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A little background, first. Ive been a member for a while, but out of the loop for about a year.
I have been a planted tank hobbyist for around 4-5 years. I have made some truly horrific planted monstrosities. I didnt keep the pictures of all the bad ones for, well, obvious reasons, but I kept some. Remember that I said these are the ones I didnt toss out, haha
I had always been fascinated with the iwagumi style. I particularly value the wabi-sabi aesthetic it demonstrates and really thats what draws me to Mr. Amanos work and Japanese style gardens in general. My own work as a theatre director follows this same transient, imperfect ideal, and I have always been drawn to art and expression that reveals frailty, character, uniqueness, organic origin and development, etc, particularly as it represents isolation and flawed beauty.
While I am only a doe-eyed novice yet, I always strive toward this sense of wabi-sabi with little success, I admit in my layouts. The areas I need the most experience and practice in are plant selection and trimming techniques.
Ive spent a lot of time lately on the ADA View YouTube channel, and really it couldnt have happened at a better time. These videos have been invaluable to me. Seeing these scapes planted for seminars, and then trimmed and grown in - seeing their development over time - awesome.
We dont have an active club in my area, and the members around Portland are not terribly active as a community, so we have little opportunity to share plants, techniques, and tips with one another. This has been a good substitute so far.
A quick retrospective of my previous work. I do this for context. Go ahead and skip, if you want the build begins later. But, If you like a good, old-fashioned house of horrors, or a nice freak show, perhaps the type you'd rather not admit you love to see, then please by all means share in my past failures!
An early attempt:
Things I got right: CO2 and Light
Things I didnt: Ferts, substrate, layout, trimming, and plant choice
I wanted to represent an area much like my home. High desert. Tonina sp. Lago Grande was a poor choice, here. The other plants grew ok, though.
Things I got right: Layout, substrate, CO2, Light
Things I didnt: Ferts, trimming and layout material
Ugh why am I sharing this? Well, I think its important to remember where Ive been, so that I can see how far Ive come. Plus, its kind of cathartic to relive some of these horrors, haha
My first collectoritis tank:
Things I got right: light, ferts, heavily planted
Things I didnt: CO2 (neither stable nor well distributed), substrate, layout, gassed my fish ☹
This was my first 90-gallon scape. Perfect footprint, but the height was a LOT to deal with. I couldnt get the proportions to look right. I couldnt tolerate the complete chaos, either. I enjoy engineered chaos. My job is a lot like that.
My first (sort-of) success:
Things I got right: Light, CO2, diffusion, ferts, heavily planted, substrate, layout
Things I didnt: trimming
That was my 90-gallon from a few years back. I had a chance to practice some trimming techniques and grew a pretty awesome HC carpet. I never trimmed the carpet though, so it eventually uprooted when it reached about 2 thick. The plants grew so quickly that I couldnt keep up with them. 6xT5HO plus reactor diffusion and PPS classic dosing was a very high-growth combination!
The next version of the 90-gallon:
Lace rock and Manzanita. Kind of a tough scape to maintain with the sand. Eventually, my routine broke down, and I ceased to be productive scape-wise. I still really wanted an iwagumi scape. So, I built a few nanos to try my hand at stone layouts.
And then, back to the 90 for some wacky stone scapes:
That one was more like an aquarium clown-car: How much hardscape can I cram into a 90-gallon glass box?
You get the point. My last big tank was my 130 gallon. 60"x18"x26"
I was inspired by the 2010 IAPLC 4th place winner (beautiful tank), but ultimately this one failed – big time. Not enough plant matter, ill-conceived lighting scheme, trouble with CO2 from the start, changed my fert regime and destroyed it, maintenance became a huge hassle with the depth and it generally went poorly. Around December, I nearly decided to call it quits - totally.
I took a break. I rethought that decision. Why did I go that route? Why did I "go big?" Admittedly, the discus lured me in. Gorgeous fish. Fun to raise. Temps not friendly to the kind of layouts I like, though, so I was stuck with plants I wasn't passionate about, in a tank I was constantly rescaping because it never felt the way I wanted it to. So, I asked myself: What DO I want? What kind of scape do I want to have in my life – as a long-term layout? After all, isn't it worth it to do it EXACTLY the way I want to?
I started searching again. Viewing images, videos, IAPLC contest winners, random hobbyist tanks. I decided to sell the 130. I sold the 90. I sold the discus. I rebooted my aesthetic. I cleansed my palate of all the distracting crap that had been bogging me down and decided to start fresh. What did I want? What did I keep returning to, but only consistently half-a$$ed?
Iwagumi. I still got that sad, peaceful, longing feeling every time I saw one that was well done. I got very excited when I saw interesting rocks. I have an addiction to beautiful stone, I think. My wife couldn't count the number of times I've interrupted her concentration with and excited "Hey, honey – check out this rock!" I had to tie myself down to keep from buying every gorgeous rock that passed my sight. I trolled the S&S like it was Internet p*rn, searching for rocks that satisfied my perverse need.
But what would I do with them when I got them? Well, it was clear: I needed to take my earnings from selling off the big mess and invest in the system I should have bought in the first place. So, I asked myself:
"What do I think is the perfect tank?"
Remember the 90? 48"x18"x24" A little tall, but a perfect footprint. Enough depth that you could do some amazing stuff in there - but the proportions are skewed, too tall.
I worked hard to make the cabinet for the 130 nice and pretty. It was gorgeous in its own way: deep warm stain, well sculpted trim. Very traditional furniture style.
I'm not a traditional guy. My preferred interior design style is more contemporary. Clean lines. Pops of color. So… ADA?
The ADA 120-P. I'm pretty sure the P stands for "perfect". Perfect footprint, proportionally appropriate height (say THAT 5 times fast) It's the tank I have always wanted. Others may not agree that it's perfect, but for me: this is my dream build.
Now, the 180-P is gorgeous and also well proportioned, but it's more than I need. It would feel like too much to me. If I didn't feel that way, you know I'd be farming mosses for the S&S and saving until I could afford it, haha! The 90-P is ok, but too short. I need length. So, there it was. Case made.
Big Stones. Gotta have the real deal. 77.5 pounds of seiryu stone. To be honest, I prefer ryouh stone. The color and texture more effectively communicates the wabi-sabi aesthetic in my opinion. I couldn't afford it, unfortunately. I'm on a budget, here. A STRICT one. Ordered the stone – thank you, PC1 and another seller from the other forum ☺ - I got exactly what I wanted. Three HUGE seiryu stones with tons of character, and an assemblage of smaller stones to support them. Now, we're talking.
But, first, I needed a stand. I need the stage upon which this little drama would play out.
So, I built one. Thanks jB for the tutorial online! I have used it twice, and modified your design to my taste, but your plans and how-to made it possible.
I'll admit it's not my best work. Frankly, I'm disappointed in my craftsmanship. There are details that could have been more gracefully handled. However, I was limited in time and space, as my wife would only let me use the living room as a cabinet shop for one weekend. So, here's what I did.
Before paint and finish:
Blue? Yes. Blue. I wanted a lighter shade, but that's what I ended up with. I plan on skinning the cabinet in laminate as soon as I can afford it – maybe next summer? For now, it's sprayed and finished with satin finish polyurethane so it's waterproof and sealed.
I used poplar plywood, and I should have gone with oak, but couldn't afford the extra price (2x the cost!). I know poplar is soft for a hardwood (more of a dense weed than a wood – it grows very quickly) as I have done a lot of work with wood, but I doubled it up, glued and screwed it, and it is sturdy and solid. Should do just fine.
I put two 6" vertical portals in the side for filter intake and outlets. I have built one of these before for my Mini-L, and the problem I keep running into is that the portal for hoses is too narrow, and the hoses get pinched there, reducing flow and causing all sorts of trouble. So, I rotated them 90 degrees, and added another. Solved that issue. I also put a small 1" round portal on the other side for air and CO2.
