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Plutodog · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:07 am

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kate520 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:08 am

listeme wrote:

I wonder what causes all the bad knees.

Kneesles.

kimba · **Joined:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:24 pm **Posts:** 6626

Foggy wrote:

So they handed me a phone and had me log in to a database program. The database called me on their phone. I answered.

From that point on, all I had to do was not hang up. Every time I finished a call, I'd click "SAVE/NEXT" and the thing would call another voter. As it called, it would tell me

You go, Rooster!

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Amazing database program, like nothing, that you've seen before. They told me only two states get to use the program, because it's so expensive.

2 guesses which one. ;;)

Hint: What's round on the ends and high in the middle? $\:D/$

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But they're pouring resources into North Carolina, because they really believe we can win the state. How can you not want to be part of that? :lol:

TollandRCR · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:43 am

This has nothing to do with exploding toilets. It is about solving a real problem.

CBS News Aug. 20, 2012 Bill Gates turns focus to toilet tech to save lives

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It's not glamorous but it is important. An estimated 2.6 billion people - about 40 percent of the world's population - do not have access to sanitation. That's eight times the population of the United States.

A cheeky video on the foundation's website sends a serious message. It's an animated and frank look at where human waste piles up without access to functioning toilets that warns "in no time you have a big pile of...problems."

Drinking and bathing water becomes contaminated and disease spreads. Children often suffer the most with 1.5 million dying worldwide each year from poor sanitation.

Sanjay Wijesekera, who heads UNICEF's water, sanitation, and hygiene programs, says this is a huge problem. "About 2,750 children die every day as a result of poor sanitation, access to water, and poor hygiene, that can give you an idea of the scale," he says. "That's about a hundred school buses every single day."

The Water & Sanitation Crisis

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India’s huge and growing population is putting a severe strain on all of the country’s natural resources. Most water sources are contaminated by sewage and agricultural runoff. India has made progress in the supply of safe water to its people, but gross disparity in coverage exists across the country. Although access to drinking water has improved, the World Bank estimates that 21% of communicable diseases in India are related to unsafe water. In India, diarrhea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths daily—the same as if eight 200-person jumbo-jets crashed to the ground each day. Hygiene practices also continue to be a problem in India. Latrine usage is extremely poor in rural areas of the country; only 14% of the rural population has access to a latrine. Hand washing is also very low, increasing the spread of disease. In order to decrease the amount of disease spread through drinking-water, latrine usage and hygiene must be improved simultaneously.

Some villages in India generate electricity using the methane produced by rotting biomass. While it is possible to use the methane produced by landfills, Indian villages have turned to biomass produced by agricultural activities, including manure. This could be human sewage. A toilet that helps to produce electricity is one of Gates' goals. This is far different from the chemical toilets found on airplanes and yachts.

A similar problem exists because of gigantic feed lots. There are streams throughout the Midwest and West that carry a heavy load of E. Coli and other bacteria from upstream feed lots (and sometimes from ranches). This is also biomass. It also could produce electricity. In addition, the methane from animal or human waste could be used as heating and cooking fuel.

TollandRCR · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:43 am

Edit: UPDATE: AUCTION CANCELLED ON DIRECTION OF OWNERS' REPRESENTATIVE.

Approx. 1942 Acres of Prime Beautiful Black Hills Ranchland
(REYNOLDS PRAIRIE)

On Saturday Aug. 25, 2012, Brock’s Auction House of South Dakota will auction off what once was a section of the Great Sioux Reservation. The site is near Oceti Sakowin, Pe’ Sla (The Heart of Everything) in the Lakota language. White settlers know it as "Old Baldy." About 1,942 acres will be sold for residential sites.

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Although Lakota spiritual leaders are careful regarding the details of their continued use of the Black Hills for religious purposes, there is no doubt they visit and still use their sacred sites on lands stolen over 135 years ago; lands they’re now forced to try to buy back.

The brochure for the sale of the lands by Brock’s Auction House of South Dakota obliquely mentions the moment: “For 136 years, brave, strong, pioneering families... have forged the prairie into what it is today, one of the most beautiful, unspoiled sanctuaries in the entire Black Hills.” The brochure goes on to say that purchase of the land will give the owner a “Slice of Heaven,” where they can sit and “let your mind wander back in time & imagine the Native Americans... who passed across this land that is now a part of yours & your family’s legacy forever!”

Meetings are being held on the several Lakota reservations to try to raise the money to buy this land, which was ostensibly bought by the Federal Government for $106 million, pursuant to a Supreme Court case of the 1920s that was settled in the 1980s. The Lakota of South Dakota are some of the poorest people in the nation. The Lakota refuse to take the money; they consider the land to be sacred. They insist upon honoring the Treaty of 1868:

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The United States hereby agrees and stipulates that the country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn mountains shall be held and considered to be unceded Indian Territory, and also stipulates and agrees that no white person or persons shall be permitted to settle upon or occupy any portion of the same; or without the consent of the Indians. – Article XVI: 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie

After Custer lost in 1876, the Treaty was unilaterally changed by the Act of 1877, which took the Black Hills from the Lakota.

