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About the Model M365 SYMPHONIC GRAND
The versatility of the Symphonic Grand and Classic Grand marimbas allows the percussionist to perform in any environment. Wide graduated Kelon® bars, a Musser exclusive, deliver superb tone that is highly resistant to changes in temperature and humidity. The marimbas produce rich, mellow sound, whether supported on the wood concert frame, or the sturdy steel Moto Cart.
Symphonic Grand Models M350 and M365 are meticulously crafted to produce 4.5 octaves in an extended low F2-C7 note range. With carefully tuned silver powder coated aluminum resonators, the Symphonic Grand also features dual resonator track positioning.
Tech Specs
|Moto Cart
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|Silver Powder Coat
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Brand History
Clair Omar Musser was a gifted marimba performer, conductor, composer, and marimba designer. He was even trained as an aircraft engineer. In 1930, he became the chief engineer and designer for the JC Deagan Mallet Instrument Company and in 1948, left to start the Musser Mallet Company in the Chicago area.
Musser created the modern Vibraphone design and expanded the line into marimbas, xylophones, chimes, and orchestra bells. It would grow to become the most dominant mallet instrument company in the world.
In 1956, Musser sold his business to Lyons Band in Chicago. A few years later it was sold to Dick Richardson who grew the company further by creating a partnership with the Ludwig Drum Company to distribute products through the same sales team. During this era, jazz vibe legend Lionel Hampton became a major influence for the Musser Company.
In 1965, Ludwig acquired Musser creating a "Total Percussion" company with mallet instruments and drums. Artists like Gary Burton arrived on scene and elevated the Musser brand to new heights.
With a potential shortage of rosewood used to make bars for xylophones and marimbas in the 70's, Musser would be the first to develop a synthetic bar material made from Kelon ®, a special blend of fiberglass strands. This innovation allowed instruments to be used in outside weather elements in drum corps and marching bands.
In 1981, Ludwig Musser was sold to the Selmer Company. Production of Musser mallet instruments continued to be made in LaGrange, Illinois outside of Chicago until 2013 when production was moved to Elkhart, Indiana. Musser today is known as the choice for "sound" by professionals.


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40 Years Ago: David Bowie Makes His Last Appearance As Ziggy Stardust
Ziggy played guitar for the final time 40 years ago today. On July 3, 1973, David Bowie retired his most famous — and career-defining — alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, after a triumphant sold-out concert at London's Hammersmith Odeon Theatre.
It had been a whirlwind year and a half for Bowie, who released his fifth album, 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars,' more than a year before. The tour in support of the record actually began in February 1972, two months after the release of his breakthrough album, 'Hunky Dory.' By the time it wrapped up with a pair of sold-out shows in London 17 months later, Bowie's next album, 'Aladdin Sane,' had been released.
Bowie played around with image before. On his debut album, he was essentially a folksinger stuck between vintage Music Hall and paisley-toned flower-power. But in Ziggy Stardust he created a persona that not only served as the main character of his best album, but also summed up his place in rock history. Ziggy was positively flashy, probably gay and literally out of this world.
So when he and his band — which included Mick Ronson on guitar — took Ziggy Stardust on the road, with Bowie dressed as the character, they transformed concert halls into center-stage platforms that absorbed and fed on Ziggy's massive ego. It was showmanship at its grandest and one of rock's most ambitious tours, which played the U.K., North America and Japan for a total of 60 concerts.
The tour zigzagged across the globe before settling back into England in May 1973. By the time it reached London at the beginning of July, Bowie had had enough. During the band's set on July 3, he told the audience, "Of all the shows on the tour this particular show will remain with us the longest, because not only is it the last show of the tour, it's the last show we'll ever do."
While some fans took Bowie's purposely vague statement to mean he would never play live again, he was simply hanging up Ziggy's jumpsuit. The final concert is now known as the Retirement Gig. At least he went out in style, performing an 18-song set heavy on 'Hunky Dory,' 'Aladdin Sane' and, of course, 'Ziggy Stardust' material. Jeff Beck even joined the band onstage for a medley of 'The Jean Genie' and 'Love Me Do.'
The concert was filmed for a concert documentary, which omits some portions of the show (including the Beck songs and parts of Bowie's farewell speech). Portions of it showed up on a live album too.
The myths and legends surrounding the final show immediately hit. One persistent rumor is that audience members, so upset by the news of Bowie's retirement, sated themselves by having a mass orgy in the seats. But like so much else in Bowie's world over the years, it's never been confirmed. But if any rock 'n' roll star could bring an entire audience to its knees (or backs), it's the well-hung starman with a snow-white tan.

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The City of Lakeland recently started a downtownstreet paving project. Unlike traditional paving methods that take days, weeks or months to prepare and pave the surface, the downtown project used a process called micro-paving.
Micro-surfacing is a mixture of polymer modified asphalt emulsion, aggregate and filler, and water that is mixed and applied in two passes with the specialized equipment. The first pass is designed to smooth out surface irregularities and fill ruts prior to application of the surface course. A micro-paved street can accept traffic within one hour after application under most conditions and that is a big advantage over traditional paving methods.
About a 20 City block area was resurfaced using the micro-paving process at a total cost of $169,000. The project was completed in days instead of weeks at half the cost of traditional paving methods. A typical micro-paved street has a life expectancy of 10 years in comparison to the 12 year life expectancy of traditional paving.
The downtown paving project was paid for using shared fuel tax revenues that are collected at the pump as part of the price for a gallon of gasoline. State law limits the use of those local taxes to transportation costs such as road construction.
The benefits of micro-paving are obvious because of the cost savings but even the old road aggregate that is scraped in preparation the new pavement is recycled into other uses by the City's Division of Construction and Maintenance.
Mike Whigham, Manager of Construction and Maintenance shares with us the process and benefits of micro-paving in the video above.
The Lakeland Police Department and other local agencies are partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration by holding a Drug Take Back Day for citizens that would like to discard unwanted human or pet medication they may have accumulated in the back of their medicine cabinet or cupboards. It does not matter how many, what size, or what kind they are. Pills need to be placed in a clear, air-tight sealed plastic bag, and may be dropped off on Saturday, April 30, 2011, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., where law enforcement personnel will be present to accept the pills.
Additional Locations for Safe Disposal:
Auburndale Police Department – 2 Bobby Green Plaza, Auburndale, FL
City of Zolfo Springs Sheriff Substation – US 17 (Town Hall Building), Zolfo Springs, FL
Florida Dept. of Transportation – 801 North Broadway Ave., Bartow, FL – Hosted by Bartow Police Dept.
Davenport Police Department – 17 Market Street, Davenport, FL
Haines City Police Department – 35400 Highway 27, Haines City, FL
Hardee County Sheriff's Office – 900 East Summit Street, Wauchula, FL
Lake Alfred Police Department – 190 North Seminole Avenue, Lake Alfred, FL
Lake Wales Police Department – 133 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, FL
Lakeland Police Department– 219 N. Massachusetts Avenue, Lakeland, FL
Winter Haven Police Department – 125 North Lake Silver Drive NW, Winter Haven, FL
Wauchula Police Department - 128 South 7th Street, Wauchula, FL
This event has been designed to bring about awareness. Accidental prescription drug overdose is reportedly on the rise. Storing excess pills you do not intend to use or storing outdated medication in your home can pose a risk for accidental ingestion or abuse. Disposing of pills by flushing them down the toilet or sink can cause contamination to lakes and ground water.
For additional information, contact Sergeant Terri Smith, PIO at 863.834.6917. There is also information available at www.dea.gov or contact StandUp Polk Coalition/InnerAct Alliance at 863.802.0777.
