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Halloween is upon us and I hope you have your costumes ready and your treats ready for the little ones sure to ring your doorbell. But something else might be a little more pressing if you are planning a Halloween gathering. I have selected some snacks and beverages, from Taste of Home's website, that will leave even adults shaking in their boots. Enjoy.
Caramel Apple Dip
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup marshmallow crème
3 medium tart apples
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons water
In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, brown sugar, caramel topping and vanilla until smooth; fold in marshmallow crème. Cut apples vertically into thin slices.
In a small bowl, combine lemon juice and water; toss apples in lemon juice mixture. Drain.
Using Halloween cutters, cut out the center of each slice. Serve apple slices and cutouts with dip.
Yield: 2 cups-16- ½ cup servings.
Apple Cinnamon Snack Mix
3 cups Apple Jacks cereal
2 cups pecan halves
1 cup whole blanched almonds
1 cup Chow Mein noodles
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg white
In a large bowl, combine the cereal, nuts and Chow Mein noodles. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon and salt; stir in egg white. Pour over the cereal mixture and toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake uncovered at 300 degrees for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.Yield: 6 cups
Batty Bark Recipe
8 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup crisp rice cereal
1/4 cup unsalted sunflower kernels
1/4 cup dried cherries, chopped
In a microwave, melt milk chocolate and semisweet chocolate; stir until smooth. Stir in the cereal, sunflower kernels and cherries. On a waxed paper-lined baking sheet, spread chocolate mixture into a 12-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Refrigerate until firm.
Let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Cut with a 3-1/2-in. bat-shaped cookie cutter. Re-melt scraps and cut if desired.Yield:1-1/2 dozen
Bits and Pieces Munch Mix
3 cups popped popcorn
3 cups Crispix
1/2 cup mixed nuts
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons caramel apple dip
In a large bowl, combine the popcorn, cereal and nuts. In a small saucepan, combine butter and caramel dip; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Pour over popcorn mixture and toss to coat.
Transfer to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 250° for 45-60 minutes or until golden brown, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
Yield:6 cups
Bloodshot Eyeballs
2 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 pound white candy coating, coarsely chopped
24 brown Reese's pieces or milk chocolate M&M's
1 tablespoon water
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
In a small bowl, combine 1 cup confectioners' sugar, peanut butter and butter. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on a waxed paper-lined pan. Chill for 30 minutes or until firm.
In a microwave, melt white candy coating; stir until smooth. Dip balls in coating; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper. Immediately press a Reese's candy onto the top of each eyeball for pupil. Let stand for 30 minutes or until set.
In a small bowl, combine the water, food coloring, and remaining confectioners' sugar. Transfer to a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Pipe wavy lines downward from pupil, creating the look of bloodshot eyes. Store in an airtight container.
Yield:2 dozen
Ghoul Punch
12 gummy spiders
1 vinyl glove
1 gallon tropical fruit punch, chilled
2 liters lemon-lime soda, chilled
1 quart raspberry sherbet
Pour water into an ice cube tray; add a gummy spider to each of 12 compartments. Freeze for at least 4 hours. Fill glove with water; tie or seal and freeze for at least 4 hours.
In a 7-qt. punch bowl, combine punch and soda. Add sherbet and ice cubes. Remove glove from hand-shaped ice; add to punch. Serve immediately.Yield: 32 servings
Nora's Note: Make sure the vinyl glove is not powder-lined.
Witches' Brew Punch
1 package (6 ounces) orange gelatin
1/2 to 1 cup sugar
2 cups boiling water
1 can (46 ounces) apricot nectar
1 can (46 ounces) pineapple juice
3/4 cup lemon juice
4 liters ginger ale, chilled
In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin and sugar in water. Stir in the apricot nectar, pineapple juice and lemon juice. Freeze in two 2-quart freezer containers. Remove from the freezer 2-3 hours before serving. Place contents of one container in a punch bowl; mash with potato masher. Stir in ginger ale just before serving. Repeat.Yield: about 8 quarts.
Source for all recipes: www.tasteofhome.com
Nora Sweat, author of "Mama and Me," is a native of Hardin County and a retired home economics/family and consumer science teacher. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com by mail at 408 W. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown, KY 42701.
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I've been skimming through threads to see figure out the dimensions of the helmet and whatnot... but i havent really seen anything made from steel or aluminum... has anyone done this before? if so how did you handle the shaping?
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I've been skimming through threads to see figure out the dimensions of the helmet and whatnot... but i havent really seen anything made from steel or aluminum... has anyone done this before? if so how did you handle the shaping?
i think somone has but i dont know who. you can search for it useing the search feature.
Hand Schaub made the all metal helmets
Just outta curiosity, what would ya do with a metal helmet? Would it be for display, or for trooping? Reason I ask is because it's got to weigh quite a bit.
The only reason I would want one is if I could get my :jet pack working!!!!!
becasue i dont believe in substitutes
Actually I think an Aluminum bucket wouldnt weigh that much, no?
but still its not that dense, You can lift an Aluminum Engine block by yourself. I dont see it weighing any more than thick fiberglass.
A helmet could quite easily be welded up from Aluminum sheet. You could use 3003-H14, 6061-0 or even an 1100 series alloy. 1100 series Aluminum would be a bit soft, especially after welding. I'd probably use 6061-0 as it's a bit harder after welding and it's still pretty easy to shape. You can buy a 4ft. square sheet of .080 (about 2mm thick) for under $75. A sheet that big only weighs 1.13 lbs. so the helmet would be pretty darn light. Either way I'd TIG weld it but it could be gas welded too. Gas welding would make for more ductile joints if you have to do any shaping after welding.
If you wanted to make the helmet more durable just have it heat treated after welding to T6 condition- it will be very durable I assure you. Worst case scenario you might have a weld crack (because the welds would have to be ground down for appearance) if you dropped it off the roof of a house. Otherwise any dents from dropping it could most likely be pounded back out. Sometimes you have to worry about cracking with 6061-T6 as it work hardens very rapidly.
For steel, I'd go mild steel and wall thickness definitely not over 18ga. otherwise it would weigh a ton. It would be very durable. I once welded up a Ghostbusters proton pack wand from 16ga. steel and you could have thrown that thing out of an airplane and not hurt it. Check out the pics.....
Either way you'll have to make a hardwood form for the dome and cheek sections to hammerform the metal. Aluminum is MUCH easier to form but the helmet curves really aren't that bad all things considered.
Honus my friend, you have some serious skillz. :thumbsup
Thanks! I endeavor to satisfy... :)
Weight is gonna depend on two things: material density and volume of material used. So yes it depends on how thick the helmet is.
Here is a thread on a sheet metal helmet:
I'm thinking of using his dome building method on my sintra bucket, since it looks much easier than cutting and bending wof's template.


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Due to a frigid Arctic weather front predicted to move into the Miles City area this week and lasting into the weekend, many of this year's Christmas Stroll activities are being rescheduled to Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13-14.
The 2013 Christmas Stroll was originally scheduled for Friday evening, Dec. 6, and any vendors who wish to set up in downtown Miles City may still do so. Several stores will be open until 8 p.m. on Dec. 6.
The community Christmas trees in front of The Smile Center and Veterans Memorial Park, both on Main Street, will be lit this week without official ceremonies.
According to Terri Newby, executive assistant of the Miles City Area Chamber of Commerce, the official time for the Christmas Stroll will be Saturday, Dec. 14, from 1 to 4 p.m. The Stevensons' Clydesdales will be giving horse-drawn wagon rides on Main Street and vendors are invited to set up booths in front of stores at that time. Some stores also may stay open until 8 on Friday night, Dec. 13, and vendors also are invited to set up their booths that evening if they wish.
