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T-Bird Men Take On Weber State
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Southern Utah's men's basketball team plays the second game in a four-game road stretch Saturday night at Weber State.
The Thunderbirds (10-12/8-5 Big Sky) are riding their longest winning streak in 11 years, five in a row, after out-lasting Idaho State, 81-79, in overtime on Thursday night. Since snapping a five-game skid with a 76-63 win over Portland State on Jan. 24, the Thunderbirds rattled off wins against Eastern Washington (69-55), Sacramento State (79-67) and Northern Arizona (78-67) - all at home - before picking up the win at ISU on Thursday.
SUU's win over Idaho State, coupled with a Montana State loss to North Dakota, left the T-Birds all alone in third place in the Big Sky, 2 1/2 games behind the Wildcats and five back of league-leading Montana.
Weber State (15-5/10-2 Big Sky) finished a four-game road stretch last week. The Wildcats swept North Dakota (66-51) and Northern Colorado (85-64) last week after falling at both Montana (79-74) and Montana State (76-74) the previous week and falling out of a tie with the Griz for first place in the Big Sky. WSU is currently all alone in second place in the Sky. This is the Wildcats' only game this week
The Game: Southern Utah (10-12/8-5) at Weber State (15-5/10-2), 7:05 p.m. Dee Events Center (12,000) Ogden, Utah.
The Series: Weber State holds a 23-6 edge in the series with the Thunderbirds, including six straight victories and a 16-2 lead in games played in Ogden. WSU claimed an 81-74 win in Cedar City earlier this season and a 84-66 win in Ogden, Utah last year. Southern Utah's last win against the 'Cats was a 75-63 triumph in Cedar City during the 2006-07 season.
TV: There will be no live television coverage of Saturday's game.
Radio: All of Southern Utah men's basketball games are broadcast live by KSUU (91.1 FM). Art Challis is in his 40th season as the Thunderbirds' basketball play-by-play voice. Dr. Challis - chair of SUU's Department of Communication - is joined on home and selected road broadcasts by former SUU standout and current SUU VP for University Relations Dean O'Driscoll. Saturday's game will be broadcast by Jerry Miller, the voice of Idaho State basketball, as Dr. Challis is unable to call the game after losing his voice to laryngitis.
On The Internet: Video web-streaming coverage of all of Southern Utah's home games and Big Sky road games is available on Big Sky TV, at www.bigskytv.org. Audio of all SUU games is available by logging on to the Thunderbird website at www.suutbirds.com or at www.power91radio.com.
Live Stats: Live stats of Southern Utah's home games are available on the SUU website at www.suutbirds.com. Real-time live stats of SUU's home games are available to working media, contact the athletic media relations office for access information.
Video Highlights: Video highlights of the Thunderbirds' home games is available to accredited media outlets via SUU's FTP site. For information on obtaining those highlights contact SUU Director of Athletic Media Relations Neil Gardner.
Practice Schedule: The practice schedule calls for the Thunderbirds to work out daily at 3:15 p.m. in the Centrum Arena.
Media Availability: Players and coaches will be available Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. unless travel schedules dictate otherwise. On weeks when the team is traveling on Tuesday the interviews will be held on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
Thunderbirds To Host Northridge In BracketBuster: SUU will host Cal State Northridge in the BracketBuster tournament at 7:35 p.m. on Feb. 23. The Matadors and Thunderbirds competed against each other in the American West Conference (along with current Big Sky member Sacramento State) during the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons.
Coming Up: The Thunderbirds remain on the road next week as they continue the season-long four-game road stretch with games at Portland State (Feb. 14) and Eastern Washington (Feb. 16). The next home contest following Saturday's match-up with NAU will be the BracketBuster game vs. Cat State Northridge on Feb. 23.
Thunderbird Club Luncheons: The Thunderbird Club's weekly no-host luncheon is held Mondays at noon at the Cedar City Crystal Inn. The public is invited to attend the luncheons where Southern Utah's in-season coaches talk about their upcoming contests and review the past week's action.
Captains: This year's captains are seniors Jackson Stevenett and Tyson Koehler.
Heuir Named BSC Player of the Week: SUU's Damon Heuir earned his second Big Sky Conference Player of the Week award on Monday following his play in the Thunderbirds' wins over Sacramento State and Northern Arizona last week. Heuir averaged 27.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in the two wins. He scored 28 points with seven rebounds, seven assists and a steal in the team's 79-67 win over Sacramento State, then scored 27 points with four rebounds, an assist and a steal two nights later against the Lumberjacks. Heuir's first BSC Player of the Week award came after he scored 30 points to lead SUU to its first road win of the season, a 90-77 victory at Northern Arizona on Jan. 5. That week he shared the honors with Weber State's Scott Bamforth.
The Coaches:
Head Coach Nick Robinson (Stanford, 2005) is 8-12 in his first season at SUU and his first season as a head coach. Coach Robinson came to Southern Utah from LSU, where he spent three seasons on the staff. Prior to his time at LSU Robinson spent a season at William Jewell College and two seasons on the staff at his alma mater, Stanford. During his time as an assistant coach, Robinson helped guide his teams to a combined record of 87-47 and four post-season appearances, including two NCAA, one NIT and one NAIA Division I national tournaments. Robinson is 0-1 versus WSU.
Robinson is assisted by Jared Barrett (Eastern Oregon, 1996), Todd Okeson (Nevada, 2005) and Drew Allen (Southern Utah, 2010).
Weber State is coached by Randy Rahe (Buena Vista '82). Coach Rahe, who is in his seventh season at Weber State brings an overall and WSU record of 135-73 into the game. Coach Rahe is 6-1 vs. the Thunderbirds.
Affiliations: Southern Utah is in its first season as a member of the Big Sky Conference. All of SUU's sports except gymnastics and men's golf compete in the Big Sky. Gymnastics is an affiliate member of the WAC while men's golf competes in the American Sky Conference. Weber State is a charter member of the Big Sky.
The Schedule: The Thunderbirds have played nine non-conference games, three at home, four true road contests, and two neutral court match-ups. They have played four conference games at home and two on the road. SUU opened at #21 Gonzaga, then played three games in three days at the World Vision Classic, meeting Green Bay, Cal State Fullerton and host Nevada before opening its home schedule against Carroll College. SUU also played non-conference games at TCU, at Denver, and at home against San Diego Christian and San Diego. SUU has just one non-conference game remaining, a BracketBuster match-up at home on Feb. 23.
Last Time Out: Jackson Stevenett scored 22 points to lead five Thunderbirds in double figures as Southern Utah outlasted Idaho State in overtime, 81-79. Damon Heuir added 17 points and tied his career-high with eight assists while A.J. Hess scored a career-high 12 points and Cal Hanks and Chris Nsenki each finished with 10. Stevenett and Jayson Cheesman each pulled down eight rebounds as the Thunderbirds won the battle of the boards, 42-38. Cheesman has pulled down five or more rebounds in 14 of the last 15 games. In a game that was close throughout, with 13 ties and 21 lead changes, Heuir and Hess each hit a pair of free throws in the final seconds of overtime to hold off ISU. Both teams missed chances to win in the final seconds of regulation. After a timeout Heuir drove the baseline but lost the ball out of bounds with 4.2 seconds to play, then when ISU got the ball Tomas Sanchez, a hero of ISU's 54-53 win in Cedar City last month, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
T-Birds In The National Ranks: The Thunderbirds have three players ranked in the top-100 in the NCAA through Thursday's games, and the team ranks among the top 100 in three categories as well. Jayson Cheesman ranks 41st in the nation in blocks per game with an average of 2.18, while Jackson Stevenett is 47th in free throw percentage at .857 (and 101st in points per game at 16.7) and Damon Heuir cracked the top-100 in scoring this week and is now 95th at 16.8 ppg. As a team the Thunderbirds are 25th in the country with 5.2 blocks per game, 40th in rebounding margin (plus 5.5) and 45th in free throw percentage (.734).
T-Birds In The Big Sky:
(Through Monday) Heuir and Stevenett are 1-2 in scoring in the conference when all games are considered. Heuir averages 16.8 points per game while Stevenett checks in at 16.4 ppg. Stevenett is also second in free throw percentage at .854, seventh in rebounding with 6.15 per game, eighth in offensive rebounds per game (2.1) and 11th in defensive rebounds per game (4.1). Heuir is also fifth in 3-pointers per game (2.2) and 10th in free throw percentage (.798), while Cheesman second in blocks per game with 2.2 when all games are considered, sixth in rebounding with 6.19 rpg and seventh in defensive rebounds with 4.5 per game. Cal Hanks is seventh in blocks per game with 1.1. The team leads the conference in offensive rebounds (12.0 rpg), and is second in field goal percentage defense (.420), in blocks (5.2 per game), in rebounding margin (plus-5.0) and in defensive rebounds (26.2 drpg).
