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You bet I will, I'm almost old enough to fly in the VR sims. That'll be awesome!
"Mini Boomers are children in the Nellis Air Force Base in 2281.
Mini Boomers are the Boomer children at Nellis Air Force Base. The children can be found wandering (usually running) around the airfield; they also have their own barracks and attend school. Pete and Lindsay are named Mini Boomers.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
Interactions overviewEdit
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- Volare!: Listen to Pete's history of the Boomers to gain reputation among the Boomers. Pete also directs you to Loyal.
- Bear Necessities: help Lindsay find her stuffed bear.
- Malleable Mini Boomer Minds: Gain Boomers fame or infamy from several mini boomers through gifts and Charisma.
Apparel | Weapon | Other items |
Varies (Athlete of the Wastes outfit, Ragamuffin outfit) |
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- There are 8 unnamed Mini Boomers (apart from the 2 named Mini Boomers above). Each of those talks to you about his or her favorite game that is loosely related to a skill or skill magazine, like ¡La Fantoma!
- Mini Boomers can be used to increase fame with the Boomer faction in the Malleable Mini Boomer Minds side quest by passing a Charisma check of 7 to go along with their imaginative playing, or by giving them a rocket souvenir or dino toy. It is also possible to taunt the children for negative karma, for example, one Mini Boomer has aspirations of becoming a boxer; the player can suggest he take Psycho by passing the same Charisma check.
- One of the children will say "Roar! I'm a Dinosaur" as the voice of a little boy but then says "Okay, See ya!" In the voice of a little girl.
Notable quotesEdit
- "This is spiffy! Thanks!"
- "Ooo, you know a lot about dinosaurs."
- "You bet I will, I'm almost old enough to fly in the VR sims. That'll be awesome!"
Mini Boomers appear only in Fallout: New Vegas.
- Their voice may randomly change to one of the opposed sex (i.e. male mini-boomer voice will be replaced by female mini-boomer voice). [verified]
- Moe) near Black Mountain.[verified] Occasionally a Mini Boomer can be found at the irradiated crater (with
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Last minute campsite with a surprise
Trip Start
Sep 23, 2010
Trip End
Jul 13, 2012
Where I stayed
Bass Lake Campground
By 10am we'd had breakfast and got on our way heading to Ottawa. After driving down the highway for an hour or so we got off onto some slower roads and drove through some lovely little places, including Kingston, stopping for lunch in Bath. We decided to take the scenic route to Ottawa and headed along Highway 15 towards hopefully, some campsites. We tried a couple along the way, but discovered that they were too expensive. We thought we would try one more before changing our route and heading to another set of campsites. This one turned out to be a seasonal campsite, where people bring their trailers and leave them here for the whole season and they don't normally take overnighters. However, they made an exception for us and as it was reasonably priced for the area and the son said we could use his wifi, we plugged in and settled in for the evening. As the shower, was a little way away, we decided to shower early, then eat and then relax. So after Dean had finished sewing the mosquito net for the back door, we headed to the shower. We then settled in for the night and a good job to. We found out that we had a few hundred uninvited guests. We think they were similar to trout flies, which swarmed all over the van trying to get to the light. They covered our ceiling and after a couple of hours of swatting we finallly managed to get them under control. Good job we had our own toilet, as neither of us fancied going outside with those little blighters around. Exhausted, we watched a Desperate Housewives episode and then got off to bed.
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I find it interesting that, even though reports that the cell network was taken down seem most likely false, the network did indeed go down because of the heavy volume of calls (I was in Cambridge).
It seems that if the IEDs were set to be triggered by cell phones, the very nature of the panic calling might itself have prevented the remaining devices from being triggered. Almost like a self-protective mechanism.


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Social media helps Public Health England in food poisoning investigation
Twitter and Facebook aided investigators from PHE (Public Health England) in an investigation into the cause of an outbreak of food poisoning at the Street Spice Festival in Newcastle Upon Tyne last year. The street festival took place between 28th February and 2nd March 2013 and investigators used the social media sites to identify individuals who were showing symptoms of food poisoning in the area. Through the help of social media PHE investigators managed to connect the sufferers with a… Read more »


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Deschutes Brewery, the sixth largest craft brewery in the nation, announces the release of its first Reserve Series beer for the New Year and decade, Jubel 2010. Jubel 2010 is a deeply dynamic presentation of the flavors found in its festive winter seasonal, Jubelale. Available on tap around the holidays at its pubs as "Super Jubel," February 2010 marks only the second time the Brewery has ever bottled this immortal libation. The first and only other time this special brew was bottled was to celebrate the new millennium as Jubel 2000. Jubel was discovered by accident two decades ago when a clumsy burglar didn't realize the weight of his stolen keg of Jubelale. He dropped it outside to freeze in the season's sub-zero temperatures - only to be discovered the next morning by Gary Fish, Deschutes Brewery owner. More than half the liquid in the keg had frozen and the remaining beer was a very cold, highly concentrated "Jubelale on steroids." It was so good that the brewers set about recreating it, coming up with an annual "Super Jubel" that is aged in Oregon oak pinot barrels.
A limited amount of Jubel 2010 will be available in 22 ounce wax-dipped bottles and on draft all over the west this February. Beer Geek Information: * 10% Alcohol by Volume (ABV) * 55 International Bittering Units (IBUs) * Serving Temperature: 50-55 degrees F * Glassware: Snifter or Goblet * Drink one now and cellar one to enjoy a year from now. About Deschutes Brewery Located in beautiful Bend, Oregon, Deschutes Brewery is in the business of daring people to expect more from their beer. That's why we started off in 1988, on the banks of the Deschutes River here in Bend, Oregon, by selling Black Butte Porter at a time when others were sure a dark beer would never catch on. Our brewers love to push the envelope, especially if it makes someone nervous. But for us, the highest praise is a raised glass and a toast of "Bravely Done!" For more information about Deschutes Brewery and its courageously crafted beers, please visit http://www.DeschutesBrewery.com.
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Nearly two years after the attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi that killed four Americans, Ahmed Abu Khatallah is in U.S. custody. The alleged mastermind of the deadly attack is on a ship facing intense interrogation. Barbara Starr looks at the events that led to Khatallah's arrest.
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That is just one of the serious questions that is still being debated more than a year after the deadly attack, Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed last September 11th. New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick traveled to Benghazi for a new report on the tragedy. One of Kirkpatrick's most surprising findings is that he saw no evidence of Al Qaeda involvement. While that backs up claims made by the Obama Administration, Kirkpatrick tells Anderson he is "certainly not trying to vindicate anyone."
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Opening a restaurant tests the resilience of the most optimistic entrepreneurs. Alvaro and Andres Sandoval, brothers and co-owners of Tenoch Mexican, a popular Medford eatery, found this out when they proposed a second location in the North End. When one of the neighborhood councils, serving in an advisory capacity to the city zoning board, voted against the brothers' plan to move into a tiny space on Lewis Street and offer take-out, it was a low moment. "They thought we were fast food, and that was disappointing," says Alvaro Sandoval. But the brothers, who come from Veracruz, Mexico, and cook their family recipes, were determined to win over the naysayers. It's not surprising that the second location is as popular as the first. The proof is on the plate.
