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[quote][i]Originally posted by Vosene[/i] [br]Will be running a BMS training session on Wednesday 12 October from 2000UK. Aim will be to cover some of the key differences between AF and BMS but can tailor the training depending on who is taking part. [url="http://www.185th.co.uk/forum/185ato.asp"] Please sign up on the ATO[/url]. This session will include a ramp start. [img]http://185th.co.uk/vosene/VoseneCO-185th-banner.gif[/img] [/quote]
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Posted - 09 Oct 2011 : 10:16:32
The official mission for Sunday 16 October will be flown in BMS 4.32.
Currently there are 11 seats taken but there are 16 pilot seats available and 1 AWACS (which will go to Lumper if he is available).
Please sign up on the ATO
if are going to take part.
If you haven't installed BMS yet you can find all of the details and files you need
From the MP testing we've conducted so far, we've found that it is critical that the MP SOPs are very closely followed or the experience can be ruined for everyone. You can find details of the 185th SOP
The mission will require a ramp start. There are some startup differences between BMS and AF so members are strongly advised to practice this before next Sunday. You can find links to BMS check lists and other other stuff
We'll need someone who can host with approximately a 5500kbs upload speed. Anyone have a connection that can manage this who will be available?
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Posted - 20 Oct 2011 : 18:36:54
I've been testing the weapons delivery planner for BMS, it adds all the sam sites for you automatically , which will save planning time on a sunday , lots of other nice goodies also . Very nice tool .
As a reference to Novacs issues on planning time this could be a solution , its a bit lazy i know but i've been flying offline alot and adding the sams is a bit monotinous now and you can fully plan a mission with the wdp much quicker and with the same features . It might conflict with our Sunday TE but its worth looking at i think .
Posted - 20 Oct 2011 : 17:05:11
Next BMS mission I will save your time with the DTE. I did not have the time to do it last time, due to RL commitments.
Posted - 20 Oct 2011 : 12:29:49
Hi Novac Found this in the BMS manual, page 13 under DTE operation. So we the TE builder can put the threat circles on when building TE.
After building a TE and saving it, the pilot exits back to the main UI, and reenters the TE like he was going to fly. He stops the clock and then builds any Target steerpoints, Preplanned threats and LINES (as described below) he wishes for the mission to have as defaults. After building the points, he opens up the DTC and hits the Save button. This will store those values into the TEmissionname.ini file
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 18:47:21
Will be great to see you online PJC.
TS3 TS details are here -
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 11:34:47
Seems you guys are moving in the direction of BMS adoption although I apppreciate no formal decision has been made.
I have dusted off the old Saitek and have been practising off line with a custom made DirectX call back profile. So far offline I like it very much and I am fortunate it seems to run ok on my machine.
My personal schedule still does not allow me to make Sundays unfortunately but I would like to fly online again with the squad during the week from 20.30 UK onwards. Could someone PM me the current TS details so I might join in some flights during the week and help get back up to speed. It has been a long time and I am frustratingly crap atm but relearning all the time.
Posted - 17 Oct 2011 : 21:48:46
The 1st BMS TE night was a positive experience for me.
But we did have 1 or 2 problems.
1. Griffin warping across the HSD at warp factor 9 (Observed by all members of our flight)
2. For me, no launch warnings of SA5 despite several missiles being fired at me. (Tried the same TE offline tonight and got launch warnings!)
Other that AFAIK we could all see the same threats etc.
The pre-flight briefing/planning requires a lot of data to be entered into the "data cartridge" We had to manually add 12 threat circles for the AAA & SAMs + add 7 Pre planed stp's for the SAM's we intended to attack, and discus who was attacking what. (mixture of HARM's & MAV's)
We were just on the final part when "Flight Leads call ready" was announced after 20mins.
This was before discussing A2A tactics!
OK, This was our 1st time at planning with BMS and it will become faster.
So for ME only 2 negative/questionable points regarding MP.
I'd like to think BMS can replace AF
But more 12+ ship testing required I think.
Posted - 17 Oct 2011 : 10:48:02
With the exception of Tiags getting blown out of the sky for no reason, it was an excellent experience. No warps, good datalink/radar/RWR spots, and the mirage... love at first sight :)
My online experience is limited with BMS but it seems like it is an all or nothing case. Either everything will work flawless, or everyone will have issues. At least it is very easy to identify them when entering cockpit so ppl can quickly back out and give it another try.
+1 from me for last night.
Posted - 17 Oct 2011 : 10:31:22
Unfortunately I missed the debrief due to getting a BSoD every couple of minutes that forced me to shutdown my computer.
Please provide me with your feed back on the BMS Sunday mission below.
Posted - 16 Oct 2011 : 20:47:24
Elmo .... thanks for your email ---> just saw it ... will give it a go after I get back from work tomorrow. Thanks again for your help on this.
Sabre .... Sony have done this to all their products now, basically if you buy one of theirs, you can't update any of the hardware drivers unless you go through Sony ... !!!!
Speed is life, altitude is life insurance. No one ever collided with the sky.
Posted - 16 Oct 2011 : 19:23:38
Hitman I had the same problem as I have a Sony laptop as well, you need a special .INF file which I have and then it will allow you to install the latest drivers.
Posted - 16 Oct 2011 : 19:03:18
Hitman, I am confused Sony are not Apple you can do what you like with your machine and drivers or have Sony done something recently I am not aware of.
was here
Posted - 16 Oct 2011 : 15:30:01
Guys .... have spent the whole morning tryig to optimise my drivers to improve my FPS rate on BMS 4.32 - with ZERO success ....
