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We have a growing list of dealers that sell our products. Check out our dealer locator to find your local Spark dealer. We also sell directly through our website.
We continuously ship to our dealers throughout the season and once dealer orders are fulfilled, we allocate some of our stock to our website. Some seasons we sell out after fulfilling dealer pre-orders. As a result, we don't have much left over to sell direct from our website. At Spark R&D we believe in supporting your local snowboard shop! If an item says out of stock, please check with your local dealer to see if they have inventory on hand. Our dealer locator is here. We may not have inventory for sale on the web store until mid-winter to early spring, and can't guarantee that any stock will become available.
We can ship via USPS and UPS both domestically and internationally.
Spark R&D warrants its products to be free of manufacturing defects for two years from the date of purchase as validated by a copy of your original sales receipt. Problems resulting from impact, abuse, misuse, neglect, or modifications made outside of our factory and normal wear and tear are not covered.
If your product has a valid warranty issue we will repair or replace the product free of charge. In the event that an exact replacement (model, size, and/or color) is no longer available we will replace your product with one of comparable performance, size and value. For issues relating to warranty please contact us via our online warranty form.
Spark R&D does not accept or consider unsolicited product ideas. Please do not submit any unsolicited ideas, artwork or other works ("submissions") in any form to Spark R&D. The sole purpose of this policy is to avoid potential future disputes when our products might seem similar to ideas submitted to Spark R&D. If despite our request that you do not submit your ideas, any submissions will become the property of Spark R&D. None of the submissions shall be subject to any obligation of review, confidentiality or compensation.
Tesla bindings utilize our side lock snap ramp system, a two wire climbing setup and touring brackets with integrated crampon installation.
T1 bindings have all of the above with an upgraded two position single wire climbing system and our new Rip 'N' Flip Highbacks featuring tool free forward lean adjusters with an adjustment range of -13° to +22°.
Both feature the Tesla T1 binding system.
The Arc is our more softer, more flexible model. It features maximum cutouts in the baseplate to shave weight, a more flexible version of our Rip 'N' Flip highback (compared to the Surge), and industry-leading, low profile straps and buckles from Burton.
The Surge is our stiffer model binding. It features a solid baseplate for stiffness and durability, a less flexible version of our Rip 'N' Flip highback, and wide ankle and toe cap straps (wider and thicker than Arc straps).
The Magneto is the lighter and more flexible of our Tesla models. The AfterBurner is a bit stiffer and offers more support.
A small dab of lubricant is added to the friction point between the climbing wires and baseplate during assembly. If you're experiencing too much resistance when engaging your climbing wires you can re-lubricate the friction point with silicone, lithium grease, or any number of other lubricants. A dab of chap-stick also works in a pinch!
This is a very personal decision. But, if you're into super fast transitions from tour to ride mode, proven backcountry reliability, and radical split-specific features, Tesla T1 might be right for you.
Spark R&D has collaborated with Burton to produce a custom, limited edition splitboard specific binding called the Hitchhiker. The Hitchhiker combines our T1 Arc baseplate with Burton-designed straps and highbacks. The Hitchhiker is available exclusively through Burton distribution channels. More info can be found here.
Yes! The two wire Hitchhiker is compatible with Spark R&D accessories, including the Sabertooth and Ibex Crampons, 2nd Board Kit, and Tesla Heel Lockers. For 16/17 the Hitchhiker has been upgraded to the Tesla T1
T1 Hitchhikers are compatible with Spark R&D accessories, including Whammy Bars, Ibex Crampons, 2nd Board Kits, and T1 Heel Lockers.
To prevent the pin from falling out while riding or touring, the arm of the pin should be tucked under the toe strap next to your boot.
If you have a forward angle on your rear binding, you may not be able to secure the pin in ride mode due to interference with the heel rest. If this happens, just slide the pin in from the opposite side of the binding. You may need to re-adjust the leash length by loosening the toe buckle screw. Alternatively, you may want to attach the pin on the other side of the binding.
The Voile crampons use a different pin system and attach on the outside of the touring bracket and therefore are NOT compatible with any Spark R&D bindings. We sell our own crampons which are compatible with our bindings. Check them out here.
Blaze and Burner bindings require Mr. Chomps crampons
Arc, Surge, Magneto, and AfterBurner bindings require Sabertooth or Ibex crampons
Yes, but you'll need to swap out the long plastic bars at the installation point of the crampon with the shorter plastic bars included in the LT Bracket Kit.
Starting in 16/17 shorty bars will be included with the Mr. Chomps crampons.
Tesla (Magneto & AfterBurner) and T1 (Arc & Surge) system bindings come with their own touring brackets and heel rests. The climbing wires for ascending uphill terrain are built right into the base of the bindings. You will need a set of Spark Pucks or Voile Pucks to attach your bindings to your factory splitboard. We also recommend getting the Ibex Crampons to help get you up steep or icy terrain.
If you are using Spark R&D pin bindings – Blaze, Burner, Fuse, or Ignition – on a factory made splitboard you need the LT Brackets, Voile Dual Height Climbing Heels ,and Spark Pucks.
All Spark R&D bindings are compatible with Spark Pucks, Voile Pucks (Regular or Canted) and Burton Channel Pucks, as well as One Binding System mounting plates. Note: The use of Spark bindings on any other manufacturer's puck system is not recommended and may void your warranty.
If you are having a hard time sliding your bindings onto Voile Pucks check to make sure that the rubber gaskets are installed underneath your pucks. If not, install the gaskets right now! Spark Pucks don't require a rubber gasket.
If your pucks are brand new, the fit might feel tight but will break in after just a couple of times changing over. If it feels like your bindings are jamming, check your puck alignment and make adjustments as necessary. This Board Set-up Quick Start Guide may help with fine tuning. There is also a strip of sandpaper included with your bindings that can be used to sand the puck in order to fine tune the fit.
Yes! Check out the Spare Parts page. If you can't find that you're looking for contact our warranty department and we'll get you squared away.
Because it's Hella-Fun, bro.
If you have Voile pucks check your puck installation and make sure the Inline Disc (One Slot) is on the heel side of your board and the Parallel Disc (Two Slot) is on the toe side. For stance angles between roughly -12° and 12° the "A" on the Inline Disc should point toward the board centerline. For steeper angles, the "B" should point toward the board centerline. This Board Set-up Quick Start Guide has suggestions for getting your setup just right.
If you have Spark Pucks simply loosen the puck screws and use your guide or baseplate to adjust your position accordingly. There is a setup and user guide in the specs section of the Spark Pucks page.
Start by moving the adjuster or ladder to the forward most position. Insert a 3/16 head flathead screwdriver in the gap between the adjuster/ladder and the baseplate. Simultaneously twist the screw driver and rotate the adjuster/ladder to the back position while pushing down on the adjuster/ladder to pop it up and out. Check out the video below for a visual demonstration.
A small dab of lubricant is added to the friction point between the climbing wires and baseplate during assembly. If you're experiencing too much resistance when engaging your climbing wires you can re-lubricate the friction point with silicone, lithium grease, or any number of other lubricants. A dab of chap-stick also works in a pinch!