The City of Lakeland's Public Works Department will be celebrating the American Public Works Association National Public Works Week (NPWW) from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. on Friday, May 6, 2011 as part of Downtown Lakeland's First Friday event. First Friday celebrates downtown each month with music and entertainment along the streets. A classic car show will highlight the May 6th event.
The NPWW celebration will be In Munn Park featuring displays from each division from the City of Lakeland Public Works Department. Some of the feature displays include: heavy duty equipment, Lakes & Stormwater awareness campaigns, pedestrian & bicycle safety, solid waste collection, recycling materials and much more! Along with these events there will be children's activities, give-a-ways and fun for the whole family!
Everyone is invited to the May 6th First Friday event and the celebration of NPWW. On May 6th parking is free beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Main Street Parking Garage. Additional free parking is available in the Bay Street Lot, the Oak Street Park & Ride and old fire station lot located at 400 E. Main St.
2011 Public Works Week Poster.pdf
LAKELAND, FL (April 22, 2011) - Much of the downtown area paving project will be completed before close of business day. Crews will be working on Saturday from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. with the focus on milling the curb edges along Main Street between Tennessee and Kentucky Avenue. There will be additional milling during the same time period along the curb lines of Lemon and Orange Streets.
Paving will resume on Monday, April 25th at approximately 6:30 a.m. Paving will start on Main Street at Florida Avenue working east block by block. As paving on Main Street is completed, the crews will move to Lemon Street and resume paving on Tuesday morning at 6:30 a.m. to finish Orange Street.


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Because I have OCD, I often have to counter little attacks of anxiety when I check my email, refresh my dashboard, or look at comments on my Bitch posts. Because I have OCD, I have to ward off dozens of intrusive thoughts throughout my day – horrible images that I'm not going to recount that try to disable my functioning, that I am only able to combat after years and years of practice. Because I have OCD, I have to check and recheck certain things – I just took 15 minutes to walk down to my car and make sure the doors were locked and the emergency brake was on. Because I have mild ADD, I have to constantly clear out my tabs in Firefox so I can get back to work. Because I have trichotillomania, I am constantly feeling my skin for hairs I want to pluck, constantly wondering where my tweezers are.
Despite all these symptoms, this is also the healthiest I've been mentally in quite some time. I feel good about myself and my life and my mind. I am confident. I think I am worthy of the positive attention I get, enough so that I feel ready to examine the negative attention I get and try to alter my behavior in consideration of this. I like the way I look and the way my body works. When I wake up in the morning, I feel good, and happy to be alive. ETA: These are all indications of my privilege, too.
I am writing more than I think I've ever written in my life. The words do not always come easily, but they are always there. Writing is what I want to make my bread and butter. I've always felt it to be a realistic goal, but for the first time, it doesn't feel distant – it feels palpable, and I know it will happen. I am confident in myself. I like myself. I feel like I can, even if it's not today.
At the outset of my most recent major OCD experience, I got very ambitious. My thinking was that I didn't have time to be put out of my life by disability, so the disability had to be eliminated. From one perspective, I think this ambitious, goal-oriented approach help me empower myself when I felt cowed by my thoughts. (eta: again, thanks privilege!) But as happens so often with empowerment, I used the master's tools to get to it. This desire was also indicative of my internalized ableism. I thought that disability and happiness were completely incompatible, and so the only option for my disability was destruction.
My OCD is not curable, but its presence does not negate my happiness. Though, I will not always be this – happy. I haven't always been. Sometimes it's because of disability, sometimes it is not. But disability right now is not erasing or silencing my health. It's there alongside my health, challenging it, making it stronger, preparing my health to survive and work through and with my disabilities.
Further reading:
Stop and think: invisible access for invisible disabilities
Disability and birth control: parts one, two, and three
OCD, Language, & My Place on the Disability Spectrum: One and Two
'Normal' and the Dominant Narrative
I can't count on anybody to understand. (Blogging Against Disablism Day 2010)
Trichotillomania: cures, shame, localization, management


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Tres Leches Cake Recipe
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup sugar, divided
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 1/3 cup fat-free milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 can (14 ounces) fat-free sweetened condensed milk
- 1 can (12 ounces) fat-free evaporated milk
- 1 cup fat-free half-and-half
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 15 tablespoons frozen reduced-fat whipped topping
- 15 fresh strawberries
- Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Coat a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish with cooking spray and dust with flour; set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat egg yolks on high speed for 5 minutes or until thick and lemon-colored. Gradually beat in 3/4 cup sugar and butter. Stir in milk and vanilla. Sift flour and baking powder; gradually add to yolk mixture and mix well (batter will be thick).
- With clean beaters, beat egg whites on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff peaks form. Gradually fold into batter.
- Spread evenly into prepared dish. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Place on a wire rack.
- In a large saucepan, combine the condensed milk, evaporated milk and half-and-half. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cool slightly.
- Cut cake into 15 pieces, leaving cake in the baking dish. Poke holes in cake with a skewer. Slowly pour a third of the milk syrup over cake, allowing syrup to absorb into the cake. Repeat twice. Let stand for 30 minutes.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. Top each piece with whipped topping and a strawberry. Yield: 15 servings.
Reviews forTres Leches Cake
My Review
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"I am said Mexican called for, born and raised in the state of Puebla. I needed to make a tres leches cake, but Mexicans are terrible at written recipes. I made this recipe, and with some minor changes, it was a hit (among the Mexicans I served it to). If you want to try for a more authentic taste and presentation you can try my changes:- I made it in a round cake pan, and after cooling slightly, I turned it out on a rack, cooled some more, and sliced into a top half and bottom half.- I only used half of the syrup called for, dividing it between my layers.- I reduced the amount of condensed milk, so my syrup was 3/4 cup evaporated milk, 1/2 cup half and half and 100 gr condensed milk (though I don't know how Mexican condensed milk compares to what you would buy in the US)- After pouring the syrup over the bottom half (if you place it sliced side up, you don't need holes for it to absorb), I spread whipped cream, and a layer of sliced fresh strawberries, then put the top half on, sliced side up. After pouring on the remaining syrup, I "frosted" it with more whipped cream, and decorated with strawberries.So on the whole, I recommend the recipe, and I hope my comment is helpful!"
"I don't understand, a Mexican recipe from North Carolina? You would think a Mexican recipe from Mexico SHOULD be from Mexico! Not from the Eastern seaboard of the United States! Come on, I have seen a few Mexican dishes from that part of the United States already from Taste of Home. If this is a Taste of Home, then that person the recipe states has originated from Mexico did a lot of moving around! I would LOVE to see MY Taste of Home from a original Mexican kitchen where I grew up! Aren't there some Hispanics/Mexican women or people that are proud of their heritage that could share these authentic recipe's rather than someone from the Eastern Seaboard where they have NEVER even heard of Mexico! At least from California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, even Colorado!"
"[quote user="aris_valentine"]i dont understand this recipe it doesnt even call for egg whites in the recipe ! [/quote]The recipe calls for 5 eggs. The first step of the instructions deals with the egg whites, the second step deals with the egg yolks."
"i dont understand this recipe it doesnt even call for egg whites in the recipe ! it confused the [expletive] out of me i need to find a real recipe for this cake."
"It turned perfect and it was a great hit with my family and guests. I'd like to try it with a sprinkle of cinnamon or baked apples instead of strawberries sometime. Definitely use real whipped cream instead of the frozen."
