My favorite song of her's is "Good Morning Heartache". Then again that was the first song of her's heard that I know of. I knew a dancer that practiced dancing to the song for a stage performance I was working on, back then I jazz danced and worked on dance performances and plays for the theatre stage. If only I still danced, the last tyme I did I took a ballet class for physical therapy after an accident but I wasn't able to dance like I used to.
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Ooh, I loved the movie "Ladyhawk". Then again I love other period movies as well and I used to attend SCA, The Society for Creative Anachronism meetings and events.
Is there a net gain in tourism between the US and Canada, though? Serious question.. I don't know.
Because there are more people in the US tourism could conceivably be more beneficial to Canada.
So is there a net gain to be had through travel this way?
There may or may not be a net gain economically however there's a big gain in cross cultural understanding with more travel. And if anything cross cultural understanding should be encouraged not discouraged.
"Unheard of means only it's undreamed of yet, Impossible means not yet done." ~~ Julia Ecklar
I know it's off topic but I had to say something about your sigline. The line reminds me of a line from one of my fav singers sings in one of my fav songs of her's, "The difficult I'll do right now, the impossible will take a little while." By Billie Holiday.
Fifty years ago these incidents went into dusty file boxes in the back closet of city hall; now they're in every border agent's database and are impeding people's movement. Should our societies consider mitigating these previously-impossible long term effects by shortening prison terms and lowering fines? Politically, how can one argue that without being seen as soft on crime?
So are you against criminal records going back so far for trivial things or against border security's access to criminal records in the first place?
I am against both of these. The only criminal records that should be held long after the debt to society is paid is if it can be shown the person is still a threat to society or people. All others should be deleted. As for borders, border crossing and security, I also disagree with them. All they are are imaginary lines drawn on paper, most of the tyme drawn by invaders and conquerers. People should be able to go anywhere they want and not have their liberty restricted. If they harm anyone or commit a crime then convict them, othewise leave them alone.
One of the key checks on government power has always been the expense of monitoring its citizens. The ubiquity of information technology has caused a precipitous drop in the cost of monitoring. Consequently, the balance of power is shifting away from citizens and towards the government. Maybe that's what everyone wants, but if it isn't, we should be looking at either restricting the government's use of technology to spy on citizens (stronger privacy laws), or reducing the penalties associated with minor violations.
I am one of those that opposes government monitoring of people, whether citizens or not. I fear government more than any terrorists, for it's government that's the biggest terrorists and it supports others.
Why does the U.S government ship brown people overseas to have them tortured in places like Syria?
What really gets me is that while the Bush admin sent "suspects", renditing, to Syria at the same tyme it was claiming Syria was part of the "Axis of Evil".
Canadians sound selfish. They act like they're the only ones this has happened too. It's not like the current "fight terrorism" policies are aimed at Canada specifically. The policies are targeting people, not countries.
Yeah, targetting innocent people not terrorists! I don't know about you but I prefer Thomas Jefferson's idea of letting ten guilty go free instead of falsely punishing one innocent!
Besides, all someone wanting to cross the US/Canada border(in either direction) without going through customs or security has to do is cross it, it isn't like there is a big fence or insanely active patrols. You wouldn't want to get caught, but it probably isn't that hard not to get caught.
I can even drive across the border without stopping. Minneasota and North Dokota have roads into Canada and while some may have border shacks they're not always manned. Inside there's a phone to call an agent and give your info but there's nothing to stop you from driving right on by without stopping.
And post 09/11/01, they are generally asking to see ID on both sides of the border now. This was not always the case prior to 09/11/01.
It certainly wasn't the case a month before 911. In August 2001 I was visiting some relatives in Detroit when I drove from there to New London, Ontario without any problem. And I don't recall showing id coming or going.
Hm. I live next to a Canadian border. Believe me, U.S. Customs/DHS turns people away. A friend of mine is a permanent U.S. resident, but is not a U.S. citizen. He was born in Canada. But, he's not a Canadian citizen either as he was born on a Native American reservation in Canada. Not too long after the border restrictions went into place, he visited Canada and got stuck at U.S. customs -- Canadian customs never checked his residency/citizenship status on the way in (which isn't a surprise, since Canadian Customs is very lax in checking IDs), but on the way back in he didn't have one of the then-required documents to prove citizenship (because he doesn't have any). I think finally they just got sick of him and let him go.