When only conference games are considered Heuir is second and Stevenett is third in the Big Sky with 18.7 and 18.4 points per game respectively. Heuir is third in 3-pointers per game (2.5) and fourth in free throw percentage (.853) while Stevenett is sixth in free throw percentage at .824. Cheesman is sixth and Stevenett is eighth in rebounding with 6.9 and 6.6 caroms per game, respectively, with Stevenett fifth in offensive rebounds (2.3 rpg) and Cheesman sixth in defensive rebounds (5.0). Cheesman is also third in blocks per game (2.0) and Hanks is seventh in blocks (1.3). Stevenett also ranks eighth in field goal percentage (.531). The team leads the league in offensive rebounds (12.6 pg), in 3-point defense (.297) and in field goal percentage defense (.382), is second in defensive rebounds (26.3 per game) and rebounding margin (plus-4.3), and is third in scoring average (70.2 ppg), scoring margin (plus-4.1 ppg) and blocked shots per game (5.5).
Moving Up The Ranks:
Jackson Stevenett is in position to become only the third T-Bird to rank in the career top-10 in both scoring and rebounding. Stevenett has 1,094 points in his three-plus seasons as a Thunderbird. With his 22 points at Idaho State he moved from 11th to ninth on SUU's career scoring list, passing Russell Otis (1,077 from 1984-86) and Ted Thomas (1087 from 1986-89). He also has 449 career rebounds, which ranks 13th all time at SUU. He passed former SUU standout Dan Beus (436, 2000-02) with his 10 boards against NAU and now needs just one to tie Robin Haight, who had 450 from 1972-to-1976, in 12th place and 14 boards to move into the SUU career top-10, where Davor Marcelic (1988-92) is 10th with 463. Barton is second on SUU's career scoring list with 1,419 points and is fourth on its rebounding list with 557 while Lee is second in rebounding with 652 boards and fifth in scoring with 652 points. Barton played in 1986-87 then returned to the team after an LDS church mission to lay the 1990-93 seasons while Lee played from 1974 to 1977.
Jayson Cheesman - who went without blocking a shot for just the third time this season last Thursday against Sac State - has 48 rejections this season, which is tied for fourth on SUU's single-season list and seventh on the career list. He is tied with Kenyatta Clyde (1998-99) on the single-season list. He needs five to tie Sean Allen's 53 in 1993-94 and 16 to tie Matt Hodgson (2009-10) atop the single-season list. Next up on the career chart is Donnie Jackson, who rejected 55 shots from 2001 to 2003.
Cleaning The Glass:
- The Thunderbirds have won the battle of the boards 17 times this season. They were out-rebounded in their first three games then won the battle of the boards in nine straight contests before Sacramento State had a 41-38 edge on the boards in the first meeting between the two teams and Weber State held a 46-41 advantage. SUU got back on the glass vs. Idaho State, however, and has out-rebounded every subsequent opponent. The T-Birds out-boarded the Bengals 43-34, edged Montana 30-28, had a 37-33 advantage over Montana State, slipped past Portland State 33-32, finished with a 44-38 margin against Eastern Washington, came out on top in the rematch with SAC, 41-26, out-rebounded Northern Arizona 39-34 and bested the Bengals in the rematch, 42-28.
- SUU has reeled in 40 or more caroms 11 times this season. Last year's team had a total of four 40-rebound games.
- SUU pulled down a season-high 51 rebounds vs. San Diego Christian. The team's high mark vs. a Division I foe was 45, against Northern Colorado.
Block Party:
- SUU averages 5.2 blocks per game, which ranks second in the Big Sky. The Thunderbirds have rejected 115 shots this season, including 12 against North Dakota, SUU's highest total since the team combined for 13 rejections against Panhandle State on Dec. 14, 2010 and the highest total in the Big Sky so far this season. The Thunderbirds were in double-digits against San Diego as well, when they blocked 10 shots.
- Jayson Cheesman didn't take much time to break into the SUU record books. In his first game as a Thunderbird the junior transfer from Salt Lake Community College blocked five shots, which tied the sixth-highest single-game blocks total in SUU history.
- Cal Hanks tied Cheesman in sixth place on that single-game list when he came off the bench to block five shots against North Dakota. Hanks has 25 blocks so far and needs eight to move into SUU's single-season top-10.
- SUU blocked seven shots vs. Northern Arizona last week, giving the team five or more blocks in a game 14 times this season.
- SUU had four blocks against Eastern Washington, three by Cheesman, but the Eagles had seven, with three players swatting a pair of shots. It was just the second time this season, Green Bay was the other, that the Thunderbirds had more shots blocked than they blocked themselves.
T-Bird Notes:
- SUU's 81-79 win at Idaho State was the team's first overtime game this season and thus Coach Nick Robinson's first win in overtime. Both of the Thunderbird/Bengal games went down to the wire, with ISU winning 54-53 in Cedar City before SUU took the win in Pocatello.
- Heuir tied his career-high with eight assists at Idaho State.
- A.J. Hess scored a career-best 12 points at ISU, including a big 3-pointer down the stretch in regulation and two free throws with four seconds to play in overtime to clinch the win.
- Northern Arizona is probably happy to see the last of Heuir. The senior guard scored 30 points in the first match-up between SUU and NAU - the highest total in the Big Sky until NAU's Gabe Rogers poured in 35 vs. North Dakota on Jan. 26 - and he poured in another 27 last Saturday. In his two games against the Lumberjacks, Heuir hit 15-of-30 shots, 7-of-12 3-pointers and hit 20-of-24 free throws. He also averaged four rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals and blocked a shot against NAU.
- Heuir has scored in double figures in 11 straight games, with 14 or more points in each game and four 20-point-plus efforts. Jackson Stevenett has posted double-figures in 16 straight, including six during the streak of 20 or more. Until Wade Collie came off the bench to score a team-high 18 against Eastern Washington either Heuir or Stevenett had led the team in every game this year. Heuir has led the team in scoring 11 times while Stevenett has set the pace in 10 contests.
- Stevenett notched his third double-double of the season vs. NAU with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
- Jordan Johnson dished out a career-best seven assists vs. NAU. It was the third time in the last six games he has posted a new career-high in dimes.
- SUU limited Idaho state to 41.2 percent shooting and has held 10 of its last 13 opponents under 42 percent.
- The Thunderbirds hit 15-of-25 shots in the second half against Portland State and 18-of-30 after the break against Sacramento State. Both worked out to be 60.0 percent nights, the team's second-best second halves of the season (behind .630 vs. San Diego Christian) and their third-best halves overall (.625 in the first half at Northern Arizona) this season.
- SUU tied its season-low with 11 turnovers vs. PSU and had the fewest turnovers in the game (the Vikings had 14) for just the third time this season. Two nights later the 'Birds turned it over just 12 times while Eastern Washington also had a dozen turnovers. Against Sacramento State SUU had just 11 turnovers again, but the Hornets gave the ball up just eight times, then SUU and NAU tied with 13 turnovers apiece.
- Stevenett scored 19 points at Montana to give him exactly 1,000 for his career. He is just the 11th player in SUU history to break the 1,000 point mark and just the third to cross that threshold since Richard Barton finished his career with 1,419 points in 1993 (third on SUU's all-time list). Jeff Monaco finished his career in 2001 with 1,568 points (second) while Davis Baker finished his in 2010 with 1,205 (sixth).
- As a team Montana hit just two 3-pointers and attempted just seven, opponent season-lows for SUU. The Grizzlies also went without a blocked shot, marking the only time this season an opponent didn't reject at least one T-Bird try.
- Julian Scott, who missed five games with a foot injury, then played in the NAU, Sac State, Weber State and Idaho State games, was lost for the season with a knee injury suffered in practice January 18.
- The Thunderbirds had just four players foul out of the nine non-conference games (including two at TCU) then had 13 disqualifications in the first eight Big Sky contests, including two at both Northern Arizona and Sac State and three against Weber State and at Montana. The 'Birds went without a disqualification for three games before Jordan Johnson was disqualified at ISU.
- SUU was the first team to win its first three Big Sky Conference games in its first season of play since Boise State started out 4-0 back in 1970-71.
- Stevenett has scored a career-high 29 points twice this season, at Gonzaga and again in the first game vs. Weber State. Stevenett's 11 field goals made against the Zags is tied as the second-highest total in the conference this season.
- SUU had a season-high six players score in double figures against San Diego Christian. Stevenett led the way with 15, while Damon Heuir and Wade Collie each finished with 13. Jayson Cheesman finished with 12 points and both Jaren Jeffery and Jordan Johnson had 10. For Cheesman and Johnson the totals were career-highs while Collie's 13 were a season-high. Johnson was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor while Collie was 5-of-6 and Hanks, who finished with a then-career-high seven points, was 3-for-3 from the field as SUU finished with a season-best 55.9 field goal percentage.
- SUU combined for a season-high 18 assists vs. SDCC. Freshman A.J. Hess came off the bench to lead the squad with a career-high five dimes vs. the Hawks, while Collie had four and all but two Thunderbirds who saw action dished out at least one.
