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Canisius College will join with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Niagara University to co-host the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball second and third rounds at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee announced today. The games will be played Thursday, March 20 and Saturday, March 22, 2014.
"We are thrilled that the NCAA has once again selected Buffalo to host the Division I Men's Basketball Championship," Canisius Director of Athletics and Tournament Co-Director Bill Maher said. "Western New York has hosted five NCAA Championship events in the First Niagara Center and our proven success in hosting outstanding championship events has led them back to Buffalo once again."
Canisius, the MAAC and Niagara have previously hosted the 2000, 2004, 2007 and 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in Buffalo's downtown arena, and the group also joined together to serve as hosts for the 2003 Frozen Four. All five previous events have sold out. A total of 53 cities put in bids to host the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship and 25 cities were awarded the 2014-2015 sites.
"It is tremendous news that Buffalo has been selected to host the second and third rounds of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship," Rich Ensor, MAAC Commissioner said. "I believe the selection reflects the confidence the NCAA staff and the Division I Men's Basketball Committee have in the co-hosts, the First Niagara Center, the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau and the City of Buffalo to stage a great championship."
"We're proud to be able to bring the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament to Buffalo and First Niagara Center in 2014," Buffalo Sabres President Ted Black said. "This will be the fifth time the tournament comes through our facility and the first for our new ownership. We have great partners in the NCAA, the MAAC, Canisius College and Niagara University so we know it will be a tremendous success."


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Thursday 17th May 2012
When analysing someone involved at the highest level of this great sport of ours the first thing I notice is how the chance comes to only a very lucky few. The millions of us 'normal' folk who follow the game all over the world emphasises this.
With the playing side being limited by age and physical capability, a career in the game can be relatively short too. And to spend almost all your working years dedicated to one particular club makes you one of an extremely special few.
Pat Rice was held aloft in front of the travelling Gooners at The Hawthorns on Sunday a full 48 years since he first walked into the marble halls of Highbury. Age will determine how much of his great career each of us have witnessed.
Pat's is a proper football story, the fact that he worked in a shop on Gillespie Road before joining is almost beyond belief when you look at how the game has changed.
At 42 years old I am lucky enough to remember Pat as a player, the moment he lifted the FA Cup back in 1979 probably the clearest recollection.
Those before me however, will remember him being an integral part of the famous Double-winning side of 1971. If that didn't make him a legend even at that early age then nothing would!
Much of that famous squad was broken down over the coming seasons but Pat's loyalty to the club never waned, culminating in the proud day he became our club captain in 1977.
Football historians tend to mention clubs such as Leeds and Liverpool as dominating during Pat's playing career. On this basis it is incredible to think that other than the two victorious days mentioned above, the squad reached a further seven cup finals!
Pat proudly represented his country on 49 occasions and Watford fans remember him fondly too having played out the latter part of his career on the field with the Hornets, again being named captain and achieving promotion success while he was there.
Again it is incredible to think that Pat retired from playing 28 years ago meaning his time with the Arsenal off the field far exceeded his long career on it.
His time throughout our trophy successes under George Graham and Mr Wenger mean Pat has been part of every single piece of the Arsenal history I have been fortunate enough to witness in my lifetime.
After he was placed back on his feet at West Brom on Sunday he turned to us and saluted with a clenched fist. Once a winner, always a winner Pat, and it was an emotional moment.
I'm sure as a lifelong and passionate Gooner I speak on behalf of all of us by offering our sincerest thanks for the many memories and by wishing him a long, happy and healthy retirement.
I don't use the word 'legend' very often but...
Pat, you are a true Gooner legend.
FrankCopyright 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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Re: Engine parts cleaning during overhaul
As I said, I'm sure the Northstar passed the rigorous stress tests with that gasket. But it appears to fail the real world test of time, more often that we would like to hear. Newer designs move away from those gasket materials. The modern HO engines that GM is putting out today have MLS gaskets, probably for a good reason.
The Northstar engine design calls for a better gasket, that is hard to argue. It is a combination of factors, aluminum heads and longblock, open deck with a very close proximity to a large area that soaks the gasket in coolant that admittedly does not get along with the felt gasket very well. Add stretch to yield bolts to that formula and you have to walk the fine line with lady luck because HG failures are not only limited to neglected cooling systems. Maybe if the vast coolant passages weren't so close to the fire rings the story would be different--but this isn't about what the engine isn't, it's about what it is. The head gasket's fire rings are an island literally surrounded by coolant that is deteriorating the felt and possibly graphite component in them.
I wouldn't discard the Dex-Cool vs conventional green coolant argument, because otherwise, what makes 93-96 Northstar's have better "luck" with the head gaskets? The typical advertised pH of Dex-Cool is lower than traditional antifreeze/coolant (8.3 vs 10.5). The pH level is very close to that of sea water, typically pH 8. Conventional green typically has a pH of 10.5 pH. So it's possible that the lower pH contributes or enhances the deterioration the "wet" part of the gasket, which you say factually, has nothing to do with the seal of the headgasket in the compressed areas. Fluids do tend to permeate felt, however, so I am not so sure why your'e so confident about the compressed area staying dry? Furthermore, heat enhances the permeability of water, and the lower coefficient of viscosity of ethylene glycol in there further facilitates permeation of the felt materials and fabrics. Is this ideal, in sealing two critical hot aluminum surfaces over time? *NO*
Then there's potassium 2-ethylhexaonate and it's ability to dissolve nylon 6,6 and natural silicone rubber, and the lack of silicates which typically coat and protect other materials besides alloys by competing with more harmful corrosive oxides.
So I don't deny that organic acid technology coolants are fine for copper, brass, cast iron, steel and aluminum but to be safely deployed in different applications with other materials one would have to test them with other materials such as the felt in the head gasket, which will be soaked in the case of the N*.
No issue with OAT and an MLS gasket but not so sure about with a felt/graphite composite gasket. Silicates are used to coat carbon and therefore graphite and protect it from other oxides and thus deterioration. There are no silicates in Dex-Cool--so what's protecting the graphite?
Below is the head gasket of the LS9 engine.
Edit: after writing the details about graphite being protected by silicates, and coolant with its low viscosity coefficient soaking into the felt gasket, it makes sense that better clamping would better isolate the compressed, wishfully "dry" area of the gasket from disintegrating [failing]. At least it would buy it some time. This is probably why the bolts became longer, and then coarser over time. Still I believe the missing silicates are helpful in protecting the integrity of the felt/graphite composite gasket.
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Pete and RePete were on a fence. Pete got knocked off with a baseball bat.
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I'm going to say this and this is just my opinion nothing more.
This has been an EXTREMELY informative post on the dex-cool, head bolts, and open deck design of the northstar engine block. With the wealth of information in this post alone, I've decided to go the MLS route for my headgasket job on my eldo.
I "was" on the fence, but now I'm convinced that this is the correct way to approach this issue. Everyone knows by now this isn't a user friendly engine to work on, so why set myself up for a "possible" mishap down the road.
Yes, the studs and the inserts have proven themselves to repair the bolt issues, but the gasket and dexcool issues remain. I'm going to alleviate all the possible culprits. Block will be studded, MLS gasket will be used, green antifreeze is going in..........done.
Ironically, all the info posted here, are you saying the engineers didn't have this info at the time of the development of the northstar engine? Or was this the case of "we"ll just use what has been getting by all along" ,it'll hold together.
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Hi Submariner409, I think you pick and choose what to read on a thread. I said if you change the Dexcool VERY OFTEN I think that covers properly maintained as you put it. Was there not legal action taken against GM over Dexcool? I have had all GM vehicles = 8 in total and had cooling problems with 7. Love GM not knocking them I don't even want to go there to relive the past. By the way my daughters taught me how to post pictures so I post a picture with a thread it seems they are vanishing. I wonder if someone on this board doesn't like looking at Cadillacs?
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Several people (not just me) are tired of looking at the same blurry Deville over, and over, and over. Make a picture album and post a slew of decent pictures there - that's what the Community tab is for instead of taking up server space in the daily threads. FWIW, I look at Cadillacs every day, all types, and never get tired of the scene.
Staff is here to keep this place clean, speedy (as possible) and act as field umpires. Things get overly dicey, it goes to Admin and it's out of our hands.
You are a full-fledged CF member - if you don't like the way the site is run from the field, you are free to read the Forum Rules and Guidelines down in Site News and post a complaint to Admin in the Site News Forum.