Vendors who want to set up their booths either this Friday or on Dec. 13 or 14 (from 1-4 p.m. Saturday) should call the store where they want to set up to make arrangements with the owner or manager.
More information about the Christmas Stroll is available from the Miles City Area Chamber of Commerce at 511 Pleasant St. or call 234-2890.
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text: The sitting is over, Russia has one pair more As of yesterday Russia has one more pair. The sitting of Tatiana Volosozhar after the switch of the federations is over and this weekend together with her partner Maxim Trankov she will be competing in Courmayeur, Italy. After Volosozhar/Trankov won the Nationals in December, beating the two times worlds bronze medalists Kawaguti/Smirnov the whole worlds was looking forward for their international competitions and potential wins. To add the spice - the ex partner and the current coach of Tatiana Volosozhar - Stas Morozov used to skate with Alena Savchenko, who later became two times world champion with Robin Shelkowy and is now the main rival for Volosozhar/Trankov. Morozov told me last Autumn: Alena and I were skating really well when competing both on the junior and the senior level. We were equal to Totmiania/Marinin. But after winning the 2000 Junior Worlds I went through a series of injuries. First the boot caused some bad blisters on one foot, then on the other and it was so bad that I need to undergo a surgery. At 2001 we only competed at the Worlds, and even though we were clean both in the SP and the LP we became only 9th. We participated the Olympics a year later, but I had a groin injury during that year and had a surgery for that after the SLC. Starting 2004 Alena represents Germany, I skated in Ballet on Ice for two years and was going to quit figure skating altogether. I wanted to study medicine and become a surgeon. But then I had a talk with my mother - she worked in the hospital her whole life and we decided we are not rich enough for me to go through the medical school. It was at that point that I was asked to come skating in Kiev. First I was helping Volosozhar who was skating with another partner, but later we started skating together. A year ago I thougth: I'm 30, but Tanya is just 23. She should continue her skating career. EV: I.e. you realized you are not on her level as a partner? SM: Indeed. There is always a stronger partner. Either a male or a female. When I skated with Savchenko first I was better, I used to teach her things, then she became better. The same with Tanya - it was only after 4 years of our skating together all of the sudden the eyes were opened: "But she is an amazing partner!" And another important thing: when I started thinking of Max Trankov as a partner for Tanya I realized that pair would be able to compete for any medals. By the time they started training together Morozov was not the only one who realized that. Nina Mozer, whose team they joined was despairing with some big bosses showing up at every training of the pair. But they were lucky with their coach: Mozer was able to make their life in Moscow comfortable and fast. They invited one of the best choreographers- Nikolai Morozov who used to choreograph for Volosozhar/Morozov and who coached them for a year. In order to work with Nikolai Morozov they had to travel to Daugavpils, Latvia from time to time where he used to work last year, but it was worth the effort. Stanislav Morozov commented on that: Nikolai creates very comfortable programmes. I.e. the programmes that are comfortable to skate, which is rare. It is generally rare for a choreographer to skate. In Novogorsk, when Volosozhar/Trankov were doing their first steps together Maksim was shocked - he didn't expect a choreographer to be able to skate so well. Nikolai taught me how to skate at the time within 3 months. I mean - how to do any possible steps on the ice. I was always in ease with the pairs elements, but the steps were a problem. Now I can do anything. EV: As a coach and an ex partner what can you tell about Volosozhar? SM: She is easy to work with. She is a good person. Soft, decent, kind. But with her point of view on things. As a partner she can't let down. EV: Why did the Ukrainian Federation give her up so easily? SM: I dont' know. On the other hand - what was the point not to free her? There are no conditions to work in Ukraine - no partners, no ice, no coaches. During the summer thinking of the possibilities of the new partnership Tatiana Tarasova said: `Even now Volosozhar/Trankov are mindblowing. It've been ages since someone skated so well in pairs. I haven't seen such speed, power in every element, such complexion in elements and transitions and such an understanding of the music for a very long time'. Their first international competition shouldn't pressure them too much - both Tatiana and Maxim participated a much bigger competitions. A couple of weeks before the competition they skated in the Art on Ice show together with Savchenko/Shelkowy. Their goal in Courmayeur is to gain the needed points: at least 17 in the SP and at least 30 in the LP. This is what will allow them to participate the Worlds in Tokyo. They will also be able to change their current standing - skaters with the low standings will be among the first ones to skate in Tokyo, which probably will allow the judges to give very modest points for the components.


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Re: Living Aboard Cheap- Dreamers read!
My path is a bit different I'd say.
though #1 from the alternatives available.
When I was a child I got interested in spirituality,
and through my teenage years I saught gnosis or enlightenment.
After seven years of studying, meditating, and balancing life at 19,
I became spiritually illuminated, reconnected with my soul memories.
Since then I've recalled many of my past-lives, many of which were tied to water and wind.
I realized that the advent of working for someone used to go by different names in the past,
slaves, servents, serfs, and nowadays are called "employees" fancy :-o.
Needless to say, I decided to retire at the ripe old age of 19 and 3/4's.
Matthew 7:7 kjv
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:"
Aye me hearties, the luckiest of bible verses. the root of the magi.
I asked, for a stable income, an residence, near hills, pond river
and life partner with much detail to her characteristics and mannerisms,
within a year or two, it was granted. Aye, much appreciation and love.
And no, obviously I didn't have to work for it lol,
simply listen to my spirit guide and act on what suggested.
I have a 0-debt policy, and always pay my bills on time,
with plenty of savings, cash silver, gold, gems.
Eat healthy, fresh produce and whole staples,
slowcooked in cast iron, for extra longevity,
have a fast every other day or so.
Me partner, she even better than I expected, her father has a boat, and pirate paraphenlia.
In me past lives among others was a viking, varangian rus, dutch merchant pirate, english pirate.
Now with socialist "government handouts", and regulations, piracy is a frivolous livelihood.
However living on a boat has become quite accessible to ordinary people.
In the few hundred years I was away from the human species,
much has changed, in terms of sailplan, boat design, and communication.
so have been taking it slow, incrementally learning more.
Last year got my white sail III a dinghy certification,
and built a concrete dinghy prototype,
this spring built a barrel catamaran prototype,
in a week am going for keelboat basic cruising certification,
following a week afterward getting VHF radio certified.
Plan for next year is to join sailing club with co-op option,
and get experience crewing and skippering keelboat yachts.
In 2014 shall get a good hard dinghy sailboat, probably Walker Bay 10.
And 2015-2016 get ourselves a full keelboat, and start living on it.
Plan is to go engineless, and have a nice wood rocket furnace,
so can make pottery and ash onboard while cooking food :-D.
In terms of income for when we go world cruising,
passive income streams are best as Rich people can tell you.
So maintaining a blog (pays for hosting), writing book,
making music, have a small live biological culture (ferments) business.
Walker Bay 10, as we have a young one planned soon,
homeschooling of course, and when they come of age,
can get their own boat(s) and family.
At some point we may have the apartment and the boat,
who knows, maybe even a prolonged period of time..
Since we have 4 pets, 2 rabbits and 2 cats,
though maybe can give some away,
to our intentional community friends.
If we do move onto a boat full time,
we could easily afford a fairly large one,
with lots of extra money for maintenance,
then again we could get some shore side property,
if we find we have a lot of excess money.
Hmmm ya, life at the poverty line,
is better than that of a king,
unlimited free time,
and you do what you want,
cause a pirate be free ;-).
Ya har meitiz?! magic, oh yea, sweet elixer of life.
PCP I like your avatar of the eye painted on the boat,
it used to be a common practice amongst animist pagans,
since we realized they were living beings just like any other.
Am planning on animating me boats also :-).
Re: Living Aboard Cheap- Dreamers read!
Nothing profound for me to add. But that was quite a read.
Cheers to all.
