http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:18:03 -0500 MyBB http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=744 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:21:24 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=744 a few days ago i'am soooo glad that
i that i got to meet my one aunt
she was a very nice person and
she loved her children and i had
alots of fun when i got to meet
her back in 1997 when me and

my mother along with my sister
flew out to washington state to
meet some of my aunts and cousins
she really had fun looking at my one
photo album that was very fun for me
i will always remember the day that me
and my sister got to meet this person,:(]]> a few days ago i'am soooo glad that
i that i got to meet my one aunt
she was a very nice person and
she loved her children and i had
alots of fun when i got to meet
her back in 1997 when me and

my mother along with my sister
flew out to washington state to
meet some of my aunts and cousins
she really had fun looking at my one
photo album that was very fun for me
i will always remember the day that me
and my sister got to meet this person,:(]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=743 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:51:31 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=743 get a new camera my new camera is a Canon Rebel 2000
it has a built in flash and it has's very nice 100 to 300 mm
zoom lens i'll be able to take some very nice pictures,
with my new camera my other camera stoped working,
so i had to get it replaced,

here's a picture of what my new camera looks like, :bq:

]]> get a new camera my new camera is a Canon Rebel 2000
it has a built in flash and it has's very nice 100 to 300 mm
zoom lens i'll be able to take some very nice pictures,
with my new camera my other camera stoped working,
so i had to get it replaced,

here's a picture of what my new camera looks like, :bq:

]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=742 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:12:03 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=742 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=741 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:23:58 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=741
Since I'm one of the managers of the team behind this site I figured I'd step in and ask our members to show Brad some support. Maybe some of you could send him get well emails or maybe even a e-card, I think he will really like that. I of course can't provide you his personal email address because of privacy reasons, but you can actually email him from these forums so if you could please show him he's not going through all of this on his own.

I also wish to say Albert isn't doing too well right now either, but in all honesty what he's going through right now is nothing compared to Brad's issues :) Today at work Albert twisted his knee really bad when he was helping out a colleague and it seems he'll be out for at least a couple days. He can walk, well actually limp. Luckily the knee didn't suffer any permanent damage, but as some of you know Albert has really weak knees as a result of practicing full contact martial arts for way too long so the doctor gave him the advice to rest a lot and take it very slow.

So yes, two of our main forces are out of the loop for a while now and I just had to ask the community to show them some support. Especially Brad because I know he must be feeling awful right now. So, if you could send them an email or leave your support here.

Thank you for your attention and see you again soon :)]]>
Since I'm one of the managers of the team behind this site I figured I'd step in and ask our members to show Brad some support. Maybe some of you could send him get well emails or maybe even a e-card, I think he will really like that. I of course can't provide you his personal email address because of privacy reasons, but you can actually email him from these forums so if you could please show him he's not going through all of this on his own.

I also wish to say Albert isn't doing too well right now either, but in all honesty what he's going through right now is nothing compared to Brad's issues :) Today at work Albert twisted his knee really bad when he was helping out a colleague and it seems he'll be out for at least a couple days. He can walk, well actually limp. Luckily the knee didn't suffer any permanent damage, but as some of you know Albert has really weak knees as a result of practicing full contact martial arts for way too long so the doctor gave him the advice to rest a lot and take it very slow.

So yes, two of our main forces are out of the loop for a while now and I just had to ask the community to show them some support. Especially Brad because I know he must be feeling awful right now. So, if you could send them an email or leave your support here.

Thank you for your attention and see you again soon :)]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=740 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:07:05 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=740 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=738 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:04:17 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=738 her fan club four days ago cause i love
country music and i love listening to her music
i even got her first record titled Small town girl
that has one of her number one hits titled
red high heels this song has a real groovy beat
here's one of my favorite pictures of Kellie Pickler

]]> her fan club four days ago cause i love
country music and i love listening to her music
i even got her first record titled Small town girl
that has one of her number one hits titled
red high heels this song has a real groovy beat
here's one of my favorite pictures of Kellie Pickler

]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=737 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:24:55 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=737 week with the Barack Obama Thread that
i added to Bradley's Corner but i have noticed
that i diden't get any replys in my Bradley's
weather graphics Thread but i noticed that

that the number of views on my Bradley's
weather graphics has gone up which made me happy :
try to remember to post a reply when you visit Bradley's
corner :bq:]]> week with the Barack Obama Thread that
i added to Bradley's Corner but i have noticed
that i diden't get any replys in my Bradley's
weather graphics Thread but i noticed that

that the number of views on my Bradley's
weather graphics has gone up which made me happy :
try to remember to post a reply when you visit Bradley's
corner :bq:]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=736 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:17:48 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=736 one thing there's a couple of things that
stoped working the knob on the film speed
dial has stoped working and the thing to
open the back dosen't want to work right
i'am planning on getting a Canon Rebel cause
i love the features that it has :bq:]]> one thing there's a couple of things that
stoped working the knob on the film speed
dial has stoped working and the thing to
open the back dosen't want to work right
i'am planning on getting a Canon Rebel cause
i love the features that it has :bq:]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=735 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:42:40 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=735 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=734 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:03 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=734 The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 20 years ago. Gordon Lightfoot's song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976, Moose Music, Ltd.) is a tribute to this ship wreck and the men who lost their lives. Some of the lyrics of the song are given below along with descriptions of related events.

