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Discussion in 'TV ALERTS' started by wustfan, Aug 31, 2013.
According to Eurosport Nebelhorn Trophy will be broadcast live this year.
I'll believe that after I've seen it
oooooh, on which Eurosport? A friend of mine has Foxtel, maybe it will be shown on the Eurosport she gets!
Only on German Eurosport, programs of British, French Eurosport are different.
wow! will it be the first time ever? pity it'll be probably on German Eurosport only... will have to look for some feeds online .
British ES TV guide only goes up to the 16th Sept.
It will get chacked at the last minute for the world belly button fluff hunting championships, fear not.
what the...? this would be absolutely brilliant.
i like the concept of nrw trophy posting the videos immediately after the skate on youtube and never understood why nebelhorn trophy couldn't manage something like that.
eurosport showing the qualifying event is absolutely great, a shame there are not more german competitors to show themselves to the audience.
german eurosport broadcast was published!
wow. more than i expected!
That is surprising. Eurosport. Will immediately schedule a recording. Hope that I won't be surprised again by finding only snooker broadcasted due to short-term changes.
It looks like us watching on British Eurosport will miss out. It's snooker & cricket all the way. Great (!).
I wasn't going to get my hopes up.
Are B ES showing GPrix this year ?
If it is anything like previous years, they'll probably have live coverage of all the GPs, and then start pairing back the coverage for the GPF so that by the time the Olympics rolls around there will be a 45 minute highlight show in the middle of the night on Eurosport 2 that will be pre-empted by any rally/snooker/WTA they feel is more important. By worlds we'll probably get the results flashed up for 5 minutes with a highlight programme some time in may.
it seems that Eurosport France plans to also broadcast the Nebelhor Trophy
It's unfair that those of us who pay to get British Eurosport get such a rubbish schedule.
There were plenty of times in the last two years when British Eurosport got much less live skating than other European Eurosport channels.
And now to make things worse I have noticed a HUGE chunk of air time given to AMERICAN FOOTBALL ?!!!!
So figure skating is pushed further down the list.
Anyone know how to complain to British Eurosport about this ?.
Bah ONE EUROSPORT FOR ALL
No need to complain to British Eurosport - They have Nebelhorn scheduled LIVE from Thursday 26th 5pm to 9.30pm
wow, Polish Eurosport plans to show NT, as well. I'll believe it when I see it .
Almost all the eurosport versions are showing it, though the projected times say LIVE but many of them doesn't check with the schedule of the events in many cases
Hope they fix their schedule this coming days and have a correct one or at least we know what will be real live and what delayed
I'm in shock..........................
I hope this is a sign of good things with the Grand Prix series.
To be honest I'd be more concerned about Europeans and Worlds. As my jokey email before was suggesting, coverage of the GP series is not really a problem - Eurosport have had good coverage of that in the last couple of seasons, its the awful coverage of the major championships that annoys me. At least with the Olympics we'll have the BBC red button coverage of everything so you don't need to rely so much on Eurosport.
There's no Africa Cup of Nations this season, so there will only be the tennis to contend with during Euros. Hopefully it'll be okayish.
But there's always snooker
So true. The coverage of the Europeans this year was the worst ever.
Yet we got the 4CC's, strange.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful that they have been showing the Grand Prix series the last two years but it's just so annoying waiting for snooker, tennis or cricket to end.
I just can't believe how much snooker they show. I wonder how it does in the viewing figures ?.
And now they are showing American Football, another sport which will take priority over skating.
It also really makes me angry when they join the skating late like in the Grand Prix finals pairs event or the Ice Dance or ladies free at the Europeans & show it live missing out all the top skaters when they could have just shown delayed highlights. Who makes such a bad choice?.
Ah yes, our old nemesis
Well, it is a very popular sport, and probably growing in popularity outside the US. But for the most part the scheduling shouldn't conflict, especially if they are showing NFL football, where almost all games are played on Sundays. College stuff might conflict to some extent because it's mostly Saturdays. But the NFL season ends before the Olympics and the college season won't even overlap with Euros.
That's true but watching the Ice Dance with commentary from Sue Barker and Robin Cousins just doesn't compare with Chris/Nicky/Simon Still I will be so grateful for any coverage
I don't watch ice dance so its all ok for me
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What links the retreat of Jakobshavn Isbrae, Wilkins Ice Shelf and the Petermann Glacier?
Guest commentary from Mauri Pelto
Changes occurring in marine terminating outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet and ice shelves fringing the Antarctic Peninsula have altered our sense of the possible rate of response of large ice sheet-ice shelf systems. There is a shared mechanism at work that has emerged from the detailed observations of a number of researchers, that is the key to the onset and progression of the ice retreat. This mechanism is shared despite the vastly different nature of the environments of Jakobshavns Isbrae, Wilkins Ice Shelf and the Petermann Glacier.
We reviewed in a previous post the first mechanism for explaining the change in velocity of Greenland's large outlet glacier – the Zwally effect – and why it is not the key. This mechanism relies on meltwater reaching the glacier base via moulins and reducing the friction at the base of the glacier. This idea was observed to be the cause of a brief seasonal acceleration of 10- 20 % on the Jakobshavns Glacier in 1998 and 1999 at Swiss Camp 35 km inland from the calving front (Zwally et al., 2002). Examination of recent rapid supraglacial (i.e. on the surface) lake drainage documented short term velocity changes due to such events around 10%, but little significance to the annual flow of the large glaciers outlet glaciers (Das et.al, 2008).
