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I work with a guy and he just doesn't want the government to know where he is. All bills go to a PO box and he will not update his drivers license to his new address. He is not even wanted by the law. Worked with him for close to 15 years now. Figure that one out.I bet a lot of people are just too lazy to register or to stand in line to vote.
And because people have been willing to "just settle" for the moderates, is why we are in the position we find ourselves today.
what is a surprise to me is the way the vote broke down. they say that fewer republicans turned out and more democrats. that's hard to believe. i can only go by the folks i know, but everyone was fired up to get rid of Obama. i just can't picture millions of republicans not bothering to vote while many thousands more democrats were motivated to vote.
I don't think Republicans were ever that enthused about Romney. Many I talked to have said all along, "Well, I guess we're stuck with him". As for losing the election, like I said in another post, Romney will go off script and blow it. Auto bail out, 47%, etc.Congrats to Karl Rove, nice one.
Both the republicans and democrates will ridicule and demonize anyone who insist on our politicians following the constitution. Carl Rove and others on the right dismissed the Tea Party. Reason why? I'm not sure. Lots of reasons. Look what they did to Allen West. Oh make no mistake, they will take our support! The only reason the republicans have the house is because of the support from the Tea Party in 2010. As for the way the Tea Party is portrayed by the democrates, well do I really need to explain? The constitution as well as the Tea Party are the polar opposite of what the leftist would have for America. So, I have been told by the leaders of the Tea Party Patriots, " Romney was the final straw, Republicans can no longer count on our support ". Simply put, we ONLY will support true conservatives. ( By the way, I did vote ). THREE MILLION SAT AT HOME, BECAUSE OF MODERATES.
-As for Karl Rove, perhaps he learned that money can't buy all votes. I wonder when Republicans will quit pandering to the very far right and realize that America is not just a nation of rich white men anymore?
As for the Tea Party, I read a link to their website today claiming Obama was married to his male college roommate. Seriously? How many people fall for crap like that? Thankfully, not enough to elect Romney.
Four of my close family members are Republicans who didn't bother to vote. They just did not like Romney.
i am more curious now than i was last time...what is so attractive about obama? i get it if you are getting "free" stuff, but other than that, it surely does escape me. maybe someone can enlighten me?


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Hi TWiV guys,
I am currently attending Florida Gulf Coast University as a biology major. I am taking molecular genetics and a virology course. I have learned that, in a eukaryotic system, histones are bound to DNA through a force attraction between the negatively charged nucleotides and positively charged histones. The disassociation of histone proteins with DNA, for either replication or transcription, is due to ubiquination, acetylation, or methylation which decreases the positive charge on the basic amino acids in the histones. Knowing this, I wonder how viral capsid proteins disassociate from viral nucleotides upon entry. Is the mechanism similar to eukaryotes or do the mechanisms differ from virus to virus? If the mechanisms differ from the eukaryotic system, what strategies do the viruses employ?
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P.S. Looking forward to meeting you during your podcast on December 6th at our campus!
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Dear Twivers,
As a Brazillian graduate student, I was very surprised to hear about the finding of vaccinia viruses in monkeys at Brazil in TWiV 95 and not finding about it in Portuguese. So I wrote to the team that made the finding, interviewed them for my blog (http://scienceblogs.com.br/rainha/2010/09/vaccinina.php) and recommended their history to the local newspapers. Fortunately, they received divulgation in local newspaper after.
I'm writing because I remember professor Racaniello asking how they came up with the idea of sampling monkeys at that point. So I asked them during our interview.
They told me that already there where records of rural workers with vaccinia at the Southeast Region of Brazil, and some old records of detection dated from 1960's at Belém, a city really far at North region. So, they knew that the virus was somehow spreading trough the country. And knew that similar viruses like cowpox and monkeypox can circulate in primates and rodents.
Also, in Tocantis, the state where they collected the samples, a big damn was being built (for the Lajeado Hydroeletric station, that appears at the episode picture) and a large region would be flooded. So, the animals had to be rescued and transported to safe ground. A good occasion for sampling.
Visiting the TWiV site to write this e-mail I saw the video of episode 96 (I'm used to download the episodes directly to my ipod). It's very funny to have the opportunity to see the show being made and see the faces of you all. TWiV gets greater every time, and I really appreciate how you can have every kind of participants at the show, from graduate students (and prof. Racaniello's son) to Nobel laureates. It's fantastic to have contact with this sort of content here at Brazil.
Keep the good work,
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I am a big fan of TWiV since I bought my iPhone4 last June. I haven't thought a Podcast can affect me this much. The iphone was a really good buy for me that is only because of TWiV. I can make a call with it as well (:-))
Anyway, I heard you introduced HTS at Episode 95. I liked Alan's explanation about HTS. I appreciate it.
The reason I am writing this email is that I wish you can advertise a program funded by the NIH, that is the MLPCN, Molecular Libraries Probe Production Center Network. http://mli.nih.gov/mli/mlpcn/
I would say this program as a "poor man's HTS", which the NIH provides all resources to screen a 300,000 compound library for YOUR ASSAY. You don't need to buy anything. Only thing you have to do is "to develop an assay which (potentially) is compatible HTS and submit it. This is a FREE service and it uses RO3 and R21 mechanism. This is open to ANYONE even to foreign institutions. The centers in the network will screen for assay providers and still assay providers receive money for doing follow-up experiment etc.. (This is cool.) The MLPCN has done more than 200 HT screenings for public domain.
The reason I bring this to your attention is this program supports "HTS for infectious target". Southern Research Institute is a specialized center in that aspect. The outcome of the screening is a "probe" which can be developed for a therapeutic candidate (for antiviral) or special compounds to see the effect of it in your assay. For example, if you submit an assay which can screen compounds inhibiting (or activating) a certain step (let say, inhibition of NP trans-location from/to nucleus), at the end of the screening, you will get (a) compounds with that activity. And you may want to utilize the compounds to study your basic science as well. The program accepts variety of assay formats such as a cell-based assay, fluorescence based or target oriented or phenotypic assay as well. There is a chemistry centers which work for SAR and lead optimization for you. Again everything is free once your assay is picked. I believe more virologists should take advantage of this program.
It would be great if you can read this to your listeners or pick the MLPCN site for "pick of the week" so more people can see the program.
