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- 1 cup sugar
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- In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 15 minutes until smooth, thickened and clear. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and butter. Serve warm over cake. Yield: 1 cup.
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text: Man, A Greg Monroe / Darko frontcourt would be pretty nice. We need a shot blocker in the worst way. And I'm surprised at the lack of Tayshaun Prince talk here. One of the most brutal games I've seen from a player this year if you take out the first couple minutes. People complain about Stuckey driving and getting blocked, but I'll take that all night over watching Prince dribble for 15 seconds then taking an ugly fall-away from 20 feet out. Not to mention the blatant unwillingness to pass to anyone not named Rip Hamilton. Disgusting. It's a shame CV is starting to play like himself again as well. When he's not just spotting up for triples he's just completely out of control, and does nothing positive.


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After releasing two albums, a nine-song cassette, Elemental, in 1985, and a collection of Christmas tunes, To Drive the Cold Winter Away, in 1987, she had her first breakthrough with her 1989 album, Parallel Dreams. With the help of a network of small independent distributors, the album sold more than 40,000 copies within four months. Its success was surpassed by McKennitt's fourth album, The Visit. Distributed by Warner Canada, the album sold over 600,000 copies (six times platinum) in Canada and received a Juno Award, as did McKennitt's next recording, The Mask and Mirror, in 1994.
While her albums have featured soothing, ultra-melodic arrangements, McKennitt's lyrics have reflected her interests in the poetry of W.B. Yeats, William Blake, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Her music has been heard on the soundtracks of numerous plays and films. In 1989, she was commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada to compose the music for a film series, Woman and Spirituality. Her subsequent commissions include such films as Jade, Highlander III, and Disney's The Santa Clause, as well as TV shows including Northern Exposure, Due South, and EZ Streets.
In 1998, McKennitt scored her biggest hit with "The Mummers' Dance." She became a hit in America, which led to The Book of Secrets selling more than four million copies. Sadly, her world crumbled that July when her fiancé, Ronald Rees, died while on a sailing trip with his brother and a family friend in Georgian Bay. Everything stopped immediately in order for McKennitt to grieve. Rumors of her retirement also circulated. At the time of her fiancé's death, McKennitt was mixing a new album, Live in Paris and Toronto, at Peter Gabriel's Real World studios. Recorded in Salle Pleyel in Paris and Massey Hall in Toronto during spring 1998, the album was released in 1999. All profits from the album have gone to the Cook-Rees Memorial Fund, which McKennitt set up to finance water safety initiatives and education across Canada.
In the new millennium, McKennitt allowed herself some healing time. She didn't disappear from music altogether, however, and worked with a number of local and national charities. Her Spanish version of "Dante's Prayer" was featured in the Canadian/Venezuelan feature film A House with a View of the Sea in 2001. In 2002, she headlined a concert in Winnipeg for Queen Elizabeth, and in 2003 she received the Order of Canada. Two years later, McKennitt began work on her seventh studio album, Ancient Muse, which was released in 2006. Nights from the Alhambra, a live CD/DVD, arrived in 2007, followed by Midwinter Night's Dream, a collection of holiday music that included 1995's Winter Garden EP in its entirety, along with eight new recordings. A Mediterranean Odyssey was released in 2009; the two-disc set included Olive and the Cedar, an 11-song compilation of some of her best-loved Mediterranean pieces, along with From Istanbul to Athens, which was recorded live on her 2009 Mediterranean tour.
In 2010, McKennit returned with The Wind That Shakes the Barley, an album that found her revisiting the traditional Celtic style of her earlier work. In 2012, McKennit followed up that studio effort with the live and unplugged concert album Troubadours on the Rhine: A Trio Performance. Nights from the Alhambra, released early in 2014, was drawn from her 2006 tour in support of the Ancient Muse album. The two-disc The Journey So Far: The Best of Loreena McKennitt, which surveyed her three-decade recording career, drew a dozen key songs from her eight studio albums and her single releases and collected them on the first disc, and added a second bonus disc that featured live performances recorded in Mainz, Germany during McKennitt's 2012 A Midsummer's Night tour. ~ Craig Harris
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Track List: The Journey So Far - The Best Of Loreena McKennitt
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Track List: A Mummers' Dance Through Ireland
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Track List: An Ancient Muse
Track List: Live In Paris And Toronto
Track List: The Book Of Secrets
Track List: A Winter Garden
Track List: The Mask And Mirror
Track List: The Visit
Track List: Parallel Dreams
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In February 2006, "journalist" Bill Sammon attended a high-priced fundraising retreat for conservative activist David Horowitz's organization. At the event, Sammon blasted his colleagues in the media for purportedly having an anti-military bias, and praised the emergence of conservative media like Fox News, Matt Drudge and Andrew Breitbart.
In 2003, Sammon was also the keynote speaker for the Monroe County Conservative Party's (NY) annual fundraising dinner, according to its website.
Sammon joined the Washington Times in 1997, and was announced as the senior White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner on February 13, 2006 [1]. He now serves [2] as Fox News' vice president of News and Washington managing editor. Sources familiar with the situation in Fox's Washington bureau have expressed concern [3] about Sammon using his position to "slant" Fox's supposedly neutral news coverage to the right.
In an interview with Howard Kurtz in December, Sammon expressed surprise [4] that people would accuse him of taking a conservative viewpoint, stating: "Have I said things where I take a conservative view? Give me specifics."
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On February 25, 2006, Sammon was a panelist at Restoration Weekend. The retreat was a fundraiser for conservative activist David Horowitz's Center for the Study of Popular Culture (later renamed The David Horowitz Freedom Center). A 2008 brochure noted [5] that "the annual Restoration Weekend brings together policymakers, national figures and conservative activists from around the nation. The four-day retreat is a favorite among conservatives from across the country."
The 2006 retreat was pricey: an RSVP form [6] for the Phoenix retreat listed registration costs as $1,600 for singles and $2,600 for couples. Sponsorship levels ran from $5,000 to $20,000.
According to a transcript [7] of the event by Horowitz's FrontPage Magazine, Sammon appeared on the panel, "The Media and the War," with Andrew Breitbart, conservative activist Frank Gaffney, and conservative radio host Tammy Bruce.
Sammon, who spoke after Breitbart, began his remarks by stating: "It's great to be here because I normally spend my days working and traveling with the White House press corps, and therefore it's not very often I find myself in a room surrounded by this much common sense."