It is the future of Splitboard training.
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Bitcoin has received plenty of hype as the money of the future over the past few years, but what are the properties of this digital asset that set it apart from everything else on the market? What are the features of Bitcoin that get people to use it in the first place?
Blockstream President Adam Back attempted to answer the question of what differentiates Bitcoin from other forms of money during a recent presentation at Paralelni Polis in Prague. He noted that a good question to ask someone interested in Bitcoin is: "What's most important about Bitcoin to them?"
Bitcoin's most useful features are the ones that cannot be found anywhere else. These are the features that would lead most people who use the digital currency to abandon it if they were no longer available to users (in no particular order).
1. Bearer Ecash
The first differentiating feature of Bitcoin is that it's a bearer ecash. This means that it works like physical cash. Back explained, "It's irreversible. You make a payment; it's done. You can't take it back."
Other important aspects mentioned by Back were: There's no third party, no central point of trust and no bank involved in the system. "It's
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Menchey Music Service is one of the largest print music dealers in the United States by volume. Our educator/institutional print department, located in Hanover PA, specializes in all areas of Instrumental print. This includes band arrangements for marching, jazz, & concert band, full and string orchestra arrangements, solo and ensemble music for wind, percussion, and string instruments, popular instrumental and vocal selections, and instructional methods for band & orchestral instruments, guitar, and piano. Menchey Music stocks over 100,000 titles in our Hanover PA location and we have access to print from a network of several hundred publishers in the industry.
Menchey Music offers a discount on printed music to schools, school districts, private teachers, churches, and organizations. Please inquire when you contact us.
"Diane Myers was a wonderful resource to me during my 32 years of teaching strings and directing orchestras in the Southern York County School District. She remains an asset to me as I continue teaching and directing the York Junior Symphony Orchestra. Diane's knowledge in the field of instrumental printed music is vast. I value her advice and always appreciate her extra effort in locating compositions that are difficult to find. All instrumental music educators can benefit from the knowledge Diane has gained serving for 30 years in her position at Menchey. In today's world, it is sometimes not easy to find folks we can always rely on, but Diane definitely falls into that category."
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Private Instructor / Director of York Junior Symphony, Former Director of Orchestras at Southern York County Schools
"I appreciate the prompt, professional service that I get from Menchey. The knowledgeable staff is always ready to help me. I have been a Menchey customer for over 25 years. I always get what I need on time. The instrumental print music department is responsive to my needs and really does provide great service."
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Jazz Director, Northern York County School District
"I have been a Menchey Music Service customer for 10 years. During this time, I have consistently received outstanding service. I am always impressed with the selection of print music for instrumental ensembles that is in stock. Diane Myers, Menchey's Instrumental Music Specialist, is one of the best in the business. Her working knowledge of instrumental publications, both in print and out of print, coupled with her willingness to help makes Diane a treasured resource for all band and orchestra teachers in the region."
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"It is my pleasure to recommend to you the outstanding musical services of Menchey Music. For the last ten years I have ordered band and orchestra music through Menchey and more specifically Diane Myers. Diane has amazing knowledge of band and orchestra literature and can find a piece for you in a matter of minutes. Her impeccable reputation with publishers allows us, the music teachers, to have full access to any music, extra parts or hard to find arrangements. If I need something related to my classroom, I email Diane and my problems are always solved. She orders creatively and there is always a wide array of music available in the store for me to peruse. This helps immensely when planning for my school year. I can't recommend Menchey Music highly enough. They are my life line for music!"
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"Diane Myers is a master of music literature and sheet music. As a High School Instrument Music Teacher, I can count on Diane to be my ultimate resource for my complete repertoire of sheet music. She has knowledge of the classics, as well as what is hot off the press. Diane is extremely well versed in all genres of music that I deal with including sheet music for Orchestra, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, and Solo/Ensemble repertoire. Diane is extremely professional and most of all one of the nicest people I know, making her a pleasure to work with."
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"Diane Myers is a special staff member in the Menchey Organization whom I've known for many years. As a string specialist and orchestra director, I've needed her help and guidance in finding special workbooks, method materials, and concert selections many times. After I've looked and researched myself and become frustrated with the results, I call Diane and she probably knows the music already, maybe knows the publishers and can readily locate it in the store or in her shelf of publishing books! I call her my "walking encyclopedia" of instrumental music. Even though I'm now somewhat "retired", she continues to be my source for all things needed in my musical life!"
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Tripp's Follow-up story on WWL Ch.4
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You are an amazing mother and you have an amazing son. I started reading your story tonight and couldn't stop in the middle,I had to read it from start to finish with tears in my eyes,weight on my chest,and a large lump in my throat. You are a remarkable woman Courtney. I will be praying for you and Tripp each and every night that God will shower you both with love and healing,to make all the pain go away and heal the remarkable little boy that Tripp is. Love,
HeatherGreat update! Tripp is such a trooper - and so are you. Jackson (my 7-yr old) was looking at Tripp's pics and was so sad when he realized Tripp can't see anymore. But then he saw that Tripp just keeps smiling through all of it and he was really amazed!
We are still praying for him and for you - we love you very much!
Love from TX,
LauraCourtney, a Facebook friend of mine posted a link to your blog. I was so moved by your story - and Tripp's life - that I wanted to reach out to you. I lost a son, Andy, to a genetic disease two years ago. Your post inspired one of mine - http://andysarmy.com/perspectives - I hope that's okay. And, while I could never presume to understand exactly what you are going through, I hope you know that you are not alone right now. Keep trusting yourself, Tripp and God. Sending love and prayers for Tripp - Audra Butler
ReplyDeleteit brings tears to my eyes just seeing this wonderful little young man the tears are not sad tears but tears of happiness it is so amazing to see one little boy fight and fight i love just seeing him play with his drums and make sound not just sound but music that brings enjoyment to my ears if there was anything in the world i could do to help him ease his struggle or even help him with his music i would not to make people sad but if there was a way for some one to donate there own skin for the little man i would just the thought of helping the little man makes my heart throbe of love he is a hero in my life no matter his age i will always think back as TRIPP ROTH my HERO
ReplyDeleteWe all in our family pray for Tripp everyday and that he feels better very soon. Courtney, you are one strong woman I have came across in my life and our prayers are there for you as well. Tripp is such a hero - We all love you and him so much. Email me for any support you or your family needs. May god bless Tripp !!!


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Exercise Time in Sedentary Middle-aged Female
This study has been completed.
P.L.Shupik National Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Mohammadreza Rezaeipour, MD, PhD, University of Sistan and Baluchestan
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: May 4, 2013
Last updated: February 17, 2017
Last verified: May 2016
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The exercise time is an important factor among the medical guides for weight loss; however, there is still little knowledge about exercise duration paths in middle-aged and older women. The present study aimed to determine the effects of the interval training on weight loss and lipid profile, and to compare its efficiency with the continuous training.