"..The lake it is said never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore 26,000 tons more
than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty...."
On November 10, 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died. At the time, it was the worst shipping disaster on the Great Lakes in 11 years. Other shipping disasters on the Great Lakes, in which weather played a role include:
Nov. 11, 1913: eighteen ships were lost killing 254 people.
Nov. 11-13, 1940: 57 men died when three freighters sank in Lake Michigan.
Nov. 18 1958: 33 men died on Lake Michigan with the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley.
Nov. 29, 1966: Daniel J. Morrell sank in Lake Huron killing the 28 crew members.
"The ship was the pride of the American side
comin' back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most..."
The Fitzgerald weighted 13,632 tons and was 729 feet long. In 1958, when it was first launched, it was the largest carrier on the Great Lakes, and remained so until 1971. The Fitzgerald was labeled "The Pride of the American Flag". In 1964 it became the first ship on the Great Lakes to carry more than a million tons of ore through the Soo Locks. On November 9, 1975 she departed from Superior, WI with approximately 26,000 tons of ore bound for Detroit MI. Shortly after leaving, the Fitzgerald made contact with the Arthur M. Anderson bound, on a similar route, for Gary IN.

On November 8 a storm was brewing in the plains and proceeded northward towards the Great Lakes. It appeared to be a "typical November storm".
"...and late that night when the ship' bell rang
could it be the north wind they'd bin feelin'."
On November 9 at 7 p.m. the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a gale warning for Lake Superior. In a gale, the wind speeds range from 34-40 knots. The NWS predicted east to northeasterly winds during the night, shifting to NW to N by the afternoon of November 10. At approximately 10:40 p.m. the NWS revised its forecast for eastern Lake Superior to easterly winds becoming southeasterly the morning of the 10th. At about 2:00 am November 10 the NWS upgraded the gale warning to a storm warning (winds 48-55 knots) with a prediction of "northeast winds 35 to 50 knots becoming northwesterly 28 to 38 knots on Monday, waves 8 to 15 feet". Around 2 a.m. the Captains of the Anderson and Fitzgerald discussed the threatening weather and decided to change their route. This safer route would take them northward, toward the coast of Canada. The northern route would protect them from the waves that the storm generated.
Winds generate waves; the size of the wave depends on:
The wind speed: The stronger the winds, the larger the force and thus the bigger the wave. The wind must also be steady - a constant wind speed.
The duration of the winds: The longer the wind blows over the open water, the larger the waves..
The fetch: This is the distance of open water over which the wind blows. The larger the fetch the larger the waves.
At 3 am the winds were reported as coming from the northeast at 42 knots. The Fitzgerald and Anderson proceeded together, the Fitzgerald ahead of the Anderson. They had radio contact and the Anderson's radar located the position of the Fitzgerald.
At 7 am. the storm passed over Marquette MI and started across Lake Superior.
"The wind in the wires made a tattle tale sound
and a wave broke over the railing...."
On the afternoon of November 10 a wind shift was evident. At 2:45 p.m. the winds had backed to NW and were 42 knots. Steady winds at 43 knots and waves of up to 12 and 16 feet were reported by the Anderson. At around this time the Fitzgerald contacted the Anderson and reported "a fence rail down, two vents lost or damaged and a list". A list is when a ship leans to one side. Also around this time, the storm's fury had closed the Sault Ste. Marie locks.
A shift of winds to the NW is very important, as this increased the fetch, allowing large waves to build. The Fitzgerald and Anderson were no longer protected by land.
Late on the afternoon of the 10th, the captain of the Fitzgerald made radio contact with another ship, the Avafor, and reported that they "had a bad list, had lost both radars, and was taking heavy seas over the deck in one of the worst seas he had ever been in." Captain McSorely was a seasoned sailor of the Great Lakes with 44 years of experience.
"...At seven p.m. a main hatchway caved in
he said 'fellas it's bin good to know ya'
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in peril
and later that night when 'is lights went out of sight
came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
At 7 p.m. the Anderson made radio contact with the Fitzgerald and had her on their radar. When asked how the Fitzgerald was making out they replied "We are holding our own". This was around 7:10 p.m.. Shortly afterwards the Fitzgerald disappeared from the Anderson's radar screen.
This phrase of the song, while romantic, makes it sound as if the crew knew they were doomed. In reality the sinking of the Fitzgerald was very rapid and it is likely they did not know the seriousness of their condition. Indeed, after the wreck a severely damaged life boat was found, and only part of the second. The conditions of these lifeboats suggests that no attempts were made to leave the ship. No distress signals were ever issued.
"...They might have split up or they might have capsized
they may have broke deep and took water...."
What caused the ship to sink? There are a couple of theories cited in the "Marine Casualty Report" by the US. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Report. Since there were no survivors nor witnesses, their report is based on testimonies and an underwater survey of the wreck. This report suggests that the Fitzgerald was taking on water due to earlier damage from the storm and that around 7:15 p.m. it plunged headfirst into a large wave and sank abruptly.
Factors contributing to the sinking:
Raising the wintertime load line.
When a ship is filled with cargo, there is a level at which the ship rests in the water. This level is referred to as the load line. The height load line is set as a function of season and determines the weight of the cargo the ship can transport. Between the time of her launch and its sinking, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald load line was raised 3 feet 3 1/4 inches, making her sit lower in the water. This increased the frequency and quantity of water that could flood the deck during a rough storm.
Leaking Hatchways
The ore was loaded through hatchways located top side. On October 31 routine damage was noted during an inspection and were scheduled for repair after the 1975 shipping season. The hatch covers were not sealed properly and were therefore not water tight, thus allowing water to enter the cargo areas. Once water entered it could migrate throughout the hold. There was no way to determine if flooding was occurring in the cargo bay until the ore was saturated, much like a sponge. Throughout the storm the ship was probably taking on water in the cargo hold though the hatches. Increased water loading, and the lower load line, made the ship sit lower in the water, allowing more water to board the ship. Eventually the "bow pitched down and dove into a wall of water and the vessel was unable to recover. Within a matter of seconds, the cargo rushed forward, the bow plowed into the bottom of the lake, and the midship's structure disintegrated, allowing the submerged stern section, now emptied of cargo, to roll over and override the other structure, finally coming to rest upside-down atop the disintegrated middle portion of the ship" (Marine Accident Report SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinking in Lake Superior). This sequence of events would lead to a rapid sinking, with no time to make a distress call or attempt life-saving operations. The conditions of the recovered lifeboats support this in that they appear to have been torn from their storage racks.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours? "
For more information on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald see:
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot, Moose Music Ltd.
Holden, T., 1991: Lake Superior's wicked November storms. Mariners Weather Log, 4-7.
Knox, J. A. and S. A. Ackerman, 1996: Teaching the extratropical cyclone with the Edmund Fitzgerald storm. 5th AMS Symposium on Education.
Ludington (Mich.) Daily News, November 11, 1975.
Marine Casualty Report, SS EDMUND FITZGERALD; Sinking in Lake Superior on 10 November 1975 with Loss of Life. US. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Report and Commandant's Action. Report No. USCG 16732/64216, Department of Transportation, Coast Guard.
Marine Accident Report SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinking in Lake Superior, November 10, 1975. May 1978 National Transportation Safety Board, Washington DC. Report Number: NTSB-MAR-78-3
Stonehouse, F., The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. ISBN 0-932212-05-0, Avery Color Studios, Au Train, MI 49806, 1977, 208 pp.