Scouting Weber State: Three Wildcats carry double-figure scoring averages, led by wing Davion Berry's (6-4, 185, Jr) 14.3 ppg. Berry, who also paces the team in assists with 3.3 per game, is followed by Scott Bamforth (G, 6-2, 190, Sr) at 13.5 ppg and Kyle Tresnak (C, 6-10, 255, Jr) at 12.0. In all, seven players on the WSU roster average 7.0 points or more per game. Tresnak is third on the team in rebounding with 5.6 per game, behind Joel Bolomboy (F, 6-9, 215, Fr), who has come off the bench in all 20 games to corral 8.2 caroms per game and block a team-high 35 shots, and Frank Otis (F, 6-6, 220, Sr), who averages 6.0 rpg and 9.2 ppg. As a team the Wildcats have scored at a Big Sky-leading 77.2 points per game clip on 50.5 percent shooting, including a Big Sky-leading .418 from 3-point range. Bamforth is the biggest threat from downtown, having knocked down 48-of-109 threes (.440), while Jordan Richardson (G, 6-1, 185, Jr), who averages 7.5 ppg, has hit 30-of-65 from long-range (.462). Richardson is third in the conference in 3-point percentage while Bamforth is eighth. The Wildcats have limited opponents to 62.0 points per game (lowest in the BSC) on 39.1 percent shooting and just .268 from 3-point range. WSU has hit 71.1 percent of its free throws and out-rebounded opponents by an average of 36.5-to-30.9 caroms per game.


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Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
I generally agree with Delta's comments. However, it is important to point out that you need to clearly define your needs. For example, will you most often be sailing alone or with one, two, or more people? Will you mostly be day sailing, weekending, or going for longer cruises? If you don't know the answer to these questions, you might want to start smaller simply because of the costs.
Starting small can be a great way to see whether you like sailing, and how much you'll use a boat. If you're unsure about getting your feet wet, you can pick up a Catalina 22 for pretty cheap (a few thousand) and if you decide you hate sailing, you can sell her for close to what you paid for her. If you decide you love sailing and want to move up to something bigger, you can sell her for about what you paid for her. And if you decide she's the right boat for you, you can keep her. Some will tell you that you are likely to lose money doing it my way, and I agree with them. Let's say you buy a C22 on a trailer for $4,000 and a year later you and your companions decide it's time for a bigger boat, and you wind up selling her for $3,000. Yes, you've lost $1,000. But that year with her, or however long you'll get her, will help you define and refine your wants and needs. Do you want a big cockpit so you can entertain? Split transom? Wheel or tiller? Do you need a separate shower in the cabin? Do you NEED refrigeration, air conditioning, etc.? What kind of rig do you want? Are you going to be racing at all? These are all issues/questions/etc. that you'll need to answer. Trying to answer them NOW is, with all due respect, probably foolish. I'd be willing to bet that a year or two from now, your answer to a fair number of these questions will probably have changed. If you start with a $20,000+ 30' boat and a year from now you decide to sell her because you want/need something else, I suspect you'll lose significantly more than the $1,000 if you go with the "start small" approach.
For what it's worth, we bought our Catalina 25 for $1,000. We probably put another $1000 into her, not including the new engine, that winter. I used the C22 in my example above, but the same would basically hold true for a 25.
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
The difference in handling, IMHO, between a 27' and a 30' is inconsequential; except for docking fees!
Remember..costs rise geometrically with increase in footage. I'd goforthe smallesst boat that you'd be comfortable on in most situations AND the largest you can afford the $$ and timefeeding and maintaining..
Even if I didn't need to worry abouit $$ or maint,; I'd *still* have my 27', as it suits mejust fine I spend more time sailing than fixin' and it's so simple that I can fix/mainttain on the cheap and on the go..
Best of luck,
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
Well, this is an interesting thread that comes close to answering a similar question that I've been wrestling with--so I hope the original poster doesn't mind if I build on this discussion rather than starting a whole new thread...
I live near the Chesapeake and have been seriously considering buying my first cruising sailboat. Given family size, and planned retirement in 3 years +/-, I've been thinking that a boat in the 30-32 foot range would let me do just about everything I'd like to end up being able to do. The question is--first go for a smaller boat, say 24-27 foot, then move up, or start out at 30-32 feet?
My background--as a teenager/20-something I sailed constantly in LI Sound and the LI harbors with a Sailfish, including trips of 10-20 miles. Haven't sailed since, except once a year ago with my son in a 24 foot Rainbow, which I had no problem at all managing (much to his amazement). I'm a sea kayaking instructor--not sailing I know, but a lot of the coastal seamanship carries over--winds, currents, sea state, coastal piloting, weather, radio communication. I would absolutely plan to obtain formal instruction & achieve ASA 103 level certification before or immediately after purchase. Thoughts?
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
there is a couple on youtube, with a channel about their cruising , they didn't take any courses in fact the one guy barely knew how to sail, they have videos up going from Alaska, to Hawaii , as long as your relatively smart , and not prone to rushing out you'll be fine . i have little experience with sailing let a lone cruising . I've been reading a lot and from what i read, it's really not that hard, if you pay attention to the weather before planing your tip and leave during windows of fair weather it's prolly better and safer too, i have also read not being in a particular hurry also helps, things like reefing the sails before it's dark, regardless of weather make cruising slower, but a lot less stressful, trying to reef a sail in 40 knot winds and stuff is not very easy, according to the videos i see of people doing that anyways. classes and stuff can't hurt you, but i don't think they are totally necessary , you can also join a yacht club, they will have a lot of sailors, and a lot of info and help, and usually it doesn't cost all that much to be part of a yacht club (for me in Ohio it's around $1,000 to $1,500 a year + or - 500 depending on if you use slips or whatever and how big your boat is, it sounds like a lot, but really it's not that much since I've seen one sailing class cost 1k before.
I am going to join a yacht club before i even have a boat, i figure i can help out around the place, help people with their boats and stuff I'll learn a lot just doing that , i really don't have much desire to cruise though my family does live in Florida so that option is open eventually whenever i get a boat.
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
I did the same transition 4 years ago - I had sailed a 14' dinghy for a couple years and I bought a 27' Oday. The big boat is a LOT easier to sail. It's harder to maintain, but sailing is 100% easier.
The big boat will be more powerful, but also much more stable. It's like going from a dirtbike to a humvee. I can only imagine what its like to move to an even bigger boat.
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
Originally Posted by emcentar View Post
After sailing dinghys (Flying Scots) for the last few years, I started a search for a cruising boat in earnest this year.
I had planned to take a cruising course while I was searching. From the stories I read here, I expected I might search all year and not buy. But instead I found what appears to be a good boat early in my search and I have put a deposit on her.
So it's highly likely I'll be a boat owner before long, and before I've had a chance to take a cruising course. I've negotiated a couple of lessons on the boat after the sale as part of the deal, which hopefully will allow me to better understand the systems on this particular boat as well as serve as an introduction to cruising.
What else can I do to prepare for the transition? I have no experience sailing under power, anchoring, docking under power, wheel steering, etc. I'm studying books, and watching a number of sailing instructional videos to prepare, and I'm hoping that all these things plus my dinghy experience and lots of practice on my own boat will substitute for a cruising course altogether, at least in the short term.
Thoughts? Any suggestions or tips for making the transition from dinghy to cruising?
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
Originally Posted by emcentar View Post
So I had my first sail with the previous owner last Saturday. Everything went pretty smoothly, but I'm sure that's because I was relaxed knowing I had someone with me that I could ask questions. This Friday we're going to take her out for the first time on our own. I'm fighting a case of nerves.
Suddenly I'm sure I'm going to hit my neighbor coming out of the slip and let the jib sheets fly off the boat when I put up the sails. Very hard to focus on work this week - all I want to do is watch docking technique videos.
Any tips for my first time out with my new boat on our own?
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
Yes, take lots of pictures and post them. How many times do we have to ask?
To me, as a fellow novice, the thing that scares me more than anything is docking. I can usually leave the slip without too many mishaps (like forgetting to untie one of the six lines, or forgetting to unhook the shore power), but pulling down the fairway past boats that probably cost more to have buffed than I paid for my boat was (and still is) very intimidating. The oft-given advice here of "never approach the dock faster than you are willing to hit it" is excellent advice. As long as the conditions allow it, go slow, stay in the middle of the fairway, and swing your turns wide enough to avoid issues. Fenders/bumpers go out as you approach the marina, and the boat hook(s) come out at that time, too.
Make sure you've set up a springline that you can use to stop the boat. Know where that line is when you leave, and make sure your companion knows that it is THE one thing that they are to do. If the springline is set up properly, the forward momentum of the boat will both pull you against the finger and keep the boat from hitting the dock. If you are unsure, try it a few times, and adjust the length/placement before you head out for your "real" sail. Once that is set up properly, you'll be able to attach the springline where it belongs and KNOW that the boat isn't going anywhere, so you can pay more attention to getting everything else tied off. Learning about the springlines, and how to configure them, was really one of the best things I learned last season.
