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That's a REALLY old story (and hardly an "exclusive").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Vedas
He died in Jan, '03.
The chat logs are here:
http://www.brandonvedas.com/ripperlog.txt
http://www.brandonvedas.com/post-ripperlog.txt
CW
Thanks!
From brandonverdas.com:
...My hope is that maybe someone reading this will recognize a Brandon in their life, and make an effort to help before it’s too late.
Maybe a stretch... It could happen anywhere. Weren't we graced with a "Brandon" in our life at TSW?
Some ran him out of town on a plate of "Retetta."
Like anything else... Some will try to help, some will push even more, and some will just remain quiet.
Where do we all stand?
Now don't get me wrong, I am not slamming everyone. This death was the extreme case. But, the crappy side of humans in lesser forms lives everywhere.
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The EPA estimates are just that. There are SO many variables. Some folks shift their manuals early to save fuel, some accelerate gently with an automatic so it gets to the higher gears earlier, some anticipate traffic and back off the throttle in anticipation of a stop, and others floor a cold engine and race around only to hit the brakes for a stop etc.
When I worked in the auto industry (coatings, corrosion control, durability etc.) we knew that there are customers who wax their car monthly and those that scrape their feet off on the rocker boxes. Some folks buy white exteriors (doesn't show dirt, doesn't absorb uv energy to damage the paint resins, very stable and durable pigmentation) and some buy black (shows any and all dirt, sucks up heat and therefore paint finish damage, lousy CPVC value - Critical Pigment Volume Concentration so inherently weak) etc.
Vehicle performance and durability is now as always, significantly dependent upon the proverbial nut behind the wheel...
That is why my cars last so long! At least I not nutty some of the time!
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I see that as a good sign. IMO, I see greater hope at them breaking the streak and going 1-5 then going 0-6.
They are bound to nab one.
I guess it is a half full/half empty thing. I see the glass as half full.
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Now - who's going to complain that he didn't have his fair day in court ?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_on_...zkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Why didn't those Marines drop a gernade in Saddam's hidey-hole ?
There is a point in the world situation where bad people just have to go away - forever
Didn't they almost drop one in there?... Then all of a sudden SH's pretty little head peaked out--- At least that is what they say.
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So true!
I try to use ( ) a lot now. You just can't leave nothing to chance with the "small bus" crowd.
They just don't understand that the quote feature is there is for a reason. It is kinda important that you read the quote when reading the reply. I guess any extra reading is bad with some?
In the days of threaded views things were pretty exciting. Usually, you would get somebody that wouldn't read the thread through and then take umbrage to a totally non-related reply, sidebar or topic tangent.
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Note my above post and links.
Yes, that would be:
Category I
406/121.5 MHZ. Float-free, automatically activated EPIRB. Detectable by satellite anywhere in the world. Recognized by GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System).
Here is the full list as gleaned from the NavCen links I posted:
Class A
121.5/243 MHZ. Float-free, automatically-activating, detectable by aircraft and satellite. Coverage is limited. An alert from this device to a rescue coordination center may be delayed 4 - 6 or more hours. No longer recommended.
Class B
121.5/243 MHZ. Manually activated version of Class A. No longer recommended.
Class C
VHF ch15/16. Manually activated, operates on maritime channels only. Not detectable by satellite. These devices have been phased out by the FCC and are no longer recognized.
Class S
121.5/243 MHZ. Similar to Class B, except it floats, or is an integral part of a survival craft. No longer recommended.
Category I
406/121.5 MHZ. Float-free, automatically activated EPIRB. Detectable by satellite anywhere in the world. Recognized by GMDSS.
Category II
406/121.5 MHZ. Similar to Category I, except is manually activated. Some models are also water activated.
Inmarsat E
1646 MHZ. Float-free, automatically activated EPIRB. Detectable by Inmarsat geostationary satellite. Recognized by GMDSS. Currently not sold in the U.S.; however, the Federal Communications Commission is considering recognizing these devices. This service will end 12/31/2006.
But, like CTM said... What happens if it isn't installed or maintained? They say they range from 200 bucks to 1500.
