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NEW YORK, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- ORBIS International is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Robert F. Walters, FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth, DO, as the new Chairman of its International Board of Directors.
Dr. Robert Walters has been an active member of the ORBIS International Board of Directors since 2008. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of ORBIS UK since 2003 and Chairman of the UK Board since 2008. Dr. Walters has served as an ORBIS Volunteer Faculty member since 1994, participating in programs to Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Sudan and Vietnam.
Dr. Walters served as a consultant eye surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff until 2009. He serves as examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in London and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is also a trustee of the Cardiff Eye Research and Therapeutic Trust and the author of three books on the causes of blindness. Past appointments include Regional Adviser for Wales on behalf of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and Clinical Director of Cardiff Eye Unit at the University Hospital of Wales.
"I have had the privilege of working closely with Rob since taking on the role of President and CEO of ORBIS International and can assure everyone that his commitment and dedication to our organization are unwavering," says Jack McHale.
Dr. Walters succeeds Albert L. Ueltschi, one of the organization's original founders who will continue to serve ORBIS as Chairman Emeritus.
"The board, staff, volunteers and patients who have been a part of the ORBIS family will forever be grateful to Al and the Ueltschi family for their enormous generosity, leadership and commitment to ORBIS's mission of saving sight worldwide. Al's vision and devotion to eliminating avoidable blindness has been an inspirational example of how one man can help change the world," says Dr. Walters.
About ORBIS International
ORBIS International is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing and treating blindness by providing quality eye care to transform lives. ORBIS provides the tools, training and technology necessary for local partners to assess their needs and develop workable and lasting solutions to the tragedy of unnecessary blindness. By building their long-term capabilities, ORBIS helps its partner institutions take action to reach a state where they can provide, on their own, quality eye care services that are affordable, accessible and sustainable. To learn more about ORBIS, please visit www.orbis.org.
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At Xtreme Sports, we make returns as easy as possible. Our mission is to provide you with the best products and the best service. We understand that sometimes, customers change their minds about products that they order or simply do not need them anymore. We also know that customers are cautious about Return Policies since they are often tricky and misleading. Our goal is to make the return or exchange process trustworthy and as simple as 1-2-3.
If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, you may return the item(s) within 30 days of Purchase of your order. All Returns must go thru us for approval before it can be returned to the Manufacturer. The following rules apply:
- 1. Products must be in original packaging and in a new and resalable condition.
- 2. Any product that was used is non-returnable.
- 3. Shipping Fees are non-refundable.
- 4. All returns must be made via our Return Procedure with a valid RMA form.
- 5. Order cancellations can only be requested prior to shipment.
- 6. Custom made items are not returnable.
- 7. A 20% Restocking Fee may apply.
Please note: If the return of an item was caused by an error on our part, shipping fees do not apply
To return a product you must first request a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA). The RMA form will include an exact return address and detailed instructions on how to return a product. You may request an RMA using the following methods:
Please let us know which particular item(s) you would like to return and the reason. You will receive an email with an RMA form attached. Please allow 24 to 72 hours for processing since, in many instances, we have to wait for a manufacturer's response.
There are 2 ways you can go about exchanging a product:
Option 1 (Slower) – Use the standard return procedure to request an RMA for the part you need to be exchanged. In your request please specify the exact item(s) you would like to exchange to. Upon receipt of your returned product, we will process an exchange and ship the new part. If there is a difference in price, you will be either refunded or charged the difference.
Option 2 (Faster) – Order the new item(s) online or over the phone so it can be shipped to you right away. Then request an RMA using a standard Return Procedure for the item(s) you would like to return. Upon return of the item(s), a refund will be issued promptly.
We all know that accidents happen sometimes. If your item(s) arrive defective, damaged, or simply incorrect, please contact our customer service department as soon as possible. Please do not attempt to use the item(s)! We will send you a replacement item(s) and provide you with a prepaid return label to return the defective item(s). If you the customer ordered the wrong size or items and want to return you will be responsible for the Return Label. Item(s) must be returned to us within 30 days. If the damage was caused by a shipping courier, we will schedule a damage pick up by the courier. When a replacement item(s) is requested to be shipped prior to the return of original merchandise, we must temporarily authorize your credit card until the original merchandise is returned.
When you request a cancellation of an order or item(s), Please note that it takes time for a manufacturer to cancel an order. This process may involve voiding orders in computer systems, removing items from backorder logs, having operations personnel pull items from production schedules and sometimes stopping orders at the shipping dock. Also note that sometimes products ship more quickly than expected, so we recommend that you do not purchase alternative products until receiving final confirmation of your cancellation.
After we accept your return, you will be issued a refund via the same payment method as you had originally used to place the order (Credit Card, PayPal or Check). The refund amount will be composed of the original purchase price minus shipping charges. You will be sent an email confirming receipt of the return and your credit. Please allow an additional 5-7 days for the credit to appear on your account.
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Virgil (Bud) O. Shelton
Virgil (Bud) O. Shelton, 73, of Benton, passed away Friday, August 5. He was born June 26, 1938 in Benton, to the late Virgil Henry and Nellie Marie Shelton.
He retired from Alcoa and was of the Baptist faith.
Mr. Shelton was a U.S. Marine serving in the Korean War and the Bay of Pigs.The following newspaper account described the latter experience:
"Marine Lance Corporal Virgil O. Shelton, son of Virgil H. Shelton of Benton, returned with a unit of the Second Marine Corps Air Station at Beaufort, S. C., Nov. 30, from Florida, where it had been deployed since late October.
"The unit, part of the forces called during the quarantine of Cuba, was based at Key West, Florida. On November 26, President Kennedy visited units based at Key West and Commented:
"The work you have done has contributed as much to the security of the United States as any group of men in history. Your tour was a most dangerous one. Upon you depended the freedom of the United States and the Free World. The Joint Chiefs of Staff and myself are most proud of the way all branches of the service worked together during this crisis. On behalf of the American people and myself, I extend most heartfelt thanks."
Mr. Shelton is survived by his two children, Shane Shelton and Kristan Shelton; the mother of his two children, Lynda Shelton; two brothers, James R. Shelton and Carroll Wayne Shelton and five sisters, Catherine Melton, Joyce Boyd, Linda Beck, Dorothy Frankline and Vicky Langley.
Visitation was held, Sunday, August 7 at Ashby Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, August 8 at Ashby Funeral Home with burial at New Rosemont Cemetery.
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My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
Now that Joe has been fired I wonder if the likes of ESPN, SI, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc. will cover the actual trial to the extent they covered Joe. The sad truth is they aggressive media got their wish, Joe Pa to be fired, but will be long gone when it comes to actual reporting on Sandusky and the actual victims. I imagine you will see a blurb on the bottom line a year or so from now saying that Sandusky has been found guilty.
Paterno fired.... Who thought they'd ever hear that?
"This isnt stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
He did not contact the police.
Let that sink in for a second. Joe Paterno knew that a man who brought kids with him on road trips, brought kids with him onto campus, and let kids stay at his house. And he said NOTHING to any police agency. He said NOTHING to child protective services. He said NOTHING to the other people who attach their names to this charitable organization. He sat silently and allowed this predator to continue associating with kids every, single day.
Or, you can choose to be a Joe Paterno enabler and believe that he did his due diligence and assumed that the allegations where unfounded. OK. Fine. Then why in the hell did he let McQueary remain on staff? If you're to assume that Paterno believed that the police cleared Sandusky of wrongdoing, then that means you believe he allowed a member of his staff to remain who falsely accused someone of being a pedophile -- and not just anyone, a trusted member of Paterno's inner circle for 30 years.
If someone called you, shaken up, and told you that he just saw one of your close associates raping a child and you later found out that he was lying, would you ever associate with that person again? Would you employ that person? Would you trust part of YOUR livelihood (football success) to that person?
Joe Paterno got EXACTLY what he deserved in this case. How many more victims did Sandusky have after this incident? Their blood is on the hands of Joe Paterno and Penn State University. How many past victims had to live with the shame these extra 10 years because Joe Paterno never brought this scumbag to justice? Their pain is on Joe Paterno's hands.
Sandusky is a monster. There is no question about that. He deserves the death penalty in my mind, and it's a shame that he can never know the horror he inflicted on these innocent victims. Paterno isn't a monster -- he's something far more insidious: a man who was willing to look the other way. He may never see the inside of a courtroom or a jail cell, but I hope his life from this point forward is a personal hell tormented by the thoughts of all the children he could have helped but failed.
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Cincinnati Here We Go.
26 Years and Counting...
Paterno and the PSU adminsitration provided Sandusky his inner sanctum.
BTW, Paterno was Sandusky's supervisor even after he retired.
"This isnt stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
Cincinnati Here We Go.
26 Years and Counting...
Wow, I hope to god these rumors prove false. I can't even wrap my mind around how something like that could ever happen in this country, especially coming out of a high quality university like Penn State.
