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|September 30th, 2011, 08:51 AM
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The Great American Bubble Machine From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression
They're about to do it again
"The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money. In fact, the history of the recent financial crisis, which doubles as a history of the rapid decline and fall of the suddenly swindled dry American empire, reads like a Who's Who of Goldman Sachs graduates."
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|September 30th, 2011, 09:02 AM
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One thing you're forgetting is that a government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul. If there were not clear lines defining a level of poverty beneath which the taxes were reduced or even eliminated - ANYBODY supporting that "plan" would not get into office.
Since the minority of voting America pays the majority of the taxes, there will never be enough votes to back such a measure.
It seems politicians have got every. single. one. of us snowed: We sit here arguing about which tax is fair and whom should see increases levied. While we battle out in this, as you call it "Class Warfare", our employees in D.C. are continuing to embezzle and waste our money. We talk about budget and spending - when we should look at cost-to-benefit ratio.
Has anybody ever done a study to see how many of our tax dollars it takes to provide $1 of aid to someone that needs it? I'm almost willing to bet that number hovers around $100.
|September 30th, 2011, 10:03 AM
Mr. Special Snowflake.
But he does the same thing in his statement, assuming that every woman on welfare with a bunch of kids is in that predicament because she couldn't keep her legs closed.
I found that rather ironic.
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|September 30th, 2011, 11:18 AM
Mr. Special Snowflake.
|September 30th, 2011, 11:59 AM
Mr. Special Snowflake.
There is no debate that Government spends to much and is inefficient. But that's not the topic of this thread.
As I stated earlier, we could debate until the end of time about what taxes system would be fair. No tax. A set amount per sole. A flat tax. A 100% tax over a set amount. a 100% tax on all income with the government redistributing as it sees fit. You'll find someone out there that will support each of these as "fair". But again, it's not the topic of this thread.
Nor is this thread about welfare mom having to many babies, or who grew up poor, or any of the other strawmen built in this thread.
I find it ironic that some people think that high taxes on the rich will decrease their drive to succeed, but think high taxes on the poor will increase their drive to succeed. But that too is a strawman.
This thread is about the justification of those people protesting on Wall Street.
I'll re-post the article that Brods posted because it is exactly what I am talking about: http://www.pkarchive.org/economy/ForRicher.html
And specifically this:
It's not about the government robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's about at what point does the wealth and income disparity between Peter and Paul become so large that Paul is essentially an indentured servant to Peter and he decides to do the robbing himself. Will the USA still be a great place to be then?
|September 30th, 2011, 12:34 PM
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I imagine that people are looking at it in 2 different ways. For me, I am looking at private industry and I am sure some are seeing it from a publically traded industry. Either way, I see it basically the same, although I believe a private owner who created his company bottom to top should reap the rewards. To me, every portion of the equation is supply and demand. There are very few people out there who can run a compay well. There are tons of people out there that can push a broom. And for every task in between, there is a similar supply and demand. So, if there is a need for high quality people, the price per person goes up. As that skill set gets saturated, the price per person goes down. Why does a company choose to pay an executive a high rate? Because they feel they get a return for their money that offsets the salary. It happens at every level. The above quoted statement is only talking about the top 100 CEO's out of thousands of companies. So, why are we worrying about 100 people? If they have found the secret to making their companies one of the top 100 companies in the world, they are worth every penny they are getting.
|September 30th, 2011, 12:51 PM
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I don't really care what a CEO makes, if the organization that he is running can support the salary he is demanding then I don't care.
If a CEO is bleeding a company dry and put's it out of business you have a problem.
|September 30th, 2011, 01:03 PM
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This is America - those idiots can march on wall street all they want. They should be given every opportunity to conduct a peaceful protest - if they aren't, Mr.Toes' channeled ghost tells me OBLAHBLAH will make everything all right.
|September 30th, 2011, 01:52 PM
Mr. Special Snowflake.
My answer to your question remains this:
Because I don't think the alternative is what's best for the country.
This will likely need to be the point where we agree to disagree.
Further discussion about taxes will need to be in a thread about taxes. Not here.
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I made no insinuation that every woman receiving aid is in their particular predicament because they couldnt keep their legs closed. You made that connection yourself. I was merely making a point that once people get on the aid programs, there is no deterrent to adding mouths to feed to the program. Exactly the same way we can not deny benefits based on drug testing, because there isnt any.
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Second, Government creates and fosters the environment where people should, dont, need to feel responsible for the decisions they make by promising to cure all their ills because of the big, bad, evil, white rich guy. The entire Mortgage deal is the best, most recent example I can put forth. In short, Government forced banks to write mortgages to low income folks under the threat of dropping their FDIC insurance and when they do that, and the borrowers start defaulting on their notes, the fed jumps back in and forces the banks to re-write the notes AND offers assistance to the folks that, had the public education system not failed them, been able to look at the terms and loan/value/income ratio and said we cant afford this.
If I lost my job right now, I could enjoy the same standard of living for 99 weeks off the backs of the taxpayers. My health and medication needs would be covered. Where is my motivation to work when the Government promises I wont need to cut back at all?
|September 30th, 2011, 03:08 PM
Mr. Special Snowflake.
But that too is not the topic of this thread so I will not discuss it further here.
|September 30th, 2011, 04:57 PM
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|September 30th, 2011, 08:36 PM
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|October 3rd, 2011, 10:28 AM
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Getting back to the topic. Watched several interviews and video clips over the weekend of these protesters, not just Fox News interviews.
Again, these people have no fucking idea what they are protesting. Just happy that hollywood actors and rock bands might join them. That was good enough for them.
"Rich people need to pay their fair share"
And just how much is that? "Duh......." Blank stare.
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The Occupy Wall Street protesters are nothing more than a bunch of unemployed freeloaders, who want laws in this country to be non existant, who want everything to be free for anyone who doesn't want to work, and want those of us who DO work to foot the bill for all of it.
Proposed List Of Demands For Occupy Wall St Movement!
Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending "Freetrade" by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.
Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.
Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.
Demand four: Free college education.
Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand.
Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now.
Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America's nuclear power plants.
Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment.
Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live.
Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system.
Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the "Books." World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the "Books." And I don't mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period.
Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.
Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.
These demands will create so many jobs it will be completely impossible to fill them without an open borders policy.
Basically they don't want to pay any of their bills, they don't want to have to work anymore, and they want us to foot the bill for all the free stuff for everyone.
