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| 20140310 17:07 | Shipman | After years of searching I have found "the spot" Hummm..."The Spot" is larger than I thought. Pls, don't beat me again. Edit: Here's the link to an article about how "The Spot" was made, recommended. | ||
| 20140310 13:15 | 3dc | Azharuddin initially agreed when asked to verify if the suspects were “black”, but later backtracked when asked to confirm an earlier report quoting inspector-general of police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar as saying that one of the two passengers with stolen passports had been identified. | ||
| 20140310 13:13 | 3dc | http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/dca-mystery-duo-on-mh370-not-asian-but-balotelli-lookalikes | ||
| 20140310 13:11 | 3dc | http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/search-area-for-mh370-to-widen-tomorrow | ||
| 20140310 03:28 | Shipman | Copy that Pappy. I live in Tallahassee. :) A huge 3 mill village. State government and 2 universities. That's enough to keep the county filled with 275,000 people. | ||
| 20140309 22:17 | Pappy | We used to refer to the state government's effect on its economy as "Albany Disease," where the business of the State becomes the state's business. (Note: Please spare me the 'Adam Smith lecture series'; what I saw was more human nature, not economic, driven.) | ||
| 20140309 22:13 | Pappy | From Dale's article: Not only did the state GDP decrease by 0.1 percent in 2012, it fell by the same amount in 2011, a substantial downward revision of the last year's initial estimate of two percent growth. In 2010, when the initial estimate suggested Connecticut had one of the strongest growth patterns in the country, the state's GDP only grew by 1.2 percent, half the rate of the nation. While nearly every sector is growing more slowly than the national average, the report reveals that the biggest factors for decline are government austerity and troubles in real estate businesses and financial services and insurance. That covers not only the reduction in state and local government and public education, but also falling revenues at the casinos. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said that the shrinking government sector was partly to blame for the state's falling GDP. "Our economic development policies and tax policies, while well-intentioned, are not serving us well," Don Klepper-Smith, an economist with DataCore Partners in New Haven, said. The size of the drop in the finance and insurance sectors was so dramatic that it almost swamped the combined total in economic growth in construction, retail and wholesale trade, temp services, private education, arts, restaurants and hotels. Klepper-Smith blamed Connecticut's hedge funds, banks and insurance companies on decisions by corporate executives to locate work in other states with lower salaries, insurance costs and taxes for the weaknesses. He said executives believe officials' approach to businesses is "borderline antagonistic." Klepper-Smith also blamed the poor growth on Connecticut's cost of doing business, which was ranked by one group as No. 5 in the country. The same report said that Massachusetts is No. 2, but the state economy grew at 2.2 percent, a rate better than that of Kentucky, where the cost of doing business is the lowest in the country. California has the most expensive cost of doing business and the state economy's growth of 3.5 percent puts it in the Top 10 for growth. Earlier in the day, Malloy acknowledged the report is not good news and admitted a need for improvement. But he pointed to the 8,600 jobs added in 2012 and the 14,300 jobs added in 2011 as reason to trust his economic policies. If it weren't for government and casino job losses those years, the two-year total would have been more than 26,000. Klepper-Smith said that Malloy's aggressive wage subsidies, grants and subsidized loans to companies were misguided. Klepper-Smith said, "Economic development at its best is not about picking winners and losers," he said. These approaches, he said, "have put us behind the eight ball to the point where we have to rethink those economic policies. If this isn't a call for that, I don't know what is." | ||