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The sign-ups will take place at Phillips Park Rec Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.
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From arts and agriculture to science and social studies, students come to our school excited to roll up their sleeves and learn. As the district's only Environmental Science magnet for grades 6-12, Humboldt specializes in hands-on learning outside the traditional classroom. Students might grow and prepare food from our own gardens one day and write a computer program the next. Learn more about Humboldt »
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RaeAnne Wright of Columbus and Justin Ray Dove of Columbus were married March 13, 2010, at 4 p.m. at Plymouth Bluff, with the Rev. Sammy Crawford officiating. The bride is the daughter of Johnny and Carol Wright of Columbus, and the granddaughter of Rose Marie Wright and the late John B. Wright, and Betty Adair of Columbus, and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Adair of Houston, Texas. The bride was given in marriage by her parents. She wore a slim A-line gown in ivory over champagne. Ruched Demir satin created a halter strap and contrasting bands adorning the bodice. Embellished alencon lace enriched the fitted bodice, as well as the hem of the skirt. The back of the gown extended into a chapel length train. Her headpiece was a single layer of silk illusion falling to the fingertips and edged with crystals. Jessica Wright Brown of Columbus served as matron of honor. Emily Allen, Bailee Hill and Lacey Wilson, all of Columbus, served as bridesmaids. The attendants wore floor length satin dresses in chocolate complemented with a champagne sash at the waist. Abbi Rae Dove, daughter of the bride and groom, and Emma Dove, both of Columbus, served as flower girls. The groom is the son of Bobby Dove of Columbus and Linda Henson of Columbus. He is the grandson of Sarah Dove and the late Ray Dove, and Josie Fowler and the late Brooks Fowler. Chad Dove, brother of the groom, of Columbus, served as best man. James Gentry, Curtis Godfrey and Jordan Mordecai, all of Columbus, served as groomsmen. Austin Smith of Columbus served as ringbearer. After a trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn., the couple resides in Columbus.
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Pronounced: Eh-pea-glot-eye-tis
Epiglottitis is severe swelling of the epiglottis. The epiglottis is a flap-like tissue located in the throat. During swallowing, the epiglottis folds over the windpipe and vocal chords to prevent food and liquids from entering the lungs. Swelling can quickly seal off the airway and make breathing difficult.
Epiglottitis is rare and requires immediate medical attention. If you think you, your child, or someone you know has epiglottitis, call for emergency medical services right away.
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Factors that can cause epiglottitis include:
Epiglottitis spreads easily. It is passed much like the common cold, through droplets released when sneezing and coughing. Anyone can develop epiglottitis.
This condition is more common in:
Other factors that may increase your risk include:
Symptoms may include:
Symptoms appear suddenly and worsen quickly.
Note: Do not attempt to use a tongue depressor or any other utensil to look into the person's throat. A throat spasm could occur and cause the airway to close completely.
When you arrive at the hospital, the doctor will first make sure you are able to breathe. After this is known, you will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. If you are not having trouble breathing, a mirror may be used to look down your throat.
Your bodily fluids and cells may be tested. This can be done with:
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The doctor will first stabilize your airway and then give proper medication depending on the cause. You may also have other illnesses that need to be treated depending on the cause of the epiglottitis such as blood infections.
If you CAN breathe, you will be closely monitored in the intensive care unit.
If you CANNOT breathe, the options include:
After the airway is stabilized, you will be monitored and started on IV antibiotics. Antibiotics help kill the organism causing the infection and swelling. At first, a variety of antibiotics may be given if the identity of the germ is not yet known. After the laboratory test results are known, a specific antibiotic can be given.
After swelling decreases, the breathing tube can be removed. Usually, there are not any lasting side effects of epiglottitis, and the outlook is good.
Vaccination with the Hib vaccine is the only way to prevent epiglottitis. Currently, infants born in the United States are given one of these vaccines at 2 months of age. Since vaccination began, adults have been at even lower risk of developing epiglottitis. If you have a weak immune system or are on medications that may make you more prone to illness, speak with your doctor about getting vaccinated.
A preventive antibiotic may be prescribed for:
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Acute epiglottitis. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T115468/Acute-epiglottitis. Updated February 10, 2015. Accessed September 29, 2016.
Haemophilus influenzae disease (including Hib). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/hi-disease/index.html. Updated September 25, 2012. Accessed September 24, 2014.
Sack JL, Brock CD. Identifying acute epiglottitis in adults. High degree of awareness, close monitoring are key. Postgrad Med. 2002;112(1):81-82, 85-86.
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Media personality Tyrone Bynum left traditional radio to make sure his message would be heard.
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One day removed from a heart attack that left former Kent County Commissioner Paul Mayhue hospitalized, the longtime staple of local urban politics was on "The Tyrone Bynum Show."
"After the black political leadership meeting, I had planned to go get my minutes in at the Y, but (the meeting) ran long and I felt weird," Mayhue told Bynum on a recent Friday night broadcast. "Later on that night was when all that stuff hit me. It was a blessing from God to still be standing here today."
Mayhue has been a frequent guest on Bynum's show over the years, one of two polar-opposite talk radio programs that, for much of this decade, have been the face of black politics in West Michigan. Bynum's WMFN-AM supported and often entertained Mayhue throughout his contentious re-election campaign against challenger and rival talk show host Robert S. of WJNZ-AM.
The hospital-bed interview is fairly brief. They chat about arterial blockage and faith, about the scandal of another local black politician before Bynum signs off and brings his show to a close for the evening.
But this most recent Mayhue appearance is different than his previous on-air conversations with Bynum — besides the heart attack, of course. Anyone dialing into WMFN 640 AM between 4 and 8 p.m. would not have heard Bynum's voice or the rhythm and blues music he plays, but the Spanish language station "La Ponderosa."
Late last year, Bynum, then WMFN general manager, opted out of his lease agreement with Birach Broadcasting, which owns the station and soon began broadcasting the Hispanic station in its place. A few months later, WMFN AM 640 Smooth Vibes re-emerged as a 24-7 online stream at www.wmfnam640.com.
"The revenue for the radio station was falling and we just weren't generating the sort of business that we needed to keep up with costs," said Bynum. "So we made the difficult decision to go online only." Online there are no station lease fees. By setting up a studio in his home, Bynum saves on real estate costs. There is no FCC to worry about if he needs to speak frankly on an issue. And with the growing availability of mobile Internet devices and Internet-enabled phones, an online stream can be every bit as mobile as broadcast radio.
"This is where media is going," said Bynum. "The Internet is already the home for much of the conversation, particularly in the urban communities. You can look at things like Facebook and MySpace and see how it's changing the face of communications. It is going to change the way local communities talk to each other."
The Voice of the Black Community In the not too distant past, talk radio in West Michigan — and for that matter, practically all media in Grand Rapids — was a starkly homogenous enterprise. The region's first Urban Contemporary format station appeared in 1998 when Goodrich Radio launched WJNZ, today found at 1140 AM: "1140 Jams." A year earlier Bynum had launched a talk show devoted to urban issues on the now defunct WKWM-AM, a precursor to WJNZ that had briefly experimented with the talk format.
