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Is that real, or photoshopped or something? And if it's real, how did you do that?
its real. i didnt doo it. check the link, a photographer did it.t here is a whole series.
Isn't that a chipmunk? :lol (The ones around here don't have tails like that, but it looks like a chipmunk otherwise.....Mabey a hybrid? :lol)
those pics are unaltered... the guy has a flickr gallery of them and an explanation... he's trained the little guys with the almonds you see in the photos.
apparently chipmunks love almonds.
Great pic!
I had a more or less housebroken squirrel at the base I was stationed at in the army a few years back. We started feeding it and just placed the seeds closer and closer to us every day until one day he sat on my lap eating out of my hand.
We had to let him go though, he started relieving himself in the barracks after a couple of weeks. Hehe.
That is great!
What about this one.......

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Professor Jocelyn Benson Designated the Next Cohn Family Scholar
DETROIT (Jan. 9, 2008) – Wayne State University Law School Assistant Professor Jocelyn Benson was recently designated the Cohn Family Endowed Scholar in Legal History for 2008-2009.
The Cohn Family Endowed Scholar, which is used to support the research, teaching and scholarly activities for the holder of the appointment, was established by a distinguished Detroit judge, the Honorable Avern Cohn of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Judge Cohn, a longtime generous supporter of the law school, was born in Detroit. He practiced law in the city from 1949 until his appointment to the bench. He has served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan since his appointment by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Professor Benson will serve as the Cohn Family Scholar for two years, giving the Cohn Family Scholar Lecture in 2009. While the Cohn Family Endowed Scholar, her work on a book analyzing laws for administering elections in multi-lingual societies will be supported through the endowment.
Professor Benson joined the Wayne Law faculty in 2005. She teaches courses in Election law, Education Law, Race and the Law, Sports and Inequality, and Civil Procedure. She has also published numerous articles on election administration and voting rights for English Learning voters.
Some of Professor Benson's past professional experiences include: serving as an adjunct faculty fellow at the University of California Berkeley Law School's Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity; serving as a law clerk to The Honorable Damon J. Keith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and serving as the National Field Director for Election Protection for the Democratic National Committee during the 2004 presidential election.
This past year Harry Belafonte appointed her to serve as his Detroit Director of the Gathering for Justice program he founded in 2006. Her work for Belafonte culminated in a 2-day conference at YouthVille Detroit that brought together 130 high school students and 200 community members, including Congressman Conyers and Grace Lee Boggs, to build an agenda for grassroots economic and educational empowerment in Detroit. She currently serves on a number of boards and committees including the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Election Law, and the board of directors for Community Legal Resources and Transportation Riders United.
Professor Benson graduated from Wellesley College where she founded the now-annual Women American Political Activism conference and was the first student to be elected to serve in the governing body for the town of Wellesley, the Town Meeting. She earned her master's degree in sociology as a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, conducting research into the sociological implications of white supremacy and neo-Nazism. She received her J.D from Harvard University Law School, where she was a general editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
The inaugural recipient of the Cohn Family Endowed Scholar in Legal History was Professor Gregory H. Fox. As the current Cohn Scholar, he will give a lecture titled "International Territories" at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2008, in the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. For more information, please call (313) 577-3933.
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Hi :)
Can anyone who has a english fourteen strand horse/girth belt tell me what sort of thickness the rope is ?
Many thanks in advance :)
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Hi :)
Can anyone who has a english fourteen strand horse/girth belt tell me what sort of thickness the rope is ?
Many thanks in advance :)
Randy :fettesb :skull :fettchest :jet pack
Check out these photos I took today next to a rule,it looks like a quarter of an inch slack,and three eighths under 'worn' tension,this might help.
Thanks :) ... that helps a lot :thumbsup
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Your'e welcome Mate!
Make sure you get a mohair girth as the nylon and synthetic versions will not accept dye. Mohair will.
Thanks :) ... I did not know that :thumbsup
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I have some original strands cut the real 30+ year old girths,If you like,I could send you a couple of strands(free of charge) so you can see/compare the real thing.
Thanks .. that would be most helpful :) .. the postage from Australia to the UK might be a bit pricey thoughQuote:
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No charge Randy.............I'll just put 'em in an envelope,and get my dad's business to pay for it.It'd only be a couple of bucks,anyway.
I'll send a dozen or so,so you can share them around,if you want to.
It seems a shame to throw the left over pieces away,as ppl might want to match up the colour correctly.
I hate the competetive crap that goes on here,aren't we SUPPOSED to help each other out?
I offered these free on TDH,but i think ppl were suspicious.....lol...........silly buggers.........
Just pm your address and I'll get 'em in the post.
Jake(very hungover,newly turned 23)the snake.........
That is really good of you .. I really appreciate it :) :thumbsup
Being able to match everything up will be so much easier .. might even be able to make one instead with refference material like that :thumbsup
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It's in the post Randy....I sent a few,so you can share them around.........:)
Cheers..........Jake the snake.:0
Hey Thanks :)
I really appreciate it :thumbsup
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You definitely knocked it right out of the park yet again Eric! I applaud your work my friend .
You definitely knocked it right out of the park yet again Eric! I applaud your work my friend .
Thanks guys! This was the most complex Fett project I've done to date. It's not even over yet!
Rafal, good catch! I will have to correct that section. I'm starting a new semester today, so I probably won't have time till the end of the week.
Shouldn't be too hard to mask and blend that area with the airbrush. Thanks man!
Thanks to Rafal's keen eye, I went back onto the right mandible and corrected the larger pinkish area.
I remasked the shape, and airbrushed Caboose back over it. I think that if I just tried to do the extra pink portion, the rest of the pink would have come out brighter than I wanted.
I resprayed the pink over the Caboose, and after it dried, I unmasked the area and repainted the small gray details and touched up the silver.
Oh, and I also misted a bit of pink over the right turn signal, too. I had base painted it previously with Caboose.
I have also drilled out all the small holes to position the ears, but until I find out for sure whether the aluminum ears will be a "for realz" addition, I'm not going to mess with the resin ears just yet.
So for now I will remain in standby mode.
Woa. This is FANTASTIC! Way to go with this paint job. The layering is the only way to go.
still waiting on the crayon!
LOL Eric! I scrolled up from the botoom of the page to you most recent post and literally for a moment thought that I was looking at a photo of the real helmet.
Thanks, guys. I wish it were the real helmet! That would be the ultimate collector's piece.
It has to be subtle, yet distinctively crayon-like.
I'll post for sure once I add that detail.
Boy, that thing is gorgeous! What a beauty. You've made an absolute masterpiece! Kudos.
WOW! Insane!
Stunning.. simply stunning...
Ear designs are almost complete bro..
PM sent
Wow outstanding work thus far!!!! and Seeker it's great to see that image again it has been far to long!!!!!
A Seeker face?!? Now my life is complete.
Mojo, sounds great! Can't wait to hear more.
That is really inspiring me to dust off my airbrush, great eye for colour...
Crayon! Picked up a set of 24 Crayolas earlier and scribbled all over the helmet!
OK. . . that's a bit of an exaggeration, but The little yellow "swoosh" is on the front of the dome now.
I tested 2 different yellows and went with a shade the Crayola executives decided to call Dandelion.
I had several pieces of scrap plastic painted green, so I practiced on those.
I used very light pressure while actually drawing on my helmet, and wound up making 2 passes,
trying to get the best balance between subtle and visible.
It's more or less visible depending on the light. In this first picture, it's not quite as apparent.
Rotate the viewpoint slightly, and it is easier to see.
Here's a super cropped copy of the photo above. I did the 2 small yellow dots at the upper left of the big silver area as well.
So thanks to the good people at Crayola, I've added one of the strangest details on any Boba Fett helmet I've worked on to date!
At this point, I'm calling the helmet done. Mojo has said that the aluminum ear sets are getting close to production, so until they're ready,
I won't be able to do anything else. I'll wait till the ears are fitted to install the visor.
That can be a delicate operation and I want it to be the very last thing I do to the helmet.
Crayon looks great! good match
Congrats bud, on a perfect paint up!
Great googly moogly man
What the hell are you trying to prove ? LOL !
Well, whatever it is, you done did it
How did all the paint detail line up with the original damage ?
Absolutely fantastic work, Eric. Likely the best helmet paint up I've ever seen
Wow........ that is amazing.......
Geez, thanks again guys. As I've said, this was a great helmet to start with, and it was a really fun paint up.
Especially the ones on the dome. As I'm sure you know, going off of photos to create a 3-dimensional representation of something is a tricky proposition.
The existing scratches really helped me to be sure I was getting things in the right places.
Amazing result. I haven't been here for a while, checked back in to see progress on the GMH project and this has knocked me over!
Has Mojo started a run on the aluminum ear parts yet?