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Arsène Wenger says that competition among the top clubs' scouting networks is as fierce as it has ever been.
Sunday's opponents, Swansea, have been praised for their success this season in signing the likes of Michu, Pablo Hernandez and Jonathan de Guzman.
While Wenger has been impressed by the Welsh club's work on that front, he says finding hidden gems is becoming harder than ever before.
"We have some clubs who are doing very well and sometimes when you are at a big club your scouts are a bit more cautious because they think, 'Oh, it is Arsenal so it has to be a top-four player'," the manager said.
"Naturally they look less at players who play at smaller clubs, which Swansea can afford to do. You're always scared that if he [turns out to be] a player who does not do well, the scouts are looked at as responsible.
"The competition is high on the scouting front. The country where we were really, really competitive was France. They produce less players than they did 10, 15 years ago at top, top, top level in France.
"The emerging countries that are producing players look to be Germany and Spain and they have many good young players. They have taken over."
Wenger admits the race is on to find the next source of new players, with Arsenal spreading their net far and wide.
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I guess the title says it all... I did google the name and have found about 3 different pictures but could find anything from the waist and down... if anyone has anything on her, please post it here or send it to me by PM.
Thanks for all the help!
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I guess the title says it all... I did google the name and have found about 3 different pictures but could find anything from the waist and down... if anyone has anything on her, please post it here or send it to me by PM.
Thanks for all the help!
I have found some skins for her character in Jedi Knight Academy, I just did a filename search. She wears black leather pants with a black holster.
Here is what I found. These are as I said, skin maps that would wrap around a 3d character.
If you have the game, you can download the character from http://files.filefront.com/Ailyn+Vel.../fileinfo.html
The creator of the character, Abel G. Pena has a blog, so you could probably get a lot more info from him. His blog is at: http://blogs.starwars.com/abelgpena/13
He is also on myspace. http://www.myspace.com/abelgpena
Just tell him what you want it for, and as long as you are not trying to publish anything, I'm sure he will give you what you are looking for.
Also, the artist is Joe Corroney.
I wish I could be more help.
Sorry I couldn't find a waist-down photo. Good luck!
That would make a sweet costume!
Thanks for the help!
I was looking for a costume for my g/f to wear at the Montreal convention but couldn't find anything that would not cost me an arm and a leg (I was looking for Boussh, Zam Wessel and Aurra Sing but finally gave up...checked out Leia suits too but my g/f didn't like any of her costume (except the slave one but she won't wear that one outside... :lol:love)).
I'll start working soon and will keep you updated!
That's weird. I found pictures of someone having blue pants.... mmm I have to tell my sister that she needs to find leather pants then.
I guess the pictures I have found are the same ones that you have and my g/f finds that blue pants are better looking and way more comfortable than the leather ones... so, no biggie, blue pants it will be... :lol
Nice that you were able to get the game skins. Should help you out a lot :)
I don't know if these would help or if its too late, but I found these links;
Awesome idea for a costume though. I love that character from reading/listening (audio books) the book. Especially seeing that she is the strong female powerful type ;)
Hope those help... :fettesb:fettpre:fettrotj


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Re: Be Honest: Does Size Matter?
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Re: Be Honest: Does Size Matter?
I just looked down at my penis tag and it says "one size fits all" I guess that is good?
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It's not the size of the guy that matters it's the size and length of the woman's vaginal canal. Now you would think the bigger the size of the woman the more **** she could take. But Google porn with some of the biggest ****s in the business like Lexington Steel or Mandingo and even those big booty black girls will usually always have a hand on the guy's stomach pushing him back during sex and have a less than delighted look on their faces. These guys are lucky to be able to get halfway inside most women.
Then you have these tiny little Porno babes like Kat and Little Lupe who is all of 4 foot 8 and 90 pounds and they ride the 10 inchers with wild abandon. Go figure.
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You'll get the truth when they fall out of love
My first wife just pined for her ex. This guy may have been endowed between his legs, but he sure wasn't anything to write home about when it came to being a husband and a father.
Truth is, she didn't love me, not even from the beginning. She married me to get a husband to support her financially and a father for her quadriplegic kid because I was the only one who was MAN ENOUGH to take that on.
Yet, the sorry son-of-a->> who left the kid orphaned and her to take care of him alone kept her admiration and her desire.
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Does size matter? Not on the chick.
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I'd rather have a guy with a small ding-dong who knows how to use it than one with a big monster who is bad in bed.
Had a ONS once with a gorgeous, endowed guy. He was terrible. I don't think there was enough room for me and his ego in the same bed.
So if there's any man out there obsessing about the size of his Mr. Happy, I don't think it's worth the worry. Concentrate on being an excellent lover and all is well.
Just my ever-so-humble two cents.
Big and small, we love 'em all.
It's not the size of the wiener but how well it fits the bun.
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OK, time for a bigger guy to chime in. I am now 8.5" in length by 6" in girth at the base with an even taper to 4.75" at the head, uncut. Yes, taper matters too! I was not origionlly blessed with this size but achieved it through years of religiously practiced natural penis enlargement. There's a whole sub-culture of men who practice PE. Just being honest here And no I am not hung up on size nor do I go around bragging to get respect or get laid.
I have been with girls of all different sizes and shaped from petite midget to tall BBW. I can tell you that some of those women were better able to handle my size as is, most needed a great deal of foreplay, and one just couldn't handle intercourse at all. From my experience sex is possible with just about any size if you are willing to slowly get her ready and with enough lube, but slow and steady does it. Generally I do not date very short girls for this reason.
Being a bigger guy I run the risk of causing women discomfort during intercourse so a great deal of importance goes into foreplay and technique. With almost every girl I first sleep with I give a massage and lots of cunnilingus and fingering until she's wet and relaxed enough for sex. Sex has to be very slow at first and takes the tiniest strokes to avoid surpising her with pain. I try to just hit her g-spot a few inches in and angled up, unless she asks for me to go deeper. Sometimes my wife would exerience pain if I went too deep and hit her cervix, so I would either angle her pelvis back with a pillow or bend her way over downward doggy style until she came and then more positions were possible.
I will admit I was a lousy lover with the first few women I was with until I learned to listen to her breathing and adjust accordinly. You have to kiss, and lick, and suck to keep sex interesting and not just mechanical. Know when she wants you to speed up or slow down by what her body is saying. Look at her eyes and see if she looks blissed out or uncomfortable. It never hurts to ask what she likes or what she wants either. If need be just have her take charge or stop and hold her for a while.