"Absolutely perfect!! (I didn't make it lowfat though)"
"For A.Kuhl: Tres Leches should be wet. it should soak the came and have a little bit for a sauce type..I have tried some recipes that show a little liquid like the picture and some that are swimming..I guess it depends on the preference of the cook..If its too much liquid but the flavor is good next time cut down the fluid a bit. I have noticed to some degree its trial and error because everyone likes different things.."
"Is the cake supposed to be so soggy? I was a little nervous pouring all that milk mixture over it!"
"although it's a bit time consuming - it's well worth the wait.... we only have 1 Mexican resturant that serves this in our area... and everyone says this tastes better than theirs."


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Read a new column from GoHeels' Adam Lucas as he recalls a personal story reflective of Jordan's competitiveness, the memories of himself as a young Tar Heel fan encountering a favorite player and Jordan's generous contributions to the Carolina Basketball Museum.
Here's a great Lucas column from the past, this one written on the occasion of the 25th reunion of the 1982 NCAA championship team in 2007.
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House Bee
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Hives on roofs illegal?
January 23, 2013, 09:39:35 PM »
Has anyone heard of a local law in Victoria making it illegal to have bee hives on a rooftop or awning?
I have just had a visit from our local Planning Enforcement Officer to say that one of our neighbors have been complaining regarding our bees "swarming" regularly in their back yard. I am not entirely sure that either the Officer or the neighbor know what a swarm looks like and I am a bit upset that the neighbor did not come too see us instead of going to the council but that is not the issue.
We have our hives (2 hives and a nuc) placed on an awning about 3 meters up on an awning to keep them out of the way of our dogs and to make sure their flight path is well above the footpath that runs past our property. The Council officer has stated to me that local planning laws prohibit the placement of hives on rooftops or awnings which seems a bit strange to me. She said that we would be able to keep one hive if we moved it to ground level, but in the interest of neighborhood relations I offered to remove the hives all together.
This is not a huge issue for us as we have a rural property where the rest of our hives are so we will move them out there on the weekend.
I am just curious if anyone else has come across this issue or knows of where I might be able to see this law in writing. I have searched the council website without much luck.
I have emailed the officer to see if she can provide a copy of the regulation and any others regarding beekeeping within the council area so it will be interesting to see what she comes up with.
Jim 134
Super Bee
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Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 23, 2013, 09:50:04 PM »
I would wait to see a copy of the regulation if at all possible.
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand"
Chinese Proverb
"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways."
John F. Kennedy
Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA.
Queen Bee
Posts: 1334
God Protect and watch over our sons and daughters.
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 23, 2013, 10:25:28 PM »
See may be trying to use her authority figure as pressure to get you to comply with her wishes and made the statement without justification. before moving the hives get the info first. then go to the council and request here appearance and justification for her statements. then request that they get DNA of the bees swarming with photos and request they DNA bees from within 5 miles radius. if they refuse to prove the bees are only yours that are swarming then the law stands by you and if they try to enforce it with out hearings they lose to the provincial law broad. they have to put up or shut up at their cost.
House Bee
Posts: 254
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 24, 2013, 12:29:49 AM »
Thanks for the support guys.
The issue for me is not so much moving the bees, I have no problem with that, as much as I will miss being able to go out and watch them. I have another location for them to go to and I would rather move them than start a feud with the council and my neighbour.
It's more that it is a strange law to have and I wanted to know if it was something widely known that I had missed or if it is something peculiar to my council that is hidden away in the archives. Or as some have suggested, something made up to try and bluff me into moving the bees?
I will have to wait and see if the council officer gets back to me. Failing that, she is coming back to inspect for "compliance" Friday next week so I will ask the question then.
House Bee
Posts: 254
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 24, 2013, 01:31:05 AM »
Just spoke to the council officer. Turns out there is no law, just her flawed inturpretation of the Apiary Code of Practice :roll:
She now also understands what a swarm is, she was trying to tell me a swarm is just a large number of bees. I clarified that for her.
It turns out that our council is just biased against beekeeping in Urban areas and they would preferr that bees be kept in rural areas only.
Needless to say I will have some information to give her next week about the global decline in bee populations and Australia's roll in maintaining a Varoa free refuge for honey bees :-D
We are still going to move the hives to keep the peace but I think the education of people enforcing laws they don't understand is in order.
Queen Bee
Posts: 1203
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 24, 2013, 02:56:40 AM »
Seem a bit like she s taking sides and helping your neighbors with there problem.
BUT you are also a member of the community and she should also take your interest into consideration.
When your hives disappear who is going to pollinate the neighborhood?
With out bees to pollinate the fruit and vegetables in the local gardens the populous will bee forced to import food from other areas and over seas.
This food is often industrielt farmed and of a lessor quality in taste and nutrition.
This will also lead to a strain on the buying power of the region when they have to buy food that they could have got for free in there gardens :(
What a difference you small bees make :bee:
Seems to me she doesn't have a leg to stand on if s´he starts to bully you with lies, maybee something for the local bee club and local press to take an interest in, its a small slippery slope, you today , tomorrow the rest of beekeepers
mvh edward :-P
Queen Bee
Posts: 1203
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 24, 2013, 03:00:45 AM »
Also how can she limit you to one hive?
A bee yard should have at least 2 - 3 hive to be sustainable and help to diagnosed eventual problems, no queen with moving eggs and larvae from hives with to hives without.
Seems the council needs to go to bee school. :police:
mvh edward :-P
House Bee
Posts: 254
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 25, 2013, 12:12:54 AM »
The apiary code of practice
clause 5.1 limits hive density on property's of less than 500 square meters to 1 hive (our property is 465 square meters) so unfortunately we can only have 1 hive. The issue I have is she is twisting clause 5.1.2 to her own ends, saying we need to have a vegetative barrier of greater than 2 meters high in front of the hives. This is not correct if the hives are further than 3 meters from the property boundary and does not preclude the placement of hives on the roof or awning as long as the hives are further than 3 meters from the boundary.
Queen Bee
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God Protect and watch over our sons and daughters.
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 25, 2013, 12:33:15 AM »
I would request a Superior to be there to interpit the code for her. The word preclude does not mean to not allow but to exclude. she needs to go back to preschool and learn again. :-P
House Bee
Posts: 254
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 25, 2013, 12:55:57 AM »
The word preclude is mine, not hers so incorrect usage is my fault. What can I say, i'm a tradesman not an english teacher 😊 Having re- read her emails and the code I think she is getting caught up in her definition of the term flight path. She is saying that the bees flight path is interfering with the neighbours property as they are swarming in their back yard (her words) I would argue that the flight path is the route the bees take to the area where they forage not the actual foraging activity. I would argue the purpose of any form of barrier or hedge is to raise the bees flight path above head hight, not to change their foraging location. I would argue that having the hives elevated serves the same purpose. As we all know, if bees want to forage in a particular location they will do so no matter what barrier is in the way.
Unfortunately all this is doing is upsetting me, raising my stress levels and making me loose sleep. So what I am going to do is move the hives on the weekend and do my best not to get caught up in it any more.
Queen Bee
Posts: 1334
God Protect and watch over our sons and daughters.
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 25, 2013, 01:06:08 AM »
I wish you luck. I have my hives all around my property on the property lines. the neighbor two house down is afraid of the bees but his little girl is fond of them. she brings her friends over to look at them flying when I out back. ( some times when gets a little to inquisitive for my liking but that's how they learn.)
but all the neighbors love the honey!
Queen Bee
Posts: 1203
Re: Hives on roofs illegal?
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January 25, 2013, 05:13:47 AM »
Maybe you local beekeeping club could help out as this is a problem that could make problems for more beekeepers down the road.Here are the Swedish guidelines , Not laws for keeping bees in urban areas.
