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hi guys, i'm working on clone trooper armor, but i've been having major problems with the helmet (im not much of a sculptor) and i was in target the other day and i saw a voice-changing helmet i think it's based on the clone wars movie, not sure, but are there any semi-cheap yet decent helmets out there so i dont have to sculpt it? also, i can easily change out the visor, i had a don post boba fet that i had to change the visor on...lol, thanks in advance!
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I just got back from a weekend trip out to the desert. The lighbar snapped off the windshield on the third day! Since the day I mounted it I noticed the whole bar would move side-to-side quite a bit but never gave it too much thought. I figured I'd get around to securing it better some day. Well apparently it couldn't wait because on a dirt road last sunday, the right side of the lightbar itself snapped off. upon inspection the other side had stress cracks as well as both support brackets. You all might know aluminum does not fatigue well so a month of pavement driving and a few days of desert off-roading were all this thing could take before it gave way. I plan on making new brackets out of .25" tempered Aluminum that should keep the entire structure steady enough to avoid this problem, but since the light bar itself broke i'll not how to fix that as well.
So if any of you have an ibistek that is moving side-to-side i would suggest removing it ASAP and strengthing up those brackets before you break the bar itself. Wish i had.
On the other hand, the light coming out of the bar was awesome. the 6 HIDs worked perfectly, no issues at all and i was very happy with the lighting at night. I am still happy i bought and upgraded it, just wish i had upgraded the brackets before it caused damage.
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Hey guys, been away from TDH for a while, and I just thought that I'd share a few pics of my Boba. I'm currently tweaking sizes, working on corrections, and making the switch to SE, so expect a v2 sometime soon.
All of the paint was done by me, except for the chest armor, which already had some fantastic paint on it (by evanfett). Here's the pictured parts run-down.
armor - FP
jetpack/gauntlets - MoW
vest/spats/pouches - batninja
flight suit - SGB
boots - CA w/ BM spikes
knee/gauntlet darts - Russrep? Serenity? I forget... =P
gloves - BM
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helmet - repainted/reworked MR
blaster - MLC
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New to forums and wanted to say hello, Kerth age is 32 i do pro gaming (www.proskills.us) I am a boba fett since I can remember and after doing some google searching i found this place, a little bit of heaven on earth. I have message a few members to start buying and create my fett suit. I got the electronic retail helment but after seen some of the helms in here i decided to create my own. Feel free to message me about any unwanted boba fett stuff that you may have wasting space in your room or any stuff that you can craft . I can do paypal or trade gaming stuff (xbox 360, ps3, games etc)
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by roscoe36, Feb 25, 2011.
I guess we can go ahead and close this thread.
Very True. Curry was fired partly for not getting along with Rip, Flip let Sheed disrespect him regularly with no intervention from Dumars. I bet Lamb or Mahorn would do it? Coach this team. Yes I am sure some players expected to be traded and everyone expected this Rip situation to be resolved by now - either by him back in the rotation or traded. Nothing has happened. dido, while Davisons does not want to change the teams salary structure but her team is losing value by the second. Whoever is advising her is a complete moron. I know its bad but once this team is sold - What the heck is taking so long? This is like taking way tooooo loooong. BTW - not a popular opinion but I never liked the way Rip got benched. I have never heard of a player being benched like this. What did he do exactly - does anyone know? And why was it not bad enough to warrant a suspension? He basically was suspended with pay for 1/2 a season and for what? Part of me is glad they walked out. Not that I am condoning it but I can understand their frustration. At least trade the guy for crying out loud.
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I agree with you on Kuester being a worthless buffoon. But that is for Dumars to handle. Not for the players to make a public mockery of the situation and the organization. As you can see from the clip below, as I said, the Pistons were 10 points behind. 52-42. Not out of hand, but no laughing matter. Video: Tracy McGrady laughs away, as his coach is ejected - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports Houston, we've got a problem.
I know but my point is that why did it no go through the proper channels with a defined punishment to fit the crime? You know like other teams do, like we used to do at times. I was all for Rip getting benched at the time but I thought it would just be for a week or so.
As I have suspected all along Rip has been behind this entire mess. I also thought that when Joe traded for AI, Rip was the main culprit of that experiment's failure, and his action only reinforce my thinking. He refused to play for Cavs as well as $18 million buyout? That right there says that he's all about money, and he doesn't care about the game or Pistons.
R.I.P. Mr. Davidson. We all thought it was unsinkable too.
Neat picture, yea who would have thought it could have gotten to this. We used to be the team with the best chemistry. Won a championship with it.
Cloud, the core we were left with couldn't get pass the first round. So no I'm not taking about them. --------------------- Remember when the Heatles starting crying in the press about not winning enough and there was a hint that "they" thought the coach was weak ? They were 9 and 8 at the time. Then it went quiet from the Heatles. Then they went on a 10 game win streak. Something tells me Riles went into the gym and read the Heatles the Riot Act.
Just read the Yahoo article about Rip Hamilton. Geez, that guy has a lot of nerve. If I were Gores, I might inquire about buying the Hornets instead.
When I'm not reading the posts of Darth Tater to gain insight into a situation, I always seek out my wife for her opinion. She believes that if what Sharp is reporting is true...That The coach was to be fired during the break, and the players were told this in confidence...And then he is kept, then the issue is with management because they raised hopes in a hopeless situation, only to pull the rug out from under the players... Nobody that I've seen so far has directly refuted that report...
I'd throw Rip off the team, now. Period. I'd consider suspending Tay. Get these guys, especially Rip, away from the young core guys. I'm now wondering if Stuckey is now, under Rip's influence, becoming a malcontent that has to go. This is truly disgusting.
