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Sandeep Jejurikar, M.D.1585 North Barrington Road, Doctors' Building 2, Suite 601 Hoffman Estates, IL Tel: Click for phone number847-755-1000
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Currently my car uses 36lbs injectors with c2 software #36. If I switch to 60lbs injectors will I have to replace my c2 chip aswell? Do you guys sell c2 chips?
Well, my engine is weird. It's 95 12th month. Now everyone has different opinions but from professionals the conclusion I draw is it's a hybrid OBD1 and OBD2. It's the 12th month of 95 where the last OBD1 was made the month before and the first OBD2 was made the month after. The oil filter is OBD2 the vag-com port is OBD2 it has a coilpack, but it's an OBD1 ECU it had an external Idle Speed Control valve and an EGR.
ANYWAYS! It's messed up and it gets worse I'm under the assumption that some valves are stuck or suffering from spring fatigue because I'm short 100whp with a KineticMotorsport stage2 kit.
So I will be getting an OBD2 engine and putting it in relatively soon. Now I don't have an obd2 ECU I was told I could re use the obd1 ecu. This wouldn't be the first time someone talked without knowing what they're talking about though.
When I install the obd2 engine I would like to go up to 60lbs injectors and software. That would increase my WHP from 280-300whp like kinetic calls for to like 300-320? or more?
How much would 60lbs injectors and software cost for obd1 ecu, if they don't have obd1 ecu then obd2? Including shipping to Toronto, Ontario, Canada? How long would shipping take? How much would Overnighting cost?
We can overnight you the wrong parts, but we try not to sell people the wrong stuff
Obd1.5 ... Shoulda just said that.
Now I was told that I could swap out my obd1.5 engine and put an obd2 in without swapping the ecu. I guess thats not true?
I'm buying an obd2 longblock from a b4 audi wagon that is on its way here from California. It uses an automatic transmission. At the same time that I'm swaping my obd1.5 I'm swapping my transmission to a lower KM 5 speed. This way, I'll have a transmission and longblock available for rebuild slowly in my garage as a hobby.
Either way. I'm getting the accessories from this new longblock. So, it will have a new intake manifold, and the TB aswell. The ecu will not be compatible with my application as I'm not swaping to an automatic transmission.
How much would it cost for 60lbs injectors, and the software for obd2 shipped to Toronto?
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I'm not sure if you understood my previous posts. If you have an OBD1.5 ECU the OBD2 C2 software will not work UNLESS you change to OB2 engine management ie ECU and all the other OBD2 bits. By the sounds of it you are not changing your ECU from OBD1.5, which leaves you with the inability to run OBD2 software. Siemens 630s are 270US shipped + applicable taxes for a set of 6, the 630cc file is 499US.
Do you ship internationally? Specifically Cape Town, South Africa?
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these prices still good for the 42#?
Hi All,
I am only getting 200 miles to a tank of gas (thats 50% OF A FULL TANK). I have no fuel leaks and the car seems to be running very well.
I have replaced the Mass Airflow sensor, plugs and wires, fuel filter and the coolant temperature sensor. I have also tested for vacuum leaks and found one and fixed it, no change.
There is no hesitation on start up. ran diag on it and the check engine light is on with code P0411. From what I have read, the secondary Air Pump being bad should not have anything to do with it.
I've had a shop run a diag on it and nothing comec up other than the air pump.
I'm at a loss. I love this car and dont want to get rid of it.
Please Help
Sounds like one of our local VRT owners here who gets 350 KM to a tank.
Unfortunately, we can't diagnose problems over the internet. That type of thing is hard to do.
You could try removing the kit and see if your mileage goes up.
Some injectors with your turbo?
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So tuesday night, I get told I'm going to a "007/James Bond" themed party for tonight, however, costumes are required. Since I figured everyone is just gonna do a tuxedo and martini, I thought that I'd change things up and use my size and ugly mug for a change.
First thing I was told, was "do jaws, get some tin foil and put it over your teeth." Well, I dont really like to to things that look bad, or that others will just do.
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Ginn usually finds himself behind the camera, filming projects promoting the Pre-health Program at UST, the Rugby team, Italian Festival, Freshman Orientation and a service learning project in Mexico. But after being asked to give a presentation at the Communication Department's career night on Nov. 18, Ginn put himself in front of the camera to narrate a retrospective video following his "Voyage through UST." Ginn said he was inspired by Martin Scorsese's "Voyage to Italy," which Ginn watched in Dr. Livia Bornigia's Italian Cinema class. The video also shows clips of Ginn's numerous projects at UST.
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Hey guys. I see a lot of you guys having trouble with this tablet, I am a student and would like to get a budget tablet for browsing, watching videos, reading e-books and the occasional games. I want to know if this is a good choice, its has a decently sized screen and equally powered processor. I have watched/read all the reviews, but its a mixed bag.
Could you give me a honest opinion. I don't mind doing a little leg work to get it in order but it should at least be usable.
Well first I would say you need to decide if you want a 4:3 or 16:9 screen. For Me 4:3 is better for Browsing/e-book and 16:9 is better for Video.
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I am considering a new Mathews bow. I plan to use the bow primarily for 3-d and maybe a little bit of dot shooting. I will be shooting fixed pins this year, but may go to a scope in the future. Here is my delemia- I have shot several LX bows and loved them, shot great groups with them(my best ever I believe), however I think that the longer Ovation, with more brace height may be a more forgiving bow. I normally set up to shoot in the low 280s so I do not think that speed will be a big issue for me, as I believe I can get the speed from both bows. Here is the real kicker, none of my local dealers has and Ovation for me to try out. I am afaraid to buy without shooting first, so does any one have any suggestions, or opinions on the two bows? And now the switchback! should I consider it. I have shot it, and while I didn't group as tightly as I would have hoped, the bow is the smoothest thing I have ever fired.
I think you have to narrow down the facts
I know that choosing a weapon for certain things is a personal preference.You have to determine exactly what you are going to be doing with the bow to make the precise choosing.
If you choose a longer axle to axle bow you will be better at feild and longer rangeshots due to forgiveness in the shot.
If you want to just shoot 3d,hunt you can make your decision alone there.
As for hunting? It's all what you feel will work best in the situation,just whitetails?
I find that you can always get close to 3d and hunting in the same setup,if you get the speed and accuracy that applies to your expectations.
Feild and spots can also be acheived with the same bow in a same aspect of setups in my opinion.
I probably will choose to buy two different bows this year for this case senerio.
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I know what it is like to choose which bow to shoot. You look at what other people are shooting and the accessories on them and ask yourself a million times what to buy. With the price of bows today and the many make and models to choose from, only you can decide what works for YOU!!! I have not shot either bow, but my shooting partner just bought a new switchback to shoot 3D and for hunting this season. From what I can tell, the switchback is a fast yet forgiving bow. However, a lot of guys who like the longer bows bought the ovation and shoot it well. You seem to be on the right track as to wanting more accuracy rather than speed. I personnally shoot Hoyt bows solely because I have shot them for years. I have ignored the speed trend that most shooters are following today and have stayed with accuracy. Brace height means a lot when it comes to accuracy and forgivness. When shopping for bows, I look at the brace height and the axle to axle length and then the speed. I have two bows, one for hunting and one for tournaments. Both bows have long axle to axle lengths and long brace heights. If you can afford to, buy both and have one for hunting and one for tournaments. If not, shoot the ovation and make your decision from that since you have already shot the switchback. Be patient your dealer will be getting the ovation in soon, my dealer just recieved a shipment of over 25 Mathews bows including LX, Switchback, Outback, Ovation, Black Max, and even a Conquest.