Honestly, the rest of it is a piece of cake. Yeah, you'll forget to release the traveler or vang before you hoist the sail and it won't go all the way up. Or, if you have one, you'll forget to let the boom off the pigtail before you hoist the main. You'll forget to release the furling line before you try to pull on the jib sheets. You'll forget where you put the stupid sail ties. You'll forget to point into the wind when raising/lowering the main. The sail will spill all over the deck. You'll knock your significant other in the head with the boom. You'll get rope burn. You'll trip over lines that you swear weren't there a second ago. The winch handle will always be out of reach on the other side of the cockpit, or up at the mast, just when you need it most. But these are all things that only you will even know about, and (except for the hitting your SO in the head with the boom one, which we now laugh about) really don't impact your sail. They are all learning experiences ("teachable moments"), and we all do them. Don't get hung up on them, accept that they have happened, and will happen again, and you'll be fine.
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
So I had my first sail with the previous owner last Saturday. Everything went pretty smoothly, but I'm sure that's because I was relaxed knowing I had someone with me that I could ask questions. This Friday we're going to take her out for the first time on our own. I'm fighting a case of nerves.
Suddenly I'm sure I'm going to hit my neighbor coming out of the slip and let the jib sheets fly off the boat when I put up the sails. Very hard to focus on work this week - all I want to do is watch docking technique videos.
Any tips for my first time out with my new boat on our own?
Re: From Dinghy Sailor to Cruising
Just wanted to say that although it was expensive, my wife and I took a 5-day ASA course in San Diego where we got to live aboard a 31-ish Beneteau and get private lessons each day in the bay. We spent the first two days learning the basics on a little Capri 22 footer which by day 3 we were able to take out on our own and sail with no problem. Days 4-5, we sailed the boat that we had been living on and aside for the steering into the dock and a few additional lines to pay attention to, the difference were fairly minimal. The end result was that not only did my wife realized that she really could do it (be comfortable on a boat and enjoy sailing) but we built confidence as a team in a variety of situations. Oh yea, plus we got to hang in SD for a week :-)
I guess my point is that having the confidence on a smaller boat translates to confidence on something bigger...
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Since Congress passed the Brooks Act in 1972, all federally funded architecture projects have been governed by the qualifications-based selection (QBS) process. QBS requires that public clients select architects based solely on their qualifications and technical ability—not on proposal costs—and prohibits clients from discussing bid prices at all until the most qualified firm has been selected. If the client and most qualified designer can't come to an agreement on price, clients begin negotiations with the next-most qualified firm.
In the years since the federal mandate, most states have adopted "mini-Brooks" laws that require the same selection criteria for state-funded projects, as have some local municipalities. The result? A patchwork of laws that lose uniformity the further they get from federal laws, but are all meant to safeguard the quality of work architects do for public clients.
But today, QBS is under threat from state legislators and institutional procurement officers who don't understand the process, or question it, creating a need to reeducate clients and civic leaders about QBS's value—all this coming at a time when many states and municipalities are looking to cut costs and see QBS as an added expense.
In Florida, state legislators Mike Bennett and Fred Costello introduced bills that would roll back QBS for all state entities. In West Virginia, State House Delegate John Doyle and others introduced a bill that would repeal QBS requirements for state institutions of higher education. Exempted from its state's QBS law, the University of New Mexico began asking architects for price estimates a year ago. And in Wisconsin, state legislator Rich Zipperer sponsored a bill allowing counties to continue using cost for a quarter of all evaluations, but it died in Assembly committee.
Some municipal leaders object to QBS regardless of the current economic climate. Some architects report that civic leaders in charge of procurement aren't aware of the value or purpose of QBS and will ignore it—even if it's the law. "They don't understand that professional design services are not like bidding pencils," says Sue Bertram of QBSColorado, a multidisciplinary industry advocacy and watchdog group that works with industry partners such as AIA Colorado.
Other architects report that their clients object to QBS because of its cost. Richard Logan, AIA, of MPA Architects in West Palm Beach, Fla., says that by jettisoning QBS, clients are looking to leverage the depressed design and construction economy to drive prices down. "They think that there's very little work out there, and a lot of qualified firms that will take the work no matter what the price," he says.
Similarly, University of New Mexico chief procurement officer Bruce Cherrin says that he asks each architecture firm up front for pricing and level of effort. Even though this information is a small percentage of each firm's proposal, "It gives us better understanding and potential leverage," Cherrin says.
Norman Cummings, one of the Waukesha County officials who supported the bill that would have allowed Wisconsin counties to continue using QBS for only 75 percent of the evaluation for local projects, says that using a pure QBS process would cost his county an additional $250,000 per year. "If that's what it cost, we'd be doing less projects," he says."The 25 percent cost quotes, which are not known by evaluators until the 75 percent technical scoring is completed, allow us to know what the market is for the services we seek. Under pure QBS, we would have to negotiate blindly."
Can municipalities afford to ignore QBS? A 2009 study by researchers from the University of Colorado and Georgia Tech found that projects using QBS averaged a 3 percent increase in construction cost growth, while non-QBS projects saw a 10 percent increase. The study also found that construction-schedule growth with QBS averaged 8.7 percent, but without it schedules grew by 10 percent.
Architects say that instead of trying to come up with a minimum-cost proposal based on just a few paragraphs in an RFP, QBS allows them to learn from clients exactly what a project needs. Without QBS, clients are cut out of the design process, and architects are pressured to make the cheapest possible bid with incomplete project information.
According to Joe Brawley, AIA, of Brawley and Company in Albuquerque, N.M., this is a recipe for change-orders (by contractors) and additional service requests (by the design team) and complications. He's seen QBS from both sides, having directed capital projects for universities in the past. "The owner is hiring the architect not to solve the problem, though that's part of it, but to first help define the problem," Brawley says. "When you're bidding a project, you have to assume the project is already defined, and there lies the rub: It isn't defined."
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Uniform Announcement Coming Tonight
Blue and Gold Becomes Third Jersey
The Buffalo Sabres have announced that they will be wearing the original Blue and Gold uniforms for 15 home games this season (37%) as their 3rd jersey. The new primary uniforms will be unveiled in September.
Sabres lock up Lydman
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Sabres F Pominville agrees to 3-year deal
'Terms of the deal were not immediately released, but it's expected to include a raise over the $450,000 Pominville made last year. A restricted free agent whose rights were retained by the Sabres last month, Pominville was scheduled to have his contract settled in an arbitration hearing Friday.'
Sabres ink Pominville
'As a rookie with the Sabres last season, Pominville tallied 18 goals with 12 assists for 30 points in 57 games. The forward began the campaign with the club's AHL affiliate in Rochester, where he was leading the league with 19 goals in 18 games before his recall on November 26.'
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'Buffalo has settled with five players ahead of their hearings, but still have six to go.'
Press conference at 4 p.m.
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'The deal comes one day before Pominville was scheduled for an arbitration hearing in Toronto. But the Sabres have yet to reach an agreement with defenseman Toni Lydman, who has an arbitration hearing on Thursday. Right wings Maxim Afinogenov and J.P. Dumont and centers Tim Connolly, Paul Gaustad and Adam Mair are the other Sabres with arbitration hearings, which are scheduled through August 4.'
Sabres sign Pomninville
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Briere may influence Nagy, 'Yotes
'"The market's going up and not down, and whether a player plays 48 games or 82 games, players are being paid for what they produce," Keator said. "The injury issue isn't as significant especially based on what some of these guys are getting in arbitration or even getting for contracts. . . . Players are being paid based on what their level of production has been throughout their careers."'
Patrick Will Join Sabres Coaching Staff
'Patrick will replace Scott Arniel, who left to become the head coach of the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.'
Top scout for Sabres now a Bruin
'Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier had forecast the departure of Benning and Houda late last week, so their new jobs were not a shock to the organization. The top of the team's scouting department has been left bare, though, as Don Luce, director of player development, didn't have his contract renewed and Terry Martin, director of professional scouting, took a job with Colorado.'
Wednesday's Boston Coverage
Bruins add Benning, Houda, Smith to staff (Boston Globe)
Bruins fill up the office (Boston Herald)
Wednesday's Rochester Coverage
Cunneyworth staying to coach Amerks (Rochester D&C)
Houda Leaves Amerks (RNews.com)
Assistant Doug Houda heads to Boston Bruins (Amerks.com)
1964-68 Amerks honored as the team for the ages (Amerks.com)
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Re: Why MSOE?Ruth Spragins Oct 2, 2013 8:59 PM (in response to Stephen Walls)
Hey Stephen, My name is Ruth Spragins and I am a sophomore Architectural Engineering student here at MSOE. One of the main things that I really love about MSOE is that the classes are small. The most I have ever had in my class is about 27 students and because you have such small classes, professors will learn your name. You're never just another face in the classroom. Also, professors here are always willing to help you understand something or help out any way they can, which is amazing. Another thing that really made MSOE stand out to me, is the job placement rate after graduation and how MSOE prepares you for the work force. Hope this helps!!
Re: Why MSOE?Landon Mara Oct 3, 2013 9:09 AM (in response to Stephen Walls)
Hi Stephen!