Sammon criticized the media for their coverage of the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war and claimed that Condi Rice had "the best explanation" as to "the media's obsession with Vietnam with President Bush, Colin Powell, and Condoleezza Rice. ... She said, 'You know, I understand these people, Bill. For the Left, Vietnam wasn't just a war: it's nothing less than a lodestar.' 'Lodestar' was the word she used, the lodestar that has come to symbolize the glory days of the Left and specifically the mainstream media."
Sammon hailed the rise of conservative alternatives to the media. He stated:
If you think about the mainstream media as an institution, it is in the midst of a historic decline. There has been a corresponding rise in the alternative press. Fox News Channel [8], talk radio, Breibart [9] [sic], Drudge [10], the internet, the blogosphere, papers like the Washington Times [11], etc. The mainstream media had some glory years, and those occurred a third of a century ago. The two things they cling to almost romantically are Vietnam and Watergate. Andrew used the word "template," and it's a great word because the press has two favorite story templates: Vietnam and Watergate, and they are constantly trying to apply those templates to current events when they don't really fit.
Sammon then claimed that the media has anti-military bias, and concluded, "This is what the military is up against when they're dealing with the mainstream media and this is why I think it's so important that the mainstream media is finally getting some competition in the marketplace of ideas, thanks to the alternative press."
Monroe County Conservative Party
The Monroe County Conservative Party in upstate New York states that Sammon was its keynote speaker at its annual fundraising dinner in 2003.
The party's May 2003 newsletter [12] stated that Sammon is keynoting "its 41st annual dinner on Friday, May 16, 2003." The party said that Sammon "is a well-respected investigative reporter. He is very knowledgeable about Iraq and the institution of the Presidency." The party said that the dinner is "our primary source of funds which enables us to operate as an effective and respected political party."
Since that time, the party's website has made repeated [13] references [14] to Sammon's speech on its website. The website does not report on the content of Sammon's speech, and if Sammon spoke for free or on a paid basis.
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MCC men split, women drop both at Pioneer Club tourney
The Miles Community College basketball teams had a long weekend, hosting the Pioneer Club Tournament right after playing their first Region IX games on Thursday.
The Pioneers split their tournament games, beating Lake Region 92-80 and falling to Williston State 78-71. They are now 4-5 on the season.
"I think it was a good and not so good weekend," Pioneers Head Coach Chase Tait said. "I thought we improved on some of the things we've been trying to improve on. I thought we got better over the weekend. The wins and losses don't show it, but playing three good teams I thought we competed at a high level. We just have to do a better job of finishing off games. I thought we competed and played really hard. We did a lot of good things. Unfortunately, your reward isn't what you want it to be. Looking back on things, I thought we played better than we had been. Hopefully we keep improving as time goes on."
For the Lady Pioneers, they dropped both of their games this weekend. They lost 73-46 to Lake Region and 72-59 to Williston State. Earlier in the season, Williston beat them 79-32. MCC fell to 6-3 on the year.
"Our girls played really hard," Lady Pioneers Head Coach Liz Lewis said. "We're still learning, but we played hard. We're going to watch film, learn a few things and get better. It was good to see us improve and make better decisions. But we still need to knock down shots."
Both MCC teams will be in Pablo, Mont., this weekend where they will play Salish-Kootenai College on Friday and the University of Great Falls JV on Saturday.
In their first game on the weekend, the Pioneers put together their best offensive game of the season in the 92-80 win over Lake Region.
The Pioneers built a 52-42 lead at halftime thanks to 42 percent shooting from the field and 43 percent shooting from three-point range.
They cooled off a bit in the second half, shooting 34 percent from the field and 14 percent from long range. They were 27 of 42 from the free throw line in the game.
Ryan McCarty and Tyree King had their best games of the season. McCarty finished with 27 points and was 9-10 from the free throw line. King had 16 points and sished out six asists.
Jonathan Dogbo had 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Quinn SMith had 10 points, eight boards and four blocks. Teslim Idris and LaSalle Massey each had nine points. Idris grabbed 10 rebounds.
On Saturday night, the Pioneers led 35-34 at halftime, but couldn't slow down a Williston team that shot 47 percent from the field in the second half.
MCC had turnover issues, turning it over 23 times but they did hold a 52-30 edge in rebounds.
Dogbo had 23 points and was the only Pioneer to finish in double figures. King had eight points, while four others had seven. Emmanuel Olufemi led the team with 11 rebounds and three blocked shots.
Poor shooting plagued the Lady Pioneers in both of their losses.
On Friday night, the Lady Pioneers shot 24 percent from the field for the game and were just 5-20 from three-point range.
Saturday night wasn't much better as they shot 32 percent from the field and 7-32 from long range.
Against Lake Region, the Lady Pioneers could not overcome 22 turnovers and were out-rebounded 50-41. Tess Blaquiere was the only Lady Pioneer in double figures with 14 points and she also grabbed nine rebounds. Jaycin Tini had seven points.
On Saturday night, Petra Lumpert had a double-double, while Blaquiere and Tini nearly did. Lumpert scored 14 opints and had 10 rebounds, while Tini and Blaquiere had 15 and 12 points, respectively. Both Tini and Blaquiere had nine rebounds.
Pioneers 92, Lake Region 80
Pioneers (4-4, 0-1)- Teslim Idris 9, Jonathan Dogbo 13, LaSalle Massey 9, Quinn Smith 10, Emmanuel Olufemi 3, Tyree King 16, Gre Spencer 5, Ryan McCarty 27.
Lake Region- Diallo Powell 4, Channing Reed 6, Tanner Stapleton 9, Devin Tohm 11, Patrick Thomas 15, Melvin Langstaff 23, Darnell Landon 4, Karon Linton 8.
Williston 78, Pioneers 71
Pioneers (4-5, 0-1)- Teslim Idris 7, Jonathan Dogbo 23, LaSalle Massey 7, Quinn Smith 2, Emmanuel Olufemi 7, Conner Smyle 7, Tyree King 8, Greg Spencer 5, Ryan McCarty 5.
Williston State- Jonathan Wilson 5, Houston Lavachek 9, Deji Adekunle 2, Ayob Ayob 3, Trey Dickerson 15, Jordan Nanton 3, Tahjee Williams 27, Kyle Gerding 3, Osa Izevbuwa 11.
