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DSC didnt work with Boat US...
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Dave aka chef2sail: Did you get a chance to do a DSC radio check this weekend? Just wondering what result you got.
Re: Boo TowBoatUS! They don't connect their own DSC
Originally Posted by Familycruisers View Post
Marine Traffic is an AIS app for Android.
Originally Posted by patrickbryant View Post
I recently had a fellow sailor - who is just IN LOVE with his iPhone - show me an app that displays vessel positions received via AIS. He said: "Why should I buy an expensive receiver and chartplotter when I have this?"
Since there may be others who are tempted to forgo the expense and use their iPhone or other mobile device instead of a real AIS receiver and traffic display, here're the answers to that question:
1) The AIS data received on your iPhone, laptop, via the Internet, or by any source other than an actual AIS receiver located in your vessel is posted to the Internet by volunteers who have receivers located in fixed positions (often far from water). I'm one of those volunteers. The vessels you see near Half Moon Bay, CA on marinetraffic.com and aprs.fi probably came from me (look for "N8QH" as the source). My receiver is in my sailboat, from which I upload a continual data stream to marinetraffic.com and aprs.fi via the Internet. And when my boat leaves the dock, I disconnect from the Internet and ... POOF! ... all of the data I am supplying, and seemingly all the AIS-equipped vessels in that area, VANISH. There are no other volunteer receivers that cover the area because the surrounding mountains block reception. This is true for many other volunteer receivers: their receivers are only on part-time.
2) If you think you can use AIS data from a service via your iPhone for collision avoidance, then read the fine print. Here's an example warning posted on marinetraffic.com:
"Vessel positions may be up to one hour old or incomplete. Data is provided for informational reasons only and is not related by any means to the safety of navigation."The author of that warning isn't exaggerating or just trying to avoid some obscure legal liability. For the SF Bay Area, there are only a handful of volunteer receiving stations, and the coverage in the Bay is highly incomplete. Large swaths of the Pacific Coast (and most of the remainder of the planet) have no coverage at all. If you don't see any vessels on your iPhone AIS app - that doesn't mean there aren't any vessels there.
So don't cheap out by trying to use your iPhone along with some external service to avoid getting crunched by a freighter! The data is unreliable! It's false security. The only AIS data you can trust is the data received by an AIS receiver located in your own boat.
Re: Boo TowBoatUS! They don't connect their own DSC
Yes I agree. I like the chartplotter which is inegrated with all my Raymarine insturments...autopilot, AIS, radar, deptfinder, and wind as well as engine instrruemtation.
I can Set my screen split with just two active components, which I usually do with radar side by side with cartigraphy and ais or superimpose. You can actually divide the cscreen into 4. I use my IPAD to move around the boat and pllot course and can lay it into the chartplotter. Everything on the plotter shows up on the IPAD. It also shows up on my droid phone, but my old eyes along with the bouncing motion of the boat make it a kittke more difficult to read.
I am not as computer savy as Rick so my high tech is going to be different and have to be set up for me. I also dont hink for the type of sailing I do,,,offshore sometimes and night...that a netbook topsides as my primary ( after charts) will work. I love the new AIS integration. HOoever it can be a bit ,uch sometimes
On our last trip to the LI Sound and NE we were heading up the Jersey coast at night. During the day we stayed 3-4 miles off the shore and could see everything visually well so no need to radar, AIS. As we approached Sandy Hook at dusk I turned on the radar and AIS and had a 5 mile ring set up and it looked like an acrade game. TMI One I split screen it was better. The fast ferrys from Atlantic Hihghlands to Manahattan looked like comets accross the screen.
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Dave, Rick,
I think we're more in agreement than we realize.
I'm envisioning a rugged, daylight viewable bluetooth tablet designed to work in concert with a dedicated chart plotter.
The chartplotter is rugged enough to be at the helm in any conditions and its interface is easy to use while piloting the boat.
A dedicated tablet allows you to plan your trip, enter way points, bring up Active Captain info, look at aerial photos of your approach, etc., all on a much larger screen that's easier to interact with. If it's rugged and daylight viewable it can be used above or below deck. If it's running Android it's expandable with apps.
The ability to recognize and sync with a bluetooth headset and phone would allow you to call ahead to a marina by clicking on it or choosing it from the chart plotter. Tie the VHF in via bluetooth and that same headset or earbud could be used to make hands free VHF calls or calls to an AIS target. Think about the advantage of having your hands free on an emergency VHF call.
Or how about being able to use two bluetooth earpieces through the system so you could talk with someone of the foredeck when anchoring or docking?
I think we're just starting to scratch the surface of this technology.
And Rick I like the idea of being able to rotate the plotter. Mine is on a swivel so I can see it when I'm forward of the wheel.
Re: Boo TowBoatUS! They don't connect their own DSC
A question out of complete ignorance, could I have the same connection with a bluetooth IPAD? and is there an app?
Re: Boo TowBoatUS! They don't connect their own DSC
Originally Posted by chef2sail View Post
...Start with its a nice clean streamlined look and installation. Easy to run power and keep it powered. Less suseptible to damage as not only are they made for marine environement, so are their charging/ power connections.
That doesnt mean there isnt usefullness in the other.
However, for those with similar skills to mine, my setup does offer some very nice advantages in the split screen, and the ability to turn the screen in different directions. And the software has been rock solid all summer long. I haven't had to reboot the computer once - I just put it to sleep when done, and wake it up next time. As my sailing technique has evolved on this boat, I find myself moving around the cockpit a lot (steering from the side with the wheel between my legs, or from the catbird seat), and could not imagine having my chartplotter on a fixed pod. But that's just on this boat in my current sailing area. I could imagine it being very different on a different boat.
Re: Boo TowBoatUS! They don't connect their own DSC
I'd be surprised if we don't see daylight viewable, waterproof tablets in the not to distant future if someone isn't already making one. It just seems a logical extension for Garmin or Raymarine to do.
