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Ok...the above I wrote a few weeks ago, and it is now Nov 15th and people are VERY frequently reminding me that I am over 2 months behind on my travel log. So, to appease the masses, I am going to very quickly do a blog for the month I was in Scotland. How am I going to do a quick entry for over a month, you ask? Very simple, all I am going to do is cut and paste some emails with a quick note. Lazy you say? Well, I say creative, plus it allows everyone a chance to fulfill their secret desire of knowing what is in other peoples emails (come on, its not just me, admit it....)!
First e-mail, as you may all remember, the English bobbies discovered a terrorist plot to blow up a few airplanes using liquid bombs on August 10th, well, I had a flight on the 11th, shit! Was worried I wouldn't be able to fly from Amsterdam to Edinburgh because tons of airlines had shut down flights...
Sent: August 11, 2006 10:52 AM
To: The family
Subject: RE: Taking care of business!!
hi mom and dad...good to hear from you again! Im in Edinburgh now,just got in a few hours ago, my plane was safe and sound, and i only experienced a 1 hour delay....thank god...i was freaking yesterday, though i would
have to spend all day in the airport...haha, and i was even allowed to have a carry on that wasn't a plastic bag!
I know this next e-mail isn't saying much about the amount of alcohol I been consuming while traveling, but hey, after all I am traveling! The amount of booze we drank while touring Europe was a bit much, so getting to Edinburgh was refreshing, it was only night time drinking, not 24/7...
Sent : August 22, 2006 3:21:12 PM
To : Contikiers
Subject : Hi All!
Hi everyone, hope all is doing well!
Just thought that I would write a quick note, seeing as I am now back to a normal state of mind and body and I think I have managed to get my blood alcohol levels down to a decent state of only 3 times over the legal limit
As much fun as Conrad and I were having, we were fighting a fair bit and driving each other nuts! So nuts, we kept going back for more! Don't get me wrong, this next e-mail is me being a drama queen and over reacting, just needed to talk to a friend...
On Aug 25, 2006, at 5:01 AM, Laura wrote:
Rha and Cam, you will prob get this today, where as Corinna might not...can you girls be oh so kinda as to give me a way of getting a hold of Corinna. The shit has hit and I need her.
Thanks girls. Love you. Laura.
I have to thank Conrad for showing a fellow sailor and snowboarder a great time in his country, its just now with a little bit of hindsight, I think that sailors might be better off avoiding each other when on holidays
One night Conrad and I ventured off to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, with tickets i skillfully purchased on ebay (I managed to get them for only a quid more than the ticketed price and shipping was only a quid fifty Brilliant seats!). Guess who we saw...
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To: littleparker
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:36:09 +0000
Thanks. got it......not sure if I have responded yet or not.....was trashed last night. You know....the usual. Saw Sean Connery.
Started to think about catching a yacht over to Oz. Conrad and I got drunk one night and wrote this e-mail to my company's ships captains,shit! I hope its not as cheesy as I think it sounds...
From : Laura
Sent : August 31, 2006 11:32:35 PM
To : lowerlakescaptains
Subject : Hi all!
Hello all, Laura here!
Hope all is well over in Lower Lakes Land and on the Lakes. Everything is honkey dorey over in the U.K. Completed the European tour a few weeks ago, excellent fun! In Scotland at the present time and about to head over to Ireland, no complaints with the U.K., except it is bloody freezing (I don?t think it?s gone above 18 degrees since the start of August)!
After Ireland I will be heading down to the French Riviera and will be hoping to get a job (the beer tokens are running a bit to low for my liking!) on a yacht to do a crossing over to Australia, it?s cheaper than airfare and more fun than liquid bomb threats.
If you apply online, you need to submit a few written references along with the application
Best Regards,
Decided that I didn't want to leave the UK quite yet to work on a yacht, everything would have been rushed, so headed to the Highlands and did a 10 day tour. It was brilliant! explored the Isle of Skye, Lewis and Harris. As well headed to the Orkney Islands and Loch Ness. Not to mention Sterling, Ullapool, John O'Groats, Inverness and Boner bridge. Wonderful time, saw so amazing sights, did a wicked amount of hiking, great home cooking and some every pleasurable socializing with a great group of people! Made some great friends, one of whom was a crazy Canadian from Kanadader and we decided to head travel about with each other for a few days...
From : James K
Sent : September 15, 2006 7:46:05 PM
To : Laura
Subject: RE: ok
i will indeed by your bitch ass a drink ;)
hey look what's happening tomorrow in stirling: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/events-full-article.htm?articleid=9927 they've got magicians and (apparently) a bit of a festival going on on saturday
would you be interested in going? we could go there saturday day, and leave there to get to glasgow in time to party at a dance bar.
just an idea.. the website doesn't make it sound as cool as the person telling me about it did.
On 9/15/06, Laura wrote:
forget my last e-mail....we are booked in.....bad news, its �15 a night...good news, breakie and sleep sheets are included and its right beside the train station.....2 min walk.....
ps, i only reserved it on my card, so you only owe me �4...buy my ass a drink bitch!!!!
So, thats all I can find in my inbox. Perhaps its not as exciting as I had anticipated, I just didn't save as many emails as I thought I had...so, if you have any good ones, please forward them on....
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CHFI - my experience
I currently work in law enforcement and studied criminal justice in undergrad, so I am familiar with a lot of the legal realm, along with investigative and forensics methodology. I don't actually work IN forensics, but I definitely work alongside them and have more familiarity than the average person would. I also have had a personal interest in computers since I was a kid, and again, while I don't have actual job experience with them, I definitely had some background knowledge going into this.
I decided to start my computer forensics training/education with CHFI mainly because a friend of mine works in the field and has it, and recommended it as a good introductory course. I was spending my own money on this and had been warned about unauthorized training partners, so I decided to go straight to the source and take the online course through EC-Council. I received four thick books and four DVDs.
The books – horrible grammar, repetitive, and yet contradictory in many instances – just awful. I found out later that EC-Council outsources their publishing to Malaysia, and it shows. Also, many, MANY pages simply detailing many different types of programs that do essentially the same thing for whatever topic is being discussed in that chapter. I was getting frustrated thinking I needed to memorize all of these random programs, many of which are outdated at this point anyway. How is that testing my computer forensics knowledge???
The DVDs – wildly disorganized. The DVDs did have a TON of additional information on them, but I had no way of knowing what was just additional reading material, and what might actually be on the exam. This was my same issue with the book. Tons of random info and no real guidance on what was going to be on the test.
Both the books and the DVDs just seemed to be thrown together which a bunch of random information in as "padding". It was infuriating, to say the least. The online lectures were okay, but went extremely fast and didn't always add up to what was in the books. Additionally, I didn't receive a lab manual OR a fifth book. They didn't bother to tell me when I ordered it that all those materials were on the DVD and I had to print them out myself (good thing I asked). So after paying nearly $1500 on the course, I still had to use my own paper and ink to print a thousand, if not more, extra pages. Are you kidding me???
Each module in the online lectures had a quiz review, which you'd think would be good practice for the exam…. except that a lot of the answers were incorrect and in exact opposition to what I was looking at in one of the books in front of me. Additionally there were a few questions where the answer was A, B, and C, and when I chose "D" for "all of the above", I got it wrong because apparently I should have checked A, B, and C separately. There were also a lot of questions that were worded very strangely and vaguely. Needless to say this stressed me out even more since I had no way of knowing if these questions were similar to those on the real test – which would have been INFURIATING. If you're going to put together questions like this as part of a training aid, it would be nice if you gave the correct answers.