Re: Living Aboard Cheap- Dreamers read!
Wow deep water? should one set course? Have a plan, work your plan. If the wind is not going your way try to tack. Some will race some will go easy. Fair winds and storms such is life. At the end of journey you will know if you did did good. Attitude is your choice. One who lives can not lie to thy ownself. I find above definition of poverty pretty good. Some souls set a sea anchor for life in a storm. Will they need rescued? One or two black or white we wish life was that easy! We could all ride the wind. Life comes not only in shades of black and white its a rainbow of reds, yellow, blues and greens. algebra not just ones and twos. Peace be with you my brothers. Deam your dreams help others. Plan what you can.
Originally Posted by ppiccolo1 View Post
I can't believe that I too, worked longer hours to drive a nicer car, to get back and forth to work.... I think I've found a happy medium. To me, the most important step, was DEBT-FREE.
After living aboard a year and a half I got debt free last week. The next few months have me still in a "buy toy mode", but it's gear for the boat itself which I consider more of an investment.
I've definitely found that happy medium.
|Amazing , you are able to survive without a new car every 3 years and Armani shirts.? I can't believe that I too, worked longer hours to drive a nicer car, to get back and forth to work.... I think I've found a happy medium. To me, the most important step, was DEBT-FREE.
|Brent Swain
Living aboard has let me semi retire in my mid 20's, working a month a year on average since then. Depressing? No way! I couldn't imagine having to sell so much of my life as "Consumerism" (Squanderism) requires.In the mornings , I turn on the traffic report, to hear how those "lucky" folks are doing, to pay for the Porsche they bought to "Impress" us with, cut a fart in their honour, then go back to sleep for as long as I please.
They work an entire year to spend a couple of weeks doing what I do year round. Living that way? Now that I would find depressing!
Originally Posted by avenger79 View Post
hey bljones. great post. good to know others have known the "fortunes" that I have known as well. mine didn't involve a boat at the time but a camper. everything else was the same.
funny now days i have new cars, a house, toys, a boat etc and yet I still find myself longing for the days when a meal was questionable and the work was hard but honest if it came along. a man came to me once and asked if I REALLY wanted a job. I said yes, and so began my comeback thanks to a foreman on a pipeline. he wasn't kidding when he said you better want to work but I can't say I didn't enjoy it.
I'm glad to have regained financial stability but I sure wish I could keep the "no worries" attitude with it.
Originally Posted by chirosailor View Post
I have chased the American Dream for the past 17 years. Finally I felt I had arrived. Big house,beach house,Range Rover,Harley's,Mercedes, etc.Then a $7000 experiment in the form of a Watkins 27 and a visit with Mary (a liveaboard at our marina)changed my insanity. I realized that I was out of breath. Sure I had a stuffstyle but no lifestyle. A consuming fire was lit and I stopped running. That was two years ago. Now I am dwindling away stuff,dettached from material possessions,selling homes,and living aboard part-time at the moment. I have never felt more free! Living aboard is setting yourself free from what everyone else thinks what success looks like. People are broke on all levels and what looks like a fortune most likely is bondage.
Originally Posted by neverknow View Post
this is the part that worries us the most. I remember when I was in the navy 30 yrs ago returning home after going half way around the world. Seeing home again (trees and even corn fields) was amazing.
It's my belief that if and when we decide to return home to Indiana we'll once again appreciate it. It's just living in the same place for 46yrs (except the 4 I was in the navy) we are ready to do something different.
Our hope is that some days will not be a dream come true. In fact we are counting on that otherwise we might not truly enjoy the good days.
As the years of my service passed I acquired more stuff. I got out of the Navy, married, and lived in southwest Virginia. Virginia because she didn't want to move anywhere else even though the wage scale was much lower there than other places. After 9 years and a divorce, I finally came "home" to Kentucky. Was it special? Was it the place I wanted to be? No.
I found that the same reasons I left in the first place are still here. The only difference is that now I'm older and much more aware of what actually makes me happy. I have a good income, lots of stuff, and a lot more debt, and not happy. If leaving Indiana for a period of time will renew your sense of love for the place, then by all means do it. For me, I've spent 7 years (16 counting my marriage) of putting my wants, needs, and dreams aside for the sake of relationships in a place that people tell me is my "home" but I'm not happy with, living a life that is acceptable to mainstream America. And it SUCKS! And it's all going to change! But that's MY situation, not yours.
A good friend of mine who is married with kids and happy to be here told me something that has stuck with me. "Everybody deserves to enjoy life even if that means following a path less travelled." Being a bit of a free spirit herself, she understands me. I've read many posts in this forum where people say the family thinks they're crazy for wanting to follow such a dream, friends think they're nuts, etc. Just remember that for the most part, these are the same people who told you as a child "you can do anything you want to do in life", "you can be anything you want to be", "nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it".
Personally and for what it's worth, I think second guessing yourself and wondering if it's the right choice is a result of a natural fear of the unknown. I'm willing to bet though that you also experience a thrill on occasion when you discuss your plans together! I know I do when I look at boats on Yachtworld think of my own plans! A little uncertainty is good though. It makes you think, makes you cautious, makes you plan. And it sounds like you have a good plan.
The thing I love about this forum is that it is full of people who have already went down the road we are just starting on. The best part is that they understand the feelings people like us are experiencing because they have been there and they are willing to tell newcomers what to expect. They freely share their experiences and try to warn those that follow of common mistakes and pitfalls. They may not always be tactful, concise, straight to the point, or even good spellers, but they have been a valued source of support, knowledge, and inspiration to a man who has only one friend who understands and supports his dream.
Good luck to you and don't let anybody talk you out of your course.
Originally Posted by PCP View Post
Sometimes I think about living permanently in a boat but that does not survive winter. I live in a place were the sea is rough and the waves are big. In any big storm, that happens regularly in the winter, when the trees of my small garden are being blown away from the ground and the seas are all white, I think to myself: My God, how terrible should be to be on a boat right now.
Of course, I admire the guys that live in a boat all year, not for need but because the like it, but that is just not for me, unless I had too.
Originally Posted by sawingknots View Post
i doubt theres many people who live on a boat in the u.s. because "they have to" same with homeless street people,it seems to me that if ones not contented with their particular lifestyle they will eventually find another.i also don't understand why someone who "lives" on a sailboat would be in a desperate hurry to get to a final destination,flying/driving would be faster and cheaper or hell just buy a oh oh power boat[go fast boat],and yeah i do realize there are sme desperately poor people especially in other countries
Or do you mean that in the US all have money to have and maintain a house and a boat? Even those 46 million (15% of all population) of Americans that are considered poor.
Because that's what I am talking about, you can only live in a boat in the nice season and get back to home and family in winter if you have enough money to maintain a house and a boat. If, like some year sell the house to buy a boat and to have money to travel, they cannot return to a home they don't have anymore in the winter, do they? and its about those I am talking about.
I do not mean that to sell the house and buy a boat is not the right decision if that's the only way to have a decent boat and that the trade off is not the right one, but I guess that in the winter when the conditions are really bad and you have to go out several times at night to see if everything is alright and to correct the lines, not to mention having to move the boat, the comfort of the old house will be missed, at least by some. Of course they can sell the boat and return to a house but then they cannot enjoy living in a boat when things are nice and rewording, do they?
About not understanding why someone like to cruise in a fast boat (even if again that has nothing to do with this thread) maybe you should go here and read the interview with Jimmy Cornell, considered as one of the first of the great long range cruisers (several circumnavigations) and one that successively has made a life out of cruising:
Interview du «pape» de la grande croisière Jimmy Cornell : «En Papouasie, on s
Well, it is in French, I can translate the relevant parts regarding boats fit for long range bluewater cruising:
"I advocate for light cruising sailboats, but in the Anglo-Saxon countries, the idea is struggling to win! This is less true in France ..."
