHOOSE to, I can take care of others. Europe is big government. That's all I meant by it. If someone is so passionate about becoming more like Europe.... why not just go there? You mention issues.... I'm talking fundamental change, and so is the current president. Let's get our core USA back and then start working on getting back to the days when shit was built here, built to last etc...
Uh oh, here we go again. Sounds to me as if you are buying into this "47%" rhetoric from Romney. While there is undoubtedly a SMALL percentage of people eho are worthless freeloading bums, I do not in a million years subscribe to this opinion about my fellow Americans. Many of these people that are being demonized by the right and belong to Romney`s infamous 47% are not bums with no drive. They are students struggling to make it through college and work their asses off in very low paying jobs and have major expenses so that their tax bracket simply is such that they do not owe any federal income taxes. Many are elderly on Social Security which has never been taxed and these people paid into the system all of their working lives. Many are disable veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice (short of death) to serve their country and now are on disability. I am truly horrified by this callous attitude coming from the elitist pigs like Romney who never labored a day in his privileged life.
Honestly, I threw those numbers out as an example. These guys start talking numbers and I just tune them out.
What do you have against wealthy people who have never labored a day in their life? Why should they pay more taxes? Why shouldn't they pay a lower tax rate? The taxes they pay in one year are more than you or I pay in 10. And another thing while we're talking taxes.... why are elderly on social security paying taxes on money they've already been taxed on? Death tax? What the fuck is that all about?? It's my money, I paid my taxes on it... why do I now have to be taxed again?
This is an argument that has gone on for a long time and actually has it`s roots before Clinton. Many blame Carter for example. The truth of the matter in my opinion has its roots in flaws in the Fair Housing Act which began during the Nixon administration then was changed to the Community Reinvestment Act. Both of which were never intended to manipulate the real estate markets in the manner that has happened. Originally these acts were passed and subsequently renewed and revised to address the racial inequality on the part of lenders who were actively disfranchising black folk. This issue is a bipartisan one and Republicans were just as eager to inflate home ownership numbers as Democrats. This is a red herring straw man argument in my opinion.
You are very educated and obviously have passion for what seems to be a bit of politics and a bit of history. Much more than me.
By the way...
I threw that last statement about Raines in to see who, if anyone, would say exactly what you said. You are right.
Typically, the middle class, but this term "working class" I think more accurately describes most Americans since many hard working Americans typically do not earn enough to be in the Middle Class. The most accurate term is actually the Prolatariat.....
As for the "non working class" I did not say that, you did. I would use the term "Elite Class" or Capitalists. I refer to people like Romney who pay 14% tax on money that is acquired not by earning it through physical or intelectual labor which is taxed as high as 43%, but rather from interest and dividends on amassed wealth which the receive while sitting on their fat, pampered asses producing nothing for their country. In Romney's case, inherited wealth. This spoiled, arrogant prick was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and never labored a day in his privileged, pampered life. Then this egotistical, condescending, sanctimonious pile of human detritus has the unmitigated gall to lecture us who work for a living about "taking personal responsibility" and makes his pompous remarks about the 47% who are so poor or elderly or disabled that they pay no federal income tax.
Some of these people that this fucking son of a bitch is denigrating are soldiers who have had their body parts blown off serving in a war for corporate scumbags like him; who are living on SSI and disability. My feelings about Romney are that the sooner he has total fucking mental breakdown and puts the barrel of a shotgun in his mouth and pulls the trigger; speeding him on his way to the planet Kolob where all these stupid fucking Mormons believe "God" lives, the better.
This mother fucking pile of shit got a $77,000.00 taxe write off for a fucking dancing horse. That is more money than most Americans make in a year working their asses off. Fuck Romney! Anyone not a millionaire who stands to profit from his Republican economic strategies of redistribution of wealth to the top who votes for this douche bag is a fucking idiot. Those who do for "religious freedom issues" are even more fucking stupid! Does anyone really believe that a Mormon bishop who has had millions in campaign donations from the cult, will really honor the concept of separation of church and state? The only thing dumber than the Mormons are the Catholics. These mother fuckers who had a direct hand in the extermination of 6 million skews want to now cry about their religious freedoms being infringed upon by Obamacare? Give me a fucking break!