Everyone has their pet opinions on DEX-COOL as well as other fluids - No one is knocking your "change it frequently" procedure - matter of fact, I am a staunch proponent of changing coolants at least every 3 years......................Post #60, Post #58, and several hundred other coolant posts since early 2006.
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Thank you for the good words, 98eldo32v. My HG is holding so far, and I've only been running silicated green for a few months. Silicated coolants almost immediately coat the surfaces they are in contact with, so they offer instant protection against corrosion. The way the hexanoic acid (organic acid technology, extended-life coolant) variety works, is different, and I've read it takes a few thousand miles to begin offering protection.
I should note that color is just a dye nowadays, so make sure it is "conventional" silicated coolant if you're after the carbon graphite protection in the head gasket. It probably won't matter what coolant you use once you have MLS head gaskets. The Cometic MLS gaskets have a viton coating (fluoroelastomer) which is also used to make chemical-resistant gloves for labs etc.
Tom is correct, in that the hexanoic acid that comprises the anti-corrosion package in Dex-Cool was responsible for the catastrophic failures in intake gaskets for a few engines a few years ago because they had nylon 6,6 in them, which culminated in the large class-action lawsuits. I think hexanoic acid is also responsible for many of the the leaking water pump cover gaskets, and any other failed silicone rubber gaskets that come into contact with coolant. Take note that most revised gaskets in the later years are made of other polymers that are resistant to hexanoic acid, thus they had no further issues in the later years of production. *edit: and Tom, I guess I wasn't going crazy thinking your car was there, and then it wasn't. I thought it had something to do with me using the iPhone cadillac owners app.*
If my HG fails on my 99 ETC (It did on my 98 at 116K a few years ago), I too would do exactly what you've decided: Studs with MLS gaskets. I don't plan to neglect my cooling system so I'll still be using conventional green as well, and changing it once a year. Thanks again for the kind words and I look forward to reading about your studded MLS-equipped Eldo. There's another member here that has gone with MLS, but I can't remember his name.
I have no idea what the engineers did or did not know. It does seem like there was a strong effort to make cars that were very low maintenance, thus the extended life coolants, the OLM, the platinum spark plugs, etc were part of the effort. I think a lot of it was experimental and either there wasn't time to get a lot of homework and testing and research done or there wasn't enough of a case to present to the "penny counters" to justify the decisions to go with more modern but costly parts? I don't think this was a deliberate boo boo. I agree with your ideas that it corporate may have been involved--they weren't doing very well so they had their reasons. If they were all quality and reliability, then our cars would be like Rolls Royces, and would cost a helluvalot more.
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Remember: Suspended silicates in good ol' green coolant have been radically reduced in order to lessen water pump shaft seal wear - most 'green' coolants are now "no silicate" or "low silicate" formula.
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Thanks for you're honesty sub you won't hear from me again or see the poor pictures my wife and daughters took, sorry I upset so many people. Believe me I never knew, I try not to upset anyone, sorry again.
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I dont find a problem with them either. No worse than the ugly, repetitive avatars and signatures used here.
The beauty of an internet board is that you can sift through the pages to your liking, retrieving only the info you are interested in. If you don't like the pictures, skip over them. Effortless, and no drama required.
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Well, I'm going with studs and regular FelPro gaskets, Dex-Cool and all new seals possible. I took the oil pan apart and I got to see a wonderful scene of gel-like oil deposit everywhere, probably due to severe overheating. I'm surprised this engine even ran, and glad I didn't run it after that overheating episode. After further inspection, the oil leak seems to be from the oil pan, but not the halfcase. I'm resealing the half case anyway.
I am having difficulty removing the main bolts, they act like they are sealed up there good and may break upon removal. I was successful removing none of them. Does it just take quite a torque, or am I doing it wrong?
Also the rear crankshaft oil seal... removal I can do without tools carefully, but the installation tool is over $200 and that's ridiculous for one time use. Is there any alternative, or other tools available for this work?
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Main bolts are a huge pain.
You better have a 1/2'" breaker bar with only 6 point sockets and an extension for the breaker bar. The way some of them came loose when I took apart the bottom end on the STS motor, I thought every last one of them snapped when they came loose.
I was lucky and got all of them loose. Better get new bolts for the bottom end.
I didn't take any chances, nor do I think you should either.
Get lucky on ebay for the rear main tool.
Got mine for cheap a while back, practically brand new.
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Maybe I was too afraid of breaking a bolt. I used my favorite breaker bar and all came right off. It was much like the head bolts coming loose, except lesser torque needed. And yeah, I will get new main bolts. Too much of a horror story to have one break in my block.
Where would be the best source for the main bolts (and rod bolts too)? Dealer?
I snapped some pictures during disassembly that I will post later. The oil sludge is just a pain. More cleaning I guess....
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Hit up Chris @ Rippy.
I got new main and rod bolts from him. Eldorado_Red came over to my house to see what he's about to get into. At least teardown and necessary parts.
My advice on rebuilding one of these things, if you THINK it needs replacement do it now and forget it.
Chin up on the oil cleaning. Yes, it a mess and a pain, but when everything is clean things will go a lot smoother.
Hang in there.
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I don't suppose there should be any attempt to "conserve" water in the West for future generations either? Why should y'all have your toilets limited to 2 gallons a flush? That really sounds like an infringement on your "rights" doesn't it? Why not just let the West flush as much water as they want? I'm sure Michigan would be happy to sell you fresh water for say, $1000 a barrel when yours is all gone. :-D
QuoteAre you kidding? Just because YOU don't live in that tree doesn't mean it doesn't provide habitat and food for many other species. It's very logical to realize that humans are interconnected to many other species on the planet, probably most of which relationships we don't understand at all.then no tree should ever be cut. no ground turned. no grass mowed. do you know how many voles i kill every time i whack down my fields....my god. the blood on my hands...er, blades.
Are you kidding? Just because YOU don't live in that tree doesn't mean it doesn't provide habitat and food for many other species. It's very logical to realize that humans are interconnected to many other species on the planet, probably most of which relationships we don't understand at all.
Then by your "logic," every blade of grass should be cut, all earth turned, all trees cut. Neither extreme makes much sense.
Heck Moots, why not just let everybody in Arizona use as much water as they want to turn the desert into a lush lawn? You do realize what the DEFINITION of a "desert" is, right? LOL, and the conservatives think they're the "logical" ones. :lau: Water in the West is kind of like Dollars in Washington. If more is going out than coming in, you're eventually going to have a problem! At least with dollars you can always print more to make up for the deficit. With water you're screwed. You can't simply make more. Once the aquifers are drained, the land subsides and crushes future capacity, so it's permanent damage. But hey, if Moots needs 10 gallons a flush, then so be it. :)Have you even seen the new toilets lately Moots? They have multiple buttons for various flows.
we don't lose water. we have a closed system. it's somewhere. except for what they take up to the space station.....the key is reclamation. we may need to consider some kind of Dune system eventually since the population grows and people have a lot of water in them.
it can end up in many different places (polluted and nonpotable).
Quoteit can end up in many different places (polluted and nonpotable).you must not spend much time in Vegas. it's amazing what you can do with good water reclamation programs! :evil:
Moots, that 7 Trillion in debt can be zeroed out over night if/when the political machine has the will to do it, it's just paper. It's done all the time in business; it's called re-organization under the bankruptcy laws.
It's kind of basic common sense and a little bit of understanding of how water works to realize it is actually a finite resource
We all just have different places we don't and do want taxes to go
If you're "investing" in an entity with unfunded liabilities of 123 TRILLION dollars, then you deserve to lose money if and when it goes bankrupt or gets re-organized.


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For a guy who is 1,732 years old, Santa Claus looked pretty spry.
The jolly old elf, who History.com said was a monk named St. Nicholas born in modern-day Turkey sometime around A.D. 280, recently came to his lodge at the Valley Fair Mall from his winter home in Southern California (who knew?). With real white whiskers and an appropriately jolly red face, he donned his red uniform and waited to hear youngsters' Christmas wishes.
Almost before he could sit down, a brother and sister, both under 5, looked up at the chair next to a fireplace, trees, holiday books, wooden toys and poinsettias, and shyly walked up to the jolly elf. Holiday songs filled the mall. The boy clutched a truck, the girl a stuffed dog. The boy whispered what he hoped to see under the tree into Santa's ears.