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Niagara scored the final five goals of the game to rally for a 6-4 victory against the Canisius College hockey team on Saturday night. The 20th-ranked Purple Eagles improve to 1-2-0 on the season, while the Griffs fall in their season opener
"It was an exciting game from a fan's perspective but unfortunately, from a coach's perspective, we need to find a way to get into more battles and dictate the flow of the game," said Canisius head coach Dave Smith. "We also need to do a better job of working together in all three zones. We'll learn from it and get better."
Seniors Kyle Gibbons and Taylor Law and juniors Doug Beck and Tyler Wiseman all scored for the Griffs in the loss.
The Griffs came out of the gates quickly thanks to three special-teams goals. Wiseman netted the team's first goal of the 2013-14 season with a short-handed tally 3:14 into the contest. Junior Matthew Grazen fed Wiseman the puck on a 2-on-1 break and the junior knocked it in for the early 1-0 lead. Senior defender Ben Danford also registered an assist on the score.
Law then stretched the Canisius lead to two with a power-play goal nine minutes into the game. The senior knocked in a rebound from right in front off a shot from sophomore Ralph Cuddemi. Freshman Shane Conacher registered his first career point with an assist on the extra-man goal.
Gibbons then gave the Griffs a 3-0 lead with his first tally of the season. The nation's 12th-ranked scorer from a season ago skated end-to-end and then sent a wrist shot into the back of the net for the power-play goal. Danford and junior Mitch McCrank both registered assists as Canisius took the three-goal lead 11:02 into the contest.
Niagara got one goal back with 6:14 left in the opening frame, taking advantage when the puck went off the boards and took an awkward bounce into the net. However, Canisius answered right back when Beck netted his first of the season less than two minutes later. The junior connected on a turnaround shot for a 4-1 lead with the assists going to McCrank and Cuddemi.
The Purple Eagles finished the scoring in the six-goal first period when TJ Sarcona tipped in a shot at the 19:02 mark for the 4-2 Canisius lead after one.
The Griffs fortunes, however, turned in the second period. Canisius hit two posts early in the frame and Niagara took advantage with a power-play goal of its own to pull within one. Kevin Ryan ripped a shot into back of the net from the blue line 4:52 into the period for the 4-3 score.
The Purple Eagles then knotted the contest with just 25 seconds left in the second, taking advantage of a Canisius turnover in the neutral zone and scoring short-handed. Chris Lochner netted the unassisted goal for a 4-4 score after 40 minutes of action.
The Niagara momentum carried over into the third period with its second short-handed goal of the game. The puck popped into the air and Ryan Rashid was the first to locate it. He then skated down the ice and finished for the 5-4 lead 1:53 into the period.
Canisius was unable to find the equalizer in the final 18-plus minutes and the Purple Eagles sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with 13 ticks remaining for the 6-4 win.
Niagara finished the game with a 43-27 advantage in shots. Senior Tony Capobianco posted 37 saves for the Griffs with Jackson Teichroeb and Adrian Ignagni combining for 23 saves for Niagara. The Griffs were also 2-for-7 on the power play, while the Purple Eagles finished 1-for-5.
The Griffs return to action on Friday, Oct. 25, playing at conference foe Air Force. Game time is set for 9:05 p.m. ET.
Game Notes: The Griffs last lost a game when holding a three-goal lead on Nov. 17, 2000 against AIC. Canisius led 3-0 before falling 7-4 to the Yellow Jackets …. Gibbons has now recorded a point in a career-best 11-straight games dating back to last season … Taylor Law scored in his first appearance since Dec. 1 after missing most of the 2012-13 season with an injury … Niagara now leads the Battle of the Bridge series – an all-sports competition between the two schools – 3-1.


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UTEP Basketball is 'Bringin' Back the 80's' For 2012-13 Season
Oct. 11, 2012
EL PASO, TEXAS - The UTEP basketball team is turning back the clock in a bid to recapture the magic of the winningest decade in program history.
"Bringin' Back the 80's" is the theme for the 2012-13 season.
UTEP posted the seventh-best winning percentage in the 80's with a record of 227-82 (.735) behind North Carolina (281-63, .817), UNLV (271-65, .807), Georgetown (269-69, .796), DePaul (229-63, .784), Temple (225-78, .743) and Syracuse (243-87, .736). The Miners appeared in six NCAA tournaments and captured eight conference titles during the decade, while playing before 55 capacity crowds in the Special Events Center.
Tim Floyd was an assistant coach at UTEP in the 80's and fondly remembers a golden era for Miner Basketball.
"High character, talented freshmen athletes were brought in and given the chance to grow and play early in their careers," said the third-year Miner head coach. "They stuck together and created a perennial top-20 basketball team.
"I recall tickets being tough to get, crowds being long at the airport upon our team's arrival from road trips, students camping out the night before ball games making sure that they received their free student ticket, and never being in fear of anybody on the schedule, regardless of who we were playing or where we were playing."
UTEP players are dressed as iconic 80's characters in the team's 2012-13 schedule poster. Men's and women's schedule posters will be given away prior to the Homecoming football game versus Tulane next Saturday (Oct. 20), and players from both squads will sign autographs at the North end of the stadium from 4:30-5:30 pm.
The men's basketball season ticket stock features Miner legends from the 80's, including Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins.
The season ticket commercial includes video highlights from the 80's as well as the return of the beloved "Amen" chant, which will be reinstated for home games this year.
The Miners will also wear throwback uniforms on "80's Night" for their season opener versus Oral Roberts (Nov. 9).
The Miners began an unprecedented run to seven straight NCAA Tournaments during the 1983-84 season, rising to as high as fifth in the nation that year. They claimed Western Athletic Conference regular season titles in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987, and WAC tournament trophies in 1984, 1986 and 1989.
Current UTEP assistant coach Greg Foster was a member of the great Miner teams from the late `80s, playing alongside future NBA stars Antonio Davis and Tim Hardaway.
"Every game was truly a war," Foster said. "We had tremendous rivalries and our crowd really got after the other team. The electricity was incredible. People came out in droves. There were times when you could barely hear yourself think, it got so loud [in the Special Events Center]. Getting tickets wasn't easy. It was a fun, fun time.
"We weren't afraid to play anybody. A lot of us felt like we were back burner guys from a recruiting standpoint. But the one thing we always knew was that we could guard and defend and stop people. We had a chance every night because of it."
In a nod to the "play anyone anywhere, anytime" philosophy of the era, UTEP has put together an ambitious 2012-13 schedule including home games versus UNLV, Oregon, Memphis, Nebraska, New Mexico State, Marshall, UCF and Houston.
The Miners have also lowered season ticket prices in the upper reserved section from $195 to $160, which breaks down to less than $9 per game. Season tickets are on sale now by calling 747-6150, and group packages (only $12 per person) are available by calling 747-7450.
