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"It's a big relief," the 6'0, 210-lb junior said. "I've been kind of stressing about it. I'm very happy. It's a good feeling."
Bennett and his teammate, defensive end Jacari Faulkner, were both offered by the Broncos and plan to check on Kalamazoo together.
"Coach Reynolds came up to the school and saw me and Jacari. He told my coach that we're guys and he wanted to offer us. I plan to go to their junior day and senior one day camp over the summer."
The Broncos will have some competition though, especially from other MAC schools.
"Bowling Green was there and Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan came by today. I'm going to CMU junior day this Saturday. The 16th I'm going to Bowling Green, that's all I know for right now."
And might Bennett and Faulkner continue playing together in college?
"Yeah, that's always been the thing we talked about. We wanted to stick together and also know that it depends. If one of us gets a big offer, we would split up, but we want to go to school together. That would be nice."


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My new Tippmann Boss Stitcher Leather Sewing Machine
Well the day has finally arrived. My new hand stitcher has come in and I've been playing with it all day. Now things will run much better.
What does this mean for TDH members?
1. Cost of belt will go down abit since I don't have to take it to anyone to get it stitched anymore.
2. No longer need multiple orders needed to do a belt. I can take them one at a time if need be.
3. Time to belt compeletion now 1-3 days instead of 7-10 days.
This will just make things awhole lot eaiser for me. Keep look out for new thread in soft parts section on progress of a new, better built belt soon. Thanks.

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My old thread has gone by the wayside...might as well begin a new one.
Got a convention to debut this thing at in June. So progress should be moving along pretty quickly.
Here's my latest update:
What's this you ask? A pen, an antennae, and some sintra?
Oh my...I think I'm beginning to see it now...
Yup...exactly as I had planned...
The WHOLE photo gallery is here.


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By Giuseppe Muro
Aaron Ramsey saw many positives in Arsenal's performance against Newcastle on Saturday and was happy with a point after playing out the final 15 minutes with ten men.
The controversy surrounding Gervinho's red card has taken media attention away from what was a very promising display from Arsène Wenger's side in their first outing of the new season.
Arsenal barely gave Newcastle a sniff at the back, were fluid going forward and Ramsey, who was himself hugely impressive in midfield, was pleased.
"I thought we performed well, defended well and looked solid from set-pieces," he told Arsenal.com. "We created chances as well but just didn't take those opportunities.
"All in all, we are very pleased with our performance today. Especially when we went down to ten men, it was good to get a point out of the game in the end.
"The players adapted well to going down to ten men and we even created one or two chances at the end. We are pleased with the result. "Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Editor's Note: Whether you're a tourist or an office worker in downtown Chicago, you can get sick of eating at chain restaurants all day. So we've started a series to get you the lowdown on where to find a great and affordable lunch.
Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week's edition of Diners, Drive-Ins, and... tee-hee, I'm such a kidder. By the way, If I ever utter the words "flavor town," get the shovel, because I've turned. Lately, I've realized that during my heartwarming coming-of-age Lunch in the Loop journey, I haven't done much exploring of hot dog joints. Mostly because there aren't as many as you'd think in the Loop. The majority of the hot dog stands live in the other parts of the city. Weird, right?
One of the few places I've been intrigued about, however, is America's Dog. Despite the patriotic name, America's Dog is actually a local chain, with a handful of outposts around town. However, they're aiming high. Rather than stick solely to a traditional version of a Chicago hot dog, their gimmick is to combine hot dogs from around the country into one menu. There are dogs like the Dallas Dog, Atlanta Dog, Buffalo Dog, and Green Bay Dog. Get it? That's ambition, folks.
Look at that sad, lonely pepper up there. Sorry, pepper. You bring a twinge of sadness to the composition of this photograph. I will remember you...forever.
I had to start with the hometown favorite, the Chicago Dog ($3.39). Okay, let's say it all together. Mustard, onion, relish, tomato, pickle, sport peppers, and celery salt. And of course, it's an admirable execution and my favorite among the bunch, though, obviously, I'm biased. All the ingredients are in the proper amounts without any of them being overwhelming, with the satisfying crunch of pickle with every bite. The skinless Vienna Beef hot dog is a decent foundation—salty, a bit snappy, and satisfying.
The Maxwell Street Polish ($3.79) is made with a considerably bigger tube steak, dressed with the standard-issue mustard and grilled onions, and it's topped with sport peppers for good measure. It's big, charred, salty, and hearty, and I'd have no problem ordering it again. There's a considerable lack of sweet grilled onions, however, so you might want to order a little extra just in case.
The Cincinnati Dog ($3.39) imitates the chili dogs you get over in southern Ohio, with chili, mustard, and diced onions. It's messy, but mostly forgettable. If you're in the mood for a chili dog, it'll work just fine.
The Richmond Dog ($3.39) isn't so successful. It's topped with mac and cheese, bacon, and what the menu says is supposed to be shredded cheddar cheese, but is actually just a load of salty, processed cheese sauce. And here's where it gets weird. The mac and cheese isn't really mac and cheese, it's plain overcooked noodles with sauce ladled on top. Sorry guys, but that's not going to cut it. The salty bacon just makes the entire thing even saltier and harder to enjoy.
I like fried pickles ($3.69) but they're sort of a rarity in Chicago. Rather than pickle chips, these are giant spears in a thick breading that ends up being chewy and gummy. Ranch isn't served by default, so you might want to ask for it, if that's your thing. Plus, the picture makes the fried pickles look like a hermit crab.
The curly fries ($1.69) are pretty much what you'd expect. They are of the seasoned variety, and have a slightly bitter aftertaste, sort of like Arby's curly fries.
So overall, I feel like America's Dog is one of those places that tries to do everything. There's 18 hot dogs altogether, and you even have an option to upgrade your hot dog to jumbo, all natural, or veggie. But with so many versions of the hot dog, it's damn near impossible to do all of them complete justice.
America's Dog
21 East Adams Street Chicago, IL 60603 (multiple locations) (map)
About the author: After a failed attempt at starting a chain of theme restaurants called "Smellen Keller," Dennis Lee traveled the world to discover his true passion. Sadly, midwifery didn't pan out. Now he works in a cubicle, and screws around as much as possible. Follow his shenanigans on Twitter.


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Bearcats Win Third Straight in Dramatic Fashion
March 14, 2014
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CINCINNATI - Courtney Curtis scored four times and Torrie Zarella scored the game winner with three seconds remaining as the University of Cincinnati lacrosse team defeated Coastal Carolina, 12-11, in the home opener on Saturday at Gettler Stadium. The Bearcats (4-3) have won three straight.
Curtis (Mason, Ohio/William Mason) saw her four goals matched by Taylor Young (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore). Ashley Helmrath (Ellicott City, Md./Maryvale Prep)scored twice while Sarah Del Bene (Timonium, Md./Dulaney) scored once along with Zarella (Great Falls, Va./Langley). Helmrath added an assist.
The Chanticleers (2-6) were led by three goals from Sara Nolan, while Keri White, Charlotte O'Leary and Lily Yednock each scored twice. Paige Imberg and Rachel Waldron had single goals for Coastal.
The Bearcats, playing at home for the first time in seven games, faced adversity early when the squad's leading scorer, Megan Bell (Parkton, Md./Hereford), left the game two minutes in with an injury. Curtis then gave UC the first goal of the game 4:45 in.
Coastal started clicking, scoring three of the next four goals. Young and Curtis responded to cut the deficit to 4-3, before the Chants scored five of the next six to build an 8-5 lead.
Cincinnati responded before the half, with goals from Helmrath and Del Bene to make it a one-goal game, 8-7, at the break. Statistically, things were just as close as the score in the first half, with the teams tied in shots (14), ground balls (eight) and draw controls (eight).
The Bearcats and Chanticleers alternated goals in the second half, leading to an 11-9 Coastal lead with 11:18 to play. Cincinnati responded and got a goal from Young, followed by a score from Curtis to tie things up with 7:12 to play.