Lake Region 73, Lady Pioneers 46
Lady Pioneers (6-2, 1-0)- Tess Blaquiere 14, Jaycin Tini 7, Lindsey Warner 3, Ashley Malmquist 6, Shelby Weeks 2, Petra Lumpert 6, Ashley Hildreth 5, McKensie Keller 3.
Lake Region- Jordyn Kirk 22, Jonie Wipf 4, Ashley Knecht 8, Leslie Hairston 7, Sarah Schafer 6, Kristie Mettler 2, Becca Scherr 14, Mykale French 4, Sarawh Schwanke 6.
Williston State 72, Lady Pioneers 59
Lady Pioneers (6-3, 1-0)- Tess BLaquiere 12, Jaycin Tini 15, Ashley Malmquist 5, Shelby Weeks 4, Petra Lumpert 14, Ashley Hildreth 9.
Williston State- Dani Hudson 10, Jaylen Newman 12, Emma Keller 12, McKayla Haugeberg 20, Kendra Heir 13, Taylor McGrady 5.


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The Canisius women's basketball team jumped out to a quick start and shot nearly 55 percent in defeating Siena College 75-66 at the Koessler Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Griffins improve to 10-15 overall and 6-10 in the MAAC, sweeping the season series from Siena for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
Sophomore Tiahana Mills scored a career-high 16 points to go along with seven assists. Seven Golden Griffins scored at least eight points in the game with senior Jamie Ruttle contributing 12 points and junior Kayla Hoohuli scoring 11 points. Canisius improved to 9-1 this season when scoring more than 60 points and shot better than 40 percent for the 12th time.
"I liked our aggressiveness to start the game but that came with playing within ourselves. That's a combination we have struggled with this season," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "We got a little sloppy with the basketball in the second half, but players stepped up and made plays when we needed them."
Canisius scored the first seven points of the game, with senior Jen Morabito draining a 3-pointer and two free throws in the early going. Canisius led by as many as 21 points in the first half as the Griffs attacked the interior of the Siena defense. The Griffs scored 14 points in the paint in the opening 20 minutes to go along with 15 free throws. A 10-2 spurt, including seven points from Hoohuli, gave Canisius the 39-18 lead as the Griffs took a 17-point advantage into the locker room.
Siena (7-18, 2-14 MAAC) made five of its first seven shots en route to shooting 50 percent in the second half. The Saints drained 3-pointers on their first two possessions and chipped away at the Canisius lead as Siena knocked down a number of jumpers. Siena would get as close as 59-56 with just under six minutes remaining after the second of three second-half 3-pointers from Tehresa Coles.
Freshman Lauren D'Hont answered right back with a 3-pointer from the corner, and sophomore Crystal Porter knocked down a jumper to push the Canisius lead quickly back to a comfortable margin at 64-56. The Saints never seriously threatened after that five-point burst as Mills made four free throws to ice the victory.
Coles led Siena with 19 points, 15 of them coming in the second half. Kanika Cummings had 15 points.
Canisius plays its final two road games of the regular season next weekend, starting at Saint Peter's on Thursday evening. The game, which will be televised on ESPN3, is set to tip off at 6 p.m. in Jersey City, N.J.
Notes: Canisius shot 56.2 percent in the two games against Siena this season… Mills had six or more assists for the eighth time this season, matching the highest total by a Golden Griffin in the last 10 seasons… Hoohuli reached double figures for the ninth time in 12 games but failed to make a 3-pointer for just the second time this season… Canisius limited Siena to 20 rebounds, the fewest rebounds by a Canisius opponent in the Zeh era… Canisius made a season-high 24 free throws and shot better than 90 percent from the free-throw line for the first time this season… Senior Jen Lennox had two blocks and became the fourth player in program history with 100 career blocks.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — How much does it cost to pack a picnic this Fourth of July? That'll be $6 per person.
That's according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, which launched an informal price survey this year looking at the cost of hot dogs, cheeseburgers and other Independence Day fare.
A typical summertime picnic averages $57.20 for 10 people, or $5.72 per person, according to the group, which puts out a similar estimate for Thanksgiving.
"Five dollars a person for a special event cookout is affordable for most people," said John Anderson, chief deputy economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation.
"We certainly know that there are people who struggle with affording food and other necessities, but in general, we're blessed with very affordable food in this country."
Sixty volunteer shoppers in 22 states checked retail prices for summer picnic foods for the American Farm Bureau Federation's survey.
The group puts together a similar annual informal price survey about Thanksgiving dinner fare.
Last year, the group said a turkey dinner with all the trimmings would cost about $49.48 for 10, or just under $5 per person.
However, since this year marks the group's first Fourth of July price survey, Anderson said the group doesn't have concrete numbers to compare with the 2013 figures.
"We expect the general level of prices to go up around 2 percent a year," Anderson said. "That's kind of normal price inflation, and ... I certainly think that we're in the ballpark of those normal price changes over the past year."
Aside from burgers and hot dogs, the farm group's picnic menu includes pork spare ribs, potato salad, lemonade, baked beans, watermelon, corn chips, chocolate milk, ketchup and mustard.
That list doesn't include beer, which some Americans are shelling out a bit more for this year.
"More people are trading up to premium, more expensive beer," said John Davie, president and CEO of Boston-based Consolidated Concepts, which works with thousands of food and restaurant outlets to help them save money on food and other supplies.
Davie also said the price of chicken breast has increased since this time last year.
Debra Graham agrees with that.
"It's almost as cheap to buy steaks as to do chicken or burgers," she said outside a Little Rock grocery store where she bought catfish for a Fourth of July fish fry.
But Graham, 52, said other prices seemed about as high as they usually are.
"If you want it, you've got to pay for it," she said.
PHOTO: In this Wednesday, July 4, 2012 file photo, Chris Andreski grills hamburgers and hot dogs in Arlington, Va. while waiting for the start of the Independence Day fireworks celebration over the National Mall in Washington. The American Farm Bureau Federation launched an informal price survey to tally up the cost of hot dogs, burgers and other Independence Day fare for 2013. The group says the average cost of a summertime picnic including hot dogs, cheeseburgers, pork spare ribs, potato salad and lemonade comes to $57.20 for 10 people, or $5.72 per person. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – For the second-consecutive week, Green Bay women's basketball freshman Tesha Buck (Red Wing, Minn.) was named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
Buck becomes just the second player in Horizon League history to earn the accolade in back-to-back weeks. Loyola's Taylor Johnson did it on February 18 and 25 of last season, the first year the weekly award was handed out. UIC's Rachel Story was named the conference player of the week.
