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I removed the pictures.

In Canada you have to pay for healthcare based on your wage, its really not a big deal, there is no making you buy a product its your health coverage, you dont get jailed you have to pay for your health thats all its really quite simple and there is no one world goverment its just paying for your health care. Then when you get hurt you just go to hospital and they fix you for free and then you leave its really quite simple. Then at work you get extended coverage so that your meds and glasses and massages are all free. Seems to me there is so much fear mongering going on For objectivity's sake, prefacing this with I support the recent passage, there are still some problems that will not just effect our system. Mainly medicines for potentially terminal or highly debilitating diseases, and later in life diseases. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cancer-treatment-becomes-perfect-fiscal-storm-for-canadians/article1511180/ I've actually read a lot recently in Canadian news where it's been recommended for people to have prescription insurance because of the increasing costs of life saving/critical therapies. A lot of the more recent therapies for cancer, autoimmune disease like Lupus and MS, are relying on antibody (ex. Rituximab for lymphoma) or complex in vitro (ex. Provenge for Prostate Cancer) therapies cost at least $10k a month, up to $50k per treatment. More and more of these therapies are being developed as chemotherapeutic candidates are being exhausted for disease. It's one direction medicine is going that I'm very concerned about.

And is there room for Sarah, Bill O', and Glen? Imagine, Sarah can give Rush a BJ, Rush can give Bill O' and HJ, and Bill O' can give Sarah a ZJ! What about Glen? He will just continue with his closet cocaine habit.

When does Rush's plane leave for Costa Rica?

I've been pretty much skiing full time on my Gotamas partly because I'm too cheap to buy another set of skis right now and partly because I've become a powder snob, but they ski fine on groomed. Edge to edge they are going to be slower then what you previously had but unless you plan on hotdogging it underneath the chair who cares. I'm a big fan of the PM Gear skis too. http://www.evogear.com/skis/volkl-gotama-2010.aspx

I'm no expert but if you are riding for 45 minutes and are sore for 2 days you need to lower your intensity a bit. Below is graph of how ideal training works. You apply a stress, the body degrades, and then overcompensates. The key is to start your next training at the peak of overcompensation. The harder the training stress the lower on the graph it goes and the longer the recovery phase is. If you start you training before overcompensation starts you basically go nowhere. Back it off a bit and ride 5 days a week. As far as translating, I've found that cardiovascularly and energy system wise it's great, but muscularly if I haven't been putting a lot of hiking miles in with a pack I'm a wreck, especially after long steep descents.

I'll try to fix that next week.

It's time for a genetically modified pine beetle virus.

Should be fixed now.

I've been towed in on skis by a sled which is a good option. Know a few folks that might be able to hook you up with a tow if you don't know anyone.

Baseball is so fucking boring the managers are having to use cocaine to stay awake during the game! http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/03/17/washington/index.html?hpt=T2

I was amazed at how bad the problem was in Banff driving through this summer. I just figured it was cold enough there to avoid the problem. Hey mtn_mouse what do you do for work? This is most intelligent thread on here in a while LOL.

Which browser and OS are you on?

I actually don't know if Dr. Farrar is practicing anymore since his accident, my guess is no surgery since he is in a wheelchair, but you could call his office and ask who they are referring people too.

If you've haven't spent much time going from sea level to altitude it's highly advisable to make a couple trips to Muir and even go do Adams as a warmup to get a handle on how quickly you acclimatize. You can be in the best shape in the world and acclimatize like shit, and there is no rhyme or reason to it, you just have to find out for yourself.

I wanted to post a few comments about searching that will hopefully help you as well as help us. With over 9 years worth of posts in our database it has become very big, and consequently requires more resources to search. We are seeing an ever increasing (and costly) load on our server. To help you search more effectively and quickly we've done a few things as well below offering a couple suggestions. There have been some complaints about our search function, but it's actually surprisingly very good when you need to search a specific date range or posts by a specific user. This search function will improve dramatically in our next version from my understanding. 1. Start your search with the new google search bar on the search page. Google is very fast and it's a good way to start your search. It also takes the load off our server. Start with a broad search and then add more keywords to narrow in on what you are looking for. Use advanced search functions for the most powerful and accurate search. 2. If Google search will not find specifically what you are looking for then move to our search. If you looking for a TR use the TR Search Function. Start your search using narrow criteria and then broaden. DO NOT search 10 years on your first search. Use the advance searching options will greatly increase your chances of finding what you are looking for. Advanced Search Tips Use +keyword for required keywords. Use -keyword to exclude posts with a keyword. Use quotes around a phrase to search for a phrase. Use a * at the end of the word to match partial words.

Stop spraying in the newbie forum it's not allowed.

are you seriously comparing the human economy to lynx interactions with bunnies? Take some ecology classes and you will see that a lot of principles of ecology can be directly applied to economics and monetary policy.

We have gotten rid of the google ads after the first post, we were doing that as a little experiment. Over the next couple months we will be doing gradual upgrades and rolling out some new stuff so if anyone experiences any wonkiness let us know.

Sorry for the downtime. We are getting things fixed.

Not Greece? California's closer. You're missing the point. Study this table and get back to me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenue_as_percentage_of_GDP

JayB I think you should move to Belgium.

You can't get caught up thinking this person being a secretary doing their nails and chatting on the phone all day making over $100k. This person could likely be an experienced paralegal. DSHS is a very poor department, nobody there is getting rich working there. It's not uncommon for someone not to meet qualifications because of education etc for a particular job category so they will put them in a different classification and pay them on the high end of the pay scale. You are arguing about nothing. Deal in reality.