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The Canisius College golf team shot a team score of 315 on Tuesday in the final round of the Whiting-Turner Tiger Invitational and placed 12th out of 24 teams with a three-day score of 943. The Golden Griffins improved 10 spots on the team scoreboard from round one to round three in their first event of the 2013 spring season, which was played at Prospect Bay Country Club in Grasonville, Md.
Canisius freshman Andrew Romano shot a final round 80 to post a 54-hole total of 233, which tied him for 30th in the field. Senior Michael Carrig led the way for the Blue and Gold on Tuesday with a 77. He tied for 66th overall. Fellow senior Mike Spiotta posted a three-day score of 237 to tie for 46th while freshman Hunter Sagar tied for 58th with his tournament score of 239.
"I'm pretty pleased with the scores in this final round, especially with the tough conditions out there today," Canisius head coach Todd Hummel said. "We didn't finish too far from fifth place after a rough start on day one. I'm happy with the way the guys battled back, especially since this was our first tournament of the spring in a pretty competitive field with a lot of quality teams. This is a solid start to our spring season."
William & Mary won the team title with a team score of 888. Loyola (Md.) took second after the Greyhounds shot 913, followed by Rutgers (914), IUP (918) and Central Connecticut State (931). William & Mary golf Jeremy Wells won individual honors after he posted a tournament score of 216, which was even-par for the 54-hole event.
Canisius will return to action April 6-7 at the Rhody Invitational in Portsmouth, R.I.
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text: From May 9th to 11th, Shannon Martino attended the annual Theoretical Archaeology Group's conference, held this year in Chicago. She, along with her husband, organized an experimental session meant to test the consistency of ceramic drawing techniques and description amongst archaeologists. In order to do so, each participant in the study drew and described at least one piece of ceramic and then filled out a survey that asked questions about their academic background and training in drawing. Using word frequency counts the descriptions of the ceramics were compared to the survey data to provide information on the precision of descriptions based on a scholar's background. Preliminary findings suggest that experience, courses in drawing, and an in-depth knowledge of ceramics causes a scholar to be more exact in their language, but the standardization of archaeological drawing and description is an ideal and not an actuality. Shannon plans to publish the results of the information gathered at the conference along with the information from a test of this study conducted at The Field Museum after a further examination and assessment of the survey data.


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MBA Student Wins $35,000 Seed Money at Idea State U
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Kyle O'Donnell, an MBA student from WKU, won the "Idea State U" business competition's highest award of $35,000 to create a sustainable sock manufacturing company in Kentucky after a two-day competition designed to identify and support the next generation of Kentucky innovators and entrepreneurs.
Eighteen teams from Kentucky's business schools pitched their new venture business plans at the sixth annual Idea State U competition held on April 12-13 in Lexington. The Kentucky Economic Development Office sponsors this event to promote entrepreneurship and economic development in the region.
"The Idea State U competition provides students with an excellent opportunity to present their business plans, network with experts and investors, and see their dreams take one step closer to reality," said Dr. Jeff Katz, Dean of the Gordon Ford College of Business. "As an applied college of business, we are proud of the business plan Kyle developed and look forward to his continued success in business following graduation."
The competition rewards entries that are more fully developed and ready for the marketplace. This emphasis maximizes the opportunity to earn a return on the state's investment by creating real companies that provide real jobs for Kentuckians. Several start-up companies have formed after competing in past Idea State U events.
O'Donnell said he is excited about the possibilities of this seed money.
"Looking back, there are only a handful of events that change the course of your life so dramatically. During undergrad, I worked the weekend night shift to help pay for school. Yet, even all those paychecks don't add up to these start-up funds," he said.
O'Donnell is now in the process of finding property to start the manufacturing process. The knitting machine he ordered will arrive in two months.
The Gordon Ford College of Business Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation sent two other students to present their business ideas. Blake Wheeler, a Business Administration undergraduate major, sought further funding to make Kentucky State Roads safer with a high-technology Automotive Ignition Interlock Device Company. Willis Holmes, an Industrial Education undergraduate major competed with his Internet Device, a more efficient replacement for desktop machines which would save electricity and money for K-12 schools. The students were selected after a University-wide competition to which all students were invited, an annual competition the Center holds.
"The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation's staff Mr. Krist Schell and Mr. Raja Bhattacharya worked diligently with Kyle and the other participants to refine and help focus their business plans," said Dr. Zubair Mohamed, interim director of the Center. "The Center is proud of the role they play in incubating student talent, nurturing and helping its transition to launching of businesses at the Student Incubator at the Center for Research and Development."
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hey guys, just got my bradleyfett armor, and it doesnt come with dents...how should i go about adding those to the armor? thanks in advance!!
hey guys, just got my bradleyfett armor, and it doesnt come with dents...how should i go about adding those to the armor? thanks in advance!!
Well, there are many ways.
1 way is to heat up the spot where you intend to dent and push in a dent.
so satxer, just heat it up with a blow drier or something of the sort? should i be worried about pushing thru the armor? thanks for your help....
Something from a well known prop maker. This is how he suggest you put dents in your knee armor. It is the same idea for the rest of your armor.
"Depending on the movie version, you may or may not want dents. If you choose dents, these can be achieved through heat, and a little manipulation. I would NOT recommend using a heat gun. Too hot. Same goes for a hair dryer. Their heating areas are too wide for this application. You should use, a cigarette lighter. Yep. If you don't smoke ... go get one at your local 7-11. You'll thank me for it. You will also want something small and blunt, about the shape of the tip of your pinky finger. No. Don't even think about it. DO NOT use your pinky for this next step
Mark where you want your dents with a pencil. Use the cigarette lighter to localize the flame on the one spot you want to dent. Doing this from behind is recommended because there will be some soot and discoloration. After you've had the localized flame from the cigarette lighter for about 5 seconds, put the lighter down and use the blunt instrument you chose to lightly push the area inward that you just heated. Instant dent. I have to reiterate, that a heatgun or hair dryer is an inappropriate choice for this application. Because of the area that they can heat, the whole knee could cave in when you go to press your wittle dent in the surface "
awesome, asok! thanks a ton! that makes total sense....now, will the dent be round, or can i make more jagged edges with it?
My suggestion is to look at the Ref CD or DVD and make the dents match the suit you are wanting yours to look like. I found when making dents in my armor, I look for items around the house that could help me make the dent look the way it is in the photo.
I used this technique for putting the dents in my knees. I also used it for my Endor Commando helmet. I used a rock for my dent making device lol. I also headed from the back in case any bubbling occured it was in the back side.
a smooth rock or a medium size sharpee leaves a nice smooth dent in my knee armor. A jagged rough rock left a dent with a lot of character and edges. and smaller dents within the dent (looked good for the Endor helmet)
you could either heat up a spot with a torch / lighter and push it in with something, or cut out the area of the dent entirely and build up a dent with epoxy putty or something similar.
the latter is how i made the dent in the bradleyfett helmet i built up:


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My wife and I have been Dachshund folks for over 40 years. We lost a great one to cancer in 2003. It took us until 2005 to get another. Sophie, a piebald white and tan, is great company for us now. God bless and good luck.
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How many of us would turn down a pay raise? I am sure most of us would say: Are you crazy?
Believe it or not, for thousands of low income parents in our bi-state area getting even 25 cents more an hour is a terrifying proposition because it means they will lose thousands of dollars a month in day care subsidies for their children. Producer Rich Miller headed over to our areas largest low income day care center, Operation Breakthrough, to talk with three mothers about this extraordinary issue of The Low Wage Trap where to better yourself would actually make you worse off.
In this past session of the Missouri legislature, Republican Senator Rob Schaaf introduced a bill called, "The Low Wage Trap Elimination Act" which would have prevented low income Missourians from losing their child care subsidies overnight should they begin making a little more money. It passed the legislature, but the funding required to implement the program has been withheld by the governor.