I built a conduit light hanger to keep it off of the tank. I considered bending the pipe, but the length of the curve was too great for my taste. I used street elbows instead, and it's not as clean, but it works. Painted with galvanized primer and gray Rust-Oleum. Still scratches off too easily. Any tips? Would coating it with polyurethane work? Anyway, final product:
Ok, here's where the part you really came for starts. So, I have a process for design. Usually starts as research on what I want to achieve, moves to sketches, and then a color drawing, then a prototype model, then the final product. I mention this because I have read here that some people have posted all around the forum that they have trouble with the planning of a good scape.
My earliest scapes were pretty phenomenally lacking in planning – and it showed. I just grabbed what I thought I liked and threw it in, with little forethought. FX says to visualize your final scape. I agree. This is a visual as well as a tactile art form, so visualizing what your goal is remains important (degree in Fine Arts came in handy after all!).
I started with what I want to see from the front. Concave, convex, triangular? What is the feeling I want? I was ok with concave or triangular. I knew I wanted iwagumi with some stems in the background. I made my sketches. Here's a doodle I did at work:
I also did a color version, but it seems to be missing. No worries, because things change as I get the actual materials I'll be working with.
Planning is important, but remember: this is a largely organic process. Unless you know exactly what you are working with from the start, your end product will inevitably be different than you expected. I'm ok with this aspect. So I plan and doodle with the knowledge that I might throw it all away when my stone arrives.
My delicious stone. My magical stone. Yes, I love my stone.
Remember that this is without substrate (or a tank, for that matter), so it will appear different. Mr. Amano used this process to create the Tokyo SkyTree scapes. If it works for the father of Nature Aquarium Style, it should work for me! I laid out my stone on top of my stand, on a towel so it wouldn't scratch the finish. It's the same dimensions as the tank, so I have my footprint. I can use a tape measure to estimate the height.
The stone arrived, and I immediately set to work:
Started poorly. Rigid. Artificial. I like the height, but that's about it. I think I was just too excited, or maybe I just didn't have the feel of the stone yet. I went back to the little I know about Japanese gardening, and remembered the Crane and Turtle motif. With a few additions, here is my attempt:
I like this one, but there is something about it that doesn't sit right. Maybe the "crane" stone should be at more of an angle?
I shook it off, and let it sit for a day. Decided to re-approach it later. About this time we had a transit of Venus.
I realized I tend to place my focal point just left of center. Let's mix it up.
Single spire, right of center, vertical alignment. Hmm. Ok. Let's try concave.
Could work with substrate in there, but right now - a little weird. Let's go back to the spire.
Closer. Better. Still lacking balance and I didn't like how the secondary stone sat. Take another break, buy one more stone. A big one. The Big One.
It arrives. Now, we play:
Spire A
Spire B
Not working. That new stone… rotate? Take a break. Come back later, refreshed.
Spire C
So close… What's wrong? Take a break.
This is the final version of this spire concept. I may use this if I still like it in a few days. I may also go back to something resembling the Crane and Turtle concept with this new stone.
Meanwhile, I wait for the tank and substrate system to arrive and hope it hurries along!
Cool story man, you can really see how your knowledge is growing and you're getting better and better. I like a couple of the stone layouts. The crane one was neat. The last could be really good, you just need to adjust it. It looks like the two rocks pointing left need different angles.
Nice work taking your time and going through it over and over. Keep in mind though, that the scape looks rather different with soil and you aren't using slope to your advantage in the earlier scapes. I do see you have a few books or something to create some height in the new layouts. You may want to get some dry AS in there and play with slops and such before you decide which particular layout to move forward with. The crane layout could be more dramatic with a mound, as well as the last layout there. The concave would look completely different with a valley, or a mound.
Try it out.
Wait a minute............wait wait wait wait..
Those are alll your tankss?????????????????????????WOWWWWWWWWWW
I love them, and thanks for sharing what you've gone through. Amazing stuff you got here, so how many total tanks you've had????
I have enjoyed a few of your tanks here. I don't know how many journals and pics you posted here but I didn't have any idea you had done that many scapes. I remember one in particular that you didn't put up in this thread. It may actually be the last one in your first post, looking back at them.
I have to be honest, I don't particularly like the criss cross in Iwagumi (though I do think Jermaine Dupri was a genius for putting his faith in Kriss Kross however). I actually like your first layouts better than your last ones. I don't say this to be critical, it's a difference in taste. I like rock scapes that have height as they tend to give more power through a grander sense of scale. I also don't like the main stones facing opposite sides of the glass. Again, a difference in taste. I am on my first rock scape I actually like, second one ever, so I am no expert here either.
That said, I really like what you are doing across the board. I personally like seiryu over ryouh stone so I am glad you couldn't afford what you wanted :red_mouth It looks like a lot of the large stone cliffs that poke over the ocean on the coast in my area (well, the coast that is closest to my area I should say). The stand looks great IMO, I personally wouldn't choose the color but I actually really like it.
I can't wait to see where this goes.
Yeah, i understand what you do. That happens.
The criss cross (will make you jump, jump) creates tension which may be what you don't like about it. I'm not sure how I feel about it, myself. It does kind of counter the serenity of an iwagumi scape. Serenity is a VERY difficult effect to achieve.
I like the height in the earlier versions as well. I'll likely attempt to vary that with my main stone. I also want to try rotating it in different ways. I'll try more tomorrow. I keep the pics as a reference so I can always go back if I want.
Thanks for the comment on the stand - I wouldn't choose that color again myself, haha... WAY too saturate. At least the lines came out nice and clean.
What kind of stone is that!?
Hey I remember seeing this on APC, this is the tank that made me try high tec :P I love it still..
Wow, thanks! Glad it could be an inspiration.
I toyed a bit with the stone arrangements today, but succeeded in only one original layout. I'll throw up the pictures later. I have narrowed it down to two possibilities, but I think I'll hold off the decision until I get the tank. I chose my plants today as well.
Hemianthus callatrichoides
Riccia fluitans
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Rotala indica
Eleocharis acicularis
I've used all of these before except the hydrocotyle. This will allow me to feel confident with the plants in such an ambitious layout (well, ambitious to me, anyway). I have some mini pellia in another tank that I might use to contrast the riccia and hc. There is an awful lot of light green in there, haha...
I have some Amanos on order, and I'll likely pickup some otos locally. I have 30 glow line tetras I'll put in with maybe a few Celebes rainbows for variety. I have to be careful or this will turn into a zoo, haha... I tend to do that.
The pattern here is restraint. I haven't limited myself much before, so I'm implementing that now. I don't want to go too crazy with this just yet. Keep it simple. Clean. Maybe opt for one of the simpler less cluttered layouts I tested...
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Arsenal face Everton in the Premier League at Goodison Park on Wednesday evening.
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Aaron Ramsey was handed his chance in central midfield against Aston Villa on Saturday, and proved to be one of the most influential players on the pitch. With Jack Wilshere requiring a rest, the Wales international took his place alongside Mikel Arteta and Santi Cazorla and delivered a busy, energetic performance as his tried to unlock a robust home defence.
As our chalkboard and heatmap demonstrate, Ramsey roamed all over midfield and took 90 touches, more than any other player apart from Cazorla (who took just two more). The 21-year-old also made 80 passes, more than any other player on the field. Not only that, but his pass completion rate of 90 per cent was also one of the highest, bettered only by Arteta (69 passes at 95.7 per cent), Per Mertesacker (72 passes at 93.1 per cent), Gervinho (14 passes at 92.9 per cent), Ashley Westwood (43 passes at 90.7 per cent) and Carl Jenkinson (53 passes at 90.6 per cent).
It was a hard-working, assiduous display and one that Ramsey will hope allows him to retain his place for the trip to Goodison Park on Wednesday night.