Problem is .... I am not allowed to update my drivers directly from NVidia and have to go through Sony for the update ... and they have not got the latest updates for my Video card ....
have been in contact with SOny for this .... to cut a long story short ...
for me to enjoy BMS 4.32 with you all, I have to:
1- Get a new machine
2- Wait for SOny to get back to me on my request to upgrade my drivers
So am unable to join you tonight for the BMS session
Speed is life, altitude is life insurance. No one ever collided with the sky.
Posted - 13 Oct 2011 : 23:58:41
Tiag , although we had problems tonight i think it went well . There are some issues to sort out but looking at the hardware of the server you've got , as you say it could well be bandwidth errors . We're getting there with BMS and this is the reason we do testing .
Posted - 13 Oct 2011 : 22:44:44
@Floyd: Teamviewer.
All windows 7.
BTW, the test of the server with 8 pilots and one human awacs tonight was crap. Warps and lot of issues.
Two possibilities:
1) The server is **** (which I can�t understand the reason).
2) Someone forgot to put the bandwidth correctly and the cnx got crazy.
Posted - 13 Oct 2011 : 19:24:23
I echo Dmans's sentiments there. It was a really good flight that was a new challenge in planning and flying. If this carries on then AF may well be taking a back seat.
I'm really looking forward to Sunday and what the first official BMS mission will throw at us.
Just make sure your stick is programmed for trim and DMS on top of your usual fare.
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After a dismal performance against England the pressure is once again on Khaled Mahmud leading the Bangladeshi cricket team. Ever since he took the job soon after the World Cup the public has been asking for Mahmud's blood.
Time For A Change?
by James Stedman
Published: 29th November, 2003
After a dismal performance against England the pressure is once again on Khaled Mahmud leading the Bangladeshi cricket team. Ever since he took the job soon after the World Cup the public has been asking for Mahmud's blood.
As Khaled Mashud had resigned the BCB was forced to make a change and at the time there were no real candidates. Their top performer and vice-captain, Habibul Bashar was in atrocious form not hitting a run in the World Cup and no real players were in good form. There would be too much pressure on the young shoulders of an Ashraful or Kapali and as things turned out they wouldn't perform anyway. But neither would Mahmud. The two remaining candidates were Khaled Mahmud and Akram Khan. Akram was well past his day and only brought into the side as a replacement for Mashrafe Mortaza. So this meant Mahmud was the captain. He had taken 9 wickets in the World Cup much more than any other Bangladeshi cricketer and had 40-odd one-dayers under his belt.
He did not start his career as captain in style loosing his first game by 200 runs at the hands of India. However throughout the TVS Cup they did improve, whether it was due to Mahmud it is unknown but they performed much better than in the World Cup. Mahmud had improved with the bat 97 runs at 24.25, which was second best to Alok Kapali. But Mahmud had his place in the side due to his work with the ball and in that department he failed, only taking 2 wickets for the series at 68.50. He then looked to the test matches against South Africa to lead his country. But once again it would be a disappointing performance. Loosing both the test matches convincingly. As a captain he let the team down, dropping some important catches and in times of crisis bowled himself too much. It was however an improvement from the World Cup and although the public wanted otherwise the BCB kept him on as captain.
The next tour was Australia were he was more woeful then ever. Not only did Bangladesh get destroyed in each match but also Mahmud did not take a wicket for the entire test and one-day series. The team itself improved no thanks to El Captain. At the end of the test series he had the worst test bowling average in history. Not a record you want to have. Now the public were really asking for a change but still there was no real replacement. A couple of the touring party were making a strong impression but would it last, the BCB decided that they would see the fate of the captaincy after the series against Pakistan.
So onto Pakistan they went, make or break for Mahmud. In the first test they had improved tremendously. The Bangla's lost the first innings by a mere total of 58 runs. It was anyone's game and after Habibul Bashar hit his 2nd test century they stood a great chance. Due to a bottom order collapse and a fine innings by Yasir Hameed, Pakistan eventually won by 7 wickets. They may not have won but it was definitely a step in the right direction. Mahmud himself took a lone wicket and got a first ball duck in the second innings but that all turned around in game 2. Due to a Javed Omar hundred, Bangladesh set a phenomenal total of 361 to put Pakistan on the back foot. Mohammad Rafique then took 5 wickets to bowl Bangladesh to a first innings lead. This was new territory for Bangladesh and in the second innings couldn't handle the pressure getting all out for fewer than 100. Pakistan reached the target for the loss of one wicket but once again this was massive improvement for Bangladesh although Mahmud had still not shone throughout the series. It was to game 3 were Bangladesh were once again to improve. Once again they got first innings lead this time by 106 runs. This was mainly because of the skipper who took four wickets to leave Pakistan all out for 175. Bangladesh then set the Paki's 261 to win and were right on target. Had it not been for a scintillating unbeaten century by Inzamam-ul-Haq then the boys from Bengal would have got themselves their first test victory and silenced the critics but it was not to be. Although they were swept away in the 5 one-day series, Mahmud had done a magnificent job with the ball and done more than what was asked of him so keeping the captaincy for another series.
After the great tour of Pakistan all eyes were on the boys to break the duck against the Poms. It was not to be. The Bangladeshi's failed miserably being swept off the park in both the test and one-dayer's. Mahmud only took 1 wicket in the test series as compared to Mohammad Rafique's 10 and in the one-dayer's Mahmud took a single and Rafique claimed nothing from his 2 games. It is now obvious that there has to be a change in leadership before the series against Zimbabwe and the 'A' tour of Pakistan is the perfect chance to experiment.