I want to cry over this and it's making me sick to my stomach.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Sometime in 1998, it was brought to the attention that Jerry Sandusky was acting "strange" around children in the 2nd mile, to the point of showering, perhaps worse. It was investigated internally to the point where Jerry Sandusky "retired" in 1999. Now perhaps there was nothing credible, perhaps in blind loyalty and not wanting to believe the possible full extent of what may have happened, you buy Jerry's story that they were "just horsing around" in the shower. Perhaps you cling to it being more innocent that it looks, but you let him out of his job and he promises not to repeat it. OK, bad enough, but I can at least see how JoePa and Penn state get to that point.
Now 4 years later, McQueary comes to your office with his father and tells you he saw something again, perhaps he doesn't even describe the full extent, but you can bet your hind end, that when McQueary went to the AD/VP of PSU he was forced to describe the full extent of what he saw. There is no way in heck, knowing the instances of 1998 that it wasn't related back to JoePa. Heck there is little doubt in my mind that JoePa was in that meeting, as support for McQueary who had to be shaken by the whole thing to hear the full version for himself, straight from the horses mouth.
So what happens then? It goes no where. Perhaps the VP told JoePa that they'd handle it and he believed them. So what does JoePa, as the most powerful man on campus do with Jerry Sanduski? He allows him to continue using the facilities. He continues to allow his student athletes to be connected to Jerry and the 2nd mile. Paul Pusloski (sp?) was on Mike & Mike this morning, paul was a freshman in 2003. I doubt Paul knew any of the allegations of Sandusky, but he came to campus at a time when Jerry was allegedly bared from using the campus for the 2nd mile or being around young men. When asked if he knew Jerry, Paul said yes; everyone on the team knew if they wanted to do any community volunteering, they could go to Jerry and help with the 2nd mile program.
So now JoePa knows of 2 instances, 1 strong enough to force him to resign, then the McQueary instance, and yet he still directs his 17, 18, 19 year old players to help 2nd mile, a charity still being run by Jerry Sandusky. Jerry is still around using the facilities, around the program to some extent.
Fast forward again while ignoring several more boys that have been vialated by Sandusky to sometime over the last year when the Grand Jury report is being formed. Its not like they interviewed JoePa, the AD, McQueary, etc... on saturday evening, it happened months, perhaps even over the entire prior year, so even if they put it out of their mind, it was brought back to their attention full bore and it was obvious the charges were serious enough to get investigators involved, yet there he was, Jerry Sandusky, using the work out facilities for the football program on Friday.
So JoePa had not 1, not 2, but at least 3 concrete chances, and perhaps many more to tell Sandusky to go to hell and keep away from campus and his program, but instead Jerry was still around as recently as friday. Its not like any Joe Schmoe can walk in and use the football facilities, if its anything like what I've seen at Ohio State, security is tight. Certainly somebody as recognizable to the PSU program as Sandusky is going to stick out like a sore thumb. If Joe doesn't want you around the program, you're not getting thru those doors, you're not working out in "his" facilities.
Legally, Joe may have done the bear minimum to prevent getting charged legally. Morarly, as the face of both the program and largely the university he failed farther than any man previously, save arguable Dave Bliss. At best, JoePa put his head in the sand and refused to acknowledge the information that had been brought to his attention on more than 1 occasion.
My opinion, and perhaps my opininon only, Joe decided to look the other way in order to protect the image of his program and school. Joe knew what this would do to the image of his program. Keeping in mind that the school president asked Joe to resign around 2001-2002 following several sub-.500 seasons and Joe refused and kept on coaching until yesterday, it was obvious Joe had more power than the school president. In my opinion, Joe didn't want this to see the light of day, because above hurting the image of the program and school, he likely knew the public outrage would lead to his forced resignation.
How people defend this man or actions in this case are beyond me. The more that comes out, the more Joe looks culpable. I don't care how many games the man has won, how many building he's built on campus or money he's donated to charity, when the rubber meet the road, and Joe had the opportunity to put an end to arguable the worst crime a man can commit, JoePa failed miserably.
What is very clear to me is that the conspirators knew very well that this day would not be pretty and chose to defer it as long as possible. The chiefs get to continue making their six and seven figure salaries, Paterno gets to continue piling up wins. Sounds like a future episode of American Greed.
They all should lose every dime earned during that period and every win should be vacated for Paterno. Curley and Schultz need to spend the rest of their lives in jail, just like all the victims are forced to do. Perhaps Paterno should change his name to Larry and Schultz is now known as Mo, because these are certainly the three stooges.
While these men are also victims in the sense that they are now caught up in the web of someone else's wrongdoing, thankfully our law recognizes the serious guilt of doing nothing or lying about what you do know when you know information involving a crime.
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Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
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Tokyo-listed mobile carrier NTT Docomo has issued a tender offer of ¥24bn (£187m) to acquire all shares of Winga.it owner Buongiorno.
Buongiorno is one of more than 60 companies to have applied for a licence to operate in the Spanish market, and could find out whether or not it has been successful as soon as 1 June following a recent announcement from the country's egaming regulator.
Winga is using poker platform from Ongame and the casino platform from Playtech in both Italy and France.
The Winga.fr site launched in January 2011, while this year saw the company extend its French-facing offering to include poker.
As well as offering egaming under the Winga brand, mobile specialist Buongiorno offers music via the play.me brand and mobile payment services via cashlog.com.
According to TechCrunch, Buongiorno currently employs 848 people and in its last full-year results reported €228.6m in revenues and an operating profit of €7 million. NTT Docomo's fourth-quarter results earlier this month revealed revenues of ¥69.3bn (£539m) for the three months ended 31 March.
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Buoyed by Luis Suarez's return, Liverpool will visit Manchester United in the League Cup today eager to inflict more misery on a team reeling from a brutal derby defeat.
Sunday's 4-1 loss at Manchester City completed United's worst start to a season in nine years and prompted renewed scrutiny of new manager David Moyes' methods.
Since succeeding former United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, Moyes has seen his side beaten by Liverpool and City, and held to a 0-0 draw by Chelsea, leaving the defending champions five points off the pace in the Premier League.
Another loss to archrivals Liverpool would only add weight to the steadily creeping doubts about his aptitude for the job, but striker Wayne Rooney believes today's game has arrived at the right time.
"We have all grown up, whether it is [in] Manchester, Liverpool or somewhere else, having local derbies," Rooney told United's in-house channel, MUTV. "It is not nice when you lose one. I have been there as a fan and now as a player. Thankfully, we have another massive game against Liverpool."
"It is the ideal game for us. Any game against Liverpool, whether it is a friendly, Capital One Cup or Premier League, is massive," he said. "We have to try and get the victory so we can put this defeat to the back of our minds."
Rooney appears to have put an unsettled close season to the back of his mind — scoring four goals in his past three games — and Liverpool will hope that Suarez is able to draw a line beneath his own recent trials and tribulations.
The Uruguayan will be playing in his first official club game since April 21, having now completed a 10-game ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic last season.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers chose an unfortunate turn of phrase when he said the striker was "champing at the bit," but Suarez's return falls at a timely juncture after Saturday's surprise 1-0 loss at home to Southampton.
Suarez tried to force through a move to Arsenal during the close season, even accusing Liverpool of breaking promises made to him, but Rodgers is confident that he will be forgiven by the club's fans.
Referencing Liverpool's backing of Suarez after he was banned for racially abusing United leftback Patrice Evra in 2011, Rodgers said: "This club has given every single player here everything in the time I've been here and none more so than Luis."
"He will show that and demonstrate that in his performances and that is what the players and people want to see. They want to see him with a red shirt on, fighting for the club," he said. "The great thing about this football club is no matter what a player has done — or supposedly said — the supporters are 150 percent behind every player that pulls on that shirt and they back them to the hilt."
"I am sure that is something we will see and aligned to that will be his commitment and that will be nothing more than I would expect," Rodgers added. "I have no doubt, having been out, he will be even hungrier, but his commitment and fight for the cause will still be the same."
Rodgers was to decide yesterday whether to hand Suarez a starting berth in the third-round tie at Old Trafford.
Both managers are expected to rotate their starting lineups, with Robin van Persie a candidate to start for the hosts despite missing the loss at City with a groin strain.
Elsewhere today, Arsenal are to visit West Bromwich Albion, fresh from a 3-1 defeat of Stoke City that sent Arsene Wenger's side to the top of the Premier League table.
Holders Swansea City, who thrashed Bradford City in last season's final, visit Birmingham City, while Newcastle United host Leeds United and Stoke travel to third-tier Tranmere Rovers.


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Lieutenant Governor Joe Garcia has announced the launch of voting for the One Book 4 Colorado. One Book 4 Colorado is a collaboration between the Lt. Governor's office, Reach Out and Read Colorado and the State Library aiming to provide a free book to every 4 year-old in the state!
The books will be passed out at participating Reach Out and Read clinics and your own local public library later this spring. But, in the meantime, YOU can help decide which book will be chosen!
The candidates are.....