I apologize for bad grammar (English is my second language) and please tailed it if you want to.
If you have a question about the program, I would be more than happy to answer it.
Best regards.
Center for Predictive Medicine For Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease

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For the vast majority of Forrester customers who I have not had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Henry Baltazar and I'm the new analyst covering Storage for the I&O team. I've covered the Storage industry for over 15 years and spent the first 9 years of my career as a Technical Analyst at eWEEK/PCWeek Labs, where I was responsible for benchmarking storage systems, servers and Network Operating Systems.
During my lab days, I tested hundreds of different products and was fortunate to witness the development and maturation of a number of key innovations such as data deduplication, WAN optimization and scale-out storage. In the technology space "Better, Faster, Cheaper - Pick Two" used to be the design goal for many innovators, and I've seen many technologies struggle to attain two, let alone three of these goals, especially in the first few product iterations. For example, while iSCSI was able to challenge Fibre Channel on the basis of being cheaper - despite being around for over a decade many storage professionals are still not convinced that iSCSI is faster or better.
Looking at storage technologies today, relative to processors and networking, storage has not held up its end of the bargain. Storage needs to improve in all three vectors to either push innovation forward, or avoid being viewed as a bottleneck in the infrastructure. At Forrester I will be looking at a number of areas of innovation which should drive enterprise storage capabilities to new heights including:


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Emmanuel Frimpong and Marouane Chamakh were the surprise visitors at Borehamwood's Yavneh College last week, when they paid the school a visit to promote Arsenal's Gap programme.
After a presentation from Arsenal in the Community about the opportunities open to Gap Year students around the world, the pupils quizzed the Gunners' duo on their lives in and out of football.
Programme co-ordinator John Olaleye spoke to the students about the opportunities available to them once they complete their A-Levels, including the chance to coach with the Club in schools local to Arsenal and then use those skills teaching children around the world, including Israel.
Alan Sefton, Arsenal's Head of Community, commented, "The day was a great opportunity to speak to Jewish young people about a programme that helps to promote better relations between Jewish and Arab children using the power of football. Our Gap projects continues to go from strength and strength and I hope some of those students involved will feel inspired to apply to the programme."
Yavneh College Headteacher, Dr Dena Coleman, enthused, "Yavneh College was delighted to host Arsenal this morning. We encourage our students to develop their extra-curricular activities and I'm sure many of them will have been excited to hear about what the Club is doing in Israel and other parts of the world."
The Year 12 students enjoyed the opportunity, even those non-Arsenal fans. Student Lewis Silver said, "Even though I am a Spurs fan, it was brilliant to get an insight into the life of a professional football player."
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by Sylvia, Apr 14, 2014.
Please pick one option.
No, since they are in fact Olympics medalist and for almost all they gave it their best efforts in order to get their medals but it seems like a lot of people want the medals to be quantified as "team medals" so that it will be clearer.
And my viewpoint may also be due to the fact that since I'm a new figure skating fan, the team event at the Olympics didn't take getting used to.
Nope. They got a medal at the Olympics. Therefore, they are Olympic medalists.
No. They are actually Olympic Medalists so I don't see why it should bother anyone.
It makes me double take when I read things like "Skater X, Olympic Gold/Silver/Bronze Medalist", and then I remember it was in the team event, and a Tourette's style voice in my head says "not a proper medalist"
I am fine with it; I think what bothers some fans is that some of the skaters who received medals (eg: Kevin Reynolds, Castelli and Schnapir) had no shot whatsoever at individual medals, so they believe there should be a "qualifier." I don't - they did their teams proud with their performances (well, most of them) and they are Olympic Medalists, period.
I should have made this a poll option!
So did you vote?
Yeah, but it will take some getting used to. If it's an oly event, the'yre oly medalists.
No, but I think it should be clarified as a "team" medal.
I have been able to be in denial because I thought the team event was ill conceived, I disagreed with it being first (and still think it should come after the individual events) and becuase i was on holiday for the Olympics and didn't watch them I can totally ignore that the team event happened at all.
Is the team event here to stay? If it is then why don't they have it at worlds as well? It seems ridiculous to have a made up event for the Olympics that doesn't form any part of the figure skating season at any other time. For as long as it doesn't appear at the world championships, I won't view the team event at the Olympics as a "real" event.
Of course there's no denying a medal won at the Olympcis is just that...but I don't have to buy into it
It's OK to announce them as "member of the 2014 Olympics Team Event gold-medal winning team" (or silver or bronze) but NOT as 'the' gold or silver or bronze medalist.
Do winners of the cheesy ISU 'World Team Trophy' get announced as World Champs? Of course not.
That sure is wordy. If an announcer says 2014 Olympic Gold Medalist Julia Lipnitskaya; the statement is completely accurate. Nothing about that says she won the ladies figure skating event.
Probably because the event is not part of the World Championships.
As long as it's clarified as a team medal then it's fine.
As valid and well-earned as it is, I find it disingenuous how some people act as if it's worth the same as an individual medal. It's unfair to not only older skaters but current great skaters from countries without strong skating teams.
But that's not the issue and I feel like you're skirting the real issue based on a technicality. Introducing her as an Olympic gold medalist without clarifying that it's a team medal is misleading to general audiences and new followers of the sport.
I've never heard another sport clarify their team and relay medalist; to make sure no one thinks they are "real" medalists.
Well, for me there is no "real" issue- I think people are making an issue up to make sure that skaters they think are inferior aren't recognized for their medals.
And who said they weren't "real" medalists? The argument was that they weren't the same as individual medalists, not that their medals are fake or invalid.
And you contradict yourself because even if no one had to clarify it officially, you know based on the record who was a team vs relay medalist.
If someone wins in a swimming relay, I'm pretty sure they say oly gold medalist in the 400 meter relay. They might not do that for someone like Michael Phelps when they say 8 time Oly gold medalist but that is because his individual achievements trump the need to do so.
Or sometimes they are just announced as "Olympic Gold Medalist" with no further qualifier if the discussion is not about the event.
Check out this bio:
Kerri Strug has no individual Olympic medals. The expansive bio mentions the team event Gold, but the awards listed at the top of the page don't qualify it at all; and alot of people are not going to bother reading a block of text. (And actually- that text on the first page doesn't say the Barcelona medal was a team medal either; or that her World medals are all team medals.)