This was one of many firsts for Bynum, whose career as a media personality began with one of the most notable events in modern black history — the beating of Rodney King by four LAPD officers in 1991. With racial tension at a boiling point nationwide following the subsequent Los Angeles riots, Bynum, a teacher by trade and Kalamazoo native, worked with former Upjohn Co. CEO Theodore Cooper to stage a live call-in panel on race to air on community access television.
"After we were done, he told me, 'Tyrone, let me know what it would cost and Upjohn will sponsor it,'" recalled Bynum. Soon his television program, "Black Perspectives," found a home on the fledgling Fox affiliate WXMI in Grand Rapids, and later at WZZM 13. When a corporate shuffle landed the program on PAX, it gave Bynum access to new equipment and viewers statewide. Today, his current program, "The Other Side," reaches 3.4 million households via CW affiliates in Grand Rapids, Lansing and Flint, and Detroit's urban format station WADL TV.
In 2003, Bynum took his show to the radio airwaves again, first as a weekly program at WMFN, where he became one of the region's most notable black media personalities, hosting the likes of Gov. Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Rep. John Conyers, before taking the show to WJNZ, later returning to WMFN as general manager.
With the program as his platform, Bynum has been in the midst of the city's most contentious recent inner city de-bates, including school board battles, the Mayhue-Robert S. feud, his own feud with Grady family scion Kevin Grady Jr., a police brutality scandal, and a personal campaign against youth crime and gangs.
"You cannot fix a problem without diagnosing it, and you can't diagnose a problem without understanding it," Bynum said. "I brought the disease to the airwaves. Everybody can talk about their symptoms, and through dialogue and conversation, we come up with a cure."
With that, he had a legion of loyal listeners and dozens of daily callers. He had a stable of sponsors and even a 2007 Giants award from the Woodrick Diversity Learning Center.
"I came into radio with nothing. I came into television with nothing. This was the first time I've had to worry about losing something."
Extra Terrestrial Experiment Virtually every radio station in West Michigan is now broadcasting both terrestrially over the airwaves and virtually via the World Wide Web. There are also many thousands of stations streaming online and via satellite without an accompanying terrestrial broadcast, but with few exceptions (Howard Stern, Sirius NFL Radio), these stations have more in common with an iPod than "WKRP in Cincinnati."
For a terrestrial radio show to drop off the airwaves is not unprecedented. Besides notable defections to satellite radio, a handful of DJs and hosts in other markets have gone online following cutbacks or controversy, mostly in the form of podcasts.
"But I don't think a station has much motivation to stop terrestrial broadcasting," said Kevin Murphy, general manager of community radio station WYCE-FM in Grand Rapids. "I think we'll see them doing more special content online, but there will remain a market for the delivery of programming on the air."
Murphy is excited about the new technology available for content distribution, including WunderRadio, an iPhone application, and his station's Free Music Archive. But there are just too many limitations for commercial radio to go online-only any time in the near future, the largest of those the record labels that control the most popular content. At least in the C suite, the music industry is leery of online radio, which, due to the sheer number of potential stations, is limited in its ability to promote sales. To avoid potential piracy, restrictions are based on the number of times a track can be played, against giving advance notice that a track will be played and making it available for download.
"I guess the basic answer is that what we know as 'radio' and what we know as 'Web' will become closer together," Murphy said. "There will always be a demand for that traditional linear media delivery, but it may wane in comparison to non-linear, on-demand content. But honestly, I think the definition of 'Web' is in decline just as much as traditional media. In the near future, it's all going to be fed into the iPhones and BlackBerrys of the world, and radios and computers are going to seem like anachronisms."
At least in West Michigan, that hasn't happened yet. There are audio and video programs available as on-demand content, such as WYCE's "Catalyst" talk show, and a variety of news podcasts. A handful of organizations, such as the Grand Rapids Community Foundation, regularly create podcasts to deliver their messages to stakeholders, but there are only a few non-commercial podcasts coming out of Grand Rapids on a regular basis. We were only able to identify two being produced regularly with no connection to another media outlet: "Inside West Michigan" (www.insidemieducation.com) and G-Rad's "Hello Friends" (www.hellofriendspodcast.wordpress.com).
"Monetization is an issue," said Rob Huisingh, host of Inside West Michigan and a partner in Foxbright, the local educational technology firm that sponsors the program. "We had to decide that this was something we wanted to commit to. When it becomes difficult, you still have to make the time." Inside West Michigan has produced 52 shows in the past two years and now has over 1,800 direct subscribers.
Bynum, meanwhile, has converted a large number of his listeners to his Internet program. He still hears from his most popular call-in characters, including Santa, B.W. and the Political Prince, among roughly a dozen calls a night. He has 10,000 weekly listeners and a number of core sponsors, including Fifth Third Bank.
And the larger question may be whether AM 640 Smooth Vibes should remain a local station. Another local Internet personality, Mary Lou Brock, is the most popular DJ on the national Polka Jammer Network. Bynum has regular listeners from Las Vegas and Atlanta, among other locales.
"This has given us the freedom to expand beyond West Michigan," Bynum said. "Traditional radio will be a thing of the past over the next three to five years. Maybe this is what it's going to look like on the other side — national and local issues, national and local callers. They're not going to be able to control the minority community with the media anymore. Our voice is going to be heard." GR Daniel Schoonmaker is a freelance writer based in Grand Rapids.


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When building my house in CT, return air ducts are not put into basements because of radon, at least along the coast where radon levels are high. In prepaing for an addition to the house, I will be adding radon remediation. I don't like the pressure differences in the house currently as the basement has supply ducts but no return ducts, and feel that adding returns will help with better more consistent temperatures throughout the house. I'll also be adding an ERV to the current HVAC system during the addition process. I'm curious if anyone has done this process and what the results were.
Hi Gary,
As you certainly know, omitting returns in the basement isn't exactly a solution for radon :). Preparation for radon in new homes is an absolute must for people in locations like yours and mine, problem areas. Any new home built without such could face a huge penalty when it comes time to sell. Any major renovation like what your planning is a good time to play catch-up.
I still remember the first home in our neighborhood that failed a radon test, at least the first I heard about. I think a haunted house would have been easier to sell. As time has passed, that fear has switched places with one of not having the remediation in place, now that everyone has accepted that the radon is always going to be there and needs to be taken care of.
Back to your house, if you do a great job of remediation, I would not be worried about the heating system circulating basement air into the house. If the remaining level is higher than you would like, then isolating the basement with its own HRV and heat is possible.
Your first step is the remediation and a look at those results.
As for the consistent temperatures throughout the house, that is a process of delivering the right amount of heat to the right places and you are correct that return air is a big part of that.
A thorough sealing of the duct system, including the furnace cabinet should do a lot to remove pressure differences from the air handler. Radon issues aside, there are a number of reasons to avoid basement returns.
Greg, what are the numerous reasons you mention?
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Not every welder uses a gas lens on his or her GTAW torch, but gas lenses should be considered for a variety of applications and for several reasons. Knowing what a gas lens does, how to choose one, and how to install and take care of one are critical to getting the most benefits out of it
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Choosing one of the six commonly available tungsten electrodes is a crucial first step in successful gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). In addition, tip preparation is critical. The electrode choices are pure tungsten, 2 percent thoriated, 2 percent ceriated, 1.5 percent lanthanated, zirconiated, and rare earth. The end preparations are balled, pointed, and truncated.