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.
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Vote for your favorite now through January 31st.
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DavidsonWorks hosted a Salute to Manufacturing event Wednesday morning at Tricia's Catering to support manufacturing, share information on education and training opportunities and ask business leaders to join efforts to build Davidson County's workforce.
DavidsonWorks hosted a Salute to Manufacturing event Wednesday morning at Tricia's Catering to support manufacturing, share information on education and training opportunities and ask business leaders to join efforts to build Davidson County's workforce.
More than 50 business leaders attended the informational breakfast.
"Whether you're a high-tech manufacturer or low-tech like me (Pallet Resources), manufacturing is important," said Neal Grimes, a member of the DavidsonWorks Workforce Development Board.
One of the presenters was Dave Drugman of Honda Aircraft. He said roughly two years ago the governor put an initiative in place to develop the aerospace workforce in North Carolina. The aerospace industry is comprised of around 300 companies in the state. After a statewide survey, the industry leaders discovered a common problem in every company.
"We were hurting when it came to entry-level people, zero to four years," Drugman said, noting that there was the largest need for machinists.
So members of Honda Aircraft sat down with other Piedmont companies such as Triumph, TIMCO, Cessna and FedEx to discuss how they could combat the industry's deficiency. The product of those meetings was the knowledge that each company needed a generic person with certain basic skills.
But the companies couldn't do it alone. The group approached the community colleges, wanting to develop a new training program. Davidson County Community College was one of the colleges that implemented an accelerated certificate program for machinists. But it wasn't only the community college that partnered with the aerospace companies. DavidsonWorks is a large part of the process.
It administers WorkKeys skills tests, and if an applicant is selected, he or she is sent back to the workforce board for additional training.
Not only is the college doing its part, but Davidson County has gone one step further with the new Yadkin Valley Regional Career Academy. The program implements science, technology, engineering and mathematics into the academic curriculum to prepare students for successful careers in jobs of the future.
"How can we attract future companies if we don't have the workforce to support our own companies?" asked Barry Sink, who helped form the academy.
The five colleges participating, Randolph, Forsyth, Guilford, Surry and Davidson, can educate 68 people per round of machinist training. DCCC is preparing to start another round of classes in March.
Drugman said that over the course of just more than a year, more than 200 people can graduate with a machinist certificate through the partnership with the colleges. While he admitted that his company cannot absorb that many people, the entire state can.
"There is an increasing demand for these folks. We (the companies) have to turn away business because we don't have machinists," Drugman said.
Cindy Livengood, executive director of DavidsonWorks, reiterated that the event was to salute an industry that was a large part of Davidson County.
"We ask you to look for local ways to connect and develop the workforce. That might be a plant tour, talking to students, on-the-job training or an internship," Livengood said.
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This is the true story and OTP of Total Eclipse!
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: World Marshall bureau
One thing I noticed about the ideas:
It's not dark enough.
Actually, there was an idea to place Comet in TDA timeline, in which Comets were a wet-work squadron for the U.S, with authorization to do "whatever it takes", up to including terminating its allies. Hilarity ensures when F-22s burn Hawaii to the ground.
Consequently, Comet took a darker bent after that, hence we have gas attacks in it, along with mass civilian deaths, maimed soldiers, psychological trauma and people's lifes being spent like currency. And no-one cares. (Well, will have - some of that is in this one chapter I continue to forgot to complete.)
I also want to see a story where someone is actively trying to fuck with Takeru trying to fix things. As in, there are people actively trying to get Bad End.
For contrast though, I could write Schwarzemarken like it was supposed to be - a romantic comedy.
In between Comet, and possibly other grimdark stuff I'm making.
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All Ive got so far is the F-22A Raptor who Ive pegged as the silent assassin type who to fight smarts using long range weapons and flanking tactics (essentially how the F022 fights using existing US doctrines). Pragmatic professional soldier-type to gets the job done, whatever the cost, and because of her ice queen personality she doesnt have a lot of friends. Shes not the Big All-American Hero everyone thinks she is, and that frustrates her to no end since all she wants to do is serve her country proudly as a professional, not some Hollywood Rambo wannabe (the ATF results giving people the wrong idea about the F-22). This might give her some self-esteem issues, particularly is people keep reminding her actually lost to her Northrock counterpart, the YF-23, in the ATF and shes actually the weaker machine.
Aside for that, the question is how do we this into a harem comedy?
Hes one idea.
Spoiler for Harem Comedy:
Im going to hell for this, arent I?
My guess is that the Japanese wanted to act against the Shogun for after the events in TDA-2. Since she protects the status quo is pretty much pro-American involvement compared to the rest of the Japanese government, some CIA genius figures that they might as well give her total control of the Japanese remnants by blowing away the rest of the Japanese and forcing the entire civilian population to rely on her as the sole surviving leader. Everybody wins (in theory)!
Why would anti-Takeru aim for a bad end? There has to be a reason he wants a certain scenario to come about. Maybe if that antagonist wants American supremacy, thinks Alternative V is the only way to save the planet, or wants Japan to be the worlds sole superpower I can accept, but trolling Takeru for the sake of trolling Takeru for fun doesnt really fly with me . Unless you make the fella as deranged as the Joker and Vaas Monternegro, at which point it boils down to whether we can make the guy psycho enough.
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...Imma gonna hafta...hafta...write that Transformers Crossover now. It can't possibly be any more facepalm-worthy...
It's not bad. It's just...well...my brain broke.
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Please Teach Us~ Toth-sensei~!!!
Featuring Berkut-chan and Beatrix Bremer.
Well, once the French are dealt with...there are only so many resources that can support so many people. And with Ikaruga plotting...well...*shades pull*
Japan Had Outlived its Usefulness/
Well, perhaps it would be better to show the whole thing from Alt V. perspective. Call me devil's advocate, but Alternative IV is not nearly as wonderful as its perceived, and its leaders are no less ruthless than those of V.
Also, let's put in Terminator-chan: a typical Kuudere who hits on Yuuya. She also tries to get Cryska to have a semblance of normal feelings, and facepalms every time Cryska does something silly.
Then, there's Berkut-chan, who, while seemingly beautiful, intelligent and caring, is in fact, a master bitch and a yandere.
Finally, Fulcrum-kun, who's a typical Shakespearean bishonen who likes killing people.
(Also, gay Tomcat gogogo!!!!)
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Okay. Someone figure out what the Muv Luv version of Zetsubo-sensei and his class will be like Muv Luv!
That said, imagine if Yuuya and Cerberus' Luna meet. Both of them TSF nerds... and Luna actively trying to marry her Typhoon....
Yuuya's love for his TSFs is non-sexual (well, for the mecha, not the moe TSF girls), but it's also amusing because he pays more attention to his TSF than to the pretty girls around him.
But since most ships and fighters are girls, that means that Tomcat-chan is a lesbian catgirl who tries to get into Yui-hime's pants... and is trying to assemble a TSF girls yuri harem. She has the ability to multitask and do 4 girls at once.
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The fun thing also, if you've read the actual Sentou Yousei Yukikaze novels (In particualr, Good Luck Yukikaze), there's a reference that the aliens don't recognize humans as living, but they definitely acknowledge the AI systems of the machines they're fighting as alive. This'd be a very nice tangent--having a TSF with an AI system that (like Yuuko theorized) is practically a sythetic/inorganic intelligence.
...of course, the whole problem with that is that the Muv-Luv Alt universe hasn't had the opportunity to develop intelligent standalone AI...at least none more intelligent than a recon drone.
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So to the JAM perspective, they're fighting carbon-based drones, while the only living entities on the goddamn planet are the 12 AIs in the Super Sylphs of SAF 5th Squadron.
Ah, Yukikaze, Need to rewatch that show. Also, managed to get the Yukikaze artbook, and it had some really interesting tidbits; in particular, the names of all Boomerang Super Sylphs.
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…Wrong Master?
Oh, Thank god! You scared me dude! I was so sure Ikaruga's good looks came from being a Timelord…
We could easily have the sentient AI accidentally arise by a miscalculation by Yuuko when she's designing from the XM3 OS or some Project Prominence side project. A Johnny Five 'act of god' lighting strike might work as well. Hell, you could even handwave it that the Ai doesn't even know how it become sentient, just one day it woke up and knew it was alive. The point is that the TSF is now sentient, and might just be one of the few things that meet the BETA criteria of 'sentient life' on the whole goddamn planet.
The implications of Yuuya having a sentient Shiranui and Luna now having a Typhoon who actually loves her back aside, this crossover could very well be awesome in the right hands since it mixes everything that was cool about Yukikaze with the world of Muv Luv.
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And then there's this:
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Spoiler for Excerpt from Good Luck, Yukikaze:
Granted this is talking a lot about the concept of a leader for all of earth and an organization that has held the line on the other side of a dimensional portal so effectively that the people back home have been able to ignore the JAM threat completely, but don't those excerpts make you think of Takeru, Youko, and all the petty politics and nationalism that is constantly causing problems in humanity's war against the BETA in Muv Luv?
