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12 Apr 2011
JON CARDINELLI says the Sharks have provided the solution to the John Smit conundrum.
Peter de Villiers may be blind, but the answer's there for all to see. Smit must go to the World Cup as a leader; not as a frontline player. That's not a contradiction.
De Villiers has criticised the Sharks for their present management of Smit. He's made it clear that he wants Smit playing hooker at the Sharks and at the Springboks.
But Sharks coach John Plumtree has had other ideas. Smit has played just 18 minutes at hooker in the 2011 Super Rugby competition. While it seems clear to De Villiers that Smit is a hooker, the Sharks believe that he better suits their purposes as a reserve prop.
Plumtree and company are not at fault. Bismarck du Plessis is in the form of his life. He's not only the best hooker in the country, but one of South Africa's most important players. Du Plessis is a crucial cog at the set-piece and a bully at the breakdown. The Sharks need him to play as many minutes as possible in the big games. The Boks do too.
Smit struggled when he was shifted to tighthead at the end of 2008, and failed to make a successful transition back to hooker in 2010. He shed a lot of weight in the 2011 pre-season, but at 33 he doesn't offer as much grunt and dynamism as Du Plessis.
The Sharks have at times included the bustling Craig Burden on the bench, preferring to deploy Smit as a reserve prop. In seven appearances, Smit has featured four times at loosehead and twice at tighthead. He may be given another crack at hooker this season, but his real value in the games that matter is as a reserve loosehead.
There may be an argument to start Smit at No 1 for the Boks, as he has done in three Super Rugby matches thus far. But to do so would deny the Boks another dynamic player. Beast Mtawarira continues to improve at the scrum, and his work-rate around the field is tough to match.
Mtawarirra and the Du Plessis brothers are likely to form the Bok front row at the World Cup with Smit providing support from the bench. Smit told SA Rugby magazine last year that he would play off the bench if it was best for the team. If the first eight rounds are anything to go by, Smit is making good on his word.
The truth is Smit still has a lot to offer as a leader. De Villiers has committed to Smit, and it's no secret that the Bok captain and senior players play a big role in the running of the side. He may not be indispensable as a frontline player, but he's crucial to the World Cup cause.
Victor Matfield is the natural successor to Smit, but his captaincy has been less than inspiring over the past 12 months. He made some dubious calls as the Bulls' skipper in the 2010 Currie Cup semi-final, and wasn't at his best on the Boks' subsequent tour of the Home Nations.
The 2011 season has also witnessed a disappointing effort, as unlike Smit, Matfield doesn't possess the underrated ability to stay on the right side of the referee. It's something he needs to address, as with the Boks' robust reputation, you need a charmer wearing the captain's armband.
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12 Apr 2011, 16:58 pm@iori Yagami(iori Yagami)-319: The mighty Boks which are currently headed to the RWC are a bunch of broken down hasbeens who couldn't beat a girls u19 squad right now. Ireland has had our number many times before as has France. Wales nearly beat us last year. If we were to meet either team at the RWC I would be betting against the other side. If we don't select in-form players and change tactics we will be lucky to get out of the group stages. If PdV goes through with selecting every Bulls player on a Bok contract we will end up as the laughing stock of the RWC.
12 Apr 2011, 17:01 pmsemi-pro?
don't let her catch you saying that
12 Apr 2011, 17:02 pm@bananaboy(bananaboy)-349:
Good heavens, have you seen me in my Lycra in the Argus Bike Race pictures!!!Hehheheh
12 Apr 2011, 17:05 pm@The X-factor is staying at home.(gunther)-352: I have been called worse here!!
I would like to enter your competition, do you have a section for overseas candidates?
12 Apr 2011, 17:05 pmindeed.
you put the semi in semi-pro
12 Apr 2011, 17:06 pm@JR – The Real Make The Circle Bigger(JayDaFiveOh)-351: Dont you dare forget about the loss against Scotland! We desperately need young blood who will fight for glory and not just another personal achievement (the senior player give off that type of vibe).
Matfield and co cant possibly believe that they still have what it takes to claim a spot in the run on team. Smit must be there in one way or another and im not going to try and crack that problem, but the rest must brought back to earth and dropped. The youngsters can do it. And Danie Rossouw is totally underrated and not used enough on national and these days domestic level.
12 Apr 2011, 17:08 pmyes indeed we will.
it shall be called "girls of many nations" category.
there will be prizes for those who write Gunther on their body parts when posing.
12 Apr 2011, 17:12 pmJannie
Smith(if fit)/BrussowDu Preez(if he regains his form)/ Mc Cloud/ Hougard (with limited gametime not really an option)
Steyn -
12 Apr 2011, 17:16 pm@The X-factor is staying at home.(gunther)-357:
Body parts sound a bit CSI….!!! -
12 Apr 2011, 18:38 pm@Jeez(Jeez)-358: I would also add Sykes even if he is going off to Ulster next year. This is the RWC year. We'll worry about replacing him next year.
12 Apr 2011, 19:22 pm@JR – The Real Make The Circle Bigger(JayDaFiveOh)-351: You are sooo right … i mean look at NZ – Conrad smith, Nonu, Donald, Muiliana are in sublime form, Canes and Chiefs wiping everyone before them. And then those NZ teams with their great lineouts, absollutely dominating the competition … lets not even get to the Aussies – I mean Giteau and the Brumbies dazzling their way to victory after victory and the Tahs man … absolutely sublime
12 Apr 2011, 19:38 pmIf you look at the SA teams and the amount of boks in each of the sides, its quite shocking and scary knowing that at least 4 Bull-boks will make the bok team. Matfield, Botha, Spies, Steyn, Kirchner,Olivier (K & O probably on the bench) The Cheetahs at this point look more competitive than the Bulls and the only bok in their team at the moment is Floors. At least he's a hasbeen who doesn't feature in the bok setup anymore.
12 Apr 2011, 19:40 pmO and Du Preez, but lets hope he can regain form. He was out for a long time, so hopefully he's just still rusty..
12 Apr 2011, 19:57 pm@PissAnt(PissAnt)-329: That is amazing !!!!
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12 Apr 2011, 21:26 pmI have said many times before that the polls here are a bit whacked… something wrong with the system that allows the voting options to be displayed in the order of results…
Anyway, I don't believe this one:
After eight rounds, who's your favourite to win the SA conference?