My name is Landon Mara. I am majoring in industrial engineering and am also a resident assistant on campus. I can give you reasons to attend this university versus a larger university. I had just had an argument with my girlfriend the other night about which of our schools were better(she attends UW-Madison). I told her we had smaller classes and we could get to know our professors on a level that she couldn't(Madison has 40,000 students). I also told her we leaped right into our majors and we didn't have to go through the process of first taking general education classes and then applying to our desired major (we do take gen eds, just not as many). She then became mad at me because she had to go through gen.ed classes and I didn't have to. She then began to argue the point that general education classes were really good to take because then you are a more well rounded college graduate. It depends on what you are after. At MSOE, we choose to focus more on math, science and engineering with gen ed classes and electives here and there. If you are going to be an engineer then be an engineer. At MSOE they mold you into whatever you wish to be. We focus on studying what we need to know to be the best at what we want to be. We don't waste time studying things we do not need to know. Here you will get exactly what you ask for, whether it is a business, engineering, or nursing degree.
Re: Why MSOE?Nancy Tanaka Oct 3, 2013 9:10 AM (in response to Stephen Walls)
The main reason as to why I attended MSOE is because of the content taught in the courses. A few of my friends are attending other engineering universities, and when I try to describe what I'm learning in my courses they become very confused. Some of those people are even studing in similar fields, so one would think they would be able to understand a little of what I'm learning in my courses. The truth is that in every major at MSOE, the students end up learning more skills/knowledge in their field than most students who attend another university. My roommate is in the Nursing program, and she came back one day saying that the only ones who could answer the nurse's questions were MSOE students and the more experienced nurses at the hospital. The interns from other schools weren't as equipped as they were for the workforce. Even one of my professors said that his son never learned as extensive material as we did. When he went to show his son the laboratory exercieses he was teaching, his son was very impressed at the quality of the work. Also, because MSOE students learn so much, many employers are not hesitant to hire students with an MSOE background. When I went to my job interview, the interviewer said that when they see MSOE in the resume, they consider the applicant more than not due to the fact that they know MSOE produces quality students who are ready to jump right in to the workforce.
Re: Why MSOE?Debra Jenks Oct 4, 2013 5:38 PM (in response to Stephen Walls)
I love the replies you've received from the students-- as a faculty member and Chair of the School of Nursing, I'll add my perspective on why I love working here--
For me (and many other faculty) it is the small school environment and the ability to know my colleagues in other departments and my students. You have to try pretty hard to be invisible in the classroom at MSOE. We know who you are - I think that is a good thing. I can't imaging lecturing to a room of 100-200 students. 98% (an estimate, I may be off by a point or 2) of our courses are 35 or fewer students. We have 3 classroom spaces that seat over 50 people.
Come visit campus-- we have an open house coming up
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Re: Why MSOE?Brianna Sutherland Oct 10, 2013 11:35 AM (in response to Stephen Walls)
Hi Stephen!
My name is Brianna. I am a Freshman here at MSOE and I am majoring in Electrical Engineering. In high school, I was not sure as to where I wanted to go to school. I knew what degree I wanted to pursue, but I couldn't find a school that I really liked. I finally took a tour of MSOE my Senior year and I loved it! I have to say it: as soon as I set foot on campus, I knew I belonged here. Yes, it's cheesy, but it's true. I thought I wanted to go to a bigger school, but now that I'm here I'm glad I chose a smaller school. The class sizes are perfect, professors know my name and have plenty of time to answer any questions I have. I also live on campus, so making friends was really easy to do. During Welcome Week, I met so many students and not only freshmen, I met people from all classes. Along with staff being helpful, students are as well. I honestly have gotten help with a class at 2 am. If you need anything, someone is here to help you at any time! Another part is getting involved! There are so many clubs and organizations to choose from and getting involved is another great way to meet people.
I hope I helped a little! There is an Open House this Saturday, if you're interested in stopping by. Otherwise, keep an eye out for future Open Houses, Junior Visit Days, etc. You can always contact us if you want to take a tour at a different time!


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UNC Set For Spring Game & Uniform Unveil
Chapel Hill, N.C. - North Carolina will hold its annual Spring Football Game on Saturday, April 13, at 3 p.m. at Kenan Stadium. Several events and activities are planned around the Spring Game, including the unveiling of Carolina's new uniforms. Admission is free to all events on April 13.
"It's going to be a fun day for our fans and for our players," said head coach Larry Fedora. "I want the guys to have a good time, play hard and fly around the ball. I think our fans will enjoy the activities planned around the spring game and we look forward to giving them a glimpse of the uniforms for next season."
The Bell Tower Park adjacent to Kenan Football Center kicks off the day's events at 11 a.m. and features live music from GrooveTown, the premier do it all, play it all party band. Food vendors merchandise tents and interactive games will be set up in the park.
Carolina's new blue and white football uniforms will be on display outside the Kenan Football Center for fans to experience and photograph. At halftime, several players will model the new uniforms on the field, entering the stadium through a smoke-filled tunnel.
Carolina players will be available for autographs for one hour beginning at 12:45 p.m. near Gate 3.
The Tar Heels will play a four-quarter game with a normal clock in the first half and a running clock in the second. The coaching staff determined the teams earlier this week. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.com.
During the first quarter, Giovani Bernard will be honored by the College Football Performance Awards as the nation's top punt returner in 2012. Bernard averaged 16.4 yards per return and had two touchdowns, including a game-winning 74-yarder vs. NC State. Bernard rushed for 2,481 yards and 25 touchdowns during his career in Chapel Hill and is expected to be among the top running backs selected in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Recently retired All-Pro NFL center Jeff Saturday will be recognized in the third quarter for his accomplishments during his 14-year professional career. Saturday was a two-time All-ACC performer at Carolina in 1996-97.
UNC Spring Game
Schedule of Events
• 11 a.m. - Bell Tower Park Opens
• Food Vendors
• Interactive games for kids of all ages, including inflatables and face painting
• Photos with the new Carolina football Uniforms, Rameses and the UNC Cheerleaders
• Official Carolina merchandise tents
• Live music on stage with GrooveTown and the UNC Marching Tar Heels
• 12:45 p.m. - Autograph session with Carolina football players, autographs cards will be given to the first 3,000 fans
• 3 p.m. - Spring Game Kickoff
• 1st Quarter - Presentation of CFPA Award to Giovani Bernard
• 3rd Quarter - Recognition of Jeff Saturday
Parking Info
Public parking for the Spring Game will be available on a first come, first serve basis in the following lots: Bell Tower Deck, Rams Head Deck, Craige Deck, Jackson Deck, Cardinal Deck, Boshamer Lot and Bowles Lot. Disability Parking will be available in the Rams Head Deck. All parking will be $5 per vehicle.


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June 14, 2012
EDWARDS, Colorado – When Dr. Brian Davidson ran for University of Colorado regent at-large in 2006, he and his opponent, Stephen Ludwig, both went to regent orientation together after Election Day. The race was so close it took three weeks to decide the winner.
Ludwig won the election with 44.6 percent of the vote to Davidson's 44.2 percent. In 2012, Ludwig is up for relection and Davidson wants a rematch. He is running on the same platform in 2006: Lower tuition, investment and development in CU's healthcare system, and emphasizing cirtical thinking in the classroom. He is campaigning across the state of Colorado before the primary election period ends on June 26 and he answered questions of Eagle County republicans when he campaigned in Edwards on Wednesday.
Healthcare is not a subject typically discussed in regent elections, but Davidson believes it is a critical issue for the Vail Valley and the state, in addition to CU. Davidson said most Coloradoans receive healthcare from CU alumni.
"The next time you go get any kind of health care service, from someone with a four-year degree or above, ask them, did you do something at the University of Colorado? I'll bet you that four out of five times the answer is going to be yes," he said.
The other issue the Arvada doctor is campaigning on is the increasing cost of higher education. Davidson says that he still owes $130,000 in student loans. He believes there is a gap between the quality of education offered and its price tag.
"We need to recognize that the gap between what we're charging and what we're providing needs to be look at very closely," he said. "I can't even, accounting-wise, add up in my head how it cost that much."
He sees online classes as a means to decrease costs for CU students after taking classes at CU. Davidson went to medical school and earned an MBA at CU by taking courses in the classroom and online.
But Mike Mathias was concerned about a possible conflict of interest since Davidson practices medicine at CU as an anesthesiologist. Would being both a non-tenured faculty member of CU and on the board of regents be "double-dipping?"
"I can't even think of a single vote that directly affects what I do, or my compensation, or anything like that," Davidson said. "I don't see it as any different than Congress passing a budget, or a state passing a budget, when their name or someone's is that far down."
The race between Davidson and his primary opponent, Matt Arnold, has recieved more attention than is typical in a primary for a higher-education position. On June 12, Arnold posted Davidson's home address and three of Davidson's supporters' addresses on his campaign website, prompting calls to law enforcement officials from campaign activists worried about his safety. Arnold has also been criticized by those in his party for lying about a master's degree he said he earned from Johns Hopkins University, and falsely claiming that he was endorsed by Arapahoe County Republicans.
"It is not as collegial as it has been," Davidson said. "It's been very adversarial."