The second mechanism is a dynamic thinning of the terminus zone of the marine terminating outlet glacier reducing the effective bed pressure, allowing acceleration – the Jakobshavn effect. The reduced resistive force at the calving front due to the thinner ice, now experiencing greater flotation, is then propagated "up glacier" (Hughes, 1986; Thomas, 2003 and 2004). If the Jakobshavn effect is the key the velocity increase will propagate up-glacier, there will be no seasonal cycle, and thinning and acceleration would be greatest near the terminus.
That the thinning and acceleration is greatest for marine terminating outlet glaciers has indeed been demonstrated by Sole et. al. (2008). That acceleration began at the calving front and spread upglacier 20 km in 1997 and up to 55 km inland by 2003 (Joughin et al., 2004). On Helheim the thinning and velocity propagated up-glacier from the calving front. Each of the glaciers fronts did respond to tidal variations indicating they had started floating, detached from their bed (Hamilton et al, 2006). This summer, Jason Box and others at Ohio State University observed that Jakobhavns Isbrae retreated again, losing 15 km2, and maintaining an accelerated pace from the northern branch of the ice stream as opposed to the greater retreat and acceleration of the southern branch 2001-2005 (Box, 2008). This was accompanied by the second consecutive year of substantial retreat of the glacier just north of Jakobshavn, Sermeq Avannarleq which had been quite stable for much of the last century (Box , 2008b). Sole et. al. (2008) also noted that the recent thinning and acceleration was not limited to just the now more famous Helheim, Jakobshavn and Kangderlugssuaq Glaciers, but included Rinks Isbrae, Equaluit, Cristian IV and all others they observed. Note the greater flow of the southern ice stream in 2000, compare to the northern ice stream in this image from Ian Joughin:
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Slightly different scenario as I'm not tutoring a foreign language speaker, but a ten-year-old English speaking boy who's a bit lazy. I was wondering if anyone could offer any tips that might actually make the information I'm giving him stick.
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1. Back to School – Tailgate at your old stomping grounds (a.k.a university or college) for a sporting event.
2. Train for a Marathon/Triathlon – Every bride wants to eat healthy and exercise before the wedding. Register for a 5k like the Color Run or 3-day (60 miles) Susan B. Comen race to end breast cancer.
3. Skydive – This adrenaline adventure in the sky will get any bride's heart pumping.
4. Whitewater Rafting – If the bride is more of the outdoorsy type, consider getting wet and wild down river rapids.
5. RV Cross Country – Take a week's vacation and rent an RV with your besties. Road trip across U.S. major cities such as: New York City, Washington, D.C., Nashville, New Orleans, Dallas, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
6. Pottery Making – Be a ceramic potter for a day. Ask each bridesmaid to create a piece of artwork for the bride's home.
7. Cruise the Countryside – No, not in a car, but bikes. Choose a destination that has plenty of sight-seeing and good eats to take pit stops at.
8. Trapeze Class – Fly high before you take the plunge.
9. Boating – Hire a captain and sail the open sea.
10. Photo Shoot – Choose a theme and have a everyone dress accordingly.
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I read this interesting article on how Science can and should create millions of new jobs:
"We need 6.7 million just to replace losses from the current recession, then an additional 10 million to keep up with population growth and to spark demand over the next decade. In the 1990s the U.S. economy created a net 22 million jobs, or 2.2 million a year. But from 2000 to the end of 2007, the rate plunged to 900,000 a year. The pipeline is dry because the U.S. business model is broken."
We really need them Now. So what is the best way to spend stimulus funds to transform R&D? Ask NIH - with $8.2B extramural funding, apparently they received more than 20,000 applications for the latest recovery act call for proposals.
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Governments and research institutions are thinking out of the box to establish joint ventures --- public-private partnerships.
Would outsourced R&D be the right investment? Could get more researchers for sure.. Maybe pair commercial ventures here with outsourced R&D? How about funding retraining schools, like finishing schools?
Maybe organizations such as IEEE and ACM should champion such efforts in IT? Similar organizations in other domains...
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More Netbooks on Ubuntu, shipping in USA
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Two more integrators have started shipping Netbooks on Ubuntu in USA...
California based ZaReason: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/ZaReason-Terra-A20/
Denver based System76: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/System76-Starling/
Dell says one third of Netbooks shipping on Linux
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Yes. Dell said that one third of Netbooks are shipping on Linux.
Also, contrary to Microsoft COO's claims that Linux netbook returns were 4 to 5 time higher than Windows, Dell confirmed that the returns are the same as Windows!!
and here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/12/dell_reality_linux_windows_netbooks/
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You can drive a bus through some of Windows 7 holes, says Andrew Gracia - the eWeek Signalling IT blogger
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Microsoft confirms linux on netbook threat and adds ubuntu redhat in SEC filing
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Check out this article in Computerworld regarding recent Microsoft SEC filing:
1. Canonical (Ubuntu) and RedHat added to the Windows Client competitor list.
2. "Netbooks opened Microsoft to the possibility that some other OS could get its grip on the desktop, however briefly," said Rob Helm, director of research for Directions on Microsoft. "Now it's alert to that possibility going forward."