Both teams slowed down the game attempting to keep possession of the ball. It looked like Coastal had scored a potential game winner with 4:23 left, but it was ruled the goal was scored with an illegal stick. Cincinnati took over for what would lead to the game-clinching possession.
The Bearcats took over and successfully worked it into the attack end before Helmrath began to milk the clock in the corner. With 60 seconds remaining, head coach Gina Oliver took at timeout to set-up a play. Zarella wound up in the right spot at the right time and converted with three seconds remaining to provide the final margin of 12-11.
For the game, Cincinnati ended up with a 22-21 advantage in shots. Coastal held a 14-11 advantage in draw controls, while the teams were even on ground balls. Coastal was five of nine on clear attempts, while UC cleared six of seven.
The Bearcats face a quick turnaround as they look for their fourth-straight win. UC hosts Iona on Sunday, March 16, with opening draw set for Noon.


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I am ready to jump in to my Jodo build feet first but need some help locating the things I need as I am still very novice at this. Some of the links I had 2 years ago are no longer good. So any help is appreciated.
Is there a Jodo helmet available or do I just go with a ROTJ Fett and fill in the dent?
Is there a larger armor available as I am about 5'10 230lbs and broad shoulders so I am looking at nothing less than a 2xl shirt size?
And a good place to get soft parts and anything else you guys have.
The biggest stumbling block for me when I started this is the belt accessories...is there anyone making these yet or do I still have to try and fabricate them myself? I have been using www.jodokast.com as my main reference site but most of that stuff is no longer available.
So again any and all help will be greatly appreciated. I am also going to post this in The Bounty Hunters Guild to see what help I can find there as well.
Thank You all.


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I posted about this record set just a few days ago and now they are online – gosh things move fast in the family history world !!
This collection offers a real insight to life in the Royal Household, just the thing for the Jubilee Weekend. It is not just those high up on the royal servant pecking order that get mentioned so this dataset is worth searching even if you feel your ancestor never got further than scrubbing the royal kitchen floor!
Personally I am hoping to find a Keeper of the Lions in the Tower ancestor or perhaps a Royal Molecatcher or two !!


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Mackenzie Loesing scored 23 of her career-high 25 points in the second half, and the Canisius women's basketball team couldn't overcome a season-high 27 turnovers as the Golden Griffins lost 68-59 to the University at Buffalo at Alumni Arena on Wednesday evening. The Golden Griffins see their record even at 3-3 on the season.
Sophomore Tiahana Mills had 12 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, leading Canisius in all three categories. Senior Jamie Ruttle had 10 points and five rebounds in just 18 foul-plagued minutes. Sophomore Emily Weber added 11 points off the bench, making 3-of-5 3-pointers.
"I was disappointed in our lack of energy to start the game. Buffalo came out and played harder than us tonight," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "We turned the basketball over way too much and couldn't overcome those mistakes."
Canisius scored its first three baskets on 3-pointers, taking an early 9-6 lead after a 3-pointer from Mills. The Griffs would become reliant on the outside shot with 11 of their first 13 shots coming from behind the arc. Buffalo's defense took the Canisius offense out of its rhythm as the Bulls combined that with 18 points in the paint in the first half. The Bulls led by as many as nine points in the opening 20 minutes and took a 29-23 lead into the locker room.
Buffalo (3-2) took advantage of three Canisius turnovers and used five offensive rebounds early in the second half to push its lead to 38-25. Canisius then used 3-pointers from senior Jen Morabito and Mills on back-to-back possessions to make it a seven-point game with just under 15 minutes remaining. Buffalo extended the lead back to double digits before Canisius fought back.
Canisius scored 12 of the next 16 points, with the second 3-pointer of the half from Weber making the deficit two points at 45-43. Canisius would tie the game at 47-47 on a teardrop runner from Mills. A 3-pointer on the next possession from Margeaux Gupilan gave the lead right back to Buffalo, who went on a 12-4 run to put the game away. Loesing would have two uncontested layups during the run that featured three critical Canisius turnovers.
Loesing went 9-for-17, including 8-for-10 on two-point shots, to score the 25 points. Christa Baccas had a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds while Kristen Sharkey had nine points and 14 rebounds.
Canisius plays its next two games in the Koessler Athletic Center, starting with Wednesday's contest against St. Bonaventure. Game time in the KAC is set for 7 p.m.
Notes: Buffalo defeated Canisius for the third time in the last four years… The 27 turnovers were the most by Canisius since they had 28 against Albany on Dec. 8, 2012... Mills had at least seven assists for the third time in four games… Morabito made at least two 3-pointers from the fifth time in six games… In the last three games, senior Jen Lennox is averaging 7.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 15 minutes per game… Canisius has attempted 12 free throws in the last two games after averaging 16 free-throw attempts in the first four games… Canisius made 10 3-pointers for the third time this season. In the last three seasons combined, Canisius made double-digit 3-pointers a total of four times… The 42.6 field goal percentage is the highest for the Griffs in a loss since shooting 46 percent in a loss at Akron last season.


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text: The Boy and I took advantage of the Nice day Sunday.4:00 AM off we went, Loma was our starting point. The mud was not much of an issue and the grass dried out shortly after sun up, light wind but it was from every direction no set pattern. About the time we set up it would change making calling challenging. Even with that it was a tremendous day. We stopped to get out stuff ready and jumped a coyote along side the road, My son, dirty Haired it with his 22 carry, Nice start. Our first set we had our rifles and sitting a big slopping hill on to a big drainage. We called a long time and just before we gave up I saw a dog coming in at a full run. This time of year is when you use all coyote sounds and challenges, the respond like that ,"At a full run". Right up to MY lap ,no time to try to stop him so at 20 yards I put the X just under his chin and shot, Yaw I missed!!! He swung over and ran in front of Kristopher. He had his 223 over 12 gauge. The Boy shot at him with the 12 and hit him in the butt and then tried a running at mock 3 shot with the 223 but couldn't connect, didn't get him. With that info we decided that I wound use my 870 and my "F" shot coyote killers and my son would use the target 243. The next stand we did the same thing, up on a steep bank looking in to a huge drainage. He called for 11 minuets and we had two coyote flying in to the call. We where sitting about 50 yards apart separated by a small ridge. They climbed the almost vertical dirt brake like running across a Gym floor. In point one second I had a coyote 55 yards to my left about ready to clear the top and out of my view. My 870 barked and all four legs folded and the coyote rolled back to the bottom. As the dust was still falling I hear the 243 target rifle shoot, then again, then again but this time I heard the tell tail sound of a hit. There two and both under 60 yards from us. Although by the time he hit his it was nearer 200 yards. It was running so fast It flipped end over end three times then skidded another five feet. VERY impressive. From then on I carried the 12 and he took the 243. The wind was not our friend for next several sets and the sun was really HOT. At noon the clouds started to build and threaten rain, we pressed on and did some more . The last set we hunted a favorite spot but we did it in a way we never did before. The coyotes always come from where we decided to set up. We called a Long time nothing But yup when we got up a coyote ran off BEHIND us no telling how long he had been there. The boy tried a running shot or two but it's still out there sneaking around. All In all a great day of calling, six dogs four shot and two killed and we left two for seed. [8(]


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Let's Dispense with Christian Funerals
Residents support humanist book display - Deanna Sewell
"Library Display Criticized" was the heading of a recent letter to the editor published by The Columbian, a newspaper in Vancouver, Wash. The letter read in part:
"Upon entering the Cascade Park Community Library ... I was disturbed by the blatant promotion of atheist/secular humanist authors and books displayed prominently in the front window. Included were atheist authors such as Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, Christopher Hitchens, with books titled Living Without God, The Portable Atheist and Women Without Superstition."
The letter continued: "I was thinking to myself, is this even constitutional from an American First Amendment perspective? Also, even if it is legal, is this something the taxpayers of Vancouver would approve of, considering it is their millions in tax revenue that keep the library up and running?"
Well, this "unconstitutional" display was put up by the Humanists of Greater Portland, which has been placing displays in public libraries and colleges for more than 10 years. This was only the second time that patrons have voiced a concern about our displays. (The other time was when some church members questioned the display, but then they put up their own bible-based display a month or two later.)