I was wondering that too. Who would have indicated to the players that Kuester would be fired? If that came from Joe, then that was a big mistake.
if that were true: why Q was not fired? Decision like this one in current situation NEEDS "wiggles confirmation and approval" from mrs Davidson!!
2 possibilities- Maybe he blabbed to others in management that he was considering it and they leaked it to the players. Maybe he had a conversation with Kuester before pulling the trigger and become convinced that "Coach K" was dealt a losing hand and decided to stick with him.
Aah, that I have no idea. It's stupid for Joe to let the coach and the players behave like 14 year olds.
I find that hard to believe. Joe has never fired a coach mid-season, and I find it very very hard to believe that the players would be told that the coach would be fired at a specific date. I think that's idle speculation by someone who doesn't closely follow the Pistons enough.
Does Stuckey, Prince, or McGrady start another game for the rest of the season? I'm not sure I see it happening. We're about to go from having the 2nd best bench in the league to the 1st best. Our starting unit will go from 29th best to 30th best.
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The Irish take great pride in their green fields and pastoral settings. They promise potential visitors to the Emerald Isle vistas from which to spy at least 40 hues of green.
I remembered this promise when I visited Ireland several years ago. While driving through the countryside, I tried to enjoy the scenery, but I got caught up in the numbers. I just couldn't count all those promised shades of green. I recall just counting up to about 25. Even so, I enjoyed the trip.
Maybe I'm just "green weak," in that I have a mild form of deuteranopia, a colorblindness condition that affects about five out of 100 males of European descent. As a deuteranomalous person, I'm poor at discriminating small differences in the red, orange, yellow, and green region of the color spectrum. I'm told that many deuteranomalous people go through life with very little difficulty doing tasks that require normal color vision.
I'm becoming concerned that many architects and building owners may also be deuteranomalous in their view of concrete. I'm not really referring to how they measure the hue, but to how they view concrete as a tool for sustainable development.
Our industry seems to blur the image of green concrete. It's getting harder for our potential customers to measure greenness as it relates to concrete. For example, how can we answer the simple question, "What is green concrete?"
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Our industry needs to agree on the meaning of green concrete. Should we define it as a product batched with a mix recipe that includes supplementary cements made from waste or recycled materials? Or is it better to only refer to hardened concrete's contribution to energy savings from its thermal mass? Is green concrete the right term to describe a product or material that regenerates groundwater either through pavers or pervious concrete? Or is it a combination of these and other factors.
This year, I think it's a safe bet to estimate that our industry will spend upwards of $10 million dollars marketing, promoting, researching, and demonstrating that concrete is green. With so much at stake, it's important we don't confuse our customers on the varying hues of green our concrete provides.
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Those who reside in the western hemisphere are blessed with not being able to encounter the antics of those who are part of British football teams or simply are followers of the sport of getting drunk and engaging in silly behavior. Seventeen members of the Hanham Athletic Sunday league team were thrown into jail in Crete for dressing up like nuns and parading around the small town of Malia. Crete authorities compelled the band of British boys who ranged in age from 18 to 65 to keep on their habits, including lingerie. The men were upset because they spent a night in jail which one described as "you wouldn't let a dog use the toilets in there."
Ah, for the joy of getting drunk, shouting vulgarity, fighting and displaying the spirit that made the British empire a center of the world. We poor colonials, for some reason, just never got caught up in the spirit of dressing like nuns and enjoying the game of British football. We actually attend baseball, football and basketball games with the aim of watching the games, not displaying rowdy behavior. Maybe, we should rejoin the empire and go around dressed like nuns.


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I always liked the SPI clear, it's what I have on my own car.
It's almost 3 yrs old now and still looks as good as day 1.
Barry is the reason SPI is doing so well, he takes care of you.
I wish him the best.
|I just got two free gal of SPI clear because the last quart of a gal dried so fast I couldnt get around the car...the clear was old but the hardner wasn't ...barry sent me a gal of clear and four qts of hardner even though I told him its no problem... I only called to find out about the hardners...I should have used slow not normal... hows that for backing up your product????It wasnt even his fault that may be why us SPI users are so dedicated it is for me anyway
|Yes, like concrete
|like buffing concrete huh jc . the euro clear from matrix is the same. i did the 56 big window and the 62 vette with it. hard as hell to buff and chipped really bad . the 62 had to be buffed 3 times and the last was a nightmare . while running my van shop they would bring me cases of clears to try . after a while i just passed on it. dupont was the only one who would back up their product .
The best looking clear I have ever used was the Nasson clear.
I did a hood full of graphics for my son years ago, and to this day it
has better clarity and gloss than any other clear I've used.
And I've used the other ones mentioned.
The downfall of Nasson clear is that it gets rock hard rather
quickly and makes buffing more difficult, but once done right,
it holds it better than the others.
If yours isn't clear or shiney enough, I bet you have a lot of
super small scratches that still need to be buffed out.
It's not the clear it's the buffing
|some loud mouth SOB that dont know sheet about ospho....LOL.just kidding,he does now...SPI is a smaller company located here in Ga. Barry Kives owns it.Its my understanding that he worked for one of those big boys you just mentioned,years ago ...his products are shipped all over the country,now hes shipping to other countries too,this clear is on some of the highest dollar cars at Barret Jacksons,It's hard to believe but its true....100.00 a gal clear on a million dollar car.Call this number ,see who answears the phone 404-307-9740 this is the hotline number all other questions they can answear PS, "da34" nason and omini both have a high solid clear now thats pretty darn good,..."really"...but still...they dont hold a candle to our stuff
|Who makes SPI? We have sherwin williams, dupont, PPG here.
|sometimes I feel like I'm trying to sell a few kinds of products that I've found To be the best bang for the buck,because I say it over and over.I've also been at this a while and its seldom that pros agree on the BEST product or BEST way....or anything for that matter............BUT....when they dooooooooo...............listen.
