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The 2012 men's lacrosse season was a magical one for Canisius with a story-book ending.
After s slow start to the campaign, the Griffs won their final two regular-season games to qualify for their first MAAC Tournament in four years. Once there, the team then earned victories against conference rival Detroit and Siena, avenging early-season losses and earning the program's second conference championship. The Griffs then advanced to the NCAA Tournament and even held eventual champion Loyola to its closest halftime game during its tournament run.
But make no mistake about it, the team the Griffs put on the field in 2013 will not be defending a MAAC title. It doesn't, however, mean that the team cannot end in the same spot at the end of the season - on top of the MAAC.
"We lost 16 seniors to graduation," said head coach Randy Mearns. "It's a new team this year. Is it a chance to repeat? Not really because it is a completely different team.
"Now the question is how do you replace 75 percent of your scoring? How do you replace your starting goaltender for three years? How do you replace three of your starting defensemen? Those are hard guys to replace but I think we have some answers with the talent on our roster right now."
One answer may lie in the fact that while the senior class is no longer at Canisius, their message remains as the team looks to reach the pinnacle of the conference once again.
"We knew it was going to be a major challenge for us to replace that class," Mearns said. "The 16 seniors from last year had never made a conference tournament before so they pushed each other. They ran extra, they shot extra and they watched video extra. They did it all extra. At the end of the day, they got to the NCAA Tournament and that work ethic has now transferred over to this new team."
It's not only positive messages and work ethic that has been left behind in 2013 as plenty of talent can be seen roaming the Canisius sideline. Overall, the Griffs return 21 letterwinners to mix with 13 newcomers as the program attempts to win a second-consecutive conference crown.
"We think that we're talented," Mearns said. "We think that we're athletic, especially from the attack standpoint. We think that we have guys that can score, that can feed and that can defend. It looks good in practice but until we get into the games that count, it's still unproven.
"We see it as coaches and we're confident about it. We tell our guys that they can play and that they're good but until we get to the real game scenarios, its unproven."
The key for Canisius in 2013 is to now mix the talent returning with the newcomers and earn a spot in May's MAAC Tournament with a chance of winning another conference championship.
"We look at this season as we want to start by working hard every day in practice and go shift-by-shift in games," Mearns said. "Our ultimate goal is get to the conference tournament, which we are hosting and we haven't been in the last two times we've hosted. That's the first goal and everything that we do - every practice that we have and every game that we play, we have that goal in mind.
"If we reach our goal, then in May, with a full year under
their belts, inexperience isn't as much of an issue and anything can happen
with this team."
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Griffs during the 2013 season is how to replace the three starting attackmen from last season. During the 2012 campaign, two-time first-team All-MAAC selection Simon Giourmetakis, MAAC Championship MVP Jimmy Haney and Travis Gibbons combined to score 89 goals to go along with 32 assists.
Now, the Griffs face the daunting task of replacing the three highly-regarded seniors.
"Simon, Jimmy and Travis scored 89 goals together last season," Mearns said. "They worked really well together and had great chemistry. That's tough to replace but we've challenged our attack group to be better than those guys. We like where they're going and they're well on their way to getting to that level."
Four players are expected to fill the role of the three graduated players in senior Brendan Fox, sophomores Cody Gould and Austin Romantic and freshman Vince Gravino. The players have a combined 28 games of collegiate experience with seven points, three goals and four assists.
"We feel like there is a lot of talent in our attack," Mearns said. "We have a good group with players that are all fairly ambidextrous. Cody Gould played some minutes for us last year in the midfield and we moved him back into his natural spot as an attackman. He has high heat for a shot and has really worked on his vision and athleticism. We are pretty confident his skills.
"Austin Romantic seems to be a little more of the quarterback of the group. He learned from Jimmy Haney the whole entire season last year and now is ready to make that position his own.
"Vince Gravino is a freshman who has really taken advantage
of some of his opportunities and is battling Brendan Fox for that third
position. Vince has good change of direction,
can create his own shot and has good vision, while Brendan has more of a
Canadian box background with good stick skills and good vision."
The second position that will see a lot of change in 2013 is at goaltender. Gone is three-year starter and member of the 2012 MAAC All-Tournament Team, Sean Callahan. In his place are three goalkeepers looking to cement their position as the number one option in seniors Kyle Bell and Nick Carrasco and sophomore Alex Govenettio.
"We knew that going into the season, we weren't going to have much experience at goalie," Mearns said "We continued to challenge our goaltenders in the fall and it became clear that we have three guys vying for that number one spot. They all have different strengths and we have an option of taking advantage of matchups depending on the opponent.
"Alex Govenettio communicates very well and is a good stopper. He's athletic, has great stick skills and clearing the ball is a natural thing for him. Nick Carrasco might be our best stopper and has continued to improve on his outlets and clearing game. Kyle Bell has heart coming back from a serious head injury. He makes good saves and communicates very well as our last line of defense."
The three netminders have three starts between them with two
by Bell and one by Govenettio. As a rookie, Govenettio posted a 13.26 goals
against average and .413 save percentage, while Bell owns an 11.84 goals
against average and .342 save percentage in seven career contests.
Playing right in front of the goalies and helping ease that transition are the defenders. While the Griffs lost a number of contributors from the 2012 championship squad, Canisius is fortunate to have the return of captain DJ Giacobbo. The redshirt junior appeared in only three games last season before going down with an injury and he will now be expected to lead the unit in 2013.
"I think getting DJ back from injury is huge," Mearns said. "We needed leadership back there and to have DJ take control, which he kind of had last year before he got hurt, is really big for us. He is such a great communicator and brings a lot of aggressiveness and tenacity, while helping to direct traffic."
In addition to Giacobbo, Canisius returns two defenders from last year that were able to see a lot of game time in junior Dylan Knopfke and sophomore Adam Donner. Knopfke played in 12 games with nine starts last season with Donner starting the final five games of the campaign.