I was so disappointed in the course materials that I ended up getting a refund for the entire course, thankfully. This was the ONLY reason I went forward with the certification exam. I do have to say that they did not put up a fight about the refund, which I appreciate, however it leads me to believe that they are well aware of the horrible quality of their course materials.
I was stressing about this exam A LOT after finishing EC-Council's online course. I did learn a lot from it, but considering I am new to the field anyway, of course I was going to take SOMETHING away from it. I was stressing so much that I purchased several other books just as background reading.
- File System Forensic Analysis by Brian Carrier
- Real Digital Forensics: Computer Security and Incident Response by Keith Jones, et. Al
- Forensic Discovery by Dan Farmer (came as part of a boxed set with above)
- CompTIA Network+ Study Guide by Todd Lammle (for basic networking background that I didn't have)
- The Official CHFI Study Guide by Syngress Publishing
Ah, the study guide. I only purchased it because the course materials from EC-Council were so infuriatingly disorganized. I attempted to go through and make my own study guide based on the objectives that I downloaded from EC-Council's web site, but that probably would have taken me an entire month's time, and didn't I pay $1500 for decent training materials in the first place??? However, they were what they were – no fixing that -- and I figured it was worth the extra $50 just to lower my stress level a little bit. Plus, it advertised a free sample web exam. Even after the online course and all the material on the DVD and in the books – I did not feel at ALL prepared for the exam. The whole point of the study guide is to give you some direction on what things to concentrate on and view sample questions, etc, right? Well.
I found out AFTER I purchased the book – which is advertised on EC-Council's web site as the "official" study guide – that it is actually for the previous version. So while a lot of the material is the same, it's still outdated and from 2007. Not only that, but the "free, web-based sample exam" that is advertised on the book – and one of the main reasons I purchased it – is no longer available. I e-mailed Syngress repeatedly and never received a response. I was (am) not amused.
I took the exam through Pearson Vue at my local community college after doing the background reading and studying for a little over two months. Frankly at this point I didn't really care whether I passed or not, since I got the course for free and was just completely fed up at this point and wanted it over with. Not to mention that nobody in this area seems to have ever heard of this test, and even the testing center guy said I was the first one to take it since he'd been there (several years). I'd really just had it with this entire thing.
I finished the test in about fifteen minutes and got an 80% (needed a 70% to pass). The questions were a lot clearer than I was expecting, however there were a few that were a little tricky. I was disappointed I couldn't view the questions that I got wrong. All of the questions had only one answer though, none of this "A and C" or "all of the above" stuff (whew!).
There were quite a few questions that I would NOT have known the answer to if I had not done all the background reading on my own. Things that were not covered anywhere in the official courseware or the study guide. Since I already got an 80% as it was, I'm not sure I would have passed had I not done my extra reading.
I had read on various forums that I should focus a lot on the laws when studying, which I did, and reviewed right before the test. Oddly though, I didn't get ANY questions on anything legal.
Really, I don't know. My friend had a good experience with this certification, but she took the training through InfoSec. That might be a better option if you are looking to take this class. AVOID EC-Council's materials. I really have no faith in them at this point and they really just seem like a scam to me. I did the certification exam because I got most of my money back – so I really wasn't losing anything. But I can't believe they charge almost $1500 for that garbage. Their training is just HORRIBLE and I cannot stress that enough.
I was looking forward to taking CEH because it sounded interesting, but I will be avoiding EC-Council from now on. I do have to say that my friend was right; this course WAS a good introduction to the field, but most of that was due to the fact that I was forced to do so much extra reading on my own.
Does the certification mean anything? I don't know. I really just wanted a training class to dip my toe into the subject, and also show that I had some type of foundational knowledge, since I've never taken any formal classes in computer science. It wasn't much of a waste since I got a refund, but would I recommend it to others? No, especially if you are spending your own money like I did. If your job is paying for it, why not?
This post is a little long, however I wish I had read something like this before I took the class. If other people had good experiences with EC-Council and this exam, great! Unfortunately I did not.


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Tod -
I think you're asking my name? - it's Dave.
Re; the epoxy issue. Many more people THINK 'Flex-Coat' rather than 'Devcon' because it's recommended in equipment catalogs, websites, etc., and this whole rodbuilding thing is just taking off - even though it's been around forever...
Use the Devcon Two Ton - Flex Coat is really for finishing.
Art, I still haven't had a chance to ask the Devcon guy who lives across the fence from my nephew - I'll do it soon.
Acetone is the accepted solvent for wet epoxy. Denatured alcohol is also acceptable for cleanup.
Re; grip forming. I agree if you want to avoid aggravation (however you might view aggravation) use a pre-formed grip. I'm never quite happy with pre-installed grips; apparently my hands want to hold them differently or in different places than they were intended to be held by design.
I have Jumbo Victory grips on most of my golf clubs. When I pose my hand in grip-like form, I see a inside diameter circle of between 1 1/4 - 1 1/2"; I require that be filled with cork to feel comfortable. I use a 20 oz. leather grip, curve claw hammer on all construction work, including finish work.
Relevance: To me, the grips must fit my hands like shoes must fit my feet.
|Tod D
Among Art, Doug (DFix right?), and Lrods, the tips here are invalualable. Thanks guys. Printed this thread out for future reference (read, rod #2 if I get up the courage to build my own grip...). Thanks guys.
Oh - I think Doug mentioned this before, but Smitty recommended cleaning up spilled, oozed, etc. epoxy with a bit of denatured alcohol before it dries. Beats having to sand it off afterwards (or, worse yet, not being able to remove it at all).
|Here I go talking about epoxy again. Check out Devcon packaging if you don't believe me. On their 5 Minute Epoxy, resists Water, Yes. On their 2 ton, Waterproof, Yes. At one time I had problems with flies I made using 5 minute. I contacted Devcon, and they told me 5 minute is not waterproof, and to use their 2 ton. At that time I told them about a site that had a discussion about epoxy, when they saw how many people was using their 5 minute, they told me to keep out of it, let everyone use what they want.:eyecrazy: On the other hand Ducco 5 minute is waterproof. I have used just about all glues to hold handles on rods, and haven't had one loosen up yet. To glue cork rings together I use Elmers Waterproof, using epoxy, and if you get it on the cork it is tough to get it off.
rings versus pre-formed
Rings versus Pre-Formed?
it is a matter of what the fisherman likes.If he likes any of the pre formed grips then buy a flor grade preformed grip for it is quality and the mess is not there as it is with the Individual rings.However if you have huge hands or a deformity or something else that effects the grip on the rods I would build the grip to fit a customers hand.I once built a rod for a two fingered man and the grip he chose was rings sanded and sealed to fit his hand.I only recommend 2 ton 2 part epoxy as it holds up too 30 below and 120 degrees which is within the range of all fishing applications as well it does not cure and crack over time as the 5 minute epoxy does.Plus it gives great time to work a reel seat if you are only working one rod at a time.So if you don't like the shapes of pre-formed go with rings and shape it down.but when using rings remember too wipe all excess epoxy from out side the rings/Use clamps for smashing the rings together and get all excess epoxy from the outside of the rings using acetone in a rag.you do not want to be sanding through all of those high build epoxy spots.Lrods OK I HAVE TO EDIT SO HERE IT GOES:
How many of you have had a Lamiglass rod or G.Loomis rod that the reel seat has come loose on or the cork grip?Do not tell me that it has not happened because I live in there back yard and I repair hundreds of there rods each year.AND THE REASON? Very Poor epoxy Habits and or Glue(Lamiglas) Once again these rods are designed to fail after 3 years of moderate use.We knock out close to 3000 rods per year and we believe in Devcon 2 ton epoxy as we buy it in the 40 pound tube from the factory.overruns and drips etc are easy cleaning with a bit of acetone as we sand and seal all cork before the rod ships out.Remember happy customers always come back.....