]]> The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 20 years ago. Gordon Lightfoot's song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976, Moose Music, Ltd.) is a tribute to this ship wreck and the men who lost their lives. Some of the lyrics of the song are given below along with descriptions of related events.

"..The lake it is said never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore 26,000 tons more
than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty...."
On November 10, 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died. At the time, it was the worst shipping disaster on the Great Lakes in 11 years. Other shipping disasters on the Great Lakes, in which weather played a role include:
Nov. 11, 1913: eighteen ships were lost killing 254 people.
Nov. 11-13, 1940: 57 men died when three freighters sank in Lake Michigan.
Nov. 18 1958: 33 men died on Lake Michigan with the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley.
Nov. 29, 1966: Daniel J. Morrell sank in Lake Huron killing the 28 crew members.
"The ship was the pride of the American side
comin' back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most..."
The Fitzgerald weighted 13,632 tons and was 729 feet long. In 1958, when it was first launched, it was the largest carrier on the Great Lakes, and remained so until 1971. The Fitzgerald was labeled "The Pride of the American Flag". In 1964 it became the first ship on the Great Lakes to carry more than a million tons of ore through the Soo Locks. On November 9, 1975 she departed from Superior, WI with approximately 26,000 tons of ore bound for Detroit MI. Shortly after leaving, the Fitzgerald made contact with the Arthur M. Anderson bound, on a similar route, for Gary IN.