Starting both games of the TD Bank Classic hosted by the University of Vermont last weekend, Buck averaged 8.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 steals, 3.5 assists and 0.5 blocks in 29.0 minutes. She finished the weekend shooting 35.7 percent (5-14) from the field, 22.2 percent (2-9) from three and 62.5 percent (5-8) from the charity stripe. She also recorded a 2.3 assist/turnover ratio for the weekend.
In the tourney opener against Siena, Buck had a career-high seven rebounds, five steals and one block in addition to nine points as the Phoenix went on to win, 63-52. She followed that performance with eight points, three rebounds, three steals and two assists as the Phoenix captured the TD Bank Classic title with a 74-57 win over host Vermont.
Buck has started all five games for the Phoenix this season, and currently leads the team in assists (4.4), steals (2.0) and minutes (31.2) while ranking second in scoring average (9.6) and rebounding (4.6). In the conference, she stands at the top with a 3.1 assist/turnover ratio, second in assists and sixth in steals. She is the only freshman to rank in the top-10 in any of the conference categories.
Green Bay returns to action on Friday at the Maine Thanksgiving Tournament, hosted by the University of Maine. The Phoenix faces William and Mary at 6 p.m. CST on Friday, and will take on either Maine or Massachusetts on Saturday.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The No. 12-ranked Tennessee men's swimming and diving team was handed its first loss of the season by No. 11-ranked Virginia Saturday 135-106.
The Vols were coming off a rigorous Christmas-break training cycle as they continue to prepare for the NCAA Championships. Tennessee (2-1, 1-0) leads the nation with 10 national meet qualifiers.
"Give credit to (the Cavaliers) because they are a fine, well-coached team and they really wanted to win this meet," head coach John Trembley said. "They came prepared with speed suits. But we will continue to keep our focus on the NCAA Championships."
Junior All-America Phillip Jones set two pool records on his way to winning both diving events. He won the one-meter title by putting up an impressive score of 338.85. Jones then followed up with a 391.50 on the three-meter board, where he is the defending NCAA champion. Both of Jones's wins were pool records previously held by former Vol diver and three-time Olympian Gabi Chereches.
After a 2-3 finish in the 400-yard medley relay the Vols got a strong performance by freshman Chris Franklin with third place in the 1000-yard freestyle. Casey Dauw (1:39.61) and Bryan Goldberg (1:39.73) finished second and third in the 200-yard freestyle, getting edged out by Cavalier senior Ian Pritchard (1:39.51).
Senior Raymond Rosal won the 50-yard freestyle in 20.97 seconds. Senior Andrew Bree defeated NCAA finalist Bo Greenwood in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:50.57.
The Vols finished with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team of
Goldberg, Josh Fulton, Rosal, and Tyler Gustafson touched the wall in a
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"Tyler had a great relay swim today," Trembley said. "Every time he hits the water he continues to improve."
Next up for the Vols is a trip to No. 1-ranked Auburn Jan. 16.


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Natural billberry are really abundant but in blooming time hives are so weak that they are not able to forage surplus. I suppose too that water content of bilberry nectar is very high.Last summer frost burned all billberry flowers but garden bluberries had no violation. Blueberry blooms about a month later than billberry.
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Of all the sounds that go bump in the night, especially in the forested lands of Summit County, the most threatening animal is not one that most would expect.
The moose, though not a predator, is dubbed as the most dangerous animal to humans when surprised or threatened, according to wildlife
"Moose are the only animals that we advise a person to turn and run to get out of the situation as quickly as possible," said Mike Porras, spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. "A moose won't just chase someone, but if they feel threatened they will charge and trample potential predators."
A moose's primary defense mechanism is its weight and hooves. Most moose exceed 1,000 pounds. When a moose is ready to attack, it will charge, rear and then trample its victim.
Signs of an imminent attack begins with making eye contact with the ungulate. When a moose is agitated, the fur on its neck will bristle, its ears will turn back and it will charge.
"Moose encounters in Colorado happen often and can be potentially dangerous, but being aware and cognizant of the surroundings will prevent attacks," Porras said.
Wildlife officials recommend not turning your back on the animal, and if you're walking your dog, to keep it on a leash.
"The number one predator of moose are wolves," Porras said. "When a dog approaches them, they feel threatened immediately and are likely to attack."
Incidents between moose are typically human triggered and can be prevented by respecting the space of these animals.
A common misconception of moose are that their eyes are not reflective, but in reality, the animals are so tall they stand above the headlights in most vehicles, making them hard to see on the road.
"If you're in a small car it's a major concern but again, paying attention and being fully aware will prevent most accidents," Porras said.
Another myth is that if a collision is inevitable, speeding up in an attempt to drive under the animal will prevent damage.
"You're still hitting a 1,000-pound animal," Porras said. "If you don't have the opportunity to slow down, moose are still tall enough and its body could still end up in the driver's compartment. If you hit any animal, you run the risk of a serious injury or death."
Moose are excellent swimmers. In the winter they remain in their territory, often in willow marshes, and form "yards," paths in the deep snow as they paw for food. Moose are aggressive when
Moose are semi-aquatic, wading to feed on aquatic plants and willows in summer. Some ranchers have welcomed the moose as a control on willows, which invade irrigated hayfields, but in winter moose may turn to grazing and thus compete with domestic livestock as well as elk.
They have a very large head with a dewlap of skin, called a "bell," hanging down from the jaw. Moose have very long legs so they can wade into a lake and eat plants off the bottom. Their legs enable them to paw through deep snow to reach food in winter.
Moose are the largest deer ranging over 9-feet-long, 6-feet-tall at the shoulder, with weights to over 1,000 pounds.
Antlers of bulls in their prime may weigh over 50 pounds. Antler growth begins late winter with the formation of soft "velvet," the blood-rich skin that nourishes antler growth.
Velvet is rubbed off in fall in preparation for the breeding season. Moose are mainly found as singles or in small groups, not in large herds.


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The ongoing inability of the United States and Pakistan to reach an agreement on the conduct of the war in Afghanistan, and, particularly in tribal regions of the northwest, was dealt a blow when the Pakistan government closed an important supply route to the west. A Pakistani decision temporarily bars trucks from delivering supplies through a critical supply route will hinder US and NATO troops from receiving supplies while they fight in the eastern mountains of Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces have been harassing supply trucks and last Monday they captured an entire convoy and took all the supplies.