According to wikipedia the reason the older Grumman F7F prop driven fighter had its name changed from Tomcat to Tigercat was because the name Tomcat was considered too suggestive at the time. Of course that was nearly thirty years before the Tomcat entered service.
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Also, you have both books? I haven't been able to find them for reading, despite looking. I am now officially envious.
...unless the Tomcat's anthropomorphic personification looks like a boy, and refers to itself as boku, but is really a rather tomboyish girl! Right, Tomcat is Makoto! The 765Pro idol whose boyish charms make other girls want her!
*Goose is shot*
Yes, I'm aware that the canonical 765Pro Tomcat girl is Azusa-san.
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I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who picked up on this.
Hmmm, well, if you think about it, Yuuko is the Doctor, Master is...well, Master, and Ikaruga would be Jack.
...Earth is so doomed.
Also, my idea about Alt. V is not just about it sounding, in pure theory, as something more likely to work than Alt. IV - it's also that in twisted way, Alt. IV didn't solve much! Think about it - yes, Original Hive is destroyed, but many more battles remain before BETA will be pushed out, and there's no way of telling if mankind won't screw something up along the way. Also, the rampant nationalism and politics still remain, with only the threat of BETA in space holding mankind together. That's not a very stable glue; anything may go at the moment, and frankly, Yuuko is not an unmistakable genuis - nor is she a very altruistic politician.
Vast swathes of Earth were also already devastated by BETA, and it remains to be seen just how well it can recover.
In some ways, just starting anew on another planet may make things better, especially when national governments are more interested in making the most out of Earth's ruins.
Spoiler for For Unlimited End:
Also, I ended up with Tomcat and Fulcrum as males because I like gender equality.
Spoiler for Jive Turkey:
No need to thank me.
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The comparison with Muv-Luv is when you notice that early in the war the BETA tended to attack mechanisms but not individual soldiers (except as raw materials). For all the BETA Superiors know, the TSFs were using humans as power sources or tactical weapons computers...
Also my take on Alternative V: I do not mind, and actually encourage humanity to reach out and find a new home beyond Earth...but it has to be BY CHOICE, not because we're being overrun by Alien bugs.
...that, and what happens if the BETA drop by on that new planet before the population is ready?
"Standing out by being just like everyone else."
A unified government in the Muv-Luv universe doesn't exist--in spite of facing a common threat--because people believe that to be part a major movement, a one world government, means giving up their individual right to choose things on their own. Like how the French dropped out of the Eurofighter program (in ML and in real life) because things weren't going their way. People/Groups have desires and wants, and they may compromise on some, but there will always be one or two that they will stick to, despite common sense telling them this is unwise.
Although the characters in MLA talk about the need for a unified government, let's face it: Japan, the United States, and other countries would pay only lip service to it at best---and outright fight it at the worst.The US wants the United Nations to do things the US way, Japan and Asian natiosn want it done another, so forth and so on. There will always be some group/organization/government/country that will insist on doing outlandish and downright dangerous things to the world at large just to show that they're tougher and better than everyone else/that they have a God-given mission to change the world the way THEY see fit.
Human beings (both as individuals and groups) have two problems that work in the favor of ANY Alien invader:
1.) At a subconscious level we do not care for anyone who does not support them or have anything of value we can make use of.
2.) Majority of human beings have an inabilty to think long-term.
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So after knowing this series for several years.
S-11 Self Destruct System
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Roberto Mancini's side are facing elimination at the group stage for the second time in as many seasons, with an unlikely combination of results in the final two rounds of games needed to spare them. As in their debut Champions League campaign last year the draw has not been kind to City, with Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Ajax all proving to be formidable foes. Nevertheless, it is hard to shake the impression that a squad boasting the likes of Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez and David Silva - all of whom enjoyed Champions League exposure before arriving at the Etihad Stadium - have underachieved significantly in continental combat. Vieira feels the problem lies with City lacking a history of association with the competition, something that is part of the fabric when it comes to the European heavyweights they have fallen short against.
"I think people are really demanding but Champions League is a different level," said the 36-year-old former France international midfielder.
"The Champions League, it's not just (about) players - it's about a football club and how you grow up.
"It is new for us. We're learning and I believe we're going to get better. But it will take time."
Vieira played for Arsenal, Juventus and Inter Milan in the Champions League before ending his career in Manchester in 2011. And City's football development executive believes Mancini's charges can take heart from the breathtaking manner in which they clinched the Barclays Premier League title in May as they attempt another feat of escapology. Without a win in their first four attempts, the Blues must beat Real at home and do likewise in Dortmund while hoping other matches fall in their favour.
"I believe that when the door is still open, however small it is, there is always going to be a chance," Vieira added.
"Of course we didn't help ourselves, didn't make ourselves any favours but the door is not completely closed.
"So it is going to be difficult and of course not so many people will believe that we can go through.
"But the door is not closed. It is still open and we have to believe after what happened last year and the goals we've scored in the last minute of games, that gives us hope.
"And if not, you have to play for the third place and play for (qualification to) the Europa League."
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Monday, April 23, 2012
New York City Public Library, New York City -- History and Genealogy Room
7 comments:
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Lovely photos! I envy you your trip! I have some research that I'd like to do at the NYPL, maybe this summer. I'm happy to know about your positive experience!
- April 23, 2012 at 11:52 AM
- Diane B said...
Wow, that looks like fun! Were there many books available for browsing in genealogy (all the ones I can see in the Milstein Division photo??) or did most of them have to come out by request?
I am very envious! And your photos are lovely.
- April 23, 2012 at 1:01 PM
- Barbara Poole said...
Thanks Cindy and Diane for your comments. I was at desk #2 (nearest the camera), so there were two double rows of books on my left. Now sure about the ones on top, didn't see anybody up there. The books by request are behind the scene, in a closed room. The librarians and copy machine were behind desk #1.
- April 23, 2012 at 1:39 PM
- Carol said...
Beautiful photos, beautiful place to research. Sounds like you did real good! Congrats!
- April 23, 2012 at 5:50 PM
- Susan Petersen said...
What a fun excursion! Love the photos!!
- April 23, 2012 at 5:55 PM
- Susan Clark said...
Lovely on every level. So glad you shared this. I haven't been there since my college days (and can't imagine when or if I'll get there again). It is an extraordinarily beautiful facility.
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University-Based Economic Development (UBED) has been a top priority for Virginia, and yesterday VEDP executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Virginia's public institutions of higher education and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV).
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The MOU creates a formal framework around an already existing relationship between VEDP and Virginia's colleges and universities. Virginia's UBED team has been in existence for seven years and has fostered collaboration on numerous workforce development and research projects.
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My favourite player in Rugby League is John Skandalis. He?s possibly the most under-rated forward in the game today. He does a ton of work in each game, he does it with no arguments, has a great offload, and best of all, he?s a Campbelltown man. His first grade debut was in 1996, for the Western Suburbs Magpies (poor guy). He ended up scoring a try in that match. Thus was born the legend of Skando. Well, he?s a legend to us Wests Tigers supporters anyway.
Skando has always been a one-club man. Whenever his contract was up with the Magpies/Wests Tigers, he never looked for another club, nor did the Magpies/Wests Tigers ever consider letting him go. I would have been gutted if he left the Wests Tigers right now. I could handle losing Scott Prince. I could even handle losing Benji Marshall. But not Skando.
Born in 1976, on June the 16th in Sydney, John played his junior football for the Minto Cobras, and attended Camberfield Primary School, and then Sarah Redfern High School. This is one of the reasons I like him so much; he?s homegrown (almost next door). Most Wests fans today have only three names on their lips; Prince, Farah, and (especially) Marshall. All these players are not from Campbelltown, Don?t get me wrong, people can have these players as favorites (I don?t blame them in the slightest). I just like homegrown talent. OK, so Robbie Farah is a Balmain junior and therefore technically homegrown as well, but I don?t care. Sue me.
In my opinion, Skandalis has been most unlucky to miss out on State of Origin Selection for the past four seasons. The only rep footy he has played in his first grade career is representing City in the annual City vs. Country game. My problem with the NSW selectors is this; if the City vs. Country game is to be considered as a genuine State of Origin trial, why in the hell hasn?t Skando been picked? In 2002 he was the best prop on the field, scoring one try and doing a mountain of work from the bench. And for some godforsaken reason, he did not get picked for State of Origin. He has arguably been the Wests Tigers best player ever since their inception. He has played well for about six years. When the hell are the selectors going to pull their heads out of their rear ends and sit up and take notice of this guy?
He is quoted as saying that playing for the Wests Tigers means everything to him right now. Now, if that?s not the most passionate thing I?ve heard all year, then I?ll eat my shoes (but only with barbecue sauce and a side of bacon; I?m not an animal). This man loves playing footy. He loves playing for the Wests Tigers. He loves playing in front of his home fans at Campbelltown. Quite simply, John Skandalis is possibly the most passionate man playing rugby league today.