If you state WHY the product is inferior, then you shared what you know..THAT is the sole purpose of this forum.
If someone, anyone tells me a product is no good, I want to know why. Your 40 years of experience should make it easy for you to communicate that to us.
That's why folks come here.
Later, mikey
|I remember the old formulas myself. Some times we experienced painters are more critical of our own work than we need to be. I recently buffed a 57 ford that someone else had painted and knew there were going to be problems before I even started. Orange peel the texture of cottage cheese with blends on top of it. Fortunately, I had warned the customer of the difficulty I faced with it. I wasnt impressed with the shine on this car myself although he was. He has scheduled this with me to redo to correct the body work done previously.
|cost of materials are high no doubt about it. but the difference in the cost of first line and second line products is minimal compared to a failure. if doing a low cost scuff and shoot it's fine to use them. but know what you are getting and the risk you take . you will not get any warranty relief when using them. warranty is not free . spi is a proven product with a good track record among many high end shops . the few on this board that have a problem with it either have not used it or know very little about paint chemistry or performance. their problem is personal with mr knives who owns and makes it. i have yet to talk to a professional who has used it and does not like it. cost of materials is not considered when doing top shelf work . performance is . if your doing collision work it really does not matter what you use. 2 coats and out the door is all that matters. it is after all a repair . choose your products wisely. to spend months getting a car ready and then use a low end paint is just not worth it. take a few weeks longer and use the good stuff . if a 100 bucks is going to break you then you are in the wrong hobby . many come here with no knowledge and just want sound advise . not some google expert or magazine reader who has little to no experience in the real world of refinishing. i will not call nason junk, it is just a low end product with many problems to overcome . problems a first timers will not know about or what to do. just like cheap equipment. give yourself every advantage you can.
|I've been doing this for almost 40 yrs. started in 1971. Painted alot of cars in my day.Most back when the paint had lead in it. The olds I painted was just a driver so the owner was happy with it I just wasn't. I started a retirement shop out behind my house.My work has to come from word of mouth and if I'am not happy with it I don't feel the customer should be.My name is going on it so it has to be right. The reason we went with nasson was cost and I was told it was as good as Dupont clear.The brand name paints are just way out of line on cost. And its not because they have to charge that much they just know they have us by the short hairs so they do.I asked the paint rep. at work one day how come every time oil goes up paint goes up. But when the price of oil comes down paint does'nt come down. Answer,only goes up not down.I may try spi. clear on the next job I'am doing and see if I get the results I want.
I believe your on to something there Shine. This isn't the first thread where someone wasn't happy with their finish. Often enough it's the painter not the product.
I'm a strong believer in laying it on wet and let flow. I often scare the hell out of anyone watching because they think it's going to run.
omni is a second line paint designed for body shop repairs which will never come back. there is a reason it is cheaper . the colors take more to cover . the clear takes way more mill thickness to achieve good protection and gloss. if not it will die back and fuzz out in no time. give it 30 days and try to buff it .
and just what product should we recommend ? one that works or one that you read about or watched a tv show about. unlike some of you we have to stand behind our work. one redo will suck the profit out of several jobs. it's simply not worth the risk.
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I am currently making a list and preparing for a trip to Thailand to visit various monasteries.
(I think I can stay up to two weeks)
Well, at least one or two, since I will not have much time.
Hopefully this will not be my last visit to Thailand, but I would need to check carefully which temples are more appropriate for me.
I am quite skeptic about a lot of issues regarding Buddhism, still I have open mind to learn.
So I would like to go to temples where there are learned monks and monks speak English.
Due to my limited time I do not want to spend all my time traveling, so I need to pick three or four temples max and not far from each other.
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DETROIT – Leaders and residents heard solutions for critical issues facing Detroit from high school students of the Cody Academy of Public Leadership during a symposium Friday, May 9, at Wayne State University Law School.
"Why the D? Detroit Youth Offer Solutions" was hosted by Wayne Law's Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and consisted of presentations and breakout sessions on these key topics: business and employment, education, housing and neighborhoods, and public services.
The symposium featured about two dozen juniors and seniors from Cody. Over several months during winter semester, 21 Wayne Law students volunteered their time to engage the Cody students in a project to inspire interest, education and constructive thinking about Detroit. The law student mentors assisted the Cody students in formulating a set of problems and communicating them through historical research, data, personal testimonials and solutions for growth.
First-year Wayne Law student Matthew Z. Robb, who taught civics and economics last year at Cody, coordinated the law school's involvement in the project with Professor Peter J. Hammer, director of the Keith Center.
Former U.S. Rep Hansen Clarke, D-Mich., speaks to students during the symposium.
Students listen to speakers in a breakout session during the symposium "Why the D? Detroit Youth Offer Solutions."
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This week, IBM announced its new line of x86 servers, and included among the usual incremental product improvements is a performance game-changer called eXFlash. eXFlash is the first commercially available implantation of the MCS architecture announced last year by Diablo Technologies. The MCS architecture, and IBM's eXFlash offering in particular, allows flash memory to be embedded on the system as close to the CPU as main memory, with latencies substantially lower than any other available flash options, offering better performance at a lower solution cost than other embedded flash solutions. Key aspects of the announcement include:
■ Flash DIMMs offer scalable high performance. Write latency (a critical metric) for IBM eXFlash will be in the 5 to 10 microsecond range, whereas best-of-breed competing mezzanine card and PCIe flash can only offer 15 to 20 microseconds (and external flash storage is slower still). Additionally, since the DIMMs are directly attached to the memory controller, flash I/O does not compete with other I/O on the system I/O hub and PCIe subsystem, improving overall system performance for heavily-loaded systems. Additional benefits include linear performance scalability as the number of DIMMs increase and optional built-in hardware mirroring of DIMM pairs.
