I learned gun safety so long ago its an ingrained habit. You could wake me up in from a dead sleep in the middle of the night, hand me a gun and the first thing I'd do is check the action. Our house contained a number of guns, getting one out without permission was simply unthinkable. They also were neither a mystery nor cool. Kids that have been taught proper gun safety are not the ones to worry about.
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206Took my son (5 yrs) shooting for his first time.
by dazed but not confused ini went with my neighbor to an outdoor shooting range in the pawnee national grasslands in colorado.
its about 2 hours northeast of denver.
it was awesome.
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Took my son (5 yrs) shooting for his first time.
by dazed but not confused ini went with my neighbor to an outdoor shooting range in the pawnee national grasslands in colorado.
its about 2 hours northeast of denver.
it was awesome.
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JeffT
Nice pics. I haven't shot a .40 but I would think it would kick pretty hard for a kid. How did that work out? Upon reflection, I realize that I was shooting Dad's handgun at 10 or so and loved it, it's an old revolver that belonged to my grandfather and weighs a ton.
nicolau, those of us who enjoy shooting probably think he is avoiding indocrination.
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MAS370 - Was it a Remote Hijacking?
by fulltimestudent inprofessor kevin barrett is not exactly the most trusted commentator you could find, but that, of course, just maybe because, there are people who want his views on 9/11 to be ignored.. anyway he's advanced a theory that the missing malaysian airlines plane was remotely hi-jacked.
in the absence of other evidence, it just maybe what happened.
to consider whether it did happen, we need to ask why it may have been hijacked?
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JeffT
Complete crap. There is no way to take control of an airplane from some place else. The control systems don't have external inputs.
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Don't miss the health care sign up deadline.
by FlyingHighNow insign up deadline is the 31st, in a couple of days.
if you have problems with the website and youve been there before, try cleaning out your cookies and cache, then restart your computer.
that worked for me.
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JeffT
You know, every single person I've talked to that says the ACA is screwing them over didn't actually know what it does, how to sign up, what was covered, how to use credits or deductions.
Well, now you know one of those people. I'm semi-retired, self-employed and buy my own insurance. My old plan was canceled to make way for an ACA compliant plan that costs $300/month more (multiple by two, it effects both of us.) We make just a bit too much money on our retirement fund to qualify for a tax credit. It will be two more years before I qualify for Medicare. The insurance commisioner here in Washington won't allow a return to the old plan. I'm an accountant and can do figures and read contracts. I signed up on the state website the day it went operational.
Between increased premiums and higher deductables ACA is screwing me.
PS, when people start doing their taxes next year expect screaming when they discover they don't acually qualify for the credits they're claiming.
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Is it all about the money?
by Laika inoften on this forum there are posts about how the gb are obsessed with money and some people here often suggest this impacts every decision the gb makes i.e.
on my holiday thread it was suggested jws aren't allowed to celebrate holidays as it means spending money on presents that they want for themselves.. i however, do not think this is at all true.
the society rarely talks about money and as a percentage of income i think the vast majority of jws contribute a very small amount simply because the society rarely talk about it.. obviously money is important to the society in the sense that they couldn't run a major organisation without it, so they have to ask for it at times and factor it in to some of their decision making, but actually the gb live quite frugally and seem to worry much more about clinging to their authority and power than getting rich.. my controversial suggestion of the day is that saying the gb are obsessed with money must make us look silly to lurkers.. what does the jwn intellegentsia think then?.
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JeffT
Lisa beat me to it. The Mormon church is a much better example of a religion driven by money. If the GB wanted money every other Watchtower would be about the scriptural history of tithing, and members would be told to study hard and get good jobs so they could tithe more. The elders would keep donation records instead of field service reports, and on April 15th every year you'd give them a copy of your tax return so they could verify your accounts.
I know a lot of the numbers look big, but they aren't really. I worked for 25 years in investment real estate, a billion dollars is not that big an empire, I've worked for small family outfits here in Seattle that had portfolios worth 300-500 million.