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12 Apr 2011, 22:13 pm@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-365: did they allow tacci to put in 3700 votes???
13 Apr 2011, 08:52 amSmit must prop up Bok bench but not actually play on the Bok bench???
13 Apr 2011, 14:24 pmOh Captain my Captain…!
13 Apr 2011, 15:43 pmA few changes IMO
Probable bok squad for RWC
15. Francois Steyn / Gio Aplon.
14. J.P. Pieterson .
13. Jacques Fourie / Juan De Jongh
12. Jean De Villiers
11. Bryan Habana / Lwazi Mvovo.
10. * Morne Steyn / Butch James/Pat Lambie
9. Fourie Du Preez / Ruan Pienaar/F.Hougaard
8. * Pierre Spies
7. Juan Smith / Willem Alberts
6. Schalk Burger / Heinrich Brussow
5. Victor Matfield (vc) / Andries Bekker.
4. Bakkies Botha / Danie Rossouw.
3. Jannie Du Plessis / CJ van der Linde
2. John Smit (c) / Bismark Du Plessis / ChilliBoy Ralapelle
1. John Smit / Beast Mtawarira / Gurthro SteenkampRyan Kankowski will miss out due to both Willem Alberts & Rossouw can cover 8.No need for a second specialist 8 (Frans Louw more realistic an option to sneak in as second specialist fetcher)
BJ Botha a will not make RWC,hasnt been in squad for a bit.CJ van der Linde has more of a chance at reserve TH.
Wynand Olivier wont make RWC squad.Juan De Jongh covers both 12/13 plus also Frans Steyn also an option at 12 thus no need for another specialist 12.(Butch & Lambie also can play at 12)
This is a 30 man squad.Thats is too big at least by 2 players.usually its a 28 man squad…Rallapelle might miss out as they may choose to go with 2 hookers rather than 3 and last place is between Lambie/Pienaar/Mvovo.
Mvovo-limited becasue he only plays wing (both Aplon & Hougaard cover wing as well)
Pienaar/Lambie-utility tag is only suitable for largely 1 player in team.And both of them fill this quota.One may have to go.Take your pic
14 Apr 2011, 08:48 amAm I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? Didn't read thru all the posts but this confusion needs to stop. If Smit is goint to be there, he needs to be there, front and center! The team needs 1 leader and that's the captain. A captain should never be substituted either, unless injured of course, but what JC is suggesting can only fck up the works even more
14 Apr 2011, 08:58 am@BokiNZ(BokiNZ)-370: ja
k ak idea.
just drop the oke and send him to supersport as a commentator.
15 Apr 2011, 04:25 am@grant10(grant10)-371: In essence what I'm saying mate. If Smit is going to the WC, it has got to be as the leader…period. Front and center. If not as captain and 1st choice hooker, then he has to be dropped and watch on tele like the rest of us. I feel Smit can still lead this side from the front, but to get there he needs to play. And prop is not it. He'll never be a 1st choice prop but he could/should be 1st choice hooker. When the international season comes round, it will be too late. Now is the time. Plum needs to reconsider
15 Apr 2011, 04:59 am"If not as captain and 1st choice hooker, then he has to be dropped and watch on tele like the rest of us."
What a crock of shite… Smit off the bench for the Boks offers more than any other front-rower in RSA…
15 Apr 2011, 12:00 pm"Matfield is the natural successor". Huh??
1) He's unlikely to be around for bokke after this season.
2) He only looks like a good captain in a winning team. But a winning team doen't need a captain, everyone just does their job. In a losing team Victor as captain is a sulky petulant pratt. We haven't seen it often cos he hasn't often skippered a losing team. But he has been consistent.There are no other obvious choices. Neither Jean nor Schalk have impressed as leaders. Fourie is like Matfield in spades. Any other offers?
So Plod must travel as captain from the bench. Not ideal but he'll be on the field for the vital last 20 min.
22 Apr 2011, 00:03 amReading everyone's comments makes me see things in many different ways. The whole experienced versus too old situation can be pretty tricky. If we only send the young ones to the Rugby World Cup and don't make it past the quarter finals, we'll think we should have used the experienced players more. But the flip side is true too. If we really think about it, we are in a good position.
We have some of the most experienced players in the world as well as some of the most talented. We stand a very good chance to win the world cup again. The coach, management and senior players have to make hard decisions and be true to the team and themselves. I think the answer lies in putting the teams best change to win first in every decision and cancel out everything else. We can only hope. Go Springboks!
22 Apr 2011, 05:22 am@jacob(jacob)-375: You're not in a good position if your experienced players are over the hill and your inexperienced players have only played a series of five-minute cameos.
Well, let's amend that : you're in an excellent position to commit rugby suicide, but you're in a dreadful position to contend for a world cup.
Hope is all you've got. Same as Namibia.
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Some of the mildest weather in recent memory helped bring out more than 100 people to Lake County Right to Life's 40th annual Justice March for Preborn Children anti-abortion march in Mentor on Sunday afternoon.
Children, teens, adults and the elderly all made the snow-free, 1.5-mile journey along Mentor Avenue from the parking lot of the Great Lakes Mall to St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church.
The yearly event always takes place shortly before the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion on Jan. 22, 1972. Since its legalization, more than 50 million abortions have been conducted in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Geneva resident Mary Jo Janson, participating in her 10th Lake County march, said two of her daughters were also in attendance.
Janson was carrying a sign that read "Don't abort. Real help," followed by the phone number for the Mentor location of Birthright, an organization that helps women through unplanned pregnancies.
"The Right to Life office has so much information available on the detrimental affects of abortions," Janson said.
Janson said she hoped the march would raise awareness about the abortion issue.
"For some reason I think there's a bias in media coverage of the issue," Janson said. "It's puzzling."
Each year in the gym of St. Mary's, a few speakers talk to the crowd as they warm up with hot chocolate and snacks. Continued...
Jacqui Fetsko, executive director of Lake County Right to Life, said this year's theme is the issue of abortion in the black community.
"They (African-Americans) are targeted by Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry," Fetsko said.
In 2009, non-Hispanic black women had the highest abortion rates at 32.5 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, according to the CDC. The demographic also had the highest abortion ratios at 477 abortions per 1,000 live births.