On November 8 a storm was brewing in the plains and proceeded northward towards the Great Lakes. It appeared to be a "typical November storm".
"...and late that night when the ship' bell rang
could it be the north wind they'd bin feelin'."
On November 9 at 7 p.m. the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a gale warning for Lake Superior. In a gale, the wind speeds range from 34-40 knots. The NWS predicted east to northeasterly winds during the night, shifting to NW to N by the afternoon of November 10. At approximately 10:40 p.m. the NWS revised its forecast for eastern Lake Superior to easterly winds becoming southeasterly the morning of the 10th. At about 2:00 am November 10 the NWS upgraded the gale warning to a storm warning (winds 48-55 knots) with a prediction of "northeast winds 35 to 50 knots becoming northwesterly 28 to 38 knots on Monday, waves 8 to 15 feet". Around 2 a.m. the Captains of the Anderson and Fitzgerald discussed the threatening weather and decided to change their route. This safer route would take them northward, toward the coast of Canada. The northern route would protect them from the waves that the storm generated.
Winds generate waves; the size of the wave depends on:
The wind speed: The stronger the winds, the larger the force and thus the bigger the wave. The wind must also be steady - a constant wind speed.
The duration of the winds: The longer the wind blows over the open water, the larger the waves..
The fetch: This is the distance of open water over which the wind blows. The larger the fetch the larger the waves.
At 3 am the winds were reported as coming from the northeast at 42 knots. The Fitzgerald and Anderson proceeded together, the Fitzgerald ahead of the Anderson. They had radio contact and the Anderson's radar located the position of the Fitzgerald.
At 7 am. the storm passed over Marquette MI and started across Lake Superior.
"The wind in the wires made a tattle tale sound
and a wave broke over the railing...."
On the afternoon of November 10 a wind shift was evident. At 2:45 p.m. the winds had backed to NW and were 42 knots. Steady winds at 43 knots and waves of up to 12 and 16 feet were reported by the Anderson. At around this time the Fitzgerald contacted the Anderson and reported "a fence rail down, two vents lost or damaged and a list". A list is when a ship leans to one side. Also around this time, the storm's fury had closed the Sault Ste. Marie locks.
A shift of winds to the NW is very important, as this increased the fetch, allowing large waves to build. The Fitzgerald and Anderson were no longer protected by land.
Late on the afternoon of the 10th, the captain of the Fitzgerald made radio contact with another ship, the Avafor, and reported that they "had a bad list, had lost both radars, and was taking heavy seas over the deck in one of the worst seas he had ever been in." Captain McSorely was a seasoned sailor of the Great Lakes with 44 years of experience.
"...At seven p.m. a main hatchway caved in
he said 'fellas it's bin good to know ya'
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in peril
and later that night when 'is lights went out of sight
came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
At 7 p.m. the Anderson made radio contact with the Fitzgerald and had her on their radar. When asked how the Fitzgerald was making out they replied "We are holding our own". This was around 7:10 p.m.. Shortly afterwards the Fitzgerald disappeared from the Anderson's radar screen.
This phrase of the song, while romantic, makes it sound as if the crew knew they were doomed. In reality the sinking of the Fitzgerald was very rapid and it is likely they did not know the seriousness of their condition. Indeed, after the wreck a severely damaged life boat was found, and only part of the second. The conditions of these lifeboats suggests that no attempts were made to leave the ship. No distress signals were ever issued.
"...They might have split up or they might have capsized
they may have broke deep and took water...."
What caused the ship to sink? There are a couple of theories cited in the "Marine Casualty Report" by the US. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Report. Since there were no survivors nor witnesses, their report is based on testimonies and an underwater survey of the wreck. This report suggests that the Fitzgerald was taking on water due to earlier damage from the storm and that around 7:15 p.m. it plunged headfirst into a large wave and sank abruptly.
Factors contributing to the sinking:
Raising the wintertime load line.
When a ship is filled with cargo, there is a level at which the ship rests in the water. This level is referred to as the load line. The height load line is set as a function of season and determines the weight of the cargo the ship can transport. Between the time of her launch and its sinking, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald load line was raised 3 feet 3 1/4 inches, making her sit lower in the water. This increased the frequency and quantity of water that could flood the deck during a rough storm.
Leaking Hatchways
The ore was loaded through hatchways located top side. On October 31 routine damage was noted during an inspection and were scheduled for repair after the 1975 shipping season. The hatch covers were not sealed properly and were therefore not water tight, thus allowing water to enter the cargo areas. Once water entered it could migrate throughout the hold. There was no way to determine if flooding was occurring in the cargo bay until the ore was saturated, much like a sponge. Throughout the storm the ship was probably taking on water in the cargo hold though the hatches. Increased water loading, and the lower load line, made the ship sit lower in the water, allowing more water to board the ship. Eventually the "bow pitched down and dove into a wall of water and the vessel was unable to recover. Within a matter of seconds, the cargo rushed forward, the bow plowed into the bottom of the lake, and the midship's structure disintegrated, allowing the submerged stern section, now emptied of cargo, to roll over and override the other structure, finally coming to rest upside-down atop the disintegrated middle portion of the ship" (Marine Accident Report SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinking in Lake Superior). This sequence of events would lead to a rapid sinking, with no time to make a distress call or attempt life-saving operations. The conditions of the recovered lifeboats support this in that they appear to have been torn from their storage racks.
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours? "
For more information on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald see:
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot, Moose Music Ltd.
Holden, T., 1991: Lake Superior's wicked November storms. Mariners Weather Log, 4-7.
Knox, J. A. and S. A. Ackerman, 1996: Teaching the extratropical cyclone with the Edmund Fitzgerald storm. 5th AMS Symposium on Education.
Ludington (Mich.) Daily News, November 11, 1975.
Marine Casualty Report, SS EDMUND FITZGERALD; Sinking in Lake Superior on 10 November 1975 with Loss of Life. US. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Report and Commandant's Action. Report No. USCG 16732/64216, Department of Transportation, Coast Guard.
Marine Accident Report SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinking in Lake Superior, November 10, 1975. May 1978 National Transportation Safety Board, Washington DC. Report Number: NTSB-MAR-78-3
Stonehouse, F., The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. ISBN 0-932212-05-0, Avery Color Studios, Au Train, MI 49806, 1977, 208 pp.