3. Concerned about OEM partners, HP and Intel supporting Linux on their PCs..
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Olsen, Mitre ready to take mound
After progressing from 60 feet to 90, and eventually 120 feet, both Marlins' starters were given a thumbs up to take their throwing routine to another level.
So on Tuesday morning, both will throw their first bullpen sessions since their respective injuries.
Mitre has been nursing tightness to his right forearm muscle since Feb. 28, while Olsen has been dealing with a bout of left shoulder tendinitis since March 5.
Of the two, Olsen is considered more likely to return to the rotation either in time or closely after the regular season opens on March 31 against the Mets at Dolphin Stadium.
Before feeling some discomfort in his shoulder in the middle of last week, Olsen was regarded as the front-runner to be the Opening Day starter. Gonzalez has not yet named his starter for March 31.
"They are progressing to the mound, and that's a good sign," Gonzalez said.
Olsen has made two Grapefruit League starts, and he has compiled five innings total. The 24-year-old left-hander has not allowed a run thus far, and he's struck out three, while not surrendering a walk. He has hit one batter with a pitch.
Mitre, meanwhile, made one Spring Training start, on Feb. 28 against the Orioles in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He faced three batters and was lifted after 15 pitches that day because his forearm felt tight.
The two entered Spring Training as front-runners to be among the club's top three starters.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I have been using a Coolpix 5400 now for several years, mostly for close up shots only (I use my Nikon D300 for everything else). I use it to take very close up images of parts of flowers layed out on background cloth whilst in fieldwork conditions (usually far from perfect!). This give excellent results and you can get right in close using the 1cm focal length.
I feel that it is time to find a replacement and the range of digital compacts is bewildering. My main criteria are good close up capability, hopefully down to 1cm, and excellent image quality. If it is water proof (or water resistant) so much the better as I use it a lot in the monsoon in Himalayan countries. I am really not interested in long zooms or gizmos like face recognition.
Sometimes I use the ring illumintor with the 5400, but I am not expecting a replacement compact to be able to be fitted with addition lighting (great if it could!).
Price is not really an issue - it is more important to get the right tool for the job.
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S.W.A.T. sends over 200 rounds down range and doesn't hit anything? A performance like that on my job would get me terminated.
These guys should have the FBI train them. At least they can hit little boys in the middle of the back and take out unarmed women carrying babies.
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The Nobel Cheese Prize
posted at 7:28 pm on October 9, 2009 by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Norwegian Nobel Committee insists that the Nobel Peace Prize is not "politicized," even in the wake of today's award to President Barack H. Obama, essentially for having the "potential" to be the most internationalist, anti-American, defeat-and-retreat president in history. The chairman of the committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, actually admitted the pick this year was intended to bring about a desired political result:
"It's important for the committee to recognize people who are struggling and idealistic," Mr. Jagland said in an interview, "but we cannot do that every year. We must from time to time go into the realm of realpolitik.
But liberals and lefties still insist the prize is meaningful, that it's not hopelessly debased and discredited because of its extraordinary embrace of leftism. They especially insist it's not partisan.
All right, so let's investigate the winners' political leanings; to trim the field to something manageable, let's restrict inquiry to American winners who were politicians, or who won the award for primarily political activity (as opposed to, say, Jody Williams and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, winners in 1997): Among all American politicians who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, how many were Republicans and how many Democrats?
At first blush, it appears fairly even: six Republicans and nine Democrats. But what fascinates is the distribution of those wins.
Here is a table of American political recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. To make things easier, I have colored the Republican recipients' rows reddish and the Democrats' bluish:
|Recipient: Red for Republican, blue for Democrat
|President Theodore Roosevelt
|Secretary of State Elihu Root
|President Woodrow Wilson
|Vice President Charles G. Dawes
|Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg
|Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Nicholas M. Butler
|Secretary of State Cordell Hull
|Diplomat Ralph Bunche
|Secretary of State, Defense George Marshall
|Chemist Linus Pauling (won for campaign against nuclear testing)
|Rev. Martin Luther King, jr (won for campaign against Jim Crow laws)
|Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
|President Jimmy Carter
|Vice President Al Gore
|President Barack H. Obama
The point that jumps right out is the divide — the chasm — between those prizes awarded to American politicos up through 1931 and those from 1945 onward… which is to say, before the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (early prizes) and after World War II ended (late prizes).
There were six early prizes, and all but one went to Republicans. But this perfectly matches the party affiliation of the presidency — six presidents during that period, only one (Wilson) a Democrat.
The early prizes simply reflect the fact that political Nobel Peace Prizes during this period were typically awarded for administrative initiatives. For example, TR received his for negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese war; while Elihu Root got his for a series of negotiations, arbitrations, and treaties while serving as Roosevelt's Secretary of State. Thus it's no surprise that a recipient's political party would correspond to that of the president who appointed him.