| 20140309 20:59 | Dale | rticles.courant.com/2013-06-07/business/hc-connecticut-economy-worst-in-nation-20130606_1_gdp-growth-economic-growth-connecticut Pa second worst. | ||
| 20140309 19:46 | Dale | Desperate times. Just to get flour there. | ||
| 20140309 14:31 | Dale | | ||
| 20140309 11:32 | Frank G | Wiggers is a good assumption | ||
| 20140309 10:51 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Delta's also made in his state. In fact, Shelby was biased towards Atlas while Atlas was still being made somewhere else. (They're made in the Delta plant; the really bad decision was made back when they decided to punish Boeing for malfeasance by throwing 80% of the EELV contract to Lockheed. They kept Boeing around because Lockheed had failed to produce a heavier version of Atlas LIKE THE CONTRACT INDICATED.) | ||
| 20140308 23:10 | 3dc | Also the Atlas rockets use motors from Russia. They are strongly backed by Shelby because of assembly in his state. SpaceX rockets are all US made. Delta is mostly US. Shelby insists all mil launches on mainly Atlas rockets. After Crimea some of you might not like me saying so but one could argue using Russian made engines to launch mil payload is traitorous. | ||
| 20140308 22:56 | 3dc | My idea of a good initial response to the Crimea thing. Russia gets great PR launching and returning everybody to the Space Station. I good first response would be to tell Sen Shelby to go to hell by voting to fully fund the 3 commercial space ships for test launches in 2015 and service by mid 2016. It would remove most funding and tons of prestige from the Russian space effort. If you put some $ up front SpaceX could do an unmanned test launch this year (run one of the commercial rocket stacks with a test article for the ship) | ||
| 20140308 21:55 | 3dc | PM from Ukraine who ran to Russia just had a heart attack. | ||
| 20140308 21:26 | badanov | Sorry. | ||
| 20140308 18:45 | 3dc | Chinese name. We know them as Uyghur | ||
| 20140308 18:43 | 3dc | re crash: 20 Freescale engineers on the airplane that crashed. Freescale's old name was Motorola Semiconductor. There were 8 Malaysian Engineers and 12 Chinese. | ||
| 20140308 18:37 | badanov | Wiggers not in the perjorative meaning, I guess. :o) | ||
| 20140308 18:11 | 3dc | Includes an ambush of an operational unit of 10 armed terr. | ||
| 20140308 18:10 | 3dc | Wiggers are very upset about some ChiCom actions the last 2 weeks. | ||
| 20140308 18:09 | 3dc | Frank - China has been repeating it all day. Wife and I are betting Wiggers got hold of the passports to get a bomb on board. | ||
| 20140308 14:34 | Frank G | Just dropping this here til we know more: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/mar/08/stolen-european-passports-on-missing-plane/ | ||
| 20140308 12:31 | 3dc | 10m core diameter | ||
| 20140308 12:27 | 3dc | 3 cores exceeds 350mT to orbit. | ||
| 20140308 12:13 | 3dc | http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/03/spacex-advances-drive-mars-rocket-raptor-power/ Raptor looks awesome. Raptor has mutated to a 1Mlbf (4,500kN) gas-gas (full flow) liquid methane and oxygen engine, with an isp of 321s at sea level 363s at vacuum. Component tests to start 2nd qtr at Stennis. Nobody is sure where to test a complete engine that large let alone a 9 core. Each core of the MCT will have up to 9 engines. Up to 3 cores for first stage. MCT = Mars Colony Transport | ||
| 20140308 11:48 | Shipman | Ideally the average American would have saved $2,500 on their health care bill and received more comprehensive care, saving enough money for each and every American to afford an Obama Pony. | ||
| 20140308 11:16 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | He had to burn the village to save it, I guess. (AT the office, checking stuff, then leaving) | ||
| 20140308 11:12 | Pappy | Ideally, President Obama would not have extended the period for retaining the less-comprehensive policies, but in the current political environment, he opted to take a step to protect health care reform against a Republican takeover in the Senate. - The New York Times | ||
| 20140308 10:37 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Oh shoot, I just saw that on my way out the door to help my Mom move. TTYL. | ||
| 20140307 20:46 | Pappy | On board now, Snowy. | ||