The captain for the 'A' tour is the number 1 performer against England, Mushfiqur Rahman. He was consistent but did nothing really special. It shows that they're looking to him as a future captain but is it right to anoint him on one reasonable series. He would end up like Mahmud, only in the side due to being captain. He is not magnificent with either bat or ball but did what was required of him. The 'A' tour is just a test. For captaincy you would need a constantly good performer. One who has experience and a cool head and is a constant in the side. The three players who have done all right over recent times and have enough experience are Javed Omar, Mohammad Rafique and Habibul Bashar. Javed has not player a one-day match since he was in Australia and Bangladesh are not the kind of team to have separate captains. So the captaincy must go down to Rafique and Bashar, both of which would do a good job. The one question is would being captain reduce their performance. In this case you may be looking for more of a Rafique who has taken many wickets from the last few series. My guess is as good as yours as of who will take over but you would predict someone would. To persist with Mahmud would be ludicrous. Interest will certainly be on this issue in the upcoming 'A' tour of Pakistan. One would not like to be the selector who had to pick so we are forced to leave our trust with the BCB, Dav Whatmore, players and pray for the best.
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i might be the only truly hard core "star wars dork" who doesn't remember the first time I saw the original movie. It came out when I wasn't yet a year old so I just always remember it being there. I remember the first time I saw Empire and the first time I saw Jedi (my great-grandma took me...that was a trip) but not the first time I saw the original.....hmmmm maybe I'll ask Mom.
Anyway.....I agree with most all of your clubhouse rules. Jar-Jar sux nerf balls, no way Greedo shot first (even in the books he's a pansy IMO), I actually don't mind episodes II & III but I was pretty bad. They do bother me with the continuity errors though.
I personally love the newer novels with a more adult feel (new jedi order and on). Just recently finished the "fate of the jedi" series. it was pretty good. Zahn is by far the best of the authors that regularly write.
May 25th, 1977. Newport News mall cinema. 1st showing at 12:00. There were only a handful of people in attendence. By that weekend, lines around the block. I was in the USAF, 22 y.o., and mustering out in 3 mos., August. Some things you just don't forget, you know.
Han did shoot first. Jar-Jar sucks dead donkey balls in hell! That's where I stand. Thanks.
Funny Tony! Jar Jar does suck!
and yeah Hand did shoot first. I actually made a discussion on that in my Geek and Nerd Haven Group.
I've forgotten the exact date, but it was the late spring or early summer of 1977 and the venue was the Stanley Warner Triplex cinema in Paramus, NJ. This was an old-school theater - LARGE - and fully set up for a 70 mm print and full six-channel stereo surround.
The Fox fanfare never sounded so good and acted as brief prelude to the explosive opening chord of the Star Wars theme and introducing crawler. I watched that, immediately thinking of the similar style of the old Flash Gordon serials I watched as a kid, though this was executed far better. The rebel blockade runner flashing onto the screen was impressive enough, but when the Imperial Starship followed ... [wry chuckle] well, need I say more?
Not long after that, I saw SW in a regular theater and a 35 mm print, and it wasn't remotely the same experience. The larger, bowed screen, anamorphic optics and surround-sound setup at the Triplex utterly SHAMED the smaller print. Because of that, I and my friends would make at least one or more pilgrimages to Paramus to take in what we thought of as the real deal. Later, when I moved back to Cleveland in 1978, I would see what later became Episode IV multiple times and introduce it to others, but ALWAYS a 70 mm print. This pattern continued with The Empire Strikes Back and [Revenge] Return of the Jedi.
The 70 mm format has pretty much gone away since then, and I think that's a damned shame. 3-D is occasionally fun, but still very problematic (even with The Avengers), and I still think the wide film format still does a better job of involving the audience without the glasses.
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Buddhism teaches that death can be a springboard to enlightenment—yet for all but the most advanced meditators, it will be the gateway to countless future lives of suffering in samsara. Tulku Thondup wrote this guide to help us heal our fear and confusion about death and strengthen our practice in anticipation of this transition, and to help us realize the enlightened goal of ultimate peace and joy—not only for death and rebirth, but for this very lifetime. In simple language, he distills a vast range of sources, including scriptures, classic commentaries, oral teachings, and firsthand accounts. The book includes:
- An overview of the dying process, the after-death bardo states, and teachings on why, where, and how we take rebirth
- Accounts by Tibetan "near-death experiencers" (delogs), who returned from death with amazing reports of their visions
- Ways to train our minds during life, so that at death, all the phenomena before us will arise as a world of peace, joy, and enlightenment
- Simple meditations, prayers, and rituals to benefit the dead and dying
- Advice for caregivers, helpers, and survivors of the dying
This edition includes an audio program providing guided instructions by the author on how to visualize Amitabha Buddha in the Pure Realm; how to receive his blessings; how to visualize transforming your body into light and sound at the time of death; how to share the blessings with compassion for all sentient beings; and how to rest in oneness. By becoming intimate with this practice while we're alive, we can alleviate our fear of death, improve our appreciation of this life, and prepare for death in a very practical way, while planting the seeds for rebirth in the Pure Land.News & Reviews
"A remarkably lucid distillation of Tibetan Buddhist teachings on how the state of our minds in life affects the nature and quality of our experiences in death. The result is a provocative and surprisingly compelling work that will appeal to beginners and advanced practitioners alike." —Publishers Weekly
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"Tulku Thondup has opened this vast treasury of knowledge in a clear, simple, and powerful way for the modern audience." —Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, author of Turning the Mind into an Ally
"Tulku Thondup explains fully and clearly each stage of the process that leads from this life to the next. The book contains a valuable section devoted to the care and support of those who are approaching death, and includes a selection of meditations and rituals that may be used to help the dying and the dead, which will be of great benefit to many people." —Francesca Fremantle, author of Luminous Emptiness: Understanding the Tibetan Book of the DeadReader Reviews


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Cheap Jeep, Part 3Posted in Project Vehicles on September 29, 2005
The Cheap Truck Challenge is a total success! 4Wheel and Off-Road fans came from as far as Colorado to participate in the fun and hang out around the campfire with the editors of the magazine. The festivities started Friday night when we arrived at the Hungry Valley off-road park and set up camp. (Watch for full coverage of this "non-event" in the magazine)
On the way up, Video Producer John Adolph christened my Jeep "Stinky" due to the smell of sizzling grease that emanates from the G. Wagon when it is at running temperature. The trip up the steep grades of the Grapevine had the Jeep in full bloom, but it seemed to be mechanically sound - but you know what they say happens when you assume.