As for your previous questions, I,ll get around to it. It would have made it easier had you not embedded them in your quote of my post; now I have to try to edit them out and pasted in a new post.
Your replies and countless others have helped me realize that most people use words for their emotional impact rather than for their meaning.
eg - If you don't think like the "tolerant" people then you are a "bigot". Because holding a conservative view of sex, marriage and life is linguistically and historically equivalent to slavery, mob lynchings and the like.
The emotional value of your word selectino is utilized to shut me up and get others to ignore my point of view, to invalidate my right to an opinion and to discredit any credence in my position from the start.
No one is required to entertain the thoughts of bigots or the brainless, because we all know bigots are hateful unreasonable people.
This is why discussions are so difficult on the interwebz, people want bumper sticker slogans and empty, yet powerful words, to get a stranglehold on truth/democracy/etc.
So, help me understand your position a little better.
1st: Who did the Catholics attempt to exterminate?
2nd: Why would historical transgressions eliminate anyone's right to religious freedom?
Not "my man", just the "lesser of two evils" in my book.....
As for your assertions on this, I am inclined to trust to your expertise as a result of your profession and the type of properties you typically deal with.....
I would however like to see some of the source material for my own education in this matter. One thing that I am struggling with though is exactly how the Obama administration or any administration accomplished this act of market manipulation. To me this seems to defy logic since most banking and financial entities seem to be adamantly opposed to President Obama and his policies. Wouldn't it make more sense to artificially make things seem worse than they are in order to fuel up more discontent with this President?.....
The information I have is not based on source material or tons of reading, but more from just being involved in the industry. Interacting with people and companies both on forums, in person, and via email. This over a period of years.
The word right now is nothing is going to happen until after the election.
Why is that?
There's pressure coming from somewhere in Washington. It would only make sense that it's to make things appear better than they are.
The media isn't shy about reporting how great the housing market is doing. Very rarely do I hear someone mention the underlying issues that will plague the market for years to come, but I do hear it occasionally.
And why would someone want things to look better than they are in an election year?
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...and the fact that the booze you buy in Canada is about twice the price.
Backstop for Prime Minister!
Snowolf, I wasn't attacking you or even talking to you specifically. I'm also pretty sure that the rarity of my posting does nothing to unvalidate my opinion, just as posting incessantly doesn't validate other people's opinion. I was just saying that people should chill out with the "Vote for -insert name- or you are a dumbass" OR the lovely "if you vote for -insert name- then the US will turn into chaos." It seems people do this every election cycle and it gets old.
As far as the economy goes, it is waaay more complicated than being Bush's fault. I think too much blame is put on both Bush and Obama, but since they were/are at the highest spot, they get the blame. Plus it plays well for people who learn how to think by watching MSNBC/FOXNEWS/Comedy Central.
Regarding healthcare, come on. What did you read? The full 2000 page Healthcare Act or an outline of it? Even if you had, do you understand the current system enough to anticipate the domino effect of many of the major changes? Do you understand what is happening due to the already implemented minor changes? No, you don't. I am a professional in this field so I see these effects daily. I have been to national lectures by people who are high up in government, and they even freely admit that no one really understands what is going to happen. So don't even pretend that YOU sir, have read and understand it.
BTW, don't assume I'm against Obama (or for Romney). I had high hopes the last four years, and was blown away with how this ACA was speed written, not vetted, and crammed through congress just so those involved could get their legacy. Obama & crew also promised the AMA that in return for their support, he would make sure malpractice reform was a part of the bill. I guess he must have forgotten, OR the trial lawyers threatened to stop funding the Democrats campaigns.....you decide. It's great to know lawyers had more input in this ACA than medical professionals did. Healthcare is going to be LESS affordable with the new changes. Hospitals are already cutting back staffing and national ER wait times are rising. And it's just beginning ;(.
