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Morning Fett -aholics! Back from an awesome summer holiday in California-land, and back onto working on the Fett. This is a small update on some of the dome paint - specifically the killstripes, and the fine detail work in and around them. Obviously, there is still a lot more to go on this section, but here are some shots of the almost completed fine detail sections on one quadrant of the dome. Really happy with how this section is coming out so far, and have even tried to emulate the non- symmetrical killstripes, and many of the highlights and scratches. With a bit of luck, the dome paint will be finished shortly to move on to the cheeks and mandibles, but for now, heres a few shots to show some progress, and to show you that although slow, this paintjob is still going ahead! As always, any feedback or thoughts welcome,and glad to be able to share just a little bit of new work with you all! Peace :)
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I've started this new thread to provide an accurate title for the event taking place. It will be up to the Mods if they wish to merger this thread and Imaducklin up north's thread: For the newbies and the Oldies. Or what ever they wish.
Enclosed below is the details provided on the website hosting the information about the second waterfowling workshop.
I believe it is a good thing to provide the public educational opportunities. Both the Annual Virginia Waterfowling Workshop viewtopic.php?f=61&t=229985 and the VA Outdoors Duck & Goose Hunting Strategies Workshop http://magazine.va-outdoors.com/va-outd ... -workshop/ are offering options of education opportunities.
I look forward to attending both of these workshops.
A Thanks goes to Imaducklin up north for posting the second workshop!!
The Annual Virginia Waterfowling Workshop offers 18 class options - 19 hours of educational – 4 mini classes each night – 6 meals and lodging for $130
It looks like the VA Outdoors Duck & Goose Hunting Strategies Workshop offers 6 class options – 4 hours of educational – 1 meal for $70.
The way I see the general public can benefit from attending any or both of these events.
I must ask, who on here will be attending the Annual Virginia Waterfowling Workshop and/or the VA Outdoors Duck & Goose Hunting Strategies Workshop?
VA Outdoors Duck & Goose Hunting Strategies
Instructor: Teddy Carr – Outdoor Action Guide Service & Grit Pack Waterfowl Calls
Dates: October 19th 2013 – 9 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: TBD
Cost: $70 Includes Lunch
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• Wing shooting techniques
• Waterfowl blinds and concealment
• duck and goose calling – early season versus late season – when to be aggressive when to ease off
• Gear, guns and ammo choices
This workshop will be roughly 4 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers with Teddy and his guides. Participants should plan to bring a duck call, goose call and notebook for the workshop – waterfowl calls are not a must have but will be beneficial.


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Is this game any good? Should i give it a shot? Why/why not?
EDIT: This forum is completely dead! I guess, i won't get an answer.
Depends really on the style of gaming you like. Theres alot of grinding involved of course. I played the game quite a while ago and quit as it didnt suit to my taste - that and i became the highest level sorcerer in all the servers... which became the end game for me.
The fun parts i found were the Bosses, some of the dungeons too. But after you play the game for a while things do get quite tedius and repetitive and the LC world seems a much smaller place than when you first started out.
But ultimately - completely down to what gaming style you prefer.
Last Chaos got many hackers. So it ain't so funny anymore. But if you don't care about the hackers. Go for it.
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Written by Eric Schaffer in Haeksher, March/April 2015 edition.
In the last issue of HaKesher, I wrote about diversity on the streets of London. Subsequent events in Paris reminded me that, while diversity enriches our lives, there are times when we focus on our own community.
I found myself struggling to make sense of the threat to Jews in Europe. My initial thought was that parts of Europe have become increasingly dangerous. Is it time to reconsider our future there? My next thought was to avoid overreaction. We are not facing state endorsed threats. We saw French people of all faiths protest violence against our people. We were heartened to learn that Jewish lives were saved by the action of a French-African Muslim.
But where was the outcry before the attack on Charles Hebdo? Where were the marches following murders in Toulouse in 2012 or Brussels in 2014? While much of the world came together on the streets of Paris in January, few of us expect mass protests the next time people are killed just for being part of the Jewish community.
Since then, I have read a wide range of articles with the hope of sorting this out in my own mind.
- Bret Stephens, writing in the Wall Street Journal, concluded that French Jews need to leave sooner rather than later. "It's true that Israelis run greater personal risks than French Jews," but what is the future in a country where anti-Semitism is gently condoned? (from "Packing Time for France's Jews")
- David Remnick's analysis in The New Yorker was less alarmist, but hardly reassuring. Will France and other nations fight for the future of liberal civilization? (from "The Shadow of Anti-Semitism in France")
- Rabbi Tom Cohen at Kehilat Gesher in Paris counseled that giving up is not a solution and asked that we "realize that what has happened in Paris can happen anywhere in the civilized world." (from www.kehilatgesher.org)
- In an insightful article in ReformJudaism.org, Simone Rodan-Benazaquen wrote that "France is under assault" and asked "will this be the necessary wake-up call for France as a whole to confront the danger?" Observing "what happens in the days and weeks ahead will truly test France," she concluded that "the fate of France is entwined with the fate of its Jews." (from "The Fate of France is Entwined with the Fate of its Jews")
- Weekly Standard senior editor Christopher Caldwell decried Europe's decades of carelessness. "It has not recognized that free countries are for peoples strong enough to defend them." (from "Immigration and Islam: Europe's Crisis of Faith")
- Offering an historical perspective beyond the streets of Paris, Lord Jonathan Sacks, emeritus chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, observed: "The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews." Anti-Semitism is not a strictly Jewish problem: "Jews die from it, but it isn't about Jews." (from "EVERAgain")
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A friend in Paris sent me an email in which she observed that French journalists always found "good reasons" to explain attacks on Jews. "Maybe the media will finally understand that we have in France a serious problem." Thinking about her husband and young child, she noted that 7000 Jews left France in 2014 for Israel, Canada, and the United States. In a statement and a question she wrote: "They may be right?"
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Can he fly?
Little story: I bought him for my girlfriend when we thought she was hired on full time at her job. Since her mom told her she could get a small dog. Well going to the pet store just to have something to do she fell in love with him. Two kids had him in the floor as soon as my wife (then girlfriend) walked around the corner he turned and ran. She played with him and petted him for an hour and a half. When we left he whimpered and whined. She went back the next day and wasnt paying attention to anyone until he saw her and he jumped in the changed and was barking until she came to him.
