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- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup hot mashed potatoes
- 1-1/2 cups warm water (110° to 115°)
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 6-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/3 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- Vanilla icing, optional
- In a large bowl, combine sugar and mashed potatoes. Add water and yeast; mix well. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, combine filling ingredients and set aside. Stir dough down; beat in the butter, eggs and salt. Gradually stir in flour. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.
- Divide dough in half. On a floured surface, roll each portion into a 12-in. square. Spread filling to within 1 in. of the edges of each square. Roll up jelly-roll style. Cut each roll into nine slices. Arrange nine rolls in each of two greased 9-in. square baking pans. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Drizzle with icing if desired. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
Reviews for Cinnamon Potato Rolls
"These cinnamon rolls turned out really good! The dough is very easy to work with. I added the nutmeg as was suggested by another review and the taste was spot on! Will definitely be making again."
"I just made the cinnamon rolls, they are great. For Gleaner I know this is a little late but if you add a 1/2 teaspoon of Nutmeg to the batter it really perks of the flavor. My mother used to use potatoes and potato water in her bread, I was young and didn't pay much attention, I wish I had. This recipe is close to what she used to make. Thanks."
"The recipe is correct as stated. I found the finished product to be lacking in taste. ( sweetness maybe) I did not flavor the potatoes when I mashed them.(perhaps that would have helped). The texture and moistness was perfect. Maybe a few less minutes to bake.(33 min. quite brown on bottom). I would make these again , if I could improve the flavor of the bread."
"The recipe is absolutely correct. It starts with a sponge. This dough is delightful to work with, and the results are wonderful!!!"
"Yep - the flour should have also been added to the mixture for the rising stage. I'm sure it's just a typo and it slipped by Taste of Home to proof the text. Good recipe though, it was worth the time and was delicious!"
"These are wonderful, however, the instructions are wrong. Did you mean to put some flour in the first step??? Because potatoes, sugar, water and yeast doesn't form a batter. Anyway, I ended up combining step one with step three. Also what I ended up with was not an 9 inch square pan but an 9X13 square pan with an additional 8" round cake pan as well!!! This recipe is to die for...very light and very tasty. I added some raisens to the filling and some nuts...so good :) This recipe makes a lot, so if you have overnight guests this is a wonderful time to try this."


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AMES, Iowa — Mitch Baum was elected president of the Iowa 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees at their annual meeting Oct. 11 at the Meredith Corporation headquarters in Des Moines. In addition, seven Iowans were elected to the board.
Baum is the business development manager of Summit Farms LLC. He was a 9-year member of the Geneseo Jr. Leaders 4-H club in Henry County, Ill. Baum feels that the 4-H experience continues for a lifetime: in young people it encourages skill development that can never be taken away, and in professionals it encourages youth education and community service.
"We are honored and pleased to welcome Mitch Baum as our new president to our board, which welcomed seven professional trustees. We have confidence in Mitch to steer and lead our strategic plans and exciting new capital campaign projects to help propel Iowa 4-H. His dedication, vision, connection to people, creativity and expertise offer us a young perspective and innovative leadership we need to continue to evolve and deepen this organization in Iowa," said Kris Fish Kuhlmann, executive director of the Iowa 4-H Foundation.
Michael Tupper is a senior at New Hampton Community Schools, where he is senior class president, and the Northeast District FFA vice president. Tupper is a member of the 4-H State Council, president of the Chickasaw County 4-H Council and a member of the Ionia Rustlers 4-H Club. He plans to attend Iowa State University in 2014 to study agricultural engineering and pursue a career in agriculture.
Doug Den Adel is the executive vice president of Jacobson Companies in Des Moines. He and his wife, Heather, currently reside in Madrid with their two children who are both members of the Madrid Merry Makers 4-H Club in Boone County.
Kirk and Amy Enwright are entrepreneurs and owners of Goldfinch Development LLC, a commercial LED lighting business that promotes energy efficiency and sustainability. They also are launching the North American Classic Tractor Association to promote and grow the hobby of collecting classic tractors.
Holly Grandin, State Center, is an ag finance specialist at New Century FS in Grinnell. Grandin has a degree in animal science from Iowa State University. She was a 4-H'er in Black Hawk County, a club leader in Cass County, Ill., and a parent leader in Knox County, Ill.
Andy Determan is the business manager at the Scoular Company in Overland Park, Kan. He served as an Iowa 4-H Foundation Youth Trustee from 2001-2003.
Eric Johnson, CPCU, AU, is vice president of Nationwide Agribusiness Sales and Marketing. He earned his bachelor's degree from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.
The Iowa 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees is comprised of volunteers in various industries: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach staff, private business and government professionals, farmers, community leaders, State 4-H Council representatives and others.

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By Rob Kelly
Olivier Giroud says the Arsenal squad are "serene" after a strong start to the season - but insists no one is getting complacent.
Arsène Wenger's side are unbeaten so far this term, and have scored 17 goals in seven games in all competitions.
They face Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, and Giroud accepts the match is likely to be their biggest challenge yet.
"The start of the season has been very positive - we need to build on that," he said. "I feel the players are serene. We're not getting carried away, we know it's just the start of the season and everything goes very quick in football.
"We are still unbeaten and it's very good. We are not conceding many goals and we score a lot so it's very good.
"We will face a big team on Saturday, Chelsea, after a very good performance at Man City. It will be interesting to see how the team copes. [We hope to] continue our march forward, stay unbeaten and come back to just a point behind them."
Giroud scored his first goal for the Club in the Capital One Cup third-round win against Coventry, but says there is much more to come from him.
"In regards of my adaptation, I feel that there is a lot of room for improvement," he said.
"I feel good, better and better. I need to keep improving how I can hold the ball up as I am playing against tougher defenders.
"I also need to improve in front of goal to be more efficient and clinical. I am working on all of that and I am quite confident for the rest of the season."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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'It's no surprise the Eastern Conference final stretched to a winner-take-all Game 7. The two teams are about as evenly matched as possible. Both teams had 52 regular-season wins. One goal has decided five of the first six games. Most hockey observers agree they're clones, the prototype for success in the post-lockout NHL with their speed, goal-scoring ability and strong goaltending.'
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I have also just finished replacing my battery with a 5000mAh version. I was able to do it with less modification as in the link above. It feels substantially heavier. I hope I don't get tired holding it :)I have it on a charger, I will have to see how the charging goes.
While looking the PC board over, I noticed there is an additional speaker port. I wonder if any sound is piped there. There is also a notification LED spot but nothing loaded. And the microphone isn't aligned with a hole it is just pointing at empty space.
If there are any requests I might pop the back off and post a pic and detailed instructions. The Russian ones are excellent of course but some bits were confusing. Now that I went through the procedure, I found alternatives that worked.
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Hot Water Music is a Gainesville, Florida punk outfit known for Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard's raspy vocals, as well as their searing Jawbreaker-esque guitars on earlier albums. The act first formed in 1993, and their first record, Finding the Rhythms, was released on No Idea and Toy Box records. Many fans commonly refer to Hot Water Music as the abbreviation, HWM. The name Hot Water Music comes from a Charles Bukowski book. HWM recorded an album with their good friends and mentors Leatherface for the first volume of the BYO split series. Read more on Last.fm more
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Fox Covers Up Facts That Undermine Anti-Gun Reform Talking Points
Fox News' The Five claimed that the U.S. has the lowest gun-related murder rate in the world and that public opinion is turning against President Obama on gun control, ignoring that the U.S. has a higher gun homicide rate than other developed nations, and that a vast majority of Americans favor expanded background checks on gun purchases.
Fox Claimed U.S. Has Lowest Murder Rate By Guns In The World
Bolling: U.S. Has "Lowest Murder Rate By Gun In The World." On the April 4 edition of The Five, co-host Eric Bolling said, "Your number, your 270 million guns in America, 308 million Americans, also of the lowest murder rate by gun in the world also. So more guns equals lower murder rate by guns." [Fox News, The Five, 4/4/13]
In Fact, U.S. Has Leading Gun Homicide Rate Among Other Developed Nations
ABC News: "US Gun Homicide Rate Higher Than Other Developed Countries." A 2012 ABC News article reported that the U.S. has a higher gun homicide rate than other developed countries. From the article, headlined "US Gun Homicide Rate Higher Than Other Developed Countries":
There are an estimated 88.8 civilian guns per 100 people in the United States, according to the Small Arms Survey, a number unparalleled to the rest of the world. With the right to bear arms written into the Constitution of the United States and the fabric of American culture, it's no surprise that this number is higher than it is in other G-8 countries for which there is data.