"Adam Donner continues to come into his own," Mearns said. "He was a replacement for DJ and then never left the field after. Dylan is a junior and has a little more size and more range. He continues to develop into a defensive player after coming here as a midfielder."
Filling out the defensive position are three talented and
athletic players but inexperienced in sophomores Mac Tomkinson and Colby
Wehner and freshman Rich Stapleton.
Aiding the defenders this season are the long-stick midfielders led by junior Kevin Collins. In his first season with the Griffs, Collins appeared in 13 games with two goals and 11 ground balls and Mearns doesn't think the team will miss a beat moving him into a bigger role.
"I don't know how you improve from Brendan Murphy and Ryan O'Hagan from last year because they really developed into phenomenal lacrosse players but I think somebody like Kevin that can challenge that," Mearns said. "Kevin Collins was midfielder but with injuries last season, we put into a long-stick midfielder role to support the defense. He's close to being the best player on our team, even with a pole. He's athletic and fast and can cover players. He basically can do it all."
Supporting Collins in the position will be sophomore Alex Chernosky and freshman Brendan Barren. Both players are
talented but unproven and will look for their first collegiate action in 2013.
One position that will see a lot of familiar faces in it is at the midfield. Leading the way for the Griffs this season is 2012 MAAC Rookie of the Year and a member of the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, Tim Edwards.
Edwards totaled 32 points, 13 goals and a team-best 19 assists during his freshman campaign. His biggest contribution came in the MAAC Championship game when he netted the game-winning goal with just 1:46 remaining against Siena. Edwards is set to once again lead the unit and perhaps take another step forward in his second season at Canisius.
"As good as Tim was last year, he plays with a ton more confidence now," Mearns said. "He has a good change of direction and good change of speed. He also has great vision and is really a do-it-all type player."
Teaming with Edwards in the midfield is a trio of seniors in Nick Caldiero, Joe Rautenstrauch and captain Hugh Weir, where Mearns will look to see more of a contribution on both sides of the field from the upperclassmen.
"With the new rules this season, we really want to emphasize this two-way midfielder type of position," Mearns said. "We have three seniors that are really buying in to what we are trying to do. They know what it takes and that now is their time to lead. Nick Caldiero was more of an offensive midfielder last year with Joe Rautenstrauch and Hugh Weir as defensive midfielders. Those players now understand the other side of the ball a lot better and we're excited to see what that looks like."
Also expected to see significant minutes in the midfield this year is senior transfer Kevin Lalley and sophomore Brandon Bull. Lalley joins the Griffs from Towson University, while Bull recorded four goals and 28 ground balls in his rookie campaign.
"Kevin Lalley is just a presence anytime he's on the field," Mearns said. "We expect him to come in this season and have an immediate contribution. Brandon Bull is somebody who saw good minutes last year and now plays with all kinds of more confidence. He really wants to be a player that can run 30 to 35 minutes a game."
Rounding out the midfield position will be senior Steve Berntson, junior Cody Soberanes and freshmen Jimmy May and Nick Tuttle.
Leading the Griffs in the faceoff position is senior Mike Moran. In his first season at Canisius, Moran posted a .514 winning percentage at the X, while collecting a team-best 63 ground balls. He was also at his best at the end of the season, winning 60.4 percent of his restarts in the final four games of the season.
"Mike Moran was instrumental in getting us to the NCAA Tournament," Mearns said. "He then did a great job against one of the top faceoff players in the country against Loyola. We're excited to have him back and expect more good things from him this season."
Bull and Edwards will also both see time at the faceoff position this season.


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text: Right now we have a projected 19 mil to spend under the shrinking soft cap. What if we would not have traded Billups/Dyess and later Amir? Add in his 12 mil + 4 mil for Dyess + 2 mil that would not have been saved by trading Amir. So that leaves 1 mil under the cap. 1 mil under the cap with a frontline of Dyess, Kwame, Amir, Maxiel, and whoever we would have drafted. May not have been Day because Dumars would have had to find someone who could play 20 MPG right now like that undersized Maxiel clone that Chicago drafted. 1 mil under the cap and a terrible frontcourt with no resources to rebuild it other than the MLE. Makes you think. At least we would have had the PG spot covered for another year or 2.


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Jonathan G. Erler, 29, of 2055 Seamans Neck Rd., the owner of the Twisted Glass head shop in Wantagh, was arrested Wednesday after police said he was pulled over for talking on a cellphone near his home and officers found a flintlock rifle and drugs in his 2004 Subaru.
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Police Thursday laid out dozens of the defendant's weapons -- including multiple 9 mm and 22 mm handguns, ammunition and massive 50 mm bullets.
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Erler is charged with third-degree criminal possession of marijuana, fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and six counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
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He posted bail Thursday and was released, officials said. Erler was represented by the Legal Aid Society, which does not comment on cases. Erler, back home Thursday afternoon, would not comment.
James Moore, 53, Erler's neighbor, said he was uneasy about the incident: "It doesn't make me feel too good to know he had a big arsenal and drugs in there . . . That goes beyond protecting your home."
Det. Sgt. Patrick Ryder said the special bed compartment where the guns were kept operated "on pistons that would rise up, and that's where he hid those weapons."
Ryder said Erler made admissions about why he had the weapons but police declined to divulge them.
Lack said Erler is a licensed handgun owner whose permit was suspended. His shop sells bongs and smoking paraphernalia. Several glass bongs were also seized from his home. Cops said they found nothing illegal at the shop.
Lack said there is no reason to believe Erler was planning an attack "but that's certainly part of the investigation." He declined to comment on whether Erler was being targeted by police.
Erler was stopped by the Criminal Intelligence Rapid Response Team, an elite group that develops intelligence for criminal cases and targets areas affected by burglaries, drugs and robberies.
It also seizes weapons. Since March, the 14-person team has made 886 arrests and seized 29 guns in addition to the ones seized Thursday, Ryder said.
