Showing posts with label hobby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hobby. Show all posts
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
WHO KNITS HERE? SOMETHING REALLY PRETTY, AND A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR YOU.
http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTicequeen.html
We still have a long time until spring...
If you knit, crochet or are into crafts, take a look at Knit Picky. You can start here:
http://www.allfreeknitting.com/site-map
We still have a long time until spring...
If you knit, crochet or are into crafts, take a look at Knit Picky. You can start here:
http://www.allfreeknitting.com/site-map
Sunday, January 8, 2012
ARE YOU A HAM RADIO OPERATOR? ROMNEY "DISSES" AMATEUR RADIO IN TELEVISED TOWN MEETING
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/5334306/detail.html
This comes from Liberty County, FL. I think by now all adults understand how valuable and selfless hams operators are in emergencies. Apparently, Mitt Romney thinks you aren't all that important.
Be careful who you vote for!
Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
Romney "Disses" Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/16/2005 - 15:48 Governor Mitt RomneyGovernor Mitt Romney dismissed the role of Amateur Radio operators in emergency communications during a televised "town meeting" program last night on WCVB's "When Disaster Strikes: Segment Two." The program featured public safety and volunteer organization officials from across Massachusetts among its audience.
Host and moderator Natalie Jacobson asked an increasingly-agitated Governor Romney questions about communications interoperability, and communication without commercial power. Romney was next asked by Jacobson, "...so does it come down to ham radio?..."
The Governor replied in a disgusted tone, "No, we don't need to deal with ham radio operators..."
Embarrassed public safety officials later tried to put in a good word for Amateur Radio. National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Glenn Field was prepared to state the importance of Amateur Radio, when Salvation Army Colonel Fred Van Brunt was called upon. Van Brunt remarked about his organization's quest to improve its communications capabilities and how Amateur Radio has aided his organization. "The ham radio situation helps a great deal," he stated.
"I have already written and submitted a letter to the Governor's Office," wrote Eastern MA Section Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY. "I have also written an email to Natalie Jacobson."
ARRL Section Manager Mike Neilsen, W1MPN sent a section-wide email today to all Eastern MA ARRL members describing the incident along with actions he and his staff were taking to mitigate the situation.
"[Romney's] attitude about us sets an unfortunate tone within the state's executive branch," wrote Neilsen. "As a former military officer, I see this as a failure in leadership. My immediate concern is our working relationship within the [Massachusetts Emergency Management Team] environment." Neilsen intends to address the Governor's comments as "an urgent matter" at a meeting on November 17 with Don Carlton from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
"I was very disturbed about what the Governor stated on the program," wrote Ron Wood, W1PLW, the section's Public Information Coordinator. "It does show that more work is needed by all hams in the section. It's a great idea to write letters explaining the good we do." Wood is attempting to schedule a meeting with the Governor's office tomorrow so that EMA ARRL staffers might discuss the matter further.
Tom Kinahan, N1CPE wrote that Governor Romney's comment has made "a PR problem" for Kinahan in his role as MA State RACES Officer.
"I've got a roster of over 150 Amateur Radio operators that support local communities, and those of us that directly support the state government. There are at least double that in terms of people that are actually out there that I don't have formal paperwork on that support Amateur Radio emergency communications in some organized manner... The Governor has said that he 'certainly doesn't need to rely on ham radio' -- where does that leave the RACES program now?"
"I am ashamed tonight that I am a Republican!" remarked one ham radio viewer. "[Romney] speaks in derogatory tones about hams. He certainly shows an ignorance as to what we do and are capable of. I suggest a grass roots campaign of local hams calling the State House and The Governor's Office to protest."
The television program can be viewed at http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/5334306/detail.html.
This comes from Liberty County, FL. I think by now all adults understand how valuable and selfless hams operators are in emergencies. Apparently, Mitt Romney thinks you aren't all that important.
Be careful who you vote for!
Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
Romney "Disses" Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/16/2005 - 15:48 Governor Mitt RomneyGovernor Mitt Romney dismissed the role of Amateur Radio operators in emergency communications during a televised "town meeting" program last night on WCVB's "When Disaster Strikes: Segment Two." The program featured public safety and volunteer organization officials from across Massachusetts among its audience.