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Finally had a productive hunt and the best of the season. 35 min and 4 mallards. Closest shot was about 10' and the furthest was about 30 yards. Hard calling and ducks locking up hard 100yards up. Wish I could of had a crew with me this morning. Did not see the huge numbers but how many do you expect in that amount of time ? had a several ducks landing all in the deeks. First time all year to have them work that well, hope this is how my season is going to end, wings cupped, feet down then belly up.
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Dear Lucy,
I have been employed by a private institute as an English instructor. The institute is 20 years old. Now, there is a lot of competition in the city as new and international institutes have opened up. According to my boss, they used to have up to 200 students a month before. Now, it's dwindled to around 50-100. She has asked me to help her draw more customers/students to the school, to do new things with the students, to come up with new ideas, etc.
I have only just started to work there. From what I can see, the problems are:
1. The location is not good; the street outside is dirty.
2. The school needs MAJOR renovation - the grounds, the building, the classrooms, everything is old and unattractive. I have been to many other institutes in the city; they are aesthetically pleasing, professional looking. Customers do see what the place is like; after all, first impression does make a difference.
3. I believe #2 above draws students that are not seriously interested in learning English; they are more interested in socializing and getting out of the house. Many come to class when they please (I have been told this by my colleagues but have not experienced this myself). Usually they turn up late for class and the teachers put up with it, because the students are in their early 20's and are 'customers' of the school.
4. One reason I feel might be why the students are not that interested is because of the teachers. They don't have any ESL/EFL qualifications like TEFL/TESOL, or any other. They have done their Bachelors in English or Education or something, but are not qualified in this subject. I have not seen their teaching yet and have not had much interaction with them as yet, but I got this impression by talking to them and seeing the students. The students really enjoyed my class, in which I played a lot of games. Also, I feel they come from rich families that spoil them instead of disciplining them.
5. And lastly, I feel that the owner is also only interested in her business, but because she is not involved in the teaching aspect, she cannot understand how to improve the situation.
Needless to say, #1 above is something I can only suggest to the owner - to improve the physical aspect of the school. Other than that, as a teacher, what can I do? I can focus on my lessons, and make them as fun and meaningful as possible. I can encourage the teachers to do so as well. But are there some projects teachers could do with their students of different levels, that would be enjoyable, meaningful and helpful for the school in the long run?
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This is the Jazz's big, bright hope in the middle: Silly, goofy, childish, inexperienced, immature, untested, unproven and unpredictable.
This is the same hope: Raw power, brute strength, smooth footwork, soft touch, quick reflexes, killer instinct, All-Star potential, franchise center.
No wonder Utah veterans gave Enes Kanter such a hard time during his rookie season. And no player better represents the allure and uncertainty of the 2012-13 Jazz than the big, little kid from Turkey.
During his first 66 games in the NBA, Kanter was anything but a rookie. He refused to bow down to Al Jefferson, standing his ground and jokingly for the most part going head to head with Utah's starting center. Kanter talked back, gave as good as he got, and proudly swore two-thirds through his initial season he was no longer a first-year player.
Despite never hitting the hardwood at Kentucky. Despite widely being known as an international mystery man when the Jazz selected him with the No. 3 overall pick of the 2011 NBA Draft.
Kanter's final average line from his rookie run: 4.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 49.6 percent field-goal shooting and 66.7 percent from the line in 66 games (13.2 minutes).
Nothing there screamed future All-Star. Nothing there even begged for All-Rookie. But for a then-19-year-old who didn't regularly play basketball until he was midway through his teenage years, it was all the Jazz needed to see to believe their first-round gamble could soon pay off big.
"Last year, for a guy coming in at his age, with no Summer League, no, really, preseason and the way he adjusted to the game … it shows you he understands not only what it takes to get to the league, but to stay in the league," Jefferson said.
Even more impressive: Kanter mostly did it on his own. While daily work with then-player development coach Michael Sanders made an impact, the majority of Kanter's progress stemmed from offseason activities with trainer Tim Grover. The trend continued last summer, when Kanter alternated Chicago-based workouts led by Grover with a two-week run under the tutelage of former New York star forward Kiki Vandeweghe.
"I feel so much better. Even my knees feel so much better," said Kanter, whose weight loss tipped off last summer after he looked at himself in the mirror and was awed by his overwhelming body mass. "When I was 293 [pounds], there was so much pressure on my knees."
Kanter entered training camp slimmed and chiseled, showing off muscle definition in his arms and a quicker step that allowed him to explode off the high and low block. During the second day of camp, he teamed with assistants Sidney Lowe and Brad Jones, alternating powerful one-handed slams with soft mid-range hook shots. At times, Kanter collected alley-oops from Jazz vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor, receiving passes in the middle of the paint and quickly leaping upward for thunderous dunks.
Then there was laughter, smiles. The joking, light-hearted Kanter returned. The kid who's fascinated with "professional" wrestling and took in several matches last year during off days. The always-growing young man who bragged last season about outeating Derrick Favors downing sandwich after sandwich during game days only to tout an unorthodox seafood-and-salad diet this year.