Beekeeping in an urbanized area - permissible or not ...
There are no detailed rules governing how to have bees or not, nor any authorization procedure. According to the Environmental Code is the beekeeper must take preventive measures to reduce the risk of harm to human health.There are several measures that the beekeeper can do to reduce the inconvenience and risk of nuisance to those living nearby. It may therefore be appropriate to talk to their neighbors before setting up colonies in an urbanized area, including the difference in behavior between bees and wasps.
Apiary site location
- Is important to minimize the risk that the bees come in contact with neighbors or passersby. Colonies should be placed as far as possible from a busy street, road or neighboring plot. If possible, beekeeper take preventive measures so that the bees get up altitude. Using a 1.5-2 m high fence, hedge or similar standing a few feet in front of hive hive bees get a steeper ascent and approach can be above head height and the risk of collision between the bees and neighbors, pedestrians, cyclists, etc. decreases.
It is also good to colonies placed so children are not tempted to get into the apiary. The location of the apiary should be done where possible confidential.
Powerful spurts where tremors, vibrations and "noise" in the apiary site may worry the bees and trigger aggression. While this is the reason for placing the colonies as far as possible from a road.
The enterance should be placed so that the prevailing air route, as much as possible over their own property, or out to an uninhabited area that is not the way.
Apiary site equipment
Among apiary site equipment should be an efficient watering devices exist. This means that bees collect water at the home of the beekeeper and not as the neighbor birdbath or pool.
A watering device is also good from an infection standpoint, the bees get this clean water that is not contaminated by either pesticides or bee excrement. Water device placed outside the main direction of flight.
Colony maintenance
The care is important, among other things. a beekeeper to do swarm prevention measures. Swarming in itself is not dangerous, bees are often the kindest when swarms but it is not fun for the neighbors to get a wild bee swarm the chimney, tree, attic, etc. The wild bee colonies can also be a cause of the spread of bee diseases.
During dearth poor periods and especially in the fall, it is important that the beekeeper manage their hives so that robbery did not occur in the apiary. Robbery involves a weak hive get their honey stolen by the other colonies in the apiary. Robbery may cause an uncontrollable arrival and departure of all apiary site hives which can be perceived as unpleasant by people nearby.
In urban areas, it is particularly important to have bees that are bred in controlled environments. The beekeeper should also strive to have young Queens to minimize the risk of swarming.
In conclusion we can say that beekeeping can sometimes be perceived as stressful by neighbors. Judicial decisions have often been to the beekeeper's favor. The various authorities have since highlighted the immense benefits which the bees are doing.
There are two judgments of the Supreme Administrative Court to show that bees are not a nuisance even though in one case was a person who was allergic to bee stings on the condition that there are too many hives and to follow the above advice.
The vast majority of cases where a beekeeper and one of his neighbors have different views on beekeeping in urban solved and beekeeping remain by the beekeeper takes the precautionary measures that can be done to minimize the discomfort that neighbors can feel.
Acceptable number of bee colonies
How many hives should be accepted on a normal sized property? This question must be assessed case by case. But up to 5-7 bee colonies should be accepted if the beekeeper has calm bees, manage bees, have screens that allow the bees make a steep departure and approach, the watering device as mentioned above.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by blueadams, Apr 9, 2014.
I was speaking hypothetically, why he'd consider opting out, dude.
Alright. So, here's the top-50 blueadams ranked players in the league. METHODOLOGY. I used six statistics, WAR/RPM, EWA/PER and WS/WS-48. I found the top-50 ranking players in each of the six categories. I found each of those players rankings in the other five categories. And I averaged out all six rankings for a final, composite ranking. So, the formula is: WAR(r=rank)+EWA(r)+WS(r)+RPM(r)+PER(r)+WS/48(r) / 6 = blueadams rank. I also added some other things to the listing. *Name, Age, Position(s) (WAR(r)/EWA(r)/WS(r))-Avg.(of those 3), (RPM(r)/PER(r)/WS-48(r))-Avg.(of those 3) ~ Avg.(of all 6, i.e. 'blueadams ranking'), Grantland Trade-Value Rank (top 83 ranked), years remaining on contract-free agent status (*ESPN Insider projected salary for top-30 FA's, otherwise expiring or option salary is listed)..........rank among the top-50 3-pt shooters in the league, if applicable. 1) K. Durant, 25, SF/SG (2/1/1)-1.33, (4/1/4)-3 ~ 2.17, #2, 2-U(21.2M)……….#22 2) L. James, 29, SF/PF/SG (1/2/2)-1.67, (1/2/6)-3 ~ 2.34, #1, ETO(*23.1M) 3) K. Love, 25, PF/C (5/3/3)-3.67, (10/3/7)-6.67 ~ 5.17, #20, 2-U(16.7M) 4) C. Paul, 28, PG (4/10/6)-6.67, (2/6/5)-4.33 ~ 5.5, #8, 3-P(24.3M) 5) S. Curry, 25, PG (3/7/4)-4.67, (7/12/10)-9.67 ~ 7.17, #3, 3-U(12.1M)……….#12 6) D. Nowitzki, 35, PF/C (6/11/14)-10.33, (5/13/16)-11.33 ~ 10.83, #12, UFA(*12.5)……….#29 7) B. Griffin, 24, PF (9/6/5)-6.67, (22/11/15)-16 ~ 11.34, #11, 3-P(21.3M) 8) J. Harden, 24, SG (16/9/7)-10.67, (33/14/11)-19.67 ~ 15.17, #5, 3-T(17.8M) 9) G. Dragic, 27, PG/SG (14/12/15)-13.67, (26/20/19)-21.67 ~ 17.67, #83, 1-PO(7.5M)……….#13 10) J. Noah, 28, C (15/19/12)-15.33, (24/29/21)-24.67 ~ 20, #17, 2-U(14.2) 11) K. Lowry, 27, PG (13/21/8)-14, (32/31/17)-26.67 ~ 20.34, nr, UFA(*5.7M) 12) T. Duncan, 37, PF/C (11/26/33)-23.33, (8/21/38)-22.33 ~ 22.33, #13, PO(*10.0M) 13) D. Howard, 28, C/PF (18/16/22)-18.67, (21/22/40)-27.67 ~ 23.17, #18, 2-P(23.3M) 14) D. Jordan, 25, C (7/27/9)-14.33, (16/60/23)-33 ~23.67, nr, 1-U(11.4M) 15) C. Anthony, 29, SF/PF (26/4/13)-14.33, (52/8/39)-33 ~ 23.67, #6, ETO(*23.5M)……….#24 16) L. Aldridge, 28, PF/C (10/17/32)-19.67, (11/19/65)-31.67 ~ 25.67, #26, 1-U(15.2M) 17) P. George, 23, SG/SF (28/15/10)-17.67, (58/27/27)-37.33 ~ 27.5, #15, 4-P(20.5M) 18) C. Bosh, 29, C/PF (22/25/21)-22.67, (25/34/42)-33.67 ~ 28.17, #19, ETO(*20.1M) 19) M. Conley, 26, PG (19/28/34)-27, (15/30/53)-32.67 ~ 29.84, #65, 2-U(9.7M) 20) A. Davis, 20, PF/C (60/5/11)-25.33, (88/4/13)-35 ~ 30.17, #16, 2-R(9.2M) 21) S. Ibaka, 24, PF (25/31/19)-25, (42/36/37)-38.33 ~ 31.67, #31, 3-U(12.3M) 22) D. Lillard, 23 PG (21/24/17)-20.67, (48/42/47)-45.67 ~ 33.17, #30, 2-R(5.7M)……….