I am 62 years old and, though I've been known to help Santa with his Christmas gift giving, I remain a firm believer. That's something I share as he waited for the next child to crawl on his lap. But, like most, I have questions.
For instance, how come I saw a very similar-looking Santa at City Creek just last Saturday night? I get that Santa is magic, but how can he be in so many places at the same time?
"That was not Santa," he explained. "That was one of his helpers. Most of the mall Santas, they are helpers."
Our Taylorsville home doesn't have a true chimney, so how can Santa still visit and bring gifts?
He explained that he usually carries a watch, a key, a compass, sleigh bells and a little pouch on his big black belt.
Santa said kids often don't know what a compass is, so he explained to them it's an old-fashioned GPS. That seems to help.
The watch helps him know what time it is as he makes rounds around the world. Most kids understand that. The pouch contains tiny pieces of coal for those who have been bad, largely because as fossil fuels get more precious, lumps cost too much. The magic key, with Santa's face on it, allows him to enter homes like ours without true chimneys. The bells keep the reindeer calm.
Why doesn't Santa bring his reindeer to the mall?
"They only work one day a year," he patiently explained. "The rest of the time, I use other kinds of transportation when visiting before Christmas. The reindeer are shy and they try to stay out of everybody's way."
I asked if Santa finds modern children and adults a bit more greedy than the days in the late 1700s when, according to History.com, he started to become popular in America, a process that was helped by Episcopal minister Clement Moore's 1822 poem "The Night Before Christmas" and an 1881 drawing by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
His answer pleased and surprised me.
"Kids in general don't have more than one or two things they really ask me to bring them," he said. "Many have got everything. All of them seemed to be pretty restrained in the number and amount of gifts they ask for."
Santa's mall helper shared some letters to Santa, some perhaps placed in the white mailbox near his lodge. Kids ask for Legos, a Nerf gun, Ariel doll, Minnie Mouse stuff, an iPad and a picnic basket. One youngster even pasted ads for his favorite toys to a piece of paper.
For his part, Santa patiently listened and asked the kids to keep their room clean. When one girl confessed she was struggling with that task, he admitted to having trouble keeping his own room nice.
Santa Claus might be magic, but at least he's human. And, when each December rolls around, I'm sure glad he and his many helpers are around to make the season brighter.
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How NOT to sail off a leeshore...
yeah, you have the right definition. A lee shore is one that's downwind and that you're not happy about. While you're still well away from it , experiment with sail combinations and sail trim, to see if you are moving away from it, or being set towards it in spite of all your efforts. A handheld Gps is perfect for this task, especially if the vis from rain, fog, snow, night, whatever, is preventing you from being able to tell visually. Is the long. or lat, which indicates you're opening up on it, ticking the right way? Good, then keep on keeping on, you're going to be all right as long as the conditions don't worsen. If it's decreasing, then it's a big problem, then try something else, even if it's the engine. And if all your attempts to get enough horsepower (whether from sailcloth or from iron, or combo of both) to claw off are failing, then it's time to rely on a tow off if you can find one, your ground tackle (dropped while you're still far enough off for you to get enough scope and stay seaward of the surf zone) and the holding ground, or prayer, more or less in that order.
I've found that prayer helps all the other stuff work better, but whatever works for you. If absolutely none of these work, then at some point you have to shift your focus from saving the boat to saving yourself (lifejackets, liferaft, Coast Guard, and even more prayer).
May it never come to that. But lee shores, and the ultimate inability to stay off them, are the primary reasons for most of the coastal shipwrecks, whether from sail, steam, or motor, that the scuba divers like to dive.
"I thought that a lee shore was any shore to the lee, one you could sail away from or not sail away from..."
This IS the correct definition.
You started off with the two extreams, calm and hurricane. In calm conditions a lee shore is not a major concern (but still needs to be addressed). In a hurricane, or other severe conditions, clawing off a lee shore may be impossible and would require you to allow more sea room. I would say conditions between these two extreams requires proportional sea room and caution be taken to ensure you and your vessle and crew remain safe. What proportion you use is subject to your experience, conditions, boat, etc....
We used to sail a lot in a coastal "fiord", about 20 NM into the mainland from a largish strait.
Such geography (steep sided narrow inlet) often results in a diurnal wind pattern that sees thermal heating generating often brisk inflow winds during the day, but at night these winds reverse and blow out of the inlets to open water.
During the day cruisers would often anchor in the lee of an island or peninsula for shelter from the inflow winds. The unaware would try to stay overnight. This usually led to a rude awakening around 0100hrs when the outflow winds start up, and suddenly you are swinging toward the beach with a 20 knot breeze blowing hard onto that beach.
To me, this qualifies now as a lee shore, and my understanding was a lee shore is one where the wind is generally blowing onto it (and therefore requires beating to escape, or "claw off" as they used to say).
Thank you all for your replies.
You have answered my question, but in some ways it is because I asked the wrong question because of my own ignorance. What I mean is this - I didn't know the definition of a lee shore was one that you couldn't sail away from. I thought that a lee shore was any shore to the lee, one you could sail away from or not sail away from. So my original question has to be rephrased.
So now what I really meant to ask was this ...
How do you know when something is about to become a lee shore ? Of course we are always in situations where there is a shore that is to leeward, I mean, it is impossible for me to go out on the Chesapeake Bay and not have a shore to leeward AND windward, however distant they might be. So when does it become a lee shore ? I mean, what are the variables involved ? It seems like wind speed is the primary one. In a gentle breeze you aren't going to get pushed closer to the shore, you can probably sail off of it. In a stronger breeze it gets harder, and in hurricane winds I guess it's impossible to make enough progress windward to avoid being pushed on to shore. That's really what I wanted to know .. how close is safe ? How do you know when you are getting into a situation that is going to get you into trouble ? Is the only requirement that you see that you are not making progress to windward and that you are being pushed towards a shore, or is that already too late ?
I'm trying to figure out what I need to be watching for, what I need to be thinking. Obviously I am going to be thinking, hey, I don't want my boat to end up on those rocks I see on the chart. But how do I know when that is going to be a possibility ? I mean I am going to have to sail past the rocks to get out of the bay and into the ocean for example, and they are to leeward, how do I know if I am going to be able to do it ? What should I be looking at ? What conditions make it more likely that it will end in ruin ?
Maybe it's like if you get mugged in the city. In hindsight you shouldn't have been down that alley, and you "knew" before you walked down it, and you "had some idea" before you even walked down the street that the alley was off of, and you "had a feeling" before you even went downtown, but you had to go downtown to see the movie! Is a lee shore something that by the time you figure out it's happening it's already too late to do anything about it ? Is it always a surprise ? That's what I'm trying to figure out, how to avoid getting into trouble in the first place, what I should be thinking and watching out for ?
You guys must be navigating the possibilities in your mind all the time, watching out for certain things, always mindful, searching the future for things that are going to get you into trouble. What are those things out in the uncertain future that you are watching out for ? What in your mind's eye raises alarms minutes, hours, or even days beforehand that save you from being put on the rocks ?
Mr. Ganier is on to the heart of the matter. It sounds a bit simplistic, or even condescending, but it's not being evasive to say that you cannot allow yourself to get in such a situation.
Another way of looking at the issue is by one of definition. By definition, you cannot sail off a lee shore as you are unable to point high enough to avoid grounding. If you are able to sail off a leeshore then, the point can be made, it wasn't really a leeshore; just a really intense exercise in beating (sailing to windward).
In all due seriousness, the issue arises at the point at which the determination is made that you can sail out of there as you approach the coast or shore. Making that decision without due regard to wind shifts or current can allow you to end up in a leeshore situation. The error occured earlier though, when you either did not allow for, or were aware of, the changing nature of conditions.
The best thing to do is to avoid impulses to go sight-seeing inshore, leaving those situations where you might confront a leeshore to the requirements of entering port, if then. Of course, knowing how well your boat handles to windward is of fundamental importance in determining what may be a leeshore for you.
A sea anchor and excessive ground tackle are not amiss either.
|Oh, thats right, stupid me, brain fart, wrong side. And good lord that side is even worse!