But look at what happened after World War II: Among the nine late prizes, only one went to a Republican, Henry Kissinger — in stark contrast to the presidencies during the post-war period, six Republicans and six Democrats. And the only Republican to receive the award during that time had to share it with Vietnamese Communist Party mass murderer Le Duc Tho.
More telling, Kissinger won the prize for brokering a "peace treaty" that overthew the spectacular victory in Vietnam, won by Gen. Creighton Abrams after he replaced Gen. William Westmoreland, and substituted an even more stunning and inexplicable defeat, which owed more to Richard Nixon's domestic troubles than any military losses. Thus the lone award to a Republican was for betraying the conservative principle of peace through strength.
Since the end of WWII, conservatives have been utterly shut out of the Peace Prize sweepstakes:
- Eisenhower did not win for winning the war against totalitarian fascism and Naziism;
- Ronald Reagan did not win for winning the Cold war and liberating tens of millions from Communist tyranny (neither did Pope John Paul II, but I'm still talking about Americans);
- George W. Bush did not win it for removing two of the three most violent, sexist, and repressive regimes in the ummah.
But Jimmy Carter (!) won the Prize for relentlessly wandering the globe, preaching appeasement of evil and bullying beleaguered Israel into signing fraudulent "peace accords" with the Palestinians, who never had any intention of honoring them.
And now Barack H. Obama has won it for… well, to be perfectly blunt, for being the first black President of the United States. He certainly had accomplished nothing else when he was nominated for the Prize, less than two weeks after being sworn in as president; and arguably, he hasn't done anything more since then to bring about actual peace anywhere. Militarily, he has continued the (victorious) Bush policy in Iraq — and now advocates continuing the (failing) Bush strategy in Afghanistan. Some peacemaker!
I believe the point is made: Prior to the Great Depression and the huge boost it gave to the stature of international socialism, the Nobel Peace Prize was a meaningful recognition of attempts to bring about world peace — even misguided attempts, such as Woodrow Wilson's establishment of the League of Nations (which the United States never even joined, so flawed was the design).
But after global depression and war, the Prize became a political football awarded to whomever seemed to best articulate the leftist view of politics and the advance of world socialism… whether or not his accomplishments had anything to do with fostering peace; indeed, whether or not he had any accomplishments at all. That it has remained, as today's announcement makes clear. It's unlikely that anyone associated with conservative principles will ever again win — and certainly not for upholding those principles.
The record screams for itself.
Cross-posted to Big Lizards…


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I used chrome sparaypaint for the base. Masked off the battle damage with masking fluid made by Hobbico. Painted with acrylics-medium green base, then dusted with olive green. I hope the color is close enough. I don't have any ROTJ reference pics. The color is a little light in the pics with the flash. Still need to do the yellow. Need to do weathering too, any suggestions on that?
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Re: Cruising Worlds Top 40 Boats
Jeff,Family friends had one. It had been fire damaged and the owner rebuilt the deck cabin and interior.It always did well in the local(Mass Bay) races at the time, late '60's early '70's.
Re: Cruising Worlds Top 40 Boats
When I think about Bill Tripp, one of his most amazingly visionary designs was his Galaxy 32. It is amazing how advanced that design was for its day. Bulb Keel, spade rudder, comparatively fine bow, powerful quarter sections and longish waterline for that era.
The amazing part of this design was that it supposedly drawn in 1957-58 depending on who you believe.....
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I love it when I am right!
So you are saying it's not a Jag anymore?
My client called his car " a Jag you can aFord".
Re: Cruising Worlds Top 40 Boats
I like this tripp design, Lacompte Northeast 38
Re: Cruising Worlds Top 40 Boats
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I'm with you on the row away factor of the B40. Hard to beat. Performance is a bit dated given the way the boat was wrapped around the CCA rule, i.e. short DWL, shoal draft squatty rig. You can change the rig but not the other stuff. Not sure I'd change anything though. I'd like to experience that boat just the way Tripp designed it.
I have a client with an XKE. He took out the Jag engine and replaced it with a Ford engine. He claims it is now a far superior car. Probably right. But,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Take a closer look at above photo. Already changed the rig and went higher by 4 1/2 ft than a standard Mark III. Now carbon. Was going to go 2 ft higher but somebody suggested 4 to 5 ft. That person was you. You were right.
Re: Cruising Worlds Top 40 Boats
I'm with you on the row away factor of the B40. Hard to beat. Performance is a bit dated given the way the boat was wrapped around the CCA rule, i.e. short DWL, shoal draft squatty rig. You can change the rig but not the other stuff. Not sure I'd change anything though. I'd like to experience that boat just the way Tripp designed it.
I have a client with an XKE. He took out the Jag engine and replaced it with a Ford engine. He claims it is now a far superior car. Probably right. But,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Re: Cruising Worlds Top 40 Boats
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Im my mind its like this, in the 1880s Kunhardt described a 12 ton, 37 foot, gaff topsail yawl with a dipping lug mizzen and a 12 foot bowspit as his idea of the perfect small small cruising boat. No one today would even begin to think that Kunhardt's beloved yawl would qualify in a forty best.
This is similar to my view of the Bermuda 40. Once upon a time these were state of the art race boats which could also be cruised. She was designed by Bill Tripp who was one of the leading edge designers of the day, and built by a yard known for simple solid construction and nice details. They could hold their own on the race course of their day, and had enough amenities that they could be cruised in a comfortable manner for the day.