Anyways, not trying to diss you Snowolf. I wasn't addressing you personally until you called me out. Now I'm leaving this forum thread and going to re-read your Cobra review. Btw, I dig your reviews
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Re: Starting a business?
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...chartering to a couple of working girls following the herring fleet...
Re: Starting a business?
I have no idea about the feasibility of the day charter market in Annapolis, so I'll leave that to others to comment.
However the fees for the necessary licenses include:
About $1200 in costs, plus time.
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I've made my boat pay for 38 years now. Packing clams,towing house boats, chartering to a couple of working girls following the herring fleet, sailing charters all over the Salish Sea. but the easiest is my threehoursail.com in Victoria. None of the previous stated objections apply and I can assure you it beats working for a living . Fortunately I,d built in the proper plumbing, wiring and w/t bulkheads so CSI was a given. I carry 18 day and 6 overnight passengers .Both my mate and I have our master limited ticket.At 70 ,I,m approaching a waypoint so the whole kit and caboodle is for sail . Google threehoursail.com/about/captain_crew.html
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Re: Starting a business?
I've made my boat pay for 38 years now. Packing clams,towing house boats, chartering to a couple of working girls following the herring fleet, sailing charters all over the Salish Sea. but the easiest is my threehoursail.com in Victoria. None of the previous stated objections apply and I can assure you it beats working for a living . Fortunately I,d built in the proper plumbing, wiring and w/t bulkheads so CSI was a given. I carry 18 day and 6 overnight passengers .Both my mate and I have our master limited ticket.At 70 ,I,m approaching a waypoint so the whole kit and caboodle is for sail . Google threehoursail.com/about/captain_crew.html
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Mandavel -
If you do nothing else but focus strictly on getting your captains license, by the time you get it you will be able to answer the rest of your questions.
Re: Starting a business?
Lots of good advice here. Scratchee's probably the best. To get your Master's ticket you need a year's accredited sea-time anyway, so why not work aboard a skippered boat and see how it really goes?
When I owned a 42 foot ketch, I once thought it would be great to combine my love of sailing with chartering for a living, but came to three conclusions:
1. Being seasonal, and subject to so much competition, it is a marginal living at best
2. I am not patient with 'difficult' or demanding people, so unless I hit it off with the customer, it would not be enjoyable for either party
3. After too much exposure - i.e. doing it daily just in the one area - it would probably take the pleasure out of sailing. I like going to new places.
Also, as others here say, 30ft is way too small for skippered charter. You, a deckhand/cook and a couple? It may be OK if you are close friends, but when people pay they expect space and comfort. My current 30 footer is to me, the ultimate boat for sailing solo, and occasionally I will invite one or at most two other persons aboard for company. But for anything more than a day-sail that's about the limit for a 30 footer. On charter, the ladies in particular will demand privacy simply not afforded aboard a small boat. Bareboating with a couple of friends, I would be looking at 34ft minimum.
If you were the only game in town in a really exotic foreign location, people would probably pay for the 'experience' and accept some short-term discomfort on a 30 footer as part of the deal, but in a competitive environment you really need to run your business plan around something closer to 40ft.
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Its a grand dream my friend. Dont ever let someone put your dreams out to pasture. We all crush enough of our own dreams without letting others do it for us.
That being said, keep in mind the guys you have here in this site live this life style" not chartering" but right next to it. Most are Yachtsmen, most dont just think, they know. They have read many dreamers and watched many make it work and many fail. They have great advice "collectively". Some guys optimist by nature and will encourage you, using all the positive examples they have in their life. Then there the guys that always have something to say on the other side. Please beware of this .. Look for the signs. Watch for the
Negative Nancy
Debbie Downer
Prophet of doom
Keep your dreams real man... You only live once. If you dont get it right the first time what have you lost, really? Your time. But you will have learned and gained so much.