Alcatraz can be a real PITA, especially when used as a windward mark (stb rounding) and the tide is in flood. What happens is the west and south ends tend to be a lee shore wind wise as there this a persistent shift in that area due to the shape of the hills in the city. The island and seamount it sits on also deflects the tidal current in the area so the flood hits the north point (Alcatraz Shoal), splits and runs down both sides of the island. On the city side, it has a bad habit of sweeping you towards the island. The back side splits and flushes you straight out to the Olymic Circle and Berkeley. Coupled with the wind lifting to clear the island, you can find yourself in dirty (non-linear airflow) air just when you need the power to offset the current that can run as high as 2 and half kts. Cutting inside the buoy at the shoal is not advisable unless you want to make the cover of the BoatUS magazine like a powerboat did a few years back.
Our race strategy (coming out from the Berkeley Pier start line) is to sail up inside the "cone" then run up the tide line to the south end of the island (port tack). We will go to stb tack when we get headed right at the south edge or sooner if there is a lot of traffic. The water is really deep on this side and you can get real close without hitting anything on the bottom. We will then short tack the city side of the island and will over stand the "natural" layline to the buoy that marks the shoal. With the current set being as much as one third your boat speed and you're crawling off a very rocky lee shore, you want to give yourself extra allowance as the current set doesn't give you much margin of error.
On port roundings, we go up the cone, favoring the "slot" side. Again, you need to over-stand the layline on your last port tack as the current doesn't really flow down the back side of the island but rather straight down the slot to Olympic Circle. So any type of current set will put you straight into the backside of the Island where there is one heck of a wind shadow.
Kinda hard to describe what happens at Alcatraz without the aid of a chart but I hope you can get the "drift". Alcatraz is no common lee shore.
Question to the experts ... What affects your ability to sail off a lee shore, at what point does it become "dangerous", and at what point does it become "impossible", and why ?
By no means am I an "expert sailor", but having singlehanded her for the past four seasons, I did learn how she handles under most conditions. Her fastest point of sail is a close to beam reach using a moderate amount of sail. Full sail under strong winds makes her heel quickly, but will maintain stablility. The deep, modified fin keel does minimize sideslip, allowing for laterally sailing along the lee shore. I would simply point as high as possible and eventually, crab away to safer waters.
Worse case scenario, if sailing proves to be a losing battle and powering is not an option, I'd drop all sail, deploy the storm anchor with 250 feet of chain, and ride out the storm.
|Having no engine was how I ended up with a lee shore in the first place ( see post #3 ) and depending on the strength of the wind , the old iron jib may not do much for you , other than delay the inevitable. Thats ok though . As I said before keep trying things until something works , there are just too many variables to give a step by step proceedure on this one . Wish there was an easy answer , but what fun would that be ? We wouldn't get to say " Haaa yet again we cheat death " and have great stories we can brag about . Even when we needed a change o undies at the time .
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text: I know a while back some people convinced me that Fett's backpack was a ROCKET PACK instead of a JET PACK because it lacks an air intake that is seen on a jet engine as opposed to a rocket engine which carries its own fuel and oxygen. The argument made logical sense at the time and ever since, I have been referring to the jet pack as a rocket pack. However, looking through the essential guide to weapons and technology, they refer to an intake system and miniture turbines... now I know all of that is made up but they did positively ID the parts to a JET engine, NOT a ROCKET. Looking over the pack itself, I wonder if the toothed ring, just below the rocket is supposed to be an air intake type structure... or probably the prop designers didn't think that far ahead, but I am not wavering again on whether this is a jet pack or a jet pack. Let the nerdiness begin... what do you think?


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Re: Building my own dingy
I will be building a Devlin Boat design Polliwog this winter. For a rowing dinghy this has the advantage of a longitudinal bench. This will allow adjustments for when there are one vs. two in the boat. Not sure how well it sails. The D4 plans include plans for adding a dagger board, etc.
Devlin Designing Boat Builders - Polliwog: George
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Lightweight Working Polliwog
We are day sailors and weekenders on a Bristol 27 sailboat. I dont think we will be shellbacks at any time in the near future (a Polliwog having sailed across the equator, and shellback having not). We sail off of a mooring pin, therefore, find that we need passage to and from shore. In my first attempt at building a yacht tender, I made a 7 foot pram out of quarter inch construction grade plywood. My beauty weighed in at about 80 lbs. Being of somewhat slight physique (think Kermit the frog arms), I was having a difficult time getting my pram onto the top of the car. Looking around, I found that the design of the Polliwog made sense as a replacement in a number of ways: It had a pointed bow, that might make the boat fit on the foredeck of my sailboat better than a pram bow. It had a longitudinal rowing bench, making balancing rowing position changes possible. And, finally, it just looked more shippy.
For this effort, I wanted to push the limits of lightweight, with the intention of still being able to use-and-abuse her (lovingly). By stepping up to marine grade okoume, I saved a bunch of weight compared to pine plywood. I also reduced the thickness of the hull from ¼ inch, specified in the plans, to 4 mm. I sheathed just the bottom, and over the chines with 6 oz woven glass. I didnt sheath the topsides, or the inside, to save some more weight. The transom, and seat support bulkhead, forward seat divider, and skeg where all laminated double thickness of the 3mm ply. The rest of the front seat supports and rear seat support were single layers. The corner knees, and seat tops where all single layer ply rather than solid wood. I put a small solid wood strip on the edges of the exposed ply for cosmetic reasons. In order to prevent damage to the mother ship, I put (well) used fire hose over foam pipe insulation around the gunnel for a fender. Im guessing the pipe insulation material will get squished, and will need replacing every few years. I screwed a small sacrificial aluminum strip from stem to stern on the skeg for protection. For additional thickness in this area, I extended the skeg all the way up onto the prow. This also makes the aluminum strip stand proud of the hull, helping to protect her when dragging out of the water. Because I did not want to show off my less than perfectly smooth hull (it is a working boat after all!), I painted it white, with a thin cove strip for visual interest.
My new creation weighs in at about 45 lbs. with everything attached. I have no trouble getting her on top of the car by myself. With my wife helping, it is almost effortless. I have found that the Polliwog rows well. Before mounting the oar lock sockets, I took a trip down to my local lake with oar lock sockets in hand and a couple clamps, and got in the boat. I positioned myself in the boat so there was as much skeg in the water as possible without the transom dragging, and marked the spot for the oar lock sockets. I then did the same, with my wife in the stern seat. Turns out, it balances well with me almost snug into the bow of the boat, which provides the whole area between the two of us for cargo.
We plan on being a little more careful with our lightweight Polliwog about avoiding rocks going ashore, and with throwing heavy things down from the mother ship. I suspect she will give us many good years of service.
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Besides the fact I need a tender for my boat...I have finished all the big projects. A friend was building a nesting tender for themselves but then didn't need it so was going to sell it to me, but this one is so easy to build and I can customize it to my boat. Also it's away to use up alot of the left over lumber I have...so why not.
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I built a 10' Spindrift 10N nesting dinghy out out Okume plywood. It was my first building project and it was a lot of fun. It's an awesome dinghy that stows nicely in front of the mast, rows, well, motors well and tows very well. Some day I'm set her up for sailing.
She was quite usable after a winter of slow building, but I'm still finishing her up.
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Oh, one more thing about Okume: For the same strength okume weighs a LOT less than exterior ply.
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One the other hand, if you wish to cover with a varnish equal, so you see the teak grain in the plywood, Okume is the way to go. But any 1/4 dg fir based marine ply or ext grade glue plywood would work.
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Reality is, you could do it with ACX plywood, as long as it had exterior glue. One does not need to use okume plywood $$$$$$
One the other hand, if you wish to cover with a varnish equal, so you see the teak grain in the plywood, Okume is the way to go. But any 1/4 dg fir based marine ply or ext grade glue plywood would work.
Make sure you get the plans with full size patterns. Otherwise, you will spend a lot of time drafting things upward!
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I would be suprised if there wasn't someone with a supply in AK. OTOH, they may not have 4mm Okume.
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8-Ball it is then for me as no clear leader has risen above the 8 ball design and a few sound like they did it when they were kids which is reassuring for my skill set. Ordering the plans tonight I think. Wish me luck, I'll post the pics when I get started. Unfortunately due the fact that i live in Alaska I'll have to special order the marine ply.
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Building a dinghy connects you in a visceral way to all the shipswrights of days gone by.
I will be building a Devlin Boat design Polliwog this winter. For a rowing dinghy this has the advantage of a longitudinal bench. This will allow adjustments for when there are one vs. two in the boat. Not sure how well it sails. The D4 plans include plans for adding a dagger board, etc.