In the 50 plus years since the Bermuda 40 was designed, many of these boats have been updated or even built with modern improvements such shifting to a taller sloop rig in some cases with carbon fiber spars, diesel engines and modern electronics, and refrigation added, some of the last Bermuda 40s built have added deeper keels with better shape.
And yet, when all is said and done, when compared to a comparatively conservative but modern quality cruiser like a Hallberg Rassey 40, the Bermuda 40 has a comparatively uncomfortable motion rolling and pitching through large angles, relatively tender (your picture makes that case, sailing nearly rail down in what looks like less than 12 knots of wind, and pushing a bow wave that you can surf). Carrying capacity is tiny. Interior space is cramped. Speed is relatively slow. And compared to better versions of modern cruising boats, these old girls throw up a bunch of spray that make for a tough slog to windward.
And those are my main points. Now then, I personally love to look at boats like these. I think they have a place in history. They are even enjoyable to sail, but are they one of the top 40 state of the art cruising boats? I don't think that case can be made.
Re: Cruising Worlds Top 40 Boats
This is a great thread for me...especially since I have been actively looking at sailboats to buy for the past several months.
Based on all of your accumulative knowledge; I have the following criteria so I welcome feedback especially since this thread is about the 'best' boats:
1.) Don't tell me to 'keep looking and when you fall in love with a boat you will know. Unfortunately there are too many boats to 'date' while waiting to 'fall in love'
2.) Don't tell me to 'sail every boat you can to learn what you really want' because I have already been sailing on alot of boats and I have certain restrictive parameters.
3.) Don't tell me to 'buy a dinghy now and learn how to sail best and then buy a bigger boat' because I already know how to sail and I am an old man and may die soon. I can buy 'one boat' for my life, at my age.
4.) I need to find a boat that can be found on the east coast of the USA. I cannot afford to travel to Mexico, the BVI's, Asia, or Panama to find a 'great deal'.
5.) I need a boat that is 'blue water capable or blue water modifiable'. I am not interested in a day sailor no matter how fast it sails or how neat it is.
6.) I need a smaller-ish sailboat that can be single-handed or 'mom and pop' crewed by a 55 year old skipper and a 45 year old first mate.
7.) I need a used sailboat for about 50K.
8.) I need that 50K sailboat to have a good diesel engine as part of the 50K.
9.) I can put about 20K more into the boat to prepare it over a 3-5 year period.
10.) The boat should be mid to heavy displacement and with a full keel with a seakindly motion that does not cause us to puke our guts out in a seaway or 24-hour passage.
11.) Although I can learn 'diesel mechanics', I am not a talented 'Do it yourself- lets build a new bulkhead' kind of guy. I am not great at manual mechanic skills- I am more of the intellectual brain power doctor/lawyer type skills; ie., no 'do it youself' ability whatsoever.........but not such a rich lawyer or doctor that I can pay someone else to do everything. In other words; I cannot do a 'fix-me-up' boat because I suck at changing a light bulb (although if you have been arrested or in need of an appendectomy our crew can save you- ha-ha..)
Based on the above criterion.....does anybody have a 'top 10 blue water sailboats readily accessible for review on America's east coast that do not require major deck work or tens of thousands of dollars in refit costs for blue water work for a crew of 2?)
Is that asking too much?
Help me to focus.....I am getting weary of my sailboat search...
HELP! Any ideas on what boats to focus in on?
(And dont tell me to buy what my heart falls in love with...
Re: Cruising Worlds Top 40 Boats
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Passport 40 got my vote but disappointed the Tartan 37 didn't make the list
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Me too. That's a hard one to figure out. I'm going sailing on a T37 on Tuesday. Can't wait. Never sailed one before.
You do rrealize that people PAID Ferenc Matte to get in that book. Right? That said, I would say that the B40 deserves consideration. I'm a fan of just about everything that Tripp designed.
Bob....you would know better on Matte book but having said that I've never read a bad review on a Bermuda 40 except for by Jeff H. Kretschmer gave her a "rare five stars for construction quality"."Her steering easy and well balanced." Henderson called her a thoroughbred and like other Tripp centerboarders a splendid performer in most conditions.
To me, quality of build is at the top of the list. They sail well and resale value is good. Row away factor is second to none in my opinion.
I like most Tripp designs as well.
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But let's just start with the dunk.
It wasn't an important play in the game – it only gave the Buckeyes a 68-40 lead with three minutes to play – but it was certainly the most memorable in an affair that was over from nearly the first tip.
And it was the moment that brought the most joy out of Deshaun Thomas, Aaron Craft and Amir Williams following the game, even after the three put in a game-high 22 points, controlled the tempo despite a scoreless night and had a breakthrough second career start, respectively.
The dunk was put home by Sam Thompson – Slammin' Sam or Slam Thompson, if you prefer – on a feed by Shannon Scott. Already known for his out-of-the-gym hops, Thompson skied toward the rim from eight feet away, reached behind his head and to the right for the pass, caught it, twisted his body to the left and rattled the rim, all in a seamless, flowing motion that defies physics for more than 99 percent of the population.