There are some advantages to having the chartplotter fixed at the helm or nav station in a navpod.
Start with its a nice clean streamlined look and installation. Easy to run power and keep it powered. Less suseptible to damage as not only are they made for marine environement, so are their charging/ power connections.
That doesnt mean there isnt usefullness in the other.
Re: Boo TowBoatUS! They don't connect their own DSC
I can only recall a couple times when we got a drop or two of water on the keyboard. Anytime conditions raise the risk, I take the netbook below and use the handheld Garmin for GPS/charts, and my cockpit RAM mic shows a crude display of AIS targets. It's not as graphically rich as my primary setup, but it works in a pinch.
If the netbook is driving the Autopilot through a pre-plotted route, it continues to do so via Bluetooth from inside the cabin. (I did actually have the boat auto-navigate all the way up from Delaware City during a rainstorm last September. I sat on the perch seat up under the bimini to stay dry, and kept a lookout while the computer steered the boat under motor power.)
The netbook is 4 or 5 years old, so if some accident were to happen it's close to its end of life anyway. I'll regret losing its incredibly bright daylight viewable screen, but since the whole system is based on Bluetooth broadcasts from the boat and free software/maps, it could easily be replaced, probably with a Windows 8 tablet running OpenCPN.
Re: Boo TowBoatUS! They don't connect their own DSC
Originally Posted by chucklesR View Post
...Where's the AIS coming from?...
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...And yes, the area Towboat US skippers are not following the policy; no checks on DSC.
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The original Weatherby wildcats had considerable freebore, so I don't understand why it's an issue. These are AK rifles, not hunting or benchrest firearms.
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The original Weatherby wildcats had considerable freebore, so I don't understand why it's an issue. These are AK rifles, not hunting or benchrest firearms.
30 dollars to rent a reamer and its susposed to be for doing one chamber. I have no idea if they can tell how much its been used but if it comes back dull you will get charged. they also charge for shipping both ways so your looking at more Money.Quote:
im tryin to do the cheapest and easiest for me
so say you have $40 to or more to rent a reamer yoy will not own and then you will have another $10 plus shipping for a the barrel so call it $17. so you now have close to
$60 into doing a barrel with a crap bore and a barrel pin hole that wont head space correctly on your trunion not to mention it will need to be completly reprofiled to fit any other flavor of AK except a Yugo kit. Now on top of that you have to some how bore out the old chamber percisly with some sort of a piolted reamer that Im doubt you have. A drill bit is not going to work right for this and keep in mind the bottom of the hole will need to be flat so you can get your insert to seat against it or some other percise meathod to allow you to transistion from insert to old barrel. to further complicate issues the frre bore is going to be extream and its not going to shot worth a damm. As far as trying to time the rifleing from a threaded insert made from one worn out barrel to match the rifeling of a differant worn out barrel and be smoost and match forget it. It would be extreamly difficult to get it aligned perfectly the first try when pressing it from three inches away and there is zero chance that the rifling will match perfectly in groove and land heights and depths.
I see this as being very very far from easy and is not really going to be cheap either.
If you have acess to a lathe I recomend finding a take off barrel for cheap like the springfield drill rifles had when you can get them or better yet any 30 cal remington or other bolt action take off for around $35 on up profiling it on your dads buddys lathe ( something your going to need to redo on the yugo barrel anyway) and then ordering a reamer for rent or sending it to me or some one else and having it Properly chambered for you. I likely can do it for about what reanting a reamer costs. then insead of a worn out excesive free bore incorrect conture barrel with a make shift insert you would have a fresh bore, correct bore, virgin , properly chambered barrel that will be much much more accurate and safer.
I like yor imagination and ideas and Im not discourging you from thinking out side of the box infact I like it. I just think your trying to make something from nothing and kits are not cheap any more, so why every one wants to stick a bad barrel on them is odd for me.
I have several chamber inserts in x25 to 54r and they do not shoot that great so i speak from some experiance.
now if you really want to salvage a 10 dollar barrel and make it shoot better here is a idea that might work bore the barrel completly out and then install a liner made form another 10 dollar barrel that is around 8-10 inches long. then you would have correct chamber and free bore. you will still need a piloted bit or reamer and they do make them for relineing barrels and then a way to bore the chamber are as well to take your insert/liner. it still is a ton of work and will stil require a reamer and other special tooling but at least it might shoot straight.
I doubt they had close to 3/4 of inch. I forget why he did that somthing to do with keeping pressures down. more likely to allow hand loaders more freedom to load differnt bullets. It should be noted that they dont build them that way now. Dont forget the x39 round already has a tone of free bore as it is, adding even more with a transisition in the middle is not going to help things. i relize this is not a target gun build but you still want to be able to hit something or you might as well not build it as a rifle.Quote:
The original Weatherby wildcats had considerable freebore, so I don't understand why it's an issue. These are AK rifles, not hunting or benchrest firearms.
I can see trying to save a barrel on some super rare or special gun were the value of it would be destroyed if it didnt have the original markings but for build like this it just dont make sence to me at least. if it was a survival situation possably.
Im pretty sure i could do the work and make the insert and all that but I just dont think a sloopy bore witha TON of freebore is going to make a very good barrel. I suspose I could do one for giggles on one just to see how bad or good it would be. finding a reamer or to cut away the old chamber would be tough. Im still thinking about that one. Im sure one can be made possably from a end mill reground or some thing. I was thinking a 300 WSM reamer ran in part way might work and then a insert could be made to fit that. I dont have a 300WSM reamer however.
I think for 7.62x25 it probably won't matter too much anyway, at least for use on 50-100 yard ranges which is where I would ever consider using it... ?