On Saturday, folks played around in the practice area of the Hungry Valley off-road park until it was time to start the trail ride. Feature Editor, Fred Williams, handed out 4WOR license plates, (good for at least a 10 h.p. gain), and our large group of trucks headed to the Miller Jeep Trail. After killing nearly a quarter-tank of gas getting to the trail, we dropped-in on what turned out to be a lot more than I expected.
Steep climbs made me push the gas pedal to the floor, switchbacks tested my courage and large rocks bashed the framerails and clunked my head into the B-pillar more than once. John Adolph proved himself to be a great spotter and we worked out a system of communication that got the Jeep through plenty of tough obstacles during the first four hours of the trail. He said "You know what you have to do," before we showed-off and splashed through a water crossing where everyone was getting ready to take a break.
Right after the group siesta, we faced one of the toughest parts of the ride - a long and steep climb up a loose hill, followed by a 90-degree turn and another big incline. We turned off the engine to save gas and listened to the radio as we watched trucks attempt to make the climb. Jp magazine Editor, John Cappa, was driving a 1987 J20 pickup with similar running gear to the G. Wagon, and the climb did not look easy. In addition to that, a full-size cheap Ford had to be towed up the hill by the Ultimate Adventure K10. Oh boy.
My first attempt ended when we got about 3/4 of the way up the first steep section, spun the tires and ran out of power. I backed down and told Wayne, (a guy driving a bad-ass rock-crawling Bronco), to pass, but he said "You only tried once! You've got to try at least three times." I was hoping he would go by so I could get a tow, but didn't want to look like a wuss. This time, I mashed the throttle and John helped me avoid the soft section that trapped us the first time. We made it!
"That's your problem - you had the window up," was the greeting I got from Rick Pw at the top of the hills. Up there, Alan Huber, Art Director of 4WOR, spotted us through a tough pass where you have to avoid a boulder without falling hundreds of feet down a cliff. It was no problem with his help, but it was officially dark and we had a long way to go.
The next couple of hours included more sharp rocks and switchbacks along with plenty of climbs. On one rocky section, I hit something that started what would be the downfall of the Cheap Jeep. Whatever it was, it knocked off the exhaust downpipe, and although it made the FSJ sound great and added some power, something else had been damaged. The power steering kept getting weaker until it finally gave out, which made driving over rocks very difficult. With the wheel spinning at thumb-breaking speeds, I welcomed a section where we had to wait because it gave me time to bum some transmission fluid from someone else in the group. That regenerated the steering for about a half-hour, but I was eventually left fighting the wheel again. It was tough, but not a deal-breaker.
What did put a stop to the Jeep was a tough climb where I did not have enough steam. While stopped on the incline, the shifter would not go into reverse. In fact, it wouldn't do much at all. I was stuck in the middle of the trail and no one could get by. I felt like a real jerk - it was completely dark and I was holding up the group with my silly wood-paneled truck. We decided the only solution was to remove the rear glass and get a push. Wayne was more than happy to use the nerf bar on the front of his Bronco. The fog lights were folded out of the way, and the metal started crunching. Once he was able to pass, we added some fluid to the steering, the tow straps came out and Wayne started pulling the crippled Jeep. I was able to help him by driving the G. Wagon during the tow, but then smoke started billowing out from under the Jeep.
Flashing headlights from a Ranger driven by a helpful guy named Jerrod from Bakersfield, (who had been more than eager to get under the hood of the UA truck and jump under the Jeep earlier in the ride), were accompanied by cries of "Fire! FIRE!" My truck was not in flames, but the transmission had puked its fluid all over the trail and the remains of the exhaust system. With no power steering and a slipping transmission, it was decided it was best to pull Stinky off the trail and leave it in the woods for the night. We hopped into Alan Huber's super-capable Grand Cherokee and got a cushy ride for the rest of the trail. We got back to camp at 2:00 am and I started to worry about massive fines from the Forest Service or arsonists not being able to resist my ugly Jeep.


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Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday said top U.S. lawmakers including House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid won't be allowed into the country, after President Barack Obama announced sanctions against more senior Russian officials.
Russia made the announcement barring nine lawmakers and officials –including White House aides Dan Pfeiffer and Benjamin Rhodes – shortly after Obama spoke Thursday morning. Obama said he was levying extra sanctions on Russian officials and a bank in response to Russia's annexing of Ukraine's Crimea region.