| 20140307 16:32 | 3dc | Oldspook - there is a video on liveleak that shows how to make a costume like that. Think paperclip: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=514_1174957689 | ||
| 20140307 13:58 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Hey is Pappy around? | ||
| 20140307 12:17 | OldSpook | Oh the poor dears, guessing wrong can be harmful? Tut, tut, that cant be allowed to happen to the snowflake generation. Wouldn't want them to actually learn that actions have consequences, good and bad. Oh lets give everyone a trophy. | ||
| 20140307 10:49 | Deacon Blues | The SAT test is changing again. Another change will include granting students credit for guessing. Currently, points are deducted for incorrect answers. | ||
| 20140307 07:29 | Glenmore | No, Skidmark, it just becomes irrational. | ||
| 20140306 18:48 | Skidmark | World ends March 14, 2015 @9:26:53. Notably: 3.141592653-ish | ||
| 20140306 16:39 | swksvolFF | I believe the only thing holding that in place is that it is a jpeg file. | ||
| 20140306 16:18 | Sherry | Just caught up on DiploMad 2.0. If you haven't been reading, start at Feb 28 and read up (oh and Feb 26 is worth the click) Comments are also good | ||
| 20140306 16:08 | OldSpook | 3dc I wonder how thats held in place. On second thought, i don't want to know. | ||
| 20140306 15:34 | Deacon Blues | Not a chemist. Piping and plant design. | ||
| 20140306 15:26 | Deacon Blues | The Carolina reaper is 2.2 million Scoville units. | ||
| 20140306 14:56 | Grunter | I just copied an interesting looking recipe for Sriracha-style hot sauce from the LA Times site.(dated 1.26.2013) 25 minutes prep time. | ||
| 20140306 14:54 | Grunter | You're not a chemist by any chance, DB? | ||
| 20140306 14:35 | Deacon Blues | Don't look, Ethyl! | ||
| 20140306 12:59 | 3dc | one of this year's Rio Samba people. | ||
| 20140306 12:58 | 3dc | Sort of like the photo at this link Deacon? | ||
| 20140306 12:51 | 3dc | So Holder needs some Carolina Reaper TJ to light a fire under his ass? | ||
| 20140306 07:42 | Deacon Blues | Welder's gloves and goggles, Shipman. Flavour is a bit citrus. | ||
| 20140306 06:56 | trailing wife | What is it that stops a post from going in, when the exact same words seem to work in another post? Is it that I erase cookies routinely? I don't know, OldSpook, but I sometimes have the same problem. I know that at one point Fred added some code that, as I understand it, sort of stopped recognizing one's O Club cookie if no posts are made in a certain number of days, so my first post here is generally reestablishing my presence to the server. This may not be connected to your question -- the inner ways of computers are a dark mystery to me. | ||
| 20140306 04:41 | trailing wife | Those of you who are gentlemen of the paler persuasion have now been warned: What a difference a couple of decades make. Appearing in Sunday’s New York Times was the headline, “Democrats Try Wooing Ones Who Got Away: White Men”: | ||
| 20140306 04:35 | Shipman | Okay, I will be very careful Deacon. What's the best (safest) way to use this variety of TJ? The last I got was hotish but had an excellent flavor, used it in meatloaf even. | ||
| 20140305 20:41 | OldSpook | What is it that stops a post from going in, when the exact same words seem to work in another post? Is it that I erase cookies routinely? | ||
| 20140305 20:40 | OldSpook | And now, for something completely different... (try it, I guarantee you've never heard a Guns and Roses tune done this way) And a hat tip goes to a not-so-old Spook buddy for tipping me to these folks - there is a ton of good stuff they have stood on its head musically, especially with the current pop tunes (most of which, unlike this one, I have never heard the "originals") | ||
| 20140305 19:12 | badanov | Some Wednesday evening George Jones: | ||
| 20140305 19:05 | swksvolFF | I had to look it up. Wuz thinking Cajun; wine of lion or wine of street. Wrong, but looks good. Out here Indian food has something to do with bison and duck is only served in the batter's box. Food is really the only thing I miss about city life. | ||
| 20140305 16:54 | Grunter | Maybe if the Official Tongue could get some ice straight after the game, some massage for a few days then throw a light bullpen with, say, a Duck Vindaloo... It could work. | ||