Somewhere between the killer and the goofball there's a player. Potentially an All-Star. Possibly a game-changer. Perhaps the deadly, relentless center the Jazz have long searched for but never found.
"My personal goal is just helping my teammates," Kanter said. "Just put my effort 100 percent. Just focus on every game and just compete every night. … It doesn't matter: five minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes. I just want to go out there and just make the fans happy."
Kanter could become the best Utah big man since Mark Eaton. He just has to keep his Kyrylo Fesenko side at bay.
"There's no doubt in my mind he's going to keep it going. Because when you work your tail off in the summertime like he did, that's what you look forward to: the season," Jefferson said.
He added: "I think we've got the best set of bigs in the league and no team will get a break."
Especially not Kanter.
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On the same day that Media Matters for America noted that syndicated columnist and CNN host Robert Novak had misquoted Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean for the second time in three days, nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh aired Novak's misquote on the March 1 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show. CNN host Judy Woodruff corrected Novak's error hours later on the March 1 edition of CNN's Inside Politics; Limbaugh failed to acknowledge the correction on March 2.
Limbaugh used Novak's misquote to claim that Dean "admitted" that he believes the Bush administration's claim that Social Security is "a big problem":
LIMBAUGH: But this business of trying to be somebody you're not and trying to portray yourself as somebody you're not -- they're [Democrats] just forever dooming themselves. In fact, let's go back to audio sound bite No. 1, Robert Novak yesterday. This is on CNN's Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff. And, you know, Dean over the weekend, he was at Cornell University, and he was talking about how Republicans are "evil" and Republicans are this or that.
But he also said something about Social Security, which is totally at variance. And this was the great fear that a lot of Democrats had. Dean's not supposed to be out there articulating policy, as candidates do. He's primarily a fund-raiser in this, but he can't shut up about policy. Here's what Novak quoted him as saying:
NOVAK: [clip] They've got to really get Howard under control. He spoke at Cornell University last week, and the only paper that covered this was the Cornell student paper. And he said, yes, Social Security is a big problem, over the years it's going to lose about 80 percent of the benefits. That, Judy, is not the Democratic line. The Democratic line is, "There is no problem."
LIMBAUGH: Hey, hello? I mean, so he's out there saying things totally opposite what the rest of his party is saying, from [House Minority Leader] Nancy Pelosi to Dingy Harry [Reid, Senate minority leader] to [Sen.] Ted Kennedy to whoever --"Social Security is not a crisis. There's no problem. We don't have to touch it. We don't have to do anything." And here's Howard Dean up there admitting to students at Cornell [that] it's a big problem. Now, I'm just telling you, they're not going to go anywhere doing this. And I don't think Dean has the weight and the gravitas, if you will, to pull the rest of the party with him on this.
But Dean did not say "80 percent of the Social Security benefits will be lost," as Novak claimed. Rather, he said that "if Social Security were left alone for 30 years, benefits would be reduced to 80 percent of what it is now," as The Cornell Daily Sun reported in its coverage of Dean's February 23 speech at the university. The article further noted that Dean "would not endorse" privatizing of Social Security, adding that "[h]e acknowledged that while there were indeed problems with the program, turning to Wall Street was not the answer."
In addition to Limbaugh, the Republican National Committee also picked up Novak's misquote on March 1 and promoted it on the RNC website, complete with a transcript and video, as Media Matters noted. The RNC has since removed the item from its site. The conservative lobbying group Club for Growth also posted a transcript and video of Novak's misquote on its pro-privatization blog, Social Security Choice, under the headline, "The first step is admitting the problem." Club for Growth web director Andrew Roth was the author of the post.
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When life throws you a feather picker, make chicken stew. :catchchick: :yippiechick:...JP
Speaking of feather pickers, I'm going to make myself a chicker picker, one that Plucks (probably will come out Pbleep) the feathers off the chickens. I need a 18 section of black ABS 4 inch pipe, a 2 ft metal rod, an electric motor, and an 8 ft length of doweling cut into 6 in lengths. Then I'll need to build a housing with a slotted grate for the top. I saw an electric feather plucker on Dirty Jobs and it removed the feathers from ducks and geese in less then 30 seconds. Fantastic.That's when I said, I need one of those.
I don't recall ever talking about the MB powder. I have seen this product at Tractor supply. Nope, no personal experience. But if it ever happens I'll be sure to post pictures. :-D
If it's just red skin it's just age. The exposed skin gets red like the comb sometimes. He probably wears the feathers off...


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California's "golden gate," epitomized by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, was more than merely metaphorical for the ancestors of millions of today's Americans. For the forty-niners who came from the East seeking their fortune, California's appeal was literally golden. For immigrants from Asia, California was the gateway to a new land.


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Longview Park
Longview Park was completed in 2007 with a bike/walk path along the Hudson River's east shore, a fishing pier, the renovation of Marist's historic Cornell boathouse, and better access to scenic vistas, particularly from the gazebo built on a promontory in the center of the park. The 12-acre park is the home of the champion Marist men's and women's rowing teams, and continues to host intercollegiate and interscholastic rowing regattas and rovides visitors with scenic vistas of the historic Hudson River Valley that have inspired presidents, painters, and poets.
The Hudson River provides the Marist men's and women's rowing teams unlimited miles of rowable water situated in the shadows of the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge and Mid-Hudson Bridge. Immediately downstream from Marist are the Vassar College rowing facilities as well as the Hudson River Rowing Association's community boathouse. Thirty miles to the south of Marist and on the opposite shore is West Point, home to the United States Military Academy. This close proximity between Marist and Army has created a rich rowing rivalry displayed at the President's Cup Regatta, which has been raced for over four decades.