Host and moderator Natalie Jacobson asked an increasingly-agitated Governor Romney questions about communications interoperability, and communication without commercial power. Romney was next asked by Jacobson, "...so does it come down to ham radio?..."
The Governor replied in a disgusted tone, "No, we don't need to deal with ham radio operators..."
Embarrassed public safety officials later tried to put in a good word for Amateur Radio. National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Glenn Field was prepared to state the importance of Amateur Radio, when Salvation Army Colonel Fred Van Brunt was called upon. Van Brunt remarked about his organization's quest to improve its communications capabilities and how Amateur Radio has aided his organization. "The ham radio situation helps a great deal," he stated.
"I have already written and submitted a letter to the Governor's Office," wrote Eastern MA Section Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY. "I have also written an email to Natalie Jacobson."
ARRL Section Manager Mike Neilsen, W1MPN sent a section-wide email today to all Eastern MA ARRL members describing the incident along with actions he and his staff were taking to mitigate the situation.
"[Romney's] attitude about us sets an unfortunate tone within the state's executive branch," wrote Neilsen. "As a former military officer, I see this as a failure in leadership. My immediate concern is our working relationship within the [Massachusetts Emergency Management Team] environment." Neilsen intends to address the Governor's comments as "an urgent matter" at a meeting on November 17 with Don Carlton from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
"I was very disturbed about what the Governor stated on the program," wrote Ron Wood, W1PLW, the section's Public Information Coordinator. "It does show that more work is needed by all hams in the section. It's a great idea to write letters explaining the good we do." Wood is attempting to schedule a meeting with the Governor's office tomorrow so that EMA ARRL staffers might discuss the matter further.
Tom Kinahan, N1CPE wrote that Governor Romney's comment has made "a PR problem" for Kinahan in his role as MA State RACES Officer.
"I've got a roster of over 150 Amateur Radio operators that support local communities, and those of us that directly support the state government. There are at least double that in terms of people that are actually out there that I don't have formal paperwork on that support Amateur Radio emergency communications in some organized manner... The Governor has said that he 'certainly doesn't need to rely on ham radio' -- where does that leave the RACES program now?"
"I am ashamed tonight that I am a Republican!" remarked one ham radio viewer. "[Romney] speaks in derogatory tones about hams. He certainly shows an ignorance as to what we do and are capable of. I suggest a grass roots campaign of local hams calling the State House and The Governor's Office to protest."
The television program can be viewed at http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/5334306/detail.html.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
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Monday, July 12, 2010
HE WILL NOT REST - OSLIMA AND HIS THERAPIES
Look at that smile, America. He will not rest - from his frolic while the country slides into turmoil and destruction.
And we haven't stoppped him and we're going to let him lie and push us over the edge.
And we haven't stoppped him and we're going to let him lie and push us over the edge.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
KOI FANCIERS and WATER GARDENERS....
If you are looking for an original calendar, please stop by my site at www.Redbubble.com by clicking on the changing gallery viewer. I have just created a 2010 calendar, the stars of which are residents of The Koi Pond in Panama City, FL.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Gold prospecting making a comeback in USA
http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/nov/19/gold-panning-making-comeback-hobby/
If you've never tried panning, sluicing, shaking, rockhounding, metal detecting for gold (where it's found, of course) you don't know what you're missing.
It gets you outside; the only limits are your own physical attributes, and it gets you into beautiful places.
If you don't get any, the worst you can do is get beautiful photos, a day in the sun, and if you're looking for placer gold, take a trout rod with you - you're bound to catch dinner.
I lived and learned how to pan and fish for trout in Coloma, California. What a beautiful place.
If you've never tried panning, sluicing, shaking, rockhounding, metal detecting for gold (where it's found, of course) you don't know what you're missing.
It gets you outside; the only limits are your own physical attributes, and it gets you into beautiful places.
If you don't get any, the worst you can do is get beautiful photos, a day in the sun, and if you're looking for placer gold, take a trout rod with you - you're bound to catch dinner.
I lived and learned how to pan and fish for trout in Coloma, California. What a beautiful place.
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