I have successfully had anal sex with my wife without hurting her a couple times. It takes a long time to ease her into it and toys with clitoral play the entire time. Even then you may only be able to go in an inch or two and super slowly. It's almost not even worth all the effort but quite an experince. Again it's all about the angle towards her g-spot and stimulating other areas of her body. It's also quite possible to give her an anal orgasm if she's turned on enough.
Great sex happens first in your mind and then in your hips. It all about the emotional expriece you share and not just the climax.
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It matters until you start having anal sex....then, small is beautiful.
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You can't believe what they say. It seems to me on boards like this one, men, under the shield and protection of anonymity, men talk about giving women oral, and they admit to liking it and even loving it, as in your case. But in real life, not nearly as many admit it to their friends or among other men.
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I can't even go "all-in" w/ my wife... kinda disappointing...
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It matters until you start having anal sex....then, small is beautiful.
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All guys need to get on and love Oral!
That will help them
I am not what percentage of men actively give women oral or love it its rather small id imagine. Me personally i love oral i could give it daily or several times a day. Over the years with friends though i have heard them complain that they hate eating women out i have heard the same thing since HS/College days when all the boys are together out drinking or something sex topics will come up and all that jazz and so many guys seem to be against oral or hate it or will do it but put no effort in it and will basically just slop on her for a little while than have to pull their penis out to get pleasure.
I think the problem for a vast majority of men is their hedonistic point of view on the world and narcissistic behavior. Become a good kisser and actually want to and love to touch your woman's body or a woman's body all around. Its not just about a penis in a vag. You can suck at oral but if you do it allot and generally try you will get better.
Would any women have problems with receiving oral daily ?
Re: Be Honest: Does Size Matter?
I can't be bothered to the appropriate google searches for the exact stats but I do think it is partially related to age. Over the last few decades oral sex has gone from being something once considered by many as a perversion to widely accepted. Younger people are more likely to do it than older people.
I personally am fully onside and it now it just seems like a natural part of sex It's hard to imagine sex without spending at least some time teasing her girl parts. Its part of that feeling of wanting to "devour" your girl.
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to river,
As far a men going down on women....personally I always have with one exception and that was a girl i dated who was not "fresh" i am not saying this is the case with you but, just to be my experience. I believe that men ARE more honest about things on this site than in real life.
I personally, don't speak to my guy friends about sex so can't say. I will say that alot of this has to do with up bringing etc and culture. For example when i was younger (about 20 years ago) recalled some black friends that all categorically said how repulsive they found the act. They even asked me if i liked to do this as it was a common thing that us white guys liked to do this. I am not a racist by any means I am just pointing this out for illustrative purposes. I also have found a difference of willingness for women to be more willing to do things like oral or anal based upon their cultural background.
a digression from the size question.
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You can't believe what they say. It seems to me on boards like this one, men, under the shield and protection of anonymity, men talk about giving women oral, and they admit to liking it and even loving it, as in your case. But in real life, not nearly as many admit it to their friends or among other men. I guess maybe they are embarrassed or something and since, like you, they have heard it all their lives since puberty, they are afraid to admit to doing something that seemingly all the other men hate. So, they declare as youngsters they will never do that. As adults, they don't want those same friends to know. We women know though. We know men love it, most of them that is. The only ones that don't like it seem to be the ones who took it to heart when they heard it at 12 and 14 years old and never matured past that way of thinking. They are the few that never did it. But of those who did it the first time, the vast majority never stopped and absolutely like going down on women.
On the size thing I feel the same way as most women here do, size doesn't matter within reason. The smallest I've been with was 4' and the largest was 9' with girth! The best lay I've ever had came from a guy with a 5.5' penis with average girth. As long as its not baby penis small or a pencil **** I'm happy.
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What made you decide to participate in 2012 Zine Fest Houston?
I've visited Zine Fest Houston in previous years and this year, I'm thrilled to add my own twist to the mix. I'm a Book Artist, meaning I'm a bookbinder, a hand papermaker, collector, teacher, designer, re-purposer, writer, and generally love anything/everything involving paper and the printed word.
What will be on your table at this year's Zine Fest?
I'm creating interactive book formats for ziners who want a prompt they can grab and run with—bound sketchbooks featuring vintage pages from 1920's encyclopedias with panels left blank for the artist's own creations. Other zine book formats of mine will contain mysterious old black and white photos with space to write your own captions or a short story. I've also got some cool graffiti sequences I photographed in Europe that need a narrative to tell their tale. Kind of like 'Mad Libs' for the madly imaginative.
I've combined my love of vintage ephemera, ancient bookbinding techniques, and modern non-sensibilities to create unique blank books and zines that are beautiful, touchable, and adaptable to your own creative needs.
Why does self-publishing appeal to you?
I love the idea that we can take our one-of-a-kind ideas to an Epson printer and, behold, we can multiply them for the masses! I'll have a few of my very limited edition books on hand, too. I love old library book discards. I get a kick out of rescuing the often lovely illustrations inside and re-interpreting them to fit my own storytelling needs. Sometimes the book's cover is just too good to lose so I'll rebind it into a blank book. And sometimes the whole book inspires a whole new venture. I'm a big believer in re-inventing oneself and that philosophy is carried out in my handmade books as well.
What is your favorite part of Zine Fests?
Being with other people who "get" what you are doing! We can skip the long explanations and get right to that collaborative spirit that inspires us to share our creations with others.
What other creative ventures do you have besides making zines?
I teach bookbinding at the Museum of Printing History, The Papershell Garden Gallery, and for special events such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Summer Camp. I enjoy making everyday objects into books and making books into everyday objects! Check out my website to see my recent custom and "rebound" book projects, then please click on a link to visit my Domestic Papers etsy.com shop with my very newest books.


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The United States has told Japan that it will remove the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) from its terrorist blacklist this month. US envoy Christopher Hill has made clear that the United States would not make verification of Pyongyang's uranium program of proliferation activities a condition of delisting. The United States has also agreed to continue its policy of providing food and other humanitarian aid to the North Korean government. Hill urged Japan to join in efforts to get food to the people of North Korea but there is no indication that Japan will agree to further food aid.
The DPRK yesterday barred UN monitoring at the Yongbyon nuclear complex. Monitors were told they no longer would have access to any facilities at the nuclear complex. The Bush administration refused to go along with the Clinton program of trying to work with North Korea. After a few years, Bush decided to reach out to North Korea. The entire process is now in a shambles and no one knows what is going on in North Korea.