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I have used the MarHyde for 15 years now. I have never had scratches
come back to haunt me later. I did my own car about 4 yrs ago and it had
a lot of hail damage, no scratches so far.
The trick to not getting scratches is to let it cure before sanding.
I let it sit 24 hrs, wet sand it smooth then wait another 24 before painting.
I also over reduce so it sprays better, it also gets down in the scratches
better and does a better job when reduced a lot.
If someone is getting scratches they're usually rushing the job
and not allowing enough curing time.
I use the gray pads to finish off with. I get it right with the guide coat and check it with grease & wax remover to SEE if I've got anything way out that needs more work with paper and then I use the pad with the Ivory liquid soap or as Milo likes Ajax and "finish" the whole project.
Custom paint is just,another stage in the finish phase. We have to take it to the next level cause it's really put thru the N'th degree and scratchs are not well recieved.
It's overkill on repair work and I'm NOT saying collision work is sloppy but it's just that you don't have the time,or money for that fact,to dick around making it perfect. Repair work is an art to itself just like custom is and I would probbly suck at a repair shop cause I'd be spending way too much time on a job.
I had been using the scotch pads for scuffing but Bob turned me on to using them for finish sanding after a scratch issue I had and I just took it another step using them wet kinda by accident as I was using a red one to clean a panel after some blocking and was surprised at the finish left.
I still use Nason solid base but if it's a metallic or a special color,Chromabase is the choice. One thing with Chroma though,it is a different base and IF your sanding is not up to par,it will haunt you. Nason actually fills better,maybe cause of more coats,but I believe it's the enamel it's based on which does a better job of filling than Chromabase. I've learned to use Nason's reducers to MY advantage and I actually will use Basemaker instead for reducer if it's in the price range of the job.
|I probably wont buy any of this stuff I figure it is cheap for a reason. I do like the way it sands but that possible shrinkage problem is enough for me to avoid it, I realize that a topcoat can only be as good as what it is applied over. During what I like to call my "learning phase" over the last couple of years I used mostly the cheaper Nason paint but when I used the real DuPont on the last two jobs I did, one over-all and the front clip on my daughter's 04 Mustang, it was amazing how much difference it made.
|Red I am not really sure why others dont have issue's with it and I have... I just know that when I changed my products, all those issues went away... since most of us bodymen/painters are concrete heads.. ( that is me for sure), I would rather use the more expensive primer and after my filler is sanded out correctly with 80 grit, move on to the next thing... Its cheap insurance IMO... I am going to try to move up to 180 if I can re teach myself.. now I will have to not get the filler worked all the way down before switching... but I began messing around with it last week... seemed to take more time than the old way, and I dont like that, but I will give it a try....
|I usually use Evercoat G2 over anything that course but he brought the primer and insisted on using that. Actually I was quite impressed with it I really liked the way it sands and I am going to try that Grey pad trick.
I would go over the 80 with a finer grit first,180 or 220 even if I was just priming with 2k, Big valley to fill with just a simple primer.
Polyester or epoxy would have been better if you just wanted leave the 80.
Thanks, That answers a bunch of questions I had. The can gives 4-1 primer to activator with 1 part urethane reducer if needed.
BK, Very interesting note about the scratches since I did shoot over some small 80 grit areas and was impressed with the fill but I will sand that back out and redo it just to be safe.
Usually have a 10% mark and a 20% on the mix cup.
I won't cut mine at all for initial priming and I use a 2.0 tip.
With the 1.8,which is "close" I'd do the 10% after catylizing and it ought to do fine and the build should be OK,Just don't bomb it on heavy trying to fill the well and let it flash off overnight after the 2nd coat.
Guide and block it with some 180 dry and hit it again same as before and you should have enough build to finish it out as long as the substrate was fairly "right". Guide,220 dry,guide,320 dry,grease & wax remover to SEE how the scratch looks and more wet if needed. Or a double gray scotch pad wet with some soapy water if it's close. I went to this gray pad wet lately and it's just a beautiful base to paint on. For what I'm worth.
|You can reduce it. They have two ratio's on the can, don't remember what they are offhand. The 4 to 1 is the primer to activator ratio. from there you can reduce it with a urethane grade reducer. But I don't see a problem going over a little, the coats will just be a little thinner. I suggest using slower reducer. Without reduction, it is almost like trying to spray bodyfiller, in fact thats what it looks like when it drys on the sides of the can. I've used this primer for years but now use the tintable version as it is a real light grey and can be tinted if you wish. The yellow just isn't too good for covering with most colors. I really like the primer though, I has as much or more build as the ppg k36, I think it sands easier, and the price is a heck of a lot better. Never had a problem with the primer and there are still a few cars floating around that I used it on. Its on my bonny and was put over bodyfiller finished only to 80 grit, followed by blocking with 180 and repriming. The car was done 5 years ago and no sandscratches are showing.
|Red I used that primer for years as has Jim... I had to go to 2.0 tip to get it to atomize correctly... reduce it 5% and if that does not do it, go to 10% as crash has suggested... it will be fine, just build a tad less... a note for the use of that primer...make sure you sand down anywhere you are going to use it... it will fill most anything for now, but over time in the sun it will break down and if you have coarse sanding scratches like 80 grit, they will bleed through... trust me, I have had this happen with that exact primer years ago... I know they are not making it better than they did back then... used some of it last year before finding spi, and I liked it less than years prior
|So it's 4:1 and that is primer and hardener without any reducer? I would probably feel comfortable trying about 10% reduction with a good quality urethane reducer, but that's just me. If you can find a tech sheet, that would be better.
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I am going to paint the hood on a 1968 Mustang for a fellow and he brought his own paint supplies. The primer is Mar-Hyde 2K urethane "ultimate" it seems to be a good primer with excellent build and it sands really good but it is thick as mud!, Even with my older DivillBiss with 1.8 tip it does not spray well at all and I was wondering what would happen if I thinned it beyond the 4-1 max recommended. Would this just reduce the build or would it be detrimental to the primer?