This is getting to be a problem in places like New York. By treaty rights the various Iroquois and other tribal members are able to go back and forth across the US/Canadian border but since 911 some are being harassed. A few months ago in the news the leader of a ceremony was threatened when a guard tried to inspect his medicine bundle with tobacco in it. It used to be an Indian could take a boat or canoe across the St. Lawrence River without problems but now they may be stopped and turned back. The same thing is happening on the US/Mexican border. Mmebers of the Tohono O'odham Nation along with other tribes in northern Mexico and Arizona have the right to cross the border here as well however the Border Patrol and DEA agents also harrass them. They also are being harassed, and killed. By coyotes, those who smuggle drugs and "illegal aliens".
Adobe: Crashybloatware. Ever time Acrobat reader comes up on any of my computers, I always worry about if it'll crash and burn (it doesn't take the OS with it, but it usually brings down associated apps like firefox). I use Corel Photopaint myself instead of Photoshop, *MUCH* faster.
I've thought of getting Corel Photopaint as a standin for Photoshop, right now I can't afford Photoshop, however it doesn't really have all the capabilities pro photgraphers need in a photo editor. Photopaint is an excellent app for painting photos though so I could use it for some things. For instance I'd like to take a colour photo and save it as a B&W then paint, hand tint, the photo.
Now you know why I don't use Linux or a Mac. Vista runs everything I need, something I can't say for Linux or OS X.
While Linus doesn't run all the apps I want it to run, Macs certainly do. Well, with one exception, IE. But it can be run either in a VM or via Crossover. Macs, and Linux, have a big advantage over Windows though, it (they) don't crash or freeze on me nor do they show me the BSOD!
i have yet to meet a graphics professional (layouts, artwork, modeling, etc.) who doesnt use a mac.
Same here, not one graphics pro I've met uses only Windows. They use Macs most of the tyme but some use Windows occasionally. And I know of none that use Linux.
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Thanks, I didn't know that some states have sales tax on food per se. I'm glad I don't live in any of those states above. I know some states had it on prepared foods, like in restaurants, but not grocery. I totally disagree with taxing food bought in a grocery store that is later cooked at home. Also though at least some state do tax them I also don't like sales tax on clothing. Those items a person "needs" to live, clothing; food; and shelter; shouldn't be taxed. Oh and medicine!
Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas, but measured over time, CO2 has more impact. The Methane breaks down after 10-15 years whereas the CO2 stays around for 200-400 years...
While methane decomposes or has a halflife that's a lot shorter than CO2 it still can have a much bigger impact on warming. It's not as though what's released now won't have an impact for 200 years, the impact is more immediate, on the scale of decades if not years. Then again a volcano, like the Yellowstone Super Volcano, can emit more greenhouse gas than humans can.
While methane releases CO2, it still decreases our reliance on foreign oil sources. I think de-funding terrorism is higher on most Americans to-do lists than stopping Global Warming. You can argue whether these priorities are out of wack, but I'm sure this is the way most will see it.
However that overlooks the fact that many care about global warming and some of them may feel justified in becoming a freedom fighter/terrorist striking against the US because it is the major emitter of greenhouse gases. Could Tuvalans feel justified for a terrorist attack against the US because they will loose not just their home but their country when global warming causes the ocean to raise thus submerging Tuvalu?
makes CO2 (greenhouse gas) - if you want to burn it you need to find a way to sequester the carbon
Burning and converting methane into CO2 is much cleaner than allowing methane to be emitted into the atmostphere. Methane is more than 20 tymes more potent then co2 as a greenhouse gas.
if memory serves correctly, natural gas = CH4
so the chem reaction:
CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H2O
Seems like a lot of CO2 for being such a clean energy source.... but what the hell do i know?
Ah but methane is much more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2 is Methane is 30 tymes more effective according to this webpage as a greenhouse gas. However according to New Scientist methane is 21 tymes more effective. One tonne of methane has the same warming effect as 21 tonnes of CO2. So it's better to burn methane and emit the CO2 than it is to allow methane to enter the atmostphere.
clean-burning...
It should be emphasized that methane (and it is methane ice we are talking about) burns clean in that it produces but CO2 and water. However, being a fossil fuel it is dirty in the sense of CO2 emissions.
While when methane is burned it emits CO2, methane itself is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. If because of global warming the methane trapped under ice is released it will have more of am impact on temperatures than the CO2 buring it produces will. This is a growing concern in the taigas and tundra of northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia. Scientists have already documented methane releases in Syberia. Actually because of this some people in Russia are working on plans to capture and pipe the methane to markets as a source of fuel.