And regarding modern production cruising boats:
"Cruising sailboats are more comfortable and more spacious, but they are not really exciting and it is the fault of the cruising sailors who feel that going at 6 knots its all right ... The boats are often still too heavy in their displacement..The racing sailboats have evolved rapidly in recent years, as opposed to cruising yachts. The racing yacht design has not yet sent all its developments to the world of cruising yacht design. "
It seems like me talking, but it is not, it is a guy with 200000nm of experience in all the oceans of the planet, a guy that has owned, cruised and lived in different kind of boats, from motor sailor heavy type to heavy steel boats, to light boats.
I guess that you are among the ones he sees responsible for all of us not having faster and better cruising boats, the ones that " feel that going at 6 knots it's all right"
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For the third straight year, the Golden Griffins had nine runners named to the MAAC All-Academic Team, tying the previous program mark.
The female honorees included junior Mikelle Cala (3.50 GPA - Biology), sophomore Morgan Atkins (3.97 GPA - Childhood Education Gr 1-6), and sophomore Brandi Pettit (3.93 GPA - Physical Education/Health Education). Cala earned her second selection, while Atkins and Pettit received their first.
A total of six men's runners achieved the honor, including two seniors, two juniors, and two sophomores. Earning their third selections were seniors Alex Simon (3.65 GPA - Computer Science) and Aaron Hoven (3.54 GPA - International Business). Juniors Richard Looby (3.53 GPA - Psychology) and Nate McCabe (3.56 GPA - Physics) both received their second selections, while freshmen Andrew Coy (3.55 GPA - Biology) and Chris Sauvageau (3.59 GPA - Physical Education/Health Education) received their first selections.
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Re: dnf because of county police boat?
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The average recreational boater doesn't know the Notice to Mariners exists, much less subscribe to it. Or have any idea why an anchorage might be "special" or how it could fit in a remedial education classroom. (Duh.)
Not to be cruel, but I'm thinking Darwin Award on this one.
Re: dnf because of county police boat?
I grew up on the Hudson back in the 50's and 60's. A different world for sure. The Croton River was my home. We were charter members of the River Rat Club, now known as the Croton Yacht Club. I played, sailed and hunted on the Hudson from Bear Mt. to Piermont. My first "big boat" sailing experience was with Bernie Lewis on Haverstraw Bay. Things were simpler then! Great time to enjoy those environs. I can remember the center span of the Tappanzee Bridge being "settled" in place using the tide. Cool!
I have to believe that our feeling of "wide open space and freedom" would be much different today. It is a beautiful river! We are planning a cruise up the Hudson in the future and were considering attending my 50th hs reunion next fall by sailing to Croton.
Re: dnf because of county police boat?
I am not defending the boat's operator. I am tired of seeing the Rockland Co. sheriff saying on TV that the barge was unlit using a tone that others are also responsible.
There is a real possibility that the barge didn't need to lit.
Re: dnf because of county police boat?
The average recreational boater doesn't know the Notice to Mariners exists, much less subscribe to it. Or have any idea why an anchorage might be "special" or how it could fit in a remedial education classroom. (Duh.)
Not to be cruel, but I'm thinking Darwin Award on this one.
Re: dnf because of county police boat?
Cabel, we had the CG come to Tarrytown a year or so ago when the go ahead for the new bridge was given as there was a lot of concern how it would effect our marina. The CG talked about the barges and how they would be setting up special anchorages for them and make notifications by way of "notice to mariners" I don't know for sure if that was done in this case. BTW your mooring field sits in a charted "special anchorage" That's why you don't have to have anchor lights over night.
Re: dnf because of county police boat?
I'm not sure about the special anchorage but they hit one of the stationary barges on the south side of the TZ bridge, which would be almost on the course from Piermont to Tarrytown.
I know that the few barges on the north side of the bridge had very poor lighting, if any, for night time visibility because I sailed by them at night a month ago.
Stationary objects on the water are to be avoided which we all know, or think we know.
Re: dnf because of county police boat?
There are special anchorages around the bridge. If the barge was sitting in one of those it didn't need to be lit
Re: dnf because of county police boat?
I wonder how many gallons of Gneuine Marine Grade Glow In The Dark Barge Paint they could buy for the price of one gofast boat?
More likely now the politicians will campaign to install streetlights all up and down and across the river. I'd better get my bid on that contract in now, its gonna be a lucrative one.
And then once everyone has a gofaster boat, they'll need armored amphibians. Just in case the British come back, and we need a fast way to deploy that chain boom across West Point again.
Whether the barge was lit or not...You know, the same they teach drivers about "don't overun your headlights at night" ? If you can't see what's out there, SLOW DOWN. If you're too drunk to see what's out there, GO HOME AND GET ANOTHER BEER.
Funny how beer and donuts don't mix, isn't it?
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Re: dnf because of county police boat?
Hey , I'm not cop bashing, the donut shop is your deal.
Are you any more alive or is the water any warmer because after the first boat pulls you out, then 6 million dollars of personnel and equipment arrives and idles out in the river for 6 hours??
We just had a boat run into what is reported to be an unlighted barge on the Tappen Zee job. Tragedy.
Does it justify the money and personnel currently doing enforcement on the river? I don't think so, most sailors and power boaters I talk to think the same. YMMV
Re: dnf because of county police boat?
"I haven't heard of any police rescues during the winter."
Maybe you missed the Cessna(?) that ditched this spring with water temps still in the low 40's. Two men in the water and I think the police boat launched out of Ossining with just a partial phone call for position. They recovered both men before the water could kill them, and considering the Hudson can get into the low 30's in the winter, you may only have 15 minutes before the diaphragm muscles paralyze and you suffocate. Then you drown. Well, technically you don't drown because you're already dead from not being able to breath.
Upriver, downriver, not much difference. Aircraft follow the river, small craft overturn, and homeland security grants, well, one can always hope some deserving local charity got a chance to bid on the old used boats.
Hey, race you to the donut shop!
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Hankins, an affable junior from Detroit, was a starter the past two seasons for the Buckeyes. He was named the team's top defensive lineman in 2011 and earned All-Big Ten honors this past season when he recorded 55 tackles, including four for loss.
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"I will always be grateful for the family I have gained here at Ohio State," said Hankins, who was a three-star recruit at Detroit Southeastern when he signed with then-head coach Jim Tressel and defensive line coach Jim Heacock.
He now leaves early an Ohio State squad that will lost all four starters from the 2012 season but has been stocked with young, highly recruited defensive linemen the past two recruiting seasons by current head coach Urban Meyer and defensive line coach Mike Vrabel.
Seniors Nathan Williams, John Simon and Garrett Goebel are set to graduate, but highly recruited prospects Adolphus Washington, Tommy Schutt and Noah Spence all played significant minutes last season as true freshmen. The 2013 recruiting class includes six verbal commits from defensive linemen, including five-star prospect Joey Bosa and four-stars Tyquan Lewis, Donovan Munger, Michael Hill and Billy Price and three-star Tracy Sprinkle.
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- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 small carrot, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup dry red wine or beef broth
- 1 can (15 ounces) crushed tomatoes, undrained
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- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 48 slices French bread baguette (1/4 inch thick)
- 2 garlic cloves, halved
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
- In a large skillet, cook the first five ingredients over medium heat until beef is no longer pink; drain. Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan.
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I'm very font of this design.
ok but do I get a discount for working for Dan Gilbert?
I believe the image is far too large for the text.
This reminds me of my comic sans monster shirt i made a long time ago for the derby. Check it out
Comic Sans Monster
*insert generic MY NAME IS DANIEL TOO OMGOMG!!!!11 comment here*
Maybe there should have been two Daniels back to back?