If they aren't giving an extensive bio- there is no need to mention the event.
..Or because it's a completely different medal?
I should clarify, I'm fine with the media casually calling Gracie or whomever an Olympic medalist without mentioning the team aspect, but the official record will still specify that it was a team medal. And that obviously applies to swimming or whatever as well. So true followers of the sport certainly know that it's not the same thing.
During Worlds, where there was no team event, it bothered me to refer to any of the TE/not individual event skaters as medalists without qualifying that their medal was in TE. It just sounds disingenuous (although technically true) to announce Wagner (who I like) simply as an Olympic medalist as she's about to take ice in a singles event. The medal was for something different than what we're about to watch, and needs more context, IMO.
And how long has gymnastics or swimming had team events? Decades?
How many times does the Olympics need to have a team event before it is unnecessary to qualify it in figure skating?
Even if gymnastics has had one for decades, when you hear someone is an Olympic Gold medalist in gymnast - do you assume it is team? It is still a seperate event, why does it not matter which one it is? Why does it not need further qualification if skating does? What about a gymnast who is gold medalist in bars; can she call herself Olympic Gold Medalist? Or does that lead one to believe she is the all-around winner?
A gold medal is a gold medal. Unless the situation needs context, there is no reason to always qualify what event it was won in.
Probably a few cycles at least, since Olympic figure skating has been around almost a century and has been only an individual sport up until now.
Anyone who actually cares about these sports does differentiate between individual and team medals, even in gymnastics and swimming, especially if they're comparing athletes. It's only in general instances like a quick bio or profile that it's not clarified.
I don't follow gymnastics at all and even I remember differentiating between the winners of the individual vs team events. Why? Because there's often a rivalry that's played up in the media and sometimes the rivalry comes from the same country (Shawn vs Nastia) even though they were both from the same team. Even casual watchers aren't that clueless...
In general, I always get the sense during the Olympics that nationalism comes even more into play during team events vs individual. There is a clear distinction in the viewer's mind for many reasons, one of which is that there's an entirely different dynamic when you're watching a team competition unfold (it's not based on the performance of just one athlete).
They are Olympic medalists. OGMs are often announced simply as OGMs, not OGM in the Pairs; Dance; Ladies; Mens event.
So why qualify it with team event? When Katia skates alone, is she always, every single time announced as "two-time OGM in the pairs event," to be sure no-one thinks she won the ladies event. I doubt it. I bet she is announced as two-time OGM.
Sure, in like an exhibition skate, but I'd argue that in almost every other context Sergei is almost always brought up. Even if she were giving some motivational speech and was introduced without any mention of Sergei, she would inevitably have to mention him herself.
When the 2008 Beijing Olympics were going on, I specifically remember Nastia getting the most fanfare when she won the individual all around. Despite the fact that Shawn also won gold for the balance beam.
Most general audiences remember Nastia as the gymnastics ladies' victor at that Olympics (and China as the team victor). They don't remember Nastia and Shawn as both being on the same level just because they both got a gold medal...
Sure some gold medals are worth more than others. However all are still a gold medal. Had Nastia won only silver in the AA (and someone other than Shawn won gold) and Shawn won the gold on beam, Shawn would probably still get more attention for her "gold" medal than Nastia's silver, despite the AA being more prestigious. With both having a gold, but one being the coveted all around, and one winning 5 medals to other's 4, it is obvious which was the victor of the games.
They ARE olympic medalists!! They competed in a sanctioned Olympic event and earned a bronze medal. Would they rather have earned an individual medal (like Charlie and Meryl)? Yes. Are they going to return their team bronze and delete it from their resumes? No!! And neither would I!! People should quit being so snobbish on here.
I don't think it makes one damn bit of difference to anyone other than a tiny handful of die-hard skating fans.


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Running kerosene or diesel in the engine while running is sure to wash the bearings out of the motor.
If it were mine , I would pull the valve cover, and vauum....YES Vacuum the sludge out of the top of the engine.
Then pull the pan and clean it out along with the pickup screen.
Put both back on, pan first, the pour oil over the valve train, and then put the top cover on, oil each cylinder, and crank the engine over with out the plugs in, so it spins as fast as possible.
When it pressure up, screw in the plugs, prime the carb, and you should get some action
You will need to use a synthetic oil or a conventional oil with a ZDDP additive in that oldie but goodie.
|I've heard of people putting transmission fluid into the crankcase for a very, very short time to use it to break everything up and then drain it, but I've never personally tried it.
If your just looking for an easy might work kinda thing you might try soaking/flushing it in kerosene. If the engine is that slugged up it might be too late anyway. It really depends on how much time you want to spend on it and if you want to take it apart and clean it right.
If you do get it running I would run it with diesel oil. Diesel oil has more detergents to clean your engine and keep it clean. You can also run a quart of Marvels Mystery Oil in the engine, I personally only do it for a few hundred miles, MMO is thin and will evaporate more than normal engine oil but it cleans good.
|Its a crap shoot at best.I guess decide if the engine has a value then proceed from there. If you dont care then flush it out,put in new oil and try to start.If you care,remove,take apart,clean check and repair/replace as required.Its probably full of sludge from the top down. It might run ok?
sludged up mopar 218?
I'm in the process of reviving my 52 dodge. The block code says its a ply 218. I put a battery in it and removed the seized water pump pulled the plugs and cranked it over. After cranking it twice about 10 secs or less it wouldn't build oil pressure. I pulled the oil filter which was stuck do to sludge in the bottom of housing the scooped some out thick as tar. Then. I drained the oil pan flowed good for a couple of seconds then chunks of sludge were dripping out. I think the lack of pressure is do to this build up what can I do to clean the inside of engine I ponder filling the crankcase with tranny guild to break up the mess and draining again. I can pull the pan just wondering what your thoughts are. Thanks.
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PHILADELPHIA - The No. 14 Drexel men's lacrosse team won its fourth-straight game on Saturday, scoring the first six goals of the game against Bryant and cruising past the visiting Bulldogs, 11-5. Robert Church scored three goals and redshirt-freshman goalkeeper Cal Winkelman had 15 saves in his first collegiate start.