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Eflite Hawker Sea Fury Questions
I am on the verge of getting one of these!! I would be extremely grateful for answers to any of the following questions:
1.) How would you rate the build for difficulty? How does it compare to a GWS warbird kit? 2.) Are there any problems with the instructions...or any steps that should be ignored or modified? (recalling problems with the Eflite P-38).. . 3.) I have a fresh Park480 to drop in this thing...will that motor produce some decent speed? Which prop should I run for best speed performance on 3s? I have plenty of planes with unlimited vertical...I think a Sea Fury should be FAST. 4.) I love the retracts and plan to build them in...but I have heard rumblings that they're not suitable for grass runways..and they can break... is that right? Can you install them and still safely belly land this plane? 5.) Do you like yours? What do you like or dislike about the kit? Thanks, guys!! |
My buddy has one of these and its nice. A little small for my personal liking but a good plane.
It will be an easy build. Putting togather an ARF foam warbird really doesn't differ much, cept the E Flite will be more complete (fuse is one piece, wings one piece, prepainted, ETC) I suggest your read the manual online over at eflite and that way you can check out how they build it and things like that. 480 will be good. It will be fast. I don't know what prop my friend has on his, but its quick. You'll want something like a 10x8 or something. Most retracts for planes this size can't handle grass. They have to keep the retracts light because the plane itself is small and light. The planes retracts use two servos to operate which (IMO) is a downside to the plane. If the gears are up though, you should have no problem belly landing on grass. Only dislike I heard from his are those cheap belly pan covers that never stick. No surprise there from E Flite. |
Great suggestion about reading the manual on line... I should have thought of that!! :O Any other opinions on the plane would be welcome! |
I like mine a lot, though my son is actually flying it.
Negatives : cheap belly pans that don't stick. I just taped mine at the edges but this pulls the paint off if it comes loose. I also put some vecro in places but that raises the edge too much IMO. retracts are cool and work fine on short grass. The retracts have withstood grass landings, but the small wheels lead to nose overs unless the grass is very short. Also have had to hold the plane, power up, and then start take-off roll to avoid nose overs. Up elevator from stop is not enough on our field. Only complaint there is that I have had trouble adjusting endpoints so servo is not straining. I adjust it, but after a couple of cycles it again tries to move farther in one of the positions. Annoying! Positives : assembly went smoothly. I didn't even break anything during assembly - for me and a foam plane, that is a good sign! I added the rudder. looks great in the air. I haven't gone with the 5 bladed prop, but am thinking about it. I have the Park 480 with an external BEC as suggested in the manual. Not sure it was needed, but it has worked well. It flies very scale like. |
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the build on this plane is very, very easy.
a 480 and 10x7 prop will leave it a proper screamer. and as much as i love retracts, they simply are not worth the trouble. unless you have a smooth landing strip, they will rip themselves from the foam after a few landings. mine was assembled with the KISS principle.....ailerons and elevator only. there's less to worry about, less to break which equals more air time. |
Smoke, I am in the middle of doing a major conversion on one of these. My only real complaint is that Eflite's QC is non-existent. Check every single glue joint. My wing spar popped out when I tugged on it, my fuse had huge gaps where it hadn't been glued and a lot of folks complain that the motor stick has pulled out after a couple of flights and at least one guy had an aileron come loose in flight. Epoxy for the spar, gorilla glue for the fuse and motor mounts. Don't talk anything for granted. I am going with retracts, flaps and rudder. Nicely designed kit, looks great right out of the box and by all reports flies like a dream. Btw Manzano laser works sells a 5-blade hub that takes FSK 9 x 7 blades. Really looks and sounds cool. I am using the one from my recently departed TT Sea Fury for this one.
HTH, Jeff |
You guys are the best. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences!!
What is the most popular solution to the belly pan issue? How does the foam hold up to belly landings on grass? Itbidrawn, I usually go with your approach (simpler = better) but I have enough of those in my hangar. I'm going all out on this one. jhspring, This is a great tip...and I might have just trusted their QC had you not mentioned this. Thanks. I'll check/reinforce as necessary. I saw that 5-blad hub! Thanks...now I know where they come from. I'm definitely going to try that. Does it work with the stock spinner? |
Charlie sells the hub kit and spinner as a package. The blades are FSK from Hobby Lobby. Takes maybe an hour total to assemble the hub and make the spinner cut-outs, less if you have fewer thumbs than I.
The only complaint I have ever heard about the plane (other than QC issues) is that some folks have trouble with the rudder coupling, that they have a strong rudder-induced pitch coupling. Most folks don't see that, and as far as I know, nobody has explained it. Seems to be a very minor vice. Cheers, Jeff |
Hi Smoke, I have 170+ flights on my SF, mostly flown off the beach which is nice and smooth but I have quite a few sorties off long grass. Hand launching is a doddle with this plane and belly landings are a sinch. I stuck my belly pan down with UHU-POR, which makes for easy removal if neccassary, I also removed the velcro pads as these seem to be too thick and stop you from getting a flush fit. I have fitted a FSK 4 bladed hub and a 2.25 spinner with two extra slots cut for the extra two blades. These blades distort madly when in a bit of a dive, but this gives it an amazing howl that just has to be heard.
Simon. |
Great stuff, guys.. thanks to all of you.
I picked up my kit and I'm very surprised at how mush has been done on it already... the paint on the pilot is very nice. I can see the issue with the belly pan already....definitely going with the UHU POR.. thanks, simonslim. More to come! Is it possible to set up these retracts without a computer radio? |
Hey, Guys..
I was just tying to mount the Park480 on the mount that comes with the kit and the motor doesn't fit!! What gives? There is a collar that holds the motor shaft in place that sticks out on the "back" of the motor (the side that the screws go into) that prevents the motor from sitting flush against the mount. I enlarged the hole in the center of the mount to no avail... What am I missing? |
The motor mount should come with a set of 4 aluminum stand-offs (shims) about 1/8" long. They go between the mount and the motor to give you clearance. Here's a pic from the P-38 manual.
HTH, Jeff |
Sure enough... they're in there! Thanks, Jeff. |
Hi Smoke.
I made a few cuts to the belly pan to make accessing the retracts. I have had to take them out to tighten the set screw a couple of times. |
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Car-Sharing is a tool for sustainable and energy efficient urban development. It gives an alternative to car-ownership - and supplements the environmentally friendly modes of transport. It is a kind of 'mobility insurance' for cases when other modes are not sufficient. The integration into intermodal chains and into urban development is key factors of the further development. Within the moses project, the factors of growth are explored in real life.
This case study describes the experience of car sharing in Bremen from an environmentally orientated club of about 30 people in 1990 to a market-based company with more than ore than 3100 clients in 2003. This Bremen experience was successfully transferred to Belgium, which demonstrates the repeatability of car sharing.
The European dense city is a very energy and resource-efficient alternative to urban sprawl. But there is a common problem for urban life quality all over Europe: too many cars on the streets! This is not only a problem of congestion but also the lack of space for other functions of public space, like space for pedestrians and children, for cyclists, for greening etc. As parking is a very sensitive political issue, innovative solutions are necessary. So alternatives to the ownership of a car become a key element of mobility management - these measures as part of decoupling economic growth from transport growth.