But the United States also has a much higher rate of homicides by gun -- 3.2 homicides by firearm per 100,000 people, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Homicide Statistics.
Even Italy, the G-8 member with the second highest rate of homicides by firearm, comes in far behind the United States. According to United Nations data, a person is 4.5 times more likely to die from gun violence in the United States than Italy. [ABC News, 12/18/12 [1]]
Washington Post: "Americans Are 20 Times As Likely To Be Killed By A Gun Than Is Someone From Another Developed Country." In 2012, The Washington Post reported that the U.S. has the highest gun-related murder rate in the developed world and that "Americans are 20 times as likely to be killed by a gun than is someone from another developed country":
One piece of this puzzle is the national rate of firearm-related murders, which is charted above. The United States has by far the highest per capita rate of all developed countries. According to data compiled by the United Nations, the United States has four times as many gun-related homicides per capita as do Turkey and Switzerland, which are tied for third. The U.S. gun murder rate is about 20 times the average for all other countries on this chart. That means that Americans are 20 times as likely to be killed by a gun than is someone from another developed country.
The Post included the following chart showing that the U.S. has significantly more gun-related murders than any other developed country:
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Fox Claimed Public Is Turning Against Obama On Gun Control
Perino: "Public Opinion Has Continued To Move Away From The President." The Five co-host Dana Perino said, "The background checks issue would not have prevented what happened in Newtown. I think that's one of the reasons that public opinion has continued to move away from the president." [Fox News, The Five, 4/4/13 [3]]
In Fact, Vast Majority Of Americans Want Expanded Background Checks On Gun Purchases
Washington Post: 90 Percent Of Americans Support Expanding Background Checks On Gun Purchases. The Washington Post reported that "[n]ine in 10 Americans support expanding background checks on gun purchases in a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, an extraordinary level of agreement on a political issue and a finding that's been duplicated in nearly every major public poll." [The Washington Post, 4/3/13 [4]]
Quinnipiac University Poll: 91 Percent Of Americans Want Universal Background Checks. A Quinnipiac University poll, conducted between March 26 and April 1, found that 91 percent of Americans support universal background checks:
American voters say 48 - 38 percent that the government could use the information from universal background checks to confiscate legally-owned guns, but voters still support universal gun background checks 91 - 8 percent, including 88 - 11 percent among voters in households with guns, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. [Quinnipiac University, 4/4/13 [5]]
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by David Gilmour
John Lennon's debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), includes the remarkable "God." The former Beatles' well known distrust of religion is on display in this album as he announces "There ain't no Jesus gonna come / from the sky" ("I Found Out"), likens Jesus and Paul with junkies pushing cocaine ("I Found Out"), and with a nice conspiratorial touch, voices concern about a system that keeps people "doped with religion" ("Working Class Hero"). Believers think they are "so clever and classless and free," but to Lennon they are "still fucking peasants / as far as I can see." In "God" he adds, bluntly, "I don't believe in Bible," "I don't believe in Jesus," nor do I believe in I-Ching, tarot, Buddha, Mantra, Gita or Yoga.
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Most of us have had experiences like that. Now that you're older, you may be thinking, "Now it's MY turn to be the babysitter!" After all, babysitting is one of the most popular ways for young people to earn money of their own. Many IML'ers told us about how they got started babysitting:
Says Danielle, 12: "I do babysit, but for my little brother and sometimes my younger cousins. I had to prove that I was responsible and could take care of my younger brother without the help of an adult!"
Michael, 13, told us: "I started by watching my neighbor's daughter when the mother was home, and then the mother started letting me babysit when she was away. Now I babysit for three other families on my street."
"My parents decided I was ready to start after a few times when my parents left me alone with my little brother and I took care of him very well for about two hours," says Hilaree, 13.
"Two summers ago, I took a class at the local Red Cross," Jenna, 12, told us. "Then, my parents decided I was ready. I have to wait until I am 13 before I can sit for a child under the age of 2, though."
Once you and your parents have decided you're ready to start, there's lots you need to know about how to be the kind of babysitter who's responsible, safe, good at what you do-and has fun, too!


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Hello all!
Like many other folks out there, I'm starting off my initial foray into costuming with the pre-made Rubie's Supreme suit. I know the Helmet is a steaming pile...and there are inaccuracies galore on the suit. I found the suit for relatively cheap, and plan on using it as a base to sort of hone my paint skills, and intend on eventually re-selling it on eBay to cover some of the monetary loss, and then re-invest that money into some real components for an accurate Bounty Hunter suit build.
*** Please stop laughing at my naive ambition now :wacko ***
So - since I already know this is a temporary stop on the "Road to Fett-ville" - I was hoping (without combing through the sheer volume of posts on here) if anyone had some pretty basic re-paint instructions or advice - preferably a reference doc of some kind for me to start with.
I should note that accuracy in actual detail is a bit less important to me than accuracy in technique for doing aging, weathering, damage, etc.
I'm a fairly artsy person, and know my way around brushes and various types of paint, but as I have never worked in this particular medium before, I am assuming there are many folks out there that have been down this path before and have sound advice for me (besides just telling me to get rid of the Rubie's suit, lol).
Thanks in advance! I look forward to hearing advice/suggestions, and to eventually dive into the community and learn from all of you experts out there.


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Sent PM's to TwilightAfreet and MoreFull.
hey there, fellow wooters--it's time to kick off your summer in style at a bargain price! i'm selling the following brand new shirts and apron for just $8 each including shipping:
Thin Red Lines
Green Exclamation Print (bottom center)
Glow-in-the-Dark Exclamation Print (top right; looks white in daylight)
A Head of Its Time
Nacho Champ
i prefer payment via paypal for quick, secure transactions; if you do not have an account, i'll be happy to walk you through the ultra-easy steps to set one up.
please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
All WM shirts, never worn, and never washed:
Zombie Chart (WM):http://shirt.woot.com/offers/zombie-chart
Artichokey (WM): (I already have it)
Accordion to Plan (WM): http://shirt.woot.com/offers/artichokey[/url}
What's for Dinner (WM): [urlhttp://shirt.woot.com/offers/whats-for-dinner
3 solid colored shirts I ordered by accident: White, Red, and I forget the third right now (I'll edit it in later or PM me) :-p
Looking WS or WM, open to trading a shirt for a non-apparel . Please PM me and post that you PMed me.
Looking to trade:
Infinity Plus One
Condition: New, never worn
Size: WL
Need: Same shirt, size ML/WXL
Alternatively if you have another shirt in size ML or WXL that you're looking to trade, let me know and we can figure something out.
ducktorwho wrote:Actually, I'll give this away. Anyone interested?
Yes! Pm'd you.
Looking to trade:
Cup O' The Morning - Anvil WM.
Unworn, unwashed.
Trade for another Anvil WM, Anvil MS, AA WL, AA WXL, or AA MM.
Thanks! PM me!
Lot of 2X shirts (2 anvil, 2 AA). New, never washed/worn. All 4 shirts for $16 including shipping.
Lot of 3 MXL shirts on AA. All new, never washed/worn. $15 including shipping.
One MM shirt on AA. $5 shipped.
Just got my shirts in from the recent Randoms sale.
To trade or sell, both ML and straight out of the packaging:
Rise of the Samurai Bot!
Angry Day
I'm really really hoping someone has a Choose Wisely shirt to trade in MM, ML, MXL, or WXL. I also like Science shirts in those sizes (especially Science Rules! and the Mars-version of Curiosity), cat-based shirts in MM (especially Tomorrow the World!!), and some others I'm looking for are Just My Day Job, Cluevetica, and Star Powered (all in any of: MM, ML, WXL).
Finally, I have a worn and washed MM of Crane Nouveau that I am happy to trade or throw in to one of the trades above if you've got one of my top picks!
Added to the T-Shirt Trade Center - Expecting my shirts today.
Have the following Apron to trade for another apron
I have these shirt that available for trade. Open to all offers!
In addition to this post, I also have these shirts from the last random sale:
Both have been traded! See link above for more available shirts please!
Neck the Halls Long-Sleeved Tee
Astronomical Alignment Long-Sleeved Tee
Looking to trade WM Anvil "Keepers of the Shrubbery," brand new. Open to offers, I prefer dark-colored shirts and nature/science-related designs.
I have a medium light weight hoodie to trade.
It is http://shirt.woot.com/offers/super-effective
Would prefer anything pirate or ninja.
mizzard wrote:I have a medium light weight hoodie to trade.
It is http://shirt.woot.com/offers/super-effective
Would prefer anything pirate or ninja.
pm'ed you!!
Hi! I am looking to buy an original Lady Out of Water in Guys Medium! If you have it I would love to buy it!