The Rev. Walter Moss, pastor of Foursquare Church in Canton, told the crowd he was happy to see such a big turnout for the event.
"One day I looked at the statistics and God challenged me and said, 'Well what are you going to do about it?' " Moss said.
Moss also urged the attendees to keep from getting distracted by the materialistic world.
"Many people are caught up in their convenience of life. Working, two cars, two garages and all that stuff," Moss said. "You get caught up in the materialism of this life and you don't want to deal with life issues."
The crowd also listened to speeches from others, including the Rev. Roscoe Heath of New Praise Ministries in Euclid.
In addition to raising awareness and alternatives to abortion, Fetsko said the event is also to memorialize the unborn that have been aborted.
"We think 40 years is enough for the slaughter of the unborn," Fetsko said.
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Posted May 16th, 2013 on 1st Anniversary of this Event
Arthur Topham
[Editor's Note: In the interests of freedom of speech and freedom of the Internet I am posting my "Arrest Statement" which my former lawyer Mr. Douglas Christie advised me to write soon after my arrest on May 16th, 2012. His wise counsel was that this case would likely drag on in the courts for years and by the time it came to trial (should such an event arise) that many of the details of my recollection of that fateful day would by then be hazy and doubtful. Acting on Mr. Christie's advice I wrote out a detailed description of what took place that May morning last year. It's an interesting picture of what can happen to you here in Canada should the Jewish lobby decide they don't like being criticized. Read. Heed. And please pass it on to your friends and associates. ~Arthur Topham]
On Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 I started out my work day travelling out to my mining property on the 2400 Rd off the Barkerville Hwy to meet up with the Petro Canada fuel truck at 9:30 a.m. I was having the company fuel truck filled with 1200 gallons of diesel fuel for use during the upcoming placer mining operations for this season. When that was completed I returned home to my residence at 4633 Barkerville Hwy and prepared for a trip up to Prince George where I had to go to the Richie Bros. Auctioneers site to pick up some mining equipment that my business associate had recently purchased at an auction on May 10th. My business partner and wife, Shastah Topham, came along with me and we left our home at approximately 11:00 a.m. heading west toward Quesnel.
Plans had also been made ahead of time to meet another mining associate at Princess Auto in Prince George at 1 p.m. and between the two of us we would haul equipment back to my placer claims on the 2400 Road.
Due to the fact that the Petro Canada fuel truck was a bit late in arriving at the site plus the additional time necessary to fuel the 1200 gallon truck I was running behind schedule by about half an hour.
We were travelling in a 2009 Chev pickup owned by my mining associate with whom I am presently in a Joint Venture Agreement.
When one leaves my property at 4633 Barkerville Hwy you must turn right on to the Barkerville Hwy in order to travel toward Quesnel and Hwy 97 the route necessary to travel in order to get to Prince George. The section of Hwy 26 (Barkerville Hwy) that runs past my residence stretches in a straight line for approximately 1 km. As soon as I pulled out on to the road I immediately saw that there was a white pickup truck sitting adjacent to the eastbound lane of highway just before the road descended down a small dip and passes Cottonwood Historic Site.
As we drove toward it I remarked to my wife, "There's the cops sitting there. Looks like they're either waiting to catch Willie again or maybe they're doing surveillance on Don Carter's property. Don Carter has been experiencing ongoing harassment by the Canadian Revenue Agency over the past few years and has also had numerous encounters with the RCMP in conjunction with the CRA.
As we approached the white pickup we could see two men in dark clothing sitting in it trying to look as unobtrusive as possible. Again I said to my wife, "If we weren't running so damn late I'd stop and asked them if they were lost or needed any assistance."
As we crested the dip and passed Cottonwood Historic Site I noted that within a minute or so the white pickup was now following us. I asked my wife is she was buckled up (she was) and then I set my vehicle on cruise control at about 95 cpm. The limit was 90 kph so I knew that at least if the cops were going to stop me they wouldn't have the excuse that I was speeding.
As we proceeded on toward Quesnel Shastah was spoon-feeding me my breakfast as I drove because we were too late for me to sit down at home and eat before leaving. I remarked to my wife that the cops were likely watching us through their binoculars and wondering what she was doing. We also were discussing the vehicle that was now so obviously tailing us. It's always a joke for the locals around Cottonwood when the police come and try to set up either a surveillance vehicle or radar to catch unwary speeders. The cops never seem to understand that when you live in a very small, tight-knit community that everyone in the area is very aware of who drives what type of vehicle and when they see a vehicle parked on the side of the highway with people sitting in it they know right away that they're either broke down or else cops.
We continued along the highway talking about cops and related issues until we reached the top of 11 Mile Hill. When one begins to descend you are overlooking the Fraser Valley viewshed and can see westward for over a hundred kilometres. About half way down I noted that a regular white coloured RCMP van with the usual bells and whistles was now directly behind the white pickup. At the same time, due to the steep grade of the hill, I was also watching my own speedometer to make sure I didn't begin coasting beyond the 100 km speed limit. As we neared the bottom of the hill the RCMP van's lights came on. I told Shastah and proceeded to slow down and pull over on the right hand side of the highway just where the road levelled off.


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Hey what's up my frag heads? I went on a trip down memory lane. I pulled out my box of all my samples and went through them again and search for something I may have missed. I came across Costume National Homme and fell in love again. I searched around on the internet for this bottle and came across some on Amazon,fragrance net, and went to the costume national website. the bottle on the website goes for about 100 dollars while on fragrance net and Amazon go for about 60. I also found this on luckysent but it was running about $80 for a 50ml. I was wondering if they were all the same Costume National Homme since it was all the same pic and its just the plain Homme why the huge price differences? I was just trying to find a good seller that has this powerhouse.
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Farm bill holds many benefits for Valley
All of a sudden, our representatives in Washington, D.C., are getting the message that they need to work together in order to get things done. One result is legislation that could bear huge benefits for Washington state and the Yakima Valley.
The Senate earlier this month approved 64-35 a complicated measure that changes how money is allocated to the agricultural sector. The bill would cut, over the next 10 years, agriculture programs by $23.6 billion, mostly by ending direct payments to growers of crops like corn, soybeans, sorghum and cotton. In place of those payments, growers would be eligible for insurance- reimbursement rates based on near-record high prices.