#46 23) M. Ginobli, 36, SG (41/51/59)-50.33, (9/25/22)-18.67 ~ 34.5, #80, 1-U(7M) 24) I. Thomas, 24, PG (37/20/23)-26.67, (59/23/52)-44.67 ~ 35.67, nr, RFA(0.9M) 25) R. Lopez, 25, C (33/36/18)-29, (50/67/31)-49.33 ~ 39.17, nr, 1-T(5.3M) 26) D. West, 33, PF/SF (29/52/24)-35, (37/69/49)-51.67 ~ 43.34, #62, 1-P(12.6M) 27) N. Pekovic, 28, C (59/40/57)-52, (46/24/35)-35 ~ 43.5, #32, 4-U(11.6M) 28) R. Westbrook, 25, PG (66/39/95)-66.67, (18/9/34)-20.33 ~ 43.5, #4, 3-U(17.8M) 29) J. Wall, 23, PG (27/18/29)-24.67, (60/32/98)-63.33 ~ 44, #25, 5-U(17.8M) 30) M. Gortat, 30, C/PF (20/41/35)-32, (30/71/74)-58.33 ~ 45.17, nr, UFA(*8.3M) 31) D. Cousins, 23, C (85/8/25)-39.33, (112/5/36)-51 ~ 45.17, #39, 4-U(16.8M) 32) T. Lawson, 26, PG (31/33/45)-36.33, (44/40/86)-56.67 ~ 46.5, #27, 3-U(13.2M) 33) C. Anderson, 35, PF/C (61/96/53)-70, (13/44/12)-23 ~ 46.5, nr, 1-U(1.4M) 34) A. Jefferson, 29, C/PF(68/14/38)-40, (99/15/68)-60.67 ~ 50.34, nr, 1-P(13.5M) 35) T. Parker, 31, PG (43/46/60)-49.67, (39/46/70)-51.67 ~ 50.67, #21, 1-U(12.5M) 36) K. Leonard, 22, SF (79/45/37)-53.67, (85/39/20)-48 ~ 50.84, #60, 1-R(4.3M) 37) D. Wade, 32, SG/PG (75/30/70)-58.33, (70/18/51)-46.33 ~ 52.33, #10, ETO(*14.0M) 38) P. Mills, 25, PG (78/76/71)-75, (48/41/26)-38.33 ~ 56.67, nr, UFA(1.1M)……….#9 39) P. Millsap, 29, PF (52/32/47)-43.67, (74/33/106)-71 ~ 57.34, nr, 1-U(9.5M) 40) A. Drummond, 20, C (107/13/16)-45.33, (172/16/29)-72.33 ~ 58.83, #46, 2-R(4.4M) 41) A. Varejao, 31, C/PF (45/79/76)-66.67, (19/74/71)-54.67 ~ 60.67, nr, TO(9.8M) 42) D. Lee, 30, PF/C/SF (88/37/30)-51.67, (129/37/43)-69.67 ~ 60.67, #38, 2-U(15.5M) 43) A. Bogut, 29, C/PF (74/78/46)-66, (73/70/30)-57.67 ~ 61.84, nr, 3-U(11M) 44) A. Johnson, 26, PF/SF (17/108/48)-57.67, (12/118/80)-70 ~ 63.84, nr, TO(7M) 45) D. DeRozan, 24, SG (82/22/20)-41.33, (142/55/72)-89.67 ~ 65.5, nr, 2-P(9.5M) 46) T. Gibson, 28, PF (30/83/65)-59.33, (17/90/115)-74 ~ 66.67, nr, 3-U(9M) 47) K. Faried, 24, PF (104/35/42)-60.33, (147/28/54)-76.33 ~ 68.33, #43, 1-R(3.4M) 48) M. Gasol, C (54/67/90)-70.33, (27/66/107)-66.67 ~ 68.50, #14, 1-U(15.9M) 49) B. Wright, 26, PF/C/SF (139/70/84)-97.67, (101/10/9)-40 ~ 68.84, #73, 1-U(5M) 50) G. Monroe, 23, C/PF (42/38/56)-45.33, (71/57/150)-92.67 ~ 69, #28, RFA(*12.5M) Disclaimer of so-so importance. Greg Monroe's composite ranking is 69. I only wrote down the top-50 in each of the six categories, to start off. If someone was ranked 68th in all six categories, for instance, he'd be ranked ahead of Greg Monroe and I wouldn't have included him. It's pretty unlikely that such a player would exist. And I certainly didn't notice anyone consistently in the top-100 or so of the categories who's name I hadn't put down for at least one elsewhere. But I guess it is possible that I could have missed someone, however unlikely, so I thought that I'd at least mention it.
Don't get me wrong, Monroe is a fantastic player. But right now he is worth more as trade bait than he is playing. We are a losing team because we are weak at 3 of the 5 positions. It makes sense to trade a good C/PF to strengthen PG/SG/SF. Because he is young and productive, he is far more tradeable than JSmoove. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Locking up a 35 year old energy guy off the bench for 5 years(which we can't do anyway because the new cba has a maximum duration of 4 years)? Is this the day we can all say you have truly lost the plot? Of course he would be interested, but who on earth is going to pay him that much? Certainly not anyone in the business of running a basketball team. Maybe we should start discussing multi-year contracts for Steve Nash/Jermaine O'Neal/Camby or we can just go the whole mile and bring Big Ben out of retirement for a few more years. I love Goran Dragic. I think he is an amazing player. But lets recap - the Suns have this other guy called Eric Bledsoe who will also command a massive salary and who they gave up a bunch of stuff to get. Also, he isn't undervalued, anyone who even casually watches the NBA knows that he is one of the most exciting players in the league. The fact that he was being shopped proves nothing, just that the FO realised there was an overlap of position strength and that he would walk because they wouldn't have enough money to meet his contract demands. The Suns are in the playoff picture right now and may want to keep him. ESPN projections are generally based on WARP x arbitrary salary factor. Don't pay much attention to them. Also, which espn article are you referring to? The one I just looked at has 8.7m and I believe it will go higher than that. That statement holds no value. Trevor Ariza is a league average player for ten years, now in his late 20's and has had a one year resurgence mostly buoyed by his 3pt shooting. Sure, he is a plus wing defender and I like that, but expect his production to falter in Detroit. I just don't have a lot of love for the guy.
Ariza defends his position well and he's an excellent 3-pt shooter. What's so bad about that? No one ever said he was Kevin Durant.
I'm no cap expert, but I'm not sure there's a move blue mentioned that is legal. The Pistons can't trade their 2014 -15 pick because they already traded it. Generally speaking you can't have cap space while holding onto players either, right?
Exsqueeze me, baking powder? We traded either our 14, 15 or 16 pick. We still own two of those three picks, and we can trade either of them if we like. And I have no idea what you mean by "Generally speaking you can't have cap space while holding onto players either, right?". We can go up to the cap to sign free agents. We can then go over the cap to resign our own free agents. We can then use the MLE and go further over the cap.
You can't trade 2 1st rounders in a row. You don't have cap space until you renounce your own free agents.
You can't trade two picks in a row and we don't know when we are losing ours. So if we get a pick this draft we can't trade with a first rounder until either we fall out of the lottery next year or the pick is officially transferred. Otherwise we can trade the first year after the pick becomes unprotected. He is a career 34.7% 3 point shooter. So this year is an anomaly. I said before that I think he is a plus defender. For comparison, Kyle Singler shoots 36.6% and is also a plus defender by all accounts. He gets paid $1m per year.
Not all accounts.