We set up our book display at the Cascade Park Library in early January. The very next day the librarian called asking us if we had a list of the books in the case. She said that a number of people had already expressed interest in the display.
One of our members quickly made copies of the list and dropped them off at the library. One library patron commented on our HGP Facebook page that she "almost cried with joy" when she saw the titles of the books in the display case.
The letter critical of our display was published in the paper late in January, and the online comments immediately poured in, coming from as far away as New Jersey and New York. The online response was overwhelmingly positive and supportive:
• "Fantastic! I know the library has featured differing philosophies and religions in the past, so in fairness this is a good thing."
• "Libraries are among the last bastions of free speech and the open exchange of ideas in our culture. We cannot grow as human beings unless we challenge and question, and allow others to challenge and question our received beliefs and opinions. I applaud the staff at Cascade Park . . . for their willingness to initiate a conversation about true freedom of (and from) religion. (I am not an atheist, by the way.)"
The icing on the cake was a follow-up letter to the editor from the executive director of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District. She wrote in part:
"I was heartened to read the many online comments about the letter that articulated the important mission FVRL has as a public library in supporting diverse points of view and interest through our collections, services and programs."
The director continued: "Public libraries exist to offer access to ideas and information from a variety of perspectives. A democracy can only be healthy and vigorous if we both learn and explore our differences as well as our common ground. If we are fulfilling our responsibility, FVRL libraries will promote understanding, prompt a conversation, encourage a healthy debate, and — yes — sometimes strike a nerve. It's what good public libraries do."
Our humanist group has been overwhelmed by the response of the citizens of Vancouver, the staff at FVRL and the online comments in support of our display at their library. We hope the person who wrote the initial letter to the editor criticizing our display will apply through the library to set up a display of books that support his position.
The library director said it best: "Public libraries exist to offer access to ideas from a variety of perspectives."
Deanna Sewell is a longtime member of FFRF and the Humanists of Greater Portland. For the past eight years, she's been putting up six or seven humanist book displays at area public libraries each year. Deanna is also the proud owner of godless "clean" money she won at the 2001 FFRF national conference in Madison, Wis.
Member among hundreds returning Eagle awards
This is Maine FFRF member Meredith "Dick" Springer's letter in September to the Boy Scouts of America:
In 1943 I proudly received my Eagle Scout badge from the Boy Scouts of America. At that time I was a sincere religious believer.
As I later critically examined my beliefs I realized that I no longer could honestly believe in God. I fail to understand how reaching this conclusion made me unfit to belong to your organization. Now my self-respect as a nonbeliever as well as my conscience compel me to join hundreds of others in reluctantly returning my badge to the BSA to express my disgust with your discriminatory policies.
The Boy Scouts of America accepts for membership all boys except those in two groups that are unpopular in much of America, gays and nonbelievers in God. Stigmatizing these groups clearly sends a message to your members that only reinforces prejudices many already have. The BSA also denies a religion badge to boys who are Unitarians because their church passed a resolution in 1992 opposing your discriminatory practices.
Many scouting associations around the world do not require their members to have specific religious beliefs. In the United States, the Girl Scouts of the USA voted overwhelmingly in 1993 to allow its members to substitute another word or phrase for God in its oath, saying that the change was "a very strong statement that Girl Scouts . . . have strength in diversity and that we are an inclusive organization." The Girl Scouts also permits lesbian girls to participate.
The BSA has never established a relationship with the Girl Scouts, but it has partnered with American Heritage Girls, a new organization formed by intolerant opponents of the nondiscriminatory policies of the Girl Scouts, with a "memorandum of mutual support [that] recognizes the common values and goals of both organizations."
As a private organization the BSA can do anything it wants, but as an American icon comparable to apple pie, it has a special moral obligation to teach the best American values. These values include religious tolerance and recognizing the worth of all of us.
Sincerely yours,
Meredith N. Springer
The Feb. 10 Maine Sunday Telegram also published Springer's thoughts on the issue (which he'd sent as a letter to the editor) as an op-ed. As of Feb. 9, 222 Eagle Scouts had shared their photos and letters renouncing their Eagle awards on the website Eagle Scouts Returning Our Badges.
FFRF opposes vouchers for religious, private schools - Patrick Elliott
FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott's op-ed opposing school vouchers ran in Wisconsin's two largest newspapers — the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal — in late January. It was also picked up by numerous other publications and websites.
With voucher advocates trumpeting "National School Choice Week," it is a fitting time to examine the proposed expansion of private school vouchers in Wisconsin. Some politicians are intent on slowly doing away with our public education system in favor of privatized education paid for with taxpayer money.
Voucher money largely flows to religious schools. In the newly expanded "choice" of schools in Racine, 10 out of the 11 schools are parochial schools. Based on a review of Department of Public Instruction data on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, more than 21,000 of nearly 25,000 enrolled students at the beginning of this school year attended readily identifiable religious schools.
This amounts to more than $133 million in taxpayer money going to religious institutions in Milwaukee this school year alone.
Funding private and religious schools through vouchers is an end run around our constitutionally created public education system. The Wisconsin Constitution requires the Legislature to "provide by law for the establishment of district schools, which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable; and such schools shall be free and without charge . . . and no sectarian instruction shall be allowed therein."
Proposals to continue to chip away at public education and expand vouchers by increasing the geographic area, income limits and funding are contrary to our long-valued public education system.
Schools do not exist just to benefit parents. They serve to educate the next generation to create an educated citizenry and to ensure the vitality of the state. This is a public good supported by all, including those who do not have school-aged children. This social value is recognized by our constitutionally created public schools and our compulsory education laws.
While parents pick the school of their choice in using vouchers, taxpayers pay the bills. And taxpayers have no means of holding voucher schools accountable. Low performing voucher schools, which have little state oversight, can do as they please. Voucher schools are not governed by publicly elected school boards that have to answer to constituents.
Some of the Milwaukee choice schools are not holding up their duty to provide a comprehensive education. Take, for instance, the Clara Mohammed School. According to its IRS filings, the school's purpose is to engage in "a Qur'an-guided journey toward active global citizenship." It is funded almost exclusively through vouchers. In 2011, only 0.8 percent of its students (1 out of 123) tested proficient in math and 5.7 percent tested proficient in reading on state exams.
Other Milwaukee choice schools are using unscientific and outdated curriculum from fundamentalist Christian textbook publishers such as A Beka Books. Carter's Christian Academy in Milwaukee describes the A Beka materials, covering normal school subjects, as being "presented from God's point of view." Of the 69 Carter's Christian students tested in 2011, none tested proficient in reading by state standards and only three tested proficient in math. IRS records show the principal got $109,000 in 2011 compensation.
Both the Clara Mohammed School and Carter's Christian Academy have increased enrollment this year. While they enroll a small number of students, they are a symptom of a larger problem. The schools can take public money and teach what they want. The schools do not have to have licensed teachers or even safe outdoor space for students to play. Parents will continue to send their students to these schools, whether for religious reasons or because they mistakenly believe school leaders are up to the task of providing a sound education.
The voucher school program needs elimination rather than expansion.
Meet a foxhole atheist - By Keith Taylor
By Keith Taylor
To start with, I am neither evil nor unpatriotic. I served my county, in uniform, for 22 years, 9 months and 11 days.
As a Navy cryptologist, both enlisted and as an officer, I held the nation's highest security clearance. I have voted in almost every election since Truman and Eisenhower.
As a civilian, I do the requisite community work to be considered a good citizen. The local Optimist group once dubbed me Optimist of the Year. I participate in elections, often walking the precinct for candidates of my choice. I make phone calls, at my own expense, to people in the battleground states.
I believe in the First Amendment so much that I have used it to defend my opinion on a myriad of things. For many years, hundreds of my opinions appeared in Navy Times, a Gannett weekly. Not all pleased everybody, but all were based on verified facts. Other pieces appeared in papers and magazines across the country. I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
I insist I'm a good citizen, even a thinking one. Still, I carry the onus of not being worthy of respect, and it is for a very strange reason: I just cannot swallow stories such as the Earth being created in seven days, a woman talking to a snake or that whopper about a man living in the belly of a big fish for three days.