If electronics was my hobby and I wasn't a programmer, I'd buy a PC today.
Electronics used to be a hobby for me and it's been years since I was involved in it but I'd like to get back into it, mostly analogue but some digital as well. Over the past few months I've stopped into Radshack looking to see what sort of kits they have. It used to be they had some good choices of learning labs but I haven't seen much lately. Heathkit used to have some good stuff as well. Ya, if only I had kept up and hadn't had my memory damaged.
Sub Pop Records [subpop.com] sells vinyl directly. They've released albums by Nirvana, Soundgarden, L7, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Shins, The Postal Service, and more artists. When you buy a record from them that was released in 2007 or later, you get free downloads of all the songs. So you don't even need the USB port
Thanks. Though I don't listen to this genera, Sub Pop, it gives me hope others offer new vinyl in the generas I do listen to and like. I like most Jazz; Southern Fried Rock; Blues; Country and Rockability; and Reggae and Zydeco; as well as Celtic.
The only times Christians advocate war are in situations like the American Revolution, to gain freedom to worship God free from the influence of the Church of England or the Civil War, because Abraham Lincoln, as a Christian fundamentalist, could not bear to see his fellow man enslaved. It was wrong and needed to be stopped and his Christian convictions gave him the strength to see it through despite opposition and war.
Ah, Abe Lincoln didn't go to war, the USA Civil War, to end slavery. The US Civil War was all about keeping the USA whole and and not let it splinter. By the tyme the Civil war started the South had already left the Union and started the nation of the Confederate States of America. Abe eventually used the civil war to end slavery but that's not why the civil war started.
Just think of all of history's warfare that could have been prevented if if were a legal requirement that translations always be presented side-by-side with the original. Holy books would always include the original, so the mistranslations would be visible to those with a bit of knowledge. Politicians wouldn't get away with "straw-man" distortions of their enemies' statements, because the distorted version would be accompanied by the original.
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My favorite song of her's is "Good Morning Heartache". Then again that was the first song of her's heard that I know of. I knew a dancer that practiced dancing to the song for a stage performance I was working on, back then I jazz danced and worked on dance performances and plays for the theatre stage. If only I still danced, the last tyme I did I took a ballet class for physical therapy after an accident but I wasn't able to dance like I used to.
FalconOoh, I loved the movie "Ladyhawk". Then again I love other period movies as well and I used to attend SCA, The Society for Creative Anachronism meetings and events.
Oops, I guess I made a mistake, maybe New London is in Quebec not Ontario. Leaving Detroit I drove east a few hours to get there.
FalconIs there a net gain in tourism between the US and Canada, though? Serious question.. I don't know.
Because there are more people in the US tourism could conceivably be more beneficial to Canada.
So is there a net gain to be had through travel this way?
There may or may not be a net gain economically however there's a big gain in cross cultural understanding with more travel. And if anything cross cultural understanding should be encouraged not discouraged.
Falcon"Unheard of means only it's undreamed of yet, Impossible means not yet done." ~~ Julia Ecklar
I know it's off topic but I had to say something about your sigline. The line reminds me of a line from one of my fav singers sings in one of my fav songs of her's, "The difficult I'll do right now, the impossible will take a little while." By Billie Holiday.
FalconFifty years ago these incidents went into dusty file boxes in the back closet of city hall; now they're in every border agent's database and are impeding people's movement. Should our societies consider mitigating these previously-impossible long term effects by shortening prison terms and lowering fines? Politically, how can one argue that without being seen as soft on crime?
So are you against criminal records going back so far for trivial things or against border security's access to criminal records in the first place?
I am against both of these. The only criminal records that should be held long after the debt to society is paid is if it can be shown the person is still a threat to society or people. All others should be deleted. As for borders, border crossing and security, I also disagree with them. All they are are imaginary lines drawn on paper, most of the tyme drawn by invaders and conquerers. People should be able to go anywhere they want and not have their liberty restricted. If they harm anyone or commit a crime then convict them, othewise leave them alone.
FalconOne of the key checks on government power has always been the expense of monitoring its citizens. The ubiquity of information technology has caused a precipitous drop in the cost of monitoring. Consequently, the balance of power is shifting away from citizens and towards the government. Maybe that's what everyone wants, but if it isn't, we should be looking at either restricting the government's use of technology to spy on citizens (stronger privacy laws), or reducing the penalties associated with minor violations.
I am one of those that opposes government monitoring of people, whether citizens or not. I fear government more than any terrorists, for it's government that's the biggest terrorists and it supports others.