Nevermind. Donated.
I have I'm here to rescue... uh (http://sale.images.woot.com/I_m_here_to_rescue%E2%80%A6_uh%E2%80%A6n9sDetail.png)
washed once not worn, WS Anvil.
Sale $12 or trade.
Hello everyone,
I have a few shirts to trade.
All shirts are MM, unless otherwise noted.
All shirts are unworn/unwashed.
Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (MS)
Crowd Control
Super Effective [TRADED]
Jurassic Punk
Teacher Talks Funny
Couldn't Care Less Bear
Awkward (WXL)
Shirt's too big for me. If anyone has MM or WL to trade, that'd be cool. But a trade for any other shirt works, too.
I'm pretty open to any trades. I'm more fond of cute/funny shirts, though. Just shoot me a message if you're interested. Thanks!
Got my randoms today and discovered that teetrade is gone. I've been away from the shirt racket for awhile.
Anyway, I have In Bloom in ML, unwashed/unworn. My other one was Casual Friday (which is staying) if you were curious. Open to trades!
I have 'Moby D ick' and 'All Tangled Up' both ML from the recent random shirt sale. Both unworn. I also have a LOT of XL shirts that are too big for me now that I'll be throwing up on here as well. Figure you all would appreciate some of the older shirts maybe.
Shoot me a PM if either of these two shirts appeal to you!
loge18 wrote:Got my randoms today and discovered that teetrade is gone. I've been away from the shirt racket for awhile.
Anyway, I have In Bloom in ML, unwashed/unworn. My other one was Casual Friday (which is staying) if you were curious. Open to trades!
*Cough* See Here *Cough*
lichme wrote:*Cough* See Here *Cough*
I want to give you like eleven or so hugs.
I have a few random shirts to trade:
size 3XL Hungry Hungry Games http://shirt.woot.com/offers/hungry-hungry-games
and size 2XL "My Upside Down Life" http://shirt.woot.com/offers/my-upside-down-life
both are brand new, unworn. Happy to trade for other 2XL or 3XL shirts - I like science, nature, cute, science fiction, animals, not-too-obscure references.
I got two shirts in the mail today. They're both Men's Small. I truthfully didn't know what either of them were referencing so if anyone wants to trade, I have this one:
and this one:
I finally got my shirts in the mail from the last random double sale. Both are available for trade/sale. Both shirts are MXL, will take either MXL or ML.
1)Impossibly Delicious - by Patrickspens (Mobious Doughnut)
2) Console Wars - by Radscoolian (Star Wars space fight)
I am selling several women's AA size small and medium shirts on ebay.
Donut Panic (AA WM)
Going to A Cheesier Place (AA WM)
In Bloom Remix on purple (AA WM)
The Binge (AA WM)
Unstealthiest Ninja (AA WS)
I will combine shipping for multiple shirts. Thanks!
Looking to trade for NEW, UNWORN size SMALL V-NECK t-shirt. I have Villainous Velociraptor.
PM me.
I have Forced Math and Disturbing in Women's Medium.
Interested in Women's Smalls/Mediums or Men's Mediums. Star Wars, Star Trek, video games, general nerdom, will look at all offers.
Sadly I bought a sweatshirt (M) in the random sale and it is the http://shirt.woot.com/offers/zombeer
I am willing to trade about anything for it. I am a WL if that helps. I dislike Zombies and Beer so this was about the worst sweatshirt I could get. anyone else switching sweatshirts? I would trade for small or large. or sell.
Thanks for reading. =)
ALL new unworn and unwashed.
The Mrowr
Men's Large
Watch Your Step
Men's Medium
Americana Pullover Hoodie
The Formula For Success Pullover Hoodie
Dystopia Dark Lager Pullover Hoodie
offer whatever you like!
In addition to this post, I also have these shirts from the last random sale:
Resist - Long-Sleeve Tee (already owned)
Poison - Long-Sleeve Tee (yes, a second one)
Playing Koi - Long-Sleeve Tee
The Power of Giving - Long-Sleeve Tee - gone!
And from ShirtPunch, by DooomCat:
Just Keep Flying Dino - in Gal's Fitted XL, but it ran smaller than the measurements listed
Anyone have some of the unisex small tank tops they're looking to sell?
If anyone has messaged me before and didn't get a response, I apologize. I, uh, completely forgot about my post. But I'll try to remember to check your offers this time!
All are unwashed and unworn.
MM Fish Memory (Anvil)
MM Roles Played in a Galaxy Far, Far Away (Anvil)
MM Lost in Transition (Anvil) Zipper Hoodie
I don't care at all for any of these so please send any offers you have!
Does anyone have "Only Memories" on American Apparel? I'd be willing to trade quite a variety of individual shirts for it. (Or even two)
maverickmila wrote:Got my random hoodie. Unfortunately the design was 'Declaration of Independence', which I thought was phenomenally stupid on a T-shirt, let alone a hoodie.
Size small. Holler if you want it, no trade required. I just want to get this thing out of my house. Never worn, never washed, never unfolded.
Does this offer still stand? Thanks!
I just got my random shirts from the last 2-pack sale (ordered 4 packs).
I got 2 repeats in the bunch of 8. Looking to trade them for any other random shirts in the same size, UNWORN, UNWASHED.
WOMAN'S XL (Anvil only)
Hamster of DOOOM
TSAnta Claus
They are still folded exactly like they came in the woot mail bag, unwashed, unworn, waiting to go to a new friend.
Send me a PM or whatever! Hopefully there's someone else who got some repeats that I didn't get and we can just trade around.
My random 2-pack came in today.
Both in Women's Medium (WM).
1) Tea, Earl Grey. Hot.
Star Trek reference.
2) The Divine Prrrrrrrrrportion
Da Vinci reference.
Open to all offers!
(though nothing crude or alcohol- related please)
WM or MS or MM is always a plus.
Actually, if anyone has the "Tea, Earl Grey. Hot." in Men's Large, that would be great too.
Hi everyone, first time posting here. I'll wear most things, but I got some repeats in my last batch of randoms and This Will Not Stand. Also, some of these just don't appeal to me.
I'm looking for stuff that's cute that I don't have. If anyone has an "Emperor Penguin", I would be especially pleased to take it off your hands.
All shirts are unworn, unwashed men's small (MS).
I got the "Winter has Come" shirt
I love the shirt, which is why I got it the first time it was out. So now I have 2.
Its a ML. I also have it in MM if you really wanted it in that size. But that one was worn once and washed. Open to any trade.
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Ice damage
Meredith docks repair in time for holiday weekend
By DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent | May 22. 2013 9:40PM
The docks, which are heavily used on Memorial Day and all summer long by boaters coming into and leaving Meredith Bay, were damaged when the ice left Lake Winnipesaukee earlier in the spring.
It's happened before, he said. In 2007, there was similar damage, and likely in years before then, he said. The problem occurs when weather elements combine in just the right way, with winds pushing the ice in the right direction.
The project will likely cost several thousand dollars, Faller said.
Ambrose crews were on the scene Wednesday, having dropped a barge with some heavy equipment in the lake. Workers pulled it to the front of the dock, where they began removing the damaged pilings.
"That is unless we find surprises," he said, such as more damage than had been previously found in the docks.
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Thursday 9th March 2011
For me luck is as important as any other aspect in football. We can analyse and give opinions as much as we like but I would be lying if I didn't say my overriding emotion right now is one of feeling cheated.
You won't find me writing these thoughts claiming we have played absolutely brilliantly in the last two games. Like all of us I know we haven't been at our best. The fact remains however, both results were directly affected by extremely poor decisions by the officials. With such thin dividing lines between success and failure it is this that I find so frustrating.
The offside decision on Saturday was wrong but we've all been going to football long enough to understand that occasionally these go against you.
The penalty not being given on the other hand, is simply unacceptable. In my opinion it was a referee simply not applying the rules of the game.
Players are heavily criticised if deemed to be diving these days. This is only fair however, if the officials give free-kicks when fouls take place and the player does everything in his power to try and stay on his feet. The Meerkat did just that on Saturday but didn't receive the correct decision.
Whatever happened in the match, the game ended 0-0. That fact alone means the incorrect decisions cost us two points.
By the time we touched down at Barcelona airport on Sunday afternoon Man Utd had lost again and depending on whether you are a glass 'half empty' or 'half full' person things certainly felt a lot better than on Saturday evening.
Barcelona is a good city with plenty to entertain all tastes. In the expected fashion our group very made the most of the delights on offer well into the small hours culminating in the Fan Park laid on similarly to last year on the day of the match. A thoroughly entertaining way to enjoy the match build-up.