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September 6, Tuesday. Fall semester classes begin.
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December 19-23, – Online Room Selection for Students Returning to campus from absence during Fall 2016.
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December 23, Friday. Students not on campus for Spring 2017 must vacate halls by 5 p.m.
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Lukas Podolski intends to share his stunning Champions League goal with his family.
The Germany international smashed a volley into the roof of the net on Wednesday night to secure a 2-0 win over Montpellier and book Arsenal's place in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Podolski's mother was at Emirates Stadium to witness her son's magic moment and the 27-year-old intends to pass it down the generations.
"I think it was a great goal," Podolski told Arsenal Player. "I've scored a lot of goals in my career but this was a special goal. It was a home game, a Champions League game. I think it was a great goal, yes.
"[After scoring I waved to] my mother, who was upstairs in a box. She was there in the stadium and watched the game. [The goal] was for her.
"I think after my career, I will remember this goal and have this on my laptop and can watch the game. My son can look at this goal. I think it was a great goal and I'm very happy about it."
After Wednesday's game, Bacary Sagna revealed that Podolski's volleys are a feature of first-team training. It seems practice makes perfect for the Germany forward.
"I don't do it all the time [in training]," smiled Podolski. "I try to score goals, I think I have a good left foot and I try to train on this in every training session. When I score a goal like this, I'm very happy."
Next up for Podolski and Arsenal is a trip to Aston Villa. Paul Lambert's team have only won twice this season but, as Norwich proved against the Gunners and Manchester United, danger lurks around every corner in the Premier League.
"You saw last week, Chelsea lost, Man United lost and you see the league is very dangerous," said Podolski. "There's not a team you can drive away and beat three or 4-0. Every game is tough and you must fight every match.
"I think we have [had] a great week. We have three matches at home and we have seven points. It was a great week, but we must keep fighting to get the next points to go up [the table] in the Premier League.
"The next game is on Saturday against Aston Villa. It's a tough game but we want the three points."
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David Arkin and Anni Tilt, husband-and-wife architects in Berkeley, Calif., live with their two children in a refurbished 1910 farmhouse outfitted with solar panels and a wind turbine. They walk or bike the five blocks to their solar-powered office, a new building beside a creek. It's located three blocks from their son's school and 60 feet from the home plate where he plays baseball. A red electric Beetle is plugged in at the house, charged up for trips into San Francisco. Arkin and Tilt didn't grow up in this progressive university town, which welcomes dedicated environmentalists, but they met here during graduate school at the University of California and then stayed to perfect a certain kind of architecture: clean, lyrical buildings that assimilate resource-efficiency into everyday life. Since co-founding the firm in 1997, the two have produced passive solar houses made out of straw bales, rammed earth mixed with quarry waste, and recycled and salvaged materials, and garnered nearly 20 design awards in the process.
Clients seem to like Arkin and Tilt because they do the job of architects, creating handsome elevations and bright, airy interiors that flow. The houses reach out to the landscape, and the landscape reaches into the houses. But clients soon discover the other unexpected perks of buildings designed to live lean. A great deal of time is spent studying the sun's seasonal angles, capturing or controlling it with clerestories and tilted roof planes. Open floor plans enhance the sensation of light in the round, and salvaged materials add vintage flair to pristine surfaces. With their straightforward gestures and careful response to the site, the firm's buildings mix modern and vernacular forms. But unlike the thin veil between inside and out that characterizes Modernist dwellings, the thick earthen walls of some of Arkin Tilt's homes provide a cozy enclosure that breathes, maintaining comfortable temperatures with minimal need for mechanical heating and cooling. The firm's work isn't just about bringing the outdoors in, it's about the way clients feel when they're inside.
With a mostly residential practice balanced by commissions for eco-resorts, park buildings, and religious facilities, Tilt and Arkin are helping to work out the green building movement's growing pains."When we founded this thing eight years ago, we decided we were going to wear our environmentalism on our sleeves rather than making it something we did on the sly," Arkin says. Tilt adds, "We try to make sure our clients feel passionate about both ecology and good design, because we do. It makes for much stronger relationships."
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Arkin, AIA, grew up in rural Wisconsin and spent summers during high school and college as a camp counselor, living in a tent. "I think that cemented my relationship with the natural environment," he says. "One of the things we're always striving to be within any building is outside." After finishing a five-year bachelor of architecture program at the University of Minnesota, Arkin worked for Obie Bowman at Sea Ranch, Calif., for two years. In 1991, he enrolled in UC Berkeley's joint master's degree program in architecture and planning. There he befriended professor Sim Van der Ryn, a visionary pioneer in green building and a former California State Architect under Governor Jerry Brown, and worked with him on several planning projects.
Following a brief stint during grad school with the architecture and planning firm Calthorpe Associates, Arkin approached Van der Ryn in search of a job. Van der Ryn put him to work for the next four years doing ecological design and analysis. One project in particular planted him firmly on the path to sustainable design. He was appointed project architect for the Real Goods Solar Living Center, one of the world's largest suppliers of solar technology and now the home of the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, Calif. "In many ways, that rekindled my love of architecture and building," Arkin says. "At the time, the showroom was the world's largest straw bale building at 5,000 square feet. It completely heats and cools itself, and all the electricity is generated on site. To this day, that's one of our goals for all of our projects."
Although solar panels and other technological interventions crop up on many of the firm's commissions, its focus is on natural materials and building systems, recycled content, and salvaged resources. The two share a compatible design philosophy, and their talents intertwine. David's strengths run to what the buildings are made of and how they're spanned structurally, while Tilt pays attention to the sense of space and light. Her undergraduate degree in civil engineering and their combined experience teaching structures classes at UC Berkeley underpin the firm's willingness to venture into uncharted territory. "When we're working with straw bale, or any systems that are not conventional, it's about not being afraid but thinking about how it's working on all these different levels," Tilt says. "When you make some attempt to understand new ways of building, you're more open to the possibility of alternative solutions."