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If you don't have good tools like a big table saw, you might want to look into some of the kits like the Chesapeake Light Craft kits, very nicely cut out marine grade wood as well.
I visited Cheasapeke Light Crafts booth at the wooden boat festival....the kit prices were worth a think, if you can afford it, they have some nice boats. But I have a design I like which I am tailoring to my boat....no kit will fit my needs that precisely.
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Juniors Rohn Pierce and Connor Panas have been voted as Capital One Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Panas (3.80 GPA in physical education/health education) was voted to the Second Team while Pierce (3.51 GPA in management) was voted to the Third Team, giving the Canisius baseball program six Academic All-Americans during the past five seasons.
The 2014 MAAC Player of the Year and unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team, Panas posted a .362 batting average and led the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with six home runs and 51 RBI. The Etobicoke, Ontario native also had a .574 slugging percentage and 16 stolen bases in 53 games. A two-time MAAC Player of the Week, Panas also earned Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week honors on May 5, after going 8-for-11 with three home runs and 11 RBI in a sweep at Quinnipiac.
A unanimous selection as the 2014 MAAC Pitcher of the Year and to the All-MAAC First Team, Pierce posted an 11-3 record with a 2.18 earned run average in 111.2 innings and 15 starts. The Lockport, N.Y. native is one of five pitchers in the country with an ERA under 2.50, 110 innings pitched and 11 victories. A two-time MAAC Pitcher of the Week, Pierce earned Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week honors on Feb. 17, after throwing seven shutout innings in a 3-0 win over No. 5 NC State and Carlos Rodon.
Canisius was one of four teams, along with Florida State, Liberty and Southeast Missouri, to have two student-athletes named Capital One Academic All-Americans.
Drew Pettit was a two-time First-Team Academic All-American selection in 2012 and 2011 while Sean Jamieson earned Second-Team honors in 2011 and Ian Choy earned First-Team honors in 2010.
Canisius Baseball Players Named All-Americans
Connor Panas — 2014 (Second Team)
Rohn Pierce — 2014 (Third Team)
Drew Pettit — 2012 (First Team)
Drew Pettit — 2011 (First Team)
Sean Jamieson — 2011 (Second Team)
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This is kind of a double question, will the AK and SKS actions withstand the 6.5 carcano? I ask because I want to work on an sks in that caliber (preferably that round) for a mid-range scout rifle.
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This is kind of a double question, will the AK and SKS actions withstand the 6.5 carcano? I ask because I want to work on an sks in that caliber (preferably that round) for a mid-range scout rifle.
To answer your original question, 40,000 to 42,000 psi (vs. 51,500 for the AK 7.62×39mm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Compared to the 7.62x39, you know what 6.5mm Carcano costs per box?
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You might be better off with 6.5mm Grendel
6.5 mm Grendel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There's a thread about a Carcano conversion a few pages back.
If you're set up to reload Carcano already, it would be an interesting build. The Carcano is one of a small number of cartridges (.300 Savage, .35 Remingon, .22 Horner) that get a lot of performance from relatively low pressure.
Hcpookie also did a build in 6.5x55. As noted above, the 6.5 Grendel is basically a no-brainer.
If im not mistaken the carcano is the same rim diamiter as the x39. I thought about a wildcat based on one but relized it was a stupid idea and brass was to pricy and all that and I would not gain any thing.
on a AK you would be better to do a 260 remington and load it a little lighter. It will blow the doors of a grendal and would be cheaper to reload if you used 7.62x51 brass necked down.
yea thats a pretty valid reason LOL.Quote:
cause i got a supply of 6.5g
Im all for moding an existing AK to shoot a standard mag well length round. I guess if Im building from scratch it just makes more sence to go with a longer mag well and the mods to make it work. I cant say enough how well my 300 savage works over the x39 for hunting. the other reason I like going that route is its really easy to get a take off barrel in 243, 308, 7mm-08 already chamberd.
I have done a couple barrels in grendal for vz 58,s and AK,s t the feed back has been all positive. I rented a reamer for those. I may invest in my own reamer at some point and make up a few AK barrels if there is any intrest. unfortunatly there are no cheap Blanks. I ocasional find 260 remington barrels but there nver cheap. they can be rechambered.
I also keep thinking a simple knecked down x39 case to 6mm or 6.5 would yeild good performance and feed well from a standard mag. it would not be as fast as a grendal but it would still bea good round.
a 260 wold be nice. most of my high power irons are 308s.
I'm looking more at the sks platform so as not to run afoul of californian rules. I didn't realize the grendel was coming in cheaper than carcano rounds.
Im not sure your going to get a carcano round to fir in a SKS action with out some serious mods. I think you can build a saiga clone with no pistol grip and all that on a NDS or other no on the banned list reciver to give you the abilty to use AK internals.Quote:
I'm looking more at the sks platform so as not to run afoul of californian rules. I didn't realize the grendel was coming in cheaper than carcano rounds.
I do agree that if your going with a SKS then a grendal might be the way to go. less mag well mods if any.
Ive been collecting pieces for a AK based rifle for my dad in California and I was under the impression that if it had no evil features and a small mag it was dooable. I relize the Saiga is banned there ( I think) but if one had a SaIga rerecivered to a non ban reciver it was legal. I planed on building a 243 win on a home made reciver with no pistol grip, Saiga stock, saiga trigger ( much modded so it dont suck) a sagia fore grip, non threaded barrel, no bayo lugs, basicaly a sporting rifle with a AK carreir and trunion.
I may be wrong but Ive always been under the impression that a SKS was weaker than a AK as well. Might be a concern as the Grendal is loaded hotter than the 7.62x39 as I recall ( Might be wrong I have about 50 builds Inmmy head right now) LOL
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Another member of the Kenya parliament was killed when a policeman shot David Kimtai of the Orange Democratic Movement. Kofi Annan, former head of the United Nations is trying to get all parties to sit, discuss, and come up with a compromise solution that will end violence which has engulfed a nation that up to this point had escaped such tribal conflicts. Military helicopters have been ordered to shoot and kill any gangs that are engaged in violence or setting up road blocks. They have identified four categories of people who will be shot on sight if they engage in criminal actions–those looting property, those burning houses, or those carrying weapons or trying to barricade roads to prevent free movement of people and goods.
President Kibaki continues insisting he won the election that most observers believe was a fraudulent process in which Kibaki doctored vote totals. More than 800 people are dead and thousands forced into temporary refugee camps. For example, at the Naivasha GK Prison, moe than 5,000 people are seeking safety and although there are no avaialbe restrooms or clean water more people arrive by the hour. History will note this was not the finest hour of President Kibaki on whose head lies the death of hundreds of people.


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You have asked quite a few questions that could be answered by a little Google work and some reading, but I'll take some of it and leave the rest for someone else.
The CZ-75B comes in a blue plastic case with a manual, a cleaning brush, cable lock, a spare magazine, a snap cap, and an inspectors card that tells you what size group your gun fired at 25 yards. The CZ-75B has a safety, rather than a decocker. The decocker is considered helpful by some (Europeans, mostly, I think) for letting the hammer down safely on a live round, so that the gun may be operated in double-action mode for the first shot, with each successive shot being a single action.
Americans, most of whom are fairly familiar with 1911s, are usually not so hesitant to carry cocked and locked, so the B model is more popular, because it can be carried cocked and locked.
The XD comes with a manual, a cleaning brush, cable lock, spare magazine, and a plastic holster for the gun and one for two magazines, which you probably will replace with something better. The XD45 also comes with a very good magazine loader.
I can't remember if the CZ came with a magazine loader or not.
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This is a gorgeous book, Ang! I loved looking through it. I hadn't noticed this thread before - so many beautiful books!
Hi Ang, I love your book. Such beautiful photos, loved the photos of all the pumpkins! Must have been a wonderful vacation! Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed watching it
Thank you ladies for your kind comments!! I loved Lynn`s templates and keeping it simple was the way to get it done!!
Here is a link to my Shutterfly album. Thanks!
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so cool! it was fun to re-visit all those pages and to see them together! awesome, Anke!!
I did it!!! I finally finished a book on an entire year! I'm working on all years from 2006 to 2013, but at least 2010 is done!
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It looks awesome Thess! that is quite the accomplishment, pat yourself on the back!!!!