Last year we were well beaten in the second leg but I have always felt it was wrong to analyse that result too deeply given how many of our squad were not available that night.
This time round we still had players missing and others just returning from injury but generally we were in better shape to take on arguably the best club side in the world.
We all knew there could be long periods of the game where we might not have the ball but by making as few mistakes as possible and keeping our shape we had a chance. If we could get an away goal our position would be even better.
Early in the second half we got just that and near on five thousand travelling Gooners high up in the huge Nou Camp went doolally.
For the second time this week however, a quite ridiculous decision arguably lost us the game. The reason I can say that I feel is because at the time RVP was sent off the score was 1-1 and we were in a position where we were going through.
Of course our hosts might still have gone through. Like every Gooner I am well aware of that. What is so intensely frustrating however, is the chance to battle on an even keel was taken away from us so we will never know.
We can look at Man Utd away in two ways. Of course it is an extremely difficult game but it could be just what we need to kick on at the end of a disappointing couple of weeks.
Make some noise at Old Trafford.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Four years ago, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship sent one of his top troubleshooters, Linton Stump, to investigate conveyor belt conditions at his company's Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine in Logan County.
Stump checked it out and fired off a memo to Blankenship. The memo, dated Jan. 13, 2006, details overheated bearings, missing bolts and other conveyor belt problems.
The memo warned Blankenship that, while mine safety reports from Aracoma managers showed "everything was OK," Stump had found that "indeed it was not."
Six days later, on Jan. 19, a huge fire broke out on one of the Aracoma Mine's conveyor belts. Two miners, Don Bragg and Ellery Hatfield, weren't able to escape, and died deep inside the Logan County mine.
Today, 29 families are mourning the deaths of miners killed in a massive underground explosion on April 5 at another Massey operation, the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County.
Investigators are just beginning a complex inquiry to try to find out what caused the biggest U.S. coal-mining disaster in 40 years. Political leaders are planning their own examination, and are again promising mine safety reforms. National news outlets are poring over inspection reports and data, raising questions about Massey's corporatewide safety record.
On Thursday, President Obama weighed in, saying in a White House speech that the Upper Big Branch explosion was caused by "a failure, first and foremost, of management." Massey said Obama's remarks were "regrettable" and the president "has been misinformed about our record and the mining industry in general."
At the same time, a group of miners is quietly using the Linton Stump memo -- which has not before been widely seen -- to try to do something other investigations have not: hold the Massey Energy parent company directly responsible for the fatal fire at the Aracoma Mine.
In a little-noticed ruling in late January, Logan Circuit Judge Roger L. Perry said he would allow the miners to try to do just that.
"It could be argued that Mr. Blankenship was personally overseeing operations at Aracoma . . .�" Perry wrote in a 15-page, Jan. 28 order that allows the miners to put the question to a jury. Trial is scheduled for mid-October.
'We got to get out of here'
On Jan. 19, 2006, the second shift was just getting started when the conveyor belts ground to a halt deep underground at Massey's Aracoma Mine near Melville, Logan County.
Foreman Michael Plumley called to the surface to find out what was wrong. The main belt was burning, he learned. The mine had to be evacuated.
"We got to get out of here," electrician Mike Shull remembers Plumley telling his crew.
During the evacuation, one group of miners ran into smoke in their primary escape tunnel. They had to try to find another way out. Two workers, Bragg and Hatfield, became separated from the group. They got lost and eventually succumbed to the heavy smoke.
After a 14-month investigation, U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration investigators cited Massey's Aracoma Coal Co. subsidiary for "reckless disregard" of mine safety rules, including not performing required safety checks, failing to install a sprinkler system, and multiple ventilation and training violations.
The fire itself, investigators concluded, was caused by prolonged operation of a misaligned conveyor belt, along with the buildup of large spills of combustible coal and grease on the belt.
However, when the MSHA report was released in March 2007, then-agency chief Richard Stickler said the most serious problems were the removal of two ventilation walls, called stoppings, which allowed smoke to enter the escape tunnel.
In the months after the Aracoma deaths, reports continued to trickle out about a criminal investigation. U.S. Attorney Chuck Miller confirmed in April 2006 that such an inquiry was ongoing, but declined to say more.
State mine safety director Ron Wooten tried to strip numerous Aracoma foremen of their mining licenses, but was thwarted when the men refused to answer questions, citing the ongoing criminal investigation. During one mine safety board meeting in March 2007, lawyers for several foremen said their clients had been told they were "targets" of the inquiry or were "persons of interest" to federal prosecutors.
The wrongful-death case
In November 2008, lawyers, spectators and local news media crowded into a Logan County courtroom. A jury had started to hear testimony in the wrongful-death case filed against Aracoma Coal Co. and parent company Massey Energy. Widows Delorice Bragg and Freda Hatfield also sued Blankenship, in his capacity as Massey CEO.
Wrongful-death cases against employers are tough to win. Workers' compensation law gives workers' families death benefits, but also generally prohibits such lawsuits. To overcome that, workers have to show their employers had "deliberate intent" -- that they knowingly ignored safety rules that they knew could endanger lives.
The standard for suing other companies for wrongful death is not as tough. Still, to do so, workers must first link parent companies like Massey to direct management of the workplace and violations that led to deaths.
As part of an effort to do that, Bruce Stanley, a lawyer for the Aracoma widows, did a lengthy interview -- called a deposition -- with Blankenship in July 2008 at the Chief Logan Conference Center.
Among other things, Stanley asked Blankenship about the Linton Stump memo. Blankenship testified under oath that he knew the belts at Aracoma "had been bad" but that he "had sent someone there to fix it."
"I was operating under the impression that it had been brought to large enough attention that it would be OK, yes, I mean, I deal with hundreds of coal mines and thousands of people, so yes," Blankenship said, according to a transcript of his deposition.
After he received Stump's memo, Blankenship wrote on it, "Shouldn't we fire Carl White and Larry Gibson," referring to two Aracoma workers charged with checking belt conditions.
Blankenship said in his deposition that he "thought we should discipline, discharge or do something with the people who were perhaps not doing their part."
White was not fired, and was still working at Aracoma the day of the fire. Stanley said his lawsuit uncovered no evidence that Gibson was fired.
Fair 'by West Virginia standards'
During the trial, Stanley showed the Logan jury videotape of parts of Blankenship's deposition.
Jurors heard that Blankenship received mine-by-mine production reports every two hours, and insisted on detailed memos on everything from conveyor belt breakdowns to parts inventories.
They also heard Blankenship answer questions about the Stump memo.
That was on a Friday afternoon. On Monday morning, lawyers announced in court that they had reached a settlement during the weekend. Aracoma Coal would pay an undisclosed sum to the Bragg and Hatfield families. Claims against Massey and Blankenship would be dropped.
A few days later, Blankenship told a statewide radio audience that the undisclosed settlement amount was fair "by West Virginia standards," given what he called the state's "very liberal" court system.
About a month later, two days before Christmas in 2008, U.S. Attorney Miller held a news conference at the federal building in Charleston.
Prosecutors had reached a deal with Massey and its subsidiaries. The Aracoma Coal Co. subsidiary would plead guilty to 10 criminal mine safety violations and pay $2.5 million in fines. Aracoma would pay another $1.7 million in civil penalties, to settle the violations cited by MSHA. The total penalty, $4.2 million, was the largest government penalty ever in a coal-mining death case, prosecutors said.
As part of the deal, Miller agreed that prosecutors would not pursue charges against parent company Massey or any of its officers or employees. A joint statement from prosecutors and the company said the government did not have evidence that Massey "knew, approved, or acquiesced in" Aracoma's faking of escapeway drill logs, the only felony included in the plea agreement.
In mid-January, when U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver conducted a hearing to consider approval of the plea bargain, widow Delorice Bragg stood up in court and read a statement opposing the deal.
Bragg told Copenhaver that evidence in the widows' case "made it clear that Massey executives much farther up the line expected the Alma Mine to emphasize production over the safety of the coal miners inside.
"If Massey executives have done nothing wrong and bear no criminal responsibility for the fire that killed Don and Elvis, then why do they need the deal?" Bragg asked. "If they're innocent, they don't."
When he approved the plea deal in April 2009, Copenhaver called the nonprosecution agreement "unusual," but said it was up to prosecutors to make such decisions.
"The government informs the court that it lacks a case in that respect, and the court accepts the government at its word," Copenhaver said.
'Personally running the show'
Over the past two years, at least nine survivors of the Aracoma fire have waged their own court battle against Massey. They say they inhaled smoke from the fire, causing long-term health concerns, and say the experience has caused them serious emotional problems. The survivors are suing Aracoma Coal Co., and their lawyers also are trying to move up the corporate ladder to parent company Massey Energy.