Another possibility would be a cheap mosin barrel and a chamber insert from sports mans guide.
they work but again very poor accuracy and its going to cost you for the addapter as well as the barrel. GM sells blanks for $35 and as mentioned a reamer can be rented ot purchased.Quote:
Another possibility would be a cheap mosin barrel and a chamber insert from sports mans guide.
you get even more free bore with the x54. and the bore is also .311 although they vary. If you can find good cheap nosin barrels buy them there food for lots of other projects like regular AK barrrels
the x25 round can be pretty accurate especially if reloaded. My H&R handi rifle insert is pleanty accurate out to 75 yards or more. No it wont shoot 1" with facotry surplus but I is not horrable. the mosin,s with the insert is not good at all.
also keep in mind that those inserts dont glue in they are a loose fit
Convinced my little brother to get a ppsh41 parts kit for his birthday, ever since he started playing call of duty he's had a fascination with them so looks like I'll abandon my tokarev ak idea for now to build my brothers birthday present.


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ScaupHunter wrote:$45 for a decoy that sounds like it was painted with water colors? If the decoy is 25 inches long it should have been more along the lines of $100 to $125 for a goose size decoy. The wood duck paint job which is complex should have been a big part of that cost. There are plenty of good American decoys companies out there.
I make my own foamers. I cannot imagine having my paint ever run. Each coats gets a week cure time in hot weather and a month in cool weather. I also don't ever use paint that would run in the rain.
goosehunter64 wrote:They use to be a great company. I had a few...and even with water based paints...nothing ran together. They floated and looked like cork..is what I liked about them...but I never really had an paint issues....now, C/S is another whole ball of wax. To say one thing and do another to a customer....yer done, game over. Sorry you had to go through what you went through.
MassDecoyCarver wrote:That's too bad. I have a few Quack black ducks in my spread and I repaint them myself when needed. I like the decoys, soft bodies, movable heads, etc. Pretty much bullet proof.
I stopped by their facility (an old mill building) in Pawtucket, RI a few years ago and had a chance to chat with Ken in his office. Very nice guy, but perhaps as he's getting pretty old, some of the basic business practices are slipping away.
That being said, I would still buy any old ones that I find at yard sales, repaint them and add to my spread.
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Guy I know 08 got the di for the cts. But in 08 and 09 there was such a thing as a 3.6 WITHOUT DI. that's a fact. What I was saying about 2010 is that they dropped the 3.6 non DI as an option for the CTS. That's not debatable it's fact. What is debatable here is whether the changes gm made to the 3.6DI for the CTS in 2010 in order to cure timing chain issues was also applied to 3.6DI in the STS. I think you misunderstood me.
The DI 3.6 in the 08+ STS/CTS is still known to use oil and develop timing chain slack...The head tech at my local GM dealer said they do multiple chain replacements per week, on DI and non-DI 3.6's, and that he would NEVER own one.
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Guys look I'm not saying the di or non di 3.6 are different in whether they have issues or not. I don't know how much clearer I can be. In 2010 the timing chain issue was corrected on the cadillac CTS's 3.6L DI engine. What is in question here is whether those changes went into the 3.6 DI engines that went into STSs.
That link is to cts gen 2 model year changes. If you scroll down to 2010 and look at change #9 you'll see the 3.6l di engine was redesigned to address the timing chain issue. Was that change applied to the STS as well? That's what I'm asking.
Also if you look at #7 you'll see what I meant about 2010 being the first year that the 3.6 NON DI engine was no longer an option on the CTS. until that point you could actually get a 3.6 SFI or a 3.6 SIDI. Obviously the SIDI is the one in the STS as well.
If the change was applied to the STS, then a v6 sts would be safe for 2010 and 2011.
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True. The change is that they went from 2 accessory drive belts to 1 which apparently solves the issue and improves fuel economy. Seeing as how cadillac knew the sts was on its way out and neglected updating certain aspects of it that were updated on other models, I wouldn't be surprised if they just left the sts alone. Ill do some research.
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There was that TSB somewhere on the STS that really changed the OLM change interval. Did the CTS get that?
I wonder if Cadillac changed that back in 2010...
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Involved are certain 2007 model year GMC Acadia; Saturn OUTLOOK; 2007-2009 model year Cadillac CTS, SRX, STS; 2009 model year Buick Enclave; Chevrolet Traverse; GMC Acadia; and Saturn OUTLOOK vehicles equipped with a HFV6 engine
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The bulletin is published in 2011 and only covers engines up to 2009. This leads me to believe the engine design change for 2010 was done across all of GM cars that had the engine. One good way to confirm is a look at the 2010+ owners manuals compared to a 2009. There is a section in the manual that shows a drive belt diagram for all available engines. Ill take a look.
It's the engine drive belt routing. Looks the same.
Ok don't go by that the 2010 and 2009 cts manuals show the same too. Bottom line here is that someone looking for a used STS can feel confident in the reliability of the V6 as long as they go 2010+. Of course if you ask me, go v8 or go home. Honestly the fuel economy penalty is not enough to sway me to the 6. That was my logic when I originally purchased my 07 STS V8 which I've since sold.
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I suspect a lot more V8s were sold in the U.S. market.
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I have never owned a Lexus or Infiniti...so I cant speak to their repair and maintenance costs
We all the know list price of these cars vs the depreciation curve is going to take a toll on what the market is willing to invest in maintenance and repairs on an STS. That has remained consistent and has been a malady that Cadillac has had for years...though it seems the CTS has done considerably better than any Cadillac sedan in retaining resale
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Purely conjecture on my part, but I think last quarters bad performance (for the entire tech industry) was only a contributing factor, not a primary one. Here's why:
AMD was forced to write down Llano because it has launched Trinity and made its stock obsolete overnight. Think about it for a second... the LLano chips are NOT worthless, they just lost most of their estimated book value. Now what was the average Llano selling price? Llano launched between $50 and $130. Assuming they wrote the value down by HALF, how many $90 dollar Llano chips would it take to reach $100 million in value? How about a freaking TON.