You dont want to forgo safety ever and need to be trained before you let any other person on your boat, paying or otherwise. You are the captain of that boat. If someone gets hurt or worse, its all on you brother. so take it seriously. You are young enough to get a lot done in a short amount of time. If things dont work out you can get back up quickly. Keep in mind that there is some so called old salts that have not untied their boats in months. They are some that had dreams before that did not materialize so they figure that no one can do it if they cant. Then there are some here that have circled the planet by their self. So with that I will say;
Do the Google searches.
1) What are the successful charters doing in the area you want to do it in?
2) What is the pressure? How many are in your market?
3) How long will it take to get it underway?
4) How much will it cost me all together?
5) Water living is not the charter business. Do you want to work were you live?
6) Are you just wanting a way to pay for living at the dock in your boat? There is other ways.
7) how many years are you willing to invest in the process?
Remember if you cant do it safely dont do it.
Do it.
God Speed, Capt.Burt
Re: Starting a business?
I had some friends who were interested in buying a bed and breakfast, to live in and run as a business. I asked my dad, who was in the hotel business, if he had any advice for them. He said, "Anyone who wants to own a bed and breakfast should spend a year working in someone else's bed and breakfast."
That may or may not be possible in the type of business you are considering, but the point is: best to experience and learn about the business, including if you like it, before going all in.
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The Baba may look "homey and comfortable" to you, but you are looking at it completely differently than a charter guest would be. They aren't going to live on it, so "homey" doesn't count for squat with them. What they will want is a big cockpit and/or a deck that they can lounge on. If they go below (and that's a big "if") then what they will be looking for is a sort of comfortable, airy, living room with lots of light. Oh, yeah, and a nice, big head that they can use when they need to.
You also need to take to heart the comment that this is not something you can do by yourself. You WILL need a mate of some sort. You simply cannot attend to all of the details of sailing the boat by yourself, AND attend to your guests at the same time. Ain't gonna happen.
If you plan to live aboard, then you have to have a marina that allows that. Not all do. Be sure you ask about that when looking for a place to keep the boat.
You may not have to serve full meals on day trips, but you will definitely need to have some refreshments and snacks available. On overnights, yes, guests are going to expect to be fed.
And, as others have said, a Coast Guard Captains license is an absolute requirement.
Good luck to you.
Re: Starting a business?
Going south for the winter does add some complications in terms of finding another home base, suppliers, business licenses, relationships with a marina, etc. But it gets even more complicated if you leave US territory.
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Wittenberg Saturday Science is an outreach program started in January 2009 that exposes area high school and home-schooled students to science and its many possibilities. Eight academic departments – biology, chemistry, computer science, geography, geology, mathematics, physics and psychology – are collaborating on the program, which is scheduled to run once a month during the school year.
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$1800. How do they work? The video I saw had a cook holding the knife with his hand. Is that it? Does it at least cook the food while you are manually slicing through it?
mjamesk wrote:All you gotta do is slap a Japanese or Chinese squiggle-letter-thingy on a cheap set of knives and sell it for 5 hundy. New business idea for someone...
Ah, a Wal-Mart shopper. You really have no idea what you're saying. If you cook, give Shun a try and you'll understand.
ibbleschitz wrote:yeah, and the escort doesn't scream Compensation for size either... I've cooked in restaurants for years, used cheap knives to Wustoffs. my block at home has a couple of really cheap knioves I bought at JCPenney in 1988 and Henkels Twins that I bought 20 years ago. 500 bucks for a block of knives that 99% of people will never use enough to warrant that price. I see Shun knives all the time on woot and have never seen a chef I've worked with use them. so to use your anaology, it's like buying a Ferrari and turning it into a taxi. waste of cash.
Oh, so Applebee's and Chili's doesn't use Shun cutlery? If you cook more than Hamburger Helper, $500 is nothing over the lifetime of these knives. That two-degree difference in blade angle makes a surprising difference, and professional chefs know that. Using a commodity brand of cutlery (Chicago Cutlery, Henckels, Wusthof, etc.) is nothing like using Shuns. I urge you to give it a shot at Sur La Table. Take your JC Penney knife in and compare.