The mother that had the two kids was back in the store saying she almost has her husband talked into it and he would get off work at 5pm and see him and probably get him. Well it being 3pm I how to do something so I bought him. Well my mother in law wouldnt let me wife keep him with her so I kept him. She gets sad because he mom was real strict (like overly, overly strict) so she didnt get to see him that much and missed a big part of his puppy stage. He is healthy and finally starting to calm down some.
Enough yapping time for the pics.
A couple of weeks after we got him
Couple from about 8 months or so ago
Can he fly?
No, but only because he hasnt found his feather yet. If it works for dumbo why cant it work for him? It was funny when he was little. If he ducked his head to sniff he would step on his ears and drag himself down.
Actually if you consider flying being fast then yeah. I dont care what anyone says. Bassett hounds arent lazy. And they definitely dont lay around and not get into anything.
There are maybe one or two things in this world cuter than a doggone bassett hound pup. I just can't think of any at the moment. hehehehe Awesome! Good lookin' hound dog.
Brings a tear to my eye. My Bassets over the years Duke lost him in a divorce, Lucy from a shelter, she was old when I got her. Shelter said she was used in a puppy mill. For her last 6-7 years she had it made, this old hound girl was as smart as a tack. Poor old girl would freak out at gun fire, fire crackers, and thunderstorm. I had to get her some tranquilizers from vet, I was afraid she'd have a heart attack.
When my girl friend would come over if looks could kill but she was never mean and would come to be petted especially if you had a left over piece of pizza. When I would tell her to go lie down she would obey but the looks she gave my girl friend was, he's mine go away!!!!!
She quit eating, so I palpated her abdomen and when I got to a certain area you could tell it hurt badlly, she acted like she was going to bite me but she never did. She had Pancreatic Cancer, I had her cremated and she is buried in Tyler State Park. I'd like another dog but it's a huge responsibilty, if you take them to a kennel when you go out of town, you feel so bad,you generally come back a day early. I cried like a baby, having vet put her down! Sure hope when my time comes, she's there with my family waiting to greet me.
Bassets for the most part are great pets, some are dumb as rocks. I'd like to find either Lemon or white w/black markings. It's just so hard to choose from a litter of Basset Pups. Some end up being smallish like they have some beagle in their Blood Lines and some just turn into long heavy tanks, over 50lbs.
I love this breed, basset hounds always look like they feel guilty
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Bassets make great pets, but they also make excellent hunting dogs as well. They are somewhat slower than other dogs, but that is an advantage when they don't get too far ahead of you and chase game out of shooting range. One (of the 3 I had) was a great pheasant hunter. When she got on a scent in a cornfield, she would take off and step on her ears, trip and her snoot would hit the dirt. She'd jump right back up and go off again. It was so funny to watch, but in the same sense I felt sorry for her, but she didn't seem to mind. She was also a good rabbit dog, not being that fast that there was some distance between them for a safe shot.
The last one was gun-shy and made the greatest pet, I spent hours training and teaching her tricks. She listened better than any other female I have ever known. I doubt I'll ever get another dog that I could train better than that one. I have some great memories.
Buddy is a great looking Basset! I have a 9 1/2 year old female, named Zippy. She is the dog love of my life. I jokingly tell my wife that she had better hope that Zippy lives a long life, because if the vet ever says she has to be put down, it will be a dual euthanasia, Zippy and me. (just kidding her). We bought Zippy for my daughter, but she was too young to really take care of Zippy, so the dog bonded with me. She is always in whatever room I am in. She, too, is not very bright, but they are a bit smarter than they let on. (or, that may be a female thing, I'm not sure).
Anyway, Buddy is very handsome. I hope he brings you years of joy, as Zippy has to us.
Oh, keep the ears clean and his weight down and you will save a lot on vet bills over the years.
They make excellent dogs... loyal to a fault.
Beautiful dog!


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Well damn...I can't beat that...let me look thru my photobucket alblum and see...
The only reason this picture is funny is because I took it on the main street of my home town (I'm not proud of that)...only $1500 and this sweet little ride could be your's to do whoever's lawn you wish with...:mrgreen:
i knew the airlines were trying to save fuel but please that's too much
Hey Rusty where'd you get that picture of my cousin? He couldn't wait for supper that night.
One of my favorites.
The plane, the plane...
Hey Rusty I made it to supper, I wasn't as hungry as o'd Billy Bob was.
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Naturally trendy?
Is the question of LTP then relevant for testing a planet global temperature for trend? To some degree, all processes involving a trend also exhibit some LTP, and it is also important to ask whether the test by Cohn and Lins involves circular logic: For our system, forcings increase LTP and so an LTP derived from the data, already contains the forcings and is not a measure of the intrinsic LTP of the system. The real issue is the true degrees of freedom – number of truely independent observations – and the question of independent and identically distributed (iid) data. Long-term persistence may imply dependency between adjacent measurements, as slow systems may not have had the time to change appreciably between two successive observations (the same state is more or less observed in the successive measurements). Are there reasons to believe that this is the case for our planet? Predictions for subsequent month or season (seasonal forecasting) is tricky at higher latitudes but reasonably skilful regarding El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). However, it is extremely difficult to predict ENSO one or more years ahead. The year-to-year fluctuations thus tend to be difficult to predict, suggesting that LTP is not the 'problem' with our climate. On the other hand, there is also the thermal momentum in the oceans which implies that the radiative forcing up to the present time is going has implications for following decades. Thus, in order to be physically consistent, arguing for the presence of LTP also implies an acknowledgement of past radiative forcing in the favour for an enhanced greenhouse effect, since if there were no trend, the oceanic memory would not be very relevant (the short-term effects of ENSO and volcanoes would destroy the LTP).