BATTLE FOR MIDFIELD - ARTETA v FELLAINI
Mikel Arteta returns to Everton for the second time on Wednesday since leaving the club in August 2011, and he will undoubtedly receive a good reception from the home fans. On the pitch however, things will be somewhat different. As the deepest-lying member of Arsenal's midfield trio, the 30-year-old will not only be expected to link up play but also try to keep the in-form Marouane Fellani quiet in the hole behind Nikica Jelavic.
Arteta has once again been a model of consistency for the Gunners this season, and only Barcelona midfielder Xavi has played more passes than him across Europe. Despite this volume of passes, Arteta has completed an exceptional 93 per cent of them, far more than his former Everton colleague on 79.4 per cent. Arteta's passing range is also used to good effect in the opponents' half, where 89 per cent reach their target, compared to 75.4 per cent of Fellaini's. The Spaniard also compares favourably in terms of the number of duels won and the recoveries he has made so far this term.
Fellaini, meanwhile, poses more of a goal threat than Arteta and his six league goals this term attest to that. He has already had 27 shots this season, of which 13 have been on target, while his height, power and quick feet have created an impressive 18 chances for team-mates (compared to Arteta's 16). Fellaini has also won more of his tackles (77 per cent to his rival's 66 per cent).
It promises to be a fascinating battle that could play a key role in determining the outcome of a tight contest.
EVERTON v ARSENAL - FACTS
- Arsenal have won eight and lost none of their last 10 Premier League meetings against Everton
- Arsenal have scored 81 goals in Premier League history against Everton; only Man Utd (82 v Everton) have scored more against a single opponent in the competition
- Arsenal have inflicted Everton's two biggest defeats in the Premier League - 6-1 in August 2009 at Goodison Park and 7-0 at Highbury in May 2005
- In the last 21 games against Arsenal (in all competitions), Everton have only managed more than one goal in a game on one occasion
- Michael Oliver will officiate Everton v Arsenal. He has only ever taken four Arsenal games and they have won one and lost three
- Everton are unbeaten in five games with Oliver as the referee (W3 D2 L0), with red cards for opposition players in the last two Toffees' games he has handled
- Thomas Vermaelen has scored in both games he has played at Goodison Park. He scored on his Premier League debut in the 6-1 win in August 2009 and also netted the only goal in a 1-0 win in the two sides' last meeting in March
- No player in Eurpoe's big five leagues has created more chances than Leighton Baines (50)
- In the Premier League, Santi Cazorla is second to Baines in terms of chances created (39)
- Everton have taken the most shots (excl.uding blocked) in the Premier League this season, 183
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Prada Fall 2014
How cultured do you need to be to appreciate a Prada show? On one level, not at all. What we see is what we'll get for fall: generous coats and jackets trimmed with shaggy shearling or narrow-piped edgings, Constructivist-cum–Art Deco prints, narrow silk scarves, slyly sexy thirties/seventies dresses, sheer, boxy organza shapes, sloppy V-neck sweaters, wedge-heeled boots and strappy sandals. It is all, very recognizably, the product which comes from the heartland of Mrs. Prada's aesthetic. Tons of eminently wearable things to buy, then.
On the other hand, there's the setting, and the performance, and the hinterland of mood to understand. No Prada show proceeds without an art-slash–social commentary seeping through the walls. For spring, it was all on the walls—the jolly, colorful faces painted by graffiti artists, which were transferred onto the patchworked furs and bags. This time, the show space was clad in Joseph Beuys–like dark gray felt. Miuccia Prada has been reimmersing herself in the work of the post-war German avant-garde. "Fassbinder movies: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Lola, as well as Pina Bausch. But when you do fashion, it's not a pure transfer," she said backstage. "People and their emotions are what I'm interested in—that kind of humanity." And with a little shrug, she added: "How that is related to clothes, I don't know."
Two orchestra pits were sunk into the raised runways. Inside them, musicians struck up live arrangements of a Kurt Weill sound track, and Barbara Sukowa, who starred as a prostitute in Fassbinder's 1981 movie Lola, sang. Well, thanks to the good offices of Google and YouTube, everyone who is interested will be able to delve into the source material which sent Prada on her journey into fall.
Drawing back for a moment, though, it's worth considering the bigger landscape or, rather, the emotions and impulses which are flowing through fashion's creative minds this season. The graphic schemes and jarring colors of the early 20th-century Constructivist period have been percolating through other collections. So has the notion of bringing in live music as an accompaniment to fashion shows. What does this mean? A combination for something more grounded, real, and human-scale in our relentless digitally dominated era, perhaps. But is there time to pause and reflect on that before rushing onto the next trend?


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I finally picked up a Casio MQ-1 off eBay. I found it and purchased it 6 minutes after it was listed. It only took me that long because I read the description multiple times to make sure it wasn't a joke (I got it with shipping and insurance for under 50 beans).
When it arrived I thought the dude ripped me off, I didn't expect it to be as small as it is. I expected it to be almost twice its size.
One thing I noticed with it, is that the days of the week are off. Right now the date/time is set correctly but it displays today as friday when its really thursday.
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Overall Family Optimization Skills
Relationships have the power to be positive or negative forces in our lives—depending on the quality of the relationship. Positive family relationships have been described as being "stress absorbing systems" [2]. However, positive family relationships require work. It is a myth that people are born knowing how to have a good relationship, and it is another myth that those who are not happy in their relationships have somehow failed.
Latest findings indicate that ALL relationships need attention to be happy and productive. Indeed, in all relationships it is important to focus on and practice specific behaviors that foster positive feelings.
Learn to be More Loving
DCoE explains that you cannot change another's behavior, but you can focus on and change your own for better results. In fact, changing your behavior will disrupt the normal pattern in the family and could create positive results. Try it out. Click here for more information.
Expectations and Reality
DCoE describes how to take care of your own needs in addition to your partner's needs. Their counselors explain the need for realistic expectations, good communication, and respect for each other as essentials of a good relationship.
Know your Partner's Love Language
Often in relationships, each partner expresses love and interprets love in distinct ways. Based on his experience as a marriage and family therapist for 30 years, Gary Chapman identified five love languages that couples use to communicate their feelings: words of affirmation, receiving gifts, acts of service, physical touch, and quality time. Visit his website, "The 5 Love Languages," for more information and to take an online quiz.
The Power of Being Positive
Shifting your thoughts from negative to positive has profound effects on your outlook, stress level, and health. This same shift can greatly enhance your relationships. For every ONE negative interaction in a relationship, FIVE positive interactions are needed to make up for that one negative [3-14]. Given that negative interactions in relationships tend to be contagious and spawn more negative interactions, this ratio has powerful implications.
Negative Interactions Increase Your Risk for Unhappiness in Relationships
Research has found that the quality of the interactions during the first three minutes of a conversation between newly married couples about a marital conflict predicts marital stability versus divorce six years later [4,9,15]. Specifically, stable marriages display more positive emotions and less negative emotions during the first few minutes of a conversation. Additionally, there are some gender differences: Husbands who eventually became divorced displayed increasingly more negative and fewer positive interactions throughout a 15-minute conversation [15].
Conflict in Relationships
Conflict itself is not destructive for relationships if the conflict is resolved. However, conflict that includes any of the following four characteristics is "lethal" to relationships and foretells marital dissatisfaction as well as divorce [3-8,10-11,16-19]. They are called the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and are: criticism, contempt, stonewalling, and defensiveness [20]. Try to eradicate them from your interactions.
Criticism: "Attacking someone's personality or character—rather than a specific behavior—usually with blame" [20].
Contempt: "Words or thoughts that show a lack of respect for the partner during an emotionally charged situation like an argument" [20].
Stonewalling or Withdrawal: "Removing oneself from the interaction in a manner that conveys disapproval, icy distance, and smugness" [20].
Defensiveness: Verbally attacking your partner in an argument [20] and responding to your partner with excuses, denial of responsibility, negative solutions, and negative mind reading [3-8,10-11,16-19].