FalconWhy does the U.S government ship brown people overseas to have them tortured in places like Syria?
What really gets me is that while the Bush admin sent "suspects", renditing, to Syria at the same tyme it was claiming Syria was part of the "Axis of Evil".
FalconCanadians sound selfish. They act like they're the only ones this has happened too. It's not like the current "fight terrorism" policies are aimed at Canada specifically. The policies are targeting people, not countries.
Yeah, targetting innocent people not terrorists! I don't know about you but I prefer Thomas Jefferson's idea of letting ten guilty go free instead of falsely punishing one innocent!
FalconBesides, all someone wanting to cross the US/Canada border(in either direction) without going through customs or security has to do is cross it, it isn't like there is a big fence or insanely active patrols. You wouldn't want to get caught, but it probably isn't that hard not to get caught.
I can even drive across the border without stopping. Minneasota and North Dokota have roads into Canada and while some may have border shacks they're not always manned. Inside there's a phone to call an agent and give your info but there's nothing to stop you from driving right on by without stopping.
FalconAnd post 09/11/01, they are generally asking to see ID on both sides of the border now. This was not always the case prior to 09/11/01.
It certainly wasn't the case a month before 911. In August 2001 I was visiting some relatives in Detroit when I drove from there to New London, Ontario without any problem. And I don't recall showing id coming or going.
FalconHm. I live next to a Canadian border. Believe me, U.S. Customs/DHS turns people away. A friend of mine is a permanent U.S. resident, but is not a U.S. citizen. He was born in Canada. But, he's not a Canadian citizen either as he was born on a Native American reservation in Canada. Not too long after the border restrictions went into place, he visited Canada and got stuck at U.S. customs -- Canadian customs never checked his residency/citizenship status on the way in (which isn't a surprise, since Canadian Customs is very lax in checking IDs), but on the way back in he didn't have one of the then-required documents to prove citizenship (because he doesn't have any). I think finally they just got sick of him and let him go.
This is getting to be a problem in places like New York. By treaty rights the various Iroquois and other tribal members are able to go back and forth across the US/Canadian border but since 911 some are being harassed. A few months ago in the news the leader of a ceremony was threatened when a guard tried to inspect his medicine bundle with tobacco in it. It used to be an Indian could take a boat or canoe across the St. Lawrence River without problems but now they may be stopped and turned back. The same thing is happening on the US/Mexican border. Mmebers of the Tohono O'odham Nation along with other tribes in northern Mexico and Arizona have the right to cross the border here as well however the Border Patrol and DEA agents also harrass them. They also are being harassed, and killed. By coyotes, those who smuggle drugs and "illegal aliens".
FalconSpeaking of Macs, has Adobe shipped a native build of PS yet?
Adobe will release a native port, or universal binary, for CS to run on Mactels when CS3 is released. Currently they have it in beta.
FalconAdobe: Crashybloatware. Ever time Acrobat reader comes up on any of my computers, I always worry about if it'll crash and burn (it doesn't take the OS with it, but it usually brings down associated apps like firefox). I use Corel Photopaint myself instead of Photoshop, *MUCH* faster.
I've thought of getting Corel Photopaint as a standin for Photoshop, right now I can't afford Photoshop, however it doesn't really have all the capabilities pro photgraphers need in a photo editor. Photopaint is an excellent app for painting photos though so I could use it for some things. For instance I'd like to take a colour photo and save it as a B&W then paint, hand tint, the photo.
FalconNow you know why I don't use Linux or a Mac. Vista runs everything I need, something I can't say for Linux or OS X.
While Linus doesn't run all the apps I want it to run, Macs certainly do. Well, with one exception, IE. But it can be run either in a VM or via Crossover. Macs, and Linux, have a big advantage over Windows though, it (they) don't crash or freeze on me nor do they show me the BSOD!
Falconi have yet to meet a graphics professional (layouts, artwork, modeling, etc.) who doesnt use a mac.
Same here, not one graphics pro I've met uses only Windows. They use Macs most of the tyme but some use Windows occasionally. And I know of none that use Linux.
FalconStates with Sales Tax on Food:
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Thanks, I didn't know that some states have sales tax on food per se. I'm glad I don't live in any of those states above. I know some states had it on prepared foods, like in restaurants, but not grocery. I totally disagree with taxing food bought in a grocery store that is later cooked at home. Also though at least some state do tax them I also don't like sales tax on clothing. Those items a person "needs" to live, clothing; food; and shelter; shouldn't be taxed. Oh and medicine!