Church's three goals leaves him with 99 in his career. He is just one goal shy of becoming the seventh Dragon in program history to reach 100 career scores. Frank Fusco and Ben McIntosh each added two for Drexel (4-1) on Saturday. Colin Dunster led Bryant (0-5) with three.
The Bulldogs controlled possession early in the first quarter, peppering Winkelman with 12 first-quarter shots including five on goal. The freshman was up to the task, however, staying in good defensive position and turning away all five shots the Bulldogs fired at him.
Drexel got on the board with 6:22 to play in the first quarter. Andrew Vivian, who finished with a goal and three assists to match Church's team-high four points, found McIntosh in front of the goal. McIntosh fired a laser beam past Bryant keeper Tom Carey to put the Dragons on top, 1-0.
That goal opened the floodgates for the Dragons. They would score twice more in the next 1:22 of play, with Vivian feeding Church and Church finding Fusco to make it 3-0 with 5:00 remaining in the first quarter. The Dragons would add another score, Vivian's unassisted goal, with 0:42 to play in the first quarter as they took a shutout into the second stanza.
They nearly kept Bryant off the board for the entire first half. After scoring the first two goals of the second quarter on Church and McIntosh's second tallies, Drexel continued to frustrate Bryant. The Bulldogs fired ten more shots in the second quarter, with Winkelman making two saves, before finally breaking through with 11 seconds remaining in the half. Dunster worked his way inside and punched home his first goal to get the Bulldogs on the board, but they went into the half trailing Drexel 6-1.
For a brief period after intermission, it appeared that the Bulldogs might be able to climb their way back into it. They scored the first two goals after halftime, a 3-0 stretch dating back to Dunster's goal with 11 seconds remaining in the second quarter. With 3:49 remaining in the third quarter, however, Church quieted the Bulldogs with his third goal of the day, takinga a pass from Aaron Prosser and finding the back of the net in the upper left corner to get Drexel back u p 7-3.
That goal started a 5-0 run for Drexel which lasted until a Bryant score with just 4:33 remaining in the game that essentially iced the contest away.
The win was the fourth straight for the Dragons, who came in ranked No. 14 in the latest USILA Coaches Poll. The Dragons are now 3-0 at Vidas Field on the season. They will return to action on Tuesday night when they visit Bucknell at 4:00 p.m. They will be back at Vidas Field next Saturday, hosting Mount St. Mary's at 1:00 p.m.


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Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!
Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. The events commemorating Darwin's birthday anniversary last Sunday, together with the recent conclusion of an important court case concerning the teaching of Intelligent Design (ID) in public schools prompts me to some musing concerning the relation of the Evolution/ID dialog to similar issues arising in connection with anthropogenic global warming. The age of the two theories is similar as well: Darwin introduced his theory in 1859, whereas Fourier initiated the study of the effect of atmospheres on climate with his 1821 treatise, stimulating the chain of developments leading to Arrhenius' enunciation in 1896 of the theory that human influences on the atmosphere's CO2 content could change the climate.
I don't propose to wade into questions of religion, or the question of whether or in what form ID could be taught in public schools. However, the discussion surrounding ID is significant because it has focused a lot of public attention on the question of : "What is science?" A Nov. 5, 2005 letter to the Chicago Tribune by one Mr. Ross Williams makes the connection explicit: In his letter, Mr Williams implies that the Theory of Global Warming is more like ID than it is like Evolution. Referring to global warming, he states: "It is no more than an idea, a notion." and goes on to say:
- " The scientists pursuing this hypothesis are struggling to test it and make predictions using their ideas. Thus far, they have had extremely limited success in testing, and virtually no luck in predicting–resulting in continually modified (and, consequently, less severe) forecasts. Despite this, they are spawning a whole cadre of non-scientific worry warts who are declaring that, well, really, the science doesn't matter."
In Mr. Williams lexicon, a hypothesis is just "a notion," presumably not much better than ID. In this article, I will attempt to explain why the bleak picture painted by Mr. Williams and people of like mind is unwarranted.
Another relation between the two issues is that Evolution skeptics are motivated by ideology to deny a well-established scientific theory. In the case of Evolution, the ideological motivation is a perceived conflict between the picture of the operation of the natural world presented by the Theory of Evolution, and the tenets of certain faiths (a perceived conflict that, I am happy to see, is not shared by all people of faith, as witness the extensive "Evolution Sunday " activities ). Similarly, most Global Warming denialists are for the most part motivated not by abstract curiosity about the behavior of climate systems, but by a perceived conflict between the actions that would need to be taken to avert unacceptable climate change, and their beliefs about the extent to which economic growth and material prosperity based on fossil-fuel energy use should be unfettered. (Again, not all economists or members of the business community perceive a conflict here). In both cases, the skeptics prosecute not just an attack on the policy implications of science, but on the scientific method itself, often using similar rhetorical devices. In fact, sometimes skepticism about global warming and about evolution are combined in one and the same person, as is the case for Roy Spencer, for example (see his article on evolution here.)
Just what is the theory here?
First, we need to get straight on just what we might be talking about when referring to "The Theory of Global Warming." There's a natural tendency to identify such a theory with the statement that "The Earth is Warming." That's wrong because it confuses a theory with observations that might be used to test a theory. It's also wrong because it would imply that the only reason we think that the Earth will continue warming in response to increased CO2 is that we already see it warming today; it loses the chain of physical causation. Somewhat better would be the statement, "The Earth is warming, and the warming is largely due to increases in atmospheric CO2 and other long lived greenhouse gases." This is defensible as a hypothesis, but I think it would be far better to consider this statement, too, as more properly in the domain of one of the tests we might apply to the Theory of Global Warming.
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Crocheting for a class and a cause
UNH students knit purple caps to raise awareness of shaken baby syndrome
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In the University of New Hampshire's Thompson School of Applied Science Human Relations class, Mary DeTurk teaches students to knit baby caps. The students have partnered with the New Hampshire Children's Trust to raise awareness of shaken baby syndrome. (LISA NUGENT/UNH PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES)
"We all kind of helped each other in the beginning. It helps with group dynamics and working with other people," he said.
Each student has committed to producing two caps each by Oct. 1. The hats they make and collect from other students and faculty will be donated and distributed through the class's partner organization, the New Hampshire Children's Trust.