Couples Resilience: Ability to Rebound from Negative Interactions
It is important to rebound from negative interactions and interact positively with your partner afterwards. In a study of communications between couples, those who displayed fewer negative emotions (i.e., anger, disgust, and contempt) in conversation following a negative exchange were much more likely to be together (i.e. not divorced) four years later [6-7,19]. Indeed, lack of such resilience in conversation occurred in over 90% of couples who became divorced [6-7,19]. This emphasizes the importance of clearing the air each time after a conflict or argument.
Tips on How to Make Your Relationships Stronger
Dr. John Gottman's Family Research Lab has conducted numerous research studies on couples and family interactions. From decades of research, the group has been identified the following tips for how to keep relationships strong:
- Seek help early.
- Edit yourself.
- Soften your "start up."
- Accept influence.
- Have high standards.
- Learn to repair and exit the argument.
- Focus on the bright side.
Additionally, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, funded TheTwoOfUs.org, a project on healthy relationships. They identified the following qualities in great relationships:
- Accept each other for who you are. Don't try to change the other person.
- Identify and compliment the characteristics that you admire about the other person.
- Nurture affection in the relationship.
- Learn and practice listening skills.
- Learn and practice conflict resolution skills.
- Have a fun time together.
- Learn your partner's love language.
- Be a united team.
- Learn from mistakes.
- Honor commitments.
Know when you need support and where to get it.
- Hall LK. Counseling Military Families: What Mental Health Professionals need to know. New York: Routledge; 2008.
- McAdoo HP. Stress absorbing systems in Black families. Family Relations. 1982;31(4):479-88.
- Gottman J, Swanson C, Swanson K. A general systems theory of marriage: Nonlinear difference equation modeling of marital interaction. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 2002;6(4):326-40.
- Gottman JM, Coan J, Carrere S, Swanson C. Predicting marital happiness and stability from newlywed interactions. Journal of Marriage & the Family. 1998;60(1):5-22.
- Gottman JM, Driver JL. Dysfunctional marital conflict and everyday marital interaction. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. 2005;43(3-4):63-78.
- Gottman JM, Levenson RW. How stable is marital interaction over time? Family Process. 1999;38(2):159-65.
- Gottman JM, Levenson RW. Rebound from marital conflict and divorce prediction. Family Process. 1999;38(3):287-92.
- Gottman JM, Levenson RW. The timing of divorce: Predicting when a couple will divorce over a 14-year period. Journal of Marriage & the Family. 2000;62(3):737-45.
- Carrére S, Buehlman KT, Gottman JM, Coan JA, et al. Predicting marital stability and divorce in newlywed couples. Journal of Family Psychology. 2000;14(1):42-58.
- Gottman JM, Notarius CI. Decade review: Observing marital interaction. Journal of Marriage & the Family. 2000;62(4):927-47.
- Gottman JM, Notarius CI. Marital research in the 20th century and a research agenda for the 21st century. Family Process. 2002;41(2):159-97.
- Jacobson NS, Gottman JM, Waltz J, Rushe R, et al. Affect, verbal content, and psychophysiology in the arguments of couples with a violent husband. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 1994;62(5):982-8.
- Katz LF, Gottman JM. Buffering children from marital conflict and dissolution. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 1997;26(2):157-71.
- Katz LF, Gottman JM. Marital interaction and child outcomes: A longitudinal study of mediating and moderating processes. In: Cicchetti D, Toth SL, eds. Emotion, cognition, and representation. Rochester, NY US: University of Rochester Press; 1995:301-42.
- Carrère S, Gottman JM. Predicting divorce among newlyweds from the first three minutes of a marital conflict discussion. Family Process. 1999;38(3):293-301.
- Gottman J, Gottman J, Shapiro A. A new couples approach to interventions for the transition to parenthood. In: Schulz MS, Pruett MK, Kerig PK, Parke RD, eds. Strengthening couple relationships for optimal child development: Lessons from research and intervention. Washington, DC US: American Psychological Association; 2010:165-79.
- Gottman JM, Gottman JS. Gottman method couple therapy. In: Gurman AS, ed. Clinical handbook of couple therapy (4th ed.). New York, NY US: Guilford Press; 2008:138-64.
- Gottman JM, Katz LF. Children's emotional reactions to stressful parent-child interactions: The link between emotion regulation and vagal tone. Marriage & Family Review. 2002;34(3-4):265-83.
- Gottman JM, Levenson RW. What predicts change in marital interaction over time? A study of alternative medicine. Family Process. 1999;38(2):143-58.
- Holman TB, Jarvis MO. Hostile, volatile, avoiding, and validating couple-conflict types: An investigation of Gottman's couple-conflict types. Personal Relationships. 2003;10(2):267-82.


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I searched to see if this was posted previously, but I didn't quite find what I was looking for - so here I go:
My youngest brother is a drug addict. Coping not only with his behavior, but some of the other people he has brought around my family, and the ways in which my parents have tried to help him has been trying. He's been in and out of at least 13 different rehab facilities in the last year, and he is in the ER for an overdose again tonight. I'm hitting a bit of a breaking point in the way that I interact with my family regarding this issue, and I'm not quite sure where to go for help/support. I know many support groups are faith-based, and I am dubious of how helpful these venues will be for me. I know there are more neutral groups out there, but I can't remember their names or how to find them. Is anyone else familiar with this topic?
Thank you all in advance for your help.
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I came across this a while ago. I'm not sure how widespread or accessible they are, but at least it's something.
I actually live near los angeles, so that helps a bunch. Thanks so much!
Hi Colleen I've worked as a psychotherapist in the UK helping addicts and families of addicts. My advice is to be selfish. This sounds counter-intuitive at first particularly when you care about someone.But it is essential you look after yourself first.That is paramount.you must maintain your integrity or you will not be able to help your brother.I would try to remember that addicts need "boundaries" if they are to recover so it is essential you keep yours. call it "positive narcissism" and don't give ground.
I don't know about self-help groups in the US but in the UK they are there for support regardless of race,creed or colour. If they are faith based , as long as they don't try to force religion onto you then I cant see any harm in joining one.
I hope things work out for your brother, your family and for you
Thanks for the advice bob. I'm a psychologist myself, although I do not work in addiction. I have very clear boundaries with regard to my brother, but that doesn't mean that everyone in my family (my mother in particular) understands and respects these boundaries. I still hurt when I see him and my family in pain. Hopefully a community will help me to stay the course and not feel so alone in the endeavor. My parents sometimes go to Al-Anon, which is a faith-based support group that typically meets at churches. Although there is no harm in joining one and I'm sure that I could still get something meaningful out of hearing others' stories in that environment, I'd prefer a community that doesn't focus on prayer and god as an answer.
Hi Colleen I have to confess my ignorance of groups in the US. It seems religion poisons everything. In the UK, AA and al-anon don't focus on god as such but seem to be more "spiritual" and that there is a "higher power". whatever that means to the individual.
I recommend "The book of Atheist Spirituality" by Andre Comte-Sponville as a good antidote to the poison. It sounds like your family need to pull together and find some common ground in what feels like a very painful situation.
My last thought is family therapy. I don't know if this has been discussed at all.
Anyway, look after yourself
kind regards
Family therapy would be amazing. I end up acting like a mediator to get my my mom and my sister to communicate better, but I can't treat my own family that well when I'm going through some emotional turmoil myself. Hopefully I can get them there one day. Thanks so much for your help and kindness Bob :).
One needs to be selfish to keep from becoming a codependent or facilitator. Helping addicts often means denying them the help they ask for or seem to need to survive one more disaster (helping them get that "one last fix" or making excuses for them). This can hurt (you, not them).Often, it is the disaster there's no way to avoid that forces them to face up to their problem. Hopefully, that disaster doesn't involve a disaster for an innocent third party.
I happen to know, by the way, that groups for addicts and those enmeshed with addicts' lives exist which are not faith based and do not stipulate requiring a higher power.