Even if AMD zeroed out their value of Llano inventory, that is still a considerable amount of Llano silicon processors, equivalent to a years supply worth than a single quarter. $100 million write-down divided by an average $90 valuation gives an estimated 1,111,111 Llano chips... if you assume they didn't zero-out the value, then it would be even higher. This also assumes they didn't write down the value previously since launch, because hey AMD did drop Llano prices multiple times.
I dunno that it missed its target, it may be in part due to the reduced demand that has been seen recently.
I know Llano is pretty good in laptops that dont have full GPUs since it pwns Intel's iGPU. What they need to do is get within ~10% of Intel's CPU capabilities, reason I say that is that then it wouldn't be a choice between better GPU or better CPU, currently if I was looking for a new laptop chances are I would go with something with an Intel CPU and a cheap lowend dedicated GPU. That said Llano is decent just needs a bit more CPU power.
Here's some evidence Llano/Trinity may have missed the target markets:
Those are some interesting counter-points. I admit it's always easier to criticize something than to find points to defend it with, so I enjoyed reading your article Brett.
I'd like to make a few counter-points of my own however!
When a company shuns a website for not playing along and sends other sites review samples, then it only affects that single site. Not the entire industry, which is what occurred here. Readers of the site in question are free to decide of it what they will. If a company plays hardball with Anandtech or Tech Report then it's probably a company whose products I wouldn't want to use. The point is there is still free market in play here. And vice-versa, if the website did something a company thought was unfair, I'm still free to determine that myself and if so I could decide to change to reading a competing website.
In this situation AMD found a way to game the system. If the site publishes only half the story, AMD gets to manipulate first-impressions and more importantly capitalize on the early readership that won't be coming back to read the second half of the story. (I liked how a few sites labeled it as a full review to capitalize on this)
If the site does not publish the review, then they get penalized by a loss in readership (aka revenue) and secondly their competition will see an increase in readership. They first lose readers from the launch-day article, but they will also receive fewer readers when they do eventually release a full article at a future date. It's only anyone's guess as to how many of those same readers would make their switch to a different site a permanent change, but for readership that only reads tech sites for launch day articles, I would have to wonder.
As for my opinion of Trinity... (completely my opinion and not that of Techgage)
...for the mobile market the GPU performance is needed. But for desktops I do feel it has missed its niche. It's still not strong enough to make it suitable for gaming at 1080p (it's a desktop, gamers most likely are already buying a midrange GPU or may have one laying around that performs better). Users won't be buying it for its CPU performance either (the Core i3 3220 costs the same with 12% higher single-threaded performance, which the majority of programs perform best with). Finally, the CPU power consumption under load is 10 watts under double that of the i3 3220. This is important because it limits the chip from a portion of the very same HTPC and SFF market it is targeting. Again it depends on the type of user, since there's a wide diversity in the HTPC market. Some load leave a sustained load on the CPU and use it their HTPC as a general purpose server, others use it for video transcoding, some for gaming. Others leave the CPU completely idle.
The key point here is how we personally view the gamer/gaming market, and the HTPC/SFF users/market, as those views will decide how we feel Trinity meets the needs of these markets.
If gaming at 720p resolution with medium graphics detail and no AA/AF is gaming, then Trinity excels and is definitely a better buy than any Intel IGP. But if someone was actually buying this chip for gaming use, I feel it's more likely they would be gaming at the resolution of a desktop monitor (1080p) and would want settings other than "low detail" @ 30 FPS.
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HOLY!!!!!!!....Outside for Spiderman and Fett....Snake Eyes has always been my favorite....
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HOLY!!!!!!!....Outside for Spiderman and Fett....Snake Eyes has always been my favorite....
hopefully I'm not double posting this...??
I got my boy hooked on the new 25th anniversary action figures because they were a huge part of my childhood. I got giddy when I first saw them in the original packaging.
Snake Eyes was always my favorite as well. I'm not digging the rumor that my "Real American Hero" is going to be some lame politically correct United Nations force in the movie.
Yup, very cool, saw it on joblo.com this morning, and the character is also going to be played by Ray Park, so you know from a physical action standpoint this character has great potential to come off as intended!
I love this guy! Hell even if I didnt I would go see it just because of Ray Park
Snake-Eyes and Stormshadow have always been my two favorite characters in G.I. Joe. I am so hyped now because of these pictures. I've been getting the 25th Anniversary figures (only SE and SS) and it just adds fuel to the fire!
AWESOME!!! He looks just a bit bulky to me, but the overall look is awesome!
I'm really happy that he's not in crazy body armor or anything. He looks like my childhood visions brought to life
This is sweet! I was a huge GI Joe fan growing up, and Snake Eyes was my fav. I had like every edition 3 3/4 figure that came out, still have some. And Ray Park is playing Snake Eyes This is awesome! I wonder who will be playing Storm Shadow. Can't wait to see all the characters who will be in it. I hope Drednoks, they were my favs too
Same here..love snake eyes...way back for some reason I bought two of them to keep in the package (way before I ever bought figures to keep in the package) Totally forgot about them until i saw this post, just dug them out.
This is Strange. I didn't think there would be this many fans of an always masked, silent, brutaly efficent warrior on this message board.