I think that Skando?s best game he has played to date was against the Manly Sea Eagles not too long ago, on a cold Friday night. You remember the one where we thrashed Manly 49-24? Because I sure do. Skandalis was great in that game. He laid the platform all night for the Tigers? halves to do their stuff. He was making offloads left right and centre. John was busting tackles, putting in great hits, and shouting himself hoarse when he was on the sideline.
That?s not to say he hasn?t had a bad game ever. Just a week after that great win, we had another awesome win over last years? grand finalists, the Sydney Roosters (for the second time in a season). Now, if you?re thinking ?How did he have a bad game and the Tigers still win?? Well, let me address your concerns. Poor John managed to throw some Very stupid passes in that game which were comparable only to Brett Kimmorley?s game winning effort for Queensland in game 1 of State of Origin this year. Secondly, Skando dropped too much ball in that game, like Dene Halatau all of last year. But in the end, John picked himself up, dusted it off, and finished strongly to hand the Tigers their 3rd straight win. At which point I did the happy dance. For fifteen minutes.
John Skandalis epitomizes the Wests Tigers. When I go to a Wests game, he?s the one I cheer for the most.
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As politically anointed heads roll in New Jersey and investigators trundle more hacks toward the guillotine, citizens should celebrate not just the hacks' demise but the means that brought them down: public disclosure laws.
Because public officials' emails are public documents under New Jersey law, the closing of Fort Lee toll lanes at the George Washington Bridge last September has been exposed as a political vendetta.
The officials and agencies responsible for creating the congestion that brought Fort Lee to its knees for four days initially stonewalled, of course, when a traffic reporter for The Record, of Hackensask, N.J., requested all of the documents relative to the closing. But the records ultimately were turned over to the newspaper.
Emails among aides of Gov. Chris Christie and one of his appointees to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are enlightening on their own and indicative of other disclosures that likely will come as more documents are released.
For example, a key email from Bridget Anne Kelly, then Christie's deputy chief of staff, to authority member David Wildstein is incriminating in itself while pointing to further chicanery.
"Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," Kelly wrote.
"Got it," Wildstein responded.
Colossal traffic problems quickly followed. But the email also indicates that the matter had been discussed previously - with whom and in what detail will be major issues as federal and state investigators examine the matter.
Meanwhile, the status of officials' emails is an ongoing source of debate regarding public records disclosure in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
Last year the Obama administration had acknowledged that several officials had created email accounts under false names. And in Pennsylvania an appellate court ruled last year that some public email addresses don't have to be disclosed. Taxpayers just have to pay for the addresses; they don't get to know how they are used.
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Now why are buying cheap crap for chain the falls apart real fast in other areas?
Actually No.. I think.
Buying cheap crap for chain is not what they do. The crap for chain is quite expensive if you buy it at Boeing for example.
The falls apart real fast has happened in Iraq for sure and latterly in Afghanistan too but which other areas? I think we are all wondering about the "now why" and I think that is a valid point.
The wars have also changed, we won't be going up against Russia anytime soon. Further China is more of an economic threat than a military threat. Their military expanse is more a response to worldwide US presence, they are not as quick as US to invade a country.
So U-2 would do just fine against Taliban and even Iran. Why spend more money when the needs have changed, hell a bi-plane from WWI will do just fine against Taliban.
hell a bi-plane from WWI will do just fine against Taliban.
Did they have Toyota pick-up trucks and AK-47s in WWI?
So I'm always surprised when Space Nutters think there are magical materials and fantasy technologies out there...
Ah, so the human race has progressed materials science as far as it will go? We already know about all possible alloys, composites, and construction techniques? Science has unraveled all the mysteries of the Universe, all the way down through the quantum level? No possible advances in propulsion technology? Think again.
Materials science is the only place left to go. We saw the future, and it was unaffordable. Flying cars? Jetpacks? Supersonic airliners? All do-able. All prohibitively expensive and inefficient and unsuited for mass productions. You should read an article called The End of the Future [nationalreview.com]. It sums up something I've suspected for quite some time: while we've made advances we could never dream about... computers, biotech, etc... the advances we did dream about never came, and never will (at least not in our lifetimes or those of our children or grandchildren). All those dreams of colonizing planets, traveling to other stars, floating cities, etc, ran into the hard shoals of reality, both physical and fiscal. Humanity is now actually slowing down [popsci.com], after a century of constantly going faster. 50 years from now, whatever Boeing is producing at it's plant will look largely like what they've been making since the 707; a fat tube with slightly swept wings and jet engines in pods underneath. It may be made of plastics and have advanced computers, but it'll carry around the same number of people and go about as fast as current airliners. The future... the one we wanted... really did die.
the entire buildup of aerospace in the United States in the 20th century was due to one, and only one, factor. The Cold War. Without the Soviet Union, there would be no Apollo Mission, there would be no Mercury program, there would be no Space Shuttle. The entire thing was a gigantic nuclear brinksmanship contest between two gigantic countries who narrowly missed blowing each other to bits in a holocaust.
And what of the Soviets? If they had no Cold War they wouldn't have been into space either. Korolev would never have gotten funding from the Politburo unless he had claimed (dubiously) that he could stick nukes on top of his space rockets (err.. i mean missiles comrade, of course).
Materials science is the only place left to go. We saw the future, and it was unaffordable. Flying cars? Jetpacks? Supersonic airliners? All do-able. All prohibitively expensive and inefficient and unsuited for mass productions.
How arrogant are these apes. This one here claims to know so much of their limitations, yet still can't figure out how the basic forces of gravity or electromagnetism work at the subatomic level. No no, It's True; I'm not making this up! You must read this, It's hilarious!
It writes of unaffordability and knows nothing of different planetary economic models, even though they've just barely to explore this system. They still have a STOCK MARKET that dictates worth based on feelings instead of instantaneous financial reports! Ha haha!
Their transportation is yet slow and ground based because they are all still trying to drive the machines themselves! This one believes that personal flying systems are unattainable even though one of his kind has build himself one [youtube.com] from mass produced model airplane parts! [wikipedia.org] (Ridiculously, it's still controlled via organic pilot.)
They've barely begun to harvest their Sun's power; Can't even leverage their own planet's magnetic field or even LIGHTNING for that matter!
With this sort of thinking they'll never join the races of the stars... Let us leave the primitives be, but first ensure the probe records all instances of their "How it's Made" broadcast for it's the only anthropologically valuable transmission.
Materials science is the only place left to go. We saw the future, and it was unaffordable. Flying cars? Jetpacks? Supersonic airliners? All do-able. All prohibitively expensive and inefficient and unsuited for mass productions.
Because many of those things were ideas that in retrospect were not all that smart. Nuclear airplanes and cars are very stupid. Yet they were once proposed and in one case a lot of money was spent on research. Jet packs? They exist already. But hardly practical. The thrust from the ground version is severely limited in energy, and what ar ewe giong to do with the "fly across the English Channel" one?
But that isn't what I'm thinking of. The U2 is a fine example of it's craft, and what could we build that would be all that much better? We could design a new plane that would be incrementally better, and the design process would be incrementally easier.
Bu we are just about at the edges of what we are capable of doing with the current technology.
But before we get the stupid reference to the "Everything has been invented" meme, let me explain.
The next wave of progress will not be anything like what we have now. I don't know whether it will be in something like Zero point energy, or some other far fetched concept, but I do believe there will be something will be coming along that will make almost everything we make these days look almost silly.
There's plenty they could do differently today. Stealth technology, carbon fiber, etc. But all of that is expensive. Do you put new tires on the old Ford and drive it to work for another year, or buy a new Ferrari? Depends on your budget.
They already had a Ferrari in the SR-71, but chose to retire it and kept the old Ford.
I'll go along with us not knowing a whole lot more about aerodynamics today compared to 60 years ago, but materials have improved. Carbon fiber has trumped the aluminum-titanium-unobtainium alloys they had then, both for strength/weight ratio and the ease of making complex shapes. Obviously, the avionics are a whole different world, but I assume you were talking airframes.
Consider, for example, the Russian Soyuz rocket. It looks like something out of the 60's, because it *is* something out of the 60's.
Going on the idea of having it already figured out, consider the parts & labor.
It has to be cheaper & less time consuming to create in install the parts on a U-2 than a newer high tech jet. Less parts, less to go wrong. Strap a new high-tech camera & radar on that old timer and off she goes!
Maybe it's not perfect, but after 1700 launches, they're pretty much got it figured out. The Space Shuttle was a lot sexier, but when it came to putting mass into orbit cheaply and reliably, Soyuz won hands down.
The problem is - that while the Soyuz is in fact cheaper than the Shuttle, the difference in reliability isn't all that great. For the currently active marks of the Soyuz booster you have 863 launches with 23 failures - 97.4 percent reliability. Compare that to the Space Shuttle, 135 launches with 2 failures - 98.5 percent reliability. (The numbers for Soyuz get even worse if you count all marks of the booster.)