Thankfully, I've never dealt with a family member struggling with serious addiction. That said I have dealt with many friends, as well as an ex, with addictions. For some rehab seems to help, even if it isn't a very reliable source. Not sure how old your brother is, or if he is still living at home, but I'm a firm believer that the most dependable way of helping an addict is by seeing to it that they run out of resources. I know that sounds harsh, but often times the concerned act as enablers even if they don't intend to (offering a place to stay, money for necessities that end up being spent on drugs, etc). If he is old enough to be on his own, taken he isn't already, I'd talk with your parents about giving him an ultimatum..."You have a month to clean up your act or you need to get out"...and sticking to it. I don't think drugs are are bad, but I think it's a sad thing when people abuse them to such a point to where it causes problems with those close to them. Running out of resources often means the individual is forced to find a means of taking care of themselves in the way of a job and a place to stay, something most serious addicts don't seem to be able to provide for themselves. When one is forced into such a situation, this often leaves them with little time to do drugs or the resources needed in order to obtain them ($$$). It will only work though if everyone he knows partakes in this. I know it's a scary decision to make, but sometimes it can put people on the right track. Giving him a month gives him plenty of time to figure something out.
Maybe give him the option of rehab. The sort one must stay at for some extended time period while they are coming off of whatever substances they are abusing. One can often leave these whenever they want, but I'd make it a point to not allow him back if he makes that decision.
I know it sounds harsh, but drugs can be too.
As I understand the question, you are asking for alternatives to Alanon for yourself, not to AA/NA/whateverA for your brother. I'm a recovering alcoholic, and have hadseriousissues with the higher power nonsense that AA espouses, which would be identical to that of Alanon I suppose. Something that has been helpful to me is a little book by Marya Hornbacher called "Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power". Ms. Hornbacher struggled with the "god stuff" in AA for some time, and came to an understanding of an atheist spirituality that works for her (and is working for me, thank you Ms. H).
I think that this book may be a good resource for you should you become involved in Alanon. Also, in larger cities, there are "We Agnostics" meetings in AA, so named from the eponymous chapter in the "Big Book" (Alcoholics Anonymous).{None in Nashville TN, alas!} I would think it likely that there are such groups in Alanon as well.
Thanks Barry! Just hoping to find a good community for support. Hopefully that community can be diverse in belief or lack thereof. We're all impacted by this regardless. I can't help him or my family if I'm not in a good place myself :).
I am very familiar with this topic!
I have spent my whole life surrounded by addicts and their drugs. In my experience I have come to see addiction not as a disease(as they like to say it is), but as a personality disorder someone is born with. One thing I do agree with is that there is no cure and no one treatment that is 100% effective on everyone.
My father believes in a higher power, attends NA meetings regularly, and has over 20 years clean and sober. Although he would not admit it NA like most other treatments is a big scam that does not work for most people.
So why does it work for him?
Because he is addicted to it. He gets off on being with his junkie friends and helping the new comers. He loves going to the big NA functions like picnics, dances, concerts, and the big conventions. And he gets his regular fix at least once a week at a meeting he runs.
So my suggestions for your brother:
2) Find a new and healthy addiction
I recommend some type of exercise like running(I don't have an addictive personality and this running gets me hooked)
Call it what ever you want I don't care and I don't think it matters. What I know is what I said in my comment. I believe these people have a type of obsessive compulsive disorder.
My pops did not need any sense of purpose or belonging and he did not get into any deep depressions. He is a strait up party animal and when he does something he likes he doesn't know when to stop. He throws any sense of priorities out the window to keep doing it and his sense of well being becomes crippled.
I don't care what you have studied or read when your dad cleans out your college fund and steals your piggy bank then we can compare notes.
@ Colleen:
vincent van noir wrote a great blog 'The Mythology of the Disease of Addiction' on the subject of Twelve Step treatment programs and debunks the idea that Addiction is a disease. Under his blog I wrote a summery of my experience with drugs and addiction.
If you still need help and further information or just someone to talk to feel free to contact me firstname.lastname@example.com I have witnessed this disorder destroy my family and the lives of many people I cared about.
If your desperate my dad knows of a place in mexico not far past the border where your brother can go for detox. It would still be his prerogative after the detox but durring they would hold him like a prisoner until the drugs are out of his system and he is no longer suffering from withdrawals. I have to note that this place is a serious dose of tough love and they do not mess around they will physically abuse your brother if he does not behave or tries to escape.


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Perspectives from China
I spent the last three weeks in China partly for a conference, partly for a vacation, and partly for a rest. In catching up over the last couple of days, I notice that the break has given me a slightly different perspective on a couple of issues that are relevant here.
First off, the conference I attended was on paleoceanography and there were was a lot of great new science presented, particularly concerning the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (around 55 million years ago), and on past changes to tropical rainfall patterns (see this week's Nature) – two issues where there is a lot of relevance for climate change and its impacts today. I'll discuss the new data in separate posts over the next few weeks, but for now I'll just mention a topic that came up repeatedly in conversations over the week – that was how to improve the flow of information from the paleo community to the wider climate community, as represented by the IPCC for instance.
There was a palpable sense that insights from paleo-climate (in this case referring mainly to the ocean sediment record rather than ice cores or records from the last millennium) were not being given their due, and in fact were frequently being misused. In a panel discussion (hosted by Stefan), people lamented the lack of 'synthesis' that would be useful for the outside community, while others stressed (correctly) that synthesis is hard and frankly not well regarded within the community or their funders. I think this is a general problem; many of the incentives for success within an academic field – the push for novel techniques, the ownership of specific slices of data, the desire to emulate the paths to success of the previous generation – actually discourage work across the field that pulls together disparate sources of information.
In the paleo-oceanography case, this exhibits itself in the overwhelming focus on downcore records (the patterns of change at a single point through time) and the relative lack of integrated products that either show spatial patterns of change at a single time, or that try to extract common elements from multiple events in the past. There are of course numerous exceptions – the MARGO project that compiled records from the peak of the last ice age, or the work of PMIP for the mid-Holocene – but their visibility makes their uniqueness all the more obvious. There were no ideas presented that would fix this overnight, but the discussions showed that the community realises that there is a problem – even if the solutions are elusive.
My second thought on China came from travelling through some of the most polluted cites in the world. Aerosol haze that appeared continuous from Beijing to Hong Kong is such an obvious sign of human industrial activity that it simply takes your breath away (literally). In places, even on a clear day, you cannot see the sun – even if there is no cloud in the sky. Only in the mountains or in deeply rural parts of the country was blue sky in evidence. This is clearly an unsustainable situation (even if you are only thinking about the human health impacts) and it points the way, I think, to how China can be engaged on the climate change front. If reducing aerosol emissions can be done at the same time that greenhouse gases can be cut, the Chinese will likely jump at the chance. As an aside, I noticed that Compact Florescent Light bulbs were being used almost everywhere you looked, and that the majority of Shanghai's motorbikes and scooters were electric rather than gasoline powered. These efforts clearly help, but they are just as clearly not sufficient on their own.
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My Meowmy asked me to write a diary entry today for a very special cause!
I have two brofurs who are blind and one sisfur who is visually impaired. My angel sisfur, Scarlett, was blind while she was on Earth.
Did you know that even 'no-kill' shelters sometimes euthanize blind cats because they are considered 'unadoptable'?
Did you realize that a blind, black blind cat - like our Bones and Charcoal - stands virtually no hope of adoption?
That cats can become blind due to birth defects, trauma, untreated disease, and yes, even human cruelty?
Did you also know that blind cats love to climb??
That they love to play with cat toys??
That they run and jump and enjoy life JUST LIKE OTHER CATS?
Did you know that there's a very special place for blind cats? A place where they are treated with love, respect, and care? It's TRUE!