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There's no global regulation thereof that I know of, and no central tracking of ships/boats that would make it practical. In other words, it's up to the owner of the boat to install such a device, if he chooses to, and in most places in the world up to the owner to track it, as well (a notable exception is certain beacons designed to broadcast on frequencies that the US Coast Guard monitors; The Perfect Storm - the book, not the movie - outlines that pretty well.) And even then...like I said, the Andrea Gail was lost with no communication, and she WAS equipped with such a beacon that broadcast on the USCG frequency. No one heard a thing. Batteries died, buoy was out of range, buoy was welded to the back of the wheelhouse and the Andrea Gail took a wave on the beam, rolled, and the buoy never released. Who knows? Lots of things can go wrong when a ship sinks; it's usually a very rapid process. And other boats...I've never heard of such a device on an ocean-going ship (though ships that sail high-piracy waters such as around Malaysia and Indonesia have a lojack-like device installed), and though you wouldn't think you could just lose a ship of several tens of thousands of tons without a trace, it's not infrequent.
Nowadays, it's often piracy (the area around the Malay peninsula and South China Sea averages nearly one hijacking a day; a good number of those disappear without a trace), but the sudden, catastrophic, and inexplicable loss of a ship happens, world-wide, probably a few times a year on average. Maybe as often as once a month. Certainly once a year, at a minimum.
Interesting post. Here is some more info.
Good site:
Channel 70 (marine band, VHF) is Digital Selective Calling:
The U.S. Coast Guard offers MF/HF radiotelephone service to mariners as part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. This service, called digital selective calling (DSC), allows mariners to instantly send an automatically formatted distress alert to the Coast Guard or other rescue authority anywhere in the world. Digital selective calling also allows mariners to initiate or receive distress, urgency, safety and routine radiotelephone calls to or from any similarly equipped vessel or shore station, without requiring either party to be near a radio loudspeaker. DSC acts like the dial and bell of a telephone, allowing you to "direct dial" and "ring" other radios, or allow others to "ring" you, without having to listen to a speaker. New VHF and HF radiotelephones have DSC capability.
Satellite EPIRBs (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon):
Note the CAT I and II 406 MHz EPIRB.
Note battery guidlines:
Battery Replacement
406 MHz EPIRBs use a special type of lithium battery designed for long-term low-power consumption operation. Batteries must be replaced by the date indicated on the EPIRB label using the model specified by the manufacturer. It should be replaced by a dealer approved by the manufacturer. If the replacement battery is not the proper type, the EPIRB will not operate for the duration specified in a distress.
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It happens quick.
Actually, it's not all that unusual. Edmund Fitzgerald went down without a signal; had she not been sailing with another freighter, she'd have gone down as a "disappearance". The Andrea Gail disappeared without a signal. Flight 19 "disappeared" after much communication with the mainland...but one of the PBM search planes went out and was never heard from again - likely because it exploded (as PBM's were prone to do). Payne Stewart's Learjet, had it been over the ocean, would have "disappeared without a trace". In the '70s, a charter flight on approach to Chicago "undershot" the runway by a few miles and flew straight into Lake Michigan with no hint of a problem (until it hit the water, of course). About a decade ago, an Air Force A-10 disappeared on a training flight; they found the wreckage in the Rockies something like a week later with no indication of what happened. The USS Indianapolis in 1945 sunk without time to radio what happened.
Hell, name a ship or plane accident that HAS time to radio in. Only ones I can think of are the Andrea Doria and Titanic, and a handful of airliners that had failures not fatal to their airworthiness (e.g. one plane several years ago that lost all hydraulics in mid-flight and crashed on landing an hour later.)
Being dumbfounded by a capital ship totally left unprotected, didn't the Japanese sub radio on their behalf? We just didn't believe them and thought those sneaky Japanese where fooling us.
Was the Indy allowed to radio?... I just read an article of that fiasco.
Anyway, I couldn't agree more with what you have said. Business as usual. Things go out and sometimes things don't come back. Case in point, JFK Jr's plane.
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No... NO, NO. We would have had worse problems!
I can just see it now... Redistricting all over the "Nam"... Picking up commies in Hanoi, then winding ever so slightly down the Ho Chi Minh trail to pick up those sneeky little commies near Saigon. Who knows? That might even cause them to change the name from Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City someday!
So, IMO, I have to respectfully disagree with you VA.
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Ah but I do and I'm not the only one. Some of you process serially, others can do it in parallel. That you don't understand just means you don't process the same way I do and perhaps are not willing to try to step outside your comfort zone. If you'd lived in TX, as EII says, you'd know.
Debbie, did you forget who you were dealing with here?
"Son you wear a peace sign on your helmet and you write next to it: 'Born TO Kill'."
"Sir, Yes, Sir!"
"Is that supposed to be some kind of a sick JOKE?"
"Sir, No, Sir."
"What does it mean?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Well you had better get your head wired to your !@#$ or I will take a giant sh-- on you. What does it mean soldier? Figure it out, or you'll be standing tall befoe the man."