Critics have complained these payments go to wealthy, well- connected farmers and corporate entities that don't need the help. Redirecting these benefits is somewhat akin to turning an aircraft carrier at sea, so any reallocation marks a major long-term change, and this one is for the better, both in process and policy. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called it "one of the finest moments in the Senate in recent times in terms of how you pass a bill."
On the policy end, more of those benefits will head the Northwest's way. New to the bill -- via an amendment by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. -- is support for research in crops like apples, cherries and potatoes that are the very heart of Central Washington's agricultural identity.
Senators also kept funding to help commodity groups market crops overseas, a crucial component as Valley growers compete in the global economy. The program provides matching dollars to promote apples, pears and cherries; the Senate defeated a floor amendment that would have ended the program. "All in all, it is a very good product the Senate passed," said Chris Schlect, president of the Northwest Horticultural Council of Yakima. Earlier this year, 4th District Rep. Doc Hastings, a Republican, argued for expanded specialty-crop research and for increased export assistance.
While helping producers, it also helped low-income consumers. About $80 billion a year, or 80 percent of the farm bill spending, goes to food stamps. That total has doubled in the past five years, reflecting the impact of the nation's economic recession on the country's poorer residents. Conservatives, concerned about the growth in expenditures over the past few years, had targeted the outlays, and the Senate did find $4 billion in cuts by tightening eligibility requirements and cracking down on benefit trafficking. But basic elements of the program remains. Food stamps provide an important safety net in areas like the Yakima Valley; recipients also are customers of Valley businesses.
Both of Washington state's senators, Cantwell along with Patty Murray, supported the bill. The bill goes to the House, where critics who were thwarted in the Senate may hold more sway. The bill is a compromise, meaning anybody can fault anywhere in it. But note the role of Democrat Cantwell and the praise from Republican McConnell. The Senate's bipartisan approach and its fairer allocation of funds make it a vast improvement over past farm bills. They also make the bill worthy of the support of Hastings and his House colleagues.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
USMC Harrier logistically supportable out to 2030
This will be an important point to consider in relation to the coming DOD budget sequestration which will remove $50B per year.
For those that think STOVL capability is important, they now have breathing space until or if the F-35B STOVL Joint Strike Fighter gets fielded.
Not mentioned much in the conversation is how the USMC will be able to afford annual squadron operations budgets which could double as a result of predicted, high, F-35B cost-per-flying hour figures.
Also it is the F-35B STOVL requirement which has dragged down the A and C F-35 with numerous development challenges in an effort to have the short-take-off and landing capability while keeping a joint design with the other variants.
It is quite possible that conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) and aircraft carrier (CV) variants of the F-35 would have been well on the way to being fielded by now if it wasn't for the STOVL requirement.
STOVL land-basing close to the battlefield (the whole justification of USMC Harrier ops to realize high daily sortie-rates for close-air-support missions) will be a problem with the F-35B due to its huge fuel requirements (7 tons of fuel per sortie) from a austere base. Maintenance complexity of the F-35B will also be a challenge. After over 10 years of program development, it is yet to be seen how the F-35 will meet one of its key performance perimeters (KPP) (sortie rate per day)--3 for the CV and CTOL and 4 for the STOVL--and the other KPP; mission capability rates in the high 90 percentile group. At this time, F-35B advocate retired USMC General Trautman is only talking theory, not fact.
Some STOVL advocates like Second Line of Defense (SLD) also fail to mention the shrinking number of flat-top amphibious ships which will be retiring in the coming years with limited dollars to afford a 1-1 replacement scheme.
Funding 10 replacement amphibious flat-tops could require $30B in the coming years.
With poor purchasing plans in place by the U.S. Navy, money will be wasted on the faulty and paper-tiger Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the expensive and faulty F-35B/C and wasted manpower and sustainment funds on the gold-plated and vulnerable DDX Zumwalt-class destroyer.
As one USAF general put it in a briefing recently in relation to U.S. DOD budget prospects, "2012 will be bad, 2013 will be worse."
Programs that are realistically sustainable out to 2030 have a good chance of surviving the coming budget problems. Those that don't, won't. With limited money and classic Hornets approaching death-hospice decision time, it is quite possible that the only USMC close air support jet available in the 2020s will be the Harrier.
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Logistically supportable, probably. Survivable though?
I realise that the F-35 won't work, but the need for a STOVL force needs to be reconsidered very carefully when you consider its costs. Compare the cost/effectiveness balance between the Harrier and the USAF A-10. You will see that the STOVL capability comes at high financial cost and a huge penalty in firepower and staying power.
There was a time when Marine aviators needed different aircraft so they weren't taken over by USAF or USN squadrons that had no intention of providing CAS to Marines. That time has passed. The performance and reliability of the A-10 in the persian gulf over the last 25 years shows clearly the need for ad hoc CAS aircraft with ad hoc CAS pilots. It also shows how cost-effective CAS squadrons are in comparison to multirole aircraft trying to provide CAS from high altitude at high speed.
Nobody will seriously argue that Marine Aviation should be incorporated into the USN or USAF just because they adopted a tough, effective and inexpensive CAS aircraft like the A-10. That machine would be much better and also much cheaper. The only disadvantage is that it needs 4000 feet of makeshift runway. That's a tiny disadvantage when you consider its superior survivability, lethality, reliability and affordability. - June 10, 2012 at 7:39 PM
"That machine would be much better and also much cheaper. The only disadvantage is that it needs 4000 feet of makeshift runway"
Here is a clue, rengine the beasty.
Problem solved. - June 10, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Waste of money either way. Their contribution to the forces continuum isn't worth the money.
- June 11, 2012 at 6:32 AM
Distiller you are correct, the F35 is a waste of money.
- June 11, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Over the past year or so, I've personally read Distiller vacillate between pro-Super Hornet procurement as USN's 'hedge' and pro-F-35C as USAF+USN's joint procurement, and back-and-forth again.
Is Distiller now officially killing off the joint (or single) service F-35C concept altogether?
Time for a fast-tracked strategic alternative recapitalization plan? Finally?