This heaven-on-earth for blind cats is Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary of North Carolina, featured in the June, 2010 issue of Cat Fancy. www.blindcatrescue.com
BCR is the dream and life's work of a very special woman, and the Sanctuary depends on the sponsorships of the cats and donations from caring people around the world.
But YOU can help BCR today and everyday in the Shelter Challenge at The Animal Rescue Site! It's FREE and EASY and it can truly make a difference.
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces? siteId=3
Our Stevie, Bones, Scarlett, and Charcoal are some of the lucky ones. They found a loving, caring home, thanks to messages sent to my Meowmy from BCR! Other kitties need the resources only a Rescue can provide.
Won't you help by voting today and every day during the contest for Blind Cat Rescue of NC? (Don't forget to confirm your vote by identifying the animal photo shown after you vote!)
All the blind kitties will purr in gratitude!!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGiv e/home.faces?siteId=3
So many of you have supported Meowmy, Mama Terry and their friends' quest to find Justice for Eve, the sweet kitten who died shortly after being adopted from Okefenokee Humane Society in Waycross, GA. You can read all about Eve on her Catster page:
I asked Meowmy to update you on a positive development!! A man from the GA Department of Agriculture answered Meowmy's (third) email to that office! He asked for Eve's medical records, saying they were necessary for an inquiry to proceed. Of course, Meowmy sent them right away. So it looks like someone has noticed us!! PURRRRRR!!!
This may take time. (Has the government ever moved quickly??) We promise to keep you updated when we have news.
For all who care about Eve, please take a moment and sign her petition, if you haven't already. It's never to late to take a stand for all the animals still at Okefenokee HS. Thank you for caring so much!!!!
Eve's Petition:
It snowed today but Meowmy says there are a few stars peeking through the clouds. She says if I make a wish, it might come true. I'm going to make TWO wishes! And YOU can help them come true!!!
Wish #1:
Many of you have read the heartbreaking story of my sisfur Eve. I never got to meet Eve, due to the neglect she suffered at Okefenokee Humane Society in Waycross, GA (Ware Co.) Meowmy and Eve's to-be adoptive Mommy Terry, along with their friends, are asking everyone to write snail mails or emails to the folks on the list below. Be polite but ask for an investigation into the conditions at OHS. So far, we have had only one noncommittal reply. You can read my back diary entries for that actual letter. If enough of us write and express our concern for the animals still there, surely someone will listen to us. Please help us bring Justice for Eve!!
http://www.catster.com/cats/1086369 (Eve's Page)
http://blogs.catster.com/the-cats-meow-a-cat-a nd-kitten-blog/humane-society-it%e2%80%99s-not-always-a-paws ative-place-part-1/2010/02/16/(Part One of the Catster blog about Eve)
Eve's Petition: You can sign now!
People to Write for Justice for Eve: (Email is fine, but sometimes 'snail mail' gets more attention and is harder to ignore. We only have emails for some people.)
Jim Brown. email@example.com County Commissioner
Carlos Nelson email@example.com County Commissioner
Victor Aldridge firstname.lastname@example.com County Commissioner
Kathy Davis ( not animal friendly) firstname.lastname@example.com County Commissioner
Gene Dixon phone (912) 285-1319 County Commissioner
The mailing address for those listed above is:
Ware County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 1069
Waycross, GA 31502-1069
Gail Boyd firstname.lastname@example.com County Manager
No Address for the OHS Board Members but here are the emails:
Deen Strickland firstname.lastname@example.com O.H.S Board President
Dr. Jim Morton firstname.lastname@example.com O.H.S. Vice President
Sirena Cady firstname.lastname@example.com, OHS Treasurer
Susan Winge email@example.com OHS Board Secretary.
Dr. Wes Blount firstname.lastname@example.com
OHS Board Member Veterinarian ( Was doing weekly visits)
Darla Moumberg firstname.lastname@example.com OHS board Member
Millie Hopkins email@example.com Board Member past president
Heidi Flowers. firstname.lastname@example.com OHS Board Member
You can also snail mail Dr. Blount at this address.
Dr. KT Blount
Satilla Animal Hospital, Inc.
511 City Blvd.
Waycross, Ga. 31501
Dr. Blount is a vet serving on the OHS Board. He is the only person to respond to Meowmy's emails. His very short, very unhelpful response is in my previous diary entry.
Tommy Irvin
GA State Commissioner of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Agriculture
19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
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The man in charge of all shelters receiving public funds in GA.
Mary Green
Division of Animal Protection
Georgia Department of Agriculture
19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
It is her responsibility to oversee all shelters in GA that receive public funds. Her office would be the one to conduct such an investigation of OHS.
Even these state officials, whom Meowmy supports with her taxes, will not respond to her emails or letters. Please join those who BeliEVE in Justice for Eve - and all animals who are abused or neglected!
Wish #2:
Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight...I wish I may...I wish I might...find justice for my friend Muppet and the FLOCK cats.
http://www.catster.com/cats/624959 - Muppet's page
Muppet is my furriend, and she's a survivor! She was at a huge cat 'rescue' called FLOCK. These cats were left to starve and several hundred did not make it. Muppet was critical but she was so strong and fought so hard to live! And she did! Best Friends Rescue took over and thanks to hard workers like Muppet's wonderful furever mommy and others, the surviving cats had a chance for happy, healthy lives.
Unfortunately, the case against the bad people who ran FLOCK was DISMISSED!!!! I'm going to quote now from Muppet's diary:
"...And on this note, and the main reason for my diary entry, we are asking all of our Catster friends to please write a letter to our District Attorney, Bob Beckett, letting him know how outraged every animal lover is that his office failed to properly see that there was justice for Flock. Although he has filed an appeal, we want Bob Beckett to know just how many eyes are upon him and how he better not let his office mess it up this time! Meomy was told that this case was 'purposely hidden so the outcome would be a dismissal.' And in today's paper it states, "Beckett's notice of appeal was filed yesterday. Gibson (General Council for FLOCK) said that surprised him because he and Beckett had struck a deal that the case would go no further." Struck a deal? Humph!!
If everyone who cares about this case could please write a 'snail mail' letter to Bob Beckett, it could really help this case a lot. We need a flood of mail to come in. And thank you to everyone who already have sent letters! *grateful hugs*"
Mr. Robert Beckett
District Attorney, Nye County
1520 E Basin Ave
Pahrump, NV 89060
I'm just one cat, but I speak for so many when I beg you to write to DA Beckett and to those with authority over Okefenokee Humane Society. Sadly, neglect and abuse of helpless animals happens every day. Usually there isn't much we can do. Here is the chance for caring, truly HUMANE people like my Meowmy and Muppet's Mommy to join your voices together and take action! Write DA Beckett, please. Write or email those in Ware County who can help the poor animals still at OHS.
You CAN make a real difference! They may ignore a few of us, but they cannot ignore us ALL.
Bless you for caring! Thank you so very much, HQ, for giving us the opportunity to inform Catsters and Dogsters about these heartbreaking cases. We love Catster!!!
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In what may seem paradoxical to some, a Muslim community leader—an imam—will receive a graduate degree in faith and culture from Houston's Catholic university. At the University of St. Thomas Commencement Ceremony on May 18 honoring 350 undergraduates and 793 graduate students, Turkish-born-and-raised Ali Civelek will be awarded a master's in Faith and Culture.
His intention is to use what he has learned to build strong bridges between diverse communities.
Civelek came to America with his family in 2002 and now works for Houston's Turkish-American community, which has its own cultural center and a small mosque. Father to five children, ages 2 to 17, Civelek had a personal interest in the University's graduate program.
"I'm raising my children here, and I had a great urge to learn about all the aspects of this culture," Civelek said. "After taking the courses, I have a desire to share beyond my children."
The former industrial engineer turned businessman turned imam says the University's Faith and Culture Program changed his life, and he plans to use what he has learned to increase understanding and communication between cultures and faiths.