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Located in the Savannah Visitor Plaza free access area the Zoo's Safari Park Children's Playground is unique and interactive part of the Zoo.
The African themed playground features a variety of timber climbing structures, balancing beams, a timber hut and sand pit, bridges, percussion instruments as well as a safari jeep and a number of animal sculptures including hippopotamus, rhinoceros and giraffe.
The playground offers visitors a place where children can explore and learn about African animals in a fun, hands-on environment - a place where their imagination can run wild.
The children's playground area also has a number of picnic tables and free gas BBQs so visitors can enjoy a picnic in the area with family and friends.
The Safari Jumping Castle also operates in this area and features a Lion, jeep, rangers and slide all of which make for an entertaining experience for the kids. The Safari Jumping Castle is suitable for children aged 3 – 12 years and is open from 10:30am - 3:30pm on weekends. During school holidays the jumping castle will be open daily.


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Hey I'm new here, so I'm not sure if this is in the right place or not!
I want to make a set of armor that's fairly flexible, something I can fight in easily. I'm in Philly Jedi (a light saber choreograph club) and I'd like to fight in my armor. Another problem - I'm also female and got's big chesticles.
So I basically want the impossible from Mando armor - something I don't have to bind my chest down too tight for and something that I'll be able to move easily in. I was thinking of craft foam armor or perhaps even cardboard. Another idea that's been brought up is to somehow attach mando plates to lacrosse armor. Does anyone have any pictures of Mando armor done in either of these styles?


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We are delighted to announce that this winter's Festive Members' Day has been confirmed for Tuesday 21st December at 11am with 10,000 free tickets exclusively available to Arsenal members.*
The festive event, taking place during the school holidays, will revolve around an open training session allowing fans to see Arsène Wenger put his players through their paces. The day will also be an opportunity for members to win the chance to attend a first team signing session with more having the chance to ask questions to some of their favourite players in organised Q&A sessions.
Members will also get the chance to meet some Arsenal Legends who will be attending the event and to get you all into the festive spirit, live music will be played around the concourse. Giveaways and prizes from signed balls and shirts to shop merchandise will also be up for grabs and with much more to be announced it promises to be a day to remember.
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Posted by James Staten on June 14, 2013
…not that simple and therefore not always Amazon Web Services.
First off, we didn't take what might be construed as the typical approach, which would be to look either at infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) or platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings. We combined the two, as the line between these categories is blurring. And historical category leaders have added either infrastructure or platform services that place them where they now straddle these lines.
Further, many people have assumed that all developers will be best served by PaaS products and ill served by IaaS products. Our research has shown for some time that that isn't so:


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From HaskellWiki
Currying is the process of transforming a function that takes multiple arguments into a function that takes just a single argument and returns another function if any arguments are still needed. In Haskell, all functions are considered curried: that is, all functions in Haskell take just single arguments.This is mostly hidden in notation, and so may not be apparent to a new Haskeller. Let's take the function
div :: Int -> Int -> Int
div 11
Int -> Int
You'll notice that the notation for types reflects this: you can read
Int -> Int -> Int
Much of the time, currying can be ignored by the new programmer. The major advantage of considering all functions as curried is theoretical: formal proofs are easier when all functions are treated uniformly (one argument in, one result out). Having said that, there are Haskell idioms and techniques for which you need to understand currying.
Currying provides a convenient way of writing some functions without having to explicitly name them:
- (unsugared:(1+)) is the "increment" function,(+) 1
- is the "double" function,(2*)
- is the "indent" function,("\t"++)
- is the "is-capital-vowel-in-English" function (ignoring the "sometimes Y").(`elem` "AEIOU")
These are examples of partial application (and of a Section of an infix operator).
Sometimes it's valuable to think about functions abstractly without specifically giving all their arguments: this is the Pointfree style.
Sometimes half the work of the function can be done looking only at the first argument (but there really is only one argument, remember?): see functional dispatch.


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IE: Compost is in it's natural form. White sugar and essential oils are not.
IMHO, if you can't prove there in no insecticide or herbicide used by anyone within 5 mile of your hives, you can't honestly call it organic. If you put anything in your hive that is not in it's natural form, you cannot call it organic.
You might want to think of joining the naturally grown crowd. They are a little more honest than the organic crowd, but many of their strictures are ridiculously 'feel good' and not about the product or for that matter the bees.


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Ok you are on a space mission to the planet Mars but something has gone terribly wrong and halfway there your spaceship springs a leak and it CANNOT BE FIXED! In about 2 weeks you will all run out of Oxygen
On board are 4 astronauts: You, a male buddy astronaut, a female astronaut and 1 dog astronaut. All of you (except the dog) can pilot the ship.
It is CRISIS TIME! You find the LAST MARS BAR left in the WHOLE SHIP. It is the last Mars Bar. Probably the last one you will ever eat (or see). What do you do? Do you :-
1) Cut it in quarters and share?
2) Secretly gobble it up before anyone notices?
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wat do you do?!


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Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 100.05
100.05. Property tax revenue allocation; suspension of prohibition of local government reductions. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 25.5 of Article XIII of the California Constitution is hereby suspended for the 2009–10 fiscal year.
History.—Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 13 of the Fourth Extraordinary Session (AB 14), in effect July 28, 2009.
Note.—Section 2 of Stats. 2009, Ch. 13 of the Fourth Extraordinary Session (AB 14), provided that the Legislature finds and declares that this act addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation on July 1, 2009, pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 10 of Article IV of the California Constitution.
Section 3 thereof provided that the Legislature also finds that this act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to address the current severe state fiscal hardship, it is necessary that this act go into immediate effect.


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Bucs claim Resop, Park
Mark Bowden reports that the Pirates have claimed right-handed pitcher Chris Resop off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
UPDATE (7:00 PM): The Pirates have also claimed Chan Ho Park from the Yankees. To make room for Park and Resop, the team designated Steven Jackson for assignment and placed Steve Pearce on the 60-day disabled list.
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Nero's Virus
7 comments:
- sav said...
Aww that was really sweet to read. Don't you just love old folk
- 20 December 2011 at 21:16
That fiddle joke was awful.
- 20 December 2011 at 22:05
- Tom said...