Okay - let's do this - see all notes as listed above by Tod.
First. Glue rings on threaded rod, compress, dry - FlexCoat.
Second. Shape grip BEFORE removing from threaded mandrel; leave enough end cork to trim to length after fitting to blank.
(this is the windy part I mentioned earlier)
Third. Measure blank diameter at bottom and top of finished grip position. Transfer measurements to equivalent (approximate) positions on club shaft, figuring in enough difference in thickness (translation: width, diameter) to accommodate next step.
Cross-wind double faced tape on shaft. Spiral mount rough grit (60 to 120 grit) Emery Cloth over double faced tape, in opposite direction to rotation of shaft. Chuck shaft in turner. Slide grip over smaller tapered end. Support small shaft end with live center, vee brace, etc.
Power up turner. Begin inside tapering of grip with gentle side motion, ascending along taper toward bottom measurement. Don't hesitate to back grip down shaft and occasionally clear cork dust. Continue until inside taper agrees with markings, as compensated for with emery cloth. NOTE: - In truth, the emery cloth shouldn't add more than .032 +/- to the total diameter of the mandrel; you'll put this on the rod blank with two turns of tape, anyway.
Remove and fine fit to blank. Cut grip to finish length. Cross-wrap blank with double faced grip tape; epoxy and position.
I suppose a tapered file chucked in a drill is as convenient for whomever.
|Tod D
Smitty took us through the entire cork grip process at last Sunday's class - from gluing up the cork rings, to shaping the grip on the blank. Don't think he'll mind if I pass along some of his comments and "shop secrets" :
· Creating the grip
· Use flex coat rod building epoxy (long cure, not 5 minute);
· Grip "form" consists of a threaded mandrel, w/ wingnuts & washers at either end;
· Smitty's process is straightforward: stack the requisite number of cork rings on the mandrel (e.g. for a typical 7" fly rod grip, 14 rings), gluing up one side of each ring, taking care not to get epoxy on the mandrel. Fasten down the washers & wingnuts & let dry.
· Afixing the grip to the blank
· Good deal of trial & testing involved. Smitty uses a combination of drill & rattail file to ream out the hole. (As Dfix and others have mentioned here, I don't think it much matters if you use a preformed grip or a build your own. Either way you have to ream out the inner hole to get it to fit the blank). Smitty went slowly here & tested the fit repeatedly.
· Once rough fit is established, if necessary use masking tape liberally to build up/even out fit.
· Use flex coat epoxy to glue the unfinished grip to the blank. Smitty did this PRIOR to shaping the grip. (As others have already posted, I imagine that once you've established the grip/blank fit, you could remove the grip, mount in on a threaded mandrel, shape it, then attach it to the blank)
· Shaping the grip
· Smitty has utilitarian set up: a craftsman drill, mounted upside down in a lathe-type adapter, with the power cord running into a foot pedal (as used on a sewing machine). Process is slow and deliberate. Uses 60-80 grit sandpaper to start, & keeps a close eye on how much he's taking off. Once general shape is established, move to higher grits to finish up the cork.
Not surprisingly, Smitty's grips came out beautifully. Very attractive, very solid looking.
For the record, I opted to go with a pre-formed Full Wells grip on my 1st rod. Decided that the primary advantage of building my own (namely, being able to create a 'custom' fit) is more than outweighed by time & dust-savings offered by a pre-formed grip. Maybe next time
Sorry, admin - this only seems to take a minute or less to happen. It doesn't matter if it's lengthy or short - it'll probably happen with this one as I post it, and I've already figured out the copy/paste part to salvage the stuff. I just don't get the aggressive cookie thing Sean mentioned a while ago.
Yup, I was right - it did it just like I said.
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|I started into a very lengthy dissertation on grip tapering and sizing the other day, only to be told I wasn't logged into a thread when I went to post it. The mechanics of forming and fitting a grip with home based tools and techniques is very easy, yet time consuming, in a wordsmith way. In my SPARE TIME TODAY:eyecrazy: I'll try to put it together and post it. Meanwhile, find a golf club you don't mind taking the head off the shaft; that'll be step 1.
The most difficult thing about rod building is the cork work (followed by a professional looking finish). It requires the proper equipment and something of an artistic touch or feel. I've seen alot of basement rods that were soundly constructed but had some bizzarre looking handles.
In my opinion, while the preformed handles do look like they are easier, they often get tricky. The 1st rod I built I put individual corks on and shaped it by hand - a pleasing, vaguely familiar repetative action, but not really that effective. The next 2 or 3 grips were pre-formed, I didn't like the quality of the cork and it was difficult to get a satisfactory fit. even using the recommended tapered reamer (a section of rod blank coated in glue and rolled in quite rough grit) which I found was very effective on individual corks. Eventually I made my own rod lathe based on a drill and a custom designed roller assembly. If I get really motivated I'll try to put some pictures up here so you can see. For my money you cannot beat the individual corks glued to the blank and turned on a lathe.
As for glue, I've always used 5 minute epoxy and never had problems. For those who don't have access to a lathe there is another option. You can take your glued handle assembly to a custom rod builder and have him turn it to your specs - a very effective and relatively cheap option. To find one of these guys check with your local flyshop - I know Michael and Young has at least a couple of custom builders.
|The preformed grip is the easiest way. I have done it both ways. Glueing cork rings is quite time consuming. I you waterproof Elmers glue to glue them together. I have tried putting them on threaded rod, and turned the grip in a lathe, and in a drill press, but you will never get as good a looking handle as the preformed one. I have also mounted the rings dirrectly on the rod blank, chucked the blank in a latheput some tape on the blank about the size of the collet you have available, and put a live center in the bottom end of the rod blank, then turned, and sanded the blank to the desired shape, works good, but still the handle doesn't look as nice as the preformed grip. Just my dime.
Handles and Seats
My sugestion for the fit of the handle is whether you use a preformed grip [ NO ALTERNATIVE] or glued up series of rings that you develop the fit after you have finished developing the profile or adjusting the preformed piece. It is a matter of using a round rat tailed file and [OR] sand paper on a split dowel and lots of dry fiting. Rings of narow masking tape are quit acceptable if you find that you had to open up the bottom end of the handle further than you wanted to for the final fit and position.
There is usually not to much of a problem with the fit of the reel seat as you are able to mount it from the bottom end of the blank.
------ My .02 saltRon
Dave, Good point. I really hadn't thought that far ahead yet. I do know that I like the look and feel of the burled cork even if it is a bit heavier. One thought that comes to mind is masking tape like when you build up the blank under the reel seat. Looks like a little experimentation is in order. Anyone have any other ideas?
John, Thanks for the tips. I'll dig around for that site.
Linesides, Good thread.
I bet Todd may have some insight into how the master goes about it. Can you share it with us Todd or has Smitty sworn you to secrecy?
|John Desjardins
Based on my limited experience recently gluing up rings for a fighting butt, my humble opinion is that a preformed grip takes less time to assemble.