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Wow, I really wished they enforced ANY of the 4x4/chains/snowtire rules here in utah.
At MOST they will have some cop sitting in his car drinking coffee letting honda civics, toyota camrys pass by without a head turn. It's fucking ridiculous. especially when they're driving past you head on.
First, why risk getting stuck? Get an AWD. It'll already have the red-dot M+S tires that Cal Trans looks for, and if you've never driven across the road from Reno to North Lake Tahoe, you'll be thankful for the peace of mind. Some freaky-ass roads out there!
Second, I recommend Homewood. Mt. Rose and Alpine are both great, but if you've never been to Tahoe, Homewood will blow your mind. Yeah, it relatively small, but it's got lots of glades and steep stuff (in fact, there are only two green trails on the whole mountain), a big steep 55 degree bowl (unfortunately you have to make a short hike to get to it) and it's quiet and one of the most beautiful places at Tahoe. You'll be stopping every five minutes to take pictures. If you don't care about that kind of stuff, Alpine Meadows is between Homewood and Squaw and has lots of wide-opeen terrain and big steeps. Parking sucks, though. Another reason I like Homewood...it's like pulling into a 7-11 parking lot and you can park right next to the lifts at either the north or south lots.
December 3rd is a bit early. Squaw is shooting for end of Nov., and Alpine is going for Dec. 10.
Homewood is nice for the views, but it's pretty small, and at least as I remember it, it's not really wide open bowls or terrain. Homewood and Heavenly (way on the south side of the lake) are the best places for views.
If you like doing terrain parks, Northstar is nice. They have loooong runs, but most of them are short drops followed by rather extensive greens (thus the name, 'flatstar').
I would recommend Squaw and Sugarbowl if you want both decent size resorts and terrain (and you're staying on the north side). Pick Homewood only if you want to do a chill day, just enjoy the views, and don't mind a small resort. Mt. Rose is also really fun.
|Check out the rental places in Reno. If any of them rent a Subaru, I'd go with that. I'm up at my family's place on Donner Lake often during the winter riding squaw and the other north shore resorts. Subarus are AWD and the CHP are generally looking for the "M+S" logo and the tread on them. As for resorts, I love squaw, but also hit up Alpine Meadows with my cousins who live in Reno. Never been to Homewood yet, but Mt. Rose is great if there is fresh snow and the whole mountain is open. Northstar is also a fun bet on a weekday (less crowds) if there is snow. Not sure however how the snow is going to be early December. I normally go up around Jan-Feb.
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Planning a Tahoe trip for the weekend of December 2nd. A couple questions:
I will have two full days of riding. My idea is to hit Squaw for one day, then maybe a local place the other day, maybe Homewood or Diamond Peak. What do you guys think?
|Thanks for everyone's help, can't wait to get up there.
|Then again, being California, you are going to know if you are going to have a chance of driving in a storm. The weather is pretty easy to forecast there. If snow is in the forecast go with the 4WD, if not, I'd say save some bucks and just get a 2wd model.
If there is any snow in the forecast for the days you'll be driving, I would def. go with a 4wd SUV. 95% of the time the chain control sign reads "Chains Required - 4x4 w/ Snow Tires ok". Basically if you are driving a 4x4 the guy will shine a flashlight on your tires and as long as they have tread, they will let you through. However, Mt. Rose Highway (which is what you will take from Reno if you are going to the North Shore) may have tighter restrictions from time to time if it is really dumping. I think that would be a rare scenario, especially for early Dec.
Here is a good site for Tahoe weather forecasts: Tahoe Weather Discussion - No Hype Lake Tahoe Weather. This guy is pretty accurate, and unfortunately right now he is predicting a late start for the winter, an early finish, but a good bit of snow Jan-Mar.
|I'm not sure if they put snow tires on any of the rental fleets. You'll have to ask them. If you can't get a vehicle with snow tires, try to get a 4WD or AWD model.
|So you guys think I should rent an SUV since maybe there's a better chance it'll have snow tires at least on it, or would anything I rent in the Reno area have snow tires?
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Blepharoplasty (BLEF-uh-roe-plas-tee) includes surgery to repair droopy eyelids that may involve removing excess skin, muscle and fat.
As you age, your eyelids stretch, and the muscles supporting them weaken. As a result, excess fat may gather above and below your eyelids, causing sagging eyebrows, droopy upper lids and bags under your eyes.
Besides making you look older, severely sagging skin around your eyes can reduce your side vision (peripheral vision), especially the upper and outer parts of your field of vision. Blepharoplasty can reduce or eliminate these vision problems and make your eyes appear younger and more alert.
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You might consider blepharoplasty if droopy or sagging eyelids keep your eyes from opening completely or pull down your lower eyelids. Removing excess tissue from your upper eyelids, lower eyelids or both can improve vision and make your eyes appear younger and more alert.
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Blepharoplasty is usually done in an outpatient setting. Your surgeon injects numbing medication into your eyelids and administers intravenous medication to help you relax. This may make you groggy.
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I've written a number of blogs about IT service management (ITSM) and IT service delivery many of which have expressed opinions based on observations and conversations rather than "facts." A new Forrester report by my colleague Eveline Oehrlich has some facts to substantiate what we already knew even if we chose to ignore it.
These facts reinforce a figure that I use in most presentation to show that without exception IT professionals think that they do a better job than their business colleagues think they do. So we have this perceptions gap or perhaps we should call it a "perceptions gulf."
The IT perceptions gulf
This is one of those pictures that really is worth a thousand words. In fact all three of these figures make it easy for me to cut short the commentary.
It's interesting to see the geographical differences but, despite these, we still see a consistent gap or gulf between "How IT thinks it is doing" and "How customers think IT is doing." Funny how our metrics aren't a sea of red – in fact our metrics dashboard is often a sea of green.
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Students gather in the Student Skills Center at IMTS 2012 to participate in the Student Summit. The 2012 event attracted more than 9,300 students and educators from 17 states; organizers expect an even larger group in 2014.
Taking place at Chicago's McCormick Place this September, the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) will welcome students, educators and parents to a special summit intended to promote manufacturing careers to young people. The Smartforce Student Summit (a rebranded version of 2012's NIMS Student Summit) will include keynote addresses, technology demonstrations and interactive exhibits where students can experience manufacturing first-hand. For instance, 2012 attendees were able to practice their welding skills at a virtual welding station provided by Lincoln Electric, or climb inside the capsule used to rescue miners trapped in the Chilean mining accident in 2010.