Here is the full list of lawmakers and officials barred from entering Russia. And here's what Boehner said in response:
Here's what one of Boehner's spokesmen said to Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to Obama.
Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who's also now barred from Russia, had this to say:
The no-entry decree also names Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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In anticipation of Samoa's transition from Least Developed Country (LDC) to Middle Income Country (MIC) status by January 2014, and the need to identify and cultivate new streams of national revenue collection and pathways towards achieving the MDGs, the project will draw together all existing and planned strategic iniatives supported by UNDP in the areas of pro-poor policy advisory services, trade policy development and implementation; and increasing Parliamentarians focus on MDGs achievement.
The project will foster the participation of relevant UN specialized agencies such as the ILO and ESCAP in order to bring the UN's normative standards to bear on the various initiatives.
The full MDGs Acceleration Initiative will target macro policy levels whilst drawing on the positive lessons learned from existing projects and programmes at the community levels and global best practices, the latter being accessed from and through UNDP Regional Centres and Knowledge Networks, Solutions, Exchange, etc.
The overall objective is to avail the Government of Samoa with a full range of strategic and evidence—based policy options that have been successfully trialed worldwide that would enable the Government to direct its development resources where the greatest impact would be felt in reducing poverty and attaining a higher level of human development that is environmentally sustainable and resilient to the effects of climate change and natural disasters.


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Steyn: If You Want European-Sized Government, the Middle Class Must Pay European Style Taxes
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Obama now wishes "the rich" to pay their "fair share" — presumably 80 or 90 percent. After all, as Warren Buffett pointed out in the New York Times this week, the Forbes 400 richest Americans have a combined wealth of $1.7 trillion. That sounds a lot, and once upon a time it was. But today, if you confiscated every penny the Forbes 400 have, it would be enough to cover just over one year's federal deficit. And after that you're back to square one. It's not that "the rich" aren't paying their "fair share," it's that America isn't. A majority of the electorate has voted itself a size of government it's not willing to pay for.
A couple of years back, Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute calculated that, if Washington were to increase every single tax by 30 percent, it would be enough to balance the books — in 25 years. If you were to raise taxes by 50 percent, it would be enough to fund our entitlement liabilities — just our current ones, not our future liabilities, which would require further increases. This is the scale of course correction needed.
If you don't want that, you need to cut spending — like Harry Reid's been doing. "Now remember, we've already done more than a billion dollars' worth of cuts," he bragged the other day. "So we need to get some credit for that."
Wow! A billion dollars' worth of cuts! Washington borrows $188 million every hour. So, if Reid took over five hours to negotiate those "cuts," it was a complete waste of time. So are most of the "plans." Any "debt-reduction plan" that doesn't address at least $1.3 trillion a year is, in fact, a debt-increase plan.
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Kennewick and Pasco police say at least 31 burglaries fit a similar pattern, where the thieves smash or break windows to access a business, then pillage inside. 19 such crimes have been reported in Kennewick, and at least 12 in Pasco over the last few weeks.
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Securing peace with development, saying goodbye to a great leader
As we reflect on the promise of the New Year in Africa, the irrefutable link between peace and development has never been clearer after my recent travels.
Earlier this month, I joined leaders from 53 African nations, the United Nations, and the African and European Unions at the Elysee Summit for Peace and Security in Africa to talk candidly about how our countries can work together to maintain and enhance peace.
We talked about what this would mean in practice. For example, we must curb drug trafficking on the continent, increase financing for African peacekeeping operations, fight terrorism, manage borders more securely, include women fully in the political and economic decision-making process, and condemn the intolerable persistence of sexual violence when conflicts do occur. This last measure was strongly endorsed by the First Ladies of the Summit who also met to discuss issues of gender, development, and women's rights.
The African leaders recognize that for many of these measures to work, economic development must be twinned with public and private investment in business, technology, agriculture, climate-smart policies, and in young people who are fast becoming Africa's driving force and future. Africa is now the world's youngest continent and how well we meet the skills needs of our young people will greatly determine the continent's future.


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President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday announced a slight acceleration of the timeline for the U.S. to hand control of security to Afghan forces, saying the transition will occur this spring.
Obama did not disclose any new plans to withdraw more troops from Afghanistan but said he will outline his plans for the continued drawdown of troop levels in the coming months.
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"Starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission: training, advising, assisting Afghan forces," Obama said in the East Room of the White House during a joint press conference wrapping up Karzai's visit to Washington. The transition had been expected to take place this summer.
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"Our core objective, the reason we went to war in the first place, is now within reach," Obama said. "Ensuring that Al Qaeda can never again use Afghanistan to launch attacks against our country. At the same time, we pushed the Taliban out of their strong holds."
Obama said he has asked military commanders on the ground for their recommendations for the pace of the drawdown and for the U.S. presence after 2014.
He indicated that he is weighing the option of pulling all U.S. forces from the country at the end of next year if the Afghan government does not agree to give U.S. troops immunity — something many Afghan officials have resisted. At one point in his remarks, Obama stipulated "should we have troops in Afghanistan post-2014 at the invitation of the Afghan government."
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In their meeting, Obama discussed troop levels, security and the 2014 Afghan elections. The leaders called on the Taliban to open an office in Doha, Qatar — an idea that has been discussed for more than a year, but never so officially — to better facilitate peace talks.
Obama also reflected on the war as its end approaches. "Have we achieved everything that some might have imagined us achieving in the best of scenarios? Probably not. This is a human enterprise. You fall short of the ideal." Still, he said, the United States is achieving its goals.