The experience of well-prepared Car-Sharing shows that this innovative tool:
Car-Sharing in Bremen is calculated in a life-cycle analysis to have- including the modal shift to environmentally friendly modes and replacing cars - a reduction of CO2-emissions actually of about 1.900 tons per year! This calculation does not yet include further indirect positive impacts - such as downsizing in the type of cars or the reduction in the field of car-infrastructure (e.g. for parking facilities).
The co-operation of Public Transport and Car-Sharing has made much progress. Several studies show that Car-Sharing is also an element of a good customer relationship management. Car-Sharers use more often and spend more for Public Transport.
Car-Sharing can also be used to reduce the provision of parking in new developments - or reduce the problems in the existing neighbourhoods. For new developments, which have good access to Public Transport, cycling facilities etc, Car-Sharing allows to save a lot of investment costs, which are otherwise, spent for a high level of parking provision.
Over all, it is a key element to make cities a good place to live in. Besides the direct positive impacts (less cars, less mileage driven by car, more use of PT, better cars), there are indirect positive impacts, which may cause in the long term view a much more intensive reduction of energy consumption.


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Any one else get "periodic" gyno
Any one else get "periodic" gyno
So cruise on test at 500 mgs and got a mild gyno from a dbol cycle i did 3 months back, any way right now blasting with
Test P: 500 mgs a week
Tren ace: 500 mgs a week
So the strange thing is that when im wearing a shirt i can feel the gyno and sadly see it a little to. but whenever i take off my shirt it goes away and the chest looks normal with tight ass nips and i cant really feel the gyno lump, I thought is was because they got cold and sometimes that happens but it's not like the temperature in my house is so different when wearing a shirt and when not, any clue whats up? - 12-27-2012, 07:56 PM
Sounds like mind tricks. Don't forget there is nipple irritation and gyno, it sounds like you may have been experiencing nipple irritation from the dbol cycle and same thing now. Gyno comes and gyno only goes with surgery.
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I get flare ups when estrogen gets to high.. But they last for a few weeks not a few hours as you mentioned and usually require a serm. Have you tried running an anti e along side your cycle? Maybe this will help or at least rule out if its gyno or not.
Nothing I say constitutes medical advice. Please check with your medical professional before starting any diet or exercise program. - 12-27-2012, 09:26 PM
Ya I know what your saying. I just got gyno from a epi cycle. I know right epi? Really? But ya it f***** me and have me gyno. Sometimes it looks like I don't even have it but other times it sticks out. I'm currently trying to find a plastic surgeon to take care of it. Cuz that is the only way to get rid of it. I've tried letro with little success.
Well i run liquidex (arimdex) at .5 ml ED if not the **** gets horrible
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July 1, 2008
The new guzzler
Anheuser-Busch, maker of the Budweiser and Bud Light beers, is tapping into mobile via a text-to-win sweepstakes.
The brewer is using agency Interactive Mediums' TextMe for Business mobile marketing platform to give consumers a chance to win free gas for a year. Consumers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are asked to text BUD to 839863 to enter the "Gas Up and Go" SMS sweepstakes.
"This text-messaging platform is a more efficient, automated way to hold a sweepstakes as opposed to traditional means," said Chris Watland, managing director of Interactive Mediums, Chicago.
"It boosts response rates and raises Anheuser-Busch's brand awareness by interacting with its customers, especially young adults 21 and over who drink Budweiser," he said. "It catches customers' attention and, ultimately, gets them to drink more beer."
When consumers text in they get a message back thanking them for entering the contest. There is also a link to the sweepstake's microsite at http://www.budcm.com/freegas, which provides them with more information regarding the promotion.
The initial call-to-action can be found on in-store signage. This campaign will run July 1 through Aug. 31. The winner will be selected in a random drawing on Sept. 1.
Anheuser-Busch's text-to-win sweepstakes replaced its former paper sign-ups, in part because people would often steal tear-pad registration sheets.
The TextMe platform eliminates the need for paper and notifies the contest winners automatically via SMS when the contest is over.
The TextMe platform has also constructed campaigns for wireless carrier Sprint.
Sprint ran SMS contests in conjunction with the NFL's ProBowl, giving mobile customers the chance to win prizes such as a Steve Young football helmet.
The carrier has also run campaigns around professional tennis matches and other localized events.
"While TextMe for Business is a ... do-it-yourself marketing platform for smaller and medium-sized business, we design more advanced, individualized platforms for large companies such as Sprint and Anheuser-Busch," Mr. Watland said.
Other TextMe for Business clients include various retailers, bars and nightclubs, restaurants, large and small real-estate companies and music festivals.
In addition to text-to-win sweepstakes, companies have used the platform for SMS trivia contests, text-in voting for awards and building subscription lists.
For example, the 2008 Tampa Music Conference and Awards ran an SMS vote to select winners from a pool of nominees, using a big-screen call-to-action.
Similarly, bars and nightclubs often issue a call-to-action via large screens on premise, urging patrons to text in to join the venue's subscriber list and to receive flyers, alerts and promotions via SMS.
"It can be used by almost any industry, although nightclubs see an especially strong return on investment, since they're able to grow a subscriber list through texting and drive foot traffic," Mr. Watland said. "They see a measurable return, so it's a no-brainer for them. They see the value clearly.
"We released a private-label version for individuals who want to start their own mobile marketing business," he said. "It's a turnkey solution to let advertisers provide or sell these services to their own customers with their own logo for a licensing fee."
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June 22, 2012 at 3:32pm
This "contest" is unfair. I does not allow those who do not have "text ability" i.e. no cell phone/Ipad/Epod/Enchepalopod etc. to participate.
This should be illegal.
Open to all or closed to all, there is no in between.
My wife is fighting cancer, we have to do an 80 mile round trip once a week for chemo...could use the gas...but we can't afford a Cell Phone/Contract etc. Have dail up.
I'm a Vietnam Veteran too.
Feel good about that Bud?
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September 22, 2010 at 10:08am
Here is an interesting idea political candidates and the FEC needs to tackle. I think it is the future of political fundraising. It's worked well for businesses and non-profits.


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I've seen several articles recently on people traveling to foreign countries for a "cosmetic surgery vacation."
Most of the people in these reports decided to go outside the U.S. to receive less expensive treatment, or treatments not yet approved by the FDA. Predictably, the majority of these "vacations" did not have happy endings.
While there are certainly good cosmetic surgeons throughout the world, there is often little regulation, and researching qualified surgeons can be difficult.
Here in the U.S., the medical field is highly regulated. But even here, any licensed physician can perform plastic surgery. A surgeon's qualifications can be easily obtained and evaluated. You should carefully review these before considering a particular surgeon, regardless of location.
Some things to look for include:
- Training
- Board certification
- What the certification is for (for instance, are you evaluating a facial surgeon to do a breast augmentation)
- Fellowships and surgical society memberships
- Where the surgery will be performed, and whether it is fully accredited
- The qualifications of nurses and the support staff
- The aftercare and recovery program and plan
There are other considerations, but in general, the risks outweigh the benefits when traveling outside the U.S. for cosmetic surgery.