]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=733 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:14:06 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=733 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=732 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:52:29 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=732 ‘Change has come to America,’ first African-American leader tells country
Barack Oboma a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States.
A crowd of 125,000 people jammed Grant Park in Chicago, where Obama addressed the nation for the first time as its president-elect at midnight ET. Hundreds of thousands more — Mayor Richard Daley said he would not be surprised if a million Chicagoans jammed the streets — watched on a large television screen outside the park.
“If there is anyone out there who doubts that America is a place where anything is possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” Obama declared.

Young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans have sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of red states and blue states,” he said. “We have been and always will be the United States of America.

“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,” he said to a long roar.
McCain notes history in the making
Obama congratulated his opponent, Republican Sen. John Mccain of Arizona, for his “unimaginable” service to the United States, first as a prisoner of war for 5½ years in North Vietnam and then for nearly three decades in Congress.
McCain called Obama to offer his congratulations at 11 p.m. ET, Obama’s chief spokesman, Robert Gibbs, told NBC News. Obama thanked McCain for his “class and honor” during the campaign and said he was eager to sit down and talk about how the two of them could work together. Saying, “The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly,” McCain told supporters in Phoenix that he “recognized the special significance” Obama’s victory had for African-Americans. We both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation’s reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still have the power to wound,” McCain said.

“Let there be no reason for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth,” said McCain, who pledged his support and help for the new president. President Bush called to congratulate Obama and promise a smooth transition of power on Jan. 20, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
“Mr. President-elect, congratulations to you. What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters,” said Bush, who invited Obama and his family to visit the White House as soon as it was convenient. The president also called McCain to say that he was proud of the senator’s efforts and that he was “sorry it didn’t work out.”
“You didn’t leave anything on the playing field,” Bush said. broad and deep victory
Campaigning as a technocratic agent of change in Washington and not a pathbreaking civil rights figure, Obama swept to victory over McCain, whose running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was seeking to become the nation’s first female vice president.

Obama’s election was a broad one. He won Florida, the scene of so much electoral chaos in recent elections. He won Ohio, a key to President Bush’s two election wins. He won Colorado, home of the religious right. And he won Virginia, reversing 40 years of Republican victories there.
Surveys of voters as they left polling places nationwide encapsulated the historic nature of the victory by Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas. As expected, he won overwhelmingly among African-American voters, but he also won a slim majority of white voters. He won among women and Latino voters, reversing a longstanding Republican trend. And he won by more than 2-to-1 among voters of all races 30 years old and younger.

That dynamic was telling in Ohio and in Pennsylvania, where McCain poured in millions of dollars of scarce resources. Obama won both, along with Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey and New York, all states with hefty electoral vote hauls, NBC News projected.
McCain countered with Texas and numerous smaller states, primarily in the South and the Great Plains. In interviews with NBC News, aides to McCain said they were proud that they had put up a good fight in “historically difficult times.”
A senior adviser said McCain himself was “fine” but that he felt “he let his staff and supporters down.”



]]> ‘Change has come to America,’ first African-American leader tells country
Barack Oboma a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States.
A crowd of 125,000 people jammed Grant Park in Chicago, where Obama addressed the nation for the first time as its president-elect at midnight ET. Hundreds of thousands more — Mayor Richard Daley said he would not be surprised if a million Chicagoans jammed the streets — watched on a large television screen outside the park.
“If there is anyone out there who doubts that America is a place where anything is possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” Obama declared.

Young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans have sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of red states and blue states,” he said. “We have been and always will be the United States of America.

“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,” he said to a long roar.
McCain notes history in the making
Obama congratulated his opponent, Republican Sen. John Mccain of Arizona, for his “unimaginable” service to the United States, first as a prisoner of war for 5½ years in North Vietnam and then for nearly three decades in Congress.
McCain called Obama to offer his congratulations at 11 p.m. ET, Obama’s chief spokesman, Robert Gibbs, told NBC News. Obama thanked McCain for his “class and honor” during the campaign and said he was eager to sit down and talk about how the two of them could work together. Saying, “The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly,” McCain told supporters in Phoenix that he “recognized the special significance” Obama’s victory had for African-Americans. We both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation’s reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still have the power to wound,” McCain said.