Another common false statment, which some contrarians may also find support for from the Cohn and Lins paper, is that the climate system is not well understood. I think this statement is somewhat ironic, but the people who make this statement must be allowed to talk for themselves. If this statement were generally true, then how could climate scientists make complex models – GCMs – that replicate the essential features of our climate system? The fact that GCMs exist and that they provide a realistic description of our climate system, is overwhelming evidence demonstrating that such statement must be false – at least concerning the climate scientists. I'd like to iterate this: If we did not understand our atmosphere very well, then how can a meteorologist make atmospheric models for weather forecasts? It is indeed impressing to see how some state-of-the-art atmopsheric-, oceanic models, and coupled atmospheric-oceanic GCMs reproduce features such as ENSO, the North Atlantic Oscillation (or Arctic or Antarctic Oscillation) on the larger scales, as well as smaller scale systems such as mid-latitude cyclones (the German model ECHAM5 really produces impressive results for the North Atlantic!) and Tropical Instability Waves with such realism. The models are not perfect and have some shortcomings (eg clouds and planetary boundary layer), but these are not necassarily due to a lack of understanding, but rather due to limited computational resources. Take an analogy: how the human body works, conscienceness, and our minds. These are aspects the medical profession does not understand in every detail due to their baffling complexity, but medical doctors nevertheless do a very good job curing us for diseases, and shrinks heal our mental illnesses.
In summary, statistics is a powerful tool, but blind statistics is likely to lead one astray. Statistics does not usually incorporate physically-based information, but derives an answer from a set of given assumptions and mathematical logic. It is important to combine physics with statistics in order to obtain true answers. And, to re-iterate on the issues I began with: It's natural for molecules under Brownian motion to go on a hike through their random walks (this is known as diffusion), however, it's quite a different matter if such behaviour was found for the global planetary temperature, as this would have profound physical implications. The nature is not trendy in our case, by the way – because of the laws of physics.
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Building a 400 sbc. want opinions on what cam and accessories to use. 2 bolt main Looking to put 215cc intake runner aluminum heads by edelbrock (victor jr's) Need some ideas on chamber sizes. Thanks
they come in two sizes, 64 & 70cc, the answer depends on what you're looking to get in the way of compression ratiohttp://www.kb-silvolite.com/calc.php?action=compuse this link to play with the numbers and get a good idea of how different changes affect the compression ratio
welcome to Car Craft FireBirdJimm:Jimm I'm "assuming" you are using your build for a street/strip application correct. Something to have fun with. Do you want that Rumpty-Rump sound of the "old muscle cars" Because you didn't mention what car you have, or what trans your using. With that said let me see if I can give you some options... Bob
Jimm:What type carWhat application street-strip or bothAutomatic or a manual transRear gear ratioHow tall are your rear tires I just looked through Jegs for cams, and they have enough to get get you going. Their cam kits are really inexpensive.So let us know...Bob
thats a good link Scott. i agree Bob, gonna need much more info for a cam recomendation. are we going hydraulic flat tappet, solid, roller? im gonna go out on a limb and guess were talking about a firebird?
I did a 406 for a buddy. .030 over, ft Kb pistons, 350 5.70" rods, stock oil pump,oil pan, RHS 215 cast iron heads w/72 cc chambers(approx 10.0 to 1 comp).500" summit cam 236*@.050", edelbroch rpm intake 750 vac sec Holley. it was in 85 chevy 1500 pickup that ran 13.0 @ 105mph on street tires! 2200-2400 stall 3.73 gears.. it's a torque motor, just extend the rpm range a little. on a budget, use stock type cast dished piston with vortech heads(64cc) and a cam with no more than .450" lift but with around 230-236 duration at .050" (1971-73 Lt1 cam)


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Steven Cramer has published his fifth collection of poetry, "Clangings."
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Recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, Cramer has directed Lesley's MFA in Creative Writing since its launch in 2003. Poets & Writers has named the program one of the top ten low-residency MFA programs in the country.
There will be a publication celebration and reading from Clangings on Thursday, November 1, from 4:30 to 6pm in the Sherrill Library on Lesley's Brattle Campus. Refreshments will be served.
Clangings is published by Sarabande Books, one of the more prestigious independent literary presses in the country. Copies of Clangings and Cramer's previous books will be available for sale at the reading. Clangings can also be purchased by clicking HERE.
The poems in Clangings constitute a dramatic monologue, the speaker manifesting the psycho-linguistic condition "clang associations"—mental connections made between dissociated ideas though word sounds. As the publisher notes, Cramer imagines them into a narrative whose strangeness is intimate, unsteady, and stirring. Poet and MD Rafael Campo praises the book as "a brilliant revision of the clinical term that describes speech that sacrifices sense to sound, [but] here one finds that sound itself is indeed sense."
Steven Cramer is the author of four previous poetry collections: The Eye that Desires to Look Upward (1987), The World Book (1992), Dialogue for the Left and Right Hand (1997), and Goodbye to the Orchard (2004), which won the 2005 Sheila Motton Prize from the New England Poetry Club and was a 2005 Honor Book in Poetry by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.
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During one of my first experiences collaborating with a lighting designer, a fellow architect suggested that we use transparent glass to make a glowing canopy structure. The lighting expert smirked and informed him that transparent materials don't hold light, but allow it to pass through unimpeded.
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A former member of a prominent religious group, Faderhuset(Father's House) provided police a detailed report about how children were abused and terrorized by those responsible for directing the group. The controversial Christian group is a recognized religion in Denmark and police have received numerous reports concerning how children under its care have been abused. Newspaper reports indicate several children between the ages of seven and fifteen attended a military style training camp on the island of Falster. The children, were treated as though they were soldiers. The man said, ""the children were hit, whipped and woken with a gun to their heads in the middle of the night and I was one of those who carried it out."
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The new champion is awesome ! I can't wait for all the plays especially from pro players ! It's gonna be amazing.
I have a hunch that Braum is going to be banned for a couple of weeks on release, not only to stifle the amount of people who'll feed with him but to stop all the people who've practiced with him on the PBE (Like a friend of mine has) to the point where he can stop the most clutch shit ever. It's hilarious. Can't wait to play with my friend once he comes out on the live server.
Edit: Nice, double IP weekend. Haven't had one of these in years.
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Braum is the best thing I never knew I needed, fo srs. Riot's really outdone themselves with support designs lately. He's really similar to Thresh in the sense that he carries his team purely on utility rather than scaling.
Now I wish they'd remove utility scaling and rework the old supports to be the same way.