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By next month, i SHOULD have enough to buy my gaunts, so i can stop using my shin pads.
What do you guys think of a cape... like Fett?
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By next month, i SHOULD have enough to buy my gaunts, so i can stop using my shin pads.
What do you guys think of a cape... like Fett?
Oh my GOSH!!! That is an AWESOME Verp!!!!
U ought to post a tut on how you did it, cause that is AWESOME!!!!!
Also, like the scheme, looks like mine but with a white undercoat, which makes it really POP.
Rustoleum is what I use, Home Depot has got 'em, and for pretty cheap too.
LOVE THE BLOOD COVERED ARMOR, keep us updated, I'm subscribing right now.
As for paint, base coat with Krylon Fusion so it sticks good, then go from there.
Thanks for all the help, guys. I never thought my beginners work on armour would spark such interest ^^ (I've been building weapons, however, for looooooooooooooooong time ;D)
No pics as yet, but tonight I'm gonna get that T-Shirt sketch I promised ya!
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I seems you really sparked a lot of intrest! Lol it took ppl a week to post in mine. My thread is behind too. Must fix that. Pacx I'll be coming to you later for some info on the verpine. I need to put extra pieces on there so it doesnt look like a fancy cut out block of wood, he he :facepalm .......
Just because your a beginner doesn't mean we wont help, we're a family here, dont hesitate to ask any of us.
Thanks Adonian.
Well, I've just finished keying the armour and I'm gonna begin the painting in a bit.
Ok gentlemen, i have 2 updates: first, my armour is painted and currently drying.
second, its time to get back on with Je'Karta's Story...
As a Bounty Hunter
Je'Karta began his bounty hunting career at 18, freelancing as a spy and hunter-killer. He often worked with the Empire to root out Rebel spies, and by the end of his first year, he had collected 170 Bothan and Wookie pelts. He was offered a lucrative exclusive contract with the Empire, but refused, as he beleived there was more money to be made as a Prive Contractor.
Later on in his career, word of his success spread to the deserts of Tatooine, where Jabba the Hutt heard of the young Bounty Hunter. Soon after, Prudii travelled to Tatooine after a hunt, but was ambushed by Black Sun pirates. He was left to die in the wastes of Tatooine, his armour covered in blood and scratches. He struggled on for 2 weeks, until he was picked up by Bib Fortuna, who took him to Jabba's Palace, where his wounds were treated. After his recovery, he heard of the bounty on Han Solo and, for a brief time, teamed up with Boba Fett. At the time of the Skirmish at Cloud City, Fett had sent Prudii on a wild mynock chase halfway accross the Galaxy so he could claim the bounty for himself, despite Je'Karta locating Solo himself. It was then that Prudii retired from Bounty Hunting, to set up a mercenary group on Mandalore...
Dude, I like the story, cool.
Also cant wait to see the armor paint job pics.
You have heard about my little reputation of wiping people who tempt me with dreams of seeing progress and then seeing none right?
laser wip warms up for the strike :p
Lol adonian. But seriously, you always do that to peoples threads. Im actually suprised you havn't come to mine! Lol I sometimes say pictures by the end of the day, then 3 days later no pics. Lol.
Love the story Pacx!
When the paint dries!!!
Please... I got a nice, easy charter for you. I'll give you pics, plus, a little extra... i just need a little more time....No, not Boba Fett, please, Adonian, please!!!
:lol:lol:lol I haven't seen the whip in far to long!!! I think there are a few people who could use it...:p
Its good to know I have friends to fall back on. When I get a little more experience, I'll be able to help you guys some day, I hope.
Silly idea, Nevu
Anyway, back to Je'Karta...
<-------------------------Je'Karta Prudii - Mission to Mandalore-------------------->
Prudii, en-route to Mandalore, was attacked by Imperial forces. While trying to fight off the attacking TIE fighters, he forgot to turn of his waypoint director, resulting in him crash landing on the ourskirts of Mandalore. He spent the newxt 2 weeks travelling to Mandlore, his trusted R3 unit beside him. When he reached the capital city, he was assualted by 10 Mandalorian warriors, who knocked him out and locked him in a dungeon, far beneath the planets surface. Spending 3 weeks alone, isolated and injured, he was on the brink of death. Then, he was fed by Manda'lor's aides. When he asked why he had been attacked, he was told only that he has been exiled from the planet. Another 3 days passed, and he was eventually released, after the Mandalorians had establiushed he genuinley didn't know why he had been exiled. He was treated well afterwards, and eventually was told what had transpired. He was told he had a brother, a Grey Jedi, who had committed atrocities against the Mandalorian warriors. Not knowing who this brother was, he left the Mandalorian fortress and began a quest to find his long lost brother.
I know huh, he invited me in, well now I can sink my fang's in :lol
But first I gotta finish my fanged bucket huh?
Looks like the armor for sale on ebay?!?!?!?
Enlighten me please??? :P
Really its on Ebay?? Pacx did you buy it off ebay and not build it?
Fractal think you could provide us with a link to where its listed on ebay?
it's the $75.00 armor, I saw that at the begining, but said nothin' He never said he made the armor.
He told me he made it. Over xfire. But also he says that his uncle said he did the cod for him.. Oh what ever, he has the armor, that counts.
Dude, thats uncool. Pacx, you don't need to worry if you bought it, we aren't gonna say that your cheating, remember people use DP buckets and modify them, so just come correct and tell us that you got it of the bay, and that you're gonna make a custom.
I personally cant wait to see the bloody paint job.
I didn't mean to accuse him, and quite possibly, his uncle is the one selling it, so, lets give him the benefit of the doubt. k??? :)
I thought Pacx lived in the UK, the seller of this armor is in Lawrenceville, USA
true, true hmmmmm...
Pacx, care to clear this up???