Those are the patients that really make it worthwhile for me. The ones with a very sharp sense of humour or somehow manage to see the bright side of things no matter what. Just one challenge to you IM. Try nursing an entire ward closed due to a Norovirus outbreak. That is quite a feat. I never knew I could run to a patient with a bed pan so quick...
- 21 December 2011 at 11:30
- TAZ THE AMBO said...
I'm going to use that Nero virus and the fiddle, they're jokes just right for my humour.
- 22 December 2011 at 08:41
Love it!! My daughter is a retired
EMTP. This is one career that you cannot succeed in without that humor!!!!!
- 22 December 2011 at 17:26
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- 24 December 2011 at 05:34
- MSgt B said...
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Getting any time off?
- 24 December 2011 at 12:51


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I typically go meatless several days a week, but I especially try to abide by Meatless Monday. I like to think of it as a re-set after indulging in beef tacos and/or a slab of pork belly on the weekend. That said, I try not to make a meatless day too bleak by comparison. Mushrooms – lots of them – are nearly always my go-to in this situation.
High on the comfort food spectrum, this mushroom dish is hearty, complex and warming. I chose to serve it over a pillowy bed of polenta to feel the maximum love. (Doesn't a big buttery mound of sunny-colored polenta topped with a thick vegetable gravy feel like a big hug to you? Is that just me?) I would happily serve this with buttered and herb-flecked rigatoni, over just-set scrambled eggs or with a big hunk of crusty sourdough. Whatever melts your butter! (Literally.)
Mushroom Ragout
Adapted from David Tanis' recipe as seen on The Kitchn
– 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
– 1 large onion, finely diced
– salt and pepper
– 1 pound mushrooms (I used cup mushrooms and white button mushrooms), cleaned and sliced
– 3 garlic cloves, smashed to a paste with a little salt or Microplaned
– 1 teaspoon finely chopped thyme
– 2 teaspoons finely chopped sage
– 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
– 1 tablespoon tomato paste
– 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
– 2 cups porcini mushroom broth (see recipe below), warm
In a large pan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring well, until it begins to brown. Lower the heat to medium, season the onions with salt and pepper, and continue stirring until nicely caramelized, about 5 minutes. Remove the onion to a small bowl.
Return the pan to the heat, add the remaining tablespoons of olive oil, and turn the heat to high. Add the mushrooms, stirring well to coat with oil. Keep the heat high and sauté the mushrooms until they brown lightly.
Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper, add the garlic, thyme, sage, and pepper flakes, and stir well. Reduce the heat to medium, add the browned onion and the tomato paste, and stir well to coat the mushrooms and to dry the mixture slightly. Cook for another 2 minutes, stirring.
Sprinkle the flour over the mixture and stir it in. Ladle in 1 cup of the hot mushroom broth, stirring well as the mixture thickens. Add another cup of hot broth and let the ragout cook for another 5 minutes. If it's too thin, cook it a bit longer; if too thick, add a bit more broth. Taste for seasoning. (The ragout can be made a few hours ahead and reheated.)
Porcini Mushroom Broth
– 3 cups water
– 1 bay leaf
– 4 or 5 slices of dried porcini mushrooms
– half a small onion
– 1 small celery stalk
– 1 small carrot, peeled and chopped
Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer a cook for 30 minutes. Strain to to use.
For Polenta:
Different types of polenta call for different methods, so follow the instructions on your polenta packaging. When mine was finished cooking I stirred in 2 tablespoons of butter, a bit of salt and several grinds of pepper.


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This year Chicago Zine Fest is gettin' too big for it's britches. They are growing and looking for avenues to expand which comes with needed community support. In doing so, the fine organizers (of which I am one), have opened an Indiegogo fundraising campaign. The great part is that anyone that donates gets a prize be it a CZF BFF button, tote bag, CZF thank you zine, exhibitor artwork and more. Check out…Continue
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Karl Kohler was found murdered at suspect's campsite
August 1, 2012
The body of Karl Kohler, who was killed near Breckenridge in May, was discovered at the campsite of Gregory Scott Gavin, the man arrested for the murder, according to recently released police reports.
Kohler's body and a bloody baseball bat were discovered near the Burro Trail Trailhead on Peak 9, the affidavit for Gavin's arrest stated. He died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Gavin, 50, of no fixed address, was arrested June 8 and charged with second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence. He is still in custody at the Summit County Jail.
"Based on physical evidence and confirmation from DNA lab analysis, we feel confident we have put together a solid case," undersheriff Derek Woodman said following the arrest.
Both the victim, Kohler, and the suspect, Gavin, reportedly made their permanent homes camping in the woods.
Gavin was predominantly unemployed and has lived in Summit County for several years, authorities said. He did not have a prior relationship with the victim.
The campsite where Kohler's body was found was reportedly in disarray when the body was first spotted. One witness told authorities he thought a bear had torn apart the tent, according to the arrest affidavit.
"The pole was down, the tent was crashed," the witness was quoted as saying in the police report. "I see everything that would have been in the tent was outside of (the tent), like whoever was sleeping there was getting ready to pack and leave."
The man who had been sleeping there, Gavin, told police he had already left by that time. When brought in for questioning, he told investigators he'd abandoned that campsite – and his tent and personal belongings there – two weeks before Kohler's body was discovered and relocated to Copper Mountain, according to the affidavit.
He claimed he had been sleeping in the lobby of a lodging company near Copper, but authorities were unable to confirm that claim, the report stated.
During interviews with Summit County sheriff's deputies, Gavin said the police questions were making him nervous, and he accused them of manipulating him, according to the affidavit.
A woman who worked with Gavin at the thrift store while he volunteered told investigators he was a good person because he never tried to steal from the store. But another acquaintance of Gavin's told deputies he caused trouble in town, the report said.
Kohler's wallet was not on his body when investigators arrived on the scene. It was later found in a dumpster nearby. A $100 bill was still in it, according to the affidavit
Gavin will be represented by a public defender.
The district attorney's office reiterated at a press conference following his arrest that Gavin is only facing charges and is innocent until proven guilty.
"We will do whatever we can to ensure justice for the victim," chief deputy district attorney Scott Turner stated in a joint press release.
Kohler, who was also a year-round camper, was well-known in the community after 10 years living in the area.
His killing shocked and troubled locals, who remembered him as a music lover and gifted artist.