Jim, use a length of drill rod (non theaded) to glue the grip on. It's a pain to get the threaded rod out of the grip when they are bonded together. You may even want to wax the rod to make it release easier. I used a urethane glue (Gorrilla)to glue the rings, but have heard that a very thin coat of epoxy is better. Bonding the grip to the blank I do use epoxy. Somewhere on the web Bob Petti has a very good description of how to glue and form a grip.
Also Dave has a very good point that I completely neglected when I first posted this message.
|Jim, how are you going to shape a cork handle with a tapered center hole, on a straight shafted, threaded mandrel? you'll need a tapered mandrel - a dowel rod or other, if you don't use the blank.
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This is a shame. Like many from Maine, I gained an appreciation for these beers from local brewers, such as Shipyard, Geary's, and Gritty McDuff's, that make English-style ales. But there's much worth emulating. English pubs are famed for selling beer at proper serving temperature — just below room temperature, closest to that of a cellar. England is also the birthplace of my two favorite beer styles, IPA and Porter, and the Campaign for Real Ale. CAMRA seeks to protect traditional cask-conditioned ales and, with more than 100,000 members, has been called the most successful consumer group in Europe. So yeah, the Brits take their beer pretty seriously.
The best place to start when talking about English beers is with a style you can drink by the frothy mug full: English Pale Ales. Indeed, some of these (BASS PALE ALE, BODDINGTONS PUB ALE) have been very successful in the US. I prefer SAMUEL SMITH'S OLD BREWERY PALE ALE for its deft incorporation of the two most esteemed English hops: Fuggle and Golding. However, I still have to give the nod to their supremely balanced ORGANICALLY PRODUCED ALE, one of the finest organic beers on planet Earth.
But the list of noteworthy English Pales rolls on. MARSTON'S WYCHWOOD FIDDLER'S ELBOW features citric hops and crisp wheat (with perhaps an off-note mixed in at the end), while GREENE KING'S OLD SPECKLED HEN is an unusual Pale Ale for its dark pour and enough toasted malts to give it a hefty medium body. And while I was tempted to dismiss BLACK SHEEP'S MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL ALE as another gimmicky beer, it actually has a nice herbal bitterness that is balanced by its bready malt profile.
English Porters started as a blend of several styles, taking their name from London's street and river porters with whom the style was so popular. SAMUEL SMITH'S THE FAMOUS TADDY PORTER is a good example for its big flavor of roasted malts and dry chocolate. FULLER'S LONDON PORTER also has an unmistakable chocolate aroma and delightfully creamy texture. But my favorite might be MEANTIME'S LONDON PORTER, with a multifaceted flavor ranging from bitter to smoky.
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ECRU – North Pontotoc's senior class should take a bow when this season's over.
The Lady Vikings – led by seniors April Callahan, Arriann Henry, Andrea Lewis, Chelsea Mabry and Brittany Seale – head to Jackson next week for the Class 4A state tournament having posted back-to-back 25-win seasons.
"This is a good group of seniors, who decided that it's time," North Pontotoc coach Shane Montgomery said. "Nobody told them they weren't supposed to win."
North Pontotoc (25-7) plays the state's No. 1-ranked team, Bay High, at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The Lady Vikings will be heavy underdogs.
That's OK, Montgomery says.
"This group loves being the underdog," he said. "We're not backing down from a challenge.
"This is what these girls have been shooting for. We've got some momentum and we get a chance at the prize."
North Pontotoc lost 59-49 to defending state champion Pontotoc in the North Mississippi championship game last week. However, they left quite an impression with their county rival.
"All of their kids stepped up and made shots," Pontotoc coach Bill Russell said. "You can't leave any of them open."
Pontotoc needed two late 3-pointers to seal the victory.
Lewis, a 5-foot-10 guard/forward, averages 16.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Mabry, a 6-3 post player, averages 15.6 points and 12.1 rebounds.
"They make us go," Montgomery said. "We rely on them a lot. Chelsea controls the middle on defense. Andrea has led us in scoring the last three years. She's stepped up in the playoffs."
Tough road
To reach the North title game, North Pontotoc had to defeat favored Itawamba AHS and Indianola Gentry. The two wins ran Montgomery's career victory total to 616.
The 30-year coaching veteran won a state championship in 2003 with Ripley. His 2004 Ripley team lost in the state finals.
"I know everbody's got Bay picked to win," Montgomery said. "We love being in this position. I know we're going to represent North Pontotoc to the best of our ability."


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I will go into greater detail on the trip to Philmont in a later post… But I wanted to get a note out to let everyone know that we are back from Philmont with a ton of great memories and a longing to return to Scouting's Paradise.
My initial thoughts are these:
First. An incredible experience. The BSA and the Philmont staff make sure that you have a great Philmont experience. What you do on the trek is up to you and your crew, but I assure you that your planning, training, and committment to having a great time is up to you. Philmont does their part.
If you are planning a trek for next summer… start now with your planning and training. Communicate with Philmont, they are great in responding to your questions, needs, and concerns.
Train. Train. Train. Latch on to a unit that has been to Philmont recently. Find out how they handled their meals. We learned late in the trek about dumping things that are not going to get eaten. Every staff camp has the "Swap box".. this is a great opportunity to trade food and dump the food that you are not going to use. That equals weight. Caution!! Do not allow your Scouts to dump food for the sake of dumping weight… you will know pretty early in the trip what they like and don't like… It will be pretty much the same stuff you like… they need the food to get through the trek.. weight is important, but not worth sacrificing a meal.
Order meals from Philmont. You can do this from their web site. Read more about trail meals here.
I am a big fan of the Stinger Honey wafers.. yum!
Practice hanging bear bags.
Practice with the crews as they will they will be configured at Philmont. Adults.. GET OUT OF THE WAY.. you are their for a cool hike.
Order sectional maps from the Tooth of Time traders! The map that they send you is great and you will need to bring it with you. It will be the map that your crew leader marks up at Logistics… DO NOT LEAVE IT AT HOME. The sectional maps are more detailed and may get you out of a pinch on the trail.
Arrive at Philmont with no expectation of your experience or your crew. In so far as your experience. Let the mountain take you. Open your eyes, your heart, and your mind and your Philmont experience will be fantastic. Expect too much and you may let yourself down.. Philmont won't.
As for your crew. They will amaze you with how much they learn and how they grow.
Absorb the Philmont spirit. It will talk to you from the time you pass through the gateway till the time you take that glance over your shoulder and glance at Arrowhead rock.
I will write more later on our Philmont experience. I am also available for questions.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
We're Back….
I will go into greater detail on the trip to Philmont in a later post… But I wanted to get a note out to let everyone know that we are back from Philmont with a ton of great memories and a longing to return to Scouting's Paradise.


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Largely unnoticed, though, was a trend that mere names on paper failed to convey: the move away from leadership by aging white men.
The state's House of Representatives, as a whole, still looks like a throwback in our new age of government diversity — and the new 58-year-old Speaker is no Barack Obama.
But in DeLeo's restructuring, white, non-Hispanic men older than 45 fell from power in droves. Among those taking their places in leadership roles were a number of ambitious young DeLeo loyalists from Greater Boston. First-time chairs — all under the age of 45 — include Linda Dorcena Forry of Dorchester (Community Development and Small Business), Jeffrey Sánchez of Jamaica Plain (Public Health), and Michael Moran of Brighton (Election Laws). Kathi-Anne Reinstein of Revere, who is 38, is on the leadership team as one of DeLeo's four Division chairs.