It's key, Obama added, that women be included in the reconciliation process. "Afghanistan cannot succeed unless it gives opportunities to its women," he said.
About 66,000 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan, and in the coming weeks, Obama faces decisions about how to move forward.
General John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has indicated a desire to keep about 15,000 Americans on the ground after the drawdown, in line with Karzai's expectations. But the White House is looking at plans for a smaller post-2014 ground force of between 3,000 and 9,000 and hasn't denied that it's considering reducing troop levels to zero.


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The Off switch is like when you choose to put the "good vibes" tape in your mental VCR when running:
you can choose for it to be a running experience where all you think about is how everything hurts (normal NCB way)
you can choose to put the tape in about you flying through the air with the wind runnign through your hair and feeling empowered. (Hypnobabies way)
Hypnobabies feels a bit like this- you have to train to be able to achieve your goals and you have to make a choice: Your body can definitely do it, but you have to make sure your mind is going to follow along.
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The power of developing your own personal brand is something that I found to gain more and more importance on Twitter. Using your personal voice as a strong messenger of thoughts, great content and a powerful channel to get feedback and engage with others has been very useful for me.
It has allowed me to build a very targeted Twitter following around my account and helped me grow my business solely through Twitter. Of course, Twitter alone can easily become very time-consuming. So here are my top 10 Twitter tools to build an amazing brand around your Twitter account without spending hours and hours on Twitter, yet still remaining a genuine personality.
Buffer – Easily Tweet At Optimal Times
One of the most important component to a great Twitter performance I found is to Tweet great content on a regular basis. Here is where Buffer is most useful for me. Every morning I can fill up my Buffer with a few Tweets or so and the App posts them for me at optimal times over the day.
The great thing here is that you can add Tweets to your Buffer from any website you are reading with one of the browser extensions. Whenever I like an article I can give it a click on the Buffer icon and add it as a Tweet.
Top Tip: With every Tweet you send via Buffer you will get detailed analytics about how many clicks, retweets and reach.
Formulists – Create Twitter Lists More Efficiently
Building my Twitter lists has been one of the most powerful aspects to continue growing my network organically. However it is often a very time-consuming process and I forget about putting great new acquaintances into lists.
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An App that certainly can't be missed here is Twylah. The App automatically turns all your Tweets into a beautiful brand page, filled with categories and rich media display. It makes is very easy for your followers to understand what you are Tweeting about the most and whether you are a good fit to follow them.
I found this to be a great way to use in certain situations where a glance over my past Tweets isn't really useful. You can try putting your Twylah page in your Twitter bio, in your email signature or on your blog. It is a great way to get more out of your Tweeting efforts.
Top Tip: All of your Tweets are also indexed in Google via Twylah, which is a great way to get more SEO juice out of Twitter for you.
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If you haven't come across Twitter Chats, this might be a great way to get started. They are online events, usually lasting about one hour and discussing a particular topic. There are Twitter chats for web design, blogging tips, Social Media and more. Here is a great list of over 400 Twitter chats.
Participating in a Twitter chat is highly facilitated with TweetChat. It is a dashboard that allows you to set a pre-fix of a hashtag so you don't have re-enter it for every new Tweet. It also has a realtime function and updates seamlessly throughout the time of the chat going on.
Top Tip: A great feature of TweetChat is that you can block any user that might be cluttering or overtweeting during the chat.
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Whether you are starting your own online or offline Twitter event, or whether you want to learn how well a hashtag actually performs, Hashtracking is a great solution for both. By simply entering the hashtag, the App will generate a very powerful, free report for you.
The App will determine how many Tweets there were posted, how many eyeballs you may have reached an which number of retweets that have occurred. Additionally you will get a display of the top 10 users from the hashtag, which is very helpful to identify key players in the field.
Top Tip: Hashtracking makes it very easy to export all results to be used in a presentation elsewhere, also including a geographic analysis that is coming soon.
ManageFlitter – Clean Out Your Twitter Following
After spending some time building your network it often happens that there are a few people you are actually no longer interacting with. Some Twitter accounts my turn idle or are Tweeting way more than you have expected.
With ManageFlitter you can unfollow all those that make no sense for you to have in your network anymore with just a few clicks. The App also makes intelligent suggestions for you showing you who is not following you back or no longer active on Twitter.
Top Tip: What I like best about this App is that you don't have to sign up with any account information. You connect with Twitter, unfollow a few people and you can leave again.
WhoTweetedMe – Find out who Tweeted URLs
Another great way to extend your Twitter network is to connect to influential people that are interested in the same topics as you. Here is where WhoTweetedMe can be hugely helpful. You can insert any URL and the App will give you some very interesting insights about its appearance on Twitter.
You will learn how many retweets the post got and at which time they happened. Additionally you will learn about the potential reach and the average follower count per person retweeting the post. Overall this is a great way to understand about your post's audience I believe.
Top Tip: You will also get a list of who the top 20 people were Tweeting the post. You can thank them right there with just one click too.
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Devanandan Memorial Oration and Launching of the new IChemC WebsiteActivity by N.M. Sanjaya Hettigedara | added on Aug 18, 2011 | Sri Lanka
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Dr. Devanandan was a world renowned scientist that Sri Lanka has ever produced. The event is held on the 9th of September 2011 at the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon (IChem C) Adamantane House, Rajagiriya to honour this great scientist of Sri Lanka.
Dr. Michael Angelo Vincent Devanandan graduated with a B.Sc (First Class Honours) in Chemistry from the University of Ceylon in 1947. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of London in 1951 for his contributions to the electrical double layer theory. He returned to the University of Ceylon in 1952 and continued his research in the field of Physical Chemistry. His research led to the refinement of the electrical double layer theory to the Devanandan triple layer theory. He produced 3 M.Scs and 10 Ph.Ds through his research.