"Typically, we get people who have been knitting or crocheting for a long, long time," she said.
"It's a younger demographic than we normally interact with and a predominantly male class," Mitchell said. "It is nice to get them involved and also have them know about the period of purple crying - for when they're older and have children."
The Children's Trust is coordinating the state's participation in the national Click for Babies: Period of PURPLE Crying Caps campaign of the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome.(PURPLE is an acronym that describes the characteristics of a developmental stage of increased infant crying, which can trigger parent or caregiver frustration.)Purple baby caps will be distributed and delivered to new parents in November and December, along with information about preventing shaken baby syndrome.
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Hi everyone, i am new to this forum, my name is Greg M., and I'm from California.
I am seriously considering teaching abroad, most likely in South America, but I have yet to get my TEFL certificate. Regarding the online courses, do most teaching centers care how many hours of online training you have done? I am asking because the prices do differ quite a bit. I do have a Bachelor's degree from UC Santa Barbara (not in teaching, but still in the humanities) and I also speak Spanish at a proficient level (having studied abroad in Barcelona).
The main question I had, though, is about the timing. If I wanted to start teaching in the Spring Term/late Winter of 2011, when would I need to apply for work? My hope is to teach for the entire Spring/Summer, and then come back to start working on an M.A. degree in the Fall of 2011. That is, if I am accepted into one of the programs.
Another thing that I am wondering is, for south American countries, what is the visa process? Can a U.S. citizen legally work in South America without a visa? and if you do not need a visa, where do you pay taxes from your paycheck, to the U.S. or to the local government?
And lastly, with my credentials that I have mentioned above, where can I expect to earn at least 800 dollars a month? I know that costs are significantly lower in South America than they are in California, but I do have certain monthly expenses that I would have to maintain while abroad.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out, I really appreciate it!


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West Valley City • All eyes were on first-grader Mason Fackrell at Whittier Elementary on Thursday, and for once, it wasn't because of his scars.
When Mason was 18 months old, a pan of hot cooking oil fell on him. The accident resulted in significant scarring to his face and hands.
"He gets stares all the time," said Mason's aunt, Aliesha Doxey. "That's hard for a little kid, you know, [he] gets self-conscious."
So Mason's family asked the West Valley City Fire Department to step in and help boost the boy's confidence. Firefighters on Thursday granted that request, visiting Mason's school to educate the boy's peers on fire safety. In the process, they made the 6-year-old feel more comfortable with his appearance.
Nearly 100 first-graders watched as Mason raced with a firefighter to get dressed in fire-fighting gear. The students giggled and cheered as Mason, with the help of firefighter Mike Reardon, donned the massive boots, suit and helmet. Mason was fully dressed and ready to fight fire by the time the professional firefighter racing Mason managed to get his head gear on.
The students met firefighters and examined their heavy coats and thick gloves. Students checked out a fire truck, saw the fire hose and listened to the loud call of the engine's siren.
Reardon said there is a myth that young children are afraid of the fire department when they respond to emergencies, so firefighters like to create awareness of what they look like when they are all suited up.
Thursday's visit was the fire department's second visit to Whittier to help Mason's classmates understand why he looks different. Firefighters attended Mason's kindergarten class last year, with hopes of easing childrens' confusion about the boy's burns.
"It's a good day," Reardon said. "We look forward to days like this. This one in particular."
The effort is appreciated by Mason's relatives, who have endured heartache listening to the boy tell stories about the teasing he has received.
"He's had kids call him a monster … People say 'eww, what's happened?'" Doxey said. Mason's mom knew that her son's scars would make some kids uncomfortable, she added.
"She knew there'd be lots of stares [and] so many kids for him to have to explain to," said Doxey.
Mason's experiences at a burn camp he attended after his accident helped him to prepare for some of the stares and the questions. The camp, sponsored by the University of Utah in Millcreek Canyon, gives young burn victims the opportunity to have fun and develop confidence in a safe environment.
"They teach him when people stare they're not being mean, but they're just wondering what happened," Doxey said.
Now when people ask Mason about his scars he knows just what to tell them: "I got burned by hot cooking oil."
As attention surrounded him Thursday, Mason said it was a surprise to see firefighters at school. He thought perhaps firefighters came to visit because of that happy coincidence that he wore his junior firefighter sweatshirt to school, he said.
The boy acknowledged that sometimes it's difficult to have scars, but his aunt said her nephew doesn't let his past injuries get him down.
"He's full of life," she said. "Even though he has suffered the burns he seems to get by just great."
She said Thursday's event meant the world to Mason, who one day hopes to become a firefighter himself.
"He's going to have a hard time his whole life with his scars," Doxey said. "But something like this he gets to feel special for a day, you know, hopefully he'll get more days like this."
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Patrick Cockburn returned to Fallujah after being absent for a few years in order to examine what has happened to the Iraqi city in its fight against terrorism. There was definitely an absence of bombings and random killings, and although he counted 27 manned checkpoints, it was clear al-Qaeda and other militants had lost their ability to dominate the city. Cockburn spoke with the police chief who had previously been in the Saddam Hussein army. Col. Feisal's brother controlled a 13,000 man which is part of the Sunni Awakening Movement. In visits to hospitals, Cockburn repeatedly was told about lack of medicine, clean water and electricity. The doctors also complained "The American provide us with nothing. They bring only destruction."
There is little doubt the surge has lessend the ability of militants to proceed with their bombings and murders at the same rate as previously. But, as Fallujah indicates, the struggle for peace in Iraq is far from over. The United States has poured immense money into military development and far less to economic assistance. People lack jobs, they lack access to clean water, and they have sporadic use of electricity.


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As you probably know I am a big fan of Gamma Seals. I am talking about those screw-on lids w/ gaskets that turn a 5 gallon bucket into a watertight sealed container. CHEAP storage alternative to ammo cans! :)
I wanted to post that Home Depot now carries them in their stores, so if you only need 1 or 2 you don't have to mail order them. Not as cheap as mail order but awful convenient! I've found them really cheap online if you do some digging and don't mind buying in 6-packs. The freckleface.com site has been the cheapest for me so far.
Of interest - I read that the chemicals used to make the black buckets are NOT food-grade, so keep that in mind. The other colors all appear to be food-grade; it is only the black buckets that are not listed as food-grade.