A native of Northern California, Tilt spent parts of her childhood living in Greece, Ghana, and Brazil, where her father worked as an engineer. Her twin interests in ecology and design took root in the early 1990s. After graduating from Princeton University she spent a year in London designing office interiors and spent another year doing construction management and shop drawings for a large Seattle construction firm. By 1990, she had caught the eye of Fernau & Hartman Architects in San Francisco and worked there for the next eight years. During that time, she also attended UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design, earning her master of architecture degree in 1992. Her thesis explored the ecology of wood-frame buildings. "A lot of people at grad school were interested in ecology," Tilt recalls. "My sister works for Weyerhauser, and I got to thinking about what those issues mean."
Tilt also absorbed the design culture at Fernau & Hartman, founded in 1977 by Richard Fernau and Laura Hartman. "Coming out of the 1970s and '80s, green design was not concerned with aesthetics, only a technical undertaking," Tilt says. "But they saw it as much more, as something with a lot of life and soul in itself. At some point I began trying to interject more salvaged materials into the projects I was doing. They showed me, as Obie Bowman did for David, that you can do good design and incorporate environmental solutions into buildings. I don't see how you do good architecture without paying attention to these things."
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Arkin Tilt's design process is far less linear than that of most architects. After gathering the usual information about program, topography, climate, and where the breezes and storms come from, the architects diagram the sun's path for clues as to what time of day and year solar power is available. Local buildings constructed before the days of mechanical heating and cooling also inform the design. "People have been shaping their buildings in response to climate and building with locally available materials for years in inventive ways," Arkin says. "It's because we've become disconnected from the process of working with place that we have to come to it this way."
After sketching out three very different design schemes, they and their clients choose one to develop, doubling up on room functions where they can. "The goal we take most seriously is to build as little as possible," Arkin says. As the design starts to gel, a study model is made out of cardboard and discarded Tazo tea boxes, using their colors and phrases to express the different kinds of materials and textures. "We're recycling while we're designing," jokes Arkin. Then, depending on the project, it's off to the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s Energy Center, where the architects use a heliodon to study the model's interaction with the sun. A spotlight shines on a table that rotates to mimic the sun's path across the house at different times of year. On one project, the heliodon helped the architects size the overhang on a cupola and observe the effects of clerestory windows on the spaces below. Often they'll make a time-lapse video to show the client, taken with a fiber-optic lens placed inside or outside the model.
Tilt insists that, rather than limiting the creative possibilities, green thinking subtracts data that's essentially arbitrary. "I always feel there's an overwhelming number of design possibilities out there," she says. "Sustainable design is a way of honing those possibilities. You throw out an idea and test it—how it works with the sun in winter—and that eliminates a lot of things. You narrow down pretty fast, which isn't to say there aren't still a million solutions. In that way I find sustainability a really useful approach."
Salvaged materials add serendipity and wit to every project. In a remodel, old decking may adorn a new wall; a glazed door will reappear on the other side of the house. On custom homes, the architects think salvage when they want to add interest to a simple space. "We're identifying items that have the potential for being met by a salvage material—interior or exterior siding, an old window or door—with the idea that we'll find something between the time of design and the time the builder needs it," Arkin says. "We've done it enough times that we're comfortable putting it in the plans; we'll build an allowance into the construction contract that covers it, and we'll help the clients find it."
The back half of their garage is stashed with a stretch of old bowling alley, fabulous metal doors, chalkboard slate, corrugated wire glass, and windows in shapes they like. And at some point in the design, clients may be taken on a treasure hunt for a funky fixture or countertop at one of the East Bay's well-stocked salvage yards. Arkin and Tilt accompany clients on the first trip, showing them what to look for and what to leave behind, like doors out of square. Over the years, they've developed an A-list of salvaged wood suppliers—a handy source for the 32-foot beams they needed for one recent project.
When specing old stuff, Arkin says they're always asking what's appropriate. "While we're inclined to take some risks, we don't do it without thorough understanding and research," he explains. "There are craftspeople we work with on a regular basis to implement those details." However, Tilt adds, "At some level it's not for everyone. You can't spec the thickness of a material, the kind of wood, or the color of tile. You have to be loose about it, do a little design jujitsu."
beyond the bale
Those slightly offbeat flourishes get played out on the larger scale, too. As founding members of the California Straw Bale Building Association, Arkin and Tilt have constructed more than a dozen buildings from straw, which is super-insulating, durable, and abundant. The walls are clad in a vapor-permeable, sprayed-earth technology known as Pisè. Utterly maintenance free, it's a warm natural finish, sometimes with salmon- or ochre-colored striations, and can be troweled smooth or scraped vertically for a rough finish. It's possible that their work in straw bale, a material devoid of standard detailing specs, has pushed Arkin and Tilt to reinvent just about everything they get their hands on. Solar panels often double as shade structures. A solar-panel awning shelters their office entryway and announces the firm's interest in solar energy. The two have also developed seasonally adjustable brackets for horizontal and vertical mounting that they've dubbed Arc 'n' Tilt, tongue firmly in cheek.
With a project architect, a draftsperson, an office manager, and occasional interns, the firm intends to lead sustainable design into an ever more sophisticated future. Arkin and Tilt cultivate a variety of connections that keep them on their toes. Arkin is past president of the national office of Architects/Designers/ Planners for Social Responsibility. Its Northern California chapter established a Green Resource Center in downtown Berkeley and produces an annual trade show called Green Materials Showcase. He also teaches at the Solar Living Institute, and both teach and lecture at UC Berkeley. "More recently I've become aware of the impending crisis we face over energy resources," Arkin says. "Buildings offer an opportunity to reduce our dependence on oil, because they use 35 percent of the energy resources in this country. We as architects have a responsibility to make that transition possible by designing self-sufficient projects."