In addition to those from the immediate Boston area, the under-45 crowd in the House includes the new majority leader and the new chairs of Ways and Means; Bills in Third Reading; Economic Development and Emerging Technologies; Financial Services; Telecommunication, Utilities, and Energy; and other high-profile committees.
DeLeo, in an interview with the Phoenix after announcing the new assignments, says that he was not specifically looking for young chairs — just people with knowledge on the issues, who were willing to work hard.
One observer suggests this is the "Flaherty model," referring to former Speaker Charlie Flaherty: "Find the people who are serious and smart, put them in positions of power, and give them enough room to either rise or fall."
Sal DiMasi, and Tom Finneran before him, both preferred lower-profile loyalists, who would follow orders from command central.
DeLeo says he wants the new chairs to be leaders in shaping the agenda, and will give them some latitude. "I didn't name them a chair just to be a lapdog of the Speaker," he insists. On the other hand, he says, ideas will have to be vetted through the Speaker and leadership team.
Women are well represented among the leadership positions, despite comprising just a quarter of House Democrats. Close to 60 percent of the female House Democrats have leadership positions, according to Marty Walz of the Back Bay — who was named chair of the Committee on Education.
"I do think it's a benefit" to have women in those positions, says DeLeo. "A lot of these women . . . have been untapped resources, to be very frank with you."
While African-American and Hispanic representatives are still few and far between in the House, DeLeo found spots not only for Forry and Sánchez, but also for Byron Rushing, Cheryl Coakley-Rivera, and Elizabeth Malia.
Walz is also one of several liberal appointments, which sparked interest from those worried the House might take a rightward turn under DeLeo. Another is Alice Wolf, the legendary Cambridge leftie, who at age 75 has received her first chair assignment.
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The Cotsen Children's Library is celebrating its historical collection of illustrated children's books with an exhibition through Oct. 26. Eric Johnson, co-curator of the exhibition, will lead a tour of the show at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, beginning in the Main Exhibition Gallery in Firestone Library.
The exhibition, "Brave New World: 20th-Century Books from the Cotsen Children's Library," was organized to mark the publication of the library's second of two volumes describing its 20th-century materials. Housed in both the main gallery and the Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library, the exhibition features books from the United States, England, France, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Japan and the former Soviet Union.
The Cotsen Library is perhaps "the only historical children's book collection in the English-speaking world that could mount such an exhibition of picture books without borrowing from other libraries," said Andrea Immel, curator of the exhibition and of the Cotsen Library.
"One of the purposes of the show," she said, "is to demonstrate that children's books reflect the legacy of modernization in all its complexity and ambivalence and excitement." The main gallery features artwork and children's books published between 1900 and 1950, organized around such subjects as the automobile, communications, consumerism, health and hygiene, the train, urbanization and war. Related original artwork, posters, activity books and toys drawn from the Cotsen Library's collection also are on display.
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Rosslynd Piggott was born in Melbourne in 1958 and studied at the Institute of Education, University of Melbourne, from 1977 to 1980, graduating with a Bachelor of Education (Art and Craft). Since 1987 Piggott has had over twenty solo exhibitions in Australia and overseas including Suspended Breath, an extensive survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, 1998; Swallowing Night, Kitamoto Cultural Centre, Saitama, Japan, 1997; Object and Material, Canberra School of Art Gallery, 2000; and exhibitions in 1999 and 2001 at Gallery 360 Degrees, Tokyo. In 2001 she showed at Walter Van Beirendonck's Window Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Her works have been selected for numerous group exhibitions at major venues including Trace, Liverpool Biennial, 2000; Uncommon World: Aspects of contemporary Australian art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2000; the Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne, 1993; and the MoËt & Chandon touring exhibition in 1993 and 1991. She has been awarded several grants and overseas residencies including the Australia Council Studio in Italy in 1987-88, the University of Sydney Power Studio, Paris, in 1993, and Sai-no Kuni artist-in-residence, Saitama, Japan, in 1997. Rosslynd Piggott lives in Melbourne.
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Sad but true.
When alot of people see my trap, they ask if he is a purebred, or ask what he is mixed with.
They have only seen the short nosed, boxy head, short legged labs.
I have to explain to them about the difference between a show dog, and a real working field line dog.
For those focused with the stock from which our Labrador came, it's really not relevant. The American Labrador stock was really not stable until the early 1900s - and it uniformly focused first upon the work to be done, i.e., form follows function. Once stable the breeding stock of the American Lab looked and looks very much like many of today's field champions. When some enthusiasts began to focus solely on the "look" of the breed is when it became, gradually OK to eliminate the physical traits required for field success. The same progression & separation of the breed that had occurred independently in England/UK & preceded the American split just served to accelerate the American separation with the use & acceptance of the English "look" as the primary breeding stock of American bench enthusiasts beginning in the 50s. And most importantly, this split or "look" focus, and particularly the exaggerated English look that was becoming prevalent, precluded the American Lab as it existed in the field from competing on the bench. Hence, the split was confirmed.
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Great thread, and most impressed with the select specimen, a Black lab. By far the superior of all colors, that's why I joined the BLHC.
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She was sure fun to watch and at only 4 months old!! I got that pic as well emailed to me. In my opinion she stole the show that weekend.
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|. This is one the plumber that installed it couldn't figure out.
. This system was installed to increase the ph of the water. Water was leaving blue stains in bath as it dissolves the copper pipes. Plumber installed the system to solve it, but it often leaves blue stains again. I'll go through the pictures in the attachment first.
. Top picture shows the front of the Master Autotrol Performa Valve with 400 series control. Model 268/440i (also listed as just Model 440i). The system w/ tank is listed as NS-30T.
. Middle picture shows the side view of the same with the cover off.
. Bottom picture shows the two tanks connected to the timer control. In the background is the salt tank. To the right is the well tank, and an Aqua Pure AP801 sediment filter.
. The problem is that it isn't working. She's still getting blue in her tub, and the NS-Mix of Calcite and Mag Oxide needs to be, according to the plumber, fluffed back up with a rod. After it is fluffed up, it starts leaving blue stains in about 2 months, so the ph is probably off even before that.
. The problem according to the plumber and the regional rep (a salesman, I'm guessing, and not a technician) is that the MS-Mix is getting channels in it during the regenerating process (I assume they think it is not during water use because of their proposed solution). The water then passes through these channels and not the MS-Mix and therefore isn't getting properly treated. The manual states "Recharging Neutralizers should be done between 6 months and 1 year." So stirring it up every couple months is a lot considering only one person lives in the house.
. They believe that the channels are caused by low water pressure during the recharging process because the run of pex pipe he ran to the washing machine in 78 feet long. The Installation and Operation Instructions for Combination Units states "Recommended pipe length less than 20 feet and a pipe diameter greater than 1/2 inch." The valve manual says "use 3/4-inch tubing for runs up to 40 feet." He originally put in 1/2 inch and replaced it with 3/4 inch I believe. They believe the back pressure from the long run is causing the media not to fluff up and create channels. The water seems to come out at a pretty good clip, though I don't have a "normal" to compare it to. The 78 foot run does have one rise along it to cross over a beam, though I would be surprised if it is getting air locked, though I do wonder.