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Great album Thess!! Some stunning pages, also like the concert pages. Awesome
Your book is beautiful Thess!!
I realise I never actually posted the album here... And that after all the help I had on this forum! So, here it is, a little late, but I still think this is the best album we (my mom and I) ever made!
This is 2 albums in 1 folder, my mom made the first album (1937-1980), and I did the second one (1980-2012). My grandmom received this album for her 75th birthday. Unfortunately, she passed away this May, so she only could enjoy it for a year, but she really liked the albums and treasured them!
We used about 98% Katie Pertiet stuff (the exceptions are some elements --- all papers and frames and most elements are from Katie Pertiet). Some elements we made ourselves out of handwriting etc. That was really cool to learn!
Right now we're doing the same album for my other grandparents (my father's parents), and it's kind of a deadline (22 July), so we're working really hard... I can't wait to show you! Especially because for this album, we made a lot of elements from their own (hand)writing, brochures and cards etc. (sneak peak: https://picasaweb.google.com/monique...CLK6jdyf-p-CAQ ---> this site gets updated as we make pages, as backup)
Awesome, Eressea! You guys did a fabulous job! So sorry for the loss of your grandmother, but I am glad that she got to enjoy all of your hard work.
Beautiful album Monique, glad she enjoyed the album. I am so sorry for your loss.
I'm done! I 've finished the book on my vacation to Gotland in 2009 w/ my mom and sis! I've posted about half of the pages here in the gallery. This project has taken waaay too long (I clearly have mother-issues), but your encouragement through your comments helped a lot! Thank You, Ladies!
I know I swore never to go Shutterfly again, but I really want 12x12 AND 8x8, and I wanted the order shipped to multiple addresses in the US and in Sweden, so this was my only option... I hope it goes better than last time!
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Gorgeous, Thess! Especially love pages 36-39!
I've never posted a book so I'm not sure if this will work. I really wish Shutterfly had not changed their format to where you can't view the book at full size because you can't see all the details. This was in 2007 when we baked Christmas cookies with our two year old grandsons - I made the book this September (2013).
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First of all I would like to say thank you all, for your inspirations! I would never do it without you.
Thank you all for your patience when I flooded gallery with my scottish scraps Thank you for all your comments! You can't imagine how much your words mean to me.
Katie and Lynn - your digi supplies are fantastic, working with these products was such a great pleasure! I really love them!
I'm proud of myself, although how many times I look at my album so many times I find some mistake Now I will correct it another half year.
Anyway, I would like to show you the whole album.
Here you can find it along with the appropriate music
Wonderful! Congratulations, Agnieszka on finishing this amazing book! I must confess, you've made me want to go back and re-scrap my paper album of England/Scotland.....
Wow Agnieszka! What a beautiful amazing album. Loved it, it is scrapped really pretty. I really enjoyed watching your pages. I also saw some things/places we also saw on our Scotland vacation. So it brought back great memories.
Agnieszka, your album is just beautiful!!
Thank you very much!
so great to see all the pages together! well done!
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Just thought I'd post this here---I never dreamed I'd be able to get an entire book out of 2012's December. But I did! So now I have every year except 2013, which will remain undone.
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Recently I've become very interested in making my own Boba Fett Suit. However I have no experiance in armor or costume making, however I am eager to learn. If anyone could point me in the right direction as to how to get started, whether it be a website, book or just advice it would be greatly appreciated!
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By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger believes that the expectation for clubs like Arsenal to sign big-name players can make their transfer activity more difficult.
Arsenal face Swansea City in the FA Cup on Sunday, with Michael Laudrup's side containing a number of top-quality stars who were not widely known in England before this summer.
Wenger says it is not an easy trick to pull off, especially with the demand for the addition of the highest-profile players.
"It's very difficult because the level of expectation is very high," the manager said. "People want to see Lionel Messi. They don't want to see a promising guy.
"First of all the name gives hope. When a guy has no name people are already sceptical. So it's much more difficult for us."
One of Swansea's biggest hits this season has been Michu, who has 14 goals in all competitions after joining from Rayo Vallecano in July. Wenger admits that the Spaniard was not on his radar, although he had heard of him.
"He was a guy who disappeared a little bit," he said. "He was at clubs where he was bombed out and so you always think, 'OK, he doesn't make it there so why should he make it here?' But he has done extremely well. It looks as if it is not accidental what he is doing, he is a really good player."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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Lauren & Ryan
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Q & A with the Bride:
1. What was the one thing about your venue that made you know it was the one?
My then fiance and I fell in love with Altadena Valley Presbyterian Church because of its historic charm. The church was constructed to be a replica of its original building, and it was love at first sight for us. I wanted a vintage feel that was still comfortable and cozy and that is exactly what this church and its grounds portray.
2. Which three details from your wedding were your favorites?
1. I loved my bridal party's attire. The girl's dresses and pearl necklaces turned out so southern and sweet, and I loved the classic black tuxes we went with for the groomsmen.
2. I loved the fresh peaches we scored from a local farm outside the city limits of Birmingham. They were so fresh and delicious in July and made beautiful centerpieces and accents.
3. I loved our wedding cake. Not only was it scrumptious, but Julie Hendricks made an incredible cake stand out of a peach basket that made my heart swoon.
3. Give us the one moment in your wedding day you can't stop thinking about.
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Wittenberg Professor Presents Exhibit At Springfield Center For The Arts
Springfield, Ohio – The Springfield Center for the Arts at Wittenberg University presents an exhibition of recent landscapes by Associate Professor of Art Edward M. Charney in the Halley Gallery through Sunday, June 2.
The exhibition, "Fluffy, Not Stuffy," represents a significant grouping of Charney's current research. The oil and wood images include large (6x8) paintings titled Twin Towers, Harvest and Happy Valley.
Charney earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1979 with a major in metallry and a minor in painting and art history. He received his Master's Degree from Edinboro University in 1982, where he was a painting major with a sculpture minor. He also received a B.A. in Education from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Charney has taught art at several institutions in the United States, including Behrend College, Edinboro University, Villa Maria Academy, Penn State-Sharon Campus, Towson State, Wartburg College, Harford Community College and Wittenberg University. His paintings can be found in several collections across the country, and he is currently represented by the Keny Gallery in Columbus, Ohio.
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Chapter 5. Disaster Relief: Tax Deferral
Section 195.176
195.176. Certification of reduction in taxes; September 2010 explosion and fire; San Mateo County. (a) By October 30, 2011, the auditor of the County of San Mateo, which was the subject of the Governor's proclamation of a state of emergency for the explosion and fire that occurred on September 9, 2010, shall certify to the Director of Finance an estimate of the total amount of the reduction in property tax revenues on both the regular secured roll and the supplemental roll for the 2010–11 fiscal year resulting from the reassessment by the county assessor pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 170 of those properties that are eligible properties as a result of the explosion and fire, except that the amount certified shall not include any estimated property tax revenue reductions to school districts, other than basic state aid school districts, and county offices of education.
(b) For purposes of this section, "basic state aid school district" means any school district that does not receive a state apportionment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 42238 of the Education Code, but receives from the state only a basic apportionment pursuant to Section 6 of Article IX of the California Constitution.
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I am new to linux as well as backtrack, so I'm slowly feeling my way. I have installed backtrack
on a stand alone server (HDD install) and it works fine. startx opens the GUI and all is good.
However, i want to rack mount the server and remove the attached display and keyboard. So, i have
setup ssh on backtrack and can connect remotely from a windows XP box using putty. All well and
good, but i would like to use the backtrack GUI, so i have installed Cygwin/x on the windows box,
ticked the x11 setting in putty and connected and log in. i type xterm in putty and the popup box
opens with the backtrack command line prompt, i type startx and get the following error;
root@bt:~# startx
X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux bt 2.6.38 #1 SMP Thu Mar 17 20:52:18 EDT 2011 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38
root=UUID=d6cceca3-35ea-41d9-bfde-068b4e07418c ro text splash nomodeset vga=791
Build Date: 08 March 2011 08:22:50AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.6 #For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support#
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: #--# probed, #**# from config file, #==# default setting,
#++# from command line, #!!# notice, #II# informational,
#WW# warning, #EE# error, #NI# not implemented, #??# unknown.