1=Daniel San
2=Daniel Sans
Also, if you have Greasemonkey, you can install this userscript to make all text on your browser Comic Sans!
Probably the most obscure, meaningless, and irrelevant t-shirt woots ever offered.
... ever
If sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, surely font humor is the nerdiest.
Hilarious; I had to get one!
Ah, you THINK the red is just plain red, but really it is super-undercover-stealth red, like Daniel himself.
missmelis wrote:Clearly that's the bottom hem of his tunic...
It's a gi, not a tunic. I'm just sayin'.
cannedheat wrote:...
Probably the most obscure, meaningless, and irrelevant t-shirt woots ever offered.
... ever
No, the one I just received in my Random Shirt bag beats it by a mile--The building that turns into a robot from Big beats it by a mile. By the way--I love the abject obscurity of the robot shirt AND the status that goes with wearing the worst-selling Woot shirt ever.
It looks like it could be the logo of a bad hibachi joint.
What do we study here?
And what is that way?
I can't hear you.
missmelis wrote:Hey, wait... why no witty color description? Just "Red"? That's boring. How about "Mr. Miyagi Came From the Land of the Red Rising Sun"? Or "In Most Styles of Karate, Only a Grandmaster Can Wear a Red Belt"?
Okay, I admit that neither of those are particularly witty, but at least I tried to be creative. As an added bonus, I just proved to myself that I spend waaay too much time on shirt.woot...
This design is all about text/font. What is text's primary purpose? To be "read".
For my $money$, despair.com has the best Karate Kid Crane Technique t-shirt I've ever seen. Actually found it through a deals.woot a year ago.
Now that shirt had me laughing my but off.
Classic. Congratulations on the print!
As in "red all over."
hahaha! Its so funny!
Now we shall teach you to breathe under water, little grasshopper. You shall be "Daniel Gill Sans".
The writeup hurts me inside a little bit. But of course, that's exactly what you were going for. I believe I've just been nerd sniped. Well done Woot. You win again. You always do.
Bringin' the hatin':
Awful concept.
Not really a pun.
The form of expression in Karate Kid would have been Daniel-san.
Sans (as in the font) means "without." The ordinary usage of "sans" requires mentioning the missing thing (as in sans serif, sans pants, or as an actual witty person pointed out up-thread sans hands and feet [which would have been funny, punny and subtle]).
Reference to the missing serifs is omitted by convention in "Comic Sans," but what is Daniel missing here???
"Sans" used as a combining-form supposed pun on the Japanese familiar term "san?" Well, it doesn't work. At all.
To make things worse, there is a real live person named Daniel Sans. But he's not relevant.
Mega fail.
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That said, this shirt bugs me too much to buy--I pronounce sans as rhyming with cans, and Daniel-San would rhyme with pawn.
Pretty sure "sans" is a French word meaning without - in this case, referring to the lack of serifs on the font - and would thus be pronounced correctly for the joke to work.
Also, since it's French, you wouldn't really pronounce the s anyway, so Daniel-san and Daniel Sans would be pretty much the same thing, albeit the former would be said with a Japanese accent and the latter with a French accent.
Either way, I'm not planning on buying the shirt, but the joke is glorious.
I'm guessing this doesn't bode well for the chances my "Drag Me To Helvetica" shirt will print any time soon.
Pfft, if that's the Karate Kid (Danielsan-style), then where's the blood dripping from his face? Everybody knows that, like Rocky before him, Daniel preferred to block with his face.
allrealelements wrote:Pretty sure "sans" is a French word meaning without - in this case, referring to the lack of serifs on the font - and would thus be pronounced correctly for the joke to work.
Also, since it's French, you wouldn't really pronounce the s anyway, so Daniel-san and Daniel Sans would be pretty much the same thing, albeit the former would be said with a Japanese accent and the latter with a French accent.
Either way, I'm not planning on buying the shirt, but the joke is glorious.
Says the pronunciation is "sanz".
Must buy. My husband calls our son Daniel-san. And I complain about comic sans every chance I get. But can I handle seeing it on my kid's chest? Hmm...
+1 to all the font puns. I'm tempted to buy it just for its obscurity. The last shirt.woot I purchased that was not random was:
And no one gets that one either.
I guess I'll have to speak up for stuffy old pedants everywhere: Comic Sans is not a font, it is a typeface. Comic Sans bold is a font within the typeface family of Comic Sans. There, I said it!
By displaying comic sans with one of the greatest moves in a motion picture since the Road House Heart Scene, makes me want to not only wear this shirt but write everything I can in this font style.
Wait... Miyagi was Papyrus? Ugh. I hate that font too.
When I was a kid, I used to think that the Karate Kid was the best movie ever, but now that I'm grown up, I now know that Police Academy 4, Citizens on Patrol is the best movie ever.
Combining my hate for the improper use of comic sans and my name being Daniel.. I had to get this.
NTICompass wrote:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sans
Says the pronunciation is "sanz".
More importantly, the former is pronounced more like "son"
krie wrote:More importantly, the former is pronounced more like "son"
Exactly! They AREN'T pronounced the same.
Which is hardly a fatal flaw for a pun, but I ask again:
* We know what's "sans" in Comic Sans -- serifs.
* What is Daniel missing here to complete the pun?
I'd say what's missing is something comic.
lesmana wrote:I'd totally buy this if Daniel didn't have hands or feet.
I mean, sans serif DOES mean without feet. I'm glad someone else was vexed.
DianaSprinkle wrote:Comic Sans... the combo of two jokes. But that font that large still hurts me.
Name the jokes that are combined.
I saw, I chuckled, I want..
First shirt.woot completed.
I merely bought one for my son because his name is Daniel and I thought he'd like the shirt...
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(Lakewood) -- The removal of a symbolic dome from a church in Lakewood's Birdtown neighborhood has caught the attention of the City of Lakewood, mainly because the dome was removed without the city's permission. The Eparchy of Parma, which owns the now-closed St. Gregory the Theologian Byzantine Catholic Church, hired a contractor which last week removed the building's golden onion-shaped dome. Since the church has closed, the Eparchy wants to remove religious artifacts before putting the building up for sale.
The dome's removal was observed by neighbors, who contacted city hall to complain, saying they were not happy with the change the dome's removal would bring to the neighborhood.
Lakewood Law Director Kevin Butler tells WTAM 1100 that it's not an issue about religion, or even architecture, it's about safety. "We have to concern ourselves with safety of passersby, people who occupy those structures, whether they're employees, congregants or visitors."
Butler says the Eparchy could be in violation of city ordinance because its contractor did not obtain the proper permits from the city, and the contractor was not registered with the city. According to Butler, the contractor has since registered, but it may be some days before permits are issued.
For now, the Eparchy has been served with a Notice of Correction. Butler says the Eparchy and the contractor can't do anything until proper steps are followed. One other step that wasn't followed was to have the planned removal of the dome go before a citizens commission.
Butler says in addition to safety issues related to the removal of the dome, "We just want to make sure that whatever goes there in (the dome's) place is safe, and it doesn't look woefully out of place."
WTAM 1100 contacted the Eparchy, which referred questions to the Eparchy's attorney. Bishop John Kudrick of the Eparchy tells The Plain Dealer, "Of course we're sorry this happened. We'll certainly do what we can. We will contact our attorney and he will certainly do whatever it takes to comply."
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Jillian Michaels' knowledge of fitness training stems from years of martial arts and intense personal training. Best known as a former trainer and coach on NBC's hit TV show The Biggest Loser, Jillian Michaels was an amazing motivator, personal trainer and guide to nearly 15 million Biggest Loser viewers every week. Before she was a massive television star, Jillian struggled to maintain her own healthy weight. She knows firsthand the trials and commitment it requires to lose weight and keep it off. Now she's set her sights on helping you reach your goals!