. The system is set to regenerate once every six days at 2:00 am. 3 times, twice in the middle of the night and once in the afternoon (after a powerfailure) she was awakened by a huge bang, presumably from the water conditioner right under her bedroom. The first bang was probably when it first stopped conditioning. Until that first bang, six to nine months had passed with no blue in her tub. Now the tub starts turning blue after about 2 months and then needs stiring. The manual says recharging the NS-Mix should take 6 months to a year, when you should stir it up too.
. Other things of interest. The sediment filter, which was there even before this ph treatment system, is now installed after the treatment tanks. Could this create backpressure during water use? Works fine for awhile when stirred. Set to regenerate every six days. One occupant.
. Plumbers proposed solution: dig a dry well outside for this system to drain into as it recharges. (I don't know how they plan to keep the line out to it from freezing!) This will eliminate the "backpressure", increase the flow during regeneration, and eliminate the channels. The homeowner isn't so sure and doesn't want to dig up the trees and bushes outside her window for a dry well, to try out a shorter drain pipe run, that may not solve anything, and why did it work for so long the first time (on a smaller drain line) and now will only work for a couple of months even when the MS-Mix is emptied out and completely (remixed or) replaced? especially now that it has a bigger drain line.
. If I were to buy into the back pressure theory, I would just put a tank and pump for it to drain into, but I can't say I care to try that idea.
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This is the 1st "Walkin' Stick" from my new shop, "The Hen House"! This call has two very distinct hens in it. The right side produces a clear high pitched tone and has a mean cut. The left side produces a raspy tone with yelps that would make a TOM go into strut. You can play both sides as soft as a tree yelp or loud enough to hurt your ears. This call is 16 inches in length and is made of Cedar/Butternut.
Gobble, Gobble... "BOOM"!
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Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
(John Dewey)
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
(George Washington)
Gig'em Aggies!! BTCO'77HOO t.u.!!
I have trained at this exact place. Start simple with marking. If you get up on some of the hills you have really good marking locations. Take note of wind when setting up marks. Pull up Google Maps and use the "ruler" feature in the bottom left and you can do a decent job of marking off distances otherwise get a laser range finder if you are truly concerned about distances. Be creative and maybe think about purchasing Lardy's video on building marking.
Harry, The position is IMO deeply unsatisfactory, but nevertheless not quite as grim as some in the US seem to believe.With all the nonsense going on here at the moment, perhaps you could give us a bit of a primer on how one gets to have possession of a firearm in Jolly Olde.
To obtain a first shotgun I need to apply for a Shotgun Certificate. This is a somewhat bureaucratic process but once you've done it, it's pretty trouble free thereafter; every subsequent transaction that I make, wether buying or selling is recorded on the Cert, make, serial number, addresses, the lot.
To obtain a first rifle I need to apply for a Firearms Licence. Again a PITA, but once under way no real problem; transactions are recorded as for shotguns.
Air rifles are sold without restriction if they deliver 12 ft lbs or below. Above that limit they are regarded as traditional rifles.
If I want a handgun (other than black powder) I need to join the IRA or the local druggies.
Our hunting laws and customs are by contrast much more generous that those in the US. Hunt with an eight bore, four bore, punt gun ... no problem or restriction. Silencers for shotguns are fine, for rifles you just need to note them on the paperwork. No bag limit, no tagging, five month seasons ...
That's a very short version, so if you or anyone else has any questions, fire away.
Thank you, very kind, Mine's a pint.
If you are training with those big snow drifts present be careful of them and don't send the dog through an area where their feet are punching through. A sometime training partner's dog punched through a snow drift running fast and tore up some ligaments in a front ankle. They wound up having to fuse bones and that was the end of her trialing career. They are worse when it's going through a freeze thaw cycle.
Howard Niemi
You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
(John Dewey)
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
(George Washington)
Gig'em Aggies!! BTCO'77HOO t.u.!!
I am intrigued by the British Field Trials and some of the terrain and cover our dogs get to pick up birds on. Can spectators go and watch the dogs pick up or is it invitation only?
Are there any places on the internet that the British Trials/hunts are posted? I have checked several times and most of the videos were interviews of the people and showed very little of the dogs working.
I also have some questions about how british trainers use the hunt 'em up whistle.
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Man those split jerseys are hideous. Sorry.
Man those split jerseys are hideous. Sorry.
My last Jersey was Culpepper.
I'm looking into buying a Tannehill jersey as well but 70 bucks is a bit steep anyone know where I can't get 1 for like 30?
So I followed your link and began to browse .... and came across this
Who on earth would pay $79 for that
My Maureen. You've enhanced yourself.
Get your money up!
I have 2 Jerseys and only bought them after those players were something. Marino(got for xmas in Junior High) and ZT.
No way will I put money down at this time for anyone on the roster, except maybe for Long. And that would only be after he is signed long term.
I have the worst luck with phins jerseys... The last three I bought, Welker, Culpepper and Marshall. I think that may be a sign that I need to stop buying jerseys
Lol did you say half white half aqua? Oh gawd this is maddness
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Best bets for the OscarsJanuary 16, 2014 9:31 PM
The Coens might be singing the blues today while the makers of "American Hustle" and "Gravity" enter the final push to Oscar night with momentum on their sides and a leading 10 nominations each. A single step behind is "12 Years a Slave," hard to watch but difficult to forget, with nine nods.
Filmmaker David O. Russell once again accomplished a rarity: His "American Hustle" earned nominations for picture, directing, writing, and in all four acting categories for Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. Mr. Russell and some of his favorites did the same a year ago with "Silver Linings Playbook." That had not happened since 1981's "Reds."
As in some previous years, the number of best picture nominees ended up at nine out of a possible 10. In addition to the 3-D space odyssey and con-artist comedy, the top contenders are: "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Her," "Nebraska," "Philomena," "12 Years a Slave" and "The Wolf of Wall Street."
A closer look at the Oscar nominations
The PG's Sharon Eberson and Barbara Vancheri take a look at the Academy Award nominations and discuss the snubs and surprises. (Video by Melissa Tkach; 1/16/2014)
Ellen DeGeneres will host the 86th Academy Awards March 2, from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. ABC will televise the event.
Oscar voters, who now number 6,028, can be fickle, usually favoring Hollywood stories and Tom Hanks but this time giving the cold shoulder to "Saving Mr. Banks" and the popular actor who played both Walt Disney and Captain Phillips. The story of how "Mary Poppins" came to the big screen received just a single nod for original score.
The Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," meanwhile, received two, for cinematography and sound mixing, since new versions of previously released songs didn't qualify for consideration. In another year with a less robust best actor field, "Llewyn's" Oscar Isaac probably would have made the cut.
And just what does Robert Redford have to do to earn another acting nomination? He was the only actor in the almost wordless "All Is Lost" and did many of his own stunts as a sailor battling for survival after his boat is badly damaged and then destroyed at sea.
At a Sundance Film Festival press conference Thursday morning, Mr. Redford said it would have been wonderful to have been nominated. "I'm not disturbed by it or upset by it," he said, Variety reported.
However, he said the movie being released by Lionsgate "suffered from little to no distribution. I don't know what they were afraid of. They didn't want to spend the money or they were incapable. We had no campaign to cross over into the mainstream."
Cate Blanchett, recently called "one of the two greatest living actors" by her "Monuments Men" director George Clooney, enters the best actress contest as the front-runner for "Blue Jasmine." His other greatest? Meryl Streep, who picked up her 18th nomination for the pill-popping, ailing matriarch in the screen version of the play "August: Osage County."