Contact me by e-mail, or by calling me at The Adams Center in my Peabody office at 978-531-0550, or 617-262-2208 in my Boston office for more information on this post, or any other information in my Blog.
Dr. Bill Adams is a greater Boston area board certified plastic surgeon with over 25 years of experience in the field.


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The best new app at SXSW: Everything.me redefines mobile search
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After two rainy days of location-based, social networking apps, the sun finally came out in Austin at SXSW. And as the clouds parted I stumbled upon Everything.me, a new HTML5, browser-based app that has literally and simply, reinvented mobile search.
In Paul Graham's recent post "Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas" he puts A New Search Engine as #1 on the list. "…for the first time in over a decade the idea of switching seems thinkable to me," Graham says of Google's search engine. "…make the search engine you yourself want," he continues. "If you can just build something that you and your friends genuinely prefer to Google, you're already about 10% of the way to an IPO, just as Facebook was (though they probably didn't realize it) when they got all the Harvard undergrads."
"This event was off the charts"
Gary Vaynerchuk was so impressed with TNW Conference 2016 he paused mid-talk to applaud us.
Serial entrepreneurs Ami Ben-David, Rami Kasterstein and Joe Simon are the co-founders of Everything.me, an 18-person startup based in San Francisco and Israel who have reinvented search for the mobile browser.
Dubbed "The Everything Project", Everything.me is the next evolution of a product formerly known as Do@. In May of last year, at TechCrunch Disrupt, Ben-David, Kasterstein and Simon launched Do@, a native app that pulled in dozens of other popular apps to answer your mobile search query. While the aim of Do@ and Everything.me are both to optimize mobile search, Ben-David says most users found Do@ overly complicated.
"We weren't getting the kind of user traction we wanted. So, instead of talking to techies, we spoke to elderly ladies in Nebraska and kids in New York City," he explains.
In its current form, Everything.me delivers a highly visual, immediate and recognizable experience. It's is the very definition of mobile optimized with giant, friendly background images and easy-to-spot icons. Meanwhile, the Google search experience on mobile delivers a page of links in size 10 font and hasn't evolved since we started using our phones to search on mobile.
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This is what one might call a paradigm shift. While Google's search only provides 2 results at first view, I can see a wide array of results on Everything.me as well as a large photo in the background, which happens to be the photo on my Facebook Timeline. "When I designed Everything.me I had this question in mind," says Ben-David, "What if search was reinvented just for an iPhone? How would we make search both beautiful and inspiring?"
Everything's search is smart too. David explains that if you were to search for Madonna, results will differ depending on if she's recently released an album or a movie. Additionally, as more people choose a certain result, it will naturally rise to the top.
This beckons the question of what SEO experts will think? "SEO is very easy with Everything.me," says Ben-David. "Just build a great mobile website."
While the moms in Nebraska and the kids in New York City were primarily searching for rockstars like Lady Gaga, movies and other forms of entertainment, everyone I showed it to in Austin used it to search for themselves. Ami Ben-David noticed this too and acknowledged that customization of one's personal search results could be a potential feature in the near future.
Ben-David says that they've started with an HTML5 app as it allows them to work on the product before launching a native app. The Everything.me team plans to push out native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 in the coming weeks. For now, I suggest adding Everything.me to your home screen to give it a try.
He also makes it clear that the team is laser-focused on mobile only for now. "We're not focusing on PC results because search on PC isn't broken." Going to Everything.me in your browser will bring you to a landing page with information about the startup.
For the iPhone, integration with SIRI could work beautifully. Imagine saying "Everything Sushi" and receiving the following results for Yelp, OpenTable, Foodspotting, UrbanSpoon, Foursquare, etc. Ben-David adds that dictation will be baked into the native Android app.
While Everything.me works really well for people, places and things, it doesn't work very well for companies. Searching for "The Next Web" delivers a myriad of funky results while searching for "Delta Check-in" proved futile, delivering results such as About.com, eHow and Google Search itself instead of the Delta website.
What is most interesting to me about Everything.me, aside from its refreshing design, is how this new form of search levels a playing field that Google has long-dominated. While Google Shopping or Google Weather might be one of the first results within Google Search, Everything.me delivers results like Amazon, eBay, Craigslist and Overstock and Weather.com, Accuweather, Weatherbug, respectively.
In terms of monetization strategies, Ben-David replies that "Revenues follow users, not the other way around." Since it's a search product, advertisers will naturally come and Ben-David says they will very likely offer advertisers a chance to promote results ala Twitter's promoted Tweets model.
So, should Google be scared? "That would be like asking if an elephant should be scared of a mosquito," answers Ben-David, who has shown his app to a handful of impressed Google employees. But while Everything.me is powered by just 10 servers in comparison to Google's 900,000, its innovative approach should rightfully turn heads and prompt tech giants and users alike to rethink search on the mobile web.
To date, the company has raised $9 million from Draper Fisher Jurvetson with participation of DFJ Tamir Fishman and seed investor BRM. DFJ Managing Director Tim Draper is on Everything.me's Board of Directors.
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So, to the House of Lords to meet Lord Noel-Buxton, one of those hereditary peers New Labour firmly intends to eject from Parliament. I wonder, what does it feel like to know you're about to be thrown out of a place that's been yours almost exclusively for centuries? Do you feel sad, Lord Noel-Buxton? Yes, he says, he does. "I shall miss it all vair, vair much. Still, I suppose it's no worse than being chucked out of any club, hmm?"
Through the entrance, then through some fantastically ornate corridors and chambers. Huge portraits. Busy, flocked wallpapers in red and gold. Gilt layered upon gilt. Lord Noel-Buxton is not, as it happens, much taken with the decor. "The Victorians overdid things so. I am much more a Georgian or Elizabethan man." He strides ahead, I follow. He has a mad, Michael Heseltine hair-do and lots of dandruff and is wearing his claret and navy striped Balliol tie ("We are all, to a man, Eton and Oxford here"). The House isn't sitting today, `so it's vair quiet". I tell Lord Noel Buxton that I love the way his "very" comes out as `vair'. I tell him it's enough to make me want to marry him. Plus, of course, if I did marry him, then I'd get to be Lady Noel-Buxton and could phone Fortnum & Mason and say: "Lady Noel-Buxton here. Please send round six of those wildly overpriced jams that come in the ceramic pots the Americans love and a packet of crisps. Quick. Quick." Lord Noel-Buxton looks alarmed. "Hang on!," he cries, "I'm not divorced from my third wife yet!" I must look vair crestfallen, because he then adds encouragingly: "Although it's only a technicality..."
Into the guest bar. I think, if, like me, you've ever doubted life after death all the proof you need is here. There's Lord Longford, his hair growing wildly in great tufts from either side of the pate, and teetering about like some ancient Coco the Clown. There's someone else in the corner, who may be asleep but then again may be dead. There is no real way of knowing with these people. At 57, Lord Noel-Buxton may even be considered something of a spring chicken. Lord Noel-Buxton - or Martin, as I can now call him, seeing as we're practically engaged - gets the drinks in. A tonic water for him. An orange juice for me. Martin has to pay because there seems to be some rule prohibiting guests from doing so. He is perfectly happy with this arrangement because, as he says, "you may reimburse me later".