Condition | Intervention |
Weight Loss |
Other: Exercise time |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: No masking Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Response Of Weight And Lipid Profile To Exercise Time In Sedentary Overweight/Obese Middle-Aged And Older Women |
Resource links provided by NLM:
Further study details as provided by P.L.Shupik National Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- HDL-c [ Time Frame: 3 month ]
Enrollment: | 115 |
Study Start Date: | September 2012 |
Study Completion Date: | March 2016 |
Primary Completion Date: | December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Active Comparator: Group I
Study group I (57 participants) received the continuous training of exercise time.
Other: Exercise time
Continuous training, Interval training
Active Comparator: Group II
Study group II (58 participants) received the interval training of exercise time.
Other: Exercise time
Continuous training, Interval training
Detailed Description:
Participants included sedentary women (age 45-75 years) with overweight or obesity (n= 115). They were randomly divided into two groups including continuous exercise, and interval exercise. The weight assessment parameters including change in weight and body composition, blood sample tests were performed pre- and three month post-intervention.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 45 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Good Health
- Weight stability
Exclusion Criteria:
*Abnormality or history of Disease
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.
For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01851837
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01851837
Sponsors and Collaborators
P.L.Shupik National Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education
Principal Investigator: | Mohammadreza Rezaeipour, M.D. | Member of Scientific Board in Physical Education and Sport Sciences |
More Information
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017
Responsible Party: | Mohammadreza Rezaeipour, MD, PhD, Assistant professor, University of Sistan and Baluchestan |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01851837 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
no grant |
Study First Received: | May 4, 2013 |
Last Updated: | February 17, 2017 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No | |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Weight Loss Body Weight Changes Body Weight Signs and Symptoms |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017


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Embellishing Curtains With Ribbon
Embellish store-bought curtains with coordinating ribbon to personalize them.
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1. Lay the curtain panel flat with the right side up. Place the ribbon along the edge with extra at the top and bottom so it can be folded over to the back side. Pin the ribbon in place.
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How to Read Shakespeare Sometimes, the language of Shakespeare can seem overwhelming. Break it down into segments and handle each one individually.
Let's try breaking it down… "I had been happy if the general camp, pioneers and all, had tasted her sweet body, so I had nothing known." (Othello, III.iii.345-347) Huh?!? This is a pretty tough line, so let's cut it up, shall we?
Lets try breaking it down… "I had been happy…" We know that "had" could be "would have," It's probably, "I would have been happy."
Let's try breaking it down… "…if the general camp, pioneers and all…" Your notes should tell you that "the general camp" is all regular people, and that "pioneers" are lower-class laborers.
Let's try breaking it down… "…had tasted her sweet body…" A.K.A.: Had slept with her.
Let's try breaking it down… "…so I had nothing known." We'll have to apply a couple of our previous concepts here. "So" probably means "so long as." And "nothing known" is one of those awkward word switches. It's probably, "known nothing."
Now let's put it back together… "I had been happy if the general camp, pioneers and all, had tasted her sweet body, so I had nothing known." "I would have been happy if everybody, even laborers, had slept with her, so long as I knew nothing."
Let's get started! First identify the rhyme scheme of the prologue…
Two households, both alike in dignity, a In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, b From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, a Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. b From forth the fatal loins of these two foes c A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; d Whose misadventured piteous overthrows c Do with their death bury their parents' strife. d The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, e And the continuance of their parents' rage, f Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, e Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; f The which if you with patient ears attend, g What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. g
Now identify the parts of the sonnet How are the first 12 lines organized?
They are divided into three quatrains with four lines each.
What are the last two lines called?
They are a rhyming couplet.
Meter The rhythmical pattern of a poem. It is determined by the number and types of stresses, or beats, in each line.
Scanning a poem for meter Scanning is to mark the stressed and unstressed syllables.
Iambic pentameter An iamb consists of one unstressed and one stressed syllable. If you read music, it is similar to a measure. It is also called a foot. Feet are divided by a vertical line according to syllable. Pentameter refers to the number of iambic feet in a line. There are ten syllables, making up five iambic feet per line. We mark it with ﬞ (unstressed) and ′ (stressed)
ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ Two house|holds, both| alike| in dig|nity, ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ In fair| Vero|na, where| we lay| our scene,
Modified iambic pentameter Remember that Shakespeare used the words the way we say them. We don't say houseHOLD. It's HOUSEhold. Sometimes the meter doesn't quite match the formula. We call it modified.
ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ Whose mis|adven|tured pi|teous o|verthrows ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ ′ ﬞ ﬞ ′ ﬞ ′ Do with|their death|bury|their par|ents' strife. Notice that the symbols are reversed on bury because we pronounce the word with the stress on the first syllable.
Independent Practice Now you will finish the iambic pentameter for the rest of the prologue on your own. I will be around to help you if needed.
Prologue Vocabulary Dignity – wealthy; respected Grudge – constant conflict Piteous – pitiful; disgraceful Mend – to put right; repair Misadventured - misfortune; unlucky Strife – conflict; trouble Mutiny – rebellion; an uprising; fighting Loins – offspring Toil – work hard; labor; strive Naught – nothing But – except for
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Rescue Me ID: 17-03-19-00381Rooster (male)
This rooster is beautiful, large and protective over the hens. He gets along well with our dog & cat, however he is aggressive towards my daughter. I hold him everyday and he seems to be fine with adults. We are hoping to find a new home for him without young children. He would make a great addition to a farm. Ventura County Simi Valley, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 17-03-17-00322potbelly pig (female)
This animal is available to licensed rescue groups only. Please do not enquire unless with a licensed rescue group. Looking for a good home for our pig. She is very friendly. Sacramento County Fallbrook, CA 92028 MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 17-02-28-00194Rooster (male)
A friend gave us 8 chicks last fall. Four are roosters. They're driving our girls crazy. I need to get rid of 3 roosters. Don't want them 'eaten' or for 'fighting' tho. Tuolumne County Sonora, CA MAP IT!