Massey tried to have the case against the parent company thrown out. Massey's lawyers argued, among other things, that the Linton Stump memo did not show that Massey or Blankenship did anything wrong.
In legal filings, Massey lawyers say neither of the belts discussed in the memo were the one that caught fire.
"All mines contain conveyor belts," Massey lawyers wrote. "Conveyor belts are essential to move coal from the inside of the mine to the outside of the mine and eventually to the customer buying the coal.
"Consequently, the fact that upper management in the Massey companies kept abreast of problems with the belts is unremarkable," the lawyers wrote. "Indifference to the belts and associated problems would be noteworthy.
"How this memo can support a claim of directly liability for the Jan. 19, 2006, fire is simply beyond comprehension," Massey lawyers wrote.
Lawyers for the miners disagreed.
"Don Blankenship was aware of the belt problems at Aracoma and personally sent Linton Stump to assess the situation," they wrote. "It is obvious that Mr. Blankenship was ignoring the corporate structure and personally running the show at Aracoma."
Judge Perry, in his Jan. 28 ruling, found the question was "an issue of fact" that a jury should decide at trial.
'Safety, accountability and responsibility'
While the wrongful-death lawsuit and the Aracoma criminal case were making their way through state and federal courts, safety problems were on the rise at another Massey mine, in Raleigh County.
Between 2008 and 2009, citations at the Upper Big Branch Mine near Montcoal doubled. MSHA records show that agency inspectors issued 48 orders for "unwarrantable failure" to comply with safety rules in 2009 alone. The mine repeatedly was cited for serious ventilation violations and for accumulations of coal dust. Proposed fines tripled, to nearly $900,000 last year.
Then, at 3:02 p.m. on April 5, carbon monoxide alarms went off deep inside the mine. A huge explosion -- possibly an ignition of methane made worse by a buildup of coal dust -- ripped through the mine. Twenty-nine workers never made it out alive. Two others were injured.
In a preliminary report to Obama, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Upper Big Branch's rate of serious withdrawal orders was 19 times the national rate. Still, the report said, at least three other Massey mines had more total citations than Upper Big Branch.
"In short, this was a mine with a significant history of safety issues, a mine operated by a company with a history of violations, and a mine and company that MSHA was watching closely," the Labor Department report said.
Massey issued a response, saying the company "believes in safety, accountability and responsibility."
"We seek the truth in the ongoing investigation and are cooperating with federal and state agencies to determine the cause of the tragic accident at Upper Big Branch Mine," Massey said. "Unfortunately, some are rushing to judgment for political gain or to avoid blame."
The Bragg and Hatfield families are keeping up with news of the Upper Big Branch disaster. Last week, Stanley released a brief statement on their behalf:
"We were highly disappointed by the U.S. Attorney's agreement not to look upstream," the statement said. "We were concerned that the agreement sent a very dangerous message -- that Blankenship's micro-management style was OK, certainly that there was nothing the feds felt like they could do about it.
"The fear now, of course, is that the same circumstances we discovered at Aracoma may be about to resurface at Upper Big Branch."
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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by TheeTFD, Oct 24, 2013.
I always dreamed of being a mediocre pitcher.
Based on your posts here in PF.com, your dreams seemed to be realized.
Tigers ready for some spring baseball.....
Verlander drives yellow birthday Ferrari to spring training | It's Always Sunny in Detroit
Looks like another 13-15 win season for Verlander............ Verlander gave Upton kiss on the cheek at Knicks-Magic game | It's Always Sunny in Detroit
Verlander 20 Ws Scherzer 20 Ws Spanish guy 20 Ws Porcello 12 Ws
I wouldn't mind giving Kate Upton a kiss.
I already have my MLBTV.com......only $19.99 a month
After the kiss on the cheek, Kate looked at Verlander as if to say..."why I am with this play off loser? Is he going to win so that we are most famous couple in America this summer?? Will he hang out with me when the season starts or am I once week side chick?" "He better kiss me on the lips when the Kiss Cam comes on....or should I blow him off and embarrass him?
After the kiss on the cheek, Kate looked at Verlander as if to say..."why is his head bobbing back and forth. He's acting like a geek. I can't be seen interested in a guy like this. I got to get me a better boyfriend. Wonder if that guy Megatron is available...he's cute"
I like that he's cool with acting like a nerd around his girlfriend. He's got a king of the jungle vibe going on.
I hope you're right. Your story and he wins 20 games. My version and he wins less.
He must have a huge Contract.
A woman's LOOKS can be VERY decieving....experience has spoken!
Ian Kinsler hopes Rangers go 0-162, calls GM a "sleazeball" | HardballTalk
I don't know who he is but I love this guy, finally someone with sincerity. The Pistons could use a player like this.
Sounds like an anti-leader.
He'd be a good Yankee.
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Reg HP or LP: HP
Condition: 8/10
Born date: 06/03
Re-test date: 7-14
Area Stamps: DOT-E
Known Problems: Out Of Hydro
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Posted 01 November 2012 - 01:40 AM
is it out of hydro or not? your descrition says the retest date is 2014
Posted 02 November 2012 - 01:38 PM
He probably means that the next hydro date would be 2014 if it it gets hydro'd every 5 years,but it has not been re hydro'd since 2003.
is it out of hydro or not? your descrition says the retest date is 2014
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by MrMom, Jan 16, 2013.
I wish they could just use Monte as a consultant and have Lovie calling the Defense.
I hated the Kiffin hire, but would love this.
How about Lovie just be the head coach of our team?
Works for me.. I got a feeling they would hire Mike Zimmer though.
Me too.. just need a legitimate OC, not a guy like Mike Martz. But I'm happy with this move.
4-3 or 3-4, they still need a stud d-lineman and a better-than-average safety. Then I will like whatever defense they throw out there this fall.
Perhaps the best D-Line coach in the NFL.
I don't ever recall Melton being regarded as soft. I have heard the rumors about Texas and the whole "Soft" thing but I don't really buy into it much. Definitely not about Melton.
Now this would be sweet.
Lovie won't come here to be a position coach under Garrett. He also won't be interested in sharing a title with Monte. All that would do is muddy the water IMO. I don't think Smith would do that.
If you were Smith, would you do it?
In a year, things might be different and he might be a HC somewhere. Maybe here, who knows?
This is good news.
Multiple sources tell WSCR that Rod Marinelli will not be #Bears defensive coordinator under new head coach Marc Trestman.
Wow this is some good news. Brings him in and can take over for kiffs. But what the hell is going on with the offense ?!
Impossible, no coach wants to come here. It's true, I read it here yesterday.
You'd still have to think he'd prefer a DC job over being a position coach, so I wouldn't bet on this happening.
Yeah, I can see the fit, from our perspective.
But to go from DC to DL coach is in every way a demotion and I just don't see why he would want to come here.
Chicago Beat Reporter says Marinelli would prefer a "fresh start" somewhere else over staying with the Bears.
If he came here, he'd probably be running most of the defense with kiffin. Just wouldn't have the title. If you promise him the coordinator job when monte goes then it really could work to his benefit and ours
I've heard San Diego and Celevland are interested in him as a DC. I see no reason for him to downgrade to a positional coach either. We'll see.
While this is good news, I suspect we will hear about numerous teams wanting to talk to him about a DC job by the end of the day. He is really going to want to be with Kiffin and Jerry is going to have to pay him like a DC or it will be tough to get him to Dallas.


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Our thinking follows sense objects and pursues them wherever they go. yet not any one of the sense objects is substantial. They are all impermanent, unsatisfactory, and empty. When they arise, observe them and see what happens.
It is like looking after a buffalo in a rice paddy. When someone looks after a buffalo, he lets it walk around freely, but keeps an eye on it. If the buffalo goes near the rice plants, he yells at it and the buffalo backs off. If it dosen't obey, it gets to feel the hard end of the stick. The person watching the buffalo can't doze off either, or he'll get up finding the rice plants all eaten away.
The mind is like the buffalo, and the rice plants are like the sense objects. The one who knows is the owner. When observing the mind, the one who knows notices everything. It sees how the mind is when it follows sense objects, and how it is when it doesn't follow them. When the one who knows observes the mind like this, wisdom will arise. When the mind meets the objects, it'll grab hold, just like the buffalo will bite on a rice plant when it sees one. So wherever the mind goes, you must watch it. When it goes near the rice plants, shout at it. If it will not obey, just give it the stick.
When I read this simile, I take "the one who knows" to simply mean mindfulness or awareness; more like an observing mind rather than a thinking mind that gets distracted by sense objects and chases after them. Can the mind be really "separated" like this? (viz., observing mind - thinking mind).