FalconMethane is a much more potent greenhouse gas, but measured over time, CO2 has more impact. The Methane breaks down after 10-15 years whereas the CO2 stays around for 200-400 years...
While methane decomposes or has a halflife that's a lot shorter than CO2 it still can have a much bigger impact on warming. It's not as though what's released now won't have an impact for 200 years, the impact is more immediate, on the scale of decades if not years. Then again a volcano, like the Yellowstone Super Volcano, can emit more greenhouse gas than humans can.
FalconWhile methane releases CO2, it still decreases our reliance on foreign oil sources. I think de-funding terrorism is higher on most Americans to-do lists than stopping Global Warming. You can argue whether these priorities are out of wack, but I'm sure this is the way most will see it.
However that overlooks the fact that many care about global warming and some of them may feel justified in becoming a freedom fighter/terrorist striking against the US because it is the major emitter of greenhouse gases. Could Tuvalans feel justified for a terrorist attack against the US because they will loose not just their home but their country when global warming causes the ocean to raise thus submerging Tuvalu?
Falconmakes CO2 (greenhouse gas) - if you want to burn it you need to find a way to sequester the carbon
Burning and converting methane into CO2 is much cleaner than allowing methane to be emitted into the atmostphere. Methane is more than 20 tymes more potent then co2 as a greenhouse gas.
Falconif memory serves correctly, natural gas = CH4
so the chem reaction:
CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H2O
Seems like a lot of CO2 for being such a clean energy source.... but what the hell do i know?
Ah but methane is much more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2 is Methane is 30 tymes more effective according to this webpage as a greenhouse gas. However according to New Scientist methane is 21 tymes more effective. One tonne of methane has the same warming effect as 21 tonnes of CO2. So it's better to burn methane and emit the CO2 than it is to allow methane to enter the atmostphere.
Falconclean-burning...
It should be emphasized that methane (and it is methane ice we are talking about) burns clean in that it produces but CO2 and water. However, being a fossil fuel it is dirty in the sense of CO2 emissions.
While when methane is burned it emits CO2, methane itself is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. If because of global warming the methane trapped under ice is released it will have more of am impact on temperatures than the CO2 buring it produces will. This is a growing concern in the taigas and tundra of northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia. Scientists have already documented methane releases in Syberia. Actually because of this some people in Russia are working on plans to capture and pipe the methane to markets as a source of fuel.
FalconIf electronics was my hobby and I wasn't a programmer, I'd buy a PC today.
Electronics used to be a hobby for me and it's been years since I was involved in it but I'd like to get back into it, mostly analogue but some digital as well. Over the past few months I've stopped into Radshack looking to see what sort of kits they have. It used to be they had some good choices of learning labs but I haven't seen much lately. Heathkit used to have some good stuff as well. Ya, if only I had kept up and hadn't had my memory damaged.
FalconSub Pop Records [subpop.com] sells vinyl directly. They've released albums by Nirvana, Soundgarden, L7, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Shins, The Postal Service, and more artists. When you buy a record from them that was released in 2007 or later, you get free downloads of all the songs. So you don't even need the USB port
Thanks. Though I don't listen to this genera, Sub Pop, it gives me hope others offer new vinyl in the generas I do listen to and like. I like most Jazz; Southern Fried Rock; Blues; Country and Rockability; and Reggae and Zydeco; as well as Celtic.
Falcon
The only times Christians advocate war are in situations like the American Revolution, to gain freedom to worship God free from the influence of the Church of England or the Civil War, because Abraham Lincoln, as a Christian fundamentalist, could not bear to see his fellow man enslaved. It was wrong and needed to be stopped and his Christian convictions gave him the strength to see it through despite opposition and war.
Ah, Abe Lincoln didn't go to war, the USA Civil War, to end slavery. The US Civil War was all about keeping the USA whole and and not let it splinter. By the tyme the Civil war started the South had already left the Union and started the nation of the Confederate States of America. Abe eventually used the civil war to end slavery but that's not why the civil war started.
FalconJust think of all of history's warfare that could have been prevented if if were a legal requirement that translations always be presented side-by-side with the original. Holy books would always include the original, so the mistranslations would be visible to those with a bit of knowledge. Politicians wouldn't get away with "straw-man" distortions of their enemies' statements, because the distorted version would be accompanied by the original.
Ah, but who decides what's a "Holy Book"?
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