Currently playing: FFXIV (Elucifer Arclight, Leviathan server), LoL (Trash Tier Waifu, NA server), SMITE (Zacewing)
I really like Braum's design and kit. Probably would buy him (but flat broke on IP due to buying so many new runes...). Thresh isn't my sort of champion even tho he's always been OP...
I honestly don't think Thresh is OP because while he is a jack-of-all-trades, he is incredibly difficult to play well. He relies entirely on his team to win games (a good Thresh is nothing without a good team who knows how to coordinate with him), and he requires really good timing and positioning to make plays. I honestly don't see where Thresh got his reputation for being an OP no-skill champion; if someone's good at Thresh, they're a really good support player.
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He's not just an "all-rounder", he basically does almost everything too well. Janna used to be THE peel support. Now Thresh is arguably much better due to lantern + all his spells applying hard/soft CC (or both at the same time!). All the while, he can also catch people out better than Blitz/Leona (due to not having to pay for lousy hooks, he can always decide not to follow up).
Also, all supports rely on their team to win games and are nothing if their team doesn't coordinate with them, so that point of yours is kinda bad~
You can say he's not OP, but ever since his release, he has always been a top tier pick and has never ever fallen out of favor. It's clear he's too good compared to other supports. Other supports have a niche. Thresh does almost everything well, so why pick niche supports when Thresh can fulfill that AND more?
The only other supports being picked recently (last few months) have been AP mids that provide something Thresh doesn't have (e.g. Annies' damage, Karma's movespeed buffs). Again, it's something no other support can do (without Talisman). Otherwise, Thresh is always picked due to his stupid amounts of utility, CC and decent damage.
I like Braum cos his shield blocking ability is unique and no other support has it. He's got a really good peel/protection, but he pays for it by not being able to catch people out (i.e. a pure defensive support). Can't say the same about Thresh tho~
new champion looks like an extra from brave heart nothing interesting the most boring looking thing ever, is a dude with a stach like riot is not even trying
Braum is what I expect from a support. Has a set role and fulfills it (defensive support). Much like how Blitz is all about hooks/catching people, Janna is a peel support, Leona is heavy engage in teamfights...
CertainlyT sure knows how to make stupidly overloaded champion kits (every one of his champs needed multiple nerfs from release just to make them balanced). But Thresh is going to need adjustments to his kit, not numbers, to balance him (see Darius and Zed ultimate changes, another 2 CertainlyT champs who couldn't be fixed by numbers adjustment alone...)
They're going to need to cut off some of his unneeded CC to make him balanced (seriously, knocking people up/away with Flay isn't enough, you still have to add a SLOW to it?). Lantern is a get out of jail free card for someone out of position, why does it NEED a shield?
Thresh is just really a stupidly overloaded champ. Too many strengths, too few weaknesses~~
Edit: How I'd balance Thresh's lantern? Add counterplay to it. Currently blocking it with champions or wards is unreliable. Make it be able to be attacked by enemies, like wards. Two or three hits and it returns to him. So he can't throw it out and leave it there until his ally finally clicks it. He needs to time it well to make a save, and now his lantern isn't quite as stupidly OP anymore.
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Double IP boost in effect this weekend. Enjoy if you all didn't know!
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hope they do something about seeing Thresh in every game
**** Ranked. I'm doing so bad that either my success is either a fluke or that the enemy team is just god awful.
*sigh*.. there must be a way to practice than dealing with the stress in me being god awful
why do i suck at lol so much Q.Q while i can play dota 2 any day ... Q.Q
Damn, I've gotta remember to pick someone far more cancerous. Even in custom games. Also Hotshot is the master of baiting.
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Wash. Post omitted estimated impact on deficit of Bush's plan to make tax cuts permanent
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In an August 16 article about newly released deficit projections by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), The Washington Post failed to report the estimated impact on the deficit of President Bush's proposal to make permanent the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 that are currently scheduled to expire in 2011. The article, by staff writer Nell Henderson, ran in the newspaper's business section. By contrast, other major newspapers such as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) all ran A-section articles noting the CBO's projection: that permanently extending the tax cuts in 2011 would increase the deficit in fiscal years 2011 through 2015 by more than a trillion dollars.
From the Post article, which emphasized the partisan debate over whether to make the tax cuts permanent rather than citing the CBO's projections of the actual fiscal impact of such proposals:
Republicans on Capitol Hill viewed the CBO forecast as a vindication of the president's tax-cut policies, which they want to make permanent.
"We're clearly on the right track," said House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle (R-Iowa). "The strong economy, higher revenues and falling deficit projections are all results of the successful leadership and policies of the Congress and the president."
But congressional Democrats, who want to let the tax cuts expire as scheduled by the end of 2010, warned that the short-term deficit improvement should not distract attention from the looming, long-term budget problem of covering rising Social Security and Medicare costs as the baby boomers retire in coming years.
"We need to change fiscal course," said Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee. "Continuing to cut taxes and increase spending only accelerates our buildup of debt."
The CBO's "baseline budget outlook" does not include Bush's plan to permanently extend the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA) of 2003. However, later in the report, CBO estimates that making the two tax-cut policies permanent would increase the deficit by $155 billion in 2011, when they are set to expire, and by at least $260 billion in each of the remaining years assessed in the report:
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The CBO also noted that another Bush proposal, to overhaul the alternative minimum tax (AMT), would increase the deficit "by about $247 billion (plus $24 billion in debt-service costs) over the 2006-2015 period."
Unlike the Post, August 16 stories by other major newspapers reported the impact that extending the tax cuts or overhauling the AMT would have on the deficit:
- The New York Times:
Congress has increased spending significantly since the budget office made its last official forecast, in March. The agency now foresees annual deficits totaling $2.1 trillion from 2006 to 2015. That is more than double the total of $980 billion forecast in March. Moreover, the budget office said, the cumulative total of federal budget deficits will be higher still -- $1.3 trillion higher in the coming decade -- if Congress makes the recent tax cuts permanent, as Mr. Bush has proposed.
Mr. Bush and many Republicans say the tax cuts should be extended to keep the economy strong. But the budget office said that such an extension could increase the deficit by more than $250 billion a year from 2012 to 2015.
- The Associated Press, which included debt service and "other" expiring tax provisions calculated in the CBO report to reach its figures:
Unlike White House estimates released last month, CBO assumes that Bush's tax cuts are allowed to lapse at the end of the decade. Most of the cuts in Bush's signature $1.35 trillion tax relief law enacted in 2001 expire by 2010, but many lawmakers and the White House assume that they will be renewed by then.