"Always in my heart, I have been driven to read and learn and understand what's going on around me," Civelek said. "Through this program, I learned about the different shades of American culture, how individualism came to be so valued here, and I ended up learning Catholicism—Christianity—more deeply. It changed me so much."
According to Civelek, the more he learned about American faith and culture, the more he had in common with it.
"Our core values are almost the same—forgiveness, charity, justice, poverty and respect for God," Civelek said. "We can come together and work on common issues like poverty and justice."
The UST Center for Faith and Culture provides a Master of Arts in Faith and Culture and a Certificate of Faith and Culture as core programs. This work is supported through the core mission to seek to understand and affect the relationship between the Gospel and the American way of life.
As part of the MAFC program, Ali completed a service learning and leadership practicum at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. The practicum allows students to work in various settings to communicate with and teach others how to integrate faith development with civic and social responsibility.
At Catholic Charities, Civelek learned about a remarkably efficient social ministry. He is helping to create a map of all outreach organizations in the downtown area.
Dr. Adam Martinez, program director, said Ali has been an outstanding student.
"As a leader and a living witness to the integration of faith and culture, he has been learning as much as he could about the Catholic faith and way of life so he can be a stronger bridge with his own faith community," Martinez said.
"Our communities can share and learn from one another," Civelek said. "The University's Faith and Culture program called to me and made me believe this is possible."
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That's interesting Shine. I probably seem overly concerned to some people, but it's more comforting to know you've been doing this for a while and willing to share your setup. That makes it better to visualize what I want to shoot for and what to compare products to what is working effectively for others. I appreciate it. The internet and DIY craze seems to have driven prices up on safety equipment especially, compared to the actual value of the components; disrgarding the human factor in the equation.
I'll have to find the Nova 2000 page again. It seems like the air hose connected to the rear. That would be much better than drawing compressor air from the front. Seems that would be the safest part of the setup now that I think about it. Thanks Shine! I'll re-examine this. Big Rig sounds fun.
i have a blasting booth and a pretty big rig. i have a nova 2000 helmet and a nylon/canvas suit. my old hood was nylon with a head set inside. they run on compressed air and pressurize the hood. no need for a mask . the nylon hood was not too expensive. been a while since i bought it. your going to find out any mask is going to make the job 10 times worse if it is warm at all. i will see if i can find the hood supplier. i think it came from my media supplier.
the one at northern is 150 and is close to the same. it is fed by a hose and belt.
All of the details on different systems were starting to run together in my head along with past experience of breathing rust with a half mask respirator. I think I would feel more comfortable with a completely sealed system for long term use.
When I restore my truck at some point and start stripping the frame, I'll have to better ventilate the garage and wait for the right time in late winter/early spring to use a scuba mask with oxygen and a hood or something to protect the lens. It takes me longer than the average person to do something like this and I want to feel at ease knowing I have the ultimate protection at a decent price.
I know guys do this all of the time with the cheapest of everything. Just get a little concerned about the sand blasting threads with guys posting 8 times and disappearing. hehe
Probably for the near future I'll use what Sam mentioned and see how comfortable I feel with it. I don't believe any blast media is completely safe but sure would make a tedious project easier. Gotta make it work because $50,000. to replace a truck is NOT acceptable.
What do use Shine, any thoughts?
|the hoods have air supply. there is no vacuum in a pressure hood. read the specs .
Thanks Sam. Excellent idea on mining supplies. I'll check that link shortly.
Yeah, I already took a scraper to what I could reach and will probably hit it again then follow with a wire brush on a die grinder. I did get a cheap hood at HF and I just order the P100? filtered respirator to use next week after my order comes in. You seem confident in that setup and sounds like a reasonable solution. Sounds good. Thanks.
check out Mine safety Equipment as they have a good selection of respirators for various uses..On the media some of the medias cut better then others and use less media. I also do as much as possible with sanders and grinders and save the blast for the hard to get areas..
Try those guys as their products are usually available from several local outlets so you can get replacement consumables easily. cartridges are a consumable item..I use a half mask and a hood my self when blasting..
I'm looking at this again and contemplating that there are a lot of crevices created at the shoulder area when moving about.
It seems there would be enough vacuum in that hood to draw in some silica dust and even rust. I'm thinking a better sealed system would be required even for any blast media. Well, at least to continue blasting for many more happy years. I know I'm not alone on this, but I breathed all of the rust I care to, even with a respirator. It looks like someone with the resources and ingenuity could do well even selling at decent affordable prices. Moreso probably.
That price was from a site found in a search engine for "Bullard Blast hood".
I followed that link, Shine but got this:
"nova 2000"
This was all I found @ Northern:
Still $389.00 for the "body wear" portion of the system is excessive. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. There's gotta be a happy medium somewhere.
dont know who you called but the nova 2000 blast helmet is only 389. there is a soft hood that cost less.
I know some of you quys have thought this over before. I have unintentionally breathed in oil and diesel mists and naturally avoided any connection to a oiled compressor. The e-tailers bold enough to give the price on the Bullard hood list @ $600+ for a hood and cape with 5 or so ft. of hose and a belt. "Request for a qoute" sounds like heavy middleman action on other sites. That is a little over in cost. Maybe they have a regulator or other components that might work in a DIY system though.
The scuba face shield could be protected further with a cheapo HF face shield, but yeah, eventually time would take it's toll. Maybe some drops of contact cement strategically placed and a sheet of plastic put over the lens or a combo of the two. Surely the other components would last as long as safety gear parts, but I've never used scuba gear myself to know of the build quality. Still seems to be feasible in my mind.
|buy a bullard blast hood and run off the compressor. scuba gear will last about 30 sec.
I know other people would like better protection but are put off by the costs of fresh air systems. I read another thread where someone mentioned scuba
masks. Here are some links that will maybe give others ideas to a tried and true system. I first thought Scuba a long time ago in relation to this topic, but never have researched it & discounted the idea because of oxygen tanks, but it may hold the answer. Some of the lower end items are cheaper than safety type apperati and from other posts, it appears that oxygen tanks are less expensive maybe to either purchase or rent. Silicone rubber hoods and masks are completely sealed and regulators are relatively inexpensive or quite expensive. It seems like this is a viable option:
Maybe instead of purchasing costly blast media all the time (except for aluminum or thinner parts), that money would be better spent on lower cost protective gear and cheaper blast media.
|Sorry, I posted and then caught the words "intermittent use". That would be a very VERY bad idea with an unsealed mask.
I've been looking for a retailer for Starolite for a while now, it sounds like a great alternative to sand, but in the long term, & especially since no local access to the stuff (live close to Dupont plant, btw), I'm now the proud owner of 100 lbs. of sand. If I can get my long term system adapted to this and overcome the problem of finding an assortment of grits of sand for various material thicknesses and compressor psi adjustments, it would be a cheap solution. When I worked for Cummins years ago, we only used glass beads for engine parts, but I can get those locally at a greater cost of course, yet I'm thinking sand at the right grit and pressure will be a good alternative for machined surfaces.
As far as a reliable breating apperatus to safely use silica sand, I'm looking at the biggest cost for a full face mask. Next would be the cost of the hose. Interestingly, maybe the cheapest component to this system might possibly be the air pump. I'm "thinking out loud" here with the befit of someone corrceting my bad thinking. A commercial quiality air pump is over $1,000 USD. A hobby type system can be had for roughly $400. - $600. The commercial type pumps are rated at 3/4 HP (11 AMPS) to 1-1/2 HP (16 AMPS) and respectively 10 - 16 CFM with both @ 5 PSI. Maybe this is for more than one person, but if someone is breathing that hard to need a $!,000 1-1/2 HP @ 5 PSI air pump, maybe he can collect coins instead.
Why wouldn't an adapted 12v oiless air pump that is in the trunk of the car @ $40~ a pop, not supply one mask with sufficinet fresh air? Just need a foolproof regulator powered by a 110v AC to 12v DC converter thru, I don't know, say a 1/8" to 1/4" line (less weight / less cumbersome) and a retrofitted
mask to expell any excess air - maybe a switching mechanism for intermitent use.
