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I'm getting to this point at work. We switched out our database software. I was the rep from our office who went to meet with the developers, do some late stage beta testing, and serve on the district-wide team to find and solve problems once we got this thing up and running. I was also tasked with training our office staff on using this thing. So I held a structured training session, made user manuals, and put together a hand-holder tutorial collection. During the first class I held for the majority of our users, it was all jokes and side conversations, with a few questions. Second session for the remaining folks went much better...they actually paid attention. Database comes online. Couple of folks immediately had "I can't log in" problems. Me: "Well, did you submit the account creation form when you were asked to last month? You know, the one the super asked everyone to MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETED AND E-MAILED?" Employee: "Uhh, I don't remember doing that". It only goes downhill from there. The very first thing I taught, that I stressed over and over...within two days half the people had violated this rule. Then they complain about the software not working, pound on their desk, whine like a bunch of fucking babies...almost everytime I walk up and ask one question along the lines of "did you do such an such?"....they go "uhh...I'm supposed to do that?". "Hello fucktard! Maybe if you had paid attention when I taught, or consulted the manual, or did the tutorial instead of bitching you might have a fucking clue instead of wasting my time." Love ya babe, let's do lunch 'kay?!

Appetizer: Fat bowl of Matanuska Thunderfuck. Apertif: IMPERIAL BLONDE, cask conditioned. High alcohol, slightly malty, creamy and smooth drinking. This light colored ale is a perfect summer quaffer with a kick. Served in a wine glass. Food: SEARED AHI - Pepper crusted tuna filet, with beansprout kimchee slaw, wasabi aioli, red curry oil, sticky rice and nori lavosh. Side order of wasabi mashed potato. Served rare. Drink with dinner:INDIA PALE ALE, cask conditioned.Born in the days of the British Empire, our IPA has the high hop bitterness required to make the trip "Around the Horn" to India. Dark straw in color, the BrewHouse IPA is a strong ale with an intense hop aroma. After Dinner Drink: CHERRY XXXMAS Santa's little helper - a big alcohol triple bock finished with a second pitching of ale yeast and 1.5 pounds of cherries per gallon. Aged in Jim Beam bourbon barrels. Crisp lager notes blended with big cherry. Served in a wine glass. After After dinner drink drink:2003 BIG WOODY BARLEYWINE Huge malt and intense fruitiness dominate. Aged for one year in Napa Valley wine barrels. No expense was spared with the use of all English floor barley. Re-appetizer: Fat bowl of NL5 x Blueberry Dessert: DARK CHOCOLATE TORTE - Flourless chocolate and blackberry torte, Makers Mark whiskey, Dreyers Kona ice cream, and a bitter sweet chocolate sauce. Next time you're in Anchorage...Glacier Brewhouse.

Not just Asia RB, there isn't much in the way of enviro regs in any developing nations. South America isn't much better than Asia. Mining reclamation is virtually non-existent in Peru, and the tailings are leaching into water supplies....nasty shit in those tailings, very high arsenic levels. Add the seismic factor and you can have millions of cubic yards of tailings essentially liquify and flow in a quake, right into the drainages and hence major waterbodies/supplies. I worked on a project to stabilize a silver mine tailings dam in the mountains outside Lima. Arsenic levels in the leechate was horrendous and the leechate flowed right into a tributary to a river which formed the water supply for Lima. The confluence was only about 2 miles from this site. The crux is providing an impetus for foresight. It's hard to convince these people to put efforts (money, labor, resources) into enviro protections when they are barely getting by. We may have covered the initial 80%, but we still contribute a huge portion of the global pollutant load, very far out of proportion with our global percent of the population. I don't think discouraging SUVs is the answer, I think it's much broader in terms of planning. I currently live 3.5 miles from work. My commute takes less than 10 minutes. In Atlanta it's common to have an hour commute each way. Suburbs are designed around the car. Pollution control equipment for large emitters such as coal-fired power generators is very expensive, but there are alot of simple things we could do lower our pollution load that are not expensive. Simple pollution controls on lawnmowers, snowmachines, etc could be inexpensive and have a noticable effect. Similarly, 4 stroke vs 2 stroke could make a difference. Gas mileage mandates could have an effect. Traffic devices and transportation planning can have a major impact. Staggering our workforce's work hours can help. That last 20% you speak of is probably larger in terms of pollutant loading than most countries generate combined.

AP: 2/3/04 Washington, DC. Today Donald Rumsfeld testified before the Senate Defense committee. Rumsfeld described his "ride-along" in a B2 that dropped precision guided weapons on southeastern Kirkuk. "So I chomped down on my cigar, pulled the bomb release lever and waved bye-bye to those fuckin' towel-heads! HooAHHH!!"

'91 is worth $3211 US. Salvage value is only $250. I know this why? Because mine was totalled last week. Sorry about your ordeal ML. Sucks to walk outside in the a.m. and go..."Dude, where's my car?"