Rounding out that field are Sandra Bullock as a first-time astronaut stranded in space in "Gravity"; Ms. Adams as a con woman who reinvents herself, down to her English accent, in "American Hustle"; and Judi Dench in "Philomena," about an Irishwoman looking for the son taken from her 50 years earlier.
At 77 years old, Bruce Dern is back in Oscar's embrace, 35 years after his nomination for "Coming Home." He estimates he has seen "Nebraska," in which he plays a gullible retiree who believes he's won a million dollars based on a sweepstakes form letter, 30-plus times.
"I can't see it enough to realize how lucky we all were with the collaboration that went on on this particular movie," Mr. Dern told the Associated Press. "I feel somehow that the industry has suddenly today put their arms around our little movie."
The sentimental vote belongs to him in a field also counting Mr. Bale as a con artist in the thick of Abscam in "American Hustle"; Matthew McConaughey as a Texan with AIDS in "Dallas Buyers Club"; Leonardo DiCaprio as a stockbroker given to Roman emperor-style excess in "The Wolf of Wall Street"; and Chiwetel Ejiofor as a free man drugged, kidnapped and sold into slavery in "12 Years a Slave."
"At no point during filming, in the sweltering heat of New Orleans, did any of us ever foresee the journey this film would take us all on," the London-born Mr. Ejiofor said in a statement released by Fox Searchlight.
"[Director] Steve McQueen created an entire family to tell one man's tale and I am delighted that so many of this family have also been recognized today. I am hugely grateful to the Academy for this great honor, and, of course, to Solomon Northup for sharing his story through his breathtaking book."
The competition for supporting actress pits a Hollywood favorite -- Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle" -- against stunning newcomer Lupita Nyong'o from "12 Years a Slave." The Yale film school graduate, born in Mexico and reared in Kenya, emerged from a field of 1,000 actresses (Mr. McQueen likened it to searching for Scarlett O'Hara) to play the role of Patsey.
Also nominated: June Squibb, "Nebraska"; Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"; and Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine."
Rewarded with supporting actor nominations: front-runner Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"; Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"; Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"; Philadelphia native Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"; and Jonah Hill, "The Wolf of Wall Street."
"Yesterday I was doing jury duty, today I woke up with an Academy Award nomination," said Mr. Leto, who took a nearly six-year break from acting to perform and tour with his band. "Only in America."
Competing for top director are Mr. Russell for "American Hustle," Alfonso Cuaron for "Gravity," Alexander Payne for "Nebraska," Mr. McQueen for "12 Years a Slave" and Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street." You can assume that one of the pictures matching this list will be crowned best picture.
Mr. Cuaron, a triple nominee for directing, producing and editing, thanked the Academy and Warner Bros. for navigating the four-year journey with him.
"I am particularly moved by Sandy's nomination. She is the heartbeat of our film. She immersed herself in the part. And I thank her for her grace, her trust and her dedication to finding the truth of this character."
Other Oscar snapshots
Dating themselves: All of the best picture contenders arrived in the final three months of 2013. "Gravity" is the oldest, having been released on Oct. 3, while "The Wolf of Wall Street" was an R-rated Christmas Day present.
Other notable absences: Although it was lauded upon release, "Lee Daniels' The Butler" may have come out too early for voters to remember its panoply of performances, including Forest Whitaker in the title role and Oprah Winfrey as his wife. Idris Elba had the misfortune of being better than the overall movie, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," and the late James Gandolfini was considered a possible nominee for "Enough Said," but was not.
Pittsburgh accents: Aliquippa native Joe Letteri, a four-time winner who also was honored with a separate Scientific and Technical Award, is part of the visual effects team nominated for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."
Carnegie Mellon University graduate John Wells directed Ms. Streep and Ms. Roberts in "August: Osage County."
Choreographer Rob Ashford, a graduate of Point Park University, is one of 13 key members of producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron's production team. He worked on two previous Oscar telecasts.
You never know: "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" scored a nomination for its makeup and hairstyling by Stephen Prouty, who transformed Johnny Knoxville into an 86-year-old grandfather. The other nominees in that category are "Dallas Buyers Club" and "The Lone Ranger."
Oscar homework: One of the nominees for best foreign language film -- Italy's "The Great Beauty" -- is playing at the Regent Square Theater and another, "The Broken Circle Breakdown" from Belgium, opens there today. Rounding out the field: "The Hunt" from Denmark, "The Missing Picture" from Cambodia and "Omar" from Palestine.
All about animation: In contention for best animated feature: "The Croods," "Despicable Me 2," "Ernest & Celestine," "The Wind Rises" and "Frozen." The first two are on DVD, the second pair have yet to play Pittsburgh and "Frozen" is still doing bang-up business in theaters and will arrive on DVD March 18.
First-timers: In the acting categories, eight performers are first-time nominees. Seven are previous acting winners.
Red carpet redux: Among this year's acting nominees, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Lawrence and Ms. Adams also were nominated a year ago. Ms. Lawrence is also the youngest three-time acting nominee at 23 years old. Teresa Wright was 24 when she received her third in 1942.
Two for the record books: As noted, Ms. Streep extended her lead as the most nominated performer with 18 while Woody Allen added to his record with his 16th writing nomination for "Blue Jasmine." The filmmaker has 24 total.
Double duty: Actors Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke share the adapted screenplay nomination for "Before Midnight" with director Richard Linklater. Ms. Dench's co-star, Steve Coogan, also is nominated, along with Jeff Pope, for the "Philomena" screenplay.
A womanly win: Thanks to "American Hustle" and "Her," producer Megan Ellison became the first woman and the fourth person to receive two best picture nominations in the same year.
Ahead of the pack: John Williams, who composed "The Book Thief" score, has more nominations than any other living person, extending his lead with 49. The key in that description is "living" since Walt Disney had 59.
By the numbers: The best picture nominees emerged from 289 eligible movies, which was seven more than qualified a year earlier.
Hollywood host: She has a long way to go to match Bob Hope (19 times as host) but Ms. DeGeneres has been there before. She proved herself an amiable host in February 2007 when "The Departed" took the top prize and acting honors went to Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Alan Arkin and Jennifer Hudson.
Hooray for heroes: Expect the Oscar telecast to honor big-screen real-life heroes, superheroes, popular heroes and animated heroes, past and present, as well as the bold filmmakers who bring them to life, the producers announced this week.
Chris Hemsworth, who announced the nominations with Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, fit into that theme. He wields Thor's hammer, quite nicely, on the big screen.
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Since 4475 Jabbas Message, 4476 Jabbas Prize and 4480 Jabbas Palace can be connected with the help of two Technic pieces into a pretty large play set I therefore chose to review them all three at once as they were made to form a large scene from Star Wars Episode VI.
Ever since the first release of Star Wars sets in 1999 fans and fan-atics of this System set line and scale have been asking for the release of play sets from the movies and when The LEGO Group released the so called Story Tellers sets a whole lot of fans got disappointed.
But this time around it seems like The LEGO Group has listened to the fans of this line as the three sets of Jabbas Palace from Return of the Jedi actually is a real play set with most of the features fans been asking for so theres something for everyone in these nice little sets.
Some fans of this line asked for really large play sets while other fans asked for modular play sets that could be connected to each other to form one large scene from the movies and this is exactly what The LEGO Group has done and released this time around and its good.
So lets get on with the review now shall we.
The boxes:
As most people may have noticed The LEGO Group has dropped the 7100 to 7199 series of product numbers and now the new 2003 sets are released with the 4400 series of product numbers but then again theres no logic in their numbering of sets Ive seen and heard before.