This is the part I'm having the most trouble thinking through now, but I'm thinking with out a completely sealed mask, any excess pressure is continually vented out "weep holes" so no back draft of fumes/dust is possible unless the pump quits. This scenario is taking place out doors. I'll have to think on this some more but someone with the better solution will help.
I guess I'll order the respirator above for now and see what lies ahead on this idea, unless someone knows of a better respirator.
|I've considered that. Waiting for a reply from a company that sells Dupont's Starolite under a different name variation. More expensive all the way around considering shipping on at least 50 lbs. Better short term safety; i.e. less breakdown into dust, or so I've heard. Sand would be great for the heavy parts ($2.00 per 50 lbs.) and more danger to me. I'm going to have to decide soon and get my orders in. Cooler weather is closing in on this project.
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downwind sail for PSC31
Okapi, thanks for the feedback. What point of sail are you on when you raise the sail, and then when you pull up the sock? Seems like it would be safest to point into the wind but is bearing off hard then with an unfilled headsail? Both Yankee and staysail furl on Hinei'ni so I can quickly head down if need be, but who wants to run forward to raise the sock at that point?
And yes Mark Hinei'ni has an autopilot so I can run forward.
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Marc, I checked today and I do have a separate block for the spinnaker halyard. The next question will be whether to haul the asym up from the base of the mast (hinei'ni does not have a winch on the mast) or run the halyard aft to the cockpit. Either way, I have to run forward to douse, right?
No matter what you do with running or not running lines back to the cockpit is the sail in an ATN sock you will have to go forward do deal with dousing the sail. If I am singlehandend the boat is usually being driven by either the autopilot or with the windvane so going forward is no issue. If you are going cruising without an autopilot you might want to reconsider. If you are going cruising singlehanded without an autopilot you want to reconsider.
On my next trip I am probably going to carry 2 5 gallon jerry jugs. Fill with diesel for long trips offshore. Use to refuel the boat the when in spots where I don't want to or can't put the boat next to the fuel dock and otherwise keep empty or possibly full of gasoline for the inflatable outboard.
Also looking into sailbags that can be clipped to the lifelines and left up on deck for most of th time while underway.
All of my nylon sails will likely be flown off of a roller furling unit rather then an ATN sock. Sail could then be deployed and retrieved while from the cockpit. Dropping the furled sail would be done from the foredeck as would swapping out the nylon sails.
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Does anyone fly an Asym and a Drifter? I have the Asym, thinking about adding a drifter for light air forward of the beam. I was thinking about the sailrite drifter kit. Anyone buiilt one?
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Just weighing in: My PSC came with a beautiful assym spinaker. I have gradually learned to use it in various conditions and absolutely love it! There are other options for downwind/light wind sailing but with a sock, the AS is such a nice solution--and so much prettier than white sails. Yes, it is a fairly large bag stored down below but it is so light and compressible that it doesn't bother me a bit (it is wonderfully soft to sleep on up on the foredeck!). I remember I once left on a cruise and thought the AS was on board but it was not--I was very unhappy and vowed to never leave port without it again. (All that said, next chance I get I want to experiment with double headsails.)
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Marc, I checked today and I do have a separate block for the spinnaker halyard. The next question will be whether to haul the asym up from the base of the mast (hinei'ni does not have a winch on the mast) or run the halyard aft to the cockpit. Either way, I have to run forward to douse, right?
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Thanks for your thoughts about the value of the asymmetric relative to the space it takes. However, the last part of your comments may be more to the reality I'll be facing.
Light wind is less often a problem during the winter months when I'll be down there. Your friends were reefing all the time. 15- 20 knts is the norm. Much of my anticipated sailing will be beam reach. Also since I can easily lash fuel carboys on the deck but must devote valuable interior space to the asymmetric. So, I"m leaning against bringing it. However, I'll continue to think about his.
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"This is basically a spinnaker halyard problem. You will have it with any spinnaker arrangement unless you are going to use the same halyard for your genoa and spinnaker.
The normal solution is to install a Spinnaker Bail at the masthead. If you have the LeFiell mast you can get one here:
Masthead Assemblies"
I have a spinnaker halyard...is it safe to assume I have the necessary hardware aloft, then, to fly another headsail? Seems so....
But go look at it. The spinnaker bale will be forward of the mast. The spinnaker halyard will not run over the sheaves at the top the bast. There is likely a block attached to the spinnaker bale that the spinnaker halyard is running thru.
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Crazy Fish, Crealock 37, Hull 207
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I have a question for those of you who are long-term cruisers,
Is the space the asymmetric takes when not deployed, worth taking it on a long cruise?
I'm going to spend 8 months next year in the eastern Caribbean. Right now, my asymmetric takes perhaps 1/5 of my quarter berth. I'm not sure it'll be worth the space.
Your thoughts?
34' PSC Alaria
Christmas Cove, Maine
I spent 2 years cruising Pacific Mexico and found the asymmetric very useful.
Next trip I will be cutting down on a lot of the stuff I took with me - boat came home with a lot of the canned food it went south with, a 5 gallon paint can full of stainless fittings, lbs of spares, 4 scuba tanks and a compressor (which will become 2 scuba tanks and a compressor) and 6 jerry jugs of fuel. The fuel jugs were frequently empty but still took up space.
So much of that is going to be cut back. In its place will likely be 2 or 3 or 4 nylon sails - asymmetric, some sort of code 0 type sail, a drifter and maybe a symmetric spinnaker. The first 3 will all be flow from one of the newer roller furriers - Karver, facnor, collegio, profurl or ???. If I had to pick only 1 it would likely be the asymmetric (or maybe the drifter). Sailing conditions in Pacific Mexico frequently consist of light winds.
I am also looking for an alternatives to burning gasoline in my outboard, but I am an avid free diver/scuba diver so there will be keeping my current 15HP 2 stroke and 11.5 foot Achilles inflatable.
So its about making choices and what choices work for you.
I have not had any experience in the eastern Caribbean, but had friends on a Crealock 34, who started in San Diego, spent a few years making the trip down to Panama and then a few years in the eastern Caribbean before heading to Florida and ultimately moving off the boat. After their first season in the eastern Caribbean they had a main built the size of a double reefed main and left the original main off the boat. They were tired of always putting the reefs. After that season the old main went back on the boat as they got used to the conditions.
Marc Hall
Crazy Fish, Crealock 37, Hull 207
San Diego
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"This is basically a spinnaker halyard problem. You will have it with any spinnaker arrangement unless you are going to use the same halyard for your genoa and spinnaker.
The normal solution is to install a Spinnaker Bail at the masthead. If you have the LeFiell mast you can get one here:
Masthead Assemblies"
I have a spinnaker halyard...is it safe to assume I have the necessary hardware aloft, then, to fly another headsail? Seems so....
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I fly mine from the same halyard as my Genoa for now. I will add spinnaker halyard next time I take down the mast.
You can see pictures here if you are interested.
I prefer to do an outside gybe of the asymmetric, to do that you need the tack forward of the head stay and the halyard above the head stay.
Nice looking boat
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text: American Idol begins tonight! I gave up on The Voice last season when they got rid of all the good people. Plus they have failed miserably producing any successful recording artists (Cassadee Pope and Danielle Bradbery haven't even warranted a second single from their albums). I enjoyed the X-Factor, but their ratings were reported as low last fall, so I'm not sure it will be back. So I'm excited to see what American Idol will be like with a whole new production team in charge of things. I hope they make some dramatic changes. The Wikipedia page for season 13 says that... From that site it looks like their might only be five nights of auditions? I hope they focus on talented people and skip all the trainwrecks. And lastly, here's an article from today's issue of USA Today: 8 ways 'American Idol' could be better than last season