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The Greenland melt
Qualitatively, the evidence for melt in the NEEM Eemian ice shows that it was warm at the time. Obviously. But more interestingly, the last year of the NEEM project was 2012, and researchers were able to witness first hand what the formation of melt layers mean at NEEM in terms of the ambient conditions. In July 2012, the NEEM saw above-freezing temperatures for six consecutive days (10 to 15 July), with rain events on 11 and 13 July. When the water refroze, it formed several distinct, clear layers of ice (which we call a "melt layers") between 5 and about 60 cm down in the snow, about 1 cm thick. This is a rare event. It was so warm over Greenland in that week that a significant melt layer also formed up at the Summit; in fact, the entire surface of the ice sheet was melting.
That hasn't happened — not once — in the entire satellite record (see Jason Box's excellent blog, meltfactor.org for more on this, and Marco Tedesco's paper.). In fact, examination of melt layer records from ice cores at Summit shows that a melt layer like the one that formed in 2012 was the most significant Greenland melt event since at least the late 19th century. If you drill about 100 m down into the ice and recover an ice core, you invariably find that layer, shown in the photo below (the bright line at which the person's thumb is pointing).
.Greenland ice core from ~80 m depth. E. Steig photo.
According to a recent paper on the 2012 melt by Nghiem et al., in Geophysical Research Letters, the 19th century event dates to 1889. One has to go back about 700 years to find the next such event, and overall, these are about once-in-250 year events over the last 4000 years. Prior to that, they occur more frequently — about once per century during the mid Holocene "climatic optimum", when it was on average much warmer than present in Greenland in summer, due to the peak in Northern Hemisphere insolation due to changes in the earth's orbit (Milankovitch forcing). Even during the mid-Holocene, though, there is no evidence from the ice cores that there was sufficient melting to create such strong anomalies in the air content and trace gas concentrations in the ice, as was observed in the Eemian in the NEEM ice. Thus, it was even warmer during Eemian than during the mid Holocene.
How much warmer was it? Jason Box estimates from satellite data that the temperature in July 2012 at high elevations over the Greenland ice sheet was a full 10°C (18°F) warmer than the daily average of the 2000′s decade; 1 standard deviation is about 3°C, so this is about a 3-sigma event. If, as the NEEM researchers estimate, the same sort of temperatures were required to produce the EEM melt layers, it suggests that during the EEM in Greenland it was also about 10°C warmer than present in the summer — but not just once per century, but much more often, perhaps every summer. I'm interpreting a bit here: the NEEM group doesn't actually use the presence of melt layers per se to estimate the summer temperature; rather, they use the observation that the δ18O values of the ice at this time are >>-33 ‰. δ18O is a proxy for temperature in Greenland ice, and the NEEM paper uses this to estimate that the temperature must have been about 8°C (+/-4°C) warmer than present. Not coincidentally, the δ18O values of the snow and rain that fell in July 2012 was also >-33 ‰.
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- M. Tedesco, X. Fettweis, T. Mote, J. Wahr, P. Alexander, J. Box, and B. Wouters, "Evidence and analysis of 2012 Greenland records from spaceborne observations, a regional climate model and reanalysis data", The Cryosphere Discussions, vol. 6, pp. 4939-4976, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tcd-6-4939-2012


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Grumpy 2-Year-Old - Sources of Information?
My intact 2-year-old male is a full-power working line dog, not something to take lightly. The GSD I had for 10 years before wasn't as intense.
Right as my boy turns two and tries on his "big dog pants" I got badly injured. That cut both his activities and my dominance, for over 2 months. I'm a month or so from much activity. I can do walks though.
He's getting a protective streak . . . holy cow . . . territorial inside, protects me from my wife (no kids), gets angry when I correct him. He knew I was hurt when I came home from the hospital (a week), and I suspect that's part of it.
I want to handle this right, but I don't know enough.
Obviously those in the know weren't at one time. I was hoping maybe there are references they use that I might also study - especially behavior and psychology type stuff. I'm into lots of love, but with a firm hand.
Any ideas how to better understand and handle this situation? Good references?
This is one I came across that might be promising:
Anyone know anything about it?
Your dog is not "protecting you" from your wife. Is she harming you that he needs to "protect"?
It's called resource guarding.
Try Mind Games (version 1.0) by M. Shirley Chong for starters.
I'm unclear on how you were injured. Did your dog injure you??
Oh, and neuter him. ASAP.
Yes it may not help but it sure cannot hurt and it may help the dog to be more amendable to minding you.
I was injured in a crash - broken neck and other bones, concussion.
This morning is typical for the issue with my wife:
She was bringing my breakfast to me in my home office. When she came to the door he started barking like mad, wagging his tail. When she came in she had him sit by hand signal, which he is good about obeying. When released he ran ahead of her and went to me, barking at her and wagging. He gets really excited when she comes into my actual office room and tries to stay between us.
I command him to sit and try to get him to stop barking - he sits but barks. He'll do a down briefly. When he obeys I praise him and pet him.
He stays with me most of the day in my office room when I'm alone. When I have an employee in he is in the other room in a kennel. He barks when the employee comes in my office room too.
This feels like partly a territorial reaction (his day bedroom) but he doesn't like people getting close to me.
A hypothesis is that given his coming of age and my injury, he has gotten the idea that he needs to be the alpha, not me.
What I've been working on is getting him to down-stay in my office first and then in the next room while others enter ahead of him. I'm able to take dominant postures now, which seems to be helping.
If I hold his snout closed he growls sometimes. That's a stern down-stay until he calms down. When he does calm down he's very interested in coming to me and apologizing - he clearly wants my approval after he knows he screwed up.
He definitely accepts me as a dominant figure, but I'm a little over my head about exactly what to do. Nothing in life is free for him, corrections come fast and are followed by praise when he acts sorry. He seems to be getting the idea . . . I think.
Do the MIND GAMES. Read the link, print it out.
You can get him to see his place better. He shouldn't be allowed to "guard" you from your wife, and if he continues that type thing, place him in his crate. I don't often advocate "time outs" for dogs, but for that type thing, I would say do it, because he will get the point his "guarding" is futile and will only get him placed in his crate if he continues it.
He does sound somewhat bored so is making up his own games. Our GSD makes up games where he pretends our livestock is intruding so goes all "defense" on them.
That's what bored GSDs will do.
Your dog's "game" is, "Oh, I must defend master from this person" and it just needs to be stopped.
Exercise more, in a positive manner, as well. Fetch, etc.