I am an atheist.
Nor am I mollified by the 21st century claims such as, "Oh, they're just apocryphal. You don't need to take them literally." Oh no? Ask any kid about the stories they teach him in Sunday school.
Defense of weird ideas comes with attacks on science and scientists. By the fourth century, Alexandria, Egypt, was home to the most impressive library ever seen. It held scientific and historical documents, many of which contradicted bible stories.
The custodian of the library was Hypatia, a mathematician and scientist. Carl Sagan, the magnificent chronicler of science, told us Hypatia was beset by a mob, followers of Cyril, the archbishop of Alexandria. The mob raked her flesh from her body with abalone shells. This magnificent woman was mostly forgotten.
Cyril was made a saint.
To this day, publicly denying a belief in the "accepted" religion of any area will ensure one's never being able to hold office. This is as true of Christianity as it is of Islam, Buddhism or any other religion.
Say you're an atheist just once and your world changes. The Boy Scouts won't have you. According to polls, more than half our population would not vote for you, not even if you were as smart as Einstein, as wise as Bertrand Russell or as uniquely American as Mark Twain.
It matters not that atheists in general are in league with the members of what is arguably our country's most prestigious group, the National Academy of Sciences. According to a recent poll, 93% of its members do not believe in a personal god. Such observations are blithely dismissed with the old bromide, "Oh, scientists don't know everything."
Of course they don't, and every scientist has to realize that, but they do not have to believe in myths.
About half the country seems to agree with former president Richard Nixon. Some years ago he replied to a question that he did not think a person could be president without a belief in God.
His vice president and successor as president emphasized it further. In 1988, George H.W. Bush was asked by a Chicago atheist journalist about his views on atheism. Bush replied that in his opinion atheists couldn't be patriotic.
The comment has been repeated across the country, even in The New York Times. Bush has never denied it.
The consensus is everybody has to believe in something, and that something better be supernatural.
The country which has idolized the man who said, "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death" now demands we all follow the same course when it comes to accepting things without proof.
Keith Taylor, Chula Vista, Calif., is a retired U.S. Navy officer and past president of the San Diego Association for Rational Inquiry.
Absolved from confusion - Abigail Dove
"I hope and suspect that you have not moved into unnecessary confusion," read my grandfather's letter in troubled script.
I am "blessed" in the statistical sense to have a father, who, despite being a church elder, will agree to read and discuss selections of Richard Dawkins' writing after only mild coercion, and a mother who volunteers as a Sunday School teacher only out of a profound desire to avoid interaction with the vociferous social conservatives who frequent the adult classes.
I suppose it is fitting that my grandfather's Presbyterian ministry embraces an idealistic simplification of God as the embodiment of love and not the terrifying entity that his denominational fellows theorize entertains himself by dangling sinners over a flaming abyss.
But despite my grandfather's remarkable open-mindedness, he was alarmed when my father inadvertently revealed that I, his supposedly pious granddaughter — whom he personally baptized with water he collected from the Jordan River — was not the staunch Christian he anticipated.
When his concerned letter arrived a few weeks later, my parents advised me to downplay the issue for convenience. Couldn't I, they pleaded, simply feign agreement? Easy for them to say.
The early emergence of my atheism could stunt my relationship with my grandfather. Here I was presented with the perfect gateway to honest, open dialogue. Besides, as a casual skim through the Old Testament will reveal, lying has adverse consequences.
So began our tense correspondence, an ongoing dialogue on belief. In a stream of lengthy letters, he expressed his confusion over why, in my WASP-y world free of creationism, homophobia, sexism and the other oft-targeted shortcomings of religion, I am so opposed to the church.
I desperately tried to articulate that his beloved moderate institutions, though conceivably palatable, enforce the notion of religion as an indispensable component of society, thus shielding fundamentalist faiths from criticism and letting hordes of potentially great future scientists and thinkers receive a life of miseducation under the guise of respect for religious diversity.
He remained steadfast in his belief that Christian education spreads essential virtues. I found myself struggling to find a delicate way to express that my Sunday School experience enlightened me only to new techniques of eye-rolling.
I labored over each letter so as to completely address his questions while remaining both respectful of his life's work. Amid piles of discarded drafts, I questioned whether it was my place to express even courteous disapproval over this wise, gentle man's philosophy. Awaiting his responses, I imagined him poring over my tortured writings, insulted and mired in disappointment.
At his funeral, I sat sobbing in a sea of Presbyterian ministers arguing over the mechanics of when, in the biblically unaddressed circumstance of a fatal coma, the soul leaves the body. "Are you the atheist?" demanded one of the many pastors there. "Your grandfather used to read parts of your letters at some of our meetings. It meant so much to him that one of his grandchildren took an interest in discussing the subject."
In a sense far different from the one my grandfather had in mind, he had absolved me of "unnecessary confusion." I now know with certainty that no decent individual will see ignominy in freethought or free dialogue.
Abigail Dove, 18, Collegeville, Pa., was valedictorian at Perkiomen Valley High School and is attending Swarthmore College to major in neuroscience and minor in cognitive science.
Meet a Pragmatic Staffer: Lisa Strand
Name: Lisa Strand.
Where and when I was born: I was born and raised in Wisconsin, sometime before the Summer of Love, but not so much before as to have enjoyed it.
Education: I have a B.A. in political science from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Family: My husband and I have been married for nearly 17 years, and we have an 11-year-old daughter. Therefore, we also have two cats and a guinea pig, and we're lobbied regularly for a puppy.
My previous job responsibilities were: I've been in not-for-profit (association) management for about 25 years, including serving for 15 years as executive director of the Wisconsin Library Association. I've also served in volunteer leadership roles for several nonprofit organizations.
It was hard to leave WLA (librarians are more fun than you can imagine), but I was looking for a new challenge, and I'm so glad for the opportunity at FFRF.
What I do at FFRF: As the newest staff member, I'm still learning and developing my role as director of operations. In a nutshell, I'll be taking on a lot of the day-to-day management of the office so that Annie Laurie and Dan can be freed for more strategic duties that will further FFRF's mission.
What I like best about it here: The people! Annie Laurie and Dan and the entire staff here are just great — so knowledgeable and professional. I had the opportunity to meet one-on-one with each of my co-workers during my first two weeks here, and they made me feel so welcomed. They have continued to help me learn the ropes with great patience.
I spend a lot of time thinking about: The pragmatic, rather than the philosophical.
I spend no time thinking about: Eternal damnation.
My religious upbringing was: In a rural, Norwegian Lutheran church, complete with annual lutefisk suppers and basement church ladies.
My doubts about religion started: I was probably about 13 when I thought it seemed very unlikely that, say, rural Chinese would have the "benefit" of learning about Christ and why should they be punished with hell?
Things I like: Gardening, household projects, work, fun with my family, animals, knitting, reading, being outside.
Things I smite: I have many pet peeves, but I don't smite much.
Beaton adds lawsuit to activism
I met local attorney Peter Martin at a First Amendment meeting during "Occupy," when he mentioned that he was concerned about the prayers before our city council in Eureka, Calif. He said he would work on the issue but needed a plaintiff. Of course, I volunteered and promptly forgot all about it.
Peter filed the complaint/lawsuit on Jan. 25. The lawsuit simply asks the council to stop having an invocation, sectarian or not, before meetings, and for Mayor Frank Jager to stop holding "Mayor's Prayer Breakfasts." He held one last year and had another scheduled for Feb. 7.
The second prayer breakfast was held, although this year (likely spurred by the lawsuit), a rental fee of $700 was charged for use of the city-owned building. Last year, space was provided for free.
The issue made the front page of the local paper Jan. 31. The council did not make a decision on how to proceed at its Feb. 5 meeting. At this time, it looks like Mayor Jager wants to contest the lawsuit, but the decision will be made by the council and the city manager. Fighting it will cost the city a lot, and I really hope they will just drop the invocation.