I recently found that these lids work for any buckets with the same size lid, which range in size from 3.5 gallons to 6 gallons. I have PLENTY of 5 gallon buckets. I would be curious to know where I can salvage 3.5 gallon buckets and still have them food-grade?


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Top German politicians have protested over the relocation of a prominent Swedish right wing extremist who has ties to German neo-Nazis to the city of Berlin. Patrik Brinkmann, leader of the Continent European Foundation announced he was headed to Berlin, come hell or high water. His organization said: "the aim of the Continent European Foundation leader Patrik Brinkmann is to move to Berlin by 2010 at the latest and create a Europe wide internationale of nationalists with national organizations from all European people." These statements are aimed to create panic in an effort to generate publicity for groups that have limited membership and need all the media attention they can generate.
Yes, there are nationalist groups all over Europe, in east Europe they assault Romas and immigrants in an effort to secure popular support. They may garner a few hundred for a march but their bark is more effective than their bite. They never secure more than five to seven percent of a vote which is normal in all societies. The world will never eliminate such groups, they live on the fringe and will remain there unless people may dramatic shifts in attitudes. Focus on jobs, peace, building bridges between ethnic and religious groups and nationalists will remain in the darkness of fear.


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'"It's very disappointing. All the hype at the start of the season; everybody was excited. Everybody was putting us as contenders. And obviously from that stretch that we put on at the end of the season, we were contenders. We waited too long to get going. We basically waited until our backs were against the wall to get started. I think even during games we did that as well. We got down in the first period a lot and tried to climb back into games. We've gotta have urgency right at the start of the season. Urgency has got to be there at the start of games. Especially at home when you've got the crowd behind you, that urgency has got to be there."'
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Discussion in 'NFL Zone' started by Kilyin, Dec 13, 2012.
Calling it, TD Eagles.
Maybe next time.
NFC Least, worst team in the East taking it to 'em.
Dalton is not good.
Yeah, you are correct. Every team is hot until they lose to the Cowboys. Then they are scrubs.
Great drive by Dalton.
That friggin Brown has fumbled again!!!!!
Brown is such a tease for Eagles fans - glad he is not on our roster his turnovers are killers.
lol eagles
Holy moly!!! Another fumble. I guess thats why they are 4-9
I wonder if the Eagles are going for a season turnover record lol. if so, they are doing a heck of a job.
Jeez talk about a meltdown
Lol Eagles
lololol you cant make this up
Lol eagles. Unreal
Wow, total suckage
Give me a break.
What in the world. lol
Eagles are a mess.


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HONOLULU (April 2, 2012) - T&C Surf
is stoked to announce the 15th Annual T&C Surf / Surfer MagazineGrom Contest
presented by Genki Sushi. Join the T&C ohana May 19-20 at
Queen's surf break in Waikiki for a weekend full of surf,
fun and sun.
The event gives surfers age 12 and younger the
opportunity to compete at one of the South Shore's
premier surf breaks. Groms take to the waves at Queen's surf break
in the shadow of the legendary Duke Kahanamoku statue
at Kuhio Beach. T&C Surf produces the event each year
to introduce young surfers to the world of competitive surfing in a
less-intense setting. Only surfers age 12 and younger who are not
ranked in NSSA or HASA standings are eligible.
"The Grom event is an annual highlight for me,"
says Craig Sugihara, president and founder of T&C
Surf. "After 40 years in the surf industry, I never
tire of seeing the pure stoke on a kid's face when they catch a
wave. I've shared this love with my sons and my grandchildren and
consider it an honor to bring this contest to many more keiki who
love the waves as much as we do."
The contest has grown so popular that T&C
Surf added a kokua division last year for keiki ages 3 -6 years
old. The division maxed out and organizers expect the same this
year. Adults are allowed in the line-up during these heats to help
little ones catch waves. It gives the youngest of surfers the
opportunity to take part in a contest with some extra support from
a grown-up. The addition of a kokua division follows an increase in
divisions for girls over the past several years. T&C Surf now
offers three age groups for girls in both shortboard and longboard
The expanded offerings bring parents, uncles,
aunties and kids from across the island chain and as far away
as Australia to Waikiki Beach for a full
weekend at the ocean. The fun kicks off Saturday with preliminary
heats in three divisions for boys and girls: shortboard, longboard
and bodyboard (schedule is subject to change). Passing the time
between heats, kids enjoy beach games and score prizes from their
favorite surf brands. Before the sun sets, the top young surfers
will advance to the finals on Sunday.
Kids also get stoked about being in the
spotlight of Surfer Magazine, title sponsor of the event. "None of Surfer
Magazine's partnerships brings us more pride than the T&C
Surf/Surfer Magazine Grom Contest," says Jeremy Schluntz, associate
publisher of Surfer Magazine. "We're honored to be part of a contest
that is all about fun, family and the love of surfing. The T&C
crew puts on a truly unique event for the kids and it's one that we
look forward to every year."
Adults can also get in on the fun by signing up
for the "FreeSurf Magazine Expression Session" on Sunday afternoon.
Grown-ups join keiki in a special adult/child tandem surf event
that gives them the opportunity to share the waves family
"We are super proud to be invited back to
participate in the T&C Surf Grom Contest for the fifth year,"
says Mike Latronic, publisher of FreeSurf Magazine.
"Our Expression Session will once again highlight the special bond
that ocean-loving families share. These ohana exemplify that the
most precious times in life are those spent together."
The Expression Session is open to all adults
and children (under age 5). On-site entry is free (limited to 10
entries) and prizes and trophies are awarded to the top three
The event wraps up with the final heats on
Sunday, where the top six in each division receive trophies and
prize packs filled with surf products from event sponsors and the
opportunity to win one of two custom T&C Surf boards.
The Board Stories film crew will be on-site to
capture all the action in the water for a segment on Board Stories
TV this summer.
Entry forms are available at all T&C Surf
locations, online at TCSurf.com/grom12 and on Facebook (keyword
Grom Contest). A portion of the proceeds from contest T-shirt sales
will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii. The public
can call 808-483-8710 for more information.