#==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jun 9 11:25:07 2011
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
error setting MTRR (base = 0xfd000000, size = 0x00800000, type = 1) Inappropriate ioctl for
device (25)
error setting MTRR (base = 0xfd000000, size = 0x00800000, type = 1) Inappropriate ioctl for
device (25)
error setting MTRR (base = 0xfd000000, size = 0x00800000, type = 1) Inappropriate ioctl for
device (25)
FATAL: Module mach64 not found.
(EE) [drm] drmOpen failed.
(EE) MACH64(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit Failed
From looking around the Internet, mach64 seems to refer to a display error. The backtrack server
and windows box work fine in terms of display individually, so would i be correct that this error refers to backtrack being unable to drive the windows graphics?
So, can anyone suggest how i should proceed from here. Do i need to manually configure a file in
backtrack to make this work and if so, what file and what do i need to edit?
I am so close to getting this working, any help would be massively appreciated.


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Criminal Intent
Putnam, Aug 2002, 24.9, 416 pp. ISBN: 0399149171 Producer Richard �Big Dick� MacArthur dies by apparently falling off the deck of his Baker Beach, California home. The police detain the movie mogul's third wife, Angelina Chavez, who was found by a bridge unconscious in a family car. After questioning and checking out her story, the police accuse Angelina of murdering her spouse as the murder weapon, his Oscar, is in the trunk of her vehicle. S...
Final Verdict
Putnam, Aug 2003, 25.95 ISBN: 0399150420 About a decade ago, lawyers Michael Daley and Rosie Fernandez triumphantly represented bum Leon Walker in a murder trial. Leon returns needing legal assistance from his attorneys as he is charged with the stabbing killing of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tower Grayson. The duo knows they must reject this case and all murder cases as Rosie recovers from breast cancer. Besides obtaining an acquittal i...
Incriminating Evidence
Bantam, Aug 2001, 24.95, 387 pp. ISBN: 0553801449 San Francisco District Attorney Prentice �Skipper� Gates III held a campaign rally for his bid for reelection at the Fremont Hotel that ended late. He stayed at the hotel overnight only to wake up with a male corpse sharing his room. The police arrest Skipper for murder and he then calls Mike Daley, his former partner in the Simpson and Gates law firm to get him out of jail and defend him in...
Special Circumstances
Mike has just been "let go" from the prestigious law firm he works for. Two partners are found dead the next morning, and Mike's best friend, also firm partner, is accused of their murders. Every piece of the evidence points to Joel and Mike strives to find something that will absolve his friend of the crimes, although at some point he comes to doubt of his innocence, and so does the reader. It seems that there is a conspiracy of a sort to convict Joel...
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The Confession
Putnam, August 2004, 25.95, 368 pp. ISBN 0389152121 They are law partners and lovers who were once married but realized they couldn't live together so they divorced. Lawyers Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez agree not to take any high profile cases until their son sleeps through the night. When their friend Father Ramon Aguirre is arrested for killing a female parishioner he asks Mike and Rosie to handle the case and they agree because they won't...


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I was at a Tack shop buying fly off for our dogs and I happened to notice an item there that reminded me of the Black and White ROTJ Wookie Braid.:eek
This one was not black and white, it was sorrel and white. It looked just like it though.
It is called Stampede Strings, used to hold your cowbot hat on. So since the girth belt was also a horse or tack item, you think that the notorious Black and White braid may be just this?
I found one on Ebay here: http://cgi.ebay.com/HORSEHAIR-AUTHEN...QQcmdZViewItem
Then I googled up these:http://www.horsehairart.com/art_work...de_strings.htm
I don't know but I think this may be a nail on the head, correct me if I'm wrong.
But for $17 and its long too!
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School of Agriculture and Natural Resources
SUNY Cobleskill was founded in 1916 as the Schoharie School of Agriculture. Today, the College offers one of the most diverse agricultural programs in the United States, including Agricultural Business Management to Animal Science, Landscape Contracting to Turfgrass Management, Fisheries and Aquaculture to Environmental Studies, Culinary Arts, and more. The ultra-modern agricultural complex serves as a laboratory for hands-on skill building. It includes a working farm, 14 greenhouses, a 10-acre arboretum, a 40,000-gallon fish hatchery, a 200-cow contemporary freestall dairy, a meat laboratory, an equine complex with an indoor arena, and a fully equipped agricultural engineering technology facility. Ninety acres of landscaped campus provide additional opportunities for outdoor classrooms where theories are put into practice. Offering bachelor's or associate degrees, students are able to pursue a wide range of studies covering virtually every aspect of agriculture. The College's Culinary Arts program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation and students consistently win medals at the International Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Show.
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I didn't really like Hawkins.
I didn't really like Hawkins.
A lot of good options for the Reds to choose from here.
HOw did you get that pick so early?
Stroman wouldn't suck, lollipop, but I'd prefer the higher upside arm of Stratton or Giolito.
"You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat."
-- Christy Matthewson
"Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot."
-- Leo Durocher
Damn, he was my pick. Ah well.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Lucas! Lucas! Lucas!
(name that movie)
Go BLUE!!!
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If it is Giolito, lets hope
a) the elbow is healed
b) he signs lol
Hey Sparky! Indian Hill English teachers taught me everything I know!
Sean Casey better not screw this up! haha.
Newby here. Why is Wacha not in the mix?
Two words: Giolitto. Time.
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GOP strategist Blakeman again accused Dem leader of "giv[ing] aid and comfort to our enemy"
On the April 20 edition of MSNBC Live, during a discussion of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) recent assertion that the Iraq war "is lost" -- which he followed by stating that it "can only be won diplomatically, politically, and economically" -- Republican strategist Brad Blakeman said that Reid "is absolutely, 100 percent wrong" and that "[h]is statements give aid and comfort to our enemy and demoralize our troops."
Media Matters for America documented [1] a similar assertion Blakeman made regarding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) recent meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus. On the April 6 edition of MSNBC Live, Blakeman said that Pelosi "abandoned her post up on Capitol Hill" and went to Syria "to give aid and comfort to him [Assad] instead of funding our troops."
According to Article III of the U.S. Constitution, "Treason against the United States [2], shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."
From the 3 p.m. ET hour of the April 20 edition of MSNBC Live:
MIKA BRZEZINSKI (host): Brad, let me get you to respond to that, but let me add this, that GOP lawmakers are responding to Reid's comment. And let's just take a quick listen to what [Sen] John McCain [R-AZ] had to say.
McCAIN [video clip]: Having just come from Iraq, that's not the view of the men and women who are putting their lives on the line as we speak.
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Wimbledon most open for a decade, says contender Lopez
LONDON This year's men's singles at Wimbledon promises to be the most open for a decade, according to Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez, who is quietly fancying his own chances of a deep run.
BELGRADE A blistering individual performance by Euroleague's top scorer Bobby Brown gave Montepaschi Siena a 98-92 win at Fenerbahce Istanbul on Friday while several big guns were rocked by surprise defeats in the second round of the top 16.
Khimki Moscow stunned 2010 champions Barcelona 78-65, six-time winners Panathinaikos Athens went down 78-64 at Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Maccabi Tel Aviv, the winners of four titles, were edged 71-70 at home by a rejuvenated Caja Laboral Vitoria.
Holders Olympiakos Piraeus strolled to a 77-64 home success against Besiktas Istanbul to register their first win in the second group stage of the competition, featuring two pools of eight teams, as former champions CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid and Zalgiris Kaunas also enjoyed easy wins.
The 28-year old Brown, a journeyman who plied his trade at several NBA teams as well as little known sides such as Germany's Oldenburg, equalled Euroleague's record of 41 points as Siena overcame an 11-point third quarter deficit in the cauldron of Fenerbahce's Ulker Sports Arena.
Brown, who has averaged 19.2 points per game, nailed 12 of his 18 shots from the field and all 13 from the foul line while he also dished out seven assists, overshadowing Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic who led the home side with 31 points.
"It was a special night for me and my team mates and I was happy to help the team win," Brown told the competition's official website (www.euroleague.net).
"We played very well at a crunch time and stayed calm in the end to get a very important road win, but this is just the beginning and we still have plenty of games which we need to play the same way."
Fenerbahce's Italian coach Simone Pianigiani, who led Siena to six successive domestic league titles before he took over at the Turkish club this season, said: "Tonight we played one of the best games of the season but lost it in the critical last moments over small details.
"Bobby Brown had an incredible night, we did everything to stop him but we failed."