As eco-conscious design catches on, Arkin and Tilt's decision to make their firm a showcase for the environmental cause has turned out to be a smart one. "Our clients have a world view that's much bigger than just themselves," Tilt says. "That's the delight of what we do—the wonderful people we meet." Two such former clients are Randy Hester and his wife, Marcia McNally, both professors at UC Berkeley. Arkin and Tilt added an efficient addition to their tiny 1920s bungalow, animating it with clerestory and transom windows and innovative materials such as a terrazzo-like countertop of crushed automotive glass. "They're just brilliant at inventiveness at the smallest scale," Hester says. "Those countertops make me smile almost every day. Anni and David reduced our energy consumption by 40 percent, and did all those good things. But mostly their design just gladdens our lives."


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I need fillers any color i need them badly for a project..........please let me know if anyone has any.....
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I need fillers any color i need them badly for a project..........please let me know if anyone has any.....
Look in the parts thread. There are some up there.
An update on the pending part out of my 94 FWB. It is scheduled for the first weekend of June. The entire car will be disassembled, so if you want something, PM or email me. Email is my user name @hotmail.com. Should be a fun day, going to pull the front clip, engine, trans, doors, interior, and just about anything else that unscrews. Rolling frame and body will be scrapped, unless someone wants something cut. I will ship anything you need, as long as you cover shipping. Remember, nothing will be expensive (think 1/2 ebay pricing), so if you need something, LMK. I have extras of some parts, too.
Still have a few fillers left, get em before they're gone!
The grey set of fillers is available once again:
$30 each for the tail light fillers, $20 each for everything else!
Parting out a Brougham!
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Vin: 1G6dw5478mr707016 (to look up what it has http://www.compnine.com/vid.php)
Basically, its gotta chevy 350 in it, auto trans.
Car sat for 7 years (evidence of a few animals living in it)
Blue ext
Blue Int
Dark wood accents int.
tow package
Pst me with what you are looking for or need.
Most of the car is in great shape, but it shows its wear in some spots.
Other info
its a 2 owner car. Dealer code is 37193 (if that matters)
Sold in Green Bay Wisconsin
Have the original brown/maroonish colored booklet along with the owner's lit and the warranty and owner assistance info if anyone would be interested in the paperwork type stuff. Its in fair condition
I can take pics of ANYTHING on the car, just let me know!
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2 Front right, 1 front left, 1 front right fender, and 1 license plate filler.
Got some more stuff...
U1: '80-'92 Fleetwood (4-door)/Sedan de Ville door panel chrome trim= $5.00
U2: '77-'79 Cadillac Grill script; solid metal, both mounting pegs intact= $5.00
U3: Cadillac trunk script (plastic)= $4.00 ea
U4: '80-'84 Radio knobs; will also fit earlier radios but wood will not match= $4.00
U5: Cadillac trunk script (metal); all mounting pegs intact, one emblem is in excellent condition, the other isn't as nice= $4.00 poor/ $8.00 good
U6: V-shaped underline emblem for Cadillac script= $3.00
U7: Fuel Injected Badge ('70's)=$4.00
U8: Tail light emblems; three are for '90-'92 "Euro" style lenses, two fit the '80's taillight= $0.75 ea/ $1.00 per matched pair
U9: '77-89 Wood grain trim panel; from a '77-'79 but the color will match '86-89 interiors as well= $10.00
L1: 1987 Brougham Owner's manual; includes leather bound case, maintenance book, and supplemental booklet= $6.00
L2: 1984 Cadillac Owner's Manual; binding is broken and some of the pages are loose, ALL PAGES are in the book, someone tried to glue the pages back in but couldn't, comes with the black hard case= $4.00
L3: 1984 Cadillac Owner's Manual; one or two pages is loose but ALL PAGES are in the book, includes the black hard case, owner's record book, maintenance schedule, and warranty booklet= $6.00
D1: Hood ornament; good condition, includes no hardware= $8.00
D2: '80's glue on trunk-lock V-emblem; some surface corrosion= $4.00 ea
D3: Coupe de Ville c-pillar scripts; all mounting pegs intact= $5.00
D4: Steering wheel horn button= $4.00
D5: Sedan de Ville c-pillar scripts; all mounting pegs intact= $5.00
D6: Glove box emblem; all mounting pegs intact= $2.00 ea
D7: Coupe de Ville rear quarter panel script; metal, all mounting pegs intact= $5.00
D8: Courtesy lamp lens covers= $1.00 ea/ $3.00 for 4
D9: Opera lamp lens covers= $3.00
D10: 1978 de Ville hubcap set; good used condition with only minor curb damage on one hubcap= $10.00 ea/ $30.00 for 4
FBI: Hood ornament; usable condition with some fading of the shield colors, does not include hardware= $6.00
FB2: Steering Wheel Horn button= $4.00
FB3: Trunk-lock wreath= $5.00 chrome/ $8.00 gold
FB4: C-pillar soft-top wreath; all mounting pegs intact= $4.00
FB5: Wire Wheel Center cap (RWD); one has a few scratches= $2.00 ea/$6.00 for 4
FB6: 5.0 Liter trunk badge= $3.00
FB7: Fleetwood Brougham rear quarter panel scripts; chrome on a red backing (to match the body)= $8.00
FB8: Fleetwood Brougham rear quarter panel script; chrome on a black/universal backing= $5.00
FB9: Brougham scripts; chrome on a white backing= $5.00
FB10: Interior crests= $0.25 each
FB11: Glove box emblem; Brougham d'Elegance or Brougham, all mounting pegs intact= $2.00 ea
FB12: Opera lamp crest; only one wreath= $2.00
FW1: Sedan de Ville rear quarter panel scripts= $4.00
FW2: Coupe de Ville rear quarter panel scripts; gold is faded on one= $5.00
FW3: Hard top c-pillar wreaths= $1.00 ea/ $1.50 per pair
FW4: Eldorado quarter panel scripts; gold is faded on one= $5.00
FW5: Hood ornament; two are near new condition, one is faded, includes no hardware= $4.00 faded/ $6.00 good
FW6: 4.5 Liter trunk badge= $3.00
Sven, would you consider a trade of a set of C-pillar wreaths for the 5.0 badge? lmk.
also, are the bases for the fwd hood ornaments the same as the bases for the late 80's brougham?
theres a few broughams at a yard near me. anyone need parts? theres a 87-89 that hasnt been picked over yet (except emblems and drivers power seat control). its powder blue in color (both int and ext) and still has center dash piece for 1.5 DIN radio and eggcrate grille intact.
theres also an 87-89 gray fwb. most trim is gone, but various interior pieces intact.
they also have a 77-79 deville coupe, an 80 V8-6-4 deville (blue ext, white/ blue int), a light yellow early 80's brougham de elegance and a few other mid 80's fwbs that have been picked over.
Sven........FW5 the two good hood ornaments at $6.00 each. I will have them if you still got them. Pls advise.
Hi guys! I'm looking for a silver colored rear bumper cushion with red reflectors for my 91 fleetwood hearse. GM says they're discontinued, so if anyone out there can assist, I'd be most appreciative! Drop me an email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Hi there,
I have a cadillac fleetwood brougham 1990
I need the following Items
1- The Original radio
2- Exterior window trims (2 sides)
3- Auto Diming rear view mirror
4- Digital gauge cluster
5- headlight metal trim or (frame) both sides
please calculate the price with a total shipping


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What boatbob said and from another vet...Viet Nam, good luck. My grandson just came home from Afgan for a couple of weeks and is heading back. Anywho, might as well give the battery to a friend to use or sell it. You could keep it hooked up to a "Battery Tender". If you don't it will die a slow death and be useless when you get home.
I also would put the car on wooden blocks to take the weight off the tires...if they are pretty new and you don't plan on changing them. Now if someone at your home can roll the car back and forth once a month or so then not needed. Irish Spring is good, dryer sheets seem to work also but both will have to be replaced as they wear out. If no pets or little kids can get in the garage put a box of poison mouse food at the inside of each tire cuzz those little bastages can and will try to climb up into your undercarriage and engine bay (dryer sheets there also)....good luck
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Hi,sorry to hear youre going to Afghanistan,only advice (from one combat vet to another)is,keep your eyes on a swivel,dont trust any local nationals (Afghanis), keep your weapon CLEAN,and dont be ashamed to PRAY........
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Dessicants is a good way to absorb moister and it's fairly cheap.Place it all around and in the car, you can put a few packs in the tail pipes and tape them shut to keep moister and rodents out.Also get a few bars of Irish Spring soap and put it inside the car.Mice hate it and it works.Run all the gas out of it and most important run the carb dry.
Good luck on your tour and God bless you.
Storing 56 Chevy for at least a year...need some advice
I am heading over to Afghanistan for a 12 month deployment and need to store my 56 chevy that I have spent several years building. I live in Killeen, TX so there is a fair amount of humidity. My biggest concern is damage from the humidity.
I will be keeping it in my 2 car garage (which has a standard metal door with no insulation and poor sealing).
Any low cost ideas that I could do to keep it as dry as possible?
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Moves like this always result in oddities... we do our best, but strange things are bound to happen!
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Director Frank Williams has named Barbara Horner-Miller as User Services Director. Horner-Miller joined ARSC on Sept. 8.
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Horner-Miller's previous position was with Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where she was Technical Group Supervisor for Supercomputing and Computational Mathematics in the Information and Computing Technologies section. Her group provided support for a supercomputing user community of 600 researchers at JPL, Caltech and NASA, where she worked with program managers in the NASA offices of Space Science and Mission to Planet Earth. She has 29 years experience with state-of-the-art computational technologies at world-class research organizations.
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endangeredomega wrote:Sorry guys, but apart from the shiny ramyglow, I'm just not seeing the appeal of this one. (Then again, I'm more of a biology/theatre/comics geek, so if there's some big physics joke behind it I'm not getting, please explain.)
Knowing the crowd I hang out with, from any kind of distance, this will just be seen as just another Tony Stark chest-reactor design. :/
First, I'm gonna ignore the Ramy reference, second the theory of cold fusion has been around awhile and has been popularized in movies such as IQ or The Saint. It's widely discredited by most researchers today but renewed interest has sparked up in the last few years. It basically proposes the possibility of harnessing the incredible power of nuclear fusion in a containable safe format. Basically stars in jars as I said earlier hence the image. Look it up in places like wikipedia to get more info. It's basically the holy grail of energy science, something that will probably never be acheived but tantalyzing at the same time.
goldenthorn wrote:Yes, it does. Woot rules on text seem to always have been interpreted as anything that can be found on a keyboard--in any alphabet (letter, number, symbol)--is text.
Also, you may have seen the definition right above the one you selected?
11. Printing.
a. black letter.
b. type, as distinguished from illustrations, margins, etc.
Ha, well I didn't realise that, and I'm not so stupid to think you couldn't google that source, but I genuinely didn't see that entry, so I apologise.
Azroix wrote:Thanks, though I have to admit I was worried when someone mentioned the first Schrodinger's Cat that woot sold. I hadn't seen it before and was hoping that it wasn't similar to my design. So happy it's not.
You used the EXACT SAME idea. But, contrary to what a large number of this community's members say -- namely that every idea has been done; ergo nothing is original -- you took the idea in a completely different direction. IMO, your shirt is completely safe from rejection and serves as an excellent example of what I said before.
I REALLY like this, but I also don't like the color. I'd never wear it on the yellow. Still voted for it....but won't be buying it.
Re: Gravity v2
great work m.
Re: Cold Fusion
I think I have some of this in my pantry. Gave me some wicked heartburn last time.
Very nice, guys! The solar spikes/flares sell the science feel, and it makes a good looking shirt. :^)
jcm1994 wrote:Einstein, Newton, Tesla/Edison, Schrodinger, and Hawking :D
Hawking or Professor X?
Re: Nuclear Physics
Thank you so much for the all of the comments and criticisms. I will be extra sure to consider them all in the next derby.