He published about 80 research papers majority of which were in prestigeous international journals.For his authoritative contributions to the Physical Chemistry of Electrified Interfaces, Dr. Devandnan was awarded the D.Sc (cum laude) by the University of London in 1964.
Dr. M.A.V. Devanandan Memorial Lecture will be held on Friday the 9th September 2011 at 3.45 pm in the P P G L Siriwardene Auditorium at the Headquarters of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon. The lecture will be delivered by Dr.Samson Hettiarachchi, a former student of Dr. Davanandan who worked very closely with him.
Dr. Hettiarachchci is presently working as a Consultant for the Electrical Power Research Institute in the USA and Advanced Nuclear Technology International in Sweden.
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Editor's note: First in a series on how the careers of the U.S. Senate candidates have prepared them for the office.
Greg Brannon's Monday started with two pelvic surgeries at WakeMed and ended at a tea party event in Moore County for his U.S Senate campaign.
In between, the 53-year-old obstetrician saw 46 patients at his Cary office.
Brannon has no political experience. He recently lost a civil lawsuit. And he's facing seven other candidates, including state House Speaker Thom Tillis, whose supporters have deep pockets, in the Republican primary.
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But he thinks he has the managerial experience and legal knowledge needed to win the primary and ultimately unseat incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan.
He's run his OB/GYN practice for 21 years, served as medical director for a local pregnancy clinic for eight years and worked at a weight-loss clinic for two years – all while raising seven children, three of whom are adopted.
The N.C. Medical Board website reports no malpractice complaints against Brannon, who says he's delivered more than 9,000 babies and helped more than 20,000 patients.
He's continued delivering babies – 250 at last count – since the campaign started and says he'll keep his practice if elected.
Friends and colleagues say they were not surprised he decided to run; nor will they be surprised if he wins.
Theydescribe him as level-headed and ambitious – someone who has taken risks to help friends and guided them through personal and financial turmoil.
"He knows where he's going, and he doesn't let anything get in the way," said Mike Green, a friend since his high school days in La Mirada, Calif.
Green said when the two met, Brannon already knew he wanted to be a doctor.
"He's lived kind of the 'Rocky' story," Green added. "He's a guy who's competed against the odds and always finds a way."
Brannon says God called him to run.
"It was Good Friday 2009," he said. "I was on a run at the beach. I just felt God lay on my heart: November '14, Hagan's seat."
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His deeply held religious views – instilled by his mother – have helped shape his career and his life.
Because of his beliefs, Brannon volunteers as medical director of A Hand of Hope pregnancy resource center, which operates in Raleigh and Fuquay-Varina. He plans to continue that role even if elected.
The center uses Brannon's medical licenses to administer ultrasounds using the machine he donated, said Tonya Baker Nelson, its executive director.
They met years ago when Nelson said she had an unplanned pregnancy at age 23.
She recalls crying and being scared while sitting in a room at Brannon's practice.
"He just cared," Nelson said. "He would tell me 'Enjoy your pregnancy because it's one of the few opportunities you get to help God with a miracle.' "
Nelson says she talks to Brannon whenever the clinic needs him to interpret ultrasound results, which is at least once a week.
"I've never seen someone multitask the way he does," she said.
Facing challenges
Brannon and his family have lived in a house off Regency Parkway since 1998, according to property records. The house is valued at $960,000, and Brannon earned about $539,000 last year from his practice and his work at Medi-Weightloss, a weight-loss clinic in Raleigh.
But he came from little and faced challenges.
Despite his desire to be a doctor, he graduated from the University of Southern California in 1982 with what he termed "crummy grades" and had few medical school options. So he enrolled at La Universidad del Noreste in Tampico, Mexico, and transferred to Chicago Medical School in 1986, where he graduated two years later.
He eventually moved to North Carolina to take a job as a clinical professor for the Wake Area Health Education Center.
He resigned after four months to open his own practice and partnered with Dr. Ron Rogers in 1997. In 2009, Rogers left to open his own practice.
Brannon attributed the split to having different visions for the practice: "Ron loves G-Y-N, and I love the variety of everything, and I don't want to quit O-B.
"There's a lot of freedom to running a practice by yourself, like running for office," he said.
Rogers attributed the split to "personal differences" and declined to elaborate.
"We're not enemies," Rogers said. "If I saw him walking down the hallway, I wouldn't turn and walk the other way."
Constitution is his passion
While Brannon says his career has prepared him to be a senator, it and his other passion – the Constitution – have shaped his politics.
The Affordable Care Act's impact on his business fueled his desire to run. He didn't provide specific examples, saying the worst part of the law is "April 15th every year. Isn't that egregious enough?"
He uses "Obamacare," which he wants to repeal and not replace, as a conversation starter to educate voters on how the Constitution limits the federal government.
He said he thinks voters will connect with his message of protecting individual sovereignty, which he says the Constitution protects and the Bible endorses.
To spread his constitutional beliefs, Brannon started the website FoundersTruth.org in October 2009, then later took it down. He built a foundation of supporters through his practice and his Bible studies and gained popularity from appearing on the Bill LuMaye radio show on WPTF.
The two years after he decided to run were rough.
In 2010, his mother and only brother died within three months of each other.
A year later, Brannon's friendship with his medical school classmate, Larry Piazza, fractured when Piazza called his promissory note on a technology company, Neogence Enterprises, that they invested in together.