Barcelona sorely missed injured guard Juan Carlos Navarro on the outskirts of Russia's capital, where Khimki have proved to be tough customers even for more heralded rivals.
They blew away the Spanish side on the back of 16 points by Croatia guard Zoran Planinic.
Panathinaikos also felt the absence of inspirational playmaker Dimitris Diamantidis, who helped them to three titles in Europe's premier club competition, with former Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar leading the way for Efes with 13 points.
Caja Laboral were heading for an early exit after losing six of their opening seven games in the preliminary group stage and having squeezed through with three wins in a row, they continued their impressive comeback with a second successive victory in the top 16.
Spain forward Fernando San Emeterio settled a rip-roaring contest in Maccabi's jam-packed Nokia Arena with an audacious lay-up with eight seconds left on the clock after the home side had overturned a 12-point halftime deficit.
Serbia's Nemanja Bjelica was Caja's top scorer with 17 points and American guard Brad Oleson added 10 as the Basque outfit buried 13 three-pointers and combined for 18 assists, six more than Maccabi.
"I knew it would be a tough game and in the end my players had the mental toughness to fight back and I congratulate them," said Caja's Croatian coach Zan Tabak, who turned around the team's fortunes when he took over from Montenegrin Dusko Ivanovic after their dreadful start.
"We will continue to take it one game at a time and not worry about the standings," he added.
Olympiakos, who also endured a patchy start to the season, led from start to finish in front of 9,000 home fans and ran out comfortable winners against Besiktas Istanbul after versatile guard Vassilis Spanoulis netted 18 points for the Greek and European club champions.
CSKA Moscow made light work of their 75-57 win at Alba Berlin thanks to 17 points by playmaker Milos Teodosic and 15 from fellow Serbian centre Nenad Krstic, while Nikola Mirotic led Real with 19 points in an 82-67 away defeat of Brose Baskets Bamberg.
Zalgiris, who won the title in 1999 and emerged as one of the dark horses this season, downed Unicaja Malaga 75-63 thanks to a strong final quarter as Mindaugas Kuzminskas scored a game-high 14 points and Paulius Jankunas chipped in with 11 for the Lithuanians.
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LONDON This year's men's singles at Wimbledon promises to be the most open for a decade, according to Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez, who is quietly fancying his own chances of a deep run.
SACRAMENTO, California Rising star Christian Coleman's weekend of disappointment continued on Sunday as he lost the 200 metres at the U.S. nationals and world championships trials to Ameer Webb.


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Project Number: 3607-21000-015-20-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 26, 2008
End Date: Jun 30, 2013
Development of a method for stabilization of pH in container substrate during crop production. This will be done by 1) quantify the rate of release of acidity from the plant system throughout crop time, 2) Determine the extent of change in substrate titration properties during the 11 week crop chrysanthemum, 3) Determine how to draw an unaltered soil solution sample that is representative of the pH situation throughout the soil ball, 4) Establish a titration method for testing substrate, 5) Test the capacity of a stable, reproducible dairy compost to set initial substrate pH and to buffer it against later change, 6) Establish the optimum proportion of compost in a peat moss:perlite base substrate for establishing and holding the target pH, 7) Profile the pH buffering capacity of compost during an 11 week crop of chrysanthemums, 8) Evaluate the impact of compost on substrate physical properties, 9) Explore methods for lowering the bulk density of compost-containing substrates, 10) Lower the bulk density of compost by composting for a shorter time, just sufficient for complete nitrification of NH4+ to NO3- to avoid a later pH drop if nitrification were to occur, 11) Test the use of light weight components along with compost to compensate for weight, and 12) Measure the impact of compost on nutrient supply to establish a compensating fertility program.
We plan to use a physiologically neutral fertilizer, water with zero alkalinity (deionized water), and water soluble liming materials devoid of residual lime. The net effect will be pH depression caused by plant system respiration and chemical acidity of the fertilizer. The test crop will be potted chrysanthemum because it has a suitably long production time of 11 weeks, is available year-around, and is one of the most important potted crops world-wide. A substrate of 3 sphagnum peat moss and 1 perlite will be used. Nutrient solution will be applied with each irrigation. Acid release will be determined periodically by extrapolating between the initial and final pH points for a given period on a substrate pH titration curve for that period. Substrate will be titrated quarterly during the crop. This will enable us to determine if the initial pre-plant titration curve is adequate for measuring acid release throughout the crop or whether subsequent curves are needed in addition to the initial curve. It will also yield the subsequent curves in the event they are required. The pour-through extraction procedure will be used as a point of reference for a close examination of the efficacy of Rhizon porous plastic vacuum extractors. Parameters to be considered include: length of time for water sorption prior to titration, the balancing cation on the titrating base (Na vs. Ca), mixing time after each addition of base, and advisability of adjusting substrate from pH 3 to 11 and back to 3 prior to titration to open up exchange sites in the organic material.


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Motown Presser Gets Serious
By Lindy Lindell
Photos: Bob Ryder
Ishe Smith had to take a step back to gather himself as he addressed the folks in a packed room at Detroit's MGM Grand Casino. The magnitude of obscurity and a career going Nowhere—only to suddenly, with the enormous help of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and Mayweather Productions, put the now 34-year-old Smith on track for a title fight is the last in a series of events that has humbled the man. Smith will challenge Cornelius "K9" Bundrage for Bundrage's IBF Junior-Middleweight Title in downtown Detroit's venerated Masonic Temple Saturday night.
Smith collected his thoughts and re-approached the microphone. "I had been knowing Floyd and sparred with him since I was ten or so. He was a couple of years older than me, but we were just kids." Smith led up to this: "He told me he'd get me a championship fight. Now I had to wonder about that because my career was going nowhere. My trainer, Eddie Mustapha Muhammad, was keeping me in the gym. Not that I was going there every day during this dry period, but he would keep tabs on me, and get me back in the gym."
In a five-year period, Smith had won only four of eight fights. Then his sparring bud Mayweather, who had long since conquered the boxing world, made his promise to Smith. It has been said that there are no second acts in American Life, and Smith had had very little of a first act save for some notoriety on television's contender. Smith's emotional reaction seemed to indicate that he appreciated his chance to shine. Fighting in Bundrage's home town doesn't seem to bother him in the least. Smith smiled when asked this by a member of the press. He smiled, as if the perceived disadvantage of fighting in someone else's home town was not a burden at all.
Trainer Muhammad told this reporter than Bundrage's power punching, principally the right hand, was obvious. "You can see it coming. It's as if he were broadcasting, 'Here it comes.' Bundrage is a muscle-bound guy, looks like a weight-lifter. After a while, he'll get tired. He'll start dropping those arms. We'll take him into deep water and drown him."
Bundrage, too, seemed appreciative in being on the big stage of a Showtime main event. After all, he had been buried in a non-televised fight when he won the title from Cory Spinks and in his first title defense against Sechew Powell. Only when he defended against Spinks did he finally make it to televised exposure. K-9 was catching a lot of flak from the Smith team as he was addressing the gathering but just shrugged, smiled and kept going. Bundrage repeated his claim that Smith, "came here with nothing and he's going back home with nothing."
Semi main event contestants J'Leon Love and Derrick Findley were short and reserved with their mic time. Love did pay homage to his Detroit roots. However, when they stepped away from the microphone, things quickly heated up.
Bundrage and Smith had set the tone as they jawed away at each other during the traditional face off pose. When they touched foreheads things nearly got physical and thankfully cooler heads separated the two quickly. Things did get physical when Love and Findley got together for their pose as Findley grabbed Love before others came in to break them up. Findley was visibly upset and angered, and remained so even as he stormed from the room. Love laughed it off with a comment, "he's scared!"
Floyd Mayweather as co promoter of the show came in for the gathering to support his guys, Smith and Love, and as expected was mobbed by the press for comments and questions at the conclusion of the formal conference.
Bundrage vs. Smith, a 12-round fight for Bundrage's IBF Junior Middleweight World Championship, will take place Saturday, February 23 at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions, sponsored by Corona and MGM Grand Detroit and will be televised live on SHOWTIME beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The co-main event will be a 10-round middleweight bout between Detroit's undefeated rising star J'Leon Love and Derrick Findley of Gary, Indiana.
Tickets priced at $200, $125, $100, $75, $50 and $25, plus applicable taxes, fees and services charges are on sale now and are available for purchase at the Masonic Temple box office, online at www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 800-745-3000.