"It's one thing to reduce the cost of the tickets, but the value comes in the talent level of the teams that are coming into the Haskins Center this year," Floyd said. "We wanted those seats that were unoccupied in the upper rows to be filled, because having been here in the 80's I recognize what an intimidating place the Haskins Center can be when our educated fans are in full attendance. I'm thankful that Bob Stull and Dr. Natalicio pushed hard for our fans in bringing about this new ticket pricing plan, which I think will help create a whole new generation of Miner fans."
Fans can get their first look at the 2012-13 Miners at the free Orange and White Scrimmage on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7 pm in the Haskins Center.
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Local jobless rate ticks up slightly to 6.4 percent
Published: Friday, December 21, 2012 at 4:55 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 21, 2012 at 4:55 p.m.
After reaching a three-year low in October, Gainesville's unemployment rate rose 0.2 points in November to 6.4 percent, while the Florida jobless rate dropped to a new four-year low of 8.1 percent, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday.
The Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area of Alachua and Gilchrist counties had 8,803 unemployed out of a labor force of 137,498 in November, according to household surveys. In October, there were 8,736 unemployed out of 140,114 for a 6.2 percent jobless rate, the lowest since April 2009. The rate in November 2011 was 7.8 percent.
The local numbers are not adjusted to account for seasonal fluctuations.
Gainesville had the second lowest of 23 metro areas in the state behind only the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area at 5.9 percent. The areas with the lowest rates have higher proportions of government jobs.
Estimates from a separate employer survey showed Gainesville losing 1,100 jobs over the year, with the most losses in state government (-500), private education and health services (-400), and professional services and retail trade (-300 each). The losses were partially offset by a gain of 700 jobs in leisure and hospitality.
Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 8.5 percent in October to 8.1 percent in November, the lowest since November 2008 when it was 7.8 percent. The rate in November 2011 was 10.1 percent.
The U.S. jobless rate dropped to 7.7 percent in November from 7.9 percent in October and 8.7 percent in November 2011.
Florida gained 24,500 jobs over the month and 83,300 jobs since November 2011. The annual growth was 1.1 percent compared to 1.4 percent nationwide.
"The November job report was the last piece of information we will get in 2012 about the state of Florida's recovery and the data was very encouraging," said University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith in a news release. "The significant decline in the unemployment rate last month was not exaggerated by a shrinking labor force but represents real progress in the labor market."
The largest job gains were in food services and drinking places, food and beverage stores, employment services, ambulatory health care services, transportation equipment manufacturing and credit intermediation. Professions losing the most jobs were local government, construction of buildings and heavy and civil engineering construction, telecommunications, and auto repair and maintenance services.
"If we can avoid falling off of the fiscal cliff, 2013 is setting up to be a much better year for Florida's economy," Snaith said about automatic tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect unless Congress and President Obama come to an agreement.
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Party food goes from garden to grill
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Tax 'incentives': Keep saying no
Governments at every level offer companies tax breaks (often for decades) in exchange for opening (or sometimes just announcing the opening of) new facilities. Sometimes the jobs come; sometimes they don't. When they do, they are not guaranteed to stay. Many companies take the incentives, then leave after a few years for greener pastures, or they close. Taxpayers often are left paying tens of millions of dollars for jobs that either never materialized or that disappeared before the so-called "investments" could be recouped.
Wisely, New Hampshire elected officials have preferred the better policy of keeping everyone's taxes low (though we do have some limited state and local incentives). That could change, though. Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan campaigned on pursuing job growth by offering targeted tax breaks and state services. Our economy would be much better served by reducing business taxes for everyone. Tailoring tax breaks and state services to achieve specific policy goals corrupts the system and is less effective than offering everyone the same low rate.


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Congratulations – you have finally made it to college! After a long and grueling applications process, you have selected a university that matches you and your interests and that you expect will help you succeed. Such a weight off of your shoulders! Unfortunately, the easy part is over. Now, you have to focus your efforts on choosing a major.
Choosing a major is the most important decision you make at college. Your major is the reason why you are in college and it will prepare you for your future professional life after graduation. Your choice of a major is the difference between becoming a marine biologist or becoming a photographer, or between becoming a psychologist or becoming a mathematician. Your major can determine what you will be going to do for the rest of your life. And yes, I know that statement is rather scary.


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The Implications of The Da Vinci Code: Part 3 of 3
Announcer:The 21st Century has ushered in events and issues that cause us to ask, "Where is God in today's world?" In response, Dallas Theological Seminary presents DTS Dialogue - Issues of God and Culture: The Implications of The Da Vinci Code. Although considered fiction, Dan Brown's novel challenges orthodox Christianity in serious ways. Thanks for joining us as we discuss what all believers need to know about "The Da Vinci" Code, Part 3.
Dr. Mark Bailey:Let me turn the corner a little bit with that, as you both mentioned it. Jeff, tell me -- and I think I know where your heart is -- tell me where and how the person in the pew, who is riding on a plane, seeing the Dan Brown novel being read, talked about at the water cooler. It's going to be the subject of a movie. How does that person get equipped, so that their faith is not wrecked by a social agenda that comes out through media?
Dr. Jeffrey Bingham:Well of course, first of all it begins with that person's pastor. And if the church ever thought that it could go on a preaching agenda that talked about other issues, more than it talked about canon, more than it talked about the natures and person of Christ, more than it talked about the doctrine of the trinity. If the church ever thought it had the luxury to attack in its preaching time issues that were not fundamentally doctrinal, then the church had been very, very mistaken.
We are playing catch up here over the last couple of years because the church in many ways, the pastoral ministry in many ways, had not been doing its number one responsibility which was never to allow the pulpit to become anything else except the place where the faith of the people of God is renewed, where it is taught, where it is preached and where people week after week come to a renunciation and reaffirmation of the basic issues of the faith which they confess. If the pulpit has ever been used for anything else than that, then it has been misused. And so the ability of the Christian to carry on discussions at the water cooler or on the airplane next to his or her seatmate begins with the responsibility of the pastor.
The other thing that can be done is to take advantage now and play catch-up with the number of wonderful books that are being authored. Dr. Bock is the author of one of them, and there are others, one by Ben Witherington, which is extremely helpful.
And Dr. Bock will be coming out with a new one, just shortly, so there are books being made available on these topics. The importance here is that the church, once again now reorient itself to the reality that the 20th and 21st century are much more like the second century than popular Christianity might have let itself believe.
We are not yet grown out of the second century, in a very real way; we are smack, dab, right back in it. The issues that challenge the church in the second issue are the very issues that are challenging the church in the 21st.
Mark:That's great. I think of a passage in Ephesians 4, that the gifted people that God has given to the church are to "equip the saints to do the work of the ministry until we all come to a unity of the faith, of knowledge, of the Son of God.
A measure of maturity that belongs to the statute, the fullness of Christ." That's a power pack section that equipping not only for maturity, but unity and purity in life which all has the doctrinal foundation that one faith, one lord, one baptism, one hope, etcetera, and that only can be found, obviously, in Christ, from the Scriptures, in how God has provided that.
Darrell:That maturity is defined in that passage. The church gets to such a point that she's not being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine. The winds are blowing right now and the church has to be prepared to navigate its way through windy seas.