Jillian is currently a co-host on the popular TV show The Doctors. Jillian loves the idea of being able to empower people with information and support to help them live their healthiest lives. Being a co-host on the show allows Jillian a platform to educate people on how to make health choices that will enable them to take control of their physical well being. Jillian is also working as a special health and wellness correspondent for the Dr. Phil show.
Jillian has created her own wellness media empire, and has written several books about weight loss and fitness, has a self-named Wii game, a self-named meal delivery program, an online diet program, a weekly radio show, a fitness DVD and is a contributor to Redbook Magazine and Cosmo Girl.
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JillianMichaels.com: As a member, you will reap the rewards of her knowledge, fitness expertise, secrets for weight loss, and motivational tips to keep you going. Jillian Michaels will keep you on the course of success with online diet support, unique weight loss tools, meal plans, and motivation to get the weight off and keep it off. The cost is about $4/week.
Jillian Michaels: Making the Cut: This mega popular book is a 30-day body-makeover guide that assesses your metabolism and guides you to eat appropriately for your specific metabolic type so that your body is using that energy and burning effectively. Making the Cut also contains self-empowerment tips and suggestions to overcome negative thinking and poor self-confidence.
Jillian Michaels: 30-Day Shred: Jillian's popular workout DVD is designed to help you drop those last 10-20 pounds in just 30 days. There are three, 20-minute progressive workouts that become more challenging as you work through the program. Each session includes Cardio, Strength Training and Ab Training in a circuit-style routine.
Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009: This Wii game allows you to create your own character and then follow along with Jillian's signature intense bootcamp-style workouts as her voice encourages you to exercise harder and use proper form. Fitness Ultimatum also has an updated 2010 version with more bootcamp-style workouts.
Jillian Michaels Master Your Metabolism: Michaels gives you a three-step program to repair the damage that years of fat-free foods, artificial sweeteners, diet sodas and processed weight loss foods have done to your hormones and consequently, your metabolism.
Jillian Michaels Detox and Cleanse: A weight loss supplement that promises to help you reduce belly bloat, get rid of harmful toxins and improves your digestion without the use of harsh laxatives or chemicals.
Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown: This DVD combines Jillian's famous fat-blasting moves with challenging yoga postures to give you a sleek and toned body.
The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook: A cookbook that goes along with the Master Your Metabolism program, which is designed to rev up your metabolism by balancing your hormones.
The Master Your Metabolism Calorie Counter: A go-to guide for all of your calorie questions from fast-food to portion control.PRO
- Includes a variety of online and offline programs
- Jillian Michaels is a well-known and well-respected weight loss and fitness expert
- Programs don't include any gimmicks or fad diets
- Michaels' tough-love approach is an effective motivator
- Promotes healthy living
- All of Michaels' programs are practical and result-worthy
- Content of online program is routinely updated and personalized
- Fitness DVDs include a meal plan that can be downloaded
- Exercise intensive
- May not click with Michaels' personality
- Some programs only feature a 30-day plan
Even though Jillian has a number of different diet and exercise books, DVDs and other programs, her nutrition advice and guidelines remain steady. With her exercise DVDs, Jillian offers you the opportunity to download a complete meal plan. Her books and online program offer lots of helpful information, recipes and meal calculation tools that will give you the needed help to eat healthy on your way to weight loss.
She endorses a diet that is low-fat, low-carb and high in protein. Her eating plans generally feature three meals and a snack throughout the day, all of which include a lean protein source. Her online membership program contains the most comprehensive and personalized diet plan while her meal-delivery program offers you the convenience of eating Jillian-approved meals and snacks without having to prepare them.
The online program includes a multitude of tools to encourage you to choose healthier and smarter nutrition choices to meet your health goals. Such tools include customized meal planners, shopping list generators and tons of recipes.
Some Jillian-approved recipes you might find yourself enjoying include:
The meal plan that comes with Jillian's workout DVDs is one that offers high levels of convenience and the meals are easy to prepare and follow. Time constraints are no excuse for not eating healthy with the simple meals available on Jillian's eating plans. A sample day of eating on one of Jillian Michaels meal plans is listed below:
- Breakfast – Cheerios with a banana or berries
- Lunch – Grilled Sirloin Salad
- Snack – Mozzarella cheese and a pear
- Dinner – Nut-Encrusted Chicken Breasts
The foundation of Jillian's program is exercise. She is a staunch proponent that consistent exercise is the most effective way to burn fat and calories. Her exercise programs all contain a cardiovascular and strength-training component that increase in their intensity as you move through them.
Her super-tough fitness philosophy have brought some of her former Biggest Loser team members to tears, but it's her trademark motivational support that results in the achievement of weight loss goals and an almost contagious love and appreciation for exercise.
Her online program is jam-packed with fitness instruction and routines. Her website features weight trackers, fitness planners and more than 150, printable exercises to keep you moving, never bored and your muscles constantly challenged.
Jillian also continues to release new workout DVDs for those that want to get their best body without leaving the house. Her fitness DVDs continue to push just as hard as she would if she was personally training you. Something you will find among all of Jillian's DVDs is effective workouts that can be done in a reasonable amount of time. No matter what your fitness goals, Jillian can help you reach them if you are willing to put in the work. Some of the popular DVDs you will find by Jillian include:
Well-rounded, exercise intensive and educational, the Jillian Michaels plan is based on science and created for anyone who is ready to commit to losing weight. Jillian doesn't say it's easy, but does say she'll make it easier by providing you all the tools and information you need, whether it is through her books, workout DVDs, online programs or meal-delivery plan.
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Jillian Michaels (born 18 February, 1974) is a fitness expert who gained prominence as a trainer on the NBC weight-loss reality series ''The Biggest Loser'' (USA). Michaels was the trainer for the red team until 2006, when she was replaced by Kim Lyons. She returned in 2007 as the black team coach, competing against Kim's red team and Bob Harper's blue team. Kim decided not to return for the spring 2008 season, leaving Jillian as the only female trainer. Along with Bob Harper, Jillian is also a trainer in the Australian version of the show. She began her career in exercise because she was considerably overweight before her teenage years (though not as much as the contestants she whips into shape now). As a young adult, her mother enrolled her in a martial arts class, which was a new beginning for Jillian. Thereafter she dedicated herself to helping the overweight transform their lives and their bodies for the better.
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I love Jillian to deah she is such a good role model!! i wanna say im a huge fan & her diets work!
I have a few comments regarding Jillian Michaels and her weight loss agenda. I have recovered from an eating disorder, and I would like to say that Jillian Michaels is my enemy in my endeavor to feel good about my body. I absolutely hate seeing her tell people that they can't eat something because it is BAD. First of all, no food is bad. What is bad is a lack of moderation. From what I have seen , she does not teach moderation. Rather, she teaches that a person should stay away from certain foods altogether. Everything I have heard her say sounds like an eating disorder mentality. To all you who admire Jillian, please listen. Moderation is the key. Exercise regularly, listen to your body, and eat all things in moderation. Also, examine what you love about yourself and build on those strengths. Why do we believe that Jillian Michaels and other Hollywood celebs know it all??? There is no perfect body and skinny is not the only way to be beautiful just because some millionairre trainer says it is. Start listening to your bodies instead of Hollywood. Your body will tell you when it is hungry and when it is full!!! Eating is an instinct and your brain regulates when you need to eat. In essence, I hope i haven't offended anyone- I just want you to know that you have the answers within yourselves. I guarantee you Jillian Michaels is not as healthy mentally as she looks physically.
Jillian is such a motivator and although her style of coaching on tv can come across a bit tough she certainly knows how to work the body and how to nourish it as well.