"That was his best dunk," Thomas said, definitively.
"No," Craft answered.
Incredulous, Thomas said, "Yes it was. He called it. He signed his name," before pantomiming a signature.
"I'm going to be a little selfish here," Craft continued, unabated. "That was only good because Shannon threw an awful pass. Last year against Indiana on an out-of-bounds play, Sam actually had to turn his body the same way but it was around somebody and I actually threw it…"
"That was actually an awful pass as well," Williams interjected, almost under his breath.
Craft, undeterred: "I'm going to say that one was better. (Tonight) was No. 2 though. On the road, it was a bigger away game."
"It was his best dunk, to me," said Thomas, unmoved. "He looked it, signed his name, and then…"
"I don't think he did," Craft said.
"I think he did," Thomas said.
That argument was never going to definitive, unlike the blowout final score. Eighth-ranked Ohio State took an 11-3 lead 4:31 into the game and Nebraska never could get it to within a possession, then a 26-4 Buckeye run that sandwiched halftime put the contest away.
The Buckeyes (11-2) got solid performances all around the court. Thomas, the Big Ten's leading scorer, finished with 22 points and eight rebounds, Lenzelle Smith Jr. added 17 points on a career-best five treys, Williams had a career-high eight points, seven rebounds and four blocks, and Ohio State dominated defensively throughout.
"Hopefully the next 17 are exactly (the same)," head coach Thad Matta deadpanned after moving to 9-0 in Big Ten home openers.
The coach was happy with his team's performance on both ends of the floor. Ohio State entered with the second-best scoring defense in the Big Ten and had little trouble shutting down Nebraska's league-worst offense, keeping the visitors to a season-low 30.4 percent (17 of 56) from the floor. The Huskers (9-5, 0-1) made just 6 of 21 threes, were 4 for 8 from the line and had a paltry eight offensive rebounds.
"Guys had a pretty good understanding of what Nebraska was going to try to do, how they were going to try to get shots," Matta said. "We made a couple of mistakes and they made us pay for it, but overall, I thought that was kind of the game plan – be as active as we could, but on the same token, being sound."
Nebraska guard Ray Gallegos led the team with 14 points but went 4 for 15 from beyond the arc. Leading scorer Dylan Talley was 4 of 14 for nine points and Brandon Ubel went 2 for 9 on the way to finishing with six.
"I thought they did a good job with their interior defense," said Nebraska head coach Tim Miles, whose program has less than 10 scholarship players and who took to Twitter to post game analysis at halftime. "We were 11 for 35 on twos. That's just ineffective basketball. They blocked six shots and it felt like they probably altered another four, five, six, so they did a nice job."
Ohio State was much better, finishing 29 of 49 (49.2 percent) from the floor and 7 of 17 (41.2 percent) from beyond the arc. Only from the charity stripe, unguarded, did the Buckeyes struggle, going 5 of 13. OSU had the scoring edge in the paint, off turnovers, on second chances, on the fast break and from the bench.
Facing mostly a Nebraska zone, Ohio State closed the first half on a 16-2 run to take a 36-17 lead into the break, punctuated by a layup by Evan Ravenel on an inbounds pass from Craft just before the buzzer. Thomas had 18 in the opening 20 minutes, including a three-pointer and a fast-break dunk late in the half after Talley had a chance to cut the deficit to single digits but missed three free throws.
"I wanted to start off well," Thomas said. "Coach told me I needed to start off well in practice for this game, and I did. He said 'Mind right, game right.' This whole team, you saw how good we played. Our rotation was good on defense, and when we got the stops we needed, it was off from there – fast breaks, dunks, and everybody was just rolling."
Craft, meanwhile, missed all four of his shots from the floor but chipped in the kind of game that has made him a fan favorite. The banged-up junior point guard played 29 minutes with eight assists, six rebounds, three steals and no turnovers before getting such much-needed rest.
"I thought he was tremendous," Matta said. "He did a couple of things that nobody would ever pick up on, but they were elements of scouring that were touched on. His ability to see it and then react as quickly as he does is outstanding. I think he had a great impact on the basketball game both offensively and defensively."
The Ohio State lead passed 30 at 62-31 with 8:51 to play and the Buckeyes cruised from there.
Notes: LaQuinton Ross finished with eight points in 20 minutes while Ravenel had seven and Thompson had six points and six boards. … Craft moved his career steals count to 193, passing David Lighty for second all-time at OSU. Jay Burson holds the record with 204. … Ohio State is 7-2 in the series all-time, including 3-0 since the Huskers have joined Big Ten play. The Buckeyes have won those three games by an average of 30.3 points.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by KGREG, Jun 28, 2013.
I agree. We have the cap space. We might as well use it and over-spend on someone good.
I like a combination of Reddick and Iggy. Unless KCP bucks the trend, it will take him all year to get acclimated to the NBA. If we drafted Burke, Iggy would be less valuable to us. As it is, ball handling on the perimeter is spotty.
They shouldn't. The best case scenario this offseason could produce for the Pistons would be a fringe playoff team in perpetuity. Just tank and develop. Or get some young players. If you add a Igoudala or Smith, there better be another move planned down the line.