The State of New York riverfront beautification and development project, funded in part by Marist College, features a new bulkhead and dock system, scenic river walks, renovated green space, a gazebo and new landscaping. The park also hosts several activities for Marist students, including concerts.


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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District One, is holding a public hearing for SR 37 (South Florida Avenue) design project from Polk Parkway to Belmar Street in Polk County. The hearing is Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Imperial Swan Hotel & Suites, 4141 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland. We've included project and meeting location maps below for your reference.
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Dusty those long seats, straight seams, with easy rounded corners, should be a good project to get going on. You might find yourself sewing and if things go astray, just ask away. I am sure somone here can guide you.
Also you may want to consider reducing some of the insert "drama". Instead of the center of you seats having 8 double stitch lines, do maybe 4. Or just leave em plain. And also piping, if you decide to go back with piping (more difficult) find the color you want to buy it pre-made.
Surely you *can* do it yourself, Dusty! I know I'm gonna do my truck and it's gonna be killer! I also know I'm gonna make some mistakes and do some things 2 or 3 times, but that's what learning is all about.
I'm getting ready to re-do my armrests ... the correct size motor-pulley belt I need for my Tacsew will be here tomorrow and I'l start my practicing. I'm gonna recover the armrests in cheapo vinyl; making sure the patterns I made are good, and once the cheapo vinyl fits the way I want it to, and I know my patterns are working right, I'll do them up with elk.
I'll post my results here, as I hope you will, and I'll note all my discoveries and mistakes, too.
PS -- I noticed my balance wheel was feeling a bit tight when the needle was in the down position ... something was creating resistance ... and it was bugging me for a couple of days. I kept turning it back and forth by the tough spot, looking at anything that moved but I couldn't find anything that explained the resistance. THEN ... I took the two screws off the feed-dog plate so it was loose and watched it closely as I turned ... when the needle was in the down position, the feed-dog was at it's highest and I saw the plate move!!! "Ah-haaa!" says I!
When I removed the plate, I could see a very slight wear spot on the side of the feed dog - it was rubbing on the bottom-side of the plate. I turned the plate over and saw that there was an area that was ground out for the passage of the feed-dog ... got out my dremel and did some refining, grinding that area out more.
When I put the plate back on I left it loose and went through the motions again ... no movement. Then I tightened the plate back down and there's no more drag in the wheel. I'm so proud of myself for discovering this and fixing it ... I mean, I'm a novice and I did a pro's job!
|It's a 16' Larson tri-hull with the walk-through windshield. One of those open bow fishing boats. It has the lounge seats that fold out into a bed, but I'll probably buy those new - the old ones were beyond salvage. I'm currently waiting for the weather to warm up so I can do some fiberglass work on the floor, then it gets new carpet and upholstery. With the help and encouragement you, Armysniper, and Alan have given me, I know I can do this myself.
|Absolutely, start with something simple. It doesn't matter if you go slow or one stitch at a time as long as it gets done right. Speed comes with experience. What kind of boat?
I've decided I'm going to try to learn how to use the machine. It's in the shop still (I found out Friday that one of their techs is on vacation, so they're running a bit behind) but as soon as it gets home, I'm going to put it back on the table and give it a good go. I have some old canvas, denim, and a bit of old vinyl out in the garage that I'm going to practice with.
I've been playing with the borrowed Brother machine, and am getting better at keeping a straight line. I'm finding that in tight corners, I actually take my foot off of the pedal and turn the machine by hand, one stitch at a time, until I get through the corner. It's slow going, but the result is worth it - at least as far as practice goes...
I was originally going to give this machine to an upholsterer in exchange for doing my boat's interior, but now I've decided that if I practice with it for a few months, I can do that interior myself and still have the machine for use in my panel van - if I ever get it to that point. In looking at my boat's interior, the upholstery is very simple - all flat panels, with no curves at all. I know I can do this. I figure it'll make a great first project.
|Dusty: If you don't want that Juki, let me know. That's a step above my Consews. I'm glad you took my advise and had it gone over by a pro, It will last forever for you. The Consew 226R I have now has lasted 18 years with three tune-ups, and I use it every day. you lucky (@%$#(*) guy. BTW, your wife was right on the money as far as sewing practice (not in marrying you. JUST KIDDING).
Tack Bradley: Alan is right: Absolutely,............. learn on a home machine before you invest in an industrial machine. Go bback and look at what "teach" had to say.
Sew a lot of straight seams first and then turn some corners. An industrial machine will go a lot faster and be a little overwhelming until you get used to it than any home machine, but you don't need to go fast, you need to be accurate. Dusty fell into a deal (you lucky dog) that none of us will be able to duplicate. I just bought a new Consew 255RB-3 this summer and paid $1600 for it. ( machine, table, etc.) That was the lowest price in the country.
DON'T LET YOUR FINAL PROJECT BE THE FIRST THING YOU SEW on an industrial machine. It won't be anyway because you will make mistakes. If you don't make any mistakes , give me your recomendation( is that spelled right) for a bet on the Daytona 500 before Sunday, or the World Series. I've been doing this for 34 years, and I just made a big (but not uncorrectable) sewing mistake today. All of you: Practice make perfect. Practice before wasting your time and money on a new (or faster) machine.
By all means, TackBradley, practice on your mothers machine with regular material! At least you'll get some experience at sewing and controling a straight and/or curved stitch line, etc.