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My Mom is in the hospital
by JeffT inmy mother broke her hip last week.
she had an emergency partial replacement surgery friday night.
we don't know how she did it as we have caregivers with her at all times, she may have fallen while in the bathroom for a few minutes.
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Thank you all for your support.
News is not good. My brother and sister (both doctors) have been here this week. We have her at home, with excellent caregivers, she's able to get out of bed and move to a chair. However her mental state and overall health are declining. She sleeps a lot, which is good as she's not in pain or fearful. As all three of us think she is near the end of her story, we have her registered with in-home hospice, which will provide an additional level of support.
I'm adjusting to the fact that I expect to lose her sooner, rather than later. She had a long and fulfilling life, but lost a piece of herself when Dad died. I think she's ready to let go and join him. That may be best.
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What Ailed Those Pilots ... ?
by snowbird inthe pilots and crew of the missing plane, was something wrong with all of them?.
sylvia.
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JeffT
Under the radar
A few years ago I worked for a guy that had been an F-4 pilot for the navy. One time he attempted to play a non-pilot's flight simulator game. First, he noted that the owner of the game was flying at Mach 2 with the landing gear down. When he took over a few minutes later he gave up quickly, saying he couldn't do it because it didn't feel right. Without the G-forces it didn't feel like the plane was doing what he told it to do.
I agree, that thing could not have been used as a training aid. I'm not a pilot, but I'm a long time history buff, and I've studied warplanes a lot. I concluded a few days ago that the vast majority of talking heads don't actually have a clue what they're talking about, and certainly don't have any facts to support whatever theory they're pushing.
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My Mom is in the hospital
by JeffT inmy mother broke her hip last week.
she had an emergency partial replacement surgery friday night.
we don't know how she did it as we have caregivers with her at all times, she may have fallen while in the bathroom for a few minutes.
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‘Mother of bone marrow transplantation’ Dottie Thomas establishes endowment to assist young researchers March 12, 2014 By Diane Mapes
Meticulous editor, tireless administrator and avid sportswoman, Dorothy E. “Dottie” Thomas has always been a force to be reckoned with, whether armed with a hunting rifle or a red pen.
Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, Dottie has been called the “mother of bone marrow transplantation” thanks to the nearly 60 years she spent working at her husband’s side.
“Dottie did it all,” said Dr. Fred Appelbaum, executive vice president and deputy director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. “She was everything from Don’s early-on lab technician to the writer of his grants to his administrator to the person who kept all the records and reviewed all the papers. She even got him his lunch every day.”
Dottie Thomas can now add major benefactor to her many roles, thanks to the creation of Dottie’s Bridge, a $50,000 endowment designed to help young promising researchers bridge the gap between the end of their NIH-supported fellowship and their first grant award.
“After you’ve finished your formal training, there’s a gulf between that time and the point where you have enough data and experience to really warrant a position as a full faculty member,” Appelbaum said. “That gulf is where Dottie’s contribution is going to be important. It’s the late adolescence/early adulthood of someone’s career.”
The Thomas’ lifelong collaboration began at just such a time, while they were both attending the University of Texas at Austin. Shortly after an auspicious meeting (Dottie hit her future husband in the face with an errant snowball), the two became inseparable. They married in 1942 and while Don went on to Harvard Medical School, Dottie switched her field of study from journalism to medical technology.
“It became clear that if I wanted to see Don, I needed to get in on his work,” she said in a 1997 interview.
The couple began working together full-time in 1955 when Dr. Thomas was appointed physician-in-chief at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y. It was here that he began his first experiments in bone marrow transplantation. In 1963, the Thomases moved to Seattle, where they took up residence in a modest 1950s ranch style home in Clyde Hill. They joined the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 1974.
“We went to dinner at their house repeatedly,” said Dr. Beverly Torok-Storb, of the Clinical Research Division, who began working with the Thomases in 1975. “Whenever a visiting scientist would come, they’d have a dinner for the scientist and a few people.”
