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Posted by Dave:

If
you listen to the news, you'll probably hear about the fact that up to
100,000 people may have died recently in a cyclone (hurricane) in Myanmar. You'll probably also soon hear people like Al Gore and Mike Tidwell blame this on global warming. If they do, remember that it is an outright lie.

That area of the world - the Bay of Bengal - receives regular tropical cyclones.
This one was of average size and strength. The primary reason that
there were so many deaths is the fact that it is a densely populated,
very poor country where most of the people live in huts on the river
deltas. The country is rich in natural resources, but it's horrible
communist-like government has destroyed the country's economy,
enriching only themselves and the military.

Quoting Chris Burt, author of Extreme Weather who has visited Myanmar every year for 30 years:

"Note
this: No word yet about casualties from the Mon or Karen States; those
areas not in the Delta region but to the SE of Rangoon where a major
storm surge and flooding from rains may have occurred.

The
government considers these areas 'minority states' and these states
have traditionally been looked down upon by ethnic Burmese, They are
heavily populated. I will bet they will be the last areas to receive
aid, and the last regions from which we hear news so far as storm
damage is concerned.

I might add this is indicative of just how bad the situation in Burma is. People who are not aware of the isolation of Myanmar,
one of the most densely populated countries in the world, will not be
able to grasp the gravity of this disaster. It is a country under the
thumb of complete ignorants: the leaders of this county have NEVER
traveled outside of Burma
before. They have no education whatsoever. They live in a dream world
of astrology and have maintained their control by funneling all the
nation's vast resources to crony patronage and the military. China is their only steadfast friend in the international arena. Even Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and India who do business with this regime do so at hands length.

If you can understand what I am saying here you will understand just how bad the situation is."When I see people like Al Gore say total falsehoods and watch people just eat if up, I am reminded of Romans 1:19-22

19 What can be known about God is clear to them because he has made it clear to them. 20 From the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine
nature, have been clearly observed in what he made. As a result, people have no excuse. 21 They
knew God but did not praise and thank him for being God. Instead, their
thoughts were pointless, and their misguided minds were plunged into
darkness. 22 While claiming to be wise, they became fools.

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ok, time to get this blog going again.  I know all kinds of things have been happening in our very busy family.  Here is a very interesting site for all you would be teachers, scientists, chem buffs or sociologists.  Enjoy- Papa

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Seeing how I just paid for a 225,000 mile service plus a new radiator and water pump with a timing belt thrown in for free, I guess I'll keep my Honda and consider it a "used car purchase" at just under $1700. Everything else checked out very well.

Sorry Scion 2008 xB. You'll (I'll) have to wait.

Posted by Kevin

Well, I had a chance to look at one at a dealership yesterday. From the outside, they look small. From the inside, it feels very roomy. Base price is about $17k, so with any kind of upgrade, I'm guessing total price to be closer to $20k plus tax - so $25k?

I will take my '92 Honda Civic DX Hatchback to the shop on Wed or Thursday for repairs. I'm guessing the bill will be over $300 for the radiator. Maybe I damaged the head gasket in the process?

With my Ford, I kept putting money into the car for "minor but necessary" repairs. I tallied up the costs before I sold the car and found I'd put over $6k into that car to keep it running. I don't want to do the same for this Honda. If it needs to be sold, then that's what needs to happen. But I don't want car payments either. Life's expensive the older things get.

Posted by Kevin

Want your computer to run a little faster? Here are some tips:

• Upgrade RAM to at least 512MB, if not 1G. RAM is done in pairs. If computer runs slow, maybe the RAM card has popped up from its "seat" and needs "re-seating" - pushing back into place (as happened to a friend's computer once).
• Upgrade your Video Card, preferably one that has "RAM" of 128 or more, like an ATI or nVidia card (which means your computer RAM won't work as hard when using graphics-centric programs). Some computers have hard-wired video and upgrading is not possible. You can tell by taking the cover off the PC and looking at what you plug the game jacks into. If it is a card that can be removed with two screws, then upgrade. If it is a metal plate stuck to the motherboard, then no possible to upgrade.
• Remove files from the My Documents folder and put them in folders directly on your hard drive or secondary drive. This will speed up shut down and log on times, since Windows makes a cache file of this directory every time you shut down the computer and then it accesses that cache file to log on.
• Run a disk scan / disk defrag from system utilities. If the computer says a defrag is not necessary, run the defrag anyway. Do the defrag after you load/unload software, for instance, to make sure your files are consolidated, quickly accessible by Windows.

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