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Rescue Me ID: 17-01-10-00490Rooster (male)
This is a beautiful red rooster who just showed up on our property a few months ago. He is friendly and is comfortable around the people living on the property, but still a little shy. We are feeding him, but we don't have proper shelter for him. He is all by himself; no other roosters or chickens around. We don't think we are doing right by him and wouldn't be able to help him if he got sick. It is cold and rainy and have no shelter/cover for him. A farm or someone with proper education on roosters would be a better home for him. Sacramento County Sacramento, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-12-29-00517Rooster (male) Friendly 7 month old Rhode Island Red Rooster. We raised him from a chick thinking he was a hen and we are not zoned for roosters. Solano County Benicia, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-12-10-00100pygmy goats (female)
2 female pygmy goats; 2 1/2 yrs old sisters who are very bonded, eat out of hand tame and more tameable, one is black, one is white (Sugar and Spice); very healthy; eat alfalfa hay and treats, weeds and alfalfa in summer; Senior citizen can no longer take care of. Trinity County Douglas City, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-12-02-00263chickens
2 chickens appearing to be hens were abandoned at property Riverside County Menifee, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-12-02-00260pig
pig abandoned by previous resident. appears docile and friendly. Riverside County Menifee, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-11-10-00194AMERAUCANA mix ROOSTER (male) Ameraucana mix rooster (puffy cheeks), spring 2016 hatch. *Just* started to crow. Currently not aggressive. We live in city limits and roos are banned. Someone else was supposed to take him, but now find themselves in a position they can't. Needs to go to new home ASAP before neighbors grab up their garden rakes and come over up in arms! LOCATED in Dixon, California *Sorry, no pic. I tried to get one of him, but he wouldn't sit still long enough. All attempts turned out far too blurry to post. Solano County Dixon, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-10-30-00099Chicken (female)
I have a chicken that my grandaughter and i love to death we named her chicken boo shes a great chicken she has lots of personality she lays eggs right now unfortunately im homeless and i have to stay with a friend she lives in a apartment i really need a place for her temporary untill i can get a place with a yard so if anyone can help me with my chicken ill get her food and check on her,clean up after her whatever my grandaughter lovers her to death. I am going to stay with my friend by friday the 4th so if anyone can help me please respond thank u Sacramento County Sacramento, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-10-28-00361Roosters (male)
2 gorgeous roosters in need of rehoming A year old Americauna , white with splashes of copper. A 2 year old gentle giant Barred Rock Both are good protectors for the hens San Joaquin County Stockton, CA 95215 MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-10-03-00212Rooster (male) He is a sweet guy. We just can't keep him in city limits. He has begun to crow and is annoying the neighbors. He must go ASAP. Sacramento County Sacramento, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-09-20-00146Rooster (male)
Beautiful and healthy young rooster needs a home immediately. Please help. Orange County San Juan capistrano, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-09-10-00571Rooster (male)
Plymouth Rock rooster needs a new home. Currently living in an area where roosters are not allowed. Need to find a new home. Placer County Rocklin, CA MAP IT!
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Rescue Me ID: 16-09-07-00278White Silkie Rooster (male)
We have a rooster in our group of chickens. He is approx 5-6 months old. He has just begun to crow and due to our location we are unable to keep a rooster. We would like to find him a good home ASAP. Los Angeles County Northridge, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-08-18-00225Rooster (male)
bantam rooster We are unable to keep our pet rooster due to close proximity of neighbors. Riverside County Wildomar, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-08-18-00220Rooster (male)
Rhode Island Red rooster We can not keep our pet due to close proximity of neighbors. Riverside County Wildomar, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-08-15-00327Rooster (male)
Beautiful 4 month old Americana rooster. Raised with loving care but cannot keep. Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz, CA 95062 MAP IT!
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Rescue Me ID: 16-08-13-00099Cayuga bonded pair (male)
I have a beautiful bonded pair of Cayuga ducks that need a new home. Their names are Harbor and Oceana. They look like jewels in the sun and would make great ornamental ducks. They're domestic ducks so they can't fly and need to be in predator proof housing at night. They love to swim and need water (they have a kiddie pool currently). They are about 5 months old now and since the drake Harbor is reaching maturity, he has taken an unhealthy sexual interest in our little bantam chicken hen. She is very tiny and since ducks and chickens are made differently, he is going to kill her if he keeps mating her. Unfortunately, we can't keep them all ... (Read More)separate. Oceana and Harbor need to go together since they are a bonded pair. They are timid around humans but were raised inside as babies and could be made to come around if one has the time. They LOVE spinach. I don't want to give them up but can't risk having them kill our little Acorn :( (Less) Sacramento County Sacramento, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-08-08-00516Chicken (female)
We have an older hen who is crowing in the AM. Her coop mates died and, we are told, some hens will start to crow when they are alone. We live in a neighboorhood with strict rules and they think we have a rooster! We must give her away. She does lay about every 4- 5 days. Orange County Santa Ana, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-08-04-00805American Blackbelly (male)
2 six year old rams with short scrotums, they have reproduced in spite of this but need to be surgically castrated to keep as pets. Would be free if one agrees to castrate before moving. Riverside County Riverside, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-07-27-00678rooster (male)
3 young roosters (4 months old). 2 are Ameracaunas and one is black and white spotted. All have been raised in a home as chicks from a classroom project. Not allowed to have roosters in our city. Very friendly. San Diego County San Diego, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-07-25-00199rooster (male)
barred rock rooster We would like to find a new home for this rooster. Riverside County Wildomar, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-06-27-00140Silkie bantam rooster (male)
Beautiful and quite friendly, a great pet for young children who want to have an animal to care for. One or all of these guys are up for adoption. Our city says no roosters so my only alternative is a new home for them. Sacramento County Rancho Cordova, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-06-26-00310Buff Orpington Rooster (male)
Beautiful, loving 5 month old buff Orpington rooster. We can not keep roosters in our area. Would like a good home. He is not aggressive. Los Angeles County Manhattan Beach, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-06-16-00375Pot Belly Pig (female)
This is Mabel, our lovely, sweet, affectionate & smart girl. She is very easy to care for, just love and food and a nice place to roam and rest. It breaks our hearts to look for another home for her, unfortunately, we also have a bullmastiff that is no longer able to tolerate her, she has attacked her a few times and we have had to separate them, which leaves her/Mabel isolated. This is no life for any animal. She is elderly, probably about 7-8 years old, has poor vision and hearing but she does acclimate well. She is not initially very fond of men, however warms up after a good belly rub. She is good with other animals and really doesn't ... (Read More)have special needs... just loved and cared for. She will follow you around the yard and take a nap next to you, she loves to be petted and loved, she is very gentle. We originally welcomed Mabel in on a temp basis and her owner never wanted her back, We love her and decided to keep her, unfortunately, we dont want her to spend her last years isolated and fearful of our dog. It is extremely important that she goes to a home that is knowledgeable of her breed and is looking for a family member to love and cherish. I am her primary caretaker. I myself have been sick the last few years. The one thing she does need is a good bath and a hoove trimming. Other than that, she is very easy, amusing, loveable and dedicated! (Less) San Bernardino County chino, CA MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-06-03-00020Hammy (male)
Hammy is a 2 to 3 year old, 50-60 pound, male potty belly pig. Due to health reasons, his owner could no longer keep him. He is very shy, but he makes up for it in personality. See his video. He's a happy, funny guy! We are a 501c3 non-profit organization. Adoption process includes an adoption contract and home check. Adoption fee for dogs are $300 - 500 and for cats are $175. All of our animals are fixed, vaccinated, and chipped. If you are interested in adopting or have further questions, please fill out the application at LAAR.ORG under the Adoption Process page. LA Animal Rescue Los Angeles County Chatsworth, CA 91311 MAP IT!
Rescue Me ID: 16-05-21-00130bantam rooster (male)
Gray bantam rooster good with children Los Angeles County Temple City, CA 91780 MAP IT!