I think it have to be two years after the pick becomes unprotected, otherwise we'll trade our pick two years in a row. The earliest 1st rounder we can trade is 2018.
Nate Silver used the same methodology as blue did in his prediction model for the presidential election 2012 (he nailed 50/50 states). He took a bunch of polls and aggregated with some clever weighting. It's taking wisdom of the crowds one more step to wisdom of the polls. Wiki: You should normalize this with the weighted average or something, otherwise the stat with the highest spread will have the highest weight in the formula. An example is PER and WS/48 where the best players have 30 vs 0.2.
I think @blueadams vs the salary cap is shaping up to be some battle.
Sorry, you are right. I wonder how many teams will be lining up just to get a sniff of our delicious 2018 first round pick.
I am pretty sure most of the players that will be in the 2018 draft are still in kindergarten.
CV is their older student/playground monitor.
1) Why couldn't you trade two 1st rd'ers in a row? 2) If we renounced Monroe, would we lose his bird rights? If not, it wouldn't matter.
1) I don't get where this "you can't trade two picks in a row" thing is coming from? I've never heard of it. And didn't we trade two 1st rd. picks in a row to acquire 'Sheed? 2) If we get to keep our pick this year -- and we'll know about that soon -- why wouldn't we be able to trade it? 3) If we don't get to keep our pick this year -- and, again, we'll know that soon -- why wouldn't we be able to trade our '15 pick? 4) It's common for players to become better outside shooters as they age, is it not? I'd like to see a year-by-year breakdown of Ariza's percentages. 5) Singler is a terrible defender.
I used "ranking." So, like "1" for best. "50" for 50th best. "128" for 128th best. etc. So, it's not a problem.
Even if I concede these points. Worst-case scenario: 1) Draft Stauskas. 2) Don't renounce Monroe. 3) Sign Lowry -- even with Monroe's current salary counting against the cap, or his qualifying offer salary counting against the cap, there's still enough cap space to offer Lowry a max deal, if necessary. 4) Resign Monroe, going over the cap, if necessary. 5) Use the MLE, going over the cap, if necessary, to sign Ariza. C: Drummond(32min), Monroe(16min) PF: Smith(32min), Monroe(16min) SF: Ariza(32min), Singler(16min) SG: Stauskas(32min), C-Pope(16min) PG: Lowry(32min), Jennings(16min) Siva, Mitchell, Harrellson.....Jerebko, Datome, Bynum I'm happy. Stauskas might not be as good as Dragic. He might be better. ?
Ok, that's alot better but there is still some issues, the difference between no 1 and no 10 is alot larger than between no 51 and no 60. Or as good as LeBron.
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Maybe that is why we seldom see a tree sweat.
I have heard of the large quantity of water to pass through tree on hot day. Would one expect this to pull significant heat out of Apis nest
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Amy in the Lion's Den: My Experience at Chick-Fil-A
posted at 11:52 am on July 26, 2012 by Amy Lutz
I ate a Chick-Fil-A last night. Now, before you ask, yes I did survive the massive, oppressing atmosphere of homophobia in the restaurant and I'm here to tell my story. Considering the hyperbolic vitriol that leftists have been spewing recently about the chicken restaurant, I feared for my sanity as I opened the double doors to Chick-Fil-A. What would I find inside? I wanted to hug my friend whom I met for dinner, but what if the cashiers got the wrong idea? I didn't want to be subject to the homophobia that apparently runs rampant Chick-Fil-A's all around the country. Or so Roseanne Barr tells me.
Because I let myself get sucked in by the fear-tactics of Chick-Fil-A-hating liberals, I had a few, perhaps extreme, expectations when I walked in the restaurant. First, how could anyone want to eat at a restaurant so hateful that the owner has the audacity to claim he supports traditional marriage? I expected Chick-Fil-A to be a ghost town. Rather, the opposite was true. The restaurant was quite crowded even though the dinner rush had not yet started. I even had to wait in line! Oh the humanity. I couldn't believe that so many people had yet to notice the homophobia that ran rampant throughout the room. I became even more fearful as I got closer and closer to the cashier. Considering that Chick-fil-A is apparently a restaurant run by bible-beating, intolerant extremists, I assumed that I might not fit in that well. What if my dress was too short? Or worse, would they make the wrong assumption about my sexual orientation because I was wearing rainbow nail polish? I quaked with fear as a prepared to put in my order.
Rather, I was pleasantly surprised with the cashiers at Chick-Fil-A. They were pleasant and my food came out in approximately 37 seconds. I took a second to breathe a sigh of relief before spiraling into my liberal rumor-induced panic once again. As I walked to my table, I tried to divert my eyes from the posters on the wall. I feared that the restaurant might be adorned with various protest signs from the Westboro Baptist Church and I didn't want to risk having the intolerance rub off on me. As I looked up, I once again realized that I was wrong. In fact, there was a poster on the wall titled "Great Opportunities Served Here" which detailed the amount of money Chick-Fil-A has donated for scholarships. I shrugged my shoulders and prepared to dig into my chicken salad, but I paused. What if there was a secret ingredient in my chicken that would cause an epidemic of homophobia?? Perhaps I should have called the hospital beforehand and scheduled a round of chemotherapy, because as Roseanne Barr suggested, I'll probably get cancer from dining at Chick-Fil-A. I soon realized that perhaps I had listened too much to the liberal media and I dove into my healthy meal (which was delicious by the way).
Alright, hold the phone.
Now, obviously that's an exaggeration and not an accurate depiction of my thought process. However, I think it's necessary to match the left's hyperbolic vitriol for Chick-Fil-A with a few humorous exaggerations of my own. Seriously, with all the hatred the left has developed for the chicken restaurant in the last week, you'd think the Westboro Baptist Church had founded and operated Chick-Fil-A. It's absurd. Dan Cathy, the owner of Chick-Fil-A, merely supports traditional marriage and the left acts like it's the end of the world. You didn't see conservatives getting is such a tizzy over Oreo's rainbow-colored cookie campaign. Sure, a few people lashed out on Facebook, but that's nothing compared to the hatred Chick-Fil-A is facing. Not only did Roseanne Barr say that I and others deserve to be stricken with a deadly disease for daring to eat chicken, but city-wide boycotts have popped up as well. The mayor of Boston has vowed that he will not allow the company for opening another franchise in his city and Chicago has taken similar steps. Thank goodness I live in St. Louis.
I keep asking myself how this is even a controversy. Since when did an opinion from a private business (based on the BIBLE, mind you) spark such disagreement and controversy? Sure, leftists have every right to boycott any restaurant they want. They have the ability to utilize the free market to the fullest extent; another institution they often vilify. However, the hypocrisy they display is downright sickening. Liberals claim to be the ideology of "tolerance" and "open-mindedness," but they are often incapable of practicing what they preach. Standing by biblical principles in NOT intolerant. However, vilifying a restaurant because its owner is socially conservative IS intolerant. Get it through your brains: tolerance is not selective. If you're tolerance of liberalism, you have to be tolerance of conservatism as well. If Chick-Fil-A had refused to serve homosexuals, that would be a different story. My guess is that they would be just as accommodating with gay customers as they are with straight customers.
Don't forget that Chick-Fil-A has donated millions in scholarships. THAT is who is really losing if a massive boycott is successful (which it won't be). All liberals seem to care about is the difference of opinion and their backbones apparently seem to be too weak to allow this difference to exist. Grow up. Unfortunately, no matter how much they preach it, "tolerance" is not something liberals understand. Liberals didn't invent intolerance, they just perfected it.


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I have read all this material and the research again. A variety of methods will work for different boats and different levels of sea.