I am here today because, if Labour is going to expel these people, I'm curious to know just who the people are. So who is Martin? Well, Martin - the third Baron Noel-Buxton - is the grandson of Edward Noel-Buxton, the Labour MP who served as a Minister for Agriculture in Ramsey McDonald's cabinet and won the title for the family. Martin's father Rufus, the second baron, was also a Labour peer. Martin, however, is Tory. Why are you Tory, Martin? "Oh, I wouldn't have felt at home on the Labour benches. I'm just much happier with the friends I made at Oxford."
Can he, I wonder, justify his right to be here, simply by virtue of being the first-born male in a particular litter? Not really, no. "I suppose all I can really appeal to is the Roman concept of mores majorum." Which is? "Our sense of history. This feeling that we should hang onto ancient customs because they are just so essentially English." Oh come on, Martin, I say, you could also use that as a justification for, say, sending small boys up chimneys. "Yah. It's complete crap. But it's still our best line of defence. Now, am I getting a fee for this? I'm failing to earn millions of pounds during my time with you..."
Actually, he isn't. Martin doesn't have a job. Martin has squandered what was left of the family money. Martin has to sign on every fortnight at Clapham Job Centre. Martin is a recovering alcoholic. Piquantly, Martin has spent most of his life being drunk as a lord. Martin is, perhaps, a fine example of those brilliantly dysfunctional upper-class families who send their children to boarding schools the moment they discover they're pregnant, so they can get on with drinking themselves and their fortunes away. Martin's father - "a whiskey and Guinness man" - drank himself to death. Martin was drinking himself to death up until 1994 when, with three marriages and a compulsory stay in a mental institution behind him, he decided enough was enough, and presented himself to Alcoholics Anonymous He was onto Special Brew by then. "Ghastly, ghastly stuff, but a jolly quick fix."
Now separated from his third wife, he lives in Battersea, south London, in a one-bedroom flat he rents from the Peabody Trust, a charity for homeless people. Here, he listens to Baroque music and writes poetry. He loves words, he says. His favourites at the moment are eschew, espouse, oversole ("it means the essence of spirituality. I used it in a poem yesterday") and admixture, which is a very good word for something, "although I can't remember what it is."
Initially, I assume he lives with someone called Horace, because he says at one point: "Poor Horace couldn't open Window's `95 the other day." Poor Horace indeed, I commiserate. What's wrong with him? "He's getting on a bit." How old is he? "He's pre-Pentium." Only then does it click he's anthropomorphosised his PC. I am given a full bulletin on Horace's health. "He's not up to much these days. His brain is too ickle. He can't cope with Word `97. He keeps crashing. I daren't let him get up onto the internet. Oh no."
Lord Noel Buxton's life might, I suspect, be somewhat under-populated. Probably, he attends the House of Lords daily as much for the company and expenses as anything. He isn't on anyselect committees. He doesn't seem especially active or on top
of things. When I make enquiries as to the exact power of the House of Lords, he says: "I think we can delay things by a year or something." During that year, what happens to the Commons' bill or amendment you've rejected? "I don't know, actually."
He has never heard of Clare Short. "Clare who?" I ask him what he thinks of William Hague. "Who?" William Hague? Leader of the Tory Party? Leader of your party? "Oh, yah. Meant to be a bit of a non-starter, isn't he? Vair lightweight." What he does know is that he and his fellow hereditaries will effectively have to vote themselves out of existence. Labour's Spring `97 election manifesto said the House "must be reformed" and, to this end, "hereditary peers will no longer sit or vote in the House of Lords". According to something known as the Salisbury doctrine, the House of Lords has to accept legislation foreshadowed in the Government's election manifesto, because it's what the public have voted for. The question now isn't if Lord Noel-Buxton and his ilk are going to be ejected, "it is not our place to argue against it", but when.
Martin hopes it may be a good while yet. "It takes one hell of a long time, tinkering with the constitution." Yes, of course it's absurd, to have these people as part of the democratic process. But, still, you can't help feeling a strange surge of affection for them. I'm not going to do a mores marjorem here but, still, they are superbly English and do cheer you up in a weird kind of way. They're like those people who have picnics with deckchairs and everything in lay-by's on busy dual carriageways. They're mad and useless and hopeless, but they are part of the fabric that makes England so English and you have to have a laugh as you go by.
Plus, if the hereditaries are going to go, who is going to replace them? The life peers? Lord Noel-Buxton has a good, long grumble about these, but perhaps rightly so. The Braggs? The Alli's? The Puttnams? They are no more elected representatives of the people than the hereditaries are, he says. One elite is simply making way for another. Old money is simply making way for new. What is the answer then? He doesn't know, he says. But that's OK, because no one else does either. Martin was born in 1940. His family had been rich in their own right for many generations previously, having made their money in brewing and land-owning and banking.
Rufus, Martin's father, did he work? "Good Lord, no. We didn't work! A lord meant something then. Even his father, my grandfather, didn't do anything other than be an MP." Rufus parted from Martin's mother, Helen, when Martin was two. Martin went to live with his mother in Scotland, until she died from breast cancer when he was eight. After her death, he returned to live with his father, whom he had not seen in the intervening years, and his step-mother on a farm on the family's estate in Coggeshall, Essex.
Both his father and step-mother were alcoholics. "So it's not like they were ever there for me." He was dispatched to Bryanston school quite promptly, although he'd have preferred Harrow or Eton. "But father went to Harrow and hated it. He was hopeless at sport. Instead, he played the organ, which wasn't what one did."
The thing I most admire about these people is that, given the most expensive education in the world, they can still come out equipped for nothing. There is a kind of skill in this, I think.
Still, after Bryanston, Martin went on to Balliol, Oxford, where he took PPE. "I did bugger all and got a third." He started drinking heavily at Oxford, but was still sufficiently together to go on and do an MA in Law and join a city law firm. He says it wasn't unusual for him to have drunk half a bottle of Blue Label vodka before getting into the office in the morning. He says it isn't hard to see why he - or his father for that matter - got so into so much trouble with alcohol.
Being upper class, he explains, isn't about who you are, it's about "what you are and what you own". Emotions must be grasped and strangled, like unwanted nettles. Or anaesthetised by addiction.
His first marriage lasted four years. His second marriage fared somewhat better and in 10 years produced two children, Charles, now 23 and an insurance broker, and Lucy, 21, a psychology undergraduate. Charles, no, won't mind being stripped of his right to sit in the Lords. "He says to me `Dad, I'm just not interested'." Is Martin a good father? "I try to be caring and loving and supportive and listen to them." Although, that said, "I haven't phoned Lucy for ages."
He has another daughter Antonia, 8, from his third marriage. Like Charles and Lucy, Antonia will probably go to boarding school, too, "although her mother is against it." Why are you for it, Martin? "Well, it's what one does." Some things, I guess, take a long time to unlearn.
Marriage, he says, is a vair good thing. "An excellent estate, although I've never managed it for more than 10 years." What's excellent about it? "Well, no one wants to die on their own, hmmph?" He doesn't blame any of his wives for leaving him, as they all eventually did. "Drink makes you totally selfish. All you care about is you and your addiction."