Man, I love this show, this is the first season I�??ve watched and I started on the episode where Damien got booted off. I am so happy I watch it though, I started going to the gym last Monday and I don�??t have a trainer but when I�??m ready to quit it�??s like I can hear Jillians voice saying, �??if you quit now, you�??ll have to start all over again. �?� and so far I haven�??t quit. I signed up for the pound for pound challenge, and so far I�??ve lost 6.5lbs in the week and a half I�??ve been going to the gym and I�??m eating good referring to the tips that we�??re given on the show, eating my Fiber One cereal, eating Chicken skewers, man I love it! I�??m a 5ft tall, 22 year-old that was weighing 163lbs and now weighs 157 thanks to this show! Thank you Jillian, Thank you Bob, thank you NBC!
I haven't started this diet/work out yet but seriously, all these people who say she's mean...what exactly do u want? if you had a personal trainer and u totally couldnt be bothered one day, would you want them to say "oh ok then love, just chill out tonight" eh...NO! of course you need someone is motivating and mean and actually TRAINS you.
Good gosh people!
NEXT ISSUES such that it does not believe falsehood and pure and everything she says and what a way to steal money from people. Never buy anything online with this people because you will never receive what they buy and the credit card will be taken more than the value of the purchased so much care with the promotions of jullian and pure falsehood to steal money from people I was a victim of it. .. care.
Unfortunately, I have tried many times to sign up on Jillian Michael's site and it keeps kicking me out with an error that my postal code is not correct. I tried to sign up on the international site (Canada) but it won't let me. They really need to fix this problem.
Jillian has been a huge motivator and inspiration for me on my journey. I was a member of her site for part of the year in 2008 and thought it was great. The forums are a great place to go for advice or just to talk, especially if you need help getting over a tough bump in the road. Her book, Winning by Losing is definitely one to pick up. She really takes the time to explain how to calculate what your body needs to achieve success in weight loss.
Ronnie- check out The Gout Diet and see if this helps.
i need a diet for someono who suffers from the gout
Jillian if you read these you can't let Daniel Fail.The Boy will die and he seems to be a great kid. And David having 2 hotdogs and fries, they need some education. Make sure these Boys do not slip away..................
hi there, i would like to now how to get a bodybug for me. i want to lose some weight but i can not find nothing that will work.i don't have a job i have 2 kids.i would love for them to look at me and say how pretty i am for onces.jillian can u help me out.or can anyone help me. tks
on the show they showed a biggest loosers metabolism drink and I think bars. Can you tell me a little about them and where I can get them and how much.
Her workouts seem simple by looking at them, when you do them you will realize they are intense and they work. If you follow exactly what she says it is impossible not to lose.
I thik that this show is a joke people cant lose 50 to 60 pounds in 1 week that is not healthy. and I think that jillian is sooo mean she used to be fat why cant she give them a break and stop screaming at them I would rather train with the guy any day over ms jillian. mean person!!!
I hated this diet it didnt work it is a fake
Everything has been so helpful since Aug. 2008 I have lost 50 lbs. and I am still loosing. I hope to continue to loose another 60 lbs. and get down to 130lbs before I stop. Jillian you are wonderful and I just finished watching the 1st show of the 2009 season and I know it is going to be another good one. God bless you and NBC.
i watch the biggest loser religiously. i weighted 225lbs in june of 2008 now i weight 193lbs its a stuggle right know with just have foot surgery what are some other excercises can i do being cofined to a walking cast for at least 3-4 weeks more(can do walking) i ordered all your videos thanks for your answers
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|It sounds like your on the right path...The problem I have is when I spray the sealer (epoxy) it NEVER lays down as niceand slick and dirt free (even in my booth) as I want so I always sand it (lightly) with 600 wet paper with very little water just enough to keep the paper from clogging but never enough to run off onto the floor or in the janbs,I feel its better to sand it anyway...if your not going to sand the sealer coat be double sure theres no trash anywhere or youll be sorry when the cut and buff time comes..theres nothing worse than when a piece of black trash raises its ugly head through your perfect paint job.
metallic blue will show scratches. If you want to dry sand maybe try what we do. We get it all with 320, then the painter goes back over it by hand with 600 da over a scuff pad. He doesn't guide coat it but I can imagine a light spray of guide coat would be ideal. When I first worked here I wasn't sold on the 320 thing but I'm a product of my surrroundings. Later I found out the process we use doesn't have issues later with scratches.
We do final round with 1-2 coats of primer. One coat gets 320 and quick rough over with 600. 2 coats get 220 then 320 then a rough over of 600. The only thing I'd change is spraying a real light and even coat of guide coat for that 600.
I've worked at two of the top restorations places in Sac County and BOTH shops do dry sanding only.
I will say...nothing makes a car more crisper then a 600, especially for metallic. But is the adhesion as good? I don't know and it's hard to put a button on why it makes it look so crisp but a 600 on a metallic goes very well with staight body work. It's like the icing on the cake. Me and a bud were comparing scratches and couldn't come up with a term or why a 600 made it pop but that's it, it makes it pop much more. I equate the popping to the same kind of pop you get when you cut your clear with a hard block. I'll just say it adorns good quality work.
Are you responding to me? I'm talking about final block grit of high build primer (some of it being Slick Sand so I don't want to wet sand) before sealing with epoxy. There won't be any orange peel.
I was not planning on blocking the seal coat epoxy and shooting straight over it with bc 2 hrs later per Barry's instructions. I can get the epoxy to lay down completely smooth with no peel so it shouldn't be an issue. However, if I do end up getting peel (as luck would have it...you know, getting peel when you actually aren't trying to as opposed to the times when I didn't get peel and wasn't necessarily not trying to) then I may have to cut down some of the peel.
I'm painting mine a metallic blue (the 97 Dodge Viper blue).
|In my opinion that depends on the color. If it's going black or silver 400-600 is the way. There's benefit to both...adhesion or guarantee that minute scratches don't show. On one hand I can see adhesion being better with 320 and on another I can see a car cut flat to where you don't want to cut it flatter later when the sun settles everything and barely visible scratches appear. If you want the best of both worlds do 320 and leave some orange peel. Then two years later when you've added some superficial scratches and swirls through some wear and tear you have more material to cut out and shine while getting the 320 scratches out. When I do my car I'll probably go 320 cause it's white and if it wasn't I'd go 400. In any case, I'm leaving some peel initially so I can play with it later. No point cutting it flat to show off now when the darn clear helps fight UV rays. I want this baby to last and in doing so that means leaving a little meat on it to play with later. just my opinion.
|So some of my panels are in SPI 2k (fenders, valances, tail light panel), while other panels are in Slick Sand (doors, roof, quarters, hood, trunk lid). To have a final uniform substrate I'm going to seal everything before base, but from what I'm gathering if I do a final dry block of everything with 320 that should be sufficient for seal coat epoxy?
|Like usual, you ask 10 painters how they paint and you'll get 10 different results. It's really up to the painter to decide what he prefers. It mostly comes from experience, none of us became great painters overnight. We all learned from our successes and mistakes.
|I've seen sand swelling on 320 if you load up your base coats giving the solvets time to bite into the primer. Just give your base time to completely flash off between coats and you wont have any issues. I've even used 220 on a soild single stage used car job and been ok.
|I wouldn't do a 320 on a light silver but I haven't seen any issues from using a 320 and I know quite a few guys who use it. The only time where I saw procedural issues in regards was a guy who used 220 on his primer then sealed it with a 2k mixed a tad thick. Soon as the sun hit it the thing shrunk and revealed huge scratches. It was a silver car. In our shop in the body area we block with 320 dry then it goes to the paint area and the painter uses a scuff pad with a piece of 600 da paper on top and goes over it real quickly but not guide coated or anything. Just kind of buffers out our scratches a bit. I think if there was a problem with 320 scratches it would have some to do with the color and/or sealer pinching up as it cures.