Part of that preparation is involved in getting familiar with the very things that were talking about. Knowing, if you will, what your genealogical roots are, as a child of God. That is really what we are talking about.
Mark:Remember, working in X-ray technology here in the Dallas area while I was in my doctoral program and probably the first time I ever got totally shut down in a witnessing conversation by the son of a liberal preacher who had just abandoned the faith. He said, "Mark, I don't believe in the Bible any more than I believe in little green men in the ceiling."
I remember it was suddenly the criscross of swords between my faith and a witnessing opportunity that I really wasn't prepared for. I remember scampering back to my house and pulling out a volume of theology that had all the arguments for the existence of God!
Mark:But the wonderful opportunity I think this gives us, the motivation, is what both of you have mentioned, that doctrinal purity, doctrinal soundness and popular culture have now crossed swords at some very interesting points: the passion of Jesus, The Da Vinci Code. There has been attacks on the text of the Gospels, and the text of Scripture, and "alleged errors of the Bible" have always been around.
But who would have ever thought that church history, Jeff, which is your specialty, and biblical manuscripts, New Testament studies, Darrell, which is your specialty areas and the historicity of Jesus, and his life and teachings, etcetera, who would have ever thought that would be number one in two of the bestseller list in the culture?
But it really, I think, goes to show exactly to what you've been saying: if we're going to engage our culture, then there's going to need to be some reading, some teaching, some dialogue, and to help our people who are listening know that there great resources that are out there and that are available and that are being produced, to not only respond to the novel but in preparation on this case for the movie that's about to come, and I think we have a great opportunity to really teach our people truth, on which they can build their life and faith and also be prepared to give an answer for the hope that lies within, as they're asked for it, in those locations.
In sharing this information and in responding to the culture, what should be the goal? We can shut a person down by saying, "Dan Brown is wrong. The Bible's right. That settles it, let's get on with it."
What needs to be remembered as we engage this topic at both the historical and the emotional, or social, levels?
Darrell:I think as a practical matter, it is very important in the initial parts of the conversation to do a lot of listening. The reason I say that is, there really are, the best I can tell, four types of people, four types of responses to this novel and they require a little different approach.
The first group will say, "I don't understand what the fuss is about, this is a piece of fiction, I don't get my history from a piece of fiction, so what's everybody worked up about?" I think with that person, you just have a nice, calm conversation. You are exactly right. Then move on and talk about some of the issues that it raises and that kind of thing.
The second kind of person is actually a person you told me about, Mark. I think you told me a couple of years ago that you were at your dentist talking about this and he had raised the book with you and started to ask you all kinds of technical questions that the book was raising, and that kind of thing. And although I was struggling to get past the picture of you having this conversation while your teeth were being worked on...
...I was sitting there saying, "Here is a person who has had honest questions because they don't know the history of the early Church." This book has come in, and taken a black hole, and filled it with information, which they have no reason on an initial impression, perhaps distressed I mean, their reaction might be, "Well, I don't believe that Jesus is married, I know that is a bunch of hooey, but what about the rest of it?" And so that person is asking very sincere questions, and I think they need be dealt with very sincerely. That's the person coming out of a Christian background.
The person coming out of a non-Christian background, there is no reason to expect why they would have any knowledge about this period, so they are kind of in the same position and are oftentimes asking very sincere questions that the novel has created for them so I think it's important that you respond to them with a sensitivity of what they're trying to wrestle with and what they're trying to process.
And then the final group as a group that has reacted against Christianity, they're looking for a reason not to believe. I think with that group you want to listen real hard because oftentimes what is behind that reaction is a personal experience with the church or with a form of conservative theology that has produced their reaction. Their issue is not really the book; their issue is something that has happened in their life that's caused them to react against God, Jesus, and the church. They've put it all in one package and they're reacting against it.
So, my initial piece of advice is to say get a sense of where the person is on that emotional map. And then once you know that you've a better idea of how to proceed in the discussion.
By no means do I think the thing to do is to react defensively or harshly or anything like that.
Lay out what you can. The fact is that the history in this discussion is very much on the side of the orthodox church on traditional Christianity, there is nothing to be defensive about.
That is why I view it as an opportunity. It is a real opportunity to correct people about what they perceive this early history to be.
Jeff:I think one of the main things that can take place in these conversations is to take advantage of the fact that its basically a conversation of the reliability of the Scriptures; so Evangelicals can make it fundamentally a conversation about the Bible and it is amazing that the Scripture can be powerful in the presence of those who do not initially recognize its authority.
So we can give thanks here to God, and take advantage of the great gift that He has offered us in these circumstances to bring the Bible into the point of discussion. They may not agree with the passages that are in the Scripture. They may question what is in the Scripture. But still, Dan Brown has made it a discussion about Scripture. Thank you!
So let's go ahead and talk about Scripture. Let's read it to them. Let's point out to them the very passages that Dan Brown is challenging. And in doing so, what takes place is the gospel is read, and the gospel is heard, and wherever the gospel is read and heard the Spirit can use that word to bring forth regeneration and faith. So this is by no means an occasion for Christians to be frightened or to feel threatened. It's an opportunity to talk about the blessed fact that God has not remained in darkness or in silence, but he has spoken to us in the light of Scripture. And people are actually wondering what's in there.
Mark:On the question of "early versus late," it is ironic that we would take what we know to be second-century materials and later and somehow give them more credence than what we know are first-century materials.
Jeff: Exactly.
Mark:Whether you believe its Bible or not, you know, even the historical record is there. But Jeff I appreciate that because the power of the living Word of God cannot be replaced. That's very helpful.
Just in closing, Darrell, we've mentioned your book, Breaking the Da Vinci Code, and you've got others. It seems like you write one about every six months on these great issues. But Dr. Lutzer, one of our graduates, has a book out on this. Dan Wallace, from our New Testament Studies department, has a book out on this. We mentioned Ben Witherington's book that is out. Any other resources that you guys would mention that our listeners might be helped by consulting.
Darrell:Well, I think that if someone wants a discussion of the canon and the historicity of the recognition of the New Testament, Bruce Metzger's work on the canon of the new testament is very, very good and is very, very well done and relatively simple to read. I mean, it's a difficult topic. Jeff has a nice, little, church history.
Mark: I was just getting ready to mention that.
Darrell:I think it is called The History of the Church or something to that effect. It goes through the periods of church history. For most people, their understanding of church history is: we go to Revelation; we might stop by Augustine on the way to Luther. Those are huge leaps, so it walks you through the history of the church, and it also gives a nice little beginning bibliography so if you want a rundown and want even more detail, you can do it.
The beauty of Jeff's book is that it's short and crisp and takes you through an initial overview in a real straight-forward style. So, I would recommend that and then just follow what I call the footnote trail for my students, in terms of the books he references if you want more detail.
What has really happened to us now is that we need resources and pastors need to talk about this, as Jeff said earlier. We need resources that deal with what the New Testament does. We need resources that understand how our Bible is put together. We need resources that understands what our early history is, and what the controversies were that we've been through, because we are very much back smack in the second century in terms of what we're doing.