It's impossible to say 'why' or even 'what' your dog is doing, without being there to see what's going on. Some of what you're describing is what happens at my house, because my puppy loves everyone being together, but usually I'm in one room with him. When DH enters the room, my puppy gets very excited to see him and whines and carries on. So is your dog just happy that she's joining you?
Holding the snout until he growls sounds like a very bad idea, and not a great training method either. Why would you do that, I'm curious.
As a working dog, he needs a job. I think he is bored and assigned himself the job of "protecting" you since there does not seem to be anything else for him to do. (And I agree, this not really protecting your or his territory, this is resource guarding). Walks are good, but he needs to really be able to burn off energy. Is there some place where he can go and really run? Would there be some activities and games you could think up that you or your wife could handle, that would tire him out enough so that he is panting heavily, and ready to just plop down and sleep? Play crazy-all-out-fetch for a good half hour? Swimming?
In addition to physical exercise, I think he is telling you that he needs a job, and he needs to have his brain exercised and challenged. Perhaps you can take him tracking? have you done any training with him, would there be formal activities that will engage his brain that you can pursue? Nose-work classes are gaining popularity, and though I am not very familiar with them, what I have seen on videos so far really seems to make the dog work hard, but not the handler. :)
Maybe just put some time aside each day to work on fun obedience and teach him some tricks - those type of activities are fun for both people and dog, and helps to develop your bond with your dog.
I would not allow any resource/territorial guarding from him that you do not want. Since his behaviour is pretty predictable, mix up his routine and bring in new expectations for him, and be consistent on that.
If his obedience commands are solid, take it a step further. A sit means sit, and sit until you release him, even if he has to sit for half an hour. (of course, you would start with shorter periods. :) ) Put down a mat in your office, and teach him a Place command. He goes to the mat and lies down and stays there until released. Since he acts up when your wife comes in the office, a good way to stop the behaviour you don't want is to get him to perform a behaviour you DO want, like going to his place and waiting for a release.
But mostly, see if you can come up with some more ways to exercise his mind and body, in addition to introducing new behavioural expectations from him, that you would train and enforce as you would obedience exercises.
That cured it but he's started again. When he gets an order he doesn't like he gets mouthy - opens his mouth and tries to fit body parts in there sideways, kind of rubbing his teeth against me.
But I agree - it's not working. That's the kind of stuff I need a better tactic for.
What I have switched to is standing directly over him and ordering him down. It's kind of working . . .
I agree with comments about boredom too.
I'm not up to much more than a 30-minute walk around the field right now. He runs most of the time, pounces for things in the grass. He's better after that.
We had been doing tracking training too. I'm a few weeks away from returning to that.
With fetch all you have to do is stand there and throw the ball ;)
As castle said, though, mental games work as well.
I'd also recommend a flirt pole - a lunge whip with a toy attached to it. It's not much effort to swing it around (I'm sorry about your accident, BTW, that sounds awful) and the dog will really enjoy it. It works wonders for training commands too, like Drop it, Stay, Down, whatever you want to train, because the dog knows the game won't start until he complies, which is all they want, lol.
I like the Place idea, for when your DW enters the room, if that's a concern. It's a very easy thing to teach, if he's food motivated. You don't have to be confrontational and stand directly over him, just guide him to where you want him and reward him for the behavior you want. If he has a favorite goodie, he'll be flying over to Place in no time at all. My puppy will fly into his crate whenever I open the fridge, for example, hoping for cheese.
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Posted at 12:15 am on October 9, 2012 by Twitchy Staff
If Romney wins I'm Starting a Riot....Who's WIT ME???
8 Oct 12
Is this what Obama meant when he called for a more civil tone in U.S. politics?
John Kramer@YoungCal626
I Hope The USA Is Well Aware That If In The Event This Character Romney Wins The Election, The People Will Start A Country Wide Riot! #Power
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If Romney is elected president, its gon be a riot its gon be a riot.
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If Romney win niggas goin riot
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Update: Several of the Obama supporters identified above have deleted their tweets (see here, here, here, and here). Guess they dont know Twitchy is forever.
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Ok,I apologize for that tweet about Romney,It was a joke,I would never start a riot -___- its twitter
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Cincinnati is due.We had a flair up in 2002 when a Cop shoot a fleeing NegroBoy who grabed at his pants when they were falling down.Cop thought he was going for a gun.
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
Oh Boy ,,,, target practice,,,, where was this again???
Some are lazy and weak, some are well trained.
Nation of Islam has been working the prison system for two generations.
Self Propelled Pop-Up Targets!!!!
Interesting to see what you have will do when you need to defend your home and family.
And, this part is around the corner!
and the little brown truck just brought me some more OD green "spam" cans today.
nothing says "don't riot here!" like a few open cans of GI spam--
spam nutritious and delicious!
Hello Gents,
As much as I hate to throw fuel on the fire; I just can't help myself on this occasion.
I guess I know what I can use my 12K rounds of "surplus to my needs" 7.62x39 ammo.
Bring it on. I own anything within 450 meters with that round and my last 7.62x39 rifle (an Enfield conversion).
Riot all you want.
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MARINA, Calif. - Protecting every last drop of water and making sure there's enough to keep local economy flowing. That's what the Fort Ord Reuse Authority said it's tasked with, as it works to approve or deny future projects. We went to find out why access to water is a sticking point for the authority and environmental groups.
Stalling and wasting time -- that's what Jerry Edelen said about the effort to keep development from happening on the former Fort Ord by some environmental groups. As chair of the Fort Ord Reuse Authority, he said access to water is a "non issue" because the Army allocated enough water for future development. Edelen said a one-third of the water has been used so far and more is promised.
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Salerno said when you tap into the Salinas Valley supply you start to take water away from what's needed to keep the agricultural fields afloat.
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The authority said it shares those concerns and will take on one project at a time.
"That's where it's gonna be, we'll have to take a look and see what that project's gonna use versus other projects that Monterey County wants to implement," Edelen said.
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|Well it was fixed after the reflash for around a month. It was jerking half way threw first gear.now it jerks in first and slips like crazy in third under light eceleration.darn it ....it was perfect there for awhile.geuss it'll be back again......and again .....and again
What I'm assuming it does effect is the adaptive programming and probably whatever "micro-slipping" is (lol, more like macro-slipping). My car is over-reving into second and engages super-slowly. People are honking at me at lights because I'm accelerating too slowly - not to mention the car dives (essentially brakes) into second gear and as a result, I've been taking over and shifting myself at ~3-4k RPM.