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Hello Racaniello et al.,
I am a plant pathologist for a vegetable seed company in Washington state. I listen to TWIM, TWIP and TWIV podcast while I read extensive disease resistance screens. I started out studying microbiology as an undergrad and discovered plant pathology that allows me to study microbes and plants together. Listening to these podcasts keeps my mind engaged while looking at thousands of potentially disease baby plants. I really appreciate what you all do to put together such intellectually stimulating topics.
If I may suggest a topic as well. Iron sequestration and uptake in bacteria is very fascinating and affects many aspects of bacterial life. I may be biased as I worked on iron uptake during my Ph.D. I have listened to many of the TWIM podcasts and iron pops up in discussion now and then. It would be nice to listen to a discussion of this topic from your perspective.
Keep up the good work,
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Dear Twim:
Episode 2 had a career inquiry from a listener. The listener was considering additional graduate work Pokies, but was not sure which way to go or whether to invest the required time and energy in an MBA or Ph.D.
May I suggest intellectual property as a career path? Most patent attorneys are former "lab rats." Patent attorneys enjoy a good salary and interaction with some very intelligent and interesting people. Though considerable work is required, intellectual property can be a very rewarding career.
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Hello all!!
Quick follow-up from Twim 47.
It seems that many bacteria have means to take up foreign DNA and integrate it Into their own chromosomes. This definitely can provide a selective advantage depending on the nucleic acids being taken up. On the other hand, transferring your own DNA to another cell seems to be quite unselfish. For example, if I had some form of an antibiotic resistance gene, why would I give it away to others that would, in the end, compete with me for nutrients? In essence, what is the selective advantage for giving away nucleic acids?
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It's wonderful, I don't see what the shag comments were about.
Love the 1950's feel to this and the care and finesse in all the details.
Re: Inspired By Bats!
Great characters, personality, linework and movement all are here.
Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=52712]inspired by
Funny! (Love the shoes and the pose.)
Re: inspired by you'll catch your death
Wow this is sweet and deep, happy and wonderful , I have never seen death depicted in such a nice way. The spirit seems happy to go which makes this a very interesting picture.
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Very nice work Shasham , the poses look super natural, the color work makes it look like a ton of colors.
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Oh my gosh, I feel like the grilled cheese all the time.
Lovely likable character!!
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It's beautiful Rocky. You must work constantly.The coloring is gorgeous.
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The more I look at this design, the more I take from it. Absolutely stunning work.
I think she looks rather sincere. Minimum details in the face, less distraction from the really interesting details.
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Wow. I totally didn't expect this when I clicked on the thumbnail. I thought, 'ok, a panda shirt', completely unprepared for the sheer volume of win.
I'm a noir junkie, so this is right up my dark and shadowy alley. I look forward to wearing this shirt while watching Tommy Udo push an old lady in a wheelchair down the stairs. (insert crazed giggle here)
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LOVE this! I do hope people notice.
Great characters, great expressions, great concept. By all rights, this should be in the fog. If it doesn't make it, it should be given serious consideration by the Woots-That-Be as an Honorable Mention. I would so wear this.
Those shoes are great!!! LOVE!
Very Shag. It doesn't mean I love it less. This is great!!
Nice work... BTW, Shag didn't invent this style of artwork, it's been around since the late 50's...
Wow . . . . this is great work!
Yeah, this is great. I do think the artwork could be a bit larger.
qwasdfz wrote:See your one of those people who kills originality. What you're saying is you would pay a total of $70 for two shirts such as "cooler than you" and "imposter." It's like some sick "buy one, get another for the same price deal." Because I really need two of the exact same shirt. Most of his penguin shirts aren't even funny in the first place. This one is amusing but, doesn't make up for the fact that it's still one penguin who's different from the rest. Now I have a name to blame for previous derbies. Thanks a lot.
Are you really sitting on such a stack of cash that the presence of a shirt you don't want to buy causes you to be left with too much money? "Well, hell...there's another $10 I'll have to blow some other way because those Arthurs keep voting for shirts THEY want to spend $10 on..."
I don't tend to vote for most of ramyb's designs (I really hate turtles, and kinda meh on the penguins), but I'm sure I've contributed to screwing up at least one derby for you because I voted for something that was more wearable to me than whatever you wanted to have win, so I guess you'd better add me to The List.
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SnowQueenVT wrote:Totally funny and really nice artwork too.
Thank you!
SnowQueenVT wrote:It's beautiful Rocky. You must work constantly.The coloring is gorgeous.
Wow. GMV.
I love the bread slice "officer" outside the window with the nightstick! :D
Wow. The texture work on this is *gorgeous.*
thedeejman wrote:Thanks for the feedback! I've submitted like 6 derby entries and finally someone said something about my work - I appreciate it !
This shirt rocks. If its made I'd buy it. I'm rooting for you.
qwasdfz wrote:...This one is amusing but, doesn't make up for the fact that it's still one penguin who's different from the rest. Now I have a name to blame for previous derbies. Thanks a lot.
Which is the one you think is different? The one on the left, sporting the DeLorean look? Or the one on the right who's horrified at what's just happened?
I know, I know...it's a pain having to explain things to your friends who can't be arsed to figure out on their own whether the t-shirt you wore yesterday was 4 penguins, one with a mohawk and a walkman, or 3 penguins and a wanna-be-bunny, or with this one, 4 penguins, one of which is a sociopath. But really, is it any harder than having to explain why Trigonometree is mildly amusing to math geeks and literally no one else?
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Uh, I didn't think of, what is it? Angry Birds?
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Nekura wrote:This shirt rocks. If its made I'd buy it. I'm rooting for you.
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I'm buying two. One for me and one for my heavily modified Dyson Vac.
Absolutely love it!!
The best part of the phone wallpaper?
It looks like you are travelling through space in the Flinstones' house and looking through the window! How could you not love that?
maraich wrote:Dang, I fear that this got posted to late, but here's hoping that it catches people's eyes and shoots to the top. I very much would like to get this one.
LOL. Sorry about that, I seem to have this bad habit of making designs late in the game. I'm glad you like it though! =D Crosses fingers as well.
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This was one of the few entries that really caught my eye. Seriously, I'm a little blown away. I absolutely love your design. Everything about this makes it one-of-a-kind. I sincerely hope this receives more votes.
Very wearable. Awesome +1
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However, (I hate to bring this up) isn't the trojan horse pop culture? =o
All drama aside I think the shirt is great and I envy the artistic ability. =)
The Trojan horse comes from Homer's Iliad. I view that as more classic literature than pop culture.
That said, I also like the shirt and envy the skills.
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Vortec 6.0/LQ9 Build Idea
Hello everyone. I would like to pick everyones brain. Last year I got my blown 383 put together and running in my boat with a ton of help from this forum. I broke the snout off my crankshaft at the end of last season. I currently have a Chevy small block 383 with a stock block, AFR heads, and a 6-71 blower. Now I need a new crankshaft, and was working with Bob Madera of Marine Kinetics for a custom ground cam shaft. He is telling me that with the amount of boost that i want to make that the main caps are not going to last. Well this made me think about what other options are out there. I have read the the Vortec 6.0 truck engines have really stout bottom ends and the heads from what I can tell flow pretty good as well. I want to do a stock Vortec 6.0 long block with a refresh and forged pistons. Then install the 6-71 blower, custom cam, and run dual 750 carbs and E-85. Will the LQ9/LQ4 bottom end hold up to 700-800 HP?
The factory GM rating on the block is 500hp, the LSX block is 1500+ or over 2000+hp in a drag race app.
The GEN 1 SBc's sure do like to snap the snouts of the cranks in blown apps. Even the forged 4340 3.80" GM stroker cranks have been busting off when driving a blower..
LQ9 block strength
I have have a great deal on a LS1, but after reading it seems that the LQ9/ LQ4 iron blocks are a lot stronger then the aluminum LS1/LS2 versions. My Gen 1 block held up so far with the abuse. I would rather try this then to hold onto the old school small block forever.. Right now I plan to use the block and crank and use forged rods and pistons with L92 heads..
There is two thoughts that come to mind given you build plans.
First,the 6.0 isn't known for good gas mileage.It's better than a 383,but still isn't as good as the 5.3.So I am thinking if your plan is because you think your going to gain in that department,you might be disappointed.
Second,I know the LSx's have been turbo'ed with good success.I don't recall one with a roots type blower.I do know crank companies in the first Gen's offering a bigger snout to address the problem you have,but I don't think I've seen that for the LSx's.With the turbo it wouldn't be a issue and turbo's have a solid mid and not so much so for a bottom or top end.But I would think for a boat that would be ideal for a constant run mid rpm having a power curve right where you want it and use a EFI system for throttle response.