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I have been using a matt transparent (commercial) glaze that I have been adding oxides etc to but would like to mix my own, does anyone have a recipe for a basic matt glaze? I am just starting out on the road to mixing my own glazes, but have been potting for many years.
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Five years ago, the economy took a dive and architect James Ramsey went underground. Ramsey is the founder of RAAD Studio, an architecture firm located on Manhattan's Lower East Side. When the financial markets stalled, so did many of his projects. "I suddenly found myself with plenty of free time, and so I started going urban exploring," Ramsey says.
Ramsey knew someone at the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) who was a subway history buff and that's how, one day in 2008, he found himself 25 feet below Delancey Street, one of New York's busiest thoroughfares, standing inside what was once the Williamsburg Trolley Terminal. Originally opened in 1908 as a depot for streetcars, it was decommissioned in 1948 when the city stopped using the trolleys. The 60,000-square-foot space, owned by the MTA, had been vacant for decades, but the remaining architecture contained the trademarks of solid 20th-century design—muscular steel rivets, cobblestone floors, vaulted ceilings. "It is a stunning, cavernous space," Ramsey says. "Hundreds of thousands of people traverse overhead not knowing what's underground."
Ramsey couldn't shake the idea that there were several city blocks of unused acreage smack in a congested neighborhood desperate not only for public space, but green space. So what if it was underground? Maybe, he thought, you could channel light like a liquid and irrigate the space with enough sunlight to support photosynthesis. Maybe, he thought, you could build New York's first subterranean park.
Ramsey began tinkering with a design for a contraption that could collect sunlight above ground, bring it through the street using fiber optic cables, and then redistribute it into the subterranean space using a reflective dome. He partnered with Ed Jacobs, an old friend and industrial designer, to build proof-of-concept models, and then displayed the small prototypes in the window of his architecture studio. "They actually worked," Ramsey says.
Ramsey and a few other designers from RAAD Studio created computer models showcasing the potential underground park design, replete with trees and greenery, walking paths, and undulating expanses for recreation or relaxation. Ramsey dubbed it the Lowline, a nod to the High Line's success in transforming disused urban infrastructure on Manhattan's West Side into a vibrant public amenity. Soon, the concept of the Lowline caught on. "We had these startling designs and the more I showed them to friends, the more encouragement we got to put it forward to the politicians and the community," Ramsey says. Ramsey, joined by community outreach expert Dan Barasch, formed the Lowline nonprofit organization in 2011 to advance the idea.
But was the daylighting concept truly feasible? To find out, Ramsey partnered with architecture and engineering firm Arup. Star Davis, a lighting designer with Arup's New York office, conducted an extensive daylighting study surrounding the project. "This isn't like any space that currently exists and there's no way that traditional daylighting techniques could be used," Davis says. For one thing, heavy automobile traffic above meant that a large aperture opening to the sky was not possible.
But Davis and Ramsey knew that daylight—not electric light—was the goal. "Natural sunlight has a magnetic pull for people," Davis says. Both favor the quality of crepuscular light, the way sun streams through a tree canopy or a cloud cover at sunset to create resplendent shafts of light. "There is never any confusion that that is daylight," Davis says.
The quality of light diffused inside the Lowline would need to have enough illuminance to support photosynthesis, but not so much that it would blind visitors. "You don't want to create a glare bomb," Davis says.
So Davis began a lengthy study of the luminance ratios of daylight at different hours in the city. She concluded that the "magic hour"—that moment when the sun begins to set and ignites the sky—was the light level that they should aim for. Davis also evaluated the solar exposure at the site using a sun-path diagram, which illustrates the path of the sun over the course of the year and throughout the day. Overshadowing diagrams show the shading effect of neighboring buildings.
Based on the conditions above ground and the desired quality of light below ground, it was determined that a heliostat would be the best solution to harvest direct daylight. A heliostat is a solar tracking mirror that redirects light to a fixed position; it can be fastened above ground to a neighboring building or structure. A computer program that tracks the sun moves the mirror to capture the sun's light throughout the day. The light can then travel to the Lowline using either reflective tubes or fiber optic cables designed specifically for direct solar capture. Davis and Ramsey are still exploring the best options for tunneling the light underground, with the goal of finding a tube or cable that protects the spectral transmission of the light so that it retains its color temperature. Once underground, the light will be diffused via reflective panels designed by Ramsey with the help of engineers.
Heliostats are not new to New York. In Lower Manhattan, Battery Park City's Teardrop Park South successfully uses heliostats to brighten shaded spots. But redirecting enough light to a space such as the Lowline is a unique application of this technology. The Lowline and Arup reached out to manufacturers who are pioneering the collection of direct sunlight, such as Sun Central, which makes the SunBeamer, a mechanized solar-tracking device capable of being customized for architectural uses.
Last spring, Ramsey believed it was time to test the lighting design's efficacy, as well as the public's interest in an underground park by building a sample of the Lowline above ground. "A very next natural step was to put on an art installation about the technology," Ramsey says.
The Lowline nonprofit started a campaign on Kickstarter and, in a matter of days, raised more than $155,000 to build a full-scale mock-up. The exhibit opened in September 2012 in a warehouse on Essex Street, not far from the Lowline site. After blocking out all light, Ramsey and his team used more than 600 anodized-aluminum panels to craft a complex compound curve on the ceiling to serve as a solar canopy. "We found inspiration in space telescope design," he says.
Six heliostatic devices were clustered into an existing skylight. Then, Ramsey says, "we plugged in the sun." The sunlight filtered onto a mossy knoll where a Japanese maple tree and ferns thrived. "We even sprouted [edible] mushrooms," Ramsey says.
Over the course of the two-week-long exhibit, 11,000 individuals stopped by. Some people rolled out blankets and picnicked, others read books, and suddenly a dark warehouse became a social gathering spot. The press also poured in, and the Lowline's story was picked up in magazines and newspapers around the country. Today, the momentum for the project continues as the nonprofit works with city officials to acquire the space. Ramsey is confident that the MTA will move forward and work with them on developing the site.
While the Lowline's principal focus is about bringing light below grade, the equipment needed to do so lies, in part, above grade. To that end, Ramsey and Davis envision that the heliostat skylights would be incorporated into urban furniture that would also double as infrastructure—objects such as sidewalk benches or bike storage. It would also announce the existence of the Lowline to people who are walking or driving by. In many ways, the Lowline challenges not only the traditional understanding of what a daylighting strategy can be, but the extent to which light can be the primary driver in transformational design.
"The Lowline is an opportunity to use light that effects change on a vast urban scale," Ramsey says, which is not a bad outcome from a slow day at the office.
Project: The Lowline, New York (Under Delancey Street between Essex and Clinton Streets) • Architect: RAAD, New York • Industrial Design Consultant: Design Necessities Initiative, Brooklyn, N.Y. • Lighting Design Consultant: Arup, New York • Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering Consultant: Arup, New York • Real Estate and Economic Development Consultant: HR&A, New York • Proposed Project Size: 40,000 square feet • Projected Project Costs: Confidential


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If Texas Department of Transportation Director Phil Wilson had any doubts about the attitude in the Eagle Ford Shale region to his plan to turn paved Farm to Market roads into gravel roads, the uncertainty was dispelled at an angry public meeting last night in Cotulla, 1200 WOAI's Michael Board reports.
Residents and business groups took Wilson to task for 'going backwards' on Texas roads.
"It makes you wonder why anybody in this day and time would want to go backwards," said Marianne Hall, who heads the Cotulla Chamber of Commerce. "You've got innovation going forwards, but TxDOT wants to tear it up and go back to the old way."
TxDOT has said that oilfield roads in five Eagle Ford counties will be converted from paved to gravel, because the costs of repairing paved roads damaged from the rumbling of oilfield vehicles would be prohibitively expensive.
Taxes paid by the oil and gas industry are already paying for nearly $1 billion in road repair and renovation, if Texas voters approve an ambitious plan next year. But TxDOT engineers say there is still not enough money to repair all the roads across the Eagle Ford which have been damaged in the oil boom.
The Legislature appropriated $400 million to repair oilfield roads.
Hall says the idea of converting paved roads to gravel, which was state of the art in the 1930s, is amazing.
"Whether its a pavement or a blacktop or whatever, then all of a sudden we're going to go back to gravel? Seems like there's something wrong with that picture."
TxDOT has indicated it is willing to compromise on this and on a second controversial money saving move. TxDOT has also suggested turning state and farm to market roads within urban areas over to the cities for maintenance and repair. Cities like San Antonio are pushing back strongly against that proposal.