Piazza and Salvatore Lampuri of Raleigh sued Brannon and Neogence CEO Robert Rice for offering misleading financial advice. A jury last month cleared Rice but ruled that Brannon misled the duo and owes them a combined $250,000, not including attorneys fees.
Brannon is appealing.
Piazza and Lampuri couldn't be reached for comment.
Straight shooter
Rice said Brannon has been a straight shooter since they first teamed up in the mid-'90s. Rice was 24 and needed investors for anaugmented reality tech company. They had met through mutual friends at church.
After his initial pitch, Rice said Brannon agreed to invest $60,000 the same day.
"He was always that supportive for me," Rice said. "And if he disagreed, he'd let know you ... but (he'd say) 'Let's talk through it.' "
The company died in 1998 because "it was about three years early," Brannon said.
Another investment, in the cartoon "Speed Racer, Next Generation," about 10 years ago was more successful, he said.
The cartoon was on TV about two years, Brannon said, but fell apart after a different group produced the film "Speed Racer" in 2008.
"We were really hoping to piggyback on it, and that movie bombed and it just killed us," he said.
Nonetheless, the political newcomer says he remains passionate about startups.
"I love the dream," Brannon said. "I love the risk."


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Blogging Homework - Or Sleep?
- Miriam at AnceStories2: Stories of Me for My Descendants will be coming out with the next journaling prompt on Monday, February 11th. I find these alot of fun and usually tackle them within the same day they are posted.
- Tim over at Walking the Berkshires has the 4th Cabinet of Curiosities coming up which is being hosted over at Archeoporn. This is set for February 18th but I'm not sure of the submission deadline, so this one has to get done before I leave on the 14th.
- The 42nd edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is due for submission on February 15th with the topic being The Best of The Best! The Academy of Genealogy and Family History. I am hoping there won't be a writer's strike for this one since Jasia at Creative Gene continues to do a great job and seems to attract all these bloggers to her carnival - 31 last count!
- Now Terry at Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi is hosting a poetry smackdown called the First Annual Blogger Poet Roundup and wants submission by February 18th. And he expects me to be creative at that! This will be fun I'm sure.
- Then there is the 4th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture hosted by Lisa over at Small-leaved Shamrock. The topic will be anything and everything about Irish heritage, genealogy and culture. At least the deadline is March 14th and that leaves me some time to summons me muses to help me a wee bit.
- And as if that were't enough, Terry - the instigator that he is - points out a neat challenge which, while at six words seems simple, really isn't. Larry Lehmer at Passing It On has written about writing your life story in only six words. I'll need to see about this one - but I love the idea.
See, the problem is I spend all this time reading some great, great blogs and no wonder why I am then up until 3:00 am researching my Welsh ancestors who settled in Lewis, Oneida and Oswego counties in New York. I think what I need to do is compose the "Genea-Blogger's Prayer" which has to somehow include the words weary, eye-strain, and sleep.
Now I get it. It seems I've not only just done a "roll-up" of upcoming carnivals and challenges, I've also off-handedly put out a challenge to compose a prayer! Well Saints Alive! I think we all need to say a prayer or two this week and get writing!
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- Jasia said...
You have the right of it, my friend. I can't take on as many challenges as you or I wouldn't be able to provide as much new content as I want to share. Trade offs, there are always trade offs. I used to try to rise to every challenge but as time goes by and there are more and more of them I find myself having to pass on more and more of them. There just aren't enough hours in the day...
- February 9, 2008 at 11:12 AM
- Terry Thornton said...
Thomas, A busy person is, well, a busy person! Knowing you, however, you'll think of six perfect words to sum up your life --- and then you'll whip out a six line poem that captures the essence of your blog! Have at it!!!! LOL!
- February 9, 2008 at 11:54 AM
- Apple said...
I'm feeling a little overwhelmed the last dew weeks trying to stay caught up. This morning there were 500+ unread items in my feed reader. A lot were news items I could skim over but about 100 were things I really wanted to read. That doesn't leave much time for writing!
I hope you have a great little vacation!
- February 9, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Thomas, "Homework" - I love it! I was starting to feel the same way. Are most genea-bloggers retired? I've barely kept up with any other activities since starting the blog! Here's hoping we get all of our assignments done in time!
- February 9, 2008 at 7:20 PM
- Miriam said...
I hear you, Thomas! I missed Bill West's parade, a few other carnivals and memes, and I just don't know what more I can add to my many plates! You don't realize how addicting it all is (and how fast you fall behind) until you go a week without Internet!
- February 9, 2008 at 10:17 PM
- Lisa said...
Talk about homework... I sure had trouble keeping up with your Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories last December!
The truth is (kidding aside) that I wrote volumes more than I ever would have written if I had not had your prompts and deadlines looming. Thanks to your "homework" I had my busiest blogging month to date and fit in lots more research on holiday customs and memories than I would ever have done without that carnival.
I'm looking forward to reading the "assignments" that you can turn in on time this month, and trying my hand at some myself.
The good news is that we won't be facing a failing grade if we miss one or two...
Happy writing!
- February 10, 2008 at 9:06 PM
- Lori Thornton said...
While awaiting Lake Michigan's thaw,
Thomas got down to his very last straw,
All of the memes
Were producing his screams
For a no blogging homework law!
- February 11, 2008 at 2:20 PM
- Thomas MacEntee said...
Thanks Lori!
Put everyone should know that I am a strong backer of the No Blogger Left Behind Initiative!
- February 11, 2008 at 3:05 PM


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