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Georgia Wildlife Resources Division
2067 U.S. Hwy. 278, SE, Social Circle, GA 30025
All animals need a habitat to live in. A habitat is any place where an animal lives and can meet its basic needs. An animal's basic needs include: Food, Water, Shelter, and Space. For the purposes of this activity we will focus on food, water and shelter, but keep in mind that space is also an important component of an animal's habitat. If an animal does not have access to food, water and shelter all together in a suitable arrangement, it cannot make that space its habitat.
Without Dealer:
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Simply have one player or an adult select the "Oh Deer" card for each round.
[With an adult or educator as the Dealer]
Have the dealer set the deck (without telling the players) so that one of the habitat cards come up multiple times. For example, play four of the same habitat needs in a row and discuss how or why this might happen in nature. Help the players to understand that sometimes there are droughts (no rain for a long time) and there may be no water for the deer to drink during that time. Also, if there is a lack of rain, fewer plants will grow which means there is also less food. Many deer may not survive in this time, which is why their population decreases. Try all water cards and discuss floods and how it might wipe out food to eat and trees for shelter or all food cards, perhaps in the case of humans feeding wildlife. What happens if deer become too numerous? Explain how important it is to have all of these things in a suitable arrangement and in a large enough space for the deer. You may also discuss carrying capacity and how each space may only support a certain amount of deer.
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We recently received a letter from a family historian who wrote, "My parents are divorced, and both are remarried with children from their first and second marriages. I need ideas for building a family tree page that represents my nontraditional family." Could this reader be you?
If so, you have plenty of company The US Census Bureau reports that in 1996, 5.2 million children lived with a biological parent and either a stepparent or adoptive parent. Another 4.1 million children lived with a grandparent. A family that isn't Mom, Dad, 2.5 kids and a dog may not be "traditional," but it's no less a family.


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I am a full time custom painter with decades of experience. Here is my advice...
On the subject of cost, a repaint can run between $500 and $50,000 dollars. (Yes... I AM serious) It will depend on three things. How patient you are... how long it will last... and the way it will look.
For a cheap job, you can expect to get much worse than a "factory looking" finish... it will fade or lose it's gloss pretty quickly... It may develop problems with blistering, peeling, or shrinkage later.
Obviously, for the high end, you will get a job fit for a Lamboghini or a Rolls Royce, or even for an award winning show car.
Somewhere on the lower end of that range...lets say $5,000 to $10,000... you can have an experienced guy, using long-lasting materials, do a job that has close attention to detail, and very little chance of future troubles.
Usually good materials will cost $1500 to $3500, depending on color choice.... so remember when you get estimates, that will be a big slice of the cost.
The budget you decide on will pretty much determine the kind of result you will get.
Go to the local car clubs, and ask who does good work... is reliable... and that makes it an enjoyable experience. Those guys will tell you who to trust or avoid.
Choosing a paint and body shop...
Hey Everybody,
I'm building a fiberglass Cobra kit car. I had planned on doing my own paint and body work. At this point, finding the time needed to do everything on my own is getting harder and harder. The doors, hood and trunk lid are mounted. All the trim will have been fitted and removed. How do I go about finding a good paint and body shop and how do I know if I'm being taken for a ride on the estimate? Thanks...
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Green Bay Opens at No. 21 in College Insider's Mid-Major Poll
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – The Green Bay men's basketball team is ranked No. 21 in the 2013-14 CollegeInsider.com Preseason Mid-Major Poll released on Monday afternoon. Head coach Brian Wardle's squad, which was chosen last week as the preseason favorite in the Horizon League.
The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
Wichita State received 24 first-place votes and sits atop the poll at No. 1 while Gonzaga claimed the other seven votes at No. 2. The poll also consists of three other teams in the field at the Great Alaska Shootout from Nov. 28-30 (No. 5 Indiana State, No. 9 Denver and No. 12 Harvard).
Green Bay is the lone Horizon League team in the mid-major poll, but six of Green Bay's league opponents received at least one vote.