Even if the tax cuts were allowed to expire, the budget would still stay in the red through the full 10 years covered by CBO's report.
If the tax cuts are renewed, the deficit picture would worsen by $204 billion in 2011 -- to perhaps $327 billion or so. By 2015, the cost of extending the 2001 and subsequent tax cuts would reach $432 billion.
- The Los Angeles Times, which cited figures from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities after incorrectly reporting that the CBO did not assess the impact extending the tax cuts would have on annual deficits:
[T]he budget office assumed that the Bush tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 would expire in 2011, even though the president has said he would work to make them permanent.
Using this approach, the budget office found that the deficit, after shrinking by $33 billion in 2005 compared with its earlier estimate, would grow in each of the next 10 years by a combined total of $1.13 trillion.
The deficit would remain above $300 billon a year through 2010 and then, driven down by the expiration of the tax cuts, fall to between $50 billion and $100 billion from 2012 to 2016.
The budget office also projected the effect of more "realistic" policy assumptions, including phasing down U.S. operations in Iraq and extending the expiring tax cuts. The budget office did not do the arithmetic to show the deficits that might result, but the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities did.
The center found that annual deficits would not dip below $330 billion through 2015 and that, altogether, $4 trillion would be added to the national debt over the next 10 years.
- The Wall Street Journal, which focused on CBO's estimate of the impact on the deficit "[i]f Congress extends the capital-gains and dividend tax cuts and approves an AMT overhaul":
[T]he figures also show the dilemma Mr. Bush faces in trying to meet both his budget goal and another Republican priority: tax reduction. Congressional Republicans hope to overhaul the alternative minimum tax and make permanent Mr. Bush's cuts in the dividends and capital-gains rates, which are due to expire in 2011.
Both proposals would reduce government revenue, but the budget analysis released yesterday doesn't include the costs. It also doesn't take into account potential losses from an estate-tax overhaul.
If Congress extends the capital-gains and dividend tax cuts and approves an AMT overhaul, the total projected deficit for fiscal years 2012 to 2015 would swell to more than $1.5 trillion from $281 billion, according to CBO figures elsewhere in the report.
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High Line Picnic Lunch
Ever see this video on Symmetry? It shows things that go together like peanut butter and jelly, a cat and a mouse, etc. But it's missing one match: The High Line and Chelsea Market. These two attractions are a must do together when visiting the city. Buy a boxed meal at one of the many Chelsea Market restaurants and eat it anywhere on The High Line. And look at the sweet lunch baskets you can buy on your way out. Only $3!
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Oh, I love Chelsea Market so much! Such a great idea to combine a visit with a picnic on the High Line.ReplyDelete
oh i have to do that next time in NYC! love seeing the NYC prices though!ReplyDelete
We did this earlier in the summer. Such a great combo!ReplyDelete
you didn't mention the best part..me! ha ha loved our little date :)ReplyDelete
I didn't go there when I visited NYC! I'll put it on the to do for when we revisit... I'm so jealous that you live there.ReplyDelete
How do you post pictures of your kids without being scared of the creepy people out there? I'd love to post about my daughter but I'm too afraid.
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just found your blog via "cup of jo" and i just love it! my husband and i live in canada (i'm from the states), but we have lots of friends in brooklyn and are hoping to move there (and of course, have a family) after he finishes schooooool. (1 more year!!) anyway, excited to read more about a family in nyc!!ReplyDelete
Two of my faves! Great picturesReplyDelete
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Which stores were these from?Am planning a picnic on the highline.Thank youReplyDelete


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I asked my buddy to borrow his vacuum gauge and he didn't have it on hand today...so I picked up a modulator and the correct size steel line from napa...autozone is horrible...
Came home, installed the modulator, bent the new line, clamped it...ditched that needle crap and fired her up and she's perfect...omfg I'm in love.
Oh...also found out that my neighbor who lives across the street works at the local chevrolet dealership, so I chatted with him for about an hour...cool stuff.
Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the help.
|ok I will ditch that little needle-crap, and I'm going to replace the modulator today just for a good measure. I'm going to try to get my hands on a vacuum gauge to see if I'm producing vacuum from the intake. Just seems odd that I'd suddenly encounter problems after switching these lines and that section of the vacuum line disengrating...but I will keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best.
It was probably there to delay the modulator enough that the tranny wouldn't "hunt" between gears, and/or keep the modulator from functioning as quickly w/the application of throttle. But discard it, just the same.
I believe I have the modulator plumbed correctly. I traced the line and it goes into the intake manifold and the steel tubing looked to be 1/4" tubing but on the end that went into the manifold it had a reducer that narrowed the I.D. to about the size of a needle.
In any case, I salvaged the little deal that went into the intake and ran a short piece of rubber vacuum hose to a new piece of 1/4" tubing and tossed a new piece of rubber hose between the steel line and the modulator.
I did not really push the truck too hard around the neighborhood. Prior to me working on the lines it did seemed that it shifted sooner though. I will do the vacuum check tomorrow at some point.
I've always heard that TH400's are "bulletproof" and while it's not good to run it low on fluid, I really hope I didn't do any damage to the internals. The ironic thing is that I have a 99 mercury sable that had leaky lines and I toasted the tranny in it...but that doesn't surprise me. I seen it was leaking and I totally neglected the leak...because I hate Ford/Mercury And when I was driving home from work, the RPM's went really high...but the car wasn't going forward...I knew I had problems. hahaha...
really I hope the same didnt' just happen on this truck...
I'm going to assume the modulator valve is in the correct way. The governor will cause the tranny to not shift from first to second, but I doubt that the gov. has gone bad just sitting there.
The modulator would cause the shifts to come later, but they would be there. Did you run the RPM up pretty good in "DRIVE" when you did your short road test? If not, you might not have gotten a shift- and I'm not suggesting you go blowing through the neighborhood at 5000 RPM in first, either!
You should check to be SURE there's vacuum at the modulator, and that the vacuum is plumbed to manifold (NOT ported) vacuum. And that the modulator valve is in correctly.