The Republican primary for CU regent at-Large is a main-in ballot election and will conclude on June 26. The winner of the primary will face Democrat incumbent Ludwig this fall. Besides president of the United States, this seat will be the only statewide election for Coloradoans in November.
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Despite the website, having looked at this address on Google Maps it appears to be a flat above a commercial premises. Probably a one-man band by the name of Carl Biddel. There is one telephone number which is a mobile and is never answered. It is constantly on voicemail. Generally, he only takes a yearly subscription from the teacher and thus passes on details of students. However, do not trust him if he asks you to teach a student coming over to the UK for a short course and paying him directly. He will say that he is going to pay you at the end of the course but later will behave very shiftily, will not answer emails or letters and will not answer the phone.


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Nice, this should be a cool build
First test pulls going on now. Should have some more info once tests are set up and polished up with steel wool.
Should know the best color after a day or so, so the rest of the armor can follow. Having a little help from a friend on this....
Now if I can figure out how to attach a picture.....what a noob.
did you make your own armor?
I wish! Love working with fiberglass but no, that's Cruz....
Unclear... Are you doing Jango's armor as seen inside that issue... or Jaster's as seen on the cover in your first post?
Great work bro, do you make that chest ammo?, is fiber glass right? amazing
Need to change the pic. Will update this weekend. Cruzer is making the armor, but in color experiment currently. Will be going with the #3 cover picture for the overall concept. Will have the color tiles Friday to buff up and see which color works best for the coldcast layer.
@Peregrinas- yup, hadn't read the comics at that time, and didn't realize that was Jaster on the cover of #1. Pretty similar overall though. Want the armor a little darker, same leather goods. No Red on the shoulders or gauntlets. Really dig the grey and red on the helmet....
Ahh... Yeah, I like Jaster. I keep hoping someone will do Jango's armor in the Protector color scheme he had in issue #2... You got my hopes up, there.
Got a picture of it?
That would be a cool build!
That will be great! I'm completely apt to alter what I'm doing for sure, so the title may change. It will be coldcast armor/helmet though....as well as the proper leather goods and twin blasters. Colors of the FS and helmet paint may change at a moments notice....Hope to have an update in 2-3 weeks.
Make sure to keep us posted. I want to see how this all turns out.
Will do. I'll have to change the title though, as it's morphed into an AOTC Jango.....
working on gauntlets now. I'll put up some pics soon.
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Got the keyholes chaindrilled and filed out, then the visor cut and cleaned up. Started polishing, but think it needs some more.....
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Gauntlets pretty much wrapped up except the hoses. Got a bare jetpack and still have to make some stops for the door, as well as figure out how to attach the hooks.
Any thoughts on the helmet? Keep going with 0000 steel wool?
So here's the shameless selfie to see the lid on my head! Went into town and forgot the **** steel wool to buff it out more, but I did get the visor trimmed and drilled out. Helmet is ready to glue in the brad hole T nuts for the visor then prep for paint. Ear pieces are located and drilled out, ready to primer.....
That is looking really good!!! I'll have to start my own thread when I finally start piecing together my Jango! I am definitely loving Jango's Protector armor color scheme!!!
And....I have the first casualty of the costume this year. Visor ready to use to position T nuts for gluing, super glue acts up....and wind up putting drop on a piece of paper. 10 minutes later I sit the visor on the same said piece of paper.....And its longer work life CA glue. Guess it will serve as a template for the next one, SOAB!
Gotcha! It's now ready to begin paint...


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Though it may be blasphemy in these parts, I'm considering a non-armored bounty hunter build. The south gets pretty hot, and my brief experience sporting an imperial guard helmet has taught me about sweat and claustrophobia.
So far I've come up with Zam (female, which I am not), Dengar (definite possibility, though he's mostly armored so I might as well do Boba) and Cade Skywalker. Are there any other human male non-armored bounty hunters out there?


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I posted this in Boba-Helmet but thought that this board probably gets alot more traffic so here it is in here.
From an economical stand point, would it be a good deal to buy a don post deluxe boba helmet for 295?
The helmet is in great shape with the plaque still intact, and its low number 65.
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Wagner's Festival ideal was closely bound up with the genesis of his principal work, Der Ring des Nibelungen, each element in the equation fructifying the other. Both are rooted in the events leading up to the revolutions of 1848-9, a period when Wagner was Court Kapellmeister in Dresden. His reflections on a fundamental reform of existing theatrical conditions finally led him to side with the revolutionaries and to play an active role in the May Uprising in Dresden in 1849. Following the Uprising's brutal suppression, Wagner was forced to flee from Dresden and to seek refuge in Switzerland. Even while he was still in Dresden, he had already sketched out a Nibelung drama, Siegfried's Death, which he later revised as Götterdämmerung.
It was on 14 September 1850 that Wagner first sketched out the idea of a festival, an idea that continued to obsess him throughout the years that followed.


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Nanotechnology, regenerative medicine and cancer will be the topic of a special biomedical engineering seminar on March 6 at 3 p.m. in the Darner Conference Room, Ross Building, Room G007 at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Speaker Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD, director, of the Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present "It's a small world: Micro/Nanotechnology in Regenerative Medicine and Cancer. " She will discuss the role of micro and nanotechnology for mimicking, monitoring and perturbing the tissue microenvironment.
"I will present our work on reconstructing normal liver microenvironments using microtechnology, biomaterials and induced pluripotent stem cells as well as our work on normalizing diseased cancer microenvironments using both inorganic and organic nano materials," Bhatia noted in an announcement. Bhatia is a professor of Health Sciences and Technology and professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.
The talk is hosted by associate professor of Materials Science and Engineering and affiliated faculty member of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology Hai-Quan Mao. The event is free and open to the Johns Hopkins Community. Refreshments will be served.


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There are seven individual sessions in the curriculum and, with the exception of session 1—Being Grounded in Philanthropy, which should be taken first—they can be taken in any order. Each session varies in length—from 60 minutes to three and a half hours. The workshops are interactive and discussion-oriented.
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To give you an idea of the ESS curriculum, you may review the Participant Guide to session 1—Being Grounded in Philanthropy. This workshop provides an overview of the history and culture of organized philanthropy as well as its role in society. It also offers an understanding of the essential skills and strategies grantmakers need on the job.


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Thanks for the advice. I waxed my newer board today and it went well.
|Thanks for the advice. I waxed my newer board today and it went well.
|Do one area at a time. Keep going over say just the tail (or one edge or whatever) until your board is warm (not hot) all the way through. The wax will stay liquid for a few seconds rather than freezing immediately. Then move on to another area. You can't just move the iron all over the board frenetically and expect to heat up the base and expand the pores you want to absorb the wax. Just my .02 after waxing 3 boards myself and watching a ton of vids.
|Where are you doing your waxing? Indoors, outdoors, in your shed/garage? What is the ambient temperature?
My Waxing Iron
So this year I decided to start doing my own equipment maintenance. I purchased all the necessary waxing and tuning supplies, read threads, and browsed videos. To try and get a feel for things I waxed my old board from a couple years ago that I don't really use anymore, save for days with bad conditions or to hit backyard jibs with. I believe it has an extruded base.
Anyway, I noticed that the wax didn't seem to be liquefying quite like I expected. It just didn't seem to spread out very easily or melt like I thought it would. I dripped wax up and down the board as I saw in many videos and thought I put a good amount, but not too much because it would just be more to scrape off after.
Should it take a very long time for an iron to melt the wax fully? When I would run my iron over the wax (a cheap regular iron, about 10$) it would feel as if i were just running it over dried wax bumps and it took many passes for it to melt down. Should I get a new iron? The temp I was using was in between cotton and wool setting, between 4 and 5 on my 6 temp iron. If the iron is turned all the way to 6 it will start smoking so I did not raise the temperature beyond 4.5.
I made sure to always keep the iron moving as to not damage the board. The wax I was using was made by OneBallJay, which didn't seem to be the issue at all.
Anyway, should I upgrade my iron? Any input is great.
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Mikel Arteta admits it was "massive" for Arsenal to score their equaliser against Newcastle within 55 seconds of going behind.
The visitors grabbed the lead at Emirates Stadium on Monday night through Hatem Ben Arfa, before Robin van Persie's well-taken strike restored parity straight from kick off.
Arteta says the timing of that goal was crucial to maintaining Arsenal's momentum and laying the groundwork for Thomas Vermaelen's last-gasp winner.
"We all kept believing, we were all at it and we had the chances and thankfully in the end we got the points," he told Arsenal Player.
"It was massive [to get the equaliser when they did] because the longer the game goes on without it, the more frustrated you get.
"It was a great move and a great finish again from Robin. Credit to the team because we never give up even when we are losing. The crowd were fantastic again, so thanks to everyone.
"We are now only one point behind Tottenham and three ahead of Chelsea, so we are in a much better position than four or five weeks ago. We are really happy."