GEE you think? LOL
Storm Shadow was always my favorite I liked the one that had the "hoodie" and had grey Ts all over
As for other characters, Destro (Christopher Eccleston - Dr. Who), General Hawk (Dennis Quaid), Baroness (Sienna Miller - Stardust), Zartan (Arnold Vosloo - The Mummy - Imotehp), Scarlett (Rachel Nichols - Alias) Ripcord (Marlon Wayens), Cover Girl (Karleena Kerkova - model) and a few others.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated March 1st, 2013
ADNAN OKTAR: How nice it is that Allah exists. How nice it is that we exist. Absolute absence is impossible anyway. Once something comes into existence, it exists for all eternity. How nice it is that we have our Lord Who has infinite wisdom. How nice it is that Allah likes beauty, He approves of beauty. Allah loves beauty. And He showed us an easy way; "Be well mannered so that I will take you to the Heaven," He says. Life is too short, people, many of them get attached to it very deeply but time passes through very fast. It passes through very rapidly. Even if time did not pass fast, there is nothing in this World in that sense. Heaven is beautiful. This world is created specifically as a place in between Heaven and Hell. We are bound to sleep for eight hours every day, think about that! People are sleeping for eight hours.. What does this mean? It is almost the half of one's life time. Sleeping for eight hours.. One is bound to eat and have a shower, one is bound to work. People are in an enormous hustle and bustle. And time passes through in the blink of an eye. All attention should be concentrated on Allah. Only then the life in this World would be nice. Only then both this World and the Hereafter would be nice.


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Home > News & Events > Events Calendar > Political Stability at Risk: National Elections in Indonesia 2014 and Myanmar 2015
About the SeminarIndonesia, a developing democracy with experience in three
rounds of national elections, and Burma, a nascent democracy, are
both attempting to embrace the opportunities and manage the
political risk of upcoming potentially fiercely competitive
elections. The region needs electoral leadership that can inspire
under-performing neighbors. Well-executed elections can contribute
to political stability, credible and effective governance, and
ultimately spur growth. Can Indonesia and Myanmar, in each their
particular context, overcome their challenges and in time develop
to act as regional electoral role models? How can Myanmar learn
from the achievements and shortcomings of elections in
About the SpeakerPeter Erben is one of the world's leading electoral management experts - one of a few internationals ever called upon to direct national elections for other nations. He has previously been the chief electoral officer and election commissioner of Kosovo and Afghanistan. He has directed large-scale, out-of-country elections for Iraq and Afghanistan. During the past two decades Erben led initiatives to Burma, Libya, Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal, Lebanon, East Timor, Pakistan, and a range of other countries. Today he is International Foundation for Electoral Systems' senior global electoral advisor and works around the world. He is based out of Indonesia where he is also the country director.


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As far as I can tell there never was a Bulgarian factory produced stamped receiver version of the Russian AKMS.
The Polish AK47 underfolder is a very close copy of the Russian AKMS.
Bulgaria did make them for a short time but when they were sued by the Russians for some super high license price, they quit making them and continued making milled receiver AK's.
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Treatment with drugs that suppress the immune system has been tried in inclusion-body myositis (IBM) but in general hasn't been effective. Some physicians may try corticosteroids or other medications that alter the immune response if the patient wishes this treatment, but many feel that side effects outweigh any subtle benefits that might occur with these drugs in IBM.
IBM is generally a slowly progressive disease, and life expectancy isn't significantly affected. Most people with IBM remain able to walk, although they may require a cane or wheelchair for long distances. Some are more profoundly affected, becoming gradually more disabled and needing wheelchairs full time within 10 or 15 years of the first symptoms.
The heart and lung involvement seen in other inflammatory myopathies isn't part of the picture. And unlike dermatomyositis and polymyositis, IBM is not associated with an elevated cancer risk.


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If you put a queen rite hive on top of the hive with the laying workers (double screen between them) would that fool them into believing they two were also queen rite? Steve
The only thing I feel really badly about right now, is I am disturbing my one and only good hive which is making so much honey. I keep taking frames of brood from them when they need to be strong now. It also takes me some time to find the right frame of brood and I had to open up each and every super until I finally found the right frames. I guess they will be fineHave a great dayAnnette
BMAC. Hold it with killing that queen that is laying multiple eggs. I remember reading here that sometimes when a queen begins laying for the first time that she will for a short time lay multiple eggs, she will sort that out and be OK. Just a thought here. Best of this beautiful and wonderful day, Cindi
I've been wondering also about the effects of taking brood from a strong hive to give to a queenless hive. Although they are strong, this is the time of year that stealing brood may seem detrimental. I try to find a bit of sunlight to shine down into the cells when looking for eggs. Tiny little suckers. I think I'm going to invest in a magnifying glass.Derrick
Well I did the deed for my laying workers last night. I shoot them all and killed them. revocered the boxes and placed them on other needed colonies.
Quote from: BMAC on May 01, 2008, 08:34:19 AMWell I did the deed for my laying workers last night. I shoot them all and killed them. revocered the boxes and placed them on other needed colonies.That is a lot of .22 shells. Or did you go with something bigger? :-P


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Balanchine by no means eliminates the past; he continually uses it, but in a manner transformed for the uses and conditions of a shifting present. – Lincoln Kirstein, Mosaic: Memoirs
The George Balanchine Trust, established in 1987 with the mission of preserving and protecting Balanchine's creative works, is the center from which the business operations relating to the licensing of George Balanchine's creative output emanate. At its core, the Trust has the responsibility of disseminating and protecting the integrity and the copyrights of George Balanchine's work in the present and for the future.
Along with Founding Trustees Karin von Aroldingen and Barbara Horgan, five additional Trustees, Kay Mazzo Bellas, Stuart H. Coleman, Paul H. Epstein, Carole Divet Harting and Susan Hendl were appointed to serve in shaping policy and practice with regard to the licenses, copyrights, and trademarks of George Balanchine's works.
The office of the Trust manages the day to day operations of the mission as set forth by the Trustees, including other creative input from former dancers and current ballet masters. Whether it is the licensing of ballets for live performances, a media project, or the use of direct quotes or George Balanchine's name, the Trust seeks to continue and uphold the artistic standards and copyright protection that Mr. Balanchine maintained.
The Trust also organizes the engagement of repetiteurs to teach classes at schools and companies.