The couple hosted many young researchers at their home, as well, often serving up game that the couple had bagged themselves.
“There was a great picture of Dottie with a shotgun in one hand and a moose head in her lap,” Appelbaum said. “And Don or Dottie would often nod to the picture of her with the rifle and say, ‘I sure hope you get all of your manuscripts in on time.’”
Dottie readily acknowledged her reputation as a tough, no-nonsense editor, a necessity when corralling the 80 researchers who contributed to Thomas’ seminal bone marrow transplantation reference book, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
“My journalism background actually came in very handily when I was working as an administrator for the clinical division,” she said in an interview shortly before Don Thomas’ death in 2012. “I did a lot of work on editing manuscripts, helping with grant writing … and since I knew the material scientifically, as well, it worked out quite nicely. One of my main jobs was to keep everybody on track, nag them to get their reports in. I was actually known as the ‘Dragon Lady’ because I really did keep people moving.”
She also helped them communicate crucial scientific findings with precision.
“When I first came here as a young researcher, Dottie was so helpful in helping me learn how to put together data, how to structure a manuscript and how to write clearly,” Appelbaum said. “If it was muddy, it showed that your science wasn’t what it ought to be at that point.”
Witty, warm and whip smart, Dottie Thomas was also a dedicated mother, a skilled hunter (during the Nobel banquet in 1990, she won over the King of Sweden by telling him about her Custom Stock 257 Belgium Roberts rifle) and a devout opera fan. In September 2012, Spanish tenor Jose Carreras flew to Seattle to perform a recital at Benaroya Hall in celebration of Dottie’s 90th birthday and the 25th anniversary of his Fred Hutch bone marrow transplant.
Dottie is best known for her tireless work at the Hutch, however, work that helped support the development of bone marrow transplantation from its very roots. Today, more than 1 million procedures have been performed worldwide, transforming leukemia and related cancers that were once thought incurable into highly treatable diseases with survival rates as high as 90 percent.
“It’s just sheer joy when you see somebody walk out of the hospital and assuming their life again,” said Dottie of the patients saved by the procedure. “It’s probably one of the greatest feelings you can have.”
Ann Marie Clark, director of the Arnold Library which houses The Thomas Collection, called Dottie Thomas’ contributions immense.
“Dottie did amazing work and created an environment in which that was the norm,” she said. “She was extremely organized and the volume of work they created was immense. Don produced over 1,000 articles in his scholarly career and I believe Dottie edited all of them.”
With the establishment of Dottie’s Bridge, designed to help young physicians and clinician scientists engaged in blood-related cancer research become independent academic researchers, Dottie’s legacy of commitment, hard work and passion will carry on for years to come.
“People who’ve been around for a while, in theory, have less trouble getting grants,” said Jeff Thomas, son of Dottie and Don Thomas. “The idea behind the Bridge obviously is to get young people the support they need to get the research going so they can get grants in the future. Both Mom and Dad really liked the idea of bringing along the younger people, the people with the fresh ideas.”
Longtime colleague and friend Torok-Storb agreed.
“She cared profoundly about the work,” she said “And she has always been very supportive of young people.”
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My Mom is in the hospital
by JeffT inmy mother broke her hip last week.
she had an emergency partial replacement surgery friday night.
we don't know how she did it as we have caregivers with her at all times, she may have fallen while in the bathroom for a few minutes.
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JeffT
Here's an article about my Mom that came out today.
https://centernet.fhcrc.org/CN/center_news/cnweekly/2014/03/dotties-bridge.html
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Germans Play Monopoly
by cofty inif karl marx, sigmund freud, and friedrich nietzsche had a game of monopoly....
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JeffT
I am a German that has a sense of humor.
As a Thai friend on another board once said "Germans take their sense of humor very seriously, for a German having a good sense of humor is no laughing matter."