“Let there be no reason for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth,” said McCain, who pledged his support and help for the new president. President Bush called to congratulate Obama and promise a smooth transition of power on Jan. 20, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
“Mr. President-elect, congratulations to you. What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters,” said Bush, who invited Obama and his family to visit the White House as soon as it was convenient. The president also called McCain to say that he was proud of the senator’s efforts and that he was “sorry it didn’t work out.”
“You didn’t leave anything on the playing field,” Bush said. broad and deep victory
Campaigning as a technocratic agent of change in Washington and not a pathbreaking civil rights figure, Obama swept to victory over McCain, whose running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was seeking to become the nation’s first female vice president.

Obama’s election was a broad one. He won Florida, the scene of so much electoral chaos in recent elections. He won Ohio, a key to President Bush’s two election wins. He won Colorado, home of the religious right. And he won Virginia, reversing 40 years of Republican victories there.
Surveys of voters as they left polling places nationwide encapsulated the historic nature of the victory by Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas. As expected, he won overwhelmingly among African-American voters, but he also won a slim majority of white voters. He won among women and Latino voters, reversing a longstanding Republican trend. And he won by more than 2-to-1 among voters of all races 30 years old and younger.

That dynamic was telling in Ohio and in Pennsylvania, where McCain poured in millions of dollars of scarce resources. Obama won both, along with Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey and New York, all states with hefty electoral vote hauls, NBC News projected.
McCain countered with Texas and numerous smaller states, primarily in the South and the Great Plains. In interviews with NBC News, aides to McCain said they were proud that they had put up a good fight in “historically difficult times.”
A senior adviser said McCain himself was “fine” but that he felt “he let his staff and supporters down.”



]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=731 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:34:10 -0500 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=731
"THE BIG BANG THEORY delivered its largest audience ever and matched its best adult 18-49 and adult 25-54 ratings while HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER posted season high adult 18-49 and adult 18-34 ratings, according to preliminary Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Monday, Nov. 3."

Here are the all important figures.
The Bang Theory Viewers: 9.90 million (2nd), Adults 18-49: 3.8/10 (1st).
How I Met Your Mother Viewers: 9.56 million (2nd), Adults 18-49: 4.1/10 (1st).]]>
"THE BIG BANG THEORY delivered its largest audience ever and matched its best adult 18-49 and adult 25-54 ratings while HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER posted season high adult 18-49 and adult 18-34 ratings, according to preliminary Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Monday, Nov. 3."

Here are the all important figures.
The Bang Theory Viewers: 9.90 million (2nd), Adults 18-49: 3.8/10 (1st).
How I Met Your Mother Viewers: 9.56 million (2nd), Adults 18-49: 4.1/10 (1st).]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=728 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:12:59 -0400 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=728 Thousands still without power in Dakotas; cars still stuck on interstate
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Crews fought mud and water Friday as they tried to restore power after a fierce storm spread a wintry mix across the Dakotas, while authorities worked to remove snow-stranded vehicles that littered an interstate highway hours after their occupants were rescued. Blizzard warnings subsided, but thousands of customers in rural areas remained without power after freezing rain and high winds.
The Nodak Rural Electric Cooperative said it was trying to restore power to about 4,500 rural customers. Nodak President George Berg said that some areas got about 5 inches of rain, and that the freezing rain and winds toppled power lines and poles along a 40-mile path in five counties. Our biggest obstacle is not the snow, but all the mud and water," Berg said. One crew in northern Nelson County had to use a motorboat to reach a downed power pole submerged in water, he said. North Dakota's deer hunting season opened Friday, and Steele County Sheriff Wayne Beckman worried some hunters could mistake power crews for deer. Hunters and farmers should also be cautious of downed power lines, he said.
"It's dangerous out there; those fully charged lines could come down and, 'zappo,'" he said.
Major North Dakota roads reopened Friday after blizzard conditions in the central and western parts of the state, but officials warned they were still icy and snow-covered.

In South Dakota, the Highway Patrol worked through the night to rescue people stranded in their vehicles on snow-clogged highways in the western part of the state. About 300 people had been helped by Friday morning, authorities told reporters.
Parts of Interstate 90 were reopened Friday, but it remained closed from Murdo in the central part of the state to Spearfish, close to the Wyoming line. Officials said there was no indication when it will open.Murdo was so full of stranded travelers Friday evening that some were staying at the city auditorium, including Mark Vandersnick. He was on his way home after taking his wife to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where she remained to get treatment for leukemia.