Webster (not that one) can't play the 2 at all? He has that all important past relationship with Cheeks and Sheed so it seems like a natural fit. I would rather pay him for a year to get to the 90% cap space rule than Iggy for 4. Honestly, this is the kind of player the Pistons are in line for. Just like in the coaching search the Pistons need not look in the mid and upper barrel range. How many more wins will Iggy give them? 5? 8?
Good luck tanking in the East next season, you could be tanking and still make the playoffs. Even with a scrub at SF like Webster this team is going to be atleast ahead of 7 other teams and our pick goes to Charlotte.
Wow, so happy someone has everything figured out.
For me a free agent coup would be Jarret Jack and Iggy. Iggy 4 years/$44M- initial offer, 4 years/$50M- final offer. Jack: 4 years/$25M- initial offer, 4 years/$30M- final offer.
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Yeah, no. Iggy maybe. Jarrett Jack? Put the money somewhere else.
Jarret Jack has hit his stride, his numbers are VERY impressive over the last 2 seasons and he's an excellent defender at the PG spot.
Joe is the news for making some FA noise. I can't believe it! Pistons meeting with Josh Smith, planning to make lucrative offer - Yahoo! Sports
Let's hope Joe worked his magic, and can convince him to come here!
That's why they pay me the big bucks.
You forgot to post a link to your blog in this post.
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Cutting bait at this moment on Stuckey and CV would only mean we hamstring the future on overpaid guys. I am all for tossing some big money down for Iggy or ...um...someone but not for 2 large 4 year deals which you would likely need to do to get to the 90% mark if you freed up the cash. We have enough cap space. we don't need more. Signing BG and CV wasn't so much about the hype but about spacing the floor so stuckey could get called for a charge. It makes sense but the parts were all wrong. BG needed a PG to get him the ball. Stuckey doesn't really facilitate. I'm not super hot on Josh Smith but he is a two way player that commands attention. Unless he melts faces coming out the gate, Drummond's still on track for at least another year of development where he can give you flashes of awesomeness while battling consistency and managing fouls. I'd like to see the team go big for stretches and force teams to match vs. the other way around. Improvement must come from within. Middleton and singler are still on upward trends and either or both could be a surprising contributor. Drummond is what next season will be all about. Monroe, if he finds that elbow jumper, it will open up so many things. I don't want to remake the team despite the talent deficiency. Just add one right guy.
At least they're in the ballgame..............I surprised they didn't get mixed up and schedule the meeting for 12:01 PM.
If the big need is the 89% cap rule, then I would spend my money on person who create their own shot and provide some offense. Wants out of a newly created front office turmoil and is young. I would go after Gay. The last time I saw him play the Pistons, he picked us apart. Only two years left on his contract and you still have some wiggle room with the Monroe's contract. Stay away from long contracts. As it stands now (and giving some room for further growth): Calderon Stuckey Gay Monroe Drummond Bench: Knight/Siva for 1-2 Pope for 2-3 Singler/English 3 Kravtsov 5 Mitchell 3-4-5
I'm just happy we are in the discussion. That never happens.
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Hey everyone, this is my first attempt and I'm hoping to get some weathering done on it to make it look a little less "shiny". Any critiques will be welcome.
Hey everyone, this is my first attempt and I'm hoping to get some weathering done on it to make it look a little less "shiny". Any critiques will be welcome.
vod,that looks awsome,just need some weathering,but seriously your kit is killer
From those pics, the only thing I can really see is that you need to lower your girth belt a bit. It doesn't need to cover the bottom of your gut plate, and it should hide the top "wings" of your cod piece. You will have problems trying to bend forward without giving your gut plate some room to move.
If you can, get a strait-on front pic of you with both arms at your side. I can't tell, but your chest plates may be a tad big in these pics. If the top outside corners of the chest plates are an inch past the bottom outside corners of your collar piece, then that usually is a good signal they need to be cut a bit. Within an inch is usually ok, but over that and you start running into movement problems.
Something I notice on many people is that they don't space their armor correctly. You need around a thumb space between your chest and collar, chest and gut. a sideways index finger (like if your pointing at someoen) space between your chest and diamond. That 99% of the time is perfect spacing.
That is some wicked sweet beskar'gam!!! I absolutely love the paint up!!! Kandosii!!!
isnt it. reminds my of a mando general with that pose lmao
Looks alot like Ram Zerimar's armor. Same markings, same soft colors and similar armor colors.
It's all painted now so the only real weathering you can do is topical or, depending on how you layered your paint, you could attack it with a power sander with 60 grit paper.
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looks amazing. I like the range finder on the other side too, I've never really seen that before. great job.
killer bro ,one of the best work of mando design ived seen here, more pics wuth complete body
The colouring is sweet. You've done a top job and very interested to see it all! Do you plan on a JP? Can't wait to see the colouring on that as well.
Very Nice work so far..
Can you post more pics?
Others mentioned weathering, but I think it would be fine either way; weathered or not. It looks good!
dude i love the brown pattern, decals or what you call it.
awesome kit!