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on average, every four years one team wins the world series...the new york yankees is it the bronx, or the water in new york, or the famous pinstripes? no, the team has more money and outspends the next richest team, the mets, by 20 million dollars (espn)
Re: get a salary cap in baseball a salaray cap will never exist in baseball. The players union would never allow it, and they are very, very strong. Frankly a salaray cap doesn't solve problems necessarily anyway. I think the way it works in the NFL for instance is horrible. Teams change so much year to year because of the salaray cap. a player staying with a team his whole career, or even a good portion of it, is a rarity nowadays. Its also extraodinarily complicated for fans to understand. i don't like it. The NBA version is better, but its not perfect either. salary caps just aren't the great equalizer people think they are and they are often bad for fans because they lose out on watching players being with the same team for a long time. I think baseball has a lot of good things. Draft picks for losing free agents I think is a brilliant way to keep smaller markets team stocked with talent for instance. the luxury tax is a pretty decent compromise on a salaray cap of sorts, though the threshhold shuold have been set lower than it was. And remember, its still going to come down to management. Nobody bitched about the yankees in the years form 1982 through 1994 in whcih they didn't win anything. what the yankees are good at is putting a good team together and then winning with that team over and over again. Loo at their history. they tend to win all thsoe championships in bunches. So while it may average out to once every 4 years, the reality of the situation is that many years the yankees don't even have a chance. its only recent history that makes people think they yankees are invincible because of their money. COnsidering that the majority of their teams that one those world series in the 90's were home grown players or players gotten in trades, I don't relaly have a problem with them reqarding players who do well for them. They have recently started getting mroe and mroe free agents, and they haven't won a world series since doing so. So you see, the problem is often bad management by other teams rather than the yankees being a problem. Other teams overpay players who just aren't very good, and then get stuck witht eh contracts. They focus on the wrong things, they don't teach fundmanetals, develop youngsters or have an organizational philosphy. The poster childs for how sucessful these things can be is the oakland A's (yes, I'm from the bay area and a huge A's fan). The problem with baseball is not the yankees who pay good players. The problem is teams that pay mediocre to bad players too much and rely on the free agent market. Thats what shuts small market teams out from being able to sign some decent contributors. I think the yankees are in for a fall anyway. Anyone who thinks roger clemens is all that great anymore is delusional. He's good, but not a fantastic pitcher anymore. He never should have won that last cy young. He wasn't even the best pitcher on his team that year. Andy pettite hasn't been consistent, derek Jeter is way overrated (Read some of espn.com's analysis of his play, its very interesting. basiclaly, he's good, but Tejada, A-Rod and Nomar are in a totally different class offensively and defensively), Giambi is a defensive liability, their outfield never seems that sound apart from bernie williams, they lost mendoza, rivera may be starting to break down a bit. They'll be good this year and maybe for a few more years, but they may be in for some hard times in the future. Its going to take good management for them to be good in the future, not money. it almost pains me to not blame the yankees, since I'm an A's fan.
very compelling argument maybe the yanks do have great management whatever it is, if they used their fingers, toes, and anything else that stuck out as an appendage for world series rings, they would have rings left over
If fans quit going to baseball game and paying homage to millionaires, there would be no need for a cap. They are just spoiled brats. After all it is just a game. Doctors, nurses, police, and teachers are much more valuable. Your life and that of your children has more value.
if people got paid according to their real worth, the blue collar workers would certainly make more a couple of people mentioned to me the most important person/people in new york city are the garbagemen...any one occupation taking a day off would not affect the city more than this occupation
another terribly underpaid group of workers are the military...they put their life on the line for us and often cannot afford the rent/mortgage where their base is if they are married and live off base the base here used to pay a very large portion of outside rent but cutbacks made them able to pay less which made it that much more impossible with 23 golf courses around here, the real estate was just out of reach it used to be, as i have said once before at ford ord, any sergeant could afford a house in this golf course laden town then one had to be at least a captain then a colonel now, with the average house next to the base (former base) well over 500k, nobody could afford a house and rent is not exactly cheap, either and guess what...they all packed up (55,000 of them) and moved to ft. lewis, washington...i hope the rent and mortgages are better over there this to me is a microcosm of the class warfare which has been brewing for decades the people who protect our streets and nation (cops and military) should be given government subsidies to be able to afford the area they serve...the cops in my town drive ****ty cars (personal vehicles) and have to go to the laundrymat with its old machines...on any given sunday, the whole force is there along with some young people just starting out and the migrant workers
A very true statement, thanks. Fans should have to pay more of the cost of baseball, no funding from consumers or tax payers!
I haven't watched a single full baseball game since the 1992 strike. MLB could take a few cues from the minors which are currently flourishing. Institute a salary cap and a low trade quota. Pay the players dramatically less. If they strike, which they will, then fire them. Bring back a respect for team loyalty. Reduce ticket prices. Have more family nights. Give out more cheesy free stuff. Lower the price of food. Get players in there who actually care about the game, not about enhancing their own stats so they can get payed X million more next year. Likewise, they should care about the fans, they should go the extra mile to sign autographs etc. As a fan, why should I watch baseball? It's too expensive and it's boring as hell. It's a showcase of greed. Why should I care about any particular player? I know he doesn't care about me. Baseball has been ruined by money, and if you take the money away, the problem fixes itself.
just to play devil's advocate for a second here i went to school in a ghetto area in san francisco and the area got cleaned up when there was a new baseball stadium put there...the area needed a boost and all the dot.com firms that opened there had pretty much closed down (nearly 200 of them) to have an area so dangerous for business and citizens/tourists is such a shame and now people come there to watch baseball games and it spurs business in that tough area the cops actually come there now and protect people where once they just ignored it and left it to the local gangs to intimidate from our campus to the parking lot just across the street, the school had to have bodyguards to bring the female and (some male) students to their cars...the lot was protected by some questionable parking lot employees and there were dogs patrolling the area that could have easily ripped off a person's limbs year after year, the area just got more dragged into the gutter...so thank god taxpayers helped put up a nice stadium which brought other business into the area
baseball is far and away teh cheapest major sport there is. I can go to a game for a few bucks. In Oakland, wednesday games are a dollar for the nose bleed seats. 20 dollars are the best seats in the house. its a great deal. All the other sports are two, three, four or even more times more expensive. Whether its boring or not is personal opinion. Personally I find it fascinating. I think football is extraordinarily boring. Also, more of the players care about baseball than you think. People like to vilify the players, but are they really the problem? Consider for instance Tiger woods or MIchael Jordan. They are estimated to create billions of dollars for people every year. If they are creating billions, aren't the entitled to the money made off of their names and talents? Likewise, baseball players make lots of money for the owners. Aren't they entitled to part of that money too, or shuold the owners be able to pcoket it and exploit the players. I know its hard to think of such well paid people as exploited, but in the early days of baseball, they were exploited and a lot of money was made on them with nothing going back to them. its wrong. Players get paid exactly what they deserve: that is, exactly what the owners are willing to pay. This is a free market society we live in after all. Just because the players ask for more money does not mean they don't have a genuine love for the game. The problem with baseball and finances is not the players really. its poor management and bad ownership who don't care about baseball. The vast majority of players do care. And the vast majority of players in professional baseball aren't even that well paid when you work out the numbers (minor leaguers earn next to nothing in most cases, and second or third tier players may only have a few years in the league. Its not like they have the job for the next 40 years). I would also point out that plenty of players to actively sign autographs, and for free. Jason Giambi and Tim Hudson both signed autographs for me when i saw them in Kansas city. very gracious and went out of their way to do so. Considering how many sharks tehre are out there, its not surprising some players are wary. And for players whose careers are done, its a source of income. We can't expect them to just stop earning because their career is over and we want free stuff (that in some cases is worth a lot of money) I also don't like the suggestion that they just be fired if they strike. Sounds great in when you don't care abuot the workers (players in this case), but should steel mills and the like be able to do the same thing. If industry fired workers like that, people would be up in arms about it. Yes, its hard to sympathize with the very well paid players, but its not a black and white issue like many people try to make it, and salary caps do nothing to foster the things we want (ie, continuity of teams). Most problems in baseball comes down to the owners, not the players.