There has not been an invocation at the last few meetings, so just stopping prayer should not be a big step. Under a former mayor, and with threats from the ACLU, there were no invocations at council meetings for a couple of years. This just started under Mayor Jager and a new city attorney.
There have been many letters to the editor, some supporting the lawsuit and me personally (as I am well-known in our small town} and some from the "usual suspects" who write about the wonders of prayer. Most have been quite civil. I'm very proud of our community, as I have had not one nasty phone call, and my number is right there in the phone book.
[Editor's note: The Jan. 28 North Coast Journal quoted the mayor as saying, "Peter Martin, he's a good buddy of mine. We'll invite him to the prayer breakfast. And if he doesn't come, we'll pray for him."]
Meet an Activist Member: Carole Beaton
Name: Carole Beaton.
Where I live: Eureka, Calif., on the beautiful Redwood Coast. We have glorious scenery, boatloads of artists, great food and perfect weather — plus a very accepting and diverse community.
Where and when I was born: Spooner, Wis., in 1945, but I grew up in Phoenix.
Family: My only family is my wonderful life partner of almost 25 years, Will Dvorak. We met on a century bike ride (that's 100 miles), and have been riding together (and not just on the bike) ever since. Our "kids" are our 10 cats.
Education: B.A.'s in psychology and education and an M.A. in special education, plus about four more years of "continuing education." In spite of all this "education" I consider myself self-educated. I learned to think sitting in catechism class when I was a child trying to figure out what all the nonsense was about, and I have educated myself by reading everything I could get my hands on all my life. With modern technology, I can even "read" audio books while walking and driving.
Occupation: I quit my paying job to pay to work (really). I was a teacher for 36 years in the public school system. I have taught regular primary students, juvenile delinquents (in Los Angeles) for 13 years and retired after 17 years as a resource specialist teacher in Eureka.
Now I "pay" to work as co-founder and co-director of an animal welfare nonprofit. We assist in spay/neuter surgeries, and I started and coordinate the "Animeals" program for our local senior center. Every week, seniors who get home-delivered meals also get pet food delivered. I get much of the food donated, and I deliver about half of it myself. Gas and pet food is expensive, not to mention all the other expensive animal situations where I end up with the bill.
How I got where I am today: Here I am in a nice (paid for) house with a great man, 10 cats and a meaningful avocation. How did I manage this? Lots of hard work and lots of luck. No god required.
Where I'm headed: At age 67, I expect I'll end up decomposing within the next decade or two. In the meantime, I plan to keep active by walking at least five miles several days a week, riding our tandem at least 100 miles a week, and especially continuing my animal welfare work. Will and I plan to be buried "naturally" in the same plot to decompose together and eventually return to the universe.
Person in history I admire: Paul Robeson (1898-1976). If you haven't heard of or know much about him, find out. His son, Paul Jr., wrote two excellent books about this black genius who was destroyed by the government because of his "socialism" and because he loved Russia and sent his son to school there to be treated like anyone else. In Russia, race was not an issue.
Paul Robeson was one of the most famous men in the world in the '30s, '40s and '50s. Most Americans now have never heard of him.
A quotation I like: "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." (Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion)
These are a few of my favorite things: Riding our tandem around beautiful Humboldt County, walking in our cool, clean air, reading books and listening to audiobooks, watching educational documentaries on the couch with Will and our cats each evening. Helping low-income people with their beloved pets adds real meaning to my life and is probably my most important favorite thing. It helps pets and people and the whole community.
Pet peeves: Standardized testing (I was lucky to work when I could still teach my students to think), religion infiltrating government on all levels, wars and incompetent journalists.
My doubts about religion started: When I started Catholic school in third grade because my not-too-religious parents wanted me to get a good education. Their money was wasted because I spent all day doing long division and writing my spelling words 100 times a day, etc., but the 45 minutes of catechism really did "educate" me. I'm a born skeptic, so nothing they taught in religion class made any sense to me. It scared me and gave me nightmares because I didn't believe all the stuff these smart adults believed.
As a child, I started to learn all I could about sociology and anthropology and was surprised to find out there were many different ways to live. Margaret Mead's books and James Michener's Hawaii finished the job. I have been openly nonreligious since I was about 16. (It was fine with my parents because they just went to church for social reasons and really regretted putting me through the ordeal.)
Why I'm a freethinker: I can't take any credit. I was born thinking for myself. I have always defied society's norms for women of my generation. I am child-free by choice, got an education, worked for 36 years. I've never let a man pay for my dinner. My company is not for sale.
I have to give the Catholic Church some credit, however. Their absurd dogma was what really got me thinking and made me the good atheist that I am.
Ways I promote freethought: I try to be gentle and funny. When people thank me for spaying their cat and say, "God bless you!" I may say, "Thanks for the nice thought, but I don't think God will be blessing an atheist!" When someone says, "Thank God for the bag of dog food!" I may say, "Thank Petco, they donated the food!"
When I'm in a situation where I'm doing good work and someone praises me, I may say, "Yup, you don't need a god to be good!" I never argue with anyone and always try to smile. (I do stick FFRF nontracts on the windshields of cars sporting too many religious bumper stickers.)
Pope decides to operate as mere mortal
Josef Ratzinger, aka Pope Benedict XVI, announced Feb. 11 he would abdicate his papacy and position as Vatican head of state on Feb. 28. He's the first pope to quit his job since Gregory XII in 1415. Benedict, 85, was elected in April 2005 when he was 78.
It's unlikely there's a Wallis War-field Simpson waiting in the wings like there was for England's King Edward VI. Benedict, in abdicating and giving up his papal state of infallibility, said he would continue to serve the church "through a life dedicated to prayer."
Official sources attributed the move to the pope's frail health. He's nearly blind in his left eye, has a pacemaker, has fallen several times recently and is unable to walk for more than a short distance.
Other sources suspect there are other reasons. According to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the decision was due at least in part to the contents of an internal report revealing significant adultery and theft problems in the Vatican.
La Repubblica's report said the information was "all about the breach of the sixth and seventh commandments," referring to commandments that followers neither steal or commit adultery. The theft reference may be about questionable practices at the Vatican's Bank, which was hit with accusations of theft and money-laundering that forced its chairman to quit last year. In December, the papal butler was convicted of theft. Benedict visited him in jail and pardoned him.
Michael D'Antonio, author of Mortal Sins, Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal, had a piece on Huffington Post headlined "Immunity for Rome's Rottweiler: Why The Pope Resigned."
Valid health reasons are certainly part of the story, D'Antonio wrote, "but they are the least relevant elements. More significant is the evidence linking crimes to the Vatican. In the abuse scandal, all roads do lead to Rome. By stepping down now, and allowing for someone untouched by the cover-up scheme to take his place, Benedict can save the papacy from a direct confrontation with criminal authorities. His choice is the perfect one for a man who reached the highest point in the clerical culture of privilege."
In September 2011 at the Hague, sexual abuse victims presented 20,000 pages of documents linking the cover-up to the highest levels of the Vatican.
Ratzinger was at the center of the church response to the scandal as a cardinal heading the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "formerly the Inquisition," D'Antonio wrote wryly.
— Bill Dunn


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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by inthemiddle, Apr 16, 2010.
There is a rumor that Frank will be coaching Denis Ten.
Please, please, please be true.
I wonder if he would move to the US then. I mean he has already moved to Moscow from Kazakhstan so him moving is not unthinkable but Kazakhstan to Russia is much different than moving to the US.
Mirai just posted a Twitter message confirming this. Neat!
WOW! That'd be exciting!
BTW, Happy 17th birthday to Mirai!!
Does that mean that Evan is turning pro?
Very exciting. He's got amazing potential. I don't see him as near-term competition for Evan, so I don't think that really comes into it. And, for that matter, at least for a while FC had both Mirai and Carolina, who were substantially direct competitors.
Or possibly that Ten isn't seen as direct competition with Evan.
Carroll had Nagasu and Kostner at the same time- didn't he?