15th Annual T&C Surf/Surfer Magazine
Grom Contest
May 19-20, 2012
Queen's surf break - Kuhio Beach, Waikiki
Available at all T&C Surf locations, online at
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Deadline for $25
Must be received by Friday, May 13, 2011
- Lunch courtesy of Genki Sushi
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- Hydration compliments of Naked Juice
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Spent the weekend painting up my "hard" armour.
Bobamaker is the originator. Chest electronics from TK-409.
Close up of the bells:
I used chalks to weather them up, but the flash drives away most of it...
on the sticker, I just misted black on it before placing it, then used a small tool point to scratch the white lines.
Ab section:
Once I misted the parts with black, and let it dry, I used my index finger nail to make the black lines that you see. (again, most are flashed out) - but it looks pretty close to the lines on the actual prop, so I'm thinking most of them are from "wear and tear".
Kidney plate:
Now I am waiting for my vest to come back from the tailor, having jet pack slots sewed into it.


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How to conduct CPR
Jan 21, 2014 , 4:12 PM by Vicki Kerrigan
Do you have the skills to save a life? Could you help breath life back into another human being?
Take a listen to the audio below and you will learn a few basic tips on how to conduct CPR. Obviously this is not everything you need to know, so if you can it'd be best to sign up for a first aid course but for a few basic CPR tips take a listen to Bradley Sanderson from St John's Ambulance speaking with our reporter Miriam Raphael.
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Two nights after one of their most thrilling wins in recent memory, the Utah Jazz found themselves in an early hole against the Phoenix Suns and could never recover, losing 99-84 at US Airways Center.
The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Jazz (13-11), who had seemed to right the ship after a middling start to the season. However, the Jazz proved they have not kicked their road woes, falling to 4-10 away from EnergySolutions Arena.
On Wednesday, the Jazz battled back from every deficit and made timely shots to beat San Antonio, which entered that game with one of the NBA's best records. Against the middling Suns (9-15), the Jazz demonstrated no such prowess.
Four Jazz players scored in double digits, led by 14 points from Al Jefferson. However, Gordon Hayward and Randy Foye struggled. Foye was just 3-of-13 from the field and made just one 3-pointer, while Hayward missed each of his seven attempts.
The Suns built a 20-point lead in the second quarter, but the Jazz whittled away at it, recovering to a more manageable 65-61 deficit with 4 minutes remaining in the third quarter. However, the Suns closed the quarter on a 12-4 run to re-establish control.
Derrick Favors and Tyrone Corbin were both called for technical fouls in the fourth quarter, which inspired a 12-2 Phoenix run.
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O'Reilly made dubious immigration claims on radio, TV
Research ››› ››› JULIE MILLICAN
On the October 19 editions of both Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor and the nationally syndicated The Radio Factor, host Bill O'Reilly claimed that "3 million," then "4 or 5 million," illegal immigrants crossed the border last year into the United States. But these claims contradict three recent academic studies that have all put the number of new illegal immigrants arriving in the country each year at around 500,000.
O'Reilly said on The O'Reilly Factor that the Border Patrol estimates it apprehends one out of every "three or four" illegal immigrants; on The Radio Factor, he claimed that the Border Patrol apprehends one out of every "four or five." Using the Border Patrol's estimate of 1 million illegal immigrants detained and the one-to-three estimated ratio, he calculated on The O'Reilly Factor that 3 million crossed the border each year.
O'Reilly's "one out of three or four" apprehension rate claim appears to originate from what United Press International (UPI) reported on September 2, 2001, as a Border Patrol "guess." The UPI article stated: "There are no figures on how many illegal immigrants slip through, but one 'guess' by the Border Patrol is that they detain one in three." Several news organizations, such as The Washington Times (03/10/05, 09/27/02, and 09/16/94) and The Weekly Standard (8/29/05), report this statistic as fact, whereas others, like the Associated Press (07/11/93, 07/11/93) and United Press International (09/02/01), reported this as speculation.*
Regardless of the origin of the estimate, the statistical data do not back up O'Reilly's calculation. Several research organizations have conducted studies seeking to determine the influx of illegal immigrants into the United States each year, and their results have been fairly consistent. For instance, using various data obtained from the 2000 U.S. Census, the March Current Population Surveys, and the American Community Surveys 2000-2004, two different studies conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center put the range of immigrants entering the country illegally in 2004 at 485,000 to 565,000 people. Similarly, the Center on Immigration Studies -- a conservative group that identifies itself as "the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States" -- estimated that an average of 500,000 undocumented immigrants entered the United States last year.
From the October 19 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor with guest Rep. Peter King (R-NY):
OREILLY: The folks are absolutely crazed about this, except for the far left that want -- they want open borders. Anybody moderate or conservative is just crazed about it, and here's why. Last year, the Border Patrol, the Border Patrol, seized 1 million people trying to get into this country. Now, its estimated that they only get one out of three or four. So, that means that 3 million people probably got in. Now, when you have those kinds of numbers, number one, President Bush can't hold that many people; you don't have anywhere to put them. And number two, he says, well, we're going to find them and send them back. Well, what happens next Tuesday, congressman? What happens next Tuesday? You find them and send them back, what happens next Tuesday?
KING: OK, several changes. One, the bill we signed yesterday -- and I was down there for the bill signing - we're going to have many more detention centers around the border so that people other than Mexicans - there were about 160,000 of them last year. And this is where the real terror threat comes from, people other than Mexicans coming across the border. In the past, they'd be locked up and you'd give them a slip and tell them to come back to court in a month; you never saw them again. They are going to be held in large numbers in detention centers along the border. The Mexicans will actually be put in large military transports and not just put back beyond the border, but flown back to the cities or the towns they come from, which could mean hundreds and hundreds of miles within Mexico. Make it tougher for them to come back.
From the October 19 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: All right now, it sounds good, but it's five years too late. And it's no specifics, you see? This is what all of them do. All the politicians do the same thing. They talk in very general terms: "Well, I'm going to work with Congress." Number one, Mr. President, with all due respect, you don't have to work with Congress. And if you're going to work with Congress, that's gonna take two years. You can sign the executive order tomorrow.