And in fact we have a privilege, in one sense, if you want to think about it, of continuing the witness that has gone on for generations in the church to represent Christ in a world that oftentimes takes strange turns and twists, in terms of how it thinks about our relationship to God. In a very odd and strange sense, we become heirs to the very thing that Mary Magdalene was among the first to testify to.
That is, that as the recipient, among the first women to see the empty tomb and to see that Jesus was raised from the dead and to declare that to the Apostles. Who then went out and declared it to the world. We inherit the mantle that she has passed on to us of declaring the risen Jesus, the one who is at the side of the Father, the one who offers salvation, forgiveness, and quality of life to anyone who trusts in him, and in affirming the message of the scripture, ultimately, what were hoping to affirm, is the message of the church and that is about what God has done through Jesus Christ. On behalf of any and all who will be responsive to what he has done. So, in that sense, the best resource ultimately is to be well armed with what the gospel has to say and what it has to say about who Jesus is and what he has done for us.
Jeff:Let's not forget the fundamental resource for the average Christian here, who may not have time to read these books, may not have the interest to read it all from cover to cover. Fundamentally, the greatest resource is what is going on in the church on Sunday mornings or on Sunday evenings or on Wednesday evenings.
What the music minister is saying when he introduces, or she introduces a song, the songs that are being recommended, how the songs are being introduced, what theology the songs teach, what the pastor is saying from the pulpit, what the Sunday school teacher is saying on Sunday mornings, what the preacher is saying on Wednesday nights.
That the church be very, very conscious of what it says at a baptism and in the words that accompany the Lord's Supper, that the church be extremely proactive in determining that the gospel is being preached, correct doctrine is being shared, and that the entire ministerial staff from the music minister to the Sunday school teacher take responsibility for making sure that no one leaves that meeting without being counseled and instructed in what the essentials of Christian faith are.
The Da Vinci Code is going to go away. Sooner or later The Da Vinci Code will become just another book on the shelves and it will be replaced by something else. What the church cannot afford to do is to allow itself to slip into the situation in which once The Da Vinci Code has gone away that it goes back to preaching on issues that are not fundamental to the spiritual life and the doctrinal health of Christianity.
The Da Vinci Code has been a wake-up call, but for heaven's sakes, when it goes away and when it becomes culturally boring, let's make sure we realize the greatest resource is still what the ministers are providing for the people in the community.
Darrell:And the one thing that's not going away, even after The Da Vinci Code goes away, will be these alternative approaches to God that will be a challenge to the church to make sure that she has her stuff together, in terms of preaching and teaching the gospel.
Jeff: It'll come forth in other clothing.
Darrell: Exactly right.
Mark: In every generation.
Jeffrey: Wolves are always there in sheep's clothing. It just looks different.
Darrel: It is very important we be prepared.
Mark: That's right.
Gentlemen, thank you so much for your insight, your counsel. And I think we have given our listeners some material, some ammunition, some wisdom. And I appreciate you both being with me here today.
[music building toward close]
Darrell: My pleasure.
Mark: Thank you.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Mogilny, Jul 7, 2013.
Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please!!!!!!
Maybe we can trade him for Melo.
Is this Jerebko's planned speech to get more minutes..............
Jerebko isn't out of the rotation because he is a bad guy, its because he wasn't able to contribute in a meaningful way. You can't just throw your toys because you can't hit the broadside of a barn in open daylight. Having said that, he is a decent trade piece.
My plan to get Melo (and Lala) absolutely hinges in clearing JJ's $4.5M off the books!
JJ will have a fair shot with Coach Cheeks to earn playing time. If he is out of the rotation, I'm sure Jerebko's dad will make some noise.
Going to bat for Jerebko (his dad PM'd me this and I'm just passing it on). JJ played well toward the end of the season when he got minutes. He came off of an achilles tear and never got settled in with the clueless coach (who never got settled in with management). In his top 10 games in minutes played, he was in double digit scoring every time with incredible shooting efficiency: min: pts/ reb/ 3PM/ eFG% 29: 15/ 7/ 1/ .393 29: 18/ 2/ 1/ .611 28: 20/ 5/ 0/ .643 28: 15/ 6/ 0/ .750 28: 14/ 8/ 1/ .611 28: 21/ 8/ 2/ .556 27: 19/ 5/ 2/ .700 27: 17/ 9/ 1/ .938 27: 12/ 4/ 1/ .644 25: 11/ 6/ 1/ .563 If he gets 25 min or more, he basically good for 16 points, 6 rebs, and 1 defense stretching 3-point make. Doesn't turn it over much and doesn't block any shots. Only 1 of his top 10 minutes games featured effective shooting percentage under .556! His per minute stats are fine. In 2013: highest points per minute of his career same rebounding rate highest assist rate of his career by a lot highest steal rate of his career eFG of .489 vs career .503 highest PER of his career at 15.7 highest usage of his career (signaling that he's not just getting pure garbage efficiency) With all that being said, I agree that he's odd man out. We have other guys that can score and rebound at SF and PF. They are better than he is.
I like Jerebko; he's our only Swede! But, if he isn't going to play, I think we could trade him for Melo. If the Knicks offer Melo and some filler or a pick, we should be able to get it done. Melo off the bench should help the Pistons, and make KGreg happy. Get it done, Joe!
Fixed that for ya.
If Pizza guy can give you the same thing that Jeb gives you at 1/2 the price; sure - trade Jonas. I like the guy and want him to have a successful career. ...seems like he got "Franked" last year so I'd like to see him get a shot at some PT irregardless of whether it's in Detroit or not.
Well, Knight won't be a PG on Pistons, but now we have Jennings
And now we'll need a new rotations thread.
JJ, at his very best offensively, still gives up more points on defense than he delivers on offense. This includes his rebounding, which has been in the past more than ok for a small forward. He is serious case of a tweener, no way big enough to play in the NBA at power forward, and no way fast enough to play at small forward in the NBA. Even though Rip is a free agent, can a team, such as Chicago, sign him just to trade him to us. Or has that ship sailed and we just have to negotiate directly with him on a contract? Can we sign him and and go over the level at which we start paying luxury tax? Well, if we can sign him cheap enough, there is no way we should not do it, who cares what he did, he is a Detroit Champion, and can come back to play any time for Detroit in my book. Ok, so we sign Rip, who agrees to come off the bench with Billups. Start: Jennings, Pope, Smith, Monroe, Drummond (They all sub out as a unit after 9 minutes) 2nd unit: Billups, Rip, Datome, Mitchell, (Monroe or Drummond staying over with the 2nd unit.) Lets say Monroe and Smith are sitting for the last few minutes of the first quarter. They both come right back in to start the 2nd quarter, giving a unit for the next 6 minutes of: Billups, Rip, Mitchell, Smith, Monroe. (Note, Datome was just snuck in for 3 minutes, before the other team could key on his poor defense.) (I'll count Smith as the power forward here as that is what he will be doing on offense, although he and Mitchell are interchangeable on defense.) Now at the 6 minute mark of the 2nd, the other 3 starters back: Jennings, Pope, Smith, Monroe, Drummond. With 3 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter, time to sit both Monroe and Smith, who have logged 18 minutes each in the first half: Jennings, Pope, Datome, Mitchell, Drummond. (again, Datome just snuck in for a few minutes) For first half minutes: (Jennings 15, Billups 9), (Pope 15, Rip 9), (Smith 12, Mitchell 6, Datome 6) (Monroe 12, Smith 6, Mitchell 6), (Drummond 18, Monroe 6) Based on the first half, the projected minutes for each player in the game would be: Jennings 30, Billups 18, Pope 30, Rip 18, Smith 36, Datome 12, Mitchell 24, Monroe 36, Drummond 36
Rip was not very good last year.