As far as DoD, USN and USMC in particular go, vis-a-vis 'staying the course F-35 procurement', it's scary to think that even when given $510+ bn per year in base budget, USAF/USN/USMC will be facing a 'Catastrophic TACAIR Implosion' within 10 years.
Something is tragically missing in the competence and strategic thinking department, even still today. - June 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM
@ Anon: A full year and I'm not yet on the iggy list? LOL. I was referring to either STOVL fastmover as a waste of money.
I'm still for a F-35C-only joint USAF-USN JSF programme, with a SHornet joint USAF-USN procurement second best option.
My priority would primarily be a unified tacair, by 2025-30 equipped with NGAD/FAXX as primary tactical fastmover (heavy), but there's the need for something to fill the squadrons in the meantime.
Ceterum autem censeo, that the Marines should get out of fast jet aviation. Which would also do away with the F-35B - June 11, 2012 at 1:52 PM
One thing I do not understand, why does the USA need three Airforces, and two Armys?
- June 11, 2012 at 3:56 PM
To Anon, while performing similar roles and capabilities in the high-end demands and expectations sphere of infantry mission requirements, the USMC can attract recruits the Army would not otherwise attract.
It's largely an historical perception thing for young recruits, but it is what it is. And it recruits.
But with USMC arguably being the most cost-effective and adaptive service of all 4 Armed services, if you want to shave 10-30 billion of the US Army's massive $290 billion budget, and give 5 billion for equipment upgrades to Marines to supplement their $29 billion budget, then I'll agree to save $10 +/- billion in Defense budget right there.
Regarding USMC airpower, I have no problem with specialized, CAS-specific air power capability, be it with A-10, Harrier, UAV, Super Tucano, or AC-130.
But it's fairly argued that USMC cannot in fact afford, nor does it truly need, a very high-cost stealth STOVL jet. It would cannibalize too much funding from more critically needed Marine budgets. - June 12, 2012 at 5:53 AM
- Eric Palmer said...
----But with USMC arguably being the most cost-effective and adaptive service of all 4 Armed services,---
I agree. It is arguable. One can't be the most "cost effective" of all services when it doesn't manage major warships, nuclear weapons, or major air power and space assets. All needed to allow infantry to live and breath. Then there is the fact that because of Operations: USELESS DIRT 1 and 2, we have been using the USMC as a second land Army instead of a littoral iron-fist response force. For some years now, you have Marines that have never been near a boat. - June 12, 2012 at 6:25 AM
Do not forget that the USAF is sustaining the A10 to 2014.
Indeed new wings are being manufactured and installed now.
I wonder why? - June 12, 2012 at 4:43 PM
- June 12, 2012 at 7:26 PM
An USMC with AV-8B+ + A-10C+ + UAV would be a fearsome interim capability mix to cover troops on the ground, out to 2030.
Just replace with a seamless, manned-optional long-endurance CAS platform + next-gen UAV platform mix, receiving delivery by 2025.
Call it a day. - June 13, 2012 at 9:16 AM


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"This groundbreaking invention enables human immune cells to recognize and attack certain cells that cause leukemia and lymphoma, cancers of the blood and lymphatic tissue," said James R. Downing, M.D., St. Jude scientific director.
The patented technology represents a potentially potent new therapeutic weapon against such diseases as B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Each year approximately 71,650 people in the United States are diagnosed with these diseases.
The invention involves genetically modifying human immune cells to enable them to manufacture a large protein molecule called a "chimeric antigen receptor" (CAR). The protein molecule is "chimeric" in that it is made from parts that do not exist together in the same molecule in nature. It is a "receptor" because a portion of it extends outside the surface of the immune cell and can receive signals from external "antigens." An antigen is a substance capable of stimulating an immune response in the human body. The CAR invented by St. Jude fits and latches onto "CD19" antigens prevalent on the B cells that cause ALL, CLL and NHL. It then stimulates the human immune cell to attack and kill the B cells.
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Okay well this picture has really bad quality, but let me tell you a story. There's this boy, and his name's Dyllon. He's the biggest bully and he's always throwing stuff at me in school and I get so annoyed with him like he's so rude. But today, I wore this brown cardigan thingy and the sleeves went down just past my elbows, so you could see some of my scars. In English I went to go hand him a pen or something and he saw them and he grabbed my arm and he like stroked one of them and smiled at me and I got really red and I thought he was gonna make fun of me for them, so I turned the other way. But he grabbed me and he hugged me and told me he loved me and then he showed me his arm and he had them too and I started crying and he told me it wasn't worth it and that it's okay and then he gave me his number and said if I ever needed him for anything to call him and he would do anything for me, even take the bus to my house if I needed him. It was the most serious I'd ever seen him be and i just love him so so much
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a new avatar? hmmm lets hope its as good as 'The Last Airbender'.
i want aang back
I was waiting for it for a long time and finaдly it comes
wtf was it out on tv yet?
Was this out on tv yet….. Thanks anyways
FINALLY!!!!!! About time they got a new avatar out and ot bad so far
YEAH! amazing . modern avatar hahaha!
another waste of time anime.
makes me sad that the old gangs gone now :'( yet i'll give this one a chance so i'll watch it
Wait… Toph got married?!
@Agg You're an idiot and it's not an anime, stupid. Did you even watch the episode before commenting?
so where exactly do i find the download? the link only send me to the animedownloadonline front page
Watching Avavtar always makes me hungry for Asian food lol
Why would anyone not want their children to be elemental benders? Neither series explains how their 'powers' are passed on… Anyway looks interesting, and doesn't this mean Ang bread with the water bender? I'd have picked rock girl but whatever.
why won't it play i really wanted to watch this :'( i was waiting for so long and i won't play Y_Y more links pls
@R they do explain it in the last airbender
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air water earth fire and then repete
are you kidding? i want sokka back TT^TT
The last Airbender was great, this doesn't look like it is…
Don't like the modern setting Don't like Korra Don't like the Video-Quality
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> There are so many factors at work in a good stable over clocked system, that it's impossible to give a perfect list of settings.
Of course, you're entirely right. But I'm hoping for a good guide line. ;-)
My quad Q6600 G0 runs on water cooling at 3.33 GHz (9 x 366 MHz) and default cpu voltage. I'm a little bit afraid of having higher voltage than default because of the heat dissipation.