You should be able to draw a vacuum w/your mouth or a mityvac to get the modulator to retract. You can't see it retract (unless you're in front of a mirror), so stick a straw into the end to see that it works. And it should hold a vacuum, as well.
@cobalt...I absolutely plan to!! I found the vacuum line no problem, but I've got a problem.
After I replaced the cooler lines and refilled the trans-fluid (it was down about 2 quarts), I took it about 100 yards down the block and she wasn't shifting. I figured it was because of the modulator, so I ran to the parts store and picked up some vacuum hose and steel line...I rigged up something I figured would produce enough vacuum and took it around the block again...still no shifting.
I could be mistaken but, I tried putting it into first and then I manually shifted into second and it didn't seem like it shifted. I did some research and the only suggestions I found pertained to the modulator or the governor.
I just got the truck on Friday from about 80 miles from my house. Checked fluid before I took it on the road and it was good...was stuck in traffic for a long while and it drove fine with stop and go traffic and highway speeds up to 65ish.
Saturday morning I took my son out for a ride in the truck, made a few rounds in town and when I got home I noticed she was leaking and I stopped driving it and replaced the lines. She had been shifting fine...didn't seem like I was encountering any slippage or anything of that sort.
Any suggestions?
Should be a port on the intake manifold for full vacuum to the modulator.
Vacuum needs to react to the engine load as the throttle is opened.. the vacuum drops to raise line pressure in the trans
T-400 modulator line
In the process of running new cooler lines today, the steel vacuum line going to the modulator fell apart. It was in rough shape.
I'm running short on daylight and I was wondering where the other end of this badboy usually hooksup on the motor...454 89 C3500 truck.
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On February 2, H.R.610, Making Investments Now for Dementia Act of 2011 was introduced by U.S. Representative Michael Burgess (R-TX). This measure proposes to authorize the issuance of United States bonds to fund Alzheimer's research. H.R. 610 has been referred to the House Subcommittee on Health.
On May 13, Representative Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) introduced H.R. 1897, the Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2011. The bill would require the Director of NIH to: (1) coordinate all NIH research activities including the development of a strategic plan for Alzheimer's disease research; (2) report annually to the Secretary, the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care and Services, and the appropriate Committees of jurisdiction in Congress on the strategic research plan and the budget estimates for funding the research in the plan; and (3) submit to the Office of Management and Budget, and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, as part of the annual budget process, a report including the budget estimates of the activities in the strategic plan, a request for appropriations to fund each research activity identified in the strategic plan, a justification explaining why an appropriation request was not included for any activity in the plan, and an analysis of progress toward accelerating breakthroughs in treatments that would prevent, cure, or slow the progression of the disease and reduce the spending on federally funded programs and families and identifies any remaining hurdles to accelerating such breakthroughs or reducing such financial burden. The bill would also require the Directors of all the NIH Institutes and Centers to fund public private partnerships to develop treatments and a cure for Alzheimer's through innovative approaches to research. H.R. 1897 was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
On May 10, Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) introduced a resolution, S.Res. 176, with Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) urging the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal stamp to help raise money for Alzheimer's research. On July 14, Congressman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced companion bill, H.Res.351, in the House of Representatives. Proceeds from the sales of the Alzheimer's stamp would help fund Alzheimer's research at the National Institutes of Health.
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On July 27, Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Cathy McMorris Rodgers ( Co-chairs of the Neuroscience Caucus), Representatives Edward Markey and Chris Smith (Co-chairs of the Alzheimer's Disease Task Force) hosted a House briefing on the Neuroscience Blueprint: NIH Efforts to Integrate and Advance Neuroscience Research, with speakers Dr. Story Landis, Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Dr. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Dr. Richard Hodes, Director of the National Institute on Aging.
On June 23, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights (Representative Chris Smith [R-NJ], Chairman) held a hearing on the International Efforts on Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Hodes testified on behalf of NIH.
On June 22, Dr. Richard Hodes briefed House and Senate congressional staff on Alzheimer's disease imaging research at Hill meetings sponsored by the Alliance for Aging Research, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, the Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research, and the Cure Alzheimer's Fund.
Other National Briefings:
On July 21, Dr. Hodes presented at a Summit on Population and Demographics hosted by former Vice President Al Gore in New York.
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Organizations are experiencing dramatic growth in unstructured data, driven by forces such as social media, online video, user-uploaded content, gaming and software-as-a-service applications. This object-oriented information is typically written, read and deleted but never modified, unlike conventional data files that are frequently revised or updated. The shift to mobile and tablet computing compounds the storage challenge.
Not surprisingly, traditional storage systems fall short when confronted with the object-based storage archetypes of today, which are characterized by data that needs to be instantly accessible from any device over HTTP and stored forever. It is simply no longer sufficient to build storage silos utilizing non-web protocols that are tied to specific applications. While many public cloud storage services have risen to meet these new storage needs, not every organization can—or should—use public cloud storage.
For many companies, the challenge is how to deploy a storage solution that can cost-effectively meet their needs in this modern object-based data environment. Solutions based on the conventional storage stack are inherently complex and inefficient, relying on decades-old layers of software and hardware stacked together to provide a data path between documents and rich media residing in a file system atop a hardware layer based on block storage. Such solutions offer relatively poor scalability, their expansion typically entailing both increased cost and complication as well as diminished performance and reliability.
This approach is not only inefficient, it is also unnecessary. The majority of today's mass scale applications do not need either file semantics or a file system to optimize space management on a device. Modern applications only need object semantics (e.g., write the whole thing, read the whole thing, delete the whole thing, refer to it by a handle chosen by the client and cluster manager), not where data resides on a given device.
Ideally, organizations would be able to deploy their own private cloud solutions, leveraging the architectural scalability, accessibility and reliability of major public cloud computing platforms (e.g., Amazon Web Services or AWS) leveraging standard hardware, but in a form that is simpler and more affordable to configure, manage and scale out than traditional storage.
Solution: Private Cloud Storage Powered by OpenStack Swift
SwiftStack private cloud storage provides object storage for today's applications in a scale-out architecture that overcomes the limitations of traditional storage systems. In addition to addressing scalability, this software-defined solution lowers the cost of storage distributed across multiple datacenters, allowing end users to affordably respond to user and data growth.