Number two, you're going to beef up security -- how? Hire more Border Patrol? That's nice. It's not going to do it. Not when you have - do you realize, ladies and gentlemen, that last year 1 million people, human beings, were apprehended on the southern border -- one million? And they figure they get one out of every four or five. OK? So 4 or 5 million got through; they got 1 million. I mean, come on. With those kinds of numbers, the Border Patrol can't -- there's not enough trucks in the world. You know what I'm talking about? Where are they going to put them? So let's stop with all this Border Patrol, bop-ba-bo-babop; put the Guard down there, then it'll all cease. Drug dealers are not going to walk across the border facing the National Guard, they're not going to do it. And neither are illegal aliens, 'cause they pay a grand to get across. They're not going to waste a grand when they see the military standing over there.
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Experienced sailors do unless they travel outside the Gulf Stream in the Hatterass area no m,atter what sized boat.
I've run around the shoals in both directions more times than I can count. The weather can be ugly but more often than not it is fine. The key is watching the forecasts.
Most of my deliveries are on boats bigger than yours which is a factor. I used to have a Catalina Capri 22 and spent some time cruising a Catalina 22 pop-top. You can do it, but you have to account for very slow passages and lots of boat motion. It isn't pretty. I wouldn't do it, but I would have when I was young.
Southbound on your boat stay the heck out of the Gulf Stream or you won't make any progress at all.
|If you have not already bought your anchors you might want to consider two anchors of different types rather than two Danforths - would help in different conditions since the Danforths are great where they are great but have problems with some bottom conditions.
|What about communication? VHF, SSB, Radar, Weather Fax, EPIR and life raft? Planning on being off shore for 10 days wouldn't you need these items.
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Anchoring will be via 2 danforths with 100 feet of line and 20 feet of chain on one and 200 feet of line and 20 feet of chain on the other. I have yet to decide about carrying a sea anchor.
I can't say about the east coast but here at my location we have what we call the big jetties. Chart 11317 There is no way I would take my 22' boat through them. I've done a number of trips through in a 41' Tartan and every time we had 10 to 12' rollers. Quite a ride in that boat.
|no rules against swimming is there?besides southern fla holds no inspiration for me
I sincerely believe this would be a dangerous trip for a number of reasons. And, I agree with Dave, stay inside at least until you reach Morehead City, NC. It's a nasty stretch of water, the inlets are among the most dangerous on the East Coast and that tiny outboard motor would never be able to handle the standing waves let along the incredibly strong currents.
Once you arrive in south Florida, that MSD and outside showers is going to be a problem. Most of south Florida is a No Discharge Zone. All sinks, galley and head, must be routed to a holding tank. Yes, you can take an outdoor shower, but the soapy water cannot be discharged overboard. There was a thread pertaining to this on the Sail Net not too long ago, but I'm not sure where it is. You could also Google the Florida Marine Patrol site and get the necessary information about discharging overboard.
As Dave said, "Safety First".
I suggest you plot all the passable inlets from North Jersey to Ga first. Look at your distances and strat breaking it down into smaller trips. I would still avoid the Cchesapeak entrance to Morehead City on the outside.
Experienced sailors do unless they travel outside the Gulf Stream in the Hatterass area no m,atter what sized boat..
By breaking you journey into the components it may give you an idea of the bail out or stopping points. Thats the only agenda you need then.
Safety first
Big boat little boat :(
It seems as though many replies here have been from those with larger boats. While I do value what you have to say, there always seems to be a bias towards anyone planning to sail a route in a smaller boat.
I did grow up in the sunshine state and have spent many hours out in the atlantic and the gulf and am quite aware of the types of weather and how fast they can come about. As I mentioned in my opening of this thread, we will be spending at least a year doing shake down cruising off the coast of Nova Scotia with eventual cruises into and accross the Gulf of Maine, which can be nasty on it own accord ie weather and currents.
While our main water tankage is only 20 gallons we will also be carrying additional water in jugs and adding 10 gallons or so that way. This water is solely for drinking cooking etc as sea water is more then suitable for washing as well as the MSD flushing etc.
We will not be on any formal time schedule to arrive here or there at a particular time and so our head way concerns will be dictated by our stores on board. While we don't particularly enjoy a rough ride we are prepared to deal with it given the size of our boat.
I thought I had mentioned that we have a 2 burner propane stove on board. Anchoring will be via 2 danforths with 100 feet of line and 20 feet of chain on one and 200 feet of line and 20 feet of chain on the other. I have yet to decide about carrying a sea anchor.
Our outboard long shaft at 7 1/2 hp is more then ample to propel our boat even in heavy weather, although that will be tested in the coming shake down cruises.
I agree with the other posters that not doing the ICW you will be missing a lot. But each to their own.
You didn't mention ground tackle. What are your plans here?
As a poor boy freeze dried foods are to costly for us. We do have a number of different package food that can be purchased from any grocery store. Can food can be easily stored in lockers under settee or quarter berth. I know because I have to live on Ensure and I have 60 day supply on board.
I agree that 2.5 gallon MSD is a little small for 2. You might get 3 day as long as you don't pee in it. Don't use the stored water. Use a jug and pour only what is needed to clean. We lay paper in the bowl then use a very small amount of water to flush. No mess to try to clean. RV paper works best.
You might be selling yourself short on the gas. We have a 6 and 3 marine gas tanks and carry 2 five gallon cans. We figure 15 miles per gallon and motor sail as much as possible in the ditch.
If I missed it what are you cooking with? We have a Magma and a 2 burner Coleman.
We are leaving the end of March in a Starwind 22. The two of us and one Yorkie dog. We will do the ditch because the Gulf is no place for small boats much less the 1000+ oil rigs you have to fight. Oh did I forget the ship traffic. I've done part of the La. and Texas ICW and have found it very interesting.
We are in know hurry to get any place. Plan on enjoying the US coast. So much to see. We don't need to go to some other country to enjoy sailing. Right now the water here is crystal clear and a beautiful green.
7 miles off shore through Diamond Shoals in a 22ft boat....not too safe an idea. As poreviously said inlets can be few and far between, 22 foot boat with a weak auxillary motor coming through a tidal inlet with opposing wind. Difficult at best.
This trip is nothing to sneeze at as many of us are coastal cruisers who build up to a trip down the east coast...in usually larger boats..and some of us actually travel a bit of the distance inside in the ICW for a reason...not because we like going through bridges or like the shallow grounding possibilites.
Plan this trip more thoroughly. Just a suggestion and not meant to be negative or deter your progress.
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