> Remember to keep your CPU temperatures at a max of about 65c or a little less if possible.
?? I do remind that Q6600 specifications said about 71°C?! At time I'm running at about 58...60°C depending of room temperature.
> You don't mention the specification of your RAM, or what speed it's running at.
All Mushkin XP specifications I have are:
- latencies 5-5-5-15
- 1066 MHz
- RAM voltage at 2.1V
And at those specs they are running at time excepted frequency being a little bit higher because of the FSB frequency so about 1120 MHz.
You do mean I should try to set latencies manually to 4-4-4-12 according to actual overclocking settings?
Try going to 1.4v Vcore and lowering the RAM divider to 1:1, this eliminates RAM as an issue while you push the FSB. Then raise the FSB gradually. I suspect you will get to around 380/390 at that voltage, but your own results may vary. Once you have the CPU stable, you can adjust the RAM ratio to suit it.
Have you set your DDR voltage to 2.1v or is that the specification you have? Default DDR2 voltage is 1.8v, and unless you change it in the BIOS, thats what the motherboard supplies. If you haven't changed it yet, your RAM will struggle to keep up. If you are at 2.1v already, it usually doesn't do any harm to raise it a little when trying for lower latencies, so go to 2.2v.
I suggest using Memset to try running at lower latencies first, if it proves stable you can transfer the settings into the BIOS.
The 65c I recommended is a safe day to day working temperature.
> You will need move Vcore to go higher... There's no way to avoid it.
Okay, but just as last try. Before I'd wish to clear up all other stuff...
> Try going to 1.4v Vcore and lowering the RAM divider to 1:1
What is the correct naming of RAM divider in BIOS?
> Once you have the CPU stable, you can adjust the RAM ratio to suit it.
So returning from ratio 1:1 to an individual one again?
> Have you set your DDR voltage to 2.1v or is that the specification you have?
Set individually already. Ok, here is what I have set at time:
This is fine if you want to stop there, but it's not good for over clocking more because your RAM is already 4% over clocked. I'm sure it will get more, but the problem you have now is that any increase in FSB will push up the RAM speed, probably causing it to blue screen your computer.
Two things to do, 1st go back into the BIOS and find the system memory multiplier on the MIT page. Set that to 2:0. This has the effect of setting your RAM to work at the speed of the FSB, remember it's DDR2, so for an FSB of 380, the RAM will run at 760mHz. This is well below it's design speed, and will allow you to try anything with the CPU speed and know that the memory is not causing crashes. Later you will tune the RAM to match the over clocked FSB.
Then set your Vcore to 1.425v, add 0.15v to the FSB and 0.10v to the Gmch.
You should then be able to raise the FSB to somewhere between 370 and 390. I suggest doing this from windows with Easytune. Check temps carefully under load each time you raise the FSB, if the temp exceeds 70c, stop and go back 5 on the FSB.
> Try going to 1.4v Vcore and lowering the RAM divider to 1:1
What is the correct naming of RAM divider in BIOS?
> Your RAM is doing great at the moment,
... through all parameters? :-o
>... the BIOS has adjusted the ratio to get the RAM frequency as close as it can to the SPD figure.
No, I did set it through MemSet just trying out so only set via Windows start up not through BIOS.
> Two things to do, 1st go back into the BIOS and find the system memory multiplier on the MIT page.
We should have the same BIOS menu. Please, what's the naming of this multiplier?
> Then set your Vcore to 1.425v, add 0.15v to the FSB and 0.10v to the Gmch.
What is "Gmch"?
I think it will take me some time but my understanding was getting better with your patient-friendly support! :-)
Yes, those RAM settings are ok. It may be possible to get lower timings, but there is no point doing that until you have a final FSB speed.
Gmch is the Northbridge voltage. A small boost there helps keep things stable.
This is the first I've heard of Memset. I downloaded v. 3.5. Can I used it with X38 board to automatically tweak my Memory settings, which may be the bottleneck stopping me from going over 370 FSB?
Memory is only ever a bottle neck to over clocking when it is near it's limits. To find out if thats the case, try lowering the divider to 1:1 (confusingly called 2.0 under system memory multiplier) and seeing how far the FSB is happy to go. Do remember that the Vcore required ramps up quite dramatically on quads as you push them.
>Making the most of it can be tricky as lots of the settings available will be pure gibberish to all but about 5 people on the planet.
Hi Phil,
I think it is 6 actually lol :)
What do you mean by the divider. I have SPD (System Memory Multiplier) at 2.66D, which shows a Memory Frequency of 667/984 for my OCZ 1150 MHz DDR2 memory. There is a note in the BIOS: "(G)MCH strapping for x.xxA = 266 MHz; x.xxB = 333 MHz; x.xxC = 200 MHz; x.xxD = 400 MHz.
So I have no idea what my "divider" is or how to set it.
Note that in Memset I see "fsb/dram": 3:4
Thats the divider, or system memory multiplier which basically sets the ratio of FSB to RAM speed. So ((4x370)/3) x2 (for the DDR2 bit) is roughly what speed your RAM is running at, thats the 3:4 ratio.
Basically, your RAM is well within it's design spec, so it shouldn't be the cause of any over clocking problems.
I don't remember what options are available in systems memory multiplier for your motherboard, but you can gather from the above that 3.00 would equate to 1110 mHz at an FSB of 370, still within spec, and should be a noticeable performance improvement over 984mHz. To hit the mark specified by Ocz you could run your FSB at 383 and the multiplier at 3.0, for a RAM speed of 1149.
The A,B,C,D refers to the approximate FSB you will be using, and this goes towards setting the Trd I believe. So you pick the one thats closest to your chosen FSB, so 3.00D would be correct.
probably declares a draw after 1.d4 :)
ps: I still havent updated my comp and am dying with this junk.. :(
Not that I've been able to overclock my laptop with it, but others have used it successfully.
Software over clocking doesn't allow for increasing voltages to the CPU or RAM. This means that at the first sign of instability you have no choice but to back off the FSB.
Basically your results will depend entirely on the CPU. Like all CPUs, some Q9300's will do great things at stock volts, others need increases for quite small FSB steps. There is no way to tell which you have without trying it.