Yay! This makes me happy. Dennis has "it", all he really needs is more confidence and consistency, which Frank seems great at producing in his skaters. Also nice for Mirai to have someone her same age to train with. Happy birthday to Mirai btw! I can't believe she's 17, it seems like just yesterday when she won Junior Nationals as an itty bitty 13 year old!
Why would there be any connection between Frank taking Denis Ten on and what Evan plans to do?
That is great news! I think he could really benefit from it.
Woo. Can only be a good thing, surely. No way would Frank give a student of his a hot mess of an LP like the one Denis got this season just gone.
If true, that would be amazing !
Yay! That's nice!
And happy 17th birthday, Mirai!
I hope it's true.
Great opportunity for Denis! I was already preparing myself for an announcement that he would be training under Morozov.
Cool! Good luck to both. Denis could not ask for a better coach.
I'm excited for him, who will be the choreographer? Who did he use this year, or Lori?
Ten used Tarasova this year, if I remember correctly.
I love this kid. Hopefully Frank will be able to corral his Plushenko-like talents into a different stylistic path than Plushenko's.
Is Carolina still being coached by Frank?
I think she has been working with Fassi recently, but as far as I know she's still in LA.
no, Carolina is coached by an Italian now and moved back to Italy.
She has been coached by Christa Fassi for a while now.
Spent some time before worlds in Italy working with Eduardo de Bernadis.
Not sure what she plans to do now.
I´m very glad about the news! Now Denis will have great programmes and his stamina will get better. I hope he is prepared to work very hard with the next Olympics as the ultimate goal.
I'm excited too. I know Mirai and Evan are very close but I think having a training partner her own age will be very good for both skaters, they will be on the wavelength and can push each other. I know they are different genders but still, Dennis seems like a fun kid so I'm sure he and Mirai will become friends.
Frank needs to start shopping for a Kazakhstan national jacket.
Evan probably doesn't need coaching to the extent that he once did.
It's not like it's impossible to coach a few people at a time.
Does Denis speak English? I agree Ziggy. I was just improving the odds for those who don't seem to think that a coach can do that.
Well, it depends on whether Evan will continue with eligible skating.


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Could diet soda be worsening your mood?
Depressed and irritable? It could be your diet.
A 2014 study at the University of North Dakota found that students placed on a diet that included high levels of aspartame via diet soda, yogurt, gelatin, ice cream and other foods became irritable, showed signs of depression and had worsened spatial skills, compared with when they ate lesser helpings of aspartame.
The "high aspartame diet," which the students consumed for 8 days, delivered 25?milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day. That amount is half of what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has deemed to be a safe level of consumption of aspartame, which is sold as "Nutrasweet" and used as a sweetener in a host of diet foods and drinks.
For perspective, there are 180 milligrams of aspartame in a can of diet Coke. So in the study, someone weighing 81 kilograms (180 pounds) would have consumed 2025 milligrams of aspartame (25 mg per kg of body weight). That equates to about 11 cans of diet Coke, though they would have been given the sweetener in some combination of several diet sodas and an array of other sweet treats sweetened with aspartame.
(The FDA threshold of 50 mg per kg of body weight holds that 21 cans of diet soda would be a safe amount to drink per day.)
The researchers put another group of students on a "low aspartame" diet of 10 mg per kg of body weight. Each group later switched places, after an interim two-week "washout" period to flush the chemicals.
The researchers found that when the students were on the "high aspartame" diet they were noticeably more irritable and showed signs of depression, with three of the students testing as mild or moderately clinically depressed. When on the "low aspartame" diet, these symptoms disappeared.
Aspartame has long been villified as a dangerous food additive by natural food advocates. They point out that aspartame breaks down into methanol, phenylalanine and aspartic acid, which can all be toxic at high doses.
Another factor that casts suspicion on aspartame is the fact that some people report it causes immediate symptoms, such as headaches or cognitive fogginess. This has lent credence to concerns that it could be contributing to worse outcomes, such as brain tumors and cancer.
Those who say aspartame is safe, however, note that the very small amount of aspartame in diet drinks, gum and other foods does not generate enough methanol or phenylalanine in the human body to cause serious health issues. The US and European governments have not banned the additive and believe it's largely safe at reasonable consumption levels.
And so, as the North Dakota researchers point out, "the artificial sweetener aspartame remains one of the most controversial food additives, due to mixed evidence on its neurobehavioral effects."
Their research did not explore long-term toxicity, but did conclude, after charting the behavioral and cognitive changes in the "high aspartame" group, that the sweetener had obvious negative neurological effects.
"When consuming high-aspartame diets, participants had more irritable mood, exhibited more depression, and performed worse on spatial orientation tests. Aspartame consumption did not influence working memory. Given that the higher intake level tested here was well below the maximum acceptable daily intake level of 40-50?mg/kg body weight/day, careful consideration is warranted when consuming food products that may affect neurobehavioral health."
Does this make sugar superior as a sweetener? Probably not. There are plenty of studies warning of the link between high sugar consumption and diabetes, and more recently, heart disease.
Researchers and natural food advocates recommend that people replace sugar with stevia, a natural sweetener that, like aspartame, packs a lot more sweet into a smaller package but without the controversy. Other low-glycemic sweeteners suitable for those watching their sugar intake include agave syrup, molasses or brown rice syrup.
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I did a test one time with a very accurate digital MIL gauge used for measuring paint thickness. Cutting and buffing (unless you go nuts with it and sand more than you need) cut only a half a mil off. Depending on the clear you are shooting a mil or so a coat is what you are getting. So cutting and sanding in my experience with the clear I was using (others may differ) I got less than one coat removed when I cut and buffed.
And yes, I agree, FOLLOW THE TECH SHEETS! That is why they are there, it is clearly written in the tech sheets how long to wait.
Here is the recommendations from a particular PPG clear.
Allow basecoat color a minimum of 30 minutes and a
maximum of 24 hours before clearing. After 24 hours
the basecoat should be lightly sanded before applying
I am NOT saying this is what you follow because I don't know what paint you are using. This is just an example to show you how simple it is, no guessing games, no asking someone only to get the wrong info, there it is in black and white. You wait a minimum of 30 minutes and a max of 24, clear as day if you'll pardon the pun.
If you google the brand name and part number of the clear you are using along with the words "Product data sheet" google should come up with it for you.
|I think it was Power Block TV that said that's how many coats should be put on.
6 coats is way too much !! There's no way you'll remove 3 coats when sanding. With that many coats you run the risk of trapping solvents in the clear and you will have to strip and start over.
I've painted for years, so my experience is from trial and error not TV shows.
I seen this show on TV that one should spray around 6 coats of clear because when one wet sands it you can remove up to 3 coats.
My truck is 19 years old and my fade paint job that was done at Trailmaster still looks real good I guess they must have used a good paint and clear. Since they just painted a fade job on my truck they didn't paint my hood or roof and look bad.
The clear is usually sprayed within 30-45 minutes after the base.
If you want to reduce orange peel, raise the pressure of your gun slightly. You'll use more product, but you will get a better finish.
Usually 2 coats of clear will be sufficient, but if you plan on cutting then buffing, put 3 coats on. The trick that I use to tell when it's time to apply another coat of clear, is that I will stick my finger onto the clear (on a tape edge) . When you pull your finger away, you don't want to see strings. This usually takes about 15-20 minutes
|This is a real easy one. Find out who's paint and clear your using and get product data sheets from them. Probably on the net. I use Martin Senour paint (NAPA) same as Sherwin Williams and they have them on their site for every kind of paint they sell, but all mfgs should. Stay with one paint system and follow their directions to the letter. These paint tech guys are good! They want your paint to come out good so you will tell everyone and buy more. A lot of custom guys say use someones paint and only such and such clear or primer which is fine if you've got years experience. If you are new to painting stay with what the mfg. says. You can't go wrong. Good luck with this deal. Hope it turns out nice.
Clear coat questions
Once the car has been painted with a base coat how long would you wait until applying the clear coat?
I ask this question because a few of the guys have told me they waited until the next day or so before applying the clear.
One of the guys had just done a base coat / clear coat job on his new Cobra and it really looked perfect with almost no orange peel in the paint.