Got my fingers taped tight and my beanie pulled low I'm decked out in Prana from head to toe I brush off the holds with my old toothbrush and eat five twinkies for the white sugar rush My bros will be spotting, yelling C'MON!!! We just finished watching some Chris Sharma pron I sit in the dirt on pads six deep and stare up at the problem, damn it's sooo steep I'm amped, I'm psyched, I prep for the send Looking for focus, I'm trying for Zen I crank and I slap and I gaston too "Go for it man! DO THE DEW!!!" So I drop knee, crimp, set-up, and huck here comes the sloper, now stick it, IT'S STUCK! I grunt and roar, I scream and shout Hey, I wonder when the new mags come out? I flounder the mantle and wallow on top My crew goes off, yellin’ their props These little rocks make me sick strong Hey kind brah, don’t bogart the bong From wrestling the pebbles I got mad skillz Wonder if I’ll ever take ‘em to da hillz? “Bouldering and sport climbing are valuable, but they are not legitimate forms of climbing” – Yvon Chouinard

I think you misjudge me, I don't consider myself an aetheist by any means. I believe in a higher power, I just have a different view of that higher power. Sure I can and do concede that I may be wrong, that's one of my strongest beliefs re:religion...basically that nobody knows until your day comes. I don't label my beliefs, they encompass elements of many philosophies. You might find Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh an interesting read.

Scott, you're starting to sound like a whack-job fundamentalist. Strong beliefs are a good thing, a closed mind is not. You "defy me", gimme a break. There are volumes written on problems within the Christian philosophy/belief system. What system does not break down? Zen might meet that criteria since it has no dogma, excludes no beliefs, and makes no attempt to explain the unknowable. I'm sure you could find "problems" within Zen too, but without dogma or a rigid belief structure it would be hard to make a case. BTW, how's the fishin down there?

So the original topic of this thread was the Georgia education system and evolution. NPR's All things considered has a feature story on this today for those interested. Eight pages of "your religious views don't make sense"...hello! none of them do. Any philosphy cosmological or otherwise eventually reaches a point where it breaks down or fails to account for or explain certain things. This is an inherent flaw of logic and reason. Turn off the sixth sense (i.e. discursive thought) and just be, you may find all you need in those moments of one mind/no mind. A good read is Abraham Maslow's (the hierarchy of needs guy)Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences. As for Nietzsche, a better comprehensive read than A.S.Z. is probably Beyond Good and Evil. It's essentially a summation of his philosophy much like A.S.Z. but without all the literary devices.

Feb 6 on Layton's birthday...read the thread smart guy

Half a kielbasa or burger stuffed with a massive dose of rat poison and thrown to the offensive cur. Worked for my threatening/psychotic doberman problem

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Go to the photo in your gallery. right click on the photo, choose properties, copy the source link, paste it as a Url in your message. I'm assuming your using windows.

Canon 1Ds has a 11MP CMOS capture. Kodak DCS 14N has 14MP.

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I've got one VERY sensible reason to choose the Rebel...I've got about $2000 in Canon EOS glass already. I'm staying with film for now though, because in 3 years a full frame 11mp SLR will be about $500. And besides, I can get 7 fps on film with what I have.

That's like every morning for the last 3 months for me...I must be having a GREAT winter! Except I have no back window in my car, which gets a little nippy when the mercury hits -50.

No, but once you said that I could see why you might think so. It's on the other side of the country, on gneiss, and about half the grade. Lost Cove Cranks - V4, Lost Cove near Boone, NC. This place has one of the best concentration of problems I've seen for a small area, all on excellent rock. It's probably the best rock I've ever climbed on.

THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO! THIS IS MVS's PHOTO. I'm posting it because it's one of the best photos I've ever seen on this site ('cept maybe the naked chick in the meadow)and it deserves recognition.

Just a thought or two: I think good bouldering pics can be good pics, but the enphasis is on GOOD PIC. A hard problem doesn't necessarily mean a good picture. When I'm looking at photos, particularly to judge them, I notice several things: 1. Is it an interesting composition? 2. Are the technical aspects there? i.e. is it sharp and shot with a suitable depth of field? Is the exposure right on? 3. If there are people, can I see a face and expression? 4. Are there "problems" or "distracting elements? I.e. cut off body parts, white skies, other random people in the background (can help with this by using a shallow DOF), blown out highlights in one spot, etc. Distel, a couple of those pics have good potential, but would be much better with a simple crop. The upper left on the Jason pic is totally blown out and light elements draw the eye. The one of Wes could work as a silouette, but not with a properly exposed random person in the background. The white arete pic could be good, but the horizon is way tilted...try a rotate and crop to level it. The Zen Flute one is great, but crop out the random spotter hands. The best two pics I see so far are the Bronco in the tunnel, and Dru's alpine bouldering pic.