First used by service providers and enterprises with SaaS and web/mobile applications, software-defined storage (SDS) solutions leveraging standard server hardware and standard drive technology dramatically lower the cost of supporting hardware; open-source SDS solutions also lower the price of software, providing an end solution that is 1/4th to 1/5th the cost of public cloud or traditional on-premise storage arrays.
Like other software-defined storage solutions, SwiftStack differs from traditional storage by running on standard server hardware. Powered by OpenStack Swift, SwiftStack is an open solution with a vibrant development community and no lock-in. Also unique among open solutions is its exclusive focus on object storage, optimizing for superior scalability, and made easy via the SwiftStack controller (see Figure 1, below).
OpenStack Swift can scale from a few nodes and a handful of drives to thousands of machines with hundreds of petabytes of storage. Swift is designed to be horizontally scalable–there is no single point-of-failure, significantly increasing reliability. Swift is also ideal for storing and serving content to a multitude of concurrent users, which further differentiates it from other storage systems.
Managed through a browser-based controller, SwiftStack is easy to operate from multiple levels of access. The dashboard interface removes the heavy lifting from configuration, organization, authentication, and load balancing. Regular alerts, reports and system stats keep operators constantly updated on their storage needs. In short, the power of public cloud storage in your own datacenter, managed as a product not a project.
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Modern applications need storage to scale out horizontally because more and more user data is being concentrated on fewer and fewer distributed systems. Software-defined storage meets this need for horizontal scalability, enabling additional amounts of storage capacity by adding servers in a cluster.
Utilizing ubiquitous technologies like HTTP and Ethernet, it's possible to create storage systems that span not just one rack, not just one networking switch, not just one data center—but that can extend over the Internet (or a large-scale private corporate network). And now with the Seagate Kinetic Open Storage platform, those same protocols are available all the way down to the drive.
The Kinetic platform ushers in a new era to define the new unit of measure for storage. The platform includes the following components that are radically different from the existing generation of disk drives:
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The composition of storage systems that take advantage of Kinetic drives will be radically simplified. The storage nodes will simply be an enclosure for the drives and an everyday Ethernet switch. As a result, these enclosures will reduce system total cost of ownership (TCO) The enclosures will also consume less electricity and enable greater storage density, further reducing TCO.
Compared with the conventional storage stack described earlier, the Seagate Kinetic stack is much simpler and more direct (see Figure 2, below):
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HOB Welcomes Sr. Client Relationship Manager - 04/30/12
9:45 A.M. PT, April 30, 2012
(San Luis Obispo, CA) - Heritage Oaks Bank is pleased to announce Liz Summer has joined the Bank as a Vice President and Senior Client Relationship Manager. Summer's responsibilities include handling relationships with existing bank customers in San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande as well as bringing new clients to the Bank.
"We are so excited that Liz has joined Heritage Oaks Bank," says Joanne Funari, Market President. "She is an amazing, caring, professional and respected member of the San Luis Obispo community. She is very active in all aspects of the non-profit arena. Liz is a great addition to our team and will be instrumental in expanding our footprint in the San Luis Obispo area."
"Heritage Oaks Bank is known for delivering a high level of customer service. Their commitment to their clients aligns with my expectations of what customers should expect from their bank and the service they should receive." says Summer.
Summer comes to Heritage Oaks Bank with broad knowledge and experience in client relations and business development in banking and financial services. She also has professional experiences to draw from in the field of journalism and communications.
Having relocated to San Luis Obispo with her husband and three children in the mid 1990's, Summer is a longtime member of many civic and charitable organizations in and around the County. She is a past President of and currently serves on the San Luis Obispo Symphony Board of Directors, a member of the San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation Development Committee and San Luis Obispo Rotary Daybreak. In addition, Summer is a founder of the San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation Women's Legacy Fund, is a past President of the San Luis Obispo County Planned Giving Council and past President of the San Luis Obispo High School Gridiron Club.
As a new member of our team, Liz Summer is a valuable asset to Heritage Oaks Bank and its clients.


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If you've been chatting with your web development team recently, you might recall them talking about responsive design. But, what is responsive design and why should eBusiness professionals be taking it seriously?
First, responsive design is not a technology, it's a development philosophy - an approach to web development that forces user experience developers to design and optimize from the outset for multiple touchpoints including (but not limited to) the desktop, tablets and mobiles. Until now, many eBusiness teams have either developed their mobile site by coding a separate set of templates, or outsourcing to a 3rd party vendor or agency whom in many cases scrapes or proxies existing content from the desktop site. As many retailers and other eBusiness teams start to develop optimized tablet sites, there is a distinct concern that supporting 3 different sites for desktop, tablets and mobile is becoming increasingly expensive and is causing a drag on innovation momentum.
With a responsive site, developers use a single set of front-end code to build a site that responds within the constraints of the device to deliver an experience that is contextual to the size and orientation of the screen. Responsive design allows eBusiness leaders to consolidate their teams (UX designers and developers) back into a single 'web' team aligned around a single technology (CSS3 & HTML5) and writing a single set of code. Some eBusiness leaders are referring to this consolidation as back to "one-web" and are increasingly intrigued by the potential cost and efficiency benefits that moving to a responsive site has to offer.


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Federal investigators examining the shooting death by Blackwater guards of Iraqi civilians have narrowed their focus to three men who were involved in the incident that caused great anger in Iraq. A federal grand jury is conducting the investigation and there apparently are great concerns over testimony that has already been provided the group. An ongoing issue arises from the Blackwater company use of the same lawyer being assigned the cases of more than one guard. This raises concerns about conflict of interest since client "A" might be giving information that could convict client "B." It also brings to light an integrity issue that might hinder efforts of the grand jury to get at the truth about the shooting that resulted in the deaths of 17 Iraqis. Sources indicate that testimony of the four guards who so far have appeared before the grand jury are raising questions about the shootings which might lead to indictments being taken against at least three of the guards.
Blackwater continues muddying up the situation with its policy of allowing lawyers to handle more than a single client. The goal should be getting at the truth but this might be hampered by the current system in operation. Undoubtedly, those being charged with possible crimes are satisfied to have the company decide on legal support even though, in the long run, it might be detrimental to their own self interests.