"Sir, I believe it has something to do with the duality of man, Sir"
"The Duality of What?"
"You know, that Jungian thing? The duality of Man?"
"Who's side are you on, boy?"
"Our side, sir.........."
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Maybe MLB knew when they banned the Astros from closing the roof during perfect baseball weather while hosting the WS... Who knows what goes on?
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Gee Debbie... I can just see the headlines now at this place.
"One wacky liberal attempts to clarify what another wacky liberal said!"
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I am gonna go out on a limb year VA (naa, not me!
)... It might be a stretch but, you have been on the board a long time.So here goes.
It doesn't have anything to do with redistricting. Capiche?
Now lets put two and two together. We all know that Debbie lived in Texas, she is now in Washington. Still not following me?
Maybe it was just a way of saying that Texas is a nutty place?
Now again, NOT that it has anything to do with redistricting in the state of Texas... Which again DOESN'T.
Got it?
Okay,
I
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Lodged a bunch of "little people"... (remember when Fisher-Price actually made them little?) into the downspouts of our gutters. My father really pitched a fit when the gutters became plugged and started to freeze!
Delivered out dated newspapers to all the houses on our street... I was playing "newspaper delivery boy"... My father forgave me for the above act, having rid our household of all the old papers!
Not my clueless act but, my brothers'. Remember when NYS had the automobile registration stickers on the license plate? Well, my brother went around peeling them off the cars parked along our street (I take they didn't have anti-theft type stickers back then). Needless to say people weren't happy with him!
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If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?
God, things must getting pretty low when a "Dandy Don" Meredith quote makes it in here.
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Ya... Think they ever received high public praise or compensation? Now we wanna give them credit.
Those crazy Poles getting nothing but grief. I wonder how we are treating them (Poland) today? You can say the French surrendered, the British would have also if it weren't for the English Channel.
0800 September 1, 1939 (two hours after the start of the blitzkreig):
"I'm sorry, your call can't be completed as dialed. Please hang up and try again."
Later on (to the Polish code breakers):
"I am sorry, you can't work in England."
Still later on, 1945:
"I am sorry, we don't recognize the Polish government exiled in London."
Must be an "exile" thing?
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either way would have been just fine ....... the point I am trying to make is we need a team of players playing to their talents and complimenting each other .... it doesn't really matter what their name is (other than we pay good damn money for their jerseys) as long as we fit the gameplan to the players ...... NOT try to fit a player to our gameplan.
Bingo!
Not trying to open up a debate here but, I will use the "dreaded one" (DB) as case in point:
IMO, that has been the problem with DB and his last two teams.
NE hit gold when he went down.
The Bills?
Not saying that it wasn't a good move... It was... Just bring in the players that are gonna fit your plan and don't make the same mistakes over again.
Maybe it is all part of the plan to revamp the line next year... They can't tell that to "Joe Schmo" fan out there! They'd hit the roof!
They (TD/MM) has gotta have a vision?
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Which again is strange.
MM played as a TE... Even if he wasn't great, wouldn't he know what skills good TE's should have?
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I know more about Genesis the group than I do about the Cheers guys or Genesis from the Bible. I read an article a long time ago. It was back when she was first introduced to the show. It was with one of the prominent writers, probably one of the three you mention.
If you can dig up the lyrics for the song it is actually pretty obvious. In the article he even stated that the lyrics give some foreshadowing for the direction of the show. You'll see that too, or at least you should. It's actually very cool and more planning than you'd expect from a sitcom.
Here you go:
Cool! Thanks 'crayonz!
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Here is a tidbit that I pulled up... Seemed that Adam had to "return" his "first" wife. I am so glad God took returns and just didn't say "caveat emptor."
"The angles who are in charge of medicine: Snvi, Snsvi, and Smnglof. After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, 'It is not good for man to be alone' (Gen. 2:18). He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith began to fight. She said, 'I will not lie below,' and he said, 'I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while am to be in the superior one.' Lilith responded, 'We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.' But they would not listen to one another. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air. Adam stood in prayer before his Creator: 'Sovereign of the universe!' he said, 'the woman you gave me has run away.' At once, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent these three angles to bring her back.
Anyone Watch SciFi's Inside The Bermuda Triangle?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Thanks!
I can't remember where I read it. I am pretty sure that after the war the Japanese captain actually testified about the attack.
I am not disputing what you said, probably my source. I am gonna see if I can find that source and reread it.
Again thanks for clearing it up!