The Jordan drogue is designed to cope with a 40' breaking wave, not one that has broken but is breaking on you.
So that is extreme. The claim is that other methods will not work in that circumstance.
(The peak load is greater than the apparent load on a 35 foot boat at anchor in 60 knots without allowing for wave forces although the normal storm load is rather less. The data for anchoring suggests a 3/4 " inch storm rode is required as a minimum.)
Whether one should cater for such waves depends. However since a certain proportion of waves I think 1/100 are twice the size of others , one might consider deploying it when the waves are smaller like 20-30 ' even though only a few will break properly.
In general one would expect to encounter these conditions predominantly in certain areas on ocean passages
While they could occur elsewhere you have to consider whether a coastal cruiser with normal prudence ( ie sufficient to know about drogues and have one) would be out there on a lee shore.
True some eg Berrimilla didn't use anything and survived the southern oceans and the capes with as I recall only 5 knockdowns in about a 35'. They were highly experienced and perhaps lucky.
However with survival conditions occurring in a small but significant proportion of say NZ to Pacific Islands trips, some sea anchor or drogue system is mandatory for NZ boats. Personally in such circumstances I would not care very much if I were driven off course.
Using a drogue stops the big impact of coming to a stop virtually instantaneously from say wave speed of 23 mph when hitting a trough. The force in mass times deceleration would be substantial. Talk about hitting a brick wall. The drogue would appear to help in cutting down the time one was exposed to the accelerating force of the breaking wave and therefore the resultant velocity, as well as its braking effect.
I doubt warps would suffice though there are some accounts that they help reduce the chance of a wave breaking.
I agree that one might be aware of and use a variety of approaches. I would think though, that changing plans before things get too bad (but worse) might be quite a good idea. It may not always be so easy to swap from lying hove to through beam on to downwind if you leave it too late.
As I said our requirements are that you carry a sea anchor or a drogue. End of story else you don't go. Some of those Maritime Safety Authority cookies are more knowledgeable and experienced than I am. Of course we are talking 1000 mile ocean trips to the nearest foreign picnic spot where the weather will change within that time not daysails in a weather window.
Well said, John. Those with no fear of the sea, no matter their level of experience, are questionable ship mates when it comes to judgement. We have a saying in the merchant marine about mooring lines, the spring line used while docking in particular, "strain it-but don't part it." The same philosophy can be applied to all seamanship, and, in particular, the decision to leave port.
Like drunk Russians, who either cry or laugh, the seaman in extremis will often exhibit one or the other. I prefer the humor, even if it is "gallows."
I also liked the anecdote of Sir Edmund. When you're hove to, and got her buttoned up, you might as well rest. After you've done all you can, there is no sense to worrying it about, you've already done all you can and it's nature's show now. Go to bed and sleep, bad news arrives quick enough without worrying it to you. This is usually about the time someone cuts a fart, and everybody laughs and goes to sleep!
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|Of course one thing that Robert didn't touch on is that multihulls tend not to get swept as badly, as they tend to sit on top of the waves, rather than getting forced through them, since they tend not to have the inertia and weight of tons of ballast preventing them from rising with the wave.
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Originally Posted by hellosailor
"The only question now is why not just tow lines instead of a drag device."
I'd expect that the Jordan device creates more drag in less space, i.e. you can stow a Jordan device in a lot less space than the amount of lines you would need to tow for the same effect. Lines don't have much drag, compared to cones.
A catamaran or trimaran and a fast fin keel boat share something in common compared to my current boat, a Tartan 34C. They can sail under bare poles fast enough to lose control with enough wind. They also displace less then the same size full keel boat. I think you want to slow them down quite a bit and the Jordan Series Drogue is the safest way to do that while putting the least shock on the boats structure when you are talking about a light boat. Remember the strain on the drogue is a percentage of the boats weight so a light cat will have a smaller strain on the system then a full keel boat of the same length. With my all up displacement I might have a strain of 12,000 on the Jordan Series Drogue and thats unacceptable to me.
Also I think in terms of staying square to the wave face while running and I want to slow the boat down but not as much as the Jordan Series Drogue would. If you slow down too much you will lose water flow over the rudder when the waves crest passes and at the wave top you have the greatest effect from the wind. I think its a mistake to be in a part of the cycle with the greatest wind effect and the least available steering force. My plan is to keep enough boat speed to have positive steering at all points in the wave cycle. So I want less drag and more control. I also have a center board which will act like the feathers on an arrow when it is down just a little bit. The publications I looked at including the paper written by Jordan all seem to agree that being rolled while running is connected to losing control and broaching. The speed doesnt scare me as much as the broach does. You can avoid a broach by having enough drag to keep the stern to the seas or slow the boat and steer. I have confidence in my windvane and because a random wave will have the same effect on the boat using either system I will use lines as a drag.
My thinking also includes the fact that seas breaking aboard in the cockpit and cabin area are not a good idea. I think, and this is just an opinion that adding 12,000 pounds to the stern will hold the stern and makes it a target for the seas instead of having just 5,000 pounds which will more easily let the stern rise to the waves. I have had seas sweep the boat and its not any fun. I want to avoid that in the future.
I sail in the North Atlantic now and if I wanted to travel in the southern oceans I would approach this differently. Pitch poling is a greater risk there because the fetch permits a larger and steeper wave. I also see a connection between boat sizes and being pitch poled. If I wanted to sail under those condition I would select a larger boat then I have now and because the line pull from Jordan Series Drogue as a percentage of displacement decreases as boats get larger I would consider adding one then. The lose of boat control at the wave crest is also a problem that becomes less as the boat gets larger because of the increased inertia a larger boat has. She will keep moving unless she hits something solid.
Lots of variables and permutations make for lot of solutions available to the skipper. Whatever plan you select you need to keep in mind that changing plans after things get really bad is usually a very bad idea. And one limiting factor is that if you didnt bring it you dont have it. So if you think you might want to try a Jordan Series Drogue dont forget to pack one. I already carry lots of heavy line so I am prepared to implement my plan, and my backup plan, and then my fall back plan. And if all else fails I can switch to my ultimate plan.
All the best,
Robert Gainer
Originally Posted by sailingdog
My boat is a trimaran, and yes, I believe the JSD will prevent the boat from surfing down the face of a wave. I would hesistate to use a trip line, since I've seen some problems where a trip line would foul the drogue, and that is to be avoided at all costs. The attachment points I am using are two heavy chainplates bolted to the sides of the central hull, which are installed for this specific purpose.
|The other reason is that a Jordan Series Drogue creates resistance that increases at a predictable rate. The greater the force on the drogue, the more cones that become active in resisting the load as the drogue line straightens out.
"The only question now is why not just tow lines instead of a drag device."
I'd expect that the Jordan device creates more drag in less space, i.e. you can stow a Jordan device in a lot less space than the amount of lines you would need to tow for the same effect. Lines don't have much drag, compared to cones.
My boat is a trimaran, and yes, I believe the JSD will prevent the boat from surfing down the face of a wave. I would hesistate to use a trip line, since I've seen some problems where a trip line would foul the drogue, and that is to be avoided at all costs. The attachment points I am using are two heavy chainplates bolted to the sides of the central hull, which are installed for this specific purpose.
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The Volunteers (9-7, 1-3) scored 42 points in the paint area, compared to 16 for the Bulldogs (7-9, 2-2). Tennessee shot 51.7 percent from the field in the opening half, based largely on numerous second shot attempts. The fast start allowed the hosts to build a 37-29 halftime lead, which was never relinquished.