I've seen the Tacsew I bought (just the machine) selling for more than $900; it's the T111-155 ... but the guy I bought mine from sells them for $600:
He sells the Tacsew T111-155 with a table (you *must* have a table with these because they sit atop an oil pan), thread stand and clutch motor for only $750 (shipping is $99, bringing it up to $849) ... but I upgraded the motor to an electronic servo motor for another $99 (they sell for $150 alone). So I dropped a total of $947.00 for my setup -- and everyone who knows this stuff says I did extremely well ... I'm sure I did because I'm grinning from ear to ear.
Keep an eye on my site:
I post photo-tutorials on everything I do there ... I also have links there to buy those 2 upholstery books I mentioned on another thread.
As I mentioned in my first post, I spent $200 on mine, and the tune up is costing me $99. I fell into a deal though, so I wouldn't expect to get away that cheap. I've seen machines like mine go for as little as $700, and as much as $1500.
While mine is in the shop, I'm using a borrowed Brother home sewing machine just to get used to the idea of running it. It's teaching me to sew straight, and I'm about to start some curved pieces. I know controlling this thing is going to be nothing like the Juki, but it's giving me some insight as to how the whole sewing thing works.
Maybe I'm wrong here (Dan? Sniper?) but I don't see a thing wrong with learning the basic skills of material control on a small home machine if you can't afford to go out and buy an industrial machine. We'll see how much I've really learned when the Juki comes home and I get on it.
what are you guys spending on these machines? is there a cheaper one i can practice on? or should i just use my moms for practice? im completely new to this and im super excited to get started doing this. thanks guys!!!
|Thanks, Dan ... the Tacsew automatically backstiches by pressing a lever; simple enough. But it doesn't cut the thread for me - that's a cool feature! Nonetheless, I'm grinning bigtime ... can't wait for the servo motor to get here so I can start practicing!
|Alan, you should have bought an Adler........it automatically backstiches when you lean your foot back on the foot pedal and cuts your thread for you when it finishes backstitching. Of course it's a tad more expensive than the Tacsew.
LOL! You've got me pegged, Dan!
But, today I received my Tacsew!!! I was in shock; I ordered it on Tuesday and it arrived on Thursday! And Friday is my birthday -- how cool is that!?
I spent the whole afternoon and evening watching the DVD, hitting the pause button, assembling a section, and so on. I don't have the motor yet ... the servo comes a day or two later ... but I stitched a few short runs with some leather, turning the balance wheel by hand, and I am one happy camper! This is really gonna make a difference!
|Armysniper is right on the money. Learn to sew straight seams first and then graduate to 6's and 8's to learn the curves. Get to know how to make it go slow and then increase your speed after you've practiced so that you know how the machine reacts to your foot on the foot pedal. That's a great machine, and my only suggestion (for ANYBODY who buys a used machine) would be to have a pro go over it, time it, thread it,and get it set for you when you're ready to do an interior. If you don't want it, put it on E-bay and they'll kill each other bidding on it. (Horvath is already drooling over that idea. LOL. Sorry Alan, I couldn't resist!) I have one other comment: I never use old parts and trace around them onto new material. I always make cardboard patterns from the old parts to trace and cut from. You don't need to make a pattern for everything:..on straight, square or rectangular pieces all you need is the measurements. Good luck.
You're really fortunate to have a machine like that, man. I'm glad you're getting into it! Sewing can be a lot of fun!
You could make some boots for your brake and clutch pedals (just the brake pedal if you have automatic like me) ... I'm making boots for my brake pedal, shifter and hand brake ... these would be the easiest projects I can think of to start with and I wouldn't be surprised if, after you made a couple of boots, you just kept on going.
The boots I already have, have stainless trim rings and the vinyl is glued under the *inside* circle of the trim ring. I'm going to glue leather on the *outside* of the circle of the trim ring ... in order to do that, and still be able to access the screws to mount the trim ring to the floor, I'm going to make a slit up the front of the boot with holes punched to lace it up (like a shoe) and will do a French stitch on each side. I think this is going to look really cool; I found a nice looking black hemp cord at a crafts store that I'm going to use for the lacing.
So far, I've made a radio faceplate, a faceplate for a clock and some switches, and I covered the center (horn cover) of my steering wheel ... all are covered with moose (black) and none involved any sewing.
Next I'm going to cover the backside of the steeringwheel (3 arms) with moose (black) and then make a steeringwheel cover with elk (black). The backside of the steering wheel will require some sewing and French stitches and the steering wheel cover will only require one very simple seam (completing the circle) - the trick with the wheel cover will be punching holes by hand, all the way around on both edges and then hand-stitching the edges together for a tight fit.
These are all simple projects in terms of sewing ... although the steering wheel will present some challenges in fitting ... but the real serious job will be recovering seats. I plan on getting a pair of power seats out of a late model Caddy (or something similar) and recovering them in a two-color leather scheme.
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Re: Cape Cod Marlin 23' refit
My idea of a long distance cruise.. is enough clothes for a week, my broken down bicycle, food, water, and safety gear. My goal is to sail from Atlantic City to Florida putting into a port every evening (even if just a sheltered place to drop anchor) and out every sunrise.
It's just me as my G/F idea of "roughing it" is an econolodge (this idea may put paid to this relationship)
So. now that I know what to expect, I can plan accordingly. Friend of mine thought she would be a 3 knot boat.. so that seems about right.
Re: Cape Cod Marlin 23' refit
Fast is a relative thing. Clearly a properly handled, well designed modern boats will be faster on all points of sail and in all conditions.
But once you get past that kind of comparison, the Marlin was actually a pretty fast boat for its era and intent. The hull design is such that for a long keeled boat it has comparatively little wetted surface. As with many Herreschoff designs, its waterline was long for that era, its bow was comparatively fine, and the run and counter was straight, clean and close enough to the water to be helpful. These boats had a pretty good sized sail plan, and the original fractional rig was an easy rig to sail.