The reliability of Soyuz is a myth born in echo chamber of space fanboys, it's not supported by reality.
So I'm always surprised when Space Nutters think there are magical materials and fantasy technologies out there...
I guess if you're ignorant anything can surprise you.
Ever heard of blended wing bodies, carbon and silicon aerogels, aerospikes, feathering, single crystal turbine blades, biosteel, not to mention advances in avionics. Regulatory requirements have also evolved in the last 40 years, particularly in crashworthiness, dynamics/flutter, EMI, fire prevention/retardants, fatigue, lightning protection, operational requirements, etc.
I'm sure little progress has been required in going from a 45,000 lb thrust e
When I first saw the headline, I thought they were referring to the band.
this doesn't mean they still can't put on a good show. "Aging U-2 Will Fight On Into the Next Decade" is just an inflammatory headline. Bono and The Edge may have a few wrinkles now but they got...
oh, never mind
... in his first job as an engineer. He retired yesterday.
It's a shame cause RQ-4 Global Hawks are sexy. But yeah, the days of spending crazy money on cool toys are over, at least for now. I'm all for strong national defense but I'm sure that our military can do the same job with a lot less money if they really put their mind to it.
It's not like they couldn't get some global hawks (or similar) but maybe... not so many? It's like aircraft carriers. Ok so you have 11 supercarriers, (+ 2 under construction). Would US standing in the world be significantly harmed if you only ran 9 or 10 for a few years? Or just 9 or 10 permanently. Given that the only other big carriers in existence or under construction are french and british, and they'll have a total of 4 between them, it seems unlikely that the US is in a serious risk for say, the next decade.
The U2 is still in business because it's cheap, and gets the job done against enemies who can't or don't care to fight back. So trying to decide on a replacement is a difficult exercise in knowing the future. The chinese and russians can (and have) shot them down, but they're more big scale satellite intelligence operations anyway. Day to day movement of chinese or russian forces is mostly low priority because they aren't about to shoot at you, and if they do, using 10 year old global hawks might not be any better a plan than 50 year old U2's.
The maintenance on carriers can take significantly longer than one would expect, meaning that of the 11 supercarriers, only four (Washington, Stennis, Vinson, and Lincoln) were in a deployment state. Two others (Enterprise and Eisenhower) were listed at the end of 2011 as surge-ready (could be deployed with about two weeks of prep, though Enterprise is scheduled for retirement later this year), and one (Bush) was in dock at the end of a deployment. Nimitz seems to have just finished a year-long incremental improvement, Truman has been undergoing repairs since last spring and isn't due to return to the fleet until summer, Reagan just started a year-long incremental improvement, and Roosevelt is refueling, a job that won't be done until 2013. Ford won't be joining the fleet until at least 2015.
So this means that of the 11 in the fleet, only four are deployed, two are deployable, and five are not yet in a usable state. Though the numbers vary by maintenance, repair, and refueling needs, at any given time you can figure that only half of the carriers are available. This may change as more Ford-class vessels come online, but that will take decades to complete.
And that's different for everyone else how?
That's why the UK and france signed a joint air group operations agreement. By the time the 2 QE class ships are built in the UK The french CDG will be getting old, so between them they will be lucky to have 1 at sea, one ready, one training and one in maintenance. It's relatively rare to have more than 1/3rd of a fleet operational at any given time no matter what.
The US likes to use aircraft carriers because it has them. Not because it needs to use them*. Why is there an aircraft carrier in the perisian/arab gulf when you have land bases in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi? The only reason to put a carrier there is that you have one, it's tour rotation is up and may as well use it for something and put it somewhere action might happen. You could just as well base aircraft on land, and sure, you have marginally longer flying distances, but you wouldn't need to pay for a carrier.
*I don't mean everywhere. There's a legitimate reason to position them next to say, a Chinese carrier or russian forces and so on. There are still big oceans. But even if the US active selection of ships was reduced from 4 to 3, and then 2 in reserve and 4 in various states of repair and refueling hat would not meaningfully impact the US's strategic operational capability - the navy sure, but not the overall US capability. If you're going to go to war with a country that has more than one carrier, you're going to get more than 2 weeks notice. Even Iraq, the first or second time, you had several months of buildup time (and could have arbitrarily taken longer if you wanted it). If you need 4 aircraft carriers to go after al qaeda in afghanistan they're winning and you're throwing money away like well, drunken sailors.
I actually wanted to read what you wrote there, but it really needs some line breaks.
Either put in <br> or post as Plain Old Text (in the Options button below the text-entry box) and you'll make it a lot easier for people to read.
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The whooshing sound you heard was
No, latency is a good answer. At the rate that Google is going, it will only be a few years before they can slurp as much data from the world as the NSA, CIA and the various other three letter agencies. And the analysts will get relevant advertisements as a bonus.
Just hang on a bit, it's not the the international situation will be a whole lot different. In the wise words of Tom Robbins [amazon.com], it is 'desperate, as usual'.
respect, if only for mentioning 'ol Tom. Almost every GF I've had seems like a character from his books.. that out of the way, i imagine the google results are delayed on purpose... of course, "google ogle" will probably be a product for the analysts shortly..
No, latency is a good answer. At the rate that Google is going, it will only be a few years before they can slurp as much data from the world as the NSA, CIA and the various other three letter agencies. And the analysts will get relevant advertisements as a bonus.
Just hang on a bit, it's not the the international situation will be a whole lot different. In the wise words of Tom Robbins [amazon.com], it is 'desperate, as usual'.
I'm sure you just couldn't pass up the chance for a drive by Google blast, but even you, if honest, would realize this will never be true.
They will never get that fast.
Google buy/beg/or barters most of their images, which are useless in tracking a car full of jihadists running thru the back roads, and
nothing like an orbiting UT or Global Hawk.
Really, the amount of time between a delta and an event is small.
What it lacks in latency, it makes up in bandwidth.
Wow, I thought the SR-71 replaced the U-2 decades ago...
SR-71 wasn't really a U-2 replacement, just a different tool in the toolbox, that made it better suited for some tasks (getting someplace quickly and not getting shot down) and not as good at others (staying airborne in an area for a long time watching, operating within a reasonable budget). It's not surprising the U-2 has lasted so long. It was very well designed for what it does from the start, and much like the same-era B-52s we still keep flying, remains pretty damn good at what it needs to do to this day.
I was once taken to a secret testing facility in a place Where the Streets Have No Name, to examine the current state of the U2. I was not impressed with its performance. At first it had a Rattle and Hum, and after extensive testing exploded in an Unforgettable Fire. There'll be Helter Skelter if they don't get this under control.
I asked the official who was giving me the tour what they planned on doing about it. He said "we plan to replace it, but we Still Haven't Found What We're Looking For". However, he continued to show Pride in the current model.
I didn't like doing this on a Sunday, Bloody Sunday, so I told him I was leaving for a Discotheque. With or Without You.
I know the US military is being cut back substantially; but, given that so much military activity this past decade was off-budget (e.g cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan), I wonder how much the cutbacks will impact the official US debt, if at all?
I realize debt is debt, whether it's officially acknowledged or not; but since this seems to be primarily sold as budget reduction I'm curious to see how it's being handled.
Look at the numbers. Only the rate of increase is being slowed. The numbers you are seeing as 'savings' are just meaningless fluffies. Makes 'Hollywood Accounting' look real.
Just because it was off the regular budget doesn't mean it wasn't in the overall budget or included in the US total debt (which is not exactly accurate because the gov't borrows money in blocks, but spends it continuously so there's some disconnect there).
In terms of how much it saves, well that's harder to say. How many global hawks would they have bought, what's the operating cost per year (assuming they filled the same roles as the U2's) etc. If you trim the budget by 10% that goes a long way to eating
They were re-classifed as TR-1(x) models in the mid-80s.
The U-2 is not longer a "traditional" spy-plane (i.e. photoreconnaissance of fixed points of interest). It had all the high-res photography equipment replaced with side-band IR and wide-angle low-light cameras. Bascially, they turned it from a "oooh, look at that neat weapons complex" single-frame photographer into a massive photo Hoover (or Vax, for our Brit friends).
Turns out, the U-2 is massively useful here: incredibly high service ceiling, newer semi-stealth improvements in materials, and a batshit crazy loiter time. It outlived the SR-71 because it turns out point-recon is better done by LEO satellites, and the SR-71 can't loiter. Or go slow enough to photograph a wide area well.
I'm kinda surprised that the Global Hawks are more expensive than the TR-1, though, given that the TR-1 now required non-trivial maintenance, and human costs to fly. Then again, this is 1950s technology, and the B-52 shows that if you can figure out where it works, well, high-tech doesn't always mean better mission success.
Now, if only they'd cancel those stupid Littoral Combat Ship programs (yeah, we're building 2 production versions, cause we couldn't decide which sucked less), we could look at some significant savings...
