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[Peelz]

What would you do with a WWII era fighter? I would be dive-bombing $hit everywhere too.  :grin_nod: Making a machine gun noises in my helmet.  

a-10's rock. One of my favorite aircraft.

[Flynbyu]

The A-10's stationed a mile from my house are mean looking too. Awesome nose art!



The "Flying Razorbacks"

~Brian

[Peelz]

Local Name? Thought it was "warthogs".

[Flynbyu]

Local Name? Thought it was "warthogs".

Yes, it's the local name.

188th Fighter Wing Nickname "The Flying Razorbacks"

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/188th_Fighter_Wing

~Brian

[Krandall]

Local Name? Thought it was "warthogs".
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we call it bacon up here. 

[Colorado700R]

A-10 is technically the Thunderbolt II, nicknamed WartHog for it's toughness and lack of astetic appeal.  But they're a grunts best friend 

[Colorado700R]

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 the federal
tax tables were adjusted.  Employers were required to start using the
updated tax tables by no later than April 1, 2009.  The new federal tax
table updates were loaded to PeopleSoft last week.  Therefore, the paychecks
that employees receive on 04/03/2009 (for PE 03/27/2009) will reflect the
tax table changes and may result in a reduction in the federal income tax
withholding for employees.  Below is information from the IRS website
(http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204521,00.html
<http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204521,00.html> ) that provides
more detailed information should employees have questions on how this may
impact them.

[Flynbyu]

I had an extra ten spot on mine last week.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

A-10 is technically the Thunderbolt II, nicknamed WartHog for it's toughness and lack of astetic appeal.  But they're a grunts best friend 

The plane actually slows down when the GAU-8/A Avenger (30mm) is fired.

Unreal.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

ATLANTA - Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found.

The study by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked for the chemical, perchlorate, in different brands of powdered baby formula. It was published last month, but the Environmental Working Group issued a press release Thursday drawing attention to it.

The chemical has turned up in several cities' drinking water supplies. It can occur naturally, but most perchlorate contamination has been tied to defense and aerospace sites.

No tests have ever shown the chemical caused health problems, but scientists have said significant amounts of perchlorate can affect thyroid function. The thyroid helps set the body's metabolism. Thyroid problems can impact fetal and infant brain development.

However, the extent of the risk is hard to assess. The government requires that formula contain iodine, which counteracts perchlorate's effects. The size of the infant and how much formula they consume are other factors that can influence risk.

The study itself sheds little light on how dangerous the perchlorate in baby formula is. "This wasn't a study of health effects," said Dr. Joshua Schier, one of the authors.

The largest amounts of the chemical were in formulas derived from cow's milk, the study said.

The researchers would not disclose the brands of formula they studied. Only a few samples were studied, so it's hard to know if the perchlorate levels would be found in all containers of those brands, a CDC spokesman said.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it was considering setting new limits on the amount of perchlorate that would be acceptable in drinking water. A few states have already set their own limits.

The EPA has checked nearly 4,000 public water supplies serving 10,000 people or more. About 160 of the water systems had detectable levels of perchlorate, and 31 had levels high enough to exceed a new safety level the EPA is considering.

ROCKET FUEL! Don't light a match when your kid farts.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

A-10 is technically the Thunderbolt II, nicknamed WartHog for it's toughness and lack of astetic appeal.  But they're a grunts best friend 

The plane actually slows down when the GAU-8/A Avenger (30mm) is fired.

Unreal.

~Brian

would actually be forced backwards at full throttle if it had enough rounds

[Krandall]

Binghamton gunman entered firing
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hostage_shooting


BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — A gunman entered an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton on Friday, injured at least six people and took as many as 41 hostages, officials said.

Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin that there was a hostage situation involving a gunman with a high-powered rifle.

The FBI was sending hostage negotiators and an evidence response team to the scene, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the situation continued.

The newspaper reported 41 hostages in the building of the American Civic Association and said apartments were being evacuated.

Emergency dispatchers were in contact with some people inside by phone, WBNG-TV reported. The gunman might still be in the building, the newspaper reported. The Binghamton SWAT team responded.

Indications were that the shooter was a young male, and it wasn't immediately clear whether he was still in the building, the law enforcement official said.

Five people with gunshot wounds were being treated at Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, according to hospital spokeswoman Christina Boyd.

The wounded ranged in age from 20 to their mid-50s, and their conditions ranged from stable to critical, she said.

Linda Miller, a spokeswoman at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, confirmed that a student from Binghamton University was being treated at the emergency room.

A police dispatcher who spoke to The Associated Press wouldn't confirm a number of people shot or injured.

Around 1 p.m., Pennie Kerber, 72, told the AP in a phone call from her home across the street that the scene appeared to be settling down.

"The cops are all standing around in the front now. They're still all over the roof for sure," she said. "The SWAT shooters that were to the side of the building look like they're not there any more. It looks like it's clearing."

The area is in a stretch on the west side of the Chenango River in the city of about 45,000 near the Pennsylvania border. Emergency vehicles lined the streets in the neighborhood, a mix of homes and small businesses.

College student Leslie Shrager told the AP that she and her five housemates were sleeping when police pounded on the front door of their house next door to the shooting scene.

Officers escorted the six Binghamton University students outside, she said, and that's when they learned of the shooting.

"One of our housemates thought they heard banging of some kind. But when you're living in downtown Binghamton, it's always noisy," said Shrager, of Slingerlands, an Albany suburb. "Literally two minutes later the cops came and got us out."

The American Civic Association describes itself as helping immigrants and refugees with counseling, resettlement, citizenship, family reunification and translators.

It also intervenes with emergencies, including fighting, hunger and homelessness, according to information from the association's Web site.

[disco]

I just finished reading this article on the local paper website.

SWAT could save us a lot of money if they storm the place.  Violent end = cheap.  Talk him out = $$$.

What are people thinking when they pull stuff like this?  Don't they know they always lose?  One guy vs. the world and he's gonna win.   

[Colorado700R]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/03/iowa.same.sex/index.html


I hear wedding bells in Preddy and Peels future!! 

[Krandall]

Woman glues right eye shut

Paula Griffin, 29, squirted the hazardous liquid into her right eye by mistake after waking up with blurred vision.

Her eye was glued shut for eight hours and was only prised open again when doctors cut off her lashes.

Miss Griffin was warned she could have lost her sight forever and is still waiting to be told if there is any lasting damage.

The accident happened when she woke up and reached for a bottle of eyedrops in a bathroom cupboard.

But in her confused state she grabbed an identical-sized bottle of nail glue that was next to it.

The glue is used by beauty professionals to fix false nails and carries a toxic symbol and a warning that it bonds skin within seconds.

Paula, from Bournemouth, Dorset, said: "I was still really tired and I couldn't see very well, so I stumbled into the bathroom and picked the bottle off the shelf.

"As soon as I squeezed it, I knew something was wrong.

"I managed to stop it hitting the centre of the eye, and doctors told me later that it saved me from permanent damage.

"It was agonising. It was burning so much it was my natural instinct to shut my eye.

"But as soon as I did, my eyelashes stuck fast together and I couldn't open my eye again."

Miss Griffin, who also runs her own fancy dress business, said: "I would hate people to think I'm just some dumb blonde, because I'm not.

"It was a nasty accident, and it could have happened to anyone but I won't be putting the bottles anywhere near each other again, that's for sure."

Dr Simon Bell, consultant in emergency medicine at Poole Hospital, said: "As long as the glue remains on the outside of the eye, the injury will be extremely painful but will only have superficial or cosmetic damage."