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GOD BLESS AMERICA

Saturday, August 25th, 2012 @ 10:00 a.m.
Approx. 1942 Acres of Prime Beautiful Black Hills Ranchland
(REYNOLDS PRAIRIE)
South of Deadwood & Lead, South Dakota
Northwest of Hill City, South Dakota
Auction to be held at: Ramkota Inn - Rapid City, SD
Click Here For Directions

Leonard & Margaret Reynolds - Owners

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Eventually, the determined efforts by the Lakota to get the U.S. Government to return the lands in the Black Hills drew the attention of the United Nations. In 2012, James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples for the UN, met with Indians from several states and reservations. He has advocated the return the Black Hills to the Lakota and his full report is due in late 2012.

I am sure that prospective purchasers will have no concerns about their right to title to the land; they are white.

realist · **Joined:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 23522

In the you just can't make this shit up category...

From TPMMuckraker
[b]Texas Judge Warns Of ‘Civil War, Maybe’ If Obama Wins/b]

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Texas Judge Tom Head is worried about what might happen if President Obama wins reelection in November. There could be riots, unrest or a “civil war, maybe,” he told a local television station this week.

“I’m thinking worst case scenario now,” Head said during an appearance on FOX 34 in Lubbock. “Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war, maybe. And we’re not talking just a few riots here and demonstrations, we’re talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy.” :shock:

The judge spun the elaborate conspiracy theory while calling for a 1.7 cent hike per $100 on property taxes in Lubbock County, a measure being considered by the commission there. He said he feared Obama would hand over sovereignty of the United States to the United Nations and the unrest would naturally follow. ](*,)

Under Head’s theory, the United Nations would then send in peacekeeping troops to try to quell the violence and that’s where he would draw the line. He vowed to stand in front of the county’s armored vehicle and stare down the U.N. troops if that happens.

borealis · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:59 pm

Just had a dust devil hit my car, knocking it into another lane, as I was driving home this afternoon.The grit also pitted the paint on the car. My hair is still standing on end and my head is full of dust. :-?

MsDaisy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:42 pm

borealis wrote:

Just had a dust devil hit my car, knocking it into another lane, as I was driving home this afternoon.The grit also pitted the paint on the car. My hair is still standing on end and my head is full of dust. :-?

Wow, that sounds pretty scary!

I just got home too after a 3 day trip moving eldest stepdaughter to Boston. (She starts school next week, going for her doctorate in Child Psychology, ;;)

) But along the way in the rain, after making a wrong turn (pulling a U-Haul behind the pickup) and trying to get turned back around MrDaisy fishtailed and I though we were gonna jack knife. Scared the crap out of me!

On a side note, IKEA ought to be outlawed! It took the 3 of us well over 3 hours to figure out how to put together one stupid bed frame! :evil:

realist · **Joined:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 23522

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On a side note, IKEA ought to be outlawed! It took the 3 of us well over 3 hours to figure out how to put together one stupid bed frame! :evil:

And then you read the directions?

Sugar Magnolia · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:49 pm

About the only excitement I've had is spending a hot, sweaty day out back at the studio taking photos of (relatively) cooperative models and trying to write up all the paperwork to get my clothes in another boutique. Seems like they could all ask for the same stuff, but nooooooo, each one has a different form/format/info sheet/etc.

Anyway, if you want to see the new crop of upcycled clothing (and my gorgeous daughter and her friend...mine is in the red dress) it's at http://s280.photobucket.com/albums/kk19 ... dio%20809/

borealis · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:55 pm

MsDaisy wrote:

borealis wrote:

Just had a dust devil hit my car, knocking it into another lane, as I was driving home this afternoon.The grit also pitted the paint on the car. My hair is still standing on end and my head is full of dust. :-?

Wow, that sounds pretty scary!

I just got home too after a 3 day trip moving eldest stepdaughter to Boston. (She starts school next week, going for her doctorate in Child Psychology, ;;)

) But along the way in the rain, after making a wrong turn (pulling a U-Haul behind the pickup) and trying to get turned back around MrDaisy fishtailed and I though we were gonna jack knife. Scared the crap out of me!

On a side note, IKEA ought to be outlawed! It took the 3 of us well over 3 hours to figure out how to put together one stupid bed frame! :evil:

Hell it takes at least three hours to go through the store to buy towels. :lol:

DaveMuckey · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:19 pm

realist wrote:

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On a side note, IKEA ought to be outlawed! It took the 3 of us well over 3 hours to figure out how to put together one stupid bed frame! :evil:

And then you read the directions?