"I need to get back to Rapid City to see my kids," ages 9, 13 and 15, Vandersnick said.
Tom Dravland, secretary of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, said he doubted all the stranded trucks, cars, campers and other vehicles could be removed from the western sections of Interstate 90 by Friday's end.
He said authorities hear from one truck driver who has been stranded east of Newell since Wednesday night. He has food and water and is doing well. He's just wondering when we're going to get there," Dravland said. "It's slow going."
There are no reports of anyone missing in the blizzard, and no fatalities have been reported.

The storm dropped at least 45 inches of snow near Deadwood, S.D., in the Black Hills. In southwestern South Dakota, 20-foot snowdrifts were reported on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. In both Dakotas, dozens of schools, agencies, businesses and attractions, including Mount Rushmore National Memorial, had to close. The storm also

disrupted travel and electrical service for a time in Nebraska. About 4,500 customers were without power at the height of the storm, but most lights were back on by Friday morning, said Mark Becker, a spokesman for Nebraska Public Power District. More than a foot of snow fell near the small town of Voltaire, in north-central North Dakota. The rural home of retirees Ursula and Donald Wunderlich was surrounded by 50-foot-tall spruce and pine trees heavy with snow and ice.
"Those branches are loaded with snow," Ursula Wunderlich said, "and if they break, they could really cause some whoop-de-do around here."







]]> Thousands still without power in Dakotas; cars still stuck on interstate
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Crews fought mud and water Friday as they tried to restore power after a fierce storm spread a wintry mix across the Dakotas, while authorities worked to remove snow-stranded vehicles that littered an interstate highway hours after their occupants were rescued. Blizzard warnings subsided, but thousands of customers in rural areas remained without power after freezing rain and high winds.
The Nodak Rural Electric Cooperative said it was trying to restore power to about 4,500 rural customers. Nodak President George Berg said that some areas got about 5 inches of rain, and that the freezing rain and winds toppled power lines and poles along a 40-mile path in five counties. Our biggest obstacle is not the snow, but all the mud and water," Berg said. One crew in northern Nelson County had to use a motorboat to reach a downed power pole submerged in water, he said. North Dakota's deer hunting season opened Friday, and Steele County Sheriff Wayne Beckman worried some hunters could mistake power crews for deer. Hunters and farmers should also be cautious of downed power lines, he said.
"It's dangerous out there; those fully charged lines could come down and, 'zappo,'" he said.
Major North Dakota roads reopened Friday after blizzard conditions in the central and western parts of the state, but officials warned they were still icy and snow-covered.

In South Dakota, the Highway Patrol worked through the night to rescue people stranded in their vehicles on snow-clogged highways in the western part of the state. About 300 people had been helped by Friday morning, authorities told reporters.
Parts of Interstate 90 were reopened Friday, but it remained closed from Murdo in the central part of the state to Spearfish, close to the Wyoming line. Officials said there was no indication when it will open.Murdo was so full of stranded travelers Friday evening that some were staying at the city auditorium, including Mark Vandersnick. He was on his way home after taking his wife to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where she remained to get treatment for leukemia.

"I need to get back to Rapid City to see my kids," ages 9, 13 and 15, Vandersnick said.
Tom Dravland, secretary of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, said he doubted all the stranded trucks, cars, campers and other vehicles could be removed from the western sections of Interstate 90 by Friday's end.
He said authorities hear from one truck driver who has been stranded east of Newell since Wednesday night. He has food and water and is doing well. He's just wondering when we're going to get there," Dravland said. "It's slow going."
There are no reports of anyone missing in the blizzard, and no fatalities have been reported.

The storm dropped at least 45 inches of snow near Deadwood, S.D., in the Black Hills. In southwestern South Dakota, 20-foot snowdrifts were reported on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. In both Dakotas, dozens of schools, agencies, businesses and attractions, including Mount Rushmore National Memorial, had to close. The storm also

disrupted travel and electrical service for a time in Nebraska. About 4,500 customers were without power at the height of the storm, but most lights were back on by Friday morning, said Mark Becker, a spokesman for Nebraska Public Power District. More than a foot of snow fell near the small town of Voltaire, in north-central North Dakota. The rural home of retirees Ursula and Donald Wunderlich was surrounded by 50-foot-tall spruce and pine trees heavy with snow and ice.
"Those branches are loaded with snow," Ursula Wunderlich said, "and if they break, they could really cause some whoop-de-do around here."