Jabbas Message and Jabbas Prize that are the smallest sets comes in what I call small and finer cornflakes boxes of finer cardboard while Jabbas Palace comes in what I call thicker cardboard cornflakes boxes instead of the finer ones with the inner tray and a sticker seal.
I assume that these thick and awful boxes are much cheaper for The LEGO Group...
As with all later releases the boxes has the plain and simple Star Wars logo on them but the artwork is in the same style as previous releases and as usual with the Swedish (European) boxes theres no mentioning of containing small parts etc like boxes released in the US of A.
The instruction booklets:
Nothing new at all here but the other new 2003 sets is shown off on the last pages.
The building of the sets:
Not much at all to say here, as theyre all very easy to build.
The sets themselves:
Not that Im a great fan of mini figures and play sets as Im more of a vehicle and spaceship man myself but Im actually pretty impressed with The LEGO Groups first attempt at releasing a real play set for the fans as it has a whole lot of play value and mini figures.
Its mini figure galore as you get C-3PO, R2-D2, Bib Fortuna, a Gamorrean Guard, Han Solo in Carbonite, Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker as Jedi Knight, Princess Leia as a stripper (Ooops! Not for the weak hearted!), EV-9D9, Bomarr Monk and the Gonk Droid in these three sets.
And of course you get Fat Bastard in the set... Wait a minute... Not an Austin Power release... I mean Jabba the Hutt in the set as well and he comes in three pieces and is rather well done except for having standard mini figure arms and it looks really weird on him.
Then again he need some color on him as hes just snot green in my opinion...
The Gamorrean Guard is also rather well done with his combined head and torso piece on a mini figure body just like the Chewbacca mini figure but hes done in some snot green shade just like the Jabba figure and he really need some color on him but Ill live with that I think.
All the other mini figures are well done and the walking owen is fun... I mean Gonk Droid.
The door scene called Jabbas Message and the trophy scene called Jabbas Prize arent really that special but Jabbas Palace itself is really neat with sliding throne and trap door for poor unknowing Luke but a pit with the Rancor would have been better then a droid dungeon.
To sum things up:
I know that most people would tell me that these Star Wars LEGO sets are being made for and aimed at children and younger teenagers and that Im well aware of but still theres a whole lot to ask for as a whole lot of adult builders and collectors buy this fine line of toys.
In my very humble opinion the scenes and play sets of Jabbas Palace could have been done slightly larger and perhaps with a few smaller sets building a more complete and larger scene of Jabbas Palace from the Return of the Jedi as it were quite a large and exciting palace.
What Im thinking of is more in line with MPCs old model (snap fit) kit of Jabbas Throne Room as one piece and the addition of one set with a droid dungeon and another one of the pit with the Rancor and that would have been a really neat play set for both children and adults.
But of course a modular play set like that would probably have been much more expensive for a whole lot of children and younger teenagers to buy but then again LEGO sets are bloody expensive today and how they can afford them I sometimes simply cant understand at all.
All in all Im pretty impressed and pleased with my purchase of these so called play sets as theyre really a waste improvement from the so called Story Teller sets and they make a really nice display in my Star Wars LEGO collection as Im a completeist with this line.
So therefore Ill give Jabbas Message, Jabbas Prize & Jabbas palace sets a score of 4 out 5.
There you have it people. Hope you enjoyed my little review and contribution.
Kindest regards,
Lars Sweden Olsson in Sundsvall, Sweden.


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I am currently running 'soft' real-time hybrid tests on a cantilever column similar to the local Portal Frame example in the OpenFresco 2.6 examples. The system is an MTS system comprising of Simulink Host PC, xPC Target PC, MTS 493 Real-time Controller, STS Controller PC and a 150kN MTS high speed actuator. I have a couple of queries as follows:
Query 1: When I run a simulation in 3D in OpenFresco, the reaction at the base of the experimental element is zero in all directions. The experimental element is a steel cantilever column. The initial stiffness matrix I am using for the experimental beam element is a 6×6 matrix for a fixed-pinned element. I tried changing the node numbers to see if the orientation was incorrect and I also tried changing the stiffness matrix to fixed-fixed and the result remained the same. The period of the structure changed as would be expected when the connections were changed to fixed-fixed. I was successful in running a 3D model and the reaction at the base node of experimental element as would be expected, even though the simulation gave no reaction. Is this a possible bug?
Query 2: After a number of days running 3D 'soft' real-time hybrid tests, without making any changes, the test stopped running. I ran models of previous tests that worked in 3D, but no scramnet command displacement was being sent to the STS Controller PC. The digital readouts for scramnet command were zero. I then ran 2D hybrid tests with success indicating the communication was working, but then could not run 3D tests. I can not explain this. Hopefully it is just a local issue.
If anyone has encountered these issues before, I would be grateful for your help.
Many thanks


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May Constellations
At nine o-clock on May evenings (ten o'clock daylight savings time), look just above the northwestern horizon to see Capella, the alpha (or brightest) star in the constellation Auriga, the Charioteer. This yellow-white giant is the eighth brightest star in the sky. To its left (west) are a trio of bright stars: Castor and Pollux, the twin stars in the constellation Gemini, and Procyon, the alpha star in Canis Minor and the ninth brightest star in the sky.
The Big Dipper, part of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear, has revolved so that its bowl is now in the northwest and its handle in the northeast. Cassiopeia, the Queen, is an upright W shape right below the North Star (the star at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper); it may be hard to see because it's still quite low on the horizon.
The brightest star in the northeastern part of the sky is Vega, the alpha star in Lyra, the Harp. Vega is another of the brightest stars, ranking sixth. Below and to its left is Deneb, the alpha star in Cygnus, the Swan. Cygnus is parallel to the northeastern horizon now, seeming to fly southward. To the left of Deneb, almost in the north, is house-shaped Cepheus, the King. Below and to his left is his queen, Cassiopeia.
The two bright stars in the southeastern quadrant of the sky are orange Arcturus, the alpha star in Bootes (and the fifth brightest star), high in the east-southeast, and white Spica, the alpha star in Virgo, which is lower and nearer the meridian in the south. If you look carefully and have a clear horizon toward the southeast, you will see rising the red star Antares, the alpha star in Scorpius, one of the summer constellations. (You may wish to look for it later in the evening when it is higher.)
Midway up the southwestern quadrant of the sky is Regulus, the alpha star in Leo, the Lion. This is a good time to see if you can find the faint stars between Leo and Ursa Major that make up Leo Minor, the Little Lion. The inconspicuous constellations of Hydra, the Sea Serpent, and Crater, the Cup, occupy most of the southwestern part of the sky, while Corvus, the Crow, occupies the southern.


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The very first full 360 degree view of Vancouver BC. The original image is 5,396 megapixels and is made up of 676 photos taken on November 9, 2012 from the roof of Shaw Tower in Coal Harbour. Not much of the view looking down towards the city was captured because it was obstructed by the tall glass panels of Shaw Tower...


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Various bits and pieces for the new build box are creeping in, it's not spectacular (dual 2.0 xeon, 1G RAM, lotsa disks) but it'll be a whole lot better than the dual 400MHz box i'm currently using for compiling. This should up my productivity quite a bit considering that i have 15-30min waits inbetween most project compiles (with ccache enabled) at present.
My Token Ring card also came so now i can finally get the PPC32 toasters running Linux, more targets!!