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|I want to stay in the realm of the deployment process for our next frequently asked question regarding the WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance.
|The ability to quickly deploy entire WebSphere Application Server cells (anything from single node cells, to multi-node clustered cells) is a hugely compelling feature of the appliance. Instead of spending days or hours deploying a WebSphere Application Server cell, users can deploy these in a matter of minutes (less than twenty minutes for clustered environments)!
|For the most part, WebSphere CloudBurst patterns represent entire cells. This includes management parts (AdminAgent, DeploymentManager), managed parts (custom nodes), and proxy parts (IHS). When you deploy a pattern, the result is a complete and fully functional WebSphere Application Server cell running in your private cloud.
|So, now that you have a complete cell out in your cloud, what happens if you need to add more nodes? If the the user-demand for the applications on your cell has exceeded the initial topology, can you use WebSphere CloudBurst to add more cells? Sure you can!
|In short, this involves creating a pattern that contains only a custom node part, and then at deploy time, providing information about the existing cell. WebSphere CloudBurst then takes over the deployment of that custom node and federates the node into the existing cell based on the information supplied about that cell. I won't go into an entire explanation here, because I think the demo I put on our YouTube channel explains it pretty well.
|In my experience with the WebSphere Application Server, this represents a much more seamless and automated process for deploying new nodes into an existing cell than what exists outside of WebSphere CloudBurst today. Of course, we value your comments and feedback above all else. So let us know what you think!
|-- Dustin Amrhein
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The more and more we visit with customers about our new WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance, the more we see a common thread of questions emerge around the offering. In an attempt to address some of these questions in a more accessible medium, I figured I'd start a series of blogs that relays some of these questions and of course the answers. Today I want to start with what is perhaps the most frequently asked question about WebSphere CloudBurst.
One thing I've noticed while talking to customers is that virtualization and virtualization management tools are widely used today. When we talk to customers already using these tools, they immediately understand the benefits WebSphere CloudBurst delivers in the form of virtualizing WebSphere Application Server environments and bringing a set of lifecycle capabilities to this virtualization. However, almost invariably they ask why they would use WebSphere CloudBurst over their existing tools, for instance VMware's vSphere offering.
There's a two-word answer to this question: WebSphere intelligence. What exactly does that mean? WebSphere CloudBurst was built with WebSphere in mind, and it knows how to configure, tune, and maintain WebSphere Application Server environments without the need for custom scripting.
For instance, when a user is building a WebSphere CloudBurst pattern (if you are wondering what a pattern is, or just want to learn the basics of WebSphere CloudBurst, take a look at this article) the relationships among the various WebSphere Application Server parts are automatically configured. This means that custom nodes are automatically federated into the Deployment Manager cell, web servers are automatically configured to route to application server nodes (and the web server's config file is setup to be automatically propagated), and much more. In addition to establishing these relationships, WebSphere CloudBurst also applies best practice tuning to the WebSphere environment. This tuning of course is just a suggestion and can be easily changed by users.
In addition to configuring and tuning a topology, WebSphere CloudBurst allows users to apply both fixes and service level upgrades to running virtual systems. Through the console, users can select virtual systems and apply either a fix or upgrade directly to the system. All the while, WebSphere CloudBurst automatically backs up the state of the system before the change is applied, and users can easily roll back to the previous system state if undesired behavior is encountered after the change.
I'm not disputing that all of these actions could be potentially accomplished using some "black-box" virtualization management tool, but the burden of supplying WebSphere intelligence is placed directly on the user. In order to configure, tune, or maintain virtualized WebSphere Application Server environments, users would accompany their virtual machine definitions with a heavy dose of scripting. These scripts only add to the pile of IT assets that need to be owned, updated, and maintained over time, and they only serve to distract users from the end-game of getting their applications up and running.
It's important to note too that WebSphere CloudBurst was only just released, so I would expect that the WebSphere intelligence it provides will only grow and get better over time. If you want to learn more about WebSphere CloudBurst, or if you think your company would be interested in a briefing and demo please get in touch. You can reach me at email@example.com. We would love to explain both the business value and technical capabilities of the appliance.
-- Dustin Amrhein
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I have written in this blog before about how using WebSphere CloudBurst, users can achieve fully customized WebSphere Application Server environments. Those customizations start at the operating system level by extending the shipped virtual images, modifying those images, and recapturing the custom image in the WebSphere CloudBurst catalog. On top of operating system level customizations are customizations made to the WebSphere Application Server middleware environment.
Customizations to the middleware environment are mainly achieved through what WebSphere CloudBurst calls script packages (click here for the script package section in the WebSphere CloudBurst Information Center). Very simply script packages are merely ZIP files that users uploaded into the WebSphere CloudBurst catalog and include in their custom WebSphere CloudBurst patterns as necessary.
The ZIP file that is stored in the catalog includes an executable script and optionally a set of artifacts used or needed by the script. In addition to uploading this ZIP file into the WebSphere CloudBurst catalog, users tell WebSphere CloudBurst how to invoke the script package and provide other information like environment variables that need to be present during script execution. WebSphere CloudBurst then uses this information to invoke the script packages upon completion of pattern deployment.
Script packages are very open-ended. As long as WebSphere CloudBurst can execute the script in the operating system environment, then it can be included in a pattern. So, users can create script packages that utilize the WebSphere Application Server wsadmin tool to install applications, set server trace settings, or otherwise alter the WebSphere Application Server configuration. Alternatively, users can supply operating system executables like shell scripts that otherwise configure the application environment. As long as a valid executable is supplied, then there are really no imposed limits on what a script package can do.
However, just because script packages can do just about anything doesn't mean they should! You can read this developerWorks article for a more complete discussion about WebSphere CloudBurst customizations and the use of script packages, but the bottom line is that script packages are best suited to deliver customizations that vary over application environments (like installing applications). For customizations that are needed in just about every application environment (required anti-virus software comes to mind), creating a custom virtual image is the way to go.
If you want to learn more about WebSphere CloudBurst script packages, I'd suggest you check out the WebSphere CloudBurst Information Center link and the developerWorks link above. As always, let us know if you have any questions by commenting here, sending us a tweet (@WebSphereClouds), or by sending an email to email@example.com.
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One of the most annoying things about running traffic statistics over a proxy log is the use of "magic hostnames". There's a few examples of this worth mentioning:
- blogspot/wordpress - one hostname per blog site
- pheedo.com - using [md5].img.pheedo.com for an image URL
- youtube/googlevideo/limewire/bitgravity/etc - CDNs which have many, many content servers which requests are directed to via some method
Caching issues aside, this makes it difficult to do straight "per-host" statistics as one can have an entire site "hidden" underneath many, many hostnames which individually serve a small amount of traffic.
Anyway. The naive way of working around this is to craft rules to aggregate specific domains as needed. I've done this in my stats software so I can generate daily statistic sets that are manageable. This gives me live data to play with. :)
Another way is to simply figure out the top level / second level domains and aggregate them at that level. So, you'd aggregate *.[domain].com ; *.[domain].net ; but not *.[domain].au. For .au you would aggregate *.[domain].com.au and so on. This should work fine (as the country domain name structure is reasonably static these days) but it does mean you end up hiding a lot of potential information from the domain name. For example, a CDN may have [server].[client].domain.com - seeing the specific per-client traffic statistics may help identify which websites are causing the traffic, versus just seeing *.domain.com.
Out of curiousity, I decided to come up with some way of figuring out where these domain names branch out into multiple sites. Partially so I can generate some aggregation rules, but partially so I can later on begin accounting traffic to both individual hosts and all parts of the domain name.
Anyway. This was easy to solve in a very, very naive way. I simply built a tree in memory based on the reversed hostname (so foo.domain.com -> moc.niamod.oof) so I could easily identify where in the name the branching occurs. I then just created one vertex per character.
Every time I added a hostname to the tree I incremented a reference count for all vertex nodes in the path.
Finally, to figure out which prefixes were the most prevalent, I simply depth-first searched the tree via recursion, looking for nodes that met a certain criteria - specifically, the node character was "." and the refcount was above some arbitrary hard coded limit (8). I then sorted the resulting list based on refcount.
The result:
844611: .com 82937: .net 51478: .org 36302: .blogspot.com 18525: .uk 17246: .wordpress.com 16527: .co.uk 15297: .info 15237: .ru 14790: .ningim.com 12359: .pheedo.com 12355: .img.pheedo.com 12328: .edu 9992: .files.wordpress.com 9980: .live.com 9578: .de 8430: .us 7171: .deviantart.com 6484: .photofile.ru 6481: .users.photofile.ru 6112: .profile.live.com 5197: .yuku.com 5044: .stats.esomniture.com 5044: .esomniture.com 4960: .avatar.yuku.com 4817: .bigtube.com 4659: .ss.bigtube.com 4541: .llnwd.net 4246: .au 4161: .vo.llnwd.net
.. so, as expected really. This host list doesn't include all of the seen hosts over a month of proxy access as I had done some pre-aggregation so the host list database was managable.
Now, the hacky part.
This wasn't a string B*Tree - the vertex children were -not- sorted. This means searches aren't as efficient as they could have been but for the data set in question (11 million hosts) the algorithm ran in O(perfectly sensible) time and didn't degrade noticably as the data set increased. Adding the extra code to do proper insertion and lookup optimisation would make it faster sure but I wanted to see if I had to care or not. No, I didn't have to care.
It was written in C. Yes, with no pre-defined tree datatypes. This is why I wanted to do the minimum effort required. :)
I initially had domain name fragments for the vertex nodes (ie, foo.domain.com became "foo"->"domain"->"com") but due to the distribution of the strings (ie, a -lot- under .com), the search speed (and thus insert speed) was very bad. I knew the worst case performance of the unsorted-node B*tree would be bad (ie, O(tree depth * number of entries per node)) and I absolutely, positively hit it with .com .
Finally, I needed some way of printing out the hostname given a particular vertex node. A typical method of doing this via recursion is to pass in a "prefix string" into the recursive function which gets modified as nodes are visited. I then realised I could simply traverse the tree backwards to assemble the string when needed. I didn't need to try and manage a variable-length string buffer; or artificially limit how long the string could be (and track that.)
In summary, this is all basic first year computer science data structures clue. It was an amusing way to spend an hour. It will be much more fun to merge this with the statistics code to provide domain-based aggregate statistics...


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Load 1 round into a mag and see if the bolt locks back, if it doesn't then gun is short stroking. I've heard that wolf can be underpowered, your rifle may be undergassed too. Hell, even heavy grease can do it.
Check the rings, make sure they're not lining up, check the gas key for leakage, make sure the rifle's oiled or just a THIN coat of grease. Oh yeah, check the gas tube for restriction/blockage.
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One of the core priniciples of Agile is a realistic attitude about the unknown. We might have a rough idea of how much work it will take to complete a project, but we cannot state with the certainty of a papal bull how we're going to get to that destination. Therefore, Agile teams have to embrace Agile principles like loving plans, but abandoning any fetishistic relationship with specific, immutable plans.
Agilists learn to live with uncertainty, but they're far from fatalistic about it. In fact, the opposite is true: the truly good Agile teams assume a very aggressive posture about the management of uncertainty. In this respect, Agile software teams behave a lot like military professionals. First, they accept the inherent unpredictability that they'll face, either on the battlefield or in the backlog. They adopt maxims like, "No plan survives contact with the enemy," or concepts like friction, to describe the nature, sources, and effects of uncertainty. Next, they develop strategies, like the OODA loop (observe, orient, decide, and act), to navigate through the minefields of unexpected outcomes. And finally, they adopt a great deal of rigor and discipline, plus no small amount of self-criticism, to the application of these uncertainty-management practices.