I am making further comments on the rotation I just posted. Read it before reading this. Drummond may not be able to play 36 minutes, and Datome might not be much of shooter if given such short minutes and maybe not ever getting into shooting rythm. So, here and there, sit Drummond for a few minutes, moving Mitchell or Smith up to power forward and Monroe to center. Leaving room for Datome to come in and take a few shots. And get right back out of the game before his defense is exploited. For instance, we could briefly see this unit, with Drummond sitting at the 6 minute mark of the first half for three minutes: Jennings, Pope, Datome, Smith, Monroe. Here you have three good outside shooters in to create some space for your two fine post up players, both of whom can pass to each other. Same unit could be seen from minutes 6-9 of the 2nd. Datome probably won't finish games, so if he needs minutes, we are going to have to find times here and there to sneak him in for some shots. And make that mostly in quarters 1, 2, and 3, concentrating his shots in the shortest time - frame possible. Basically, playing Datome more makes him a sharper shooter, and Drummond a fresher player to end games.
Billups and Bynum are probably short-term players. Stuckey and BoT will be gone soon. Jerebko hasn't shown much since his injury. That leaves a pretty young team (age in parenthesis) that could grow together over the next few years. Starters: PG - Jennings (23) SG - Pope (20) SF - Smith (27) PF - Drummond (19) C - Monroe (23) Subs: Datome (25) Mitchell (21) Singler (25) Siva (22)
We are getting some serious lineup churning in one season. When was the last time we has this much upheaval? Gone from the start of last season: Knight Prince Middleton Maggette Daye English Calderon Maxiell Kravtsov We just shed 9 guys without really losing anyone that derails our rebuilding effort.
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Ask Eartha: Frisco's new composting program
November 7, 2012
I want to know more about the compost drop-off program at the Frisco Recycling Center. Can you tell me how it works?
Cindy, Frisco
We want your food waste! Not just the raw vegetables, fruit peels and coffee grounds that typical backyard composters pine for, we want it all. We even want the stinky stuff – leftover meat, cheese, broccoli and even bones. What do we want to do with it? We want to make less waste and more soil!
Back by popular demand, there's a new compost drop-off program in town. Starting Dec. 1, you can join the program and compost all of your food waste (up to 10 gallons a week) for as little as $10 a month.
Why does it cost money to donate your food waste? Well, we wish the service could be free (wouldn't it be great if everyone was composting? One of these days), but someone has to manage the program, collect the compost, transport the compost to the compost facility, process the compost and make the soil. Gas, man power and machines aren't free, so we need to cover our costs. But, we've made it affordable!
Composting is a natural process of transforming food waste, paper products, and organics (things that were once alive) into a dark, rich healthy soil that can be applied to community gardens, trees and landscaping and reclamation projects.
Contrary to popular belief, the landfill is not a gigantic composting system. In fact, all of your leftovers, yard clippings and organic waste that go into the garbage produce a hazardous gas called methane in a landfill environment. Methane is a greenhouse gas 72 times more potent than carbon dioxide. By keeping organics out of our landfill, you help combat climate change!
Similar to recycling, composting also diverts resources from our landfill. Organics (including yard waste, food waste, paper, and wood waste) make up over 65 percent of the waste stream. When you compost and recycle, you can keep up to 90 percent (or all of it if you're a die-hard diverter) of your garbage out of the landfill, extending our landfill's life for future generations.
By participating in the Summit Compost Drop-Off program, you're taking would-be-trash and putting it to good use through compost production. Composting improves soil health and structure, prevents erosion, increases drought resistance, and conserves water. Compost also reduces the need for petroleum-based fertilizers. It's that good!
Summit County is very fortunate to have a large scale composting facility (High Country Compost) located at our landfill near Keystone. Compostable materials or "organics" will be collected from the Frisco Recycling Center by county trucks to travel a short distance to the Summit County Resource Allocation Park. Organics are mixed with wood chips and microbes, turning into compost in a matter of weeks. This unique, closed-loop system includes compost collection from zero waste events, school lunch waste, restaurants, and YOU (if you participate in the program) into a nutrient-rich soil that is contributed back to the community through local community garden projects.
Summit County compost (completely processed in our community) can be purchased at the Summit County Resource Allocation Park. Again, just like recycling, the compost program is only successful when we invest in the finished product. It's not too late to apply compost to your garden beds and lawns. Believe me; your plants will thank you for it! Remember to close the loop and sustain the compost program by buying locally made compost. Call 468-9263 x 0 for pricing.
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Just a quick update today that came out of some coaching I've been doing with a team that's been relatively successful with agile at scale. They've had challenges around recording architectural and design decisions. What should they keep and how should they record it. There are some that would say that all you need is the code and forget recording anything outside of the code. There are others that believe that every aspect of an application should be described separately to the code.
The answer I've seen work best for large projects and or product development is somewhere in between the two.
My experience is that you need the following:-
- Enough described to be useful and no more
- A low cost of recording this knowledge
- The ability to have the frequently asked questions answered
Here's what I've found works in these areas:-
Enough described to be useful and no more
To address the first point, having an artefact that records the architecture of the system works well. A good architectural record is like a good architecture. It has enough to fulfil it's purpose and no more and follows the architectural principle of form follows function.
Now I've seen some completely useless architectural documents and same can obviously occur with recorded presentations. If the content is poor it doesn't matter how it's recorded it's equally useless. So what should be in the architectural recording. Well there's some standards about what should be described. I'm still a fan of Philip Krutchen's 4+1 view, it's simple without being simplistic, some have a added a data view. However, the way you describe it is your call. Just keep it simple.
A low cost cost of recording this knowledge
So given that it's form should be low cost and allow us to easily consume what the key elements of the system are, in the absence of direct access to key team members, I've seen one approach work really well. Creating a video recording of the lead architect presenting the key architectural elements to the team.
These session is recorded using a video camera (smartphones are good enough now) in front of a live audience that is made up of the team, ideally in a theatre style conference room using whiteboards, modelling tools with a data projector or smart whiteboards. If you have a remote audience then smart whiteboards work and modelling tools will work better. I've used Papershow pretty successfully if you can't stretch to smart whiteboard. Use a tripod even if you're only using a smartphone, it makes the whole thing look more professional. I've used the glifplus with an iPhone.
The ability to have the frequently asked questions answered
Ideally the audience for the session will have some new team members to ask the "getting started" questions. The key things are being able to record the session as a video and having the audience there asking questions of the architect that are answered.
The question and answer part of the presentations should cover the answers to the typical questions a team has about an architecture, such as; "How do we handle security at the field level?" or "If the application falls over what does a recovery look like to the users?" This may mean some scripting if the team has already some of these things before the session.
In my experience of joining projects or having others join projects I've been leading, these videos become one of the most used artefacts for new joiners.