Wardle returns four players from a team which finished 18-16 overall and 10-6 in Horizon League play a season ago. Two Preseason All-Horizon League First-Team selections – senior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) and junior Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) – headline the returners and enter the season with a combined 2,092 career points. The duo performed well in Saturday's Green & White Scrimmage, with the 5-foot-11 Sykes winning the slam dunk contest and the 7-foot-1 Brown claiming the three-point contest.
Green Bay hosts Viterbo for an exhibition game on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. The Phoenix officially opens its 2013-14 season from Nov. 8-10 at the HBCU Tip-Off Classic in Atlanta, playing Arkanasas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 8 and Texas Southern on Nov. 10. Wisconsin visits the Resch Center for Green Bay's home opener on Saturday, Nov. 16.
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By Marine Corps Cpl. Bruno J. Bego, 2nd Marine Logistics Group
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Service members and their families often miss important moments in each other's lives during deployments, but technology such as video chat makes it possible to share some of those special moments, even when they can't be together physically.
The 2nd Marine Logistics Group command used this technology so Michelle L. Smoak could see her husband, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Derek A. Smoak, get promoted to the rank of staff sergeant and receive an award.
Michelle, who was in the conference room of the group's headquarters here, was able to witness the ceremony as it took place at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.
"I was very proud to see him get those staff sergeant chevrons," she said. "He has come a long way in his life, and this is just another great accomplishment for him."
Her husband, a tactical vehicle license examiner, has since redeployed from Afghanistan's Helmand province after nearly a year there. In conjunction with his promotion ceremony, he received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his efforts in support of International Security Assistance Force operations.
"He is a superb Marine, and the words of his peers and the general were very heartfelt," Michelle said. "I appreciate everyone who was involved in putting this together, and taking time out of their day to celebrate a wonderful and exciting day for us."
Marine Corps Col. Mark R. Hollahan, 2nd Marine Logistics Group commander, said any opportunity for families to participate in such personal events can be an invaluable experience and is well worth the effort.
"Staff Sergeant Smoak has been deployed for nearly a year," Hollahan said. "We simply asked if they could broadcast the event, and the rest is history. … This was a big win on a target of opportunity. We are exploring other means to get this capability used more often, for any deployed Marine or sailor."
Michelle said she couldn't be happier after being able to see her husband on such an important day. "This was a great way to end a long deployment," she added.


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I have one and I like it a lot. I think they look cool and actually get a lot of compliments on the mountain. I get a lot of storm trooper comments and a few Power Ranger ones. I frankly don't care if someone doesn't like it and chooses to make fun of it. They seem like really good people!
When you put the goggles and the mask on correctly, they very rarely fog up. When they do, they de-fog rather quickly. I've noticed that they fog up usually when I'm bent over, strapping in - but it's rare. I assume it's from the air going up towards the goggles inside the helmet when I exhale instead of out the vent. If you put them on correctly though, you won't have them fogging up.
The goggles are a good quality. Vision is clear and they're easy to swap out. I also had Oakley Crowbars at home and was worried I'd be stuck w/ a crappy pair of goggles.. nope. I have no complaints about the goggles at all.
I've only my head once with the helmet and it provided good protection - no damage to the helmet. My face hit the facemask as I tumbled down the mountain, but the impact was minimal. I'm not sure what would happen if it were a hard impact. When it is really cold out, you'll definitely feel it through the vents as you go down the mountain. I've used a facemask underneath it before on really cold days though. It fit well.
The biggest problem I think with the helmet is where to put the mask when you want to take it off. The tethering is a good idea but that'd only be good on the lift or when you're just chilling. I think it'd be great if there was somewhere you could fasten it to the helmet. Or you can just put it in your pocket if it's big enough.