What are my options if no software will get the job done? Would it just be a matter of a new mobo and possibly better cooling to reach 3-3.5 ghz?
how to oc this can any one explain me thanks in advance
I think, that's the best tool for overclocking by software atm.
thanks for the reply. I am having an issue. My desktop doesn't have internet access. So, what I am doing is downloading SETFSB into my laptop and extracting it there and then transferring it via my USB stick to my desktop, but when I try to open it I am getting the message: #Error 38. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm wondering if the issue is the PLL. Mine is Asus IPIBL-LB (Benicia). The closest one they have is Asus IPIBL-LA (Berkeley). Do I maybe need to wait for an update?
I am now debating whether I should get a new motherboard for my HP as that seems to be my only route to overclock. I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P.
> Why would manufacturers like HP lock their PC's?
1. Overclocking voids the warranty.
2. It's damn hard to detect.
> I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P.
Great board, I own it. Also the EP45-UD3R is a decent choice for less money and performs the same overclocking wise to the UD3P.
With overclocking, especially for chess engine usage, its best to build your own systems.
I am considering selling it---it's just hard finding a buyer.
> 300 watts
That is very low considering your wanting to overclock the Q9300. How many Media Drives/SATA Devices are installed?
I was able to get it up to 9 X 380 MHz FSB = 3.42 GHz clock speed.
I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I can't find it.
I have a Core i7 720QM. I read you can't overclock it and that hyperthreading lowers rybka's power by around 15%.
Since there are no hyperthreading options in my bios I was wondering...
If within Rybka parameters I set maximum cores to 4... will Rybka use 4 cores - 4 threads (hyperthreading OFF)? or will it just take 2 cores - 4 threads (hyperthreading ON).
Thank you
>If within Rybka parameters I set maximum cores to 4... will Rybka use 4 cores - 4 threads (hyperthreading OFF)? or will it just take 2 cores - 4 threads (hyperthreading ON).
This depends on your operating system. XP and Vista will randomly choose real and virtual cores. The result is a really low performance. If you use Linux or Windows 7, 4 tasks are good as these operating systems know about hyperthreading - they try to use physical cores first.
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Bad news. Are all our New York residents OK? BobBeezer, Lurch, James?
At this moment it's on the news that a third plane has been hijacked.
Bad news. Are all our New York residents OK? BobBeezer, Lurch, James?
At this moment it's on the news that a third plane has been hijacked.
Jesus fucking christ..... i'm just hearing this on the news....
Christ, i hope all you US guys and your kin are safe......... be sure to give us a shout out..........so we know.....
Best wishes & hopes go out to you......
i never thought about here...
damn i wish we'd get some replies from our American brethren...
c'mon guys..lemme know ya's are okay...
Dramen...how you doin'???
btw...who ever these shits are they know what they're doing..
Camp David was apparently just hit as well...
I've just been watching this on the news here at work. Man this is bad. Hope all our Americans are ok...
The 'net is suffering with alot of congestion right now so its hard to find anything out. All the main news sites that I know of are down presumably due to too much traffic.
All I've heard is about the two planes hitting the WTC (and that both towers have now collapsed), that one has hit near the Pentagon and that another plane has crashed in Pittsburgh. Anybody know anymore ?
again praying you guys in America are ok...
Last edited by KaraK; 09-12-2001 at 10:14 AM.
OH MY GOD!!! I just got the news of what's happening. I am still in a total state of shock.
I will check back in later and give you any details I can....there is a report that 8 planes were hijacked on AMERICAN SOIL.
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who has been a victim in this horrible tragedy.
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thanx for checkin' in IA...
good to know you b alright..
I can't believe what is going on. I hope they find the fucking bastards that are doing this and string them by the balls. I hope everyone in the affected areas are okay and I wish them the best of luck.
....gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
Thanks for checkin in IA... get the rest of the guys to do the same on this thread if poss......
Were still in shock here in N.I as well....
This is totally fucked up. The people responsible need to pay for this terriable act.
Hope all of our American Brothers and Sisters are OK. I hate being helpless, be safe guy's
thanks to Gabos @ Icrontics for posting this:
ya, that was the second plane hitting the wtc #2...
that was freakin' scary...
i've decided myself too that since all air traffic to the US is being re-routed to Canada that i'm skipping the strike line..
the refinery is one of the biggest targets around, the hydro treater would be like an H bomb going off, so i'm gonna play it safe and hang right here..
btw...still planes un-accounted for guys (rumor has it that 8 went mia...but let's hope it's just a rumor)...so keep yer eyes open and heads down...
and the way these guys have set things in action, you never know where the planes are departing from...
The magnitude of how this was planned is treacherous...
American Airlines and United Airlines, the nation's two largest carriers, were hijacked.
The Financial Nerve Center and Military Nerve Center were hit.
All planes hijacked and crashed were enroute across the entire nation from NY to LA. That means the planes were loaded with fuel and would cause enormous secondary explosions.
The terrorists had to have killed the pilots on the spot and took over the planes and aimed right for their targets.
Its a sad day for everyone...I have never felt the sense of national pride more then today. If the US ever finds out who did this and wanted to eradicate the faction, I would have NO HESITATION to volunteer myself to my country.
Sept. 11th has to have a meaning to the people who did this. What is so special about the day??? Anyone know?
I hope all our NY members are safe and alive. My thoughts will be with you all.
All of our NY residents are on Richmond, so I hope they are OK. Jesus Christ is right, those terrorists are nuts. But what hit me the most was how Amercian Airlines didn't catch the sudden change of flight path by the two plane. No matter, it wasn't anything anybody could've done during the 8 minute flight from Boston to NY. Sad sad day.
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Guys.. me and Lurch are ok. I was on the Staten Island Ferry on my way into Manhattan to work when it happened. I heard the explosion! Then I go to see what the hell happened and I see the Trade Center on fire!! People were screaming, it's crazy here. Say a prayer for us, and for everyone you know and love. I'll try and get back and post when I hear. But I'm just letting you all know we're ok.
Sigh of relieve! Good to know you guys are ok. Update us on the event.
IA...9/11 or 911..todays date..???
maybe just a coincidence??
good to hear more friendly voices!!!
thank fuck you guys are ok....... best thing to do right now, is stay put in your homes.......
dammit Beezer its good to hear from you. You and lurch and everyone take care and remember that we're thinking of you yeah ?