All of George Balanchine's works have been copyrighted and must be licensed for any use. Our website has been created to provide information about all of the works that are currently available for performance or presentation.
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I have my family tree on Ancestry.co.uk as well as keeping it on my home computer using Family Tree Maker. The trees on Ancestry are arranged so that I have 4 trees, one for each grandparent and I have opted to keep the trees accessible to guests only. That means that if anyone does a search for one of the names on my tree they will be informed they need to email me via Ancestry for further information. I like doing it this way as it means I get contact with fellow researchers rather than them just going in and grabbing my research and wandering off into the sunset!
I have made several very useful contacts this way and we have exchanged information to everyone's benefit. I allow these people access to my trees and they can then take whatever research is missing from their own trees. I must say the odd time I have got an email along the lines of "I want all your research" without any indication of what their connection is with my families tend to get deleted without replying, so Mr. B from New York that is why you haven't heard from me!
Just lately I have had a couple of emails which asked for information and the connection between their family trees and mine is that one of their ancestors siblings married one of my ancestors siblings so there was no blood connection. With the advent of so much information available online, particularly the GRO indexes and census, it has become relatively easy to research family members back in time, forward and sideways. We can now gather up siblings and cousins of all degrees removed and place them on our family histories, but when does adding a person and their extended family to your family tree become irrelevant?
In my opinion the point when you should stop adding in names is when that person isn't a blood relation to you. On Family Tree Maker the programme has a facility to calculate the relationship of an individual to the "Home Person" which in most cases will be you. I am sure other genealogy programmes have similar facilities and the use of this will stop you adding hundreds if not thousands of people to your family tree that bear no relationship to yourself. The obvious exception is one name studies or parish reconstruction when everyone sharing the surname or living in the particular parish are of interest.
This is just my opinion and of course genealogy is done for the pleasure and enjoyment it give to us so if you want to go ahead and add the pedigree of your 5th cousin 10 time removed wife's sister husband then who am I to stop you!


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Delaware Women Harriers Emily Gispert, Lindsay Prettyman Honored by Colonial Athletic Association
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Gispert, a senior from Hockessin, Del. (Padua Academy), was named to the All-CAA team while Prettyman, a senior from Newark, Del. (St. Mark's High School), earned a spot on the CAA All-Academic Team.
The duo led the Blue Hens to an outstanding season that saw the squad post a 4-1 dual meet record and post six top 10 team finishes, including winning the Delaware Blue-Gold Invitational, finishing second at both the Delaware and Towson invitationals, and posting a third place showing at the CAA Championships for the second straight year.
"Both Emily and Lindsay represented the Blue Hens well this season,"said Delaware head coach Wendy McFarlane. "I am pleased they were able to finish their collegiate cross country season with such high honors. All of our seniors - Erica Addonizio, Kellye Foulke, Alyssa Kennedy, Michele Lambert, Jessica Olsen, Nicole Rittman, and Emma Sidoriak, were role models this season. They set a good trend for others to follow. It was a pleasure working with such a remarkable a group of student-athletes."
Gispert was Delaware's top finisher at the CAA Championships on Nov. 2 at Towson as she placed ninth overall with a time of 22:17.95 over the six-kilometer course. She became the first UD runner to post a top 10 finish at the CAA meet since Christina Antonopoulos recorded an eighth place finish at the 2007 meet. Gispert improved upon a 47th place finish at the CAA meet in 2012.
In addition to that finish, Gispert also posted three other top 10 finishes on the season, placing fourth at the Delaware Blue-Gold Meet, fourth at the Towson Invitational, and 10th at the Delaware Invitational.
Prettyman capped an outstanding career in 2013 when she led the team in seven of the eight races in which she competed. She recorded four top 10 finishes, including capturing the title at the Delaware Blue-Gold Invitational and placing third at the Towson Invitational.
She was unable to finish the CAA race, but bounced in a big way by placing 20th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region competition two weeks later and followed that with a 117th place finish at the NCAA Championships at Indiana State. She became the first UD runner to compete at the NCAA Championships since 1984.
An outstanding student as an exercise science major, Prettyman carries a 3.88 grade point average and is a Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee.
William & Mary placed seven runners on the All-CAA team while Delaware, James Madison, Towson, and Northeastern each had one runner honored.
All-Colonial Athletic Association Women's Cross Country Team: Erica Amatori (William & Mary); Elaina Balouris (William & Mary); Michelle Britto (William & Mary); Emily Gispert (Delaware); Dylan Hassett (William & Mary); Carolyn Hennessey (William & Mary); Meghan Malloy (James Madison); Meghan McGovern (William & Mary); Tessa Mundell (James Madison); Emily Stites (William & Mary); Elizabeth Tauber (Towson); Lucy Young (Northeastern)
Colonial Athletic Association All-Academic Team: Jenna Flickinger (James Madison); Kornelia Kostka (College of Charleston); Kristin Mathis (Hofstra); Meghan McGovern (William & Mary); Lindsay Prettyman (Delaware); Ashley Simmons (Towson); Ashley Wybersky (UNCW).


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Today's guest is author Maria Tumarkin, whose most recent book is Courage. Maria's third book of non-fiction, Otherland, will be published in April 2010.
I cannot be totally sure why this accidental austerity has bothered me so little. Maybe because – I am guessing here - I do not write for pleasure. I am more of the 'only write when you cannot not write' school (a piece of advice given by Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva to a young poet early last century).
But then there is coffee. This is when my sage indifference to my surroundings stops. Coffee is both the necessary and sufficient condition for my writing life. Not just any coffee, but good coffee: not touched by a franchise mind, and made with a (subtle) kind of fanaticism, which I, of course, deplore in most other circumstances.