| 20140305 16:12 | Deacon Blues | Sounds about right. I cut a small piece off one and then used the knife to cut some cuccumbers. The cuccumbers were hot. | ||
| 20140305 15:56 | swksvolFF | I also plan to get some Carolina Reaper seed which are hotter than the Trinidad Scorpion Maybe Official Taster should be structured like a pitching rotation. Chili cookoff, fellow put a Ghost Chili in what must have been 4 gallons of chili in the meat and bean style. I saw brave diners look like they just got out of the ring vs. 80's Hulk Hogan. | ||
| 20140305 15:06 | Deacon Blues | Official Taster is still open. | ||
| 20140305 15:06 | Deacon Blues | It's much more fiery. Do you remember the bhout jolokis I sent you? That's what it's made of. A Ghost Chili is 3 times hotter than a habenero. I have some seeds for the Trinidad Scorpion which is hotter than the Bhut Jolokia. I will plant them this Spring. I also plan to get some Carolina Reaper seed which are hotter than the Trinidad Scorpion. If any of you see a nuclear-loke bright lite in East Tennessee late this Summer you'll know I was successful. | ||
| 20140305 13:33 | OldSpook | The IRS/Lerner situation is alarming. If we had a competent AG, this would be under a massive investigation already. If we had a congress with any guts, the Special Prosecutor law would already have been invoked on the IRS, and perhaps on Holder as well. | ||
| 20140305 13:20 | OldSpook | Medeea? My intel service would find out who those guards were, where they live and... Send them chocolates, or pizza anonymously. That old harpy, an introduction to reality couldn't happen to a more apropos person. She is an enemy of our republic. | ||
| 20140305 13:16 | Grunter | Well, official taster is out for sure. | ||
| 20140305 12:14 | Shipman | Deacon is it more fiery than your usual? | ||
| 20140305 12:01 | Deacon Blues | I didn't put it in because I didn't want to link to Democracy (spit) Now (spit). Grunter, which job do you want in my administration? | ||
| 20140305 11:12 | Grunter | I just put the Medea Benjamin story in the hopper- may be a duplicate. | ||
| 20140305 08:53 | Bright Pebbles |  Putin knitting on a horse? | ||
| 20140305 07:14 | Deacon Blues | I do have some, Shipman. I'll send it your way. Be very careful. | ||
| 20140305 07:11 | Deacon Blues | U.S. peace activist Medea Benjamin was detained Monday at Cairo’s airport by Egyptian police without explanation. She says she was questioned, held overnight in an airport prison cell and then violently handcuffed by Egyptian officials, who dislocated her shoulder and broke her arm. She was then put on a plane and deported to Turkey, where she is now seeking medical treatment. We speak to her by telephone from the airport medical facility. Benjamin had intended to meet up with international delegates before traveling to Gaza for a women’s conference. | ||
| 20140305 06:29 | Bright Pebbles | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26440101 If the UK isn't fracking soon, with all this gas and Putin messing around, then we might as well be run by Putin, as our current political classes are worse than useless. | ||
| 20140305 06:28 | Bright Pebbles | @Dale Nothing kills capitalism better than incomes (and deferred income AKA sales) taxes. | ||
| 20140305 06:13 | Dale | WOW, Pappy and 3DC good stuff. :) IRS is going after the little guy. Independent contractors are big these days. You work 7 days a week. No benefits and no time off at least with some. IRS picks the years to audit. Then comes back with other years. You must make copies of all gas receipts for example. Receipts alone one man said would cost him $2000. also because some are bank copies of transactions. They call everyone into hearing. Say your mortgage lender sold to another lender three different times. Then each must send a representative to the hearing. So you made online visa payment. No copies. So you have direct deposit. No copies. They don't care. You are guilty and must prove yourself innocent. Your Tax preparer will say this is beyond me. Tax lawyers some will say this is beyond me. This drags on for months. Nerve medicine for sure. Bye bye savings. Say you want to get a business loan. Over 700 credit rating. 30% down. Must show a profit in 5 years ( well they have always had that). | ||
| 20140305 05:21 | Bright Pebbles | Obamacasre's future | ||
| 20140305 00:50 | Pappy |