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Abhidhammic View of Kamma (3): Objects (aaramma.na)
[Presented by Dr.Tep Sastri@SariputtaDhamma/JTN/Mult]
CMA IV, p. 172 cont'd: Through the force of unwholesome kamma one encounters an undesirable object, and thus the resultant cittas in the cognitive process(cittaviithi) by which that object is cognized will be generated by the maturation of that unwholesome kamma. In this case the sense consciousness, reception, investigation, and registration cittas are necessarily unwholesome-resultants(akusalavipaaka). The accompanying feeling is always equanimity(upekkhaa), except in the case of body-consciousness, which is accompanied by pain.
Conversely, a desirable-neutral or a very desirable object is encountered through the force of wholesome kamma, and the resultant cittas in the cognitive process will be generated by the maturation of that wholesome kamma. In this case the same four resultant positions will be occupied by wholesome-resultants(kusalavipaaka). These cittas will generally be accompanied by equanimity, except that body-consciousness is accompanied by pleasure and, in the experience of an extremely desirable object, investigation and registration are accompnied by joy.
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Hey, Thanks to help from lonepigeon's awesome webpage The Parts of Star Wars, I was able to find a greeble for the ESB Rifle.
I picked up the Revell Visable V8 Kit on ebay for $9.99
That was a great deal considering I see them go from $45 to $65. Here is a pic
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There are 5000 potential leaks wherever panels join in unibody cars and very common up around the cowl area that takes large amounts of drainage off windshield. The welds are not intended to seal, they use a caulk of varying types depending on location, some is put on melted hot and dries hard. Any cracks later can cause a leak.
After siliconing in a known error place or two and not being happy with the result, I went to using roofing cement like in gallon can from Home Depot. Basically thin cut tar that requires no heat and can be applied with a brush. It dries half resilient yet very firm and will cover dirty surfaces to not leak so much better than silicon it's not even funny. Work the dirt into it and dirt then becomes part of it, silicon requires a really clean smooth surface, you have much trouble getting that in and around cowl panels. Have even used the tar on windshields and no leak ever at any one done like that. Work the area with a small paintbrush to get all contaminants mixed in good and you're done. Messy though. But brother does it work.
|I have the same problem, but I think mine is due to the lights. I got the car with cheap aftermarket ones and the seals are all dryrotted on them. I might just keep the rubber plug out of the bottom for now...
|i always saw it as female, but yea unisex works too! haha
Nice fix.
Sasha is a boy's name FWIW
But, it can be gender neutral in this country.
resurrecting this because i realize i never responded with my fix.
Where the side body panel in the rear meets the sheet metal to the floor (behind the subwoofer box and under the bumper) there was not an appropriate weld. I siliconed the bejeezus out of that and then sprayed some flex seal on the inside and VOILA problem solved 100%
I had a water leak in my 2001 Focus wagon, but it would collect in the rear passenger side floor area. Turns out the water was leaking back there from the front. The water was entering into the cabin area from the rear of the front passenger side fender into the floor area, leaking around a grommet for a major wiring loom that wasn't quite sealed well enough to the sheetmetal. The water entering the raintray area would, by design, leak sideways into the fender area, and then trickly its way down past the grommet, and some of that water would enter the passenger compartment area,
I remember removing the passenger fender for access to the loom and grommet. Removal of the grommet was not feasible, so I tried re-seating the grommet better, and sealed it additionally with silicone.
I found the location of the leak by peeling back some of the carpet, and tracing it's way upstream. Spraying water on the windshield would trigger the leak.
I'm not sure if this is your leak of not. It was quite aggravating to find, but I am so happy to have a dry car now that it's fixed. It was horrible, with standing water back there, and fogging all the windows up all the time. Now completely dry. Good luck.
|pop the tail lights out and use some good silicone there. both of my foci had that issue. both were hatches and my 2nd i bought new then this leak showed up at 30k. the stock seals suck
|My car had the same problem... one day i opened the trunk up and realized the mat was soaking wet, i took it off and sure enough the whole spare tire compartment was filled with water.. i unplugged the the plastic piece on the bottom and let the water drained out. After examining the car i noticed that a plastic pieces that holds the taillights in place was missing on the right side, went to ford bought the part put it on and it still did it.. all my seals were good.. i ended up replacing my taillight with aftermarket ones and after that i havent had any issues. another problem that i thought of was water coming from underneath from the wheel well. mine are shot, they are starting to break off so i put mudflaps on the back and that might of helped to, but being January now and me living in snowy environments i have not had a problem since i replaced the lights and mudflaps in fall.
My car leaks...I hate rain
I drive a 2002 sonic blue SVT
her name is sasha
Sasha is slowly getting repairs and upgrades, but one thing that i failed to fix all last summer was a leak!
I discovered one day after a heavy rain storm that i had about an inch of water in my spare tire well. The jack was rusted through as was the metal in the well.
I pulled off the rear bumper as well as the ENTIRE interior of the car.
I searched and searched for the leak, simulating a monsoon of a rain storm, and tried sealing what i thought was the leak. Afterwards, i sanded and painted all the rusted metal and cleaned the car and everything, put it all back together and thought i was done.
Lo and behold, i used old silicone and it never dried.
Sasha still leaks.
Nothing to rust now, but just knowing that i have water back there bothers me hugely, and i want to upgrade the stereo and make a falsefloor, put some serious investment back there. I cant do that with a wet floor.
I think it is leaking from a bolt hear on the driver rear tail light because it runs down a sidewall inside by the air vent (that is usuallly under the exterior bumper) and leaks through and runs into the spare tire well.
Has anyone had a similar problem with their car? any tips of finding the leak? and sealing it?
any body shop guys that can tell me common places to have leaks??
any help is greatly appreciated.
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223. Fruit and nut trees and grapevines. Fruit trees, nut trees, and grapevines of a grower, which are personal property, held on the lien date for subsequent planting in orchard or vineyard form and are planted during the assessment year by the grower shall be exempt from taxation. This section does not apply to plant nurseries.
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Cool JP...Who took the chain saw to the side of that log? Did they give you the privilege?
JP, When you took to the chain saw, did you cut one or two feet at a time or did you determine how far to go and cut the whole distance (9 ft.) in one shot?
Did you cut the original section down or did somebody get a real surprise 40' in the air! :'(
Wow, that was pretty high up to go in that tree, what a job eh? You be careful going up so high, I take my hat off to you for that, I have a terrible fear of heights and wonderful many times how people can go up to tall places, take care. Have that most wonderful and awesome day, Cindi
Oh Seth, I don't believe that for a moment, smiling..... :roll: 8-) :) :) :). Have the best of a wonderful day, Cindi
Wow!....that's all I can say....amazing. Congrats looks like a great bunch of bees.


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Long time no write. I am sorry I have been working on so many other projects that had not the time to work on my personal site.
I got myself a new Subaru 2017 Outback and I kind of wanted to let you know about my experience with it:
The Subaru outback is one of the legendary carmakers most iconic model of the modern era. Its innovative design and highly versatile nature have made it a natural favorite for both the urban dweller and those who prefer more rugged terrain. The outback was first launched in1995 as a trim model of the legacy wagon. In the year 2000, the outback branched out and made its debut as completely separate model. The Subaru outback combined the characteristics of a wagon and an SUV. It's uniquely spacious interior also greatly increased its appeal as a family car and a touring wagon. But what is the spark that makes the outback an outright ladies' favorite.
Research has consistently shown that women are drawn towards fuel efficient cars. They also factor in the needs of the family when choosing a vehicle. Safety and reliability are also a major concern among prospective female car owners. The partiality of women towards the outback can therefore be easily understood. It is not a fuel guzzler like your regular SUV, it's relatively modest engine ranges between 2.5 to 3.6 liters but delivers impressive horsepower to meet both highway and off-road needs. Racing to up to 0 to 60 mph in 9.3 seconds is a pointer to the superior responsiveness and enviable power generated by the Outback's moderately sized engine. The creative genius behind the outback developed a practical car that comes with ample space for both passengers and luggage.
Granted, women love wagons. But there are several other cars in this segment such as the Toyota Prius V, Chevrolet Equinox and Ford Edge. The outback which sports all the utility of an SUV built into a regular car design beats them hands down. The Subaru Brand sold over 400,000 vehicles in 2015. Of these, 118,000 were Subaru Outbacks. This is a pointer to its overwhelming popularity especially among women. As we established earlier, safety and reliability are pretty important considerations for ladies wishing to acquire a new vehicle. The outback does not disappoint here. The steering is regarded as one of the most responsive for vehicles in this segment. It is eager to turn even at high speed without compromising the vehicle's stability. It's all wheel drive configuration means that chances of getting stuck on a slippery patch of road are massively reduced. Its clearance is also impressive at almost nine inches.The outback is also a favorite among women buyers because of its unrivalled fuel economy. With a fuel rating of 20 and 27 miles per gallon in the city and highway respectively, the Subaru Outback's fuel economy is truly impressive. Besides its practical appeal, the Outback has comfortable and plush interior. Add its superior extra cargo area and the Outback comes across as the ideal family car. Ladies will also be glad to learn that the Outback is surprisingly affordable despite its superior features. The price of Subaru Outback ranges anywhere between $26,000 for standard models to slightly over $30000 for premium models. Custom features can also be built into your outback for an extra fee. With its obvious superiority over competing models, the Outback's future as the model of choice for female buyers seems guaranteed for the foreseeable future
Hello Girls and welcome to your new home for motivation and success because the world needs what you have to offer so don't hold back and share your uniqueness.