When applying the clear coat how long would you wait in between the coats of clear?
Final question how many coats of clear two or three or more?
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Property Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2012
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Chapter 1. Construction
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106. "Personal property." "Personal property" includes all property except real estate.
Well equipment.—The physical merchandise constituting an oil well (casing) must be separately listed as personal property. Birch v. Orange County, 59 Cal.App. 133. However, see California Domestic Water Co. v. Los Angeles County, 10 Cal.App. 185, holding that wells, pumping machinery and pipe lines on water-bearing lands, together with such lands, constitute real estate.


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When the Hard Times Come You Are On Your Own!
Earl Griffin
There has been a lot of attention paid recently to the activities of those individuals and families who believe in taking responsibility for themselves. Often they are called Preppers. Sometimes they are called hoarders, or crazies.
Funny; when things go south its not often you see those people on television crying, screaming, and pulling their hair because the government isnt there to help them. That is because they helped themselves before it hit the fan.
I remember when Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. I recall the anger that I personally felt because of the seemingly unmitigated suffering of the people in the aftermath of that storm. Each day the smoldering rage I felt because of the governments apparent inaction burned hotter and brighter.
Its been several years since Katrina things still havent gotten back to normal in New Orleans. Those dang Republicans, I thought, callous, indifferent to the plight of those with whom they have lost touch. Now weve had another storm: Sandy.
The weather forecasters were united for a week. Its going to be a huge, terrible storm, they said.
I remember the innumerable jackasses calling the radio station and complaining about the hype.
Before long reporters, weather forecasters, and government officials were making public service announcements to assure the public that this storm was not being hyped.
Everyone had a weeks warning!
The crazies, aka people who believe that it is their responsibility to take care of themselves and their own family no matter what, started getting ready as you can see: here, here, and here.
When I asked people, What are you doing to get ready for Sandy? A few people listed their preparations. However the majority of people just laughed and me and joked about, Milk, bread, and toilet paper.
Maryland was spared much of the terrible wind damage. However New Jersey and New York were not. Funny at first there wasnt a lot of coverage about the looting and panic people were experiencing. However, Barking Window did cover these things and more in Sandys aftermath.
We learned some startling truths. For instance FEMA simply isnt ready for large disasters and it is Europe and not the U.S. that leads in weather forecasting.
The Republicans are not in charge this time around instead it is a Democrat who sits in the White House. What difference did it make? It made no difference at all. People in those areas hardest hit by Sandy are all crying and begging for help when they arent dumpster diving for food!
So the Republicans failed after Katrina and the Democrats have failed after Sandy.
There is an important lesson to learn from this: Reliance upon government is not a good idea during an emergency. People all people should prepare for hard times and emergencies within their means to do so! Even the poor can do something to prepare.
Prepare for the storm but also be mindful of your preparations for after the storm. You will have to look after yourself, your family, and even your neighbors. You will also have to be prepared for those who are up to no good.
There are a lot of people who will go on after this storm without having learned anything dont be one of them.
If you have not already done so, begin to develop a philosophy of self reliance. Be careful though; dont fall into the me against the world, snare that many others get caught in. Prepare for yourself and your family but dont forget your neighbors. I dont mean to suggest you should do their work for them, but I think it is important that we remember that we are not islands. We are members of a community. Reach out to those in need and be a leader in your community.
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A casual reader of the news in late May might easily conclude that the concern about unemployed older workers has lifted: Two studies from widely respected institutions both reported that labor participation rates rose among people 65 and older.
Both statements are absolutely correct — the numbers were crunched by the Urban Institute for 2008-2011 and the Government Accountability Office for 2007-2011. However, when you dig deeper, you discover that there are more older workers now because they need the money after the values of their homes and retirement savings plummeted. It also takes them much longer to find a job which often pays much less than their previous position.
The data confirm what AARP and AARP Foundation have been saying since the economy tanked in 2008. Older workers who lost their jobs spent a lot more time looking for work than any other age group. Nearly half of the unemployed ages 25-34 found a new job within six months, and those 35-49 within seven months. But it took more than nine months for those 50-61 to find work.
There are other ominous findings, too. In a comparison of men who had been on the job the same length of time, those in their 50s were more likely to lose their job than those in their late 20s and early 30s. And when workers ages 50-61 did find a job, their median hourly earnings were 21 percent lower than in their previous job.
People 62 and older who lost their jobs fared the worst. Just a third found a job within a year of becoming unemployed, and only 41 percent found a job after 18 months. One reason these numbers are so bad is that when people out of work turned 62, about half of them gave up their job search and opted for early Social Security benefits instead. That might sound like a lifeline, but if you get Social Security when you're 62, you get 25 percent less than you would if you waited until you reach the full retirement age of 66. Over the average American's increasingly long lifetime, that lost 25 percent can make a real difference in quality of life — especially for the 23 percent of the population for whom Social Security is their only income.
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Engineered for HP modifications. This Heavy Duty Pressure Plate has an increased clamp load with little or no increase in pedal pressure. The Organic disc material has a high metal content that increases the co-efficient of friction by two times over a stock lining and increases rotational strength up to a 12,000 RPM burst point. This clutch system maintains a stock feel while offering strength and durability. Recommended usage is daily, street and moderate race.
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An SFI approved single mass flywheel is recommended for this application to get optimal performance. This clutch system is designed for the racing climate. The pressure plate is precision balance for vibration free operation at high RPM. The pressure plate fulcrum is altered for a positive disengagement and a quick shift. The disc is engineered with a Dual Damped design to provide accurate control when accelerating through corners. The friction material is a hybrid using a full face Feramic (Sintered Iron) lining on the flywheel side and a high metal content Organic lining on the pressure plate side. Engagement is positive yet buffered due to the high graphite content unique to Ceramic facings. Recommended uses are daily and street with an emphasis on Rally and Endurance racing.
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Drag racing requires a Single Mass SFI approved Flywheel to be included with each kit when the original design is Dual Mass. This system features a Heavy Duty Pressure Plate modified for a puck style disc with no cushion between the linings to keep the clutch pedal travel short and quick. The puck design disc reduces rotational mass and total drive surface area while increasing pounds per square inch on the surface of the friction material. This combination minimizes inertia, accelerating the transfer of torque from the engine to the wheels. The friction material used for this race application is Graphite Impregnated Ceramic. This compound exceeded all other friction materials when testing for durability, reduced chatter, heat transfer and torque capacity. Recommended uses are drag racing, drifting and limited street.
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Recommended for single mass flywheel (SMF) when original design is DMF. This clutch package is designed for high HP vehicles desiring a start performance similar to O.E. The pressure plate is Race Engineered (SS) and SFI approved with significant load increase over stage 1,2 pressure plates (+600-800 lbs.). Expect a pedal effort increase of 20%-25%. Discs are assembled with heat-treated wear resistant hubs; drive plates and springs for high load transfer and dependable operation. The sprung centers on the disc in conjunction with the marcel fin between the linings create a dual dampening effect that simulates O.E. start performance. A Performance Organic friction material with a high metal content increases torque and RPM capability and maintains low operating temperatures which reduces wear and glazing. Recommended usages are daily, spirited street and occasional track.
Stage 3 Endurance
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Re: Aquatic Invasive Species
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Re: Aquatic Invasive Species
[quote=SecondWindNC;1638098]Aquatic invasive species? You mean like Bayliners and Sea Rays?[/quote]
Yes, With those big old blow motors.
Re: Aquatic Invasive Species
Aquatic invasive species? You mean like Bayliners and Sea Rays?
Re: Aquatic Invasive Species
Government precautions to prevent importation of "Aquatic Invasive Species" are becomming a major concern for cruising yachts. Yachts clearing into a country from international ports have had to undergo a quarantine inspection since the turn of the century to prevent the importation of foods or soil that may contain diseases, seeds or plants that might prove dangerous to the local environment or economy. These concerns are not being extended to include the possible importation of marine organisms by yachts.
In 2005 Australia began a "voluntary" system that asked all yachts less than 25m long coming from foreign ports to be certain their yachts are free from fouling organisms. That trial period is coming to a close and Australia is expected to make quarintine inspections for marine fouling organisms mandatory in the near future.