My dependency is not merely utilitarian. When writing my last book, I would go to a nearby café daily and watch lattes and machiatos being made. My favourite times are when it is really busy, and then people behind coffee machines are in the zone, and if you watch them carefully, you can see this look of magnificent concentration on their faces.
I bring take-away coffee to my room with the grey fence or some other room and then I sip and write. The best day ever is when I can get into one line-one sip rhythm. Even if it is for half an hour.
When I think about the whole uninhabited island scenario (I am in my mid-thirties but I still do, should I see someone about it?) provided my kids are there, this is what scares me the most – the absence of coffee. The absence of coffee means the absence of writing. I think it is called a learned disability.


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I remember when magic didn't automatically mean Harry Potter. That was a better time. This derby should have just been called the harry potter derby. That way I wouldn't have been so disappointed when things turned out this way.
Re: Create life
Sorry I just checked about the magic crayons, good luck!
Re: Snack Summoner
I love the critters... but maybe the pink squigglies are a bit too much.
Re: The Floral Magic
I think this would be good for a Fantasy derby. Not seeing much magic here.
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Spiritgreen wrote:I really like your illustration Manniedex. I wonder if you've tried it on a brown shirt? For me it'd have more energy without the box.
Nice design!
fishbiscuit5 wrote:Oh! Thank you for the heads up versus a rejection.
Given the sheer number of rejections based off this we feel that fair warning is the best way to go about it. We're not trying to penalize and upset people so much as try to get everyone on the same, up-to-date page.
11_03-10 Magical Metamorphosis by collinvh
Look into the chrysalis ball and you will see your future!
I hope you all enjoy the design.
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Re: They call me... Tim
Awesome. But then again, I like anything that John Cleese inspired.
...but seriously. That fire rabbit is well done
Because I like drawing women better than men
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tgentry wrote:We're talking about the colors you are using in your background, not the shirt template itself...
Thanks for explaining! I was wondering what you guys were referring to.
Re: The Disappearing Mouse Trick
Thanks. ^__^
DianaSprinkle wrote:Hmm, well Death might have come to pick up the magician's soul and been amused to find the all the destruction was caused by a rabbit.
That's what I assumed, too. Death does have a quizzical look on his face.
tgentry wrote:Given the sheer number of rejections based off this we feel that fair warning is the best way to go about it. We're not trying to penalize and upset people so much as try to get everyone on the same, up-to-date page.
Just my opinion... The quality of the relationship between rejectionator/staff with the artists seems to have gone up 10x since you joined, Travis. Congrats!
Re: Expecto Catronus
As far as cute shirts go I actually like this one. I could do without the wall in the background though. just having it on the grey shirt is enough for me. Regardless, well done.
Re: MAGIK
I really love this design... I was shocked to see it so bright (and the girl a blond) because of the preview image.
It's awesome regardless... I'm really looking forward to buying it this weekend. (Vote!!!)
Re: Uhoh. Froggumoxenslugbat.
Uh..hm...that's no dragon!
You know when you cook something for the first time, and you forget one little step in the recipe? Well! Wizardry is a subtle craft.
Thanks for your bllarrrrgghhptt!!
Re: The wrong rabbit for the show
This shows a nice attention to detail which I appreciate, Ramy. It looks like others do as well. I kinda wished you had more expression with the bunny. You did a great job on that last week. I was kinda hoping you'd continue on that path.
Great halftones, but the bunny is flying or the ripper has glue on his hand because he's not putting any pressure on the rabbit's hears.
(Besides, an almost identical idea was already rejected because of being too similar to a previous shirt)
bluejester wrote:As I was starting my laundry I came to the realization that I can't really wear this shirt. I have that "Vampire Photobooth" from a few months back, but was only allowed to wear it about half an hour around my wife before mid-way through a dinner conversation she looks at me and gives chagrined look and says:
"Umm...I'm sorry honey, but you're shirt is really grossing me out. Would you please change?"
Sorry, bluejester's wife.
It was only a flaming skeleton. :p
This is pretty awesome. well done sir.
While I don't think I would wear this, I would probably buy it for my daughter to wear when she gets big enough for it. I appreciate the creativity and the style. Well done, you GMV.
Akashhhhh wrote:I...I don't understand. Does Gandalf have a raging hard on and is he pointing at Harry's...ahem...crotch?
Sad...That is the first thing your mind goes to when looking at this shirt
cdrewlow wrote:The bunny ate the magician.
Much thanks. I'm a little sick, so I guess my mind can only work through one step today.
Re: The Final Countdown
I can't hear that song without thinking of Gob's magic show. Nice reference. Too bad you can't actually write "The Final Countdown" on there somewhere.
Just chiming in to say I love the design. I'm not sure how wearable this is for me as an adult male, but outstanding artwork.
Re: The Sorceress
This is very cool. Do you use a tablet to draw your lines? Just curious and admiring your work. :D
Re: It's an illusion Elmo!
Way too many colors and copyrighted character, but other than that I love the concept.
Re: A magic drop of life
This is really gorgeous. I'd buy it for my mom; she's obsessed with green and loves fairies. Fantastic job
Re: A Hoppit's Tale
Nice artwork, but is it "magic"? I'm curious about your interpretation, maybe there's something I'm missing.
I can see what you are saying... he is bent at the knees which is what that bulge is showing...
Perhaps if I didn't crop it that tight so you could see the other side or had any actual artistic ability it wouldn't be confusing.
That's some of the best fire effects I've seen in any derby entries. Good work.
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2 Colors on Navy
Nice work as always Spiritgreen. I wish I could see the expression on the mouse-audience's faces!
Re: The Illusionist
I am not quite sure what is going on here, but I like it!
i love this so much!
Re: Rabbit Revenge
I like the use of the negative space to make up her dress, it really flows into the rest of the shirt itself.
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LifeSiteNews Praises Accused War Criminal For Opposing LGBT Rights
With polls showing record levels [1] of support for marriage equality, opponents are looking for all the backing they can get - including, it appears, from accused war criminals.