I am a women empowering other women to find their true value inside so they can bring it to the world and shine with confidence.
You are not alone and together you will become a change into the world and you know what? We all need you to be great.
It doesn't matter what you do or what you dream about to be, you have the power to make that a reality and I guaranty you that many people will benefit from it included yourself.
Sometimes in the adversity we loss motivation or we lose our hope in our dreams for the lack of successful people around us who can be our models. That is the reason why I create this safe place, to motivate you through empowering movies and sharing with you the history of others successful women.
For time immemorial women have been stereotyped in the big screen or has been presented as the damsel in distress, the femme fatale or the librarian and other characters which are waiting for a savior. In my long search I learned that it is rare to find a movie that has a woman who is not only complex but it can hold its position in a society dominated by males.
The good news is I found movies that can empower you to do more and be better, here I leave some just to make you feel proud to be a woman before the end:
1.- The Color Purple (1985).
2.- Steel Magnolias (1989).
These movies has in common that women are standing for themselves or are unite to make clear the power of women sisterhood. Be real. Have fun. Be successful.
With love Gisselle!
One of the ways how people are today sharing their work with the world is using videos specially Youtube videos that they embed in their own websites or blogs. This dynamic tool help many people help, teach, inspire and inform about different topics that their viewers are looking for.
I am a visual person and I see a lot of videos through youtube I also have found tons of useful information, entertainment, spirituality and ideas for my business it is really something cool to use and to have as part of the strategy for our professional life.
In that sense I want to share with you 3 tips if you want to use videos to promote your work:
1.- Be simple. In the simplicity lay the secret of success. When you tend to complicate things then you lose focus, clarity and the real meaning of the message you want to share and spread to your audience. Plan your scripts before hand so you not only improvise in your talks. Avoid a disturbing background when filming your videos, use a white or unicolor scenario. Speak clear and direct. Pay attention to the lighting you use in the room you are filming at.
2.- Be authentic. Be yourself because that is the voice of your brand, you are the image of what you offer don't try to copycat other people just be inspired by them and adjust those ideas into your personality and charm.
3.- Be creative. When you are in your zone of sharing good content, good energy and value to your viewers is more easy to be creative in the way you transmit the information you want to. So take time to let your creativity flow, write it down and then apply it to your uniqueness manner to share what you want to.
I also want to give your 3 reason why using videos will help you positioning your work:
1.- Authority. People like to see and hear the voice of who offer them something and a video is the most easy and powerful way to achieve it.
2.- Trust. Think of a situation where you have to choose between a doctor you have never see or hear and one you have seeing and talk to before a OP. A video create immediately trust because people see and hear you and connect to your message directly.
3.- Bond. Seeing a person speak to us create a bond and make us to want more of the message the person is sharing like if it were in live.
I want to share with you an example of what I mean. This woman is very inspiring click here
Thanks for reading me xoxo Make sure to read my Top 10 Advice for you .
Nowadays, women are no longer the same as women before. Women now are stronger and powerful than before. Other women have become equal with men. Women know how to stand for their rights and know when to fight when the need arises.
Women already know they have the power the same as men have. They decided to become empowering women whom people can look up to and become leaders like men. So how do women become successful and how do women motivate themselves to become successful? Here are some tips you need to know how women do it:
1. Women love to plan. Planning is what makes them know what to do during the day and plan for tomorrow. Women love to have short-term goals. The difference is that some women plan and fails to do action while others plan and take action. The successful women does both. Women plan and put their plans into action. This is her way of seeing herself in the right direction. This is where women know their capabilities.
2. Always knows the limit and never say yes all the time. Women learn how to say no at the right time. This will earn them respect and respect for others. This is where you become true to yourself. By doing this, no one can stop you from reaching your goals in life for becoming successful.
3. A woman knows that there is still a bright future ahead. A woman knows what needs to be in her priorities
4. Love and respect for parents is something one should never forget, since most women get their strength from the advice of their parents.
5. Always learn how to be grateful for the things she have and never complains to things that she does not have.
6. Learn how to move on with life and never think of things that can make you stop in achieving your goal.
7. Best of all is to do well in school and learn all you can. This is the training ground and your armor in the real world.
8. Never stop learning, learn new things everyday, as this is the key to being educated in life not only in school but also in the real world.
9. Have a happy disposition in life and never be affected with anything that comes your way. Failure is seen as success and that is where they get their strength.
10. Communication with people is important, it makes you socially aware and it can also break the stress from work. All work and no play makes a person dull and bored. If you know how to balance life then you can motivate yourself to become a successful woman.
Women are good at motivating themselves, since it is the nature of women not to stay too long in a problem or failure. But problems and failures will make women strong and move on. There are still a lot of things in the mind of women that can motivate them in becoming successful.


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After almost 1,5 year it's done All parts are from diffrent makers and the've all did an outstanding work!
Saber is made by Rene Gassner at Fx-Sabers.
Robe is made by Alison Naylor at Clothears Costumes.
Hands is made by Tom Cuthbert at The Dented Helmet.
Mask is made by Jules at The Dented Helmet.
Boots is from a store here in Sweden.
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The new Bali Bikini Top by Free is a gorgeous two piece, which manages to combine a sporty style with a bohemian print, and a little bit of sparkle. The print is a striking paisley with a mixture of white, aqua, purple and violet with some added silver embellishment. This bikini is an underwired halterneck balconette with ruching at the sides, which can be adjusted depending on how much coverage you require. To match the top you have a choice of bikini brief or bikini short, both equally fabulous.
Another great new bikini, is the Eden Bikini Top by Freya. This is a fantastically vibrant bikini, again it is in the balconette style with underwiring, creating those enviable curves and clevage combined with great fit and support, that makes Freya a long time favourite with Bravissimo customers. This bikini contrasts right on trend – florals with a cute polka dot print. The colour is paradise, which is a mixture of fuchsia, purple, emerald green, soft pink and white. It is available to buy with matching fold briefs or bikini shorts. Equally you could contrast it with some plain bikini pants, picking any of the vibrant colours from the top.This two-piece would look just as good on a white sandy paradise island, as it would grabbing those last summer rays in your back garden.
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Mani Friday: Ombre
Happy Mani Friday! My ombre look this week sprung from indecision. I wanted to wear a purple but I couldn't choose which one, and I happened to have 5 different shades at my desk. So there you have it, purple ombre (also, I think I might own too many purple nail polishes).
What mani are you sportin' this weekend? Show & Tell in the comments!
Sidenote: I'm experimenting with new hand poses; what do you think? I don't know how I feel about this one.
oh so pretty! do those have a matte finish??
I like the new hand pose! Also really liked the one from last week with the bronze/silver mani!
Still rocking the out-of-season but NHL playoff-appropriate Zoya Raven + Zoya Gilty.
I know the cuticles are bad.
And for the record, I love the purple ombre. I've tended to do purple myself since I have way too many purple polishes myself!
Thanks ladies! Cute nails, Starletta! I was thinking those were Steelers colors, but then I read "NHL", lol. What team is that?
@drrragon - yup, I used a matte top coat. I thought it would make them more interesting
They would be appropriate for the Steelers or the Pittsburgh Pirates as well, but it's time for my annual Pittsburgh Penguins playoff nails! The guys get to have fun with playoff beards, so I always have fun with playoff nails.
@starletta - Wait, do ALL of the Pittsburgh teams have yellow and black as their team colors? I didn't know that! Sure makes it easy to show off your team spirit though, I have to do different colored nails depending on what playoff season it is!
@candacebt- Yep, all of the Pittsburgh teams rock black and gold. It's one of the many great things about the 'burgh. It also makes showing love for my beloved hometown easy when I no longer live there.
Love the ombre mani! I had a little time earlier, so I had the chance to do my nails before the weekend
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xo, Mia
I love the purple ombré., I will try this myself this weekend...I too have many purples.
(Reminds me of The Ravens...you know, the Superbowl champions--I'm from Baltimore and all this Steelers talk is too much ;-) lol)
@makeupobesessed I will refrain from addressing your stolen superbowl win from us 49ers this year and go on to say.. I agree! I love purple ombre too and have way too many!
Candace your ombre nail makes me want to take my polish off and do a whole new round of color! I wonder if I have enough green for an ombre effect- I certainly have enough purple and pinks!
I really like it! What is the color on your middle finger, the light purple one?
As for the hand pose its fine for nails where all fingers are the same, but for this one I can't see the color on your thumb Oops haha
~We are all beautiful~
Oh Diana! Was not a steal at all, the 49 ers almost got away with that power outage and stole it from us, the momentum was way off after that but the ravens still managed to ill a win. Now I'm routing for Jacobi Jones on Dancing with the stars!
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