Salary caps suck, but so does the fact that the Yanks have a lot more cash to spend on players then a lot of small market teams. What is needed in ALL sports is a fricking PLAYERS CAP. What some of these players get is absolutely ridiculous. That's why smaller teams can't compete, they don't have $100 million to give to 1 player. All sports need a common sence player cap. I have no idea hpw'd you'd implement it, but something has to be done. Imagine how much players will be making in 10-20 years from now. Simply stupid.
There should be no salary caps at all in baseball. People for some reason think baseball players are overpaid, and I always hear non sequitur garbage like "children are starving while these players earn millions." The fact is, the money to pay for these players exists--the only question is how that pot is divided. Remember that having money does not necessarily lead to success. Yes, the Yankees are outpending their way to the top, but smart management is the reason why the team is able to use what dollars they do have wisely. Look at other wealthy teams like the Dodgers and Orioles who throw obscene amounts of money at fungible players, over-the-hill veterans, and unproven retreads. And don't forget the example of my favorite team the Oakland A's. Despite a payroll of about $40 million, they have managed to stay competitive for the past three years. Smart management under GM Billy Beane is the main reason why the A's can compete on a shoestring budget. The current revenue sharing scheme in baseball is unambiguously stupid. Revenues--not market size--determines whether a club contributes to the revenue-sharing pool. The Philadelphia metropolitan area has a population two times as large as the Cleveland metropolitan area, yet the Indians were forced to chip in some money into the revenue sharing pool due to high revenues while the Phillies contributed nothing and pocketed some revenue-sharing money. That's how the Phillies were able to sign Jim Thome--by using Thome's former team's money. Such a revenue scheme penalizes teams that invest wisely in their own operations and reward incompetent management.
Oh, and my other thoughts In no particular order . . . 1. There should indeed be some revenue-sharing scheme in baseball but not the one MLB currently uses. The plan is simple: If team A plays against team B, the money generated during the series (through ticket sales, television deals, etc.) should be split evenly. This plan won't eliminate the revenue disparity (the Yankees will still get more) but it will help narrow it. True, people who come to Yankee Stadium are there to watch the Yankees, but the Yankees can't play against themselves. The only problem with this plan is that many owners (particularly the media conglomerates) tend to understate the revenues through a lot of accounting hanky-panky. 2. No public money for stadiums. Baseball teams deserve to make whatever money they make by creating a product that the public wants, but they don't need our help in building their playground. Public money should be spent on wiser things like education, infrastructures, health care, or even a tax rebate. The "jobs" that building a baseball stadium supposedly creates are the low-income temporary type that don't improve the long-term financial health of the city. 3. Baseball is a fun game (damnit!). OK, everyone is entitled to their opinions on this issue, but I for one love baseball. I think its drama generate alot of excitement. I personally find watching basketball and football quite boring, but I understand why others might like it. Don't diss baseball, folks.
Hm... let me instead of lending my thought that the yanks are too dominate in baseball by letting my fav. News source say it for me. (Don't be lazy click it) Yanks owning baseball now, wait till you see Tommorow!
Boston happens to have the most expensive seating in baseball. Our owners care about the money by keeping the park full. Winning a game is only a side effect to them. I find all sports boring. Those that like sports should pay, I should not be required to in any way.
Re: Re: get a salary cap in baseball The Expos are another fine example, look at how they've fielded competitve teams over the past few years with an incredibly low team salary. Their player development system is so good that when one of their emerging stars inevitably leaves through free agency there's a capable new young guy to take his place.
The Upright Citizen's Brigade has proposed a series of rule changes to help bring baseball up to speed with the other, more "entertaining" sports of today. Read about them here.
Re: Re: Re: get a salary cap in baseball charboneau: I hear you on the Expos. I feel very sorry for Expos fans--the team was this close to winning the NL East in 1994 before the strike prematurely ended the season. Everyone laughs at the Expos, but most teams would pull almost any trade to land any of their all-stars: Vlad, Jose Vidro, etc. They have a great team that needs some competent managment to bring it all together.
it would be great to see the expos win i remember when the toronto blue jays won two and that really surprised a lot of folks out here in california ...almost as much as the diamondbacks beating the yanks


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June 4, 2013
United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited amounts of chemical weapons had been used by government forces in Syria.
In their latest report, based on interviews with victims, medical staff and other witnesses, they said they had received allegations that both Syrian government forces and rebels had used the banned weapons, but that at least four instances related to their use by state forces.
"There are reasonable grounds to believe that limited quantities of toxic chemicals were used. It has not been possible, on the evidence available, to determine the precise chemical agents used, their delivery systems or the perpetrator," Paulo Pinheiro, who chairs the UN commission of inquiry, told a news conference in Geneva.
The commission examined four reported toxic attacks in March and April but could not determine which side was behind them.
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
at this point in my life, almost everything is a "last". i envy all the young moms posting pictures of kindergarten with cute signs, because i know how many awesome, busy and even stressful times they have in their future. and while you are living it, it's can be very hard. but once you are through it, you just MISS it.
She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along. ~Margaret Culkin Banning
its been a running joke in my house for years that i drive my kid(s) to the bus stop. mostly josh for the last 6 or so. but starting way back in nursery school, when i drove them to school, i have ALWAYS taken my kids somewhere in the morning (you know, unless i overslept :) and today, 16 years later, was very likely my last drop off. or at least last "regular" drop off, as i'm sure we will oversleep once or twice over the next year or so. but this morning, on josh's first day of his sophomore year, he had to take the bus. just so that we know what his bus number is (in case of emergency or his ride falling thru, whichever comes first).
why do i still drive my teenager to the bus stop you might ask? its a question that plagues everyone in my house - except the teenager who doesnt have to actually walk to the bus stop. he enjoys it - i think. but this is my reality - or rationale, depending on who you ask. what i have come to believe over the last 21 years is this - my kids are going to be ok. they are going to figure things out for themselves. josh is perfectly capable of getting his almost 16 year old self to the bus. BUT. what these 10 minute intervals have come to mean to me, and them, is that they are still my priority. it gives us 10 minutes to do a check in. what do you have going on? do you have all of your stuff? how are you feeling? its basically a gut-check for both of us. as silly as that may seem.
Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed. ~Linda Wooten
life is busy. my jobs change. our schedules change, especially in the evening. but what never changes, at least for a few more years, is our morning. since pre-k at ANS, we have had to get ourselves out of the door by 7am. luckily for me, the older the boys got, the later i had to get up. most days i literally roll out of bed, stumble downstairs, grab my coffee, shove my feet in my uggs and walk out to my car...4 minutes TOPS from my feet hitting the floor to the car. i drive 45 seconds around the corner to the bus. and sit with josh for anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes, depending on what time i actually walked out of the house. and no matter whether it is 30 seconds or 10 minutes, it starts the day right. i have learned more about my kids sitting at the bus stop than i can possibly tell you. its like our magic cone of silence. its like the boys know they dont have much time, so it cant be one of those long drawn out conversations i suck them into. its a max 10 minute window. so we problem solve quickly. or just shoot the shit. sometimes we dont really talk at all. but that also gives me a little glimpse into where they are. sad, tired, grumpy. it all means something. and it helps me figure out how to be a better mom. and today, might be the last time i got to do this. and im completely flustered by the prospect of it.
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynard
i dont think all of the sudden josh and i will stop talking. but i dont want to lose that time with him. i'm sure jake and luke would say, well you didnt drive US to the bus stop in high school and we are just fine. logically i know this argument. and i didnt. jake rode with a friend, luke rode with jake. but i still was up. josh was in middle school. i took HIM to the bus, so we all had that morning check in. maybe i'm over estimating what it all means. which wouldnt be the first time. but it has occurred to me lately that the next kindergarten picture i take will be of my GRANDCHILD. who hopefully will not be making an appearance for SEVERAL more years. but this is the stage of life that i am in. and its just fucking NUTS. i literally feel like i blinked my eyeballs and had 3 grown men in my house. which is not to say i didnt enjoy the journey. i did. i cant say i loved every second of it. it was very stressful at times. it still is. but it has just been so incredible to get to be the mom to these amazing boys. and i miss them being little and needing me. not that i dont think they still need me. i know they do. but its different. and just a little bit sad.
so while all the moms of elementary school kids are throwing themselves a party today, a lot of the moms of high schoolers are sad. we are on the downhill side of the craziness that is "school". and while i will never be sorry to say goodbye to the science fair. or filling out back to school forms. i will be so sorry when i no longer have to get up at 6:45. or 6:55. maybe 7:15. i think. i guess its just another evolution that i will learn to live with. life is funny that way. it just keeps throwing curveballs. today im still lucky. i am still back to school shopping, lunch packing, and joshs main form of transportation. not for too much longer, but right now i will take it. and im sure, even tho today was "supposed to be" our last bus stop trip, i'm pretty sure we will make that trip once or twice more. and i cant wait.
A child enters your home and for the next twenty years makes so much noise you can hardly stand it. The child departs, leaving the house so silent you think you are going mad. ~John Andrew Holmes
if you are a mom of a elementary school kid who feels like tearing her hair out, all i can say is, one day you will miss it. i know it doesnt make any sense. because in that moment you literally can not wait for your kids to be out of "that" stage - whatever it is. but when you look back, you are going to wish it didnt go by so fast. enjoy your day of freedom today. and then take a deep breath. the next time you blink, you will be me, missing your messy, crazy, chaotic lives.
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives. Mitch Albom


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With the entire world whipped up, anxious and alert, questions are being asked by Muslims which would never have arisen before. Through internet networks they are feverishly discussing the war, why Muslims are so despised and the shame (deeply important word this for Muslims) that so much corruption, violation and authoritarianism is found in Muslim countries and communities across the globe.
This last issue, especially, has taken on an urgency and honesty I have not seen before. Perhaps it is because more of us realise that our lives depend on confronting these ugly realities. We Muslims can only survive onslaughts, both real and ideological, if we become more astute and less defensive.
A fortnight ago, on a special Jonathan Dimbleby programme about Islam, Dr Ghada Karmi, a respected Palestinian academic who describes herself as a "cultural Muslim", pointed out – with great bravery I thought – that Islam had never gone through a reformation, implying that this had to be the next step. I agree.
But first the many caveats. I don't mean we must jump on the liberal high horse that would have their own values as superior to anyone else's. As Richard Webster pointed out in his indispensable little book, A Brief History of Blasphemy: what the most extreme liberals are advocating, whether by intention or default, is the right to proclaim the superiority of their own revelation and to abuse the gods who are worshipped by other, supposedly inferior cultures. During the Rushdie crisis this army took up words (their arms) to reassert this message and worse. I look back at the hundreds of cuttings I collected then and even now feel shaken by the names, the tone and the content of what was hurled at us all, all Muslims.
Michael Foot proclaimed that Islam was "the great persisting threat to the world"; Roy Jenkins regretted that so many Muslims were allowed to settle in this country; Hugo Young ordered us to go back where we came from; Connor Cruise O'Brien declared Islam a "sick" religion. These were not right-wing ravings but the words of eminent people, habitual advocates of equality and justice. But then the founding fathers of liberalism believed utterly in the superiority of European societies.
J S Mill thought non-Europeans were "backward" and incapable of self-regeneration and self-analysis. Today, other such voices reveal their true distaste of Muslims (many are seen soulfully clutching abridged versions of the Koran as if a couple of days reading will get them up to speed and help fine tune their attacks) and this time they are louder and brasher because of the horror we have just witnessed.
Enlightened Muslims have an almost impossible role, but it is one which must be taken up. We must continue to rebut the foolish claims of fundamentalist liberals and remind them of the distressed, atomised and utterly lonely society which they have created through aggressive individualism, where the habits of obligation and duty have been obliterated. But whatever our feelings about this and the failures of the West in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, or colonialism and the unbearable US hypocrisy and hubris, we must act to stop the rot within.
I understand the pressures of this strange war but this is not the time to suspend such self-interrogation. There is an urgent need to start up a dialogue and momentum which will help reform Islamic societies to stop the descent into a new dark age.
This could be done in two ways. The first, perfectly respectable, has already been embarked upon by Muslim clerics and scholars. Dr Zaki Badawi of the Muslim College and Rana Kabbani and Sarah Sheriff, two writers, have gone back to source to painstakingly explain the meanings and metaphors in the Koran. This may, they hope, deter those easily led to wild and unholy acts by barbaric mullahs who want to take us all to hell. In her book, Women's Rights in Islam, Sheriff reminds Muslims that the Prophet said: "Whoever had a daughter and did not bury her alive, nor insult her nor favour his son over her, Allah will enter him to paradise". Muslim women were also given the right to sexual satisfaction and education. The reformation therefore could be to promote the "truth".
I prefer a second way or perhaps another parallel route to create a progressive force within Muslim communities. This would take a historical rather than theological approach. We need to demolish the idea of a uniform ummah, the worldwide community of Muslims supposedly identical and unchangeable. Yes, we have these threads which connect us and they are the five eternal and immutable principles, belief in Allah, prayers, fasting, zakat (charity) and pilgrimage to the holy cities. But beyond these there have always been differences, disagreements, various political and cultural alliances. In Pakistan, Sunnis, Shias and the different factions with are facing growing friction as the boulder of the Taliban's demanding, hard-line Islam begins to smash them.