In a July 1 article [2], right-wing website LifeSiteNews.com highlighted Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto's "rebuke" of President Barack Obama for calling for African nations to affirm the rights of LGBT people:
A second African president has rebuffed President Barack Obama's promotion of homosexuality in foreign relations during his $100 million tour of the continent.
Obama said he respects "people's personal views and their religious faith, et cetera," but "when it comes to how the state treats people, how the law treats people," he believes the equality of homosexuality and the traditional family is"a principle that I think applies universally."
Deputy President of Kenya William Ruto responded during Sunday Mass that Kenya is committed to the nuclear family as taught by the Scriptures.
"Those who believe in other things, that is their business," Ruto said at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Maili Kumi. "We believe in God."
"This nation, the nation of Kenya," he said, is "sovereign and God-fearing."
In promoting Ruto's comments, LifeSiteNews.com failed to note that he has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for his role in stoking Kenya's post-election violence after the 2007 election. Beginning September 10 [3], Ruto will be tried in abstentia on charges including [4] crimes against humanity, murder, and the forcible removal of persons leading to civilian deaths. That anti-marriage equality forces appear to find an ally in Ruto says a great deal about their increasing desperation for support.


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A Book Release Party for Come as a Stranger, Leave as a Friend: A Brief History of Green Pastures by Howard C. Coleman, Sr. with Christine E. Atkins will take place on Sunday, May 18, at the 205 Club, 200 West 5th Street in Elmira, N.Y. Ronnie Leigh, a jazz vocalist from Syracuse, N.Y., and the Dino Losito Trio will perform from 6-9 p.m. $10 cover charge includes a free drink chip. Books will be available for purchase starting at 5:30 p.m.
While a young man working at the Green Pastures jazz club, Coleman witnessed the evolution of jazz in America. As the owner of the club from the 1970s until shortly before his death in 2012, he was a beloved member of the African-American community and a lifelong promoter of jazz in the Southern Tier. In this book, which is based on extensive interviews with Coleman, Corning Community College Professor Christine E. Atkins captures the voice and spirit of the man who was known as the grand-daddy of jazz in the region. The book features photographs of Coleman and his friends and family along with poems by local poets Kaye C. Newbury and Vicie Rolling and a portrait of Coleman by local painter Vani Akula.
For more information, contact Christine E. Atkins at 607-368-6535 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Icy conditions arrived in Hardin County shortly after 4 a.m. today and roads soon were becoming hazardous.
Police and rescue crews were called to mile-marker 83 on Interstate 65 shortly after 4 where a motorist was trapped in an overturned vehicle in the southbound lanes. About an hour later, police received reports of multiple trucks jackknifed around the Glendale exit, which also was blocking southbound traffic. At one point, interstate traffic was reported at a standstill with dozens of traffic mishaps reported.
Kentucky State Police were dispatched to a similar interstate mishap two miles north of the Munfordville exit in Hart County. Multiple small crashes and vehicles sliding off the road also were reported, included a Greyhound bus.
School closings have been announced by Hardin County, Elizabethtown Independent Schools, Elizabethtown Christian Academy, Grayson, LaRue and Nelson counties. Bullitt County Schools are on a two-hour delay.
Reports of icy roads also are reported this morning in LaRue, Grayson, Hart, Nelson, Breckinridge, Green and Taylor counties.
A wintry mix predicted by the National Weather Service arrived on schedule with freezing rain and sleet. Despite preparations by road crews, icy conditions formed on surfaces, particularly bridges and overpasses, complicating travel.
A mix of rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected, according to the forecast, with light icing across the region. Some snow accumulation is possible from the front.
A winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service remains in effect until 2 p.m. today for Hardin, LaRue, Nelson, Grayson, Hart, Bullitt and Jefferson are part of the winter advisory. Meade and Breckinridge counties are not part of the advisory but are under an NWS hazardous weather outlook which also calls for some wintry conditions.
Forecasters say a slight shift in the storm track could result in a vast differences in precipitation types and amounts. Residents are encouraged to keep track of weather changes.
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OK, I did a lot of searching here, but can't find definitive, expert answers.
What are the best, MOST ACCURATE U.S. spray paints for ESB helmet?
I agree that Rustolium Spruce green is a good color for dome, cheeks & left ear. (Not thrilled with the slow dying time).
My real questions:
Is red oxide primer pretty close to the mandible color? Someone suggested Rustolium Cabernet, but that seems too maroon and red seems too red.
The back of the helmet appears to include a light yellow'green color and a darker green.


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|A good way to get this done is through a local high school or community college. Talk to them and they can take the car as a learning project. Heck, you may even want to donate it to them in your dads name..............that would be a nice rememberance.
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Finding a good shop is a big challenge as most commercial body shops just do crash repairs anymore. Ask around at car shows, ask friends and family for any recommendations. Get references from any shop you talk to. There are a couple around here that I could comfortably recommend but they are pretty far from Oregon.
Please study the information Jeff Lilly has on his web site. I don't know them nor anyone who has had work done there but he does a nice job of laying out what to expect in a restoration. It is good information
Good luck with the search and the restoration.
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My father was the owner of a 72 Rally Nova. It was a huge project for him. He painted it Canairy Yellow with the black Rally stripe on the sides. The paint however has started to rust and will need to be re-done. The engine is good and running, however I do not the details of the engine. This is the biggest problem: the interior. Before his death in April '03, he purchased a back seat bench for the backseat. The fornt two seats arn't bolted down and as of now the back bench is just in the back.
Since he has passed, the car has just sat up and rusted even more. I want to have the car completly restored, however, I am no mechanic and have no desire to be (no offence).
I am looking for a place to make the can look and run like my dad always dreamed.
Any thoughts or advise will be most helpfull.
Thanks and God Bless.
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