text: This is a very interesting matchup. So far as I can see, it comes down to 3 main things 1 - Defense. Offensively, these are very evenly matched teams when it comes down to all out scoring talent. The ability of OKC to defend transition plays, and MIA's ability to defend both the perimeter and flex plays with Durant curling around from the corner to the high post. I am also interested to see if the Heat still use the double post to create plays, and whether OKC can shut it down 2 - Passing - OKC are far more efficient when they pass the ball. Isolation's are not great, but MIA chokes off passing lanes very effectively. It will be interesting to see if OKC can maintain their play from the previous series, because it was beautiful basketball. 3 - Role players. We can make the assumption that MIA has the better core players, not by a lot, but they certainly have an advantage. Ruling out an injury, the impact of the surrounding cast (not necessarily the bench) is extremely important. Especially when it is considered who they match up against. Chalmers/Cole v Westbrook, Anthony/Juwan/Haslem v Ibaka/Perkins. I believe that the Heat are well placed. They have the talent to go all the way. But it is a good matchup! I look forward to watching the first game tomorrow morning.


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By mustang6560 on 3/5/12
Rory McIlroy captured his third career PGA Tour victory yesterday at the Honda Classic and with the win Sunday, he ascended to the highest perch in golf - the coveted world number one ranking.
"It was always a dream of mine to become the world No. 1 and the best player in the world or whatever you want to call it," McIlroy said. "But I didn't know what I would be able to get here this quickly. ... Hopefully, I can hold onto it for a little longer."My brother called me yesterday ahead of Tiger Woods' birdie-eagle finish at PGA National to find out if I was following the leaderboard. As a huge Tiger fan, he wanted to make sure I witnessed Tiger's greatest Sunday comeback ever. Unfortunately for my brother, Tiger's final round 62 was a day late and a dollar short.
I was happy to see Rory keep calm and carry on, especially when he knew Tiger was surging in front of him. Now that Rory is number one in the world, I wonder how long he'll stay there. A month? A year? Multiple years? If I was a betting man (which I am), I would be willing to bet he'll remain in the top spot for two years. He's found an extra gear as of late and I expect more good things from the 22-year-old in the coming months including a major championship.
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legitimatebeef says:
Luke Donald's reign of terror is over. I mean who wants to live in a golf world where the number one player cannot hit a 300 yard three wood.
homermania says:
Great day for golf and a great win for Rory! Nice to know Tiger can play on Sunday. Now to put four rounds together...
bkuehn1952 says:
If Rory manages to hang on to the #1 ranking for several years, I hope he starts wins 4-5 times a year and adds another Major. It is hard to wrap my head around a system that puts so much emphasis on "Top Tens" and good finishes in Majors. We need a #1 player to go out there and win half a dozen times with a Major or two.
DaRupp13 says:
I like how the article is about Rory except the last 2 out of 3 paragraphs are about Tiger.
bducharm says:
Rory seems like a good kid. He definitely has taken his fitness to a new level. This week hopefully will be great with Rors, Tiger, Phil, etc. at the Cadillac!!! Should be fun!!!
Duke of Hazards says:
Definitely the most talented #1 in the world since Tiger lost it. These other guys (Kaymer, Westwood, Donald) were never the real deal. Let's see if this one has the mental fortitude to keep the crown. 'Hope' isn't going to cut it.
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Man, when Tiger dropped that eagle on 18 all I wanted to see was a Rory semi collapse and the playoff begin.
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In the face of rising concerns about violent crime and growing demands for respectful policing in Jamaica, leaders of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) and Ministry of National Security (MNS) have been trying improve and then demonstrate the results of law enforcement actions.
Dissatisfied with "clearance rates" as a measure of police performance, which ignore what most police officers do most of the time (try to prevent crime through patrol and other means), a team from the JCF, MNS, and Harvard reviewed two sources of police statistics that are routinely collected but never analyzed together at management meetings:
The result was a scatter-plot that maps the location of each of the Constabulary's 19 division's output along two axes, one for "searches" and one for "hits." The plot shows that some police divisions generate relatively high numbers of "hits," while others yield fewer than a thousand such hits in the course of more than a quarter million searches. Justice officials in Jamaica and other countries debate whether searches and raids and stops without a hit have any value for policing and public safety, but they know such actions consume scarce resources and may alienate the public.
Noticing the potential of this indicator to incentivize more carefully planned police action, especially in divisions with low hit rates or troubled community relations, the Commissioner of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) asked that we test a revised version of the indicator in one of the five police areas in the fall of 2010. The results of this test, and the evolution of the indicator, including plans to implement it across the island, are described in a case study of indicators in development (forthcoming).
Intrigued by the findings and promising results of the work in the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), the director of the Lagos, Nigeria State Police's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) asked for support developing a measure of the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of police investigations. The director of CID was confident that investigations were being completed in a more expeditious and professional manner since he had introduced regular trainings and a new system of case review, but there was no evidence or data that could be used to generate an indicator of police performance.
Using a small sample of cases for which we could find complete dates, we learned that police investigators in 2010 required less than half as many days as they did in 2009 to send a completed homicide case to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). In 2009, 107 days elapsed on average between an arrest and the sending of a completed homicide investigation to the DPP, but only 43 days had elapsed in cases CID sent to the DPP in 2010. We are now working with CID to improve the information systems on which an indicator of the efficiency of police investigators can be regularly produced.


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Hey guys,
Some may remember the build I started last year of my DC-17m?
Here are two of the threads that show the early progress and my thoughts for it at the time:
Scroll down a bit for it. ;)
My RC template thread.
Anyway, I'm working on it again now and wanted just one thread dedicated to it so here I am. :)
To begin, I plan on building all three attachments for this beast which meant me having to cut out the existing assault rifle attachment to make way for the "reveal" details that we see in between attachment fitting and removal.
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I got to work on doing this today and it almost broke my heart! Even though I knew it would improve the build in the long run, it was a little hard to destroy part of the build. LOL!
Here it was this morning:
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Then after me going at it with the knife!!
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I didn't manage to make as much progress on this as I'd have liked today but spreading myself between commissions, kids and this is a little tricky. :) Anyway, I started to close up the hole that was left in the main body of the rifle before calling it a day:
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More progress to follow as I continue with the build as well as design the templates I'll be using to build the Anti-Armor and Sniper attachments!!! :D
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