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Darrin Ellis and David Arriaga were in a committed relationship for five and a half years and decided to register as domestic partners in California. Ellis believed the couple had taken the necessary steps, only to find out when they separated that they were not validly registered. Different-sex couples who believe they were married but for some reason were not are protected under the "putative spouse doctrine" and can receive a fair division of the couple's property. A trial court ruled that Ellis is not entitled to the same protection. Lambda Legal appealed this ruling and is arguing that the California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 (A B 205) should be construed to recognize putative domestic partners, and that denying domestic partners these important protections violates equal protection principles.
Committed couples who are married or registered often buy a number of important things together, including cars, homes and furniture. The putative spouse doctrine protects important interests in this property for people who believed in good faith that they were married. Domestic partners need the same protections for dividing their assets without having to spend resources on difficult court battles.
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California's domestic partnership law requires equal treatment of registered domestic partners and spouses, and registering as a domestic partner can provide critical benefits for same-sex couples. Without access to marriage, however, same-sex couples are left with a separate, confusing system that can cause people like Ellis to fall through the cracks. Lambda Legal continues to fight for the rights of same-sex couples in the majority of states where marriage equality or other civil protections are not yet available.
- July 2007: Lambda Legal submits opening brief to Court of Appeal arguing that AB 205 should be construed to protect putative domestic partners, and that denying this protection to lesbians and gay men deprives them of the equal protection of the law.
- January 2008: California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr. files a brief asking the court to use its equitable power to protect putative domestic partners.
- April 2008: Lambda Legal argues this case before the Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeal, Division Three.
- May 2008: Victory! The Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeal, Division Three rules in favor of Ellis, holding that California's domestic partner law was intended to provide domestic partners equal treatment under the law.
Case Information
Darrin Ellis
Lambda Legal
Jennifer C. Pizer, Tara Borelli
Co-counsel/Cooperating Attorneys
Rebecca J. Birmingham, Stephanie Loftin; Long Beach Law, Inc., APLC


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Limbaugh, Morris, and Charen falsely claimed that only three tons of explosives were missing from Al Qaqaa
In their respective October 29 columns, FOX News Channel political contributor and New York Post columnist Dick Morris [1] and conservative syndicated columnist and author Mona Charen [2] relied upon an October 27 ABC News report [3], which has been questioned, to claim that "only three tons" of now-missing explosives could have still been at the Al Qaqaa weapons installation in Iraq when U.S. troops first arrived there. Not only did Morris and Charen use a report that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has discredited, but they also misrepresented that report's contents. On October 28, before the IAEA cast it into doubt, radio host Rush Limbaugh also mischaracterized the report to make the same claim that it was only "three tons" and not 380 tons of weapons that have gone missing from Al Qaqaa since U.S. troops invaded.
On October 27, ABC News reported [3] that possibly only three of the 141 tons of RDX explosives contained at the Al Qaqaa weapons installation as of July 15, 2002, were still present at the beginning of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The ABC report suggested that IAEA documents detailing inspections from January 14, 2003, "could mean that 138 tons of explosives were removed from the [Al Qaqaa] facility long before the United States launched 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' in March 2003."
But, as the Associated Press reported on October 28, the IAEA "raised questions about the [ABC] news report, saying it cited an inspection report of a single day and that most of the explosives were kept at another site the IAEA considered part of the overall storage area." Similarly, The Washington Post noted [4] on October 29 that "IAEA officials said records showed another 138 tons of the RDX were being kept then at a military warehouse used by [Al] Qaqaa's managers at Mahaweel, 25 miles away." Morris and Charen both made the "three tons" claim after the IAEA had called the ABC report into question.
Another article [5] in the October 29 edition of the Post documented Vice President Dick Cheney's use of details in the ABC report to accuse Senator John Kerry of being "dead wrong" about the missing explosives, noting, "Later, after the International Atomic Energy Agency said the report was incorrect, Cheney dropped the 'dead wrong' phrase from his criticism of Kerry."
Beyond citing ABC's questionable report, Morris and Charen also misrepresented it, as did Limbaugh, claiming that ABC reported that only three tons of explosives could have gone missing. The New York Times first reported [6] on October 25 that "nearly 380 tons" of explosives were missing. That figure, which approximates the 377 tons cited by the Iraqi Interim Government, includes both RDX and HMX explosives. But the ABC report made no claim that the 200-plus tons of HMX explosives had been removed prior to the arrival of U.S. forces. ABC noted the following: "The IAEA documents from January 2003 found no discrepancy in the amount of the more dangerous HMX explosives thought to be stored at Al-Qaqaa" (although ABC did suggest that some explosives could have been removed without the IAEA detecting it). A subsequent ABC News report, which aired on October 28, noted [7] that IAEA inspectors "last saw" the "214 tons" of HMX explosives in January 2003.
Morris's column [1] was published in the conservative New York Post; Charen's column [2] appeared on the conservative Heritage Foundation's website Townhall.com.
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Unknown Warriors Of Honor
The UWOH is a newly formed hardcore player vs player based english speaking guild. We as a guild take gaming very seriously, and have reasonable goals of obtaining respect and honor. We are a very dedicated guild, which always has players online, we accept members from all over the globe, with limited requirements.
Our community
As a guild we work together to create a harmonious attitude between our members and keep them on the good sides of one another in order to create a peaceful gaming atmosphere suitable for both adults and children.
Guild Leader's Experience
"I myself have played and experienced every type of game, and genre the average experienced gamer can think of. I started off where most of the average online gamers do, Runescape, 10 years ago 2001 is where my Gaming "career" began. Shortly after Runescape, I came across a Legendary game that I am in love with to this day called GunZ: The Duel. GunZ was a huge inspiration for me when I was interested in hardcore gaming, I had a wonderful clan, AngelDawn, who I saw as my family, and team to fight with. After AngelDawn died I had not felt the urge to continue playing on GunZ. That is when I became a Game Hopper, and for the next 2-3 years, I was on and off with games, from Splash Fighters to World of Warcraft and beyond, I searched for the game and Guild that could give me the gaming satisfaction I recieved in GunZ. That is, until I found Aika. Aika was the first game I did not quit in the first few days of playing, I remember being motivated to level after a few friends of mine past me in level around the 20s when I was offline. That was the real push that got me to level 50 quickly, along with that I had made a guild named Eclipse. That started off in an Alliance with a few other guilds, but worked our way up to leading a 4-guild alliance, and seeking to become the Marshels of Lenaria.. We worked for weeks on training, and leveling our members, I personally put in a great deal of time helping people with quests. A few weeks before we were ready to take marshelship, Eclipse had died, and our alliance with it due to a massive kicking done by one of our officers, thus began my Game hopping once again. On and off on every type of game, until it leaded me up to this day.. Where I became leader of another guild, and wish to progress from my mistakes and have one of the greatest guilds of all time. These.. Are my experiences, with gaming."
Game Essentials
X-Fire Community: http://www.xfire.com/communities/uwoh/
Website: http://www.uwoh.co.uk (now running)
Ventrilo & Teamspeak(Coming soon)
Guild Launch: http://www.uwoh.guildlaunch.com
We recruit members of all ages, as long as you are mature and cooperative. We believe in Teamwork, and skill along with it. We do not require you to be a skilled gamer, however you may not be a "NewG(New Gamer)" and join. And you are required to have some game experience which you will be asked in our interview. You must also be able to follow orders, and lead if given the right to do so. We have organized and well thought tactics and strategies, when they come into play, you must be able to carry them out. You are also expected to be friendly and helpful, to the best of your ability to those around you. We strive to keep a good reputation with everyone and wish to have no enemies unless it cannot be helped. Giving our guild a bad name will also not be tolerated. Also there is no rank requirement, we accept members of all ranks.
Expectations and Rules
You are at all times expected to be cooperative with your teammates and helpful. Failure to carry out direct orders or disrespecting members of this guild will not be tolerated. We are a very easy-going guild that is not very strict, as long as you follow the rules. Our rules are listed below.The last thing you are expected to do is participate, we will have alot of guild events and activites for rewards and more that all members are expected to participate in. Those that don't will miss out on even more future benefits of being in the guild.
1. Have teamwork
2. Be Brave
3. Have Honor
4. Have fun
5. Respect each other
6. Participate
7. Be friendly and helpful
8. Keep your Honesty
9. Fight Hard
10. Be worthy of your title, You are a member of the Uknown Warriors of Honor
Joining Ingame: If you wish to join in-game, you will need to private-message the leader or one of our guild officers. For in game joining you will recieve a few interview questions to better determine the type of gamer you are.
Joining Online: If you wish to join at our website, or fill out our interview form on these forums, you will automatically be invited to join our guild, when you private message the guild leader or one of our officers in game.
Important: A member is not an official member of our guild until they join our guild Website and Forums, this shows a hint of dedication to the guild and you will be better seen as a member. If it is too much of a difficult task for those who wish to join perhaps the Unknown Warriors of Honor is not best suited to be your guild, because we may have other tasks for our members in the future that take a maximum of 5-10 minutes.
Interview Format:
How many hours do you play per day?
Which online games have you played?
What's your gaming personality?(What type of gamer are you)
Why are you interested in our guild?
Where do you see yourself in the future as a member of our guild?
Are you dedicated to the games you play and guilds you join?
Do you have a microphone?
How many days a week(7-day) do you game?
Are you able to follow orders and/or lead?
Are you a force to be recokened with?
Are you prepared to join the website and participate in things related to the guild?
What did you think of our website and recruitment thread?
Contact us
If you have any questions or concerns you may contact one of our e-mails.
Thank you for your time.
Bump, we are currently recruiting all gamers. And progressing extremely well. Any suggestions for advertisement will be deeply appreciated, we've already advertised on most of the websites avalible (mmorpg.com, onrpg.com, gamespot, IGN, guild launch, etc..)
Bump, we are currently recruiting all gamers. And progressing extremely well. Any suggestions for advertisement will be deeply appreciated, we've already advertised on most of the websites avalible (mmorpg.com, onrpg.com, gamespot, IGN, guild launch, etc..)