Tennessee sprinted to an early 8-2 lead less than four minutes into the contest. A Jalen Steele 3-point basket capped five straight points for the Bulldogs and tied the contest at 11. MSU would take its only lead of the contest at 14-13 on a Gavin Ware dunk with 11:38 left in the half.
Ware held his own against Tennessee's ferocious inside game. The true freshman from Starkville pulled down nine rebounds - his most in a league game this season.
MSU's lead was short lived as Tennessee rolled out to 25-18 advantage on a Jordan McRae layup with 7:32 left in the half.
The Bulldogs did close back within four before trailing 37-29 at the intermission.
"Our guys did a really good job of preserving throughout the afternoon," Ray said. "Our defensive effort was good, even though we lost our man too much on ball movement. We got some rebounds, but just could not convert on the other end."
The Bulldogs were back with in four at 39-35 on a Craig Sword jumper with 17:29 left. The Volunteers scored the game's next seven points. Still, MSU hung tough and was still within single digits as late as the 4:14 mark in the contest.
For the contest, the Bulldogs hit 21 of 56 shots from the field (37.5 percent), 3 of 12 shots from 3-point range (25.0 percent) and 12 of 14 shots from the foul line (85.7 percent). The Volunteers hit 28 of 60 shots from the field (46.7 percent), 7 of 17 shots from 3-point range (41.2 percent) and 9 of 13 shots from the foul line (69.2 percent).
Tennessee held a 37-32 rebounding advantage. The Bulldogs had 11 assists and 13 turnovers, while the Volunteers had 19 assists and 11 turnovers.
Steele paced the Bulldogs with 15 points, including 13 points in the first half. Fred Thomas added 14 points, while Sword added 10 points. Colin Borchert added five rebounds, three assists and two blocks in 23 minutes.
Jaylen Boyd led Tennessee with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Sheldon McClellan added 16 points, while McRae finished with 12 points. Danny Newsome also pulled down 11 rebounds in 25 minutes of action off the bench.
MSU remains on the road for Wednesday contest at Arkansas. The Bulldogs and Razorbacks tip at 8 p.m. from Bud Walton Arena, with a regional broadcast scheduled for Comcast Sports Southeast.


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As The Trashmen so aptly put it, "The birds is the word" with this week's Windows Phone Game Roundup. These are games with the central character being a bird.
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I know this has probably been asked several times before, but is there any impact/difference caused by choosing one over the other? I've searched and searched but I think I really need anecdotal evidence. Has anyone ever been turned down for a job (or think they have been turned down) due to having the Trinity cert and not the CELTA?
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Good news: I have free* storage and use of a truck, I just have to buy a hitch. Anyone care to estimate the insurance and maintenance costs for a 10 year old Catalina or Hunter or similar fixed-keel 25' trailer sailor in New England? Anyone know of any full-keel trailer sailors I might find around here?
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they have a wait list I have to pay annually to reserve my 30' slip or it will be sold to the next person on the list willing to pay annually.
Transient Moorage
I have found of late that transient mooring is getting harder to find. I used to get it at my marina but now that they have a wait list I have to pay annually to reserve my 30' slip or it will be sold to the next person on the list willing to pay annually. So much for that saving!
Still, when the day comes that I decide to divest myself of my trailerable, I can give up the slip, (and associated costs) tow it home, and sell it from my driveway. I store it in my driveway through winter (snowy) anyway because it is safer there and I can do spring commisioning from my garage.
The mast is deck stepped and very easy to raise with the accompanying mast raising assembly.
I will be bottom painting very soon and will do that in my driveway also, it is very convenient to do boat maintenance in my driveway.
I can also trailer launch in very shallow water with my retractable daggerboard and rudders, or pay $15.00 for the 4000# rated sling lift (not travel lift) and raise the mast on the water at my slip. (I own a MacGregor 26M)
There are advantages to a trailerable if you have your own property to store it on and your own tow vehicle, but once you have to rely on others you might as well just get a regular keel boat with slip and eat the cost.
|The deeper the draft of the boat, the longer the ramp and steeper the ramp generally need to be. Finding a ramp that can handle a shoal draft wing keeled boat is pretty difficult. Most have trouble with boats that have more than two feet of draft or so, and very few boats without a centerboard/daggeboard/swingkeel will have less than three feet of draft.
I did the marina slip, self haul, launch, and store in my back yard with a couple trailer sailors with a Chevy 1500 pickup for a few years. Neither required a tongue extension or relying on the tides....... BUT.... Every ramp is different. The ramp in E. Greenwich RI on NGBay was steep enough so floating off was always ... interesting.... but quite doable.
One boat was a water balasted 26' with a swing keel for a year and the other was a 25' Nimble Arctic Pilothouse Sloop with a 4' * Edit * Draft (may have been only 3' 6" Draft not Keel) fixed keel for 2 years. The Nimble also had an excellent Mast Tabernacle system for reasonably easy raising and the other much lighter built 26' had an A-Frame setup to also fairly easily raise the mast. Back in the 80's Catalina had the 25 with a 1000lb swing keel that was a reasonable sailor and now I beleive the newer fixed keel version is also trailerable.
|Launching a boat from a trailer becomes more complicated as the keel draft becomes deeper. Many ramps will only have enough water at high tide. You need to disconnect the trailer from the truck, support the front end of the trailer with a STRONG wheeled trailer jack and then use an extender bar or rope to back the tralier into the water. Trailerable boats all have deck stepped masts usually with a pivot to assist in raising it. My wife and i used to raise and lower the mast on our Oday 22 by ourselves, but it was not a trivial operation.
a late 70's early 80's hunter 25 is a trailer boat with a real keel
this one is sold but has some good pics
Thanks for the info. It appears that a trailer won't save me a significant amount of money if I have to pay for someone else to haul and store it. On the other hand, it does sound like it might save a fair amount of money if I rent a truck to haul/launch and convince a friend to store it in exchange for sailing privileges.
I agree that I want a permanent keel. I had assumed (uh-oh) that I could find a boat with a shoal-draft keel that I could float on/off the trailer at a convenient boat ramp. Now I'm wondering if my assumption is valid. Is there such a thing as a 25'+ cruising boat with a proper keel that I can float on/off a trailer?
I had also assumed (!) that the mast on a 'trailerable' boat could be stepped/unstepped w/o a crane. I don't mind investing in some hardware to simplify the process.
IMHO you have a few other things to consider as well. First of, most trailerable boats use a swing keel, water ballast, or something like that to make the boat trailerable. That compromise usually has a negative affect on the boat sailing ability, or requires more maintenance, etc. For example, the Catalina 22 trailer sailor has a swing keel. The swing keel is great if you trailer sail the boat (don't leave it in the water). The swing keel is NOT recommended for extended use in salt water (the keel pendant and other components wear much faster in salt water). It also hums and bangs when sailing.
Also, most boats bigger than 22' will require a crane to step / unstep the mast. Sure you can rig up a gin pole or something else, but the mast gets real heavy and can get dangerous pretty quickly.
With a small boat, like anything designed for trailer use, and under 25', doing it yourself (with your own trailer and tow vehicle) is OK. Get bigger and I think you're better off paying the yard.
For me, the cost of having my 35' boat hauled, mast removed, transported to a 'you do it' yard, stored all winter with access to water and electric in the spring, then transported back to the water, mast stepped, and boat splashed, is about $2000.00.
I pay it without complaining.
|The only way it will really save you any money to have a trailer, is if you store the boat at your home on the trailer for the winter. Storage prices for winter storage between a boat boat on stands and a boat on a trailer are about the same. Many marinas will launch a trailered boat at a cost less than using their forklift or travellift, but will often charge you for trailer storage.
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