Now,hand sanding and wet sanding is different. When wet or dry sanding the coarsest you can use would be 400 before you can paint....The only time I use any kind of sealer is when I'm doing a complete paint job thats been completely primed and blocked(by hand) and then its an epoxy primer reduced to a paints viscosity..
|I would use 400 on a da. 320 dry or 400wet. Then use a 2-k sealer or a coat of epoxy. Then put down a good coat of base giving each coat time to set up between coats. There nothing worse than rushing your base coats.I always give mine at least a half hour to 45 min. I'am a restoration shop so I dont have a high paid ex detail guy wineing about how much time I take. I wait 2-4hrs and put on the clear giving it about a hour between coats.
One thing to remember is this is the roof area of a van that I am doing so maybe sanding with 320 and then I want to prime it and use a sealer before spraying a few coats of base and then the clear.
Should I use a 320 and wet sand the whole area or can I use 320 on a DA?
Is there such a thing as a primer/sealer or are they two separate steps?
Thanks Jimbo
|I've seen too many "dealer lot" paint jobs with sandscratches in them. A coat of epoxy as a sealer is better than 320 grit sandscratches showing up imo
I use 360 under any base coats. for clear coats I use 600 minimum. I would rather "ere on the side of caution", and always have good adhesion, so I always use a little rougher grit than the industry favors.
Something is working, since I haven't had paint peel on a job in a few decades. :-)
You might get away with 320 under solid colors but for metallic I wouldn't use anything coarser than 600.
As far as paint job delaminating-some people wait too long before topcoating/clearing.
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The Penguin Billboard Story
Just this afternoon past, on the final sunny day of May, 2011, I was chatting (i.e.— complaining, making fun of things, and so forth) with the lady of the house as we inched down one of Los Angeles' finer freeways. As it turns out, traffic was slowed because some poor sap's car had stalled in the middle of the 101 or whatever the hell road, I don't know, and everyone had to go around him slow so they could point and laugh. If you are driving, you don't want me to navigate because I never, ever pay attention or have any idea where we are. So anyway, we see this fucking billboard for Mr. Popper's Penguins, opening nationwide on June 17 after its triumph at Cannes, where it took the Prix du Jury, just like The Seventh Goddamn Seal and that Clouzot movie of Picasso painting on glass. If you never did drugs and watched that movie, you should do that sometime.
Now, this billboard doesn't look exactly like the poster displayed here. But it is the same idea, basically: a horrible computer collage with the same photo of Jim Carrey but, since billboards are long on the horizontal and short on the vertical (if you have seen a billboard, you can skip this condescending explanation), all the penguins are arranged in a row. To accommodate the visual gags, the designers swapped the positions of the bird ripping off Jimbo's ear and the one rubbing its eye into his supple, Botoxed cheek. For various aesthetic reasons that run so deep they verge on moral issues, this kind of lazy, fake-looking photo collage is deeply offensive to me. I'm not crying or barfing about it, but in this case it's particularly sad, because the kiddie novel from which this picture was adapted had memorable pen and ink illustrations by Robert Lawson. Not that a wacky animal comedy of 2011 should be advertised to look like a children's book from the 1930s, but perhaps it could look like something, and it's a clear example of the disintegration of everyone's standards of what is acceptable to look at with our eyes, and so on. I mean please, Robert Lawson also illustrated The Story of Ferdinand. He won a Caldecott and a Newberry. Elliott Smith got a tattoo of his drawings and everything. Come on Fox advertising department, quit ruining civilization.
Sort of related: I know a lot of people complain about how this kind of poster is "Photoshop". That is acceptable conversational shorthand for what is going on here, but it also gives Photoshop a bad rap. Photoshop and various softwares comprising the Adobe Creative Suite are all useful and powerful tools for good in art and design. Even a hand-painted or drawn poster is going to pass through Illustrator or Quark or something at some point to adjust colors, lay in typography and create files to send to the printer. The problem is not that there is something inherently evil about Photoshop, but that this kind of poster is, if I may lapse into fancy art school terminology, some ugly bullshit.
The other feature of the billboard is that it lists the names of the penguins over their pictures. In Futura Extra-Duper Bold, designated comedy poster font of our times, it goes something like NIMROD, STINKY, LOUDY, CAPTAIN, BITEY, LOVEY, CARREY (ha ha ha). Nimrod is standing there looking stupid (I guess?), Stinky is looking down because he probably just farted and is looking at the fart (I guess?), Loudy is yelling, Captain is looking captainial, Bitey is gnawing open his master's earlobe, and Lovey is the one that wants to have sex with Big Jim. It tells about their rich, faceted personalities, you see.
When we see this billboard, my girlfriend, Linda, says "Bitey? They stole that joke from The Simpsons?" or maybe "They stole that joke from The Simpsons." So we bitch about that for awhile, because, as I point out, that memorable joke from "Marge vs. the Monorail" looks simple but is pretty elegant. As you surely recall, newly minted monorail conductor Homer is giving a tour of his workplace, introduces a family of possums which has nested in the control panel, and coos "I call the big one 'Bitey'!" So besides the hilarious way Dan Castellaneta imbues the dialogue with fatherly pride and fondness, the gag works because we infer that the ill-tempered possum has, uh, bitten him. This is funnier than if, say, we had seen it bite him and he announced "You shall be known as 'Bitey'," because we have to do some of the work. The name is funny for being so blunt and on the nose, and a cutesy diminutive of a violent action. It is also a character-based joke, because we fill in the gap that not only was Homer bitten, but he didn't take measures to evict the possums, and instead developed a one-sided affection for them — i.e. he is blithe about safety, lax in his work duties, misinterprets the behavior of others and is, generally, an idiot. I'm sure you get all that, but the point is that Mr. Popper's Penguins stole that joke and then told it wrong.
So Linda and I gripe about this for a little while, until I say something like "You realize, of course, we're bitching about how a Jim Carrey penguin movie stole a twenty-year-old joke." And I know I'm exaggerating — just a little bit, but exaggerating — but this turns into a disagreement about just how old "Marge vs. the Monorail" actually is. Because surely it can't be that long ago! Maybe ten years, max. We're in the car, so can't look at the Internet, because we don't have iPhones for religious reasons such as they cost too much. I'm proud that I am nerd enough to have explained that the episode would have aired in 1992 or '93, but also not-nerd enough that I misremembered the possums as raccoons and the show as a season three episode (it was actually season four, duh. Or "d'oh," or whatever).
Another thing is, we'd talked about this episode and where it falls in the show's run at length before, during discussions on the important subject of When The Simpsons Started Sucking. I usually use "Monorail" as a rough but fairly distinct dividing line between the first and second phases of the show. It is around then that The Simpsons transitions from a sitcom about middle-class family life and childhood, grounded in something resembling reality with a focus on humor rising from flawed, sympathetic characters in exaggerated but relatable situations and room for pathos and sweetness (like I said, "sitcom"), to a faster-paced, gag-based satire with ambitious, convoluted plots, expanded story focus on secondary and tertiary characters and a shift to absurdist humor, intertextuality and ever-increasing deconstructive "comedy for comedy writers." There are other transformations and phases later (where the "sucking" comes in), but the point is, last time we talked about the monorail episode there was similar talk of: oh my God, it didn't air that long ago — must be six years, max. And also: oh my God, has The Simpsons sucked for that long? But it was that long, and dude, that Bitey joke is old enough to buy cigarettes.
Further research, of course, always bears out the worst. Robert Lawson died May 27, 1957. Elliott Smith died October 21, 2003. "Marge vs. the Monorail", episode twelve, season four, first aired January 14, 1993. Eighteen years ago. Mr. Popper's Penguins opens July 17, 2011. I don't know when movie posters started being so godawful, but I know that in the end those penguins made me feel very, very old.


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