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I asked this question on facebook and had it answered by several people, none of which have much experience of training or nutrition so I thought I'd ask it here.
After 4 years of periodic half assed fitness while I had 2 kids etc, I've now got the time to get fit properly. My only problem is, every time I get back into a half decent regime within a week or two, I get sick. Its normally a virus or bacterial infection.
When I was training full time a few years ago I did occasionally over-train to the point where I crashed my immune system and got systemic bacterial infections. I did the same about 8 months ago when I went back to work and was working long hours and breastfeeding my son full time as well. I ended up with tonsilitis which got into my system after antibiotic treatment and left me with a resting heart beat of 150, chest pains, constant sweats and the doctor looking a bit scared at me. This leads me to believe that my immune system is a bit crap really. Oh yeah I'm also prone to ringworm despite bleaching myself regularly.
So, does anyone here have tips etc on nutrition, supplements etc to help? I'm eating clean but I don't take supplements. I'm not talking about training hardcore these days. I'm talking probably an hour or so 4 -5 times a week.


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'Just understand, if the Sabres wind up losing this series, it will not be because of one bad call or a single mental lapse. The Sabres missed too many scoring chances that would have put the game away even after Boston came back and tied the score. Twice, they have lost after leading by two goals.'
Ruff should have blamed missed chances
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Leonard Doyle, writing for the newspaper, The Independent, offered a British perspective on America in the year 2008 as it stood silently to remember the work of Martin Luther King. he heard a crowd at the Zion Baptist church in Columbia, South Carolina listen to the words of Rev. Charles Jackson who thundered out the message, "Fight the master-slave mentality." Doyle noted the apparent chasm between whites and blacks in the state which was highlighted by the essentially all white primary for Republican candidates while Democrats will shortly hold their primary that features a large percentage of black voters. Doyle watched a small group of white supremacists jeer at those celebrating the King holiday as they held aloft Confederate flags which have became an issue in the Republican primary due to efforts by Mike Huckabee to emesh himself in its symbol.
Doyle acknowledged the old symbols of separate facilities has disappeared, but new political ones have emerged. The British visitor raised the topic of the Ben Tillman statue which on statehouse grounds. Ben Tillman was a racist governor and later U.S. Senator who urged lynchings and killings of black people. Doyle noted a black worker last week received a $2.5 million settlement from Lockheed for its failure to prevent him being harassed by co-workers.
He was struck by the fact none of the Democratic candidates raised the issue of the Confederate flag. Doyle claimed to be told by African Americans they feared if Obama were to win the election there would be violence in South Carolina. There are people who undoubtedly hold such fears, but there is scant evidence African Americans have any feeling but pride in the fact there is a candidate for the presidency of the United States who represents the most persecuted group in American history.
Mr. Doyle cites the case of Ben Tillman's racism, but, apparently lacks knowledge of the background of this notorious racist. Ben Tillman was involved in the Populist movement of the 1890s which included forming alliances between blacks and whites. There were even examples of white Populists who protected black farmers against KKK attacks. Tilmman supported the alliance but as the years passed and racism made it impossible to gain victory, he simply went over to the other side because he wanted power. The tragedy is that the Mike Huckabees of this era are not different and will say or do anything to quietly fan the flames of racism.


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Backroom Exclusives 23, Scene #05
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Brandon Bangs comes into the locker room from a good workout and catches Trent Locke rubbing one out in the shower. Using his huge cock as bait, Brandon lures Trent out of the shower and onto his knees where he feasts on Brandon's boner. When Trent offers up his furry round ass the real workout begins; Brandon fucks the sweat and cum right out Tent then shoots his milky load all over the locker room!
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The #1 scenes that are burning up the web in the Hot House Backroom are now available on DVD! Volume 23 features five nut-busting scenes that bring your jock/athlete fantasies to life. If you've ever cruised a locker room or beat off thinking about your favorite all-stars wrestling, sucking dick, and fucking, you're going to get off over and over again!