My car still makes weird noises and it seems the car is trying to avoid doing that by shifting at 3k+ RPM while in Drive which reduces the slippage at the cost of fuel mileage. But if I'm in gears 2, 4, or 6 and at 1.5-2k RPM I can hear an audible click-click-click-click (granted, it sounds different in gear 6 than in 2 or 4) from my car until I hit 2k RPM. I don't think I should have to monitor which gears I'm in and/or drive in sport mode 24/7 to avoid these issues I'm having. Not that that even eliminates them, it really just makes them less noticeable.
I swear, I'll post that video tonight, weather permitting.
EDIT: [Click me to hear 1st to 2nd gear clutch slippage!]
The issue occurs mainly from 1-10mph, almost always from a stop, and almost always in first gear. Some of it is definitely clutch wear (I can feel a worn clutch), and some of it feels like the TCS. My guess is the clutch wear is for some reason registering as an issue with traction and the TCS is taking over to fix the issue. Who knows if that's the truth, but it would explain why turning off the TCS fixed the issue for most people for awhile.
But then it came back.
^^ My rundown was intended to be informational. What I have stated are just the facts to the best of my recollection. I can count on one hand how many times this has occurred. I just haven't been able to reproduce the behavior at will - yet. I am confident that the issue will get fixed once the root cause of the problem is found. Until a root cause is found, people are going to waste a lot of time chasing symptoms. When there are no error codes being thrown, the next best course of action is to compile a list of the conditions under which the symptoms occur and try to infer what's going on from that.
I'd like nothing better than it to be something simple. But I just don't see how my transmission's behavior could be caused leaking transmission seals contaminating the clutch. If that were the case, I would expect this behavior to occur through a wide range of speed, RPMs, and my foot pressure on the accelerator. In my experience, that is not the case. The behavior has only occurred when road and traffic conditions have forced me to have a feather-light touch on the accelerator at very low speeds (under 10MPH).
It's complete bull. Can't wait to trade this heap in and get a Subaru.
I'll of course be filling out a Better Business Bureau complaint and an FTC complaint for the dealership. I'll also be writing the local news organizations and calling the local television stations to let them know about the issues I've faced and how the dealerships (all of them) have refused to fix anything by saying it's either my fault or it's meant to drive that way.
Wonder how the dealerships will respond afterwards.
Unfortunately, I haven't found the right person's d I have to s in order to get my car fixed yet.
This is a follow up to my post (#97) on page 9 of this thread. Crystal asked me to follow up, but I thought others may benefit. I had my Focus at the dealer on 10/1. They redid the 12B37 update, and checked a couple other items on the work order that I couldn't decipher. I really didn't notice any difference, but like I said before - this issue was very intermittent. Well I had another instance of the transmission shaking this morning. But the conditions under which it happens are starting to come together.
I was on my way to work on a particularly horrible traffic day. I was on the road for an hour when the shaking happened, and at least 30 minutes of that was stop and go traffic. It started when I was on a slight up incline and traffic was stop-and-creep (always under 10 MPH). Because of the slight incline, I wasn't able to let off the brake and just let the car creep forward. I had to put my foot on the accelerator ever so slightly to move up. After a few minutes of these conditions, the shaking started. Accompanying the shaking was the transmission making a repetitive click-click-click-click noise, which I was only able to hear because the radio was turned way down. I'm used to hearing the click when the car upshifts or downshifts, but it's always a single click as it moves from one gear to the next. As soon as I was able to be a little bit heavier on the accelerator, it straightened right out. Other environmental conditions at the time were as follows:
- Weather was in the mid-50's F with off and on drizzle.
- HVAC was on mid-temp with combination windshield defroster and floor vents. Fan speed was on 1.
- Traction control was turned on
- Radio was at a volume of 2
- Headlights were on automatic, but not illuminated at the time.
- My ride is a stock SFE
I tried to reproduce the exact conditions, but was unable to. By the time I got to a spot with a slight incline and no traffic, the car had been moving at normal highway speeds for at least 20 minutes. I'm starting to see a pattern of this being highly conditional for me. Every time it's happened, the car has been operating for at least 45 minutes with stop-and-go traffic in the minutes prior. I have been in a situation where I'm at very low speed (under 10mph) with a feather-light touch on the accelerator. Once the shaking starts, if I retain the feather-light touch on the accelerator, then the shaking continues. If I back off the accelerator and coast, or give the car a little more gas, it straightens out immediately.
I do not recall having this issue prior to the first 12B37 update in July. I did notice after the update the transmission seemed to take longer to make up its mind what gear it wanted to be in. Before the update the shifts seemed crisper.
I've been following the Traction Control Thread HERE, and have tried turning it off. With the T.C. off, the shifts seem crisper. It's subtle, but I notice it. The odd thing is the crispness seems to disappear the longer I drive. I know this last point is purely subjective. I have no way of telling if it's really different, or I just get used to it. For now, I'm going to get in the habit of turning the T.C. off, and hope the driving conditions occur again.
I'm happy to step in and assist; send me a PM with your VIN, dealer, mileage, and daytime phone number. I'll get your regional Customer Service Managers involved so they can work on a resolution for your concerns.
I would advise that you get in touch with the Ford of Canada Customer Relationship Centre. They'll be in the best position to assist you. You can reach them at 1-800-565-3673.
My dealer is pretty good about applying TSBs. Not so good on the other issues I bring up. Been trying to get a rear door rattle/buzz fixed sine we bought the car. And, as I mentioned earlier, they had the car for four days, waiting for parts for three days and did nothing about the driver's strut clunking.
One thing I've been curious about regarding this thread is whether those who say the shaking from first to second gear didn't occur until after the transmission flash noticed it immediately or some undetermined time afterwards. The reason I ask is I didn't notice it until after the flash but I'm pretty certain it was not immediately. I wonder if everyone experiencing this actually has seal leaks and it's the miles driven and time factor catching up.
My understanding is the shaking is caused by the clutch slipping. The clutch slips because the seals are failing causing trans fluid to get on the clutch. However, I should state my understanding of the mechanical workings of a DCT is very limited and quite possibly wrong. And, this wouldn't explain why some report disabling of the traction control resolves the shaking. But, I've never disabled the traction control and I assume my car still has the same software as when it was reflashed and it shifts beautifully now and does not shudder when creeping/idling forward at stop lights and in traffic. It has never been this smooth since day one.
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