In general I sure wish Chevy hadn't build the c.i. sizes they did in the LSx engines in a attempt to save on gas mileage and then tried to compensate with power train gear ratio's/electronics.Most of it seems they turned back the clock to the days of 327 first gens.Certainly the mod'ed first gens out shine the LX's in the bottom end range.
Using a sbc crank w/a bbc snout should have held up, along w/splayed 4-bolt caps. But at some point, the caps will begin to move, regardless.
The iron LSx blocks are tough- and crossbolted. The LS crank snout is a bit over 1.48" (sbc is about 1.245", bbc is about 1.6), the wrist pins are bigger, has a bigger main journal size (about 2.56"), even the cam is bigger in diameter.
Stock LS cranks have been used to make more than the power you're aiming for, but a Roots blower will impart more load than NA or even a turbo application, so aftermarket forged is a good insurance policy if it's in the budget.
Magnacharger (Eaton), KenneBell, and Whipple all make a roots blower for the LS engines.
The TVS 2300 has made the numbers he is after on pump gas with a forged 6.0 block. With the newer Whipple 4.0 blower those numbers will be really easy to get.
The Magnachargers are the best priced for what you get IMO.
Then you also have the centri blowers like the paxton, vortec, and pro charger. I personally like the procharger. In fact the 2 fastest stock rotating assembly SS Silverados In the country are D1 procharged both with stock heads.. They are running 11.0X 1/4 and weigh in at 5200+ lbs.
Turbos are cool but a total pain in the ***** to tune and get running right unless it is a full out race effort, but on a budget the blowers just down right work!
Blower options
I have seen some of the articles about the newer blowers making a ton of power. I just picked up a blower shop billet blower and love the look of a jet boat with a nice blower and long tube headers.. Kinda mixing both worlds together. I really want the strength of the LQ9 block and the efficiency of the L92 heads.. Should be a fun spring project and hopefully I put some big blocks in there place...
Only advise I can give you on the L92s is find someone that knows what they are doing to spec a cam. The major difference in port sizes makes it a different animal compared to the cathedral port heads.
Your boat should run good as long as the parts work well together.
I agree 100%, the new 6l80e/90e and their 4.0:1 1st gears are in use to make up for the lack of low rpm torque the GEN 3/4 engines possess. The GEN 4 LY6 is a 6.0 installed in the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks and it is a dog at low rpm, even with its VVT.
In my Vortec 350 truck I can put along 1400rpm in OD with the torque converter clucth locked up. If I apply throttle will accelarate as is. Same scenario in a GEN 3/4 engine power truck results in a downshift or TCC unlock.
530hp@5400rpm and 545lb/ft@4000rpm. It uses the 1.9 liter Eaton TVS blower with a single element integral intercooler.
-LSA 1.9 blower runs 9 psi boost, 2.3l LS9 blower runs 10.5psi
-The LSA and LS9 run an aluminum block and oil squirters that coat the bottoms of the pistons and cylinder walls with oil.
-The LS9 in the ZR1 Vette uses a specific block that is machined differently to enhance durability, the LSA is different than the LS9's block but is an upgrade over the "standard" GEN 4 6.2 aluminum block
-12mm headbolts vs 11 for the LSA and other GEN 4 engines(new GEN 5 LT1 uses 12mm headbolts exclusivley).
-LS9 runs forged titanium con rods, LSA runs powdered metal forgings
-LS9 runs forged pistons LSA runs cast hypereutectic (high silicon) pistons
-LS9 runs 2 smaller intercooler elements for Vette hood clearance while LSA --runs 1 single element
-both run a forged steel crank
If you look at the differences between these 2 OEM supercharged engines, it will give you indications of where you may need to pay extra attention during your own GEN 3/4 marine engine build. If you start boosting these GEN 4 L92/LS3 heads you can build a TON of power. Even in NA form, an GEN 3 LQ4/9 with GEN 4 L92/S3 heads or a GEN 4 LY6(truck engine with L92/S3 heads) has easily over 500hp potential. 550hp with attention to details.
Another cue to observe, is that when GM did the COPO Camaros, you could get a 2.9 or 4.0 displacement Whipplecharger on a 5.3 engine.
GM never offered a blown LS7. This block is at the high limit at 505hp stock. GM wanted the extra stiffness of the smaller 6.2l bore for the LS9 Corvette and 69 GEN 5 COPO Camaros.
We have to be careful using the LSx reference esp. when talking about blocks. Some people call the GEN 3 and GEN 4 engines LSx, but now Gm has their GEN3/4 iron racing block that they called the LSX block.
Many of the GEN 3 and GEN4 engines weren't actual LS engines. There were the truck engines which were LR4, LM7, LQ9, LY6 etc etc.
Good luck and keep us posted.
GM marine engines have to pass the 300 hours "dock test". And engine is in a boat that is tied to a dock. The engine is held at WOT for 55 minutes at a time, and let idle for 5 minutes, then returned to WOT for another 55 minutes for 300 hours straight. BTW 300hrs is 12.5 days. A 18,000 minute test length with 1500 minutes at idle and 16,500 minutes at WOT.
Other GM engines have to pass the 200 hour test, the engine on a dyno is cycled from the rpms at which peak hp and peak tq occur at WOT for 200 hours.
Your 1000hp scenario would be for 10 seconds at a time MAYBE. Hold that 1000hp for a minute of 2 and see what happens. Maybe it will take it, but for how long is anyones guess. Without proper engine validation it is simply conjecture.
My point here is that even though GM is obviously conservatively rating some of their performance parts, simply taking performance parts and having them stay together for short periods of time doesnt meake the factory ratings invalid, just conservative. just because an engine block has survived 1000hp, doenstmean it shoudl be rated ta 1000hp. A perfect example of this is the LSX iron block, GM rated at 1500hp sustained, and over 2000hp short term(less than 10 seconds ina drag race scenario).
With a 500hp factory rating and claims of 1000hp short term surviveability, in a marine environment, sustained durability would be somewhere in between, but again this is again conjecture on my part.
The GEN 3/4 engines are great powerplants and will survive dozens or dyno pulls at WOT over 1000hp. Simply amazing engines with many many examples of NA daily drivers running 500-600 hp at the crank and forced induction running even more.
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Here is A few pics of me and my 2 Buddies from Wisconsin who were deployed with me for Operations Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle. The have been coming to hunt with me for one weekend every season now for the past few years. Although the hunting was crappy due to almost 70 degree weather in Winter we did manage to bag a few Brant which neither one of them had ever seen before. Looking forward to another great hunt again this year.
To all of those deployed today I salute you and wish a safe return home to your loved ones!!
Everyone is smiles for a little reunion!!! (Even the dog!!)
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Are your kids giving Valentine's Day cards to their classmates? Try something "from the heart" this year with these adorable homemade Scratch Art Bookmark Valentines from our Blog Ambassador Amy (of teach mama). We love the idea of having your kids get involved in making special treats for their friends and peers (plus it makes for an excellent indoor weekend activity…a cure for cabin fever, perhaps?)
The best part is, your children's friends can actually enjoy these bookmark cards after they receive them – so they double as a charming gift as well! Here's an overview of Amy's post, but for the full run-down visit her original blog post here.
1) Gather the Melissa & Doug Scratch Art Bookmarks and any other supplies you'll need to create a "wrapper"/card for the gift (stamps, markers, etc.)
2) Create special Valentine's Day messages using colorful card stock (Amy shares a printable that you can use as well)
3) Add any designs, special messages, and ask your child to sign their name.
4) Punch holes for the Scratch Art stylus to go, and a special ribbon to complete your Valentine!
Get all the steps to creating your Scratch Art bookmark Valentines here (including Amy's printable!)
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One of the cruise ship industry's more luxurious vessels, the 940-passenger Crystal Harmony, dazzles upscale guests with all the amenities – from butler service to inspired cuisines to high-end, onboard shopping. But cruise ships themselves are also guests, and like some of their own passengers they've been known to misbehave. So when the Crystal Harmony relieved itself prematurely during a 2002 call to the port of Monterey, California, it wasn't invited back.
The Harmony's owners had signed a voluntary agreement with the city of Monterey not to discharge any waste inside the sensitive bay, whose waters are protected as a National Marine Sanctuary. Yet 14 miles offshore, the vessel expelled some 36,400 gallons of wastewater. Its transgression didn't surface until five months later and, although the discharge was considered legal, it violated the memorandum of understanding that Crystal Cruises had signed with the city.