But we outsource
It works equally well with outsource relationships where either the delivery partner is taking on an application maintenance contract and you're providing the architectural video artefact or you're receiving a video back after some architectural changes or for a new application delivery project.
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Originally Posted by fcsob View Post
I also have gout & have found a treatment with no side affects. Uricinex is what I take.
You too SR, thanks, I'll look into that as well.
I'm sure that whatever you had that required Chemo is going to make gout look like a minor irritation but yes it does hurt. The first time I got it I of course had no meds available and that was sheer misery. Shoes and socks most definitely out, indeed I couldn't even sleep with a sheet over my foot.
BTW , some drugs have different names down here and also some are not available in Oz. I'll speak with my GP.
If I keep to a regime of celery supplement twice a day and a tablet called Mobic if I feel a twinge it is quite contained.
Again thanks for suggestions and SR whatever it was that required Chemo I do hope it all worked out.
I just finished chemo. They had me taking "Allopurinol" so I would not get gout.
Is this something that would help you? It is dirt cheap compared to most prescription drugs. I think I had to pay like 5.00 for 30 day supply and my ins. is not that great so I pay 80% of prescriptions.
Hope this helps.
I never got it but was told it's painful...so I can't say I feel your pain...
I don't mind being singled out. After all, "Everyone has value even if only to serve as a bad example"
We don't have any kids, and aren't likely to given our age, but I think you're onto something there Valiente. During the time I lived in Hawaii, 30 years, I got to know a few adults who had been raised by cruising parents and several children who were in the process of growing into fine adults. Without exception they were far better adjusted and had a better handle on reality than their contemporaries who had been raised according to the conventional wisdom.
Maybe it's a generational thing. During my formative years North America was a very different place. The Dodgers were still in Brooklyn
But small town, rural America is still a pretty good place to raise a family in my opinion.
My philosophy can be boiled down to this:
Quality of life is inversly proportional to population density.
Cruising in a small boat is one way of managing that truth and the more self sufficient, self reliant we can be, the better. In my opinion.
Perhaps it is time for a new thread on self reliance and minimalist cruising.
At the risk of
getting jumped all over again..
I was not suggesting a means or a desire of checking in every day with mommy...or averting disaster with there use.
Sans the SSB... A sat phone ( which can be rented ) requires zero on board current draw and zero extra cost if not used. But if you are overdue by an extended time, as in this case, One simple call...ONE.. to aleart The coasties as to whats up as in this situation the need to sail slow ( I would carry extra wire before a sat phone ) there would have been no multiple PAn PAN day in and day out.
I dont like that much publicity but whatever blows your skirt up.
I also have gout & have found a treatment with no side affects. Uricinex is what I take.
Originally Posted by vega1860 View Post
At the risk of provoking the handwringers: When did it become such a necessity to be able to call someone from anywhere on the planet? Where did this idea come from that you must have the ability to call and tell everyone you're alright, or if not call for the helicopter to come zooming in over the horizon to rescue you if the weather gets too bad or the ice maker goes on the fritz. More to the point, why undertake a sea voyage if you can't bear to be off the leash?
If you have the money and don't mind spending a lot of time fixing or worrying about electronic gadgets, by all means, knock youself out. Pore over catalogs and debate the relative merits of this or that satelite phone or personal gps locator beacon but you would do well to bear in mind that you cannot buy safety at any price. If you want to be safe, remain securely tied to the dock at all times. Because a thousand miles from land, chances are if you really need it, help will not get there in time even if you can call. Furthermore, if you think you have a right to expect a taxpayer funded government agency to come bail you out of a situation you are not prepared to deal with you shouldn't be out there in the first place. i
Anyway, the "call home" thing comes from the same source: the idea that the normative mode of developed Western societies (even when relatively new) is not only the best way to live, but the only way to live, all others being somehow deficient. I hope that my wife and I, in the purely selfish pursuit of wanting to chuck careers and prosperity in mid-life in order to mess about in boats, are able to give our son the life skills that will serve him well in what I suspect will be a messy, less secure and more challenging future than our own youth: the qualities of self-reliance, stoicism, the derivation of pleasure from small things, a greater than average ability to fend for oneself, and a cosmopolitan outlook based on going to where wildly different people live, and hanging out with them.
Some would call this a hippy ethos, 30 years too late, but I can assure any readers that it comes from a pretty conservative place. There is much to admire about today's society...I'm no Luddite...but much that cannot pass uncriticized...and in some ways the driving force for us wanting the cruising life is to get our kid the hell out of North America during his formative years.
|Well said, Vega.
Originally Posted by Valiente View Post
Well, you seem to have your sailorly priorities in order.
I think this brings up a fairly interesting debating point. Vega is evidently an experienced sailor, as is his wife, as not to be so doing a Hawa'ii to Vancouver trip in a 27-footer would be the height of folly.
But it does bring to the fore the need to "stay in touch" via satphones, SSBs and other wonders of the 21st century. A well-found small boat can make all sorts of trips with a handheld VHF, a sextant, an almanac and a compass.
Our distant ancestors were doing this sort of thing in the misty past of 1985 or thereabouts. Legend has it that virgins set out so equipped in vessels of possibly stone construction called Kon-Tes-sas or some no doubt native moniker, and said virgins, relying only on ancient scrolls called "almanacs" and the mysterious force called "WWV" and their innate, incorruptible virtue crossed seas and broad oceans, possibly ramming dragons in the process.
But because you can reach out and touch someone from the middle of an ocean passage (assuming, naturally, that your wallet is thicker than your hull lay-up), does this mean you should, or more to the point, that you must?
I am surprised to hear that a 27 footer could carry enough solar panels to run a watermaker off the house batteries, because I'm pretty sure that the fuel carried would be well under 100 hours of engine run time (plus a likely maximum alt output of 55 amps). Throw in a 150 watt SSB so you can say "still here!" to lubbers? You might be able to report dying of thirst!
There are many reasons to go to sea, and one of them is to "get away". The hazards are known, and the consequences of poor decision-making, indifferent attention to maintenance or sheer dumb luck (a bow ornament on a container ship, or the dinner of a rogue wave) are largely final and not fixable by any amount of SAR heroics, worthy though they might be.
The wife had it right: She provisioned for 90 days in anticipation of 30 days, and insisted on throwing in a little watermaker. 55 days was a longer passage, not a *bad* passage nor one that would elicit much comment before our modern world insisted on shrinking the globe to a set of time zones and due dates. The sea, magnificent in its indifference, has the last word.
The solar panels worked fine until we reached lat 35 or so. After that we had to run the engine a few hours every four or five days. bear in mind that we do not have a lot of electronics on board. Our three GPS units are all handheld. We did not run any electric lights while more than 200 miles from land or unless we sighted a ship (We didn't see another vessel for over a month). The radio was kept off unless a ship was in view until we checked in with Tofino Traffic at the entrance to the strait of Juan de Fuca. In short, just about the only thing electrical that we did use was the watermaker.
As for our families; We told them that the trip would probably be about thirty days but that it might take forty five or more. It wasn't the family that reported us overdue - It was the American Vega Association Rendezvous organizers when we didn't show up for the party. No doubt, knowing us, they figured it had to be serious if we missed a party.