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I received the Kimber SS Solo friday that I have had on order since March. Plan to take it to the range tuesday if the weather is OK.
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I received the Kimber SS Solo friday that I have had on order since March. Plan to take it to the range tuesday if the weather is OK.
Welcome to the Kimber family. Crimson Pro Carry II and Covert II owner here.
I would like to buy the new Stainless Kimber Solo. I can't bring myself to do it until they can make it work with a wider range of ammo. Either they can't get it to run right with other ammo, or they just haven't had time to work it out. I will wait a couple of years..... oh, no I won't, I will buy something else.
Congrats. I have the CDP version and have had zero issues thus far. Being new, don't be surprised if it is hard to chamber the first round due to strong spring pressure in the magazine. I put the slide all the way back, load the magazine and then pull back slightly and let the slide slam home to load the first round. The range manager tried my gun and loaded it with PMC 115gr rounds and it performed perfectly. I only use the recommended ammo and like I said earlier, I have no issues.
I. Hate. You.
I recently received my Solo STS. Took it to the range last weekend. Used Federal 124 gr. JHP, Remington 147 JHP (120 rounds) and then went through 25 rounds of Hornady 115 gr HP all without any problems. The gun was flawless and the gun shot where you pointed it. The mag spring is tight so attempting to rack the slide with 6 rounds in the mag is difficult. It is better to load with the slide open and then chamber the first round by releasing the slide lock. After a hundred rounds the slide lock loosened up and I assume that over time the mag spring will also relax and you may be able to chamber a round by inserting the mag and then racking the slide. Great gun for ccw. I will use it for summer carry and when I cannot properly conceal my main ccw gun, Kimber Ultra Carry II stainless .45.
For those of you having problems with ftf's, make sure when you load rounds into your mag that each round is fully seated to the rear of the mag including the round that will be the first to feed into the chamber. I noticed that some of the rounds stick and do not fully seat. I put additional downward pressure and make sure each round is fully seated to the rear of the mag. The last round appears to be the biggest problem due to the compression of the spring so make sure that the round is fully seated to the rear of the mag.
I'm new to the forums here, but just got my Solo too.. I went with 100 rounds of 124gr Federal which it ran through flawlessly, both slow and rapid fire. The groups were very good for a gun this size, imho. The trigger pull is fantastic! I also took with me (at the recommendation of my gunshop owner, no cost) a box of Remington 101gr +P frangible rounds. Although its far below the 124 or 147gr recommendation of kimber, I tried it to see how it fed. No problems at all. I believe that whatever problems the early Solo's had, Kimber got it fixed! My kudos to them on a fantastic piece!
Anybody know where I can get one? I'm on a waiting list but am super anxious
Osagecountyguns.com They seem to have a number of Solo's. They usually offer them at auction through gunbroker.com. You may be able to buy direct or try your hand at bidding through gunbroker. The majority of the Solo's recently offered for auction were from Osage County Guns.
Thanks for the lead on the Kimber Solo. I called and they said all of their Solos are currently in auction. BUMMER!!!! The boss was out of the shop on spring break I am going to call back and try and talk to him one on one and see if he will sell me one. In the mean time, any other leads would be greatly appreciated!


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pretty snazy! I love RC costumes, nice work!
that is an awesome helmet, i remember him from republic commando
By chance does that light make your face hot/ eyes burn?
O_O Dude, that is soo cool! I loved that game! The light on the visor is nice!
Awesome helmet!
Thanks gang!
Zammap the lights don't add any heat or burn the eyes at all;-)
seriously dude that absolutly amazing its exacly how it actually looks great job -claps hands-=)
Now thats a sharp looking helmet!!
Can you post a pic of the inside of it?
That is one sweet helmet! You did an outstanding job!
Love the lights...awesome
Great job, are you doing the whole suit?
Mean......... love it......
Yelp! i'm working on the Sev armor now;-) More to come in about a week, maybe sooner if i can get to it.
I love RC's, but why do most of them have really really low ab pieces?
If you are doing an RC, you have to be in a combat pose at all times, or else it kinda looks weird.
that looks seriously cool, and the blue light rocks! Fantastic work!
More things should have lights in them, lights=coolness
WOW please post how you put the light on I am wanting to do a similar style for a BH with black trooper armor variant.
Looking really good! I hope to get started on an RC costume next year. Got a few things to finish up on my mando first. It would be awesome to have one for CV, if it even happens next year.


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I've wore out a few air flangers I f I remember correctly breaking the seam under the taillight is a bear the seam with the spot welds is on the insideand hard to get to, even harder to weld up.
If the jamb is in good shape I leave all that too but I cut the replacement after the first bend so the 1/4 goes into the jamb ,I;ll use the punch side of the flanger tool to make spot weld holes and then I weld the 1/4 inside the jamb..I always wonderd why someone would put a 1/4 on and make a three sided seam on the outer skin ,by the time their done theres bondo covering the whole 1/4...when your done there should only be one seam a flanged one ...If your careful and you take precautions after your done welding the flanged seam all the way across. two coats of finishing putty is all you'll need no bondo...the biggest mistake you can make is to get tired of all the welding and think thats good enough...look at the pic of this flange joint ,theres a lot of welds and its on securely but if you dont have the whole seam welded it'll leave a ghost seam that you'll only see at a certain angle but once you see it you'll never get lazy with the welding again...
as I was saying this seam is only about half welded and there'll be thousande of welds before your done if this was bondo'd up right now there would deffinetly be a ghost seam...
Once youve welded the whole seam and ground the weld s (dressed the metal) you shouldnt see any trace of a seam BEFORE you put the filler to it......Do like this and then see how the heads turn....Take your time on this seam it pays in time saved on the rest of the job
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I tack it around then build off each tack. Keeps it cooler and less voids. In the end it looks like that pic but less voids, but not perfect. Just good enough for a shop.
I had to take it off by the taillight cause there was an old flange sandwiched in between and patches that could only be fixed with the quarter off. Fixing those is where the boss is gonna think, "why isn't that quarter welded on." The boss' lapdog seems to think that's an 8 hour job-YEAH RIGHT! It takes about 5-6 hours just to cut it all out.
10 hrs welding alone....the ins co gives you more than 8 to replace a 1/4 on a newer car and they arnt known for throwing the hrs at ya...