The cruise line apologized and held to account those responsible. But because ship operators had not been forthcoming, the city council took the unanimous and unprecedented step of banning the Harmony forever and all other ships in the Crystal line for the next 15 years.
According to the oceans advocacy group Bluewater Network, from 1993 to 2003 cruise ships committed more than 300 acts of dumping oil, garbage, hazardous waste, sewage and gray water, violated air pollution laws, damaged coral reefs, and falsified environmental records. For their offenses – some intentional, some accidental – cruise ship operators paid more than $80 million in fines and restitution.
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The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, an independent body convened by Congress in 2000 and appointed by President Bush to study and make recommendations on all aspects of ocean and coastal policy, said that the industry can and should do a better job of handling its waste. The commission cited as a particular concern the "cumulative environmental impacts caused when cruise ships repeatedly visit the same environmentally sensitive areas."
Cruise ships these days are like floating cities, the largest of which carry some 5,000 passengers. In a single week, that many people can generate up to 210,000 gallons of sewage. Showers, sinks, pools, hot tubs, kitchens and laundry facilities add an estimated 1.5 million gallons of gray water. Onboard beauty salons, dry cleaners and photo-processing facilities contribute hazardous waste, which is illegal to dump anywhere. There's also garbage and food waste, oil-contaminated water from the engine room, bilge water from the hull and, along coasts with few cars, air emissions from ship exhaust that are tantamount to thousands of automobile trips.
These wastes can contain pathogens, harmful nutrients, chlorine, metals, hydrocarbons, invasive species and sulfur, among other elements, that despoil ocean waters and their inhabitants.
"Most people who go on a cruise ship would be horrified, I think, to find out what the ship is dumping into the water," says Jessica Schafer, press secretary for Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA). Schafer's boss is cosponsor of the Clean Cruise Ship Act, federal legislation he and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) have proposed that would ban all cruise ship dumping of sewage, gray water or bilge water within 12 miles of the nation's coastlines and in the Great Lakes. It would also establish uniform treatment standards for sewage discharges outside of 12 miles, and require better inspection and monitoring of cruise ship waste. Not surprisingly, Congressman Farr's district includes Monterey Bay.
The cruise ship industry is growing full-speed. About 200 cruise ships currently operate worldwide, approximately 70 percent from U.S. ports. In 1970, they carried about 500,000 passengers from North America. By 2001, there were 8.6 million. Growth is expected to continue at a similar rate in coming years.
While the industry is quick to point out that its discharges amount to only a fraction of the waste released into the ocean by onshore sources, it also cruises through a huge loophole in the Clean Water Act that onshore dischargers do not. The exemption allows cruise ships, and all other vessels, to discharge sewage, effluent from properly functioning marine engines, laundry, shower and galley sink wastes or any other discharge without a federal permit, as long as it's at least three miles offshore. Discharging within three miles of shore is even permitted, as long as it's deemed "incidental to the normal operation of a vessel."
"The cruise ship industry is the largest unregulated discharger into U.S. waters," says Gershon Cohen, project director with Earth Island Institute. "Since 1979, they have been hiding under an exemption that was intended for fishing vessels and cargo ships, not floating cities. We maintain that discharges from cruise ships are not incidental to the normal operation of the vessel."
Cohen, who holds a PhD in environmental policy, has lived in Haines, Alaska, for the last 23 years. His town is one of several along Alaska's Inside Passage, a popular cruise ship itinerary. Cohen says the Inside Passage sees up to 35 cruise ships a day, every day, all summer long.
Cohen and others in Alaska have gathered 29,000 signatures to qualify a state ballot initiative for the 2006 general election that would require cruise ships to get state discharge permits, meet all state water-quality standards, establish onboard monitoring programs with independent marine engineers, and implement an industry tax to help defray the costs of cruise-related infrastructure impacts. If passed, the Cruise Ship Ballot Initiative would constitute the most stringent set of rules governing cruise ship discharge practices anywhere to date.
Nobody denies that it's a challenging and costly business to reduce, reuse and dispose of waste in a manner that doesn't harm the world's oceans and the life that depends on clean seas. But the technology exists to do so, and critics say the cruise ship industry, which generates approximately $30 billion a year in direct and indirect spending, certainly has the money. Like so many things, it's a matter of cost, political will and the desire to do the right thing.
Michael Crye is president of the International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL), an industry group that represents 16 of the largest cruise companies owning 117 ships. A retired Coast Guard captain and self-described environmentalist, Crye says that his members meet and exceed the standards of international treaties, as well as federal and state laws in handling their waste. He adds that they have committed themselves to minimizing discards, discharging their waste in a responsible manner, and identifying and adopting new technologies to lighten the load on the world's oceans.
Crye acknowledges that mistakes have been made and that some cruise ship operators have cut corners, and says he expects there will be more of the same in the future. But overall, he says, the "industry is embracing its environmental responsibilities in a way that makes sense economically and with the best advice we can obtain."
Despite industry efforts, however, those who seek to protect the world's oceans from cruise ship discharges say that the regulations are not stringent enough and that enforcement is at best spotty. International treaties governing vessel discharges were crafted by the industry, they say, and since 95 percent of cruise ships fly foreign flags, they operate with virtually no oversight and are hard to inspect even when they come into U.S. waters. Until higher uniform standards can be enacted and routinely enforced, they look to cruise ship customers as probably the best hope for change.
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IBM Jumps On CI With Both Feet
Over the last couple of years, IBM, despite having a rich internal technology ecosystem and a number of competitive blade and CI offerings, has not had a comprehensive integrated offering to challenge HP's CloudSystem Matrix and Cisco's UCS. This past week IBM effectively silenced its critics and jumped to the head of the CI queue with the announcement of two products, PureFlex and PureApplication, the results of a massive multi-year engineering investment in blade hardware, systems management, networking, and storage integration. Based on a new modular blade architecture and new management architecture, the two products are really more of a continuum of a product defined by the level of software rather than two separate technology offerings.
PureFlex is the base product, consisting of the new hardware (which despite having the same number of blades as the existing HS blade products, is in fact a totally new piece of hardware), which integrates both BNT-based networking as well as a new object-based management architecture which can manage up to four chassis and provide a powerful setoff optimization, installation, and self-diagnostic functions for the hardware and software stack up to and including the OS images and VMs. In addition IBM appears to have integrated the complete suite of Open Fabric Manager and Virtual Fabric for remapping MAC/WWN UIDs and managing VM networking connections, and storage integration via the embedded V7000 storage unit, which serves as both a storage pool and an aggregation point for virtualizing external storage. The laundry list of features and functions is too long to itemize here, but PureFlex, especially with its hypervisor-neutrality and IBM's Cloud FastStart option, is a complete platform for an enterprise private cloud or a horizontal VM compute farm, however you choose to label a shared VM utility.


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I will try some of all that, of course this morning I went out there to do some wiring and I put a level on it just for giggles and it shows level in front back and middle.
I will keep an eye on it from time to time
Thanks for your help
Henry is right, swap leafs.
It is really hard to tell if a frame is tweaked when there is a bunch of weight on it.
If I am looking to see if a frame is tweaked I put the front of the frame on 2 jackstands, and the rear on 1 in the exact center. That way the weight of the frame is not influencing the way it settles on the jackstands. Then put a level on it. I usually don't worry too much about anything less than 1/2" out on a truck frame when it is bare. Those f100 frames twist and rack a bunch when you are driving anyway.
If you want to see if it is diamond shaped, do the plumb bob thing as suggested ,or just measure from corner to corner.
I have yet to see one that is within 1/4"
Make it so it sits level when the suspension is loaded, and drive it.
If it is way out then it's the frame shop.
Later, mikey
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|It could be a little fatigue in the rear leaf spring on the drivers side. Swap your rear leaf springs from side to side and see what happens.
|It could be your suspension, You might want to find a level area like your garage floor and put jack stands raised equally under the 4 corners and see if they all settle evenly. You might also take a plumb bob and make a spot on the floor at each corner then take a measurement from corner to corner (in an X) to see if the frame is out of square. If you have any discrepancy the best thing is to let a good quality frame shop push and pull it back to straight. If it's your suspension start shimming and replacing. Or it could level out when you are driving depending how heavy you are.
Frame looks crooked
Okay last night I was standing in my shop looking at my truck and it looked odd so I put a level on the front of the frame and showed level then I put a level in the back and it showed not level. I then took a tape measure and measured off the floor to the bottom of the frame in the back and it was 1/4" short on the passenger side. It has all new bushings in the suspension and the cab (stripped) is all that is on it right now with the engine and trans etc.
Does this mean that the frame is racked? I thought I might lift it up on the low side with a hoist and see if it would settle down over time and get some of it out. Comments please.
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