(By the way, click here for information about the 2008 Pacific Northwest Vega Rendezvous)
We were just overdue, not missing. There was no search although we were warmly welcomed by the US Coast Guard at Neah Bay. Two Coasties took our lines as we docked and one of them handed Laura his cell phone and said "Call your mother"
At the risk of provoking the handwringers: When did it become such a necessity to be able to call someone from anywhere on the planet? Where did this idea come from that you must have the ability to call and tell everyone you're alright, or if not call for the helicopter to come zooming in over the horizon to rescue you if the weather gets too bad or the ice maker goes on the fritz. More to the point, why undertake a sea voyage if you can't bear to be off the leash?
If you have the money and don't mind spending a lot of time fixing or worrying about electronic gadgets, by all means, knock youself out. Pore over catalogs and debate the relative merits of this or that satelite phone or personal gps locator beacon but you would do well to bear in mind that you cannot buy safety at any price. If you want to be safe, remain securely tied to the dock at all times. Because a thousand miles from land, chances are if you really need it, help will not get there in time even if you can call. Furthermore, if you think you have a right to expect a taxpayer funded government agency to come bail you out of a situation you are not prepared to deal with you shouldn't be out there in the first place.
That's my opinion. I'm sure you have yours. Everyone does.
I shall speak of this no more.
Malie ke kai
Originally Posted by Valiente View Post
I thought they prevented gout. Well, solidarity, brother: I just shovelled 30 cm. of snow off the estate and I decided to add your brandy to mine. Succour is required.
(By way of saying "bucketing down" would've saved me a stiff back in the morning, which is why I'm having a stiff drink tonight.)
There are "cures" but the pills are really nasty andI'm one of those poor souls who suffers some nasty side effects from heavy duty pain killers. I do have a pill that reduces the severity of an attack but they take a day to have full effect. The best way of controlling gout is to make sure you drink lots of water which I usually do. Gout is caused by a build up of Uric acid in the joints, particularly knees and toes, which the water helps flush away but there are a few foodstuffs that aggravate it, in particular the bright green leafy vegetables such as Spinach, Broccoli and the Chinese vegetables such as bok choy, choy sum, and gai lan. An excess of protein is also to be avoided particularly if an attack can be felt coming on.
In my case I'd had a couple of heavy nights on the booze and followed it up yesterday with a lunch that included a great big serving of Gai Lan.
The theory about Red Wine causing gout is piffle. In fact white wine is worse than red but even that is a minor contributor. However alcohol dehydrates and that's where the problem is exacerbated. Other than lots of water the best natural preventative is celery of all things so I'm upping my intake of Bloody Marys. Seriously I take a celery supplement every day but had run out. You know the story, hadn't had an attack in over six months and complacency got the better of me.
Anyway, thanks for your concern but I'll be fine on the morrow.
Chris - I'd like to think that if I was sinking someone would come to my assistance as I would to theirs. What concerns me is this need to keep in touch with shore at all times. My belief is that it's overkill and in fact causes more worry and stress than simply being very conservative in estimating passage times. I mentioned this in my little cruise report from the other week where my mother worked herself up into quite an agitated state because I failed to phone her for a few days. Years back I'd take off for weeks on end without radio (couldn't afford one) or telephone (they didn't exist back then) and she would be fine, but now she freaks out if I don't call despite the fact that I had warned her we would be in an area with no mobile or indeed radio, reception.
The forgotten point is the obligation to others. If you are more than 6 miles or so from another yacht in distress then you will not hear a call even assuming your vhf was switched on. Quid pro quo and all that. One can be staunch and self-sufficient - so leave out the epirb. It doesn't matter if a satellite picks it up, and you are out of helicopter range but there is another boat in the vicinity without a radio.
It seems to me that the attitude is while other people may be concerned about me I am alright jack.
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Faith Avilene "Avi" DePano thought she had college all planned out—study graphic design at Loyola University-New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina had other plans.
The storm struck the first day she was set to start classes, but DePano and her family fled New Orleans to temporarily settle in Beaumont. Unable to return to New Orleans, she registered for classes at the University of St. Thomas two weeks into the semester.
Five years later, DePano graduated from St. Thomas in May with a bachelor's degree in music and a minor in theology. In the fall, DePano will pursue a master's degree in musicology at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University on a full scholarship. The highly competitive program accepts less than five students per year, and DePano will be among the first students to be admitted to the program in two years.
DePano reflected on how Hurricane Katrina's path of destruction derailed her original college plans but ultimately redirected her to a new college, a new major, new friends, and new career opportunities.
"The first day of school, I was in tears, but I quickly found a home at St. Thomas," she said. "Mentor/teacher Dr. Brady Knapp encouraged me to pursue music and was instrumental in finding scholarships."
At first, DePano continued to pursue her interest in graphic design, taking studio art classes at the Glassell School of Art. But her lifelong passion for music kept interrupting.
"I had always wanted to take voice lessons but didn't have the time or means," she said. "Soon after I started taking voice lessons with Dr. Knapp, I found it more difficult to concentrate on my art homework. I realized that studio art was a hobby and music was a vocation, so I changed my major."
Head of choral and vocal studies, Dr. Knapp also came to St. Thomas in fall 2005, improving the quality of the vocal area through more performance opportunities for students, including Opera Scenes Workshop, Pop Singers, and University Singers, in which DePano participated, and contracting guest choreographer/director Debra Dickinson and conductor Courtney Daniell-Knapp.
When the time came to select a graduate program, DePano looked at musicology programs in cities around the country.
"Dr. Ann Fairbanks' and Dr. Knapp's courses helped me to blossom and think about becoming a professional musician, which led to a love for musicology," DePano said. "Without intention and knowledge of context, music is merely noise."
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After graduate school, DePano plans to continue performing, pursue a doctorate, and parlay musicology into making classical liturgical music accessible to all people.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Matching its best start in program history, the Rutgers women's lacrosse team (7-1) dodged instate rival Princeton, 12-10, on Tuesday afternoon at the RU Turf Field at the Stadium Complex. The two squads, both receiving votes in the latest IWLCA Poll, fought a back-and-forth battle until RU was able to pull away over the final 15 minutes.
Rutgers saw contributions from seven different Scarlet Knights, led by junior midfielder Katrina Martinelli (Moorestown, N.J.) with four goals – her seventh multi-goal game of the season. Princeton (3-2) was paced by Alexandra Bruno with three goals and Erin McMunn with two goals and five assists.
Freshmen Halley Barnes (Garnet Valley, Pa.) and Chrissy Schreiber (East Meadow, N.Y.) each contributed two goals apiece.
Redshirt junior midfield Amanda Trendell (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) started off the day with an unassisted score as the two squads went goal for goal over the first 16 minutes. Princeton took its first and only lead of the day after back-to-back goals by Mary-Kate Sivilli and Anya Gersoff.
Schreiber scored both her goals in consecutive fashion to give RU a 5-4 advantage with 9:37 remaining before halftime. The Scarlet Knights posted two of the next three goals to take their first two-score lead, 7-5, but the Tigers would fight back to knot the score 7-7 at the break.
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- 3 tablespoons old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons bread flour
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- In a small bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 teaspoons of water or flour if needed). Yield: 1 loaf (3/4 pound, 8 slices).
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