The crunch came in 1983 when a drink-driving conviction meant his law firm booted him out. For the next decade, he went mad with drink, quite literally. An attempt to dry out in a treatment centre resulted in him being sectioned under the Metal Health Act. He ended up in a "hospital lock up" with "a lot of raving loonies". He had to decide, at this point, whether he wanted to live or die. Whether he wanted to go on being an addict, or not. He decided he didn't. I congratulate him on not having touched a drop for four years now. He says: "I've done it before you know. For seven years once."
The money is all gone, yes. While his father didn't leave him much, his mother did. He inherited at 21 and 24. And how much exactly did you inherit, Martin? "A great deal." Which is? "Enough for me to have lived comfortably all my life without working, if I'd been sensible with it." Do you regret not being sensible with it. "I think regret is a fairly useless exercise." OK, do you miss being rich. "No, it's a blessed relief actually. Money gives you awesome power, but I don't think I found it terribly helpful. It justified my arrogance, my belief in my own superiority."
We leave the House to go out for lunch, passing that great statue of Richard I on horseback as we exit. "A pervert of the highest order, you know?" Really? "Yah. Did things with sheep." I take him to a French restaurant in the posh bit of Battersea he rarely visits because "I can't afford to". We have Dover sole - which is tastier than oversole - while he gets depressed about the fish knives. "Another ghastly Victorian improvement. No decent home would have fish knives"
Afterwards, I drop him home. Home is part of a little terraced house in a row of identical, little terraced houses in the seedy part of Battersea. He says I can't come in because "I'm frightfully untidy". The lace curtains are old and yellowing. The window frames are inches thick with dirt. I find myself giving him a bit of a hug in the back of a taxi. He can't help being who he is just like none of us can help being who we are. Still, I tell him that if ever there's an Adopt-A-Lord scheme - similar to, say, London's Zoo's Adopt An Animal scheme to save endangered species - then I'll most certainly come forward to claim him. "Oh, jolly good," he says cheerfully. Then off he trots, perhaps to tell Horace all about his day. "Had a vair good lunch, Horace..."
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- They're all offensive tackles, but little else binds them. Donovan Smith is uber-talented, a likely pro prospect. Garry Gilliam is a newcomer to the position and has decided to stop playing at Penn State after this season despite having a year of eligibility left. Eric Shrive is a former five-star recruit who hasn't progressed as expected. Adam Gress has been the example of slow and steady progress.
TV, Radio,Internet: Big Ten Network; KQV-AM (1410) and Penn State Sports Network; www.Go-PSUsports.com.
Penn State: Coach Bill O'Brien was openly campaigning Tuesday for fans to come to senior day. ... Losses this season have come against teams with a combined 30-9 record. Its victories have come against teams with a combined 22-40 record. ... WR Brandon Felder has one reception in the past three games.
Nebraska: Has two running backs averaging more than 5.5 yards per carry in Imani Cross and Ameer Abdullah. Abdullah had 116 yards on 31 carries vs. Penn State last year. ... Tommy Armstrong Jr. has been starting in place of the injured Taylor Martinez and has thrown for 802 yards, 7 touchdowns and 7 interceptions in 7 games. ... DE Randy Gregory leads the Big Ten with 8.5 sacks..
Hidden stat: Penn State has lost three consecutive games to Nebraska -- last year, 2011 and 2003. It beat Nebraska in 2002 at Beaver Stadium.
And perhaps more than any other position for Penn State, the weekly competition at tackle has turned into a battle in which the starting spot is truly up for grabs even this late in the season.
At right tackle, for instance, Gilliam started the first two games before Gress started the next four. They rotated for the next three games and now Gress has started the past two. During one of the games Gilliam started, Gress started at left tackle in place of Smith. And then there's Shrive. He made his first career start last Saturday as a third tackle.
The competition for playing time illustrates their need for versatility. Gress has been able to start so often in part because he can play on both sides of the line. When Smith started struggling in the middle of the season, Gress was able to fill a need.
"I honestly think that I've played it enough that whenever I get put there in the game or in practice or whatever, I practiced enough on both sides that it feels comfortable," Gress said. "It feels completely natural."
Shrive, throughout his career, has switched between tackle and guard. He has never found a permanent position at which to start, though, and couldn't come out on top of the competition for one of the coveted starting spots this season either.
"I'm sure he would tell you his playing career maybe hasn't worked out exactly the way he saw it coming out of high school," Penn State coach Bill O'Brien said. "But I tell you what, he's brought a toughness to our practice field. He's worked hard, accepted his role every week. It was good to get him that start last week."
The competition has been beneficial for the Penn State line, particularly in the past few weeks as the Nittany Lions have run the ball more often and for greater gains (729 yards in the past three games) than at the beginning of the year.
O'Brien is so passionate about his offensive line that he gets defensive discussing them. On his radio show Thursday night, according to reports, he even called out Purdue coach Darrell Hazell regarding his line. He said at his news conference Tuesday that he has been satisfied with their play and has been all season.
"I think that the offensive line has played well all year," O'Brien said. "They've played tough. "They've done everything that we've asked them to do and they've been fun to coach."
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As tax season is rolling around I get a lot of questions from those who need to file bankruptcy but are expecting to get a tax refund soon. The simplest advice I can give is if you are looking to file a chapter 7 bankruptcy then you should file your taxes, get your refund, spend it, and then file for bankruptcy. If you file your bankruptcy case before you get your refund, the bankruptcy trustee assigned to your case will be able to take a good portion of it and pay it to your creditors.
If you follow this advice and get your tax refund prior to filing bankruptcy, this naturally leads to the next question – what can you spend your refund on? As weird as it sounds, you should not use your tax refund to pay your debts – especially debts owed to family members or friends. Debts that are paid immediately prior to your bankruptcy filing can be considered a preference or a fraudulent transfer that can result in your bankruptcy trustee seeking to recover those funds and pay them pro rata to your creditors.
So where can you spend your refund? Here is a list of places where it would be appropriate to spend your money:
• 401(k) or IRA accounts contributions
• Groceries (you can actually purchase up to 6 months of groceries and fall within Arizona's exemption limits)
• Utilities
• Bankruptcy attorney's fees (this one is self serving, but a tax refund helps a lot of people pay their legal fees and the court costs associated with filing for bankruptcy)
While it is best to get your tax refund prior to filing for bankruptcy, I have a lot of clients that come in and are dealing with a wage garnishment, foreclosure, or law suit that simply can't wait. If that is the case then it will be necessary to file your bankruptcy case as soon as you can to stop the collection efforts against you. You will lose a portion (most) of your tax refund, but if you look at the big picture, most people are able to discharge/eliminate tens of thousands of dollars of debt and in return you will lose what is usually less than a $5,000 refund. Bankruptcy aside, if I told you that all of your debt could be eliminated if you gave up your tax refund there likely isn't a person out there that wouldn't take that deal.
Also, if timing is important for your bankruptcy filing, at my office we will get started on preparing the paperwork for your bankruptcy for as little as $250 down, then you can file your taxes, get your refund, and then be ready to file your bankruptcy as soon as possible.
I offer a free bankruptcy consultation where we can discuss your specific situation and help you determine if bankruptcy is a good option for you.
Arizona bankruptcy attorney John Skiba can be reached at (480) 464-1111.
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