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Phoenix Men's Tennis Turns in Historic 2011-12 Season
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - When Mark Thomas took over as head coach of the Green Bay men's tennis team in 2008, he had plans of elevating the program to new heights. In 2011-12, after four seasons of increased success, Thomas and the Phoenix did just that by winning the school's first Horizon League Championship and earning its first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Green Bay finished the year with a school-record 19 wins (19-7, 6-1 Horizon League), defeating four-time defending champion Cleveland State in the Horizon League title match before wrapping up the season with a hard-fought NCAA tourney loss at No. 7 Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif.
"This season's experience was big for the program," Thomas said. "We're just on the verge of being ranked. We played the No. 7 team in the nation and battled. We know what we need to focus on to get to that next level, and that's what we're going to work hard for next year."
The Phoenix has steadily improved under Thomas, winning nine matches his first year, 13 his second and a then-record 16 his third before the program-best 19 wins in 2011-12.
One of the first players Thomas brought into the program was Paul Swanson (Coon Rapids, Minn.), who recently wrapped up one of the most successful careers in Green Bay history. Swanson has played a key role in the team's four-year climb to the top of the Horizon League, finishing his career as the school's all-time leader in singles victories with a record of 94-42 (64-28 spring, 30-14 fall).
"Winning the Horizon League and making it to the NCAA Tournament has been the dream since my freshman year," Swanson said. "We've just built this team up every year, we've gotten a little bit better, brought in stronger recruits, and the guys have worked hard in practice every day."
The senior was second in the Horizon League Player of the Year voting this year, earning first team all-league honors for the first time after picking up second team recognition in each of his first three seasons. He was the first Phoenix player since Ben Davis (2001-04) to earn all-conference honors in each of his four years.
The Phoenix had three total all-conference selections, as freshman Michael Tenzer (Neuried, Germany) joined Swanson on the first team and junior Erik Finkenbrink (Duelmen, Germany) earned a second-team nod. Green Bay was the only school to land more than one player on the first team, and the three all-league selections tied Wright State for the most from one school.
Swanson and Tenzer became the first Phoenix players to earn first team honors since Tim Prudlow was selected in 2007. It also marked the first time Green Bay placed two on the first team since 2003 when Davis and Robert Shamilikian grabbed first-team hardware.
Green Bay earned the No. 2 seed and a first round bye in the 2012 Horizon League tournament after finishing the conference slate with a 6-1 record. Its only defeat came to top-seeded Wright State (7-0), a 4-3 road loss on April 14.
Watch a Horizon League Championships preview story by Fox 11 here.
The Phoenix rolled past No. 6 Butler in the Horizon League semifinals 4-1, earning its second straight trip to the title match against fourth-seeded Cleveland State, who beat the top-ranked Raiders in their semifinal match. Green Bay got off to a fast start in the championship contest, winning the doubles point and closing out two of the first three singles matches before Tenzer secured the 4-1 victory with a win at No. 2 singles.
Watch a recap of the 2012 Horizon League Championships here.
After returning from Indianapolis with the school's first Horizon League Championship trophy, the Phoenix gathered at The Bar on Lime Kiln to watch the NCAA.com Selection Show to find out its opponent in the program's first NCAA Tournament. The team learned that it would be traveling to Malibu, Calif., to take on one of the top teams in the nation - No. 7 Pepperdine - on its home courts.
Watch Green Bay's selection show reaction here.
Green Bay battled hard against the Waves, who were coming off their 42nd West Coast Conference title, but the Phoenix's historic season ultimately came to an end on the shores of the Pacific Ocean with a 4-0 result. The win was Pepperdine's 21st in a row, their longest streak of dual victories in school history. The Waves went on to win four more NCAA Tournament matches to advance to the Final Four where they fell 4-1 to national runner-up Virginia.
One of the highlights of Green Bay's match at Pepperdine came from senior Christoph Hopfe (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany), who was playing his best tennis in the final contest of his career. Hopfe dominated the first set with a 6-1 win over Daniel Moss at No. 6 singles and was on serve down 5-4 when the Waves secured the fourth and final point of the afternoon.
Despite the loss, Thomas was extremely proud of his squad and knows that the experience gained from the team's first NCAA Tournament trip will bode well for the Phoenix in the coming years.
"We played with great effort from the very start," Thomas said. "Our guys competed well. It's been a great year. I'm really proud of the effort from start to finish and it's something that we're going to build on. It was our first time here at the NCAAs, and we're looking forward to bigger and better things in the future."
BY THE NUMBERS: Green Bay posted several impressive numbers during its historic 2011-12 campaign. The Phoenix went a combined 15-0 in non-road matches (8-0 at home, 7-0 on neutral courts). Craig Cox (Surrey, England) posted a team-high 21 singles victories (21-4), going 12-0 when playing at No. 3 and No. 4. Erik Finkenbrink recorded a team-best 20-4 doubles record, which included a 14-2 mark at the No. 1 spot.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Green Bay picked up four Horizon League Player of the Week awards in 2011-12, as Paul Swanson was honored twice and Michael Tenzer and Craig Cox were each recognized once. Swanson won league honors in back-to-back weeks (April 3, April 10), leading the Phoenix to a 4-0 start in conference play while going 4-0 in singles action. They marked the second and third awards of his career, as he was also honored as a sophomore in 2010.
Tenzer won his first career player of the week award on Feb. 22 after going a combined 7-0 in singles and doubles, helping the Phoenix to a 4-0 record during the period of Feb. 13-19. Cox picked up the weekly honors on Jan. 31 after he posted a 4-0 record in the team's first weekend of play. It marked the first such award of Cox's career.
EARNING RANK: The 2011-12 season was a year of firsts for the Phoenix. In addition to its first Horizon League title and first NCAA appearance, Green Bay also had its first nationally-ranked double team. In March it was announced that the freshman duo of Michael Tenzer and Felix Goepper (Seelbach, Germany) were ranked 61st among Division I doubles partners. Tenzer and Goepper finished the year with a 13-4 doubles record, including an unbeaten 8-0 mark at the No. 2 spot.
FANTASTIC FALL: In addition to its record-breaking spring, the Phoenix also had a successful fall season against tough competition. In the year-opening Purdue Invitational, Swanson took home the Flight B singles championship, winning five matches over three days in the 11-team, 45-player field. Swanson then went unbeaten at the Bradley Invitational, taking the No. 3 singles title, while Finkenbrink went 4-0 to claim the No. 1 singles flight. At the Ball State Invite Swanson made it three-for-three when he went 5-0 to capture the Flight A singles title, defeating his opponent from Louisville in the final match. The Phoenix also had doubles teams come away with fall titles, including the freshman duo of Tenzer and Michael Tebon (Excelsior, Minn.), who nabbed the Cardinal bracket championship at Ball State.###


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Saiga made some rifles in .35 Remington, and there's a .pdf of a book from D&S from 2000 that describes building one from a flat, opening the bolt face to .460" and sectioning and widening a stock x39 magazine.
The .35 came out in 1906 and is a low-pressure cartridge at 33,500 CUP. It can push a 200 grain, .358" bullet out to around 2000 fps, which gives it quite a bit more punch than the 7.62x39 despite the lower pressure.
A 7.62x39 cartridge is about 2.2" long, the .35 is 2.53", and a .308 is 2.80". You could use a .308 mag with a spacer... or if you handload, Hornady makes some spitzer bullets that might make up most of the difference. The old P-17 Enfield had about the same amount of cartridge slop in the magzine (It was originally designed for the very long .280 Ross), though the idea of cartridges slamming back and forth with recoil makes me wince.
Reamerrentals.com has .35 Remington reamers for $26, with another $5 for the headspace gauge.
Inexpensive true .358" barrels seem to be out of stock everywhere at the moment. Googling around shows some Marlin 336s in .35 Remington were .359 or .360"
Numrich has .357 carbine barrels for $19.95, depending on how you feel about pushing a .358" bullet through a .357" barrel. Izhmash and Tula didn't worry much about that sort of thing...


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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger wants to see more respect in football in 2013 - on and off the pitch.
Sportsmanship - or the lack of it - is back on the agenda after Marouane Fellaini was suspended for a headbutt on Ryan Shawcross during last weekend's game between Everton and Stoke City.
The two players clashed regularly at the Britannia Stadium, often grappling each other in the penalty area to gain an advantage at corners.
Wenger admits it's often tough for referees to spot the instigator.
"It is a very difficult situation," he said. "The referees cannot see what's happening for all the players. Even when you look at it on slow-motion, it's true that the defenders sometimes grab the strikers, but it is true that the strikers push or grab the defenders away.
"It's difficult sometimes to see who made the foul first. Both makes fouls. It's difficult to see who made the first. Most of the time, it's the defenders.
"In England it's part of the game. I like the fact that [there] is a real battle going on in the box. When it goes overboard, the referee has to intervene. It's part of the commitment of the English game as well."
All the same, Wenger believes bad sportsmanship would be alleviated if players and supporters showed more respect to one another.
"I believe [to] have more respect inside the stadiums without losing the passion [would help]," he said.
"Respect for everything, for the players, from the players, for each other, for the fans, from the fans, for the referees - just more respect without losing the passion.
"In England, the passion is linked with the [tribal] behaviour. You wouldn't want that passion to be lost, but you can still develop respect."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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SKU:11339Artist:Compatible Figures:Victoria 4, Michael 4Compatible Software:DAZ Studio, PoserInstall Types:
SKU:11339Artist:Compatible Figures:Victoria 4, Michael 4Compatible Software:DAZ Studio, PoserInstall Types:
- Daz Connect
- Install Manager
- Manual Install
- Daz Connect
- Install Manager
- Manual Install
An arsenal of delightfully wicked weapons to give you the 'edge' in any conflict!
- The Hungamunga. A traditional African throwing weapon designed to inflict serious damage no matter how it lands.
- The Raptor Axe. A throwing axe with the elegant grace and deadliness of a predatory bird.
- The Circle of Death. A throwing weapon designed to be twirled on the hand like a hula-hoop, then flung. Like the Hungamunga, it's guaranteed to do damage no matter how it strikes.
- The Steel Orchid. Your opponent has a knife? Big deal. You've got fourteen of them!
- The WhackSaw. A modern take on the Aztec macahuitl. Flat sides for stunning and bludgeoning, sharp edges for more serious work.
The set also includes positioning poses to place the weapons in the right or left hand of V4 and M4, and hand poses for V4 and M4 for all four weapons.
Program Compatibility: Poser 6+ and DAZ Studio 2+
What's Included and FeaturesFeatures
- Five Weapons with Lots of Edges (.PP2 and .OBJ) (.DAZ and .DSO)
- Circle of Death
- HungaMunga
- Raptor
- Steel Orchid
- Whack Saw
- Positioning Pose Files to Place Weapons in Right or Left Hand of V4 and M4
- Hand Poses for M4 and V4 for Each Weapon
- No Hand Poses for Circle of Death as it is not Gripped
- ReadMe Includes Detailed Instructions for Both Poser and DAZ Studio
- 1 Full Poser Installer and 1 Full DAZ Studio Installer
- Textures Include
- 3 Raptor Texture/Displacement/Specular Maps (435x766)
- 3 HungaMunga Texture/Displacement/Specular Maps (643x628)
- 3 Whack Saw Texture/Displacement/Specular Maps (964x1542)
- 3 Circle of Death Texture/Displacement/Specular Maps (1117x553)
- 3 Steel Orchid Texture/Displacement/Specular Maps (1769x975)
Addition Products used in Promo Images: