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Fox News chief Washington correspondent Jim Angle ignored the controversy surrounding Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's (R-TN) decision to set aside a major Department of Defense funding bill in favor of seeking passage of a bill that would ban lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers when firearms they have sold are used in committing crimes. Frist's decision allowed for Senate passage of the gun liability bill prior to the Senate's August recess, while the $491 billion Pentagon budget bill will not be considered until fall. In contrast, many other media outlets, including the Associated Press, The Washington Post, USA Today, and CNN, reported on Frist's choice to advance the lawsuit legislation.
But Angle's report completely ignored Frist's shelving the defense spending bill and instead focused on repeating attacks made by Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) against Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) over comments Durbin made on the Senate floor. Durbin, in speaking out against the gun liability bill before its passage, stated that Mississippi was "the largest supplier state" of guns used in Illinois to commit violent crimes. Angle reported that "Lott cried foul, saying he doubts Durbin's allegations are accurate and even accused him of violating a Senate rule against making offensive references to any U.S. state." According to the Illinois State Police, while not first, Mississippi is, in fact, a major supplier of guns used in crimes committed in Illinois: "More crime guns flow into Illinois from Indiana and Mississippi than from any other state. According to recent data, 777 crime guns from Indiana and 532 crime guns from Mississippi were located in Illinois. Crime guns from these two states alone nearly equal the total number of crime guns from the next 10 states combined."
The only other media outlets to report on Durbin's comments and Lott's response were Mississippi newspapers: Biloxi's The Sun Herald and Jackson's The Clarion-Ledger.
In contrast with Angle's report, several major media outlets focused on Frist's decision to push the lawsuit legislation:
- The Associated Press reported on July 26: "Senate Republicans on Tuesday moved the National Rifle Association's top priority ahead of a $491 billion defense bill, setting up a vote on legislation to shield firearms manufacturers and dealers from lawsuits over gun crimes. Completion of the defense bill, which the Senate had been debating for a week, will now be delayed until fall. Democrats were incensed."
- The Washington Post reported on July 28: "Democrats also criticized Frist for pulling a defense authorization bill from the floor this week to ensure that the gun bill would be considered before the summer recess, which is scheduled to begin this weekend."
- USA Today reported on July 28: "Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., moved the proposed [gun] legislation ahead of a planned vote on a Pentagon budget bill."
- CNN congressional correspondent Ed Henry reported, on the July 26 edition of CNN's Inside Politics:
HENRY: But Senator Durbin and other Democrats today jumping on another hot issue -- hot issue here on the Hill, the decision by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to shelve the defense bill until the fall at a time of war because of a dispute over a couple of Republican-authored amendments that the White House was not happy about. One by John McCain [R-AZ] would have strengthened policy in dealing with detainees at military prisons like Guantánamo. Another one written by Republican John Thune [SD] would have pushed back against the Pentagon a bit on some of these base closings that are planned.
Democrats particularly upset that the defense bill was pushed aside in favor of a National Rifle Association-backed bill that would grant immunity to gun manufacturers against lawsuits.
Angle's report on the July 29 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume:
ANGLE: The Senate today passed a bill designed to shield gun makers from lawsuits by a vote of 65-31. Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin slammed the state of Mississippi on the Senate floor last night, blaming its lax gun laws for the deaths of Illinois citizens.
DURBIN (clip): When we traced criminal guns used in Illinois to kill people and commit serious crimes and tried to figure out where they were coming from, the largest supplier state to Illinois of guns was Mississippi.
ANGLE: Today, Mississippi Senator Trent Lott cried foul, saying he doubts Durbin's allegations are accurate and even accused him of violating a Senate rule against making offensive references to any U.S. state.
LOTT (clip): I think he owes my state an apology, and the days when everybody can use Mississippi as a whipping dog are over. We're not going to put up with that, and if I'd have been on the floor, I'd have called his hand.
ANGLE: Senator Trent Lott.
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Ke nu jurkad ti Mando'ade, burc'ya!
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This is the address I have
824 A Dodsworth Ave
Covina CA 91724
And I only know his first name. Are you sure his last name is Chaboya?
I got this off paypal:
Business Name:
Fan Made Creations
Business Contact Information
Customer Service Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Customer Service Phone: 626-665-8509
That's based on the state as far as Larceny vs. Grand Larceny. In Oklahoma its over $500 is Grand and a felony. Gary is in California. However, I am pretty sure that his real name is no Chaboya. He let it slip in a conversation once that he was using the info of a former employee that helped him from time to time. He is a real ****** for what he has done and I am sorry for the damage he has caused. I can only hope that he sees the errors of his ways and fesses up to the damage done.
also found this based on his yahoo email:
says he is 38 from west covina:
What happened to his ebay "business"? 17 positive feedback, 6 neutral, and 5 negative(nice)
Here goes more important data !!!!
Fan Made Creations 824 "A" Dodsworth Ave.
Covina, California 91724
Now we can knock on his door !!!!
Yeah, that's the address I have. I am on vacation next week, but I will be in the LA area the following week. Heck, I might even record the meeting on my phone and post it to Youtube.
I must be one of the relatively lucky ones. I received my blaster bought on bay but only after a couple of months and a paypal dispute. My policies are pretty simple: if I haven't bought from someone before I will always initiate a claim/dispute with ebay and/or pay pal before the end of the 45 day period if I haven't received the goods (45 days is long enough to mail anything anywhere). The problem does arise that ebay and pay pal don't appear to give a poop about the quality of the merchandise their sellers sell. As long as there is a proof of postage they regard that as contract fulfilled. I got stung that way by evolution who basically sold me a pile of **** and I had no recourse. Basic rule of thumb for Internet purchases: caveat emptor!
That sux berkal, I figured a fellow member wouldnt screw over people on here, I sent the paypal as a gift too to save him on paypal funds. Really shot myself in the foot doing that.
I have some good advice for everyone here I would be very careful with the wording and supposed intent of your posts. All the passing of his address and statements bordering threats are a real danger for yourself. Saying you'll go by his house combined with repeated posting of his personal info can be viewed as harrassment. I know MANY of you have lost $$ and there is no way around it being ripped off sucks but everyone has friends even him and if someone crosses the line and goes and does something stupid to his home he would have no shortage of people to point a finger at. I do not agree with his business practices so dont take this the wrong way I am just bringing the point up. He could be using puppet accounts to continue selling
stuff and following the show as we speak. I know the reality is that most people will never get anything from him and this is just a place to blow off the steam that builds up but just be smart and stay on the right side of the line. Woody
I agree also. We should be always in the legal area, but i do not thing that a visit to remind him that we know where he is could make any harm. It is easy to ripp off one guy when he is thousand of miles away, but if you have it in front of you..... i do not think he will.....
On the other hand, we need a Lawyer in order to file a collective claim.
Thanks for your advice
I agree also, however it is not harassment. We are not sending any harassing notes as such. He is a businessman and selling his wares we are entitled to know where his place of business is- his address. No one is talking about going to his house and demanding money or intimidating him into paying what he owes. We simply would like someone to visit him to see why he is not responding to people he did business with and has not fulfilled his end of the deal. I do not wish him any ill will, I/we would only like what is do to us.
There are several people agreeing to go to his house what are they going to do when they get there, ask/demand where the stuff is or ask for the money back of course. It's a very grey area for sure but if you came to my house and I didnt know you and you made demands of me and asked for your $$ back I would call the police and then he (the bad guy in the first place)
would become the good in the eyes of the law at that point. This is the idea I was trying to bring up. I DO NOT AGREE WITH HIS ACTIONS AT ALL. You guys know me as one of the goods guys here. I just dont wanna find out a TDH brother was arrested for beating him up for their money. LOL!
Ask my old lady about the snake in my boot!
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I see no problem with going to his house or place of business. I went to Reinone's house near San Diego in person with a friend and had my friend serve him with small claims paperwork. He came out all huffy-puffy. Come on dude really, we're both big dudes........and cops (he didn't know that). I say ask in person. If he tells you pound sand and get off his property, I'd do it. Trying to collect is not harrassment. If he does call the cops, the answer, (as long as there were no threats or assaults), would be to take it to civil court, at least for the people who live in California. I won my judgment, of course I will see nothing, and Reinone didn't show ( I live 5 hours North of him), but it goes on his credit and might effect future loans or purchases.
Hey guys my friend was also ripped off by this scum....so he would be glad to know something might happen to him
Its amazing how many people are comming out of the woodwork. He really did screw over a lot of people huh.


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Crimont Hall is located at 1321 North Standard Street
Crimont Hall is a three-story, under-class building, housing predominantly first-year students. The first floor houses men, while the second and third floors house women. Crimont is a part of the Midwestern Block, which also includes Dillon, Goller, Dooley, and Cushing Halls. The building is staffed by three Resident Assistants (RAs). Crimont is a close-knit community as a smaller hall, and many students enjoy the family feel of the community there. Crimont is also home to an annual Block Haunted House, hosted in the myriad rooms of the basement.
- Co-ed by floor (1st: male, 2nd: female, 3rd: female)
- 1st year students
- Traditional corridor style (most rooms are double occupancy)
- 3 floors
- 3 RAs
- Pool table, air hockey table, TVs, DVD players, piano, bike storage provided in common room spaces
- 1 lounge and kitchen per floor, several common spaces in the basement including a movie room and several study rooms
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It was July 8, 1954, and a fresh-faced Martindale was working as a disc jockey at WHBQ in Memphis. He was at the studio when legendary producer Sam Phillips brought by an acetate copy of the song Presley cut at Phillips' Sun Records.
DJ Dewey Phillips - no relation to Sam - played the song on his influential "Red, Hot and Blue" radio show, and rock n' roll history was made.


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a red christmas shoe 4 jaylee
a red christmas shoe 4 jaylee
And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger.
- St. Luke ii.
I bought an angel ornament for my son.
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
We bought two packages of Andes mints; they are a tradition that always go in a special tin that I bought about twenty-five years ago.
bought more Christmas decorations i cannot help it
And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger.
- St. Luke ii.
bought two things online; a sparkly church christmas ornament, and a cd called "Christmas with the Canadian Brass and the Great Organ of St. Patrick's Cathedral." I have had the lp for many years, but wanted it on cd.
I found tiny little miniature tree decorations for my son's little 2 foot tree!! I got him tiny little beaded garland, and a tiny little star for the top!
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
I bought a faux spruce tree with real pinecones. It was marked down from $14.99 to $1.49.
"Hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him Lord of all."
Wrapping paper on sale
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
In the post Christmas sales .... I bought some wrapping paper, a couple of pretty pillar candles, 6 white finial tree decorations and 6 glass baubles .......
I couldn't resist !!!!
I got 2 rudolph candles..
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)


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Sooooo a bit of a performance related question, should I have any trouble running the game with an intel core 2 duo, ati radeon 5850, and 4 gigs of ram?
Sooooo a bit of a performance related question, should I have any trouble running the game with an intel core 2 duo, ati radeon 5850, and 4 gigs of ram?
I am a great tank driver
Is there a Facepunch server running?
I just got a 9 kill with a well placed RPG shot
Every time I've played Métro, I keep out of the way of groups of teammates. And unsurprisingly, I don't die from explosives on a regular basis. It's a fun map, a very linear map, but fun. As long as you stop bunching up with teammates for no real reason.
32 player Metro is actually p fun, though I still think it's a poorly designed map.
I dunno, I play the game on PS3 and conquest Metro is still a massive imbalanced clusterfuck even with only 24 players.
Rush Metro on the other hand is good fun.
I love this so much, since the latest patch, I can't play at all, the mouse lag is so heavy it's like the mouse is stuck in some slow-motion, or it doesn't respond at all for some seconds... I had no problems like this at all at launch, what the hell did they do in these patches?
If I join the tide of players uselessly trying to throw grenades, spam shotguns/M320's in the halls on Op Metro, I find it annoying, and just one big point grabbing fest. But, if I play the game in a style that I like; flanking the enemy from behind, either at the bottom/top of the escalators or behind the opposing team in the halls, I find it good fun, but still getting me a decent amount of points.
I'm baaaack.
I bet no one from the Battlefield V3 thread is still here.
Colour blind mode is truly awful.
I'm red green colour deficient and it makes it harder for me to play with it on
Anyone want to get together VOIP squad for EU?
NateLB I pre-ordered, my main account.
Gah, I feel so bad when stealing people's vehicles
but it's enemy vehicles
they'll roll up in an ITV and the gunner's popping away and suddenly his ITV stops and he starts shooting in every direction
such an easy double kill
People on the same team though, like when they go out to repair
well you're probably better than them with the vehicle so whatever
Well when I repair my vehicle I usually want someone to get in just to make sure no one else steals it/they cover me, just so long as they let me get in the driver seat after I'm done.
Haha, just played a round of TDM. I didn't know if we were winning or losing, but just before the end of the round I threw a grenade and someone happened to run right into it.
The round ended as the grenade exploded and the game displayed "YOUR TEAM HAS WON".
It was nice.
Are you guys tired of longass load times on vanilla maps?
[h2]WELL I HAVE FOUND THE SOLUTION GOD DAMN HOLY SHIT[/h2]
(you'll need a 12+GB flash drive for this)
Download awxLink and install it
If the installer gets stuck at "finishing installing", force close it, open elevated command prompt and type
Regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\arniWORX\awxLink\awxLink.dll"
Now go to your BF3 directory, cut /Data/ and paste it onto your flash drive
Right click drag Data from your flash drive to BF3 directory again, select "create junction point here" from the context menu
Rename "Junction Point to Data" to just "Data"
Join a server and be amazed
My game used to load so slowly, that most of the time I missed the first two Rush objectives
After doing this, I load first
I'm not even kidding, it works THAT well
And I'm using a Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB, which isn't even that fast
Wow I'm getting rated dumb for trying to help people
my loading times aren't even that bad it takes about 10 seconds


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In-school ads: Get them up quickly
This year's tough school budget would have been at least a little bit easier on everyone had the board approved an advertising policy years ago. For a district struggling to make ends meet in a bad economy, the sooner sponsors can be found, the better.
The board placed sensible restrictions on any advertisements. They may not promote "tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, gambling or weapons" or include "obscene or sexually explicit language" or advance "any religious or political organization and/or message" or candidate for elected office, as our city hall reporter explained on Wednesday.
As we have noted before, children's educational programming on PBS is sponsored by Chuck-E-Cheese's. The Verizon Wireless Arena, where high school graduations take place, is filled with ads. There is nothing inherently wrong with combining education and advertising. If done well, it is a responsible way to fund education without further burdening taxpayers.


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A helicopter belonging to former World Rally Champion Colin McRae has been involved in a fatal accident in Scotland.
According to Sky News, the aircraft that came down close to McRae's home near Lanark at around 4.00pm was registered to the 1995 world champion and suffered extensive damage in the incident.
Strathcylde police says there have been no survivors, although it is not yet known if McRae was onboard.
"It is not known how many people were on board at this time and there will be no formal identification of anyone on board this evening," a police statement read. "The Air Accidents Investigation team are en route to establish the cause of the crash."
More to follow as and when it becomes available.
Condolences to friends and family.
A nice Tribute video worth watching:
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- A 501(c)(3) Nonprofit: employment at a nonprofit organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is qualifying employment. While you may be employed in any position, the Department of Education has indicated that religious instruction, worship services or any form of proselytizing is not qualifying employment. If you are employed by a 501(c)(3) organization that engages in these activities, at least 30 hours or more of your time must be spent on other qualifying activities.
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- A private "public service organization": a private public service organization is a nonprofit organization (that is not organized under Section 501(c)(3)) that provides the following services: emergency management; military service; public safety;law enforcement; public interest law services; early childhood education (including licensed or regulated health care, Head Start, and State funded pre-kindergarten); public service for individuals with disabilities and the elderly; public health (including nurses, nurse practitioners, nurses in a clinical setting, and full-time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations and health care support occupations, as such terms are defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics); public education; public library services; school library or other school-based services.
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- Or, unless the qualifying employment is with two or more employers, the number of hours the employer considers full-time.
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- Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR);
- Income-Based Repayment (IBR);
- Pay As You Earn
IBR, ICR or Pay As You Earn will be the preferred repayment plans for most borrowers earning PSLF because they will help ensure your monthly payments are affordable and that you receive the full forgiveness you have earned in return for your public service. You can learn more about these income-driven repayment plans here.
Step 4: Apply for forgiveness!
After you make your 120th qualifying payment, you will need to submit the PSLF application to receive loan forgiveness. The application is under development and will be available before October 2017, which is the earliest that borrowers will begin to be eligible to apply for forgiveness. You must be working for a qualifying public service organization at the time you submit the application for forgiveness and at the time the remaining balance on your loan is forgiven.
In the meantime, you should keep track of your employment!
You will have to show the Department of Education that you have been working in qualifying employment. Therefore, it is important that you keep copies of your W-2s, pay stubs and any other documents you may have that will show your employment history.
In addition to keeping this documentation, you should submit regularly the Employment Certification for Public Service Loan Forgiveness form created by the Department of Education to assist you in tracking your periods of qualifying employment and your qualifying payments. It also will provide you with some certainty that your employment qualifies.
- Dear Borrower Letter
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After you submit the form, you will be notified whether your employment qualifies, the total number of qualifying payments you have made and how many payments still need to be made before you qualify and can apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. While use of the form is not required, it is the only way the Department of Education's loan servicer will keep track of your progress toward meeting the PSLF eligibility requirements. We suggest you submit the form annually. You also may use the form to cover more than one employer.
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Domestic Goddess DJ Deb from Goulburn- now with audio
03/03/2013 , 9:55 AM by Helen Clare
Deb McElroy, pictured left, is the Domestic Champion Sunday DJ and on air with me now (Sunday March 3, 2013).
Her friend Sarah, on the right, is the one who nominated her as someone super organised who always seems to have matters on the home front completely under control.
As it turns out, Deb's made a job out of de-cluttering and organising for other people so you can expect to hear more tips and discussion about the very practical matter of organising your home life in between hearing the songs she's chosen for the morning!
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According to Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Bears are expected to re-sign cornerback Kelvin Haydnen.
Per McClure's Twitter account:
"Kelvin Hayden expected to re_sign with Bears, according to source. Nothing official just yet."
Hayden was signed last offseason to a one-year deal. The eight-year veteran began 2012 as the primary backup to starters Charles Tillman and Tim Jennings, starting two games late in the campaign in place of the injured Jennings.
Midway through the season, Hayden leapfrogged D.J. Moore for Chicago's nickelback role. He ended the year with 37 total tackles and one interception, while breaking up five passes.
A four-year starter for the Indianapolis Colts from 2007-2010, Hayden hit free agency this offseason with the hopes of again securing a starting gig. Amidst a saturated free-agent cornerback market, it appears Hayden, who turns 30 in July, was unable to find a suitor. As a result, he'll likely return to the Bears for the veteran minimum salary - $840,000 for an eight-year veteran - which he did last year as well.
Along with recent free-agent acquisitions Steve Maneri, Turk McBride, D.J. Williams, James Anderson and Jonathan Scott, Hayden is just the next in an increasingly long line of cheap veterans GM Phil Emery is using to round out the roster. This will be his only option going forward, as the Bears have roughly $4 million left in cap space.
Jeremy Stoltz is Publisher of BearReport.com and a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. Follow Bear Report on Twitter and discuss this topic on our message boards. To become a subscriber to the Bear Report Web site or magazine, click here.


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Re: Redundancy National Park
I love it, it's great, and I like it a lot.
Cooper was a good choice, too.
Re: Wyoming Sunrise
I really like this a lot. I'm surprised it doesn't have more votes. I will help. +1
BootsBoots, as always, you are a delight. This had my vote yesterday, but I figured it was worth a comment as well.
Misskari wrote:I was blown away when I saw the skull... Very cool.
I didn't even notice until you said something. Very cool indeed.
Re: Ah, a BEAR!
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Re: Fresh landscape
Voted on this yesterday, but figured I may as well add a comment too. Very nice work.
Great colors!
odysseyroc wrote:I love the concept and the drawing, but I don't like the shirt color at all. I'd be in for one on a different shirt color.
how could it be on another color? this way it looks like an actual mnt.
GMV... what does GMV mean?
endangeredomega wrote:Really like the style on this (and last week's chicken as well.) Very impressed at how much you've done here with only 3 colours. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your entries in the weeks to come - shirt.woot can certainly use an injection of fresh talent!
Thanks Endangeredomega, I really appreciate your comment!
Re: Bagel Bear Park
i am completely bewildered as i try to find some way that this fits the theme of national parks and its not just a rehashed idea that didnt work for the last derby and doesnt work for this one
Re: Thanks Dad. This is great!
man, i love this. i dont like to wear humerous tees, but i may buy one for someone else WHEN this prints.
capedcrusader514 wrote:In honor of colbert I'm going to call this MASSIVE. I don't normally like/appreciate/respect cute but this is good. Very nice.
that show and the host are just too popular for their own good
Re: Dirtybottom Park
Nice. Eddy Murphy says this in his stand-up bit "Delirious".
jasneko wrote:Ok, trying another version with some suggested modifications by JesseByah... also decided to try it on Kelly, which was the other color I was considering.
Feedback and votes much appreciated.
Cute!!! I love the way it turned out, and the kelly green was a great choice. Looks like your other version is getting more attention, but this one is more on-theme. I like them both, my favorite is still the bear with the mouth full of bagel Good luck, hopefully you'll get more feedback on both of them!
BaldBob007 wrote:I really like this a lot. I'm surprised it doesn't have more votes. I will help. +1
very much appreciated!
Re: A Breath of Fresh Air
great job on not using unnecessary decorative halftones and glow-y color schemes as a way of pandering to the lowest common demoninator to ensure that you get another paycheck.
however i think this should be rejected based on similarities to existing shirts.
lets see how it plays out!
Misskari wrote:Great colors!
thank you!
I really like it. I love the lungs idea.
billratio wrote:how could it be on another color? this way it looks like an actual mnt.
GMV... what does GMV mean?
Got My Vote ;)
Re: The Last Park
even if its more "city park", I love the design.
laughtrack wrote:Is that Robin on the Mt. Rushmore of superheroes?? Why don't you put Gleek up there while you're at it...
I was thinking it looked more like Booster Gold, personally.
ummm not original...
endangeredomega wrote:I was thinking it looked more like Booster Gold, personally.
I thought he was going for Green Lantern.
billratio wrote:no video games
I think we all know what the rule means. It means no referencing to videogames as in Zelda, Halo, Tetris etc. Not "videogames" as in the act of playing. I think its tough because the word "videogame" means two things. Check the analogy.
Television is to Videogames as TV Shows are to Videogames.
If the rule was for TV it would make more sense because it would say "No TV Show references" which doesn't mean you can't have a TV set in your design. Likewise if the rule was to stop the use of famous literary works, it wouldn't mean that having a blank book on the shelf would be breaking the rules. It just means don't rip off a famous story.
The rule is there to stop the use of videogame characters, environments and such where you say "OH WOW! I LOVE MARIO TOO! +1"
BUT if the rule means that there can't be an empty unlabeled arcade cabinet in the background or original fictional characters can't even play games "allegedly" even though its not on a specific device and refers to no "videogame", well then prove he's not watching a movie.
Re: Bob Ross National Park
I don't think I'd wear it, but it's a very funny idea!
Re: Lost Souls Cavern
You never fail to impress. This is quite incredible. I wouldn't wear something like this; but I would definitely like to see pics of the print if you place.
love it
Re: Carnivore Valley Park
Def cool.
Re: Our Newest Park!
I have to agree that the font you used/created/tweaked is awesome. I think using halftones for the moon would ruin the desired effect (in my perception).
jerroul wrote:I see a similar base concept, but different artistry,
I agree that this shirt is actually better than the other one. That doesn't change the fact that it is based on the exact same idea.
I don't get the text on the other shirt either, but what I do get is that they are basically the same shirt. One may be better or have a different "feel" but they are really the same shirt.
jgwyther wrote:Nice. Eddy Murphy says this in his stand-up bit "Delirious".
Ah thanks! I was trying to remember where I first heard the joke and couldn't. That makes sense, though, because I loved delirious and raw when I was a kid.
My roommates and I used to watch Bob Ross reruns on some weirdo channels in college. This shirt will get rejected though.
Re: Seredipity National Park
The poor air quality caused me to misspell a word. So, this is a re-sub with the corrected spelling. I hope.
Re: Giant Sequoia
I usually love your work, tgentry, but I'm not really seeing the theme with this one. I'm hoping woot expected more from this theme than simply more tree shirts to add to the countless others out there. And while it's certainly a better illustration than most tree shirts (and a change from the usual round, deciduous tree designs) but I don't think I'd wear it.
Re: Damnit
You MANIACS!!!!
As Ramy illustrations go, this one is definitely a cut above his usual ones. Props for that. Unfortunately, the design is far from original. Lung shirts are old hat, and there are specifically tree lung shirts out there as well which ought to merit rejection.
Likewise, I have the same issue with this one as tgentry's: I expect more from a "national park" theme than trees with no other context in their setting. These entries could both have been entered into the flora or tree derbies without any changes.
jmmbell1987 wrote: Likewise, I have the same issue with this one as tgentry's: I expect more from a "national park" theme than trees with no other context in their setting. These entries could both have been entered into the flora or tree derbies without any changes.
I thought the same thing although... TGentry's shirt is a specific type of tree: a redwood which is a specific national park in Norther California. I'm still on the fence though about it.
This one: no fence; no question.
Re: Night Walk
I like it! He does look a bit like Zero from NBC, but that's ok. Fun shirt for Halloween!
Re: Bear. In. Station. Wagon.
What a charming, offbeat design. Also, I'm a writing tutor, and this shirt might prove helpful.
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I am an analyst in the microbiology laboratory at a modest-sized pharmaceutical manufacturing company. For those of you that are familiar with pharmaceutical microbiology at a sterile manufacturing site, you would understand why the discussion of the laboratory studies on copper as an actual self-sanitizing material would be interesting. For the most part you talked about possible applications in hospitals, but I would love to hear Michael Schmidt's (and others') opinion on possible manufacturing design changes if the FDA were to ever support them. Currently, Laminar Flow Hoods, Isolators, and most equipment in a sterile facility seems to be made out of 316 stainless steel. You already mentioned that stainless steel can easily harbor bacteria on its surface, but would using copper as an alternative really be that much more effective? Stainless steel can be polished smooth enough to ensure no bacteria hide in cracks or irregularities in the surface when sanitizing agents
are used. Speaking of sanitizing agents, could you even hope to sanitize a copper material with a strong oxidizer like bleach or hydrogen peroxide? Even an autoclave would be brutal on copper utensils such as forceps or hemostats. You would almost be making disposable metal materials. I would love to see what the minimum concentration of copper you would need in an alloy in order to keep a 10^3 or possibly even 10^6 reduction in microorganisms! Also, I'd be very interested in seeing how a spore-forming organism reacts to contact with copper. Is the spore-formation process quick enough to save a Bacillus species organism from certain death? These are the kinds of questions that popped into my mind immediately, and I'd love to hear your take(s) on them.
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- Sean Kelly 64
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- Ryan Smith 68
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Boreham Wood ply their trade in the Southern Counties League and - in the first half at least - the gulf in class was blatantly obvious. On the rare occasions the hosts got the ball, they quickly gave it away. To nobody's surprise, the chances and goals flowed for Arsenal.
Van Persie set the ball rolling in the sixth minute. Alexander Hleb found Reyes after a darting run and the Spaniard cut inside before firing a left-foot shot goalwards. The ball was blocked but span up invitingly for Van Persie, who volleyed past Steve Corry.
Mathieu Flamini went through next but ventured too wide after taking the ball around the keeper. Then Van Persie was denied a second by Mark Smith's timely block.
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Pires was next to try his luck. He slid the ball just wide after a neat interchange with Van Persie and was off target again a minute later.
It was as one-sided an opening as you'll see. Boreham Wood stemmed the flow temporarily but Arsenal turned the screw again as half-time approached. Reyes had gone close on a number of occasions and finally opened his account from the spot after Marvin Samuel's trip.
Goals four and five quickly followed. First Pires applied the finishing touch, slotting home a loose ball after Corry had parried a free-kick from Van Persie and Flamini's follow-up. Then Reyes curled a delicious shot into the corner.
A thrashing looked on the cards but a raft of Arsenal substitutions and Boreham Wood's admirable second-half response gave the scoreline more respectability.
Ten minutes after the restart Greg Morgan picked out Chris Bangura and he played a perfect through ball to Archer. The striker outpaced the Arsenal back four, won a challenge with Michael Jordan and rolled the ball into an empty net.
Boreham Wood's sterling efforts were soon rewarded with a second goal. Cooper was brought down by substitute Sean Kelly and netted the penalty himself.
Samuel lashed over soon after but that was as good as it got for the hosts. Pires, Van Persie and Hleb were all withdrawn but Reyes stayed on and continued to enjoy himself. He completed his hat-trick with his second penalty of the night.
Arsenal could have had more. Patrick Cregg lifted Quincy's low shot over the bar and another sub, Arturo Lupoli, almost squeezed a shot in at the near post. The Italian went close again before Quincy fired wide with the last chance of an entertaining night.
Not surprisingly, the crowd left happy - after all, who needs Craig when you've got Cregg?
Reyes stretches for the ballAlexander Hleb holds off his manJustin Hoyte receives a lunging tackleMathieu Flamini wins a challengeJose Antonio sprints for goalAlex Hleb shows some ball trickery
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I'm also surprise that wrath is above TBC, i guess, if this poll was made 1-2 years ago, TBC would still be king (as a matter of fact, i have seen quite a few of this kind of poll, pre-mop, TBC always end up ahead)
For this reason, i agree that, there must be a good part of old school gamer (not all of them obviously, since vanilla - tbc still got vote) that just moved on, that is not only don't play the game anymore but don't come to these forums.
It's not big secret that they have been huge turnover of player in wow, in fact, from the people i was raiding with back in TBC, maybe only a few remains, the vast majority have quit (me included). i still keep teamspeak contact with old friend, bot not ingame, $15 just to chat is pushing it.
So yes, since the population of wow has barely changed since TBC (11 millions at the end of TBC, 10 millions at the begining of MOP), i suppose that there are as much new player that came into the game, most possibly durring the wrath period, which explain the poll.
The problem with wrath, is that it alternate the best and the worse. Naxx 80 was awful, boring and far far too easy. Ulduar was maybe the greatest raid of all wow. ToC possibly the worst raid tier of all Wow. ICC was ok, but i did not like the constant nerfing. Or more exactly, i feel that people that clear it pre nerf should have something special. title or tabard, or mount, anything.
I agree that the first 6 month of cataclysm were great. Nice leveling, though the zone were too far apart, the dungeaon heroics were fun and challenging, people needed to manage mana and use crowd control spell, really fun. being able to cheat the dungeon finder with item in bags were a big mistake from blizz, which contribute to the general feeling that dungeons were too hard, which there were not.
Raid were interesting, nice trash pack in BoT, nicest trash pack we have had in a very long time. Interesting mechnics for the boss.
But the quality degrade after that. No raid in 4.1, just two rehash 5 man content. 7 boss raid in 4.2 and 8 boss in 4.3. It's not so much the number of boss, but the design of the boss, especially in 4.3 Far too repetitive, often enough, DS boss had 2 phase that just repeat until enrage. Deathwing could be one of the most repetitive and boring fight of the game, as bad as raid boss from molten core.
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Nov. 13, 2012
Tennessee: 3-2 (1-0 SEC)
Kentucky: 1-4 (0-2 SEC)
Duke: 1-3
Colorado State: No Men's Team
The Vols' Last Event: The Vols lost 176.5-123.5 to Ohio State at home last week. Sophomore Tristan Slater again led the way again by winning the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM for the Vols. Freshman Sean Lehane enjoyed his first career two-win day by sweeping first the 100 and 200 backstroke. Mauricio Robles won the 1-meter springboard in a career-best score of 361.43.
Last Year's Tennessee Invitational: The Vols finished third at last year's Tennessee Invitational, behind Louisville and LSU and ahead of Kentucky and Southern Illinois. Mauricio Robles had a historic performance in his first collegiate diving competition on the tower, becoming the second UT diver to crack 400 points on the platform. Tristan Slater picked up his first collegiate win in the 400 IM and Ricky Henahan won the 100 backstroke.
In the Rankings: The Vols are the only ranked team in the field at No. 13
Tennessee: 5-0 (1-0 SEC)
Kentucky: 1-5 (0-2 SEC)
Duke: 5-0
Colorado State: 0-5
The Lady Vols' Last Event: The Lady Vols stayed perfect on the season with a 191-109 victory over Ohio State last week, winning 15-of-16 events in the process. Lindsay Gendron, who was named SEC Swimmer of the Week, won three events for the third meet in a row, taking first in the 200, 500 and 1000 freestyle events. She has top-10 times in the country in four freestyle events, including first in the 1650. Senior Kelsey Floyd picked up three victories for the second-consecutive week, touching the wall first in the 100 and 200 butterfly and the 200 IM. Faith Johnson swept the 50 and 100 freestyles and was honored as SEC Freshman of the Week for the first time.
Last Year's Tennessee Invitational: Last season, the Lady Vols finished second in the seven-team field at the Invitational. Texas A&M won the tournament. Lindsay Gendron provided the Lady Vols' lone individual win, taking first in the 200 freestyle. The morning preliminaries were conducted in long-course format so that swimmers could record Olympic Trial qualifying times.
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I wish I still had the keyboard here to see exactly what you mean, but I don't recall having much of a problem or thinking that there would be a problem. For sheer speed, I don't think I could ever use such a keyboard though. It would take me a while to get used to.
If you want, I can copy/paste your post here and send it to Logitech as well, to make sure it reaches the right people.
Ergonomic or not?: That's the question ...
Certainly the new (Cordless) Desktop Wave from Logitech is a comfortable keyboard - because of the ergonomic forms and the "wave format".
But - is this keyboard really ergonomic?
Before answering I'd like to tell you what I'm expecting of use of a keyboard. And that is simply to get the most of output of it, means: having possibility typing very, very fast (I make about 315 typings per minute). A "normal" keyboard would shortly cause some physical problems - in form of some pain in hands and fingers.
For these reasons I need an ergonomic keyboard.
Wave keyboard of Logitech has a round, so ergonomic, format; in addition, a new idea is here being realized: the wave form; therefore, I bought it yesterday.
Unfortunatedly, designers of Logitech, in their will to create an ergonomic keyboard with Wave Keyboard, made a capital error positioning the "sticks" to raise keyboard in front of it instead in rear: NOBODY types normally with raisen fingers, but with fingers falling down ... In other words: natural position of hands/fingers means that hands as prolonged of arms have to go downside, not upside - if not, longer typing ends getting pain in arms, hands and fingers. Remember: ergonomic typing necessites, that hands/fingers COME DOWN to keyboard, so hands have to take a raised position compared to keyboard! Trying this out is very simply and quickly ...
Therefore, I think that Logitech Desktop Wave keyboard, being inconsequent in so far, did not reach ergonomic purpose to 100%. If I would create a comfortable, ergonomic keyboard, I have to respect ALL aspects of natural design of human body.
I still reported this problem to support of Logitech, which promised to me to inform design department of Logitech about my critics. Waiting thinking this ergonomic inconsequence, I would ask Logitech here again in one word: WHY [create a wave format, but in mean time force users to raise hands/fingers when typing - instead of giving user the possibility to lower hands/fingers] ??? ... ... ... ...
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|Rob Williams
Structurally, it didn't blow me away, but I didn't find it to be that flimsy. I am not sure what DUO you mean, but I haven't found any current keyboards to feel that cheaply made. My main computer uses a $40 wired Logitech keyboard I picked up at some B&M and I find it's been pretty solid overall.
> "And more importantly does it "feel" like it could break/twist when picked up with one hand from either the bottom left or right. These two points seem to be the weakest in the old design."
From what I recall, no. I gave the keyboard back once the review was published, so I can't go back and give it that exact test, but I don't remember it being like that. I have a Logitech PS3 keyboard here that IS like that though.
That all said, from what you describe... no it's not a cheaply made keyboard. It's light, but I don't think it's flimsy to the degree that you describe.
design strength?
To be honest this keyboard looks like another release along the mx duo. What does spring to mind is, does it still have the one serious flaw the whole range has had since the early release. This flaw is the structure of the keyboard, the DUO series were renown for breaking from simply picking up the keyboard and moving it. The plastic frame, not designed well enough, would twist diagonally when picked up. This put stress on the frame and bang, your keyboard is broken only after short period of time. What I would like to know is, its weight compared to the DUO series and MX series. And more importantly does it "feel" like it could break/twist when picked up with one hand from either the bottom left or right. These two points seem to be the weakest in the old design.
Just to conclude, the fact that the keyboard is wireless proves that this device should be able to be moved easily without breaking. In my opinion a desktop keyboard that cannot be picked up and moved without unnecessary stress to its design, fails overall and shouldnt be recommended. Still I am a undying fan of logitechs equipment, its just a shame the early devices lacked a more sturdy design.
|Looks very nice. Would definitely consider it for an HTPC.
|Rob Williams
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Looking for a comfortable keyboard, but don't want to go the way of the ergo? Logitech's latest Wave keyboard is catering to you. The keys are laid out in a "Wave" pattern to contour to your hands and a palm-rest is added for additional comfort. Have Logitech come up with a winner?
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Over the past twenty years, however, everything has changed – data volumes have increased exponentially. Agencies now have access to data that is increasingly outside of their own organization – from social media, telcos, finance organizations, as well as more traditional intelligence. And much of the data is unstructured – word documents, transcripts, witness statements. All contribute to the big data problem, but these sources play an important role.
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China Plans To Scan Text Messages For Unhealthy Content... Five Years After Announcing The Same Thing
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Apparently, it's time for reruns. The NY Times is reporting that China is now planning to start scanning text messages for "unhealthy content," which is defined as including any of various (secret) keywords supplied by the police. Now, given the recent ramp up in attention paid to China's censorship efforts, this might be interesting... if it hadn't been announced five years ago. This is what the NY Times wants us to pay for? I guess if they block off their content behind a paywall, no one would be able to search the archives of the NY Times to find out that that great paper had covered the story five years ago itself (though, a couple months after we wrote about it).


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I just received my new bucket the other day (Same as Braks and Lynn's) . . .
So, in the name of accuracy, am I correct in thinking that the keyholes in the back on the original are actually cut out, with a backing placed in from behind for the computer chip?
I've got the tools to cut it out, I just want to make sure that I'm doing the right thing by doing that.


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The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Margaret Chan has underscored the importance of health as a prerequisite for sustainable development.
She was speaking at the official opening of the high-level Ministerial conference on health financing: Value for Money, Sustainability and Accountability in the Health Sector which is taking place in Tunis, Tunisia, from 4-5 July 2012.
More than 300 participants comprising Ministers of Health, Ministers of Finance and their representatives, parliamentarians, civil society organizations, private sector enterprises and representatives of bilateral and multilateral development partners are attending the conference organized by member agencies of the Harmonization for Health in Africa mechanism (HHA).
The event was officially opened by His Excellency Mr Hamadi Jebali, Prime Minister of Tunisia who called on African governments to meet their commitment to provide health for all.
In her remarks, Dr Chan noted that more and more African countries are being branded as middle-income countries and there is growing recognition by policy makers that improved health is a prerequisite for sustainable development. They recognize that the health sector when properly managed is important source of economic growth
The Director-General said: "What we must all face now is stagnation, probably even a decline in external funds made available for health development. This makes commitment of domestic funds for health and their wise use all the more important".
Dr Chan reminded delegates that more than a decade after the adoption of the landmark Abuja Declaration in April 2001, only six countries in the African continent have allocated 15% or more of their national budget to health. Even more disturbing is the fact that eleven countries are investing a mere $5 or less per person per year in health which is far less than the amount of money needed to care for those in need of health.
"This level of funding leaves the health system impoverished and does nothing to tackle the crippling shortage of health care workers that affect Africa most acutely. It impedes economic progress, puts a brake on development and keeps poor people as well as poor nations trapped in a cycle of poverty", she added.
She made a strong appeal to Finance Ministers and development partners to support the health sector citing that there is good economic case for this. The WHO Director-General underscored the importance cross-sectoral collaboration to identify ways of improving efficiency, value for money and accountability. She also placed emphasis on the need for an efficient system of health information to support decision making.
Speaking at the event, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Donald Kaberuka observed that although the African continent has made some progress, including improvement of some health indicators and this progress needs to be sustained. He called on delegates to seriously think about value for money and address inefficiencies in the health sector and how to sustain high impact interventions that can no longer be financed by development aid.
"We need to think about equity issues, access to coverage as we expand health services. It doesn't have to be spending more. It has to be spending more equitably. We cannot afford to make our systems to be inequitable because lack of inclusiveness, lack of equity, lack of access results in frustration and lack of sustainability," said Dr Kaberuka.
He urged delegates to take advantage of the technological wave and best practices across the world to improve health. He also reiterated AfDB's commitment to assist countries in their health development agenda.
The two-day conference is expected to end with the adoption of the Tunis Declaration on Value for Money, Sustainability and Accountability in the Health Sector.
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Amaco Ancient Jasper Question
Posted 27 September 2010 - 05:07 PM
"Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog."
Posted 29 September 2010 - 09:41 PM
It would be nice to have a glaze techie from Amoco chime in on this. Do you think they read our comments? I sure hope so. It would be nice if all the suppliers actually tried to help point us in the right direction every once in a while. This glaze is new, so perhaps we'll hear from them.
Posted 01 October 2010 - 03:04 PM
... It would be nice if all the suppliers actually tried to help point us in the right direction every once in a while.
Yes, it would... but in my experience they don't reply to questions emailed to them directly, so I wouldn't hold my breath that they will post here. I wouldn't treat my customers that way, but I guess that's pretty old-school these days.
Posted 02 October 2010 - 01:53 PM
"Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog."
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Posted 16 October 2010 - 11:09 AM
Has anyone tried this glaze? I just took Ancient Jasper out of the kiln. It is a beautiful dark eggplant color, but not what it was supposed to be. I fired the the load to ^6 with a slow cool (medium down to low then off to finish) it was a load of only reds and red/blacks. Refiring perhaps or not firing it with reds? I think I need to change my user name to the Frustrated Firer!
I absolutely love this glaze and has become a favorite of my clients. The problem that you are having is that you are not applying it thick enough. When I make or purchase a new glaze I always run a test piece putting rings of glaze starting with one coat at the bottom and then two, three and four, I top it off with a thick rim to get a drip break. What I found is that to get a more solid red you need to apply four heavy coats, if you only apply three coats then you get the dark almost black look. What I prefer is to apply three even coats and then apply a mottled coat so that some of the darker breaks come through, see attached picture. I fire to cone 6 oxidation.
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Posted 22 October 2010 - 01:30 PM
"Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog."
Posted 22 October 2010 - 03:17 PM
Many midrange and high fire glazes used by ceramic artists are what I call FLOAT glazes. These are the pretty glazes that tend to seperate out different colors in areas where the glazes are thicker. ANCIENT JASPER is this type of glaze and what it floating out is iron oxide. Iron is one of the more interesting colorants simply because it can be in so many different oxidation states. This simply means that it can make a ton of different colors. With any float glaze, enough thickness of glaze must be applied in order for the excess iron to float to the surface. If the glaze is thinly applied, the glaze will tend to be drier and a very unpleasant color.
This glaze was not developed where any massive amount of glaze needs to be applied. If it had needed this I would have told everyone on the label. We actually never had any issues getting red at all. I always try new glazes on all of our clay bodies to make sure there isn't some issue I need to know of. We also fire them at cone 5 and cone 6 to check stability. We found no issues with this glaze on either account. By now you probably saying, great but it didn't work for me. I will list some good parameters below for you to follow and I am 100% sure you will find this glaze simple to use and that it will yield great results.
1. Temperature: The red color is actually the first color to float and the use of more heat will tend to make it turn to the purples, yellows, browns and black. This means you will tend to see slightly (and I do mean slightly) more red at cone 5 than cone 6. No soak is needed for this glaze and actually soaking it will cause more red to fade into the other colors.
2. Thickness: The glaze must be applied with enough thickness to float the iron.
3. Kiln cycle: I fire all the glazes we develop in an electric kiln at fast, medium and slow speeds. Red color will be developed at all speeds but the faster the firing ~6 hours (tons of red) the better the results. I always quality check each batch at cone 5 in 8 hours. 10-12 hour cycles will cause more red to fade to the other colors. This is most critical within 200 defrees of peak. If your elements are weak and it takes the kiln a long time to achieve the last 200 degrees, you will find less red.
4. Cool down: No special cool down is needed nor will it help develop any red color. Letting the kiln simply shut off and cool naturally is all that is needed.
4. Clay Body: I have tested this on porcelain, typical stoneware bodies, bodies with grog, bodies without grog, brown colored bodies, etc. I develop red on all of them. I have found that when using our #1 Porcelain slip that the color transition away from the red tones is very pronounced (although it makes a rainbow of the other colors). This is because for a cone 5 porcelain slip alot of soft flux is needed to tighten the body. The flux in the body mixes with the glaze and actually makes the glaze softer (simulating more heat).
5. Texture: This glaze loves texture and will make some incredible colors. The texture makes the glaze get thinner and thicker in areas. The thicker the glaze the easier it is for it to stay red. The thinner the glaze gets the hotter that area of glaze gets and it shifts to the other colors.
These simple tips should help everybody that wants to make ANCIENT JASPER work. I suggest running a few tests of glaze thickness in your next kiln load and follow the firing rules above. Three nice coats on any typical stoneware body, fired to cone 5 or 6 in 6-8 hours with no soak and no special cooling curve will yield pieces just like the ones we showed in the ads. These were just pots we made in the lab. Honestly I have never actually made a pot that didn't make colors just like those pieces.
I will attempt to post a few more photos here today and next week we will post a board I made with all of our clay bodies fired at slow, medium and fast so you can see the slight differences.
Let me know if this helps.
The photo files are too big to upload. I will have someone help me make them smaller for next week.
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Posted 22 October 2010 - 04:42 PM
These are photos of a pot made by Danny Meisinger of Spinning Earth Pottery. It shows how the red naturally breaks to other colors around texture.
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Posted 22 October 2010 - 08:13 PM
"Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog."
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"Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog."
Posted 08 November 2010 - 08:12 PM
"Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog."
Posted 11 November 2010 - 12:08 PM
May I suggest that I think you are correct in your assumption that you do not have enough glaze applied. I am going to tell you my thoughts on using any new glaze. I would make 6 small test tiles or extrusions (which ever is easier) out of your clay body. Glaze two of them with what you think is the correct amount of glaze (as recommended by the manufacturer and using your glazing technique), glaze two with what you think is not enough glaze and two with what you think is too much glaze. Make sure you actually make an appreciably different application of glaze on the three sets. Fire one of each application thickness laying down (simulates a plate, etc) and fire the other three standing up vertically (simulates a cup or bowl). Make sure you put them on a scrap piece of shelf in case they flow. In firing these pieces you will not only learn what the glaze looks like when it is correct, but you will also find out what it looks like when it is wrong. You will also see the amount of flow you might expect on pieces so you can compensate for this on your ware. Some glazes will show some very distinct differences in all these different applications and firing orientations and others will show very little. Hope this helps.
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"Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog."
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18 week beginning agility
Oskar graduated from obedience class last week. And he is now enrolled in an beginning agility class. He loves it! But i am thinking he will be about 100 lbs. is there anyone else with an OS GSD in agility? What have been your struggles? Do you think this type of work could put too much stress on his hips as he will be lugging around quite a bit of weight on them in the future?
So far we have taught him to put his muzzle on our hand when we say touch and introduced him to low jumps long tunnels and the a frame. He flys through it (happy puppy) I really want to do something with him and was a little wary of shutzhund because I dont want to do it improperly due to ignorance and mess up an otherwise sociable happy pup.
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No real experience there. Titan is 85 lbs and we are looking into agility.. but, what makes you think he will be that big? You can also keep him on the slimmer side, for joint purposes.
You keep him lean and fit, he'll do just fine. Won't run the course like a 45 pound Border Collie but that's fine. :)
He is 50+ at 18 weeks all paws... His dad was about a 100 too. We will see we definitely plan on keeping him lean. He just seems to love it so I want to encourage it... I figure he might not be the most graceful dog but as long as its safe he might be the happiest :)
I just wasn't sure how good it would be for his joints. No signs of pano or a weird gait. He also doesn't mind being tossed around by other dogs when they play and he sleeps on his back feet up in the air so I suppose he isn't uncomfortable. I just worry after reading other people's stories about pano and bad hips etc
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Just make sure to keep him in good condition. Many agility people are just "weekend warriors" who don't do much to keep their dog in shape. Good conditioning goes a long way towards a healthy agility career, especially for the big guys. One of mine is 90lbs.
18 weeks is pretty young to be doing much agility training anyway. At this age I'd be starting body awareness exercises if you haven't already. Perch work (teaching the dog to put his front feet on a bowl and rotate his back feet around it), walking through ladders on the ground, etc. And continue those exercises as your dog grows.
At his size/age, there's no way to say how big he'll get. Frag was about that size at that age - he grew QUICK. Then stopped, right around 75/80lbs. His dad was 120 fwiw.
Patton is growing slowly and is still small, but I fully expect him to reach standard.
That said, there should be no harm - there are much larger dogs than GSDs that run agility just fine.
I would however, stop jumping him and doing contact work NOW or you WILL have joint problems. I would not jump a GSD even 4 inches until at least 8 months - and I would stay there until a year. Teach the standards, wraps, crosses on the flat, you can work on a 2o2o if you want with stairs or a plank. Work on engagement and DRIVE. Targeting, sends, and lots of tunnels/chutes. No weaves until at least a year old.
Patton is almost 6 months old - he can send to a tunnel pretty well, wrap the jump standards, cross with me, and keep up. He's been on a wobble board and walked across dog walk planks on the ground and gotten to be around all of the equipment.
But some of it is just not safe for growing puppies because of the impact it places on their little (ok, huge..) bodies.
eta - I'm not sure where you're taking classes, but if they are recommended this for an 18 week old GSD, I would find a new place. You aren't that far from me - I can recommend a trainer in the Grand Rapids area that I drive an hour for class with if you'd like, and I also know a trainer in the Okemos area that may be offering agility training soon...
That said, if the classes are NOT being run by an instructor who knows what they are doing, and just having 'fun' classes then you should find someone else.
I recommended appropriate flatwork and handling, but what she is already doing is not appropriate, IMHO.
I am new to all of this and just took the advice of my trainer. I did not realize I was putting him at risk although I must add I am not sure how you stop a puppy from jumping. He jumps higher than the bar (which is set prob around 2 or 3 inches 6 x a week) anytime he has the chance.
I am more interested in what you all are talking about and would love for you to pm me the information about the trainer in grand rapids. It seems due to my ignorance I have chose a trainer who is not starting us in the right place. I will be talking with her about this on Wednesday.
Honestly I have never seen some of the things you guys showed me in the video and are discussing. I just wanted to sign him up for "work" oriented class and trusted my trainer to know/explain everything.
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