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Thanks guys!! It's good to know you're all thinkin about us! I'll try and keep you posted, its hyteria here trying to notify everyone that we're ok, and to make sure everyone we know is ok.
thanks man... we appreciate it..... the effect is already spreading....... the net over here is falling over.....
It's thought 2 United Airlines aircraft are down, one down outside of Pittsburgh, and the other hit the Pentagon
And 2 American Airlines aircraft hit the towers.
And one car bomb outside the capitol.
Air Force One is in the air with Bush, but no one knows where he is or where he's going yet. It's hard to imagine there was no absolutely no intelligence on these attacks.......someone will pay
Three Weeks Ago Bin Laden decreed an event of unprecedented terrorist attack would happen on American Soil. If this was true, what was Intellligence doing to prevent this?
Wish I could post the video but here is a pic one of the building collapsing
And the other shortly thereafter
I am piecing more of this together for you all...
The two trade towers had to have been laid with bombs in the foundation in order for them to collapse. Buildings are create so the top could never cause the building to collapse like that.
I think the planes colliding into the top levels of the building was a symbolic act and also to creat confusion. Once that happened, terroists could have easily slipped in the building basement and laid the C4 to blow the building apart. They waited for the rescuers to get there and the most amount of people around the building before imploding the building onto itself.
It's all crazy my brothers....
I just couldn't believe this, New York was the most amazing place i'd been to, and now, that amazing skyline has gone. These cowards have tried to brake the spirit of the US with an attack on a symbloic building. The loss of life that entailed was of no concern to them. These things are sub human animals, who no longer have a place in modern society. There is no avoiding what must happen now. These people must be eradicated of the face of the planet. The primatives who rejoyed i this carnage will have to be eradicated.
The loss of life that has been caused has sickend me, and my feelings go out to the entire country. It un-nerves me that this could happen in a western state, we all now live in fear of these kinds of action.
I hope that there will be no continuation of this terror, for the time being at least, although i fear it isn't the last act against the West.
If you look at the videos it actually looks as though the building collapse from the top rather than from the foundation. The huge impact probably destroyed the structual integrity of the building. This is more likley since the world trade centres apparantly drew their strength from the outer walls rather than an inner structure. Since these walls where badly damaged, it make sense that it would be enough to cause a collapse with out the aid of additional explosions.Originally posted by ImaginAsian
The two trade towers had to have been laid with bombs in the foundation in order for them to collapse. Buildings are create so the top could never cause the building to collapse like that.
IA, I think you may be right. The form and way the WTCs collapses was more like a time controlled demolition, seen on Dicovery channel, where Engineers planed months to laid C4/TNT with sophisticated wiring to demolish an old ballpark or casino. Somebody's been dressing up as janitors and have laid the C4 in the ventilation systems next to the major pillars.
Are you guys getting this? Who ever planed this is going to hell, hell, I tell you. Stone the moflickers.
Falling over??Originally posted by martzweb
thanks man... we appreciate it..... the effect is already spreading....... the net over here is falling over.....
I get what you're saying. But if you think about it and look closer, it appears the buildings collapsed into themselves, a signature of timed demolition, where the pillars are ingeniously bombed in time sequence. Even if the top 20-30 floors were damaged, the remainly 80-90 floors would've held up. The remainly reckage showed the two buildings were destroyed to ground level. A work of genious. If only they were not apprentices of the dark side.
This was definately a planned attack right down to wanting the Towers to collapes!
Hello guys ... just been watching this tragic event on the Beeb ...
How may people never got out of those buildings ... this is catastrophic, with huge knock-on-effects...
I hear some of the "officials" talking of WAR ... oh please God No.
We had an incident in Scotland ... Lockabie ... it took some time but we got them.
I do hope for the sanity of this world that the propitiators of this atrocious act are caught.
My Thoughts and Prays go out to all that this has touched.
I do hope the rest of the guys log in soon.
What does that matter???? People lost their lives, familys are torn apart, regardless of how many were in the building. What about the people on the plane? What about the people who died when the building collapsed? What about the people who died in the Pentagon crash?Originally posted by danball1976
The World Trade Center towers during a busy work day can hold 50,000 people. But since this was about 30 minutes before the start of the workday, there shouldn't be that many people in the towers when the Boeing 767 and 757 crashed into them.
Sorry I am a very upset over this and don't mean to be attacking your personally DB...just trying to not lose sight of the destruction and ramfications caused.
Calm down [bIA[/b] ... Danny didn't do it ... As we Brits live on the other side of the pond, we don't know these things.
And 50,000 people in two buildings .... My God that, IS a lot of people.
Can you all please turn OFF your "sigs" ... thanks.
You wouldn't like my silly Snake wiggling it's tail at you with a grinning face on THIS thread .. Call it a mark of respect, if you will.
Great we are on the same page. I understand what you were trying to point out now and agree with you. Glad we can agree this is a complete tragedy regardless of the final death toll. Again, it was nothing personal against you when I responded!Originally posted by danball1976
I understand that, we all should mourne over the lives that were lost, and be glad at the same time that 50,000 people didn't lose their lives.
Mucks...I'm a little upset with the situation so bear with me if my emotions get the better of me. Again, I have made it clear it was nothing against DB at all. As for your request to take the sigs off, I will honor it but don't know how to do it permanently? I can take if off today and it will affect all the threads, but the minute I put it back on later, it will pop up.
But yes I will remove out of respect. Good thinking bro.
***UPDATE*** I figured out that you can disable the sig of individual posts...so that's what I did for myself in this thread.
I have just finished listening to an expert from the last WTC bombing and he said the WTC is design as an interconnecting building where the floor gives it its strength. He was not surprised at the implosion. He mentioned that with the impact and amount of heat generated from this catastrophe, it was not strange at how the building gave way.
There is also one report that we shot down the plane just outside of Pittsburgh. Probably because it was on the way to the capitol. This is unconfirmed so far.
It is one of the saddest day of the century.
How can we explain to our children where the world is heading?


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I will help with whatever you need in SC. Sadly, I only know two other atheists here :/ I am pretty sure I made them both sign up when I did about a year and a half ago. I will tell them that the site has taken off and try to get them to sign on again. When we all signed up, there was not really any activity on here. I am glad I have re-visited because I love it!
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