Ask Brian what the typical 1/4 replacement time is for some full size car,he'd know better than me...
If your looking to shave off a bunch of time you can weld every 1/4" or so and use filler as long as that seam is hidden behind the moulding but the last foot or so would have to be welded all the way where the spear stops....I just saw a 55 today that was a nice daily driver and for sale but it was a 4dr...
I'd much rather work on the old stuff ,its a lot more fun...
so I was planning on flanging it and I already knew one area didn't have enough meat on it for a 1/2" step(back half) cause I listened to the bone heads trying to dictate the repair and that back area I cut out first to do the wheel house and didn't leave enough meat cause I thought I was going into the pillar at the time. So when the decision was final to step it I left enough meat on the front half but when it came time to flange the stinking flanger was barely too close to the bodyline and the flanger wouldn't fit. I'm almost tempted to do an open butt weld and leave the two small areas I used to cleco it up top leave them as small tabs so it laps on the two tabs that helps hold it up but everything around it will be a butt weld. Then again I'm not sure if I want to do that due to the atmosphere around the shop right now. Screw the excuses though it was my fault and if I have to lap weld it then I guess I can say it's a first...and last. The good news is we're getting the other side of the taillight panel which would have had to have been pushed out away from the deck lid but also the rear body panel on that side needs to come out a hair as well so taking that piece out solves both issues on top of the areas that would have needed patches. It was toast anyways. The other good thing is that the gaps line up perfect with a little wrestling and cutting and welding. The lap weld will also be really close to the bottom of the moulding so I think it won't turn out that bad. It wont need a lot of mud. Maybe I can order a hand flanger that allows the room and get next day air and it will be here before the part...hmmmmm
I missed a post..
Any time I do a full length 1/4 splice I always go into the jamb...You cant get the flanger in so I flange what I can and I'll butt weldthe last inch or two of the ends...same with door bottoms you can only flange untill you hit the end of the inner door then you butt weld the rest.you wouldnt want a lapped flange joint here anyways the two layers would make a hump where it wraps around the inner door
no no, I did what you are talking about. The planned flange might be lapped but right near the edge before the jamb and the jamb itself is an open butt weld, and the bracing is a nice backing strip.
bemding tab over
I got it handled. I just flanged the replacement quarter by sliding it under the lip, scribing it and making flanges of 1/2" and sometimes less. The lesson here is to not let somebody else in the shop dictate your repairs. It's gonna turn out fine with perfect gaps. just waiting for the tail light panel to show up.
show a pic of what you came up with...tech
I didnt know the 1/4 was already replaced once ...sorry
still waiting for the other half of the tail light panel. I'll take pics when it's done. I'm tempted to only flange where it's clecko'd to hold it up, like maybe an inch around the clecko hole and then cut it everywhere else for an open butt weld. Then I could later reach into the quarter and cut the squares off. just worried about it sagging.
Ok,Heres something for you to try,just remember where it came from....
remember you were talking about welding a strip to help with doing a butt weld ?
try this on a long seam...
using drill screws screw a 1-2" strip in to help hold the butts in place and back up the weld but insted of steel use a copper strip....when your done unscrew the copper strip and BAM!!! you have a perfect straight butt weld because the copper sucks up heat and backs the weld....
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Should a flange seam be used whenever possible? Do you do anything to the back side to seal it so water doesn't get in and sit there?
I have read elsewhere that a but joint is the favored method.
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this was a good idea.
this wasn't. I should have made my second cut on top cause the top needs to be round anyways and skinnier and I could have rounded it easy by cutting and reshaping. Guess hitting one bird with a stone is good enough on this one so I might have to make two cuts or carefully hammer and dolly the top edge round. The bottom one not as important. Damn bumper doesn't hide it!
really? On this I will tunnel the top of the quarter...cut a slice and insert a piece of rounded sheet metal inbetween. It also needs to go out up top on the outside so that idea will work well.
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I'm not saying I know what I'm talking about just very curious of this system, considering the things I hear of the insurance companies and even with the girls inurance rates out the window costs yet seems to pay a shit load in stuff they won't cover, especically when she pays 350 a month for insurance you think It would cover more than it hasn't.
So I'm just trying to talk to other people about this, you know research, to see what real people have to say that live here and have health care or don't, something local for me, to see the sides of just not Micheal Moore. I don't know a whole lot about this but trying to learn.
We the people are the gov. but the people seem scared to vote for something as if the gov. is above us.
If you come up with a cure for aids you can't sell it for profit, so why is health care and medicaine able to go out for profit?
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One thing we get to pay for that a lot of the other countries don't is drug research. Thats wy you hear about people going to Mexico to buy their perscrips. I don't understand why we here in the US are stuck paying for most of it when other countries just get the drugs cheap. It should be across the board. I would think they would be gouging the governments in the countries with public health care, not the private. Then again, the governments would be sayng "No" to a lot more people for their drugs if the government had to foot the bill. Its bad enough we get to pay into welfare and that system is waaaaaay abused.
I was on a medicine for a couple years that was costing me almost $270 a month when I went off it. That was only my 25% co-pay my insurance has.
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Here's a candian, from my comanche club site, and what he has to say about the subject....
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Maybe if Billary is elected, she can open the border more to Canada.
"Im GLAD Ontario mandates that you must finish your highschool education before you can renew your drivers lic."
I really like that part.
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how bout all the fat people go on a diet, the we can think about universal heath care ledger... i hate this subject
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Maybe we need to invite him on a 4x4 trip. We can then get him "lost" never to show his fat ass again. As a matter of fact, he could be "lost" at the Mounds right by his hometown of Flint (if they would admit to it).
I would love to shake his hand and stink-palm him. His portrail in "Team America" was great. The hot dog in each hand was spot-on I thought.
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And another canadian qoute from othe club site on same issue...
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I wonder how many of the people who are so opposed to universal health care have ever been in a situation where they needed medical attention but had no insurance and no means to pay for it? It's not fun, but it could happen to any one of us.
I'm not for "socialized health care" but I would be in favor of some system where everyone had access to reasonably priced basic health care. I won't even mind if you had to raise my taxes to pay for it just to know it would be there for me if I needed it. I only ask that it be implemented as supplement to our private health care system, not as a replacement for it, and that it be done with a minimum of bureaucracy, so that the money gets used for treating people, not administration.