They are good helmets and are comfortable. I'd recommend them.
|I've snowboarded all over the country and I've never heard one complement about a Ruroc helmet. Everyone makes fun of people that wear them, this includes my friends and random people on lifts and in lift lines. I personally don't give a crap what people wear if its what they like. "To each his own"
|My son has one- he got a lot of comments about how cool it looked. It IS the coolest looking head rig out there. Bad news: I'm not sure about the other comments here, but the goggles fogged up big time. It was a cold day and we waited in a tram line, got on the tram and then we were at 11,500ft with the wind blowing. Lots of temperature changes and my son was breathing inside his helmet so it was a good test to see if they would fog. They failed the test in my opinion.
|I just saw someone wearing one of these helmets this weekend. I'd never seen one up close and I have to admit...I really liked it a lot. It didn't look like a power ranger helmet and it actually looked form fitting unlike most bobble-head fit helmets. I thought it was cool looking.
Originally Posted by ShredLife View Post
until you use it, it gets wet/frozen, you don't want to wear it anymore so you have to stuff it back in behind your neck.
Jeez, too bad you didn't start wearing a helmet before you had whatever accident damaged your internal filter.
Originally Posted by Donutz View Post
I just bought a Volcom jacket for this season that has a built-in face mask. Now that's a good design!
fuck volcom - they make little kiddie clothes for teeny-boppers and pedophiles.
wanna go full-retard? here you go:
Yeah, on balance they're not good protection (like a full-face helmet would be) and they aren't better than a cloth face protector. I do think they're a neat idea in principle, but it sounds like they have too many design niggles.
I just bought a Volcom jacket for this season that has a built-in face mask. Now that's a good design!
Originally Posted by marcdeo View Post
HAHAHAHA. Yes it's dangerous. You might suffocate to death on the hill struggling to breath with snow clogged vents on your face shield. If you fall head fist into powder, you cant breath while you're buried anyway - face shield or not.
These helmets are retarded as fuck but they're not going to kill you. I WOULD be worried that the facemask thing would smash into your face if you slammed on it... A bx helmet they're not.
Originally Posted by horia.ancas View Post
This helmets look cool, I have to admin that.
But what worries me is what happens when you fall head first into powder ? If the snow block's the vents are you going to have a hard time breathing ?
I ask because this happened to me with my Giro Remedy, and the Remedy has more open area then this helmets.
If it's easy to release the face mask it's ok, but if not, it's dangerous.
What do you think ?
HAHAHAHA. Yes it's dangerous. You might suffocate to death on the hill struggling to breath with snow clogged vents on your face shield. If you fall head fist into powder, you cant breath while you're buried anyway - face shield or not.
A better design would be if they used a system that you could just unclip one side and let it hang - kind of like a fighter pilot can do when he takes his mask off. Quick release system on one side and it stays attached on the other and hangs. Great idea for easily release when all you want to do is scratch you're nose or take a puff while on the lift. I dont like that you have to remove the whole thing to remove your goggles. When I sweat I get itchy and I like to scratch...... lol
but the helmet has me intrigued
Originally Posted by Jeb View Post
My buddy just ordered one and decided he's sending it back. The reason? - and sorry if this has been mentioned, but I don't think it has been - If you're wearing the mask component, you can't put your goggles up. That is, the face mask has to come off first, then the goggles. May seem like a small deal to some, but I can see where that would be a pain in the a$$ if you just wanted to pop your goggles up while on a chair lift or something. The mask clips over the goggles if you're using it.
edit: And since the face mask clips on over the goggles, it would seem that other goggles (like the Oakleys mentioned) wouldn't mesh well with the component-design of this helmet system.
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'"Derek is fearless in that sense," coach Lindy Ruff said. "I've been really impressed with some of the composure he's shown. I think the tighter the game gets and the more fierce it gets, he kind of lowers the visor and becomes a little mini-bull."'
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Code Violations Force Tenants of El Dorado Motel To Move Out
Motel failed to make necessary changes
SALINAS, Calif. - Serious electrical hazards, carbon monoxide leaks and bug infested rooms. Families not only staying, but living at a local motel are being forced to leave, because the city said the owner failed to bring the building up to code.