Not all were classified as TR-1 in the 80s, just the ones produced in the 80s. In the 90s, they were all reclassified as U-2. It is a great airplane, and extremely useful. I suspect it will be around for a while, since it flies higher, has a greater payload, and more flexible than the Global Hawk (ie. it doesn't need to be reprogrammed to be re-tasked it in flight). FYI, I have over 600 hours at the controls of the U-2, flying over Iraq, Korea, Bosnia, and other well know hot spots. The current U-2Ss are completely different than the U-2Rs that I flew. I personally knew 4 of the folks that the Times article referenced as being killed on an operational U-2 mission. Long live the dragon lady, the pilots that fly here, and the outstanding crews that maintain her!
I have no idea what a TR-1 is, but the official US Airforce page still calls them U-2s or TU-2s.
http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=129 [af.mil]
Maybe you are talking about NASA's versions.
If I remember correctly, the U-2 some years ago swapped out the original engines for essentially modified B-2 bomber engines (the F-118), which cut the fuel consumption and allowed for longer flights at altitudes above 70,000 feet. I believe that with the J57 and J75 engines, the U-2 maxed out at around 73,000 feet; the F118 could probably take it to over 76,000 feet.
If I remember correctly, the U-2 some years ago swapped out the original engines for essentially modified B-2 bomber engines (the F-118), which cut the fuel consumption and allowed for longer flights at altitudes above 70,000 feet. I believe that with the J57 and J75 engines, the U-2 maxed out at around 73,000 feet; the F118 could probably take it to over 76,000 feet.
Correct on the engines. But the Air Force [af.mil] will only admit to 70,000 feet. (wink wink).
I really enjoyed Ben Rich's book on Skunk Works. One thing that stood out to me is that the real reason we're still flying the U-2 is that Dick Chaney killed the SR-71 program, which was kind of an evolution of the U-2 program. Chaney argued that spy satellites replaced the need for airplanes to do surveillance. Turns out the reason he said that was because he was associated with companies that were into spy satellites and he didn't want the SR-71 to compete for that market. Such a shame that politics played such a large role in the neutering of America's capabilities. Most sad of all was that McNamara ordered the destruction of all plans and tooling for the SR-71. Even if the SR-71 was too expensive to fly, that's still a real crime that much of what was learned in that program has been lost.
The U-2 is probably much much cheaper to operate than the SR-71, so it's possible the SR-71 would have died anyway. But certainly politics played a huge role in its demise.
Sadly, in the current political climate it's doubtful Skunk Works would ever produce anything like the U-2, the SR-71, and the stealth fighter. Maybe it's a blessing though. The government seems hell bent on spying on even American citizens. I dunno.
http://www.blackbirds.net/sr71/fallblackbird.html [blackbirds.net]
https://www.google.com/search?q=Skunk+Works%3A+A+Personal+Memoir+of+My+Years+of+Lockheed [google.com]
I really enjoyed Ben Rich's book on Skunk Works.
Skunk Works is a great book with many great stories about the U2, F-117, and SR-71 programs. I got my copy off the shelf to be sure I didn't mis-remember some items. The U-2 flew up to at least 74,500 feet with a 65,000 cruising altitude. Missions could exceed 6000 miles and last 10-12 hours. The window between stall speed and overspeed buffeting could be so narrow that "our test pilots reported that sometimes during a turn the inside wing would be shaking in stall buffet while the outside wing was shaking
One thing that stood out to me is that the real reason we're still flying the U-2 is that Dick Chaney killed the SR-71 program, which was kind of an evolution of the U-2 program.
That's what Ben Rich claims. What Ben Rich fails to tell you however is that the special tankers needed to refuel the SR-71 were just about worn out and badly in need of replacement - at a time when the USAF could barely get enough tankers for the rest of the force. (A problem we're still wrestling with.) He also doesn't tell you that many of the SR-71's systems were wearing out and spare parts were getting scarce, requiring cannibalization between airframes to keep them flying. He also doesn't tell you about the extreme expense involved operating the SR-71 even without these mounting costs... Etc.... etc...
Overall Ben Rich is not a very reliable source for much of anything outside of his direct experience. (I.E. design, engineering, manufacturing.)
.. don't fix it.
The U2 is still flying for much the same reason that the B-52 is still flying: both platforms work, and there's been no reason to improve either of them. (The B-52 is planned to stay in inventory until 2050, and there may well be 100 year old planes still in service at that point.)
I think Gary Powers would disagree with your assessment of the need to improve the U-2 platform.
Actually, the U2 can't be replaced so easily. Yes, they could *make* one but it took a huge team to make the U2 work, and Kelly Johnson was no dummy with its design. The problem is that you have to justify spending the time and money and materials to make a new one that works so much better that its worth the expenditure.
Oh, and the SR-71 was engineered for somewhere around Mach 5 or 6. Its stated top speed was Mach 3, but lots of planes can do Mach 3, and they don't need all the fancy stuff the '71 did. And, I talked to a retired traffic controller who once saw a '71 light up a civilian transponder so traffic could be vectored around it (it had an emergency apparently), they clocked it around 4000mph. Kelly Johnson wouldn't authorize the throttles to be opened full, he wasn't sure what would happen. Some neat stuff about the blackbird.
SR-71 can't loiter, is not particularly stealthy in this day and age, and flies way too fast to use the modern imaging systems in use.
Stealth is not that important in the theater the U2 is working, the enemy there has nothing that can reach it anyway.
These days flying over and snapping a picture is not that important.
Loitering and sending low-light high quality (extremely high), digital imagery and live video it what matters.
Well, if it's still relevant, why decommission it ?
After all, the Russian Air Force has decided to maintain their own 1950's bombers, Tupolev Tu-95 "Bears", [wikipedia.org] at least till 2040. Because they're fast, cheap to fly, and fuel-efficient.
In a time where oil is scarce and budgets are tight, I'd be happy as a citizen if my own country were to make such a sensible choice. Instead of paying billions for outdated, non-stealthy, gas-guzzling Rafales that no other country wants to buy...
Kind of funny that you mention outdated, non-stealthy, gas-guzzling Rafales as that's exactly what the Tu-95s are as well (as are B-52s). They certainly aren't particularly fuel efficient by any stretch of the imagination. And they are super crazy loud. But just as in cars, buying a new car solely because it has increased fuel efficiency isn't an economically sound choice. In short Russia flies them for the same reasons your country flies "outdated, non-stealthy, gas-guzzling" Rafales. They have them
After all, the Russian Air Force has decided to maintain their own 1950's bombers, Tupolev Tu-95 "Bears", at least till 2040. Because they're fast, cheap to fly, and fuel-efficient.
The real reason, in fact, is that Russia simply can't afford shiny new stuff. And it's not just about the money, but about having the engineering and industrial capacity to keep up. That's why it only has sixteen operational Tu-160, and all of those except for one were originally built back in the USSR.
This isn't to say Tu-95 is not a decent aircraft. It certainly is, but just as certainly it's showing its age. You can bet that, were USSR still in the game, it would have a new bomber in service by now (but would have kept Tu-95 also, as Soviets tended to not quickly retire older models, letting them serve alongside new ones rather than ditching them quickly).
The Lockheed-Martin Skunkworks' SR-71 Blackbird was *the* aircraft designed to replace the U-2. It's sad that it can't fill that role now because of how it was used as a political bargaining chip. If Gary Powers had flown one of those, he'd be alive today because the missile simply never would have caught up with him before it ran out of fuel. If you're flying an aircraft that can't be shot down by any missile, isn't that even better than an unmanned UAV that can be shot down? Pilot or no, if the aircra
Powers did not die when he was shot down, he was taken prisoner and exchanged in a prisoner transfer.
My point is the same: the plane was shot down, asset lost.
An aircraft that can't do the job is a total waste of money.
You can't follow a pickup load of jihadists across a winding mountain road at mach 3.
Gary Powers survived his U-2 being shot down. He died in the crash of a helicopter he was piloting in 1977. However Major Rudolph Anderson died when his U-2 was shot down over Cuba in October of 1962. How many U-2's could you build for the cost of one SR-71? Lockheed's contract for the first 20 U-2's was $22 million dollars.
If you haven't already watched this special then I urge you to do so at once. James May is given the opportunity to take a ride in a U-2 and films the entire thing. The video is incredible. They are flying on the edge of the atmosphere and when he looks up its just black space. Looking out you can see the curvature of the earth and its blue atmosphere. The sight is so awe inspiring that James starts to get emotional.
If they were going to keep the U-2 around that long, they should have commissioned teh SR-71 and we could have had a much more effective machine for the last 30 years.
I just spent 90 minutes reading about aircraft on wikipedia!
That's 10 minutes I'll never get back, you bastards!