Theres another big problem I see coming for health care in general that no one seems to want to talk about. It seems to me that our ability to treat people for every known medical condition is out striping societies ability to pay for it. As we come up with more treatments and procedures the overall amount of money spent on health care goes up relative to everything else. At what point do we say "enoughs enough" and realize that not everyone going to live forever. As cruel as it may sound at some point I think we have admit that we can't afford to treat everyone for everything. At some point I believe we'll have to limit how much money we spend treating people and the best treatment will only go to those that can afford it. People that can't afford it will just die. Sorry, I don't see any way around it.
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Ahh, I see another intelligent post by Steveo. Keep up the good work :miff:
I completely understand where he is coming from. I worked full time in college to be eligible for health care for the wife and I. Before that when we didn't have health care I would have to be dying in order to go to the doctors and at once I did go due to Pneumonia and that cost me $700 but atleast I didn't die
With so many lower education jobs getting shipped over seas we will see that obtaining health care is going to be a huge obstical for the uneducated class. It appears that most on this site has the opinion that they don't count and should just die. Thankfully I chose to better myself and attend college which helped me land a good job with good benefits. And luckily for myself God blessed me (or Mother Nature for you non-believers) with a brain that could get me through school.
There are always going to be those ditch diggers, burger flippers, and muke rakers in the world and they are who I am concerned about in the future. I am concerned because of the statements already made in this thread and I believe that since they are human they should atleast be treated like a human and not just left to die or don't derserve to live because they can't pay for health care.
The above statement does not include over weight people because that can be overcome.
I also think that everyone should have to take a piss test to get any sort of federal benefits now or in the future. I love the email that is passed around about the piss test. I have to take one to work to fund your welfare so you should atleast have to pass one to use my money that the government forced me to donante.
Interesting read so far.
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X2 on the piss test!
Yeah a plan choice for basic health care a must. Back during cowboy and Indians you had doctors to care for you, not much cost there. And yeah I agree that now some of the reason of cost of care is to pay for research and etc. but like brewmenn said how many answers to one medical problem do we have or even the psych problems as well? Like I have always said "They got a pill for that!". What yours problem we got a pill for you to take or five generic kind.
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I'd like to comment on this because this is the one true problem I think public healthcare in the US would create.
Say healthcare were "Free". Right now, I pay about $150/month for a HMO to cover my wife and I. Now, just speculating, let's say the increase in taxes to cover healthcare and the money I save not having to pay for it cancel each other out (net cost to me is still $150/month but I pay the govenment instead of bluecross)
I will not go into how I think that my taxes would increase more than $150/month to support public healthcare, let's keep this simple.
Now, suppose I get sick enough to go to the doctor. I visit the public "clinic" and find I am number 187 and they are on number 16 for the day. As I look around, there are hundreds of people crowded in the waiting area; some with serious concerns like me, but some are there to get out of the cold, or to try to weasel some prescription meds or maybe since healthcare is free, hypochondriacs come out in droves. Well, shit. I'd better come back tomorrow before the clinic opens so I can get a good place in line.
Next day I arrive at 9am (business hours are 9am -11am and 12:30pm - 5 pm) to find a line of people lined up down the building and around the corner. I count heads as I walk to the end; damn, I am 45th in line. Come 10:45am, I luck out and only have two people in front of me before I can see the doctor. 11am comes, I have not had my turn yet and we all are informed the office closes from 11am - 12:30 pm for lunch. I stand there with my jaw dropped open and look in surprise at the line that has already re-formed outside by the people who have already learned how to deal with the new system. I go back outside and wait in the cold only to miss seeing the doctor before they close at 5pm.
Now, say I have gotten progressively worse these past two days and decide to go to an emergency room. Once I get there, it is no better than the clinic, but at least I can keep my place in line to see a doctor. It takes over 30 hours to see someone and by then my condition has deteriorated enough that I need to be admitted to the hospital for care. Well, the hospitial is past full because it was designed before public healthcare was mandated. Even the large medical centers designed for the extra burden of public healthcare are tied up in the design/building stages as there are not enough bids for the construction contracts that meet the budget.
So, I am placed on an army surplus cot donated by the Red Cross, this cot sits in one of the busy hallways, as there are no open rooms. In a few days, I recover well enough to go back to work, though now I have to do without the money I could've made for the 5 day I missed from my job.
Sitting at home, I reflect on my experience in the public healthcare system and decide than I had damn well better get some supplimental "private" insurance because I can't afford another run in with public healthcare. Well, I enroll in a private plan and have to end up paying $500/ month for the same healthcare I had before. Why so expensive?
I still have my co-pay, like before, except my employer no longer subsidizes my insurance, so I have to cover the whole cost, along with an additional tax the government levies for this "Luxury Service". Yes, an additional tax on me because I choose to have the "Luxury" of sufficient healthcare. An additional tax to bolster the failing, over-budget, public healthcare system.
I can appreciate people wanting public healthcare for the masses so the poor and the children and the elderly can get quality healthcare, but a public healthcare system is not the answer. A much better answer is to extend medicare coverage to provide care for those who cannot afford it. I would be happy to pay additional medicare taxes for an extension of that system.
It is very easy for someone like Moore to point out and highlight problems in our healthcare system, get many people riled up, then distance himself from any solution. Honestly, with the many movies Micheal Moore has made, with all the MILLIONS of dollars he has made, what has he done to help the "attrocities" he reports?
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Hi everybody,
I've been here at Kunsan for about 2 weeks now, and I got my delivery of the rest of my stuff last week.
I brought some of my favorite things with me. Had to show the love for Star Wars while I'm here. :)
Here's a couple of shots of my bedroom. First, the Boba shrine on top of the computer desk. I brought my 300th figure Fett, my Animated Fett, my autographed POTF Fett, my Saga Legends Fett, and my Trilogy Collection Fett.
Also on the shelf are my original Riddell Boba helmet, my black and white Gentle Giant Fett maquette, my mini-MR Fett blaster, and my "goodies" from the JB Event in Dallas this past April. :D
On the opposite side of the room is my dresser where I've placed some larger props.
My FPH Fett helmet, my MR CE Stormie bucket, my MR Han Solo Elite blaster, and a Blade Runner blaster by Rich Coyle.
I was doing some laundry before and realized that probably a little over half the clothes I brought with me are sci-fi T-shirts! :lol
Man, I have a lot of T-shirts. . . I'm such a geek. ;) :thumbsup
Oh yeah! One more pic. This is just a regular ol' standard box of 57w light bulbs I bought at the BX. . .
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