Re: Testing the twin paradox
I LOVE the last panel!
Now this is an artsy shirt — gorgeous; great and GMV!
jasneko wrote:Hey Whisper! And thanks
Hello! You're welcome
Josephus wrote:It's odd that I'm seeing this in the fog with vote total listed of 167 votes and also 10th place. They only have 2 designs rejected, both obviously deserving rejection and neither ever having seen the fog, so I'm sure this belongs in the fog. Woot has some kind of bug going on.
The swallows and coconut design had two of the same submission in the fog, so woot took the old submission down, that is why you could see the numbers while in the fog.
Re: on my wavelength
Thanks to Ashley for getting me started on this one.
LOLcommunism wrote:Hey! Thank you for catching that mistake on mine <3
Yours is awesome!
thanks and no prob
I bet you could make one heck of a lightsaber with that kind of energy. +1
I hadn't heard of that before, funny!
suzer22 wrote:Cute! Reminds me of the new Wii Kirby Game I just saw advertised: Kirby's Epic Yarn
Re: Schrödinger's Cat
This reminds me of the awesomeness that was Invader Zim.
I'm not sure I'm into the yellow shirt and I'm not really confident it'll beat out some of the others to print, but it's a fantastic and well thought-out concept, so I'll vote for it.
Woaaa! Thats a very unique and interesting idea!
kylemittskus wrote:Generic, boring, and not even done well. What is that? Ripped paper?
But hey I like your design! I've always wanted an awesome shirt with a falling warhead on it, but never have seen any good ones like this.
bassanimation wrote:It is cold fusion, which is sometimes referred to as a 'star in a jar' or 'sun in a jar'. I made it look more star-like in the end. Here is a short article about the 'star in a jar' concept.
Stars are bright and do glow. As for shine, it is inside a glass jar. Glass reflects light so any light source will reflect and 'shine' off of the glass. ^^; Glow and shine are part of the physical nature of the objects depicted.
I have to agree with the ramyb comment. And I don't think endangeredomega or I misunderstand the idea of the star-in-a-jar idea. Personally, I'm just sick of seeing this shiny style that was done in Seki's Birth of the Moon shirt as well as others which have names less memorable than the shirts themselves.
BaldBob007 wrote:This reminds me of the awesomeness that was Invader Zim.
Very awesome take on the radiated cat! :D
Re: Matter and Anti-Matter
I really dig the placement. I hope it's kosher. It should be.. I think. Anyway, +1
Love it
Very creative! :D
Its hard because in these derbies everyone brings their A game ):
Re: The Doppler Effect
that is some fast-paced walking he is doing, or else some seriously thin air ;-p cool design though +1
Pretty good.
Cat looks like its got a lump in its throat though.
I love Jacob's Ladder :D
i dont get why people care so much about other shirts, just judge this shirt by its own strengths and weaknesses, not by others. how else would you do a star in a jar without a glow?
I think what people are missing is the amazing rendering of this piece. that jar is amazing! and the beautiful, quite calmness of this design is stunning. +1 from me.
Awesome, but I don't really like the bombs falling.
ohhhhh I get it now.
Thanks for the first post to clarify
Nice job!
LOLLLOOLOOL Creeeepy~
Looks very sharp guys! It also could interpreted as a super mutant firefly in a jar;) The colors suit the shirt very well and the whole design is very crisp, neat and attractive.
Awesome. Good Luck!
Re: Physics of a Falling Cat (resub)
Hehe this reminds me of physics class actually, because on my physics textbook cover there was a series of photographs of a cat falling just like this on the cover, except more steps. I remember doodling it from the book a few times in my notes when I was bored. Ah memories!
Hah awesome.
Very nice, nice job re-doing it.
RSengenberger wrote:http://xkcd.com/386/
lol and in my opinion the design works. What I do think is if you what to solve this issue resub without the face.......but still +1
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On the eve of the Fourth, I went out onto the porch to watch the fireworks (summer lightning), listen to the thunder and the rain, and watch fireflies flitting around the front lawn.
If you ingest your pound of dirt early in life, say by your first birthday, you establish a hardy gizzard and immune system and have a much better chance of escaping asthma and various allergies, according to a report in The New York Times.
I liked what Joe McQuaid wrote in his column several days before the Independence Day weekend, citing Founding Father John Adams:
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I had fun working out the perfect formula for breakfast for the London Review of Breakfasts.
(The fact that I wrote it in Paris is neither here nor there.)
Here's an excerpt - if you'd like to find the solution to breakfast, read more here.
Breakfast is a matter of proportion.
Any proportion can be expressed and analysed mathematically.
Take the four basic breakfast ingredients: egg, bacon, tomato, sausage.
The first thing to notice is that they can be eaten in various combinations. The taste of each ingredient is enhanced by combination with another. This is one of the chief pleasures of breakfast. Some people prefer the taste of sausage with egg; others, bacon with tomato. Fewer will eat sausage with tomato, and almost none, tomato with egg or sausage with bacon. This can be expressed thus:
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Hello everyone; I've long been mostly a lurker on these forums, but love the whole Dented Helm community. Through your help, over the course of a year I was able to put together a complete RotJ Fett that I proudly took to several cons. It's almost all the best stuff I could get my hands on; all bobamaker fiberglass and soft parts, sidewinder blaster (signed by Jeremy Bulloch), CA boots, custom real leather ammo belt, tk409 chest display, etc. Unfortunately, I think it's the right time for me to move on.
I know it's a decision I'll regret a few times, but it's still the right one. I've had a lot of great times in my Fett, but I recently lost someone close to me, and it has taken the luster out of trooping. I'll be using the money to move and build a new life, which in the end will be good for me
My question to you guys is whether it's best to part out a complete suit like this, or try to sell it as a whole. Once I settle on that, I'll post about it in the cargo bay and throw the auction(s) up on ebay. It will be sad to see all my heard work go, but I'll be glad if the person is a part of this great community.
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