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio faulted by feds for treatment of Hispanics
The Justice Department's civil rights division, after an investigation of three and a half years, has cited Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Maricopa County office for racial profiling Hispanics in traffic stops and immigration sweeps and for treating Spanish speakers in his county jail badly. It found the office had "a pervasive culture of discriminatory bias against Latinos." (See Arizona Republic [1], for a summary of the charges.) The self-styled "America's toughest sheriff" has until January 4 to cooperate in addressing the abuses or the Justice Department will drag his office into court. This comes on mounting criticism of the sheriff for lax pursuit of 400 sex-related cases, poor administration, and calls for Sheriff Joe's resignation.
The Justice Department seeks the sheriff office's cooperation in righting its wrongs, but if history is any indication that's not likely to happen. When it began its investigation, and especially after it became public, Sheriff Joe stonewalled it and only relented on threats of a civil suit. He relented and provided documents, even fired some of his top administrators and made minor improvements like providing better translation services. Yet he continues to deny the charge that his office is targeting Hispanics. The Justice Department's report is damning and may signal the end of Sheriff Joe's 20 year tenure. He is also a part of a criminal investigation and must face the voters next year.
Specifically, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is charged with arbitrarily stopping Hispanics for trivial or even non-existent traffic violations and sometimes hauling legal residents in as undocumented aliens. In jail, the report finds prisoners with poor or no English are denied some services available to others and made to fill out forms in a language they didn't understated. His critics often felt his wrath--the criminal investigation is about abuse use of his office to retaliate. The report also faults the training of the sheriff deputies and accuses them of poor community relations.
Sheriff Arpaio disputes the findings of the report. He's never felt he's been unfair, only that his critics don't appreciate his tough policing. They on the other hand feel vindicated and are renewing calls for his resignation. Gov. Jan Brewer avoided direct comment, but it wasn't a good omen for the sheriff that she said she believes "strongly that no Arizonan should have his/her civil rights violated." Within hours of releasing the report, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Nepolitano, who scuffled with Sheriff Joe when she was governor, dropped Maricopa County Sheriff Office from participation in the Secure Communities program. (Incidentally, the Secure Communities has its own problems. The New York Times [2] reports two cases of American citizens detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles.)
The Justice Department's report may be the beginning of the end to Sheriff Joe. He may surprise the world and cooperate, but that remains to be seen. A bigger question is how the report will impact on an electorate that has consistently returned him to office by large majorities. There is some evidence that the people may be tiring of the negative publicity Arizona as been receiving over the immigration issue. But that also remains to be seen.


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Ok. Go with 12v or 14v Dewalt on Summit? I have 14v I am going to wire up this weekend. But can pickup a 12v at the Dewalt Service Center tomorrow.
The preferred motor is the 14.4V version.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
Very cool. Seems like a lot of work!
Bash OR crawl? No, the Summit does it all!
I really want to do this but just replaced my blown out 775 with another 775.... BOOOO!!!!!!!
I purchased a few. Robinson Racing pinions and spur gears to experiment.
GusinCA... its actually not alot of work. Its not a "quick" job by any means but its not really that hard. You just need to hit a few key points and your good. IMO... if your not unhappy with how your titan is running, this upgrade is NOT worth it. Its better but not THAT much better than the titan. If you want more power though, this is the way to go IMO>
Right now it's a cheaper motor upgrade me than a Tekin rx8.
finished installing my Dewalt tonight, used an axle C clip from a RWD Ford 8.8 rear diff (0.125" thick) for a spacer, did not have to notch it since it fits perfectly against the ft of the motor, it required a good sharp drill bit tho to drill the holes for the screws. I'll try it out this week end and see how it goes.
Summit 1/10 on Gens Ace 5000mah 40C
This is the most thorough post on dewalt conversions on the web. This guy really knows the motor inside and out. He helped me out when I was gearing my truck. After trials for awhile on the motor he found that the 21t is a good mixture of speed and regular temps. The wonderful thing about a Dewalt is it can be overvolted and overheated to an extent without damage. These things are Bulletprof and make the titans seem like they are made of glass. $5 worth of brushes every 2-4 months is about all of the maintenance they need. Go here and ask any questions you may have, there is a good chance he will know the answer if he hasn't posted it in the thread already.
Stupid question: How did the DeWalt affect the run time?
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With the stock nimh batts it will kill them pretty quick. I wouldn't install a dewalt without running lipo as well
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they have tried
It certainly draws more amps... thats pretty clear from the power it produces.
Its power hungry if its geared very high. Geared for about the speed of stock though 13/68 its about
the same amp draw.
Its been cold so iv been playing with gearing. Currently have 20/65 and it still runs. Approching 4s brushed speed. Its also covered in snow though... would thermal very quickly if it was above freezing.
I have been running a Dewalt 14.4 with 68/14 and was impressed. The other day I picked up a Dewalt 12v, soldered on some leads and set it up with 68/20... Running 4s. First thing I did was launch SpeedBox app on my iPhone and taped it to the body. My top speed went from 21 mph to 30 mph. The acceleration was insane.(at least when compared to the before.
I was able to pull wheelies on the road at about 50% speed...flip the truck on it's roof fwd and reverse from a dead stop. I drove up to a curb and punched it. That resulted in a double summersault, landing on my wheels.
Bashed a ran at top speed intermittently for about half an hour. Didn't break any parts.
Crawled: a little touchy..but doable in low gear.
Temps: motor was too hot to hold my hand on for mor than 3 seconds. Esc heat sink was kinda hot too.
Batteries: temp=cool. 2 x 2s 20-30c 5000mah Tunigy lipos ($19 each) per pack voltage after run ~= 7.54
More experimenting is needed I currently have the following gears to experiment with:
Spurs: 68,65,62, and 58
Pinions: 14, 16, 18, and 20
The Dewalt's are truly the poor man's brushless
This is one of the cleanest dewalt install i have seen pave, very helpful.
hey did you or do you recommend breaking in this motor as you would a 775?
I didnt break in the dewalt motor really at all. I propped up the truck with the wheels off the ground and let it run at 1/4 throttle or so for about 10 minutes. That was it.
I figured, who breaks in their dewalt drill? No one. You just buy it and start drilling holes and they last forever.
great write up
is there anywhere you can buy the dewalt motor already set up with wires and brushes installed? so you dont have to deal with soldering, etc
how do you turn the 4 plug into two bullets?
pavmentsurfer used 5.5mm Castle Creations bullet connectors, reds together and blacks together. I used four 4mm bullets but then came around to pav's point of view.
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Got this finished on new year. Excellent and detailed write up
Going to use it as a back up motor when the stock 775 gives up
Thanks Pave
You can see some surface rust forming on the can...that's from leaving it in my car for 4weeks with the Canada snow
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Mine is really rusty on the outside. At first I wasnt liking it. But after a while it kindof grew on me. Looks kind of junk yard ish.
I just got my motor in it looks like I received 398505-00. When I ordered 396505-21. What motor did I get? this motor is big 1 7/8 in diameter and 2 5/8 long
this is the only thing I can find and its an 18v
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I use Claws-Mail and Evolution as my email clients (no Thunderbird: trying to be "easy-maintenance" it makes it awfully hard to use anything but a conventional mail server - as opposed to my in-house one), and they work great - mostly.
Evolution has suddenly lost track of its mail folders/files on one of my machines (it's doing fine on the others, but something similar happened before, on a different system). The files are still there (~/.local/share/apps/evolution/mail/...), but they don't show up when I launch the application. I can't figure out where to tell Evolution about those files, and, again, it happened suddenly, and I can't see what's different from my other computers, where Evolution has no problem.
Any suggestion would be gratefully accepted. Thank you.


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I have a few thoughts that I would like to share about what is going on.
I think I have enough work to keep me going until the middle of next month, and then I will have to begin making knives for the show I have at the end of march.
So, I am also announcing that I will be taking no orders for a delivery date earlier than april 15. I am not closing down order taking entirely, just letting you know now that I am going to be busy for awhile. If you have a project in mind for me to make, I would be happy to discuss it with you.
I have several times last year promised more than I could deliver, so I am making a conscious effort to remedy that.
I also wanted to talk a bit about the Badger knife club show. held in Janesville Wisconsin, the weekend of the 30th of march. I have been doing this show for many years and it is always a good time. Early on, when I was working another job, I would take vacation time to go to this show and others. I still see it as a bit of a vacation, even though it is a sales and marketing event for me. I know that with the expansion of the internet, doing knife shows is no longer necessary, and this is the only knife show I do. I do attend other events, but they are not really knife shows in the way this one is. It entails over 1000 miles of travel and weeks to prepare for, but I still love to go. It is a way for me to keep in contact with the larger knifemaking community as well. I have old friends that I visit with at the show, and there are always new friends to meet and see.
Last year I made 21 knives to take to the show and I sold seven there. I have never had a sold out show, although there is always hope. I would like to have an equal number for the show this year. So I may have a few knives available for sale after the show. This also gives me the opportunity to try out some new ideas, handle combinations and other things that I am not free to do when I have a backlog of orders. I also get to exchange ideas with other makers, and sometimes some real cool stuff comes out of dinnertime conversations after the show.
This was just some of the stuff bouncing around in my head while I was in the shop today.