The patterns are amazing! Suddenly I'm reminded of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. The general shape looks similar...anyways, the armor is great!
that my friend is awsome looking
very reminiscent of ram
one thing i would suggest is that with all the incredible details on the body armour...the bucket looks a little plain
it if was me id slap some of the brown/bronze details on the bucket too
then id go topical and weather the **** outa it...but thats me lol
whatever you do thats a wiked kit
I'm a big fan of weathering but in my opinion I don't think you need to. That looks great the way it is. Good job. Id like to see more pics too.
I think the range finder is on the other side because he took this pic in the mirror? Correct me if I'm wrong.
The paint job is wicked cool - did you paint this or are they decals? But the helmet does need something to match the awesomeness of the armor.
I'm still freaking out over the sheer awesomeness of this armour!!!!!!
This is prolly my favorite set of beskar'gam ive ever seen!!!
Great work!!!
Man the design on the armor is amazing!
niiice, love that design!
looking very good!
Great skill with the paint job, how long did that take?
yes it does look alot like Rays!!! I would definitely shoot him an email. I have no doubt he would mind.... but what if he did?
To be honest, as we are all making modifications to Lucas's copyright, I don't think anyone but George has a say when it comes to individual designs.
Sorry if that makes me sound like a bit of an arse, but I don't think anyone has any rights to any variation design based on a copyrighted image.


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I know the Tigers just finished a disastrous season. When things are going bad like that it is hard to get the kind of intensity from your team that it takes to win in this conference. That was evident to me in a number of games I saw the Tigers play this year where the kids are trying hard, and playing hard, but there is still another level that you have got to get to in this league.
The Tigers didn't get to that level this year with one exception, and that was the play of the defense vs. LSU. That is the speed I am talking about for style of play in the Southeastern Conference.
With a coaching change there is going to be a transition period for the players and their new coaches to deal with, which is always the case in these situations. However, that is an obstacle that can be overcome with the right people looking to make that happen.
When I took over as head coach for the first time at East Carolina, then at Wyoming and finally at Auburn, I was able to find great kids with great attitudes who were hungry to win. Those are the kind of young men you can build your team around. There are enough of those kids at Auburn now for the new coach to build around for the 2013 season.
One thing that I believe can help Auburn with the transition is making a quick decision on who to bring in and take over the program--as long as that person is the right guy for the job. Hopefully, the Tigers can get that done in the next few weeks, giving the new coaching staff time to rescue the recruiting season.
The Tigers are probably going to lose some of the recruits they were after because of the coaching change, but the number one priority has to be to recruit and sign the right guy to take over as the team's head coach.
The right guy will find that the Auburn job is not an easy job, but it is a great job. The Tigers play in the elite conference of college football and it has been that way for some time. There are some great coaches in this conference that make it tougher to win, but without a doubt Auburn is a great place to live, coach football and recruit football players to because many young people who come to visit the campus get a feeling for what a special it Auburn is.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by BillLaimbeer, Sep 29, 2011.
Might not get off with the probation with that judge. Just ask Rose.
Yep yep yep.
I remember Cabrera started his Tiger season in similar fashion. Many were calling for stiffer punishment, or at least some time at the clinic for his drinking problem. I was surprised when the Tigers embraced him and he just returned to start the season. I certainly don't know all the details of what the Tigers did for him, but it really has worked so far. Winning the batting title with an average like that is tremendous. Wonder what opportunities Ben Wallace will be afforded by the Pistons.
We know Ben as a great player but we don't know him personally. He could be a drunken chump for all we know.
Usually the guys who have the real alcohol problems have more shameful occurance like this. Ben's rep is first in the weight room and last out. But you're right, we don't really know.
Maybe they can only raise his jersey halfway to the rafters after this shameful incident?
Might explain his FT shooting.......
Stuckey would be tagged for charging if it is too low.
It almost seems like in this day and age of drunk driving awareness that if you are caught then you almost have to have some kind of a problem. Who gets pulled over for a DUI anymore? I am not going to hold it against him -whatever. He was a great player and a great Piston. I hope he does retire but not for this reason.
Will Ben's Weapons Charge Keep Him Out of Jail?
So the weapon is registered to his wife. He's in trouble because he didn't have a concealed carry permit for an unloaded gun in his vehicle. Something that in some states is not even illegal (like Utah, if I remember correctly).
In Montana...I think you're allowed up to 8 guns in your pick-up. 5 must be in the gun rack though.......
In Utah, you are allowed 8 guns and 5 wives in your pick-up.
Big Ben just tied Avery Johnson for the most games played by an undrafted player since the ABA/NBA merger. What a magnificent accomplishment! Hats off to you Big Ben!
before Linsanity there was Big Ben. Undersized. Undrafted. Awesome.
Watching Big Ben last night, he really doesn't belong on an NBA court anymore. He cannot defend. He cannot score. He can barely catch a pass that is thrown to him. He gives it his all and a couple of rebounds will fall his way each game. Thanks for the memories, Big Ben, but it's time to move aside and let someone like Vernon Macklin use those 10-15 minutes per game.
agreed.........legacy just being diminished these days.
I think the edict to bench Wallace would have to come from Dumars. Coach Frank is too respectful of Big Ben (rightfully so) to sit him on the bench. The only other scenario would be for Ben to volunteer to sit in order for younger guys to get valuable game minutes.
he'd make a good bench coach...............
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