All of which is to say, these boats sail well and were comparatively fast for their day. And that performance can be improved over the boat in stock form and as you typically find them, by making sure that you have decent modern shaped sails, an efficient mainsheet and traveler, and a vang.
If properly set up, you would expect to be able to reliably average 2-3 knots in a moderate breeze, and perhaps 4 knots in a really solid wind. That may sound slow, but average speeds are deceptive since you either need to do stay close to the average speed reliably and consistently, or be able to sustain higher speeds for short bursts to offset the slower speeds in the averaging.
The one thing that I will say about boats like these are that they have comparatively small carrying capacities relative to their displacement. When yacht designers evaluate how much a boat can carry, they look at the displacement of the boat and the percent of its displacement it can carry before it becomes dramatically slower and more dangerous. The good news is that these boats have a pretty high displacement for their length. But the bad news is that the perentage of displacement that a boat can safely carry is mostly governed by the area of a boat's waterline plane. Boats like these have comparatively small waterline planes and so can tolerate a smaller percentage of their displacement as carrying capacity.
In other words, if you are going distancel cruising, you need to be disciplined about not overloading the boat with too much stuff. Years ago, the norm was to cruise very spartanly. But that expection has changed for most folks, and so there is an increased expectation about the sheer amount of stuff that people feel that they need to drag along. More and more, boats get loaded down with all kinds of gear either for 'safety' or in an attempt to approach all the comforts of home.
Neither approach is inherently right or wrong, but this type of boat does not permit the choice of cruising in a fashion which is 'just like home'.
Lastly, the Marlin was designed as a daysailer, overnighter, and when the cruiser version was built, it added a lot of weight which would further reduce excess carrying capacity and performance.
Great boats though.....
Re: Cape Cod Marlin 23' refit
I love the looks of the Marlin and I think I will be looking for one of the elusive "cruiser" models this next fall.
My question concerns speed. I want to do some coastal cruising up and down the East Coast.. any idea how fast she actually is so I can do some planning?
There used to be a Cutter-rigged Marlin daysailer in Wareham on the mooring next to ours when we had our CAL 21. I think she was a 1960 model, when the owner bought her she had one of those ugly lifting outboard brackets that placed the raised outboard up to the point that it looked ot be floating in mid-air. That bracket on "Starry Night" looks good in comparison. Later they installed an outboard well at the aft end of the cockpit, offset to one side to clear the keel and rudder.
She left Wareham about a year or so before we sold our CAL, I think CCSB brokered her sale, her name was "TANGLE" in those days. Now, with a new name she is for sale again, I think she is up in Maine, although CCSB has her listed again, $8,000.
The last new MARLIN to leave CCSB was in 2007 I believe, and I think her owner's wallet was probably about $100K lighter when he left Wareham! Home port is out West, Colorado if I recall?
The next new MARLIN will be more of a competition to the Bridges Point 24, CCSB has designed a new deck mold that is more tradional, looking more like a Herreshoff MARLIN, rather than the "upside down bathtub" design of the fiberglass MARLIN Cruiser.
Someone mentioned the ungelcoated areas of the deck on old MARLINs, CCSB did that on a lot of their cabin boats in the 1950-60s, it served as a sort-of "skylight" letting light in through the laminate without making holes for ports. I think I would have varnished those areas if I wanted to preserve the translusency. Painted over it if installing deadlights.
Hi, I just bought a '61 Marlin and would like to know if you have solved the weather helm question...thanks John Ehlers email@example.com
Weather Helm??
Hi . . . I have a question for Marlin owners and restorers. I have nearly completed the restoration of a Marlin that has been in my family since 1960, but I remain stymied by the pronounced weather helm and wonder whether some adjustments in the rigging might address that problem. Any ideas?
|Nice boat Brodie. Looks like she is coming along nicely.
|hi Remarkable! good to see there are even more Marlins being sailed and restored out there... for all of you interested in sharing information and ideas about these remarkable sailboats we now have our own mailing list - you can review recent posts and sign up at marlin-owners : Marlin Sailboat Owners
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I just went through the last few Marlins posts and have been glad to see all the information and pictures of Marlins. It's hard to believe that these boats are still being sailed and saved. I have owned our Marlin for 6 years now, and have been restoring for three years. The boat is heavy and built to last. I am new to the site and will create a longer post with pictures about "Remarkable"
Nice boat and well done, congratulations! I also have a daysailer version of Marlin, got her two years ago from a boatyard in NYC in a state of total neglect and am slowly bringing her back to life, photo below.
I'd strongly recommend painting over the cabin sides as the exposed resin gets damaged from all the UV radiation which over time affects structural integrity. Back in the 60's they didn't know much about it so they left it unpainted, these days even CCSB paints the sides over when they restore a Marlin.
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i've been working on this since the sunday of dragoncon weekend, and put it all on for the first time tonight!
i've got a list of about a dozen adjustments i need to make for comfort, and some things that still need doing / redoing.
- shoulder straps need to be adjusted - digging into shoulders and pushing up mantle
- mantle needs to be better attached to my body (straps under arms)
- thighs need some trimming at the bottom
- forearms need better curve at the bend of the elbow
- trim on the kama stinks. gotta be darker and wider
- kama is too wide, and overlaps in the back. gotta take a good 2" off either side
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Thompson is currently a senior at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he was coached by Barry Wortman.
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In the win over Ooltewah that gave the Blaze their second straight District 7-AAA sectional title, Thompson - the 2013 District MVP - logged 24 points, 11 assists and five steals.
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