Two Muslim sub-groups, the Ahmedis and Ismailis (my community, which has adherents in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and which has built hospitals, universities and schools across Pakistan), have already experienced these pressures. I find it ironic that Muslims who insist that western countries should respect diversity ignore the way hegemonic Islamicists are crushing all diversity within. I have never worn hejab; nor did my mother or grandmother. Our imam in the fifties told families to stop the practice and to educate their daughters. Now, Muslim men and women accost us in the streets and instruct us to submit to the hejab. I find this intrusive and contemptible. Who are they to tell me how to worship?
We should learn from the periods when Islam was quietly confident, open, culturally promiscuous and just. The city of Sarajevo, for 500 years, was among the best of what we were capable. So were Granada, Delhi and the Persian cities. A civilization cannot survive without diversification, evolution, change, cultural and technological trade and co-operation. Most British Muslims would not be able to live in Pakistan or Iran now because British values are too deeply inside them. There is no conflict between modernity and Islam and the many successful yet faithful Muslim intellectuals, professionals (Dr Magdi Yaqub for one) and techno-wizards will tell you so if you care to talk to them and not the maniacs who want to kill the West or the rambling Francis Fukuyama who believes in the clash of civilizations.
Our reformation must be built on human rights which are not "western" but universally agreed. Please explain to me how the five pillars disallow equality, rule of law, democracy, freedom to choose, and personal autonomy? We are doomed unless we begin this process. In 1970, the relatively unknown British poet Basil Bunting wrote: "Sooner or later we must absorb Islam if our own culture is not to die of anaemia". Now we have the same fears about Muslim cultures. We will haemorrhage, bleed, spill blood and surely die of that loss unless we now learn to absorb the best ideas in the world.


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Stay Away By Reef from Florida on 3/13/2017
Reef from Florida wouldn't recommend this product to a friendThis product is not reliable. My went bad after I did firmware upgrade.
What sucks, they force you do the firmware update, because you get so desperate trying to make this reliable. My level of networking is high. -
It does bring it all together By B-Rock on 1/30/2017
B-Rock would recommend this product to a friendI love the individual pieces but the reef link is rather difficult to set up in regards to adding and controlling the lights, pumps, and return pump. First It took two different email address to finally create an account, Then the app will work on my iPhone but not my iPad. I ended up having to factory reset my equipment multiple times before I got it all set up. the wireless connection is finicky at best and it takes several attempts to save a schedule as the connection times out during the save process. Overall if you have the vortech's, vectra, and radion's like me it's a must. Truly these are all first world problems and the individual products are great but I have found the AI director to be more user friendly with instal and easier to control. -
Brought it all together By Lee on 11/1/2016
Lee would recommend this product to a friendThis product brought everything together. My Radions, Mp40s, and Vectra M1 now work in perfect harmony. Never had any problems setting it up. I love it. -
Works Great By Chad on 10/16/2016
Chad would recommend this product to a friendI have seen lots of bad reviews and was hesitant to purchase the ReefLink but went ahead and pulled the trigger."Must say im happy I did."
The week before I had purchased 2 MP40QDs from BRS thinking I could just use the phone app to connect to them. Well that didn't work so I got ReefLink. I had a few days before the ReefLink showed up and set up the MP40s in a master slave configuration manually.
When it showed up I did a firmware update right away on the ReefLink and then did a search for devices "Nothing showed up" Kept trying different things and finally I did a hard reset to the MP40 controllers.
A hard reset is used to clear the entire memory of the driver, and restore ALL your VorTech pump settings (i.e. saved waves and speeds, feed/night modes) back to the factory defaults.
Once I did that the MP40s showed up when I did a device search for them.
To do a reset of the controllers just do search for "Hard Reset Ecotech Controller"
Hope this helps my fellow reefers that are having issues with this because once it's up and running it really is nice to program your pumps this way.
Absolutely Fabulous By Mark Steffen on 9/14/2016
Mark Steffen would recommend this product to a friendFor only $99 bucks this product is AMAZING. Not sure who some folks on this site are having issues with it but I was able to set this up on our WiFi system in two minutes and now can visually see my 2 Vortech and Vectra pumps using my iphone6. You can change pump modes and speeds at the tap of the screen, or go to their web site and program all pumps for a daily routine. Very nice graphical layout for the pumps. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. -
Do not buy this By Doug on 9/9/2016
Doug wouldn't recommend this product to a friendAbsolute piece of crud. I will get it to work eventually, but don't bother buying this. It is not worth the effort. -
Ver 1.7.69 hard wired within 10 feet of lights. By Drew on 8/17/2016
Drew wouldn't recommend this product to a friendThis is stable device on using OS 1.7.69 on ethernet within 10 feet of three Radions and one L1.
A lot of confusion could be avoided with a postcard sized setup instruction in box.
1- Load Connection manager, connect each light to PC and perform firmware update and factory reset on all devices.
2-Install EcoSmart Live and log in.
3-Create new profile and follow wizard.
4-Your absolutely kidding yourself using wireless and RF signal through a wall. RF is sort of like bluetooths wimpy sister. Make sure signal strength is excellent on Adapter signal strength.
5-Don't screw with it much after working.
The trouble is after all this devices really should have a real wifi adapter in unit for 650 a piece. I use Wion timers and they are bullet proof at 30 usd a piece. Why this can't do it is beyond me. -
Unstable By Andrew on 5/16/2016
Andrew wouldn't recommend this product to a friendI am disappointed with the reef link. It often didn't work. I would attempt to use my Android to adjust my radions, mp40wqd, or Verte check m1, and it would work. I would frequently have to refresh the devices to get it to work. I called ecotech and they blamed my network, saying it was loosing the connection with the devices. Maybe this is so, but I have hubs from.other products that work without any issues. It's a great concept, it just doesn't work reliably. -
Go for it! By Noah on 5/5/2016
Noah would recommend this product to a friendPlugged this in and immediately got it working. Using wirelessly and no problems at all -
It's servicable By japicka on 4/30/2016
japicka would recommend this product to a friendOk I have this for about a year now, and for the most part it works just fine. When it doesn't want to work it's a complete headache. When I first set it up I could NEVER get it to work wirelessly. It would get on the wireless network and get an IP address just fine, but would never sign into ecosmart live. It's works well on the hard wire, for me it's perfectly serviceable.
That being said it can still be fairly flakey from time to time, and sometimes a firmware update to the unit will result in a couple of hours of headache. When it works it's absolutely great and being able to control things from my phone is rather cool. When it doesn't it's at least 2-4 hours of headache.
I can honestly say that in the past year it has for the most part gotten better through firmware updates, but there can be a lemon from time to time.
I would give it 5 stars if it were not for the intermittent issues and the fact it will NOT get on wireless. Eventually I will probably move up to a Neptune system and replace this, but that may be some time off. For the price it gives you ALOT of options and control when it works.