The problem now -- these people have nowhere else to go. But the motel owner tells us some tenants don't pay their rent and some have been living there as a courtesy. He also said not all rooms have code violations.
Slideshow: Code Violations at El Dorado Motel in Salinas
We've got the information from the city of Salinas, on numerous health and safety violations at El Dorado Motel on North Main Street. We're finding out just how bad things have been for the people living at a motel that's made national news in the past -- and the troubling situation they're facing. We found out what these code violations are and what's next for the families who live there.
The manager said at one point 30 families were living at the motel. The motel manager said the owners tried to bring the property up to code over the past few months. But according to the city's code enforcement, the owners failed to make the necessary changes.
Open electrical sockets, missing wall units and taped up windows -- proof of the motel's code violations weren't hard to find. Residents said they may have to deal with cockroaches and dangerous living conditions, but it's better than being out on the streets.
"We were doing community meetings here and stuff like that, you know helping tenants that live here and just all of a sudden here we are again," said tenant Rita Acosta.
Again, looking for a place to live. Owner Sunil Patel said the city is getting "nit-picky" about it's requests and he's doing everything he can to make the necessary repairs. Residents said either way, looking for a new place to live is going to be difficult.
"It basically makes me sad because of seeing all these families and you know they just don't know where they're going to. Right now, a lot of the hotels that are up and down North Main Street are basically full," said tenant Katherine Davis.
Salinas Code Enforcement Division said it gave the owners a list of violations back in May and by November, little progress had been made. The city said it gave tenants 28 days to move out. Some residents said they got a notice on their door, while others said they didn't know until word spread around. Last month a code enforcement officer organized a task force of local agencies to help people with the transition.
"We're still paying rent because we still need a place to stay, until it closes. But with paying rent, how are you able to save money to find another place?" Acosta asked.
The city said it's been difficult to get the owner to cooperate, forcing all tenants to find a new place to live by the end of this week. The motel manager told us the owners plan to bring the property up to code and re-open as soon as possible.
We've been covering the plight of the motel residents for years, especially the children who suffer. In 2009, a special report aired nationally about two kids, Tristan Clarke and Gus Hernandez, who lived the hard life. In 2010, we followed up with the family of 12-year-old Tristan, after they were barely scraping by and living at the motel. But the community rallied around them. Tristen's mother found a job and moved out of those poor conditions. Gus' father was also able to find a full-time job and create a new program at the motel with the Salvation Army to help others in need.


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Anybody hit the area around York this year?
I was wondering how the water was doing in the marsh's out their.
Did mallard haven flood this year?
County Line?
I have not hunted County Line in years it used to be great and then it dried up and I have not been back out.
Used to shoot limits almost everytime


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It was discovered that the Stasi had generated enough paper to fill 100 miles of shelves, and it indexed and cross-referenced 5.6 million names in its central card catalog. In the Stasi's final days, officials destroyed about 5 percent of its records before citizens stopped them. Truckloads of paper were taken to industrial shredders, and as the end neared, agents began ripping files by hand. They stored the scraps in paper bags in the archive.
In the mid '90s, a team started piecing the 45 million torn pages together manually, at a rate that would have led to completion in about 700 years. But a new scanning project looks like it will lead to the files being recreated—and shared with the public—much sooner.
Funded by the German government, the Fraunhofer Institute has created a method for double-sided scanning of the scraps and sorting the images by color of paper, type of paper and method of writing. If the pilot project for 400 bags of scraps is successful, it will get the go ahead for tackling the remaining 16,000 bags of paper. It's estimated to cost about $300 million, but the archivists say it's worth it. Wired reports:
Günter Bormann, the BStU's senior legal expert, says there's an overwhelming public demand for the catharsis people find in their files. "When we started in 1992, I thought we'd need five years and then close the office," Bormann says. Instead, the Records Office was flooded with half a million requests in the first year alone. Even in cases where files hadn't been destroyed, waiting times stretched to three years. In the past 15 years, 1.7 million people have asked to see what the Stasi knew about them.
To read the entire fascinating article, click here.
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