]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=721 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:17:47 -0400 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=721
http://the-big-bang-theory.com/story/926...+November/]]>
http://the-big-bang-theory.com/story/926...+November/]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=716 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:20:21 -0400 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=716 by beating the Tampa Bay Rays in game 5 last night
i had a very fun time watching the game last night
but since the pittsburgh Pirates wern't in the world
series or the playoffs i was able to cheer for the
philadelphia phillies cause i'am really not a phillies
fan but i had a fun time cheering for the phillies
and watching them win cause it brought back alot
of groovy memories of when the pittsburgh pirates
won the world series in 1979

]]> by beating the Tampa Bay Rays in game 5 last night
i had a very fun time watching the game last night
but since the pittsburgh Pirates wern't in the world
series or the playoffs i was able to cheer for the
philadelphia phillies cause i'am really not a phillies
fan but i had a fun time cheering for the phillies
and watching them win cause it brought back alot
of groovy memories of when the pittsburgh pirates
won the world series in 1979

]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=714 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:24:30 -0400 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=714 It's suspected that the engineer of Metrolink train may have been texting
It’s suspected, but not known for sure yet, that that the engineer of a Los Angeles Metrolink commuter train may have been text messaging when the train ran a stop signal, crashing into an oncoming freight engine.It will likely take the National Transportation Safety Board up to a year to investigate the tragedy, which resulted in 25 deaths, including that of the engineer himself, and 138 people injured.
If there was texting involved, it likely would not have been an approved activity. “Our operating rules prohibit employees operating the controls of a train from using cell phones or wireless electronic devices while on the job except in an emergency,” said Susan M. Terpay of Norfolk Southern Corp., which operates in more than 20 Eastern states. Calls made asking the same question of other rail lines were not returned yesterday.No doubt, as soon as the texting possibility was raised, many of us thought about family members and friends who text with dexterity and with ease — and while driving a vehicle.
In the United States so far, five states have banned text-messaging while driving: Alaska, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington state, as well as the District of Columbia.In 2007, Washington was the first state to pass such a ban. California is due to join the ranks soon. A state Senate bill banning texting and driving was approved in August, and is awaiting the governor’s

signature.Seven other states — New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Nevada and Delaware, “have bills pending that would ban text messaging by all or specific segments of drivers,” said Russ Rader of the national Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.It seems like it should be obvious not to mix the two, which some call “DWD,” driving while distracted, a category that includes cell phone use, eating, and even changing the car’s radio station.
Yet there’s a human compunction to respond to a beep, a buzz or a ring going off from a nearby device, even if that device is in the car,

and one’s hands are on the steering wheel.
The prevalence of driving while distracted can be attributed to technology and our societal mindset to be available at all times,” said Nationwide Insurance earlier this year, after doing a survey about the problem.
“No one should do it — period,” said Joseph Farren of CTIA-The Wireless Association, about text messaging while driving.
Text messaging continues to set usage records, according to CTIA. The industry trade group said in June, there were 75 billion messages sent in the United States, a 160 percent increase over June 2007.It’s not known how many of those messages were sent by a driver behind the wheel.
In general, text messaging is more of a habit for those in their teens, 20s and even 30s, who often prefer texting to talking on the phone.]]> It's suspected that the engineer of Metrolink train may have been texting
It’s suspected, but not known for sure yet, that that the engineer of a Los Angeles Metrolink commuter train may have been text messaging when the train ran a stop signal, crashing into an oncoming freight engine.It will likely take the National Transportation Safety Board up to a year to investigate the tragedy, which resulted in 25 deaths, including that of the engineer himself, and 138 people injured.
If there was texting involved, it likely would not have been an approved activity. “Our operating rules prohibit employees operating the controls of a train from using cell phones or wireless electronic devices while on the job except in an emergency,” said Susan M. Terpay of Norfolk Southern Corp., which operates in more than 20 Eastern states. Calls made asking the same question of other rail lines were not returned yesterday.No doubt, as soon as the texting possibility was raised, many of us thought about family members and friends who text with dexterity and with ease — and while driving a vehicle.
In the United States so far, five states have banned text-messaging while driving: Alaska, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington state, as well as the District of Columbia.In 2007, Washington was the first state to pass such a ban. California is due to join the ranks soon. A state Senate bill banning texting and driving was approved in August, and is awaiting the governor’s

signature.Seven other states — New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Nevada and Delaware, “have bills pending that would ban text messaging by all or specific segments of drivers,” said Russ Rader of the national Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.It seems like it should be obvious not to mix the two, which some call “DWD,” driving while distracted, a category that includes cell phone use, eating, and even changing the car’s radio station.
Yet there’s a human compunction to respond to a beep, a buzz or a ring going off from a nearby device, even if that device is in the car,

and one’s hands are on the steering wheel.
The prevalence of driving while distracted can be attributed to technology and our societal mindset to be available at all times,” said Nationwide Insurance earlier this year, after doing a survey about the problem.
“No one should do it — period,” said Joseph Farren of CTIA-The Wireless Association, about text messaging while driving.
Text messaging continues to set usage records, according to CTIA. The industry trade group said in June, there were 75 billion messages sent in the United States, a 160 percent increase over June 2007.It’s not known how many of those messages were sent by a driver behind the wheel.
In general, text messaging is more of a habit for those in their teens, 20s and even 30s, who often prefer texting to talking on the phone.]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=709 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:56:31 -0400 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=709 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=707 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:04:19 -0400 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=707
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeI87cIs6U0]]>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeI87cIs6U0]]> http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=702 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:29:00 -0400 http://forum.kaleycuococentral.com/showthread.php?tid=702