MsDaisy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:13 pm

realist wrote:

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On a side note, IKEA ought to be outlawed! It took the 3 of us well over 3 hours to figure out how to put together one stupid bed frame! :evil:

And then you read the directions?

It's not the directions, it's the bits. None of them are labeled, and a lot of them look "almost" exactly alike, and even fit perfectly, until 8 or 10 steps down the road, then fucking nothing fits!

realist · **Joined:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 23522

MsDaisy wrote:

realist wrote:

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On a side note, IKEA ought to be outlawed! It took the 3 of us well over 3 hours to figure out how to put together one stupid bed frame! :evil:

And then you read the directions?

It's not the directions, it's the bits. None of them are labeled, and a lot of them look "almost" exactly alike, and even fit perfectly, until 8 or 10 steps down the road, then fucking nothing fits!

Then you won't want to know that Princess Foofypants has put several of their items together all. by. herself. ;;)

I know. I had a hard time believing it myself. She has handymen change light bulbs. :lol:

Tomtech · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:30 am

Call me next time. I seem to remember assembling my own tricycle. I'm sure I assembled by own Big Wheel and my first bicycle. I spent 4 months assembling every Christmas present sold by the Western Auto store I worked at when I was 15. My sister still asks me to come to her home at Christmas if there is anything to assemble even though she lives almost 1000 miles away.

Foggy · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:55 am

Sugar Magnolia wrote:

...mine is in the red dress

As a lifetime student of the femalian race, I can say with no hesitation at all: That's an entrancing young lady. Sassy lookin' babydoll if'n I ever saw one.

Oh yeah, and the clothes are nice, too. :-*

Sugar Magnolia · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:01 am

Foggy wrote:

Sugar Magnolia wrote:

...mine is in the red dress

As a lifetime student of the femalian race, I can say with no hesitation at all: That's an entrancing young lady. Sassy lookin' babydoll if'n I ever saw one.

Oh yeah, and the clothes are nice, too. :-*

borealis · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:44 pm

I have a Thai friend who moved here in 1975. She has been suffering miserably for the last 4 years from an undiagnosed condition. Drs tend to patronize her because they can't find anything wrong. Now I read this:

http://rt.com/news/onset-immunodeficiency-syndrome-research-366/

ZekeB · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:45 pm

Sugar Magnolia wrote:

Anyway, if you want to see the new crop of upcycled clothing (and my gorgeous daughter and her friend...mine is in the red dress) it's at http://s280.photobucket.com/albums/kk19 ... dio%20809/

You did not have to point her out for my benefit. She looks as lovely as her mom. There is a very definite resemblence.

Sugar Magnolia · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:57 pm

ZekeB wrote:

Sugar Magnolia wrote:

Anyway, if you want to see the new crop of upcycled clothing (and my gorgeous daughter and her friend...mine is in the red dress) it's at http://s280.photobucket.com/albums/kk19 ... dio%20809/

You did not have to point her out for my benefit. She looks as lovely as her mom. There is a very definite resemblence.

Thank you very much! She is as sweet as she is pretty, and smart too. A good kid all around.

Foggy · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:45 pm

Tip of the Day: Press the Windows key and the left or right arrow keys to make the current window take up half the screen. Use this trick to quickly view two applications next to each other without manually resizing them. You can also drag and drop a window's title bar to the left or right sides of the screen.

TollandRCR · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:46 pm

borealis wrote:

I have a Thai friend who moved here in 1975. She has been suffering miserably for the last 4 years from an undiagnosed condition. Drs tend to patronize her because they can't find anything wrong. Now I read this:

http://rt.com/news/onset-immunodeficiency-syndrome-research-366/

I don't count Mercola among medical or nutrition authorities, but his article in today's HuffPost is consistent with what has been said for several years by others: soy can depress the human immune system. I would say this bears looking into for your friend. This would be particularly true if a soy allergy has developed.

ducktape · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:24 pm

Foggy wrote:

Tip of the Day: Press the Windows key and the left or right arrow keys to make the current window take up half the screen. Use this trick to quickly view two applications next to each other without manually resizing them. You can also drag and drop a window's title bar to the left or right sides of the screen.

What version of Windows?

Tried it with Windows 7 and nothing happened.

ZekeB · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:04 pm

ducktape wrote:

Tried it with Windows 7 and nothing happened.

Same thing happens sometimes when I try to think.

verbalobe · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:20 pm

Foggy wrote:

Tip of the Day: Press the Windows key and the left or right arrow keys to make the current window take up half the screen. Use this trick to quickly view two applications next to each other without manually resizing them. You can also drag and drop a window's title bar to the left or right sides of the screen.

Hey, cool. Thanks! (the arrow key thing, not the drag and drop)

(Win 7 Home Premium 64b)

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