Yachts less than 25m in length are required to:
1. Have an effective - and approved - anti-fouling coating. This coating must be recent and in good condition. Any bottom paint containing TBTO is prohibited (tests are conducted to determine if the paint is approved).
2. Inspect, and if necessary, clean the vessel including, but not limited to, the entire bottom, internal seawater systems, sea chests, rudder stock and propeller shafts, anchors, chains and other ancillary gear immediately prior to arrival in Australia. Once inspected and cleaned at an overseas port, the yacht must depart immediately and traveldirectly to Australia to minimise re-contamination.
3. Maintain a voyage and biofouling maintenance log and other documentation that supports any biofouling mitigation activities undertaken.
Inspectors will determine if the operators maintenance has been effective in minimising the biofouling accumulation on the vessel and, if there is any doubt, schedule an in-water inspection by divers to determine the level and nature of biofouling present. Reference DAFF website:
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Internationally travelling yachts will do well to maintain their biofouling and pest maintenance log in a professional format and keep dated shipyard receipts of antifouling paints used.
[QUOTE=Chris12345;771243]Just remember that y'all are an invasive species, too.
If you are sailors, even an aquatic one.[/QUOTE]
Yep, we are the most invasive species on this little planet. We even want to invade other planets.
|Ballast water management plans are already mandatory for ships calling on U.S. ports (and many other countries). Ballast water exchange in the open ocean is by far the most common management technique but filtration and UV and biocidal treatments are used as well.
Treating ballast water is not as simple as it seems. UV light treatments and microwave treatments have both been shown to be effective, however both can also be cost/time prohibitive to shipping companies that are already feeling the heat of a stressed economy. Passing legislation making treatment mandatory is a whole different ball of wax.
The invasive species that are already in a new environment are likely to be there forever. Once an invasion has occurred, it's sadly too late. The key then becomes early detection and monitoring to stop the spread to other others.
Organizations like Sea Grant and the Great Lakes Commission are working hard to come up with solutions to this difficult social-political-economical-environmental problem.
The problem is most prevalent on cargo ships with ballast tanks. Fortunately technology has now been developed which blasts the ballast tanks with microwaves, killing all life within them.
Obviously with the large amount of leisure boats in the waters they too pose a serious risk
|Water quality has indeed been improved in the Great Lakes since the introduction of zebra muscles in the mid 80's. The down side that is frequently missed by those who equate clear water with water quality is the very rapid growth of these invaders on city water intakes and powerlant intakes. In some cases plants had to be shut down so that intakes could be cleaned. In addition, anyone who has been to a Great Lake beach knows that now bathers need to wear protective footwear to guard against the very nasty cuts caused by stepping on hard surfaces such as rocks and other freshwater bivalves that are infested with zebra muscles. After reading the first post in this thread I find it somewhat curious that anyone could make the case that zebra muscles do no harm.
|I have sailed mostly in Lake Ontario for more than thirty years. As a boy the problem was that phosphates were so thick that visibility in the waters was terrible. When the scourge of zebra muscles came along everyone acted as though the sky was falling - it did not do so. Every one of those muscles apparently filters sixty gallons of water a day. The water clarity improved dramatically. Yes zebra muscles attached themselves to hard objects like rocks and steel pilings but they stayed off of bottom paint like the plague. Yes I had to start using bottom paint on our run about but we always used it on our sailboat so it was no big deal. I started to fish and you should see the largemouth bass, pike and yellow perch we have caught over the years - yes there are some large fish and they are in good healthy numbers. Overall my comparision is that the water quality has improved dramatically as a result of their presence. I am not too old but old enough to remember what it was like before they were here and what it has been like since they arrived - I see no harm done as a result.
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'"I thought Philadelphia probably played its best and I thought we played our poorest," coach Lindy Ruff said Friday after a a brief skate at the team's suburban practice facility. "There were a lot of things in the game I didn't like. I thought, for the most part, we were average."'
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The Best of 2012
This week we bring you some of our favorite podcast moments from 2012! It's a special episode showcasing the year's best interviews and live performances, featuring John Tesh, Lecrae, Rick Warren, Gungor, Bob Goff, Feist and many others. And of course, it wouldn't be a best-of podcast without a compilation of wisdom nuggets from the one and only Jesse Carey! From all of us here, thanks for listening and making 2012 such a great year. We hope you all have a wonderful holiday and we'll see you back in two weeks to kick of 2013!
Download the show MP3 here, or subscribe to the RELEVANT Podcast via iTunes or any other podcast aggregator.
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Notable Jokes & Runs
80:43 - Cameron and Chad discuss how creepy the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is.
115:46 - A year's worth of Jesse Carey end-of-episode taglines.
Notable Guest Moments
2:47 - Cameron talks about Gungor.
3:07 - Gungor performs "Dry Bones".
8:08 - Cameron talks about getting an email from Rick Warren in 2008.
10:16 - Part of Cameron's conversation with Rick Warren.
15:55 - Cameron talks about All Sons & Daughters, who perform "Wake Up".
21:28 - Cameron talks about the John Tesh interview.
22:33 - Part of the interview with John Tesh.
28:42 - John Tesh raps.
30:52 - Cameron talks about Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken.
31:23 - Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken perform "Watch Your Mouth".
36:00 - Cameron talks about Ryan Anderson, formerly of the Orlando Magic.
39:03 - Part of the interview with Ryan Anderson.
45:26 - Cameron talks about Desperation Band.
45:49 - Desperation Band performs "Strong God".
49:58 - Cameron talks about the interview with Feist.
50:48 - A part of the interview with Feist.
57:00 - Cameron talks about John Mark McMillan.
57:27 - John Mark McMillan performs "Love You Swore".
61:29 - Cameron talks about Jon Acuff.
62:26 - Part of the interview with Jon Acuff.
68:48 - Camero talks about Kari Jobe.
69:34 - Kari Jobe performs "One Desire".
74:04 - Cameron talks about Lecrae.
75:57 - Part of the interview with Lecrae.
81:56 - Cameron talks about Kye Kye.
82:55 - Kye Kye performs "Broke".
87:08 - Cameron talks about Dermot Mulroney.
88:53 - Part of the interview with Dermot Mulroney.
92:52 - Cameron talks about Daniel Bashta and his poker skills.
94:28 - Daniel Bashta performs "Dreamers".
100:16 - Cameron talks about Bob Goff.
102:03 - Part of the interview with Bob Goff.
Other Notable Moments
108:32 - Cameron thanks the listeners of the show.
112:25 - Chad talks about his role on the show, and Cameron addresses listeners' requests for uncut podcasts.
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What were your favorite podcast moments of 2012?
As you sit back and enjoy the glow of your Christmas tree mixed with the crackle of the fireplace (who knows, maybe a little Bing Crosby is playing in the background too), allow your mind to wander back to your favorite podcast moments of 2012. As the memories overwhelm you, maybe you'll crack a light chuckle. Or, more appropriately, shed a single tear. And as you try to regain your composure, take a deep breath, pour another round of eggnog and then tell us, your favorite friends from the RELEVANT Podcast, just which moments of 2012 were your absolute favorites (or "favourites" if you're Canadian). And if you're one of those people who like to look ahead, go ahead and let us know what you'd like to see and hear from us in 2013. Are there any interviews you want us to go after? Any games you want us to play? Any bands you'd like to hear perform live? Go ahead, don't be shy, let us know and we'll do our best to make 2013 even better than 2012!
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I would love it if you would interview Ben Rector and/or have him perform live. I have a feeling you will become best friends.
Getting to hear about John Tesh playing beach volleyball with Yanni cannot be topped by anything unless The Tesh retold the story while riding a unicorn.
I always enjoy Jesse's outtakes at the end of a podcast; it's like a little treat, a piece of candy if you will. The compilation of outtakes from the year felt like one jelly bean after another : ) 2012 was such an awesome podcast year! Thanks for the recap. Hope you all have a great holiday.
Could you get Ravi Zacharias in 2013??
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